It's about time, what a waste of space and time and money, the fans haven't stepped up (what few of them there are), hockey just isn't important in Arizona, so go away now..
I don't care where they move to as long as they still play in the western conference. we finally have equal teams in both conferences. They could move to Quebec City or Hartford for all i care but they have to stay in the central division.
As much as I want them to move the Quebec City, they can possibly go back to playing their home games at the Footprint Center. Last time the Coyotes was December 2003
I think whoever would be wikling to get a club would rather pay 1 billion and get an expansion draft than pick up the terrible contracts arizona picked up over the years to to get above salary floor
@scottstenlund4431 Yeah, odds are that’s now 100% right. They couldn’t move him next season because of his no trade, so if they were gonna do it, it would be before that kicks in. I doubt Dubas could get a deal done in time but Matthews wouldn’t want to go if Arizona doesn’t have an Arena. Telling him, hang for a few years, and we’ll have the best arena deal in the NHL, and maybe he’s happy, but without the Arena in place, there’s no movement.
It's too bad Gary Bett365man didn't put has much energy in trying to save the Nordiques when they were in Quebec City as he puts in saving the Coyotes. I guess playing hockey in the desert is more important and natural to him than keeping already existing great rivalries.
AZ more important to the NHL's TV bosses. That's why they worked so hard to keep a team there. I don't know why more people don't see this because it's so obvious. They won't mind trading AZ for Houston but they sure as hell aren't trading it for Quebec. The reason why the NHL has teams in AZ and Miami is before TV ponies up big money for a TV contract they want to be in those markets. Same reason why MLB keeps a hopeless and unsupported team in Miami.
They are spread across the US because they are chasing a National Network deal they will never get. Also, they are worried about the East / West balance, they need more teams in the west.
When the Wild moved the Aeros from Houston to Iowa, one of the reasons was obviously to get the AHL team closer to the NHL team, but if I recall correctly there were also issues with the Toyota Center being publicly vocal about making more money from scheduling concerts and other events than they were making off the AHL games being played there. That may change with an NHL team vs an AHL team but don't automatically think that Houston is the answer because of the Toyota Center.
The AAC in Dallas does great with all events and splits as a NBA arena for the Mavericks. A few tweaks to the Toyota center and they're good to go. Houston is an absolutely perfect spot for relocation.
Well Tillman Ferttita bought the Rockets and Toyota Center and he wants a hockey team. His interest along with the McNair (Texans owners) family’s original dream might push Houston up. Don’t forget we have Albertans and a Tim’s in Katy.
Feritta made his intentions known he wanted an NHL franchise once he bought team and the building from Les Alexander. Alexander was the one who screwed the Aeros over by rising the rent to get them out in 2014. Houston hasn't forgotten about hockey and it's community is still going strong today.
The Rockets owner at the time did not want to share the Toyota Center with a minor league hockey team. Gary Bettman wants the NHL in the top four media markets. I don’t think Kansas City would create a lot of buzz as Houston would. Hockey fans in Missouri are already devoted to St. Louis. There are no issues with the Toyota Center. The Aeros got screwed over by Les Alexander
Bring the team to Quebec City where you'd have eight Canadian teams and could create a Canadian division that would bring some rivalries back in Canadian hockey. Make Hockey Great Again! 😅
It won't happen because both conferences has the exact same number of teams, 16. If you move one team from the west to the east that will make it 17-15 which will make it a lot harder to earn a playoff spot in the east than the west and the General managers won't go for it. We will need to move an eastern team in order to make this work which is a bit frustrating because Quebec City deserves an NHL team much more than many current cities already owning one. At least in Quebec City they won't have to worry about empty seats every year and it would bring back one of the best rivalries the NHL ever had between the Nordiques and Canadiens.
If Bettman was smart and had the resources they say he has, he would have put a 2nd team in Toronto, the money generated for the league would be enormous again. And he would piss of MLSE. Toronto Expansion team fans would love him. New owner would be private business men committed to winning
Can't happen without MLSE as they own EVERYTHING including any space/building required to build an arena. I'd love to see it but it won't happen, atleast not under Bettman. He wants to grow the market South, not North. I'd love to see Alaska have a team.
I saw Zetterberg get his 1st career hat trick when I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca, back in 2007. It felt like a Wings home game in the desert. Damn I'm old.
