Sharks fan here. I watched the Coyotes final game on ESPN+, and I didn’t expect to tear up at the end. I feel for all the fans. All I can say is good luck to the players, and hope they have fun playing at the Delta Center in SLC!
Ryan Smith has been a great backer of Salt Lake and has brought so much to our city and his vision of the future is something I can get behind . No doubt in my mind renovations will be made and a brand new state of the art Hockey arena will be built. He has done so much for our city and does what he says . He will take good care of the franchise from top to bottom.
As an Arizona native, for me it’s bitter-sweet. We all love[d] the Coyotes through thick and thin. But for the team to ultimately have better opportunities in SLC, I can only wish them the very best!
Devils fan here too, not gonna lie, the woman waving the flag totally got me. Feel for those fans…feels like whatever went wrong in Arizona wasn’t because of them.
I agree they deserved better. Different ownership needs to happen to allow competency to be key. The last multiple ownership groups in the past decade lacked competency and didn’t pay their bills as they should. NHL needs to be more competent in vetting out these ownership groups and not allow them to keep selling within to the groups members to change up who has majority ownership. All this effort by Coyotes fans who actually attended games, just to watch the team leave and make the playoffs in the next year or two somewhere else. What a shame.
As a blue jackets fan (and a bandwagon coyote for this last game) I watched the entire game and I cried for the last 30 seconds of this game and I haven’t cried in years. I believe the last time I cried is when Atlanta laughed for some reason throwing up in California watching them play the sharks, the ducks in the multiple times a season for the last 21 years of my life. thank you for all the memories and I hope you come back one day under new ownership with a new arena and everything because hockey can work in the desert
Minnesota checking in. Feel for the fans, we've been there. North Stars moved after much less effort to keep them here. Script was the same: poor management led to poor performance, which led to poor attendance. Then, arena deals couldn't be made with taxpayers. Hopefully, the NHL makes the new ownership keep the Coyotes name in Arizona for later use. Stars took the name with them to Dallas and it was like taking our identity as a fan base with them. That's why the Wild adopt so much from the pre-Norm Green era. Hopefully AZ gets a new team in the next 5-7 years. Expansion draft rules have helped create more competitive teams out of the gate. All the best to Arizona.
@@TheCooterpuppet No doubt. We need someone who is more of a fans' commissioner and not such a one-sided owners' commissioner. There is no doubt in my mind that Toronto could support a second team, but I'd rather see them get an NFL team. Hamilton could support a team, but the politics of the Leafs and Sabres make it a non-priority for the League.
Sabres fan here. This just breaks my heart watching. I can’t imagine losing my team. I feel for Coyotes fans and all their staff who won’t be going to Utah. Hope it all works out for you guys in the end
Lifelong Hockey fan and Salt Lake area resident here. So excited to for hockey to be coming but obviously feel bad for the fans invested in the coyotes in Arizona. What a heart breaking experience it must be.
I am a Canucks fan and I watched this game and it ripped my heart the fans didn’t deserve this poor ownership seeing the fans the staff even the ice girl ripped my heart the plus side is that they have a good minor hockey system now and I hope with a proper ownership that some day they will get a team again
I'm so sorry to the fans. I'm a leafs fan and our team would be nothing without a particular player who is an Arizona native. I love the passion of you guys and admire the loyalty through the bad and the good and trust me, I know what it's like to root for a team that struggles but despite the disappointment and let downs, your home team is almost like a family member. No matter how hard it gets, you stand by them. The fans and the team did not deserve this. My heart goes out to all of you.
Are you insane! It's the greatest day in nhl history. Hockey has and will always be a failure there. Good riddance! They we're by far THE worst nhl team ever!
@SillySongs4Everyone2001 I genuinely don't understand this... they had a decent arena for years and nobody showed out. Not happy yall lost your team but this franchise as it exists clearly does not work
@@Kooshmint I'm a Habs fan in Canada and the trouble started when the team left Scottsdale and moved all the way out to Glendale. In doing so, the corporate folk in Scottsdale were not going to follow the Coyotes all the way out there. As a result, the arena had empty luxury boxes and the heart of the fan base was also left behind. While I'm not fully convinced the Coyotes would've been a cash cow by staying in Scottsdale, odds are they would not have become the headache they did for the NHL when the team was operating in Glendale. A city council pouring tax dollars, in a modest-sized suburb like Glendale, into propping up the hockey team was never the proper route. Many a taxpayer in Glendale tried to warn them; but they were so desperate to keep the team there. In the end, it all collapsed.
Here's to ya Arizona Coyotes and the fanbase, as a Canadian I am gonna miss you as you guys were as faithful to your franchise as any fanbase could be. Good luck to the new team in the future and let's hope everything works out under brand new ownership right?
the fact they were our first home game opponent . it was honestly a lot of fun winning against them , and a lot of fun being all sad when they beat us .
I hope the young lady waving the flag gets a lot of hugs. It can't be easy saying goodbye to a seasonal job that one takes out of pure love and passion for what you get involved in.
