How the Seattle Expansion Will DOOM the Arizona Coyotes! (NHL) (Theory)

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

The Coyotes relocation has little to do with performance on the ice and more about their arena situation.

[@THEdonnymurph]

i agree i love my yotes and id hate to see them leave

[@wowbruh2511]

Are you dumb? If they were good they would literally get fans. Look up 2012 playoffs.

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@wowbruh2511 It’s not about fan support, it’s just that we’re operating on a year to year lease for Gila River Arena. Meurelo even said staying in there would be a challenge. A modern style arena for the Coyotes is way better than the 90’s style one we have right now. We’re should stay it’s just we need a new arena.

[@666mathew]

@@wowbruh2511 Coyotes finished dead last in attendance in 2012. Westgate gave away a lot of free tickets during their last playoff run. It's still on their facebook page if yiu need proof.

[@wowbruh2511]

@@666mathew that's because after 2012 the yotes were shit. Trust me the city would care if they were good. It's just how NHL hockey is in the south and the desert, it's not that they dont care, but that they are fairweather. if the golden knights were shit, do you really think Vegas would give a damn? Even if the nhl is their first pro sports team, if the golden knights had been shit, I really doubt they would have any fan support

[@sseager]

When Vegas (and soon Seattle)entered the NHL, the other team owners got a huge cash windfall, so expect future expansion until the NHL reach 36 teams. College hockey is growing so their will be talent available.

[@brianbair9702]

No, it made sense to expand to 32 teams since the last time the NHL expanded was in 2000. Since then the population of US/Canada has gotten bigger, which means more potential hockey fans, which also means more interest in playing hockey which increases the NHL talent pool. But expanding any farther now will drain the talent pool and probably cause other issues, I don't think the league will expand past 32 for another 15 years.

[@tannerwilson4843]

Brian Bair Don’t forget more European countries generating many stronger players as well. 🇩🇪 is about to boom with players, 🇦🇹 has produced several big time players like Marco Rossi. Even the 🇬🇧 had their first ever NHL Draft Pick with Liam Kirk. We could see even some Asian/pacific rim countries like 🇯🇵, 🇰🇷, 🇨🇳, maybe even 🇦🇺, 🇳🇿 and 🇸🇬 could see opportunities for growth as well.

[@jetsrno1]

@@brianbair9702 I couldn't agree with you more.

[@bc7295]

Yeah if the coyotes relocate, I'm gonna cry, a lot I'm a big coyotes fan and if this happens, ima ball my eyes out

[@JeffreyTheKiller]

Coyotes should be playing in downtown phoenix smh

[@MonsterBuildZ]

Jeffrey The Killer exactly, we played there a long time ago, I would think they Just need to build a new one. Yes , my self loves gila River arena, but it’s getting a little bit to crappy.

[@timmiller8537]

I think a problem is the Phoenix Suns don’t want them there, at least not in a shared arena and I don’t see them building a hockey only arena.

[@scotttaylor5928]

All I want is the Nordiques back man. They have an NHL ready arena, and a big fan base waiting for them. I would much rather the Coyotes move to Quebec than become another Texas team.

[@PbG-uz1gx]

100% Quebec City needs a team but there’s absolutely no way Arizona moves there as the leagues would have to completely rearrange the conferences. Houston makes perfect sense and has literally everything the NHL wants(population, tv market, billionaire who wants a NHL team & a NHL ready arena) with the added bonus that they wouldn’t have to rearrange anything. Now if a team from the east needs to be relocated then 100% Quebec City needs and deserves to be given a shot…. However, it should be noted that when Atlanta was being moved Quebec City was actually given first dibs and the city passed on it which led to the team moving to Winnipeg sooooo the fact that the city doesn’t have a team is completely on them

[@dwaynethewokjohnson7773]

This aged well. Coyotes is no more. Utah hockey it is now

[@steve1583]

Like why doesn't Milwaukee Wisconsin have a team?

[@brianbair9702]

They tried in the 90s but it fell through and their new arena isn't suited for the NHL, they would likely also have to pay a territorial fee with the Blackhawks (even though no one in Wisconsin sould root for a Chicago team)

[@funkyd989]

I wish they had one, but the perfect time would have been the 90's. That ship has sailed.

[@punklover99]

They have the admirals

[@jez6078]

@@brianbair9702 The Bucks new arena was designed to accommodate NHL standards. However, it would be hard for Milwaukee to support a 3rd Major league franchise.

[@FischerFan]

Market saturation. Milwaukee is the smallest market in MLB, I believe. An NHL team would over-saturate the market.