AZ gets all the snowbirds so yeah that makes sense. My Grampa has a trailer in Mesa he said he went to see the Flames there and the cost difference between there and here in Calgary is nuts. Here that pair of tickets would set you back probably $200/$300 plus parking. He said he got a pair of tickets for $70 that included parking, a pop (soda) and a hotdog. Insane.
@@shawnthompson2303 "snowbirds" has nothing to do with it. Same thing happens at stars games when the Wings, blackhawks, pens etc are in Dallas. Certain fanbases travel hard and/or just have fans everywhere.
That's a great take, it's 99% going to be Houston or somewhere down South. Even as an American, I would REALLY love to see an 8th Canadian team though in either Regina or Quebec City.
25 or so years... SEVEN ownership groups.... THREE bankruptcy proceedings.... Losing money every year... The Coyotes fiasco makes the WNBA (with 10 mil losses per yr.) appear a Master Class on Business Management..... Let the team go somewhere else.....now.
Congratulations to the citizens of Arizona 👏 This absolutely ridiculous system of average taxpayers paying for arenas / stadiums / fields that are used by less than ten percent of the population but put everyone in debt for decades despite having billionaires who refuse to pay for their toys has got to stop. Anyone living in Oakland can tell you that no matter how much your taxes go up when you get your park, it only takes a few years before the billionaire owner takes the team to another state for more billionaire welfare and the cycle continues. Disgusting 🤢
Totally Agree G V! That is true facts. It's what I call "#LetsKeepItaBUCK". It all comes down to the billionaire owner and what they want to do. Forget the fan base, it's all about the way they do business. The quicker the fan bases realize this, the quicker they realize their loyalty means nothing to the billionaire owner.
Can we PLEASE NHL if the team is to be moved. Have the new ownership sell the past history of the Jets to Winnipeg and allow the Jets to go full time to their original logo? Johnny please make a video about this. It needs to be done if/when Arizona moves.
This I never understood. If a team relocates and changes it's name, it should have to forfeit all rights to the former team name. The Jets should get back all rights to all logos from their past.
You gotta really feel bad for the 10 Coyote fans out there. Ownership and management have done nothing except sabotage this team for the past 10 years. Almost as though they wanted the team to be shipped out of Arizona.
@@Cohdiboi agreed. same thing was happening in Chicago before they got new management. same thing was happening in Ottawa just a few years ago. Turns out people don't want to pay money to see a garbage team. shocker.
@scottstenlund4431 Huh? The 2 cities are 2 hours apart, and the Quebec Remparts have averaged 17k in the last 4 games played in the playoffs, Quebec would totally make sense as an expansion team, but itll only happen if/when Bettman is gone
Quebec has strict language laws and is not bilingual. Team will have to have francophone manager and a certain number of francophone players . Is it really worth it ?
As a Coyotes fan, I have been expecting this for a long time. When they made Chayka the GM I knew this was Going to be a pro Hockey hobby kit team. Sadly with the new ownership and Armstrong rebuilding for real, and the promising direction the team has in a way that I have never seen before, I guess We're not going to get to see it here.
What's wrong with Desert Diamond Arena? Coyotes used to play there. NHL Inc. just couldn't get in the 'digs' with the revenues? What the NHL(this includes the NHLPA) likes are arenas with surrounding building expansion. Calgary waffled on that for a few years, then said OK to $1.2 billion facility, watch Calgary get better next season. Taxpayers in AZ seem to have more say in taxes, in Canada, municipal politics is provincial politics, hard for citizens to stop province from doing whatever it wants to. And in the Canadian Constitution, a province manages municipalities/cities.
PHX has been a tire fire for the NHL since they moved from Winnipeg in 996. This is Bettmam's baby and he will fight tooth and nail to keep the team there, even of the league has to run the team again.
I don't think Gary Bettman would be the least bit upset if the Coyotes moved; except of course if it ended up being to somewhere in Canada. Then he'd really be crying in his beer. Poor old Gary, can't get a team into a place where there's an over abundance of fans to keep the franchise viable? Guess he can't see the forest for the Canadian trees!
Looks like Houston has several Public Ice skating rinks too. was surprised to see that on google search. Something to do if I ever get stuck in Houston I guess. lol. God forbid.
You're forgetting one thing about moving to Houston and that's no expansion fee, no way they're letting that slip when they can move the Yotes somewhere smaller and get that sweet expansion cash from Houston down the line.
