[News] Coyotes relocating to Salt Lake City

[FlamesAddiction]

I imagine once the Coyotes got the reputation for not paying their bills, they probably weren't getting the greatest service either.

[Erick Estrada]

There's a reason they call him the deadbeat billionaire.

[Ba'alzamon]

How did this not happen years ago?

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Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

How did this not happen years ago?

Bettman's stubborn.

[Sylvanfan]

I'm going to take my Mortgage Statement, cross out the amounts and payments. Write down my own numbers and send it back to the lender. Can't believe I didn't think of this sooner.

[Ba'alzamon]

Originally Posted by Icon

Bettman's stubborn.

Where was that stubbornness when the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg?

[Jordan!]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

Where was that stubbornness when the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg?

There was no owner willing to own the team and no arena. Atlanta Spirit Group wanted them out. Poof!

Look at the Coyotes, no NHL rink and an owner the league wanted out. Poof!

[ResAlien]

Gonna have a hard time convincing me the league was the bad guy here. That owner sucked out loud and is gonna camp on the coyotes name until he loses the rights to that too. Fool ass couldn’t get an arena built when there was an actual team there but we think someone’s gonna get excited to build an arena in the desert both without a team and for a guy who’s a renowned skinflint? Yeah sure that’s gonna happen

[Jordan!]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Gonna have a hard time convincing me the league was the bad guy here. That owner sucked out loud and is gonna camp on the coyotes name until he loses the rights to that too. Fool ass couldn’t get an arena built when there was an actual team there but we think someone’s gonna get excited to build an arena in the desert both without a team and for a guy who’s a renowned skinflint? Yeah sure that’s gonna happen

Who's saying the league was the bad guy? It's universally accepted that the NHL did the right thing.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Jordan!

Great write up on the process, it's a miracle that the Coyotes had a single fan throughout with these scumbag owners that have made their way through AZ

Well fans will understandably tend to believe what they want to believe when it comes to their favorite teams. Just three weeks ago this was your response to a comment I made about Meruelo not paying his bills.

"This has proven to be false. It wasn't due to any ability to pay bills it was a clerical and in my opinion strategic errors on the part of a new ownership group taking over a business they had no history with. This is also an owner who's finances have been verified by the City of Tempe City Government and all City council members approved of."

He duped a few people.