You do realize you are now legally obliged to give us depth videos on each teams management after these few vids? :D so good...

As a Coyotes fan and just hockey fan in general I love Shannon's respect but still honesty about the Coyotes. That's why Shannon's the best hockey commentator on KZfaq

As a Yotes fan I'm optimistic. The future looks good. Plus I'm very happy I have been fortunate enough to see them play in the Mullet. That's an amazing experience.

Arizona is an easy team to sympathize with. They rarely have dirty players and don’t really have a rival. I found myself rooting for them a bit when I was stationed in Tucson.

Wild fan here, I love the Coyotes they're the only other team I root for in the west and really hope to see them win a cup one day it'd be the coolest thing ever

GM Bill Armstrong is going to show that he’s one of the very best in the league going forward. He was great at running scouting for the Blues.

It’s simple. You fear the space coyote. As we all do.

I've been trying to get people to understand how good the future of the Yotes is gonna be, thanks for breaking it down so well

Most people who comment on the off-ice issues over simplify incredibly complex problems. I’ve been with this team for quite some time, and us fans have been through a lot to say the least. That being said, I actually have faith in GMBA and Tourigny. There’s a real direction now, there’s been incremental improvements, and moves being made actually make sense now. I really hope ownership learned their lesson after that arena vote debacle. The arena NEEDS to be built, like yesterday.

The Yotes are one my secondary teams I cheer being a Utahn, and I LOVE their roster moves lately. I do hope they stay (assuming they don't come to SLC), and they could be the ultimate underdog story. Arizona can have a good fanbase. Vegas proved desert hockey works, and Arizona got close a few times but through consecutively poor ownership tenures they've never been able to capture the momentum. One thing that made Vegas so popular too was the lack of local competition, now Arizona is home to an NFL, but they've been sucking for a century, and Suns... well okay they're actually pretty good but my point stands. Arizona, with the size of their population, should not be a harder market than Los Angeles. By the 2030s we will have an award-winning documentary analyzing the Coyotes, it will either be about how much they failed or how they pulled off one of the greatest underdog stories in sports.

I’ve been a Coyotes fan for quite a while. What has struck me about the franchise is, once it moved to Glendale it was more about making just making the playoffs so they can get that extra revenue. It never really felt like they were building a cup contending team. They had the stability of Shane Doan, but never had that super star, that generational player that you can build a franchise around. But this is the first time I have felt the rebuild is going to work. We have an owner that is willing to lose money in the short term to build a team that will actually be a cup contender. You have a coach that is setting a solid foundation, tons of draft picks, plenty of cap space, and a city that people want to vacation in. All it really needs is an Arena in a solid location and you will see the underdogs start to be one of the top dogs.

I think a lot of people just look at the obvious stuff and hold onto a "lol, hockey in a hot place" attitude that keeps them from judging the Coyotes objectively. A lot of the struggles their facing aren't the team's fault, and I can't harbor such negativity when I live in the state and I want people here to have a hockey team.

Yotes should target Petterson this off-season if he wants out same age as Keller move Cooley to the wing that’d be a lethal first line for many years

Gotta say, if that second line of young guns comes through as expected, that's a damn good forward group

I too am looking forward to a better future for the Coyotes as Bob the Builder is putting together a team with skill and size.

Good draft picks need time to fully develop. They aren’t like Bedard or Curry, they are automatically goated their first year in

The Colorado buffalos of the nhl always rooting for Arizona as a Wild fan

My sister and I recently got into hockey and we randomly chose the Yotes to be our team. As we watched we realized this is a gritty team with a super bright future and with the breakdown in this video it gives me even more confidence that I made the right choice. Thanks for the breakdown keep em coming!!

Congrats on 289k!

As always a very astute breakdown Shannon; always appreciate the effort

My girlfriend is from Arizona and she's a diehard Coyotes fan, we're both really hoping they don't relocate so we can go see a Coyotes vs Islanders game

This is a direct response to my last comment. Maybe not mine in particular, but it answers what I asked either way. Great video.

