CXLVIII - NHL BOG approves sale and relocation of Coyotes to Ryan Smith, league announces establishment of franchise in Utah

[LT]

That was difficult to watch.

 

[TheLegend]

Well, that's kind of childish.

Not really.

 

[TheLegend]

That was difficult to watch.

Definitely not easy.

Craig Morgan tweeted earlier tonight there are local hockey and business people working to put something together to keep the youth programs going where they currently are.

Hopefully know more about this on Monday.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Definitely not easy.

Craig Morgan tweeted earlier tonight there are local hockey and business people working to put something together to keep the youth programs going where they currently are.

Hopefully know more about this on Monday.

On the Yotes broadcast, Lyndsey Fry said the girls’ program (the Kachinas) would be “fine” and would be shut down “over my dead body”.

 

[dj4aces]

That was difficult to watch.

Everything about it, yeah. The TV folks doing their best to not break down on the air, the shots of fans in tears, hugging... the player, hell, even the "Ice Girls" doing their very best to keep smiling despite all the sadness and emotion around them.

Whether Meruelo is able to get it together and get an arena built, or it's someone else who takes up that mantle, I hope the Coyotes are back sooner, rather than later.

 

[TheLegend]

On the Yotes broadcast, Lyndsey Fry said the girls’ program (the Kachinas) would be “fine” and would be shut down “over my dead body”.

Lyndsey is a workhorse.

The Kachinas got $250k from the Coyotes each year.

Without that they estimated it would cost $2,000 per year for each girl who wanted to play.

 

[GKJ]

 

[TheLegend]

Appropriate…



A shirt they sold back when Meruelo bought the franchise gets an update.

 

[mouser]

Crowd at the game was overall in good spirits and supportive of the team. The majority stayed through the team pictures and salute to the players.

I was at the first Coyotes home game on Oct 10th 1996, a 4-1 win over San Jose. Was at the last tonight, going out with a howl not a whimper win over Edmonton.

Worst Coyotes game I've ever been to? Has to be the 1999 game 7 overtime 1-0 playoff loss to St Louis. After the Coyotes had been leading the series 3 games to 1.

 

[red devil]

 

[Fenway]

Crowd at the game was overall in good spirits and supportive of the team. The majority stayed through the team pictures and salute to the players.

I was at the first Coyotes home game on Oct 10th 1996, a 4-1 win over San Jose. Was at the last tonight, going out with a howl not a whimper win over Edmonton.

Worst Coyotes game I've ever been to? Has to be the 1999 game 7 overtime 1-0 playoff loss to St Louis. After the Coyotes had been leading the series 3 games to 1.

@mouser I saw the Yotes first win 3 days earlier in Boston

Tonight was tough to watch but at least NHL Center Ice stayed with it until the end. It reminded me of the last game in Hartford in 1997.

 

[hangman005]

 

[Fenway]

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Fenway]

NBC Phoenix

 

[Fenway]

CBS Phoenix

 

[edog37]

Well, that's kind of childish.

Compared to the childish vitriol seen on these boards by certain fan clusters who think hockey only belongs in certain areas….no.

 

[BMN]

Compared to the childish vitriol seen on these boards by certain fan clusters who think hockey only belongs in certain areas….no.

AKA "Rules for thee, but not for me."

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Well, that's kind of childish.

Eh, if a team I liked moved to a different city, I’d be peeved at that city, too.

Granted, not as much as I’d be enraged at the owner and league.

 

[MaskedSonja]

A feeling of numb and sadness, feeling so bad for the fans here.

 

[aqib]

Wanna guess how many people on this site used to mock Glendale for spending public money building the Coyotes arena but grow silent when you point out their own teams play in public funded arenas?? Including some recently built ones?

Quite a few.

It wasn't the building the arena that people mocked. It was the continued subsidies of the team throwing good money after bad.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Ugh.

This, as well as the other links, is just positively heartbreaking.

 

[Llama19]

Economists divided on whether Coyotes’ departure will hurt Arizona economy, if you only ask two economists

To quote:

"Economists are actually very much in agreement on whether the Coyotes leaving will have a significant impact on the Arizona economy (LOL, no), except for the one guy who used to work for the Coyotes."

Source: www.fieldofschemes.com/2024/04/18/21313/economists-divided-on-whether-coyotes-departure-will-hurt-arizona-economy-if-you-only-ask-two-economists/

 

[Llama19]

Tempe leader: Arizona Coyotes’ 'terribly inept campaign' in his city sealed the team’s fate

To quote:

"City Councilmember and Coyotes fan Randy Keating braved major political backlash for his outspoken support of the project. But now he's taking shots at the team's owners who he said “strung along” fans about their future in Arizona, even as they planned to sell to a Utah billionaire who wants to bring the team to Salt Lake City.

The council member blames the Coyotes’ ineffective and late-to-begin campaign for the outcome of their project pitch in Tempe, which he believes ultimately doomed the team's hopes of staying in Arizona.

“They ran a terribly inept campaign,” he told The Republic. “I think losing in Tempe was what killed it. After that, there's really nowhere to go. They looked at some other places and didn't find anything else.”"

Source: www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2024/04/18/tempe-leader-arizona-coyotes-inept-campaign-doomed-team-to-leave/73344281007/

 

[Roadrage]

McConnell was a Thrashers play-by-play guy before going to Phoenix. This has to hurt double for him.

Hmmmm....McConnell just so happens to be the common link between the soon to be last 2 NHL franchises to have relocated/moved.

Again...slipshod operation too the bitter end