Thank you to all who supported me and the team last night. You’re all my second family and I’m so thankful to have had one last howl with my pack. #yotesforever#yotes
🪦R.I.P.
Phoenix / Arizona Coyotes
(1996-2024)
A team and fan base leveraged to the breaking point by owners who were more interested in becoming land developers than running a hockey franchise.
All who tried failed.
All who cheered lost.
By the way, this tweet is how some members of the staff found out they’re losing their jobs.
And they still don’t know when they will get paid until, have insurance until, etc.
It’s the people that make this hurt so much. This passionate group of phenomenal people that genuinely care about each other and their team, I’ve never really seen it displayed on this level. As I’ve grown to learn more about these individuals, it makes me happy knowing for ghat a short time we created our own hub for Yotes fans to embrace each other and share in sport. I want to thank each and every one of those amazing people for spending the time, energy, and money to grow this community more and more each day. I hope we can still find a way to stick together, Lord knows we’re going to try! I hope they all stay in touch and stay well, I hope we get to see our best friends again under better circumstances. They just deserve so much more than they received for the past 3 decades. Hopefully this is just a footnote in a redemption story. Hope is all we have at the moment and each other! Thank you!
Tonight, I feel like I lost a family member. I feel like I lost a best friend. The pain is going to compound every time I watch a hockey game, all summer watching the Draft, watching teams sign players, it will grow and grow and eventually callous over. I might come back and follow our boys in Utah next season, but I may never love this sport again the way I have 'til this moment. The Coyotes might play hockey again in Arizona, but my team is gone. The tattoo on my leg, the jerseys in my closet, they will always remind me of the best times I had as a hockey fan, I will never regret a moment I had invested into this team.
The Coyotes community is so wonderful, and I hope this isn't the end for all of you either. Can't wait to celebrate you all one last time at Mullett next week. #Yotes forever.
For nearly 30 years in Arizona, the Coyotes were mismanaged by numerous owners. It was only untenable because they allowed it to become that way.
You can say it was time to pull the chute, but at the end of the day some kid is losing their favourite team and that sucks.
I can say a lot of things here, but I'll try to be concise. Alex Meruelo in concert with @MrXavierAG have ruined this team, and embarrassed and hurt us fans beyond reproach. The fans gave them every chance and excuse in the book, but their ineptitude proved too strong. The lies they fed us are unforgiveable, and I hope their profits are worth the immeasurable hurt they've caused not only the fans, but the employees lives they've affected.
These deceitful, cowardly men are poison to this sport, and should never be trusted with this amazing honor and responsibility to own an @NHL hockey team ever again.