As Canadian hearing any one lose a team is gut wrenching, im sorry, keep your head up you never know, we got our Jets back maybe you get your Coyote back one day 😭😭
It took 15 years to get the Jets back and only because of a franchise move, that's a damn long time to wait for a return of a team, In Minnesota it took 7 years, once again, too long
As an Atlanta Native, Players will be fine, it just like they got traded until the end of their contract, and they get a stipend for moving. Fans will honestly be fine, they’ll convert to another team and have a brand new experience. (Most ATL people converted to Nashville, Carolina, Florida, Tampa, or even some stayed with the Jets as fans.) But man the staff, employees, and their families.. that’s the part that really sucks. Good luck to all who have to find a new job in this market to make ends meet. I will always feel for those people.
Well said Atlanta fan. On a side note, from a faraway perspective (I"m a Sens fan), I believe one day you will get to root for an Atlanta team again. Once expansion happens again I believe the first 2 places the NHL will return to in the Eastern conference will be Houston and Atlanta. Hopefully, once that happens besides good ownership you will have municipal support to foster that development.
@@OttawaRocks Ah forget it. I just reconverted back to Toronto where my family is from. I’m long from Atlanta. I honestly don’t blame the league or the situation. Our city, fanbase, and management just wasn’t ready for a team. WPG was. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. My point being, honestly, if you like hockey in Arizona, it won’t be that bad. You’ll find a new team, find new traditions, you’ll go to less games, but they will be more special when you do. But the staff and management?? Those mortgage payments don’t just stop for 12 months while you’re trying to figure your stuff out. Your wife and kids may not want to move to Utah, but it’s the only choice they got. I knew families like that. You might in involved in say Sales… you don’t get to just bring those relationships over with you to Utah. And the bills keep coming. Say your spouse has a small local business. Do they just start over in Utah? It’s really unfortunate on a human level. That part really really sucks
There is no way I'll support Nashville, Carolina, or Tampa Bay. If the Thrashers aren't here or a team in Atlanta, there is no point supporting the NHL. I'll stick with the Gladiators until we get a team back, but which we should, given our size. It is simply ridiculous that Atlanta doesn't have a team by now. It has been 13 years. How long do they want us to wait, until we are six feet under?
@@TheLivewire18 What do you mean our city wasn't ready. We had packed crowds nearly every game during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons. Go watch some videos. Winnipeg is also one eighth Atlanta's size with a smaller arena. They took advantage of the ss known as Atlanta Spirit Group. Atlanta is the sixth largest metro in the USA. There is no excuse for Atlanta to be without a team. It is sickening, to be honest, for Columbus, Las Vegas, and Winnipeg to have teams and not Atlanta.
@@willp.8120 NO WE DIDNT! Stop the cap! Me and my buddies would buy 10-15 dollar tickets all the time and just walk down to front row and bang the glass. (We was young back then… I know you’re not supposed to do it now whatever.) The games were so empty, we would get caught and security would say ahhh, it’s fine. Go sit camera side. Now a big part of that was that the team SUCKED. But that’s management and the league rules. They deserved to move to a great Canadian City like WPG or Quebec City. ATL will be back again for the third time and that time they won’t screw it up.
Same. I’ve waited my whole life to see the NHL come to Utah, and I’m ecstatic to see it finally happening. but I’m also super sad for Yotes fans to see their franchise come to an end
@@shawnwhite1972 to be fair this is how you gained yours and you are getting an expansion as soon as you can get an arena. The Coyotes will be back in a few years. The expansion team will be called the Coyotes so it's really not gone. Just gone for a few years
Well at least yall went out with a bang so to speak. A big multi goal win. I feel for Arizona hockey fans on this, I know how it is to have your team move and get taken away from you unceremoniously and suddenly at the end of a season. See the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. And now I wont be able to ever see the Coyotes play in Arizona. Stay strong AZ and best of luck to the Coyotes organization in Utah. They better get it right or they better fold for good.
It was the Arizona Coyotes who the Sedins played their last home game against and gave us a fairy tale ending to two of our best players to ever wear our colours. The Coyotes are nothing but pure class and I’ll miss them. Hope to see you all in the league again very soon ❤ - A Canucks Fan
You just watch. The NHL will do everything in its power to return to Arizona, but it won't lift a finger to impose any 13,000-season-ticket condition on the fan base there like it did on Winnipeg. It will go back there as blindly as it did the first time without any conditions being imposed.
