from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- Not to make too big of a thing out of this, but what were the analytical measures that convinced much adored Coyotes general manager John Chayka to hire Rick Tocchet to lead his young team?

But seriously, folks, if the Coyotes hadn’t acquired Derek Stepan and Niklas Hjalmarsson as win-now players, there’s no telling where they would be.
Tempe?

And is there a player in the league with a more crying need of a pardon than Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who still has a year to go after this one on his contract that carries a $5.5 million cap hit?

Where does the Arizona defenseman go at the deadline, Toronto or Tampa Bay?

- The Panthers without Roberto Luongo last week were pretty much the living definition of what the NHL would be like with bigger nets, don’t you think?

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