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According to a report from Craig Morgan, Arizona Coyotes stalwart defender Niklas Hjalmarsson has chosen to retire. The 34-year-old played parts of 14 NHL seasons and won three Stanley Cups, all with the Chicago Blackhawks. Per source, Coyotes UFA D Niklas Hjalmarsson is retiring. I don’t expect a formal announcement or statement from Nik. Those […] READ MORE
With the retiring of Chicago Blackhawks fan favorite, Andrew Shaw, there are few NHL players from their Stanley Cup winning core. Including Shaw there have been three notable retirees from those cup winning days. Brent Seabrook stepped away due to injury earlier in the season, as did Corey Crawford before the season started. As the […] READ MORE
Arizona Coyotes defenceman Niklas Hjalmarsson is nursing an upper-body injury and will not play in Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche. AZ Coyotes Insider reporter Craig Morgan broke the news via his Twitter account on Tuesday. Nik Hjalmarsson will not play tonight against Colorado. Jason Demers will replace him in the lineup.Also, Antti Raanta is […] READ MORE
The 2021-22 Arizona Coyotes free agents list shows the team will have about $30.31 million of available cap space. There are nine unrestricted free agents and seven restricted free agents on the list. We will analyze which players the team should re-sign, and which they should either trade before the deadline, or allow to walk […] READ MORE
When you take a look at the Arizona Coyotes blueline for 2021-22, it is quite apparent that they have five of their starting seven players with expiring contracts. The only defencemen who do not have expiring contracts in that group are Oliver Ekman-Larsson ($8.25M through 2026-27), and Jakob Chychrun ($4.6M through 2024-25). The five who […] READ MORE
It is an understatement to say that Oliver Ekman-Larsson has faced his share of personal issues as well as performance issues since his mother’s illness and passing three years ago. While he seemed to heal as well as can be expected, his play has not returned to the level he once showed. Then, there were […] READ MORE
The Arizona Coyotes announced that they have hired Bill Armstrong as their new general manager. Terms weren’t disclosed, but it is believed to be a four-deal worth $1 million a year with a fifth-year option. Armstrong came from the reigning Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues organization where he was the assistant general manager and […] READ MORE
After a shaky Game Two letdown, the Arizona Coyotes Darcy Kuemper may have had his best game in a Coyotes’ uniform. He stopped 39 of 40 shots and completely stymied the Nashville Predators, especially in the opening period. Kuemper turned away 19 shots. Conversely, his team scored on their very first shot, compliments of a […] READ MORE
It’s been some weekend for the Arizona Coyotes front office. Not unaccustomed to front office turmoil, which has included bankrupt ownership and embarrassing situations, the team may have hit rock bottom. Today they lost their general manager and president of hockey operations, John Chayka. For the time being the team has announced that assistant general […] READ MORE
Even though Vancouver Canucks’ general manager Jim Benning has vehemently denied that young forward Brock Boeser is on the trading block, the rumours still persist. Benning told thescore.com,”I have no intention of trading Brock Boeser. I haven’t had one conversation about that, so I don’t know where this stuff comes from,” Benning said Monday as the club […] READ MORE
I was born in Chicago, and have been following hockey my whole life. I moved to Arizona in 1974, and have been an Arizona Coyotes fan from the time they first moved here in 1996. I feel I can bring a new perspective to the team. I hope you
will enjoy what I write. As of February 13, 2019, I am now an NHL Editor for Last Word on Sports. As of 3/10/21, I am now the beat writer for the Coyotes.
Let the fun begin!