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    Seattle Granted NHL Expansion Franchise

    Henry JohnBy Henry JohnDecember 4, 2018Updated:December 5, 20188 Comments2 Mins Read NHL
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    The 2018-19 NHL season has reached the two-month mark, and the latest storylines are rich and plentiful.

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    Hockey is Coming to Seattle

    After rumors and rumblings for some time now, it was finally made official Tuesday morning. The NHL will be bringing a franchise to Seattle, Washington. The board of governors voted unanimously to place the league’s 32nd team in the Emerald City. The team will begin play starting with the 2021-22 season and will be a member of the Pacific Division. The Arizona Coyotes will be moving from the Pacific to the Central Division, balancing all four NHL divisions with eight teams apiece.

    The new NHL team will join the NFL’s Seahawks, the MLB’s Mariners, the MLS’ Sounders, and the WNBA’s Storm on the Seattle professional sports scene. The 18th-largest city in the United States has been void of a winter season sports team however since the NBA’s SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City in 2008. The hockey team will play in KeyArena, current home of the Storm and former home of the SuperSonics. Part of the approval however will include the arena undergoing a $700 million renovation. The Storm will relocate for the next two seasons while those renovations take place.

    Despite the success last season of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has no plans to alter the expansion draft structure for Seattle’s inaugural draft in 2021. Allowing the expansion franchises the opportunity to be competitive right away is something that none of the owners have been opposed to. And for those who worry that the Seattle franchise won’t be successful, a season-ticket drive this past March garnered 25,000 deposits within its first hour alone. That far exceeds the 5,000 deposits over the first two days that the Golden Knights got on their drive in 2015.

     

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    Henry’s passion for sports dates all the way back to childhood and has ultimately led to a full-fledged career as an analyst and content creator. After getting his start penning fantasy football articles, he forrayed into the betting side of the business in early 2019. His love for sports and statistics proved to be an ideal match with the dedicated research and strategy that handicapping requires. Henry currently specializes in betting analysis and picks for college football, college basketball and NASCAR. He counts the NFL, the WNBA, and NBA player props as additional leagues/markets of interest. Henry graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 2021 with a Communication Studies degree and a Psychology minor. A native of the Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York, he and his pup, Harold, have since relocated to Laramie, Wyoming. Thanks to his professional goals within the sports betting industry, there has been a whole lot of steam on the odds for a move to Las Vegas in 2023! Most of Henry’s free time is spent on outdoor adventures, playing chess, snowboarding, or reading a good book. He is also a competitive powerlifter and aspires to qualify for the USAPL Nationals meet within the next 2-3 years.

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