Remember those years when the Arizona Coyotes were regulars in the NHL playoffs? No? Well, it’s been a while — it was back in the day, when the Vancouver Canucks were still in contention for the Stanley Cup.
Today, the Coyotes are not only going into season five since their last playoff appearance, but they are also in a full-on rebuild. The kind that Canucks ownership really doesn’t want but that seems to work out extremely well in Arizona.
The Coyotes are still a work in progress, but they are developing a great young core around players like Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Max Domi, Anthony Duclair and Tobias Rieder.