04-10-2024, 12:43 PM
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#401
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago Native relocated to the stinking desert of Utah
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I am hearing rumors of an alternate NHL schedule for a Coyotes relocated to SLC. The State of Utah has already earmarked tax money for a Basketball/Hockey Arena along with a new Baseball Stadium. So things are moving towards SLC, it seems.
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04-10-2024, 12:46 PM
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#402
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Toonage
In all seriousness (or as much as this deserves), I would just use the name Coyotes, remove any reference to AZ on patches or logos and call it a day.
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Boring!
Bring on something new, bonus points if it's dumb.
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04-10-2024, 12:52 PM
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#403
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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04-10-2024, 12:53 PM
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#404
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Originally Posted by Icon
Boring!
Bring on something new, bonus points if it's dumb.
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If the NHL returns with a new arena, I want a brand new team/identity in Phoenix. The Coyotes stink can go to and stay in Utah
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04-10-2024, 12:53 PM
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#405
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All I can get
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Sounds like Alex Meruelo would want the retain the rights to the Coyotes name/branding as a condition of sale (in hopes of a future expansion team). Whether that's realistic is another thing.
Ryan Smith seems to be pushing for a unique Utah branding for a relocated team, and while there are indeed Canis latrans native to the state the Coyotes name won't be used.
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04-10-2024, 12:57 PM
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#406
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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04-10-2024, 12:59 PM
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#407
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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As tiresome as this has been, just stop and imagine being a die hard fan that stuck with this team for years through all of this. And now they leave.
Gut punch. I feel awful for fans.
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04-10-2024, 01:01 PM
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#408
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Originally Posted by Jordan!
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"Multiple sources"....who knows. But Emily Kaplan writing this means it has a lot of credence.
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04-10-2024, 01:03 PM
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#409
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by dustygoon
As tiresome as this has been, just stop and imagine being a die hard fan that stuck with this team for years through all of this. And now they leave.
Gut punch. I feel awful for fans.
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Like Jordan. I feel bad for you and other fans. Sad day in Arizona regardless of our feelings one way or the other. Fans lose.
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04-10-2024, 01:04 PM
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#410
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: EASHL Locker Room
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dustygoon
As tiresome as this has been, just stop and imagine being a die hard fan that stuck with this team for years through all of this. And now they leave.
Gut punch. I feel awful for fans.
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*fan*
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04-10-2024, 01:04 PM
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#411
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All I can get
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May as well change the name of the basketball team at the same time. Jazz is a stupid name.
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04-10-2024, 01:10 PM
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#412
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MTL
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
May as well change the name of the basketball team at the same time. Jazz is a stupid name (for a team based in SLC).
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Fixed your post
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04-10-2024, 01:11 PM
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#413
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Originally Posted by Playfair
Like Jordan. I feel bad for you and other fans. Sad day in Arizona regardless of our feelings one way or the other. Fans lose.
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I have been a fan since 2000 and the team is a huge reason I moved here in 2009.. I've invested a ton of personal time, money, energy defending this team.. But to see the team uproot like this when they are SO close to a solution is 100% mindblowingly unexpected. I have no words..
I am absolutely uninvested to a large degree, haven't been to a game since 2019 outside of 1 game at Mullett to see The Flames last season so I'm not even close to a die hard fan today.. But I TRULY believe the NHL can work in Arizona.. but it's just such a shame that the team has been run by absolute pretenders since day 1.
GO FLAMES GO
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04-10-2024, 01:14 PM
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#414
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Jordan!
I have been a fan since 2000 and the team is a huge reason I moved here in 2009.. I've invested a ton of personal time, money, energy defending this team.. But to see the team uproot like this when they are SO close to a solution is 100% mindblowingly unexpected. I have no words..
I am absolutely uninvested to a large degree, haven't been to a game since 2019 outside of 1 game at Mullett to see The Flames last season so I'm not even close to a die hard fan today.. But I TRULY believe the NHL can work in Arizona.. but it's just such a shame that the team has been run by absolute pretenders since day 1.
GO FLAMES GO
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Which is fair enough. I'm sorry, Jordan
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04-10-2024, 01:25 PM
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#415
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
May as well change the name of the basketball team at the same time. Jazz is a stupid name.
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lol no kidding. I’m not much of a basketball fan but I always wondered why the Utah Jazz? Was there a saxophonist from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir they were trying to honor? Then finally some guy at an airport told me they started in New Orleans and I felt very dumb.
Last edited by Mickey76; 04-10-2024 at 01:30 PM.
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04-10-2024, 01:43 PM
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#416
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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If the whole reason why they are having a land auction is because Mureulo started the process, are there any legal or financial repercussions if he pulls out and doesn't bid?
It would be funny if all this was just a scheme to get the land up for auction so that some random 3rd party is able to get it at the starting bid.
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04-10-2024, 01:43 PM
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#417
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Calgary
Exp: 
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Lots of cities have multiple minor league teams with lower ticket prices and lower expected attendance. I don't think Calgary could support NBA and NHL ticket pricing simultaneously in harmony and Salt Lake County is only 1.2 million. It's pretty small.
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You have to remember it's about corporate money too:
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The financial clout in Salt Lake City is evident by the fact the Jazz boast about being inside the top seven teams in the NBA in attracting corporate sponsorships — despite being one of the smallest markets in the league. The Jazz have also sold out 289 straight NBA games.
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https://theathletic.com/5348265/2024...ah-ryan-smith/
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04-10-2024, 01:45 PM
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#418
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordan!
I have been a fan since 2000 and the team is a huge reason I moved here in 2009.. I've invested a ton of personal time, money, energy defending this team.. But to see the team uproot like this when they are SO close to a solution is 100% mindblowingly unexpected. I have no words..
I am absolutely uninvested to a large degree, haven't been to a game since 2019 outside of 1 game at Mullett to see The Flames last season so I'm not even close to a die hard fan today.. But I TRULY believe the NHL can work in Arizona.. but it's just such a shame that the team has been run by absolute pretenders since day 1.
GO FLAMES GO
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In regards of the first bolded, the problem is that they're not. They don't even have the land that their proposing now. They're very far from a solution that they can actually carry through with.
The second bolded I agree with. The situation in Arizona since mid 2000's has been a non-stop ####show, and the NHL really wanted to make it work there consider it tried to make it work for almost 20 years since the mess started. The owners never gave it a chance to have a solid foundation to be stable on. If a prospective owner in the future can secure an adequate arena in an area that's viable for fan retention, and ensure stability for the franchise for a good duration of time, then it's second go around should be a much story than this one has been.
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04-10-2024, 01:49 PM
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#419
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Lots of cities have multiple minor league teams with lower ticket prices and lower expected attendance. I don't think Calgary could support NBA and NHL ticket pricing simultaneously in harmony and Salt Lake County is only 1.2 million. It's pretty small.
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Originally Posted by Toast_Man
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Yeah - one of the richest areas in the US.
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04-10-2024, 01:51 PM
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#420
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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What about Utah Saints?
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