The Arizona Coyotes went into this week full of hope. They had beaten the Los Angeles Kings to regain their playoff spot, and compared to the St. Louis Blues, Arizona has the easier schedule to close out the season.
But after dropping the Coyotes dropped their last two against the San Jose Sharks, there isn’t much room for hope. The Coyotes would need to be near perfect, and the Blues would need to have a complete collapse, for Arizona to make the postseason. And that doesn’t seem likely.
With chances of making the playoffs near nonexistent, players need to decide for themselves what they are playing for.