Absolutely heartbreaking watching the Arizona Coyotes come to an end. Arizona deserved better.
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Following a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in their final game, the Arizona Coyotes salute their fans at center ice of Mullet Arena. #nhl #nhlintrend #regularseason #nhlHighlights
And I offer my support as another displaced Whalers fan. Respect to the team and the fans supporting them
Hi, I’m from CT and a Whalers fan. Just want to send you guys a hug. I’m so sorry for your loss
Really!!!
I really don’t think that many people cared
Really!!!
Well, I guess the people of Arizona now know how the people of Winnipeg felt back in 1996 when the Jets relocated to Phoenix, Arizona.
Sadly - I have no love lost for this franchise - or any franchise - that was stolen from their original fans.
@@oscarwinner2034 GFY, dude.
doubtful, the people in Arizona had to be paid to support their team
Sold out by business men with forked tongues & fans everywhere take note this is how much the NHL values you!! Who's the smallest franchise now??
Were you paying to keep the lights on? Didn't think so.
@@Wolfstalker21 it's not about being able to pay the bills dummy.. it was about finding a permanent arena and not keep moving around.
Happy happy days ❤️ fans where never there for there team.
As a Minnesota North Stars fan. I feel your pain. You will have a team again!!!!
as a Dallas Stars fan....been thanking y'all and Norm Green since 1993....LET'S GO STARS
Thank you for posting this.
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This was the saddest day of my life. Losing the Coyotes, I wish the owner would've kept them here. They deserve better than this. Why would he have done this. He really shouldn't have sold them to Salt Lake City, not even in general
I agree with you. It's a shame.
@@NHLinTREND indeed it is
Money…
Yup
Really? They were playing in a small college arena. They were up for sale for over a decade... they have been propped up by the league for so long. They should have moved a long time ago (to Quebec).
Will never feel bad for a franchise and fans that stole a team from another market in the first place.
Because it was the fans that did it
as a flames fan, even this is heartbreaking to me 😢
Get your estrogen levels checked bud
I'm sorry for their fans
I remember the feeling when they left winnipeg. Definitely a sad day again!
As a kid I was absolutely obsessed with the Minnesota North stars. I'm 43 now I still haven't recovered, hockey has never had that special feeling every again. When the NHL does this they lose fans,and that bond 😔 it's sad
And the Hartford Whalers.
As a Rangers fan, we’re gonna need the Coyotes back in the future. This can’t be the end of them forever
Not sure why this is so sad, nobody went to the games, wonder why they sold…….
It`s a pity. Had they been in a Canadian city they would have been moved many years ago.
If the fans only cared when the team was in the old arena. I think the yotes are the only team in thr NHl to relocate twice
Devils
As a Houston Oiler fan, I feel for the hockey fans in AZ. As a Houston Texans fan I'd like to tell them it may take a LOOOONG time but the NHL will be back in AZ. Now, having said all that, let me say this. Yes, you had a crappy owner (so did we) but, had you voted for a new arena, this would not have happen. Lastly, as an NHL fan, let me say, NHL IN HOUSTON!
There is no way they return to AZ. The NHL did anything possible to keep this team there.
though it's a different sport, *Oakland A's fans feel your pain*
Welcome to our lives as a CANADIAN WE'VE LOST OUR TEAMS TO AMERICA ......SEEMS YEARLY
Funny cause the coyotes used to be the Winnipeg Jets at one point
You got one of them back with Winnipeg (Atlanta Thrashers).
I know the feeling of losing a team it hurts
No government support, stingy voters in Tempe that would rather keep their toxic dump, the Phoenix Suns refusing to share their arena 4 years ago, a lack of community support and being more vocal about keeping this team, and numerous bad owners who only see dollar signs and a quick buck...that's what happened!!! With a sincere owner and the NHL being a little more diligent in their vetting process, Phoenix would be a successful franchise.
I heard they are relocating to Salt Lake City Utah?
Sad to see them go but the fans need to show up and i assumed they did not enough and not when it matters other than weekends i assume and they reallg need to not play in a college areena and have a beautiful arena of their own, i know how you they feel though when i lost my beloved sonics.
Yes, well maybe their billionaire owner should have built his own damn arena, instead of sponging off the taxpayers.
@@russs7574 wouldn't be worth the owners time or money, that fan base was garbage, support your team or lose them. Simple.
Shit this brought a tear to my eye.
Cardinals went from Phoenix to Arizona also in NFL
It’s worse being a fan of a Canadian team knowing we have zero chance of winning the Cup. I quit watching hockey regularly last year after two decades of misery.
If you truly believe that the NHL is rigging it against Canadian teams so that US teams can succeed, then you’re truly a person of intelligence that is well below average and are entitled to no opinions regarding anything. Ever. Crybaby.
@@spankyrasklebones2804 Insulting him because he's right and sees through the NHL's BS?
