BREAKING: Alex Meruelo Walks Away From Ownership Of Arizona Coyotes

[@andrewmartin6120]

Hi Coyotes fans! A friendly Florida Panthers fan here. I have always liked your team. I always saw the Coyotes as a very similar organization to Florida. Long histories of terrible ownership groups for both sides. We got lucky with our first good owner in Vinny Viola. I have always been pulling for you all to have a great ownership group, because we could have ended up like your situation. I really want your team to come back and for you all to win a cup, because I was sick and tired of hearing Canadian talking heads talking about how "we" didn't "deserve" a team, because nobody goes to the games. We'll, guess what happens when you get a good ownership group? People start going to the games. Funny how that works out...just know Coyotes fans, I hope you get your team back like Winnipeg did over a decade ago. Hang in there. You all are too big of a market for the NHL to abandon. Love from South Florida!

[@JamesL2024]

Congrats to the Panthers on their first Stanley Cup. As a Kings fan I remember our first Cup in 2012.

[@samuelfrick3475]

It’s about dang time that Alex Meruelo left. What a joke of an owner!

[@habs4life41]

The writing was on the wall with the city vote last year.. the owner can only do so much.

[@gillesjacques1022]

He walks away with a billion bucks in his pocket, he's smiling all the way to the bank, like he's really caring about it.

[@MthenS]

Hockey in the Valley : 1 step forward, a thousand steps back.

[@JoeCaruso-zo8bu]

Very Disappointed!!! This is a viable market with a lot of hockey fans here. All we need is a good, team invested ownership and the Arizona fans will do the rest. Congratulations to OEL on winning the Stanley Cup!!! Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Thanks, Coyote Joe

[@JaredRichey-ly9qr]

Realistically it’s going to be 10 years or more until NHL is back in Phoenix. Look at the SuperSonics. I believe they return but the process is going to be very long.

[@JacobsonSportsNetwork]

The process to bring NHL hockey back to Arizona begins as soon as Gary opens up a slot for a meeting. This is a great day for Arizona hockey.

Don't believe this until he states it in a public statement with the league confirmed it

[@bivdog]

Cope

[@stephenjensen5358]

It's likely 10-20 years away, if ever.

[@doomslayerdave]

You had an arena already in Glendale but fucked that all up Murelo. How do you not pay the bills and keep your arena lease....

[@beamerballv2]

Atlanta hockey fan checking in. Looking forward to Atlanta 3.0 and Phoenix 2.0 in 2026-27 (willing it into existence)

[@maryannellis2434]

Yes!!!!!! Shane Doan needs to be majorly involved! Shane IS THE COYOTES!❤

[@X-7-JAMES]

Classless for him to announce it when the Stanley Cup is being played for.

[@johnalwell5795]

GREAT job as always and from Brooklyn NY best wishes on getting a hockey team back I'm rooting for it.

[@Bowman1999]

I really hope the Utah franchise hits the ground running and gets off to a good start.

[@maryannellis2434]

Stoked!!!!

[@viperswhip]

Thanks for the reporting.

[@salesoperatives7179]

This is actually good news for hockey in Arizona.. The NHL gave this guy an improbable task and when the five years is up (legally), the process to bring the Coyotes to Arizona will begin with a competent ownership.

[@wrenchdoozer]

The details even made it more improbable for that ownership group, as he had to have an arena 50% completed in 3.5 years before giving notice to the NHL to beat the 5yr expiry. It will be a while before hockey is back, but with strong ownership it will be back.

[@retflo2583]

Congrats AZ

[@chumpmtb2554]

Depending on whether the league still believes in the market they could, potentially, put the word out that Meruelo's deal could extend to any potential ownership group within the next, say, 6 months. If the interested parties can put together a plan for an arena, within the same 5 year window, they will be granted the rights to the Coyotes branding and history, and stay at the front of the line for expansion at the same fee. Granted, it's a big "IF", that the league is still committed to hockey in the desert, AND I have to wonder if they only made that deal with AM in the first place because they had little faith he could pull it off..

