Jets-o-meter getting closer

[puckhead]

 

[dash]

Will it be Phoenix or Atlanta?!? Either way, I'm starting to think there's a very good chance that there will be NHL hockey in Winnipeg in October of 2011.

 

[puckhead]

twitter is all a-twitter about the Yotes moving to the Peg right after the playoffs

kurtenblog
Umm, Can anyone confirm? RT @TEAM1040 Per the Fan590 in Toronto and @realkyper...Coyotes will move to Winnipeg once eliminated from playoffs
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Gene Principe
Multiple sources reporting, including Sportsnet radio, that once playoffs are over that Phx will turn on the 'Jets' and head to Wpg..

 

[jstewismybastardson]

twitter is all a-twitter about the Yotes moving to the Peg right after the playoffs

kurtenblog
Umm, Can anyone confirm? RT @TEAM1040 Per the Fan590 in Toronto and @realkyper...Coyotes will move to Winnipeg once eliminated from playoffs
»
Gene Principe
Multiple sources reporting, including Sportsnet radio, that once playoffs are over that Phx will turn on the 'Jets' and head to Wpg..

i kinda thought something like this was coming from rogers sportsnet on the day tsn radio 1050 debuts

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Bill Daly says no!!! not true!!!

/while the bombs drop behind him

 

[dash]

Bill Daly says no!!! not true!!!

/while the bombs drop behind him

Bill taking cues from the Iraqi Minister of Information (lol)

 

[mattola]

Bill taking cues from the Iraqi Minister of Information (lol)

im waiting for teh photoshops coming

 

[jstewismybastardson]

im waiting for teh photoshops coming

Baghdad Bill ... make it happen

 

[mattola]

Baghdad Bill ... make it happen

how about Desert Daly

 

[Curtrain]

I loved that John Buccigross was sporting a Winnipeg Jets t-shirt during one of his recent vlogumns. It seems you can just be a hockey fan (and not a Canadian) in order to want the Jets back where they belong.

 

[The Q stache]

I loved that John Buccigross was sporting a Winnipeg Jets t-shirt during one of his recent vlogumns. It seems you can just be a hockey fan (and not a Canadian) in order to want the Jets back where they belong.

True, im not Canadian but I'd like the Jets to go home.

 

[pixburgher66]

Anyone who knows anything about the sport and doesn't live in Arizona probably feels it's time for them to fly home.

Look, Jeff Daniels already has his playoff beard going.

 

[devs30rko]

I really want them to go back,, unfortunately their name probably won't be the jets like we discussed in an earlier thread but either way, hockey needs go head back there, phoenix was just as disaster from the beginning there is no chance to flourish there

 

[mattola]

I really want them to go back,, unfortunately their name probably won't be the jets like we discussed in an earlier thread but either way, hockey needs go head back there, phoenix was just as disaster from the beginning there is no chance to flourish there

I actually thought first year was good for Pho from what I Can recall. that being said for a team to be successful long term they must build their base each year and grow across their areas. Pho just never did that. it dwindled every year. now it is what it is.

I dont want their existing fans to lose their team I know I would not want that. but I dont want it there at teh expense of the other franchises that are paying for a good part of that with revenue sharing.

 

[devs30rko]

amen i feel terrible for the real fans, because god knows they are REAL fans but for the sake of the league, it just doesn't work

 

[BlueandWhiteForever]

Anybody else seeing the irony of this situation? In what is likely the last games in the history of the Coyotes before they return to Winnipeg, they are playing of all teams, the Detroit Red Wings.

Would just be very eerie if this thing goes to Game six in Phoenix, with the white out in full effect, and the Wings clinch the series.

 

[puckhead]

Anybody else seeing the irony of this situation? In what is likely the last games in the history of the Coyotes before they return to Winnipeg, they are playing of all teams, the Detroit Red Wings.

Would just be very eerie if this thing goes to Game six in Phoenix, with the white out in full effect, and the Wings clinch the series.

can't have a white-out with Red seats

 

[BlueandWhiteForever]

can't have a white-out with Red seats

True :p

But they will most likely have a full house for the games there, you know, all those "loyal" hockey fans.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Winnipeg free press saying hulsizer backing off from his concessions/guarantees

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Gary Lawless at the Free Press

The NHL is preparing to hold a gun to the City of Glendale’s head and is again planning to use Winnipeg as the bullet.

Reports that Matthew Hulsizer’s $170-million bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes is dead may be premature but it appears there is only one chapter left to be played out in this saga

Expect the next move to be the NHL’s. It will involve positioning the city of Winnipeg against Phoenix in a manner reminiscent of last spring’s leverage play by commissioner Gary Bettman.

Sports radio talk in Toronto on Wednesday had the deal in the desert near or at the end of the line and the Free Press has a Glendale source stating Hulsizer has pulled any concessions he’s made off the table and reverted to his original proposal with the NHL and City of Glendale.

The next move will be Bettman’s and it will likely come in the next five to 10 days. He'll need Winnipeg's help again and it's quite possible that talks between the league and True North have begun anew.

The NHL has painted itself into a bit of a corner by waiting this long to resolve the sale and now runs the risk of having to announce relocation of the franchise during a playoff run. It would be bad enough to make such an announcement in the first round but even worse to make it in the Stanley Cup final.

It’s unlikely Bettman will wait that long to pull the trigger. Expect the commissioner to get in front of this one in the latter stages of the opening round. Bettman will give Hulsizer and the City of Glendale one final crack at closing a deal.

Mark Chipman and his partner David Thomson are still interested in an NHL franchise they would bring to Winnipeg and operate out of the MTS Centre.

Playing stalking horse for the NHL a second time will, however, come with some strings says a U.S.-based attorney with experience in sports franchise transfer-of-ownership deals.

The lawyer, who has been involved in NBA and NHL relocations deals, demanded anonymity but said the next few steps will be common practice in terms of the league’s arrangement with True North.

According to the source, True North will require financial and contractual guarantees to sign a purchase offer that Bettman can then take to Arizona and use to prod Glendale and Hulsizer.

Before True North signs a deal, they’ll want exclusivity, a firm timeline, board of governor approval and likely a seven-figure compensation — called a breakup fee — should the deal sour at the last moment.

True North will insist Bettman only shop their deal to Hulsizer and that no other party be allowed in at the last minute. The NHL will have the opportunity to use this leverage with Hulsizer alone. If he can’t or won’t buy the team — then it’s Winnipeg’s.

The NHL made its choice to relocate to Winnipeg a long time ago, if needed. Any talk of other markets has been silliness. The league is once again working with Winnipeg and no one else. That won’t change.

The deal will have a small window. Once True North signs off, the NHL will have a firm deadline which it will need to work within. Bettman will tell Glendale and Hulsizer they have a certain number of days — certainly less than seven — to conclude their deal. If it’s not consummated within the agreed term — the agreement in principle between the NHL and True North will come into effect.

Board of Governor approval, required for any relocation, will need to be signed off on before this agreement is signed. Should Bettman’s leverage play in Glendale work a second time and prompt the city and Hulsizer to act, True North will be compensated for its role and efforts. Our source says a sum in the neighbourhood of $5 million would be the norm for a deal of this size.