February 2015 6
SoDo Arena Timeline & NHL First
I am about to jump on a flight to Boston but wanted to share some news that broke this afternoon on the SoDo Arena. True to his word on driving more transparency on the SoDo Arena process, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray revealed the current Arena Timeline in this post. It is a great post that […]
Quick hits for February 24th
There have been several items of interest posted over the last 5 days. Nothing too groundbreaking but if you want to make sure you are as current as possible, here is your Tuesday reading and listening material. NHL to Seattle News: Craig Custance, Senior writer from ESPN the Magazine wrote this fair and balanced article on his trip […]
NHL Talent Pool Climbs
Occasionally I will get a comment about the NHL being too diluted. I dismiss these remarks rather quickly. I have looked at the data and tried to watch hockey from the 80s. Most people with deeper knowledge of the game know the talent has never been deeper. I’ve already shown how NHL league parity is extremely tight. (Note: […]
Potential Seattle NHL Ownership Groups Revealed
Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times backed up his article last week on the arena locations with this piece on potential NHL ownership groups in Seattle. Long story short, there appears to be 3 potential groups roughly aligned to the 3 sites. I created this handy dandy diagram to make sense of it all. Tod Leiweke […]
Breaking down the 3 arena options
In case you missed it, Gary Bettman mentioned Tukwila and Bellevue as potential sites for an NHL arena in the Seattle Area on a radio interview in Vancouver. Stick tap goes to Paul Rogers, from SonicsRising.com, for covering the news ahead of our more traditional media outlets. Geoff Baker from the Seattle Times then published […]
RMHC Hockey Challenge 2015
Once again I have the honor of playing in the Ronald McDonald House Hockey Challenge. This is an annual event put on by the Seattle Thunderbirds and the Ronald McDonald House of Western Washington and Alaska. If you don’t know what the Ronald McDonald House is all about, you should. The Seattle Ronald McDonald House […]
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