Phoenix CXXX: Sock it to ME

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So it is an auto renewal on Jan 1st? I thought those were over, how are the coyotes surviving without the 15million subsidy?

The NHL's endless supply of "credit" almost without interest. That the Coyotes can pay when they feel like it. No hurry. No worries.

Obviously that cannot be a permanent state of affairs. But so far it seems the NHL is content to dump truckloads of money in the money pit to buy more time and hope some miracle happens at some point.

Pardon me if this is a dumb question...but have there really been 130 iterations of this thread? All with fun little names? I guess I don't get how or why the Coyotes garner this level of attention. I get there have been manifold problems there like forever, but it seems obvious to me that no matter what, this team will continue to play in a dumb arena when it should be in Glendale in perpetuity, and nothing is going to happen. The level of scrutinizing every little minutiae regarding this team is just baffling to me.

More then that, we celebrated a decade of Coyotes threads earlier this year. Here's a partial list from an earlier thread (credit to kdb209)

Coyotes to lose 30M?

12-08-2008 Hockey in The Desert (Phoenix franchise and finance/business matters)
02-04-2009 Hockey in the Desert II (Phoenix Coyotes franchise and business matters)

Fresh from Al Capone's Geraldo Rivera'sEvil Doctor's Vault - The Lost Thread:
04-28-2009 The Arizona Republic: NHL loan keeps Coyotes operating

05-05-2009 Balsillie puts in $212.5 mil offer for the Coyotes
05-07-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix part II
05-18-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix part III
05-22-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix part IV
06-03-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix part V
06-09-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix Part VI
06-12-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix Part VII: I'm just waitin' on a judge
06-16-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix Part VIII: It's dead, Jim
06-24-2009 Balsillie/Phoenix Part IX: 'Dorf on Hockey
07-25-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part X: The Truth? You Can't Handle The Truth!
08-03-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XI: A Fistful of Dollars?
08-07-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XII: For a Few Dollars More
08-12-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XIII: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
08-21-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XIV: The Wrath of Baum
08-27-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XV - SITREP: SNAFU
09-02-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XVI: Barbarian at the Gate
09-08-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XVII: Wake Me Up When September Ends
09-10-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XVIII: Is that a pale horse in the distance?
09-12-2009 Phoenix bankruptcy Part XIX: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Baum
09-21-2009 Phoenix Bankruptcy Part XX: There Will Be Baum
09-28-2009 Phoenix Bankruptcy Part XXI: 2009 -- A Sports Odyssey
10-26-2009 Phoenix Bankruptcy Part XXII: Long and winding road

11-24-2009 Keeping up with potential owners for NHL Phoenix Coyotes (UPD: Ice Edge signs LOI)
03-14-2010 Part II. Potential owners of NHL's Phoenix Coyotes
03-26-2010 Part III. Prospective Owners - Phoenix Coyotes (UPD Lease vote 4/13; IEH signs MOU)
04-10-2010 Part IV Phoenix Coyotes post bankrtuptcy; UPD COG approves Reinsdorf MOU, not IEH MOU
05-02-2010 Part V Phoenix Coyotes post bankruptcy UPD Reinsdorf out? IEH back in? else Winnipeg?
05-11-2010 Part VI Phoenix Coyotes post bankruptcy
05-23-2010 Part VII Phoenix Coyotes post bankrtuptcy
06-07-2010 Part VIII: Phoenix Coyotes Post-bankrtuptcy
06-22-2010 Part IX: Phoenix Coyotes Post-bankruptcy UPD: Pres Moss fired 6/30 with IEH input
07-26-2010 Part X: Phoenix Coyotes - Between Scylla and Charybdis
08-27-2010 Part XI: Phoenix Coyotes -- Greetings, Starfighter, You have been selected ...
09-16-2010 Part XII: Phx Coyotes - Still haven't found what I'm looking for
10-12-2010 Part XIII: Phoenix Coyotes - The Final Cut?
10-27-2010 Part XIV: Phoenix Coyotes - To Infinity And Beyond....
12-05-2010 Part XV: Phoenix - the battle of evermore
12-14-2010 Part XVI: Phoenix -- Money for Nothing
12-20-2010 Part XVII: Phoenix -- Thread Title Available For Lease
01-09-2011 Part XVIII: Phoenix -- Imminence Front
01-24-2011 Phoenix XIXth: Nervous Breakdown
02-02-2011 Phoenix XX: Two weeks
02-11-2011 Phoenix XXI: When will then be now?
02-22-2011 Phoenix XXII: It's Now or Never
02-28-2011 Phoenix XXIII - Bond: The Phoenix Project
03-03-2011 Phoenix XXIV: How many twists does the scriptwriter have left?
03-07-2011 Phoenix XXV: Anyone in the theatre seen a pale horse?
03-08-2011 Phoenix XXVI: Pain in the AZ
03-11-2011 Phoenix XXVII: Can we all get along?
03-16-2011 Phoenix XXVIII: Lawyers, Bonds and Money
03-20-2011 Phoenix XXIX: What's the next act? I'm tired of the dog & pony show
03-22-2011 Phoenix Part XXX Hulz, you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead
03-27-2011 Phoenix Part XXXI: I feel I'm in a time loop
04-05-2011 Phoenix Part XXXII: Bridge over Troubled Goldwater
04-14-2011 Phoenix XXXIII: Sound of Silence
04-20-2011 Phoenix XXXIV: Project Mayhem
04-25-2011 Phoenix XXXV: Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave...
05-03-2011 Phoenix XXXVI - There's got to be a morning after
05-10-2011 Phoenix XXXVII - The Heat is On

