Arizona Coyotes players told of move to Utah, report says

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Ай бұрын

The anticipated relocation of the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City appeared to move a step closer to reality Friday with the players reportedly being told about the move.
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@gumshoe2273 Ай бұрын

It's always seemed strange to me that a winter sports hub like SLC didn't have a NHL team.

@TiggaTrey Ай бұрын

I hate to see the yotes leave but AZ didnt deserve a team they didnt want to support or pay for

@Conservativelawyer Ай бұрын

Well they do now and Rightfully so. I think they will have great rivals with the Avs.

@wizzerwiser2056 Ай бұрын

It's a small state with not much corporate interests. Milwaukee has a higher population and more corporate head offices and they don't have an NHL team either even though hockey is extremely popular in Wisconsin

@user-zm4rw5bs3x Ай бұрын

This is LONG OVER DO! S.L.C. should have had an NHL team by the 90's .... at the LATEST.

@danielkerber8667 Ай бұрын

@@wizzerwiser2056Just an fyi. SLC metro has a higher population and gdp compared to Milwaukee. The demographics aren’t close

@gumshoe2273 Ай бұрын

Call them Utah Raptors...or Utah Sasquatch, or Utah Blizzard, or Utah Rapids.

@jared4walsh Ай бұрын

Toronto Raptors Trade mark,

@burnout_2017 Ай бұрын

Utah Transients.... Your only renting them until they get tired of begging for your money. 4 cities in less than 3 decades doesnt say loyalty to the fans thats for sure. They'll be in Kansas City by 2050 if not much sooner.

@rockyj5047 Ай бұрын

@@burnout_2017 Oh please, they'll sellout every game in the Delta Center just like the Jazz do.

@jameserickson5372 Ай бұрын

@@burnout_2017different owners though, we will have to wait and see

@Carrollavirus Ай бұрын

@@burnout_2017 Lolololol

@anishsingh7597 Ай бұрын

As an Oilers fan, I look forward to coming to Utah to see some games and seeing Utah fans come to Edmonton. Welcome to the League Utah!! Cheers from Edmonton 🇨🇦

@bobbypaluga4346 Ай бұрын

Edmonton is an incredible city, I’ve been taking vacations to escape the Arizona heat during June, to the capital of Alberta, great food, very nice people.

@CulturePROVOCATEUR Ай бұрын

Congratulations Utah. Welcome to the NHL family.

@user-bf1rj2cz3v Ай бұрын

This means no more sports bettings for the team. Mormon Church doesn’t allow gambling of any kind in Utah.

@TheSettlingTheWestShow Ай бұрын

Probably for the better. Nothing against sports betting but as former NHL PK Subban pointed out, we don't need recovering gambling addicts getting hit with gambling adds. Might as well go show some cigarettes to a recovering smoke-addict.

@kellybrandon1179 Ай бұрын

I game off shore from zion.

@user-zm4rw5bs3x Ай бұрын

MORMONS DON'T allow ANYTHING--of ANY kind.

@traci635 Ай бұрын

Which it shouldn't. Gambling only causes heart break for so many...

@BlazeOfGlory742 Ай бұрын

That part

@KTM22Ride Ай бұрын

Utah Mountaineers

@Craig_Andrus Ай бұрын

Utah Yeti, 2024/25 Stanley Cup Champions.

@BigJessGaming Ай бұрын

I can't wait.. Season Tickets Here!!!

@11fifteen Ай бұрын

Swarm (play out of 'the hive'), Stampede, Pioneers, Raptors, Grizzlies (rebrand), Bighorn, Blizzard, Ice Dogs what other names make sense?

@SemiSauced Ай бұрын

Salt Lake Swarm isn't bad 👀

@Dinothunder3309 Ай бұрын

Yetis,Arch’s, They also can’t be the Grizzlies because of the Bruins

@dinguskhan9969 Ай бұрын

Swarm is legit

@sbespn3820 Ай бұрын

The Jazz(NBA), Blizzard(NHL) and The Buzz(MLB)

@overbanked Ай бұрын

Utah Latter Day Saints

@dinguskhan9969 Ай бұрын

YES

@slhs1992 Ай бұрын

I lived in Phoenix from 1997-2007 and they never really did much. Hope you have better luck.

