Fate of Coyotes decided in 2 decades(?)

[DaRK]

re: Fate of Coyotes decided in 2 decades(?)

Simple solution...get rid of Bettman.

Seriously...how is it that Bettman has outlased the other commishs in sports? Stern is gone from NBA, Selig is gone from MLB. Tagliabue gone from NFL(and who knows,Goodell could be gone before Bettman too).

Bettman has been through 1 full lockout,2 shortened seasons,5 franchise relocations, and currently has franchises like Coyotes,Panthers struggling financially/attendance wise more than any team in pro sports.

Whoever the new NHL commish is,will seem so much better compared to Bettman.

I think you underrated a lot of the good things Bettman has done for the NHL. Not saying he's a great commish but he's done his far share of good things.

[mestevo]

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I haven't really cared enough to be too involved in the Vegas NHL stuff but I feel like that group is looking to own a team rather than have another come in, FWIW.

[Majingir]

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I'm not saying he hasn't done good things,alot of the other cities he's had hockey in like Minnesota,Nashville,Ottawa have been successful,and he has helped grow the game.

The problem though is that he doesn't seem to want to fix any of his bad decisions. Look how much it took just to get the Jets back in Winnipeg, and how much it took to get rid of a struggling franchise(Atlanta). I'm sure it was hard enough for him to admit once that one of the cities he brought hockey to(or in Atlantas case,brought it back to) was a failure, doing it a 2nd time..don't think he'd want that at all.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Yeah, I'm sure the Coyotes $200 million dollar lawsuit against the taxpayers is going to make the team more popular.

I'm not arguing the validity of recourse here, but in populist terms, it's not great for the Coyotes brand. Then again, it seems like it's at an end in Arizona anyway. It's not like there is any good for the Coyotes in this.

[slickdtc]

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What bothers me is that sports is business and business is money. Haven't the Coyotes been bleeding money, and the NHL has had to inject some to keep operations afloat? Hell, the NHL has "run" the team to a degree for a while I believe.

Usually when your project is failing and eating up cash, you kill it. The NHL has this stubborn resistance to taking the 'Yotes out to pasture. Ego? Only thing I can come up with as to why they haven't already been relocated.

[Majingir]

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Exactly, it has to be egos. Not wanting to move another team that was brought in during Bettman era,cause he doesn't want to admit another failure.

They've said in MLB that if Montreal can give them a new stadium guarantee,that'd be a huge step towards bringing baseball back to Montreal.

NHL doesn't even want to talk about any of this stuff. They hear talk about NHL ready arenas in various cities,and don't seem to care one bit. You have NHL ready arenas in KC,Quebec City,Portland among other cities, yet NHL doesn't even want to talk to those cities about having a team in the future.

There's much more realistic chance of one of those cities getting a NHL team than Montreal getting a MLB team,so how is it that Montreal seems to have progressed further in the "getting a team" stage than these other potential NHL cities?

[ImTellinTim]

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If I ever get banned, I'm coming back as "Northern Elitist".

I'll pay $20 to turn your name blue if you change it to this.

[Majingir]

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Now the Coyotes arena is taking bookings for the dates that Coyotes would've had if they were playing there for 2015-2016 season. I hope they book those dates, anything to get Coyotes out of there! The only other arena in Arizona I believe they could go to is the Phoenix Suns one,and that won't work out since they were there during the early Coyotes days,and it wasn't fit for hockey.

Lets get them out of there already!

Portland was an interesting suggestion I heard as to places they could go. They obviously have an arena already(where the Blazers play) and its use to hockey too(the WHL Portland Winterhawks play there), so relocating team to Portland could work,especially since it won't mess with conference or divisions at all. Vegas doesn't have arena built,Bettman doesn't wanna mess up conferences by moving them to Quebec, Seattle doesn't have an arena yet either. So Portland or KC I could see as main destinations for them.

Portland Lumberjacks name would be cool for the team. Instead of the lumberjack axe,use a hockeystick.

[Speedy]

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I think you underrated a lot of the good things Bettman has done for the NHL. Not saying he's a great commish but he's done his far share of good things.

Bad outweighs the good.

By far.

[Twenty Four]

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Coyotes have filed a restraining order against the city of Glendale..... How does that even work?

[Majingir]

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Coyotes have filed a restraining order against the city of Glendale..... How does that even work?

Glendale isn't allowed to come within ___ miles of the Coyotes. In other words, the Coyotes must leave Arizona! Coyotes plan backfired!

lol seriously, though,how can they do that?

[ImTellinTim]

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A restraining order doesn't just mean that person X has to stay Y feet from person Z.

In this case, the Coyotes are seeking an order from the court to block the City from breaking the lease. Just the first legal salvo of many more to come.

[Majingir]

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Too bad NHL can't just move them out of Arizona until all this is resolved, and then if the Coyotes can prove they're fit to get their team back,they get them back,if not,the team is moved forever.

[Majingir]

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lol, it continues......

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nhl/coyotes/2017/02/03/asu-pulls-out-plan-bring-arizona-coyotes-tempe/97460974/

Just move them to Portland or Seattle already and stop making this joke of a saga continue for another decade.

[Money99]

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EL-OH-EL, this story will never die:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2692055-coyotes-officials-have-reportedly-toured-portland-seattle-for-possible-move?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nhl