nhl-expansion Stories - Lighthouse Hockey
How the Tacoma Dome could be the future home of the NHL in the Pacific Northwest
With a number of teams struggling financially, there have been various cities talked about for relocation. One of those places is Seattle. I'd hoped to get a more comprehensive write-up about the pros and cons of Seattle this offseason, as I grew up in that area, but that didn't happen and might be...
Hockey Deprived Americans
Hockey has grown substantially in the United States over the past couple of decades, to the point where in nearly every state, there is some high level hockey to enjoy as a fan. Not all major metropolitan areas enjoy this, but at least on the state by state level, its very close. But despite these...
Panthers at Thrashers: A tale of two "non-traditional" hockey cities
Atlanta and Florida. At face value, there aren't a lot of differences between the two beguiled Southeast Division rivals: they're both in what's typically labeled as non-traditional hockey markets, they're struggling with the economic side of the game (including gate, finances, arena expenditures,...
Which Nashville Predators should be protected in the SB Nation Mock NHL Expansion Draft?
This weekend's conversation ties in to the mock expansion draft that the SB Nation hockey blogs are conducting. As polls determine which cities will receive these fictional teams, we can turn out question to how the Nashville Predators should handle such a situation. The last time the NHL expanded,...
If Miami doesn't deserve a Stanley Cup, how about Sunrise?
Like moths to a lightbulb we dutifully flock to these "Best Of/Worst Of" lists as if our lives depended upon it. And I'm typically first in line to bathe in the guilty pleasure of it all. Not difficult to do when the Florida Panthers tend to figure rather prominently in many. The latest,...
Jack Kent Cooke Says New Hockey Team to Be Purple
...and they will play here. I predict a cup within fifty years. [NOTE: I have observed a bug in the ARPANET protocol by which all dates appear to default to January 1, 1970. Post reminder that when this is corrected, all entries should be back-logged to conform to their correct dates. Luckily,...
ESPN's Buccigross should run for mayor of Sunrise...
...because he's the only one of a Group of Four WWL columnists who voted not to dissembowel South Florida of its hockey team. We're waiting on local results from this esteemed pollster, due any moment... Granted, he decided against contracting any clubs from their current locations - in...
Pre-Bettman, when the NHL had already 'stolen the game' from Canada
Evidence of the WWII-era U.S. plot to steal the game from Canada [Puck Daddy photo] The latest Puck Daddy post features a glorious collection of hockey artifacts that Greg Wyshynski found while traveling around Maine. One such artifact was the newsprint sampled above, which had me belly laughing...
"Report": Southern Ontario needs a second franchise. This is not a recording
From the (Waterloo, ON) Record: The day may come -- perhaps it isn't far away -- when the owners of teams such as the Phoenix Coyotes, the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning will find they could improve their bank accounts if they sold their teams to owners willing to move a team to...
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