The Coyotes might be changing hands again, which normally would be slightly more newsworthy than the sale of an ’04 Camry.
Since 1996, when the franchise moved to Arizona, Richard Burke, Steve Ellman, Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Moyes, the NHL, Anthony LeBlanc, Andrew Barroway, my ex-neighbor Bobby and probably some others I’m leaving out have attempted to make hockey work here.
None had much, if any, success, so no wonder word this week of a pending ownership change seemed to be, “well, good luck with that.”
This time could be different, however, partially because two words preceded the name of prospective buyer Alex Meruelo in news stories this week: “billionaire entrepreneur.