{"id":71421,"date":"2020-03-19T14:34:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=71421"},"modified":"2020-03-20T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T14:37:24","slug":"ryan-mcgregor-inks-deal-arizona-coyotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/03\/19\/ryan-mcgregor-inks-deal-arizona-coyotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan McGregor Inks Deal with Arizona Coyotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> signed free agent centre\u00a0<strong>Ryan McGregor<\/strong> to a three-year entry-level contract with undisclosed financial terms. This contract carries him through the 2022-23 season at minimum, with the possibility for an entry-level slide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OFFICIAL: Per GM Chayka we have signed forward Ryan McGregor to a three-year entry-level contract.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vdKQRBzed2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vdKQRBzed2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArizonaCoyotes\/status\/1240692036828684288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ryan McGregor Signs with Arizona Coyotes<\/h2>\n<p>McGregor was a free agent after finishing out his 2019-20 campaign as captain of the OHL&#8217;s Sarnia Sting. In five seasons with the Sting, the now-21-year-old McGregor put up 90 goals and 138 assists for 228 points in 286 games. He had served as either captain or assistant captain since the 2016-17 season, making for a long and impressive run with the Sting. McGregor was originally drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> in the sixth round, 172nd overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, but his exclusive rights expired, making him available to sign with any team. McGregor had a short four-game stint with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL at the end of last season, but went pointless and finished with a -1 rating.<\/p>\n<p>Last season for Sarnia, he scored 27 goals and 41 assists for 68 points in 52 games. He also added 10 minutes in penalties.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>McGregor&#8217;s signing is an interesting move for Coyotes general manager John Chayka, but not exactly surprising. They&#8217;re bringing in a player with good leadership qualities who plays well at both ends of the ice but can&#8217;t quite unlock his offensive potential. With that report, he&#8217;ll find himself right at home in Arizona&#8217;s system. He&#8217;ll be playing for a team that&#8217;s dynamic but hasn&#8217;t been able to unlock their offensive potential either.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s doubtful at this point that Arizona just picked up a superstar, McGregor could end up being an important middle-six player for them down the road. His game is reminiscent of a utility player such as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stepade01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Stepan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/richabr02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Richardson<\/a><\/strong>. He could eventually fill that third-line centre role that Stepan will vacate at one point.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"NR4NIxzARc9MqYHsmBoqIQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1201734782\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'NR4NIxzARc9MqYHsmBoqIQ',sig:'87-BfJhfCORY1FzzZYRMKDUhd_dNCKnchGPwlghAuTw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1201734782',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Coyotes signed free agent centre\u00a0Ryan McGregor to a three-year entry-level contract with undisclosed financial terms. This contract carries him through the 2022-23 season at minimum, with the possibility for an entry-level slide. OFFICIAL: Per GM Chayka we have signed forward Ryan McGregor to a three-year entry-level contract.https:\/\/t.co\/vdKQRBzed2 \u2014 Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) March 19, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3006,"featured_media":71431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3172,4547,34,4548],"tags":[107,37,38,662,4713,635],"class_list":["post-71421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mammoth","category-chl","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-arizona-coyotes","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-ryan-mcgregor","tag-sarnia-sting"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}