this is honestly heartbreaking & of course our coward owner who ran us through the ground cant even show up for the game
TheFriendlyBagel
Fuck man I swear I get closer to tears the more this of this shit I see.
confusingphilosopher
>You will always be Yotes to us!!!
I get the kids are living out their reality, but there’s an irony that a generation earlier that sign may have said Jets instead.
Mike_Brosseau
As a Rays fan who has had to deal with threats of relocation for so long this is basically my nightmare. Sports are so important to a lot of peoples culture and identity and to lose that is absolutely heartbreaking.
WMino
The ones with memories are hitting hardest. They deserve better.
931634
Talk amongst yourself Im a little verklempt.
PNWFilmscape
Absolutely fucking sucks for these great fans, but it seems like new management will come hopefully soon to give them back their team. It extra sucks as they were starting to build a young core that was finding their identity.
sergei-boobtitsky
Person in the third pic is rocking double kachinas. Love it
miller94
I was crying and that last kid with the head in the sign made me laugh so hard
sasksasquatch
I wish someone had taken inspiration from Canucks fans and had a sign that said, Fuck Mereulo.
29671
Incredibly sad. Poor fans don’t deserve the heartbreak.
ProgressOk4014
really really sad. i remember growing up and having the fear of nashville relocating being a persistent thing. this fucking sucks.
Canadian_Ireland
Who’s cutting onions in this thread?
benjaminck
It is getting very dusty in this desert.
MattDurdan
F
Glizzywatersoup
This hits hard for Winnipeggers. I was too young to remember Jets 1.0, but this just looks exactly like when they left. I’m sorry, Yotes fans. When you guys get your team back, it’s going to feel amazing.
7030
This shit is terrible to see. Especially for the kids.
daffyduckhunt2
This is actually fucking brutal to see.
brock0791
As a Jets fan it’s like watching your ex get divorced again but you feel for the kids (fans)
Fluffhead875
Still the sickest gear in the league…sorry Yotes bros.
Doza93
So sorry Yotes fans, truly. The older gentleman with the « Hockey will always belong in the desert » poster made me tear up. Even though it won’t be quite the same, I hope NHL hockey will return to the Arizona desert in short order, and this time for good 🤎
Higgnkfe
Better or worse to get a chance to say goodbye
dudius7
Love the « From MI to AZ hockey will always belong in the desert » sign. I’m an AZ resident from MI and will miss the yotes.
This final game was awesome but damn, all the tears in the broadcast made me tear up too.
Seventy7Donski
I’ve lived in Phoenix for 12 years now. Yes this sucks but I’m very optimistic AZ will be getting the next expansion. Bettman has put way too much time while bending over backwards to have a team in the desert he is not about to give up now. His legacy seems to depend on it, compared to other teams buying and relocating. Out of all the options, I think selling them to someone who will relocate them is the best idea. The owners still don’t even have land to build on, so we are looking at 4 years minimum of them still playing at the >5000 seat college arena where you can only get tickets in expensive lower bowl seating. Cheapest tickets are around $200 a piece. As for the arena they got kicked out of in Glendale, the option of playing there temporarily will never happen. Footprint center where the suns play wasn’t built for hockey, plus neither side seems to want to entertain this idea. Arizona veterans memorial coliseum would need massive renovation for the nhl to let them play there. The owners also wanting to use tax dollars to partially fund a new arena and no city is whiling to pay that much. I’ve always heard the “all the fans live in Scottsdale so they should move there. Scottsdale doesn’t want to pay for it, they want it just outside the city limits to have Phoenix or Mesa pay, like we saw over last summers prop. votes in Mesa which they voted down. The owners can then focus on building an arena and probably entertainment district for their expansion team in a few years that will adopt the coyotes name again. Also if you’re rich enough to buy an nhl team, you should definitely be rich enough to build your team a new arena without asking for money from the people. Ok I’m done with my rambling rant.
Imthecoolestdudeever
Man, I was a kid with a sign in 96.
