The Coyotes traveled to Vancouver to play the Canucks on Thursday night. They lost a game they had earlier deemed to be a critical playoff-caliber contest.
The Coyotes’ intent when they took to the air enroute to the cold weather in Canada was to grab the four points available to them in Vancouver and Edmonton. That result would cap off a successful half (or so) of the NHL season. What they didn’t want to happen is a certain something that has plagued them often thus far this season – inconsistent hockey.
Perhaps in spite of their up and down play, the blue collar Coyotes have managed to do enough things right to deserve the winning record that they have yet help cover up some of their flaws.