Rumor: NHL Pushing For Seattle Expansion for 2014-15 Season

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

NBC Pro Hockey Talk:

 
The rumors about the NHL moving to Seattle are about to be reignited.

Mitch Levy, a sports-talk radio host in Seattle, shared a rumor saying NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is pushing the Board of Governors to make an expansion team available to Seattle. Levy says it would cost $275 million to start the team and that the new team would begin playing in the 2014-15 season.

The same issues that came up when the rumors over the Phoenix Coyotes relocating to Seattle are in play here. There would have to be local ownership and the proposed arena in downtown Seattle would need to be built. The latter part would require some political paperwork to be adjusted to make it happen.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly recently spoke about the Pacific Northwest getting “serious consideration” for expansion or relocation so perhaps this is where Levy’s rumors are stemming from.
 

 
 
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Seattle Raindrops?
 

 

[H-MYK]

It would be nice to see Seattle get a team, however I rather have it come via relocation. There are a few cities who have no business having teams. I'm surprised that the Coyotes are still in Phoenix

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Adding two more teams could work as well