You guys will get one back. I’m so sorry for your bad experience, and shit owner.
PorcelainTorpedo
This is gut wrenching. I’m a Blackhawks fan but went to ASU from 99-03, and went to a lot of games/adopted the Coyotes as my “second” team. Coyotes fans don’t get credit that they deserve, and for the people who have never been to Phoenix, a lot of their assumptions about hockey there are wrong.
The strange thing to me though is that I’ve heard almost universal hope that they Coyotes would leave by other fan bases for so long, it’s almost like they get hard at the thought of the Coyotes moving. Until now, when it’s actually happening, people are showing near universal sympathy and talking about how awful this is. Maybe it’s because now that people outside of the fanbase are paying attention, they’re seeing the affect it’s having on Coyotes fans and the sadness that it’s brought.
dads_cigarettes
I cried the whole 3rd period. Got lucky enough to take my kids to a game at the mullet this year. Biz was right in front of us and at one point just hung out with us in the standing only section. Kids are too young to appreciate it but I was trying not to freak out. Gonna miss them.
jbvann05
This is why I hate peopke saying « this is for the good of the league » or whatever people are saying to trash Arizona. Like sure the franchise was failing and playing in a college arena is unacceptable but these are kids losing their favorite hockey team. If you want to grow the game and keep it alive four generations don’t rip away kids’ favorite teams
TommyDontSurf
Looks like the scene in St. Louis on the night of my Rams’ last game there. Football hasn’t been as enjoyable since that night. I’m sorry Coyotes fans are going through this.
amjhwk
« Stay or leave we will follow » fuck no im not following them to utah
Niconium
As a Panthers fan and as someone born in Arizona, my heart goes out to all Yotes fans. The Panthers have been at the heart of relocation rumors for years, but I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have those rumors come to fruition. We got lucky finally finding good owners. I hope and pray you get your team back, Arizona deserves a great franchise with great owners. I wore my Coyotes jersey to the Panthers’ last game of the regular season the other night in solidarity. Go Yotes!
Shwinky
The Coyotes were always doomed to fail with how fucking horribly they were mismanaged for years. The fans have always deserved better and now this is the ultimate final fuck you from this incompetent ass ownership. Hopefully hockey returns to the desert and when it does, it’s led by people who actually know what the fuck they’re doing this time around.
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this is honestly heartbreaking & of course our coward owner who ran us through the ground cant even show up for the game
Fuck man I swear I get closer to tears the more this of this shit I see.
>You will always be Yotes to us!!!
I get the kids are living out their reality, but there’s an irony that a generation earlier that sign may have said Jets instead.
As a Rays fan who has had to deal with threats of relocation for so long this is basically my nightmare. Sports are so important to a lot of peoples culture and identity and to lose that is absolutely heartbreaking.
The ones with memories are hitting hardest. They deserve better.
Talk amongst yourself Im a little verklempt.
Absolutely fucking sucks for these great fans, but it seems like new management will come hopefully soon to give them back their team. It extra sucks as they were starting to build a young core that was finding their identity.
Person in the third pic is rocking double kachinas. Love it
I was crying and that last kid with the head in the sign made me laugh so hard
I wish someone had taken inspiration from Canucks fans and had a sign that said, Fuck Mereulo.
Incredibly sad. Poor fans don’t deserve the heartbreak.
really really sad. i remember growing up and having the fear of nashville relocating being a persistent thing. this fucking sucks.
Who’s cutting onions in this thread?
It is getting very dusty in this desert.
F
This hits hard for Winnipeggers. I was too young to remember Jets 1.0, but this just looks exactly like when they left. I’m sorry, Yotes fans. When you guys get your team back, it’s going to feel amazing.
This shit is terrible to see. Especially for the kids.
This is actually fucking brutal to see.
As a Jets fan it’s like watching your ex get divorced again but you feel for the kids (fans)
Still the sickest gear in the league…sorry Yotes bros.
