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Post by folatre on Jul 25, 2020 9:42:40 GMT -5
Friedman reported yesterday that Chayka may be out as Coyotes GM.
The Meruelo family took over ownership in Jan./Feb. and apparently are not impressed by Chayka's body of work both in terms of hockey and financial management. Arizona has never made the playoffs during Chayka's tenure (they were 22nd in the league when Bettman threw them a play-in bone this year). They have started spending some real money on salaries (instead of just taking on dead cap dollars) despite the fact that attendance remains poor and the season ticket base almost non-existent.
This was only Chayka's fourth year in charge, so this would seem a bit precipitous. However, in context of a new owner inheriting a GM from the previous ownership group, it is not entirely surprising. I wonder if there is language in Chayka's contract that allows the organization to fire him with cause in the event that he violates league or club rules pertaining to professional conduct. The testing prospects scandal, if Chayka participated in it, would certainly constitute a league violation of professional conduct. And maybe Meruelo is hoping the organization gets off with a lighter punishment if the mastermind is dismissed.
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Post by folatre on Jul 26, 2020 14:22:12 GMT -5
Okay then, according to LeBrun, Chayka terminated his contract on Friday. Steve Sullivan is the interim GM.
The whole thing still seems kind of weird. Chayka had three years left on his contract and one would assume years 5, 6, and 7 of a GM's tenure would be good ones if you have been doing your job properly.
It is also odd to think he is supposedly stepping away for a non-hockey opportunity. Unless he was being paid way less working for Arizona than most GMs in the NHL make, there is almost no conceivable way he is not taking a pay cut now.
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Post by folatre on Feb 17, 2021 20:12:00 GMT -5
Maybe Chayka was not the only bad apple in the barrel. The piece in The Athletic by Katie Strang is well sourced and researched. The "non-denial" denial written by the organization sounds like something my 16 year old nephew would write/argue when backed into a corner by his parents.
The Coyotes are playing with fire -- not paying player bonuses on time this summer, not paying suppliers and contractors that which was stipulated in contracts, terminating contracts without cause, etc.
I am no fan of Bettman and all the financial help he has orchestrated for that franchise over the years when the weak market was the 1,000 lb. elephant in the corner, but I would imagine that even Bettman, Daly, and the league's lawyers may be seething right about now.
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Post by BadCompany on Feb 18, 2021 12:40:09 GMT -5
Maybe Chayka was not the only bad apple in the barrel. The piece in The Athletic by Katie Strang is well sourced and researched. The "non-denial" denial written by the organization sounds like something my 16 year old nephew would write/argue when backed into a corner by his parents. The Coyotes are playing with fire -- not paying player bonuses on time this summer, not paying suppliers and contractors that which was stipulated in contracts, terminating contracts without cause, etc. I am no fan of Bettman and all the financial help he has orchestrated for that franchise over the years when the weak market was the 1,000 lb. elephant in the corner, but I would imagine that even Bettman, Daly, and the league's lawyers may be seething right about now. My favorite part of that article was how the owner insists that everybody calls him "Mr. Meruelo" and then the denial from the Coyotes says "Mr. Meruelo" at least seven times. How the article says the Mereulo's don't pay their bills and then threaten to sue anybody who complains, and then the statement threatens to sue Katie Strang. Like, their statement by itself confirmed Strang's article. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 18, 2021 21:04:32 GMT -5
Maybe Chayka was not the only bad apple in the barrel. The piece in The Athletic by Katie Strang is well sourced and researched. The "non-denial" denial written by the organization sounds like something my 16 year old nephew would write/argue when backed into a corner by his parents. The Coyotes are playing with fire -- not paying player bonuses on time this summer, not paying suppliers and contractors that which was stipulated in contracts, terminating contracts without cause, etc. I am no fan of Bettman and all the financial help he has orchestrated for that franchise over the years when the weak market was the 1,000 lb. elephant in the corner, but I would imagine that even Bettman, Daly, and the league's lawyers may be seething right about now. My favorite part of that article was how the owner insists that everybody calls him "Mr. Meruelo" and then the denial from the Coyotes says "Mr. Meruelo" at least seven times. How the article says the Mereulo's don't pay their bills and then threaten to sue anybody who complains, and then the statement threatens to sue Katie Strang. Like, their statement by itself confirmed Strang's article. Mr. Meruelo must have gone to the Donald Trump school of Lawsuits |
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Post by Tankdriver on Feb 19, 2021 0:44:27 GMT -5
Move them to Qc and Detroit back to the central. Arizona is going to play in the central next year. Ouch.
More likely they end up in Houston.
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