time for my annual organ stop pizza coyote fan get-together(in mesa) july 31 or august 1st....coyote fan gathering to eat  drink, and make merry(if merry is that kind of girl)....pm me if you are interested, and we'll go from there....
organ stop pizza is in mesa(yeah the east valley) on southern west of stapely...it's a fun night, good food and drinks, and listening to some pretty good musician playing the giant theater Wurlitzer organ...

So i just moved down to phx about a month ago from chicago, after celebrating the stanley cup. and need to fill my hockey fix. So i decided to jump on your bandwagon since well... i live here now, i think u guys have a great young exciting team who will do very well for the foreseeable future. so if you don't mind a hawks fan jumping on board i would love to join up. except i will always be a hawks fan first, and wont change the user name. lol sorry. 

Also great work with the "Throw the Snake" during the playoffs and still believe with Doan didn't get injured u guys beat Detroit.

The Phoenix Coyotes will host a Bud Light NHL Draft Viewing Party on Friday, June 25 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Santisi Brothers Pizzeria and Sports Grill, located at West Bell Road and I-17 in Phoenix. Admission to the event is free. The first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft will air live on VERSUS at 4 p.m.

The event will be hosted by Coyotes radio play-by-play announcer Bob Heethuis while Howler, the Coyotes’ mascot, will be on hand to greet and entertain fans. In addition, a Coyotes “Draft Trivia” contest will run throughout the event, giving fans the chance to win autographed Coyotes merchandise.

During the Draft Party, Santisi Brothers will be offering a drink special of $1.75 Bud and Bud Light Longnecks, and a food special that includes a 16-inch pizza and 24 wings for just $19.95.

The Coyotes currently hold the No. 13 and No. 22 overall picks in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Santisi Brothers Pizzeria and Sports Grill is located at 2710 West Bell Road in Phoenix near I-17.

Apologies for the background here, but as you can see, big news, if it is true.  GMDM gets the ball rolling by re-signing goal scoring machine Scottie Upshall to a one year extension.  Uppie was on his way to a career year (18 goals in 49 games, leading the Coyotes at the time) before a torn ACL derailed it in January.  He is a favorite on Twitter (@ScottieUpshall) and a favorite of mine being a former Flyer. 

Great news for the team to have this done.  Now there are only 13 or so more UFAs and RFAs to deal with.

No, this is not a detailed analysis of the two bids and which one would be better (although that might be coming this weekend).

No, this is just a recap of the top 5 reasons why you should support Ice Edge over Reinsdorf according to @IceEdgeDJ

No. 5:  Ice Edge tweets!

No. 4:  Ice Edge talks to the media (even Brahm and Shoalts)

No. 3:  Ice Edge supports snake throwing

No. 2:  Ice Edge has had their pictures taken with Howler

and the No. 1 reason to support Ice Edge over Reinsdorf according to @IceEdgeDJ:  Ice Edge actually knows who Shane Doan is . . . (and Doaner likes us)

Can't put it much better than that.  I'll also add that we support Ice Edge because Ice Edge supports the fans, and has been particularly gracious to the site and Travis, in particular - even giving him credit for my work :(

Because I know that they're reading - Thank you for making us laugh as we've gone through this roller coaster.  Can't wait to see you guys back in the valley.

Well, Glendale approved a plan proposed by the NHL to pay for the losses of the Coyotes(I'm probably wrong here, someone help me out?).  Quick question, does that guarantee that the Coyotes aren't moving, or does that just raise the possibility that they aren't?

Anyways, back to why I'm writing this.  I'm not happy that whoever buys the Coyotes, Ice Edge or Jerry Reinsdorf, will change its name from Phoenix Coyotes to Glendale/Arizona Coyotes.  I don't see the point.  I think the name proposals are just to please the Glendale City Council.  Phoenix is a good city name for the Coyotes, because most people either live in Phoenix, or the Phoenix Metro Area.  Plus, a lot of Arizonans think of themselves as Phoenicians.  I can understand where the Arizona name is going, but still, it's nice to have at least one or two teams with Phoenix in their name.  We've already got the Cardinals and Dbacks for the whole Arizona thing.  Now we'll only be left with the Suns.

Anyways, I just thought I'd post this and see what all of you think.  I hope that they'll keep the name Phoenix, but if not, then I guess I want them to name it Arizona Coyotes or something like that.  Fingers crossed that they keep the name!

This is our game and your arrogant millionaires took it from us. We play hockey. We are hockey. There are more players in the NHL from Manitoba than there are season ticket holders in Phoenix. No one needs to market this game to us. There is not a single player in the NHL that has ever come from Arizona. In typical American style, you used borrowed money to take our team from us and keep our team from coming home. No wonder that you're all drowning in debt. I hope you fatsos (and most of you are fat) all choke on your debt, and while your choking, I hope that the Saudis buy your baseball team, your basketball team and your "football" team, then let them rot in their desert. 

