The NHL knew Meruelo wasn’t going to uphold his end of the deal in bringing a team to Phoenix in five years. I don’t think they thought it would take this short of a time, though. I sure didn’t.
The land he wanted was zoned C-2. It would not have allowed for the building of an arena. The State of Arizona stepped in and stopped the auction from happening. Without any cooperation from The Ishiba family who own the Suns and Mercury on getting a new arena, then returning to Phoenix for any owner might be impossible.
Games may be over but hockey season is far from over...So excited for the draft and free agency and so excited we have this amazing guy and amazing channel to experience that with.
@Wayf4rer Yeahhh, I'm a Habs Fan and am so excited for not every rumour video to be a repeat and have actual things happen...Absolutely love the draft then FA right after.
Expecting McDavid to walk out to boos, watch the other team celebrating, and accept a trophy and what? Pretend to be happy? Not display how absolutely devastated he must be feeling? Come on, he made the best choixe possible and let the focus be on the winners. Im not a super big mcdavid fan, but allow the man to be a human.
Nope. Man up & get out to accept your award. Remember how it feels & do all you can to get back to the finals next season to win the cup...Florida did it.
@@leftcoaster67what I’m saying is, it shows character and leadership of him to be there for his team after the most devastating loss of all of their careers. He’s one of the guys and going out there to accept the award didn’t sit right w him. He wanted to be there for his people as the captain. I’m sure there was a lot of tension in that room and I bet everybody was sick to their stomachs. Mcd will have his moment w the conn at the awards, he won’t be able to get back that time in the locker room. He’s expecting to win a cup in his career, so he’s waiting for his moment
@@ryanlauzon177 🙄 Snubbing the trophy shows leadership? Are people dense or what? These are the same people who would be upset if Bob had won the CS instead of McDavid. If he can't show some humility and accept a trophy few players ever recieve then he is a poor example of sportsmanship.
Get this... The player with the playoff goals record won the Conn Smythe on the losing team. The player with the assist record won the Conn Smythe on the losing team, and (this one is debatable), the greatest goaltending performance in the playoffs I have ever witnessed since I was old enough to watch hockey back in 1991, (Giguere) won the Conn Smythe in 2003 on the losing team. Giguere literally willed the Ducks from Round 1 to Game 7 of the Finals that year.
@RJM1972 yes, there are a couple of other older examples with goalies. Hextall was in 1987, but I was just turning 3 that year lol hence why I said in my memory Giguere was the best performance. I just find it remarkable that these record-breaking performances ended without the ultimate trophy. I wonder if MLB, NFL, or the NBA has any stats like this? Single season playoff record setters without winning the championship that same season.
@@dw1784 not really answering your question but MLB has the award thing figured out. They have an MVP of the playoffs and the MVP of the World Series. It's a much better way of doing things. That way McDavid wins an award but a Panther wins the award the night of winning the cup.
@@kradz5172 Would a Panther still have won over McDavid just for the SCF? He did have 11 pts in 7 games. Bob was bad in games 4 and 5, Barkov failed to shut down McDavid in games 4 and 5 ..... Also, in the MLB playoffs there is an ALCS and NLCS MVP and a WS MVP. There isn't an MVP of the entire playoffs.
@@kylejohansen689 I'd put Barkov or Bob ahead of McDavid in the finals. McDavid had two games where he really shines, and he did really shine, but Barkov shut him and Draisaitl down the other games. Regarding MLB you're right. Regardless I think it's a better system than how they do the Conn Smythe.
This is exactly what I was thinking. The people complaining about McDavid not accepting his trophy on the ice are only doing so because they wanted to make fun of him for doing it. I think it shows respect for his teammates above all and in his shoes I think I'd do the same.
The Arizona Coyotes are now legally a defunct hockey franchise in the same conversation as the California Golden Seals, the Cleveland Barons, Hamilton Tigers, Montreal Maroons, New York Americans, and the original Ottawa Senators amongst several other franchises.
@@85blutch I mean technically if hockey ever returns to Arizona, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Coyotes get that same honorary treatment as the Golden Seals. We won’t know for probably several years anyway.
@@samuelfrick3475if they go back to Arizona they are reviving the Yotes branding it’s too easy for them to print money with that branding and a competent ownership.
My hate for McDavid comes from the broadcast teams. They never shut up about him. The entire game is all about McDavid. VGK beat the Oilers in playoffs last year. It really wasn't even too close of a series. Then they win the cup. Then in 2025 the two teams play and still, the entire broadcast is all about McDavid. I respect the player and acknowledge he is the best. But I'm so tired of only hearing about him and not the actual events of the game at hand.
The Bears game was great, went with my 8 year old son…there is nothing that compares to a team winning a championship at home in a sudden death OT. No other crowd experience is anything like it; I’m so happy that’ll be a memory my son has for the rest of his life.
Um....barf. Just kidding ya. Congrats bears. If the capitals weren't so damn lame, shepherd would have been in DC instead of making Drieger look like an incompetent spaz with no clue as to where the crease is!!!
@@chrisstorment1123 My son plays soccer; this past season he got switched from striker/right wing to defense since his team was weak there and he has anticipation and ball skills to shore it up. He was upset because he wants to be the hero and score the goals. I kept talking to him about how critical other roles are to a successful team - one guy I would use to illustrate that was Riley Sutter. He’s a fourth line AHL center, won’t ever be a star - but he took a ton of defensive zone faceoffs and was a key player due to his defensive skills. I pointed out all year good plays Riley made, and that his team knew how important he was since he was assistant captain when McIlrath got called up. Last night felt like a huge payoff, Sutter made the key play on the game winning goal keeping the puck in the offensive zone with his forecheck - didn’t even get an assist but my son saw it and was talking about how Riley was the unsung hero of the game when we left the arena last night. So I know he gets what being a team player is now…I appreciate Riley Sutter’s help in teaching my son that life lesson.
As someone who spent 29 years cheering for this team as an AZ kid, there is no other team I could cheer for. I don't have any connections anywhere. I'm following this team. I believe in Bill and don't think he is going to blow the team up. I guarantee they make the playoffs. Especially if they trade the 6th pick for some now assets. I want to see these players FLOURISH. Especially Keller. Dude is a champ and deserved WAY better from the franchise.
Thank you, The Hockey Guy, for being a sane fan of the game and understanding why someone in McDavid's shoes would do what he did. So many people love to criticize players no matter what they do. As you said, he if he accepted it on the ice, his critics would be laughing and trolling. If he stayed on ice but didn't touch it - the same reaction from many people. So he didn't really change much by leaving the ice and not accepting it.
I think that a lot of the "hate" directed at 97 is more for the organization for getting the number 1 pick eleven teen times in a row, when other teams have zero number 1 picks...
Bullshit. He made a poor decision not to skate out for a moment & acknowledge the Conn Smythe. Thousands of Oilers fans in that arena that flew to Florida for that game. If it was in Edmonton I believe he would have.
