2013 NHL Off-Season Thread: Bluefan's Own Personal Crying Game!

[Sepukku]

Glendale's problems aren't the Coyotes. All of Arizona is fucked, including Phoenix - massive foreclosures everywhere, one of the worst regions in the whole country, maybe even worse than Detroit in some pockets.

[Ishido]

They are likely going to stay in Phoenix which is just sad really. They can't run well due to no real ownership. I dont see this team getting better honestly.

It's not a great arena in not a great location in not a hockey area, housing a team that is usually average-ish, and has little appeal beyond how good the team is, has no winning tradition... So anyone taking over has an uphill battle. Even the best ownership would have trouble running the team.

[Deader2818]

Allan Walsh ‏@walsha 53s

Pascal Dupuis has signed a 4 year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

[Thoronas]

Holy fuck this is what I'm reduced to watching since hockey is done?!

"Mayor we have motion on the floor. We need to have a discussion about the motion on the floor before we cover the ordinance and ..."zzzzzzzzzzz

[Cutriss]

Dupuis gets a four year contract in Pitt.

[Obsidian]

Doesn't even sound like the Mayor wants to vote tonight. I thought Bettman said either a deal gets made tonight or the team is gone?

[Deader2818]

3.75 mil cap hit.

[Cutriss]

Doesn't even sound like the Mayor wants to vote tonight. I thought Bettman said either a deal gets made tonight or the team is gone?

I actually thought I read earlier today that the debate was tonight but the vote is tomorrow, so I came in confused.

[Sepukku]

http://www.businessinsider.com/20-ci...s-2012-11?op=1

1 in 113 homes recieving a foreclosure filing in 2012 Q3 - over the great recession period up until now you're talking probably 1 in 30 homes foreclosing and 1 in 20 having some foreclosing filing at least.

[Obsidian]

I am genuinely amused by this meeting whenever actual numbers start popping up.

[Ishido]

I actually thought I read earlier today that the debate was tonight but the vote is tomorrow, so I came in confused.

Well this shit will probably drag into tomorrow but

I can't watch but this group of people deciding the fate of a multimillion dollar enterprise seem so fucking incompetent.

[Obsidian]

Well, it's only 9 PM in Arizona, so they have three more hours to figure out if they want to colossally fuck themselves over for no real reason or not.

I like that their concern is not making money, but simply not losing more than 6M per year so that it doesn't eviscerate their budget.

[bluefan]

I knew that Randy dude would show up lol.

[Cail]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger
At least another hour hearing public comment in Glendale.

And on that note, good night! fuck this!

[Obsidian]

And now to hear from a bunch of people begging Glendale to validate their poor business decisions.

[bluefan]

No work tomorrow, so I'll stay up for this gong show.

[Obsidian]

No work tomorrow, so I'll stay up for this gong show.

I'm in the same boat but I'll be playing Tales of Graces F while I listen haphazardly to these people. I've never understood why people feel that their city should make a decision that favours their unsustainable business instead of putting the city's welfare first.

"I need to make money off you losing money!" is not a legitimate reason to keep the team there.

Oh hey, this guy gets it.

[bluefan]

This speaker really gets it.

[Ishido]

I own a business that will go out of business slightly slower if the Coyotes don't leave, please throw millions of dollars at their ownership group

[Obsidian]

People come from Canada to play hockey in a place where it doesn't even snow?

I don't think so pal.