Speculation: Confidence of the NHL staying in Arizona?

[Eco]

Touchy subject, but with the NHL about to make an announcement about expansion, it'd be nice to get a feel about how exactly confident you are of staying in Phoenix.

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[Jakey53]

Touchy subject, but with the NHL about to make an announcement about expansion, it'd be nice to get a feel about how exactly confident you are of staying in Phoenix.

They are not going anywhere. The NHL has spent 20 yrs. developing this market and they are not going to leave now. The Coyotes are in the best position they have ever been in with stability, NHL talent and high end prospects. To grow their product the NHL needs teams in the non traditional market. The only place they have failed was Atlanta.

 

[rt]

100% next season.

25% season after.

This new arena stuff is starting to strike me as hot air. They'll just delay, promise, delay, promise and then at the last minute, announce they've sold for relo. About 12mo from now.

 

[XX]

Considering the announcement is coming right before the draft, 0%. That was the cutoff date for Leblancs supposed arena announcement. League pulls the plug if they don't figure something out.

 

[rt]

Considering the announcement is coming right before the draft, 0%. That was the cutoff date for Leblancs supposed arena announcement. League pulls the plug if they don't figure something out.

For this season? No way. We've got another year at GRA. They'll take their time. And they'll keep singing and dancing and leading us on.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Never mind. Not worth it.

 

[XX]

For this season? No way. We've got another year at GRA. They'll take their time. And they'll keep singing and dancing and leading us on.

Not worth the risk it leaks and becomes a PR nightmare for the league.

 

[Matias Maccete]

100% next season.

25% season after.

This new arena stuff is starting to strike me as hot air. They'll just delay, promise, delay, promise and then at the last minute, announce they've sold for relo. About 12mo from now.

Pretty much this. Expect an announcement mid may, now before the draft, I'm starting to smell some bull****. We've been lead on before and this is feeling very similar. Yes of course Greg jamison has the money, hey we have multiple cities bidding for us..... Sure hope I'm wrong.

 

[MIGs Dog]

I really wanted to vote 110%

 

[Jakey53]

Never mind. Not worth it.

Exactly. It's the same over and over.

 

[Eco]

Exactly. It's the same over and over.

I understand that, however, what needs to be done to squash the rumors? Obviously where there is smoke, there is fire, and everyone has Arizona and Carolina pegged as the teams likely to be moved.

I think the Yotes are good next year, but the year after is the one that scares me.

 

[Naych_PHX]

There will always be rumors, there will always be uncertainty. Nothing will change that. Sign a 30 years lease? That's been done. Get a new arena. Been done. Get an owner? Been done. Have the greatest player/face in the league be a part owner? Done.

But there's an unending list of what people THINK would "squash the rumors." That's not possible. The only thing that would temporarily do that would be to win a cup.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

our normal everything for the Coyotes

Everything is either 50/50 or another 2 weeks

 

[Puck possession wins]

After this coming season, we will truly know whether this team was viable in this market or not

 

[LuckyNumber11]

With Las Vegas and Quebec City likely getting expansion franchises, where would we go? Seattle is as bad of a hockey environment as Phoenix, the definition of fair weather. Kansas City I think would be a good place to go but they've expressed no interest. Unless if a shot in the dark comes around, I'm quite certain we're staying in Arizona

 

[Eco]

If I'm understanding the circumstances correctly. For a city to get an expansion team, GB is asking for $500m, however, if someone where to buy a team and move them, then it would be a lot cheaper.

At least thats my understanding of why people are discussing relocation more than expanding.

 

[XX]

With Las Vegas and Quebec City likely getting expansion franchises, where would we go? Seattle is as bad of a hockey environment as Phoenix, the definition of fair weather. Kansas City I think would be a good place to go but they've expressed no interest. Unless if a shot in the dark comes around, I'm quite certain we're staying in Arizona

They have concerns about QC never paying the full price due to exchange rate and starting Vegas off on a bad foot with an expansion team, plus further dividing revenue. There's a lot of significant reasons the Coyotes would be moved, very few solid ones they'd stay.

 

[Jormungandr]

If I'm understanding the circumstances correctly. For a city to get an expansion team, GB is asking for $500m, however, if someone where to buy a team and move them, then it would be a lot cheaper.

At least thats my understanding of why people are discussing relocation more than expanding.

Who's discussing relocation more than expansion? I haven't heard a thing about relocation in months, and everything I've read is talking about expansion and even expansion draft rules. Hell the B.O.G. are having a meeting in 3 weeks where expansion is one of the main things on the docket.

 

[Eco]

Who's discussing relocation more than expansion? I haven't heard a thing about relocation in months, and everything I've read is talking about expansion and even expansion draft rules. Hell the B.O.G. are having a meeting in 3 weeks where expansion is one of the main things on the docket.

XM radio for one.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

It might warrant being split up into polls like "next year","2017-18","five years from now"...but we've got all summer for that.

for that group of polls my answers would be 100,75,50

 

[Eco]

It might warrant being split up into polls like "next year","2017-18","five years from now"...but we've got all summer for that.

for that group of polls my answers would be 100,75,50

That's fair. I figured I'd keep this somewhat basic.

I also think I had 3 years in my head when writing it.

 

[Mosby]

In terms of expansion....

Vegas is a done deal IMO

I don't believe Quebec will happen.

Seattle is very interesting but they're not even close on an arena.

Houston is also interesting, has an arena, but there are some other issues at play with that.

Beyond that, no other market is particularly interesting to me.

 

[rt]

It might warrant being split up into polls like "next year","2017-18","five years from now"...but we've got all summer for that.

for that group of polls my answers would be 100,75,50

Mine would be 100 next year. 25 the year after and then either 0 or 100 for the five years after that.

 

[RemoAZ]

Option 6: Ask me again in 2 weeks

 

[Ebb]

I understand that, however, what needs to be done to squash the rumors?

In my experience, the only way to quash the rumors would be if every town in Canada with decent population to semi-support an NHL team had one. I mean why not move Florida, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Dallas, Nashville, LA, Anaheim, and San Jose to Canadian towns? That would leave Arizona in warmer climates and the rumors would dissipate (for a while)