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Coyotes’ press conference with Bettman gets vandalized by protestors

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Things don’t look good for the Arizona Coyotes.

The NHL’s doormat, the team with the lowest payroll in the league and the team that plays out of a college building half the size of most team’s practice rinks is once again having a tough go of things. Gee… call me crazy but I think after nearly 30 years of this that NHL hockey in the Arizona desert may not be a great idea after all…

Earlier this month azcentral.com reported that the city of Phoenix, Arizona is suing the Coyotes over their plans to develop a new arena and entertainment complex is neigboring Tempe, Arizona. As you might expect, this has put a bit of a wrench into the Coyotes’ plans.

Details from azcentral.com:

Phoenix is suing to stop Tempe’s $2.1 billion deal with the Arizona Coyotes, a move destined to reignite an inter-city conflict over a proposed entertainment district that appeared to have died out four months ago.

(The lawsuit) contends that Tempe’s approval of the deal violated a policy that limits how close housing can be to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport, part of a 1994 agreement designed to spare residents from loud plane noise and protect the airport from noise-related litigation.

Phoenix is asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to prevent Tempe from moving forward with the project by undoing the initial approval of the deal in December.

“The City of Phoenix … is suing Tempe for breach of contract, asking the court to rescind Tempe’s recent zoning and land use changes and prohibit future residential uses in an area that the Federal Aviation Administration says is incompatible with residential development,” Phoenix wrote in a news release.

– azcentral.com

You know what’s actually really, REALLY funny to me though? NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and the Coyotes are expected to hold a press conference later today at… a local Goodwill location. I kid you not. 

What’s even better is that protestors vandalized the site of the press conference with large “VOTE NO” lettering for everyone to see on camera.

The vote on the Coyotes’ future in Tempe of course goes public next month.

I don’t know the first thing about lawsuits, public referendums or about how this will all play out but… seriously… SERIOUSLY can we just pull the plug on this dying franchise already?

Personally I’m actually flabbergasted that the Coyotes are still in the NHL. Again, they play in a literal college facility and they’re openly tanking for a top pick. They take the rest of the league’s garbage contracts via trades and the league doesn’t seem to really care. Hell… does ANYONE care about the Coyotes? Please just move this team already…

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Logan Couture praises the Oilers… but dunks on the Coyotes.

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The Edmonton Oilers and their staff earned high praise from the captain of an opposing team in the National Hockey League over the weekend, but that praise came at the expense of another NHL franchise.

The Oilers played the San Jose Sharks on Saturday and during the game, Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft pulled off a move that surprised many. Woodcraft made the decision to inject veteran defenseman Jason Demers into the lineup, this in spite of the fact that Demers had not played an NHL game all season.

The move was designed to give Demers his 700th career game in the National Hockey League, and Woodcroft made it happen against one of his former teams in the San Jose Sharks no less so he could celebrate with some former teammates.

Following the game, Sharks captain Logan Couture was asked about the classy gesture from Woodcraft and he sang the praises of the Oilers coach for caring about his players. Couture though also took the opportunity to rip into the team that had put Demers in a position where he could have potentially never had the chance to play his 700th game at all, the Arizona Coyotes.

“Just the name brings a smile to a few guys here that were fortunate to play with JD,” said Couture on Saturday. “Character. Just a great glue guy in the locker room. Great sense of humor. He was a big part of a lot of those teams that we had.”

“Happy to see him get a chance to play 700 games. I talked to him after he was done in Arizona, and he has a little upset about the way that ended. I think they scratched him a few times near the end of the season at 699 when they were out of the playoffs. As a fellow player, that didn’t sit too well with a lot of guys.”

“But good on Edmonton and [Jay Woodcroft] to bring him up and play in this building for 700. I think that speaks about the type of person that Woody is over there behind the bench.”

It seems likely that Couture is far from the only player that took issue with how the Coyotes handled that situation behind the scenes, and that will be just one more knock against the Coyotes when it comes to potentially recruiting from the pool of free agent players in the future.

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Coyotes now suing City of Phoenix to fund arena construction

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Things don’t look good for the Arizona Coyotes.

