NHL teams don't really belong to cities, they belong to the owners.
So the first question is whether Gutierrez still wants to won an NHL team if Phoenix is not viable. If he is looking to move his team, it changes the markets/arenas that would be an option.
Seems to me the NHL would be better off with a different owner. Some people like our friend Jordan have drunk the kool-aid but they seem kind of shady to me. The half hearted effort on this vote, the refusal to pay their property taxes to Glendale, the Phoenix airport public argument.. And they blames the dumb voters when things don't go their way.
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