What are the Arizona Coyotes’ priorities as they head into perhaps the most pivotal offseason in franchise history? Petey and Craig take a look at everything from the new arena and free agents to a new broadcast deal and the draft. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Welcome to the 2 Grumpy Old Men pod! 2:10 Ballots out for the TED vote 6:15…
Coyotes goalie Connor Ingram played his final game of the season on March 26, stopping 29 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss at Colorado. That capped a run of 17 games in the new year in which he stopped 591 of 641 shots on goal for a .922 save percentage. The league average this season was .904. After adjusting to…
When the 2022-23 season began, NHL analysts were not kind to the Coyotes. Most expected them to finish at the bottom of the standings. Some even termed this the worst roster ever assembled in the salary-cap era. It didn’t pan out that way. Until the Coyotes lost 11 of their final 12 games (1-7-4) to close the season, Arizona was…
February is a simple month for the Coyotes. They only play 10 games in its 28 days. The easy schedule allows them time to practice, time to rest and heal — both mentally and physically — and time to connect with their fans, as they did in my hometown of Gilbert when they held an open practice at AZ Ice…
Sixteen-year-old Connor Ingram was sitting in Mrs. Thurber’s chemistry class in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan when his phone rang. It was Flin Flon coach/GM Mike Reagan. “Both their goalies were late to the morning skate so the coach asks me, ‘You want to play in Nipawin tonight?'” Ingram said. “I said, ‘Of course I do!'” There are only three outposts in…
PITTSBURGH — We’ve told you about TD Garden’s inhospitably, but PPG Paints Arena has been the Coyotes’ true house of horrors. In 10 previous games at Pittsburgh’s 12-year-old arena, the Coyotes were 1-9 and had been outscored 41-11, so when the schedule makers added insult to injury this season by launching the Coyotes’ stretch of 20 road games in their…...
The Coyotes opening night roster wasn’t officially released until after practice and media availability had ended on Monday at the Ice Den Scottsdale, but GM Bill Armstrong tipped his hand over the weekend with a flurry of moves that brought the roster to 27 players, with five of them expected to land on IR. When the Coyotes claimed goalie Connor…...
Through four games of the preseason, Coyotes goaltending has stopped 92 of 107 shots for an .860 save percentage. That is not enough evidence to suggest that the Coyotes have a problem in the net. This is, after all, the preseason where kinks have to be worked out and rhythms have to be found. On the other hand, nobody believed…...
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