from Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff,
The NHL is concurrently drafting two versions of a league schedule matrix for the 2024-25 season, one with the Arizona Coyotes and another with the Coyotes franchise playing in Salt Lake City in the event of relocation, multiple sources told Daily Faceoff.
That does not mean the NHL has firmed up plans to relocate the franchise yet, just that the league has a viable contingency plan for next season. But the news comes on the heels of billionaire prospective owner Ryan Smith publicly soliciting potential names for an NHL team in Utah earlier this week.
As the NHL has been working on dual paths, multiple sources indicate Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo is intimately involved in both. The first, of course, involves the Coyotes remaining in the Phoenix area by building a new arena via Arizona State Land Trust auction, which is scheduled for June 27.
And here I was expecting a few more failed plans before they threw in the towel and moved the team
It's a shame, this is almost a bi-annual tradition hearing about how the Coyotes have burnt yet another bridge. Really gives us something to read and speculate about each summer, too.
In all seriousness, this is looking so promising now.
They could be named the Utes...a play on how they used to be the Yotes...
Except the University of Utah already uses that name. They'll have to get more creative.
The can't even use "Salt Lake City" (ie Salt Lake City Bears) because the NHL only allows 3 words. It's why it is the "Vegas Golden Knights" instead of "Las Vegas Golden Knights". It's going to have to be "Salt Lake X" or "Utah X Y"
Salt Lake Licks
Utah Salt Licks
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