Followed by the Interregnum between Kings Phoenix the XXXVII-th and Phoenix the XXXVIII-th:

[PYTHON]
The most interesting thing about King Charles, the first
Is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall at the start of his reign
But only 4 foot 8 inches tall at the end of it because of
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England Puritan
Born in 1599 and died in 1658 September
[/PYTHON]

06-09-2011 ESPN's Burnside: Hulsizer submitted new deal; COG city manager dragging it out
06-20-2011 Coyotes related: Westgate faces foreclosure
06-21-2011 Phoenix, worst case scenario

Finally, the realm was restored ...

06-27-2011 Phoenix XXXVIII: Hulsizer Pulls Bid For Coyotes
08-16-2011 Phoenix XXXIX: You Never Give Me Your Money
10-18-2011 Phoenix XL: Rich Man's World
12-07-2011 Phoenix XLI: Bongo Fury
01-06-2012 Phoenix XLII: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything
02-02-2012 Phoenix XLIII: How to Bake Cupcakes in Less Than Two Weeks
02-28-2012 Phoenix XLIV: Ignorance & Apathy (or I Doan't know & I Doan't Care)
03-28-2012 Phoenix XLV: You can't YANDLE the truth!
04-11-2012 Phoenix XLVI: (Tre)living on a prayer
04-21-2012 Phoenix XLVII: More Threads than Superbowls
05-01-2012 Phoenix XLVIII: Of Mice and Lieberman
05-08-2012 Phoenix XLIX: Smoke & Mirrors
05-21-2012 Phoenix L: AllByDesign?
05-30-2012 Phoenix LI: es, Damn Lies, and Arena Management Fees
06-06-2012 Phoenix LII: Goodnight, Sweet Lieberman
06-08-2012 Phoenix LIII: How the GWInch Stole Phoenix
06-12-2012 Phoenix LIV:E and Let Die
06-19-2012 Phoenix LV: is Has Left the Building
06-26-2012 Phoenix LVI: s is Still Dead (or Maybe Working at a 7-11 in Glendale)
07-04-2012 Phoenix LVII (or MDCCLXXVI): Declarations of (In)Dependence
07-13-2012 Phoenix LVIII; Will jobbing get jobbed?
07-30-2012 Phoenix LIX: The JIG is up?
08-18-2012 Phoenix LX: Pinocchio's Furniture
09-07-2012 Phoenix LXI; We agreed to pay HOW MUCH‽
09-26-2012 Phoenix LXII: Abandon Hope all Ye Who Enter Here
10-16-2012 Phoenix LXIII: Have Become, Comfortably Numb;
11-06-2012 Phoenix LXIV: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Read Me, on Thread LXIV?
11-21-2012 Phoenx LXV: The word is... give me a minute.... "Omnishambles"... "Omnishambles"
11-27-2012 Phoenix LXVI: Get Your Kicks On Thread LXVI
12-18-2012 Phoenix LXVII: Route66 - Aftermath
01-15-2013 Phoenix LXVIII - "Watch out for that Tree"
01-25-2013 Phoenix LXIX: Thread of LXIX
01-30-2013 Phoenix LXX: Should they stay or should they go now?
02-01-2013 Phoenix LXXI: Daydream Belever
02-12-2013 Phoenix LXXII: Send in the Clowns
03-14-2013 Phoenix LXXIII: "This Space Available"
04-04-2013 Phoenix LXXIV: Be Seeing You
04-22-2013 Phoenix LXXV: It's Like Deja Vu All Over Again
05-02-3013 Phoenix LXXVI: Renaissance Men
05-13-2013 Phoenix LXXVII: Tired of Waiting For You
05-19-2013 Phoenix LXXVIII: Know When To Hold 'Em, Know When To Fold 'Em
05-25-2013 Phoenix LXXIX: This is The End, We Hope Not
05-29-2013 Phoenix LXXX: Is there another way out?
06-01-2013 Phoenix LXXXI: I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday for Your Franchise Today!
06-08-2013 Phoenix LXXXII: "Waive Reading Beyond the Title"
06-12-2013 Phoenix LXXXIII: "Stuff's Gonna Happen"
06-14-2013 Phoenix LXXXIV: Planespotting Edition
06-16-2013 Phoenix LXXXV: A Bridge to Nowhere
06-20-2013 Phoenix LXXXVI: There's Always Money in the Banana Stand
06-24-2013 Phoenix LXXXVII: Hotel Arizona
06-26-2013 Phoenix LXXXVIII: The Final Cupcake?
06-28-2013 Phoenix LXXXIX: If you don't approve it, we must move it!
06-29-2013 Phoenix XC: Down to the Weiers
07-02-2013 Phoenix XCI: Never Gonna Give You Up
07-02-2013 Phoenix XCII: Movie Night In Glendale
07-02-2013 Phoenix XCIII: Vote for the Yote to Keep them Afloat, or That's all She Wrote!
07-02-2013 Phoenix XCIV: The team, the dream, the scheme
07-02-2013 Phoenix XCV: We Trust Gary Bettman
07-02-2013 Phoenix XCVI: The Government You Deserve ...
07-06-2013 Phoenix XCVII: Forget it, Jake. It's Glendale
07-19-2013 Phoenix XCVIII: 5tayin' Alive
08-05-2013 Phoenix XCIX: "I Got 99 Problems, But A Lease Ain’t Oneâ€
06-09-2015 Phoenix C: The F A.R.S Awakens
06-10-2015 Phoenix CI: TeA.R.S. for FeA.R.S.
06-12-2015 Phoenix CII: Oh, the pain the pain
06-17-2015 Phoenix CIII: Sue Me, Sue You Blues
06-21-2015 Phoenix CIV: May be time to put the band back together ...
06-29-2015 Phoenix CV: CoG went full-on haboob, man. Never go full-on haboob.
07-12-2015 Phoenix CVI: It's good to talk these things out
07-23-15 Phoenix CVII: Can yet the lease of my true love control
09-03-2015 Phoenix CVIII: Audits and Losses and RFPs! Oh My!

