Redwings fan here, i always stay up late to watch the yotes. They skate hard, they care and their games are wild AF. They have an amazing roster of prospects 24 years of age and younger.
Biz, most often I scream at my TV in opposition of your opinions and analysis. However, you are spot on here and what a class act this was talking about this organization. I have new found respect for you today. As far as hockey in the desert, it belongs there as much as it does in South Florida for my Panthers. And for that matter, as much as it belongs in Toronto or Montreal. If we are all true fans of the game, we want to see the fan base grow and flourish. I hope Arizona one day gets another team. Moreover, I hope the NHL holds owners more accountable in the future. What happened in Arizona and Atlanta a few years back was due to poor ownership and at the cost of players and fans alike. Thanks again Biz, this needed to be said.
I don't think anyone is cheering for people losing their team, they're cheering because the piece of shit owner finally got overruled, and at least for now, lost his privileges to own an NHL franchise. I'd say most, if not all, feel terrible for the fans that have been screwed for nearly a quarter of a century.
@@bofafn No Phoenix was a better location, it's just the ownership was atrocious and slowly killed the franchise forcing them to move to Utah. Phoenix is one of the largest cities in the US and believe it or not they had a big market, they just never had a good arena, were very poorly managed, and frequently missed the playoffs.
Redwings fan here! I’ve always respected the Coyotes and cheered for them as an under dog team. I hope the best works out for the coyotes and their fan base!
What the fuck are you talking about? Any teams to survive needs 18,000 maybe 17,000 a game they have had under 13,000 fans for 30 years. What fans are you talking about? There’s major junior teams in Quebec that average more fans per game.
Cut the crap. It's a GREAT day for hockey. Should've been done a decade ago at least. They couldn't fill a 5000 seat rink - with a winning record until game 40! Many nights, even against Canadian teams that brought the snowbirds out, they barely got 3000 fans. If the fans were so loyal and legion, why did the team move twice before ending up in that rink where they played second fiddle to the college team? Thank God for the voters of Tempe, the mayor of Scottsdale and Smith for finally, FINALLY, putting an end to the most embarrassing, Mickey Mouse league stubbornness and ongoing waste of other owners' money to keep a team on life support in the history of pro sports.
@@davedavid427 well said, buddy could not agree more. They also got kicked out of an arena for not paying their taxes and shared an arena with the Phoenix Suns, but got kicked out for also not paying their taxes.
@@user-zk8gy6iv7z And now I'm hearing they hadn't paid hotel bills and the hotels were going to ask them to pay to pay in advance for next season. Let's also take a moment to remember John Chayka's private combine hijinks, also one of the more ridiculous recent front office blunders in sports. Dude was considered a whiz kid GM and he'll never work in pro sports again. It seems to me you can't fly "at least 20 CHL players" (per TSN's Dreger) down from Canada mid-season and run physical tests without Meruelo's approval - and that's why they lost 1st and 2nd round picks. Fucking clown show.
@@davedavid427 insanity man. Pisses me off the rich clubs had to fork up loot for 30 years to keep this dumpshow around. I’m happy for clayton keller he is nasty and is probably stoked about the move lol
@chanthaburigems money, too ownership was having financial problems and they had a strained relationship with the city of St. John's, namely the incident where the team got locked out of the arena for 6 games, the city ended up paying them compensation for that. I think ownership may have been the biggest issue actually, they owned 2 teams in the league and the other one was having trouble too.
They need the views so they have to make up a good headline, even though it's got no footing in reality. I also missed where this supposed choking up occurred.
ya that bothered me a lot too. i HATE when they trick u into watching a vid and then realizing they lied to u. I feel like they i've been tricked. But then again, i can see why, cuz if i didn't read Biz was choked up, NO WAY i watch this vid.
