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Peter D. said:If this truly is the beginning of the end, does the NHL pursue another city immediately or are they going to draw things out a bit here?
I assume they drag it out a bit.
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Peter D. said:If this truly is the beginning of the end, does the NHL pursue another city immediately or are they going to draw things out a bit here?
OldTimeHockey said:Draw things out? They've been doing that for a good 5 or 6 years now
Peter D. said:But the Coyotes still have three months of hockey to play. I get they hardly play before anyone now, but announcing the team's move tomorrow for instance could see them playing in front of hundreds of fans (literally) for the rest of the way.
Nik Pollock said:Well, I mean, just logistically even if relocation is the option now it'll take them a while to get things worked out in QC or Seattle or wherever. So they'll probably not be able to announce anything for a month or so at least.
bustaheims said:There's that, and, my guess is they wouldn't want to publicly announce anything until the city they've decided on has an NHL ready arena that's been completed or is at least close to being completed. They won't want to put the team in a situation where they'd have announced the move but have them play any lame duck seasons in Phoenix.
bustaheims said:Nik Pollock said:Well, I mean, just logistically even if relocation is the option now it'll take them a while to get things worked out in QC or Seattle or wherever. So they'll probably not be able to announce anything for a month or so at least.
There's that, and, my guess is they wouldn't want to publicly announce anything until the city they've decided on has an NHL ready arena that's been completed or is at least close to being completed. They won't want to put the team in a situation where they'd have announced the move but have them play any lame duck seasons in Phoenix.
OldTimeHockey said:Draw things out? They've been doing that for a good 5 or 6 years now
cw said:And whatever the Glendale taxpayers were concerned about paying Jamison, they're that much closer to paying much more without the Coyotes.
Bates said:Rebel the Coyotes are drawing a lot on Northern folks and other team's fans to get an average of 12,000 fans per game with cheap seats. I would highly doubt they could draw anywhere near 4000 per game for an AHL team and that won't cut it for the folks who own Jobing.com. And these folks won't be paying $50 per seat to watch the ahl.
Rebel_1812 said:If he moved it like he did with Atlanta, he would look like an idiot for fighting with Jim to stop it from moving back in 2009.