Is the Phoenix Coyotes Playoff Berth Merely an NHL Sales Pitch?

Posted: 28th March 2010 by Brian Tuohy in NHL
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For the first time since the 2001-02 season, the Phoenix Coyotes have reached the NHL playoffs. That gives the beleaguered Coyotes faithful reason to celebrate, and it makes fans around the NHL excited to see the return of the "White Out" in the Jobing.com Arena. This jubilation, however, should give more than a few NHL fans reason to pause. How did the Coyotes actually become a playoff team this year? In the summer of 2009, the ownership of the Coyotes went bankrupt. The franchise was taken over by the league itself, with the NHL acting in the team's best interest. One of the main reasons the NHL had to step into the ownership role was the inability to find the Coyotes a buyer. Why wasn't anyone interested in taking over the team? The most obvious answer was that  ...

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