There's no way Chayka is selling given:
-the new owner made the Coyotes a cap team
-they traded for Taylor Hall
-their 2 points out of playoff spot and 4 points out of first place
-he will likely need to answer for the potential $5M fine for illegally testing CHL players.
Chayka's job may be on the line, especially given the latter, therefore he needs to get the Coyotes to the playoffs.
I'm might be overly optimistic, but I think they'll find a way in.
Bud if they lose the next two or three games, they are selling. You can't escape the math and fall for sunk costs. It makes no sense to hold on to Hall when he's obviously not signing with a losing team.
The $5m fine isn't even close to final. I doubt Chayka committed an egregious, obvious error to the point where the league slaps the organziation with a no-brainer max fine. More like he pushed a grey area and they will change the language while issuing a league wide warning.
The new owner got to where he was by being smart, not by being overly emotional and irrational. They are paying the price for not taking care of business in games they should have won. Games a certain in denial crowd around here downplayed the significance of.
2 points out of a playoff spot, 4 points out of first place.
Points percentage, how does it work?
I literally just read your numbers
you came up with back to you in a realistic frame. The best teams in hockey hover around .700. When is the last time the Coyotes played that well over 15 games?