This happened to us in Vancouver,where out of no where the Vancouver Grizzlies were taken away from us,ownership did that to us,owners came-here like he was a saviour of the franchise but all along was going to move our team,I know Grizzlies were losers,but they were our team,for any city that loses their team it’s heartbreaking,Coyotes needed a stadium near Phoenix,it’s too bad,they have great uniforms and I’m sure in a few years they would’ve competitive,,sorry this happened to you all in Arizona ,especially the fans and the staff who will not be going to Utah,I could only imagine if I worked for my fav team,the Canucks and this happened to us
you guys were told 2 years ago.......youre close to losing your team. you guys still couldnt bother selling out 4,600 seats to show support. its hard to show empathy for a fanbase who didnt show support
@@scottstenlund433a big reason behind that though is how it was handled out there . Shit owners who made awful decisions aren’t gonna build excited fanbases . This happens in every single city. When teams struggle or when franchises are mishandled attendance struggles. Phoenix is a massive metro area and one of the fastest growing areas in the US. There’s massive potential there . Just was hugely mishandled by shit owners
They had almost 30 years to get it right…. And they couldn’t stabilize ownership or even a place to play. Winnipeg has had a season and a half of a lack of sellouts and they are threatening to potentially move that team. Give me a break.
Lightning fan here. I agree with Biz Nasty about hockey belonging in the desert. What's now the Footprint Center is centrally located, but it doesn't work for hockey due to being built with only basketball in mind. What's now Desert Diamond Arena is hockey-friendly, but it's not even close to being centrally located. I'm not crazy about Alex Meruelo running the new Coyotes, but I strongly believe that a franchise in the Valley of the Sun can become viable with an NHL-friendly venue that's where the hockey fans live (mainly from Phoenix on east).
@@kevinkeith3530 It's not quite as cut and dry as you're making it out to be. With such a tiny arena, the only way the Coyotes were gonna be able to make money was with high ticket prices. The Coyotes had to contribute a certain amount of money to revenue sharing, so that system helped contribute to the ticket prices being what they were at the Mullet. Also, the Coyotes weren't even close to the playoffs in the regular season's final weeks and not many people are gonna pay premium prices for a bad product. The attendance numbers would've been much better even with that kind of team in a proper arena anywhere in the Valley from Phoenix on east.
As a lifelong resident of greater Hartford, moving a team does not diminish your love for the game. The teams are forever intertwined in the fabric of our city. They are a part of our identity. They hold the hope that the world’s greatest league will one day return to our city and the Brass Bonanza will make our hearts swell.
The Coyotes have always sucked, and to all the “fans” saying long live the Yotes and that “hockey belongs in the desert” are probably the fans who would never go ACTUALLY support their team. “Being out of the way” is zero excuse. Ya’ll are the reason why you’re losing your team. You never showed up. You never gave a shit. You’re only sad because YOUR ACTIONS and terrible support are the reasons why they are going to Utah. At least the people of Salt Lake City will actually go to a game.
If things don’t change in Canada 🇨🇦 we’ll be hearing more speeches like this about the Canadians, Oilers and the other 5 great franchises in the great white north. Business is not what it used to be thanks to the Prime Minister’s totalitarian ways. Please help the great Canadian nation get back to normal. God bless Canada 🇨🇦 and all the normal citizens being effected by this craziness 😢
Now the people of Arizona know how the people of Winnipeg felt ! There is hope. In 20 years you can get another franchise. ( Sorry Atlanta is fresh out of hockey teams ) another decade to build a cup contender
I watched the game on TV, although I am not an Arizona fan (Habs fan here). I also had tears as I was upset for the players, staff and fans. I had seen Coyotes play back in September when they visited Melbourne with the LA Kings for the two pre-season games (only just over one hour flight from my home city of Sydney). Their former owners really sucked for the way they treated the players, staff and fans. Respect to the ones who were truly behind their team and no respect whatsoever to those owners.
writing was on the wall as soon as they moved into Mullet... having a professional team play in a college rink is a really bad optical for any newbies tuning in
Yep. And with no plan for a new arena to be built. It would have been one thing had the construction started on the new arena prior to them coming to the Mullet Arena.
@@MrHunterbgFor sure. Notre Dame, IN (my local area) hosts the Blackhawks training camp, it’s likely very comparative to what Mullet is like. The Compton is packed to 5k attendance; but tbf it’s a college rink (like the Yotes). It really falls on the ownership. Arizona is a wayyy larger hockey hotbed than Northern Indiana; yet the way each has marketed/managed has resulted in drastically different outcomes. If the Yotes never moved into Mullet, I believe we wouldn’t be facing the relocation of the team. Ultimately, I’m just sorry for the fans who lost a part of their weekly joy
@@EL1TESHARKAgreed, this falls entirely on ownership. The Coyotes only moved to Mullet Arena because their POS owner didn’t want to pay the city rent in their previous arena. Even after they moved to Mullet: he didn’t want to pay the new city for 30 years if he got the landfill plot back in the summer, and he still didn’t pay team expenses throughout the season. If Meruelo simply pays rent for the Gila River Arena while waiting to build a new place, none of this would happen.
