Posts About "John Chayka"
Jakob Chychrun's Knee Injury Not Season-Ending
August 29th, 2017 When Arizona Coyotes' defenseman Jakob Chychrun underwent surgery earlier in the offseason, there was concern that the 19-year-old blueliner could be at risk to miss the entire 2017-18 season. It's never ideal for any player to miss any significant time, especially when that player is set to enter just his second season in the NHL after...
Off the Crossbar: Coyotes Psyched for Another Mediocre Year
July 13th, 2017 After a flurry of moves this summer, the Arizona Coyotes are all set to be an inconsequential team in the NHL for yet another year. “Our roster is just about set,” said John Chayka, the National Hockey League’s youngest general manager. “However, there’s still a chance we may add another fifth-line winger in free...
Will Doan Return to the Jets?
June 22nd, 2017 Earlier this week, the longest-serving captain in the NHL and tied for the fifth longest-serving captain in NHL history, Shane Doan was informed by the Arizona Coyotes that he will not be offered a contract to return to the club next season. The change comes amidst the youth movement initiated by Coyotes' general manager, John...
Coyotes' Hockey Operations Proving Fruitful
March 14th, 2017 John Chayka was named general manager of the Arizona Coyotes on May 5, 2016, and that's made him the youngest GM in the history of the four major professional sports. His first season in charge is coming to an end and his team’s 29th overall ranking may be perceived more negatively than it actually should be. This second-last place in...
Coyotes Curiously Stockpile Picks
February 27th, 2017 At this point, there is no question the Arizona Coyotes are sellers. In the course of seven days, Chayka engineered two major deals but the return for two veteran players leaves pundits scratching their heads. In deals that sent defenseman Michael Stone to the Calgary Flames on Feb. 20 for a third round pick and conditional pick in...
The Odyssey Of Dylan Strome
November 22nd, 2016 To chart the burgeoning hockey career of Dylan Strome is like looking at a chart in a corporate boardroom. That’s the one with lines going this way, lines going that way, up, down that somehow seems a tangled mess. Strome’s brief NHL career seem to follow a like pattern. Heralded out of Juniors with Erie teammate Connor McDavid,...
