Andy Strickland, who covers the St. Louis Blues, reported today that the NHL has been regularly pressuring the Coyotes for plans to solidify their future in Arizona. However, it seems that there have been no satisfactory answers from the team's ownership as of yet. Now it is expected that the league will make some kind of announcement regarding the team shortly after the Superbowl.
On possibility that has not been discussed much is that of the NHL stepping in and directly buying the Coyotes back from ownership. However, Strickland does mention this possibility here, leading many to believe that this could be the plan for the team, should ownership not be able to provide solid plans for a new arena shortly. Were the NHL to do this, it would free the league to do basically whatever they want with the team, including relocating them to Salt Lake City. One possible hint at this outcome came from NHL insider Kevin Weekes, who posted the following cryptic post on X featuring a picture of Salt Lake City.
Weekes has been known to make cryptic posts like this but when he does, something major usually does follow and he is often not far off from reality. Could this be the end of the Coyotes as we know them? Stay tuned over the upcoming weeks to find out.
POLL | ||
FÉVRIER 7 | 114 ANSWERS BREAKING: Insider Reveals When the Coyotes Will Announce Their Relocation Do you think the Coyotes will be relocated? | ||
Yes | 89 | 78.1 % |
No | 25 | 21.9 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
Conference | Cumulative |