Midseason: Buy, Sell, or Hold
With a All-Star break come and gone, the NHL to Seattle staff is doing another round of Buy, Sell, or Hold. Tampa Bay Lightning end the season with over 125 points Andy: Sell. They would have to stay on their current pace to hit that mark and while they have the talent to do so, […]
Great hockey options this weekend
Junior action this weekend: Lethbridge coming to town The Lethbridge Hurricanes are doing their bi-annual swing through the Greater Seattle Area this weekend and, if you are an NHL fan, this is a team worth checking out. Lethbridge has top prospect Dylan Cozens on the team who, according to the NHL Central Scouting midseason ranking, […]
What is the best division in the NHL?
Listeners of the Sound of Hockey podcast have probably heard Darren and me refer to our favorite NHL teams’ divisions as “stacked”. Darren is still riding the fantasy world, known as the first 6 weeks of the season, when the Central Division had a quiver of teams that could legitimately make a run at a […]
What to look for in 2019
As we recover from our NHL franchise awarding hangover of December, it’s time to start looking forward. Here are some of the topics we should be tracking in 2019. It is a bit speculative and it is unclear if and/or how the delay from 2020-21 to 2021-22 will impact some of these topics. A Team […]
NHLtoSeattle 2018 News in Review
We opened 2018 in pretty good shape. The year started with an approved and signed Memorandum of Understanding between Oak View Group and the City of Seattle to redevelop KeyArena. And the NHL announced that it was reviewing an expansion application from a Seattle ownership group (later to be named NHL Seattle). Here is a […]
US and Canadian WJC Rosters by the Numbers
One of my favorite hockey tournaments to watch is the World Junior Championship taking place just up the road in Vancouver and Victoria, BC. The tournament starts today and will run through January 5th. It will feature the best under 20 year-olds from 8 countries. A majority of the players, particularly from the US and […]
Trip Report: Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Minnesota
Last week I hit the road to visit 3 NHL arenas, as it’s been my goal to visit all the NHL arenas. Now that we are getting an NHL team, I’ve started to evaluate the arena experience differently. Here is my Trip Report for my Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Minnesota. Edmonton – Friday, December 14th, 2018 […]
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