It's always a shame when a team leaves its fans behind. The yotes had a bright future. Also, thanks for beating the oilers and overtaking the habs for the lottery ;)
The current owner of the Yotes should never be allowed to have another major sports franchise again, EVER!!! Most, if not all of Leaf Nation is feeling the pain of the fans and employees that are losing a piece of their lives. Hockey does work in the desert, this owner should not be allowed to be anywhere near the future team.
As a rangers fan I rarely agree with biz but yes it's great to see the passionate fans in arizona get praise, there might not be many of them but they stuck by a mediocre franchise through its ups and downs and didnt abandon them. It seems like a great move to move to another area but it sucks that those who I just mentioned that didnt abandon such a mediocre franchise even at its worst but the franchise abandoned them. I can understand how that would be a slap in the face. On the other hand it was clear it wasnt going to work out there was just too many factors for a while that was making this inevitable. Still sucks for those who supported the franchise.
The Biz is the business for me. I haven't been able to watch hockey, especially after what THEY did to Don Cherry. The panels used in hockey during broadcasts lack everything missing from the sport. The chicklets boys represent all that's missing.
As a former Thrasher fan, I understand what the Coyote fans are going through. It sucks! I hope you get another chance at having a team, and bravo Biz! You are a fan favorite because of your honesty passion! The league needs to do more to support franchises in new markets. If you want to grow a garden, you don’t throw plants or seeds in a pot and tell them to figure it out, you have to water, fertilize, and nurture that garden till it produces the results you need.
Bruins fan here, hockey does belong in the desert. It isn't fair that a city loses a team. There are passionate sports fans everywhere, no matter what sport you watch. Hopefully they bring hockey back to Arizona. True sports teams never die
I'm just failing to understand why they didn't? They were in a 5k stadium and couldn't sell it out. Im genuinely curious why, they've always had attendance issues
Good riddance Arizona. Canada and the northern states are where the true hockey fans are. Some of these southern markets sell tickets for 5 bucks and people still don't wanna go. Let's start living in reality
The team was playing well in the first half when they couldn't sell 5k seats, too! And why did they move twice before ending up in that 5k rink if the fans were so great?!
You’re the best Biz! We love you in AZ. I hope you can raise some money and figure out how to bring it back here buddy, nobody is going to let Murelos build anything here
There are more Buffalo Sabres fans living in Phoenix than Coyotes fans and that is not an exaggeration. Im from the Northeast and lived in Phoenix and I can attest with 100% certainty that hockey does not belong in the desert and it never did.
It always sux when a team leaves town. I remember when the Sonics left Seattle and ownership lied about not selling it to an "out of towner". The owner was behind a legislative bill that would have given an extra $90 million in taxpayers monies for an arena remodel spent on parking and consession's whole only adding 600 fan seats. When the bill was voted down the owner got mad and started lying to the city. When I hear Paul speak those feeling come back. Sorry for you Arizona..
I can only imagine being just good enough like paul and living yousr childhood dream and having the team that gambled on u and said ur good enough, now there gone. Sucks. Always felt bad for coyotes. Ownership problems
Team should have been moved a long time ago, in fact never shouldve been there in the first place. Should be another team in the Toronto area or Quebec City. Gary Betman and the owners dont care about actual hockey fans and the place the game originated in.
As a Tampa fan I can’t say I feel y’all’s pain, but what I will say is that this can happen to any franchise and something needs to be done to protect the communities that these clubs represent, it just simply isn’t acceptable in my eyes to dangle the carrot in front of the horse for decades and then just all the team to relocate like you’re moving a franchise store. People make careers off these teams, they make lifetime friends, family, and memories. To just rip that all away because an owner could make a profit is gross and quite frankly should not be allowed to happen. Lastly for the fans saying things like ‘Arizona isn’t a hockey market, or they donut deserve a team they’re fair-weather fans’ that’s all well and good until your stadium is no longer safe, or the owner of the building decides it would be better financially to build condos, or any other number of reasons why a team would be forced to move out as unlikely as it is. The reality is no fan base should have to go through this.
