Hi everyone! It’s that time of year again when I ask all of you to cast your votes for who you believe should be elected to the Seals Hall of Fame in July 2019. Like last year, you can vote up to three times per device, but unlike last year, I have whittled down the list of nominees from 10 to 8. The nominees come from all eras of the franchise’s history, from the early years in the WHL, all the way to the final two years in Cleveland.

Here are the eight 2019 nominees: Tom Thurlby, Charlie Burns, Bill Hicke, Ivan Boldirev, Gary Simmons, Jim Neilson, coach Fred Glover, and broadcaster Joe Starkey.

I invite you to check out the short bios of each nominee here to help you make your choice(s). The voting will continue until the summer, and the new members of the Hall of Fame will be announced at GoldenSealsHockey’s third anniversary in July. You can cast your votes by clicking on the player’s name right next to his picture, and you can vote up to three times on the same device.

The launching of the 2019 Hall of Fame vote is the big news on this site, but the big news in the Bettman circuit is the addition of Seattle as its 32nd franchise. In honour of this week’s big announcement, I’ve added a series of short articles from 1917 that are about the time when the Seattle Metropolitans took on the Montreal Canadiens in San Francisco in a three-game exhibition series that introduced hockey to the Bay Area.

That’s about it for this week. Until next time, stay gold!