Confirmed with Link: All-Purpose "Days of Our Meruelo" Talk

[TheLegend]

Absolutely weak on part of Craig.. and I am usually a staunch supporter of his.

Gambo will also take your negative comments and immediately block you.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Or he enjoys checking out the porn bot replies....

I don't think he can figure out how to find them. Gambo is like the dads who never could figure out how to set the clock on their VCRs, even after the new models automatically connected to a time source.

 

[mpir3]

I think the writing is on the wall…Team will be sold, expansion if/when an arena gets built. Coyotes name stays. Sucks for us but probably best long term .

 

[RABBIT]

I think the writing is on the wall…Team will be sold, expansion if/when an arena gets built. Coyotes name stays. Sucks for us but probably best long term .

Yeah I agree. Will suck to stop have to eventually stop rooting for players like Cooley, Guenther and Keller but maybe this time we’ll win a 1st overall pick with the “new” Yotes.

 

[RABBIT]

I think the only thing that will truly suck is that we drafted a shit ton of players that I really wanted to see pan out. If we move we have to start with an empty cupboard

 

[RABBIT]

Well there it is. We’re done

 

[rt]

Well there it is. We’re done

Where’s what?

 

[RABBIT]

Where’s what?

x.com

x.com

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[Coyotes19c]

We’re toast.

 

[Zapp]

Sad day

 

[rt]

Why are they relocating the Coyotes to SLC when the auction is in two months? I don’t get it.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I'm going to wait for a real source to report this, if y'all don't mind.

 

[Edenjung]

Shut it down, folks, the memes will never get better than this

Well thank you.


I am very flattered

 

[Arizonatah Coyetis]

x.com

x.com

Just sounds like confirmation of plan B.

 

[RABBIT]

Just sounds like confirmation of plan B.

True. I may have jumped the gun

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

Betrayal

 

[Foggy1097]

Why are they relocating the Coyotes to SLC when the auction is in two months? I don’t get it.

Is this for real? Is the league really that hurt about the prospect of playing a few more seasons at Mullet if necessary?

 

[awfulwaffle]

Just sounds like confirmation of plan B.

Yeah, I mean couldn't this just be contingent on not getting the land in the auction? If that fails, they can move to plan B as quickly as possible.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Sounds like NHL isn’t convinced that this auction will come to fruition

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

What the nhl should be doing instead of promising to give a team back to meruelo is courting Ishbia to redo footprint to get an expansion team. The NHL shouldn’t want Meruelo back and I sure as hell f***ing won’t

 

[Arizonatah Coyetis]

Sounds like NHL isn’t convinced that this auction will come to fruition

They can't afford to not be prepared for any possibility. Doesn't necessarily represent doubt.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Just sounds like confirmation of plan B.

I mentioned before in my polite tussle with @rt about what might happen this summer that the NHL would have a fallback plan in place for a relocation. We're just seeing it public now.

Guarantee you this: Smith has had branding, marketing, ticket sales, and the whole non-hockey-ops infrastructure ready to go for months. He's already gotten his sweater designs, logos, and even team names - probably multiple options - approved through the NHL's line of authority already. He probably already has the purchase orders on a desk waiting for a stamp for a whole mess of signage, equipment, etc. All he needs is either the Coyotes' team infrastructure to plug into the gaps, or the green light from the NHL to start filling them in with expansion personnel.

It is the very definition of plug-and-play, no matter how the press hems and haws about detail work, lawyers, and so forth. Smith's existing holding company for the Jazz is more than capable of moving on short notice with all of this stuff. They already have decades of experience running a pro franchise. This is essentially a business version of cellular mitosis for them.

ALL OF THIS SAID - the fact that this has been in process and is now becoming public knowledge DOES NOT MEAN that the relocation is imminent. I know for a fact that a deal like this can pivot from a relocation prep to an expansion prep very quickly, because both processes share all the vital details of approvals, branding, marketing, and so forth - the only thing that really changes is the timetable. And as @rt and others have pointed out - why make all this fuss about the auction, only to turn around A WEEK LATER and dump the team? Unless, like I pointed out above, Meruelo wants the cash to quick-start the infrastructure build and site prep assuming the auction goes through.

Breathe, people, it's not over yet.

 

[rt]

Is Meruelo smart enough to have lost the TED vote and dragged out the AZ Trust auction so long that he’s going to get make out like a bandit on this whole thing?

 

[Arizonatah Coyetis]

Is Meruelo smart enough to have lost the TED vote and dragged out the AZ Trust auction so long that he’s going to get make out like a bandit on this whole thing?

Not you too!?!?!