NHL expanding to Seattle in 2014?

[siouxfaninseattle]

This should be the final piece of the puzzle to get an NHL team to Seattle, but I will never understand why they chose Key Arena over a new arena in a location that is actually somewhat accessible. Oh, I forgot, there will be light rail in 10 years.

http://mynorthwest.com/1123600/seattle-city-council-approves-700m-keyarena-renovation/

 

[SiouxVolley]

Will Houston get the 33rd team?

https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/the-nhl-will-be-in-houston-someday-because-jeremy-jacobs-says-it-will

[SiouxVolley]

Appears someone will buy the Coyotes in 2019 and keep them in the Phoenix area.

https://www.thefourthperiod.com/pagnotta/ownership-change-coming-in-arizona

 

[Oxbow6]

Well it's official......Seattle is a go for the 2021-2022 season. 32nd team in the league.

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

2 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Well it's official......Seattle is a go for the 2021-2022 season. 32nd team in the league.

Should make for nice scheduling.

[Siouxperfan7]

Well, Mafia was only a couple years off with his prediction when he started this thread!!   

[Siouxperfan7]

On 10/11/2018 at 8:32 PM, SiouxVolley said:

Will Houston get the 33rd team?

https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/the-nhl-will-be-in-houston-someday-because-jeremy-jacobs-says-it-will

 

On 11/8/2018 at 9:28 PM, SiouxVolley said:

Appears someone will buy the Coyotes in 2019 and keep them in the Phoenix area.

https://www.thefourthperiod.com/pagnotta/ownership-change-coming-in-arizona

 

Arizona moving to the Central to even out all the Division.  The new owners should move to Houston or maybe Kansas City.  

[southpaw]

1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Well, Mafia was only a couple years off with his prediction when he started this thread!!   

He is now the most accurate predictor on the board!

[MafiaMan]

1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Arizona moving to the Central to even out all the Division.  The new owners should move to Houston or maybe Kansas City.  

I’m hoping that that’s the ultimate end-game with the Coyotes franchise. 

[Frozen4sioux]

8 hours ago, MafiaMan said:

I’m hoping that that’s the ultimate end-game with the Coyotes franchise. 

NHL will staple that franchise in Arizona almost no matter what.

Houston will get a relocation from Calgary. Kansas city from Ottawa.

then the next expansion will force calgary and ottawa to build new to get teams back. .....

After.... Qubec City and North Toronto will get expansions..... 

.....channneling my inner siouxvolley on that one.

Carolina and columbus are always canadates to slip into Kansas City too.

[MafiaMan]

19 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Houston will get a relocation from Calgary.

I sure as hell hope not!

[Frozen4sioux]

The winner.... from reddit

 

[Blackheart]

On 12/4/2018 at 11:11 AM, Oxbow6 said:

Well it's official......Seattle is a go for the 2021-2022 season. 32nd team in the league.

They got a nickname yet?  How about the Seattle Shi+;-storm?  The Microsofters?  The Costco's?  The Starbuckers?

[Oxbow6]

7 hours ago, Blackheart said:

They got a nickname yet?  How about the Seattle Shi+;-storm?  The Microsofters?  The Costco's?  The Starbuckers?

My question is who's going to go to games? No way any of the Antifa and the drug addicted homeless that litter the streets of Seattle know anything about icing, power play, faceoff or Jonathan Toews.

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

7 hours ago, Blackheart said:

They got a nickname yet?  How about the Seattle Shi+;-storm?  The Microsofters?  The Costco's?  The Starbuckers?

They need to steal a page from Vegas and find a way to pi$$ off another branch of the US Armed Forces. Maybe the S.E.A.L.s, or the Blue Angels, or the "Hey, the Coast Guard matters, too's."

[SiouxVolley]

According to TSN, Austin may be the next NHL city, even over Houston.  It doesn’t have a NHL quality arena yet, but UT and another group are poking around at multiple locations for a new arena.  Austin metro has grown to 2.1 million and San Antonio is just under two hours.  Austin will get an MLS expansion team as it’s first top team pro team though.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/insider-trading-are-there-any-unknown-markets-the-nhl-could-expand-to~1557908

[siouxfaninseattle]

This is pretty much standard operating procedure in Seattle. 

http://mynorthwest.com/1212670/rantz-keyarena-renovation-trouble-nhl/

 

[SiouxVolley]

The Phoenix Suns owner is threatening to move the Suns to Seattle or Vegas if he doesn’t get what he wants.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2018/12/12/robert-sarver-phoenix-suns-move-seattle-las-vegas-reaction/2291661002/

[siouxfaninseattle]

Wow. An owner threatening to move the team unless the city spends a ****load of money on renovations. Probably the first time that has ever happened. 

[SiouxVolley]

So Winnipeg is getting a hockey trifecta: a WHL team in addition to NHL and AHL ones.

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/friesen-whl-move-to-winnipeg-a-done-deal

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

18 minutes ago, SiouxVolley said:

So Winnipeg is getting a hockey trifecta: a WHL team in addition to NHL and AHL ones.

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/friesen-whl-move-to-winnipeg-a-done-deal

They love their hockey.

[Frozen4sioux]

30 minutes ago, SiouxVolley said:

So Winnipeg is getting a hockey trifecta: a WHL team in addition to NHL and AHL ones.

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/friesen-whl-move-to-winnipeg-a-done-deal

kinda overkill.... lots of hockey options for people in the peg... add to that the time they spend on playing youth hockey, it can get tough to support yet another "pro" options 

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

25 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

kinda overkill.... lots of hockey options for people in the peg... add to that the time they spend on playing youth hockey, it can get tough to support yet another "pro" options 

Some Bissons fans, very few Bison fans there, so they have that going for them. Hockey is KING

[SiouxVolley]

OVG group, the same company remodeling Seattle’s Key Arena for the new NHL owners, has plans to build a new arena at the U of Texas.  Could be a spot for an Austin NHL team.  UT is walkable from downtown Austin.

https://www.hookem.com/story/innovative-deal-texas-will-get-300-million-basketball-arena-no-cost-taxpayers-boosters/

NCSU Basketball shares their arena with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Apple is building a billion $ campus in Austin, so it’s growth will continue.

[Siouxperfan7]

1 hour ago, SiouxVolley said:

OVG group, the same company remodeling Seattle’s Key Arena for the new NHL owners, has plans to build a new arena at the U of Texas.  Could be a spot for an Austin NHL team.  UT is walkable from downtown Austin.

https://www.hookem.com/story/innovative-deal-texas-will-get-300-million-basketball-arena-no-cost-taxpayers-boosters/

NCSU Basketball shares their arena with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Apple is building a billion $ campus in Austin, so it’s growth will continue.

Only difference is PNC Arena isn't on campus.  Not sure ho the logistics of the whole thing would work out, but not sure how the NHL feels about and NHL team playing in a building on a college campus.