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I dunno, I kinda' think they're apeeling...

It's actually clever and well executed, instead of a Brandiosesque, ham-fisted attempt at being clever. First time I've seen it for a "proper" team. Lots of beer league use.

This feels wasted on the FHL. Their average identity lasts just over a year and a half, plus this'll be the third identity for the city. It's fantastic for that level, and I need to look at some merch. I just hate that it'll most likely be gone in three years.

I completely disagree. The NHL gets to sell the markets, regardless of viewership in them, as part of their TV deal. Atlanta (a larger market) wouldn't have moved if it hadn't had more complicated factors, and the league wasn't already neck-deep in keeping Phoenix (smaller than ATL) afloat. With it being a larger market than PHX, I think Houston is the only way the Coyotes actually move, for the foreseeable future.

It's not perfect, but as a STH, I'm excited and will be getting one, for certain!

I live in Tucson. If it weren't for the need to occasionally go to see the Preds, I'd never set foot in the Phoenix metro. The city is despised by the rest of the state. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Phoenix hockey has had it's chance, and the continued existence as a money pit is insulting to Quebec. The NHL's ability to sell the TV market is the only reason they haven't jumped ship, meaning Houston is likely the only way they move them. That being said, I'll continue to pull for the Coyotes. I'm dating a 'yotes fan, their continued existence means Preds games a couple hours drive away, and there's no way Tucson keeps their AHL team if they move.

Well, the up side is that it'll get him too, eventually. The irony of Spano is that, despite the embarassment, he actually managed to secure the Islanders' ability to weather the lean attendance of the next decade. OITGDNHL could one of the most embarassing guys in the league's history actually be a halfway decent owner.

Nah, they won't allow anyone to relocate until after Seattle's inaugural season, barring a complete meltdown. I do think Houston is the only way I see them moving the Coyotes, much like Quebec only gets a team if/when the Hurricanes finally hit the end of their rope.

Shhhhhh...stop talking sense, this is the NHL...

This is inane. It's basically doubling down on failure. You'd almost think they want to become Nordiques 2.0

Foley: I want it to be the Black Knights. Because Army! West Point: We have a problem with that. Foley & McPhee: We're the Vegas Golden Knights. Because Army. We even invited the parachute team to our big name reveal! U.S. Army: We have a problem with that, too. VGK legal representation: Hold on, this has nothing to do with the Army!

They would be. It wouldn't be a horrible choice, as they'd actually save money on travel, overall. Still, with most hockey games being played at 7, local time, the bulk of their away games suddenly being at 6 pm is less than ideal. Could it work, if it had to? Sure, but a central time zone team in the eastern conference isn't a great fit.

I dunno, unless I've misread the situation, the Coyotes are homeless after this season. (Who am I kidding, they'll work out an 11th hour one-year extension with Glendale, in April) Unless Arizona finds a new permanent home, don't be surprised if we eventually get Seattle, Houston, and no Phoenix. Being a Roadrunners STH, and dating a Coyotes fan, I'm hoping the figure it out. Objectively, it's well beyond time to pull the plug. The Hurricanes are really the only hope Quebec has. I doubt Chicago will move to the east, just because that's their easy TV means to most of the West's national coverage. Lets be honest, no one is relocating yntil after the NHL gets their $500 million for team 32. After that, Arizona and Carolina fans should be worried.

Shhhhh...don't give them any ideas.

I don't think it's haha funny, more strange or off. I have a good friend who does some street level blogging for her local football team. She had relatively little success and found her opinions being criticized regularly by men. When she started doing hockey, she started going by a short version of her middle name (ala Max, Sam, Cal, etc.). She said it was amazing how little resistance she felt with the new name. She thinks a little bit of it might have to do with the sport, but there are some of the same people who were hard on her football writing, who are totally in agreement with a lot of her hockey writing (she has a common enough last name that she could pull this off). She's not even trying to pass herself off as a man, she's just leaving that fact ambiguous. This isn't the first case where simply presenting the same arguments as a man greases the road; far from it. Take, for example, the founders of Witchsy, an online art marketplace, or the numerous social experiments where male and female coworkers exchanged signature blocks for a week. I get a 13 year old girl feeling the need to pose as a man to get her takes viewed seriously. Doing so in an age where people do it through twitter, where folks try to have actual interactions with people they follow, is where it went awry. She should have just taken the stance that she preferred to not divulge too much information. She didn't, however, and got caught up in how she believed a typical college 'bro' would behave. The thing is that it worked. Maybe her fabrication wasn't quite the everyman she thought it would be, but people are so used to seeing this type of belligerent behavior from guys on social media that it isn't what tipped anyone off. It was never the male persona that got her exposed, it was that it was so believable that fellow writers felt the need to try to reach out to the fake wife, for support. Does it excuse her from the sociopathic way she treated people? Absolutely not, and I'm not even meaning to hint such. I do, however, see this as a social commentary on gender issues in sports.

I've got a coworker who still sounds like a woman, on the phone, in his 30's. Heck, my own voice didn't drop down into its current baritone register until I was 25. The article said they noticed the pitch. Is all this seriously your takeaway from the story? This article tells a story that is a dark reflection of the rampant gender issues in sports media. This is the kind of case that winds up being discussed in academia. Either you get the gravity of this, and still played it for a cringe-worthy joke (in which case I'd be wasting my time), or it's not occured to you, and this is a discussion worth having. As an aside, before a mod steps in, I'm not trying to start anything. @the admiral and I have gotten into it before, but this isn't intended as a continuation of that. There's a lot in this story that I think is worth discussing, if we can all behave like adults.

The Grand Rapids Calder Cup rings.

I don't think they have any control over which games are broadcast. As I understand it, NBC has unilateral decision-making power.

Well, it looks like Vegas' goalie train finally ran out of track.

Maybe i should clarify that I, personally, do not. I was just making an observatio/giving an opinion.

I get the reasoning for getting rid of the thread. However, I don't think quietly doing it, with no explanation, is the way to go. This is a community, and not everyone used it as a piling-on thread. There are some who went there for context, and it is useful to inform us of the circumstances, to avoid putting ourselves in similar spots. Are we owed an explanation? Probably not, but more trasparency is generally better.

I'm certain it's because I'm a fan, but I think that's a sharp looking banner.

Like @Sodboy13 said, its only real usefulness to the NHL is for goalies. Aside from that, it's primarily just a development program for AHL level contracts.

God, it's like a nightmare lovechild of the NHL and Medieval Times. Especially that castle setpiece.

Looks incredibly off, to me. Even if it is a better mascot than that of my alma mater, good old Gila Hank.