Llewzaher
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I wonder if XG may have been fired... His name doesn't come up on the Coyotes site .. at least it was a file not found when I tried it
It looks like Utah is my new team if these reports are true.Couple interesting updates from Friedman on HNIC:
- Utah values continuity so the hockey operations staff will follow the team to their new home
- Meruelo wants the AHL team in Mullett, but Friedman is unsure if there is an affiliation agreement between the AHL team and Utah (since Arizona is considered a “parked” franchise and Utah will be considered “new”). Affiliation status TBD.
- Andre Tourigny “very vocally demanded” to ownership that they update the players and not leave them in limbo.
You can't be serious?I don’t think anyone will accept collateral from him at this point.
Interesting. And how many are interested in building an entertainment district?
Yeah I have been thinking this today a little bit as well. I think @rt touched on it a while back also, about how this is just a tarnished, damaged asset and brand. Everyone other than diehards are just so tired of the Coyotes and everything that has come with them. I think it still sucks obviously, but this may end up all working out for the best. Maybe having 3-5 years off will kind of reset things for the franchise and they can rise from the ashes with a clean slate…fresh start, renewed energy from the community, and newly injected optimism and excitement. The brand would get a reset and if a relaunch is done well they could be more popular and successful than ever before. The thing is, it sounds like more than likely it will be with AM at the helm because he has right of first refusal. I guess we’ll see on that front, but I think a best case would be Ishbia somehow getting the team and making the new arena multi puropse…After taking some big deep breaths this morning, I'm in the acceptance phase. This has been a dumpster fire off ice (and mostly on ice too), that maybe there needs to be a reset like this. Vet a new responsible owner for expansion and give him plenty of time to get an arena built. Stable ownership is everything and it's quite clear that isn't AM. I think the NHL would have given him the time to win the land auction if they thought he was capable of owning a successful hockey franchise.
Probably pie in the sky thinking but its all i can do to not punch a wall. Continue to hope for a better future for hockey in the desert
just a tarnished, damaged asset and brand.
More proof that this is all a farce imo.A little odd that she’s been mayor since 2019 and AM has had the franchise for about the same amount of time and they wouldn’t know each other. AM needs to get more out in the community and show himself rather than write letters about the misconceptions around him.
Up until now he hasn’t had business with the City of Phoenix.A little odd that she’s been mayor since 2019 and AM has had the franchise for about the same amount of time and they wouldn’t know each other. AM needs to get more out in the community and show himself rather than write letters about the misconceptions around him.
Please.....Meruelo couldn't build a stadium when he owned NHL franchise.You think he will do it without owning one?Had a little more time to read the article…
Meruelo wants to meet with Mayor Gallego to convince her to help lead a movement to eventually get a theme park district established.
This avoids GPLETs and any other tax bleak that would expose it to public referendums.
The meeting is scheduled for later this month.
Speculation, but dumb enough to be believable. Separating ownership of the team from ownership of the retail/entertainment development around the arena (+ financial crisis) was the fatal blow that killed the already bad idea that was Glendale. But it would make Meruelo money while hamstringing NHL 2.0 in Arizona, so it sure sounds like an idea he would think up.
Had a little more time to read the article…
Meruelo wants to meet with Mayor Gallego to convince her to help lead a movement to eventually get a theme park district established.
This avoids GPLETs and any other tax bleak that would expose it to public referendums.
The meeting is scheduled for later this month.
So did the NHL get an offer they couldn't refuse from Utah or what exactly was the catalyst of this sale? Meaning now instead of last season or after the TED failure?