A couple whole bunch of Phoenix uThreads have popped up in the wake of the "To close, or not to close" mega-thread discussion:

03-16-2012 COG to spend more on Coyotes than public safety?
03-22-2012 Dreger (3/22): NHL to investigate "plan b" for Phoenix
03-23-2012 Sunnicks strikes again "will they stay or will they go now?"
03-28-2012 G&M: Architects of Glendale pro sports disaster won't be around for fallout
03-30-2012 Shoalts: Ice Edge talking about bringing (minor) hockey to the Job should Yotes leave
04-04-2012 Shoalts: Glendale Mayor Scruggs wants city's $$ back
04-05-2012 Coyotes CEO 'confident' team is staying in Glendale
04-05-2012 Puck Daddy: Coyotes battline relocation worries with public optimism
04-06-2012 A strong PHX team in the playoffs may bring a new owner.
04-10-2012 Father of PHX AGM Brad Treliving involved in keeping Coyotes in Glendale?
04-10-2012 PKP offer for Coyotes may be 230 million (mod: to QC w/relo $$)
04-10-2012 Beasley: Coyotes deal within a month
04-11-2012 Glendale, NHL trying to close Phoenix Coyotes deal with Jamison group
04-11-2012 Bettman: no timeline on Phoenix situation (AP)
04-13-2012 Adding up the Numbers in the Phoenix Jamison Bid
04-16-2012 COG's Lieberman calls for demonstration against Coyote deal
04-17-2012 COG - budget payment to Jamison group not to exceed $20m?
04-17-2012 GWI ready to scrutinize new deal
04-18-2012 Coyotes sale soon, five things to watch
04-21-2012 Jamison looking for more investors on Coyotes bid, could be 1-2 months away from deal
04-21-2012 Greg Jamison finally goes public with potential purchase of the Coyotes
04-24-2012 Glendale Busts its Budget; Pledges More Money for Yotes
04-27-2012 Coyotes working to convert bandwagon fans to full time fans
04-28-2-12 4/28: Coyote sale deal getting closer
04-30-2012 Phoenix Coyotes sale finalized May 8th? Hulsizer back in?
05-03-2012 Phoenix CEO/Pres Nealy - something could happen next week
05-04-2012 Feschuk: Phoenix Coyotes doing just fine, thanks
05-04-2012 If the yotes make the finals
05-04-2012 Former Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes assails NHL over Coyotes’ operations
05-07-2012 NHL to announce tentative deal re: sale to Jamison
05-08-2012 Sportsnet: COG promising $306mm over next 21 years
05-08-2012 Wall Street Journal: 'Glendale's Public Hockey Project' = Loss
05-17-2012 Phoenix saga: 5/22 end date
05-17-2012 Jamison signing preliminary sales docs with NHL 5/17 or 5/18
05-21-2012 Goldwater Inst. ready to sue Glendale over arena management deal
05-23-2012 COG council approves preliminary budget with $17m payment for arena management
05-25-2012 Preliminary draft of lease agreement for Jobing.com in hands of COG board
06-04-2012 Phoenix lease details
06-05-2012 Bettmans plan may unravel in Phoenix (vote coming 6/8)
06-06-2012 The angst of Phoenix -- from three major league teams to one (that use city name)
06-06-2012 Forbes: Jamison having trouble raising funds
06-07-2012 GWI letter to Glendale Mayor and Coucilmembers
06-07-2012 Arizona Free Enterprise Club opposes COG deal
06-07-2012 Goldwater Institute Files for Restraining Order
06-11-2012 Coyote name change on hold?
06-13-2012 13 June, Goldwater files suit
06-14-2012 Halverstadt on NHL Home Ice talking Coyotes
06-14-2012 Coyotes deadline "now"? NHL schedule releasing soon
06-15-2012 PBJ: CoG says they'll withstand GWI legal challenge
06-15-2012 AFEC considering ballot (referendum) and COG concil recall
06-18-2012 Phoenix Coyotes, NHL looking for legal counsel to represent team, arena
06-19-2012 Coyotes deal not immediately effective - Referendum to follow?
06-26-2012 COG + GWI agreement on non-emergency status
06-28-2012 Jones/Cobb v Glendale (Coyotes Court Case)
07-04-2012 Coyotes PAC formed