[@chrissimmons9743]

I first saw the news of this in the drive thru at Keizer Dairy Queen, and i literally laughed out loud. In all honesty i'm happy about this because i feel like if Meruelo owned the next iteration of the AZ Coyotes (or whatever they end up being called if the Coyotes branding rights stay with him), so i'm glad there's a chance y'all will have better ownership if/when your second chance at an NHL team comes around (which i feel is a matter more if when rather than if considering Atlanta may be getting a third chance while AZ has only struck out once, plus the Phoenix area makes Atlanta look pathetic in comparison when it comes to population/market size, the only real question is if ownership and/or a new arena will come to light at some point, because both of those have happened in ATL in some capacity or another, which is probably why they're getting chance #3).

[@DuckOfRubber]

For the people who wondered why the league wouldn’t wait for the auction to pull the trigger on Utah, this is why.

[@JonDoe-ln6nl]

(Sabres fan here) Exhausted.

[@fredstillman9563]

The fact remains that Ishbia is the best option. When you look at every successful hockey market, the basketball and hockey teams share an arena and have the same majority owner.

[@danangell5482]

Minnesota? San Jose? Hell, the Panthers have neither and just lifted the Cup.

[@fredstillman9563]

@@danangell5482 San Jose is the only professional team in town, the Panthers are in Ft. Lauderdale not Miami, The Wild play in St. Paul, the T-Wolves are in Minneapolis. I get what you're trying to say, and there are exceptions, but in general, and especially in Arizona, I think my point still stands.

[@Temptress2024]

The dark ages are over

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

And the giant void of hockey in the desert begins. Look at how long its taken in Atlanta to even be considered.

[@comicbookcountdown9252]

Whoever steps up as a potential owner will still have to deal with the corrupt Maricopa County politicians. Very little is solved with Meruelo moving on, although his moving on is a plus.

[@Eagleknight815]

Big Game Petey with the cameos!

[@LHOH197]

So what does that do with the coyotes name and logo trademarks is Meruelo gonna still keep those

[@Desert-Father]

AZ now has to fight it out for an expansion with other hopeful cities.

[@marcus813]

Once the Valley has a proper NHL arena, I like its chances.

[@Desert-Father]

@marcus813 Clearly, that is easier said then done.

[@Lawomenshoops]

A clown show! The NHL allowed the Winnipeg Jets to be stolen to Phoenix. Despite the fact the arena in Phoenix wasn’t made for hockey! Or there wasn’t a plan for a NHL arena in Phoenix within a short period of time after the theft. Then came a series of failed attempts at building an arena. U til finally an arena deal was made! But, away from the season ticket and population base! If the clown show team would have put a solid team on the ice, going out to Glendale may not have been a big deal. But since the team struggled, usually had losing records and missed the playoffs, fans became apathetic. If the team is winning, the drive from Scottsdale to Glendale is fine. Then NHL allowed a series of clown owners to buy the team. Then the resident clown, Got evicted from Glendale, got crushed in the Tempe vote, until finally the NHL basically stripped him of the team. Despite my initial hate for the team in Phoenix, I have no doubt with the right owner, arena, and front office/coach NHL hockey can succeed in AZ! throughout the clown show of the Phoenix Arizona coyotes, they have missed one and often times all three of those traits! Fans got the raw deal because the NHL didn’t do the proper vetting on many owners. The last clown ran his other businesses by not paying bills on time. But the NHL overlooked that! Even if Tempe and/or this land auction passed, does anybody really think this clown can build a multi billion dollar facility?