@@StoanehPanthers have a lease with the county until the end of the decade and they're trying to extend it, and in case you missed it, they won the Stanley Cup
The thumbnail is heartbreaking. Not only is that person out of a job, she’s also saying goodbye to all the memories and sentimental moments she had attached to the team. It’s possible that, being an ice girl, she grew up as a kid with her dad taking her to games and this was one of the main things she had to remember him by. I know for me at least the Sharks have created countless great memories with my friends and family. Going to their games and becoming a part of the team culture helped bring my family and friends closer together and, if they suffered the same fate as the Coyotes, it would feel like a part of me died along with them. I just hate how so-called hockey “fans” dunk on this fanbase that’s endured almost 20 years straight of suckage and never had a fair chance to gain a real following in the area. Yes, their numbers are fewer but clearly there are still fans, and they are humans with the same emotions and precious memories attached to the team that you all feel for your clubs. To say “good riddance” or the Arizona fans don’t deserve that same joy that your team brings to you is just appalling to me.
You know what's funny? Y'all want to act all sad for the Coyotes leaving Arizona, but these same type of people had nothing but contempt for Atlanta when the Thrashers left. People weren't saying they were sad. In fact, Atlanta was being mocked and ridiculed. Yet, the Coyotes have had far worse attendance over the years, favortism, chance after chance, and a better team, winning-wise, than the Thrashers ever had.
I covered Lawson Crouse when he was with the Frontenacs. Always a great guy and very personal. Seeing the fans hurts the most. And the game day ops staff and everybody else involved. Very bitter sweet in a way.
It's understandable that Winnipeggers will be less sympathetic to Coyotes' fans than they would compared to, for example, Minnesota North Stars fans or Hartford Whalers fans. For every arrogant, egotistical hockey neophyte in Arizona (who deserve no sympathy whatsoever) there are a number of hockey fans who never wanted to gain a team at the expense of Winnipeg, nor any other city. Many in Winnipeg and around the NHL will view this outcome as a case of 'what goes around, comes around'; but one can still appreciate those good fans in Arizona and give them credit for the years of instability and uncertainty they were dragged through, and much more than the franchise ever did in Winnipeg.
Pens fan here. Something about the coyotes not being in the league is disturbing. such a loyal team and fanbase separated. such a disgusting taste for the entire NHL fanbase. Hope for a quick return to the league
boy did the state of arizona deserve better, feel for the fans that were praying for a new arena, hopefully this isn't the end of hockey in the dessert for good
As an Oilers fan who would often go to Arizona in the winter, I will miss having the Coyotes there. I honestly believe with the right owner and a good arena this team can succeed. Hopefully Morelo is not involved in any of it.
As a Sharks fan, that blonde girl waving the flag at 2:57 got me.😥 Also, as a jerseys collector, it's a good thing I bought a Phil Kessel jersey before they left Arizona and I will rock that jersey anywhere I go.
One could accuse the NFL of being more greedy than the NHL. NFL teams, as a rule, make money, yet they still moved three teams in short succession. Every pro sports league wants all of its franchises to be reasonably viable. Like the Thrashers before them, the Coyotes found themselves in a desperate, facility revenue-draining situation. The Coyotes won't be in that state in Salt Lake City, and the Oakland A's won't be in said type of jackpot in Las Vegas.
So sad. Watching this game was so weird. Happy and sad at the same time. Seeing the fans, especially that flag girl crying like is the hardest part about this whole thing
Well, get in line after Atlanta. We've been waiting for 13 years and are far better a hockey market than Phoenix. Houston also should get a chance, too. I'm fine with Phoenix being team 35 or 36, but Atlanta has been patiently waiting.
@@noneofyourbusiness6809 No, the city did not fail. The ownership did. Look up the videos: Atlanta Thrashers home goals 2006-2007 Atlanta Thrashers home goals 2007-2008 and tell me that this market "failed". We had far greater fan support than the Phoenix market, and it isn't debatable.
@@noneofyourbusiness6809 The only reason the Coyotes didn't return to Winnipeg was because Glendale prolonged the waste of tax dollars in Arizona and postponed the inevitable. The NHL had also taken ownership of the team.
watching the toronto media treat the Coyotes leaving like it was a bigger tragedy than when the Jets and Nordiques left is laughable. NOBODY wanted this team in AZ and nobody will notice when they're gone. Salt Lake City is a far better landing place.
The Canadian media treated Atlanta with contempt and were very negative toward our city when the Thrashers left, and they continue to be very negative toward our city, especially now that we have two ownership groups who have put in bids for an Atlanta expansion team. The Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes weren't even close to the level of the Atlanta Thrashers in fan support. Phoenix has been given over a decade. Atlanta was given three months and had an ownership group who wasn't really actively seeking buyers to keep the team in Atlanta. That people act more sad about the Coyotes leaving than the Thrashers leaving, or claiming that Phoenix deserves a team back before Atlanta is outright asinine. Atlanta had a packed house much of the time. There were some games where the Coyotes didn't even sell out Mullet Arena.
@@CGMedia2023 actually it is a big loss because if it wasn't for this team we wouldn't have auston Matthews we wouldn't have Arizona State University playing division 1 hockey they are positives to this team and it's a shame that this team is moving because I know the feeling of losing a team via relocation it hurts and I don't wish this on anyone
I feel so sorry for the fans in Arizona, for you're not at fault for this. Had it happen twice to us down here due to poor ownership in the '70s (see Flames, Atlanta) and negligent ownership over a decade ago (see Thrashers, Atlanta). Hopefully, you guys find another team to support or get another franchise down the line...
