Maricopa county committee formed to bring NHL back to Arizona

[Skidooboy]

Until an Actual owner with deep enough pockets steps up with the cash (and it should be someone who actually has ties to the city as opposed to a bunch of out of town mystery investor group), and an "NHL quality" arena is built and operating...or at the very least under construction....I doubt very much anything will happen.

None of that has happened in the last 15 years. Nobody local to AZ has even wanted to touch the NHL with a ten foot pole.. the only people interested in the "yotes" were liars and conmen trying to discount-bin their way into the big leagues or a sportsbook/casino.

... there is ZERO evidence anyone with the money desire and political capital with the BOG to pull it off is involved.

Just a press release from some local politician......

I could say I'm putting a committee together with the goal of bringing an NHL franchise to my grandma's care home......doesn't mean it will happen.

 

[dj4aces]

No more expansion, please. There's already too many teams in the NHL.

Technically, a return to Arizona wouldn't be "expansion". The franchise exists, it's just dormant. Or, to put it another way, the Coyotes are currently hibernating.

 

[aqib]

Coming from that 50,000 foot myopic viewpoint I’m not surprised.

Nobody is selling anything to anybody at this moment. Mr. Galvin is just trying to put together a group of people from both the political and business communities to find out if something can be done.

Is he just a guy who likes his name out there? I don't know anything about any AZ politician other than ones on Glendale Council back in the day. So is he the type who would this just to get some mentions? I don't recall the County being involved in Coyotes discussions before.