NO SECRET : Jazz owner Ryan Smith appears to confirm super star move to Utah for …..

NO SECRET: Ryan Smith, the owner of the Jazz, seems to be confirming the super star’s relocation to Utah for….. At least one of the parties involved says the Coyotes are moving to Utah.

During an interview on Wednesday at the CAA World Congress of Sports, prospective Yotes buyer and Jazz owner Ryan Smith appeared to indicate that a deal to sell the franchise to Smith Entertainment Group is close to completion.

Although Smith made no explicit mention of the Coyotes, he did allude to them when he made an appearance at the yearly event.

Smith asserted, “What’s out there online is not secret.” “Generally speaking, not everything found on the internet is accurate, but in this instance, it is.”

By all accounts, the NHL, Smith and current Coyotes owner, Alex Meruelo, have been working to complete a complicated sale of the hockey team.

A deal has not been signed, according to Sports Business Journal, and it would require the approval fo the NHL Board of Governors.

Wednesday is expected to be the team’s final game in Arizona when they host the Oilers at Mullett Arena in Tempe.

Although it was previously rumored that Smith intended to do it through expansion, he has been outspoken in his ambition to bring an NHL franchise to Salt Lake City.

“I have a great deal of faith in Utahns. We attend,” Smith remarked on Wednesday. “The arena was full at eleven in the morning during the NCAA Tournament that we held there. “I want to spend all my time this summer launching a whole new brand and going through all the little things and every single little detail,” is something I’m excited to demonstrate.
Once a team arrived in Salt Lake City, the prospective new owner of the Coyotes stated that they had a lot of work ahead of them.

However, the pending move doesn’t mean shutting the door on hockey in the desert.

As part of the likely sale of the team, Meruelo will have a five-year window to build a new arena and bring an expansion NHL franchise back to the Phoenix area, according to multiple reports.

The Post’s Larry Brooks reported that Arizona would move to the head of the expansion line