[@marcus813]

The original Jets leaving Winnipeg wasn't a theft. The way things were at the time, they had no chance to stay there. Plenty of Coyotes fans have told me that what's now Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz. is poorly located because it's too far west of where the hockey fans and the area's money are and a non-NFL club setting up shop there was gonna be dicey to begin with. That drive isn't fine for people from Phoenix on east on a typical weeknight based on what people who live there have told me. The Valley of the Sun is spread out, so arena location matters more than you think. A proper NHL arena from Phoenix on east (Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe could've worked, too) would've stabilized the Coyotes, but that never materialized.

[@lordrayden3045]

Or, Winnipeg was a dumpster fire and the jets needed to move Not only that, but for the same reason the my will be back, it didn’t hurt to put a team in the 4th largest media market

[@jonathonmichaels2101]

Winnipeg was a clusterfuck. Just like its turning into again. If it wasn't AZ it was going to be somewhere else. Remember, Minnesota failed to secure a lease prior to the league switching its focus to Phoenix.

[@bivdog]

NHL needs to give the Jets 1.0 to the Jets 2.0

[@timsmith428]

Never coming back..

[@billh_]

This definitely pushes out the timeline for a return of hockey, but it feels like we are in a better place.

[@raylsullivan]

Hotels got stiffed by this crew. This crew botching the process on multiple things should not be a surprise. I hope Phoenix gets competent, quality ownership. I know in Nashville that competent, quality ownership changed everything. The Predators have 95% capacity at Bridgestone Arena since the original owner sold the team.

[@bopaulsen7511]

I have a hard time believing that the AHL owners would approve a move to Reno. That's not to say that the team wouldn't just be sold and moved off somewhere else, but I don't imagine that group wants to be associated with AM any more than the NHL owners did. Hopefully Tucson can get an ECHL team if the Roadrunners leave. I imagine a make believe scenario where they aren't permitted to move to Reno, the Grizzlies move up to AHL and get the Utah affiliation, and the Roadrunners get new owners and become an ECHL team.

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

Celebration time come on!

[@ChristopherStandardTime]

just saw the news... WOW

[@Dunamisdrums]

This was plan B. I do think Meruelo had no confidence that he was ever was going to acquire the land.

[@maryannellis2434]

Way to party on, Petey!!

[@surfhappens202]

Bro its over. We are not having a hockey team

[@wainber1]

Arizona has an AHL team in Tucson (Roadrunners).

[@5fingerheadache]

​@@wainber1until AM tries to yank them up to Reno and the entertainment district he's building there

[@bereanish]

Phoenix will get an expansion team once a savvy owner arises. The NHL really wants a team in this market.

[@surfhappens202]

@@bereanish If the "savvy" owners didn't show up to when the team was in trouble they ain't coming now.

[@bereanish]

@@surfhappens202 They will

[@gregranger6241]

Does anyone know when NHL schedules will be released?

[@Darth_Dad]

So, Shane holds all the franchise records for what franchise exactly? If somebody new starts the "Arizona Scorpions", do his records vanish into thin air?

[@millrlite]

Was Glendale as bad as losing the team? Was walking away from Glendale to have an east side location worth all this? Why does a new arena need to be built when there sits a nice arena in Glendale… if the team won games fans would go anywhere. If not Glendale, the only solution is Downtown so there can be no more location complaints.

[@DroneShots-sw9cm]

The IPO should be released to Utah!

[@LegalAmerican4]

No thanks

[@ThePollmi01]

Now I'm curious on two things: does he relinquish the rights to the Coyotes name and brand? If so, Utah Coyotes, amirite😂😅!?! Guess now they can honor the team's past, right? Like honoring Shane Doan and Dale Hawerchuk. Cuz it's part of their lineage. And then, can Smith buy the AHL team so he has that in the portfolio? If dude is giving up, no point in him owning the Roadrunners.

[@2minutesintheboxwithgordo981]

Expansion yes can the new ownership can regain the history, logo and records from whoever has the rights etc?

