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2014 in NHL to Seattle news
January 1st Ed Murray is sworn in as the new mayor of Seattle. During his campaign, Murray pledge to support the current arena MOU but he is not as big of an advocate as the prior Mayor Mike McGinn. January 30th While sitting on a panel and speaking to students, the Winnipeg Jets Chairman says […]
Parity in the league has never been tighter
From time to time I read something from NHL fans or hockey media types claiming that expansion will ruin the game because of parity or dilution of talent. I get pretty dismissive about their “arguments” as very few of these claims are based on facts or data. I decided to investigate it on my own. […]
Wrapping up the Las Vegas News
In case you have been living under a rock, Monday afternoon the NHL gave approval to prospective franchise owner in Las Vegas, Bill Foley, clearance to build a Season Ticket List. Bettman cautioned that this should not be seen a s a green light to expansion. Expansion and Las Vegas dominated the news out of […]
Quantifying the Seattle market
When people ask me why Seattle will make a good market for the NHL, I often cite that Seattle is the 13 biggest TV market in the US and the second biggest market without a team. Or I might reference the strong corporate support we have here with big companies like Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft, Nordstrom, […]
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