from Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports,

‘What do you think is happening there in Arizona?’

“Well, it’s obviously not good,” replied McKenzie. “It’s been an abysmal failure of a season so far and part of the reason is because guys like Oliver Ekman-Larsson have not played well. John Chayka went out in the offseason and they brought in a new coach. They went out and made some moves that were supposed to make them a much better team right now. Go out and get Nik Hjalmarsson, go out and get Derek Stepan, and nothing seems to have worked. Some of that is rooted in they’ve had some goaltending issues and no team can survive the lack of confidence in an a goaltender. They’ve had a little bit of that, or maybe a lot of it at times.

“But I don’t think at this point in time Arizona is contemplating anything with Oliver Ekman-Larsson. That said, he’s unrestricted at the end of next season...

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