[@MogulKhan-pf9tl]

Why did the city cancel the auction

[@TheBlazersfan22]

The owner didnt have a special permit to do construction for a hockey rink. Since thats what land was going to be used for. And he was only one in for the bid

[@elosogonzalez8739]

There are MIRACLES in Arizona. This was another F.U. to Gary Bettman to upstage on the evening of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup. What a WORTHLESS P.O.S. SNAKE OIL SALESMAN. Glad Arizona is done with Alex Meruelo!😊 As for the name Coyotes; Let it go..... Like Craig said Alot of bad Ju-Ju!

[@georgehand]

I feel in two minds for you guys as my heart goes out to the Desert Dogs but at the same time happy that you get rid of a bad owner something I wish my former MLB team the A’s could be

[@douglasfreedman9230]

I would not be surprised if Meruelo knew all along that he was not building the stadium as soon as the league paid him $1B for a team he bought for $350M. It’s called he took the money and ran out of town. The league needs to own this, they allowed him to cash out on relocation and in the process they got rid of Meruelo. He did everything wrong, and yet he was rewarded with a huge return on his investment.

[@Chevelle602]

I think the only way we get another team back is when the sun's build a new arena and build it to be hockey compatible.

[@michaellewter8671]

One of the reasons Petey didn't see anything going on after the game Is that the Panthers are in Broward County in Sunrise and Broward County of course is where Fort Lauderdale is located. It's not in Miami proper. and the biggest part of their fan base comes from this area. It's suburbia. When the Miami Heat of the NBA won championships it was partytown in South Beach. They have a much of different fan base though than the Panthers do.. Now Inter Miami of Major League Soccer who has the great Lionel Messi playing for their team play in Fort Lauderdale but they draw a lot of people from the Latin community in the city of Miami. If they go on and win MLS Cup which there's a good chance that they will that will be a big deal for the city of Miami..... I lived down there for a while so And this was When the only team in town was the Miami Dolphins... Panthers actually started out playing in Miami at the Miami Arena and is a parking lot now for the Kaseya Center in Dade County Miami...

[@PokeMedros]

I think this is overdue. I do think the NHL will put expansion on a higher priority now, and be willing to talk to some interested parties so that a new option can be worked with to ensure a new arena is built soon for NHL 2.0 in the desert. I am more curious what now will happen to the records and team history that the NHL let this goof keep when he sold to utah.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

I hate to say it, but I told you so months ago.

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

No surprise here.

[@artycat0811]

Everyone knew it was a SCAM!

[@wrxrox]

glad he's gone though it's gonna be a long while before we see hockey in the desert again

[@jamesfranke4521]

The NHL could explore the market 10-15 years from now. But for now, it's over. The NHL is not expanding soon.

[@BoulderCityBlues]

Things could be worse than losing your team , you could be getting a team owned by John Fisher …

[@kadie1414]

Doan could get Coyotes back into Glendale’s arena

[@robertfolk4583]

Roadrunners will probably move to Reno once that stadium is completed.

[@Zach3ry]

Leaving Glendale killed the Coyotes. Hopefully the NHL fixes this by giving the history to Utah so it doesn’t die and adds Arizona and Atlanta as the next two expansion teams.

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

No. The Tempe vote killed the Coyotes. Glendale was always going to be a losing arena.

[@Zach3ry]

@@mikelfrance-l6x no Glendale happened because the rent wasn’t paid. They wouldn’t have been evicted if they paid on time. Long term they would have had needed a new arena but they would have had a home temporarily.

[@Zach3ry]

That’s because Meruelo is a terrible person and him owning the team killed the chances of the Coyotes being saved because he only cares about himself and saving money where ever he can that be ethical or not. Most the time not.

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

@@Zach3ry Sorry but $15 tickets and no one showing up was the problem in Glendale.

[@dfausti66]

This is going to politically hurt the Arizona Land Department! Ouch!

[@w.p.59]

You are 2nd to Quebec City if expansion is on the table!