Once the salary cap gets to 100 - 200 million, you can guarantee that will be the case, given how many players you could sign to 10 million dollar contracts.
Honestly, at this point as a Coyotes fan I’m just glad the constant drama and speculation in the news is over. Meruelo was horrible, and I’m so glad he’s gone. I’ve already seen reporting that said that two parties are interested in bringing a team back to Arizona, which I definitely believe will happen eventually, but as Shannon said I bet Houston would get a team before us simply due to all the issues regarding the arena.
I’m not a Coyotes fan so this is a genuine question. Do you really prefer not having Meruelo as an owner over potentially not having hockey in Arizona? For me, as a Boston fan I’d be gut punched if we’d lost our franchise no matter how bad ownership was.
@@e31174 It’s still heartbreaking, but if the Coyotes were to come back under Meruelo again I think we would just be doomed to be mediocre again. He promised to keep the Coyotes in Arizona, and he couldn’t do that. He couldn’t even be bothered to show up to the final game of the franchise. Every minor success we had, most recently gathering would could be a great core going forward, seemed to be in spite of him. Every time we were ever in the news, even before the arena drama, all the discussion would be about how we only have 4 fans, how bad we’ve always been and will be, and how we shouldn’t even exist. It got exhausting after a while. It’s been nearly 30 years and nothing had really changed. I have faith they’ll be brought back simply due to the market being there, and that gives a little comfort alongside the fact that it feels like literally anyone could do a better job than him, but it still does hurt. I think it’s a little less gut wrenching for me personally as I live in Calgary and have another team to root for, but Coyotes were my number one team.
@@e31174I'm a 'Yotes fan. Man as much as I want a NHL. I don't want an owner that was playing risky, all the time. If we had to keep the team, by them keep on playing in Glendale, then I would of been fine with it. I'm just done with the lies and BS. I hope we get expansion with a better owner. Cause Bettman and the NHL, wants hockey in AZ. From what I have heard someone from ASU wants to be the owner, or bring NHL back to Arizona. So there is hope there too.
@@arzona1961 From that POV I can understand where you are coming from, having to deal with petty drama and people telling you your team shouldn't exist for 3 decades would get exhausting after a while. For me I live New England so if I wanted to see my local team it would be Boston.
@@robertparker6280 Well as a non-Coyote's fan I do hope you get an Arizona team back too, but I am with Shannon that if it does happen it's not gonna be for a while.
Its not that everyone hates McDavid, they hate how the media jams him down our throats. The Panthers won the Stanley Cup but all you hear about is McDavid and the Oilers. You will have a 20 minute segment on the broadcast and 15 minutes is about the losing team oilers and mcdavid and 5 minutes on the winning panthers. We get it, hes the greatest player playing. Why not talk about how Forzling and Barkov shut down McDavid in games 6 and 7? People want to talk about how many points he had in the finals. In 7 games he had 11 points which is good, however 8 of those 11 points came in 2 games, games 4 and 5. You could easily talk about how the Florida Panthers have such a great defensive system that in 5 of the 7 games McDavid was basically non existent. That is peoples problems with McDavid. This video for example, you spent 2 and a half minutes ranting about McDavid and the hate he gets. Why not just say that McDavid won the Conn Smythe did not come out on the ice to accept it, maybe its better to award the conn smythe at the awards, would of taken 30 seconds like very other topic except for the phoenix topic as that's a big topic
I think it would be easier to appreciate how good McDavid is if we didn’t have Ray Ferraro et al not being able to resist telling us how he is the greater player of all time who can walk on water every time he is on the ice, even when he is having an off night.
It’s the same that I feel about Barkov. Would be easier to appreciate him if I didn’t hear about how he’s the most underrated player in the world every 5 minutes.
the cap is constantly increasing so stating that a contract of x size will never be on a winning team will eventually be proven wrong. It would be better to stay a single contract taking up >x% of the cap will not be on a winning team.
With all the things people complain about these days with player behaviour that made things very entertaining in the 80s and 90s, not coming out to receive an individual award after losing a game 7 in the Finals seems like the lowest crime a player can commit, if it's a crime at all. Do the handshakes, show sportsmanship, and then leave and let the winning team celebrate. McDavid didn't need to be there. He didn't need to go out into a hostile building and get booed when they announced him as the winner. This is a crowd that booed the Canadian Anthem. McDavid did the right thing.
The whole Conn Smythe controversy reminds me of the 2014 World Championship. Pekka Rinne singlehandedly carried a mediocre Finnish team to the final, where they unded up losing 5-2 to a stacked Russian team, backstopped by none other than Sergei Bobrovsky who had a 95,03 SV%, 1.13 GAA, 8-0-0 record and one SO through the tournament. Tournament MVP went to Rinne however, who finished with 92.83 SV%, 1.88 GAA, and a 5-3-1 record with 3 SO. Apparently some people thought it should've gone to Bobrovsky with his ridiculous statline, but Russia probably would've won even without him, while on the other hand Finland had no business making it as far as they did, with Rinne being the only reason they made it that far. Anyways...I seem to have forgotten what the point of this whole story was. People get unreasonably angry when Bob doesn't get the MVP...maybe...? Anyway, people should just chill. I think both players very much deserved their MVP status, and if McDavid doesn't care because that's not the trophy that matters, who are we to judge him?
I feel like the MVP should only go to the losing team player unless you can make an argument that all the players on the winning team is replaceable. Because to me, the value is only in winning the cup, making the final doesn't even mount to half the value as winning the cup. Let's say if without Bob, Florida loses, then he is more valuable to the Florida teams than McDavid to Oilers because even with McDavid, they still lose, and losing gloriously doesn't add match value in my book than losing.
If the Panthers won Game 6 in Edmonton, and McDavid was still awarded the Conn Smythe trophy, I think he would probably go out because it's in his home arena, and it would allow him to at least give one final salute to the home fans. But because it was Game 7 in Florida, he made the right call by not going out and pulling any attention away from the Panthers' celebration. Now we will have to see what the Oilers will be able to do in the off-season to be able to pull off next season what the Panthers pulled this season after coming up short in last year's Cup Final.
You seem to have forgotten the last guy who won the CS but lost the Cup accepted it in front of hostile fans and he survived. Why does McDavid get to make up his own rules?
As far as McDavid goes I get it. He just lost a game 7 and it was probably more important to be with his team in that moment. I would also add that if the game was in Edmonton and they lost maybe he would have sucked it up for the home fans.
It's a part of being a professional. Yeah you're going to probably get memed, get the trophy take a picture of the ice within 2 minutes. Look at Luka Modric yesterday still to the Man of the Match even though he was devastated that his team were basically eliminated from the Euros.
