Pathway to the Playoffs: Arizona Coyotes

Coach
André Tourigny

Notable Additions
Loui Eriksson (Vancouver), Antoine Roussel (Vancouver), Jay Beagle (Vancouver), Conor Timmins (Colorado), Shayne Gostisbehere (Philadelphia), Ryan Dzingle (Ottawa(, Anton Stralman (Florida) and Carter Hutton (Buffalo)

Notable Subtractions
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Vancouver), Conor Garland (Vancouver), Adin Hill (San Jose), Darcy Kuemper (Colorado), Michael Bunting (Toronto) and Christian Dvorak (Montreal)

Notable Free Agents 2022
Phil Kessel and Loui Eriksson,

Pathway to the Playoffs
There is no pathway to the playoffs for the Arizona Coyotes in the 2021-2022 season and that's exactly what they were hoping for. After acquiring Taylor Hall and being penalized by the NHL due to their circumvention of the prospect testing system the Coyotes' found their prospect pool rather shallow, so of course the Coyotes entered yet another rebuild. With long-term location issues due to their lease ending in Glendale the Coyotes have more questions than answers at this point, so they have decided to cut their salary where possible and in doing so they've also managed to acquire 8 picks in the first 2 rounds (3 1st Round Picks, 5 Second Round Picks) of the upcoming NHL draft.

Look for the Coyotes to also use the early season to showcase some of their upcoming UFAs like Phil Kessel and they'll look to add to their plethora of draft picks for the upcoming drafts. This Coyotes season is likely going to be a long and difficult one with Carter Hutton and Josef Korenar in net this is likely to be some very long nights and they'll likely need to invest in an abundance of red goal lights, but if they've played their cards «Wright» and the lottery balls fall how they're hoping then the Arizona Coyotes will hopefully be drafting Shane Wright next July.

Prediction
Instigator's Perspective - 8th in the Central
Hockey GM Advice - 8th in the Central