It really feels like things are looking up, especially with the news of the team potentially purchasing land in Mesa. Looking forward to watching the boys play when I'm back from my deployment.

as a sens fan I can relate to shitty ownership and a lot of things people say about the team, hoping for a bright future for the yotes

Optimistic..good analogy

i could see the coyotes finishing third in the central THIS SEASON if the goaltending holds up alright

I just want the Coyotes to succeed, so they continue to piss off the people that don't want hockey in the desert.

Hockey season is creeping up!!! Im getting giddy

The Coyotes are going to win a cup around 2030. They're building toward a very dangerous team and I think theyll be at that level soon

Good videos Shannon. You do work very hard at this.

That home ice advantage though... Small crowds are easier to play in front of and can feel like their on top of you if you're visiting. It sucks they've been in this situation for what seems like eternity but I think Mullett Arena is kinda cool for what it is.

Just bought my first tickets for the year: Arizona @ Buffalo

The game they went to was Australian Rules football...It's not Rugby under any circumstances

From an overall situation, I don't understand how the team playing in an arena that small, even at capacity, unless they are charging an obscene amount of money they just can't be making money to sign players. I know the league has their revenue sharing but if you are the owners, why would you keep funding this?

Oh hey, it's my team.

You made a slight mistake Shannon. Rockies GM Billy MacMillan actually traded Lanny for his brother Bob MacMillan. I remember because they're both from here in PEI

I look forward to a "what doesn't impact the Leafs?" video.

With the NCAA and WJC Cooley had a slower start then exploded. Don’t be surprised if he has a slower start and then pops off

AZ has quietly built a very good team. Now, get a damn quality Arena to showcase the talent! Also, get rid of the Kachina doll emblem and get back to the red and sand colors with a Fiesta looking coyote emblem!

I’ve been a coyotes fan for over 12 years it has been a rough time to watch especially when the arena hasn’t been built but with this team this year I can definitely see a improvement from last year I love how this team looks on paper time to see what they can do on the ice through the bad and the good go yotes

The dead money on the cap, do Voracek, Little and Weber have to show up to training camp? Are they allowed to partake in all team activities if they want? When Hossa was with the Coyotes on their books, did he have to go to training camp?

Last year they played the least home games of anyone for most of the season. They were better than their placing was had they had as much balance with home and away games as the rest of the league.

My reaction was apparently the opposite of most people's. I was surprised you ranked Arizona that low, and Vancouver that high. So apparently I value current team quality lower than y'all. I think an organization can be great despite being in a rebuild as long as it's playing its card right - which Arizona is. Meanwhile Vancouver is a so/so team that keeps fighting to remain mediocre, never giving itself a chance to break down, invest in the future and then excel. So I'd rank Vancouver as a bottom 3 organization myself.

I admire THG’s positivity when it comes to his analysis on this and everything else, but I just don’t see it. -The Coyotes don’t have a single active defenseman signed past this season -Every single free agent they got was just a one year deal and you need veteran presence on a young team -They brought in a dead money contract as recently as last season and they still have significant cap space dedicated to those contracts -Their local brand is in the sewer after being outright rejected for an arena that would be entirely privately funded -Their owner is just another in a long string of con artists that have owned the franchise since moving from Winnipeg I don’t want hockey to fail in Phoenix but I have a hard time believing that the Coyotes are the team to do it.

I miss the Veggie & Wedgie goalie tandem

Adin Hill would have been exposed in the expansion draft which is why he was traded. Would have lost him for nothing.

I'm a ducks fan so I have sympathy for the yotes and their struggles lol. Hope to see both our teams start putting pieces together and rising in the standings. It'll make the western conference a lot more interesting

Go Tucson Roadrunners

The yotes are on the upswing fs

I'm liking what Arizona is doing. Been rooting for them since 2012. I would love to see you do a video like this about the Rangers.

