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Move the Coyotes back to Winnipeg. Move the Jets 2.0 back to Atlanta.
Move the Coyotes back to Winnipeg. Move the Jets 2.0 back to Atlanta.
You guys get too hung up on alignment.Which eastern team is moving? Because none of them are going to the western conference.
"...as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it'll be a home run, so that'l make it a 4 to nothing ball game..."
Growing up in Arizona and making it to the NHL? What are the odds?Matthews punching air right now right?
The league sets the rules of play, assigns officials, determines suspensions, in short, it's the very platform on which the games are played. The idea that it could own a franchise itself, for multiple seasons, is abhorrent and an affront to the idea of fairness and impartiality of the league.
Growing up in Arizona and making it to the NHL? What are the odds?
Which eastern team is moving? Because none of them are going to the western conference.
You guys get too hung up on alignment.
When the Thrashers came to Winnipeg the Jets played a couple of seasons in tue SOUTHEAST division.
The Nordiques can easily play in tue central.
I get the reasons for a No vote a lot better now. The Yotes could still try for an "open RFP", but time might not allow them.July 2021 - Tempe publishes Request for Proposals for compost site with the stipulation that any respondent must be affiliated with a professional sports team. Only Meruelo and Bluebird Development respond to RFP and are selected.
The city offered this land to the Coyotes on a silver platter and worked with them for a little under a year to develop the proposal. The city could next week release a new RFP for the land that doesn't have the sports team stipulation and they'd get several responses.
Would they be better than the Coyotes? Who knows but that's the effective point Tempe 1st made: the only way to find out is if you vote no here.
Detroit goes back to the WC
Gary's going to move the Videotron Centre to Arizona from Qubec.
Regardless, they would still need to win a public referendum. Doesn't seem likely.I get the reasons for a No vote a lot better now. The Yotes could still try for an "open RFP", but time might not allow them.
Why? Because you say so??You guys being the teams in the league?
Yes, the Jets played in the SE division for a bit. Which then directly resulted in a massive realignment. One that had Det not give a damn about being in the same division as Chi and StL anymore.
The Nords ain't playing in the same division as the Avs.
Detroit goes back to the WC
He does not own the arena, the city does.I really doubt we see another team in Quebec City. They have some advantages - an arena/history/government likely willing to help things along - but it's a small market, not a great corporate base, a language barrier that while not insurmountable is bigger than in Montreal, and I suspect everyone and their mother with a NTC will put QC on the top of their list. I doubt it's a preferred site for the NHL or the PA. Given he owns the arena, I suspect PKP/Quebecor would want to own the team which might not go over well with the league given his politics and slant of his media outlets.
For all the talk of misinformation this is the one that takes the cake and it's surprising because it's a Yes talking point.
Phoenix Business Journal ran some articles almost 2 years ago that give the verified timeline of events:
July 2019 - Alex Meruelo Becomes Coyotes Majority Owner.
Early 2020 - Meruelo meets with Tempe Mayor Mitchell and the city/team stay in contact since.
June 8 2020 - Alex Gutierrez named CEO of Coyotes.
July 16 2020 - Gutierrez tells Tempe he will have an arena Proposal for Tempe by Labor Day 2020.
September 8 2020 - Coyotes and Tempe agree to an NDA and hire Matt Jensen to assist in finalizing deal.
June 2021 - Tempe’s Engineering Department releases report identifying the compost site for potential private development.
July 2021 - Tempe publishes Request for Proposals for compost site with the stipulation that any respondent must be affiliated with a professional sports team. Only Meruelo and Bluebird Development respond to RFP and are selected.
The city offered this land to the Coyotes on a silver platter and worked with them for a little under a year to develop the proposal. The city could next week release a new RFP for the land that doesn't have the sports team stipulation and they'd get several responses.
Would they be better than the Coyotes? Who knows but that's the effective point Tempe 1st made: the only way to find out is if you vote no here.
Just my opinion. But if I were ownership id just grind it out and figure out the relocation and arena then sell to maximize value. At least that’s what I would do and try not to sell at lowest value.With the rumored price of the Sens I wonder if ownership just takes the money and runs or if they will be the ones doing the relocating.
Why? Because you say so??
You have no clue what the league will decide.
I also remember very clearly, right up to the time that the Thrashers moved that Winnipeg will NEVER get a team. Not happening.. ever!
And we know different now don’t we.
Do not be surprised if the Yotes are playing in QC next season.
And storied franchise CHICAGO will be taking salary dumps the next few seasons.I think you're missing just how important these types of teams are for the league as a whole. You may laugh, you may scoff, you may shake your head - but try and see it in broader terms. A closed cap league is very much an enclosed ecosystem. It's all a cycle. For one to thrive there must be another to waste.
The Arizona Coyotes take on failed contracts from teams like actual coyotes devour road kill from urban areas. Might be gross but it keeps the place clean and allows the environment to prosper as a whole.
If it's not Arizona it's another team, so watch out.