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Originally Posted by Joborule
As long as the Coyotes keep making the playoffs and try avoiding the Red Wings in the future perhaps, they will keep growing the fanbase if they get the news that it's going to be sticking around still. They're in a similar situation as the Preds are. A good coach that can make use of a team that doesn't have a salary cap budget. As long as they can keep yield minimum results of being competitive, they'll build support slowly but surely.
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Right, so it has taken how long and how much money loss for the Coyotes to get to the point where maybe if they can keep things going for another 5 years of competitive low-budget hockey they will finally build a fan base...
From when the Coyotes landed in 1996 to now (2011) they have made the playoffs 7 out of 14 seasons. Sure, they haven't won a round yet but after 15 years and who knows how many hundreds of millions of dollars in losses you'd have to think that a grass roots program might be more effective than trying to brute force hockey into the Phoenix market.