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'Overhyped' Phoenix update merely unsatisfying
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08:28 AM ET 05.08 | As of Tuesday morning, the Coyotes were still wards of the NHL, and that's unlikely to change in the immediate future. [Though] former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison and his unnamed investors appear earnest about buying the team -- and Bettman appears bullish on their chances -- many of the old intractable issues are still hanging over the transaction. "You may choose to be cynical on the point, so you'll just have to wait and see like everybody else how successful we are," Bettman said. The NHL commissioner opened the news conference by calling the gathering overhyped, and as it turned out, even renaming the hoped-for announcement an "update" may have overshot the mark.
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Sooo Quebec City in late June instead of mid June?
dannylimes
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What if the unthinkable happened and Phoenix won the Cup? Would the league still move them?
Burgh-Fan
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I suppose if they have no choice they'd have to. This group still has to deal with Glendale, the Goldwater Institute, the twenty hockey fans in Phoenix...
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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I thought the guy that wants to buy them is staying?
Spiny Norman
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If the sale goes through and the above organizations are properly negotiated with. This is still a team that will be losing money, even if they won the damn Cup. That isn't going to change for a long time. Something has to give, no?
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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I would be happy...
Go 'Yotes (rooting for Tippett, who was wronged severly by Joe N.)
Otis B. Driftwood
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Studies show the fan base will increase by 20% in Phoenix if they win the cup.
drysdale
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"You may choose to be cynical on the point, so you'll just have to wait and see like everybody else how successful we are," Bettman said.
Ummmm. Excuse us, Mr. Betman. But, we already know how successful you've been so far. Why should we expect any different fthis time?
roamer
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Just like it has in Anaheim? Or Carolina? Dallas was a gold mine a decade ago! Tampa fills the arena all the time, as long as tickets are under $10.
None of these teams have any residual popularity from their Cup-winning days. TV ratings locally are almost uniformly abysmal in Southern markets. Basically, the only fans they have are the ones that show up to the arenas in those $30 "family pack" deals. You can't run a successful franchise against teams that are pulling in nine figure revenues annually when breaking even would be considered a milestone.
dannylimes
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That means .... what? All of 9,875 people in the stands?
roamer
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looks like Quebec city will have a much better team than my habs.
puttin on the foil
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shhhhhhhhhhhhh....the goblin trolls the boards. he doesn't like this heresy.
puttin on the foil
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I think there is an issue of Glendale continuing to provide many millions of $$ to the team for operating costs related to the arena. What kind of return are the people of Glendale getting for having tax money spent in such a way?
Nobody expects…
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And, the corollary question, if the Coyotes win the Cup and move, where will the parade be? :)
Nobody expects…
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lol....if they needed a study for that then they're in the wrong marketplace.
I could only imagine the Habs winning the cup...already incredibly overpriced & difficult to obtain tickets would become....more incredibly overpriced and rarer than kryptonite. Ditto for most other Noreastern frachises...
puttin on the foil
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starting point...the glandale parking lot, finish line Quebec city.
puttin on the foil
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"Going to Quebec City, Quebec City here we come"...repeat......
Othello
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sorry for the loss. woulda loved to have seen the preds move on. Now it's GO KINGS.
puttin on the foil
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Agree.....Preds got away with what got them there......Go Kings.........Preds are going to have interesting summer....if all goes well we will have Weber for another season.....owners need to dig deep to keep foundation of team.... die hard Pred fans were really expecting more from this roster this year....even with Radulov...send him back to Peggy..........
Othello
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