You nailed it - all of it. NIce job. And yeah, I'm from Phoenix, saw the Roadrunners play in the Coliseum when I was kid, saw the Yotes play in Glendale - great venue, lousy location - saw an electric Coyotes game in Tempe a few months ago...but my gut told me Tempe was a band aid closing a hemorrhage and this team is gone. Houston makes sense on so many levels that even Bettman cannot screw this up - but he'll gladly take the credit.
The kachina jersey is about to become a collectors' item. Hopefully, when the team moves to Houston they'll bring back the old Aeros logo and jerseys from the WHA days.
Kansas City has an NHL ready rink too, it just sits empty. Houston almost got an NHL team in 1999, but the lease on the Compaq arena was up in the air in 1997, when the NHL was expanding and Minnesota took the 4th expansion slot out of Houstons hands.
I am a person whomst feels gutted. Born the same year they were moved to az. And that team is what got me into hockey and got me playing as a kid. yeah they suck and cant make money but man that was my team. And things were almost looking good for a second
First off, there's nothing to indicate that they won't find another option other than moving. Second, I know it hurts but just remember, it's not personal it's just business. The fact they've been there this long while NEVER having a profitable year is nothing short of amazing.
The end of Gary Bettman?? Let's keep a good thought. Maybe, just maybe they will bring in a Canadian as a replacement, someone who knows what hockey is supposed to be like.
Doubt it....he should be embarrassed by having a major pro sports team on his watch playing in a4500 seat stadium...should've over them when the doors were padlocked for lease violations
I think Toronto would be a great location for a second NHL franchise, imagine competing VS the Leafs ,You want a bigger revenue, its a no-brainer, if they could only sort this location bullcrap so they can move in Scotia Bank temporarily , until they build somthing in New Market or Hamilton.
You forgot the Houston Apollos, former Central League farm team for the Habs. Jacques Lemaire, Serge Savard, Mickey Redmond, Rogie Vachon. Awesome team.
On one hand, I'd love the Aeros be revived for the NHL. I was an Aeros fan back in the day. Fun AHL hockey back then. Though, they'd be something different, no doubt. Renamed for Space city, baby. On the other, it's at the expense of other dudes and dudettes who love their club. It just so happens that their club isn't doing so hot and bringing in the numbers it needs. That said, Houston makes a lot of sense. There was a weird underground hockey culture when I was there. We loved our Aeros at the time, we played street hockey, it was great. Another reason Houston makes sense is land. While it's the 4th biggest in population, it is THE biggest in terms of land. If, by some stretch of the imagination, Toyota center isn't ideal for the long term, building a new stadium there won't be as difficult as other places.
Americans are less passionate about hockey than Canadians are. I’m not saying that’s applicable to all Americans, but it is how the majority feel. That’s why the TV viewership figures of the NHL are higher in Canada despite only having 11% of America’s population. Keep in mind, a lot of Americans live in states where the winter temperatures would be summer in Canada, so it isn’t like Canada where you can find a frozen lake and just start playing for most of the year. Another big factor is that America has basketball, baseball and football, and those sports, and their respective leagues, crush the NHL in terms of viewership and popularity. So even in cold states, hockey isn’t the most popular sport in most cases.
I’m absolutely CONVINCED if they move it’ll be to Kansas City, and here’s my reasoning: - first of all: T-Mobile Center in KC has capacity of over 17.5k in a hockey configuration (more than 7 non-coyotes arenas including VGK and Seattle), so Houston doesn’t have that as an advantage over KC. - fan interest - sold out said 17.5k capacity arena for an NHL preseason game in 2011 - KC has large enough population (metro area almost as big as Vegas’s and bigger than Columbus and Nashville’s) - KC also has hockey history (Kansas City Scouts in the 70s) - the key reason imo: *THERES NO NBA TEAM IN KC.* Closest is almost 300 miles away in OKC. NBA schedule almost completely overlaps with NHL schedule and would compete for fan interest/attendance/viewership. Not nearly as much of a problem in KC as in Houston. *I believe this is why the NHL very deliberately expanded into Vegas and Seattle before Houston.