If Florida would have won game 6 in Edmonton McDavid would have accepted the trophy since it would have been on home ice. So I get it why he didn't accept it at the moment. It's funny how people behind keyboards can make this a issue
I’m a die hard oilers fan and was heart broken when they lost last night…. But I felt it was disrespectful as well. The NHL should have had that plan in place to get it to him before his teammates left the ice and to rush it asap But he should have shown that respect of a pretty major trophy and award. God damn losing last night sucked…. The epic story for all time!!! 😢
Honestly i think Anyone who criticizes Mcdavid for not accepting the Conn Smythe has probably not experienced a devastating playoff or championship loss in a team sport before. Mcdavid had every right to not accept that trophy. Its not the one he wants
funny how giguere in 2003 was a man and still collected his mvp award, even though he got booed heavily by NJD fans. funnier how theres a double standard for mcjesus being a deity by the media and fans, yet it was ok for him to skip collecting the award. happy for mcjesus anyways, but am much happier that florida won game 7. 🎉
Giguere wasn't captain of the Ducks. Skipping out on the guys you're leading when they're in their most devastating moment to collect an individual award is a really bad look.
I've seen a few people trash talking the Middlestadt extention, mostly Buffalo players, and I'm confused lol. Their argument is that he's overpaid. In what world is less than 6mil/year for a 2C overpaying? Particularly in a market that is really slim on top 2 centers. Especially with the cap increasing every year. That's a fantastic sign. I would have liked a longer term, but I get why Casey would have wanted shorter term, as he's almost certianly going to be worth a lot more than 5.75 a year in three years.
I think the timeline (re: expansion) is unchanged, but a little sooner than folks might think. I believe Phoenix was targeted to return as team #36, and other cities (Houston, Atlanta, insert other city here) are ahead. In that, I don't think that much has changed either. Just now, in addition to needing a place to play, Phoenix now also needs an owner. In an interview with a local news station here in Atlanta, one of the competing owners said he believed an expansion team here could begin play in time for the 2027-2028 season. Time will tell how true this turns out to be, but if that timing is to hold true, expansion would need to come up in more than what we've heard recently.
Wonder if the original Winnipeg Jets history is now a part of the Utah Yetis or they connect the old team with the new one that was the relocated Atlanta Thrashers?
I'm a Bruins fan and the reason why we are not happy with the Ullmark trade is Swayman and Ullmark was probably the best tandem in the league and with no Ullmark the goalie hug is also gone
Hendrix Lapierre gets the Jack A. Butterfield as the AHL Playoff MVP. Well deserved. Led the playoffs in scoring, 22 points in 20 games. Really happy to see him put the injuries behind him and turn into the steal everyone thought he could be. He'll be fun to watch with the Capitals.
Knowing Edmonton, it could be the only time McDavid reaches the cup final. If he doesn’t want to go out and accept the lesser significant trophy awarded last night, then let him. He gave his heart to this run and to walk away with nothing is painful.
Why does the NHL insist on handing out the Conn Smythe award immediately following the cup final?Why not just wait till the awards show?Why put a player through that if he was on the loosing end?
Not surprised if players want to stay on a winning team. Sometimes this gets overridden with a whole pile more money being offered elsewhere. I understand McDavid not wanting to come out for the Conn Smythe presentation. This isn't the trophy that he and his teammates were shooting for. On the other hand, this is sort of a slap in the face to the league, and the host city. Maybe it's right that this gets presented at the awards ceremony. I wasn't thrilled with Ullmark's play as a Sabre. When he came to Boston, he proved that he could play well. It's often the case that a goalie's success has quite a bit to do with the defense in front of him. We'll see how he does in Ottawa. Would not be surprised if he ends up signing with the Leafs as a free agent.
@RJM1972 then the city should be the rights when someone buys the team they buy the rights to the team name logo and designs if the city wants to keep it they can buy those rights
If they want to be consistent, which they should, then absolutely. There is the option of having histories not transfer at all (e.g. Nordiques and Avs separated) but I think the other option makes more sense.
So Calgary should give their Atlanta history "back" to a dead Thrashers franchise? Islanders getting Brooklyn Americans history? Avs get Rockies history (Lanny McDonald, Avs legend)? None of that makes sense. Franchise history makes more sense.
I took my eight year old son to the game. Normally if games go into OT in the regular season, we’ll leave because it’s way past his bedtime - he was worried we were going to leave at the end of the 3rd and started pleading with me “Dad, we HAVE to stay”. I wasn’t planning on leaving, but that certainly locked in my decision. He went bonkers when the Bears scored in OT…that game will be “lifetime memory” for both of us.
Is that a Paul Karyia Avs jersey? Man, the build up for that season was insane. Hejduk-Forsberg-Tanguay AND Kariya-Sakic-Selanne? Imaginations went wild with those signings, only to be brought down by the harsh material reality of injuries (Kariya) and fitting into a new team system (Selanne).
I'm really thinking that Bettman knew all along that this was going to happen with Meruelo. Bettman, love him or hate him, is a savvy businessman most of the time, and it wouldn't surprise me if he and Utah were aware of the C-2 zoning limitations. Why do I mention Utah? Well, does anyone find it strange that they chose to not pick a name or a team logo for the upcoming season? Many times in the past when this sort of thing happens, there's been plenty of time to create a new brand and have time to have it ready for the next season. I have a sneaking suspicion that both parties were waiting for the rights for the Arizona Coyotes to become available on the open market, and now that they are, Bettman can look at keeping the balance of the teams at 32, because from his previous messaging, he sounded pretty noncommittal about NHL expansion outside of the current 32 teams, outside of the Arizona team reactivation thing. I think he was fully intending to drag the rights to Utah, and let them keep the history as well, even if they choose to rebrand the Coyotes name itself. If this is all true, this is one heck of a 4D chess power move.
I’m confused, if there were multiple bidders ready for the auction, why did it fell through when meruelo didn’t have the right paperwork? Shouldn’t it be of the other three been able to buy it or is there something I’m missing?
They will still have a shot down the line, this was just for the Meurelo group to get their 5 year plan started or whatever it was. It was clearly never going to be a serious attempt from him anyways after he doubled his investment by being completely incompetent.
My guess is either one of two options. Either the state government goofed in telling the Coyotes what paperwork they needed to file and wanted to avoid legal issues. Or, and what I think most likely, since those other bidders aren't official, they just decided to delay it because why have an auction that no one shows up to?
Not a McDavid fan, BUT... No Way would I have gone out on the ice to collect the Conn Smythe. Shannon is correct... They should award it at the NHL awards show, not after losing the Stanley Cup. Connor was right.