The NHL’s doormat, the team with the lowest payroll in the league and the team that plays out of a college building half the size of most team’s practice rinks is once again having a tough go of things. Gee… call me crazy but I think after nearly 30 years of this that NHL hockey in the Arizona desert may not be a great idea after all…

Last week azcentral.com reported that the city of Phoenix, Arizona is suing the Coyotes over their plans to develop a new arena and entertainment complex is neigboring Tempe, Arizona. As you might expect, this has put a bit of a wrench into the Coyotes’ plans.

Details from azcentral.com:

Phoenix is suing to stop Tempe’s $2.1 billion deal with the Arizona Coyotes, a move destined to reignite an inter-city conflict over a proposed entertainment district that appeared to have died out four months ago.

(The lawsuit) contends that Tempe’s approval of the deal violated a policy that limits how close housing can be to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport, part of a 1994 agreement designed to spare residents from loud plane noise and protect the airport from noise-related litigation.

Phoenix is asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to prevent Tempe from moving forward with the project by undoing the initial approval of the deal in December.

“The City of Phoenix … is suing Tempe for breach of contract, asking the court to rescind Tempe’s recent zoning and land use changes and prohibit future residential uses in an area that the Federal Aviation Administration says is incompatible with residential development,” Phoenix wrote in a news release.

– azcentral.com

Then just yesterday Coyotes insider Craig Morgan reported that the Coyotes are counter-suing the City of Phoenix after they say the’ve “had enough of Phoenix’s bullying bureaucrats”. To be perfectly frank, some of the language in this lawsuit is just silly, performative fluff.

Check it out:

I don’t know the first thing about lawsuits or about how this will all play out but… seriously… SERIOUSLY can we just pull the plug on this dying franchise already?

Personally I’m actually flabbergasted that the Coyotes are still in the NHL. Again, they play in a literal college facility and they’re openly tanking for a top pick. They take the rest of the league’s garbage contracts via trades and the league doesn’t seem to really care. Hell… does ANYONE care about the Coyotes? Please just move this team already…

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Report: Coyotes embroiled in legal battle, relocation now more possible than ever

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Things don’t look good for the Arizona Coyotes.

The NHL’s doormat, the team with the lowest payroll in the league and the team that plays out of a college building half the size of most team’s practice rinks is once again having a tough go of things. Gee… call me crazy but I think after nearly 30 years of this that NHL hockey in the Arizona desert may not be a great idea after all…

Last week azcentral.com reported that the city of Phoenix, Arizona is suing the Coyotes over their plans to develop a new arena and entertainment complex is neigboring Tempe, Arizona. As you might expect, this has put a bit of a wrench into the Coyotes’ plans.

Details from azcentral.com:

Phoenix is suing to stop Tempe’s $2.1 billion deal with the Arizona Coyotes, a move destined to reignite an inter-city conflict over a proposed entertainment district that appeared to have died out four months ago.

(The lawsuit) contends that Tempe’s approval of the deal violated a policy that limits how close housing can be to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport, part of a 1994 agreement designed to spare residents from loud plane noise and protect the airport from noise-related litigation.

Phoenix is asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to prevent Tempe from moving forward with the project by undoing the initial approval of the deal in December.

“The City of Phoenix … is suing Tempe for breach of contract, asking the court to rescind Tempe’s recent zoning and land use changes and prohibit future residential uses in an area that the Federal Aviation Administration says is incompatible with residential development,” Phoenix wrote in a news release.

– azcentral.com

Then just yesterday Coyotes insider Craig Morgan reported that the Coyotes are counter-suing the City of Phoenix after they say the’ve “had enough of Phoenix’s bullying bureaucrats”. To be perfectly frank, some of the language in this lawsuit is just silly, performative fluff.

Check it out:

I don’t know the first thing about lawsuits or about how this will all play out but… seriously… SERIOUSLY can we just pull the plug on this dying franchise already?

Personally I’m actually flabbergasted that the Coyotes are still in the NHL. Again, they play in a literal college facility and they’re openly tanking for a top pick. They take the rest of the league’s garbage contracts via trades and the league doesn’t seem to really care. Hell… does ANYONE care about the Coyotes? Please just move this team already…

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Two NHL teams are headed to Australia.

The National Hockey League has been looking to expand beyond the borders of North America for quite some time now, hosting a growing number of international games season after season, and it sounds like they intend to expand their reach further than ever before.

On Saturday night, NHL insider Jeff Marek revealed on Hockey Night in Canada that the NHL intends to send a pair of teams to the land down under with a game to be played in Australia as early as next season.

