Seattle clears major hurdle on the way to an NHL franchise

[deaderhead28]

The NHL is expected in the coming months to announce a franchise to Seattle after the City Council approved a $600 million renovation of KeyArena

The council approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the city and the Oak View Group to complete the renovation as early as October 2020. With the deal in place, the NHL is expected to make a franchise announcement regarding Seattle.

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Geoff Baker
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KeyArena MOU approved by Seattle City Council; will NHL announcement soon follow?

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[snipes]

Yay more expansion drafts and watering down of the league

 

[Nalens Oga]

That seems like a rumour and a clickbait-y title. Anyways, slap int he face of Quebec once again imo especially with the Canes on sale forever.

 

[karnige]

Yay more expansion drafts and watering down of the league

eventually the teams that don't deserve to be where they are will fold. im all for seattle and the growth of the game.

 

[Bizz]

Yay more expansion drafts and watering down of the league

The success of the Vegas Golden Knights is undeniable proof that the league's talent pool is the best it's ever been and the Dilution Theory is bullshit.

 

[snipes]

The success of the Vegas Golden Knights is undeniable proof that the league's talent pool is the best it's ever been and the Dilution Theory is bull****.

Or parity is real.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Or parity is real.

Or Gallant is a good coach and some teams are better than the sum of their parts.

 

[deaderhead28]

More info on the Seattle new franchise. Seattle takes next step towards joining NHL

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

The success of the Vegas Golden Knights is undeniable proof that the league's talent pool is the best it's ever been and the Dilution Theory is bull****.

this is sarcasm right

 

[Bizz]

Or parity is real.

Parity is also a product of a strong talent pool.

 

[PensandCaps]

Someone make a mock Seattle team.

 

[Eat The Rich]

Honestly, If you ask me talent dilution is overrated.

Sure there are more teams than in the 80's, there are also WAY MORE hockey players to choose from than there were in the 80's.

If anything, there is too much good talent in the league right now.

 

[GodEmperor]

Parity is also a product of a strong talent pool.

Not necessarily, you can find parity in leagues lacking skill or virtually no parity despite immense skill existing in the league (NBA).

 

[saffronleaf]

I hope Quebec City gets one of the relocation candidates.

32 teams. 4 conferences of 8 teams. 1 Canadian conference.

 

[deaderhead28]

Wonder if they go with the Seattle Metropolitans?

The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Jezz 600 million?

Can I have some?

 

[Regal]

Who would you move to the Central division then? I guess Vegas?

 

[deaderhead28]

Yay more expansion drafts and watering down of the league

League is not water down by any means.Its very competitive and talent pool is much bigger then before.Spreading out talent helps the league unlike the original 6 days of having only 6 teams with all the talent winning the cup continuously like say Montreal.East is loaded with teams in the area, good for the west coast to add another team.

 

[M2Beezy]

So divisions i guess the Yotes gotta move out of the Western division:

Western:

Vancity
Edmonton
Calgary
Los Angeles
Anahiem
Seattle
Las Vegas
San Jose

Central:

Arizona
Dallas
Minnesota
Chicago
Nashville
Colorado
Wpeg
stl

Eastern conferences:

The same

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Who would you move to the Central division then? I guess Vegas?

I say Arizona, because they're in Mountain time rather than Pacific, and I don't think the league would want to split up Calgary and Edmonton (the only other Mountain time teams in the Pacific Division).

The only problem is that the state of Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, so they'd essentially be on Pacific time at the beginning and end of the season.

 

[Osprey]

The sky in the rendering is ominously overcast and the roof is heavily angled to provide maximum rainwater run-off. This seems like it could be legit.

 

[Regal]

I say Arizona, because they're in Mountain time rather than Pacific, and I don't think the league would want to split up Calgary and Edmonton (the only other Mountain time teams in the Pacific Division).

The only problem is that the state of Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, so they'd essentially be on Pacific time at the beginning and end of the season.

Yea that makes sense. I was thinking Vegas is away from the coast as well and doesn't really have any ties to the division, but Arizona doesn't seem to have strong rivalries either. Plus, if they did end up relocating the team, Houston would probably be the main option and you don't have to re-align again.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

View attachment 86509 Wonder if they go with the Seattle Metropolitans?

The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924.

That jersey looks like something the Wild players would wear in their Christmas party.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Awesome news!

 

[Esko6]

Great news. Do you think this will rule out Portland for a while?

I do not see any problems with talent dilution, it just allows the greats to shine more. Maybe at 50 teams there would be some complications.