So You Want to Make Team Canada for the World Junior Championship?
So you want to make Team Canada for the World Junior Championship? Good luck, kid. Growing up in Mission, British Columbia, Everett Silvertips center Gage Goncalves dreamed about one day playing for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. He wasn’t alone. The...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 116 – Featuring Lisa Dillman
The Sound Of Hockey Podcast welcomes a fantastic guest this week in the great Lisa Dillman, Senior Writer covering the Los Angeles Kings for The Athletic. Lisa previously worked at the Los Angeles Times for 23 years, so she has stories for days. With Lisa, the...
Expansion Draft: What the Oilers Can Offer Seattle Kraken
During the 2017 Expansion Draft, it was slim pickings for the Vegas Golden Knights when it came to the Edmonton Oilers’ player pool, but thankfully for the Seattle Kraken, there’s a little bit more meat on the bone this time around. The Oilers, with Hart Trophy...
For Seattle Kraken, Goalie Evaluation Is a Tricky Analytics Exercise
One of the important decisions for the immediate, and perhaps the long-standing future of the Seattle Kraken, is what it decides to do at goalie during the Expansion Draft. Sound Of Hockey's Darren Brown speculated on which goalies the Kraken may be linked to...
Which Maple Leafs Will Fall to the Kraken in the Expansion Draft
Spending up to the salary cap and chasing that elusive Stanley Cup will leave the Toronto Maple Leafs open for Seattle Kraken to exploit them in the 2021 Expansion Draft.
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...