* - Bigger TV market - Houston is kinda pigeonholed to the south of Dallas, and most population centers nearby aren’t much closer to Houston than Dallas. If you’re a sports fan in San Antonio for example, would you rather watch Houston’s hockey team or your own city’s basketball team? Even if they do prefer hockey, if it’s not their own city i doubt it would get many more viewers from there than the Stars. KC, however, is in the middle of a large expanse of no NHL/NBA teams (even the Blues are nearly 250 miles away). Could get viewers from most of Kansas/Nebraska, half of Missouri, and parts of Oklahoma and Iowa. Low population density regions, but makes up for it with sheer size. - KC probably wants it more - Houston can afford an NHL expansion fee, but KC would be far less willing to. Imagine you’re Houston. Would you rather wait a few years and have a shiny new expansion team that’s good right away like VGK/Kraken, or would you rather have the Arizona Coyotes? For KC on the other hand, this is pretty much their golden ticket to a franchise, and who knows when the next time a team will move will be. I can see them throwing in way more sweeteners for the coyotes to come there bc they can’t just wait for the next expansion like Houston can. - 1:27 - Houston is #4 on this list. Guess which city is #5? Phoenix. _mic drop_
Tl;dr version 1. Kansas City already has an NHL-viable arena 2. KC has no NBA team to compete for fan interest (NBA regular season is October-April like NHL’s) 3. KC would have a better TV market, especially if you factor in competition for viewership by basketball. 4. Houston can afford a future expansion team while KC can’t, so KC will try harder to win over the coyotes
@Evangelos Vasiliades It’s based on an assumption it’ll be easier to gain interest in a team that isn’t currently good from people with no pro sports nearby than from people who do have them. If you’re assuming there isn’t much overlap with hockey and basketball viewers, let’s try overlap of hockey and hockey viewers. If the team moves to KC it would have access to basically untapped viewing markets by the NHL. There’s the Blues, but they’re on the opposite side of the state and I doubt many people in Kansas, Nebraska, or Oklahoma care about them. If the team moves to Houston it would have to try to essentially poach Stars viewers in your scenario. To consider location independently of both NBA and NHL teams, you can look at the MLB. Specifically to make it a good analog for the Stars being good and the Coyotes being bad, we can look at the 2011 season, where the Rangers were good and the Astros and Royals were both bad. The Astros fans mostly jumped ship to the Rangers, and the Royals had around the same number of TV viewers per game as the Astros did. And that’s with the St. Louis Cardinals *winning the world series that year.* The viewers in places like Kansas and Nebraska stuck with the Royals bc they didn’t have another team like the Rangers to switch over to, so that would be the inherent advantage of KC’s location market-wise imo
I would toss in Salt Lake City and Milwaukee just because both have NBA teams, so possible arena sharing as well as both can be good Winter Sports market. (SLC hosted the 02 winter games).
SLC already has a stadium but we play during the NBA season so that wouldn't work.. but I would love to see them go there cause I am moving 2 hours away in Idaho from vegas so I can see my knight pretty close to me.
@For the love of life many cities use the same arena for NHL and NBA, Boston, New York, Denver and probably some others that I can't pull from top of head.
I think any city with an NHL ready arena without an NBA team would be ideal bc the NBA season overlaps almost completely with the NHL season and could potentially reduce interest/attendance/viewership for the hockey team. That’s why I’m thinking KC is a likely destination rn, they have the T-mobile center which is NHL-sized, and the closest NBA team is ~300 miles away (closest NHL team, the Blues, is ~250 miles away).
There is also a long standing, intense rivalry between Houston & Dallas. Having a hockey team in Houston will automatically create interest because of this.
As a northern Texan, yes yes you are correct Houston is Trashy and most of us normal people in the Dallas/Fort Worth area agree that Houston is trash. The crime is bad, and the traffic is bad. Texas sports rivalry though? Let’s do it!
Remember when the Devils were in danger of moving and Bettman was literally driving the moving truck. Gretzky had a part in the coyotes but called the Devils a Mickey Mouse organization. The Devils have been to 5 Stanley Cup Championships. Arizona 0. Bettman an Gretzky can't stand it!!! It looks like Hartford and Quebec City are the Frontrunners but Houston does sound interesting.
Let's go Houston! Hopefully that brings an AHL team to NOLA, they haven’t had pro hockey since the Brass (ECHL) left in 2002. They were in the black too, it was more of an arena issue.
@@tyb1329 Team folded years ago. They have a Jr B type team in Biloxi that did some exhibition games in BR this season. I'd love to see the I-10 league revived at some level.
@@McFeedback1968what do you mean by you were “there”? You mean like you lived in Atlanta? Then surely you would understand the reason why no one was ever there was because State Farm arena is in downtown Atlanta which is nowhere near where any of the fans are. Surely you understand that’s why the Braves moved to northern metro Atlanta? I could see how that would be difficult to understand for someone who isn’t familiar with Atlanta, but for a lifelong resident like me, it’s obvious.
