Arizona Will Make the Playoffs With 87 Points

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Created by: ms39

Team: 2023-24 Arizona Coyotes

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 3, 2023

Published: Aug. 3, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I think the Coyotes are going to be better than people think. My 87-point prediction stands really with or without Dumba.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Jeník, Jan		1	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Dumba, Matt		3	$5,000,000

Buyouts

Zack Kassian: $1,666,667
Patrik Nemeth: $166,667
Oliver Ekman-Larsson: $20,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$79,832,977	$0	$4,350,000	$3,667,023

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Keller, Clayton $7,150,000$7,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 5	Cooley, Logan $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 3	Schmaltz, Nick $5,850,000$5,850,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 3
Maccelli, Matias $3,425,000$3,425,000 LW RFA - 3	Hayton, Barrett $1,775,000$1,775,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Crouse, Lawson $4,300,000$4,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Zucker, Jason $5,300,000$5,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bjugstad, Nick $2,100,000$2,100,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Guenther, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	McBain, Jack $1,599,999$1,599,999 C, LW RFA - 2	Boyd, Travis $1,750,000$1,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Välimäki, Juuso $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD RFA - 1	Durzi, Sean $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Vejmelka, Karel $2,725,000$2,725,000 G UFA - 2
Moser, J.J. $886,667$886,667 LD/RD RFA - 1	Dumba, Matt $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Ingram, Connor $1,950,000$1,950,000 G UFA - 3
Dermott, Travis $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Brown, Joshua $1,275,000$1,275,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Stecher, Troy $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD UFA - 1	Voracek, Jakub $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Carcone, Michael $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 3
O'Brien, Liam $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Little, Bryan $5,291,667$5,291,667 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Aug. 3, 2023 at 10:37 p.m.

Warpbox

Joined: Jul. 2022

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Not with Valimaki-Durzi as a top pair

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Aug. 3, 2023 at 11:03 p.m.

jpsnow13

You know nothing JS

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Better? yes
87 pts? maybe
Playoffs? no way

This defense can move the puck but can't defend decently.

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Aug. 3, 2023 at 11:24 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

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No team makes the playoffs with 87 points....thanks to so many three point games.
Hard to believe even this version of the Coyotes are top 8 in the West.

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Aug. 3, 2023 at 11:24 p.m.

fullblowncaniac90

Joined: Mar. 2022

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Their forward group is pretty solid imo but their defense is what's going to hold them back.

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Aug. 3, 2023 at 11:36 p.m.

jfkst1

"Go sell ice cream!"

Joined: Jun. 2015

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There's nothing on the team that stands out as being strong. Centers are well below average. Wingers and defense average at best. Goaltending a question mark. Isn't 87 points a low threshold for the postseason?

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Aug. 3, 2023 at 11:44 p.m.

GMDannyB

Danny B is here

Joined: Jun. 2023

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Quoting: jfkst1

Lmao none of what you said isn’t overly exaggerated

Aug. 4, 2023 at 12:05 a.m.

Birtle34

Bandwagon fairweathe

Joined: Jun. 2018

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Rookie of the year Cooley, and an underrated home ice advantage, playoff bound as second wildcard at 93 points.

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Aug. 4, 2023 at 9:04 a.m.

jfkst1

"Go sell ice cream!"

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Quoting: GMDannyB

Lmao none of what you said isn’t overly exaggerated

For one, very bizarre double negative. What am I'm exaggerating?

Aug. 4, 2023 at 9:18 a.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

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Over the past dozen years, no team has qualified for the playoffs in any full season with fewer than 95 points.

Aug. 4, 2023 at 10:16 a.m.

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ms39

Thread Starter

Joined: Jul. 2022

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87 may seem like a shocker but my gut says that the Avs and Stars dominate the Central with the Wild taking a step back, Blues not returning to their good form, Winnipeg and Nashville really struggling (relative to 2022-23), and Chicago still being plain awful. There’s a window for the third team to sneak in with a low point total while Colorado and Dallas gobble up the points and both crack 110. May not be Arizona but with good goaltending, better center depth than it may seem at first glance, and a serviceable D corps, I like their chances. I’m not a Coyotes fan, but, as an Islanders fan, Arizona’s arena woes have endeared them to me this summer!
Thank you all for engaging here in the dog days of August!

Aug. 4, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

#11

IconicHawk

Bedard23

Joined: May 2021

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Quoting: ms39

The wild will 1000% reach the playoffs, people have been predicting them to fall off since they were knocked out by St Louis I’m 2022, and it hasn’t happened and I don’t think it will happen anytime soon

And St Louis is light years ahead of Arizona in every category except for goaltending, Vejmelka is the most overrated goaltender in the NHL and there’s no competition for that spot

And yeah I can say the same about Nashville and Winnipeg

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