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The whole John Chayka story with the Arizona Coyotes lately has been really weird. On the one hand, we have NHL sources noting how Chayka is apparently seeking other job opportunities unrelated to other NHL teams. However, we have other NHL sources via Craig Morgan that indicate otherwise. The NHL source on the contrary went as far to note Chayka as “a liar and a quitter.” With the statements that the Arizona Coyotes have put forward on Chayka’s leave, it certainly adds some room for speculation.
Craig Morgan’s AZ Coyotes Insider Article: https://azcoyotesinsider.substack.com/p/nhl-source-john-chayka-is-a-liar
Arizona Coyotes Statement: https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/arizona-coyotes-statement/c-317637708
The Arizona Coyotes are heading into the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs Play-In Series against the Nashville Predators.
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs will involve eight already-confirmed teams, which are the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers in the East, and the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights, and Dallas Stars in the West. The remaining teams will fight in qualifying play-in series. The matchups will be the Chicago Blackhawks against the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames against the Winnipeg Jets, Arizona Coyotes against the Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks against the Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins against the Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes against the New York Rangers, and the Florida Panthers against the New York Islanders.
The roster of the Coyotes heading into the series includes forwards Brayden Burke, Michael Chaput, Lawson Crouse, Christian Dvorak, Hudson Fasching, Christian Fischer, Conor Garland, Michael Grabner, Taylor Hall, Barrett Hayton, Vinnie Hinostroza, Clayton Keller, Phil Kessel, Brad Richardson, Nick Schmaltz, Carl Soderberg and Derek Stepan, defensemen Kyle Capobianco, Jakob Chychrun, Jason Demers, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Alex Goligoski, Jordan Gross, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Ilya Lyubushkin, Aaron Ness, Jordan Oesterle and Victor Soderstrom, and goaltenders Adin Hill, Darcy Kuemper, and Antti Raanta.
Victor Soderstrom, one of the more interesting players here, was selected by the Coyotes 11th overall at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – New Jersey Devils, Jack Hughes
2nd – New York Rangers, Kaapo Kakko
3rd – Chicago Blackhawks, Kirby Dach
4th – Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators), Bowen Byram
5th – Los Angeles Kings, Alex Turcotte
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Moritz Seider
7th – Buffalo Sabres, Dylan Cozens
8th – Edmonton Oilers, Philip Broberg
9th – Anaheim Ducks, Trevor Zegras
10th – Vancouver Canucks, Vasili Podkolzin
11th – Arizona Coyotes (from Philadelphia Flyers), Victor Soderstrom
12th – Minnesota Wild, Matthew Boldy
13th – Florida Panthers, Spencer Knight
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Arizona Coyotes), Cam York
15th – Montreal Canadiens, Cole Caufield
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Alex Newhook
17th – Vegas Golden Knights, Peyton Krebs
18th – Dallas Stars, Thomas Harley
19th – Ottawa Senators (from Columbus Blue Jackets), Lassi Thomson
20th – Winnipeg Jets (from Winnipeg via New York Rangers), Ville Heinola
21st – Pittsburgh Penguins, Samuel Poulin
22nd – Los Angeles Kings (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Tobias Bjornfot
23rd – New York Islanders, Simon Holmstrom
24th – Nashville Predators, Philip Tomasino
25th – Washington Capitals, Connor McMichael
26th – Calgary Flames, Jakob Pelletier
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Nolan Foote
28th – Carolina Hurricanes, Ryan Suzuki
29th – Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose Sharks via Buffalo Sabres), Brayden Tracey
30th – Boston Bruins, John Beecher
31st – Buffalo Sabres (from St. Louis Blues), Ryan Johnson
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They did my man dirty.
Something not adding up?? Week ago there was a report Hall had dinner with someone in AZ front office about low ball offer, apparently Chayka and Hall agent wasn't present for this dinner meeting. So this week Chayka resigns and he's out, AZ front office on damage control right now…
Arizona is a mess there was the lowball offer for Hall. Sucked for so long finna,LT have a chance this year and all this drama leading up I feel bad for u Coyotes fans.
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It's too bad that the Coyotes chose to word their statement the way that they did. We may never know what really happened until we hear from Chayka and or the owner. I just don't understand why the Coyotes trashed him as Chayka resigned. No need for that, and makes them look petty and vengeful. Another sad day in Arizona hockey history.
Players are probably so annoyed
when the owner try's to re sign a top player over dinner and doesn't invite or tell the GM about it…..trouble .
Get the team out of Arizona anyways.
What a terrible post by Arizona no matter how this played out… Wouldn’t make Sullivan feel better about taking over after reading that lol
Coyotes management sounds like a salty ex
Remember folks, this is the team that was doing the creepy illegal workouts, etc. for potential prospects/draftees. And John Chayka was the man in charge while it was happening. This probably should have happened months ago, at the very least.
What do you expect? Hiring a 26 year old to run a team without going through the years of training or apprenticeships
Yes analytics matter but what other magic skills did he possess?
With minimal results Meruelo wanted to block his departure?
This is some crazy stuff. Hard to see drama in the NHL.
Link to a story about this scenario regarding the Coyotes and Chayka. From Sportsnet.ca
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/coyotes-owner-ask-bettman-adjudicate-split-chayka/
So an interested party came and asked if they could proposition and Arizona said yah sure, instead of saying no he is ours. Hmmm. Now its his fault he has a better offer. I think the yots are just realing from a bad choice. So if your offered a better job and you take it your a lier and a quitter. Use your brain child.
Greatest fans in the league.!! lol OK now that is a big fat huge lie.!!
If they had the best fans in the NHL, they wouldn't be losing money every year they have been in the league if I'm not wrong.??
So gotta question who is lieing here huh.??
He was probably pissed cause they went over his head and arranged a dinner with Hall and offer him a Low ball contract without Chayka's knowledge! Maybe
Have you looked at their capfriendly page? They are screwed.
I would never want to be the GM of the Coyotes. Cant imagine how hard and frustrating it is to work for a team that is not committed to win or willing to do what it takes to win.
I think Hall is going for greener pastures next year…
Don't really care who's telling the truth or not! Coyotes dodged a huge bullet with Chayka leaving the organization, he was a terrible gm. Sullivan will do a better job.
Tbh I’m a huge fan of chyaka and honestly think he’s a top 5 gm. I honestly think he felt offended that the yotes went behind his back so he quit. Plus all these stories it sounds like miscommunication with ownership
Hire me.
Your delivery has improved immensely… Now if you could just shake the video game in the back ground. You don't need the video game in the background anymore!
Did he make the playoffs with them? he's been given more time than most gms.kessel and galchenyuk are gonna get it done?so add Hall's playoff experience.overrated