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Congrats Clayton Keller, you get to play in a worse arena in your prime.
Welcome to the show.
The league really needs to go 2-3-2.
Sorry to say but that last game of the Yotes had all the emotion of a wet fart.
Compared to the Jets leaving in 1996, it doesn't even compare. You can really see it in the players leaving. Maybe because there's barely any vets on Arizona?? I don't know.
This is the reality of Arenas in Non Hockey markets. If they don't expect to have an NHL team, they make it more for BB and concerts. See it in a lot of other arenas. Charlotte, Sacramento, Golden State (though they did ask the Sharks), Indiana, Brooklyn (originally was to be NHL caliber but opted to design it to save $200 mill, but ended up costing them the Isles in the end), and so forth.View attachment 854305
Congrats Clayton Keller, you get to play in a worse arena in your prime.
Welcome to the show.
Sorry to say but that last game of the Yotes had all the emotion of a wet fart.
Compared to the Jets leaving in 1996, it doesn't even compare. You can really see it in the players leaving. Maybe because there's barely any vets on Arizona?? I don't know.
Yeah. Feels like Houston should have been the landing spot. But, I kind of think that Houston won't get a team as Fertitia isn't a hockey fan and only would be interested at a certain price. Felt like a relocation of AZ might be his best shot at getting it lower than what the NHL wants. Plus, with the size of the Houston market, NHL won't give a discount on an expansion price.It’s been a complete shitshow there for so long. They haven’t had stability from the owners, to the arena to the on ice product.
Arizona got screwed over in quite a few ways imo and I’d like to see them with an owner who cares and an arena in a good area and given a shot. It was electric for their WCF run.
Maybe they did need to move but going to Utah does not do anything for me in the slightest. Feels like a step back and a lateral move at best.
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Congrats Clayton Keller, you get to play in a worse arena in your prime.
Welcome to the show.
Apparently different owners and all that political shit. But yeah…way better.f***ing play at the Maverick Center instead.
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Congrats Clayton Keller, you get to play in a worse arena in your prime.
Welcome to the show.
Yup. Which is why the far end looks the way it does.Is that the jazz arena?!
Wow, I didn't realize the Delta Center sight lines were that bad. At least it has more seats than Mullett?View attachment 854305
Congrats Clayton Keller, you get to play in a worse arena in your prime.
Welcome to the show.
Yeah the owner is going to pitch the public for a new arena. Good luck to taxpayers thereYup. Which is why the far end looks the way it does.
Who knows if that’s what it will look like next year but it’s made for a basketball game…
Not only that. The ice was horrific there when the Canucks faced the Kings in a pre-season game in 2018. It's a makeshift ice system....Wow, I didn't realize the Delta Center sight lines were that bad. At least it has more seats than Mullett?
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Congrats Clayton Keller, you get to play in a worse arena in your prime.
Welcome to the show.
Wow, I didn't realize the Delta Center sight lines were that bad. At least it has more seats than Mullett?
Yup. Which is why the far end looks the way it does.
Who knows if that’s what it will look like next year but it’s made for a basketball game…
Well it’s more like what isn’t the problem? Looks like they have to pull back bleachers to fit the rink in, it has terrible sightlines and is basically a junior rink.What's the biggest problem, it looks funny?
Does it look funny in basketball too or is it just a funny looking stadium?
I would imagine them throwing some decent money at it if it's that obvious.
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This family is something else. Makes so much sense too because the Coyoyes socials went MIA out of nowhere.
Well it’s more like what isn’t the problem? Looks like they have to pull back bleachers to fit the rink in, it has terrible sightlines and is basically a junior rink.
This is all assuming this is actually what it will be like, but even yet, they’re playing here temporarily. Sound familiar?
I imagine hockey will sell out initially in Salt Lake City, because of the novelty and the fact that the only other major league sport in town are the NBA Utah Jazz.
If Wikipedia is to believed, the population of Salt Lake City proper is about 227,000.....and if you include all the suburbs in a 120 mile radius, it tops out at just over 1.24 million. That makes it the 126th largest market in NA. Along with Winterpeg and Raleigh, it would rank as one of the smallest NHL markets.
I can't imagine that Mormonville was the first choice of Bettman and the NHL governors. But I guess the Jazz owner was the only guy on the horizon with a spare billion dollars or so lying around. And the opportunity to put the 'disaster in the desert' behind them was too good to pass up.
And incredibly they haven't ruled another return to Phoenix in the next five years. Seems obvious the owners are addicted to bloated expansion fees, so the watering down of NHL hockey will continue unabated.