@@rhyta5042just straight up not true. There’s a great hockey community here. We just need a rink in the northern metro arena instead of downtown, and a management group that’s actually willing to invest in the team instead of using them as a pawn like what happened with the last ownership group.
@@McFeedback1968 you’re probably right that we aren’t getting a third team, but make sure you actually educate yourself on why before you say a city that you clearly don’t know much about isn’t a hockey town.
I also think Houston is the best option to relocate the Yotes. Luv that Houston Aeros logo at the beginning of the video. The green one. Hopefully thats what they will be called.
I'm all for Houston getting a team if they keep the Aero's name and that logo. Probably wouldn't happen because the Stars have essentially the same colors though If I had my pick, i'd love a team in Wisconsin. They love hockey and it could give that whole area some rivalry with the Wild
As a Dallas Stars fan who lives in the suburbs (if you can call it that) of Dallas, I would be pretty excited to get a state rivalry. The only problem with the move for the Stars would be that it would greatly diminish the Stars fans and the Stars could no longer brag about being the only hockey team in Texas.
The TV viewership figures in Quebec of the NHL are probably higher than big states like Texas, Florida, California, and Arizona. People don’t get it, big market DOES NOT equal big hockey market.
I swear to god, you could literally get the worst possible lineup for a team (and I do mean, like, a blind goalie, a forward with no hands and a snail as a defenseman) and Quebec would cheer these mfs like if they were mythical beings. We just want a fucking team guys.
It is sad for the fanbase, and grass roots hockey in Arizona has grown. That said the team should have never went there. The league (Bettman) thought they could just move there and the fans would come. The league has hurt growth and revenues, time to move to Houston and give the team a fresh start.
This stinks. I'm about to lose the Oakland A's and the never knowing the future is horrible. I feel bad for Coyotes fans and they don't deserve to maybe lose their team. I also get not wanting public money on an arena. It's a bad spot. Sell to Tillman, move to Houston. Then the NHL expands by 4 (I don't think they should, but I think they will). 36 teams by 2032 with SLC, KC, QC, and ATL. Bettman makes the owners more millions and retires a legend to some.
Today, ownership in Québec & Salt Lake City have expressed their interest to acquire an NHL franchise, in the light of the Coyotes situation. However, I haven't heard ownership in Houston make any comments. They've been extremely quiet.
If you just watch on TV support them in their new city. Actually, losing a team isn't a bad thing if you're someone who watches on TV instead of at the arena. Fewer blackouts.
@@ElmerFudd16 Having the entire fate of a franchise resting on a public vote where Phoenix special interests lied about everything certainly didn't help. Saying AZ doesn't want the team is like listening to one boomer who doesn't care about something on a much more complex topic.
Why isn't Salt Lake City an option? They have a fan base that can bring the excitement and it moves them between Colorado and Vegas so a road trip can make use of their locations. I just feel like Houston would be splitting the fan base instead of growing it. Taking away Disney from the Ducks I honestly didn't see much hockey growth in Southern California.
Salt Lake has had a minor league team since the 70's but as soon as the Jazz moved there, attendance went down. The media don't cover it and it is a red headed stepchild. It would be the Coyotes redux, not worth it.
Oh, here n SLC it is all the talk. The Jazz owner has been cozy with Bettman for awhile now, and the intensity has picked up tenfold, since Tempe turned the Coyotes stadium deal down. SLC is the ideal place to relocate them, for the geographic reasons you mentioned, plus they have an owner in place, want to keep the name and logos etc, and a new stadium site has been mentioned near the airport to build an NHL only arena, while they play in the Jazz building until it's done.
@@meddyven That's a bunch of what ifs, why would they put a stadium by the airport? I don't trust anything the Jazz wants, they sold our hockey team away once before. Still say this is a basketball town, no way there is enough interest to support an NHL team.
Wirtz would blow a valve, but I think Milwaukee or Green Bay Wisconsin would be a cool place for a NHL team. Last years Blackhawks pre-season was sold out in Milwaukee. Like Houston the Fiserv is not only capable but brand new. It's an interesting dark horse option I think most people overlook.
As much as I'd love to see an NHL team in Milwaukee, I do not think it is plausible, and if anything, would rather see the Admirals go up to the role. There were talks for Milwaukee becoming an NHL city back in the 90s but nothing came of it, and I doubt that that will change anytime soon. We have the Brewers and Bucks as our major franchises, and it may not be super profitable to throw another major team in. As for NHL, we're kind of split between the Blackhawks and the Wild, so there is no shortage of NHL hockey in the area. Not sure how well Fiserv would work hosting an NHL team alongside the Bucks, especially if the schedules conflict.
