Coyotes Fold; Dynamo Moscow to Join NHL

[kabbott50]

The Phoenix Coyotes have announced that they have folded, prior to the 2013-14 NHL Season. Commissioner Gary Bettman has announced that Dynamo Moscow, formerly of the KHL, will join the NHL as part of the Southeast Division. Colorado will join the Pacific, Minnesota the Northwest, Detroit the Central and Philadelphia the Atlantic (pretty well the way it was before). Formerly extinct Dynamo Riga jump back into the KHL to replace Moscow's departure.

The Moscow roster will stay in tact, while all players and staff contracted to the Coyotes become free agents. Any that were playing in the minors are eligible to stay on that team, which most dd. Also, all players who's rights were owned by Phoenix, are also free agents.

More to come!

[kabbott50]

Hit with a handicap already, Moscow are told they are unable to have non-russian born goaltenders on their team! Guess I'm putting all my eggs in the 2015 draft basket for Max Tretyak.

Moscow acquire a pair of aging superstars in Sergei Gonchar and Nikolai Khabibulin on September 9th. Gonchar from Dallas for a 2018 7th Round Pick and Khabibulin from Chicago for a 2017 7th Round Pick. Not sure if they'll help at all, but here's hoping!

As well, thru September 19, we've signed Radim Vrbata, Evgeny Dadonov, Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn, Sergei Zinovyev, Zbynek Michalek, Mikkel Bodker and Nikolai Zherdev. We are also predicted to finish dead last in the league. I don't mind. I like high draft picks!

[kabbott50]

If an Admin wants to delete this thread, they can. This quickly died after starting it as my computer crashed a month into the season and I didn't have my Safe Saves on. I'm a dummy - I know!