Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 133 – No Calamari, with Mick McHugh, Kraken Bar & Grill
It’s yet another fun episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast. This one focuses on the NHL Trade Deadline and everything that surrounded that big moment in the NHL season and also features Mick McHugh, legendary Seattle restaurateur who will operate the new Kraken Bar...
How the NHL Trade Deadline affected the Seattle Kraken
Funny enough, the Seattle Kraken had their tentacles all over the come-and-gone NHL Trade Deadline. Sure, there were the lets-go-win-a-Cup type trades, like Taylor Hall to Boston and Nick Foligno to Toronto, but there were also plenty of deals with a...
Is going all in at the NHL trade deadline worth it?
The NHL trade deadline is always a fun time for NHL fans. If our team is in the thick of the playoff picture, we hope it makes huge trades and pushes all our collective chips into the center of the table with hopes of playing for the Stanley Cup. But is this the right...
Data Dump: NHL Playoff Races
In this week’s Data Dump Saturday, I dig into the playoff races in the Central and West Divisions by looking beyond the points in the standings to get an idea of who might claim the fourth playoff spot in each division. Earlier this week we did a round of Buy, Sell,...
Weekly One-Timers: Seattle Kraken bar, NHL trades heating up
Seattle Kraken news has not been particularly groundbreaking of late, as we patiently await the next big story like a coach hiring or the team’s final payment to the league which could lead to the signing of the team’s first player. None of those items have come yet,...
An oral history of the Seattle Thunderbirds 2017 WHL Championship Season: Part 2, the playoffs
When we last discussed the Seattle Thunderbirds 2017 Championship run, the team was finding a way to win during the second half of the season and get into the playoffs. They had overcome injuries and reeled in the Everett Silvertips, who had previously built up a lead...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 132 – HYPEotheticals
The Sound Of Hockey Podcast has a NEW BIT this week! We repeat, the Sound Of Hockey Podcast has a new bit. This is not a drill. Yes, folks, HYPEotheticals will both get your mind in a pretzel and simultaneously get you hyped. On this week's episode, Andy gives a...
Everything you need to know about the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four
The NCAA Men’s Frozen Four is upon us, with the semifinals getting underway this Thursday and the championship game scheduled for Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. We at Sound Of Hockey recognize that college hockey isn’t always the easiest thing to follow...
Five Expansion Draft Dark Horse Candidates
After running through several forecasted protection lists and countless mock expansion drafts, I found that there are a few NHL teams that do not have much to offer the Kraken this July. Part of the task of Ron Francis and company is to identify any expansion...
Data Dump: How usage of 16-year-old players has shifted in WHL
We knew this Western Hockey League season was going to be different. There were several target start dates that came and went without a single puck being dropped. Slowly but surely the WHL worked with local government entities in each province and state to come up...