Sharks fan here. I watched the Coyotes final game on ESPN+, and I didn’t expect to tear up at the end. I feel for all the fans. All I can say is good luck to the players, and hope they have fun playing at the Delta Center in SLC!
I don't think we would be too happy with it being at the Delta Center due to the way it was built... I think they'll renovate it.
@@isaacmacdonald6530yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if they started renovating it right away
Ryan Smith has been a great backer of Salt Lake and has brought so much to our city and his vision of the future is something I can get behind . No doubt in my mind renovations will be made and a brand new state of the art Hockey arena will be built. He has done so much for our city and does what he says . He will take good care of the franchise from top to bottom.
I’m gonna miss hearing Brodie call them the Desert Dogs every time we played them
@@isaacmacdonald6530I'm kinda waiting for the taxpayer revolt at buying stadiums for billionaires.
👏 Dont cry for what we lost, cry what we had in our memories !
Many great player played there.
All good from 🇫🇮 to all NHL fans !
Kiitos!
As a Arizona hockey fan I’m gonna miss being able to watch games live in arizona
I feel for the dedicated fans and staff.
As an Arizona native, for me it’s bitter-sweet. We all love[d] the Coyotes through thick and thin. But for the team to ultimately have better opportunities in SLC, I can only wish them the very best!
Feels kinda like a funeral 😕
@@markmccloskey23I’m not a coyotes fan but I still love them and the team I’m a huge Keller fan and these are the only games I can go to
I hope someone brings a team back. This was so bittersweet to watch.
as a Devils fan, I didn´t expect to cry for Coyotes.... Stay strong Coyotes fans
Devils come within an eyelash of Nashville in 1995.
Devils fan here too, not gonna lie, the woman waving the flag totally got me. Feel for those fans…feels like whatever went wrong in Arizona wasn’t because of them.
It is easy to convert the NJ to an NY!
They will return
Leafs fan here, I really hope ownership can be competent and have something locked down in a few years to bring this back. Y'all deserve better
I agree they deserved better. Different ownership needs to happen to allow competency to be key. The last multiple ownership groups in the past decade lacked competency and didn’t pay their bills as they should. NHL needs to be more competent in vetting out these ownership groups and not allow them to keep selling within to the groups members to change up who has majority ownership. All this effort by Coyotes fans who actually attended games, just to watch the team leave and make the playoffs in the next year or two somewhere else. What a shame.
As a Canadian Ill miss you guys hope you make it back in the future
Watching this brings back up all the memories of the Vancouver Grizzlies and their abrupt move. Coyotes fans we feel your pain.
As a blue jackets fan (and a bandwagon coyote for this last game) I watched the entire game and I cried for the last 30 seconds of this game and I haven’t cried in years. I believe the last time I cried is when Atlanta laughed for some reason throwing up in California watching them play the sharks, the ducks in the multiple times a season for the last 21 years of my life. thank you for all the memories and I hope you come back one day under new ownership with a new arena and everything because hockey can work in the desert
Minnesota checking in. Feel for the fans, we've been there. North Stars moved after much less effort to keep them here. Script was the same: poor management led to poor performance, which led to poor attendance. Then, arena deals couldn't be made with taxpayers. Hopefully, the NHL makes the new ownership keep the Coyotes name in Arizona for later use. Stars took the name with them to Dallas and it was like taking our identity as a fan base with them. That's why the Wild adopt so much from the pre-Norm Green era. Hopefully AZ gets a new team in the next 5-7 years. Expansion draft rules have helped create more competitive teams out of the gate. All the best to Arizona.
I echo this sediment.COYOTES FOREVER.
I am crying too. Sad to see you guys go. All the best from Europe (Germany), Yotes! Hope to see you again soon!
I cried the entire game😢
Sounds like a Leafs playoff game.
I watched Winnipeg's last home game on tv and now this 28 years later, same vibe. 😢
Now y'all can stop being mad at Arizona for "taking your team". Y'all took our team, the Atlanta Thrashers and didn't feel sad for us.
@@willp.8120 Okay, then YOU can stop hating on Canada and get a life already!
@@FischerFan No one is hating on Canada. Canadians are often extremely sensitive in a little man's syndrome kind of way.
@@FischerFan I hope Toronto gets a second NHL team, or Hamilton or even QC- but we'll have to wait until Bettman retires
@@TheCooterpuppet No doubt. We need someone who is more of a fans' commissioner and not such a one-sided owners' commissioner.
There is no doubt in my mind that Toronto could support a second team, but I'd rather see them get an NFL team. Hamilton could support a team, but the politics of the Leafs and Sabres make it a non-priority for the League.
