CXLVIII - Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo had 'productive' meeting with Phoenix mayor

[TheLegend]

If you really believe Meruelo is getting that billion, you're already well protected under a double coating of aluminum foil.

That’s what is being reported. I know what you’re getting at though.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Those are zombies.

If I have a nightmare of AM eating XG's brains I AM SO BLAMING YOU.

 

[GKJ]

Gary Bettman standing out front Mat Ishbia’s house hoisting a boombox.

 

[Headshot77]

It's hard to say. Friedman is also a mouthpiece for the league so he may just be spinning the NHL's story here. This could just be their effort to smear Mereulo's name and make him the scapegoat.

Friedman also talked about the players anger and sense of betrayal but Seravalli claimed the players were happy....said they were looking forward to an owner with deep pockets and playing in an NHL arena again.

Who knows what to believe.

I don't see why both can't be true. "You're gonna have a better job but you need to uproot your entire family to do so" is a problem many professionals face at some point and it's a conflicting situation for them.

 

[mouser]

Pure speculation on my part, but could Ishbia be trying to buyout Meruelo's chance at an expansion franchise? Would keep him from having to worry about another arena getting built in Phoenix and could give him a pretty big chip in bargaining with the city for a new arena down the line.

Seems improbable to me. The Suns lease in downtown Phoenix runs through 2037 and “fixing” the arena sight lines for NHL isn’t going to be financially practical.

If Ishbia or the next Suns owner wanted to add a NHL team to their portfolio you’re probably looking towards at least 2033 as the earliest when discussion over building a new Suns arena could open back up. Whether that new arena is in downtown Phoenix or elsewhere.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[GKJ]

Knew it wouldn’t the long after that meeting.

 

[Mightygoose]

If they can announce it on April 17 I think that would be for the best. Don't leave the fanbase twisting in the wind.

Give proper closure.

 

[Brodie]

I can’t believe this is actually over, wow.

 

[LPHabsFan]

And now we start to hear the real stories of what's gone on the past 15 years and especially with AM over the past 5, specifically, the exact structure of his "ownership".

 

[GKJ]

I can’t believe this is actually over, wow.

It’s strange that it’s here.

Also extremely shitty that it seems Bill Armstrong had to deliver the news.

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

This has been such a long saga... Doesn't seem real the move is happening

 

[Brodie]

It’s strange that it’s here.

Also extremely shitty that it seems Bill Armstrong had to deliver the news.

It took like 20 minutes for this to be posted on the Coyotes board because they’re playing a game right now, I cannot imagine how awful it must be to get the death blow like this during intermission

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

It took like 20 minutes for this to be posted on the Coyotes board because they’re playing a game right now, I cannot imagine how awful it must be to get the death blow like this during intermission

For it to leak, it's clear the players knew before taking the ice tonight.

 

[GKJ]

I was questioning whether it should wait until after the game.

 

[Takuto Maruki]

The fat lady finally sung, it seems.

 

[GKJ]

Are they saying anything on the Coyotes broadcast? I’m ancient so I still have center ice and I only have the Oilers feed

 

[Melrose Munch]

this is sad.

 

[Brodie]

Are they saying anything on the Coyotes broadcast? I’m ancient so I still have center ice and I only have the Oilers feed

they haven’t made it intermission yet

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Thank Cristos its done the Arizona Franchise has been the laughing stock sports team in all of Sports Throughout the World...a dumping ground for bad contracts who ever heard of such a ploy

 

[GKJ]

they haven’t made it intermission yet

I figure the broadcast would say something, or at least it would become obvious that they know

 

[Brodie]

I figure the broadcast would say something, or at least it would become obvious that they know

I turned it on kind of late, but so far it doesn’t seem like the play-by-play team knows anything or is saying anything

Interestingly, this tweet has been deleted

 

[LPHabsFan]

I turned it on kind of late, but so far it doesn’t seem like the play-by-play team knows anything or is saying anything


Interestingly, this tweet has been deleted

 

[Whileee]

If Meruelo is actually tagged as the owner who will resurrect the Yotes in Arizona, then nobody has learned much from this long saga. A credible, trustworthy owner has been one of the main missing ingredients all along. The NHL needs to wipe the slate clean. My guess is that they have very little confidence in Meruelo at this point, and they'll find a way to kick him out of the process and start afresh with a new ownership group.

 

[TheLegend]

Are they saying anything on the Coyotes broadcast? I’m ancient so I still have center ice and I only have the Oilers feed

Hah…. I can’t get their stream service on either of my Apple devices.

Started getting “not available in your region area”. Think it’s because I’m going via Verizon wireless right now because it works on the home WiFi.

Radio feed is not saying much.