“Hope. Hope in the face of difficulty - in the face of difficulty. The audacity of hope!”
Barack Obama, Democratic Congress Keynote Speech, 2004.
It has been a very tough start to the season, even by the somewhat elevated standards of the Arizona Coyotes fanbase.
An NHL-record-equalling losing streak to start the season, then several more, constant (and often unwarranted) sneering from so-called “bigger” teams and their media (notably in Toronto and Montreal, but we’ll get to that) and a trip to Eastern Canada to face the streaking Maple Leafs, the Canadiens and the Senators looming last week and you’d have forgiven the Coyotes for feeling.