[@NonFiqShun]

I’m a MASSIVE Arizona Coyotes fan in Olympia Washington. Been watching since 1997. Went to the white out games. They will become better playing better teams as well so bring it on.

[@willp.8120]

Bring the Coyotes to Atlanta. They are partially responsible for the Thrashers departure. Phoenix should have gone to Winnipeg, not Atlanta. Atlanta got the short end of the stick. The result of incompetent ownership and the City of Glendale alloting the funds to keep the team there. Plus. They were Bettman's baby, and he made the league take ownership of it for years, probably to save face from allowing the move from Winnipeg in the first place. The Thrashers weren't run by the league at all. Atlanta was given around two months or less to find local owners and that was it. That move was unnecesssary

[@CKdunno]

They need to move the coyotes to Houston where they’ll be welcomed and it’ll be easier for them to travel

[@jvjustvibes9103]

Houston is a worse place then Arizona for sports

[@willp.8120]

@@jvjustvibes9103 Hockey fans are white. Metro Houston. Population About 7 million, only has about 2.3 million whites, and a lot of them have no hockey interest. That is still a lot of people and it could work, I suppose, but it is iffy. Atlanta is a better vhoicr, in my opinion. However. I am okay with Atlanta and Houston getting teams, given that they are the largest metro areas without teams.

[@rhyanbrandt3807]

Coyotes are staying bud sorry. New owner with deep pockets and people are more excited than they ever have been. Houston would be a great spot for hockey and be a nice expansion to get more people in the south excited. However, as long as Gary Bettman is the commissioner the coyotes will remain in Arizona. #howl

[@FischerFan]

Ah, Bettman himself has stated that the Coyotes cannot remain in Glendale for the long term. He answers to the owners and they're tired of watching the Coyotes cost them money year after year.

[@rhyanbrandt3807]

@@FischerFan we all are... keyword there... is Glendale... no one wants the coyotes in Glendale, Glendale doesn't want the coyotes in Glendale. Don't believe me watch that press infamous press conference... or don't unless you're a troll then yeah watch it... They have already started staking out spots here in the valley for a new stadium, if they cannot get a new spot outside of Glendale then yes they deserve a new home even if that is houston.

[@southwestcoyoteproductions1479]

Arizona's situation has calmed down after the new ownership took over

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@rhyanbrandt3807 ASU would’ve been nice but that got shot down. We could still find sites in Scottsdale, or other areas of Phoenix

[@gordieparenteau6555]

Carolina, on the other hand, I could definitely see moving to Houston instead. Their owner is based out of there.

[@Slaptastic1]

Yep. Glendale is in the Southwest corner of the state. NAILED IT! Ha! This state is starving for some sort of sports success. The Coyotes are the closest pro team to making a run at a championship. If they make the playoffs next year, this state will rally around them just like they did this year during the push. It may be a state of transplants, but those transplants are having children and those children are growing up to love the dirt they’ve called home their whole lives. The passion is growing.

[@dumbcow1]

Agreed 100% , when I had the chance to talk to Cohen (Coyotes CEO) , He expressed the organizations plan and comitment to the youth. They understand Phoenix is a transplant city,and that the kids growing up here are whom they are marketing to.

[@ivaneurope]

To all of those who pine for the Yotes to move to Quebec City, I'll put a dagger in this. If the NHL ever moves the Coyotes out of Arizona it will be a market that geographically located within the Central Division. Houston, being the largest market without an NHL team, will be the prime option as the league would like to create a geographical rivalry with the Dallas Stars. There's no way the NHL will realign the divisions, let alone the conferences (if the Coyotes move to the Eastern Conference, the Red Wings will have to be moved back to the Western Conference). If the NHL ever decides to pull the trigger on Quebec City team (the chances are slim to none) it be via relocation of either the Hurricanes or Panthers.

[@davidrivera9743]

I think they will but it will be the east getting the realignment. Fla, Tb, Car , Wash, pitt, columbus, detroit, philadelphia the "atlantic" division and Mon, Tor, Ott, Buffalo, Bos, islanders, rangers, devils in the "Metropolitan" division. Relocation will be a factor and would love an eighth team in Canada if for some reason the border remains closed past the start of the 2021 season. Victoria or Quebec City for a year to solve a problem might have to happen.

[@jvjustvibes9103]

Everyone in Chicago hates Seattle getting an expansion team. It’s BS that Seattle gets a team meanwhile we still have to share the Blackhawks with Miluakee.

