This past weekend the Arizona Coyotes traded center Derek Stepan to the Ottawa Senators for a second-round pick. The trade leaves the Coyotes with a pretty big gap at center, that they are going to need to fill.
On the whole, the Coyotes have not changed much since last season. But even though the team is largely the same, things could not be more different at center. Last season the Coyotes had Christian Dvorak, Derek Stepan, Carl Söderberg, and Brad Richardson to look to. With the team trading Stepan and not re-signing Söderberg or Richardson they are going to look very different at center.