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NHL unveils its 24-team Return To Play plan, could start training camps in July
By Andy Eide NHL commissioner Gary Bettman detailed the league’s Return To Play plan Tuesday that includes a 24-team playoff format which would allow the NHL to conduct a post season after pausing their regular season in March due to the COVID-19 disease. His live streamed announcement came a couple of days after the NHLPA […]
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman Visits Seattle To ‘Kick Tires’ Of New Franchise
By Andy Eide SEATTLE — Usually, you kick the tires before making the purchase but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was in Seattle Wednesday to do just that on the newly minted NHL franchise. “The tires are in great shape,” Bettman declared. It’s been just over a month since Bettman and the NHL awarded the league’s […]
Its official! Seattle awarded 32nd NHL Franchise
By Andy Eide SEATTLE – The Sea Island resort in Georgia is about as far away, geographically and culturally, from Seattle as possible. But it’s a location that is now part of Seattle’s sports history. It will forever be the spot where National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league had officially awarded […]
NHL says to Seattle, ‘Let’s do this’
By Andy Eide What a day Tuesday turned out to be for the city of Seattle and its hockey fans. Things began as NHL Seattle’s top line, led by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan in the middle with Jeremy Bonderman and Tod Leiweke on her wings, entered the NHL’s New York offices early in the morning, […]
Bettman and Daly visit with Seattle Mayor and King County Executive
If you have been paying any attention to any hockey news in the last 24 hours, you may have heard that Gary Bettman & Bill Daly, visited Seattle last week to meet with King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. Both sides are saying the meeting was informal and the NHL wanted to […]
2013 Review: Seattle is now part of the conversation
My second post to this site was “How does a city get an NHL team?” I posted it just about 2 years ago in January of 2012. It was poorly written and barely read by anyone outside of my household. In that post I laid out 3 pillars in getting a team. The pillars required were […]
Bettman comments on the “E” word
If you are in Seattle, before you read this piece, say three times out loud: “There are no guarantees. There are no guarantees. There are no guarantees.” Gary Bettman was speaking at the Prime Time Sports Management Conference in Toronto this morning where Yahoo NHL reporter, Nick Cotsonika, captured this nugget from the Commissioner. Bettman […]
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