[@analogkid4957]

What do you mean? Blackhawks play in and represent Chicago ? I don’t see Milwaukee in this

[@jvjustvibes9103]

@@analogkid4957 Miluakee fans try to cling on to the hawks and support them

[@s0spr1ng3r]

I can see 36 teams with new potential new teams in Houston, Portland, Quebec City, Kansas City and possible 3rd time in Atlanta (big TV market). NHL doesn't want to leave Phoenix TV market, but they need an arena downtown.

[@JBTriple8]

No 32 Will Be The Max

[@prussianexile6602]

Living in New England, I don’t worry about the team moving, I just hope my #Yotes stay the Yotes and keep the logos ! You can have a Huston Coyotes, but not a Huston namechange ! #OurPack

[@taomasterwaka6287]

Any nhl team in Houston i guarantee you would be named the aeros. Gotta go with the winning pedigree.

[@wwesmackdownvsraw]

Move the Coyotes to Quebec Nordiques Nation will sell out every night

[@MattBoi53]

For a relocation city for the Coyotes, I think Omaha or Milwaukee would be cool imo.

[@jvjustvibes9103]

@Henry Brothers Houston isn’t more deserving Miluakee. Seattle isn’t even more deserving

[@jvjustvibes9103]

@Henry Brothers Miluakee us way more deserving then Houston. You just don’t understand hockey

[@sawyertuide7636]

New rich ownership, but while we’re staying, and Bettman’s rescue of the Yotes has been a success, we need a better culture and charisma. What type of culture? Probably will have to do with how people hated Phoenix and moreso, a city in the desert as a Hockey Market for years end. We have a youth development program. But taking another example, Oakland is a small city, and recently lost their team. One of the reasons why they were there for 60 years was because Al Davis provided a rebellious, winning culture, before he lost his touch in his final years. I don’t live in Phoenix, nor AZ, but they werethe closest team to me before the Knights came around. But I stayed loyal. If the Yotes were to move I’d follow them to wherever they’d go but I’d be pissed.

[@666mathew]

A success? R u kidding me? Their president just quite a few days ago after only a couple seasons, while the previous president lasted only one season. Unstable presidency, unstable ownership, weak attendances, weak tv ratings, weak revenues. They still don't even have a permanent home rink! Glendale doesn't want them, and neither did AZ State University.

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@666mathew Chayka is our GM, and he’s the one making the decisions so President is more of a figure head. Honestly, you mind as well make Chayka the President because they trust him so much. Muerelo is a billionaire, I don’t expect him to sell for at least a decade, and he seems like he’s committed to Phoenix. Nobody wants us in Glendale, not even me, and ASU is just one attempt. Yes we have weak TV ratings and revenue but we have a seemingly stable owner. For once. Team Success, it’s either playoffs soon, or internal mediocrity. It really depends on how Barrett Hayton develops.

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@666mathew I’ll give you this: If it wasn’t for Meurelo buying the Yotes or the Bidwells owning the Cards, Phoenix would be a two sports city. Like it should be. The Suns have a rich history, unlike the Yotes and Cards, so I wouldn’t move them. The D-Backs have a bright future of possible playoff contention, and have won a championship, unlike the Cards and Yotes. In which the Cards have been shitty to the expection of the Ariens years and their magical SB run so if it wasn’t for the Bidwells they wouldn’t be in Phoenix. They would’ve moved a long time ago.

[@666mathew]

@@sawyertuide7636 Gary Drummond and Anthony Leblanc were very committed to AZ too. It's too bad their fans let them down. The only stable ownership the Coyotes had was when they were under league ownership for FOUR seasons! What a joke! I'd like to remind you the owner of the XFL is a billionaire too you know. No business owner is interested to lose $$$.

[@sawyertuide7636]

666mathew The problem is that the XFL is a league. The Coyotes are just a team. And also, the Coyotes aren’t getting their entire franchise shutdown by a virus that puts us all at home RN. There’s next year, and I have hope. It’s just we need somebody to step up outside of Darcy Kuemper

[@willp.8120]

League should look like this. Move the Islanders or New Jersey. No reason to have three NYC metro teams. Move the Coyotes Move the Panthers Move the blue jackets Move the hurricanes possible relocations for these five teams. Atlanta, Houston, Hartford, Kansas City, San Diego

[@Mickelraven]

Quebec City: _Am I a joke to you?_

[@thenumberjuanyoutuber2412]

Maybe An Incarnation Of The Houston Areos May Happen

[@ryanarnold7885]

How tf does Houston not have an NHL team?

