Bedard or Wright going to AZ would be back for hockey, both going would be a travesty! This organization needs to sell to a city that will actually support hockey

add in those other 2 firsts and the crazy amount of other picks along with the young talent they have and they will be a power house just in time for the a new arena to be open for business. and not the college hockey joke there in next year.

Gaudreau Tarasenko Babashev Klingberg and Kuemper will not be in Arizona next year, no high profile NHLer wants to play in a 5k cracker jack stadium. Arizona also cannot afford to max cap when they are loosing almost 60 mil in potential ticket revenue next year and each year after till a new arena is up.

Plenty of fan support out here, just like there is in Ottawa. Arenas are similarly located ridiculously far away from the actual fans. Don’t hear people calling for Ottawa’s head when they post similar attendance numbers, wonder why that is?

Absolutely no way Yotes spend up to the cap. By the time the 2023 draft comes around, they'll have lost over 100M in revenue. They're not even bothering to pretend to be competitive anymore.

Furthermore, just because they'll end up drafting top 3 every year for the foreseeable future doesn't mean they'll achieve success. All it guarantees is that they'll have cheap contracts to fill out a roster. With zero developmental infrastructure within the organization, how long before these kids eventually refuse to sign with this lousy franchise? They finally have a good dman and they're trying their darnedest to trade him for more draft capital. What a joke...

I don't normally get so caught up on capfriendly, but the Coyotes are an absolute embarrassent. I genuinely feel for the fans because they deserve better.

Lots of teams have gone through it, penguins did it twice, jets left for Phoenix and came back. Franchise changing first overall pick in bedard could possibly be the player that turns it around. Will be interesting also what Mathews decision is when it comes down to it, and if Toronto is ready for a retool or rebuild by contract time. Personally as a visitor to Phoenix, I loved the bars and shopping around Glendale, along with the cheap tickets was always a good time. Arizona has had a ridiculous amount of time to get there franchise on solid footing, but as long as they have ownership willing to eat the losses and away they go.

To be clear, I have zero issue with the state, the city, nor its people. I've also been there and, like you, I enjoyed myself. I'm old enough to remember the Pittsburgh situation - Mario basically saved the Pens twice. I also remember the Winnipeg, Hartford, Quebec, and Minnesota North Stars situations, but this Coyotes thing is another level of ineptitude by ownership and management.

My issue with the franchise is that they're not even trying to be competitive anymore, which is the antithesis of the spirit of sports.

Or maybe I'm just grumpy because the Habs won't land Bedard if the Coyotes do!

Ya I hear ya there, and zero incentive to be truly relevant til there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Not sure how top 3/4 guys going to stick around til the building or move. Probably if it’s possible going to get worse before it gets better.

Yotes weee a cap team 2 out of the last 3 years

People simply associate the yotes with mediocrity. If you look at our history the only time they’ve actually tried to be terrible is for McEichel. They’ve traded top 10 picks for vets, spent big as recently as last year (cap team), and it just doesn’t work. This would be the first time Arizona is truly trying to be bad for a multi year stretch