Kyle Wood Interview at Hockey Prophets

[Brian Fogarty]

Coyotes prospect defenseman, currently leading the Tuscan Roadrunners in scoring, spoke to Hockey Prophets features writer Zachary DeVine recently about taking his game from the OHL to the pros. You can read about it here:

Kyle Wood Is Making A Big Impact in Tuscon

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[Dirty Old Man]

... Tuscan Roadrunners ...

"Sponsored by Olive Garden"? I know, just a typo, and not as bad as this, in the article itself:

Wood patrols the blue line in Tulsa as a big, imposing defender that can fill the net and run the power play.

 

[RemoAZ]

Hmmm team is moving to Tulsa to be closer to the new Coyotes arena?

 

[SR]

What an awful article as far as blatant mistakes go. No need to click after seeing Tuscan and Tulsa. Next.

 

[Brian Fogarty]

"Sponsored by Olive Garden"? I know, just a typo, and not as bad as this, in the article itself:

Ha!! Fixed. Sorry about that.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Ha!! Fixed. Sorry about that.

good article!

 

[Brian Fogarty]

good article!

Thanks!

 

[kihekah19*]

Good article, thanks buddy!

 

[Matias Maccete]

This is interesting.

When asked what part of his game needs attention before the final step up to the NHL, Wood did not mince words about one area of weakness that has also been identified by scouts and coaches.

“Probably the skating, mostly. I’m a big guy, but need to get my skating up, for sure, to play at the next level. We were in Toronto a little bit with [Coyotes skating coach] Dawn Braid. I was only an hour drive from there. And she’s been to Tucson a couple of times helping out with the younger guys. I’m definitely working with her a lot. It’s a focus.”

Not sure if that was in the offseason, she can't be in Toronto during the season right?

 

[SniperHF]

Perhaps he meant last season after the trade but before she was hired full time. Is North Bay an hour from Toronto?

 

[AZviaNJ]

Perhaps he meant last season after the trade but before she was hired full time. Is North Bay an hour from Toronto?

Wood's from Waterloo, which is 60-90 min from Toronto. North Bay to Toronto is nearly a 4 hour drive.

 

[PhoPhan]

Perhaps he meant last season after the trade but before she was hired full time. Is North Bay an hour from Toronto?

North Bay is at least a few hours north of Toronto, but there are a lot of other OHL teams much closer to Toronto, so maybe it was on a road trip? She was hired as a full-time coach this summer though so I'd hope she's in Arizona most of the year now.

 

[ck26]

Perhaps he meant last season after the trade but before she was hired full time. Is North Bay an hour from Toronto?

By airplane, absolutely, but I wouldn't want to try to drive that fast in a car though haha. North Bay, Sudbury and the Soo are the frontier outposts of the OHL. Hockeydb says Wood is from Waterloo, ON, and that's about an hour from Toronto.

 

[reboundscore]

By airplane, absolutely, but I wouldn't want to try to drive that fast in a car though haha. North Bay, Sudbury and the Soo are the frontier outposts of the OHL. Hockeydb says Wood is from Waterloo, ON, and that's about an hour from Toronto.

...and Toronto is exactly where I would like to see Kyle Wood traded to. The Yotes have a good one in Kyle.

Happy to engage in a productive and constructive discussion on what it would take to get him in the Blue and White.

 

[ck26]

We need him. We're bad. He's young and good. Why would we trade him?

 

[rt]

...and Toronto is exactly where I would like to see Kyle Wood traded to. The Yotes have a good one in Kyle.

Happy to engage in a productive and constructive discussion on what it would take to get him in the Blue and White.

A player as young and as good? So no.

 

[TheLegend]

We need him. We're bad. He's young and good. Why would we trade him?

A player as young and as good? So no.

Maybe if they offered Auston Matthews straight up.

 

[reboundscore]

Maybe if they offered Auston Matthews straight up.

I said productive and constructive discussion .

 

[TheLegend]

I said productive and constructive discussion .

It would be productive and constructive on our end.

Seriously tho.... IIRC... then GM Don Maloney got Wood as somewhat of a project. And it looks as if he's coming around nicely.

Not sure if we should be letting him go at this point.

 

[Ebb]

I said productive and constructive discussion .

Well, what do you think Toronto would be willing to offer for him? he still signed for 3 seasons, so we would need to get at least that in return.

 

[kihekah19*]

I said productive and constructive discussion .

Me thinks you lack authority and there is no point in negotiation with you.

 

[reboundscore]

Well, what do you think Toronto would be willing to offer for him? he still signed for 3 seasons, so we would need to get at least that in return.

If an asset signed for 3 seasons is what you are looking for, we don't have those in supply.

 

[reboundscore]

Me thinks you lack authority and there is no point in negotiation with you.

We've got draft picks, wingers and centers...is there a specific age bracket you are looking for?

 

[XX]

We've got draft picks, wingers and centers...is there a specific age bracket you are looking for?

To get a team to move off a hot prospect that they acquired for almost nothing, you'd have to make a really generous offer, like a swap for Nylander. That's not going to happen. So there's really no point in talking about it.

 

[reboundscore]

To get a team to move off a hot prospect that they acquired for almost nothing, you'd have to make a really generous offer, like a swap for Nylander. That's not going to happen. So there's really no point in talking about it.

Correct; that would be a non starter. Thanks for your time.