@jeandelisi9441 21 күн бұрын

Phoenix is just a NBA city. A MLS team would be a big hit in Phoenix.

@Ravi-did-it Ай бұрын

Guys, I promise you don’t have to do a cheesy Utah based hockey team name. Black diamonds, SLC Punks

@omarmartinez699 Ай бұрын

Hold up. What happened to Hope Woodside

@Caleb-zt5ht Ай бұрын

I'm stoked to get a hockey team in Utah!!! Welcome to Utah to the Coyote team!!!!

@ChrisPlayzLightning Ай бұрын

Why do they have to move 😭😭😭

@GoalHornGeek Ай бұрын

The coyotes finished up their second season in a 5,000-seat arena after getting evicted from their last arena after not paying lease and were warned several times this season for not paying hotel bills

@werthmelissa Ай бұрын

Conflict about getting a new arena built in another part of Arizona.

@LAKingsFan90 Ай бұрын

Just hope those wacky Smiths keep them the Coyotes. For some dumb reason they they almost think they are getting a expansion team that they can rename and reinvent that's a horrible idea!!! The same way the Jazz are still the Jazz The Coyotes should remain the Coyotes!!!! Best dam logo in the NHL too

@GoalHornGeek Ай бұрын

@@LAKingsFan90 the Whalers became the Hurricanes and the Nordiques became the Avalanche

@algrundau9441 Ай бұрын

@@GoalHornGeek .....and the Winnipeg Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes.

@redx1106 Ай бұрын

I was more hoping the coyotes get a new arena and that we get an expansion team

@Brainfogmusic-66 Ай бұрын

theres already 32 teams in the NHL its getting too large to begin with, moving teams is the best idea right now

@user-su2sh9ve7g Ай бұрын

I heard some rumors about that, part of the agreement of the Coyotes moving to SLC, thru the Board of Governors, is that Phoenix would be first-in-line to getting a 'new' expansion team to the current/former owner of the Coyotes Franchise if he can get a arena deal done within 5-10 years. The second part of this, if Phoenix does get a second shot of a NHL team, where would the 34th team be??? The NHL does not like having a unbalanced league...

@user-su2sh9ve7g Ай бұрын

@@Brainfogmusic-66 I agree, right now, seeing some rumors that the 2nd coming of the Winnipeg Jets might be in financial trouble, can't get the fans to the games.

@Itshadow306 Ай бұрын

For all we know the Coyotes could potentially stay in Phoenix and Winnipeg Jets or Vancouver Canucks move to Salt Lake City.

@BarbieHitsBack Ай бұрын

My grandson was the first ever Utahn to play hockey in the Olympics… He went to Gangwon Korea in January 2024 and Team USA Won🥇GOLD! He played in the U15’s team. Our family will be THRILLED to have a hockey team in Utah! How about we name them the Deseret Dogs😂

@mickser101 Ай бұрын

Utah Grizzlies. The Minor League team will either move or be renamed. Make it happen

@HenryHoolington Ай бұрын

I agree, best name for sure

@georgeblangfordjr.1771 Ай бұрын

What will happen to the ECHL's Utah Grizzlies?

@bobbypaluga4346 Ай бұрын

Utah Stingers

@harmangill7509 Ай бұрын

UTAH RoadRunners, thats way when phoenix gets coyotes back. Roadrunner coyote rivalry

@TheSettlingTheWestShow Ай бұрын

Utah would get the Coyotes' AHL team which is the Tucson Roadrunners. So while I like the name I don't think it works. I'm pretty on about the idea of calling them the Utah Raptors.

@harmangill7509 Ай бұрын

@@TheSettlingTheWestShow it would make sense to call the Arizona AHL team coyotes for the time being. Those people need closure.

@nachoandsancho5218 Ай бұрын

The Warren Jeffs

@burnout_2017 Ай бұрын

You sure its not more because they will be road runnin to KC once they milk utah for its money?

