This year, for the first time since becoming the youngest general manager in NHL history, John Chayka will begin to stand trial on a massive, three-year construction project inside the Arizona Coyotes organization.
Since joining the club in 2015 as a 25-year-old assistant GM in charge of analytics, the Coyotes have adopted a brand new coaching staff, a remade roster and a revitalized strategy from both a business and a hockey standpoint.
To suggest the Coyotes have changed in the short time that Chayka has been with the organization would be an understatement. Oliver Ekman-Larsson is the only player who was on the team’s roster prior to Chayka’s arrival in Arizona just three years ago.