Out of curiosity, were there a lot of Canadian hockey fans outside of Edmonton that were cheering for the Oilers? Like i find it hard to think that Flames fans or even Habs or Sens fans would cheer for the Oilers just to see a cup come to a Canadian team. Maybe I’m wrong tho?
oh i will say...it being at the Sphere cold make the awards show fun...there's A LOT of potential for what they do with that sphere....which they also may not take advantage of at all lol
They should've given utah the records/logos etc. Everyone knew this land auction and alex winning it was a pipe dream. Phoenix is no different now than Kc,Atlanta,cincy,Houston or anywhere else that "wants" a team. Gary just said they aren't expanding anytime soon. That 5 year window with Alex was their best chance of getting the team back regardless of him sucking. Suns just did new renovations on their arena and don't need a new one for the foreseeable future. NHL ain't going back there anytime soon. If new competent owners didn't step up and save them for the almost 30 years they were there... they aren't going to come out of the woodwork now. Plus more hoops of building an arena isn't easy
Only 3 other teams in the AHL have ever won against the same opponent and two teams the Maine Mariners in 78/79 and Rochester Americans in 90/91 have ever won before Hershey. There has only been one other team that has a 3 peat and that was the Springfield Indians from 1960 to 1962 have done it. Attendance was 11,013 and it was loud. You guys need to come to a game
Meruelo - the auction was crazy from the get go - everyone knew he needed that land, and so other bidders would've just bid to screw with him (even at that cost-risk). so, i think that he HAD to do something like this, release this kind of statement, before he could perhaps push a shill into the auction mix. it doesn't look great for him, to be sure, but he's shown he doesn't really care about how he looks. as a businessman... i think he sets up a shill and still tries to get the land. PHX is still a viable franchise location... so if he can snap that land up and get it sorted for building an arena, at about $60M or less, then i think he goes through the process to keep his options open. then he can be the construction developer and probably part owner of the next expansion team (probably with a more... palatable head owner). if anyone wanted to emulate Frank McCourt (of Dodgers fame), it sounds like it would be Meruelo.
Shannon, Mereulo is building an arena in Reno, to supposedly move the Roadrunners to, in 3 seasons. He apparently is willing to eat the 3rd and last year in Tuscon. But this begs to wonder, if he has the funds to put up a new arena in Reno, how is it he would be focused on getting that new arena built in Arizona? He already couldn't pay the teams hotel bills. IJS
I spoke to the Internet, it’s actually at peace with McDavid’s decision not to go out there. 🕊️ The award should’ve gone to Okposo anyway, he was mustard. 😛
Oh yeah, he just gets to do whatever he wants. If the Ducks goalie had the guts to accept it before a hostile Devils crowd, McDavid should suck it up and do it.
@rhyta5042 that is one way to view it... another could be allowing the panthers to enjoy the moment with the fans and not being interrupted by something they don't care about
The NHL knew Meruelo wasn’t going to uphold his end of the deal in bringing a team to Phoenix in five years. I don’t think they thought it would take this short of a time, though. I sure didn’t.
More like was hoping. Get rid of this clown and bring a team to Phoenix in 10 years with a fat expansion fee.
Glad he’s out of the picture though
The land he wanted was zoned C-2. It would not have allowed for the building of an arena. The State of Arizona stepped in and stopped the auction from happening. Without any cooperation from The Ishiba family who own the Suns and Mercury on getting a new arena, then returning to Phoenix for any owner might be impossible.
@@KevinWindsor1971 and the Ishida family is to greedy to share an arena unless they own a team or part of it
I'm not saying I lost respect for McDavid not claiming the Conn Smythe trophy -- but J.S. Giguere showed a lot of class by accepting it in '03.
Games may be over but hockey season is far from over...So excited for the draft and free agency and so excited we have this amazing guy and amazing channel to experience that with.
I love the cascade of trades and signings after the cup is lifted. Such an exciting time before we get the dead air for a while.
@Wayf4rer Yeahhh, I'm a Habs Fan and am so excited for not every rumour video to be a repeat and have actual things happen...Absolutely love the draft then FA right after.
@@AceMatthew25414 Nah, not that stoked as a Caps fan. However, you might be able to make my day better if you guys take PLD from us :)
Expecting McDavid to walk out to boos, watch the other team celebrating, and accept a trophy and what? Pretend to be happy? Not display how absolutely devastated he must be feeling? Come on, he made the best choixe possible and let the focus be on the winners. Im not a super big mcdavid fan, but allow the man to be a human.
McDavid did not need Giguere memes
Nope.
Man up & get out to accept your award.
Remember how it feels & do all you can to get back to the finals next season to win the cup...Florida did it.
@@sameold5050dude he was where he needed to be at that moment, with his teamates doing his job as a captain
you said it 100%
He shouldn't have been awarded the trophy in the first place. His team lost and Bob was great.
The Conn Smythe is an individual award and McDavid chose to be with his teammates at the time. I respect that.
NHL Awards are individual, should he skip that too?
@@leftcoaster67what I’m saying is, it shows character and leadership of him to be there for his team after the most devastating loss of all of their careers. He’s one of the guys and going out there to accept the award didn’t sit right w him. He wanted to be there for his people as the captain. I’m sure there was a lot of tension in that room and I bet everybody was sick to their stomachs. Mcd will have his moment w the conn at the awards, he won’t be able to get back that time in the locker room. He’s expecting to win a cup in his career, so he’s waiting for his moment
@@leftcoaster67 No.
@@ryanlauzon177 🙄 Snubbing the trophy shows leadership? Are people dense or what? These are the same people who would be upset if Bob had won the CS instead of McDavid. If he can't show some humility and accept a trophy few players ever recieve then he is a poor example of sportsmanship.
@@rhyta5042 ur just a hater bro m.
Get this... The player with the playoff goals record won the Conn Smythe on the losing team. The player with the assist record won the Conn Smythe on the losing team, and (this one is debatable), the greatest goaltending performance in the playoffs I have ever witnessed since I was old enough to watch hockey back in 1991, (Giguere) won the Conn Smythe in 2003 on the losing team. Giguere literally willed the Ducks from Round 1 to Game 7 of the Finals that year.
@RJM1972 yes, there are a couple of other older examples with goalies. Hextall was in 1987, but I was just turning 3 that year lol hence why I said in my memory Giguere was the best performance. I just find it remarkable that these record-breaking performances ended without the ultimate trophy. I wonder if MLB, NFL, or the NBA has any stats like this? Single season playoff record setters without winning the championship that same season.
@@dw1784 not really answering your question but MLB has the award thing figured out. They have an MVP of the playoffs and the MVP of the World Series. It's a much better way of doing things. That way McDavid wins an award but a Panther wins the award the night of winning the cup.
@kradz5172 oh, and you just made me realize there is no NFL playoff MVP, just a Superbowl MVP for that one game.
@@kradz5172 Would a Panther still have won over McDavid just for the SCF? He did have 11 pts in 7 games. Bob was bad in games 4 and 5, Barkov failed to shut down McDavid in games 4 and 5 ..... Also, in the MLB playoffs there is an ALCS and NLCS MVP and a WS MVP. There isn't an MVP of the entire playoffs.
@@kylejohansen689 I'd put Barkov or Bob ahead of McDavid in the finals. McDavid had two games where he really shines, and he did really shine, but Barkov shut him and Draisaitl down the other games.
Regarding MLB you're right. Regardless I think it's a better system than how they do the Conn Smythe.
