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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
So technically, Utah is a new franchise that has purchased the contracts of the players and hockey operations management.
Phoenix is a dormant franchise retaining the name and trademarks.
If and when Muerelo fails to secure an arena, what's to stop Houston interests from buying all rights to the franchise, moving them and calling them the Coyotes?
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One of the stories I read mentioned that his rights to the franchise are non-transferrable. He can't even sell off a minority stake.
Since reactivating the franchise will still require him to pay the league a billion dollars, I don't know why anyone would even want to buy the trademarks. The Coyotes brand is toxic at this point.