On Thursday, Forbes reported that the Arizona Coyotes are for sale and in the event of a successful transaction, that the prospective buyers would move the team to Houston. The report was short on details, but the outline fit nicely with many narratives surrounding the franchise’s troubled existence. Thus, the current owners were forced to issue a forcefully worded statement refuting the claims: “This is false. Totally false. We’re not selling. We’re not moving. The Coyotes are 100 percent committed to playing in Arizona.” Maybe the Coyotes really are moving, maybe they aren’t. It sounds like, for now at least, a move isn’t imminent — the team’s roster and hockey operations were stripped to the barest of bones for unrelated reasons.
Five Thoughts: Lebreton Again, Stützle’s Potential, and are the Sens for Sale?
