The Arizona Coyotes are scheduled to play the Nashville Predators when the NHL resumes play.
When the Coyotes resume play, they should have a healthy lineup.
This means that the Coyotes will almost certainly not use the best lineup available to them.
Rick Tocchet is an old-school coach through and through. Despite the exciting and talented players the Coyotes have on their roster, I would never expect Tocchet to unleash his inner Sheldon Keefe and develop a game plan focused on puck possession and offensive creativity.
During his time as head coach, Tocchet has consistently failed to use the best roster available to him, and will, 100% of the time, dress the veteran over the rookie, and (for the bottome of the lineup) the grinder over the skilled player.
When play resumes, the Coyotes could dress Barratt Hayton, a skilled forward with high-end potential who had an excellent World Junior tournament sometime last decade (OK six months ago, but it feels like longer).
But they won't.
And they could dress the top prospect in their organization, Victor Soderstrom, but they won't.
At the very least, these players would provide talent and ability in the bottom of the lineup in place of replacement players like Jason Demers, Jordan Oesterle, or Michael Grabner/Lawson Crouse.
However, we are talking about the coach who played Lawson Crouse more per game than Connor Garland, so forget about it.
When last we spoke, I had named goalie Ilya Bryzgalov the 9th best player in Coyotes Franchise history.
Today, we move on to #8 Teppo Numminen.
Numminen came over from Winnipeg when the Coyotes migrated south and continued to play in Arizona for seven more seasons.
He is 6th in all-time games played for the franchise, and 8th in points. He is the 3rd best defenseman in franchise history, and the 8th best player.
Good times!
Top 50 Films of All-Time
Top 50 Films of All-Time
50: Limitless 49: Oh Brother Where Art Though? 48: Role Models 47: the Rock 46: Mission Impossible Franchise 45: Nicholas Cage Man Tetrology 44:Heat 43: The Art of Self Defense 42:Walk Hard 41: The Winter Soldier 40:Taken 39: The 6th Day 38: Groundhog Day 37. The Batman Trilogy - Christopher Nolan 36: Jackie Brown 35: Gremlins 34: Who Framed Roger Rabbit 33: Speed 32: Adventure Land 31: Eyes Wide Shut 30: Semi Pro 29. Endgame/Ragnorak Trilogy 28. Baby Driver 27: Next 26: Keanu 25:Annie Hall 24: Catch Me If You Can 23: Serpico 22: Pop Star: Never Stop Stopping 21: Passenger 57 20: The John Hughes Trilogy 19: MacGruber 18: Source Code 17 Live. Die. Repeat 16. The Lethal Weapon Franchise 15: Paycheck 14: The Fugitive 13: The Prestige 12: Enemy of the State 11: Con Air 10: High Fidelity 09: Zodiac
Today, I name unto you the 8th best movie in the history of earth and cinema.
A classic so great that those who do not recognize it are doomed forever to suck. A movie whose influence know's no bounds, and whose score is the sound of angels making sweet love to the sounds of Marvin Gaye on the the world's best stereo.
Of course I am talking about the Terminator.
The Terminator is such a classic that it needs no write up from me. You either know and love it, or you spend you days writing Full House fanfiction.
While the first movie is the best, I also salute Judgement Day for being awesome and the newest one for being watchable. The third best iteration of the Terminator Franchise is the TV show the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
All hail the mysterious gap.