NHL Season Plan, WJC Update, Mighty Ducks Reboot
2020-21 NHL Season It appears that the NHL season will start on January 13th with 56 games, or at least that's the latest plan. It still needs to be voted on by the NHL Board of Governors, but it appears very close to being fully baked. Realignment Due to the ongoing...
The Florida Panthers Have Good Players for Seattle Expansion Draft
It turns out signing goalie Sergei Bobrovsky and Stanley Cup-winning coach Joel Quenneville didn’t solve the Florida Panthers' problems. On paper, it should have. The Panthers have talent but couldn’t rise above mediocrity last year and were ultimately sent home after...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 115 – Local Man Talks About Weather
The Sound Of Hockey Podcast is here for a short but sweet episode this week. First, John, Andy, and Darren discuss the latest on the NHL's return to play plan, which is suddenly gaining momentum after appearing to be stalled just last week. WHL...
Another Ride on the Seattle Kraken Goalie Expansion Draft Carousel
In the NHLtoSeattle days of yore, we took a deep look at the goalie market to try to understand which netminders could be on the Seattle Kraken’s radar, come the 2021 Expansion Draft. At the time, there were a lot of chips left to fall. In fact, the NHL's 32nd...
Nashville Provides Options in the Seattle Expansion Draft
There have been a lot of high expectations of the Nashville Predators since they made their first Stanley Cup Final in 2017. Unfortunately, the team has struggled to advance past the second round of playoffs over the last three seasons. Although the team had led into...
Splitting Up Your Kraken Season Tickets
You did it! You and three of your buddies landed two full-season ticket packages to split for the Seattle Kraken's inaugural season. But have you thought about exactly how you're going to split your coveted Kraken season tickets? If you are like me, then you have...
What the Rangers Can Offer Seattle Kraken in Expansion Draft
The New York Rangers were swept out of the NHL’s play-in round this summer. While that loss felt like a setback at the time the Rangers ended up big winners by winning the Draft Lottery that followed. New York jump-started its rebuild by taking a franchise-type player...
Climate Pledge Arena, Kraken Birthday, World Juniors
It feels like a lifetime - because time has become a flat circle - but in reality, it was just two December 4th’s ago when hundreds of hockey fans packed into Henry’s Tavern in South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. It was early in the morning and it was cold, but...
Winnipeg Jets Offer Plenty for Seattle Kraken in Expansion Draft
Of all the teams we’ve reviewed at Sound Of Hockey thus far, the Winnipeg Jets may present the best assortment of NHL-ready players for the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 Expansion Draft. But who knows what might change between then and now? A promising...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 114 – Diving Into the Expansion Draft
This week, the Sound Of Hockey Podcast goes deep into the world of the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. As you may have seen on soundofhockey.com, John, Andy, and Darren (with help from Josh and Jim) have been taking deep dives into NHL teams to try to understand...
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