NHL to Seattle Volume XIII - UPDATE 12/7 NHL will accept Seattle application - Expansion fee $650 M

[SoldiersOfFilth]

I like kraken, but I think Totems might be the choice. Also like steelhead sockeye or Seawolves

Seawolves is already the name of Seattle's new Major League Rugby team

 

[Foppberg]

Seattle Seametropolitans.

With the logo being Poseidon.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

For someone who hasn't been following this thread, but fully endorses a team in Seattle, who is/are the NHL group wanting to bring an expansion team to Seattle?


EASILY A. Metropolitans already has deep history, was the first American team to win Stanley Cup, is quite original, and quite classy.

Then I guess NHL would have to rename Metropolitan Division

 

[gstommylee]

Per John Shannon Twitter

If expansion is the answer in Seattle...we are going to start hearing the names of David Bonderman and Jerry Bruckheimer, a lot!
By the way, this is not an overnight resolution. Expansion will take time....like 4 years.

4 years? Its not going to take 4 years for a seattle team to actually start playing. Its not going to take 2 years till they announce it another 2 years for team to begin playing.

 

[AllezlesBleus]

If a team were to be available to relocate in Seattle, where would it play while the Key Arena is being renovated (oct. 2020)?

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Seattle Whalers.

 

[Killion]

If a team were to be available to relocate in Seattle, where would it play while the Key Arena is being renovated (oct. 2020)?

There is nowhere to play AllezlesBleus. So if a team has to move to move between now & lets say 2021... Seattle cant accommodate them... not unless they go play in Portland or Vancouver on a temporary basis & I cant see the NHL (or the Canucks) permitting that.

 

[the4thlinegrinder]

Seawolves is already the name of Seattle's new Major League Rugby team

That kinda looks like the logo of the NHL team just up the road a few hundred clicks, no? As for the name, Metropolitans is historic and classy. That would be my first choice. Metros for short.

As someone who has been following this story from a distance, I assumed that Key Arena was waaay out of the city centre. Like, out in the burbs. But after googling the location I see its only about 4 miles from Safeco Field and is in fact a stone's throw from the Space Needle. As I am clearly unfamiliar with Seattle, could someone please explain the location issue to me? Thank-you.

 

[gstommylee]

That kinda looks like the logo of the NHL team just up the road a few hundred clicks, no? As for the name, Metropolitans is historic and classy. That would be my first choice. Metros for short.

As someone who has been following this story from a distance, I assumed that Key Arena was waaay out of the city centre. Like, out in the burbs. But after googling the location I see its only about 4 miles from Safeco Field and is in fact a stone's throw from the Space Needle. As I am clearly unfamiliar with Seattle, could someone please explain the location issue to me? Thank-you.

Key arena is basically downtown Seattle. People are making a big deal of traffic and parking. Traffic isn't as bad as people claim. In fact SDOT made improvement to the traffic times and its actually down at mercer street.

 

[the4thlinegrinder]

Key arena is basically downtown Seattle. People are making a big deal of traffic and parking. Traffic isn't as bad as people claim. In fact SDOT made improvement to the traffic times and its actually down at mercer street.

I see. So the location of Key Arena is not an issue then?

 

[brewski420]

I see. So the location of Key Arena is not an issue then?

Yeah I don't quite believe those studies. Traffic is an issue in Seattle regardless and getting to City Center anytime sucks!!

 

[gstommylee]

I see. So the location of Key Arena is not an issue then?

Traffic getting out of key arena was just as bad back when we had the NBA. So suddenly people are objecting to it when they were traveling to see the sonics play before they left dealing with that traffic. SDOT made some adjustments on the traffic light timings so time between Seattle center and I-5 are down by quite a bit. 5pm 6pm 7pm times its down 10mins i believe i read that peak traffic times is down by half thanks to the adjustments to the traffic lights.

 

[powerstuck]

4 years? Its not going to take 4 years for a seattle team to actually start playing. Its not going to take 2 years till they announce it another 2 years for team to begin playing.

