Qualify This – Pittsburgh Penguins versus Montreal Canadiens Series Preview
EASTERN CONFERENCE#5 Pittsburgh Penguins vs #12 Montreal CanadiensScotiabank ArenaToronto, Ontario We keep seeing folks around the hockey Twittersphere referencing this series as one that can get stolen by Montreal’s goaltender. One could argue that such a phenomenon...
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...
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...
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,...
No Way Am I Cheering for Them – a 20-something Nerdy Girl’s Guide to NHL Seattle’s Potential Team Names
I don’t fit the bill for your average hockey fan. I’m a liberal arts graduate who spends most of my time re-watching Sherlock and reading YA novels. I didn’t like hockey, despite growing up in Minnesota, until a few years ago. With a job at a non-profit, I can’t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sound of Hockey Episode 92 – Hub City “Fever”
Lots of news to discuss on this week's Sound of Hockey, both locally and nationally. First, Andy gives an update on what's happening with the WHL. Then John gives an update on what's happening with the NHL Seattle franchise, as the name release and AHL arena have...