07-04-2012 COG city council candidates voice opposition to Coyotes deal
07-05-2012 Shoalts 7/5 update on Coyotes situation
07-09-2012 Coyotes lease referendum petition not submitted by 7/9
07-11-2012 Glendale rejects group's attempt to overturn sales-tax increase
07-12-2012 PBJ: Jamison group has funding for purchase of Coyotes
07-16-2012 2 COG referendum proponents gearing up for legal battle
07-26-2012 Jones & Cobb decide to NOT file lawsuit after their lease referendum rejected
07-26-2012 PBJ: 7/27 deadline for Coyotes sale?
07-28-2012 PBJ: 7/28: Jamison short $20mm?
07-31-2012 Glendale arena proposal scheduled to expire 7/31, extended another 31 days
08-01-2012 Mayoral candidates speaking out on Coyotes prospective owner
08-08-2012 PBJ: 8/8 Jamison group apparently now has the funds to buy Coyotes
08-10-2012 SBN's Five for Howling: Coyotes sale a done deal
08-16-2012 COG mayoral candidate: Rework proposed lease due to lockout
08-18-2012 CBA uncertainty delaying Coyotes sale?
08-24-2012 8/24: Appeals Court Orders Glendale Sales-Tax Measure to be put Back on Ballot
08-27-2012 8/27 COG extends lease (with NHL) again (pending sale to Jamison group)
08-29-2012 COG seeking change to negotiated proposed arena deal with Jamison
09-04-2012 ESPN Burnside has source that says Jamison's got funding, arena deal to be done
09-11-2012 PBJ: O’odham tribe now involved in Jamison's deal to buy team?
09-29-2012 Final details on Coyotes lease to be settled 10/3?
10-07-2012 Final vote on reworked Jobing.com lease coming 10/23?
10-08-2012 Deja vu, redux = COG talk about extending agreement with NHL another 30 days
11-01-2012 Dater: Phoenix reason for lockout
11-07-2012 Impact of Glendale election on fate of Phoenix Coyotes future
11-26-2012 COG to vote on revised lease 11/27
11-30-2012 Referendum starts process (against) Glendale arena deal with Jamison
12-21-2012 Jamison officially signs Jobing.com lease agreement
12-26-2012 Coyotes could break even, or even profit, if there are no games
12-27-2012 Shoalts: Jamison using US Green Cards to lure investors in Coyotes
01-06-2013 Sportsnet: Jamison group about to finalize Coyotes purchase
01-30-2013 Burnside, LeBrun: Sale of Coyotes to Jamison in Question
01-31-2012 NHL no longer denying relocation a possibility for the Coyotes?
02-01-2013 USA Today's Allen: NHL must continue committment to Phoenix
02-02-2013 Phoenix - Glendale vs Scottsdale
02-08-2013 Grant Woods leading (new) ownership group to (try to) buy Coyotes
02-12-2013 Hulsizer back to looking at buying Coyotes?
03-28-2013 Report: NHL may soon consider relocation for Coyotes; Ice Edge back in picture?
03-29-2013 Bettman: Hey COG, expect something in about a week
04-07-2013 Bettman: Interest in Phoenix franchise "higher than ever"
05-06-2013 Arizona Republic: True cost of running Jobing.com below what COG has paid
05-06-2013 COG Mayor: waiting on NHL to approve owner
05-11-2013 Californian Darin Pastor looking to finalize "premium" purchase of Coyotes
05-27-2013 5/28 NHL, COG, Renaissance meeting in Glendale
05-30-2013 Forbes: Phoenix Coyotes $170 Million Sale To Be Partially Funded By NHL
06-05-2013 4 firms submitted bids to run Jobing.com arena by deadline
06-12-2013 The Hockey News: Will the Coyotes move to Seattle this Summer?
06-13-2013 Glendale announces 4 bidders for Jobing.com management
06-14-2013 Yet another mystery buyer courting Glendale directly
06-15-2013 FSAZ/AP: Framework in place for new lease to keep Coyotes in Glendale
06-26-2013 Mystery Coyotes investor to partner with COG?
07-02-2013 Thread for Discussion of CoG/RSE Lease Agreement 7/2/13
08-05-2013 NHL: Sale of Coyotes is finalized
08-07-2013 SI: Coyotes not out of financial desert yet
08-07-2013 Report: Coyotes could host All-Star game soon

