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

[Turin]

12 years after they should have moved back to Winnipeg, they are moving to Salt Lake.

Hopefully Arizona's next team has a local owner.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

How do they possibly rebrand a team and get set up in a brand new city between now and the start of next season? Will they just play as the Yotes for next year then reveal the actual SLC team for 2025-26?

How did the Thrashers get rebranded and set up in a brand new city in just a few months?

It's easier than it seems like you're thinking it will be.

 

[Turin]

How do they possibly rebrand a team and get set up in a brand new city between now and the start of next season? Will they just play as the Yotes for next year then reveal the actual SLC team for 2025-26?

Not that hard, they would have concepts already in place. Winnipeg/TNSE didn't know if the Jets were gonna be the Jets or the Moose or the Polar Bears or the Falcons when the sale went through.

 

[MuckOG]

We North Star fans can sympathize with Yotes fans.

 

[Warden of the North]

Ka-boom

Welcome to the league Salt Lake City

 

[Jee]

RIP Coyotes

 

[Gravity]

Should have been Quebec City

 

[MuckOG]

Does SLC keep the team as the Coyotes, or will they rename the franchise?

 

[LeProspector]

How do they possibly rebrand a team and get set up in a brand new city between now and the start of next season? Will they just play as the Yotes for next year then reveal the actual SLC team for 2025-26?

There has been rumours for a few years now of Utah being ready for an NHL team. Definitely didn’t happen overnight.

 

[Turin]

Should have been Quebec City

Barring a massive economic pivot from our dear leaders Canada will be more likely to lose multiple franchises than gain any more.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It's all ogre now

 

[Fantomas]

Does SLC keep the team as the Coyotes, or will they rename the franchise?

Salt Lake City Jazz.

 

[Tuggy]

Does SLC keep the team as the Coyotes, or will they rename the franchise?

I would expect a different name and branding.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Feel for Yotes fans.

Sucks bad enough right now to be a fan of a non-playoff team who are having their team's season ending next week.

But at least they'll be back next season. Yotes fans don't have that luxury. It's just gone.

 

[Oilslick941611]

How do they possibly rebrand a team and get set up in a brand new city between now and the start of next season? Will they just play as the Yotes for next year then reveal the actual SLC team for 2025-26?

The PWHL put a whole league together in 6 months.

 

[Gravity]

Barring a massive economic pivot from our dear leaders Canada will be more likely to lose multiple franchises than gain any more.

QC had been ready since forever. They have an NHL caliber arena ready. It's not about Canada vs. The states for me, it's about overlooking a city having shown readiness for a decade with a history in the NHL.

 

[5 Minute Major]

This really sucks for Coyotes fans but I hope that in the very near future it turns out to be a positive for them with a new arena and strong ownership.

Long live the Coyotes.

 

[Turin]

Feel for Yotes fans.

Sucks bad enough right now to be a fan of a non-playoff team who are having their team's season ending next week.

But at least they'll be back next season. Yotes fans don't have that luxury. It's just gone.

They have the rare assurance that they will be getting a team back eventually if they can get a building though.

 

[57special]

NHL in bed with a scumbag owner...again.

 

[robertocarlos]

How did the Thrashers get rebranded and set up in a brand new city in just a few months?

It's easier than it seems like you're thinking it will be.

They had to get creative and come up with a new name. They thought about Falcons, Polar Bears, Ice Bears, Maroons, etc. Then they gave up and went with Jets.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

How do they possibly rebrand a team and get set up in a brand new city between now and the start of next season? Will they just play as the Yotes for next year then reveal the actual SLC team for 2025-26?

Their name can be The Salt Lake City Hockey Team!

 

[Drytoast]

RIP Yotes fans.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

QC had been ready since forever. They have an NHL caliber arena ready. It's not about Canada vs. The states for me, it's about overlooking a city having shown readiness for a decade with a history in the NHL.

Winnipeg is barely hanging on with a top team in the Western Conference. I doubt Quebec City can be financially viable.

 

[Turin]

QC had been ready since forever. They have an NHL caliber arena ready. It's not about Canada vs. The states for me, it's about overlooking a city having shown readiness for a decade with a history in the NHL.

They can be ready all they want but a colder city smaller than Winnipeg where nobody who isn't francophone is gonna want to play, where the canadian dollar is 70 cents, the economy is in shambles with no end in sight, is not a viable option long term. It's a beautiful city. It's not an NHL city.

 

[robertocarlos]

Canadians are learning how you go broke. Slowly at first and then all at once.