Good afternoon Yotes fans,
   I am a Florida native now living in Canada and a rabid hockey fan. I appreciate what you are trying to do here to save your team but this is the truth…There are 30 owners in the NHL, all who want to make a profit. There is a CBA in place where when league revenues go up so does the salary cap. If teams like Phoenix, Florida, Tampa, and Atlanta continue in markets where they lose money year after year, the other 26 owners reap the benefits from a lower salary cap. What Bettman is doing to you is making you think he cares about keeping your team, what he is really doing is having other teams pay to keep your team alive so they won’t have to pay their own players (and yours) more money. It’s sad, but believe me Bettman is not your friend. If someone made an offer to move your team to say New Mexico where they could make a lot of money initally and then have another money loser, he would do it to you in a second. Your team has lost money for at least the past three years and their seems to be no end in sight. I wish you the best of luck with your quest but before you put in too much effort into this consider that you are trying to save the Titanic and only the bow of the ship can be seen now. JB’s website of "make it seven" now has over 100,000 signatures. You need a fanbase that starts with kids, and they usually need to play the game to love the game. In a city of 80,000 people near Ottawa we have 6 house league and 2 competitive teams…for 9-10 year old girls only! My “beer” league hockey has 120 teams and it is only 1 of 12 leagues in the area. How can Phoenix compete with that? Chicago is different, they are a “traditional” hockey market, lots of kids PLAY hockey in Chicago. If the Phoenix Suns were going to move to Ottawa I would not support it as we have basketball fans, but few leagues and little interest other then a bit of University hoops, it would never work here, just like hockey won’t work were kids will never see snow or ice other then in a slushie.

I am a Florida native now living in Canada

   I’m not too sure what part of that sentence was confusing, but I live in Ottawa. You live in San Diego and think we are “still shoveling snow in May”…seriously? Please note, we don’t use dogsleds to get to work and we do have summer up here. We have no reason to have an inferiority complex and I am not proud to say I am American (only) when I consider that so is Gary Bettman. Heck my Senators didn’t make the playoffs so I’m cheering for Chicago!
   I think the Leafs and Sabres are being quiet because if JB moves in on their territory they will reap a financial winfall.
   Do you also disagree with the fact that a major sport does better in a market where most kids play the sport? See the Vancouver Grizzlies for further details.
   Do you know how much a “gold” section seat costs in Toronto, if you can even get one? How about in Ottawa or Montreal? (Try anywhere from $150-$400 each! ) Check it out if you think that you don’t need “Rabid fans”. From what I understand, you can buy a bottle of Smirnoff vodka in Glendale and get two free Coyotes tickets.
   I really don’t want to stoop to the level of other posts and I truly feel for die-hard Coyotes fans, if only there were enough of them to support the team we wouldn’t even be talking about this. The Coyotes have a great goalie and some really exciting forwards but like the Quebec Nordiques they probably won’t enjoy true success until they have left Arizona.