Originally Published: May 21, 2009, 04:51 AM

Coyotes Phoenix-bound for next season?

Posted By Diego | NHL News | May 21, 2009, 04:51 AM |

It appears as though the Phoenix Coyotes are going to play in Glendale for the 2009-10 NHL season. They might be a pathetic shell of a franchise, with one eye on the guillotine blade over its head, the other on the U-Haul trucks rolling towards the arena and about 12 season-ticket holders. But they also won't be in Hamilton. At least not yet.

That's the impression from yesterday's four-hour U.S. bankruptcy court hearing in Phoenix, that saw Judge Redfield Baum send the NHL and Coyotes "owner" Jerry Moyes to mediation in an attempt to figure out who actually owns the team.

With that question unsettled, the timetable for relocating the Coyotes appears to work against billionaire Jim Balsillie's plan to purchase them and ship them to southern Ontario

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Embed It appears as though the Phoenix Coyotes are going to play in Glendale for the 2009-10 NHL season. They might be a pathetic shell of a franchise, with one eye on the guillotine blade over its head, the other on the U-Haul trucks rolling towards the arena and about 12 season-ticket holders. But they also won't be in Hamilton. At least not yet.<br /> <br /> That's the impression from yesterday's four-hour U.S. bankruptcy court hearing in Phoenix, that saw Judge Redfield Baum send the NHL and Coyotes "owner" Jerry Moyes to mediation in an attempt to figure out who actually owns the team.<br /> <br /> With that question unsettled, the timetable for relocating the Coyotes appears to work against billionaire Jim Balsillie's plan to purchase them and ship them to southern Ontario<br /><a href='http://www.slicendice.org'>Slice N Dice</a> | <a href='http://www.slicendice.org/NHL/Coyotes-Phoenix-bound-for-next-season'>Coyotes Phoenix-bound for next season?</a>