This is exactly what I was thinking. The people complaining about McDavid not accepting his trophy on the ice are only doing so because they wanted to make fun of him for doing it. I think it shows respect for his teammates above all and in his shoes I think I'd do the same.
Getting ready for my trip to Vegas, where I’ll coincidently be attending my first NHL draft & seeing Sphere for the first time too!
Ovechkin won the cup when he was 33, there is still time for McDavid
The Oilers have some serious restructing to do and have to hope that McDavid and Draisaitl don't leave in the midst of it all.
@@Wayf4rer dude relax they are not leaving and they will probably be back in the finals next season.
@@Wayf4rer they literally were two goals away from winning the cup. They don't need to have a serious restructuring.
@@Wayf4rerMaybe don't play McDavid and Drai ALL 3rd period
@@Darrakkii Uh yes they do? Their cap situation is not good
The Arizona Coyotes are now legally a defunct hockey franchise in the same conversation as the California Golden Seals, the Cleveland Barons, Hamilton Tigers, Montreal Maroons, New York Americans, and the original Ottawa Senators amongst several other franchises.
The Golden Seals are kinda getting honored by the Sharks though. Their reverse retro was based on a Seals jersey last year.
RIP Winnipeg Jets.
@@85blutch I mean technically if hockey ever returns to Arizona, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Coyotes get that same honorary treatment as the Golden Seals.
We won’t know for probably several years anyway.
@RJM1972 correct, the Winnipeg Jets could buy the rights to the Jets records and history from Mereulo/NHL if they’re interested in doing that.
@@samuelfrick3475if they go back to Arizona they are reviving the Yotes branding it’s too easy for them to print money with that branding and a competent ownership.
Bless! Meruelo was garbo!
My hate for McDavid comes from the broadcast teams. They never shut up about him. The entire game is all about McDavid. VGK beat the Oilers in playoffs last year. It really wasn't even too close of a series. Then they win the cup. Then in 2025 the two teams play and still, the entire broadcast is all about McDavid. I respect the player and acknowledge he is the best. But I'm so tired of only hearing about him and not the actual events of the game at hand.
The Bears game was great, went with my 8 year old son…there is nothing that compares to a team winning a championship at home in a sudden death OT. No other crowd experience is anything like it; I’m so happy that’ll be a memory my son has for the rest of his life.
Um....barf.
Just kidding ya.
Congrats bears. If the capitals weren't so damn lame, shepherd would have been in DC instead of making Drieger look like an incompetent spaz with no clue as to where the crease is!!!
@@chrisstorment1123 My son plays soccer; this past season he got switched from striker/right wing to defense since his team was weak there and he has anticipation and ball skills to shore it up. He was upset because he wants to be the hero and score the goals.
I kept talking to him about how critical other roles are to a successful team - one guy I would use to illustrate that was Riley Sutter. He’s a fourth line AHL center, won’t ever be a star - but he took a ton of defensive zone faceoffs and was a key player due to his defensive skills. I pointed out all year good plays Riley made, and that his team knew how important he was since he was assistant captain when McIlrath got called up. Last night felt like a huge payoff, Sutter made the key play on the game winning goal keeping the puck in the offensive zone with his forecheck - didn’t even get an assist but my son saw it and was talking about how Riley was the unsung hero of the game when we left the arena last night.
So I know he gets what being a team player is now…I appreciate Riley Sutter’s help in teaching my son that life lesson.
@@chrisstorment1123Kuemper was traded, so Shep will get his NHL chance to backup Charlie Lindgren.
@@chrisstorment1123Kuemper has gone to La He couldn’t be traded until July per his no trade contract . Shep will be up next year
@@dmonsef I'm thinking Shep won't be back up for long.
RIP Arizona Coyotes, One of my big 3 teams I root for is officially dead (No. Utah is not the same)
RIP Original Winnipeg Jets franchise.
As someone who spent 29 years cheering for this team as an AZ kid, there is no other team I could cheer for. I don't have any connections anywhere. I'm following this team. I believe in Bill and don't think he is going to blow the team up. I guarantee they make the playoffs. Especially if they trade the 6th pick for some now assets. I want to see these players FLOURISH. Especially Keller. Dude is a champ and deserved WAY better from the franchise.
Excellent takes all around Shannon thank you
Thank you, The Hockey Guy, for being a sane fan of the game and understanding why someone in McDavid's shoes would do what he did. So many people love to criticize players no matter what they do. As you said, he if he accepted it on the ice, his critics would be laughing and trolling. If he stayed on ice but didn't touch it - the same reaction from many people. So he didn't really change much by leaving the ice and not accepting it.
I thought it was akward they even bothered to wait.
I think that a lot of the "hate" directed at 97 is more for the organization for getting the number 1 pick eleven teen times in a row, when other teams have zero number 1 picks...
Stay rested thg this weekend is gonna be crazy
Mcdavid not coming out is a massive sign of respect for his teammates, hes showing that he wants the team trophy not the individual trophy
Bullshit.
He made a poor decision not to skate out for a moment & acknowledge the Conn Smythe.
Thousands of Oilers fans in that arena that flew to Florida for that game.
If it was in Edmonton I believe he would have.
What if we change the narrative ... Montreal Canadians still Canada's reigning champs since 1993.
“Enjoy your loser trophy LOSER!”
-TheHockeyGuy (2024)
"LOSER! YOU'RE A LOSER! ARE YOU FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF?!?"
- Shannon Skanes, probably
“Okay cool, but teams with 3 players with a 10+ million dollar cap hit won’t win the cup”
Once the salary cap gets to 100 - 200 million, you can guarantee that will be the case, given how many players you could sign to 10 million dollar contracts.
Trying to reverse-curse Toronto to win.
@@mitchellskene8176 Agreed, I’m just making a joke related to what THG said.
"Yeah, but toronto have 4, so whatever"
@@jkliao6486 no team has ever won the cup with multi 10+ million cap hit for forwards
Don’t forget the buyout window opens tomorrow!
Paging Bolts so they can get rid of Sheary
Also, if anyone would like one lightly used Erik Cernak... give Brisebois a call.
@@Wayf4rerSooner the better with that NTC about to kick in
Hey, Don’t disrespect my Sheary! He won 2 Cups with the Penguins!
Washington going to buy out DuBois for 1/3...Oh wait, it's too late!!!
@@Wayf4rercernak and perbix in a package deal pls get them gone
Honestly, at this point as a Coyotes fan I’m just glad the constant drama and speculation in the news is over. Meruelo was horrible, and I’m so glad he’s gone. I’ve already seen reporting that said that two parties are interested in bringing a team back to Arizona, which I definitely believe will happen eventually, but as Shannon said I bet Houston would get a team before us simply due to all the issues regarding the arena.
I’m not a Coyotes fan so this is a genuine question. Do you really prefer not having Meruelo as an owner over potentially not having hockey in Arizona? For me, as a Boston fan I’d be gut punched if we’d lost our franchise no matter how bad ownership was.
