Please say no to the owner of the Utah Jazz getting an NHL franchise!
Salt Lake City and Utah have had a couple minor league hockey teams over the years.
The current owner Ryan Smith wants to acquire an NHL franchise.
The previous owner of the Utah Jazz, Larry H. Miller shafted all the hockey fans in Utah.
He purchased the Salt Lake Golden Eagles (minor league hockey team). He went on the ice during intermission and said “Hockey fans are crass and dangerous. I will never sell the Salt Lake Golden Eagles Franchise.” He then sold “lifetime season
tickets” to a number of hockey fans. Then convinced Salt Lake City to build a new building for Basketball, and made the sight lines horrible for hockey games. He then convinced Salt Lake County to tear down the old Salt Palace that had great sight
lines for watching hockey. After five years of owning the Salt Lake Golden Eagles he sold the franchise.

The new boring (basketball) facility is called “The Detla Center”.
The Utah Grizzlies now play in the Maverik Center that is a minor league hockey facility. It does not have enough seats for an NHL team. It does seat more for hockey than the Delta Center does.

Nobody connected to the Utah Jazz, or the Larry H. Miller Corporation should be allowed anywhere near hockey. They destroyed one minor league hockey team, they should not be allowed to destroy an NHL team.

Now if the NHL was really crazy enough to let Ryan Smith (current owner of the Utah Jazz) and his group acquire an NHL franchise; there needs to be some stipulations attached:

1. The group needs to honor the “lifetime season tickets” that were sold to Salt Lake Golden Eagles Fans.

2. They need to have a major league hockey facility with good sight lines through the entire arena. Now if I was looking for a location to locate a hockey arena I would look around the area of Utah Highway 68 (Redwood Road) and Interstate 215 at the
North Interchange. I would cross the county line into Davis County. There is a lot of open land in that area.

Again, nobody connected to the Utah Jazz, or the Larry H. Miller Corporation should be allowed anywhere near hockey. They destroyed one minor league hockey team, they should not be allowed to destroy an NHL team.


Roland Behunin
Farmington, Utah

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On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:04:55 +0000, piperut wrote:

Please say no to the owner of the Utah Jazz getting an NHL franchise!
Salt Lake City and Utah have had a couple minor league hockey teams over
the years.Nobody connected to the Utah Jazz, or the Larry H. Miller Corporation
should be allowed anywhere near hockey. They destroyed one minor league hockey team, they should not be allowed to destroy an NHL team.

Now if the NHL was really crazy enough to let Ryan Smith (current owner
of the Utah Jazz) and his group acquire an NHL franchise;

They were.

1. The group needs to honor the “lifetime season tickets” that were sold to Salt Lake Golden Eagles Fans.

2. They need to have a major league hockey facility with good sight
lines through the entire arena. Now if I was looking for a location to
locate a hockey arena I would look around the area of Utah Highway 68 (Redwood Road) and Interstate 215 at the North Interchange. I would
cross the county line into Davis County. There is a lot of open land in
that area.

Again, nobody connected to the Utah Jazz, or the Larry H. Miller
Corporation should be allowed anywhere near hockey. They destroyed one
minor league hockey team, they should not be allowed to destroy an NHL
team.

The expansion in Utah is a joke. What a crappy logo too. Surely Mormons
can be more creative than that ? Quebec City needed the NHL expansion
this year, not Utah. The Centre Vidéotron is ready for the rebirth of
the Nordiques.

Las Vegas, Seattle and now Utah. And yes Gary, Utah is an expansion
despite your PR spin and anti-Canadian sentiments. The Coyotes are a
sick franchise, it's time to put them out of their misery.

Vive Le Nordiques de Québec

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Silver Skull wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:04:55 +0000, piperut wrote:

Again, nobody connected to the Utah Jazz, or the Larry H.
Miller Corporation should be allowed anywhere near hockey.
They destroyed one minor league hockey team, they should not
be allowed to destroy an NHL team.

The expansion in Utah is a joke. What a crappy logo too.
Surely Mormons can be more creative than that ? .

I didn't know about the Utah expansion, but yes the 'logo' is
fairly basic...

I'd say they will get a better name/logo for the franchise in
Utah once they are up and running and are filling their rink in
Salt Lake City with fans.

Quebec City needed the NHL expansion this year, not Utah.
The Centre Vidéotron is ready for the rebirth of the Nordiques

Bettman and the NHL Board of Governors won't be in a rush to put
another NHL team in [what they will say is] a crowded area...

Las Vegas, Seattle and now Utah. And yes Gary, Utah is an
expansion despite your PR spin and anti-Canadian sentiments.

Does anyone like that man?!

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On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 19:10:22 +0000, Blueshirt wrote:

Silver Skull wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:04:55 +0000, piperut wrote:

Again, nobody connected to the Utah Jazz, or the Larry H.
Miller Corporation should be allowed anywhere near hockey.
They destroyed one minor league hockey team, they should not
be allowed to destroy an NHL team.

The expansion in Utah is a joke. What a crappy logo too.
Surely Mormons can be more creative than that ? .

I didn't know about the Utah expansion, but yes the 'logo' is
fairly basic...

I'd say they will get a better name/logo for the franchise in
Utah once they are up and running and are filling their rink in
Salt Lake City with fans.

They are currently polling fans on a proper name for 2025-26.

Quebec City needed the NHL expansion this year, not Utah.
The Centre Vidéotron is ready for the rebirth of the Nordiques

Bettman and the NHL Board of Governors won't be in a rush to put
another NHL team in [what they will say is] a crowded area...

Selfishness and greed.

Las Vegas, Seattle and now Utah. And yes Gary, Utah is an
expansion despite your PR spin and anti-Canadian sentiments.

Does anyone like that man?!

No !

There was a book published a few years ago called "The Most Hated Man in Hockey". You won't need ten guesses on its subject matter.

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