That was a class act. Well done Biz.
It's unreal how far he's come as a hockey analyst while staying true to his own personality. TV needs more biz's
Thank you biz for speaking up for all us yotes fans! Hockey does belong in the desert!
Don’t worry it still is….In Las Vegas
If it belongs in the desert why was it such a failure? You make no sense lol.
@@bobabooey4537you heard the video? Ownership. Stop yapping
Show up to games and this wouldn’t have happened
@@DaBills716 stop being a dick for no reason.
Redwings fan here, i always stay up late to watch the yotes. They skate hard, they care and their games are wild AF. They have an amazing roster of prospects 24 years of age and younger.
Same with the Hawks Buckle up. Hopefully AZ approves a stadium. They are solely to blame. They don’t want the. Team
@@66oldscutlassehh Bedard wont last, otherwise basement dwellers
Biz, most often I scream at my TV in opposition of your opinions and analysis. However, you are spot on here and what a class act this was talking about this organization. I have new found respect for you today.
As far as hockey in the desert, it belongs there as much as it does in South Florida for my Panthers. And for that matter, as much as it belongs in Toronto or Montreal. If we are all true fans of the game, we want to see the fan base grow and flourish. I hope Arizona one day gets another team. Moreover, I hope the NHL holds owners more accountable in the future. What happened in Arizona and Atlanta a few years back was due to poor ownership and at the cost of players and fans alike.
Thanks again Biz, this needed to be said.
As much as mtl or tor?! Pull your head out of your ass
It's a sad thing, and anyone cheering it on should try to understand what it would be like to have your team ripped away from you.
utah team way better location im excited. the yotes dont make enough money to build anything good.
I’m a SAN DIEGO Chargers fan. I feel your pain.
I don't think anyone is cheering for people losing their team, they're cheering because the piece of shit owner finally got overruled, and at least for now, lost his privileges to own an NHL franchise. I'd say most, if not all, feel terrible for the fans that have been screwed for nearly a quarter of a century.
@@bofafn No Phoenix was a better location, it's just the ownership was atrocious and slowly killed the franchise forcing them to move to Utah. Phoenix is one of the largest cities in the US and believe it or not they had a big market, they just never had a good arena, were very poorly managed, and frequently missed the playoffs.
Now AZ knows how Winnipeg felt in 1996
Biz, you said it best: hockey does belong in the desert and not under the control of Alex Meruelo.
Thank you Biz,for kind and Heart Felt message to Coyote Nation.So sad to see the Coyotes move.Leaf Fan
thank you bizonette for having the guts to speak your mind , as best you could !
True class right there, thanks Biz
Thanks Biz, I hate this situation. I’m heartbroken.
Couldn't have said that any better, Biz. Much respect
Redwings fan here! I’ve always respected the Coyotes and cheered for them as an under dog team. I hope the best works out for the coyotes and their fan base!
A very sad day for hockey. Wish the Coyotes could stay and that fans get a team back in Phoenix/Arizona some day.
What the fuck are you talking about? Any teams to survive needs 18,000 maybe 17,000 a game they have had under 13,000 fans for 30 years. What fans are you talking about? There’s major junior teams in Quebec that average more fans per game.
Cut the crap. It's a GREAT day for hockey. Should've been done a decade ago at least. They couldn't fill a 5000 seat rink - with a winning record until game 40! Many nights, even against Canadian teams that brought the snowbirds out, they barely got 3000 fans.
If the fans were so loyal and legion, why did the team move twice before ending up in that rink where they played second fiddle to the college team? Thank God for the voters of Tempe, the mayor of Scottsdale and Smith for finally, FINALLY, putting an end to the most embarrassing, Mickey Mouse league stubbornness and ongoing waste of other owners' money to keep a team on life support in the history of pro sports.
@@davedavid427 well said, buddy could not agree more. They also got kicked out of an arena for not paying their taxes and shared an arena with the Phoenix Suns, but got kicked out for also not paying their taxes.
