All the best markets constantly have empty buildings and lose money every year
Having spent time in Phoenix I think it is a good market with loads of potential.There are around 5 million people in the Valley. The organization under various owners has just never done things well. I think their market is every bit as good as a Dallas, a Denver or an Anaheim.
Arizona is a great market, it's true but not for hockey.
Can we just move them to Houston already? That’s where the NHL is going next and the desert is a disaster
Its a horrible market and I swear Gary just wants to see if he can get every last person to hate him. It's beyond ridiculous already. Get that team out of Arizona, or just fold
Bettman hates Canada, and hasn’t been shy about it. No too Quebec yes to Las Vegas and Seattle. He said the league had no interest in expanding past 31 teams. But we have Seattle
Yet if Calgary said ok we are leaving the city because can’t get a deal done on a building. He’d be more then happy to let them leave. In fact he’s probably already packing there bags. But Arizona can play in a 5k building while the league pays for it in escrow.
no one cares about the border, it's about market size you people
Back to Winnipeg!! Oh. Ah crap. 🥸
Gary Bettman is a joke. He hates everything to do with Canada but keeps a team that can’t even fill an arena despite the tickets being free.
you would think the other owners would speak up considering they paid arizona’s bills for 5 years .team has been a failure on & off the ice since they left winnipeg
Bettman is clueless. He clearly has other reasons for keeping the team there
Good thing they don’t goto Quebec or Saskatchewan… what a problem sold out games would make for the team!
The fact that he’s says this and the Yotes are gonna play at a university area got me like
'Good market' dude theres ALWAYS more away fans than there are home fans. Its ok to admit this franchise is a disaster
There’s a reason why he’s being booe’d every time he makes a public appearance
Bettman is a joke He’s so hell bent on making sure the Arizona/Phoenix work and making sure Canada does NOT get another NHL Franchise Never liked that little pathetic puke He’s… 01- American 02- Lawyer That’s all you need to know
This is too hilarious. They should move the team to the ECHL. Gary wants nothing to do with Canada.
He's probably laundering money through that market somehow.
Ya or help from the league,they will be contenders next couple of years, usually the way it seems to work for teams south of the border....teams north of the border can f off in Bettmans eyes
Absolute dumpster fire. The NHL has owned the team longer than a local group. But since it was part of napoleons southern expansion he’ll never admit he was wrong.
Remember a week ago when Brady said he wasn’t sure if he was retiring or not, then the next day he retired? This is like that. It’s a terrible market, with a terrible ownership situation that they have not found a solution for yet. Once they do, team is moving.
Bullshit, they can't fill the arena ever and no city in the area wants them.
I didn't want to put in a quick remark on this tweet, so I re-read the history of the Coyotes and everything that has happened while in Arizona. And we'll.....💩 seriously NHL give up
Lol , that’s a good one Gary
So good they play in a junior arena
How is this a good market? There are more fans at my nephews bantam minor hockey league game during the pandemic than they get at any given Coyotes game in Arizona? Ridiculous!
Ya good market for 5000 fans!! Good one Gary 👍
Bettman is filthy rich from the NHL
No, it isn’t!
Quebec city, Halifax and Regina are better markets than Arizona
3500 fans the entire time they've been there coming on 3 new arenas, Can't pay the bills and got locked out of the arena they play in. Now play in arena with 5k max capacity, Great market 👌
That’s like saying Canada is a free and democratic society… It’s a stretch. You owned by Bell by any chance?
My wife says the same thing every Saturday but comes home with a strawberry rhubarb pie for $27 and a crate of rotten plums.
What evidence is there to support that stupid assertion? Move the team to Houston all ready. Bigger American market, rich in hockey history, natural rival to Dallas and no realignment necessary.
Love hockey but the people who run it not so much
No Gargamel, it is not.
Bullshit
Literal bullshit. Mo fans. No TV deal. Not a blip on Arizona sports scene. Oh yeah, no arena.
Yet when the Jets 2.0 came back he mentioned it won’t work out very well if the building is not sold out every night. Now we are talking about a 5k capacity arena in the league where tickets are cheap
It is a good market with a shit stadium location, GET THEM IN SCOTTSDALE
Good market for what sport tho?
LOL Not for hockey it isn’t.
So is Quebec but, the assclown won't give them a chance. American bum!!!
You imagine he says all this with a straight face, they pulled this team from Winnipeg don’t forget!!!! That’s the most ironic thing when he says they don’t want to give up on the market. Stubborn men who will not admit a mistake. I know I am one of them.
No it really isn't.
Bettman hates Canada
A goOd mARket
“Attendance restrictions are devastating” twofaced
Lol
No, this is a joke Gary
Fights tooth and nail for American teams and doesn’t give a crap for Canadian teams
Want what he’s smoking
Sure
Anyone actually listening to Bettman be like…
They'll be better when Auston Matthews signs there
He can't talk ill of his baby
People were saying the same crap about the Panthers and Canes 5+ years ago. If you get committed ownership/front office the arena will fill
Bettman :
Wtf? He’s in denial!
HAHAHAHA mattmaurice
Yes Gary.
Yup, a good meat market.
I could name like 10 other cities that would be better markets
Right. And Zegras & Wilson are all-stars...
no its not
I hope you *** Gary
Bettman is a twig
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