And, hey, why not, for completeness:

03-05-2010 NHL sues Jerry Moyes
 
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Yes. There have been that many. The Coyotes Saga has gone on for a loooooong time. Some threads take months to reach near 1000 posts, some have open & closed in mere hours (around some infamous city council meetings). It has gotten so much attention because the NHL lied and covered up what was going on with the Coyotes, then with the bankruptcy, it broke into the open and the relocation subplot began, with Hamiton, Seattle, et al, and anti-Sun Belt partisans watching it. Then when the city paid the NHL a generous "AMF" over 2x the high end of what cities/counties pay entities for AMFs and the NHL was not honoring its contract in good faith (taking the money, not rendering the services), it attracted a lot of attention from some segments of news-following folks because the Coyotes saga now became a nexus of government and corporate/sports malfeasance & incompetence. This is a trainwreck that's been going on since late last decade, and new twists and turns keep popping up and this has gone on far longer than any of the other infamous chapters in NHL ownership history (like Spano and the yakuza). That's why so much attention is paid to the Coyotes. What has happened to them since ~2008/09 has not been normal by any stretch.

3 main groups have contributed to the Phoenix threads being so prolific:
1.) Those interested in league machinitions, actions, schemes (including those drawn in through the government corruption angle),
2.) Coyotes fans (they want to know what the heck is going on with their team and want to defend their right to having a NHL team from relocation hounds),
3.) Relocation fans (either they want the Coyotes for themselves or they're offended there are so many Sun Belt teams and want as many of them as possible in 'traditional' hockey markets)

Think about it for a moment. If a topic has attracted so many posts over such a long period of time, that means there's something of interest there for people.

Thanks for taking the time to write that detailed an explanation. Makes more sense now.

As far as the relocation enthusiasts go- (and Canes fans have to deal with their illogic all the time) since this situation has existed for so long and the NHL has gone to such Herculean efforts (including even buying the team?), doesn't it stand to reason that the Coyotes are going nowhere?
 
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Thanks for taking the time to write that detailed an explanation. Makes more sense now.

As far as the relocation enthusiasts go- (and Canes fans have to deal with their illogic all the time) since this situation has existed for so long and the NHL has gone to such Herculean efforts (including even buying the team?), doesn't it stand to reason that the Coyotes are going nowhere?

Of course. However, the interresting (or "fun" sometimes) thing is to guess how the "Houdini Coyotes" will miraculously pull themselves out of each deadly situation they find themselves in every single offseason.

It's like the old Adam West Batman TV show. Except it's now season 11. With no end in sight.
 

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this "we need a new arena or we'll die in glendale" ploy is just an amusing and wholly unsubstantiated red herring - by any objective measure, it's beyond ridiculous.

nope, its entirely about positioning the "get out of phoenix free" card that will be played as soon as some other western city puts shovels in the ground.
 

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Since 2013, when the NHL owned the Coyotes, and every year thereafter with the IceArizona -- now Barroway -- ownership...the Chicago game has been a sellout...except this year...tonight's attendance was 13,777 (80.4%)...
 

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That's troubling but I guess with the future of the franchise on a year to year basis on one hand it shouldn't be unexpected.

