Posts About "Seattle"
Golden Knights Can Skip Next Expansion Draft
March 24th, 2018 The good news keeps coming for the Vegas Golden Knights. As the NHL’s 31st franchise closes in on capturing a Pacific Division crown in its first year of existence, it’s being reported that the Golden Knights will not be subjected to losing a player if and when a new franchise is awarded to Seattle. That’s the trade-off...
Russell Wilson: Face of the Seattle Arena Project
November 18th, 2016 Hockey fans across the land agree that Seattle would be an ideal landing spot for an NHL franchise. This week, one of the NFL's biggest names added star power to the cause. The Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson — Super Bowl winner, top-five quarterback and local hero — has signed on to Chris Hansen's arena project, one which came...
Seattle NHL Window is Closing
July 22nd, 2016 Seattle’s bid for an NHL team is still alive, but it may as well be on life support. With only the city of Las Vegas recently being approved for league expansion, many believed that this was the league’s way of giving Seattle another opportunity to get its act together in order to get a franchise. The league had a sure thing in...
Seattle Arena Vote Demonstrates Lack of Vision, Courage
May 6th, 2016 This past Monday, the Seattle city council narrowly voted down a street vacation request that would have paved the way for the issuance of a master use permit to build a new multi-purpose facility in the city's SoDo district. Had the vacation of a little-used section of Occidental Avenue been approved, the project would have effectively...
Seattle Arena: 'Big, Ugly House' to Undergo Final Vote
April 29th, 2016 This coming Monday, the Seattle City Council is slated to vote on vacating a stretch of Occidental Avenue South to entrepreneur Chris Hansen for the purpose of constructing his proposed 18,000+ seat arena, paving the way for issuance of a Master Use Permit. Assuming an NBA team is secured (or more likely, the agreement between Hansen's...
Did Seattle Make the Wrong Arena Decision?
February 15th, 2016 Early on in the process, we were literally swept off our feet. After being slapped in the face by the Seattle Supersonics' brutal uprooting and departure to Oklahoma City in 2008, a cynical fan base quickly turned enthusiastic shortly after hedge fund manager Chris Hansen burst upon the scene in 2011. Vowing to spearhead an arena...
Seattle's NHL Hopes Dim as Arena Options Fade
December 21st, 2015 The prospects of an arena to house an NHL team in Seattle are growing increasingly dim, due in large part to slow progress on the SoDo site and a string of failures at other potential locations.
The NHL to Seattle: An Arena Update
November 12th, 2015 When last we discussed this subject, the post-morems were freshly written over the death of Seattle's NHL dreams. Seattle failed to submit an expansion application Long a purported favorite for NHL expansion, none of the rumored three groups vying for Seattle's franchise rights submitted an application prior to the NHL's self-imposed...
How the NHL Can Revive the Expansion Process
July 27th, 2015 The market's stinging rebuke of the NHL's early-stage expansion process was surprising, to say the least. No Seattle. No Hamilton. No Portland. No second Toronto franchise. Of the whopping 16 groups invited to the party, only two decided to put on their dancing shoes and send in applications: Las Vegas and Quebec City. Not...
Hockey News: Seattle Businessman Ray Bartoszek to Meet with NHL
July 23rd, 2015 After Las Vegas and Quebec City officially filed for NHL expansion, it seems that Seattle may not quite be done for the race to add a team. This top story leads Thursday's NHL headlines. Ray Bartoszek to meet with NHL on Tuesday. Decision on Vegas and Quebec City could come in the next few months, reportedly. Cody Franson and...
Seattle's NHL Expansion Failure: What Went Wrong?
July 22nd, 2015 As has been widely reported, the NHL's self-imposed July 20 deadline for prospective ownership groups to submit applications for expansion franchises has come and gone. Las Vegas and Quebec City are in. Seattle, alas, is out. For those of us who have been clamoring over the past few years for an NHL team in Seattle, the news hit like...
Seattle & Las Vegas NHL Expansion Draft Rosters
July 16th, 2015 Now that the hard part is over (figuring out who every NHL team would protect in the event of expansion), we get to the fun part: the draft. To see who's protected and who's available, see the link below. NHL Expansion Draft: Who's Unprotected? Here are the rules from the 2000 expansion draft that will likely govern future...
Will the Coyotes Saga End with an NHL Team in Seattle?
June 15th, 2015 People who say 'Let the chips fall where they may' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip — Bernard Williams Two years after an 11th hour agreement was reached to keep the Phoenix (now Arizona) Coyotes in town, the Glendale city council took the first step to unravel that decision, voting 5-2 to cancel the 15-year, $225...