[@pegcitykid]

The NHL doomed the ‘Yotes by letting them move to Arizona in the first place.

[@analogkid4957]

Aren’t there many transplanted Northerners, people from the cold midwest, and Canadians living or retired in the Phoenix area ? Why isn’t there more hockey fans among the transplants from cold weather states and provinces?

[@sjdrifter72]

Just relocate the damn team out of Arizona. They lose millions every year and are a badly run franchise with no chance of ever competing for a Stanley Cup. They should had been relocated back to Winnipeg in 2011 but that stubborn Gary Bettman has a hard-on for that team for some reason. Now that he has another desert team in Vegas, a team that is actually successful unlike the Coyotes, he might finally relent and have the Coyotes move to Houston or wherever as long as it's out of Arizona.

[@Travonreed]

Damn your right

[@reptilestunting4368]

The team names I think are the most possible are the Steelheads, Emeralds, or Kraken

[@ericallen3506]

ReptileStunting Kraken is the dumbest name ever!

[@sseager]

Sockeyes is also trademarked . The Steelheads makes more sense as the Salmon industry is important in PacWest.

[@brodyhepper]

eric allen lol 😂🤣 well that’s their name 🤣

[@reptilestunting4368]

Brody Hepp well damn my comment has aged well what the fuck?

[@brodyhepper]

ReptileStunting lol 😂

[@rkupiecjr]

If the coyotes want a new arena the coyotes should pay for it not tax payers

[@Kevin-pp7ut]

Hey Coyotes, if you want to relocate that's fine! Don't worry! We'll welcome you with opened arms in Hartford! You have a forever home here! ❤️

[@irepphoenix6753]

Leave my coyotes alone, they ain’t going anywhere. I Guarantee you that. #Yotes 🏜🌇

[@NonFiqShun]

iREP PHOENIX damn straight

[@xaviere2008]

If our Yotes move, I will switch to a Carolina fan.

[@NonFiqShun]

They’ll never leave. Best state to have a nice hockey team imo. But I’ll be a Seattle fan soon as well.

[@db1116]

iREP PHOENIX not even the playoffs?

[@jamespark6416]

Stephen Alan huh? there literally the least profitable team in the NHL, losing 16 million dollars per year there gonna move to Huston.

[@scotttaylor5928]

I hope Ottawa get’s moved somewhere. They don’t have a diehard fanbase like the Leafs and their arena isn’t even in Ottawa

[@sawyertuide7636]

Hell no. I hope not, and I feel bad for Ottawa. The only reason why they have been apathetic is because one man: Eugene. Melenyk. Possibly the worst owner in sports ever. Dolan, Ranadive, Wang, may make strong cases, but Melenyk is cheap, hated by Ottawa so much you can create a SB nation Beef History video out of it, and threatened to relocate the team on a night before an OUTDOOR GAME. He also let the greatest player in Sens history, Daniel Alfredson retire in a different uniform because he fucked up contract negotiations. They don’t show up because the stadium location, but partly to not support Melenyk.

[@drakedannenberg]

To have more fans come they need to bulldoze talking stick and make a good arena for the yotes and suns to play in

[@Splanch]

Watch Seattle pull an Atlanta 👀

[@White_man_from_town]

I live in Houston and I hope we can someday get an NHL team. Look, I dont in any way shape or form like the idea of relocation, but I''ve had to go through one and it was horrible. But it was worse because the team was having no issues at all. No fan issues, no arena issues, the team was clean of major issues. They left because the damn owner of the Toyota center purposely rose the price of rent. We lost the Aeros because of one person and his own opinion whereas the Aeros were ranking in the top 10 in attendance for the ahl during their time in Houston.

[@jvjustvibes9103]

No. Your not in the Midwest so no. Midwest needs another team

[@willp.8120]

@@jvjustvibes9103 Midwest is saturated with teams of all sports. The South is neglected, considering that there are a lot of cities in the South without teams which have bigger populations.

[@joshheitman6832]

Why not bring a team to Indianapolis, Indiana? The NHL could definitely work in the state of Indiana

[@patrickblack2158]

HALL & THE YOTES

[@NonFiqShun]

Patrick Black yee

[@NonFiqShun]

They need to pick it up though the boys needa score. Everyone needs to like before...not 5 guys...but Kuemps will come back and they’ll push for it.

[@cheifcrazybuffalo8390]

Seattle's expansion team is a plot against the Coyotes.

