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What’s next for NHL Seattle and new GM Ron Francis?
By Andy Eide SEATTLE — Thursday was a long day for new NHL Seattle general manager Ron Francis. It started with a press event at the KEXP Gathering Space and was followed by a string of live television and radio interviews from across the United States and Canada. His evening ended by greeting a throng […]
A look at how new NHL Seattle GM Ron Francis fared in Carolina
By Andy Eide NHL Seattle appears to have its man. The news started to break Tuesday afternoon that hockey Hall of Famer Ron Francis is going to be named the first general manager of Seattle’s expansion franchise. Francis’ resume on the ice is well documented. He was selected fourth overall by the Hartford Whalers in […]
American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Final has a distinct Northwest flavor
By Andy Eide Chicago and Charlotte are two cities that sit thousands of miles away from Seattle. Yet, as the Chicago Wolves get set to play the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Final, both teams have a distinct Northwest flavor. Game 1 of the Final gets underway Saturday night in Charlotte […]
NHL To Seattle 2016 News in Review
From a league level, we entered the beginning of 2016 with some outstanding questions on the two NHL expansion applications from Quebec and Las Vegas. Meanwhile, locally we were still waiting on the outcome of the final street vacation on the SoDo arena. January 14th Rumors start to circulate that the falling Canadian Dollar could […]
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