@@e31174 It’s still heartbreaking, but if the Coyotes were to come back under Meruelo again I think we would just be doomed to be mediocre again. He promised to keep the Coyotes in Arizona, and he couldn’t do that. He couldn’t even be bothered to show up to the final game of the franchise. Every minor success we had, most recently gathering would could be a great core going forward, seemed to be in spite of him. Every time we were ever in the news, even before the arena drama, all the discussion would be about how we only have 4 fans, how bad we’ve always been and will be, and how we shouldn’t even exist. It got exhausting after a while.
It’s been nearly 30 years and nothing had really changed. I have faith they’ll be brought back simply due to the market being there, and that gives a little comfort alongside the fact that it feels like literally anyone could do a better job than him, but it still does hurt. I think it’s a little less gut wrenching for me personally as I live in Calgary and have another team to root for, but Coyotes were my number one team.
@@e31174I'm a 'Yotes fan. Man as much as I want a NHL. I don't want an owner that was playing risky, all the time. If we had to keep the team, by them keep on playing in Glendale, then I would of been fine with it. I'm just done with the lies and BS.
I hope we get expansion with a better owner. Cause Bettman and the NHL, wants hockey in AZ. From what I have heard someone from ASU wants to be the owner, or bring NHL back to Arizona. So there is hope there too.
@@arzona1961 From that POV I can understand where you are coming from, having to deal with petty drama and people telling you your team shouldn't exist for 3 decades would get exhausting after a while. For me I live New England so if I wanted to see my local team it would be Boston.
@@robertparker6280 Well as a non-Coyote's fan I do hope you get an Arizona team back too, but I am with Shannon that if it does happen it's not gonna be for a while.
Now that Meruelo is gone, the odds of hockey succeeding in Arizona has gone up dramatically
Its not that everyone hates McDavid, they hate how the media jams him down our throats. The Panthers won the Stanley Cup but all you hear about is McDavid and the Oilers. You will have a 20 minute segment on the broadcast and 15 minutes is about the losing team oilers and mcdavid and 5 minutes on the winning panthers. We get it, hes the greatest player playing. Why not talk about how Forzling and Barkov shut down McDavid in games 6 and 7? People want to talk about how many points he had in the finals. In 7 games he had 11 points which is good, however 8 of those 11 points came in 2 games, games 4 and 5. You could easily talk about how the Florida Panthers have such a great defensive system that in 5 of the 7 games McDavid was basically non existent. That is peoples problems with McDavid. This video for example, you spent 2 and a half minutes ranting about McDavid and the hate he gets. Why not just say that McDavid won the Conn Smythe did not come out on the ice to accept it, maybe its better to award the conn smythe at the awards, would of taken 30 seconds like very other topic except for the phoenix topic as that's a big topic
RIP Merubozo
I'm feeling more FOD
Rest in Pain
Mittelstadt’s Life just got a TON better😂🎉
damn meruelo... that was quick.
I think it would be easier to appreciate how good McDavid is if we didn’t have Ray Ferraro et al not being able to resist telling us how he is the greater player of all time who can walk on water every time he is on the ice, even when he is having an off night.
Womp womp
@@bradybrabant476 still no cup lol
It’s the same that I feel about Barkov. Would be easier to appreciate him if I didn’t hear about how he’s the most underrated player in the world every 5 minutes.
It would be easier to appreciate hockey in general without Ray Ferraro. Legit the most annoying voice in hockey
Well he can walk on water: ice is frozen water lol
the cap is constantly increasing so stating that a contract of x size will never be on a winning team will eventually be proven wrong.
It would be better to stay a single contract taking up >x% of the cap will not be on a winning team.
With all the things people complain about these days with player behaviour that made things very entertaining in the 80s and 90s, not coming out to receive an individual award after losing a game 7 in the Finals seems like the lowest crime a player can commit, if it's a crime at all. Do the handshakes, show sportsmanship, and then leave and let the winning team celebrate. McDavid didn't need to be there. He didn't need to go out into a hostile building and get booed when they announced him as the winner. This is a crowd that booed the Canadian Anthem. McDavid did the right thing.
The whole Conn Smythe controversy reminds me of the 2014 World Championship. Pekka Rinne singlehandedly carried a mediocre Finnish team to the final, where they unded up losing 5-2 to a stacked Russian team, backstopped by none other than Sergei Bobrovsky who had a 95,03 SV%, 1.13 GAA, 8-0-0 record and one SO through the tournament. Tournament MVP went to Rinne however, who finished with 92.83 SV%, 1.88 GAA, and a 5-3-1 record with 3 SO. Apparently some people thought it should've gone to Bobrovsky with his ridiculous statline, but Russia probably would've won even without him, while on the other hand Finland had no business making it as far as they did, with Rinne being the only reason they made it that far.
Anyways...I seem to have forgotten what the point of this whole story was. People get unreasonably angry when Bob doesn't get the MVP...maybe...? Anyway, people should just chill. I think both players very much deserved their MVP status, and if McDavid doesn't care because that's not the trophy that matters, who are we to judge him?
I feel like the MVP should only go to the losing team player unless you can make an argument that all the players on the winning team is replaceable. Because to me, the value is only in winning the cup, making the final doesn't even mount to half the value as winning the cup. Let's say if without Bob, Florida loses, then he is more valuable to the Florida teams than McDavid to Oilers because even with McDavid, they still lose, and losing gloriously doesn't add match value in my book than losing.
@@jkliao6486 McDvaid broke a record in the run, and equaled or surpassed stats held by only Gretzky and Lemieux. That sounds like a playoff MVP to me.
@@whoshotashleybabbitt4924 That is okay, but that ain't cutting it for me.
Shannon how do you choose what pennant hangs in the background? Is it just random rotation or something else?
Random.
As is life. Thanks for the response and the continuous content!
Love it when you crack a smile Shannon!
Congrats to Casey. Great kid. Solid middle tier player. Sabres loved him, but they're betting we're seeing his max upside.
If the Panthers won Game 6 in Edmonton, and McDavid was still awarded the Conn Smythe trophy, I think he would probably go out because it's in his home arena, and it would allow him to at least give one final salute to the home fans. But because it was Game 7 in Florida, he made the right call by not going out and pulling any attention away from the Panthers' celebration. Now we will have to see what the Oilers will be able to do in the off-season to be able to pull off next season what the Panthers pulled this season after coming up short in last year's Cup Final.
You seem to have forgotten the last guy who won the CS but lost the Cup accepted it in front of hostile fans and he survived. Why does McDavid get to make up his own rules?
As far as McDavid goes I get it. He just lost a game 7 and it was probably more important to be with his team in that moment. I would also add that if the game was in Edmonton and they lost maybe he would have sucked it up for the home fans.
And he didn’t deserve it anyway
Worst award in sports. Just have a finals MVP award and leave it at that
@@jakedodd7895 why only the finals? Why not the entire playoffs?
@@lordrayden3045 who would you have chosen?