@burnout_2017 Ай бұрын

I think Winnipeg, Glendale, and Phoenix would all confirm that "Roadrunners" is very appropriate. Dont get to emotionally involved in this team, as soon as the free cash runs out...they run out also.....of town that is. Anybody know the words to "Goin to Kansas City"? 😂😂😂😂

@jackieestacado3299 Ай бұрын

Salt lake Golden Eagles!

@evovulpes122 Ай бұрын

I hope they have an awesome mascot.

@TightEndSilverStacker Ай бұрын

Introducing The Utah Silver Blades ! The newest NHL Team !

@KJSCalderon Ай бұрын

Salt Lake City Wolves has a nice ring on it.

@LAKingsFan90 Ай бұрын

No it does not keep them the Yotes !!!! Best logo and uniform in the NHL why would you want to change them they are not an expansion team same way Jazz stayed the Jazz The Coyotes should remain the Utah or SLC Coyotes

@armandoochoa2383 Ай бұрын

⁠because nobody cares about the team, the city wants a team that connects with the new team

@algrundau9441 Ай бұрын

Because a Wolf is a bigger. meaner, more dominant animal than a Coyote? They transformed from Coyotes into Wolves???........Hmmm............. Utah Wolves?.......I think you might be on to something there. Welcome to the NHL from, Edmonton. Cheers!

@mattieboi17 Ай бұрын

Wolves is taken by Chicago AHL affiliate, so it wont happen

@Carrollavirus Ай бұрын

@@LAKingsFan90 They have to change the name, logo, colors because if the current owner is awarded an expansion team later on, then they will more than likely reuse all of it again. Not only that, the new owner has already been asking people on social media to come up with new names for the team.

@JonDoe-ln6nl Ай бұрын

Salt Lake Locomotive!!

@dakotastyles Ай бұрын

Salt lake snow birds? Seriously? 😐

@traci635 Ай бұрын

This is awesome! Another team in the Rocky mountain region is so cool. I really hope the Coyotes name is retained, as it's a pretty cool name. Can't wait to see this team in Utah!

@lawrenceturner3891 Ай бұрын

I would same long in for coyotes in Salt Lake City and different colors blue white purple brown green next season a black jersey and white jersey and red jersey

@hairybushman9747 Ай бұрын

I like the yettis lol

@jaybrown7811 Ай бұрын

Utah coyotes/Utah jazz

@anthonyruggiero1988 Ай бұрын

Salt Lake Serpents has a nice ring to it

@LPGD1994 Ай бұрын

Utah is a great sports city. Jazz always have fans, RSL has great attendance for being a sport that the country doesn’t take serious, College football is always full. Even combat sports have great attendance. SLC had sold out shows for the UFC and WWE. Keep them coming!

@TheBlazersfan22 Ай бұрын

My team names for salt lake nhl. 1. Utah raptors 2. Utah hoodoos 3. Utah mammoths 4. Utah zions.

@cityassembled647 Ай бұрын

Just keep Danny Ainge away from this team.

@danielficarra2557 Ай бұрын

Salt Lake Olympians sounds appropriate given how 2 Olympics were held there I believe 04 and I forget the other year I could be wrong. I’d go with something to do with snow, Skiers, Boarders, Hail, Sleet Just spit balling here

@notoriouseagle1074 Ай бұрын

2002 and it might be there in 2030.

@beckerlegjames Ай бұрын

So just for some background. I went to school for a while in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and have been an Arizona Coyotes fan. I’m an Atheist. How would I be accepted if I were to move to Salt Lake City based on my lack of religious beliefs.

@een-n-out Ай бұрын

You’d be accepted. Plenty of non religious folks especially in Salt Lake City. I have visible tattoos and have no issues.

@nottooriginal7285 Ай бұрын

You will be fine, more than half the state isn’t Mormon now you know

@Caleb-zt5ht Ай бұрын

In my humble opinion, we're here to observe the sport - not a religious service. So come on over and support the team!!!

@risksikrikak903 Ай бұрын

Is the LDS buying them?

