It’s Official: Seattle Is getting a NHL Team
On December 4, 2018, the board of governors of the National Hockey League (NHL) unanimously voted in favor of adding its 32nd franchise in Seattle. This gives the city its first major-league hockey team since 1924 and its first winter sports team since the SuperSonics infamously left the city a decade earlier. The new team will play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Because of this, the Arizona Coyotes will move to the Central Division, creating 4 divisions with 8 teams each. What Will the Team Be Called? So far, the team has not decided on a name. [...]