NHL Season Preview: Phoenix Coyotes

Published: September 21, 2007, 6:00 am

Tags: nhl season preview, nhlseasonpreview, rick tocchet, ricktocchet, shane doan, shanedoan, wayne gretzky, waynegretzky

Filed under: Phoenix, General NHL, CoyotesWho's In: GM Don Maloney (NYR), G Alex Auld (FA-FLA), G David Aebischer (FA-MTL), RW Radim Vrbata (Trade-CHI) , LW Tomáš Surový (FA-SEL) and LW/RW Mike York (FA-PHI).Who's Out: GM Mike Barnett (Fired), C Kevyn Adams (Trade-CHI), G Curtis Joseph (FA), RW Owen Nolan (FA-CGY), C Mike Ricci (Retired), C Jeremy Roenick (FA-SJS) and C Dave Scatchard (FA).What's Changed: To celebrate their first 10 seasons in Phoenix last season, the Coyotes coined the slogan, "Decade in the Desert". To which one might respond, "Is that all?" After missing the playoffs four times in five seasons going into 2006-07, it sure felt like the Coyotes had been lost in the wasteland for a lot longer than that. To help find their way out of their metaphorical desert, former GM Mike Barnett imported a boatload of veteran talent designed to speed their return to the playoffs under the guiding hand of Head Coach Wayne Gretzky. Think we might have seen this

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Comments