But still 4 out their first 5 homes games have been against traditional good draws including the home opener which always sell out.

But now effectively 0-8 to start and on the east coast for a while and their next two home oponents being Buffalo and Carolina. If they don't get on track the sales and marketing department are going have to get extra creative with the inventory they have.
 

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That's troubling but I guess with the future of the franchise on a year to year basis on one hand it shouldn't be unexpected.

But still 4 out their first 5 homes games have been against traditional good draws including the home opener which always sell out.

But now effectively 0-8 to start and on the east coast for a while and their next two home oponents being Buffalo and Carolina. If they don't get on track the sales and marketing department are going have to get extra creative with the inventory they have.

Their playoff chances have fallen to 5.2%...but I do not believe the East Coast swing will be kind...
 

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Perhaps the Blackhawks bandwagon is weakening. They did have 2 first round exits in a row, not to mention a sweep in the first round last year.

Llama care to link your source to your attendance figure by chance? I believe you, but it'd be easier if you would source your claims instead of having to run around trying to confirm/deny.

I love these threads. All about attendance during the regular season, all about where they are going to play in the off season. It's like Will Ferrel in the movie elf running around the rotating doors endlessly.

 

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Perhaps the Blackhawks bandwagon is weakening. They did have 2 first round exits in a row, not to mention a sweep in the first round last year.

Llama care to link your source to your attendance figure by chance? I believe you, but it'd be easier if you would source your claims instead of having to run around trying to confirm/deny...

ESPN.com
 

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Pessimism.... see? That’s the problem. You gotta think positive. Even in the face of adversity.

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... You bet. 99.9% of the time... glass half full, never say die type a guy but this? Zero confidence in the NHL to do the right thing, Barroway seriously up against it.... I mean, its gunna take a miracle, complete sea change & all I'm seein are more storm clouds getting darker by the week. Ya theyve weathered some mean weather & fire ships, won the odd battle but losing the war so c'mon here, that was all done on the backing of the COG at Moyes BK & on the dime of the taxpayer. Those spigots are well & truly turned off, welded shut. And no longer just in Glendale..... You tell me? How is this going to play out? These guys are beached. Run aground. Hung up on a reef & the battering's not stopping & I dont mean the battering they keep taking from various Members here. This is beyond nuts. Epic crazy. Spanish Armada at the hands of the British 1588 epic nuts. Bettmans no Howard & Barroways no Drake. Their getting slaughtered.
 
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Perhaps the Blackhawks bandwagon is weakening. They did have 2 first round exits in a row, not to mention a sweep in the first round last year.

Llama care to link your source to your attendance figure by chance? I believe you, but it'd be easier if you would source your claims instead of having to run around trying to confirm/deny.

I love these threads. All about attendance during the regular season, all about where they are going to play in the off season. It's like Will Ferrel in the movie elf running around the rotating doors endlessly.



The dates of each Blackhawks @ Coyotes game matter too. I was surprised the Blackhawks were going to Arizona this early. A lot of Chicago sports fans' attention was tied up in the Cubs in the NLCS. In the winter months and especially during spring training would seem to be more attractive dates than a mid October date (and people haven't gotten stir crazy yet. Northern IL's been very mild up to now except for a week in September and it's been mostly dry, with the deluge coming in a single day. Heck, only now some trees are hitting their fall colors, everything else is still very green. Back in 2000, this date would be past peak). People attendance shamed an East Coast team maybe 2-4 years ago for a game that was played on Halloween night. Dates matter. Halloween, Christmas Eve, around Thanksgiving would be subject to factors affecting attendance.
 

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They still talk about sports? From my impression watching it in an hotel room a couple of months ago while travelling to the US. I was sure it was now a political news channel.
... You bet. 99.9% of the time... glass half full, never say die type a guy but this? Zero confidence in the NHL to do the right thing, Barroway seriously up against it.... I mean, its gunna take a miracle, complete sea change & all I'm seein are more storm clouds getting darker by the week. Ya theyve weathered some mean weather & fire ships, won the odd battle but losing the war so c'mon here, that was all done on the backing of the COG at Moyes BK & on the dime of the taxpayer. Those spigots are well & truly turned off, welded shut. And no longer just in Glendale..... You tell me? How is this going to play out? These guys are beached. Run aground. Hung up on a reef & the battering's not stopping & I dont mean the battering they keep taking from various Members here. This is beyond nuts. Epic crazy. Spanish Armada at the hands of the British 1588 epic nuts. Bettmans no Howard & Barroways no Drake. Their getting slaughtered.

A ''miracle''? Miracles are ''business as usual'' for the Coyotes. I fully expect another dozen rabbits to come out of Gary Bettman's magic hat to save the Coyotes.