@@user-zk8gy6iv7z And now I'm hearing they hadn't paid hotel bills and the hotels were going to ask them to pay to pay in advance for next season.
Let's also take a moment to remember John Chayka's private combine hijinks, also one of the more ridiculous recent front office blunders in sports. Dude was considered a whiz kid GM and he'll never work in pro sports again. It seems to me you can't fly "at least 20 CHL players" (per TSN's Dreger) down from Canada mid-season and run physical tests without Meruelo's approval - and that's why they lost 1st and 2nd round picks. Fucking clown show.
@@davedavid427 insanity man. Pisses me off the rich clubs had to fork up loot for 30 years to keep this dumpshow around. I’m happy for clayton keller he is nasty and is probably stoked about the move lol
We felt similar here in Alaska when we lost our ECHL team Alaska aces! I know you know our Scott Gomez, Alaskan pride!😉👍
Newfoundland just lost its ECHL team now. One of the big reasons being logistics, like Alaska.
@chanthaburigems money, too ownership was having financial problems and they had a strained relationship with the city of St. John's, namely the incident where the team got locked out of the arena for 6 games, the city ended up paying them compensation for that. I think ownership may have been the biggest issue actually, they owned 2 teams in the league and the other one was having trouble too.
You got Swayman and Copley still!
You got Swayman and Copley still!
@@Partheseus Yes Sir! Alaskan pride!😉👍
One of the greatest logo's in all of sports!
The Jersey they wore last night easily the nicest NHL jersey of them all!
Rest Easy Yotes.
Hear, hear! Well said, Biz. Love that guy...
The white out a great experience to see in person as I saw it when the jets did that well before the team moved to arizona
Biz Nasty you are a Class act and an awesome person!!!
We love you biz ❤️
even as a wings fan. This hurts I loved the white out crowd and iconic yotes logo.
Awww sweetheart!
haha the uncle joey icon check out
If that is “choked up” than I get choked up making a sandwich lol he was just talking
They need the views so they have to make up a good headline, even though it's got no footing in reality. I also missed where this supposed choking up occurred.
ya that bothered me a lot too. i HATE when they trick u into watching a vid and then realizing they lied to u. I feel like they i've been tricked. But then again, i can see why, cuz if i didn't read Biz was choked up, NO WAY i watch this vid.
This happened to us in Vancouver,where out of no where the Vancouver Grizzlies were taken away from us,ownership did that to us,owners came-here like he was a saviour of the franchise but all along was going to move our team,I know Grizzlies were losers,but they were our team,for any city that loses their team it’s heartbreaking,Coyotes needed a stadium near Phoenix,it’s too bad,they have great uniforms and I’m sure in a few years they would’ve competitive,,sorry this happened to you all in Arizona ,especially the fans and the staff who will not be going to Utah,I could only imagine if I worked for my fav team,the Canucks and this happened to us
Grizzlies never had any fans nobody cared for them at all
Once the Grizzlies left I heard you guy lost half your black population.
Biznasty…what a legend. We love him too
Thank you for posting this... Screw the haters, Hockey belongs in the Desert and it sucks the way happened... It was all cool just a week ago...
it wasnt cool. your owner lied to you. its reported things havent been fine since january
you guys were told 2 years ago.......youre close to losing your team. you guys still couldnt bother selling out 4,600 seats to show support. its hard to show empathy for a fanbase who didnt show support
as the saying goes......."people only want what they cant have"
@@scottstenlund433 D
Don't know what you got till it's gone ....
@@scottstenlund433a big reason behind that though is how it was handled out there . Shit owners who made awful decisions aren’t gonna build excited fanbases . This happens in every single city. When teams struggle or when franchises are mishandled attendance struggles. Phoenix is a massive metro area and one of the fastest growing areas in the US. There’s massive potential there . Just was hugely mishandled by shit owners
i cannot believe how well-spoken Biz was right here..
As a North Star fan i feel all your pain . Hopefully you guys get a franchise back soon . RIP Yotes .
Not Wild a fan these days ?
Well said Biz
Props to him for calling out the bad ownership on national television
As an Islanders fan, I can relate to knowing the feeling of possibly losing your team. Good luck Coyotes fans. I truly hope it works out for you guys.
