Phoenix Coyotes staying in Phoenix?

[Physical_Graffiti]

Yeah, I didn't know that they owned Sun Media until I read the article.

[Streaks House]

This could be it:

@DarrenDreger: Unless progress is made this week in sale of Coyotes.NHL will begin Plan B investigation next wk. Seattle, Que City, Vegas and KC in mix.

[npv708]

- Quebec City would be so awesome, but only if they brought back the Nordiques.
- Kansas City has a new arena that is just dying for a pro team
- Seattle would prefer a NBA team
- I just don't think a team would do well in Vegas, see Las Vegas Outlaws.

[Physical_Graffiti]

- Quebec City would be so awesome, but only if they brought back the Nordiques.
- Kansas City has a new arena that is just dying for a pro team
- Seattle would prefer a NBA team
- I just don't think a team would do well in Vegas, see Las Vegas Outlaws.

If you remove some of your "problem franchises", I can't see why they don't take a chance on Vegas.

I would "add" every one of those cities.

Agreed about QC: If they can, I'd love to see a small variation on their unused 95-96 jerseys (make the "blue" more blue and less green, add a bit of red if possible)

[FanofUlf]

I think they stay another year.
Glendale will lose more than 25 million if they leave. Sooner or later the government in Glendale and the tea partyers there need to learn the enemy of the good is perfection. Yes, it stinks to use tax payer dollars in this case, but the deed was done a decade and a half ago when the contract was made. Lose the team, the arena is useless and still have to be paid.

If they move, do Seattle.
NH: can't afford to abandon markets in the sunbelt, since this is where the balance of the population and economy will be headed.
Place then in a growing, young, disposable economic place like Seattle.
Not a small market like KC or Quebec (save them for the Isles, please).

[Nizzy]

If Quebec City has a good enough arena, then its a crime if their not the next place to receive a team.

The pure HATRED of the Montreal vs Quebec rivary is just as big as Pens/Flyers, Detroit/Chicago.

@the guy who talked about the economy in the subbelt??? all the older people/population moving there already have their own teams picked out.

[Physical_Graffiti]

Just for fun: What would everyone name a Seattle NHL team?

[Mongoose87]

Just for fun: What would everyone name a Seattle NHL team?

The Baristas.

[Idoit40fans]

Just for fun: What would everyone name a Seattle NHL team?

The Baristas.

Didn't they have a hockey team at one point? Metropolitans?
The seattle Mets.

[Trip McNeely]

I think Seattle would be a very good place for an NHL team. There are alot of former Alaskans that have moved to Seattle. They could have a pretty hardcore base, which in the NHL, you totally need to be successful. A Seattle-Vancouver rivalry could be sweet.

Don't do KC.

Save Quebec City for the Islanders or the Panthers

[newarenanow]

I still hope they stay in Phoenix, but it just seems like such a mess there right now within the ownership (or lack there of) ranks and the government, it is hurting the one ice product.

IF all else fails, I'd prefer Seattle or Quebec City.

Quebec City will restore the East/West flavor since Atlanta moved to Winnepeg, and hopefully they get rid of that stupid 4 conference thing they want to do.

Seattle is a decent sized city that I think hockey would do well in and it keeps some interest in the US in a bigger city.

[Physical_Graffiti]

Just for fun: What would everyone name a Seattle NHL team?

The Baristas.

Didn't they have a hockey team at one point? Metropolitans?
The seattle Mets.

That's the only name I've seen seriously suggested elsewhere.

Lol I was trying to think of a name to do with coffee .

[MRandall25]

Just for fun: What would everyone name a Seattle NHL team?

The Baristas.

Didn't they have a hockey team at one point? Metropolitans?
The seattle Mets.

That's the only name I've seen seriously suggested elsewhere.

Lol I was trying to think of a name to do with coffee .

The Hipsters?

[Physical_Graffiti]

Just for fun: What would everyone name a Seattle NHL team?

The Baristas.

Didn't they have a hockey team at one point? Metropolitans?
The seattle Mets.

That's the only name I've seen seriously suggested elsewhere.

Lol I was trying to think of a name to do with coffee .

The Hipsters?

But then no one would hear about them!

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Since the NHL owns the Coyotes, their future city depends mostly on their future ownership. I am not sure if there is an ownership group in Seattle looking for an NHL team. I remember hearing interest in Quebec.

[Physical_Graffiti]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=385636

LABEAUME PREDICTS FIRST-CLASS NHL ARENA FOR QUEBEC CITY

Quebec City is confident its planned $400-million arena will rival the best in the NHL, mayor Regis Labeaume said Friday, but architects already have been told to make some minor alterations so that the project doesn't exceed its budget.
After touring Pittsburgh's one-year-old Consol Energy Center, Labeaume told reporters it would be a "dream" to deliver a similar building to his hockey-starved constituents. Quebec lost an NHL team when the Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995 and were renamed the Avalanche.

And should an NHL team, perhaps the Phoenix Coyotes, look to relocate before the Quebec City arena opens in 2015, Labeaume said the city is ready to welcome it to the existing Pepsi Colisee as early as "tomorrow morning."

[Mongoose87]

I don't care how much nostalgia there is in Québéc, there isn't enough corporate sponsorship available.

The Hipsters?

Just call it the underground.

[Mr. Colby]

I think Seattle would be a very good place for an NHL team. There are alot of former Alaskans that have moved to Seattle. They could have a pretty hardcore base, which in the NHL, you totally need to be successful. A Seattle-Vancouver rivalry could be sweet.

Don't do KC.

Save Quebec City for the Islanders or the Panthers

I like this. I can't envision long-term sustainable success in Kansas City, though I'm not an economist.

Seattle could work out well, those west-coast teams have actually succeeded. It's better than Phoenix because it isn't a bunch of older transplants that already have their own teams to root for. That's half the problem with the Panthers. And why Vegas probably wouldn't work out so well.

Try to keep Phoenix out west, then move the next team to QC, whether it's NYI, NJ, Florida, Nashville

[Nizzy]

I think Seattle would be a very good place for an NHL team. There are alot of former Alaskans that have moved to Seattle. They could have a pretty hardcore base, which in the NHL, you totally need to be successful. A Seattle-Vancouver rivalry could be sweet.

Don't do KC.

Save Quebec City for the Islanders or the Panthers

I like this. I can't envision long-term sustainable success in Kansas City, though I'm not an economist.

Seattle could work out well, those west-coast teams have actually succeeded. It's better than Phoenix because it isn't a bunch of older transplants that already have their own teams to root for. That's half the problem with the Panthers. And why Vegas probably wouldn't work out so well.

Try to keep Phoenix out west, then move the next team to QC, whether it's NYI, NJ, Florida, Nashville

I liked his post too, makes sense. This way Detroit can still cry about staying in the West.

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[Rylan]

Seattle Grunge

Seattle Depression

Seattle Golden Seals (lol I know they weren't in Seattle but its one of my favorite old names)

[Physical_Graffiti]

Seattle Grunge

Seattle Depression

Seattle Golden Seals (lol I know they weren't in Seattle but its one of my favorite old names)

Something to do with Grunge would be awesome imo, but I can't think of a way to make it sound right to me.

Seattle Fusion? Seattle Grungers? Seattle Soundwaves? Seattle Slick? Seattle Streetcars? Seattle Soul? Seattle Chic?

[Rylan]

Seattle Slam-Dancers

[no name]

Man if KC gets it, how do you work (the new) re-alighnemnt, either Detroit or Columbus would have to move east.

Seattle Volcanos.

[columbia]

Seattle Oysters

[Rylan]

Seattle Eruption.