Confirmed with Link: Coyotes Submit Proposal to Tempe for a new arena (UPD: Proposal details out)

[rt]

Even I've now lost track. It is now something like:

Portland
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Quebec
Seattle
Las Vegas
Seattle (again)
Las Vegas (again)
Houston
Houston... or Quebec (again)

Kansas City. Oh and Saskatoon (LOL).

 

[Llewzaher]

Can we take any comfort in Meruleo's extensive real-estate/development/gaming background? He has to have faced obstacles that are similar (not the exact same) as Sky Harbor and the Goldwater Institute before, right? Ice Arizona, he is not. Meruelo is pretty much the Real McCoy, no?

I think so .. the main boards are saying he is mismanaging the team .. but I don't see how .. though I am quite far from the situation... Other than the Glendale situation .. ( which is big) I think the Yotes are in the best shape they have been in in a while...

If Meurelo can actually get an arena built that he owns .. it is a game changer

 

[Mangosteen]

Anyone wanna give me the cliff notes in where we’re at with all this? It’s a lot to sift through

In 2 weeks we will know something

 

[Bonsai Tree]

As an intellectual exercise, and not to point fingers, it's worth examining who benefits when relo rumors are released to the public.

City of Glendale. It's in their benefit because if the Coyotes are not relocating, it causes friction with their proposed new temporary and permanent homes. If the Coyotes want to stay in Glendale for a few years more, it drives up their need to close the deal and allows Glendale to wring more money out of them. If the Coyotes really are looking to relocate, the rumors bring down the wrath of the fans and is a way for Glendale to stick it to them on their way out.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Kansas City. Oh and Saskatoon (LOL).

That's true. Although the KC story never got as far as the rest of them...like, I don't remember ever seeing people in KC jerseys holding up signs like #BringBackTheScouts. (like at least two of us did in Minnesota in 2012 - arguably the day of our greatest triumph, clinching the pacific division - seeing a guy in a Quebec shirt welcoming Antoine Vermette back, in French)

 

[AZviaNJ]

Kansas City. Oh and Saskatoon (LOL).

Who doesn’t want to go to a February game in Saskatoon!?!

 

[MIGs Dog]

That's true. Although the KC story never got as far as the rest of them...like, I don't remember ever seeing people in KC jerseys holding up signs like #BringBackTheScouts. (like at least two of us did in Minnesota in 2012 - arguably the day of our greatest triumph, clinching the pacific division - seeing a guy in a Quebec shirt welcoming Antoine Vermette back, in French)

KC has hosted a few NHL preseason games over the past decade. Always a packed house, and every teams colors represented in the crowd.

But there is not an active movement to bring in a team.

Lamar Hunt Jr., whose dad founded the KC Chiefs, owns the ECHL Missouri Mavericks. He has expressed interest in bringing an NHL team to KC, but said the time was not right. Whatever that means.

 

[RABBIT]

 

[Coyotedroppings]

It's like that famous poet Reo Speedwagon said....Heard it from a friend who, Heard it from a friend who, Heard it from another the Coyotes are leaving town.

Talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line

 

[AZviaNJ]

Talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line

Won’t stop until shovels hit the ground in Tempe.

 

[Jakey53]

Just get something done already. Enough with the constant bull shit. Sign a lease with Glendale and STOP CRYING, stop dicking around and make a new arena deal or get the f*** out. With our luck they'll win the lottery two years in a row, trade for Matthews and then leave.

I think you need some pontang.

 

[LuckyNumber11]

Think Cat may have nailed this one on the head

 

[RemoAZ]

I think you need some pontang.

I could use some enjoyment about now, that's for sure. Had to put my 13 year old Weimaraner down a few days ago so been in a shitty mood. Can't watch hockey and my Steelers suck too. Start my vacation this weekend and can't go on my trip because of f***ing Covid. Lots of suckage.

 

[TheLegend]

This is a very good rationalization of the Coyotes situation. Takes up first half of the video.

 

[awfulwaffle]

I'm so tired of this circus game. Ever year it's something new and something different, yet here we are over 20 years later still in Arizona. These people need to find another hobby to take up their time instead of gushing over the Coyotes moving from Arizona.

 

[Jakey53]

This is a very good rationalization of the Coyotes situation. Takes up first half of the video.

As always, people believe everything they hear.

 

[TheLegend]

Chris Johnston at the 3:00 mark.

Insider Trading: Chiarot drawing interest from contenders


He reported Xavier Gutierrez mentioned they have a couple of short term solutions lining up.

 

[rt]

Chris Johnston at the 3:00 mark.

Insider Trading: Chiarot drawing interest from contenders


He reported Xavier Gutierrez mentioned they have a couple of short term solutions lining up.

It would obviously be AWESOME if the team got an arena deal done for Tempe. But it would also be really cool for them to have some interim solution outside of Glendale, but in the valley. Like VMC or Chase, or something. Selfishly, I think it would be really fun to have some crazy interim spot like that to go watch tank games next year. Would be fun and interesting.

 

[MIGs Dog]

I'm so tired of this circus game. Ever year it's something new and something different, yet here we are over 20 years later still in Arizona. These people need to find another hobby to take up their time instead of gushing over the Coyotes moving from Arizona.

Keeps the forum lively. What else are we going to talk about? Our playoff chances?

 

[Jamieh]

Keeps the forum lively. What else are we going to talk about? Our playoff chances?

Greater chance of the Coyotes playing a playoff game in Glendale next spring OR a regular season game in Houston next fall???

 

[MIGs Dog]

But it would also be really cool for them to have some interim solution

Right. Maybe XG could tweet out a vague msg that they are confident in having a place to play next season...in the valley!!!

 

[Jamieh]

Right. Maybe XG could tweet out a vague msg that they are confident in having a place to play next season...in the valley!!!

Chris Johnson just did it for him.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Greater chance of the Coyotes playing a playoff game in Glendale next spring OR a regular season game in Houston next fall???

The playoff odds are near zero so not hard to beat.

 

[Jamieh]

The playoff odds are near zero so not hard to beat.

So you say there's a chance!!!!

Playoff Probabilities Report | Hockey-Reference.com

 

[Dirty Old Man]

It would obviously be AWESOME if the team got an arena deal done for Tempe. But it would also be really cool for them to have some interim solution outside of Glendale, but in the valley. Like VMC or Chase, or something. Selfishly, I think it would be really fun to have some crazy interim spot like that to go watch tank games next year. Would be fun and interesting.

Oh I totally hope we spend the next few years at the fairgrounds, waiting. Ingress/egress, pregame/post-game would all relatively suck, but it would be so cool to go back in there after 20 years (last WCHL Mustangs game I attended, I think)