It's a part of being a professional. Yeah you're going to probably get memed, get the trophy take a picture of the ice within 2 minutes. Look at Luka Modric yesterday still to the Man of the Match even though he was devastated that his team were basically eliminated from the Euros.
I've beaten the sound again.
Happens every time to me
Faster than the speed of sound!
@@Wayf4rer *closes the screen* HA! faster than light!!
You know I find that if you go to RUclips desktop version the sound will be there
If Florida would have won game 6 in Edmonton McDavid would have accepted the trophy since it would have been on home ice. So I get it why he didn't accept it at the moment. It's funny how people behind keyboards can make this a issue
I’m a die hard oilers fan and was heart broken when they lost last night….
But I felt it was disrespectful as well.
The NHL should have had that plan in place to get it to him before his teammates left the ice and to rush it asap
But he should have shown that respect of a pretty major trophy and award.
God damn losing last night sucked…. The epic story for all time!!! 😢
Honestly i think Anyone who criticizes Mcdavid for not accepting the Conn Smythe has probably not experienced a devastating playoff or championship loss in a team sport before. Mcdavid had every right to not accept that trophy. Its not the one he wants
funny how giguere in 2003 was a man and still collected his mvp award, even though he got booed heavily by NJD fans.
funnier how theres a double standard for mcjesus being a deity by the media and fans, yet it was ok for him to skip collecting the award.
happy for mcjesus anyways, but am much happier that florida won game 7. 🎉
Also when giguere took it the losing team stayed on the ice and watched the ceremony anyways now they don't
Giguere wasn't captain of the Ducks. Skipping out on the guys you're leading when they're in their most devastating moment to collect an individual award is a really bad look.
@@tomservo9254 Because it's still all about him, never mind the tradition. That's the bad look, entitled and spoiled
@@rhyta5042 Yes, nothing says being entitled like rejecting an individual award. Well done Nancy Drew, you've cracked the case.
@@tomservo9254 😅
I've seen a few people trash talking the Middlestadt extention, mostly Buffalo players, and I'm confused lol. Their argument is that he's overpaid. In what world is less than 6mil/year for a 2C overpaying? Particularly in a market that is really slim on top 2 centers. Especially with the cap increasing every year. That's a fantastic sign. I would have liked a longer term, but I get why Casey would have wanted shorter term, as he's almost certianly going to be worth a lot more than 5.75 a year in three years.
We miss hockey in Arizona 😔 hopeful for a new horizon 🙏🏻
DeMelo and Morrissey were the only consistently good defensemen on the Jets last year. Great signing.
Beautiful jersey selection
Somewhere. Bettman opens a bottle of champagne in celebration of not having to deal with Arizona for a week.
I love your little laugh there at the end. Hockey fanbases tend to be very short on memory.
Was MacKinnon not at 10ml+ cap hit at the time the Avs won the cup? Did his large contract extension start after??
Even if a winning player wins the conn smythe, they usually try to hand it to a trainer asap so the can start passing the Cup around.
Was a good series and playoffs. As a Leaf fan the bandaid was ripped off early for me to enjoy the playoffs.
On the bright side THG's April fools prediction that the Habs would break the drought in 2029 is still accurate
5.75 is CHEAP for Middelstadt, especially with contracts going up ..
I think the timeline (re: expansion) is unchanged, but a little sooner than folks might think. I believe Phoenix was targeted to return as team #36, and other cities (Houston, Atlanta, insert other city here) are ahead. In that, I don't think that much has changed either. Just now, in addition to needing a place to play, Phoenix now also needs an owner.
In an interview with a local news station here in Atlanta, one of the competing owners said he believed an expansion team here could begin play in time for the 2027-2028 season. Time will tell how true this turns out to be, but if that timing is to hold true, expansion would need to come up in more than what we've heard recently.
Wonder if the original Winnipeg Jets history is now a part of the Utah Yetis or they connect the old team with the new one that was the relocated Atlanta Thrashers?
I think we might see expansion sooner than 2030. Consider that the 5 years were a deadline, not the earliest date the Yotes could be brought back.
tkachuk is just a shade under 10 $million /year- so they darn near had 3 players at 10$ million
Love the DeMelo signing, the guy is a rock on defence, and a gem off the ice
If you have AHL TV still you can watch game 6 on demand
As a Yotes fan, I was hoping Meruelo would drop it because I feel like the only way this gets done in the future is complete new ownership.
I'm a Bruins fan and the reason why we are not happy with the Ullmark trade is Swayman and Ullmark was probably the best tandem in the league and with no Ullmark the goalie hug is also gone
Oh man 😂 Shannon channeling his inner Dave Thomas at the 5 minute mark 10/10
Take off eh
Nah
His inner Rick Moranis
I think those deals were so awesome.
Hendrix Lapierre gets the Jack A. Butterfield as the AHL Playoff MVP. Well deserved. Led the playoffs in scoring, 22 points in 20 games. Really happy to see him put the injuries behind him and turn into the steal everyone thought he could be. He'll be fun to watch with the Capitals.
They should at least give the franchise records (old Jets-Coyotes) to Utah - if it's even possible?
3 out of the last 5 cups have gone to Florida. The sunbelt can support owners that actually try.
Don’t say that……
Canadians will cry
Knowing Edmonton, it could be the only time McDavid reaches the cup final. If he doesn’t want to go out and accept the lesser significant trophy awarded last night, then let him. He gave his heart to this run and to walk away with nothing is painful.
With Demelo resigning, Looks like Dillon will be hitting FA. That contract for Demelo just set the market for others OOF
Would be happy to have him back in SJ, although, we'd be happy to have just about anyone willing to sign at this point..
SENS fan here. Our GM traded DeMelo for a third round pick an the team has been looking for a steady right shot defence man ever since.
what will happen to the franchise records for winnipeg/arizona?
Why does the NHL insist on handing out the Conn Smythe award immediately following the cup final?Why not just wait till the awards show?Why put a player through that if he was on the loosing end?
July 1st is basically Christmas!!!!
Woooooo mitts for 5.7 LFG!!!!
Not surprised if players want to stay on a winning team. Sometimes this gets overridden with a whole pile more money being offered elsewhere.
I understand McDavid not wanting to come out for the Conn Smythe presentation. This isn't the trophy that he and his teammates were shooting for. On the other hand, this is sort of a slap in the face to the league, and the host city. Maybe it's right that this gets presented at the awards ceremony.
I wasn't thrilled with Ullmark's play as a Sabre. When he came to Boston, he proved that he could play well. It's often the case that a goalie's success has quite a bit to do with the defense in front of him. We'll see how he does in Ottawa. Would not be surprised if he ends up signing with the Leafs as a free agent.
So can the Jets/Coyotes history be rightfully re-attached to the team now in Salt Lake?
If they buy the rights
@RJM1972 then the city should be the rights when someone buys the team they buy the rights to the team name logo and designs if the city wants to keep it they can buy those rights
If they want to be consistent, which they should, then absolutely. There is the option of having histories not transfer at all (e.g. Nordiques and Avs separated) but I think the other option makes more sense.
