Thursday’s season opener at Pittsburgh will begin the first of a six-game road trip.
Hard-hitting forwards Lawson Crouse and Liam O’Brien found ways to get under opponents’ skin last season, and the Coyotes have added even more gritty players at last season’s trade deadline and in the offseason.
Ritchie and Kassian have been heavy on the forecheck throughout the preseason and have ended up in the box for fighting. Both have set the tone that the team isn’t afraid to stand up for each other. If players like Crouse, Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller appear wise beyond their ages, it's because they've experienced a lot so far during their tenures with the team.
To help the team as they go through this transition, veteran forwards Nick Bjugstad and Kassian, and defenseman Patrik Nemeth, were acquired or signed in the offseason., the Coyotes will have to look to others to fill in gaps on the blue line. Even with key offensive players like Keller and Crouse missing, the team found ways to win against playoff-bound teams. Although the preseason hadn't yielded wins for the team heading into the finale Saturday night against Vegas, at least four of the seven preseason games were decided between one goal.
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