Utah Hockey Club?

[Scott Egbert]

Okay, we heard about Utah being the "33rd" NHL team, but how are we gonna add the team to a NHL 94 Mod? Like we can't replace the Coyotes with Utah because Arizona is "inactive".

Should we use NHL Prospects and Free Agents as Arizona and go from there?

[smozoma]

If they bring back the coyotes we riot.

Also, Utah gets all the Coyotes' hockey assets: players, staff, draft picks, etc, so there's no problem for ROMs, just change the team name and logo.

The Arizona owner just kept the team name and history in the hopes of reviving the team after building a new arena in 2029 (hey siri, add to calendar, "2029, we riot")

[von Ozbourne]

To be honest, The Coyote situation feels like a combination of the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Cleveland Barons.

The Tigers, in that the team was suspended and the entire roster was re-hired by a new team [Americans].
The Americans, in that the team went dormant due to financial struggles [because of the war, otherwise the owner actually tried to pay his bills]
The Barons, in that the team is the first, since the previously mentioned franchise, to fall into a weird state that ultimately ends in a rare franchise folding.

This is however, not to say that ROMs will not need to be expanded again at some point in this decade, when the NHL board decides that the time is right to welcome in some new expansion fees... er teams.

[Scott Egbert]

On 8/21/2024 at 5:53 PM, von Ozbourne said:

To be honest, The Coyote situation feels like a combination of the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Cleveland Barons.

The Tigers, in that the team was suspended and the entire roster was re-hired by a new team [Americans].
The Americans, in that the team went dormant due to financial struggles [because of the war, otherwise the owner actually tried to pay his bills]
The Barons, in that the team is the first, since the previously mentioned franchise, to fall into a weird state that ultimately ends in a rare franchise folding.

This is however, not to say that ROMs will not need to be expanded again at some point in this decade, when the NHL board decides that the time is right to welcome in some new expansion fees... er teams.

Well it looks like Utah will be in place of Arizona because Coyotes just folded.