NHL Wants Expansion Team In Seattle By 2014

[RealGM Wiretap]

The NHL is trying to have an expansion team in Seattle by the start of the 14-15 season, according to a report from Mitch Levy of KJR.

Seattle was identified as an alternative option if the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes fell through.

"If approved, the new expansion Seattle NHL club would cost approximately $275M," wrote Levy. "It would begin playing here in the 2014-2015 season."

Via The Score

[caronimo]

Bring back the Seattle Metropolitans! They won the Stanley Cup way back in 1917.

[esperanzafleet]

Bring back the Seattle Metropolitans! They won the Stanley Cup way back in 1917.

that would be the dumbest name of all time.

[clw85]

Typical NHL run by a bunch of biased pricks.. The NHL's true place is in Canada, where they won't need to front the bill on numerous failing franchises, yet Bettman won't even consider it.. We need to go IRA on his ass