The Coyotes training camp is in robust shape as the countdown to maybe playing hockey games goes on, the Coyotes are..........training.
Some people were like hey Jim, why don't you do more updates about the Coyotes camp, and I would like to address that:
It's a training camp, it is occurring in July, it's the second training camp of the year, and also its in July, and the most you can write about anyone playing or not playing is that they are unfit to play.
By comparison, saying "lower body injury" now seems so descriptive you wonder if NHL injury reports didn't used to be written by the ghost of William Faulkner.
About a week ago Richardson and Stepan were deemed unfit to play and I haven't heard anything since.
The new CEO met with Taylor Hall but get this:
It's a cut throat world kids, watch your back or you might get Chayka'd.
Using my rudimentary detective skills, suck as they are, I detect that the Coyotes see an opportunity to finally get a legitimate superstar and that they are going to do pretty much everything to sign him, whether that is a good idea or not.
I didn't detect that so much as I though about it in the shower, which is actually where I'm writing this blog with my new Google Dolphin Tub Tablet. "Now you never have to get off-line."
Guarantee to survive one in three shipwrecks, get yours today.
We've searched the dregs of the NHL past to bring you the top 47 Arizona Coyotes of all time, and today we move onto hollowed ground with the top three in franchise history.
Coming in at #3 is one of the NHL's best recent stories: Darcy Kuemper.
Already seventh in all-time games played in Arizona for a goalie, Kuemper is the best goalie in franchise history.
In 94 games with the Coyotes Kuemper has a GAA of 2.39 and a save percentage of .923%.
For reference, Connor Hellebuyck, who should win this year's Hart Trophy, has a 2.57/9.22.
If you ignore the first ten games Kuemper played with the Coyotes and only look at his last two seasons, he's posting Dominick Hasek numbers.
Last season, on his way to what should have been a Hart/Vezina season, Kuemper was injured. He still played 55 games and posted one of the top 50 save percentage seasons in NHL single season history at .928.
Kuemper was having a better season this year before he went down.
Arguably the NHL's least talked about superstar, Kuemper has gotten almost no credit despite helping to make one of the worst NHL rosters into a playoff contender two years in a row.
He may have only been a starter for parts of two seasons, but Kuemper's potentially short burst of brilliance still makes him the 3rd best Coyotes player of all-time.
Top 50 Movies 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 08: the Terminator 07: the Royal Tannenbaums 06: Face/Off 05: Total Recall 04: Blade Runner
With only three movies to go, we must now talk about Die Hard.
Die Hard is the best action movie ever made, and I don't know that anyone even really disputes that it is, except for maybe some big Fury Road fans.
What's to say about this movie that other's have said better? It is a great movie for people who like to watch dumb movies.
The sequels get increasingly worse, and I don't know how. Even the terminator movies manage to seem interesting even when they suck.
It always really bugged me that a guy could murder 36 people but in order to avoid an R rating they had to bleep out his catch phrase.
If you ever wonder what's wrong with society, just considering that we all agreed that swearing was worse that murder. (Hence the inclusion of the world's most insane censorship job).