On Friday, now ex-Coyotes proprietor Alex Meruelo held his first community press convention because the franchise’s sale and relocation to Utah, showcasing why the date of hockey in Arizona is in such peril.
Sitting along NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Meruelo responded journalists’ questions, frequently showing flustered or frustrated. All through one specifically awkward past, Bettman needed to step in next Meruelo attempted to provide an explanation for his absence all over the franchise’s shatter by means of announcing he “didn’t like the media.”
“Let me translate that a little bit,” Bettman interrupted. “I don’t think anybody should take that personally. I think he doesn’t like being a public person.”