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Sound of Hockey Episode 5 – Guess Who Won a T-Shirt (and a Practice Facility)!
In the latest episode, John has selfishly taken a vacation to New York, but unselfishly has also taken time out of said vacation to participate in the podcast. So, Sound of Hockey has officially gone bi-coastal! This week, John, Andy, and Darren break down the revelation of the NHL Seattle group planning a three-ice-sheet practice […]
How to ensure Seattle’s new local NHL owners fall in love with hockey
It was revealed a couple weeks ago that Seattle Hockey Partners and Oak View Group had added seven local investors to bolster their collective ownership team. As we heard from Andy Eide that same week, one of those local owners, Andy Jassy of Amazon Web Services, is a life-long hockey fan that grew up watching […]
Sound of Hockey Podcast Episode 4 – IT’S HAPPENING! HOCKEY IS COMING!
In the latest episode of Sound of Hockey, the guys are over the moon about the NHL’s Board of Governors Executive Committee recommending acceptance of Seattle’s expansion application. There’s no shortage of discussion on what this means to the city, the fans, and the league. John, Andy, and Darren also chat about the latest from […]
We Launched a Podcast!
NHLtoSeattle has launched a new hockey podcast called Sound of Hockey. It will focus on all things hockey in the Pacific Northwest, but also hockey in general from coast to coast.
Salary Cap Symbiosis: The Way NHL Teams Weaponize Cap Space and Capital
The NHL is a salary cap league. While some sports leagues have a luxury tax system or no cap at all, the NHL’s Salary Cap is a hard cap, with both a cap ceiling and a cap floor. A team’s total cap hit is all of their players’ cap hits added together. In 2018-19, all […]
Quick Updates on Timelines
Updated Arena Timeline It was a relative heavy news week in NHL to Seattle movement. On Tuesday, I published an updated timeline of NHL approval with the best information I had at the time. Within 48 hours, we received a lot more clarity on the sequence of events. Here’s an estimated timeline for how the […]
Laying out the next steps toward NHL approval
As the NHL comes out of summer hibernation it would be a good time to lay out the critical 5 weeks ahead on the NHL to Seattle front. There are two major tracks to monitor: 1) the arena and 2) NHL franchise approval. The Arena OVG and the City of the Seattle have been going […]
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