Preparation was proceeding as usual outside the Coyotes dressing room.
Players were sprinting after a tennis ball, quickly starting and stopping like they do on the ice.
Around the corner, another group was juggling a soccer ball.
But both sessions were interrupted once a crew from the past strolled through, exchanging greetings with each other and the current contingent.
Keith Tkachuk hugged center Christian Dvorak. Jim McKenzie asked Dallas Drake to show him where the tie-down was on his jersey. And captain Shane Doan waved to Teppo Numminen.
“We want to see some goals,” Numminen said.