“Although nothing official yet from the NHL, we know the league is going down under for games in Australia,” revealed Jeff Marek on Saturday night.

Additionally Marek revealed the identity of the two teams he believes have been earmarked for the trip, the Los Angeles Kings and the Arizona Coyotes.

“Again, nothing official coming out from the league but it sounds very much like it is trending in the direction of the Los Angeles Kings and the Arizona Coyotes,” added Marek.

The inclusion of the Arizona Coyotes seems like a bizarre decision given the team’s relative lack of success in their own market, but perhaps NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is just desperately trying to grab some more eyeballs on his pet project in the desert.

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More major problems for Coyotes in Tempe

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Things don’t look good for the Arizona Coyotes.

The NHL’s doormat, the team with the lowest payroll in the league and the team that plays out of a college building half the size of most team’s practice rinks is once again having a tough go of things. Gee… call me crazy but I think after nearly 30 years of this that NHL hockey in the Arizona desert may not be a great idea after all…

Yesterday azcentral.com reported that the city of Phoenix, Arizona is suing the Coyotes over their plans to develop a new arena and entertainment complex is neigboring Tempe, Arizona. As you might expect, this has put a bit of a wrench into the Coyotes’ plans.

Details from azcentral.com:

Phoenix is suing to stop Tempe’s $2.1 billion deal with the Arizona Coyotes, a move destined to reignite an inter-city conflict over a proposed entertainment district that appeared to have died out four months ago.

(The lawsuit) contends that Tempe’s approval of the deal violated a policy that limits how close housing can be to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport, part of a 1994 agreement designed to spare residents from loud plane noise and protect the airport from noise-related litigation.

Phoenix is asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to prevent Tempe from moving forward with the project by undoing the initial approval of the deal in December.

“The City of Phoenix … is suing Tempe for breach of contract, asking the court to rescind Tempe’s recent zoning and land use changes and prohibit future residential uses in an area that the Federal Aviation Administration says is incompatible with residential development,” Phoenix wrote in a news release.

– azcentral.com

I don’t know the first thing about lawsuits or about how this will all play out but… seriously… SERIOUSLY can we just pull the plug on this dying franchise already?

Personally I’m actually flabbergasted that the Coyotes are still in the NHL. Again, they play in a literal college facility and they’re openly tanking for a top pick. They take the rest of the league’s garbage contracts via trades and the league doesn’t seem to really care. Hell… does ANYONE care about the Coyotes? Please just move this team already…

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Coyotes sued by city of Phoenix, new arena construction comes to a halt

Zuma Press

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Things don’t look good for the Arizona Coyotes.

The NHL’s doormat, the team with the lowest payroll in the league and the team that plays out of a college building half the size of most team’s practice rinks is once again having a tough go of things. Gee… call me crazy but I think after nearly 30 years of this that NHL hockey in the Arizona desert may not be a great idea after all…

Yesterday azcentral.com reported that the city of Phoenix, Arizona is suing the Coyotes over their plans to develop a new arena and entertainment complex is neigboring Tempe, Arizona. As you might expect, this has put a bit of a wrench into the Coyotes’ plans.

Details from azcentral.com:

Phoenix is suing to stop Tempe’s $2.1 billion deal with the Arizona Coyotes, a move destined to reignite an inter-city conflict over a proposed entertainment district that appeared to have died out four months ago.

(The lawsuit) contends that Tempe’s approval of the deal violated a policy that limits how close housing can be to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport, part of a 1994 agreement designed to spare residents from loud plane noise and protect the airport from noise-related litigation.

Phoenix is asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to prevent Tempe from moving forward with the project by undoing the initial approval of the deal in December.

“The City of Phoenix … is suing Tempe for breach of contract, asking the court to rescind Tempe’s recent zoning and land use changes and prohibit future residential uses in an area that the Federal Aviation Administration says is incompatible with residential development,” Phoenix wrote in a news release.

– azcentral.com

I don’t know the first thing about lawsuits or about how this will all play out but… seriously… SERIOUSLY can we just pull the plug on this dying franchise already?

Personally I’m actually flabbergasted that the Coyotes are still in the NHL. Again, they play in a literal college facility and they’re openly tanking for a top pick. They take the rest of the league’s garbage contracts via trades and the league doesn’t seem to really care. Hell… does ANYONE care about the Coyotes? Please just move this team already…