The Arizona Coyotes group of forwards carried a good-sized contingent of veteran pluggers whom, for better or worse, saw a good bit of playing time in 2015-16.
Kyle Chipchura was one of those veteran plugs eating up an average of 10:13 minutes per night in the Coyotes’ bottom six during 70 of the team’s 82 games this season.
For Chipchura, life in the NHL is about the same thing it has always been since he scratched and clawed his way into the Arizona Coyotes lineup for a long term stay starting in 2011-12.