From Poland here. I can't belive it happened I followed coyotes since 1999
It is beyond my imagination
Sabres fan here. This just breaks my heart watching. I can’t imagine losing my team. I feel for Coyotes fans and all their staff who won’t be going to Utah. Hope it all works out for you guys in the end
Coyotes fans deserved better. Im so sorry, you guys.
Lifelong Hockey fan and Salt Lake area resident here. So excited to for hockey to be coming but obviously feel bad for the fans invested in the coyotes in Arizona. What a heart breaking experience it must be.
Will miss you Arizona coyotes
I am a Canucks fan and I watched this game and it ripped my heart the fans didn’t deserve this poor ownership seeing the fans the staff even the ice girl ripped my heart the plus side is that they have a good minor hockey system now and I hope with a proper ownership that some day they will get a team again
I'm so sorry to the fans. I'm a leafs fan and our team would be nothing without a particular player who is an Arizona native. I love the passion of you guys and admire the loyalty through the bad and the good and trust me, I know what it's like to root for a team that struggles but despite the disappointment and let downs, your home team is almost like a family member. No matter how hard it gets, you stand by them. The fans and the team did not deserve this. My heart goes out to all of you.
Knights fan listening to this game on the NHL app. Was moving towards the end.A sad day for the hockey community
🖕🏼 the knights
Are you insane! It's the greatest day in nhl history. Hockey has and will always be a failure there. Good riddance! They we're by far THE worst nhl team ever!
@@sebastienlaporte3427 Are you some sort of LDS troll? Put competent ownership in and hockey will thrive in the desert.
Hockey in Arizona can work…if you find a competent owner who actually gives a crap.
Lol. Coyotes had multiple owners. The market just sucks.
Sure. It could work in Bangkok if the NHL subsidized it long enough. This team should never have moved from Winnipeg.
@SillySongs4Everyone2001 I genuinely don't understand this... they had a decent arena for years and nobody showed out. Not happy yall lost your team but this franchise as it exists clearly does not work
@@Kooshmint I'm a Habs fan in Canada and the trouble started when the team left Scottsdale and moved all the way out to Glendale. In doing so, the corporate folk in Scottsdale were not going to follow the Coyotes all the way out there. As a result, the arena had empty luxury boxes and the heart of the fan base was also left behind.
While I'm not fully convinced the Coyotes would've been a cash cow by staying in Scottsdale, odds are they would not have become the headache they did for the NHL when the team was operating in Glendale. A city council pouring tax dollars, in a modest-sized suburb like Glendale, into propping up the hockey team was never the proper route. Many a taxpayer in Glendale tried to warn them; but they were so desperate to keep the team there. In the end, it all collapsed.
I really think Meruelo is trying he's just been screwed over And over by the state essentially
Here's to ya Arizona Coyotes and the fanbase, as a Canadian I am gonna miss you as you guys were as faithful to your franchise as any fanbase could be. Good luck to the new team in the future and let's hope everything works out under brand new ownership right?
Tell me you don't watch hockey without telling me 😂
the fact they were our first home game opponent . it was honestly a lot of fun winning against them , and a lot of fun being all sad when they beat us .
I hope the young lady waving the flag gets a lot of hugs. It can't be easy saying goodbye to a seasonal job that one takes out of pure love and passion for what you get involved in.
“Shane Doan please save us” lmao
As Canadian hearing any one lose a team is gut wrenching, im sorry, keep your head up you never know, we got our Jets back maybe you get your Coyote back one day 😭😭
It took 15 years to get the Jets back and only because of a franchise move, that's a damn long time to wait for a return of a team, In Minnesota it took 7 years, once again, too long
Dont cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
alright dr seuss
It’s hard in the moment man. Give it time 😭
Thanks for inspiring Auston Matthews his whole childhood !
Hope you get this back
as a flyers fan i understand the passion of coyotes fans. everyone hates to see a franchise go.
Thank You Arizona Coyotes😔😢 Good luck in Utah☀️
As an Atlanta Native,
Players will be fine, it just like they got traded until the end of their contract, and they get a stipend for moving.
Fans will honestly be fine, they’ll convert to another team and have a brand new experience. (Most ATL people converted to Nashville, Carolina, Florida, Tampa, or even some stayed with the Jets as fans.)
But man the staff, employees, and their families.. that’s the part that really sucks. Good luck to all who have to find a new job in this market to make ends meet. I will always feel for those people.
Well said Atlanta fan.
On a side note, from a faraway perspective (I"m a Sens fan), I believe one day you will get to root for an Atlanta team again.
Once expansion happens again I believe the first 2 places the NHL will return to in the Eastern conference will be Houston and Atlanta. Hopefully, once that happens besides good ownership you will have municipal support to foster that development.
@@OttawaRocks Ah forget it. I just reconverted back to Toronto where my family is from. I’m long from Atlanta.
I honestly don’t blame the league or the situation. Our city, fanbase, and management just wasn’t ready for a team. WPG was. That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
My point being, honestly, if you like hockey in Arizona, it won’t be that bad. You’ll find a new team, find new traditions, you’ll go to less games, but they will be more special when you do.