Well said.
Thanks, Biz. Stars fan, but I feel ya, and the fans.
It's not easy, but try to hang in there.
Way to go Biz!
Biz is a beauty
Nice tux, BIz.
He's got heart. That's what it's all about.
From a preds fan- only other team I considered rooting for they played hard every night even in big loses they didn’t slow down
Long live the Coyotes
We Love you too, Biz Nasty.
They had almost 30 years to get it right…. And they couldn’t stabilize ownership or even a place to play. Winnipeg has had a season and a half of a lack of sellouts and they are threatening to potentially move that team. Give me a break.
Lightning fan here. I agree with Biz Nasty about hockey belonging in the desert. What's now the Footprint Center is centrally located, but it doesn't work for hockey due to being built with only basketball in mind. What's now Desert Diamond Arena is hockey-friendly, but it's not even close to being centrally located. I'm not crazy about Alex Meruelo running the new Coyotes, but I strongly believe that a franchise in the Valley of the Sun can become viable with an NHL-friendly venue that's where the hockey fans live (mainly from Phoenix on east).
Ya let's put a team in a place where they can't sell out a 5,000. seat arena. Makes lots of sense
@@kevinkeith3530 It's not quite as cut and dry as you're making it out to be. With such a tiny arena, the only way the Coyotes were gonna be able to make money was with high ticket prices. The Coyotes had to contribute a certain amount of money to revenue sharing, so that system helped contribute to the ticket prices being what they were at the Mullet. Also, the Coyotes weren't even close to the playoffs in the regular season's final weeks and not many people are gonna pay premium prices for a bad product. The attendance numbers would've been much better even with that kind of team in a proper arena anywhere in the Valley from Phoenix on east.
I think that Biz will bring it back to AZ and become the owner, investor and/or part of management eventually. He'd be a GREAT asset to that team!
Biz saying tumultuous is astonishing
Love ya Biz. Normie blue color tough guys can relate
I couldnt imagine losing the Bruins, and to see other fans losing their team hurts man
Bettman was behind all of this. He needs to be held accountable just as much as Coyotes ownership. What a disgrace.
Would be awesome if it were possible to see something like team ownership by the people, something along the lines of what they’re doing in wrexham.
As a lifelong resident of greater Hartford, moving a team does not diminish your love for the game. The teams are forever intertwined in the fabric of our city. They are a part of our identity. They hold the hope that the world’s greatest league will one day return to our city and the Brass Bonanza will make our hearts swell.
The Coyotes have always sucked, and to all the “fans” saying long live the Yotes and that “hockey belongs in the desert” are probably the fans who would never go ACTUALLY support their team. “Being out of the way” is zero excuse. Ya’ll are the reason why you’re losing your team. You never showed up. You never gave a shit. You’re only sad because YOUR ACTIONS and terrible support are the reasons why they are going to Utah. At least the people of Salt Lake City will actually go to a game.
If things don’t change in Canada 🇨🇦 we’ll be hearing more speeches like this about the Canadians, Oilers and the other 5 great franchises in the great white north. Business is not what it used to be thanks to the Prime Minister’s totalitarian ways. Please help the great Canadian nation get back to normal. God bless Canada 🇨🇦 and all the normal citizens being effected by this craziness 😢
Now the people of Arizona know how the people of Winnipeg felt ! There is hope. In 20 years you can get another franchise. ( Sorry Atlanta is fresh out of hockey teams ) another decade to build a cup contender
I watched the game on TV, although I am not an Arizona fan (Habs fan here).
I also had tears as I was upset for the players, staff and fans. I had seen Coyotes play back in September when they visited Melbourne with the LA Kings for the two pre-season games (only just over one hour flight from my home city of Sydney).
Their former owners really sucked for the way they treated the players, staff and fans.
Respect to the ones who were truly behind their team and no respect whatsoever to those owners.
writing was on the wall as soon as they moved into Mullet... having a professional team play in a college rink is a really bad optical for any newbies tuning in
Yep. And with no plan for a new arena to be built. It would have been one thing had the construction started on the new arena prior to them coming to the Mullet Arena.
Not a good look, but it was cool as shit. Nothing like being super close to the best in the world.
It would have been a decent temporary site if they were waiting for a new stadium to be built. But that wasn’t the case at all.
