Coyotes officially leaving Arizona for Utah after sale to Jazz owners
The team will play at Delta Center, home of the Jazz, until a new arena can be built.
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I am a bit surprised though why they chose to keep the Utah name as oppose to Salt Lake City. Saw some names on SC this morning around as Utah HC, Utah Blizzard and Utah Fury. Wonder why they won't use Salt Lake City?
Its not all that uncommon - Colorado in Hockey, Minnesota (in all sports), Tennessee and Carolina (Football), Utah in Basketball... I may be missing some.
Its a state that only has one market of size (Salt Lake City) and its not a huge market by itself, so they must feel its better to brand as the entire state.
You know......so true - no idea why those didn't come to me 
- brain was on SP. Wow - duh on me! Need to get laid again .
- brain was on SP. Wow - duh on me! Need to get laid again .It's about time they moved. Should have happened 10+ years ago.
So they leave a market of 5 million people who hate hockey and DGAF for a market of 2 million people who hate hockey and DGAF......
If they put a 2nd franchise in the GTA, that fucker would sell out every game!
If they put a 2nd franchise in the GTA, that fucker would sell out every game!
I'm sure the players and other owners are thrilled. I wonder how much the Yotes depressed the salary cap because they weren't pulling in a lot of hockey related revenue with that college arena that they couldn't fill.
Now, I'll say Betman made a mistake to an extend on the Desert experience. But, look at the NHL players from Arizona! Matthews, Knies, , Tage Thompson, the Tkachuck brothers....Matthews alone is a superstar.
Utah makes some sense. They have a good arena ready for hockey, the NHL likes the owner, they don't have to rejig conferences, and they can start next year.
The NHL wants expansion money from places like Houston or Quebec, and maybe Phoenix or Atlanta, but I don't know why they would go back thinking things would be better...
Now, I'll say Betman made a mistake to an extend on the Desert experience. But, look at the NHL players from Arizona! Matthews, Knies, , Tage Thompson, the Tkachuck brothers....Matthews alone is a superstar.
Utah makes some sense. They have a good arena ready for hockey, the NHL likes the owner, they don't have to rejig conferences, and they can start next year.
The NHL wants expansion money from places like Houston or Quebec, and maybe Phoenix or Atlanta, but I don't know why they would go back thinking things would be better...
Houston and Austin aren't a bad idea. Houston is massive - about 7 million - and they both have a natural rivalry with the Stars.
Quebec is Winnipeg 2.0 - a hockey mad city that's tiny, commercially minuscule and very isolated.
I understand each player and exec is being given a full set of the TV reality show "Sister Wives" and 3 free wives courtesy of the Mormon Tabernacle elders as a welcoming gift to America's weirdest and most regressive state.
With 25 or so players and another 25 execs, the wives will guarantee at least 150 people attend each home game.
With the rich hockey heritage of SLC/Utah, I can't see how this can be anything but a ringing success. Torontonians had best be prepared for when we have to give up the title of the centre of the hockey universe.
Who knew?
NHL Players Born in Utah ‑ All-Time Stats Leaders (quanthockey.com)
Who knew?
NHL Players Born in Utah ‑ All-Time Stats Leaders (quanthockey.com)
Did any of those cities mentioned come up with somebody with 1.2 billion to buy the team and additional financing for a new rink? Any more questions on why Utah has an NHL team?
I'm guessing both Konowalchuk and Lewis were from Alberta families and were born at 7/11's outside Salt Lake City when their parents decided to motor down to Vegas despite mom being 8 months pregnant.
I mean, Konowalchuk just screams Canadian Ukrainian from the Prairies!!
How tf does anyone in Utah have $1.2 B????!!!!!.....
The only thing I can conclude is that someone took the entire class action proceeds from a child sexual abuse mega lawsuit against the Morman church and decided to waste it buying a hockey franchise!
The only other thing I can think is that the entire Utah state legislature - all white Mormon church deacons, of course - recently banned internet porn because Jesus told them to. So maybe they figure that the entire male population of Utah has nothing to do in the evening now and a little cash to spend.
