Around the League - 2023/24

[Balthazar]

 

[S E P H]

We will know after the vote today what the terms are... if the 5 year window is true. Then you simply wait until 2029.

So what plagued the Coyotes and ex-Thrashers was rubbish ownership and for the sake of the Coyotes, they've had zero good owners, legitimately zero. They were either too poor or were snakes.

There were a ton of owners that were willing to buy the Coyotes from the NHL but the problem is that most if not all wanted to move the team out of the state, especially that bloke who wanted to move them to Hamilton (and got blacklisted by the NHL). I find it hard that the Coyotes without having a good owner for twenty years, will be able to find somebody who will want to put another expansion team back in Arizona in those five years. I 100% agree that Meurlo is not that bloke, he's shown himself as a backstabber thus far, but he's the only saving grace that the Coyotes fanbase has to get another team IMHO...even if all his plans and marketing are always way too good to be true...

 

[Chiarelli]

What's June 27th?

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

What's June 27th?

The date of the land auction, at least according to my Googling just now.

 

[BaconNater]

Honey is awesome, bees are awesome. Utah HoneyBees would be awesome.

Sweetened by the honey, stung by the bee. Go Bees

 

[McMetal]

So what plagued the Coyotes and ex-Thrashers was rubbish ownership and for the sake of the Coyotes, they've had zero good owners, legitimately zero. They were either too poor or were snakes.

There were a ton of owners that were willing to buy the Coyotes from the NHL but the problem is that most if not all wanted to move the team out of the state, especially that bloke who wanted to move them to Hamilton (and got blacklisted by the NHL). I find it hard that the Coyotes without having a good owner for twenty years, will be able to find somebody who will want to put another expansion team back in Arizona in those five years. I 100% agree that Meurlo is not that bloke, he's shown himself as a backstabber thus far, but he's the only saving grace that the Coyotes fanbase has to get another team IMHO...even if all his plans and marketing are always way too good to be true...

Yeah, I get that the NHL desperately wants to be in that market, but the cold hard truth is that there is not a suitable owner there. If there was, Bettman would have found one. Instead, he got Meruelo, who is either too broke to pay his bills or too incompetent, take your pick. Meruelo mismanaged the team into a tiny college arena, then out of the market entirely.

I think it would be a big mistake for the NHL to attempt to go back into that market in 5 years, especially if Meruelo is involved. Like I said, I understand their eagerness, but they need to find a real owner FIRST. Rushing back in before they have that is just inviting a repeat of the last 20 embarrassing years of Arizona hockey. Maybe this time they should set the new franchise up for success instead of just throwing them into the deep end and assuming the size of the market will keep them afloat no matter how badly the business is managed.

 

[sethro109]

So if it's a new franchise and new team, what happens with the current player contracts?

 

[redacted]

So if it's a new franchise and new team, what happens with the current player contracts?

It is a new franchise that gets all the hockey ops, contracts, reserve list etc from the Coyotes

 

[sethro109]

It is a new franchise that gets all the hockey ops, contracts, reserve list etc from the Coyotes

How is that different from moving the franchise? Different owner?

 

[redacted]

How is that different from moving the franchise? Different owner?

It’s exactly like the Browns when they moved to Baltimore. All the team record and IP stay with the Arizona franchise.

 

[sethro109]

It’s exactly like the Browns when they moved to Baltimore. All the team record and IP stay with the Arizona franchise.

That's kinda weird. I guess they wanna go back and fail again sometime in the future.

 

[redacted]

That's kinda weird. I guess they wanna go back and fail again sometime in the future.

To me, it is the concession to keep this out of the courtroom more than anything. If Mereulo pulls out the rabbit, so be it. If not, this was the best move.

That said… sometime in the next decade the NHL will be back.

 

[Bender]

MacKinnon might catch kucherov tonight...

https://x.com/Bob_Stauffer/status/1781114187688640705

Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, RNH, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm will NOT be in the lineup tonight according to
@EdmontonOilers
Head Coach Kris Knoblauch.They have scored 68% of EDM’s goals this season (198/291).

 

[redacted]

The Tucson part of this saga gets ever weirder

 

[The Merchant]

lmao

 

[MildAvaholic]

Honey is awesome, bees are awesome. Utah HoneyBees would be awesome.

Sweetened by the honey, stung by the bee. Go Bees

It's almost like their minor league baseball team thought the exact same thing.

 

[redacted]

lmao

Honestly… not any worse than the Carl Soderberg scored 14 points tweet.

 

[dahrougem2]

Honestly… not any worse than the Carl Soderberg scored 14 points tweet.

Or the Big Z tweet about his name lol

 

[sethro109]

If they go with Blizzard, I'd be upset. Venom would have a bunch of cool Jersey and logo options. Fury is just too vague.

Hockey clubs is just..... What the f*** is wrong with sports teams lately?

 

[Balthazar]

If they go with Blizzard, I'd be upset.

Still better than Honey bees which literally sounds like a random preschool name.

 

[sethro109]

Still better than Honey bees which literally sounds like a random preschool name.

It's not a horrible name, but it's too similar to Avalanche.

 

[redacted]

Utah Hive is the best option I’ve read.

 

[The Moops]

lmao

How many 20 goal scorers though?

Or the Big Z tweet about his name lol

What was this one?

 

[BaconNater]

Still better than Honey bees which literally sounds like a random preschool name.

Go bees!