Two days ago, we got our first look at the 2022-23 Arizona Coyotes, and it left a lot to be desired. The Desert Dogs quickly dug themselves into a hole, giving up three unanswered goals in the first five minutes and ten seconds before falling 6-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
We knew things would be bad, but it got even worse when the Coyotes announced that Nick Schmaltz would not return after the first intermission. Schmaltz stepped his game up in a massive way last season when Clayton Keller went down with a leg injury, and it sucks that Schmaltz is already out with an injury.