Keep the team. I hope they bleed your taxpayers dry so that your bigoted politicians have less money to fund their hateful, racist agendas. You are a loathsome bunch of fatsos.

EDITOR'S NOTE:  Promoting this to the front page and adding my responses to the first comment.  I thought these questions were important and are issues that I think are being mis-reported on by the MSM....

There are two things that have been plaguing my brain since this whole debacle decided to happen again:

- The NHL is asking Glendale for (an estimated) $20-25 million to cover their losses

- Ice Edge (reportedly) will only agree to terms with Glendale if the city agrees to cover all (future?) losses.

Can Glendale really handle all of this?

I need you guys to help explain some things to me so I can keep my sanity. Does Glendale have the money to pay back the NHL? Will the taxpayers have to deal with it? If Ice Edge claims to be such avid hockey fans than why are they only interested in purchasing the team on the grounds that it helps their business? Why exactly did Reinsdorf back out? What are the deadlines that the NHL has before they decide to relocate?

Oh and... UUUUGGGHHHH!

Hi All

Timmy Hate here - New Zealands Number 1 coyotes fan.

So our desert dogs are out. I'm bummed. Majorly. However to try and starve off a boring work day I offer my predictions from here on out.

West

Sharks over Red Wings
Canucks over Blackhawks

Canucks over Sharks.

East

Habs over Penguins
Bruins over Flyers

Habs over Bruins

Finals

Canucks over Habs in 7.

Other Predictions:

• Riots in Detroit. Nobody notices
• San Jose fans plan to throw a shark on the ice again - but cannot figure how to get Johnny Canuck in its mouth.
• Verses throws a tantrum following the finals - gets sued. ESPN takes over hockey coverage again (please?)
• Hawks fans start the curse of the Mural.
• Montreal fans and Vancover fans start a war between the two parts of Canada.
• The NHL sells the Coyotes to Rensidorf - Winnipeg bloggers say its just to drive the teams value up and the team will play home game 2 in Winnipeg. Sane human population yawn.
• Detroit/San Jose/Whoever the latest team to get the 'biased' officiating changes their uniforms for 2010-2011 to black and white vertical stripes.
• People finally realise hockey will never work in...nevermind.
• An American Businessman starts a 'Make it 25' campaign with plans to start a team in Hawaii.
• Reebok decide that for 2011-2012 all nhl players must tattoo a vector logo on their neck. NHL agrees and backdates the rule to 1900. Chris Chelios only player grandfathered in.
• Coyotes Win the Cup. Snakes thrown on the ice and in bedrooms across Arizona.
• Teleportation invented. Timmy Hate buy season tix on the glass at the Job.

I would like to thank you for joining the bandwagon this season.  We needed it as a team, and as a state.  It's amazing what a sport can do for a city and state when it's come across bad times.  The Diamondbacks did it for the country after 9/11, the Cardinals did it a year after the Superbowl hit town, and now the Suns and Coyotes do it during the worst economic downfall we have had since the 80's.  We've seen fan favorites come back to the valley in the likes of Radim Vrbata and former Coyotes Alternate Captain Derek Morris, and a mix of new bloods in the likes of Wojtek Wolski and Lee Stempniak. It makes me tear up sitting here writing this, knowing that our team didn't continue to round 2, but tear up even more knowing what we went through and still coming out on top with a happy ending.  Dealing with scumbags trying to dismantle and sell our beloved team.  Scheming through backdoors and sidestepping so they can move the Coyotes to Hamilton.  Well guess what Moyes, we said hell no we are still here.  Everyone at the beginning of the season wrote us off, but we proved them wrong.  Yea it's sad what happened tonight, but everyone wrote us off there too, after we had the 4th best record in the NHL and forced the Western Conf. 2 time defending champs into game 7. 

 Each and every game this season, everyone has written us off as nobodies.  We proved them all wrong tonight.  Now I ask you this, will you continue to support the Phoenix Coyotes?  Or are you gonna disappear again until the next time they make the playoffs?  We need everyone we can get.  If you don't know the sport, we will teach you.  I ask you to continue to show the support you have this last half of the NHL season, and the Coyotes will continue to impress you.  If we don't start to do this now, we won't have a hockey team, and we will truly know the saying "You don't know what you have until its gone!"  Life in the valley without hockey is no life at all.  It is the greatest sport, with a class act of heroes from Shane Doan, our beloved Captain, Illya Bryzgalov, MVP Goalie, and the new comer Lee "The Desert Ninja" Stempniak.  This season ended in a way noone could have predicted. 

 It's a sad but at the same a feel good story or the new decade.  I'm glad that we were able to experience this together as fans and will continue to ask for your support with our Coyotes.  Great season this year Coyotes, you have exceeded our expectations, broken records, and have put an amazing season in the Coyotes history book.  Can't wait til next season to show all those who doubted us that this season was no fluke.  I'll catch everyone on Five For Howling.

Awooooooooooooo. 

Coyotes fan for Life

Glen Allen