NHL to Seattle Volume XV - Moving the Expansion Needle [Upd: 9/24 Arena Reno. Unanimously Approved]

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

The leading contender...seems to be...The Metropolitans...

And the name I am supporting. BTW, for tomorrow, KIRO has announced they'll have a reporter on scene at the meetings in New York (Gary Horcher) and I'd also expect the others to be there too. Going to be a busy day on that front tomorrow and here's a preview from Daniels:

Future of KeyArena hinges on Tuesday meeting with NHL executive committee

 

[superdeluxe]

Aren’t Kranken mythical sea creatures who live in the North Atlantic? What does that have to do with Seattle?

Lol I got into a multipage argument about this several months ago

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

KOMO to be repped at the meetings tomorrow by reporter Patrick Quinn. Tweet is from his Twitter, so this will be a follow.

 

[LadyStanley]

LeBrun considers

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

Daniels is on the ground in New York and is repping KING.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[j1012]

The leading contender...seems to be...The Metropolitans...

Doubt it but expect a retro jersey night when they play the Millionaires. I have been partial to the Pilots, but no Kraken please. the weird Seattle Times nickname polling game has Totems versus Sockeye in their finals.

 

[j1012]

What time is the executive meeting?

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

What time is the executive meeting?

I believe I heard something like 10am ET. Mods can confirm. Random poll here BTW, how many of you wish you were flies on the wall in the meeting room today?? I know I'm one......and probably so is Chris Daniels. His Twitter will be a must follow today as will the other reporters there, and it wouldn't surprise me if Daniels does an interview or two on radio north of the border later so listen for that up in Canada.

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED......

 

[superdeluxe]

What time is the executive meeting?

7am

 

[Foppberg]

An Avs fan, but there's just something about Seattle that's so enticing. Maybe it's my Seahawks fandom but I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be rooting for Seattle as a secondary.

 

[LadyStanley]

Meeting on going

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[tank44]

F5... F5..... F5.... excited for this meeting. excited for the NHL to Seattle

 

[LadyStanley]

So extra discussion time. Guessing that's a good thing

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

So extra discussion time. Guessing that's a good thing

Probably is. Look, they probably were well aware of what the Seattle group was going to pitch today, and saw the pitch so there's probably a lot of good questions being asked in there by the Committee. Again, would be nice to be a fly on the wall in there....

Guess here again as I have noted before is that if the Committee recommends approval by the full BoG in December, Durkan will waive that particular clause about securing the team and allow OVG to begin construction. If this happens I'd expect to see dirt moving down there in a couple of weeks.

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

A photo of the prospective Seattle ownership group (Leiweke's and Bonderman) as they headed in for the meeting. As LeBrun reported, and Daniels is now reporting the same on Twitter, this thing is still going on. Daniels is a must follow on Twitter at this point as developments may be fast breaking here over the next hour or two.

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

And just like that.....

 

[BattleBorn]

Live Events

Live Q&A

I missed the first part, but the theme I heard was patience, NHL is in control of the process, etc. etc.

Will update the link if the upload the Live Video for replay.

 

[Llama19]

Live Events

Live Q&A

I missed the first part, but the theme I heard was patience, NHL is in control of the process, etc. etc.

Will update the link if the upload the Live Video for replay.

The most Captain Obvious post in this thread...

On another note...the Seattle Group is pushing for a 2020 start...IMO...NOT GONNA HAPPEN...

 

[LadyStanley]

So looks like it'll be on the agenda for December BOG meeting.

 

[gstommylee]

So looks like it'll be on the agenda for December BOG meeting.

I think it was based on what the NHL previously said regarding when the full BOG vote will happen. That can easily change at the full bog meeting today.

 

[snovalleyhockeyfan]

I think it was based on what the NHL previously said regarding when the full BOG vote will happen. That can easily change at the full bog meeting today.

We'll see.....



Looks as if that meeting has now started.

 

[DougieMellon]

The leading contender...seems to be...The Metropolitans...

I was told that Tod is against both the Totems and the Metropolitans.