But the staff and management?? Those mortgage payments don’t just stop for 12 months while you’re trying to figure your stuff out. Your wife and kids may not want to move to Utah, but it’s the only choice they got.
I knew families like that. You might in involved in say Sales… you don’t get to just bring those relationships over with you to Utah. And the bills keep coming.
Say your spouse has a small local business. Do they just start over in Utah? It’s really unfortunate on a human level.
That part really really sucks
There is no way I'll support Nashville, Carolina, or Tampa Bay. If the Thrashers aren't here or a team in Atlanta, there is no point supporting the NHL. I'll stick with the Gladiators until we get a team back, but which we should, given our size. It is simply ridiculous that Atlanta doesn't have a team by now. It has been 13 years. How long do they want us to wait, until we are six feet under?
@@TheLivewire18
What do you mean our city wasn't ready. We had packed crowds nearly every game during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons. Go watch some videos. Winnipeg is also one eighth Atlanta's size with a smaller arena. They took advantage of the ss known as Atlanta Spirit Group. Atlanta is the sixth largest metro in the USA. There is no excuse for Atlanta to be without a team. It is sickening, to be honest, for Columbus, Las Vegas, and Winnipeg to have teams and not Atlanta.
@@willp.8120 NO WE DIDNT! Stop the cap!
Me and my buddies would buy 10-15 dollar tickets all the time and just walk down to front row and bang the glass. (We was young back then… I know you’re not supposed to do it now whatever.)
The games were so empty, we would get caught and security would say ahhh, it’s fine. Go sit camera side.
Now a big part of that was that the team SUCKED. But that’s management and the league rules. They deserved to move to a great Canadian City like WPG or Quebec City.
ATL will be back again for the third time and that time they won’t screw it up.
From the Winnipeg Jets to Arizona Coyotes to Utah something, the journey never ends.
As a fan happy in Salt Lake...I feel awful right now about getting a team this way.
Same. I’ve waited my whole life to see the NHL come to Utah, and I’m ecstatic to see it finally happening. but I’m also super sad for Yotes fans to see their franchise come to an end
This was how Arizona got the team. Back then, there was no guarantee NHL hockey would return Winnipeg.
And this is how you will lose your team
@@shawnwhite1972 to be fair this is how you gained yours and you are getting an expansion as soon as you can get an arena. The Coyotes will be back in a few years. The expansion team will be called the Coyotes so it's really not gone. Just gone for a few years
That's how Phoenix got the team, too though. Winnipeg, Quebec, Hartford etc etc have been through this before.
We want the Coyotes back. Get the arena figured out. Bring back the Coyotes
Watch Hartford Whalers last home game and we knew how it felt. But life goes on.
Well at least yall went out with a bang so to speak. A big multi goal win. I feel for Arizona hockey fans on this, I know how it is to have your team move and get taken away from you unceremoniously and suddenly at the end of a season. See the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. And now I wont be able to ever see the Coyotes play in Arizona. Stay strong AZ and best of luck to the Coyotes organization in Utah. They better get it right or they better fold for good.
Very sad as a dad of a Youth Hockey Player in AZ. I hope they come back. What a mess.
Will always remember u Arizona
*Thank you Arizona fans*
It was the Arizona Coyotes who the Sedins played their last home game against and gave us a fairy tale ending to two of our best players to ever wear our colours.
The Coyotes are nothing but pure class and I’ll miss them.
Hope to see you all in the league again very soon ❤
- A Canucks Fan
I'm a Canucks fan but this made me very emotional tonight!
Imagine if this team actually had a fanbase, like the Jets or the Nordiques - people might actually have cared
You just watch. The NHL will do everything in its power to return to Arizona, but it won't lift a finger to impose any 13,000-season-ticket condition on the fan base there like it did on Winnipeg.
It will go back there as blindly as it did the first time without any conditions being imposed.
I went through this with Jets 1.0. You have to believe, you have to be optimistic about the future and the return of hockey to the desert.
As Gary Bettman once told the fans in Winnipeg, 'Remain passionate'.
As a panthers fan this hit right in the feels; salute to Arizona and its fans for toughing it out through thick and thin, Godspeed 🫡
Panthers are next. Haven't sold out your shitty arena since what 98?
Congrats on the cup
@@Stoaneh no they ain’t
@@StoanehPanthers have a lease with the county until the end of the decade and they're trying to extend it, and in case you missed it, they won the Stanley Cup
I felt sorry for the fans
What fans. Arena is always empty. It’s long overdue
@@frederikbrandt424 respect the Fans You idiots
Yeah a whole 3k of them 😂
The thumbnail is heartbreaking. Not only is that person out of a job, she’s also saying goodbye to all the memories and sentimental moments she had attached to the team. It’s possible that, being an ice girl, she grew up as a kid with her dad taking her to games and this was one of the main things she had to remember him by. I know for me at least the Sharks have created countless great memories with my friends and family. Going to their games and becoming a part of the team culture helped bring my family and friends closer together and, if they suffered the same fate as the Coyotes, it would feel like a part of me died along with them.
