The Arizona Coyotes may not have won the 2022 Stanley Cup, in fact, they were nowhere near it after their first year in full rebuild mode.
However, that does not mean the team was willfully ignoring the games between the Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The team will have been watching very closely as a valuable reward for the Coyotes was at stake depending on which team lifted Lord Stanley’s cup.
Prior to the 2021/22 season, the Coyotes made a trade with the Avalanche that saw the now-crowned Stanley Cup Champions land their desired starting goaltender - Darcy Kuemper.