The Coyotes continue their preseason schedule Monday with fewer players in contention for jobs, trimming their options before departing for a two-game Western Canada trip, but plenty of decisions still have to be made to finalize what the roster will look like when the team debuts Oct. 15.
“What’s really going to be telling is the next three games where we get more NHL players in the lineup on both sides, and you’re really going to start to see separation then,” associate coach Jim Playfair said. “Who can push back against three, four consistent lines of NHL players as opposed to kids you want to see in certain situations right now?