Its a convoluted mess. the Coyotes will officially remain part of the NHL until 2029 but as a deactivated franchise with no hockey operations, a new franchise is made in Utah, and if the Coyotes can secure an arena before 2029, they are reactivated as an expansion... (and the NHL will be forced to make plans for 3 more expansions after that) so they're not quite dead, not quite alive.
Expansion fees are way more than relocation fees. Why the NHL kept the Yotes afloat this long. Every time a buyer came in looking to relocate them, the NHL would pull back and offer the owner an opportunity for a new franchise. Then the owners would all make much more from their cut. The Yotes were chum for the past decade.
Basically in intensive care waiting for a transplant.
@@oscarwinner2034 of Arizona wants a team again , after the new arena is built, the owner will have to pay $1bill for a expansion fee.
They couldn’t fill a 15000 seat arena for years then on the last game they fill a 4600 seat one and are upset? Am I missing something here? Seems to me like coyotes’ fans will do anything for their team except go watch them.
It's the truth most people were too scared (or clueless) to admit
OMG I’m gonna miss watching ice hackey in my flip flaps
Wayne Gretzky was part owner at one time any truth tothat
‘Twas
Hey AZ, You can have the Sabres. Take 'em, please.
Sabres owners are pathetic!!!!....The Bills are right behind them!
Do the players go to the new team? Or does everyone go their own way?
They go to the new team. Uncertain if the numbers retired (if any) by the Coyotes will stay retired in Utah or be restored (a la Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche).. Unless a nickname has already been announced, I would go with Gulls or GoldenEagles (both were minor-league teams based in SLC).
Professional hockey, like all professional sports are great games but terrible businesses on people.
They will be back i gaurette it
Phoenix coyotes Arizona coyotes now Utah coyotes
This is heart breaking moment for the fans. However, the fact is Arizona Coyotes should never have been given a NHL team in the first place. It not a hockey market. Garry Bettman expansion into the Southern United States has been a disaster for the NHL. Arizona, Dallas, Florida, Tampa Bay, Anaheim, San Jose, and Atlanta were given franchises over Canadian cities because of Bettman's ego. Most NHL teams are losing money. Salt Wake City is just the latest bad move by Bettman. Canada has hokcey markets in cities like Hamilton, Halifax, Quebec City, and Saskatoon..
Tampa, Anaheim, Dallas all are great markets and those franchise have won championships.. your a moron
All those Canadian cities you named have a combined population less then. Phoenix , not sure how you think those are better markets.. and thats a reason Quebec left for Denver.
@@mikefox181 he's Canadian economics isn't his strong suit. Of course 1/20th of the population will bring more money to the NHL because they are hardcore hockey fans, so they will all spend 200x what people spent in Arizona 🤣 keep crying Kyle, it will get you somewhere baby boy.
Don’t blame the owners, blame the residents of Tempe, they denied wanting to make a new stadium
Utah
So sad why
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It won’t work in Utah either!
something tells me it's gonna work better there than it did in that trash can of a state.
Don't understand why people would cry over a sports team lol
The team with the worst fans in the league finally ends, thank god. Hopefully they never make it back to the desert. Arizona doesn't deserve a team.
This was a mistake from the get-go....Arizona was NEVER a hockey town or city and the fan base was puke and couldn't care less and NOW people wanna cry and oh don't leave?? The coyotes were nothing more than an ahl team aka a minor league team...MISTAKE FROM THE START
Go and watch cricket you fickle hockey fan! Leave our sport!
I hate AZ. GO JETS GO
Nobody likes Winnipeg , so shut it
A poorly run franchise that should've folded a decade ago. The league is better without it.
Poorly run, yes. Is the league better without, no.
@@Calvin-xp4qp The league is a business. They want profit. The Coyotes were not pulling their weight. By every single metric the league is better without them.
Cmon man have a heart. The Coyotes were a fun team even if they weren’t the greatest team with the greatest history. Their franchise may be gone but never forgotten
I can't on this one, been banging this drum for years. The fans could've bought tickets when they were struggling for years. Sooo many empty arena games. I don't blame them, with like 1 deep playoff run ever, but the thing is they really didn't have many die hard hockey fans. Go figure. Then the franchise didn't pay their bills, and expected the public to bail them out with a horrendous arena pitch. Just so bad at every level.
The league wanted the Coyotes to remain as is so they could attract new owners for expansion teams. The Coyotes were just shark bait. The Seattle owners paid $650 Million in expansion fees. Divide that up by all the teams in the league. Although I read that Ryan Smith said he paid just $200 million to relocate the Coyotes. You can see why the league preferred expansion.
Stop nobody cared about the coyotes when they were there now that they’re leaving everybody’s heartbroken. Give me a break hockey never belong in the desert anyway ridiculous. Those are the cold hard facts
Another douchebag with an opinion...stuff it Vinny.
@@timtheenchanter6855 A douchebag who is 100% right
' The franchise can be reactivated within five years if there is steady progress towards a new arena. ' - GB.