Apr 09

Phoenix Coyotes make 20% improvement last season, still believe the Coyotes will move?

Published by admin at 1:07 pm under Hockey

Howler-Howling for the White Ou asked:


http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/2008/06/04/20080604coyotes0605.html

The Coyotes lost $30 million 2 seasons ago and have improved by 20%.

Factors include:
Rise in corporate sales, advertising
Cutting expenses
Not operating the Arizona Sting Lacross team.

Coyotes have a 30 year lease with the City of Glendale Arizona and if they move (which they won’t in my opinion) the Coyotes would have to pay a penalty of over $750 million dollars to the city.

I am mentioning this since after game 6 of the cup finals KPHX 12 News said the Coyotes lost well over 50 million dollars this past season and the owners were considering moving the team.

This article says differently!!

1. What are your thoughts?
2. What are the penalty’s any of the other teams must pay to a city if they relocate?
Mr. O Winnipeg was avg. under 14,000 a few seasons before they moved and the Coyotes have avg over 14,000 most seasons since the move.
http://andrewsstarspage.com/NHL-Business/NHL-attendance.htm
NIPS; Indeed the Yotes will be better and will be a battle to just get into the playoffs, unless if the Coyotes can improve of the great season they had last year against the Pacific Division teams. They they would have a great shot at the division.

Note: I hope Blake Wheeler not signing with the Yotes doesn’t have any kind of negative impact for this team.
But yes, the Yotes have so much to look foward too and we could also pick up a star or 2 either in the offseason of during the season. Season tickets sales should go up( I’ll be one of them soon).

Note: With the Suns falling apart the bandwagon I think Will jump on this year!! More so if the D-backs continue to choke!!
Nice Beard

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6 Responses to “Phoenix Coyotes make 20% improvement last season, still believe the Coyotes will move?”

  1. # Mr Oon 09 Apr 2008 at 6:36 pm

    Classic case of a franchise that should have stayed put. Winnipeg is much more deserving of an NHL team that Phoenix. Unfortunately, a team moves, the owners see millions, but in this teams case, the product just never was good enough to fill the seats all too often. Move to Winnipeg…sell out the seats and make money. Or stay in Phoenix, and continue to be forgotten by the home town folks.

  2. # Chris Mon 10 Apr 2008 at 4:11 am

    Slim chance

  3. # #1 Red Wings fanon 12 Apr 2008 at 5:00 am

    Gretzkey *****. He should be fired, that’s why the team is doing so bad.

  4. # grayhamboneon 14 Apr 2008 at 8:22 pm

    I can always hope…:)

  5. # That Guyon 15 Apr 2008 at 7:24 am

    wow didn’t know it was that bad… yeah there probably fucked

    to the guy that said Gretzkey *****.

    thank you he should not be coaching

  6. # NIPS®on 17 Apr 2008 at 10:28 am

    How can they not?
    - the will have a great goalie for the whole season
    - Turris will play
    - They have 3 or 4 guys about ready to come up from the minors
    - Carcillo should have learned that being physical and stupid are 2 different thing (or they hope)
    - they got an agressive Defensive forward in Hossa
    - They retain most of everyone
    - they younger ones are into their 2nd and 3rd years in the league
    - Gretzky has a few years under his belt as a coach (something he needed)
    - Everyone in that organization and that is involved with it thinks and believes they are going to imporove (HUGE PLUS to have that attitude going into the seaon)

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