[@owenritchie6730]

I feel like the Seattle isn’t going to last long because I think of the Atlanta thrashers because they looked like they belong in the NHL and they had two teams. my opinion

[@leftywith4strings201]

Red Head yeah, but there were a lot of reasons they moved twice. Both teams had bad ownership that often screwed them over. Partially because of that, they were never really that good, so attendance was low. As long as Seattle’s owners do the right things, the team will be competitive eventually. The city genuinely wants a team, so they’ll show up to games.

[@JBTriple8]

Seattle is passionate from owners to Fans they can start picking up players next month

[@willp.8120]

Atlanta is a logical choice for hockey. It is a huge metro. It has a lot of Flames and Thrashers fans. It had a lot of transplants from hockey hotbeds. Atlanta was dealt a bad situation because of their owners. The Flames left in 1980 because owner Tom Cousins, who was a real estate developer, was losing money in his business because of the late 70s recession. In order to save his business, he had to sell the team. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to want give it time to find a local buyer. He may not have had much time. The Thrashers left in 2011 because of their ownership, Atlanta Spirit LLC. Atlanta Spirit acquired the team as part of a package deal with the arena rights to Philips Arena, as well as the sale of the Hawks. From the get go, the ownwership, all But one of the owners did not want the Thrashers. They wanted the Hawks because they only wanted to own a basketball team. There was only one owner who wanted to keep the Thrashers. The other owners wanted to sell the Thrashers. But the line individual wanted to keep them. This resulted in a lawsuit between owners which was dragged through the court's for years. The legal issues cost the owners a lot of money,contributing to them being financially unstable. They also over invested in contracts for players on the Hawks, one in particular a ridiculous contract for Joe Johnson, leaving much less for the Thrashers. Due to these financial decisions and the lawsuits draining them of cash, they decided to sell off most of the highest paid players on the Thrashers which took a potential contender in 2007 to a dire place just a couple years later. Once the lawsuits were settled by the court's in 2011, the owners who wanted to sell the Thrashers were allowed to. Even though the NIL said they didn't want relocation and for local buyers to be found, Bettman approved the sale to a Winipeg group who had only recently been denied the Coyotes in Arizona when the City came up with the funds to keep the team there. With no other team up for sale than the Thrashers, and the league wanting the incompetent ownersjlhip ordeal over, they hastily approved the relocation. Even though Atlanta only had a few months to find local buyers.

[@JBTriple8]

@@willp.8120 you guys blew it twice odds are The Coyotes ends up in Houston Atlanta is a Cursed Sports Place No

[@willp.8120]

@@JBTriple8 Atlanta is not cursed. The Braves have a championship, as do the United. The fans blew nothing. As I said before, it was all on ownership, and this could have happened in any city. It just so happened to Atlanta. Atlanta has at least a half million more potential hockey fans than Houston, given racial demographics.

[@southwestcoyoteproductions1479]

Arizona had a better season this year. If the Coyotes move to Houston, that would upset almost 4-5 million fans in Phoenix.

[@carsonnovelli8746]

True but it would also allow a great rivalry of Houston v.s. Dallas. Not to mention it would also gain plenty of new fans in Houston (like what happened in Vegas).

[@southwestcoyoteproductions1479]

@@carsonnovelli8746 Then again, most of Texas has grown up cheering for Dallas

[@carsonnovelli8746]

@@southwestcoyoteproductions1479 That's a fair point I agree however, Houston has already showed that they will support sports and hockey is starting to gain a little bit of a following there. Edit: I also think in terms of hockey Arizona might not be the best place to go

[@southwestcoyoteproductions1479]

@@carsonnovelli8746 I still think they should relocate some other team, like the Florida Panthers. Either that or make the NHL have teams up to 40. That's unrealistic though

[@carsonnovelli8746]

@@southwestcoyoteproductions1479 Yeah the league moving to 40 teams seems unlikely at the moment. I do agree, teams like the Panthers, Islanders, and maybe the Coyotes, and Hurricanes

[@sohailkarimullah4735]

Oh No! I Wanna Stop That Proposal Before Ron Francis Dumps The Coyotes To Central Division!?

[@Leelee-nf9xx]

I could see the league expanding past 32. The Question is does the league become 2 levels with movement between the 2 levels based on the records. This growth without diluting the talent pool would be known as pro rel.

[@JBTriple8]

no it will cap 32

[@Leelee-nf9xx]

@@JBTriple8 does anything truly cap? Honestly the question is, should the top tier go to 40 or should there be a 2nd tier with pro rel?