@@MrHunterbgFor sure. Notre Dame, IN (my local area) hosts the Blackhawks training camp, it’s likely very comparative to what Mullet is like. The Compton is packed to 5k attendance; but tbf it’s a college rink (like the Yotes).
It really falls on the ownership. Arizona is a wayyy larger hockey hotbed than Northern Indiana; yet the way each has marketed/managed has resulted in drastically different outcomes.
If the Yotes never moved into Mullet, I believe we wouldn’t be facing the relocation of the team.
Ultimately, I’m just sorry for the fans who lost a part of their weekly joy
@@EL1TESHARKAgreed, this falls entirely on ownership. The Coyotes only moved to Mullet Arena because their POS owner didn’t want to pay the city rent in their previous arena. Even after they moved to Mullet: he didn’t want to pay the new city for 30 years if he got the landfill plot back in the summer, and he still didn’t pay team expenses throughout the season.
If Meruelo simply pays rent for the Gila River Arena while waiting to build a new place, none of this would happen.
As a an old Thrashers fan condolences to the Arizona faithful
I remember owning an Coyotes jersey when I was young,
what's with the tux?
It's always a shame when a team leaves its fans behind. The yotes had a bright future. Also, thanks for beating the oilers and overtaking the habs for the lottery ;)
habs only have a 8% chance for the first overall pick js lol
and a 8.5% chance for second overall
so it doesnt really matter either way. habs chances are low
@@scottstenlund433 well if nobody jumps in the lottery, its 1 less team to pick before them
They left behind their fans... All 23 of them
The current owner of the Yotes should never be allowed to have another major sports franchise again, EVER!!! Most, if not all of Leaf Nation is feeling the pain of the fans and employees that are losing a piece of their lives. Hockey does work in the desert, this owner should not be allowed to be anywhere near the future team.
Coyotes you have my pity.
So sad to see Coyotes moving on. Great city, team and fans - and the coldest rink I have ever been privileged to watch a game in. 🤘❤
Love ya biz
Reminds me of when Selänne talks about what jets mean to him.
Former owner IS the problem!!!! Gary Bettmen saved the players and staff. He is a hero!!
This move is for the best. Hockey need cold climates
Hockey doesn’t need Mormons and their wacked out laws
What third world country are you from where they can't air condition a rink?
@@crossefire01 still feels weird when step out and is hot as heck
As soon as a hockey player uses the word “tumultuous” in an interview, they have my respect.
When that hockey player is biz, they don’t know what it means
I'm a Flyers fan and I feel for you guys. I couldn't imagine one of my teams leaving Philly :(
Not even the Union?
@@mrgreekgm754 Diving isn't a sport. 😋
@@crossefire01 Your probably to out of shape for it.
But Flyers fans actually go to the games...
I don’t understand how they are leaving when a new arena in Arizona was announced
As a rangers fan I rarely agree with biz but yes it's great to see the passionate fans in arizona get praise, there might not be many of them but they stuck by a mediocre franchise through its ups and downs and didnt abandon them. It seems like a great move to move to another area but it sucks that those who I just mentioned that didnt abandon such a mediocre franchise even at its worst but the franchise abandoned them. I can understand how that would be a slap in the face. On the other hand it was clear it wasnt going to work out there was just too many factors for a while that was making this inevitable. Still sucks for those who supported the franchise.
Where exactly did he get "choked up" ?
The Biz is the business for me. I haven't been able to watch hockey, especially after what THEY did to Don Cherry. The panels used in hockey during broadcasts lack everything missing from the sport.
The chicklets boys represent all that's missing.
You may laugh at the fans but think about the people that are losing their jobs
As a former Thrasher fan, I understand what the Coyote fans are going through. It sucks! I hope you get another chance at having a team, and bravo Biz! You are a fan favorite because of your honesty passion! The league needs to do more to support franchises in new markets. If you want to grow a garden, you don’t throw plants or seeds in a pot and tell them to figure it out, you have to water, fertilize, and nurture that garden till it produces the results you need.
I know eh, you get a team , nobody goes or gives a shit cuz you don't like hockey, and they move the team. Just crazy....
What will their new name be? Since they already have the Utah Jizz for ball, maybe do a theme like the State cooking pot being the Dutch oven?