I just hate how so-called hockey “fans” dunk on this fanbase that’s endured almost 20 years straight of suckage and never had a fair chance to gain a real following in the area. Yes, their numbers are fewer but clearly there are still fans, and they are humans with the same emotions and precious memories attached to the team that you all feel for your clubs. To say “good riddance” or the Arizona fans don’t deserve that same joy that your team brings to you is just appalling to me.
Gracias coyotes somos el equipo de Arizona 😢
As a canes fan, it didnt affect me, Stay strong yotes fans, See yall in utah sometime
Lov from Vancouver...fans A+.....players heart A+.....ownership F
Sad for the workers . I don’t care about the franchise .
They're the ones who the receive the most sympathy from me, much more so than the market of over 4 million people.
Wow ok then
I’m going to miss Arizona Coyotes so much
Why ? 30 years of failure 😂
@@Stoaneh Because I was cheering for them even win or lose and to be the coolest Jerseys
@@Stoanehur annoying grow up
@@Stoanehshut up toxic idiot
@@Stoanehoh quiet hater
Thank you Arizona Coyotes!!! Will be following yall to Utah!!! 🥺😭
Get these people a fucking owner who givesca shit this is heartbreaking
bro u just cussed thats crazy
Columbus Fan here, Its beyond tragic what happen I hope some competant Owner groups brings Hockey back to Phoenix.
You know what's funny? Y'all want to act all sad for the Coyotes leaving Arizona, but these same type of people had nothing but contempt for Atlanta when the Thrashers left. People weren't saying they were sad. In fact, Atlanta was being mocked and ridiculed. Yet, the Coyotes have had far worse attendance over the years, favortism, chance after chance, and a better team, winning-wise, than the Thrashers ever had.
I have been going to coyotes games all my life. Hearing that horn signifying the coyotes won made me tear up.
I covered Lawson Crouse when he was with the Frontenacs. Always a great guy and very personal. Seeing the fans hurts the most. And the game day ops staff and everybody else involved. Very bitter sweet in a way.
Sucks it happened as soon as they got decent again. I teared up.
But.
we can give flowers but think of how empty that arena has been for a decade…
All 5000 true fans of Arizona crying. The rest of the desert didn't really give a crap.
As a Winnipegger, I applaud this.
I know. I live close to your market and your fan base is scum.
It's understandable that Winnipeggers will be less sympathetic to Coyotes' fans than they would compared to, for example, Minnesota North Stars fans or Hartford Whalers fans.
For every arrogant, egotistical hockey neophyte in Arizona (who deserve no sympathy whatsoever) there are a number of hockey fans who never wanted to gain a team at the expense of Winnipeg, nor any other city.
Many in Winnipeg and around the NHL will view this outcome as a case of 'what goes around, comes around'; but one can still appreciate those good fans in Arizona and give them credit for the years of instability and uncertainty they were dragged through, and much more than the franchise ever did in Winnipeg.
Bruh
The flag girl choking up while waving that flag man, its truly an iconic photo, but extremely sad.
Yo who tf is on aux?! 😂 Do not let that man cook, ruined the whole moment.
Pens fan here. Something about the coyotes not being in the league is disturbing. such a loyal team and fanbase separated. such a disgusting taste for the entire NHL fanbase. Hope for a quick return to the league
We all know the coyotes will be back in 5 yrs
Long and dreadful wait
Bye Guys Hopefully Have fun In Salt Lake City
boy did the state of arizona deserve better, feel for the fans that were praying for a new arena, hopefully this isn't the end of hockey in the dessert for good
As an Oilers fan who would often go to Arizona in the winter, I will miss having the Coyotes there. I honestly believe with the right owner and a good arena this team can succeed. Hopefully Morelo is not involved in any of it.
Umm poor song choice.
Coyotes vs Leafs was my first and only game Ive been too at the old Maple Leaf Gardens
Tough watch 😢
Im not a coyotes fan but im 32 years old so its definitely sad seeing a team thats been around since i can remember going away
I’m going to miss seeing that unique logo in the box score. What a way to go out in front of the home crowd one last time, though.
Too bad, your owner screwed you! Sabres fan here...
Well you can get gold from shit. No owners fault. Arizona never wanted the team.
As a Sharks fan, that blonde girl waving the flag at 2:57 got me.😥 Also, as a jerseys collector, it's a good thing I bought a Phil Kessel jersey before they left Arizona and I will rock that jersey anywhere I go.
this is heartbreaking man. rip coyotes
Such a shame. So many people put in so much work to make this franchise viable. Greed is the killer. Good luck to all.
One could accuse the NFL of being more greedy than the NHL. NFL teams, as a rule, make money, yet they still moved three teams in short succession.
