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Sound of Hockey Episode 95 – New Team Name Idea: Seattle Planets (Not Really)
It’s probably stated almost weekly, but seriously, super fun episode this week! John, Andy, and Darren have a lot to talk about, as there’s been some great recent content on NHLtoSeattle.com, and hockey is inching ever closer to a return to play. Andy and John give a quick Seattle update, and Darren shares some “Breaking […]
Qualify This – Edmonton Oilers versus Chicago Blackhawks Series Preview
Is there a more beautiful word in the hockey labor vernacular than “ratification?” Hearing it, reading it, and seeing it, as it pertains to the approval of a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHLPA, is enough to send tingles down the spine of pretty much any hockey fan who remembers recent […]
Ron Francis talks about how the NHL’s return and CBA may affect NHL Seattle
By Andy Eide The NHL was back on the ice this week as twenty-four teams opened training camps in preparation for the qualifying rounds of the Return to Play Plan set to kick off at the beginning of August. The seven teams that didn’t make the postseason are home, preparing for October’s NHL Draft with […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 94 – Crafting the Inaugural Crapweasels Squad
Hockey is *almost* back, as news has broken this week that a new collective bargaining agreement and return to play plan could be ratified in the coming days. Lots of… uh… exciting stuff to break down here, and John, Andy, and Darren do their best to accomplish this. The guys also take a look at […]
Will delay in Palm Springs arena cause AHL scramble for NHL Seattle?
By Andy Eide The groundbreaking celebration was set for February 18th in the California desert. Free tickets had been distributed and presumably ceremonial shovels were acquired for various photo ops as the excitement for a new hockey arena in Palm Springs was building. Five days prior to the event, it was cancelled. The arena in […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 93 – The Great Arena Name Debate
We have a name! …an arena name, that is. On this week’s Sound of Hockey, the guys give their reactions to the news that NHL Seattle’s future home will be called Climate Pledge Arena, which gets their wheels turning about which NHL/NBA arenas have the worst corporate names. Also on this episode, John, Andy, and […]
Why you should love Climate Pledge Arena
That dastardly Jeff Bezos has done it again! The eccentric gazillionaire CEO of Amazon let the cat out of the bag Thursday that his company had bought the naming rights to the former Key Arena, and would be re-naming the future home of the NHL Seattle franchise Climate Pledge Arena. True story, my wife read […]
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