[@PWS1717]

Final nail in the coffin..30yr sample size of how not to run a franchise, horrible ownership for decades, politicians and fans that would not support an NHL team to the level needed. This market probably won't see another NHL team for a long time or ever..

[@StacyShupe-zx6qz]

Roadrunners moving to Reno Nevada!

[@karn_evil3353]

No more NHL is PHX....Way too many obstacles to overcome...ownership, arena, location. Plus the toxicity of trying this again and working with local officials makes it seem impossible to see an NHL team here in the near future.... At least my kiddo has season tickets to the GK...

[@Alexirongatewelding]

Seems to me the people of AZ do NOT want a NHL club.

[@mikelfrance-l6x]

Decades. That's how long it will take the NHL to be back. Vetting, a new arena, and tons of legal issues. The A's left Oakland over stadium issues. NOT ONE group has stepped forward saying they want to put expansion in Oakland. Might tell you something about how difficult it is. MLB wants Nashville and Salt Lake. Phoenix goes to the bottom of NHL expansion the same way.

[@Boogie_Man971]

League has clearly wanted Alex Meruelo out for a while. Something tells me that there is more to the cancellation of the land auction by ASLS.

[@wilbs1959]

Meruelo did what he does , turned a business into a profit

[@howiekaplan6249]

How does Atlanta get an expansion team. They failed 2x in the past. First the Flames, then the Thrashers. Give an expansion to another City that will not move in 10 years

[@squeekywheel9591]

Canceling the land auction a week before the scheduled date is bush league. It smells. No arena deal, no NHL. Even in hockey-mad Canada, Quebec City, and Winnipeg lost teams because they couldn't get an arena deal. You can't pay $1B for an NHL team and make it work without an arena development deal. That's hockey economics. Now Phoenix is just another expansion team wannabe on a list of many others. This is not good for Phoenix hockey fans. It took Winnipeg 15 years (1996 to 2011) and a bankrupt Atlanta team to regain a team. Note: Gary Bettman is 72 y.o. How long do you think he will be around? I don't understand the gloating. #FAIL

[@maryannellis2434]

I really want hockey to stay in the desert, but will our team really ever have "home" games with all the damn snow birds here???

[@tombraiderstrums09]

There’s a lesson here that a future ownership group will not just have to win over the NHL-they’ll have to win over the Valley. The municipalities, the fans, the community partners. We need to know this WILL NOT happen again. Otherwise the new owner will get stonewalled just like Meruelo did.

[@InsideVancouversports]

I think Arizona hockey in the nhl is dead for the foreseeable future maybe in 20 or so years

[@whyyoulittle4537]

I'm so confused. I thought he had already sold the team to Utah??

[@mattmarino8727]

NHL Commissioner Bettman is a Snake. NHL was the Debitor In Possession Financier when they got the Coyotes back to a saleable commodity. A complete orchestration to demise the Coyotes was well played by the NHL.

[@samuelfrick3475]

You can blame Alex Meruelo for being a complete disaster of an owner. He will be hated in Arizona sports history.

[@armonwilliams4735]

Bettman bent over backwards to keep the Coyotes in the Valley. He honestly could've pulled the plug on the franchise being in the desert a decade ago with all the issues they've had over the past 15+ years.

[@Bp79-or4kp]

Are you on crack? Gary went to bat time and time again at the cost of the rest of the league. I guarantee you if a new owner can figure out an arena Phoenix will be granted a team to play in the western conference. In a perfect world when Atlanta is awarded a team a potential owner steps up and is able to secure an arena maybe some kind of dual partnership with the sun's since they're going to build a new arena? In the meantime to fit with the Atlanta timeline maybe they can get back in Glendale temporarily. Obviously the stars would have to align but getting the sun's ownership on board would be the best case. Maybe the NHL cuts a deal on the expansion fee and from a sun's pov having two tenants for a new arena makes sense.

