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 Post subject: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:28 pm 
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They said they were going to do it, and now it's official. Sigh

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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:02 pm 
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Makes a lot more sense, since they don't play in Phoenix.

Now someone needs to talk to the "NY" Giants & Jets.

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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:20 pm 
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Chris18 wrote:
Makes a lot more sense, since they don't play in Phoenix.


And that's reason #1 why they will never succeed and move the minute any sort of moratoriums expire.


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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:57 pm 
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Chris18 wrote:
Makes a lot more sense, since they don't play in Phoenix.


And that's reason #1 why they will never succeed and move the minute any sort of moratoriums expire.


The Suns don't play in Phoenix either. They play in Tempe, which is a suburb of Phoenix. Granted, Tempe is much closer to Phoenix than Glendale. But the thing is, very few people live in Phoenix. It's a total commuter city, with a vast majority of people living out in the Tempe, Mesa, Glendale area. I don't see why a team has to be in a city to be successful, when so many fans commute from suburbs.
The Devils are in Newark, right next to a major public transportation hub. How's that working for them, vs when they were in the Meadowlands, which is like 20 minutes from any city?

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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:55 pm 
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Chris18 wrote:
The Suns don't play in Phoenix either. They play in Tempe, which is a suburb of Phoenix. Granted, Tempe is much closer to Phoenix than Glendale. But the thing is, very few people live in Phoenix. It's a total commuter city, with a vast majority of people living out in the Tempe, Mesa, Glendale area. I don't see why a team has to be in a city to be successful, when so many fans commute from suburbs.
The Devils are in Newark, right next to a major public transportation hub. How's that working for them, vs when they were in the Meadowlands, which is like 20 minutes from any city?


Glendale is a different beast than other Phoenix "suburbs". It was one of those small rural communities that got swept up in the crazy times of the 2000s and tried to become a major suburban hub overnight. The economy collapsed, and sure enough, Glendale is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Everyone with half a brain said the new rink should've been in Scottsdale, an already-developed suburban hub. The fans are already there. In Glendale, they bet on future development in the area and lost. The Coyotes would've moved sooner than Atlanta did had the city council not bent over backwards repeatedly to keep the NHL there.

As for the Devils, no idea. I guess they're doing better, though the previous owner put them in fairly significant debt.


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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:39 pm 
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I wouldn't bet against Glendale becoming larger in the near future.

However, this dude has something to say about the use of "Arizona Coyotes". What a fruitcake- he actually says "master plan".
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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
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Well, we know one player likely won't be an inaugural Arizona Coyote.

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Dan Rosen ‏@drosennhl 2 t
It certainly looks like Phoenix coach Dave Tippett is scratching Mike Ribeiro and Derek Morris for a second straight game.

Dan Rosen ‏@drosennhl 28 min
Tippett on Ribeiro and Morris: "We're trying to win, right, so it's less about who's not in and more about who's in."


Kinda surprised the Coyotes didn't flip Morris at the deadline. They got rid of Rundblad and Klesla instead.


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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:18 am 
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/h ... e21489565/

So, in short, the players are getting screwed out of $12.5m due to the Coyotes, and the arena manager is taking all the losses while the hockey club is being made to look healthier for purposes of continuing to receive revenue sharing. This team isn't making nearly enough money to float on it's own, and relocation is still a very real possibility as a result. $40m of the money it takes in as revenue is either welfare either from the citizens of Glendale or the other clubs of the NHL. And they still can't find the other $60m needed to break even, even with $15m coming from the national TV deal.

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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
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If this is truly going down then e-fucking-nough.

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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
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Av-merican wrote:
If this is truly going down then e-fucking-nough.

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/650776


So glad his deal with the Isles fell through.

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 Post subject: Re: The Arizona Coyotes
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Yawn.

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