I'm reminded of this movie quote:

- It was twenty years ago. You hadn't promoted yourself to general yet. You were just a petty drug lord. Huh! You and your gang of murderers gathered your small ounce of courage to raid across the border for food... weapons... Slave labor. My father was the village magistrate. A simple man with a simple code: justice. He gathered the few people that he could to stand against you. You and your bullies were driven back by farmers with pitchforks! My father saved his village at the cost of his own life. You had him shot as you ran away! A hero... at a thousand paces.

- I'm sorry. I don't remember any of it.

- You don't remember?

- For you, the day I graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.
 

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Thanks for taking the time to write that detailed an explanation. Makes more sense now.

As far as the relocation enthusiasts go- (and Canes fans have to deal with their illogic all the time) since this situation has existed for so long and the NHL has gone to such Herculean efforts (including even buying the team?), doesn't it stand to reason that the Coyotes are going nowhere?
Bingo/Truth/Thread....Team isn't leaving the Phoenix market:)
 

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The issue is Andy Barroway. Does he have the wherewithal to stick out 3-5 years in Glendale? According to Tony Leblanc it is going to be a tough sledding if there is no new arena. If Tony was still actively pushing Andy`s narrative we might expect to hear something in another two weeks. My bet is that will prove to be somewhat premature, look for turkey day to be the day that they announce that they may have something to say about a new venue by Christmas eve.
 

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The issue is Andy Barroway. Does he have the wherewithal to stick out 3-5 years in Glendale? According to Tony Leblanc it is going to be a tough sledding if there is no new arena. If Tony was still actively pushing Andy`s narrative we might expect to hear something in another two weeks. My bet is that will prove to be somewhat premature, look for turkey day to be the day that they announce that they may have something to say about a new venue by Christmas eve.

Mesa....

For someone who kept ripping into Anthony LeBlanc as somewhat of a liar and BS artist I’m finding it somewhat amusing that you would suddenly use his words and or philosophy as gospel towards whatever Andrew Barroway is planning.

:lol:
 

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Mesa....

For someone who kept ripping into Anthony LeBlanc as somewhat of a liar and BS artist I’m finding it somewhat amusing that you would suddenly use his words and or philosophy as gospel towards whatever Andrew Barroway is planning.

:lol:

In the end, both Tony and Andy are pretty much the same kind of shady character. Andy pushed Tony to put out basically a false front on the the realities of a new arena. His words proved to be nothing more than a distraction from what was actually transpiring on the arena level. From the start, it was painfully obvious that an arena was a pipe dream. Sure, they were able to lure Worsley into putting up a bill without teeth and get a little run. The ASU proposition was pretty much one sided and never had much of a chance. Today, Andy is sitting stealthily behind his new mouthpiece Patterson playing the silent game. In the meantime, Andy being the Private Equity guy is readying the asset for a sale or kick back to the NHL by cutting costs to the bone and attempting to win with a minor league roster. If the start of the season is any indication he has failed again on the on ice product by attempting to cost cut his way to an exit. I can`t see it happening any other way. The idea that he is attempting to build a stable well respected franchise for the long run in Arizona is laughable. Legend you can`t be pleased with the way this guy is running this franchise? He seems to want us all to believe that if only he could get a new arena all would be well. The problem with that thinking is he has yet to show up with the money for his new venue, what happened to his $170MM offer he was trotting out to ASU and the legislature? If he really wanted to inspire belief he should find his pile of dirt, tie it up, then go look for help. Until he makes the right moves with the product and in his arena search he will remain a pariah. Seems other than GB, nobody cares to do business with him, then again, maybe GB is all he needs, when his options run out perhaps the Coyotes will be owned by the league once again?
 
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.... when his options run out perhaps the Coyotes will be owned by the league once again?

Yeesh... not really seeing this happen mesa. The NHL I'm quite certain riding shotgun here & no way does Barroway pull a faceplant, go down, go under. Will not happen. The Leagues & this owners credibility both already beyond strained. You can bet Bettman & Daly are keeping a real close eye on this situation which is still entirely fluid, in flux. Theres no way they deal with another Moyes type situation. No way Barroway, who despite the various slings & arrows is no dummy, smart guy would go "all in" given the fundamentals of the market & the club. He's a trained Attorney & Hedge Fund Manager. Not completely risk averse but he's not a go-for-broke Cowboy, Slim Pickens riding a Nuke.

