Comments on: Optimism in desert: Coyotes sale on horizon, grocery clerks talking hockey

By: herbiecane

herbiecane — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:49:38 +0000

Let Phoenix enjoy this.
Does that mean they’ll sell out the regular season next year? No. But they will sell more.
It’s never guaranteed, but success can lead to more success.
Winnipeg sells them all out- hooray for Winnipeg!
Any rational human being has to concede that Arizonans have a few more entertainment options in February than your average Winnipegger (?). Things like golf and boating and not freezing to death. Not mention an NFL team, an NBA team, and major college team.
Winnipeg has….ice fishing?
Don’t get wrong- walleye are awesome. But come on, man.
Apples and oranges.

By: blanchonegro

blanchonegro — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:38:13 +0000

@lostpuppy I believe Penn St started the White Out. Im not saying, Im just saying!

By: 1desertfan

1desertfan — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:23:05 +0000

Wow Hater, you feel you need to put down the Yotes in multiple posts and can’t keep them straight!! Mike Smith is a little busy right now, maybe you should chat with your goalie … Crawford? or wait till next week when Rinne frees up. So much hate …

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:40:00 +0000

Grocery clerks were also talking about the Minnesota Lynx around here when they won the WNBA championship last year too. That came and went pretty fast.

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:49:38 +0000

Btw, when are you guys gonna make up your own traditions instead of still using Winnipeg’s White-out?

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:38:30 +0000

Mr. Wisbadgers, with all due respect, even if the Jets lost 5.2 mil this season, the Coyotes lost an even greater 20.1 mil and is the least valuable team in the NHL, if I’m to go by the Forbes comparison that you drew your information from. How much success is it going to take before Phoenixians (Phoenixites? Phoenicians?) start to give a rat’s a** about the team? It’s great that you can fill an arena in the playoffs (unlike the Panthers, which absolutely baffles me) but if people only show up during the playoffs and not during successful regular season campaigns, then I’m sorry but the team ought to move where they are appreciated. It makes sense from a fan standpoint and a business standpoint. I’m all for bringing teams to non-traditional markets, and I do think it’s awesome that Nashville and San Jose have so strongly embraced their teams, but at some point enough is enough when folks don’t show up.

By: guitarmy204

guitarmy204 — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:16:57 +0000

again that article was from November 2011.

By: herbiecane

herbiecane — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:33:34 +0000

Of course this hasn’t happened in PHX before. Why would it?
But I know this- the fans they have had are LOVING this. So good for them.
Plus I’m happy for the ex-Hurricanes (Vrbata and Whitney).
PS- this Mike Smith is NOT the Tampa Mike Smith! I miss the Tampa Mike Smith. He sucked. Just sayin.

By: wisbadgers

wisbadgers — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:15:48 +0000

Uhm, whatever makes you sleep at night. They lost 5.2 million this season. If you don’t want to believe it, that’s fine. I have no agenda with the Jets, in fact, I was a fan of the Jets in their previous incarnation. It’s cause of all the crappy contracts they’re stuck with from their Thrasher days but none the less, they lost money.
If calling me an idiot makes you feel better at night, go ahead.
Having a conversation about hockey is fun, especially with passionate fans, which we both obviously are. But if you want to resort to childish antics, such as name calling….fine, you win, kid. I really don’t need the drama in my life or on the boards. I’ll save the drama for my own kids, not the kids on this site.

Anyways, enjoy the playoffs, I know I am!!!

By: pavelfitzgerald

pavelfitzgerald — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:36:18 +0000

Ignore my last post, meant it for the Mike Smith post.

By: pavelfitzgerald

pavelfitzgerald — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:51:09 +0000

Hey Mike, I get it’s a slow day, your doing your job & just trying to stir up conversation but I just didn’t think the Russians were overwhelming. You were actually just building on the article that was written. Just my way of respectfully disagreeing. By the way, I think it’s awesome that you guys interact with the commentators. Keep up the good work !!

By: keeepaa

keeepaa — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:40:57 +0000

(BOS, MTL, TOR, OTT, BUFF),
(PHL, PITT, NJD, NYI, NYR),
(CBUS, DET, CHI, STL, MIN),
(WASH, FLA, TAMPA, NASH, CAR),
(WIN, CALG, VAN, ***SEATTLE***, EDM),
(SJ, LA, ANA, COL, DAL)

When FLA moves to Quebec, the South East becomes (WA, TAMPA, CAR, NASH, STL), Northeast (QUE, MTL, OTT, TOR, BOS), North (CBUS, BUF, DET, CHI, MIN)

By: blanchonegro

blanchonegro — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:32:05 +0000

I live in AZ & its true this is the first year the Coyotes are getting attention and man are they getting lots of it. AZ is on FIRE about this team. GO YOTES!!!

By: herbiecane

herbiecane — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:13:23 +0000

As a fan in a “non-traditional” market (Raleigh), I watched playoff success grow a fan base here. Then grocery clerks ARE talking hockey. Everybody is. That’s how a fan base grows. See us. Then see…Atlanta.
Go Coyotes!

By: guitarmy204

guitarmy204 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:47:44 +0000

The only way anyone would buy this team is free money and some sort of out clause so they can move them

By: pavelfitzgerald

pavelfitzgerald — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:47:10 +0000

I didn’t realize that telling the truth was considered “trolling”. Your still pissed off that you got called out for being an idiot when you said the Jets lost $5.2 million, was asked for a link & provided a link from when they were the Thrashers .. .. This after the league announced that Winnipeg would not qualify for revenue sharing because they were in the top 15 for revenue, despite being in the smallest market. You my idiot, are the troll

By: Jason Brough

Jason Brough — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:42:08 +0000

It probably does matter actually. If Goldwater deems the lease a de facto subsidy, it could threaten to sue and Jamison could walk.

By: wisbadgers

wisbadgers — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:34:33 +0000

Shocker that pavelfitzgerald would troll into this post.
Don’t forget to keep the lights on, don’t want you to get scared!!!!

By: xaf605

xaf605 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:14:33 +0000

The fake coyote fans will come and go just like their team

By: pavelfitzgerald

pavelfitzgerald — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:50:52 +0000

Clearly kinda sad. I’m sorry but the fact that people are jumping on the bandwagon 15 years after the fact is no indication that they will continue to care. The fact that this is a story shows how awful of a market Phoenix has been

By: rosselliott

rosselliott — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:49:34 +0000

It doesn’t matter if any potential deal draws the ire of the Goldwater Institute as they have no actual power. The only reason they had any sway with the previous deal involve Matthew Hulsizer is that their legal threats chilled the bond market (if you’ll recall, the city of Glendale were going to sell bonds to help pay for the financing of the deal…)

As for the grocery clerk anecdote, a fan base has to start somewhere… Phoenix is not a huge hockey market, but the more interest they generate among the casual fan is only a good thing for the city, the market and the long term prospects of hockey in the desert (which, as the NHL and NBC will tell you, is a good thing…CBC and TSN, maybe not so much.)