The thing for me is, what was going to make the team finally being good HERE was being able to point at all the anti-hockey in az people and forcing them to see the team succeeding in AZ. What the hell does it matter if the team succeeds now? It’s not AZ anymore. I don’t care about desert hockey, I care about Arizona hockey, and it’s dead.
The litmus test I put myself through when considering continuing to follow the team was this: “would I feel any joy if next year they’re really good, Josh Doan is a Calder candidate, Gunther is 30 goal scorer, and Keller gets 90 points and they make the playoffs?” My answer was a resounding f*** no. So that’s it.