SB Nation Seattle

This past week was quite the eventful one for the NHL. On Monday, it was revealed by Deadspin that the NHL was paying Luntz Global - a noted Republican market research firm - to do focus groups to...

The 2012 NHL lockout is at the end of its first week, with preseason games having already been canceled. No progress has been made since it started, and players are already signing with teams in Europe.

There has been much speculation as to whether or not the NHL will lockout its players, but at this point, it looks like a done deal.

All sports fans have their quirks, depending on the sport, but hockey fans are a family.

A number of things will affect Seattle if or when they get an NHL team.