You may be giving too much agency to a minority of very vocal people. The Phoenix area is an very common winter destination for Albertans, with a huge number of snowbirds who spend a good part of the winter there. The franchise has benefitted substantially these individuals. In fact a fair number of people on the Oiler board have gone to games in Phoenix for years. My sense is that even for many of those who are critical there is a significant amount of sympathy for the Coyote's fans. What there is is less sympathy for how the NHL has managed the Coyote's situation over the years.
But your view is pretty limited with respect to Oilers fans overall. HF Boards on the whole is a pretty small sample with those who post on the main boards being an even smaller and often more extreme sample. And like any form of social media those with negative views on a subject being much more likely to post than those who are sympathetic. Remember, a lot of us know what it is like to have your franchise decimated and to be on the verge of losing it.
