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

[Sundevil96]

So the team is moving, and a new expansion is coming? The Road Runners still stay under AM and play at Mullet?

 

[Llewzaher]

That is likely the most accurate truthful statement heard yet… this says alot

 

[Mosby]

Why Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith is hellbent on bringing an NHL team to Salt Lake City

Smith wants to use the blueprint of his wildly successful basketball team to launch hockey into a different stratosphere.

theathletic.com

 

[moosemeister]

So the team is moving, and a new expansion is coming? The Road Runners still stay under AM and play at Mullet?

Sounds awful. AM needs to get f***ed

 

[Mosby]

Some discussion on a team name.

If Salt Lake City gets an NHL team, what will it be called? 'It's got to be a momentum builder'

What we know about naming options and how a nickname might be chosen if Salt Lake City gets an NHL franchise.

theathletic.com

 

[BlazingBlueAnt]

So the team is moving, and a new expansion is coming? The Road Runners still stay under AM and play at Mullet?

Damn that sounds horrific. Worst of all worlds

 

[Llewzaher]

Sucks if true ….

Sounds awful. AM needs to get f***ed

based on the post above .. I would take the word of a person who works within the Org over any media personal

I am not sure if AM keeps the RoadRunners or Smith does. But for them to be told they won’t lose their jobs tells me the RoadRunners move North.

 

[StreetHawk]

The idea of a new arena came up not too long ago… same place that Greg Stanton proposed be built when he was mayor of Phoenix.

A new arena was discussed but that was only to happen . If the suns and coyotes went in together. Wasn’t going to happen since the suns get more revenue in a renovated footprint than sharing a new building with the coyotes. That’s the problem with separate team owners when one of the 2 teams has control over arena revenues. They don’t want to give that up.

 

[AZDesertKnight]

Phoenix Firebirds

Already one in the AHL Coachella Valley

 

[Sundevil96]

Sounds awful. AM needs to get f***ed

I get the feeling and depends on what hour of the day how I feel. I believe the NHL forced him to sell. This move may have saved the NHL in AZ in the future or may all be for nothing. It's such a mess either way caused by all sides and all the previous owners of the Coyotes as well.

 

[Nowotny]

Who said it had to be a good sandwich?

I wanted to suggest eggs but they are too expensive recently

 

[moosemeister]

I get the feeling and depends on what hour of the day how I feel. I believe the NHL forced him to sell. This move may have saved the NHL in AZ in the future or may all be for nothing. It's such a mess either way caused by all sides and all the previous owners of the Coyotes as well.

There is no doubt the league forced him to sell. All indicators point to that.

I will say, this feels like a nasty relationship. Now that it’s over, there is some relief

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Cryptic

Seems pretty clear to me... Ishbia ain't coming to save us, folks.

 

[Headshot77]

And despite the overwhelming defeatist attitude on F40, the team's still here. Stiff upper lip, chaps - "There's dead and there's mostly dead."

In the medical world we call that "you're not dead until you're cold and dead"

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Sucks if true ….

based on the post above .. I would take the word of a person who works within the Org over any media personal

I am not sure if AM keeps the RoadRunners or Smith does. But for them to be told they won’t lose their jobs tells me the RoadRunners move North.

If AM keeps the Roadrunners, start looking toward Reno.

 

[Llewzaher]

If AM keeps the Roadrunners, start looking toward Reno.

Yeah was thinking keep the Roadrunners in Mullet until the Reno arena is built

 

[Llewzaher]

Maybe Smith takes them team until the Scottsdale arena is built and then gets a brand new expansion team ? There is some wishful thinking

 

[LPHabsFan]

 

[Brodie]

Announcing this during a game is so f***ing shitty. I’m sorry Yotes bros

 

[Canucks LB]

I’m so sorry guys, this f***ing sucks man, when I was young, we lost the Vancouver grizzlies, never quite understood it, as I grew older, I understand more than ever how much a f***ing sucks losing a franchise

 

[TheLegend]

A new arena was discussed but that was only to happen . If the suns and coyotes went in together. Wasn’t going to happen since the suns get more revenue in a renovated footprint than sharing a new building with the coyotes. That’s the problem with separate team owners when one of the 2 teams has control over arena revenues. They don’t want to give that up.

You’re referring to a while back after Glendale terminated the IceArizona lease. Sarver wasn’t going to share with anyone.

This was just a few short weeks ago and I’m looking at Matt Ishiba obtaining an NHL a few years down the roads.

 

[Mosby]

Friedman confirms team will be named Utah, not Salt Lake or Salt Lake City.

 

[RemoAZ]

The worst part of all this is I spent a lot of time and money on mostly God awful hockey for 2+ decades for basically nothing. They finally do a proper rebuild and finally look like they have an arena project that will work and NOW they go. If it was going to happen, this is definitely the most Coyote way possible.

 

[Llewzaher]

Announcing this during a game is so f***ing shitty. I’m sorry Yotes bros

Leave it to Canadian media

I am really sorry for all of you who live in PHX and has grown up watching these guys..

I feel you I was a Jets fan who followed them to PHX from afar.

You have been through so much. Best fans in Sports

 

[moosemeister]

Alright boys, since this is official, it's time for me to say good bye to these boards.

I appreciate every conversation we've had over the years. I wish you, your family, your health and wealth the very best moving forward.

Perhaps I'll see some of you at an D-Backs, Cardinals or Suns game. Maybe we'll even pass by each other unknowingly on the streets.

If you guys wanna keep in touch, my IG is ant_scally.

Thanks again for all the conversations and chats over the years. Everyone has been absolutely wonderful, and I do consider many of you my friends.

<3 you all

- Anthony