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…
The postseason is in full flower for college basketball, but for many Coyotes prospects, March Madness is just beginning. At least 17 players in Arizona’s pipeline have just started their postseason, or will in the coming days. This is the time of year that the management, scouting and development staffs love because it allows them to evaluate their prospects when…
It would be a painful piece of irony if 4,600-seat Mullett Arena cost the Coyotes the opportunity to draft Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli or Leo Carlsson. When Arizona rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit on Sunday to force overtime against the Cup contending New Jersey Devils, it improved the Coyotes’ record at home to 14-11-3. Compare that to the other…...
Jake Guentzel doesn’t need approval from his dad, Mike, who is a pro scout for the Coyotes. Over the past five seasons, only 10 players in the NHL have scored more goals than the Pittsburgh Penguins’ vastly underappreciated wing. With his dad in town for the Coyotes pro scout meetings, and in attendance at Mullett Arena for Sunday’s Coyotes-Penguins game,…
It’s rare to see a Coyotes draft pick play in Arizona in the same season in which he was drafted. Jakob Chychrun made the NHL roster in his draft year of 2016 and Clayton Keller played three games for the Coyotes late that same season; games in which former coach Dave Tippett humorously noted that he looked like a child…
This is the first in a monthly, in-season prospect series that will update the development of key Coyotes draft picks. As we begin season two of the PHNX Coyotes prospect report, a reminder that there’s a new man at the head of the Coyotes revamped development staff. Lee Stempniak has replaced Alex Henry, who stepped down as director of player…...
A wide-ranging Neutral Zone encompasses the World Junior Championship, Coyotes free agents, Barrett Hayton's contract talks, the goalie plan, Andrew Ladd's plans, and those Jakob Chychrun rumors.
The Coyotes addressed needs for centers, defensemen, size and more picks at the 2022 NHL Draft.
In Logan Cooley, the Coyotes drafted a center whom some analysts believe was the most dynamic player in the draft.
It's possible that the Arizona Coyotes won't keep the No. 3 pick at the NHL Draft, but if they do, whom might they select?
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