In all honesty when before Bill Armstrong did they have an actual General Manager? I mean biggest oops in Coyote history was hiring Chayka. That Guts has to be up their with the worst in the NHL. Thanks for being fair Shannon.

why does thg hate the islanders

been a coyotes fan since opening night .. america west arena - season 1 - sept. 26 , 1996 - it looks like rainbows and unicorns for the coyotes on your white board , what they are doing" looks like it might work "... nice you are talking us up , with the warm and fuzzy talk .. then ,," if arizona gets a building in place in 2026 ".. the coyotes have a contract to play in ASU college arena for 2 more years .. there is a venue here in phoenix , Veterans memorial coliseum that was , our home ice for the phx. roadrunners for years ,, approx. 15,000 seating capacity ,, yes it will need the standard upgrades to work , it still hosts events and the state fair ,, more than adequate size . 60 acres , vs the 45 acres that was in glendale ,and .the smaller 41 acres in mesa , it is centrally located for the entire valley , the infrastructure is already there , including parking .. . and the nuts and bolts are in place , perfect fit ... and would bring in revenue and jobs downtown . only problem is = faux hockey man owner meruelo wants to build an entertainment center , with botique shops expensive restaurants , luxury apartments , casino and , oh by the way ,,a hockey arena .. likely why he will not agree to anything less than open land miles out of town . as vet's coliseum is in an older blue collar neighborhood , and not doable for the meruelo empire entertainment complex . i've asked many folks about the site , but no one is talking about it , or speaking about why it would or wouldn't work , other than it won't work for meruelo .

Love your content. Watch all the videos. What are they going for? Not to be an embarrassment of a professional franchise? This experiment goes back to 1996 as I learned from this channel. How about we try another market? I disagree it's being negative. Obviously for the owner it's a tax write off. 2026 is more than 2 years away and what other road blocks are going to impede that plan?

We, the real Coyotes fans, appreciate you.

Let's not forget that this rebuild, resurgence in management and general manager, (Bill Armstrong) all are within the last few years. The horrible general manager we had in John Chayka didn't do the coyotes any favors prior to this.

I like how Arizona draft

Tempe: 1 Glendale: 0

You frustrate me at times as a Coyotes fan. You were pretty consistently balanced since I started watching you in 2018, heel turned the day of the vote and fear mongered about them moving, and now are going back to being more balanced.

Yotes seem to always develop good tendys...I like Keller, Micelli. Cooley will be good as well.

Bullish on the Yotes here too!

Text book rebuild. How it is supposed to be drawn out. Insulate young guys with a competitive team. Good for developement. Even good players in the minors developing with good competition. Back to the Wild West. No easy points in the league this year. Maybe I will be right this year and say there is more parity.

FWIW most of the bad decisions were made under Chayka, Bill Armstrong seems to be doing much better so far. Only good thing Chayka did was bet on Keller early and sign him long term

Are we doing this per team?

That is a really nice jersey I gotta say.

I'm just gonna say this right now, because it needs to be said once and for all: Moving the Coyotes to Quebec would **NOT** magically make them into a good team like people think.

Id see playing in Mullet Arena as a plus. Seems like an awesome atmosphere! Definitely wanna watch a game while they’re still there

Go Yotes!

give it 4 years.... New stadium, Austin Mathews, etc. etc.

I'd love for this franchise to succeed, but until they show any competency on the ice I just can't get behind them. Shannon you always talk about their prospects and young players, and how they are purposefully in a rebuild, but they have been out of the playoffs (minus 2020, of course) for so long. In the Vancouver video you mentioned how Pettersson has been there for six years and the Canucks have shown little progress. What's different here for a guy like Keller? I'm not implying that Keller wants out, he definitely seems happy there, but how do you have this endless faith in their current rebuild? Yes, they have good young guys and plenty of cap space and whatever else, but when will it translate? 2026-27, so another three years? Geez, that is such a long time. Keller will have spent ten years of his career spinning his wheels. And that's also IF this works out. I don't want to pile on about the arena; it would be an interesting makeshift solution if it were only the one season, but four seasons of NHL players playing in a college arena is crazy. At the end of the day, if the Coyotes ever do figure it out and actually run a successful franchise then I will be happy for them. But despite me liking Bill Armstrong and Andre Tourigny, I can't defend them until they finish the rebuild and actually make some noise in the playoffs.

