Team: 2020-21 Arizona Coyotes

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 1, 2020

Published: Sep. 1, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I guess you could say this is a challenge. Probably more for myself than anyone else but feel free to take part. What I am going to do is get rid of players on each of the 31 teams who will most likely not be protected during the expansion draft. Once I've done that I will call up players in the minors or sign players likely to join the teams (including RFA's). I'm allowing myself 1 free agent signing of a player not on the team already and won't allow myself to choose that same player for the other 30 teams. Anyone who is a free agent from the team will also be resigned unless they won't be protected in the expansion draft with one exception from each team. Once I finish this challenge with all 31 teams I would do a quick reflection to see how these teams look. As for 30 of the teams players will be sent to Vegas, but when I eventually do Vegas I will send the players on there to Anaheim.

Protected Players: Phil Kessel, Clayton Keller, Christian Dvorak, Christian Fischer, Vinnie Hinostroza, Nick Schmaltz, Evgeni Dadonov, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jacob Chychrun, Kyle Capobianco, Darcy Kuemper
Signed Prospects: None
Exception: Derek Stepan. By keeping him he could be left open in the expansion draft protecting Dadonov
Free Agent: Evgeni Dadonov, he seems like he would fit in well with Arizona and could help lead them further in future playoff appearances. Not only that but if he needs to, he could play on the leftwing giving their left side a bit more strength.