[@rhyanbrandt3807]

Glad this video aged like milk

[@kellengriffin254]

Good NHL was not work out the desert anyways in Arizona

[@samborgensjr6456]

And then they'll be named the Scorpions just to stick it to them!

[@richardzamora902]

The Houston Aeros Is better

[@samborgensjr6456]

@@richardzamora902 Wasn’t talking about Houston, lol!

[@quiksilver259]

Yotes ain't going anywhere anytime soon

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

I think the next city that gets a team is Portland

[@jedimasterdaniel9666]

Ron Burgundy Portland doesn’t have a potential owner and Houston has an owner & arena

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

JediMasterDaniel96 Portland has an arena and a 100 year hockey history

[@jedimasterdaniel9666]

Ron Burgundy Houston has a Hockey history as well

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

JediMasterDaniel96 I know that with the Houston Aeros i was talking about after Houston if another team considers relocation we might get them we do have an arena and the blazers and timbers have huge followings we’re probably gonna get a team in either the 2020s or 2030s

[@jedimasterdaniel9666]

Ron Burgundy gotcha

[@zachvegaoiledupnikepros]

GUESS WHOS RIGHT

[@funkyd989]

Relocate coyotes to Portland Oregon, and put the Avalanche in the Pacific. Then put the flames and oilers in the central. If we want to go further in better NHL realignment put the Panthers in the central have them relocate to Milwaukee or Houston, and have the Predators take Florida's spot.

[@joe972]

FunkyD no, I am a proud yotes fan

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

That actually works. I am a big proponent of NHL to Portland. Just couldn't figure out what to do to even the divisions. Your plan works nicely by putting Edmonton and Calgary with Winnipeg.

[@funkyd989]

@@joe972 I used to be one of the biggest defenders of the coyotes in the hockey community, whether online or off. Those Kachina jerseys are phenomenal. Unfortunately my mind changed after I saw Glendale attempt to renege the lease, the coyotes arena falling out with Arizona state on a dual arena, and Phoenix redoing the downtown arena for the Sun's without ice support. After more research I came to the conclusion that the Phoenix sports fan base is only slightly better then the Miami area. I'm sorry but they need to move.

[@funkyd989]

@@FAITHandLOGIC Portland likes to rally around anything that's Portland. They also like sports that aren't to mainstream. I think putting a team in Portland would develop a dedicated fan base, especially if they are rivals with Seattle, and Vancouver. Here's hoping for a future franchise.

[@JeffreyTheKiller]

@@funkyd989 move them to utah lol

[@brodyhepper]

While the coyotes make the playoffs the next season lol 🤣 don’t worry about moving yotes fans !!!

[@skoobyjustme8022]

fine bros

[@busanmapping3429]

Im a Coyotes fan

[@splashnskillz37]

Your team is staying

[@FischerFan]

@@splashnskillz37 No, it ISN"T!

[@splashnskillz37]

@@FischerFan *YES IT IS STAYING* 👹

[@FischerFan]

@@splashnskillz37 Why? Because YOU say so!

[@splashnskillz37]

@@FischerFan nope cuz it's the intuition I'm feeling

[@onesevenninewest]

Leave the fucking Yotes alone >:{

[@kellengriffin254]

Arizona Coyotes because I call you the villain because you made the Winnipeg Jets accidentally sell the Atlanta Thrashers so yeah so we get being relocated buy Seattle

[@bobbyr19731]

San Diego

[@stevieF_One]

Seattle Totems or Metropolitans.

[@NonFiqShun]

Stevie Felix Seattle Thunderbirds watch

[@wmw3629]

Seattle Kraken a done deal

[@Erlov71]

SEATTLE EMERALDS

[@atomicgoalhorns2588]

kraken...

[@wendyfield3246]

3000: 50000 teams in the nhl!!!

[@wowbruh2511]

Look up coyotes 2012 playoffs.

[@splashnskillz37]

NHL has to expand futher go to 36 teams, expand to more markets

[@krishbaichwal79]

They’ll become Houston coyotes

[@insertjokehere6379]

No probably not. New ownership in the coyotes. They may move out of Gila river arena though. Glendale is not good for hockey.

[@bam68]

Aeros*

[@JBTriple8]

Aeros

[@johnolguin3672]

Coyotes making yoffs

[@zachjoyal8257]

Move the Islanders to Quebec City!

[@CarvedParachute]

Docter cringe no move the panthers to Quebec City

[@brianbair9702]

The Islanders are getting brand new arena. So that is not happening

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@brianbair9702 And Charles Wang is gone too... And Barry Trotz has stabilized the Isles.

