"Fun fact" from CapFriendly- The Coyotes have more 2023 draft picks (12) than they do signed roster players (11).

That's some crazy shit.

The Nemeth and Kassian buyouts surprised me. Not because of ability, but because the Yotes wouldn't just keep their cap hits on the roster to make the floor. What do they have planned?

Will Zona be not terrible next season? They added Cooley, Kerfoot, Zucker, Dumba, Durzi.

Once those guys hear individual voices at sold out home games, they'll fall into the groove with the team motto: Your biggest goal is to get traded the fuck out of here.

They all took the money, especially Dumba and Zucker who get to rehabilitate their values, but at least Zona had money to give!

Sure, they'll take the money. And at the time they were happy to do that. But when you can pick out the voice of the guy in the farthest back seat yelling at you to shoooooot on the PP, and the team is like 4-12, they'll start to realize they'd much rather be making that sort of money on a contender with a legit NHL arena. That's all I'm saying.

End of the line in Zona? Kevin Weekes posted a cryptic pic of Salt Lake City on his Twitter, then Andy Strickland reported the league might announce this weekend they've bought out the current Yotes owner. At this point, it seems ludicrous to keep bankrolling this failed franchise, even Gary must realize that now. No reason for hubris with SLC billionaires ready to pony up.

So now I'm hearing that even if the Coyotes win that land auction in June, the move could still happen and the Coyotes could return as an expansion franchise. Yeesh.