@ginoinencino2528 Ай бұрын

The problem here is that SLC is not a big market city. The LA's, NY's and Bostons of the world can sellout their NBA and NHL games because there's millions more ppl in those towns than SLC., What this may do to a small market city is give the sports fan a second option on what to spend money on during the NBA season which overlaps the NHL season. Do they want to see a Jazz team that may stunk or could they spend their money to see NHL hockey which would be a breath of fresh air? Many fans will have to make that decision in this economy. The fact that hockey is the best sport in person, ppl in SLC will likely fill the Delta Center, but that would come at the expense of the Jazz home attendance streak. I hope it doesnt, we'll see what happens. Utah and the NHL make perfect sense, and best wishes to that franchise, its new fans who will undoubtedly be as loyal to them as they have been to the Jazz for over 4 decades!

@darthtrabia Ай бұрын

You must not be a Utahn. All teams will sell out arenas

@ruind404 Ай бұрын

This genuinely a bad take. This will help SLC immensely and the surrounding area. It’s more profit for the city

@visionquest520 Ай бұрын

Utah Grizzlies

@v0LcaN_o___ Ай бұрын

salt lake city rockies ,wolves ,falcons eagles ,

@melvingonzalez6906 Ай бұрын

The Utah Mormons

@TheWill.Suttie45 Ай бұрын

Name ideas for the new Utah team Salt City Lakers Salt Lake City Miners Utah Grizzlies Utah Missions Salt Lake City Fighting Missionaries The Professional Ice Hockey Team of Salt Lake City, Utah

@johnbrowne2170 Ай бұрын

If they want the name 'Coyotes' they'll have to pay for it. Arizona may get another franchise in five years. My bet is they keep their name.

@drayiii980 Ай бұрын

They’ll only get another franchise if it’s specifically in the relocation deal that Arizona is guaranteed one in a few years. If not, hate to say it, but Arizona getting another team would at least be decades at best

@fourbros1461 Ай бұрын

or Utah Renegades

@fourbros1461 Ай бұрын

Utah Grenades

@burnout_2017 Ай бұрын

Too funny.....3rd major sports team...... Like soccer is a major sport, how cute.

@notoriouseagle1074 Ай бұрын

It is. It's the world's most popular sport.

@burnout_2017 Ай бұрын

@@notoriouseagle1074 well bless your little heart then..... 😂😂😂

@OhShiitakeMushrooms Ай бұрын

“Major” league soccer ( MLS )

@brettreeves1384 Ай бұрын

Utah Yeti or Salt Lake Sasquatch

@irvingr.fatback886 Ай бұрын

I like the Utah Young Communists.

@bryantpage8081 Ай бұрын

Do you know the history of hockey in Utah? Golden Egals is the only choice

@TheSettlingTheWestShow Ай бұрын

PLEASE name them the Utah Raptors (after the state dinosaur), a dinosaur-themed hockey team, especially one based in my state would drain my resources. It's very bittersweet for me. I've always dreamed of a Utah team, and they're getting a roster full of young talent I adore, but it's coming at the cost of a team I loved, and I have a lot of friends

@LAKingsFan90 Ай бұрын

Why do you think that you get to change the name??? You're not getting an expansion team getting the Coyotes!!!! Best dam logo in the NHL same way the Jazz are still the Jazz The Coyotes should remain the SLC Coyotes!!! 🤦🤦🤦

@dimetime35c Ай бұрын

@@LAKingsFan90only the coyotes themselves are a name changed team. They are the Winnipeg Jets.

@algrundau9441 Ай бұрын

@@LAKingsFan90 EVERY team that has ever moved in the NHL changed the name. Remember the Coyotes were originally the Jets.

@rocksmith3796 Ай бұрын

Salt Lake City $avior$

@chubydukskruber7969 Ай бұрын

Keep the Coyotes’ name. Such a cool mascot.

@charliethemaddawg Ай бұрын

No. The Coyotes are too synonymous with their period of ineptitude in AZ.

@chubydukskruber7969 Ай бұрын

@@charliethemaddawg perfect for Utah sports then.

