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Stagnant salary cap would present opportunity for NHL Seattle
In the lead up to the 2017 NHL season, the Vegas Golden Knights wheeled and dealed outside of the parameters of the Expansion Draft to construct a roster primed to contend right away. With the growth of the salary cap potentially stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s an argument to be made that the […]
NHLer of a different stripe: Lake Stevens’ Vaughan Rody skates back to the show
Seattle’s NHL team won’t begin playing until 2021, but one Lake Stevens resident returns to big-league ice for his 20th season this week as he continues to chase milestones and personal goals. Vaughan Rody maintains neutrality on the job as an NHL linesman, but he’s just as excited as thousands of other Evergreen State hockey […]
USA Hockey Report 2018-19
The USA Hockey membership statistics were released yesterday and as always, I took a rather deep dive in to the numbers. Across the board, USA Hockey Membership continued its steady climb up 1% by adding over 5,000 player memberships year over year. Here is an overview of the changes by State. Raw membership by state […]
Comparing Seattle to the Vegas Timeline
I see a lot of online discussion about the timeline for things such as hiring a GM, ticket pricing, and, the most controversial topic, the team name. Patience isn’t something fans possess, but sometimes we need to take a step back and try to objectively see how we are tracking to puck drop. Using Vegas […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 32 – A Controversial Episode
HERE WE GO! The NHL Playoffs are officially underway, and the Sound of Hockey guys are here for it! From the controversy, to the intriguing storylines, to the feistiness, this podcast covers it all! After days of doing nothing but watching sports, John, Andy, and Darren are excited to finally be conversing with other humans, […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 27 – Re: Torts, Featuring Alison Lukan of TheAthletic
It’s a gigantic (and slightly tipsy) episode of Sound of Hockey this week, as the guys ended up recording the bulk of the episode following some post-SeaHAC college sodas… See if you can figure out who had the most! Featured on this episode is Alison Lukan, an outstanding writer for TheAthletic who covers the Columbus […]
SeaHAC Expansion Exercise
Over the weekend, Seattle hosted the Seattle Hockey Analytics Conference (SeaHAC) on the University of Washington Campus. One of the agenda items was to simulate the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft. Rosters, contracts, and protected list will all change between now and the summer of 2021 when Seattle will participate in the Expansion Draft but it […]
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