Now what for the Coyotes?

Legend has it that hockey teams which do not do well in a city end up leaving. Everyone knows this because it relates to every sports team in the country, maybe the world. The talking heads who sit behind desks detailing how that same market which lost a team are full of nonsense. Bringing back the Jets to Winnipeg is going to fail, Mark my Words! Atlanta just failed for the second and hopefully last time. Winnipeg is a small town which had an average attendance of 12,000 for their minor league team. Yes this is good for a minor team, but it shows that when an 18,000 person venue is a available Winnipeg is still falling short.
The next issues is what to do with the Coyotes. With the Thrashers moving out of the south and into the hockey crazed north, Phoenix has a unique issue. The former Jets franchise now has no clear path to a city should this final season not play out. This time next year we could be witness to the city of Glendale taking out another $25 million for insurance on the teams losses. When will tax payers have enough? Hell, if Glendale does this process for three more years they will have paid the current net worth of the Coyotes in insurance.
In this, I have come up some possible locations for the Coyotes franchise to move and some that will likely not see a team.

Likely:
Kansas City-KC did lose a team early in the NHL's existence however this loss was due to a small venue. The venue filled up but the obvious problem was not the people coming, but the droves of people outside who could not get a seat. This problem has been solved with the Sprint Center.

Portland, OR- This is a shot in the dark, but from my view point the nearest franchise is well outside of their marketing range. A very good opportunity for name branding.

Harftford: This is yet another "second chance" city. But the issues surrounding the whalers departure to NC are no longer present.

Salt lake city: good place for hockey

Not Likely:

Seattle- Although a very good place for some hockey, they will have to contend with their northern friends, Vancouver for market rights. Jim Ballsilie lost this battle in Ontario.