@charliethemaddawg Ай бұрын

@@chubydukskruber7969 Which one and why is it perfect.

@chubydukskruber7969 Ай бұрын

@@charliethemaddawg ineptitude

@charliethemaddawg Ай бұрын

@chubydukskruber7969 Well, for starters, their time @ America West was a boondoggle. The fans couldn't see them from about 25% of the arena. They went bankrupt, not once, but twice, the NHL had to step in and essentially bail out their operations so they wouldn't fold. They couldn't... or wouldn't pay their lease @ Gila Bend, so they were basically forced to more into a college size arena of ONLY 5,000 PEOPLE. Then they couldn't get their desired regular sized arena agreed to or built. So yeah, that sounds pretty inept to me. I just their not in for a redux @ Delta Center if it means doing some temporary renovations before building their new arena in SLC. Or else they'd be shooting themselves in the foot again.

@brookerutherford6249 Ай бұрын

Yeti!

@exeter1985 Ай бұрын

If the Jazz are selling out their games, will there be enough fans to fill an arena for an NHL team?

@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija Ай бұрын

you do realise you can support both teams right

@SemiSauced Ай бұрын

They'll probably share the Delta Center and games won't overlap.

@seanleeper9250 Ай бұрын

bet they relocate in 15 years

@rockyj5047 Ай бұрын

Bet not

@mosinc7388 Ай бұрын

Utah Mons. For morMons and Monuments

@js4190 Ай бұрын

Congrats, you just inherited one of the worst franchises in all of professional sports

@epic754 Ай бұрын

Utah Thrashers

@donlindahl7359 Ай бұрын

Keep name

@Sick_Boy_Rick74 Ай бұрын

New team name… Utah Polygamists and the front jersey crest will be a cartoon version of Warren Jeffs. Or…. The SLC Mailmen Malones

@sykesknife4496 Ай бұрын

The Salt Licks

@jeremym8490 Ай бұрын

The Utah Elk!

@traci635 Ай бұрын

Salt Lake City Coyotes!

@23Icedon Ай бұрын

Utah jackalopes

@lemonadesauce227 Ай бұрын

So excited for this. I love hockey, however they should not change the name or logo! It’s the coolest logo in all of nhl

@cooperwolfe5478 Ай бұрын

Yeah I agree. I think for the Jazz the fact that jazz music isn’t really relevant in the state of Utah kind of makes the team name more unique and interesting so I think having the team be called the Utah Coyotes would sound really cool.

@kellandew1041 Ай бұрын

No, the kachinas are meant for the native tribes of Arizona. The jerseys and name need to stay in AZ.

@nachoandsancho5218 Ай бұрын

Warren jeffs

@Dnt461 Ай бұрын

Utah Skinwalkers

@elintocable0072 Ай бұрын

DOPE.

@drayiii980 Ай бұрын

Utah do the world a favor and keep the name and keep the Kachinas!!!!!!!!!!

@kyleandathompson4700 Ай бұрын

Salt Lake soakers

@herschelwright4663 Ай бұрын

Utah Beehives!

@jessestrong7259 Ай бұрын

How about utah dinos or dynamos?

@WMusick Ай бұрын

Utah goo fit for NHL. MLB won't locate there. Owners and players assoc. don't want another high altitude Denver situation.

@algrundau9441 Ай бұрын

It's location is right in the middle between Las Vegas,Denver,Seattle. Vancouver,Edmonton,Calgary and not that far from the 3 California teams or even Dallas. For the NHL it's a perfect road trip fit for the existing Western Conference teams.

@LAKingsFan90 Ай бұрын

KEEP THEM THE COYOTES I SWEAR YOU PEOPLE BETTER NOT CHANGE THE BEST LOGO/UNIFORMS IN THE NHL SAME WAY JAZZ STAYED THE JAZZ KEEP THEM THE COYOTES!!!!!!!!!!

@racesfanrockks4 Ай бұрын

The nhl told arizona they can keep thr coyotes name if they can get the land deal done and build the arena they will get a team.

@algrundau9441 Ай бұрын

What if the Coyotes became Wolves????