It has been reported that the Arizona Coyotes have placed center Antoine Vermette on unconditional waivers with the intention of buying out the remaining year of his contract. In his 291 regular season games with the Coyotes Vermette has scored 70 goals and recorded 79 assists.
— Craig Morgan (@craigsmorgan) August 1, 2016
Vermette has been with the team since midway through the 2011-12 season when the Coyotes traded Curtis McElhinney, a 2012 second round pick and a conditional 2013 fifth round pick. The Coyotes eventually would trade Vermette to the Blackhawks during the 2014-15 season for Klas Dahlbeck and a 2015 pick that the Coyotes would then use to select Nick Merkley.