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Noticed that Bea Wyatt, CoyotesPAC secretary/Fallar's girlfriend, was also in attendance, giving quotes in Channel 12's story. It's always these three. They are the only Coyotes fans.

Gosh, I wonder who'd toss away $9,865 on a lark to put a Taser to Glendale's mayor? Hmm, who, indeed.

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(it was totally LeBlanc)

I mean, what else are you gonna do? Sit in your basement grunting to Cubs games

I'm fairly certain this is, in fact, how admiral spends his summers.

"At this point it is unclear whether the Texas-based Pacific Division teams... will play a 68-game or a 76-game schedule." They've really thought this through!

Bonus: Dave Andrews salts the earth in Manchester as they play in the Calder Cup Finals.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2015/06/13/california-ahl-teams-to-play-68-games-more-from-commish/

EDIT: The post has been amended to say, definitively, that the Special Snowflakes will play 68 games, and Texas & San Antonio will play 76. Good ing luck.

Phil Anschutz's least-visited bathroom.

Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) spoke to Dave Andrews last night while covering the Manchester Monarchs. The commissioner confirms the "California teams" will only play 68 games next season, while the rest of the league plays 76.

Lessened CA AHL schedule had been reported for a while. Why? Travel costs, desire to nurture better play with fewer 3-in-3s had been cited.

*steps outside*

*deep breath*

YOU CUT TRAVEL COSTS ALREADY BY MOVING A SIXTH OF THE LEAGUE TO THE COASTAL OPPOSITE OF ITS INTENDED GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT, YOU TURDLINGERS. YOU DON'T GET TO CRAP ALL OVER LEAGUE STRUCTURE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE EVEN CHEAPER. IF YOU DIDN'T WANT AHL EXPENSES, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT AN AHL TEAM. GO PISS UP A ROPE AND MAKE YOUR OWN LEAGUE ALREADY.

I think all the OITGDNHL/Coyotes Annual Tribulations threads got megasquished.

Shame Matthew Hulsizer's bid fell through; he would have sued for "$ elvenety bilion DOLLARS."

I hope Scott Burnside didn't strain anything carrying all this water for Anthony LeBlanc.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/38341/coyotes-saga-continues-glendale-could-lose-twice-with-attempt-to-terminate-lease

Looks like the Blackhawks' west coast circus trip might have a bit of a dogleg to it next season.

The dynamic here is fascinating. Glendale's obviously Hooterville through and through, but there was a story a few weeks back about the council members being right pissed at the Coyotes, because the team wouldn't provide any paperwork showing Andrew Barroway had actually become the majority owner, and Barroway said he'd only meet with the Glendalers if they flew to New York to see him, at which point he'd grant them 30 minutes of his time.

Basically, the Coyotes bullied their gravy train operators so badly, that the councilmen got angry enough to do something marginally approaching competency. They actually had no choice but to do something in the best interests of their citizens, finally. And now it's the Coyotes' turn to be angry and scared. This thing's gonna get a whole lot dumber before anything gets close to being resolved, and I can't wait.

To address the specter of a new arena shared by the Coyotes and the Suns, I'm going to raise one question BTW:

Is it actually in the Suns' (or ASU's, if they get involved) financial interest to bring in the Coyotes? Assuming they're running the arena, they might be leaving money on the table by having a hockey team chew up 40+ nights that could be used for more lucrative concerts and other events. I mean, the Kansas City and Houston experiences might be relevant here.

Exactly. Plus, an arena can than host both sports properly will have inferior seats on the baselines for basketball.

I still don't see what's wrong with Talking Stick Arena that it can't last 15-20 more years with upgrades. It was designed much better than the late 80s arenas like Bradley Center.

Talking Stick has the same problem Barclays in Brooklyn will - lots of seats that should be in your priciest level from which you can't see the full ice surface.

And Bradley Center was designed as a hockey-first arena, so, bad example.

If the commissioner's precious pet team ends up getting shagged rotten right in the middle of the Stanley Cup Final, we might approach peak OITGDNHL.

The Coyotes are pissed. Seeing them play five seasons in front of no one while this navigates untold levels of legal hell would be the most just scenario for all parties involved.

http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/m_news.htm?id=770386

The Glendale City Clown Car is holding a special meeting tomorrow to discuss cancelling its arena lease and management agreement with Coyotes ownership. I'd say it's 50/50 that they somehow end up giving IceArizona more money out of this.

https://twitter.com/bruce_arthur/status/608463977664884736

Nick Foligno is offically the new "Captain" of the Blue Jackets. Couldn't of picked a better guy in my opinion. Can't wait for next season!

You accidentally posted this in the correct thread.

Hahaha, I was just coming here to post this. I love that the first comment on the story is "Here we go again...". And every time I think the Coyotes' saga can't get any more ridiculous, by God, they prove me wrong. Funneling the Glendale Hockey Welfare money inappropriately? Losing *more* than the $35 million IceArizona said they did? The new majority owner unwilling to offer any proof he owns the team? This series holds up better over multiple sequels than the "Fast & Furious" franchise. It's the feel-good hit of the offseason!

For maximum hilarity, I'm hoping the Texas teams play the full schedule, so that standings in the other three divisions will be normal, but in the Special Snowflake Division, standings will be determined by points percentage. Most likely, though, it'll be 68 games for the Stars and Rampage, too, and the playoffs will be top 4 in each division, no crossovers.

Jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to melt parking lots.

On the phone, not sure how big this is, but...

Lee usually saves this line for Twitter DMs.

Oh, yes, Tom Stillman has plenty of money to keep an NHL team operating well into the future, I'm sure of it.

Oh, please share this story.

A multi-year affiliation agreement is about as iron-clad as those 12-year college coaching contracts. Teams can and do move affiliations when they want. Adirondack had a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Flames.

That's fantastic news. Wonder if the Avs slum it in Springfield for a year before setting up as the 6th Pacific team.

And his now-wife got herself out of doing TV commentary for CSN Chicago by Boynton' him.

Glens Falls. The answer is always Glens Falls.