12-15-2018, 03:16 PM
https://www.nhl.com/news/seattle-nhl-exp...=281011650
The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the expansion application from the NHL Seattle group to bring the yet-to-be named team into the League for the start of the 2021-22 season.
"Today is a day for celebration in a great city that adores and avidly supports its sports teams and for our 101-year-old sports league," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.
This won't be the first time Seattle is represented in the NHL. Although you'll have to go way back to 1924 for the last time it was there with the Seattle Metropolitans, the first US team to lift the Stanley Cup in 1917. I would definitely say that this makes a lot more sense than most other expansion efforts (Arizona? Really?) but it will be interesting to see how they'll follow in Vegas' footsteps on being a successful new team even through just their inaugural season.
The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the expansion application from the NHL Seattle group to bring the yet-to-be named team into the League for the start of the 2021-22 season.
"Today is a day for celebration in a great city that adores and avidly supports its sports teams and for our 101-year-old sports league," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.
This won't be the first time Seattle is represented in the NHL. Although you'll have to go way back to 1924 for the last time it was there with the Seattle Metropolitans, the first US team to lift the Stanley Cup in 1917. I would definitely say that this makes a lot more sense than most other expansion efforts (Arizona? Really?) but it will be interesting to see how they'll follow in Vegas' footsteps on being a successful new team even through just their inaugural season.
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