[@eshawn97]

seattle geoducks

[@jimsavage379]

" Houston is in the center of the country ".No,no its not.Not at all.

[@queenhiphop1002]

Bye my coyotes are going nowhere

[@joe972]

queenhiphop1002 lets go yotes

[@joe972]

queenhiphop1002 #Yotes for life

[@devintucker7606]

Tingleking asmr I’ve found all 5 yotes fans. Hopefully Arizona moves to Houston where they could acc support a team

[@queenhiphop1002]

DJ Tucker ew

[@joe972]

queenhiphop1002 ikr

[@johnolguin3672]

Coyotes aren’t moving

[@McAdvertisement]

No, the coyotes are not leaving Arizona

[@FischerFan]

How do YOU know that? The Coyotes have not made one red cent during more than twenty years in Arizona. The team has already been scheduled to move into the Central division and, with Houston being a much larger market, the team will be moving into the Central Time Zone as well. Check the Forbes website on NHL franchise values and see what it says about the Coyotes......and start facing reality.

[@McAdvertisement]

@@FischerFan all it takes is one good season to fix them. Settle it down.

[@FischerFan]

@@McAdvertisement I don't need to settle down. The Coyotes, like the Thrashers, don't have a sufficient fan base and don't generate enough per game revenue to be viable.

[@seaweed_haruyama.]

Coyotes should move to Saskatoon

[@FischerFan]

GET REAL! Saskatoon is too small of a market to be of ANY interest to the NHL. It's not even among the largest 15 cities in Canada!

[@jakesparrow302]

Coyotes are bad regardless!

[@akajibs5278]

Jack Sparrow and you like the panthers? hah

[@ohhbluuee3543]

Coming from a Panthers fan that's adorable

[@TX.SpaceCowboy]

Please give Houston a team. I havent been to a hockey game since the Aeros left

[@jedimasterdaniel9666]

Chris 2000 join the movement: m.facebook.com/groups/427078830681348?ref=share and follow us on twitter and Instagram @NHLtoHouston

[@jedimasterdaniel9666]

DJ Soul New Orleans could be a possible AHL or ECHL affiliate for a Houston NHL team

[@internetkilledtv5]

NHL will not move the Coyotes because of Auston Mathews's connection to Arizona and without the Coyotes auston Mathews won't be playing in the nhl also the nhl is about money and how much it can make an expansion team to Houston is a better option for the league meaning a ownership group would have to pay more than Vegas and Seattle. Arizona coyotes would fail if they relocate to Houston it's not as simple as moving the an organization to Houston since the team was in Winnipeg they had problems with money and getting lots of it too and they got moved to Arizona and same thing happen here the issue is they failed to replace key peices in Kieth Tkachuk and Jeremy Roenick when they had to trade them and the worst thing they did was trading away temmu selanne which they couldn't recover from until only now. Houston is not gonna make a change for this franchise an expansion is better for the city which would ultimately give them better player than what the Coyotes have. Houston is not a good relocation city one it's not a hockey town at the moment if they are then it's the Dallas stars which is so dominant. But the Coyotes won't do any better there they need to stay here in Arizona and Houston had to wait for the next expansion.

[@FischerFan]

Oh please! If you think the NHL will not relocate its biggest headache for the past decade because one hockey player came from there; you're giving yourself a false sense of security. The owners are not going to keep footing the bill for a team that has done nothing but lose millions for over two decades.

[@snowztv3933]

Bruh you have Vancouver

[@armandocruz5037]

Coyotes will move to Houston

[@charlesgarrett7766]

They'll go to Quebec and Detroit will comeback west

[@punklover99]

Doubtful

[@punklover99]

@@FischerFan even then it's a long shot the Habs own that area

[@yongadog]

I'd rather that the Coyotes move to Portland.

[@wc3350]

Coyotes move to Houston (Aeros). Florida Panthers Relocate to KC (scouts). Carolina relocates to Indianapolis. NHL done with Canada. Corporate sponsors no go on Quebec. Seattle names- Pilots, osprey, condors, and sockeyes

[@justinhollingsworth8212]

You actually believe Carolina is gonna get relocated? You clearly have no idea what’s going on there if you think that.

[@wc3350]

@@justinhollingsworth8212 Yes eventually 3-5 years. Not a consistent fan base.

[@justinhollingsworth8212]

John Woodgate Just curious, did you happen to watch hockey in Carolina prior to 2014?