[@ogieoglethorpe3788]

what world do you live in? bettman bent over backwards to keep the coyotes in arizona. the league could have and many said should have pulled the plug years ago and they kept the team running and in place. i would rather see a team back in arizona then wasting time on atlanta for a 3rd time

[@JohnSmith-nf5gk]

If Gary went to bat for Hartford, Quebec, Cleveland, Minnesota, they never would’ve left. Its insane what the NHL did to try and save Arizona, and the fans still never even bothered to show up

[@Eagleknight815]

What did I miss by going to bed?

[@PeterDrake]

Maybe Ryan Reynolds will be part of a prospective ownership group. He knows how to create an interesting and positive narrative around a sports club. As a Sens fan I would have been happy if he had been part of the new Sens ownership. Instead we got an almost boring, but very stable and effective owner. At the end of the day that might be a better fit for a nice and boring city like Ottawa. Phoenix has way more going on and would probably be a better fit for Ryan Reynolds. Plus the built-in narrative of positive charismatic owner healing the hurt of a crappy destructive owner.

[@rolandlymangrover754]

I think this may be the end. I'm not convinced the league wants back in Arizona.

[@rocksmith3796]

Atlanta.... Houston.... Phoenix.... Portland

[@puckgold4956]

Alex Meruelo needed a good PR guy. He never got one and NHL fans in the valley have to suffer for him thinking he could handle matters himself.

[@Rambler91]

Not paying bills on time among other serious mismanagement behavior has nothing to do with PR.

[@krakenNation]

Meruelo only has himself to blame he’s the one who refused to sign a long term lease

[@brucef8735]

Painful to watch. Hopefully this guy will never own another team. Don't let the door hit ya..

[@spectare9975]

AM walking away? Not sure on that. I believe that he is being shoo'd out by the fans, city and state officials, and business people, and the NHL - he does not seem to be wanted as a business owner in Arizona. I think they are just glad to see him go and help ed set him on his way. I believe that Bettman / NHL saw this coming, expecting that AM would not be successful or wanted, and would eventually take a hike. Set AM up with a $$ healthy way to get out of the NHL's way, in a quick timeframe, and then stepped out of the way for AM to further 'f' it up, opening it up for a more capable and considerate owner. I'm no genius, nor business person, this pretty much seems to have unfolded the way I thought it would, even from where I am in Edmonton. GOOD RIDDANCE to bad rubbish. Now it remains for a new, respected business group to come in and work their magic on Arizona's government and businesses, picking up the pieces left by AM, and lead a new 'Yotes nation. Will need a strong leader, but such a leader would be remiss if he did not get a white horse and place Shane Doan on it and lead them into Arizona. Hail, King Doan! (Oooo! Too much??). Good luck, and smooth sailing.

[@timothywalker8011]

Matt Ishbia time, plz

[@stevehirzel6871]

No to PHX. 12 chances are enough.

[@daboys1215]

Dear Phoenix fans, I say with with all due respect but you had a team with no building and now you have no team AND no building. Not good for any future hockey plans. No building = No team and No team = No building. Welcome to what between a rock and a hard place is.

[@keithbowen2704]

And the coyotes are officially gone. I don't feel like the coyotes will ever be back now. It is sad. Maybe 50 years from now? But I doubt it. I will be in the grave before I see the coyotes play again.

[@stephenjensen5358]

I'd like to know who the magical owner waiting in the wings is. What billionaire is going to want to take this on after the politicians and public both actively worked against hockey in Phoenix? Shane Doan is probably an essential part of any ownership group. Like Mario Lemieux did in Pittsburgh. Even with that, how many Arizona billionaires want to own an NHL team? Anyone celebrating this turn of events is naive about how difficult it's going to be to bring a new team to the desert. Phoenix is behind Atlanta and Houston for sure. And maybe even Quebec City. There's probably only 4 remaining slots in the NHL, for the foreseeable future. If a Portland or Kansas City, or some other city jumps the line, Phoenix may never get a team back. Unless a team relocates. So you better hope that Bettman, or his successor, are committed to hockey in the desert. Because I don't think the politicians are going to suddenly care. Hockey may just be done in Phoenix.

