SEATTLE — John Goodwin had the honor of being the first and it was a bit unnerving.
He was a pro scout representing a franchise without a nickname and nearly two years away from having a roster — with an arena still under construction — and walking into an NHL arena for the first time on behalf of Seattle’s expansion team was daunting.
“I got there about two hours before. They weren’t even open yet, so I waited,” Goodwin recalled.
By now seeing the Seattle scouts show up in places like Toronto, Boston, Dallas, or Vancouver is no longer a novelty.