With less than 24 hours until Saturday’s roster freeze, Derek Stepan trade speculation is heating up. TSN’s Bob McKenzie claimed late Friday night that the Arizona Coyotes are “likely/hopeful” to make moves, with them being “one of multiple teams with serious interest in Derek Stepan.”
The report comes after, coincidentally or not, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman discussed a Stepan/Arizona situation that manifested last summer. Here is what Friedman said on Sportsnet’s The Fan 960.
“I know Arizona was talking about him (last year), but I think there was something else that had to happen first before that deal got done and it never happened.