Confirmed with Link: Coyotes resign Connauton to 2 year deal

[Mosby]

Guessing Goligoski sticks at RD.

OEL - Demers
Chychrun - Hjalmarsson
Connauton - Goligoski

 

[rt]

Pretty short list of guys that meet that criteria: Neal, Perron, JVR, Vanek

I'd love to pick up Grabner. Seems like a plug-and-play type.

 

[tuxonpups]

I'd love to pick up Grabner. Seems like a plug-and-play type.

Is the Jeopardy answer to that "Who would Tobias Rieder be if he could finish?"

 

[Mosby]

Reports are 10 teams are in on Grabner. I think the days of him on cheap deals are over. I also wonder if he can produce outside of NYR.

 

[_Del_]

Appears we're looking in-house for the 7th Dman.

This is a good plan in my opinion, though I'd prefer a vet there.

If none of those guys can hack it, we can always pick up a vet 7D we will all hate off waivers or for basically nothing.

A legit and established scoring threat needs to be a priority though.

 

[TheLegend]

Fun fact.....

 

[BAdvocate]

I'd say we have an above average quality top 6 D and an above average quality starting goaltender. Our forward group is kind of mess. Just a big pile of crossed fingers and hail marys.

How do you even rank our forwards?

1. Keller (probably below average #1 forward)
2. Stepan (probably below average #2 forward)
3. Galchenyuk (probably below average #3 forward)

And the next six forwards (Dvorak, Panik, Perlini, Fischer, Strome, Cousins) are just a big pile that can't really be sorted with confidence.

At the very least we need a guy that's a clear-cut #4 on that list. If it's just another guy for the pile, it doesn't move the needle much, I don't think.

You forgot to lump Connauton (in a pinch) with the pile of forwards

 

[Name Nameless]

Wonderful news. And here I was, saddened by the fact you didn't even discuss him, thinking he would obviously be to expensive.

And then he signs a team-friendly contract.

 

[Summer Rose]

Wonderful news. And here I was, saddened by the fact you didn't even discuss him, thinking he would obviously be to expensive.

And then he signs a team-friendly contract.

Clearly players don't want to play in Arizona.

 

[TheLegend]

Clearly players don't want to play in Arizona.

This means we’ve locked up Katie Connauton for GDTs two more years.

 

[Summer Rose]

This means we’ve locked up Katie Connauton for GDTs two more years.

And by then if Connauton is gone, well, you can change your username once a year.