He's seen enough of this rodeo to understand what he's up against so there would absolutely be built into his acquisition fail safes & safety nets, joint Andrew Barroway / NHL Inc Production goin on here including an exit strategy, the throws of which I believe we are well into. I mean seriously here. Does anyone really believe the State is going to roll-over? That a deal can be had with Sarver, the City of Phoenix & a new facility? Because I sure dont. And as Bettman & Barroway have slammed the door shut on Glendale, burned the bridge & blown up the foundations.... where they gunna go?..... and I'm guessing here, speculation, but I really dont think they'll be going all that far.... Texas..... Houston..... I dont believe in coincidences. You have Steve Patterson hired as the CEO very well connected in Texas... shortly thereafter its announced Alexanders' selling out & new ownership interested in the NHL. That didnt just happen overnight. The Leagues probably known about that for at minimum 6mnths.

And heres the crazy thing.... Andrew Barroway gives every impression that he's hopeful things can be turned around, out there being a generous benefactor to various charities & organizations, comes across as genuine & sincere and I believe he is, believe he really does hope Steve Patterson can convince the State, perhaps one of the East Valley Municipalities to cough up, get a new building going. That he & the NHL have a time-line, know the decks stacked against, mission impossible really but thats the storyline, thats the position they are taking. Not false. He's not lying. He's just not sharing in totality the whole story. Picture. I suppose technically you could call that lying, holding back critical info but as theres nothing to gain & everything to lose if it gets out, it would obviously compromise just about everything, from lobbying efforts to attendance. Announcing a deadline would be a threat, yet there simply has to be a hard deadline. Whether its 2018 or 2019 no idea but for sure, the Leagues got Barroways back & he's got theres so no, dont see the NHL "reacquiring" the franchise, Barroway declaring BK.
 

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Killy, I could believe your speculation about a move to Houston. That would fit my narrative that AB does not have the money to hold the Coyotes in Glendale in perpetuity. Houston is a town with big money and has tasted hockey success in the form of the Aeros, who won it all with amongst others a player/coach named Dave Tippett. My point is that the narrative we hear coming from Coyote headquarters is guarded at best, they are just trying to hang on and lose as little money as possible until they have been given the green light to move to another market. In the meantime, they want everyone to somehow believe that they are doing everything they can to be competitive. On the contrary, this is ALL about MONEY and getting out with half of his shirt. But shssssssh, don`t give the fans any inkling that this is our objective. Should the team continue to lose, the fans will likely lose whatever interest is left and leave old Andy with a bill substantially higher cash call than he had thought.
 
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Killy, I could believe your speculation about a move to Houston. That would fit my narrative that AB does not have the money to hold the Coyotes in Glendale in perpetuity. Houston is a town with big money and has tasted hockey success in the form of the Aeros, who won it all with amongst others a player/coach named Dave Tippett. My point is that the narrative we hear coming from Coyote headquarters is guarded at best, they are just trying to hang on and lose as little money as possible until they have been given the green light to move to another market. In the meantime, they want everyone to somehow believe that they are doing everything they can to be competitive. On the contrary, this is ALL about MONEY and getting out with half of his shirt. But shssssssh, don`t give the fans any inkling that this is our objective. Should the team continue to lose, the fans will likely lose whatever interest is left and leave old Andy with a bill substantially higher cash call than he had thought.

Ok. Thats solid reasoning, logic. Therefore transparent to you & I and plenty of others who have followed this file closely. I really dont see how one conclude anything other than this, the situation still very much fluid so the ultimate question is "when"? Whats the time-line, how much, for how long does this get propped up? What heavy lifting is planned for this season at the Legislative levels, with the City of Phoenix & Sarver.... are or have secret meetings & negotiations been instituted in Houston? Pretty hard for me not to think so.... and before the accusations fly, "Tinfoil Time"... I reckon this one Conspiracy Fact not Theory, so any discussion hereafter a matter of Conspiracy Analysis not Theory. The dots connect.
 
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Thanks for taking the time to write that detailed an explanation. Makes more sense now.

As far as the relocation enthusiasts go- (and Canes fans have to deal with their illogic all the time) since this situation has existed for so long and the NHL has gone to such Herculean efforts (including even buying the team?), doesn't it stand to reason that the Coyotes are going nowhere?

One would only hope that Coyotes won't move after all the efforts the league, the numerous owners and all of the people from Arizona have made to keep them there.

But, there are some of us, who believe that if there was a real opening in Seattle (lacks an arena for the moment) or Huston (there was Alexander Lee previously making it impossible, now that there is a new guy, more NHL friendly...) things wouldn't be as slowly moving as they are for the Coyotes.

I honestly think if the guy in Huston is as serious as he wants everyone to believe...things may move soon.
 

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But isn't there always something going on in every major city every weekend?

It didn't affect the Suns as they still sold out at 18K plus and this is a team with even less expectations in a league with next to zero parity. Yes the opponent was the Lakers which is a big draw but that should be no different than the Blackhawks would be any other year as of late.

Something else has to be at a the root here.
 
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