Team: 2022-23 Arizona Coyotes

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 4, 2022

Published: Aug. 6, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

IMHO, the coyotes are in a great position to build a dynasty. The only issue is that they are still in Arizona, and they need to be relocated to a Hockey City: A) where players want to sign longterm; and B) where revenue floweth freely. If you are the coyotes, long term futures are the best play. You can only have so many contracts at any given time picks 2 years out in exchange for dead cap now sets them up for draft capital when these bad contracts expire. Moreover, players like Keller and Chychrun only see diminished value playing on a team perpetually rebuilding. They should be traded for picks and prospects along with any AAV to facilitate the trade. The only difficulty I can really see is that most players on bad contracts have NMC or M-NTCs and Arizona isn't likely on their lists. I'm assuming ghost could also be flipped at TD day, but it wasn't in the cards to speculate in who would need him that far out. Stripping this team down to prospects and picks gives them the best shot a Bedard and a clean start in a new city (hopefully).

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