Maybe one of the more overlooked things about moving a team or franchise is how it impacts the players’ personal lives.
When the Tucson Roadrunners became an entity this summer, that meant a lot of guys were going to be moving to an area that they were highly unfamiliar with.
The Arizona Coyotes’ first-round pick of the 2014 NHL Draft had only played in places like Detroit, Niagara, and around Canada. Tucson’s a far cry from those places, but he’s enjoying the Old Pueblo so far.
“It’s been good to get a feel for the city, the fans, stuff like that,” Perlini told me after the team’s first five-game homestand.