NHL Board of Governors approves sale of Coyotes and relocation to Salt Lake City (Mod warning post #157)

[ViD]

Sounds like arizona still has a chance to get a team again if the owner can get a proper arena built within 5 years. Wont be the same.... but better than nothing for the fans.

Best of luck

No, give a team to Houston

 

[Viqsi]

I've also heard that here in Dallas, TX we don't have cars yet so we ride horses to work & school.

Visited there last week for the eclipse, can confirm that there were actual roads I was able to drive on.

I used to be able to tell people that the only US NHL cities that were closer to the Canadian border than us were Detroit and Buffalo, but, well, we've since added Seattle.

 

[GKJ]

Impressive roll out video

 

[Jerzey Devil]

 

[red devil]

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Cool. Hope it works well.

 

[LOFIN]

Sounds like arizona still has a chance to get a team again if the owner can get a proper arena built within 5 years. Wont be the same.... but better than nothing for the fans.

Best of luck

Arizona will eventually have a team. Meruelo has a chance to get the team in 5 years.

The NHL will add Atlanta, Arizona and Houston into the league within the next 6-8 years. Two via expansion, one via relocation of the Winnipeg Jets.

 

[red devil]

 

[MMC]

 

[DEVILS130]

The old “Washington Football Team” scenario

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Oh God new thread.

To recap Utah:
1. Metro area is 2m+ people within 30-45 minutes of Delta Center
2. Not everyone here is Mormon
3. If someone says something about Utah/Salt Lake but doesn't add (I live here or lived there) it's likely not true 90% of the time
4. You can buy alcohol at bars/restaurants on Sunday after 6pm

Please read this before spreading more misinformation about a state you've never visited or likely thought about until this move

Source: I live here and not Mormon but know a lot and they are cool

If I see someone make a "Salt Lake City Soakers" joke one more time, I'm gonna throw a rock at my fridge.

 

[Gustave]

Starting right now, or was a specific calendar day mentioned? From the auction result, for example.

The old “Washington Football Team” scenario

Hoping it doesn’t end in a Utah HC kinda thing

 

[viper0220]

The old “Washington Football Team” scenario

Utah Hockey Team.

 

[SI90]

Shane Doan, plays first year in WPG, team moves to Arizona

Josh Doan, plays first year in Arizona, team moves to Utah.

 

[tarheelhockey]

So a Cleveland Browns-type deal it is, then.

Weird scenario. Effectively it’s an expansion franchise without an expansion fee. Coyotes join a short list of NHL teams to achieve “inactive franchise” status. The NHL receives $1B from Utah in exchange for the Arizona roster and front office, and passes the money along to Arizona/Meruelo. If Meruelo ready in 5 years, he can return the $1B to the league and re-activate his franchise. Which presumably would be stocked by an expansion draft, even though it’s not an expansion scenario by that time. All the previous team records stay in Arizona.

The whole thing is oddly out of sync with how we’re used to thinking of these things. The “team” (roster and front office) is treated as a completely distinct asset from the franchise, except where team records are concerned. Utah is technically an expansion franchise, even though the team has existed for years. Future Arizona is technically not an expansion franchise, even though they will be a new team and need to be re-stocked by a draft. Meruelo breaks even and gets a new team even though he never lost his franchise. Smith gets an established team even though he’s getting an expansion franchise. The NHL gets $1B for creating a team, but not from the owners of that team, and not any time soon.

 

[viper0220]

This was a no brainer, with the Coyotes unbale to a new arena and Salt Lake City getting the Olympics(especially if they make that 3-4 cities will get the Olympics and Salt Lake City being one of them.)

 

[red devil]

Starting right now, or was a specific calendar day mentioned? From the auction result, for example.


Hoping it doesn’t end in a Utah HC kinda thing

According to Chris Johnston the clock is already ticking

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Happy to see folks in Utah rightfully excited, but always somber to see a fanbase lose their team, even if allegedly only maybe temporarily.

Condolences to Yotes fans, and hope you've got a team back sooner rather than later. Preferably without a snake oil salesman like Meruelo in charge.

 

[viper0220]

Shane Doan, plays first year in WPG, team moves to Arizona

Josh Doan, plays first year in Arizona, team moves to Utah.

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When Josh Doan's son plays, the team will move again



I like the whole Yeti concept, let's see what they do.

 

[SjMilhouse]

If I see someone make a "Salt Lake City Soakers" joke one more time, I'm gonna throw a rock at my fridge.

You and me both....

 

[kris]

cannot believe how well Merulo is making off with this sale

 

[Suntouchable13]

You're talking to fans whose awareness of "non-traditional markets" is so limited that they also think cows roam the streets here in Columbus and/or that we're in the Deep South because something something Civil War name. I wish you good luck in educating 'em but I won't be holding my breath.

Same as Americans that think in Canada we live in igloos and it’s freezing here 365 days of the year.

 

[SI90]

This is the ATL thrashers becomes the WPG jets who previously become the Arizona coyotes all over again.


So does this mean the coyotes can come back as an expansion franchise? Or they get the Utah team back? I’m confused lol

 

[viper0220]

I hope this asshole never gets back into the NHL.

 

[SI90]

When Josh Doan's son plays, the team will move again



I like the whole Yeti concept, let's see what they do.

The 2 concepts I saw that were really nice were the Yeti and Golden Eagles.