Alex Meruelo relinquish his rights to the Coyotes

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NHL REALLY and I mean REALLY needs to do a better vetting process for their owners. There seem to be too many fiascos like this with Meurelo.

 

[tucker3434]

Oh. So this means the 5 year thing doesn’t exist anymore? Someone else could actually start trying to get the ball rolling in AZ?

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

He totally cared and totally worked so hard...

Remember the draft they all took the stage wearing matching royal blue blazers with some maroon, like a bunch of frat dorks?

 

[Stive Morgan]

I wish I could turn a 450mil investment into 1 billion by running the business into the ground.

I can just see his Shark Tank intro now...

"Alex Meruelo is the owner of Meruelo Group, responsible for landing an NHL team in Utah."

 

[12ozPapa]

Thank God Gary never let Ballislie buy them, eh?! This all worked out so much better.

 

[Moist ReadOnly]

I wish I could turn a 450mil investment into 1 billion by running the business into the ground.

If somebody else had 500mil to pony up they could have done the same thing!

I agree its shitty but.. nobody could have bought them and theyd have been f***ed even worse

This way they have a chance to come back - would Arizona fans be okay the piece of shit made big bucks but got them a 5-year lease to work with? Id say so

 

[tarheelhockey]

that’s my hope

but it’s a weird thing: dale hawerchuk and thomas steen’s legacies would then be with their rightful caretakers, but does the opposite happen to the body of shane doan’s career? how is teppo numminen counted? would be weird that shane doan, who was an opponent of the thrashers/jets franchise for all but the first 1/5 of his career, would suddenly have all those games against them count in their record book.

You’re putting your finger on one of the major reason that records follow franchises from city to city. The books become incoherent if they get muddled up like this. It can work when an expansion team is involved, like the Hornets or Browns, but not when multiple relocations take place.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Remember the draft they all took the stage wearing matching royal blue blazers with some maroon, like a bunch of frat dorks?

Buy a bunch, save a bunch probably.

 

[Oilslick941611]

I wish I could turn a 450mil investment into 1 billion by running the business into the ground.

Most top business men in the US follow this tactic.

 

[wraithsonwings]

Yeah, the semantics behind this were always so stupid. It's been a relocation the entire time, and the other reason it was suggested otherwise is to appease an owner who's clearly an imbecile.

Utah is not a new expansion franchise is any sense of the words.

They definitely paid the expansion price though.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Arizona will not work!!!

Hockey to Houston!!!!!

 

[Legion34]

This has always been my choice as well ... works on so many levels!

The Phoenix rising from the ashes comes to mind.

I agree with it.

The only problem is that if phoenix ever gets a team then it would be confusing.

Utah pheonix
Utah coyotes
Salt Lake City sidewinders were my 3

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Yeah, the semantics behind this were always so stupid. It's been a relocation the entire time, and the other reason it was suggested otherwise is to appease an owner who's clearly an imbecile.

Utah is not a new expansion franchise is any sense of the words.

If you inherit a full roster of players you are clearly a relocation.

 

[dukeofjive]

Dude made a killing and stole how many millions from the nhl in the end.

 

[GordonGraham]

Hopefully the will close the coyotes on the tread in the business section

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Guy seems like a total POS. Feel bad for all the vendors, fans, and communities he’s ripped off.

 

[PeteWorrell]

If you inherit a full roster of players you are clearly a relocation.

It always depends on the terms. In the NFL when the original Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore, they inherited the players but the history of the team stayed in Cleveland. That history was then inherited by the new Browns team.

 

[hangman005]

Hopefully the will close the coyotes on the tread in the business section

Those mega threads are load bearing, they're like 90% of the structure of the forum

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

At least give the Jets back their history.

 

[Fantomas]

so now the jets 1.0 logos and history can be handed over to the jets 2.0 franchise right?

Oh. I want those old Jets jerseys back.

 

[aniketus]

Let Utah keep Arizona's history and give the Jets 1.0 history back to Winnipeg. Since they left in 96 and Atlanta didn't join till 99 it could work.