NHL expansion fees could save Arizona Coyotes from relocation

The NHL has long supported the Arizona Coyotes in Arizona, but worries about the team's long-term future in the state took another big hit when Tempe voters rejected a new arena for the team last week.

One writer recently shed some light on a reason why the NHL might continue to be so staunch in its support of hockey in the desert, however, writing that the league likely wouldn't be eager to relocate the Coyotes because of the potential loss in expansion fees in that city.

"The future of the Coyotes franchise is in the same flux it has been since the team moved to Glendale, Ariz., in 2003, remaining the constant drain on hockey-related revenues it has been with the commissioner’s unwavering…