I grew up with the Rockets and Astros so they are first when it comes to loyalty in those sports. I've been rooting for the Texans over the Vikings as I feel they are the inheritors of the Oilers, not the Titans. Since Houston never had an NHL team though I'm not sure I would feel any loyalty to a "Houston Coyotes". I've lived in MN since the Wild started and have rooted for them. My NHL memories now are of epic games between the Wild, the Avalanche, Blackhawks and Canucks so even if there is a Houston team my hockey loyalties will likely remain with Minnesota.
Have you ever seen a cornhole player get right back up ready to fight right after he broke his leg.....?
The Coyotes might be one of the worst run franchises in all of North American sports. Hockey can work in warm weather climates - see Vegas.
ive seen a LOT of coyotes in my day, but the biggest one I ever saw was off harborside drive in Galveston. There’s a BUNCH of ‘em on the west end. I live close to Rummel Creek in the energy corridor, and we occasionally see them. Not nearly as much as armadillos, possums, raccoons and peacocks, but they show up every once in a while.
Live hockey is arguably the most entertaining sport to watch. High intensity, rapid action. The speed and physicality of the play on the ice is unreal. Imagine a sport where you go full throttle for 60 seconds, and then sub out. That's hockey. A team in Houston would be great. Probably would need to locate it west of town. A hockey crowd is very different than an NBA crowd.
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For all then high intensity and rapid action, they usually score under 10 times a game in total. It's entertaining but it doesn't compete with the play-by-play excitement of basketball for me. NBA is legitimately rapid action with about 80 goals being made a game. I would also put a good UFC match as being higher pace and action than a good NHL match, personally. Here you go again with your cold-weather city superiority bullshit
Please explain. Not saying it isn't. I'm in The Woodlands but never been a hockey fan. Just curious to hear your reasoning.
If they ever get bad enough, an old Hill Country rancher trick is to trap/call and shoot some and hang them in trees around your property. It announces your presence with authority, and they don't like it so much and relocate.
I’m ashamed to say that I fear the repercussions of the local yoga pants mafia if I were to try and do something like that.
Can the Tilman pay the bills? https://theathletic.com/news/coyote...na-charges-delinquent-tax-bills/ArAVPFTj0LId/ (Would you even want a hockey team owned by the Tilman?)
As someone who has gotten into hockey over the past couple years, I agree. There is still a lot of puck chasing, and while that is constant "action," its also a lot of just chaos. But if you find a player that can really dominate, its very entertaining. Watching Nate McKinnon so much is what really got me into hockey. He was the first player I saw that reminded me of a basketball player on ice. A guy like him doesn't chase, he singles out the defender and barrels his way into the net/basket the way Lebron or Harden would. Cale Makar is developing some of that mentality too. Yeah, they are just an incredibly inept franchise. It would be like getting an expansion team without expansion draft. You would need to need to gut the entire infrastructure and start completely fresh I agree that the 2 sports have very different crowds, but you're not building an entirely new hockey specific stadium when the Toyota Center is perfectly fine. It would be a giant waste of money. Them literally having no stadium in Arizona to play in next year is the biggest advantage Houston has to taking this team. They can play at Toyota Center tomorrow
This is among the weirdest situations ever. The team has no idea where it will be playing when it opens up next season in less than a year. There are zero plans for a new building in Arizona. And they’re not paying fees for the place they play right now. Honestly, I can’t recall a situation like this in a major pro sports league in my life.
I was reading that the Coyotes could move to a new arena in Houston. Where would that be? Is Houston/Harris Co. willing to build a second sports arena?
