WHL Playoffs Kick Off Friday With All Five U.S. Division Teams In The Mix
By Andy Eide The Western Hockey League’s second season gets underway Friday night and for the second straight season, all five U.S. Division teams have qualified. The U.S. Division has been on quite a run, sending a team to the WHL Championships in eight of the last nine seasons (Portland 2011-2014, Seattle 2016-2017, Everett 2018), […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 28 – Playoffs (and Expansion Drafts) On Our Minds
The latest Sound of Hockey is a fun one! The guys reveal who was the tipsy host on last week’s episode, and the answer might surprise you! Next, they dive into a WHL playoff primer, then a NHL playoff debate over who will be the last teams to qualify, and they even give a NWHL Final […]
Wild Wild West — Pacific Division Race To The Top
By Andy Eide If you’re a fan of tight races, nervous scoreboard watching and meaningful March hockey games, then the NHL’s Pacific Division should be right up your alley. Heading into the weekend, the San Jose Sharks and Calgary Flames are locked in a close race for not only the division but also, the top […]
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 […]
Wild Wild West – The Central Compresses
When we last talked about the Central Division in this space two weeks ago, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion which teams would end up in the top three spots upon completion of the regular season. Winnipeg and Nashville were continuing to stand in a class of their own, and the St. Louis Blues—then […]
NHL Draft Prospects Live Life Under The Microscope
By Andy Eide Jake Lee skates off the ice after playing 25-plus minutes of defense for the Seattle Thunderbirds. He sits at his stall in the Seattle dressing room and begins to pry off his sweat soaked shoulder pads. The coaching staff come into the room for a quick post-game briefing and message. Before Lee […]
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