So Calgary should give their Atlanta history "back" to a dead Thrashers franchise? Islanders getting Brooklyn Americans history? Avs get Rockies history (Lanny McDonald, Avs legend)? None of that makes sense. Franchise history makes more sense.
ROOOOOOOAAAAR That Calder cup game was AWESOME.
I took my eight year old son to the game. Normally if games go into OT in the regular season, we’ll leave because it’s way past his bedtime - he was worried we were going to leave at the end of the 3rd and started pleading with me “Dad, we HAVE to stay”. I wasn’t planning on leaving, but that certainly locked in my decision.
He went bonkers when the Bears scored in OT…that game will be “lifetime memory” for both of us.
@@MrCusefan44 that's awesome! Definitely one of those things someone is never gonna forget.
Star players are hated only by fans of other teams for the reason that the Star player doesn't play for their team
Or they are insufferable jerks who think the world revolves around them
Is that a Paul Karyia Avs jersey? Man, the build up for that season was insane. Hejduk-Forsberg-Tanguay AND Kariya-Sakic-Selanne? Imaginations went wild with those signings, only to be brought down by the harsh material reality of injuries (Kariya) and fitting into a new team system (Selanne).
I'm really thinking that Bettman knew all along that this was going to happen with Meruelo. Bettman, love him or hate him, is a savvy businessman most of the time, and it wouldn't surprise me if he and Utah were aware of the C-2 zoning limitations.
Why do I mention Utah? Well, does anyone find it strange that they chose to not pick a name or a team logo for the upcoming season?
Many times in the past when this sort of thing happens, there's been plenty of time to create a new brand and have time to have it ready for the next season.
I have a sneaking suspicion that both parties were waiting for the rights for the Arizona Coyotes to become available on the open market, and now that they are, Bettman can look at keeping the balance of the teams at 32, because from his previous messaging, he sounded pretty noncommittal about NHL expansion outside of the current 32 teams, outside of the Arizona team reactivation thing. I think he was fully intending to drag the rights to Utah, and let them keep the history as well, even if they choose to rebrand the Coyotes name itself.
If this is all true, this is one heck of a 4D chess power move.
I’m confused, if there were multiple bidders ready for the auction, why did it fell through when meruelo didn’t have the right paperwork? Shouldn’t it be of the other three been able to buy it or is there something I’m missing?
They will still have a shot down the line, this was just for the Meurelo group to get their 5 year plan started or whatever it was. It was clearly never going to be a serious attempt from him anyways after he doubled his investment by being completely incompetent.
My guess is either one of two options. Either the state government goofed in telling the Coyotes what paperwork they needed to file and wanted to avoid legal issues. Or, and what I think most likely, since those other bidders aren't official, they just decided to delay it because why have an auction that no one shows up to?
Hey hockey guy, if Hershey's back to back cup wins is good then what about the Florida Everblades 3-peat in the ECHL ?
We need a video on draft capital wealth and depth, please.
Not a McDavid fan, BUT... No Way would I have gone out on the ice to collect the Conn Smythe. Shannon is correct... They should award it at the NHL awards show, not after losing the Stanley Cup. Connor was right.
Out of curiosity, were there a lot of Canadian hockey fans outside of Edmonton that were cheering for the Oilers? Like i find it hard to think that Flames fans or even Habs or Sens fans would cheer for the Oilers just to see a cup come to a Canadian team. Maybe I’m wrong tho?
oh i will say...it being at the Sphere cold make the awards show fun...there's A LOT of potential for what they do with that sphere....which they also may not take advantage of at all lol
They should've given utah the records/logos etc. Everyone knew this land auction and alex winning it was a pipe dream. Phoenix is no different now than Kc,Atlanta,cincy,Houston or anywhere else that "wants" a team. Gary just said they aren't expanding anytime soon. That 5 year window with Alex was their best chance of getting the team back regardless of him sucking. Suns just did new renovations on their arena and don't need a new one for the foreseeable future. NHL ain't going back there anytime soon. If new competent owners didn't step up and save them for the almost 30 years they were there... they aren't going to come out of the woodwork now. Plus more hoops of building an arena isn't easy
We saw what happened to Huberdeau when he left the Panthers’ system for Calgary. I’ve got to believe this will be a factor in Reinhart’s decision.
What are the odds that Winnipeg buys the OG jets history back from the now defunct coyotes??
Only 3 other teams in the AHL have ever won against the same opponent and two teams the Maine Mariners in 78/79 and Rochester Americans in 90/91 have ever won before Hershey. There has only been one other team that has a 3 peat and that was the Springfield Indians from 1960 to 1962 have done it. Attendance was 11,013 and it was loud. You guys need to come to a game
Meruelo - the auction was crazy from the get go - everyone knew he needed that land, and so other bidders would've just bid to screw with him (even at that cost-risk). so, i think that he HAD to do something like this, release this kind of statement, before he could perhaps push a shill into the auction mix. it doesn't look great for him, to be sure, but he's shown he doesn't really care about how he looks. as a businessman... i think he sets up a shill and still tries to get the land. PHX is still a viable franchise location... so if he can snap that land up and get it sorted for building an arena, at about $60M or less, then i think he goes through the process to keep his options open. then he can be the construction developer and probably part owner of the next expansion team (probably with a more... palatable head owner).
if anyone wanted to emulate Frank McCourt (of Dodgers fame), it sounds like it would be Meruelo.
Didn’t the 2015 Hawks have Toews and Kane at 10.5 mill each?
I just felt sorry for McDavid when he was named the Conn Smythe winner. It felt like he was given a pity prize.
Shannon, Mereulo is building an arena in Reno, to supposedly move the Roadrunners to, in 3 seasons. He apparently is willing to eat the 3rd and last year in Tuscon. But this begs to wonder, if he has the funds to put up a new arena in Reno, how is it he would be focused on getting that new arena built in Arizona? He already couldn't pay the teams hotel bills. IJS
As a passive observer of the NHL the playoff MVP is so weird to me. It's like in this NBA Finals "Your 2024 NBA Finals MVP... Luka Doncic!"
I spoke to the Internet, it’s actually at peace with McDavid’s decision not to go out there. 🕊️
The award should’ve gone to Okposo anyway, he was mustard. 😛
COLORADO IS STILL IN MITTELSTADT MODE!!!
5:36 ARZ
The wings have been busy making trades first with preds then with sharks
McDavid not coming out should not be controversial at all.
Oh yeah, he just gets to do whatever he wants. If the Ducks goalie had the guts to accept it before a hostile Devils crowd, McDavid should suck it up and do it.
@rhyta5042 that is one way to view it... another could be allowing the panthers to enjoy the moment with the fans and not being interrupted by something they don't care about
Shannon needs to make one more video about the Coyotes, and it must start with "Arizona is dead"