The problem with Milwaukee is, any of the original 6 teams, have extra exclusivity rights, and the Blackhawks could veto Milwaukee. Don't know if they would, but they could.
Houston makes the most sense economically and geographically. But no one can ever doubt that Quebec City has a million times more passion for hockey than all of Texas. As for the city of Tempe, asking the people there to pay hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to build an arena for a team that isn't going to sell it out seems like a dumb idea. They were right to vote against it.
When’s Milwaukee gunna get some love? I’m surprised they didn’t get in on the original 6 they have outstanding history they could easily get sponsors and it’s a cold weather city. Sad that it’s not getting more attention
Milwaukee faces a potential problem in landing an NHL franchise. With Chicago being an original 6 franchise, they have extra exclusivity rights as far as who can move within their territory. Not sure if they would invoke that clause, but the Wirtz's certainly could!
I just said THE EXACT same things on another post from "The Hockey Guy". Houston is an absolute no brainer for the Coyotes relocation and definitely for their future success. They check every single box the league and ownership are looking for.
The Toyota Center is built specifically for the Rockets 🚀. The seating would need to be rearranged for a slightly off-center hockey rink. In other words, Houston will need to build a hockey arena.
The case for Houston is pretty strong. I would have loved to see the return of Nordiques or Whalers, but both of those cities are relatively tiny (even the metro populations). A Dallas-Houston rivalry would be practically guaranteed (Battle of Texas incoming?).
Milwaukee quite possibly could be a good fit. The problem, the Blackhawks, as an original 6 team, have extra territorial rights, and Milwaukee falls within them. Chicago would have to waive it, and would they???
I’d prefer a KC team or maybe Quebec Nordiques. Maaaaaaybe Louisville one day? I hate being sandwiched between Jackets and Preds county and having to pick a side
His biggest goal is “growing the game”….Creating hockey fans and hockey culture where before there were none. That’s why he’s not as high on putting a team in, say, Saskatoon. Because Saskatoon is already chock-full of hockey fans who consume the sport.
I like how you broke down the logistics of the team moving to Houston. I thought eastern canada was going to get another team like Hamilton in Ontario or halifax NS
Are you serious? They will never ever give hamilton a franchise. Buffalo and Toronto will not allow it. That's why it failed 38 years ago. Butt man will not give a franchise to Quebec. He would want to keep it in the US. imagine the nordiques Habs wars of years gone by. BTW... it's the governors not the B man.
1. Sault St. Marie 2. Milwaukee 3. Anchorage 4. Portland, OR 5. Quebec City 6. Portland, ME 7. Indianapolis 8. Regina 9. Hartford 10. Albuquerque (Weird Al's choice)
Josh, you're forgetting the owner of the Utah Jazz has been talking to Bettman for a couple of years about an NHL expansion franchise, and now that the Coyoytes got no voted, this is the biggest news. Yes Houston has the Toyota center, but the Rockets owner is a tyrant, and that's why the AHL Aeros moved. That is a MAJOR roadblock. The Rockets run the Toyota center, do financially an NHL team would be 2nd fiddle on revenues, dates, etc. Whereas, SLC, the team can play in the Vivint ( now Delta center) until a new NHL only arena is built. They spread have the land for that, and even a potential MLB team. The fans want the Coyotes here, want the name to remain in place, and logistically it all works. Houston will probably get the next NHL expansion franchise, but I have to say, based on what's transporting behind the scenes, Salt Lake City is # 1. They already have an owner willing to go, which Houston does not right now. With time being of the essence, for a move for the 24-25 season, SLC is the closest to relocating the ' Yotes.
The only thing I am even remotely salty about is losing that Kachina style coyotes logo... a logo I hated when it was revealed. But after I got over that initial reaction and seeing the final jersey in hand, I was impressed with the final result. Where ever they land, my only demand is they do a 3rd team jersey with a Kachina stylized logo. The NHL needs the extra spice the logo tosses into the vanilla logo pile.
No intended disrespect to the indigenous, but absolutely not that logo is an abomination. And wherever they go, they will lose the regional reason they had it so very unlikely to see it kept.
I thought that Sweater was a real good homage to the Native Americans who called the area home for millennia . It was so different from what most Teams would have done
