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[justin323032]

Also - anyone else loving Vegas off to a 1-4 start?

I most recently moved from Vegas, after being there for 12 years. Had my chance to jump on the bandwagon early but that wasn't going to happen since the Desert Dogs were turning it around last year - right? Long story short. I. Am. Loving. It! All my friends who became Knight lifers are getting a true taste of NHL fandom. Unexplainable misery.

 

[Name Nameless]

I most recently moved from Vegas, after being there for 12 years. Had my chance to jump on the bandwagon early but that wasn't going to happen since the Desert Dogs were turning it around last year - right? Long story short. I. Am. Loving. It! All my friends who became Knight lifers are getting a true taste of NHL fandom. Unexplainable misery.

I don't want to be seen as mean, but I really think Vegas got things to easy last year. However, as that meant people there really noticed they had a team, it might have been a good thing- if they now shows some character when they face the misery.

Have people in Vegas started to turn away, or are they just embedding themselves into it? Curious. I don't want to be Captain Obvious either, but I can't resist: The test for fans aint victory. It's defeat. Everybody can cheer for the team when they win...

 

[DoanStopBelievin]

Foegele???
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... no, millenium

 

[Jakey53]

I don't want to be seen as mean, but I really think Vegas got things to easy last year. However, as that meant people there really noticed they had a team, it might have been a good thing- if they now shows some character when they face the misery.

Have people in Vegas started to turn away, or are they just embedding themselves into it? Curious. I don't want to be Captain Obvious either, but I can't resist: The test for fans aint victory. It's defeat. Everybody can cheer for the team when they win...

Wait till the NFL arrives

 

[Summer Rose]

Not at all. I'd rather that they lose to us and only to us, and beat the crap out of LA, Anaheim and San Jose.

In a perfect world, I'd want 1st-3rd place in the Pacific to be us, Vegas, and San Jose. Kings 8th place.

Central can give us both wild card teams in the west as long as it's Chicago and Winnipeg in 6th and 7th to miss out.

 

[Muppet]

It's healthy for Vegas fans to get a taste of losing. I was really put off by some of their incredibly arrogant fans last season.

 

[Name Nameless]

It's healthy for Vegas fans to get a taste of losing. I was really put off by some of their incredibly arrogant fans last season.

I have never met any of them in person, but based on what I've read, I believe you. Very much.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Wait till the NFL arrives

Nobody watches football anymore.

 

[Lilhoody]

Here is a link to a essay Robin Lehner submitted to the Athletic about his substance abuse and road to sobriety. It's unlocked, so a subscription isn't necessary

'I could not stand being alone in my brain': Islanders...

 

[Name Nameless]

The Kings looks dead. Down 5-1 to Ottawa.

 

[Prarievarg]

The Kings looks dead. Down 5-1 to Ottawa.

Me like! Except I had campbell starting in my fantasy league haha

 

[TheLegend]

Nobody watches football anymore.

In Oakland.... with a lame duck team.... that just traded it’s best player.... and in that dump.... at NFL prices..... certainly.

 

[The Mentalist]

HNIC panel discussing a possible 5 year contract for Matthews. So he could be heading home alot sooner than we thought.

 

[XX]

HNIC panel discussing a possible 5 year contract for Matthews. So he could be heading home alot sooner than we thought.

There's a very good chance home doesn't exist after this year.

 

[Jamieh]

HNIC panel discussing a possible 5 year contract for Matthews. So he could be heading home alot sooner than we thought.

They have as much knowledge on the subject as I do.....and that's none.

 

[rt]

In Oakland.... with a lame duck team.... that just traded it’s best player.... and in that dump.... at NFL prices..... certainly.

That was the joke.

 

[lanky]

Hurricanes are 4-0-1 and 1st in their division. 1/3 of their starting forwards are rookies.

 

[Name Nameless]

There's a very good chance home doesn't exist after this year.

So, you think this is the last season for the Yotes? Getting you right here?

 

[rt]

So, you think this is the last season for the Yotes? Getting you right here?

I’d say it’s a pretty good chance. Houston deserves the Seattle expansion share more than Arizona does. Easy to slide AZ to the central and Seattle to the Pacific. It seems like a good idea, really.

Why wouldn’t the league do this? Phoenix is probably close to as good as a market as Houston. Phoenix has some history and it theoretically should work. It’s been almost 20 years and it never has. Maybe Houston will.

League doesn’t really lose anything by moving the Coyotes there. It’s an even bigger American market and it’s not Phoenix, which seems cursed.

 

[BigJCaRoach]

16+ million per offer sheet AM34, 4 firsts

Let’s go all in

 

[Bondurant]

16+ million per offer sheet AM34, 4 firsts

Let’s go all in

Matthews + AHL guys + beer league guys will probably score more goals than the current roster. Why not? Punch your ticket, Matthews. You're coming to AZ!

 

[XX]

So, you think this is the last season for the Yotes? Getting you right here?

Up until recently, a lateral or better move wasn't open to the NHL when it came to relocating the Coyotes. That changed when Houston opened up. With the clock ticking on Barroway's debt, it's just a matter of time unless a new monied owner loyal to AZ is found. They probably would have come forward already if they existed. The league will be 'loyal' to Arizona right up until its their turn to hold the money bag again, at which point the team moves overnight.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Oh, Eeyore, will you ever win?

 

[Bonsai Tree]

So far, I've seen surprisingly big crouds at the first 2 games and historically the team won't draw until after the New Year. The team is also monetizing better, sponsoring out the shovels clearing the ice during time outs, etc. and getting a new big sponsorship deal with Dignity Health.

Rumors of the Coyotes death have been greatly exaggurated.

 

[rt]

Up until recently, a lateral or better move wasn't open to the NHL when it came to relocating the Coyotes. That changed when Houston opened up. With the clock ticking on Barroway's debt, it's just a matter of time unless a new monied owner loyal to AZ is found. They probably would have come forward already if they existed. The league will be 'loyal' to Arizona right up until its their turn to hold the money bag again, at which point the team moves overnight.

At least I’ll finally have a reason to fly to Houston and eat vietcajun food.