Last week, bombshell of news dropped announcing that the Arizona Coyotes will be playing their final games in the desert as they brace themselves for a relocation in Salt Lake City, Utah for the 2024-25 NHL season. Despite this heartbreak, the NHL generously gave the state of Arizona a chance to get a hockey team back in their state shall a new arena be built in the next five years.
Awesome news for Arizona, however this will be a whole new team, as the current Arizona Coyotes players and staff will be heading to Salt Lake. Shall hockey come back to Arizona, they will have to go through the same process an expansion team would, with an expansion draft and new colors, logo, etc.
It isn't fair that the incomptence of the owner's have jeopardized a future in Arizona where hockey is very much still alive, with star players coming from that state such as Auston Matthews, Tage Thompson and Matthew Knies. Good thing the chance of Arizona returning to the NHL remains high, with hopes of a new arena being built.
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14 AVRIL | 382 ANSWERS NHL gives green light for yet another expansion team Would you like to see hockey return to Arizona? | ||
| Yes | 78 | 20.4 % |
| No | 304 | 79.6 % |
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