OFFICIAL: 2018-2019 NHL thread

[rage2]

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nhlshop.ca has 30% off so I ordered an Engelland Vegas jersey

I have an extra 2018 SCF patch if you want it. Went with the inaugural patch after they lost haha.

[D'z Nutz]

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I have an extra 2018 SCF patch if you want it. Went with the inaugural patch after they lost haha.

Yeah sure man!

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Laine scores 5 against the Blues, meaning someone has finally won the Safeway Score & Win $1,000,000!

[ExtraSlow]

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Laine scores 5 against the Blues, meaning someone has finally won the Safeway Score & Win $1,000,000!

Finally!

[D'z Nutz]

That is fucking awesome!

[Team_Mclaren]

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Laine scores 5 against the Blues, meaning someone has finally won the Safeway Score & Win $1,000,000!

thats the first thing i thought of after hearing the news

edit:

apparently it's 50k for 20 years. still freaking awesome

[max_boost]

Amazing amazing ! Whoever won should definitely thank the kid lol

[ExtraSlow]

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thats the first thing i thought of after hearing the news

edit:

apparently it's 50k for 20 years. still freaking awesome

Anyone know if that's taxable? Its pretty amazing either way.

[speedog]

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Anyone know if that's taxable? Its pretty amazing either way.

It's a Canadian promotion so the winnings should be tax free.

[D'z Nutz]

It would be hilarious if the prize money was in the form of gift cards, only redeemable at Safeway/Sobey's

[ExtraSlow]

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It would be hilarious if the prize money was in the form of gift cards, only redeemable at Safeway/Sobey's

I could spend twenty grand a year at Safeway. Fifty would be a stretch.

[asp integra]

If it included the sobeys liquor then we would be talking! Nothing but $1,000+ scotches from now on!

[Team_Mclaren]

It is cash, he also gets the second and third price which is $250/$1000 iirc in gift certificate at safeway lol

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...nner-1.4919902

[D'z Nutz]

Seattle officially approved as 32nd franchise. RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

https://www.tsn.ca/seattle-officiall...hise-1.1220648

SEA ISLAND, Ga. - Say hello to Seattle.

One hundred years after the Stanley Cup resided in the city, NHL hockey is finally coming to the Pacific Northwest.

Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league’s Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve Seattle as home to the 32nd franchise with play to begin in October of 2021. The Arizona Coyotes will move then from the Pacific Division to the Central Division to perfectly balance the league with four divisions of eight teams.

The great-grandson of the original owner of the Seattle Metropolitans, who toppled the Montreal Canadiens in 1917 as Stanley Cup champions as members of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, was on-hand to mark history.

Tuesday’s approval by the Board realized the NHL’s long-held fascination with Seattle, a city better known for the Space Needle and Starbucks, which has been without a major professional winter sports team since the NBA’s Supersonics bolted to Oklahoma City in 2008.

Movers and shakers from Seattle first pitched Bettman on the idea in 2007, along with representatives from Winnipeg, Las Vegas, Houston and Kansas City. The NHL sifted through various potential ownership groups and waited out three failed arena projects to find what they believe is the best fit in the United States’ 15th-largest market.

Seattle, located just 110 miles south of the Canadian border, makes for a ready-made rival with the Vancouver Canucks.

“Seattle’s one of the fastest growing cities in the country,” Bettman said in October. “It gives us a geographic balance. It creates a nice geographic rivalry with Vancouver. I know Vancouver’s particularly excited about the possibility. The ownership group, the plans for the arena. It’s all of the above. It’s never one factor.”

Seattle’s ownership is led by billionaire David Bonderman, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer, vice chair David Wright and former Seattle Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke. The Oak View Group, which includes former Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke, is also part of the group, along with various minor partners.

The NHL extended an invitation for Seattle to join as an expansion franchise in 1974, but that ownership group could not cobble together the requisite expansion fee by 1976, so the league moved in another direction. That won't be a problem this time around.

Once Seattle’s expansion agreement is executed, they will be collectively responsible for wiring the first payment toward the NHL record $650 million USD expansion fee later this week. That initial payment is expected to be north of $200 million.

When Seattle is officially welcomed to the NHL in 2021 with the Expansion Draft - conducted under the same terms the Vegas Golden Knights used as a launching pad in 2016 - each of the 30 “original” franchises will receive a $21 million cut.

Puck drop is nearly three years away - a reality the Seattle Hockey Partners pushed to avoid - but it was one the group came to recognize on their own. Construction is set to begin on a $600 million gut job of Key Arena, formerly home to the NBA’s Supersonics, later this week which would have pushed the completed target date to late November of 2020.

That was too late for the NHL to feel comfortable guaranteeing a 2020 arrival. It also allows for flexibility in the case of an NHL work stoppage.

Three years is no matter to the fans. Seattle was worked into a lather on Tuesday, with hundreds flocking to a watch party led by longtime NHL coach Dave Tippett in the shadow of the Space Needle. More than 34,000 fans plunked down money on season-ticket deposits last March for an arena with a 17,300 capacity.

[ExtraSlow]

arena with a 17,300 capacity.

Isn't that pretty small?

Anyway, yay. I like this announcement.

[colinxx235]

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Isn't that pretty small?

Anyway, yay. I like this announcement.

Would put it at 26 of 32 for capacity. Funny enough Vegas being the newest only holds 68 more seats.

[rage2]

It's all about premium and suite seats these days. Much more revenue and price controls with less but better seats than to try to pack 20k people into an arena with nosebleeds.

MTS Center is 15k and it's one of the best hockey arenas I've been to. The smaller size makes the crowd feel that much louder, way more energy in the building.

[Maxx Mazda]

Any idea what they’ll be called?

[88CRX]

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Any idea what they’ll be called?

They were saying on the fan960 this morning that they are rumored to be called the Seattle Metropolitans.... which is a terrible name.

[ExtraSlow]

Sounders?