What's the schedule on Key renovations now that's it has been approved ?

If the renos start in January 2018 (I doubt it) it will give them 2 years and 9 months to make the building ready for 20-21 season opener. Is that enough, more than or not enough ?

 

[brewski420]

Traffic getting out of key arena was just as bad back when we had the NBA. So suddenly people are objecting to it when they were traveling to see the sonics play before they left dealing with that traffic. SDOT made some adjustments on the traffic light timings so time between Seattle center and I-5 are down by quite a bit. 5pm 6pm 7pm times its down 10mins i believe i read that peak traffic times is down by half thanks to the adjustments to the traffic lights.

Did those studies include event nights? Come on Tommy. Down by half?? I live it and travel it. That is BS.

 

[gstommylee]

Did those studies include event nights? Come on Tommy. Down by half?? I live it and travel it. That is BS.

The recent ones that SDOT came out doesn't mention anything higher than 7pm

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Very good first news. Hope something comes from it.

And to look way in the future, I hope that they're able to get the rights to the WHL Thunderbirds moniker. That'd just be an awesome and unique name in major pro sports (OKC aside for the first two syllables). Let's go, birds? Seattle Orcas would be a solid one as well, albeit that'd be impossible given the Nucks logo.

 

[gstommylee]

What's the schedule on Key renovations now that's it has been approved ?

If the renos start in January 2018 (I doubt it) it will give them 2 years and 9 months to make the building ready for 20-21 season opener. Is that enough, more than or not enough ?

There iis some evironmental review to be done, the transaction document to be written and signed if that goes well then construction is oct 2018.

 

[Dan Kelly]

The Seattle Flames has a nice ring to it !

 

[Neill99]

I like The Seattle Evergreens for a name for the NHL team.

 

[Dowisetrepla]

If a team were to be available to relocate in Seattle, where would it play while the Key Arena is being renovated (oct. 2020)?

In theory they could use the Tacoma Dome which is obviously in Tacoma, about 30 miles south. I think it can hold around 10-11k for hockey

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

In theory they could use the Tacoma Dome which is obviously in Tacoma, about 30 miles south. I think it can hold around 10-11k for hockey

Tacoma is no longer an option now, or any other facility, besides the ice capabilities/upgrades

 

[clunk]

This'll be good for people from Vancouver. Will give them all the more reason to make trips down there.

Plus, I'm sure we could develop a real nice rivalry.

This is great news.

 

[StreetHawk]

I would imagine the primary goal of the group is to obtain an NBA team. Sounders are also doing really well, getting the largest crowds before Atlanta this season. Be interesting to see how it will all shake down between the Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders, Sonics (assuming NBA returns), and whatever the NHL team is called. Plus, there is Washington Huskies which is right in the city as well, so Saturday afternoons in the fall will be about the Huskies football team.

 

[Blade Paradigm]

Very good first news. Hope something comes from it.

And to look way in the future, I hope that they're able to get the rights to the WHL Thunderbirds moniker. That'd just be an awesome and unique name in major pro sports (OKC aside for the first two syllables). Let's go, birds? Seattle Orcas would be a solid one as well, albeit that'd be impossible given the Nucks logo.

Seattle Totems are the historical rival of the Vancouver Canucks in the pro-level Western Hockey League.

Numerous attempts were made over the years to bring the Totems to the NHL.

Maybe now is the time.

5:15 - the 1967 WHL Finals, Seattle Totems vs Vancouver Canucks:

 

[brewski420]

Very good first news. Hope something comes from it.

And to look way in the future, I hope that they're able to get the rights to the WHL Thunderbirds moniker. That'd just be an awesome and unique name in major pro sports (OKC aside for the first two syllables). Let's go, birds? Seattle Orcas would be a solid one as well, albeit that'd be impossible given the Nucks logo.

I would love the Thunderbirds as well. Another Seattle historical moniker I would really like, albeit originally baseball, would be the Seattle Pilots.