[@justinhollingsworth8212]

John Woodgate I’m going to assume you didn’t since you say they have an inconsistent fanbase. They supported terrible hockey for 6 years with a solid following. It was only in 2014 where they saw attendance drop because of terrible ownership, bad management and abysmal products on the ice. I’m also curious, what do you expect attendance to be in a non-traditional market that held the longest playoff drought prior to this season?

[@justinhollingsworth8212]

John Woodgate Then once you answer those questions, considering the following: 1. Even if Dundon wanted to move the team he can’t for 7 years as stated in his contract with the NHL 2. I don’t know if you payed attention to the playoffs at all, but the fanbase erupted there in Carolina, drawing the highest attendance totals the arena has ever seen (when you factor in standing room tickets) 3. An owner who’s looking to move a team is not proposing Arena upgrades for a stadium he’s ultimate leaving 4. An owner wouldn’t be talking lease extensions with PNC Arena if he’s leaving the venue 5. An owner wouldn’t terminate his contract with his ECHL team in Florida to get one closer to NC to further expose hockey to those in NC/SC if he was going to move. 6. He certainly wouldn’t spend his money building practice facilities in the surrounding areas that will be used by the Canes and for youth hockey in the area if he was going to move. 7. If you actually knew about the subject, you’d know that the Canes have already made over $5 million dollars in new season ticket sales with a 91% renewal rating for existing STM’s, that doesn’t sound like something you move away from. I could go on and on, my only suggestion for you is before calling for the relocation of a team that has had attendance issues (because if that was the only determination, then many teams that we see with fantastic attendance would have moved years ago) at least have some evidence to suggest they’re moving. There’s nothing worse than a misinformed response like that.

can you say the Houston Coyotes

[@snowztv3933]

Coyotes are not going anywhere

[@yfnyotesfan414]

The Coyotes aren’t moving. End of the story.

[@brianbair9702]

It is hard for me not to see the Coyotes moving. The attendance has been bad, they are the least valuable team in the league, and are losing money. Houston is the 5th largest metro population in the US, have an NHL ready arena, lots of new NHL fans which will expand the leagues revenue, the owner of the NBA's rockets want an NHL team, and they wouldn't need to realign the divisions.

[@yfnyotesfan414]

League sources say that Houston has zero interest in acquiring an nhl franchise. Besides the way the coyotes are going on the ice they’ll be a playoff team next season. Signing their stars long term could only happen because it’s near guarantee that they’re not moving out of the state of Arizona. The ownership group is still working diligently to find a new home in the state of Arizona. The owners have zero interest in moving away from AZ. But I wouldn’t expect you or anyone else outside the state of Arizona to know that. Not to mention that Bettman is one of the reasons we are in AZ and he supports us and believes in us.

[@brianbair9702]

@@yfnyotesfan414 what? The head of the NHL board of govenors said the NHL was missing in Houston. Dallas stars ceo says that would love to see an NHL team in Houston, likely because a Dallas-Houston rivalry would benfit the Stars. The new rockets owner wants a team in Houston and is generating local interest in the sport, he has also talked to Bettman The reasons Arizona didn't relocate was because they preferred trying to keep the Arizona market over the Georgia one and the Thrashers moving to Winnipeg added another team to the west.

[@yfnyotesfan414]

Houston all of a sudden wanting a team now is news to me. When they announced Seattle franchise my knowledge was when everyone started rumors about Houston getting a team was that they didn’t want one, nor were they interested. Arizona being moved to the central is going to help with keeping a boosted attendance because we sell more tickets when the Chicago’s, the Winnipeg’s, the Minnesota’s are in town. Bettman said it here himself when we retired Doans number that this team is here to stay. This team isn’t moving, nothing you or anyone else thinks about the situation will change that fact. The teams on ice production is going up, the attendance was high the last several weeks of this season as they made a push for the playoffs. And when they move to the east valley the attendance will be great every game. They have stability that wasn’t there in years past. The league still believes in the market and the growth of the sport since the ownership of Barroway came in has skyrocketed.

[@jedimasterdaniel9666]

Your Friendly Neighborhood Coyotes Fan NHL To Houston interest started in fall 2017 when Tilman Fertitta bought the Rockets, and said he wants an NHL team in Houston and has met with Gary Bettman. The previous owner of the Rockets Les Alexander didn’t have interest in an NHL team.

[@jamaljackson299]

Coyotes aren’t moving

[@ABarts14]

You sure? They just got evicted from their arena and won’t have a building in 2021-2022.

[@jamaljackson299]

@@ABarts14 lease ends after. And they’re eying PHX or Tempe