Per Friedman: Coyotes players told team moving to Utah starting next season (Mod warning post #50)

[Dead Coyote]

Didn’t seravali break all the picks for the Kraken? When did he lose all his sources?

He never had any sources in Arizona to begin with.

 

[Melrose Munch]

"Nothing has been done"

Wow, what a shocker. A NJ native who works for ESPN and has no connections to anything in ARI and Seravelli who has constantly posted about how the Yotes are going to move and told everyone they can't afford to sign FA (right before they signed FA) is wrong and spouting incorrect information that's just speculation to get clicks didn't actually break the news that Arizona is moving 3 months before the auction date even is? Wow, who could have guessed.

Nothing has been done = nothing is final.

 

[LPHabsFan]

Yeah everyone knows you need to cheer for the team in your city and that there's no point in being a fan of a team that's even close to you, let alone far away. Hockey definitely comes second to home town spirit doesn't it? Favorite players, junior players that graduate, having friends or family like a team, none of that really matters, it only matters that you live in a city with an NHL team, and if you don't you have no reason at all to be concerned about or cheer for any team.

Do you hear yourself?

Thank you for proving my point, since it's clear that you didn't get the fact that I was being intentionally facetious in my responses to prove my point about how we can choose to care about whatever we want to care about even if we're not directly impacted by said situation.

 

[Dead Coyote]

I think some Coyotes fans are huffing some hardcore copium in this thread to convince themselves that the Coyotes aren't at risk of being moved. At least based on what has been reported, it seems like the NHL is trying to get Meruelo to sell the Coyotes to Smith, who will then relocate them to Salt Lake City. I don't think Meruelo wants to move the team, I think the NHL is pushing hard to get him to sell the team to the NHL so the NHL can sell it to an owner who will move them. They're trying to make the deal good for Meruelo so he doesn't fight it, either by not selling the team or fighting it in court later.

The NHL flat out does not want to play another 3 years at Mullett Arena and continue to hemorrhage money. At least to me, this seems like the NHL trying to move the Coyotes to a stable market and telling the Meruelo "you'll get a new team once you figure out the arena situation".

Not a single Coyotes fan has said they can't be moved.

XG literally said if the auction falls through they will be relocated. But all of this reporting that the team is going to be moved BEFORE the auction even happens? That's complete BS.

 

[LPHabsFan]

Not a single Coyotes fan has said they can't be moved.

XG literally said if the auction falls through they will be relocated. But all of this reporting that the team is going to be moved BEFORE the auction even happens? That's complete BS.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt my friends......

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

Seravelli is a hack job dude. He spouts incorrect information for clicks.

I was a jets fan that brought in his piggy bank as a kid like a lot of other winnipeggers. Of course it was just a ploy to illicit guilt but at the time I really thought it would help. I know where you're at right now but honestly do you really think the league wants mullet arena for the next 3+ years? Fans sit on benches in some areas ffs. Now a second community leader has vowed to stop the project and even if he isn't able to do that, it would be another delay which the league has already said no more delays. I think if that wasn't an issue and seeing the massive potential for the Phoenix market maybe they suck it up at mullet or beg to go back to the place they previously played at but I think that was the final nail



Say they wait for the auction only to find out they can't build there, then it's another year at mullet with no clear plan and another season in a place nobody wants to play at.

It actually makes a lot of sense if they move to Utah and give Mureno time to build an arena without all the drama surrounding this franchise.

I also disagree on your take about it being reported, this would never have been reported if the league wasn't up to something, frank and Elliot would be black balled from the league if they spread false shit about such a sensitive issue.

Hope I'm wrong tho because this shit sucks.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Shouldn't be surprising given CHL teams have better arenas but given everything we've been through in this saga I find myself surprised this day has finally come.

Feel bad for the Yotes fans. So unfair to the market how things have gone the last decade or so, but they have to do this.

 

[red devil]

 

[robertocarlos]

Do the Coyote players live on campus or do they have property to sell?

 

[HolyGhost]

Seravelli is not a legit source and has no clue what goes on in Arizona behind closed doors. He has no connections to the team at all. He also has a large tendency to post what will get the most clicks and that's primarily what he cares about. Whether or not this is something that might happen, Seravelli ain't the one who's going to break it.

But he has broken stories over the last couple of seasons. He has sources in the league and has proven it

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

It sounds like the biggest problem is that the NHL doesn't want an NHL team in a college arena for three more years. If only Arizona could play in Glendale until their new arena gets built, assuming they win the auction.

Ya that's what I was thinking. I mean money talks right? Overpay for a 3 year lease. Your more aware of that situation is the relationship with Glendale that fractured?

 

[Dead Coyote]

Show me one thing Seravelli has broken about Arizona. Ever.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Isn’t SLC’s arena kind of like Barclay’s with obstructed seating? Weird that Houston isn’t the default choice if relocation is necessary.

 

[robertocarlos]

A double switch with Atlanta and Winnipeg makes the most sense and cents. Jets come back to Winnipeg with cash and Thrashers return to Atlanta for $1.3 billion.

 

[majormajor]

Not a single Coyotes fan has said they can't be moved.

XG literally said if the auction falls through they will be relocated. But all of this reporting that the team is going to be moved BEFORE the auction even happens? That's complete BS.

I think the land auction was always a fake alternative to buy time.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Show me one thing Seravelli has broken about Arizona. Ever.

Zucker deal I think, or do you mean on the business side ?

 

[Melrose Munch]

Isn’t SLC’s arena kind of like Barclay’s with obstructed seating? Weird that Houston isn’t the default choice if relocation is necessary.

They are bidding for the Olympics and will get a new arena.

 

[BB79]

Situation is wild. Sympathies are with Coyotes fans right now, what an awful mess to try and deal with

It's wild that it has dragged on this long. I feel like we've been talking about the Coyotes issues and possible relocation since Atlanta last had an NHL team

 

[Torontonian]

The writing was on the wall, I feel for Coyote and hockey fans in the area in general, but the risk of not having an arena being built along with playing in a college arena with 5k fans wasn't going to fly.

 

[OVO16]

Are they planning on playing in the Utah Jazz arena? Whats their seat capacity

 

[red devil]

Isn’t SLC’s arena kind of like Barclay’s with obstructed seating? Weird that Houston isn’t the default choice if relocation is necessary.

They have an owner that is ready now and who has been making the right relationships with the NHL.

 

[GKJ]

Isn’t SLC’s arena kind of like Barclay’s with obstructed seating? Weird that Houston isn’t the default choice if relocation is necessary.

Timing is everything. Utah has it, Houston doesn’t, and neither does Atlanta.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Are they planning on playing in the Utah Jazz arena? Whats their seat capacity

It's around 15K.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Sometimes you take the out you’re given I suppose.

 

[Senor Catface]

Do the Coyote players live on campus or do they have property to sell?

Yeah, they're also required to take a least one elective.