The Arizona Coyotes improved their offence this summer with the acquisitions of Phil Kessel and Carl Soderberg.
But things could have been significantly different had one rumoured trade taken place.
According to Dennis Bernstein of The Fourth Period, during the time that the team were negotiating a trade for Kessel, they also looked into the possibility of acquiring Jeff Carter from the LA Kings.
The hypothesized trade would have seen veteran blueliner Alex Goligoski heading to the City of Angels in exchange for the 34-year-old forward.