So sorry Yotes fans, truly. The older gentleman with the « Hockey will always belong in the desert » poster made me tear up. Even though it won’t be quite the same, I hope NHL hockey will return to the Arizona desert in short order, and this time for good 🤎
Better or worse to get a chance to say goodbye
Love the « From MI to AZ hockey will always belong in the desert » sign. I’m an AZ resident from MI and will miss the yotes.
This final game was awesome but damn, all the tears in the broadcast made me tear up too.
I’ve lived in Phoenix for 12 years now. Yes this sucks but I’m very optimistic AZ will be getting the next expansion. Bettman has put way too much time while bending over backwards to have a team in the desert he is not about to give up now. His legacy seems to depend on it, compared to other teams buying and relocating. Out of all the options, I think selling them to someone who will relocate them is the best idea. The owners still don’t even have land to build on, so we are looking at 4 years minimum of them still playing at the >5000 seat college arena where you can only get tickets in expensive lower bowl seating. Cheapest tickets are around $200 a piece. As for the arena they got kicked out of in Glendale, the option of playing there temporarily will never happen. Footprint center where the suns play wasn’t built for hockey, plus neither side seems to want to entertain this idea. Arizona veterans memorial coliseum would need massive renovation for the nhl to let them play there. The owners also wanting to use tax dollars to partially fund a new arena and no city is whiling to pay that much. I’ve always heard the “all the fans live in Scottsdale so they should move there. Scottsdale doesn’t want to pay for it, they want it just outside the city limits to have Phoenix or Mesa pay, like we saw over last summers prop. votes in Mesa which they voted down. The owners can then focus on building an arena and probably entertainment district for their expansion team in a few years that will adopt the coyotes name again. Also if you’re rich enough to buy an nhl team, you should definitely be rich enough to build your team a new arena without asking for money from the people. Ok I’m done with my rambling rant.
Man, I was a kid with a sign in 96.
You guys will get one back. I’m so sorry for your bad experience, and shit owner.
This is gut wrenching. I’m a Blackhawks fan but went to ASU from 99-03, and went to a lot of games/adopted the Coyotes as my “second” team. Coyotes fans don’t get credit that they deserve, and for the people who have never been to Phoenix, a lot of their assumptions about hockey there are wrong.
The strange thing to me though is that I’ve heard almost universal hope that they Coyotes would leave by other fan bases for so long, it’s almost like they get hard at the thought of the Coyotes moving. Until now, when it’s actually happening, people are showing near universal sympathy and talking about how awful this is. Maybe it’s because now that people outside of the fanbase are paying attention, they’re seeing the affect it’s having on Coyotes fans and the sadness that it’s brought.
I cried the whole 3rd period. Got lucky enough to take my kids to a game at the mullet this year. Biz was right in front of us and at one point just hung out with us in the standing only section. Kids are too young to appreciate it but I was trying not to freak out. Gonna miss them.
This is why I hate peopke saying « this is for the good of the league » or whatever people are saying to trash Arizona. Like sure the franchise was failing and playing in a college arena is unacceptable but these are kids losing their favorite hockey team. If you want to grow the game and keep it alive four generations don’t rip away kids’ favorite teams
Looks like the scene in St. Louis on the night of my Rams’ last game there. Football hasn’t been as enjoyable since that night. I’m sorry Coyotes fans are going through this.
« Stay or leave we will follow » fuck no im not following them to utah
As a Panthers fan and as someone born in Arizona, my heart goes out to all Yotes fans. The Panthers have been at the heart of relocation rumors for years, but I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have those rumors come to fruition. We got lucky finally finding good owners. I hope and pray you get your team back, Arizona deserves a great franchise with great owners. I wore my Coyotes jersey to the Panthers’ last game of the regular season the other night in solidarity. Go Yotes!
The Coyotes were always doomed to fail with how fucking horribly they were mismanaged for years. The fans have always deserved better and now this is the ultimate final fuck you from this incompetent ass ownership. Hopefully hockey returns to the desert and when it does, it’s led by people who actually know what the fuck they’re doing this time around.