When your owner only cares about using the team to get a casino built, there is always going to cheap out on the on-ice product. They can have all the prospects and hope you want. When the bill comes due, and owner doesn't want to play. They are just going continue being middling.

Appreciate the unbiased coverage, Shannon. Thanks for ignoring the hater clowns. 🤡🤡🤡

Interesting how most of the errors, are from the Chayka era. Not many in the Armstrong era.

wouldn't be surprised if they are better than canucks flames jets

There are several resurgent teams whose fanbases are clearly getting a bit uppity!

Coyotes not terrible? LMAO! Buttman must've had a conversation with THG.

9 picks two years in a row. P-O Joseph was the best. I’m sorry but that’s terrible. They have a decent set of prospects overall. They don’t have an arena. They have been 100% supported by Gary and the “league(maybe)” for years. Profit sharing and clearly being the place where dead contracts go to die instead of making teams eat their crow. It’s disappointment over and over. In terms of Hill. A lot of goalies look really good at this level on a team with a decent system and players that buy into it(Vegas). Steve dangle says it best about draft picks. They are magic beans. There is no guarantee not even a 50/50.

The Yotes are having a hard enough time as is so why rag on them? They know they suck They know the team.may be moving But for now they rock the shit out of Mullet arena Which probably pulls more fans than some fan bases lol

Hi Shannon !!...

Leaf should sign and trade Nylander to Yotes for two seconds and a third.

The one intangible is Coach André Tourigny. He’s the one that will bring the best out of his team regardless of adversity.

I offhandedly thought that they'd be 4th in the Central this season, so it'll be interesting if they rise to the occaison!

In some regard we’re all kind of rooting for them right? Either that or you hate them and want them moved

The Coyotes are a team you either feel sorry for or hate for existing. They at least understand that you need to build through the draft and have a lot of cap space.

This D is brutal. Dumba is finished. Lost Ghostisphere and Chycryn... they are going to struggle!

To be fair, he compliments the coyotes quite often so this isn’t new

Because Alex Meruelo is paying THG.

the only nice thing about the yotes is that arizona is a US state. if this team was in canada, Gary would have move them to the US in a heartbeat.

Shannon, saying “I think their jerseys are cool” is not a very good reason for thinking they’re going to win “8 cups in a row”.

I wish there was a reason to say nice things about the Jets...

Despite the fact I disagree with you completely Shannon, you’ve clearly explained your position. If they stay there I think it’ll be at least 5-7 years before they become competitive and able to really draw players. **edit below** I do watch all teams as well and the coyotes have never drawn my interest. Keller is a fantastic player who they managed to sign (he’s also a huge golfer- and apparently really good at it), and I really like watching the way he sees the ice. After him pickings become pretty slim. Yeah decent players (they are nhl caliber) but just missing a whole bunch to be competitive.

Still doesn't change the fact that they should fold

Coyotes will take a big step this year. 500 hockey just barely missing the playoffs.

It is hard to say whom you are more infatuated with, Arizona or Buffalo.....

I believe that there have been many major problems for the coyotes for far too long. The product on the ice has been abysmal while being a salary dump for other teams. Picking Miller, not paying their rent in a professional fashion, being bottom 5 in attendance for over the past decade #s/% (except for last year's % because they are sharing a building with a college team), and the NHL team doesn't get top billing on their home ice. They may have a bright future but, for me, they have been a blight for the NHL, and deserved to be moved to a place that would be better for the fans of hockey.

Arizona is a pitiful franchise and tanks profits for the NHL. No reason to sugarcoat it, they have been abysmal nearly every year since entering the league. They should be 32/32 regarding organizations. Arizona is 32/32 for attendance, fan support, revenue, 27/32 for points, and rank in the bottom 10 for pretty much anything else. They’ve been picking in the top 10 for forever and have nothing to show for it. Just because Arizona has a ton of prospects doesn’t mean they’ll even sniff the playoffs in the next few years.

Kicking the Coyotes has always been an easy opinion. As a guy whose followed since there Winnipeg days I figure it's just jealousy. 😉😋😊