[@QuentinDude]

-I-think-Bettman-is-happy-Merruelo-iS-out..The-league-wanted-the-xtra-200-mil-relocation-fee-and-to-show-even-terrible-franchises-are-worth-one-billion

[@stevehirzel6871]

No expansion to PHX. An absolute cluster from start to finish. SASKATOON!!

[@jonathonmichaels2101]

Shut up

[@DR-602]

😂😂😂

[@yes.2144]

So are we going to have a team or not? Asking before I watch.

[@samuelfrick3475]

I think Arizona shall return someday….but it’s going to take a LONG TIME! Probably the same amount of time that it’s taking for Atlanta…. So the NHL Will return in……..2030 or 2035??

[@bobmularky7456]

In a decade at the earliest

[@bobmularky7456]

​@ecinaz it'll definitely be a ton of money which is why there's a good chance a new ownership group in Arizona doesn't even materialize.

[@realalbertan]

2030ish

[@nickb2912]

NHL will be back in Phoenix, Phoenix is too big of a market to not have all four major sports same goes for Atlanta and Houston

[@armonwilliams4735]

You might want to grab yourself a Snickers while you wait for the Valley to get an NHL franchise back. LA went more than 20 years in-between getting the NFL back when the Rams and Raiders left LA in 1994.

[@MogulKhan-pf9tl]

No it won’t

[@nickb2912]

@@MogulKhan-pf9tl Yes it will

[@michaelmignone5869]

Dude could just get the permit, that he needs anyway, and then buy the land. Seems like a bit of an over reaction

[@robertlee8474]

DEI finished off this team. The league ok!d the sale for those reasons. They tried to include Shane Doan as part of the front office to guide the process but the “ I” in DEI set in. The Murelo’s didn’t want “ equity” they wanted to redefine what the Coyotes were, what hockey is. Ed Sullivan had an act on his show that involved a man and his toy poodles dancing on their hind legs dressed in red Tu-tu’s. When the team came out in those cherry Fabrege uniforms, something different was happening, something sinister.

[@realalbertan]

Unhinged take

[@JonDoe-ln6nl]

Dude ... can I have whatever you're smoking?

[@Mike-hp3et]

Hockey isn’t coming back to Arizona. Stop trying to make fetch happen. 😂

[@ragemachine1559]

Lol what a sham, he gave up already lmao. Good job NHL for finally realizing the coyotes just don't work in the desert. Had you not relocated the team they be stuck at that college arena indefinitely. Sorry but Arizona should be at the bottom of the list for expansion

[@jeandelisi9441]

Arizona should go after a ECHL team-better fit and do not need a big barn for a minor league team.

[@ryanfraley7113]

People said the same about Vegas and Florida but how did those cases work out? Maybe it was the ownership there.

[@stevemaurer2259]

There’s a market for a good hockey team with GREAT ownership in Phoenix. This market has had terrible ownership for most of the Coyotes’ run here.

[@samuelfrick3475]

@@ryanfraley7113100% ownership, especially with Vegas

[@ragemachine1559]

@@ryanfraley7113 or fans never showed up. Had the fans packed the arena they would still be in Arizona

We don't know it's official until the league and he says so

[@samuelfrick3475]

Alex Mereulo just said he’s walking away and the franchise will legally dissolve next month.

@@samuelfrick3475 fool the league did not say it in a public statement nor did the league think about it plus he signed a deal meaning contract with the league he can't take the money he sold the assets to Utah he would have to give ownership to the league sense he allegedly reneged from sources I don't believe shit until he makes a public statement and the league confirmed it like they did with Utah and that wasn't the entire truth when that story was told so let's wait until he and the league confirmed it