Every pro sports league wants all of its franchises to be reasonably viable. Like the Thrashers before them, the Coyotes found themselves in a desperate, facility revenue-draining situation. The Coyotes won't be in that state in Salt Lake City, and the Oakland A's won't be in said type of jackpot in Las Vegas.
Not as sad as they left Winnipeg for the doomed desert.
As a panthers fan. I feel all the pain from the Arizona fans. Same for montreal baseball fans losing their team. Even tho I’m also a Yankees fan.
2010 Thank you for visiting Riga,Latvia for exhibition game against Dinamo riga! 🥲
That really sucks for any fan that loses a nhl team I really hope the coyotes get the money to build an arena and bring them back.
I’m definitely going to miss my Arizona coyotes 😢
Ryan Smith is going to take care of this team. Coyotes are moving to a market full of fans that have been hungry for a team since the 2002 Olympics.
Very loyal fans
As a Stars fan I wish I got to see a game in Arizona and really feel for yall but I’m sure they will get another team.
So sad. Watching this game was so weird. Happy and sad at the same time. Seeing the fans, especially that flag girl crying like is the hardest part about this whole thing
Wings fan here. This is heartbreaking! Hopefully someone can bring hockey back to phoenix relatively quickly!
Well, get in line after Atlanta. We've been waiting for 13 years and are far better a hockey market than Phoenix. Houston also should get a chance, too. I'm fine with Phoenix being team 35 or 36, but Atlanta has been patiently waiting.
Atlanta has failed twice already 😂
@@noneofyourbusiness6809 No, the city did not fail. The ownership did.
Look up the videos:
Atlanta Thrashers home goals 2006-2007
Atlanta Thrashers home goals 2007-2008
and tell me that this market "failed". We had far greater fan support than the Phoenix market, and it isn't debatable.
@@noneofyourbusiness6809 The only reason the Coyotes didn't return to Winnipeg was because Glendale prolonged the waste of tax dollars in Arizona and postponed the inevitable. The NHL had also taken ownership of the team.
@@FischerFan yes I know…I said Atlanta not Arizona…Another team in Atlanta won’t work, they’ve had two tries and both failed.
I'm heartbroken about this.
Ima blues fan and this is very heartbreaking, no city deserves there team taking away
Boy that would have been a lot more impactful if it weren't in an OHL sized arena
The cheer leaders were crying and they don’t know a signal thing about hockey😂
I know!! Right??
Uhhh yea they do they know hockey
@@black_panther527 no they don’t. They get paid to shake their asses and look pretty
@@roninfjeld yes they do
watching the toronto media treat the Coyotes leaving like it was a bigger tragedy than when the Jets and Nordiques left is laughable. NOBODY wanted this team in AZ and nobody will notice when they're gone. Salt Lake City is a far better landing place.
The Canadian media treated Atlanta with contempt and were very negative toward our city when the Thrashers left, and they continue to be very negative toward our city, especially now that we have two ownership groups who have put in bids for an Atlanta expansion team.
The Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes weren't even close to the level of the Atlanta Thrashers in fan support. Phoenix has been given over a decade. Atlanta was given three months and had an ownership group who wasn't really actively seeking buyers to keep the team in Atlanta. That people act more sad about the Coyotes leaving than the Thrashers leaving, or claiming that Phoenix deserves a team back before Atlanta is outright asinine.
Atlanta had a packed house much of the time. There were some games where the Coyotes didn't even sell out Mullet Arena.
@@willp.8120 the coyotes were a joke franchise with no fanbase at all, but the toronto media are making them martyrs, that's my point.
@@CGMedia2023 if it wasn't for the coyotes we would not have auston Matthews
@@rileyholden-zc9ip no big loss then.
@@CGMedia2023 actually it is a big loss because if it wasn't for this team we wouldn't have auston Matthews we wouldn't have Arizona State University playing division 1 hockey they are positives to this team and it's a shame that this team is moving because I know the feeling of losing a team via relocation it hurts and I don't wish this on anyone
The coyotes will be back home to Arizona in a couple years
I'm a Montreal Canadiens fans and honestly, I feel sad for the Coyotes 's fans, even if I wanted this team to move to Quebec City.
The only people who I feel bad for are their fans. The real fans. Not the ones who showed up just because it’s the last game in Arizona.
As a Leafs fan I feel connected to the Yotes for obvious reasons. Gutted for the fans.
What a shame considering Arizona is growing a lot and phoenix in general
É sempre muito triste quando uma equipe tradicional chega ao seu fim! 😓
I feel so sorry for the fans in Arizona, for you're not at fault for this. Had it happen twice to us down here due to poor ownership in the '70s (see Flames, Atlanta) and negligent ownership over a decade ago (see Thrashers, Atlanta). Hopefully, you guys find another team to support or get another franchise down the line...
sad to see this team go, knowing that this was the original jets team as a winnipeger, sad to see them let loose 😭
No local fans, only a vacation crowd. Not even a jr arena worth of local fans