Part 2: The AHL Candidates
Last week I posted the first part of the two-part series. If you would have asked me a month ago where I thought the AHL franchise would be, my list would have been totally different than what I am posting here. It wasn’t until I did the research on the current AHL landscape that I […]
Selecting an AHL City for NHL Seattle
Outside of what to name the future NHL franchise in Seattle, where to place the AHL (American Hockey League) Affiliate is another widely discussed topic of conversation inside the Seattle hockey community. The AHL is the minor league development system for the NHL. For the most part, all NHL teams have an AHL affiliate that […]
Weekend Reading, Listening, and Viewing 2018-06-29
Here is a list of content that I found insightful or just enjoyable over the last 7 days. Local Seattle Center Arena Redevelopment Design Commission Presentation – A few weeks old, but this flew under the radar. A 95 page OVG presentation to the Seattle Design Commission on 2018-06-21 on the Seattle Center Arena redevelopment. Snohomish County […]
NHL Entry Draft Deconstructed
If everything goes well, 2 years from now, we will be planning our draft party to see how a newly-minted Seattle NHL franchise will be building their prospect pool in the 2020 NHL Entry draft. Since moving to Seattle 14 years ago, I’ve developed a huge enthusiasm for the draft. It spawned when Seattle Thunderbird […]
Seattle is ahead of Vegas NHL timeline
We will not hear about the Seattle application from the NHL Board of Governors meeting next week. Gary Bettman made that perfectly clear when he addressed the media before the Stanley Cup Final began a couple weeks ago. “The fact is and I know there has been a lot of speculation that somehow there is […]
Hockey participation up in Washington State
If you haven’t already take a look at Andy Eide’s excellent piece on the potential impact an NHL club can have on youth hockey in the Greater Seattle Area. Coincidentally, earlier this month USA Hockey published their annual membership report. As such information, it seems like a good opportunity to take a look at how […]
NHL Expansion grows the player pool
I’ve long contended that Seattle is an attractive market for the NHL because of the opportunity to grow the fan base. But there is also an opportunity to grow the player pool. We do have 5 WHL teams in the region. However, as much as a lot of us love Major Junior Hockey, it just […]
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