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What do we want!? Unfair!
- Sep 8, 2008
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Wee late night hockey I can't be arsed to stay up and watch.
http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/st...s-red-wings-630-p-m-fox-sports-arizona-101217
http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/st...s-red-wings-630-p-m-fox-sports-arizona-101217
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have a new coach, a new system, a roster filled with new players, a newly developing rivalry — and, if their first three games are any indication, some familiar issues.
Issues they’ll hope to begin resolving Thursday night as the Detroit Red Wings visit Gila River Arena.
Inconsistent goaltending, a lack of go-to scorers and uneven play along the blue line all were issues last season as the Coyotes went 30-42-10. So far, a coaching change from Dave Tippett to Rick Tocchet and a roster overhaul that brought in proven players such as center Derek Stepan and defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to add to a mostly young cast hasn’t fixed that.
A loss to Anaheim in which the Coyotes led 4-1 and back-to-back defeats to the expansion Vegas Golden Knights are forcing Tocchet, never known for tolerating poor execution as a player, to develop patience in his first NHL head-coaching job.
The Coyotes (0-2-1) fell behind Vegas 4-0 in the first period of the Golden Knights’ first home game Tuesday and never caught up, losing 5-2 in a performance that disappointed Tocchet because of the team’s lack of competitiveness.