We will see. Martin is pretty clean, not like Tom Wilson. They also have Johnston to take on Reaves. More than a goon did you see his goal swiping the puck out of mid air on the cross ice pass? Very cool.
I obviously love watching the Isles but I also watch the Devils and against the Rags. Lol
I obviously love watching the Isles but I also watch the Devils and against the Rags. Lol
Really? They signed Dougie Hamilton and have quite a few high draft picks playing. Not sure about Blackwood in goal but they are supposed to be OK.
Who decided the divisions? 3 Canadian and 2 Florida in same division makes no sense.
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And a 6-1 loss to the Flyers not so great - but having them in the league is great - hope the community supports them through the bad as well as the good - enjoy.
Lot of discussion here in Toronto about whether or not the Coyotes will still be in Arizona in three years when Auston Matthews contract with the Leafs expires. If still there, the Coyotes will be serious competition for the Leafs in signing Matthews to a new contract. If not still there, Leafs are confident of resigning him.
I get that a lot of Chicago people moved to Phx metro...but, sticking a hockey team in the desert never made sense. It does in Vegas, though, but Vegas is a weird place.
Gary Bettman has/had a belief that the NHL would play well in all of the US's major TV markets, that's why teams were placed in Atlanta and Phoenix regardless of the community's desire for such a franchise. Las Vegas was a market starved for professional sports and the NHL simply jumped to the front of the line to beat the NFL - as the only game in town, it was a great success - it was also successful because people from all over North America vacation in the winter months in Las Vegas - but, primarily, it is successful among the over 2million people who live there year round. Seattle, likewise, following the Super Sonics skipping town, were starved for a replacement and with natural rivals in California and BC, it should be a success. Arizona and Atlanta lacked those factors and thus failed - Bettman just refuses to let Arizona die as it should.
First I hear of that. Interesting take. Mostly what I hear out of Toronto is injuries + salary cap, and the news is not good. Nick Robertson 10 weeks.
There's serious talk here if the Coyotes will be here next year. This is their last season in their current arena and I haven't heard what they're doing next.
I never underestimate the stubbornness of Gary Bettman and his inability to admit a mistake. Bettman owns the Coyotes and he's loathe to allow a move, but it may be forced on him by political powers in Arizona.
Actually, the Coyotes are owned by Alex Meruelo and Andrew Barroway.
To clarify, I didn't mean that Bettman or the NHL actually "own" the Coyotes literally - I meant that Bettman, as the man who orchestrated the placing of an NHL team in Phoenix "owns" the fallout from that decision.