They will be back
Bruins fan here, hockey does belong in the desert. It isn't fair that a city loses a team. There are passionate sports fans everywhere, no matter what sport you watch. Hopefully they bring hockey back to Arizona. True sports teams never die
Lol so untrue. Arizona is the least deserving franchise clearly. Can't get 3k people in a stadium.
@@Nickh4929they absolutely can
I'm just failing to understand why they didn't? They were in a 5k stadium and couldn't sell it out. Im genuinely curious why, they've always had attendance issues
Good riddance Arizona. Canada and the northern states are where the true hockey fans are. Some of these southern markets sell tickets for 5 bucks and people still don't wanna go. Let's start living in reality
The team was playing well in the first half when they couldn't sell 5k seats, too! And why did they move twice before ending up in that 5k rink if the fans were so great?!
the worst part is nobody could see this coming....... oh wait
Ya 25 years late imo
Matthew's wont be playing in Arizona lol
You’re the best Biz! We love you in AZ. I hope you can raise some money and figure out how to bring it back here buddy, nobody is going to let Murelos build anything here
There are more Buffalo Sabres fans living in Phoenix than Coyotes fans and that is not an exaggeration. Im from the Northeast and lived in Phoenix and I can attest with 100% certainty that hockey does not belong in the desert and it never did.
I want Matthews to get a cup or two and come to AZ to open up the new team wow that would get butts in seats.
Thank you for being honest. Hockey does belong in the desert. Hailing from Tucson.
Having gone through this with the Northstars 30 years ago, I understand how jarring this is.
Minnesota is a hockey town tho. Phoenix is not
Sad to see Coyotes go, but Shitnasty is all about getting social media attention
You’re pathetic
bummed here in AZ - hoping we'll have the Coyotes back active within 5 years if we're lucky.... :-/
Stand up fella, nice1 Biz. From the UK> Go 'yotes!!
I must have missed where he choked up.
The fans who hardly ever showed up for the last two decades were not treated well? Oh what a shame
It's definitely not the teams fault it's the owners.I just hope if and when they come back it will be under new ownership.
I’ll keep howling!!! Arizona is the real coyotes & always will be !!!
Sorry AZ people!! Put all your heart into the other three teams now!!
i feel for the phnx fans. they got absolutely wrecked by moronic ownership :(
It always sux when a team leaves town. I remember when the Sonics left Seattle and ownership lied about not selling it to an "out of towner". The owner was behind a legislative bill that would have given an extra $90 million in taxpayers monies for an arena remodel spent on parking and consession's whole only adding 600 fan seats. When the bill was voted down the owner got mad and started lying to the city. When I hear Paul speak those feeling come back. Sorry for you Arizona..
I can only imagine being just good enough like paul and living yousr childhood dream and having the team that gambled on u and said ur good enough, now there gone. Sucks. Always felt bad for coyotes. Ownership problems
Thank God we finally got this team moved out of the desert.
Team should have been moved a long time ago, in fact never shouldve been there in the first place.
Should be another team in the Toronto area or Quebec City. Gary Betman and the owners dont care about actual hockey fans and the place the game originated in.
I'm going to miss the Space Coyote.
Yes, it was like the best of nhl today…
suddenly i dgaf. now it matters and we all care. as a cyotoes fan, dgaf
As a Tampa fan I can’t say I feel y’all’s pain, but what I will say is that this can happen to any franchise and something needs to be done to protect the communities that these clubs represent, it just simply isn’t acceptable in my eyes to dangle the carrot in front of the horse for decades and then just all the team to relocate like you’re moving a franchise store. People make careers off these teams, they make lifetime friends, family, and memories. To just rip that all away because an owner could make a profit is gross and quite frankly should not be allowed to happen. Lastly for the fans saying things like ‘Arizona isn’t a hockey market, or they donut deserve a team they’re fair-weather fans’ that’s all well and good until your stadium is no longer safe, or the owner of the building decides it would be better financially to build condos, or any other number of reasons why a team would be forced to move out as unlikely as it is. The reality is no fan base should have to go through this.
Couldn’t have said it better, hockey will be back in the desert, and it needs to be new ownership
But Gary said Zona was doing great