Posts About "Relocation"
The Plight of the Florida Panthers
August 18th, 2014 The old saying goes: How do you make a billionaire a millionaire? Make them the owner of a sports franchise. Those words ring true for the owners of the Florida Panthers. The team has been in a rut for the better part of their existence and it doesn't seem to be turning around for them at all. Year after year the Panthers find...Coyotes Attendance Issue: Stability Has Not Helped
Remember when the Phoenix Coyotes were owned by the league for roughly four seasons, operated while losing money every year, with the league refusing to sell to anyone wanting to relocate to Canada? Well, the Coyotes finally sold and are locked in to another 15 year lease to remain in Glendale. For some reason, the league rejoiced....
The Portland Pirates Must Move to Saco for Survival
October 29th, 2013 Are The Portland Pirates Moving? This season for the Portland Pirates has already been a mess. The team and the board of trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center have been at odds that forced the team to play in Lewiston, the record is subpar at 2-3-0, and the future of the Pirates is in serious doubt. One glimmer of hope...
Portland Pirates on the Move?
September 8th, 2013 The dispute between the Portland Pirates and the Cumberland County Civic Center is getting nastier and nastier with each day. Yesterday, the ownership group of the Portland Pirates have sued the Cumberland County Civic Center trustees after missing a deadline last Thursday on a lease agreement. Now, the Portland Pirates plan on...
The Crosby Effect
August 5th, 2013 It was 2004. The Pittsburgh Penguins were atrocious, yet again. It had been three years straight of missing the playoffs and the team finished in dead last. The once prosperous team steer-headed by one of the most dominant players, Mario Lemieux, had fallen on hard times with a dwindling fanbase, piss-poor attendance, and a...
Praising Arizona: The Coyotes and Their Local Impact
July 7th, 2013 "My dad is from Detroit and played his entire life. So right when I could walk he put me in skates. Ever since then, that is what I have wanted to do on a daily basis." That's how Zac Larraza's hockey story begins. It has had its ebbs and flows, but Larraza is fortunate enough to be living a fairy tale of sorts. You see, not...
Coyotes Relocation Rumors Premature
March 28th, 2013 Consider The Source Darren Dreger started a mini flurry of speculation, again, with a tweet about the Coyotes relocation being imminent. I characterized his tweets as "premature speculation" last night. In one of the inevitable Puck Daddy click farming blog posts that always follows negative Coyotes "news", substantiated or not, there's...
Coyotes Relocation Would Lead to Significant Realignment
February 7th, 2013 It seems fitting that the latest attempt to purchase the Coyotes fell apart within 48 hours of Groundhog Day. The NHL has owned the troubled Glendale-based franchise four long years now. Despite every effort to keep the team in Glendale, they’re back to square one. Make no mistake, Jamison’s failure to meet the deadline is a...
After the Winnipeg Jets, the Quebec Nordiques?
February 1st, 2013 20 years ago today, on February 1st, 1993, Gary Bettman was named the commissioner of the National Hockey League. However, after yesterday's announcement by Greg Jamison, a close friend of Gary, that he failed to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes by the January 31st deadline imposed by the City of Glendale, Gary is certainly not in the mood...
Phoenix Coyotes: The Clock Is Ticking In Glendale
January 22nd, 2013 More than two months after my last article on the messy situation in Glendale (The Phoenix Coyotes: Things Get Messier In Glendale), the future of the Phoenix Coyotes remains in limbo in the Arizonian desert. Greg Jamison, the former CEO of the San Jose Sharks who has been interested in buying the Coyotes since August 2011, has yet...
New Phoenix Coyotes Deal On Table; Will Glendale Accept It?
November 21st, 2012 In yet another fun and exciting chapter in the ongoing Phoenix Coyotes ownership saga (rumors that rights to the story have been sold to Paramount Pictures are non-existent and untrue), the Glendale City Council met again on Tuesday to discuss the parameters of a new lease deal with potential owner Greg Jamison. The former CEO of the San...
New York Islanders Get New Lease on New York Life
October 25th, 2012 After years of speculation, countless proposals, and endless rejections, the New York Islanders have finally cemented their stay in the New York area. Charles Wang, along with Bruce Ratner, Marty Markowitz, Gary Bettman, and mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the New York Islanders will be staying in the New York area through...
Will Nassau County Politics Ever Leave the New York Islanders Alone?
July 10th, 2012 In the latest saga of Nassau County politics vs. the New York Islanders, County Executive Ed Mangano issued a statement calling for investors to develop the Nassau Hub. Mangano released a Request for Qualifications from a "master developer", but Islanders fans have heard Nassau County politicians sing the same tunes quite often....
