Posts About "Derek Stepan"
Surprise... Coyotes Do Not Name a Captain
October 4th, 2017 On Tuesday, Arizona Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet made a surprising announcement; the team will not be naming a captain to start the season. Instead, he decided he would name three alternate captains. “The process of the captaincy, I’m not ready for that yet,” Tocchet told the Arizona Republic. “I think it’s important that...
Arizona Coyotes Season Preview: Forwards
September 23rd, 2017 September in Arizona is a significant time of year for residents of the Phoenix metropolitan area. The holidays are approaching, school is back in session, and, most importantly, for the first time in nearly four months, the average high temperatures have dropped into the lower 90s. For the Arizona Coyotes organization, September...
New York Rangers: 2017-18 Bold Predictions
August 20th, 2017 Over the next couple of months, The Hockey Writers will be releasing a series of bold predictions. Team by team, this series will take shape as we look at some of the more questionable possibilities that could come into fruition during the 2017-18 season. As we hit Broadway, we’ll be focusing on a team whose window is closing with...
Have the New York Rangers Improved?
August 5th, 2017 With the bulk of the NHL offseason transaction activity behind us, the start of the 2017-18 NHL season is just two short months away. For the New York Rangers -- who suffered a disappointing six-game defeat at the hands of the Ottawa Senators in the Atlantic Division finals in 2016-17 -- things had to change this offseason. And they...
Rangers Trade Stepan and Raanta to Coyotes
June 23rd, 2017 The New York Rangers have traded center Derek Stepan and goaltender Antti Raanta to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for the seventh-overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and defenseman Anthony DeAngelo. The Rangers were rumored to be in the market to move Stepan and Raanta and the Coyotes have been looking for a No. 1 center and...
Coyotes & Chayka Busy Before Expansion Draft
June 18th, 2017 The final weekend before the NHL's Expansion Draft has long been touted as having the potential to be an extremely busy weekend around the league. Teams with too many assets to protect were expected to make deals to avoid losing players for nothing, while other teams were expected to attempt to upgrade their rosters before the Vegas...
