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

[red devil]

Reminder that it does actually snow in Utah.

Its weather and temperature would be similar to Denver with the mountains near by the city.

 

[BB79]

Through all of this crap the last how ever many years, I was always rooting for the coyotes to come out staying in AZ. The team really got the shaft

The fans are the ones who really got the shaft.

 

[Legion34]

Salt Lake City sidewinders/swarm were the best

Utah. Swarm. Yeti. Phoenix are the best for that location

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

Which team gets bumped out of the No Movement Clause division with the addition of Utah?

 

[BB79]

Which team gets bumped out of the No Movement Clause division with the addition of Utah?

Huh? Utah will just take Arizona's place. No movement needed. That will only come up when/if Arizona returns

 

[Leonardo87]

Folks,

Again please be respectful to the Arizona fans, no trolling or flaming. Also, please refrain from posting tasteless and inappropriate team names for the future team.

Thank you.

 

[Vegan Knight]

Meruelo is getting way too good a deal in this.

Feel bad for Coyote fans and I hope the Coyotes are right back in the NHL in five years (with different ownership)

 

[D34DLYB1RDS]

This sucks for Arizona fans.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I hope the fans chant LETS GO SOMETHINGS!!!

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I understand the condolences to the fans, including myself, thanks, but the reality of it is is we deserved this long ago. We were given more chances than any other major sports franchise history.

This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. It should have been done a long time ago. I am very thankful for the time we were able to have the team but no one in their right mind should have been given this many chances.

From one shitty ownership group to another, to unpaid bills, horrible marketing and coverage of the team. The yotes were the red headed stepchild in Arizona when it came to sports. There was no media support and certainly no local political support.

Arizona is a horrendous sports state. Bandwagon as it gets.

Here’s to a new start for this franchise in hopes to shed the dead skin of how bad it’s been for 25 years. Best of luck in Utah. I’ll still be apart of it.

I’ve tried to defend this group for a while now but it’s time to admit we absolutely deserve this, no fault to the fans but you can only be given so many chances.

Much respect to this post and its honesty.

 

[nickp91]

Golden Eagles is cool but it doesn’t work when you already have the Golden Knights right next door

 

[Curufinwe]

Golden Eagles is cool but it doesn’t work when you already have the Golden Knights right next door

Golden Days would be even worse, but not as bad as this

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[viper0220]

Too close to "Golden Knights" who will probably become a close rival I'd imagine.

Probably shorten it to. Utah Eagles. For now, they're the Utah Something

That is a thought that crossed my mind as well.

 

[BaileyFan]

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.

So in 5 years the NHL is going to say that the New Coyotes, made up entirely of expansion draft players, are a continuation of the original Jets, despite there being continuity between the players, assets, and staff from the original Jets to the Utah team? And everyone is going to just wink and nod and agree that that makes sense?

Yeah that sucks.

 

[ghost85875]

Utah Mountaineers

 

[ovikovy817]

Shea Weber a Utah legend

 

[Zirakzigil]

Golden Eagles is cool but it doesn’t work when you already have the Golden Knights right next door

Oh on that note, I am all for Golden Eagles. Just to see the owners

 

[AvroArrow]

Someone check on Gary

Honestly though, this was LONG overdue. Sucks for the loyal Coyotes fans, you guys toughed it out and are obviously a very loyal bunch, just wasn't enough financial support to justify keeping them there.

 

[slocal]

Utah Greenbacks (greenback cutthroat trout)

I really, really don't like the idea of a team playing with no name.

 

[Laus723]

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.

Such a great post!!

 

[XX]

Someone check on Gary

Honestly though, this was LONG overdue. Sucks for the loyal Coyotes fans, you guys toughed it out and are obviously a very loyal bunch, just wasn't enough financial support to justify keeping them there.

Gary got the other owners paid and landed the problem child in a desired market with an owner they've wanted to bring into the league. And that will allow for another round of expansion, cutting big checks to the other owners. Gary is doing just fine.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Its weather and temperature would be similar to Denver with the mountains near by the city.

I have cousins that live in Sandy. Beautiful place. Some great national parks too. Zion, Bryce, Arches.

 

[tarheelhockey]

So in 5 years the NHL is going to say that the New Coyotes, made up entirely of expansion draft players, are a continuation of the original Jets, despite there being continuity between the players, assets, and staff from the original Jets to the Utah team? And everyone is going to just wink and nod and agree that that makes sense?

Yeah that sucks.

That… yeah, that appears to be the case.

 

[red devil]

 

[Three On Zero]

Decline!