The version of the Coyotes that debuts this fall won’t look the same as the one that collapsed into a rebuild last season.
Offseason alterations to the roster and a new uniform design made sure of that.
Both were on display Thursday when the team reunited at Gila River Arena for the first time since stumbling to a 29th-place finish to officially open training camp with fitness and medical testing.
But just how much Arizona has changed remains to be seen.
Practices start Friday, and for the next three weeks, until the Coyotes begin the regular season in Los Angeles against the Kings, they’ll be tasked with building a 23-man roster that best reveals the improvement they hoped to implement by adding veteran parts and keeping room for youth.