Does the Coyotes Move Mean Expansion is Next on NHL Agenda?

Alex Muerelo has no business being gifted another franchise.

I know he hates how many times he’s had to cover the coyotes but I genuinely enjoy every one of these type of videos

As a former Seattle Sonics fan I feel for the Yotes fan base. Losing your team because ownership screwed you over is a special pain.

I feel bad for coyotes fans no fanbase deserves to have a team ripped away from them like this

Houston actually tried to join the NHL twice. Prior to merge of the Cleveland Barons and the Minnesota North Stars, the owner of the Houston Aeros put in a bid to purchase the Barons. I don't know if that offer was too late or if it was outright rejected, but needless to say, it didn't happen. The second, of course, was the almost-successful purchase of the Oilers. On the Flames, I cannot stress this enough, the issue in Atlanta *was not attendance*. As I said before, Tom Cousins -- then owner of the Flames -- went broke because the real estate market in Atlanta collapsed in the late 1970s. He first offered it to Ted Turner (he refused because he said hockey "wasn't good for television") before eventually selling to the highest bidder. Some of those Flames players couldn't even sell their homes when the team moved, and some of those still live here today. That history is pretty easy to find. Simply looking up the attendance figures on hockeydb really doesn't tell the story at all.

RIP Yotes

The problem with giving Meruelo a 5 year window is that he's already soured relationships with pretty much everyone in Arizona, and that's not even counting the hotel bills they allegedly skipped out on. I think if the NHL is intent on going back to Arizona, it can't be with Meruelo. He's squandered every opportunity he's been given and really ruined relationships.

If the NHL ever gets to 36 teams, the best solution would be 6 divisions with 6 teams in each. And then go back to the 1-8 Conference playoff seeding.

Bring back the Nordiques! The NHL is incomplete without Quebec.

“Why would the owners of a league, which already has 32 teams, and would further dilute the talent by growing, be looking to expand to even more teams?” “It’s called greed old sport!”

You can fill a building in Phoenix… now getting a building is another story

If you expand by four teams and don't add another Canadian team (whether Nordiques, second Toronto team, or Hamilton) it's a travesty

It is 2024 and the nhl is still not in Houston yet..... that's crazy with how big of a sports market Houston is

Phoenix and Atlanta have a better chance of getting a franchise, than Quebec City, we all know it.

Having Ryan smith in our league is a great benefit to the league

I'd love to see Houston get a team. I think that Dallas-Houston rivalry could be grand.

Washington and Kansas City came in during the 1974-75 season

Y'know I always felt like we all knew they were going to move, but to Salt Lake City, that is something I really never thought about

Always a nice video when the Thrasher's gear comes out. As an Atlantan and a Thrashers fan, I think the next team DOES need to be named the Thrashers. Update the aesthetic if necessary but the Brown Thrasher is Georgia's state bird, it still fits with the Hawks and Falcons and as a hockey fan it feels like the brand needs redemption. All that said I understand good business decisions rarely leave room for sentiment like that. I just feel like if we got a third team not called the Thrashers it wouldnt redress the injustice done to the team by the Atlanta Spirit.

It wasn't washington and the islanders, it was flames and islanders, then scouts and caps.