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azcentral sports columnist Greg Moore and Sarah McLellan on the Coyotes’ changes on and off the ice.
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azcentral sports columnist Greg Moore on the Coyotes’ plan to better engage with Arizona fans.
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The Arizona Coyotes introduced new coach Rick Tocchet and president Steve Patterson at a news conference in Glendale on July 13, 2017.
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azcentral sports’ Jay Dieffenbach and Sarah McLellan discuss the Coyotes’ coaching situation and the Diamondbacks in our Shot Clock video.
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Forward Dylan Strome is a top prospect for the Coyotes. By Rob Schumacher/azcentral sports
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azcentral sports’ Jay Dieffenbach and Dan Bickley, discuss former Coyotes goalie Mike Smith’s comments about the team and the NFL Top 100 rankings.
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The Coyotes’ prospects are skating this week in the Valley as part of the team’s annual development camp.
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Arizona Coyotes part ways with coach Dave Tippett.
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azcentral sports’ Dan Bickley and Sarah McLellan discuss the aftershock of the Coyotes’ decision to part ways with Shane Doan.
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Coyotes captain Shane Doan will not return to the team.
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Mike Smith leaves Arizona as a record-holding goaltender.
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The Coyotes are set to lose one player to Vegas in the NHL expansion draft.
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Coyotes rookie Clayton Keller talks with Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan about his first year in the NHL as the team cleans out its lockers following the end of the season on Monday. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Coyotes rookie center Christian Dvorak talks with Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan about his ups and downs throughout his first NHL season on Monday. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun discusses his rookie season with Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan at Gila River Arena on Monday. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Arizona Coyotes’ Shane Doan discusses the uncertainty that surrounds his future at a season-ending press conference on Monday at Gila River Arena. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Arizona Coyotes winger Max Domi talks with Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan about his plans and goals for the offseason as the Coyotes cleaned out lockers on Monday at Gila River Arena. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Arizona Coyotes coach Dave Tippett sums up the 2016-17 season and looks forward to what is needed to improve next year at a press conference at Gila River Arena on Monday. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-1 loss to the Wild.
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Coach Dave Tippett, captain Shane Doan, defenseman Zbynek Michalek and goalie Mike Smith react to the team’s final game of the season.
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Roadrunners captain Craig Cunningham was recognized during a ceremonial puck drop before Saturday’s season finale.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 4-3 win over the Canucks.
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Coach Dave Tippett, winger Radim Vrbata, winger Max Domi, center Alexander Burmistrov and defenseman Luke Schenn react to the win.
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Three players emerge as the Coyotes’ season winds down. Sarah McLellan and Jay Dieffenbach discuss them, the NBA MVP race and more.
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Coach Dave Tippett, winger Max Domi, defenseman Anthony DeAngelo and winger Anthony Duclair react to Tuesday’s 3-2 loss in Dallas. Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-2 overtime loss to the Stars on Tuesday.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 2-1 win over the Kings.
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Coach Dave Tippett, goalie Mike Smith, center Alexander Burmistrov and winger Anthony Duclair react to the win.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 6-3 win over the Capitals.
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Coach Dave Tippett, center Christian Dvorak, goalie Louis Domingue and center Alexander Burmistrov react to the 6-3 win.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-1 loss to the Blues.
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Coach Dave Tippett, defenseman Alex Goligoski, goalie Louis Domingue and winger Clayton Keller react to the loss.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 4-1 loss to the Blues. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coyotes coach Dave Tippett, winger Clayton Keller, center Alexander Burmistrov and defenseman Anthony DeAngelo react to the loss. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Coyotes on Sunday, March 26, 2017. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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USA TODAY Sports’ A.J. Perez explains why the USA women’s hockey team is boycotting the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and the minus in the 4-1 loss to the Capitals.
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Coach Dave Tippett, goalie Mike Smith and center Jordan Martinook react to the 4-1 loss. Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-1 loss to the Panthers.
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Coach Dave Tippett, goalie Mike Smith, winger Tobias Rieder and defenseman Jakob Chychrun react to the 3-1 loss.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 5-3 win over the Lightning. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coach Dave Tippett, winger Radim Vrbata, winger Christian Fischer and winger Anthony Duclair react to the 5-3 win. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-1 loss to the Predators.
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Coach Dave Tippett, defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, winger Jamie McGinn and defenseman Zbynek Michalek.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-0 loss to the Blues.
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Coach Dave Tippett, defenseman Luke Schenn and goalie Mike Smith react to the loss on Saturday at Gila River Arena. Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 5-4 shootout loss to the Red Wings.
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Coach Dave Tippett, goalie Mike Smith, winger Radim Vrbata and defenseman Jakob Chychrun react to the loss.
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 3-2 shootout win over the Kings, Mar. 14, 2017. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coach Dave Tippett, goalie Louis Domingue, defenseman Anthony DeAngelo and winger Max Domi react to the 3-2 shootout win against the Kings, Mar. 14, 2017. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 1-0 win over the Avalanche, Mar. 13, 2017. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coach Dave Tippett, goalie Mike Smith, captain Shane Doan and winger Brendan Perlini react to the win, Mar. 13, 2017. (Sarah McLellan/azcentral sports)
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Coyotes insider Sarah McLellan looks at the plus and minus in the 5-4 win over the Devils on Saturday.
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Moore, McLellan on the Coyotes entering a ‘new era’
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Coyotes part ways with Shane Doan
Coyotes trade starting goalie Mike Smith to Flames
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Coyotes’ Clayton Keller on his first year in the NHL
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Max Domi talks to Sarah McLellan about offseason goals, plans
Coyotes coach Dave Tippett wraps up 2016-17 season
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Wild
Coyotes conclude season with 3-1 loss to the Wild
Coyotes recognize Roadrunners captain Craig Cunningham
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Canucks
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Shot Clock: Young Coyotes standouts provide hope
Coyotes fall in overtime to Stars
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Stars
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Kings
Coyotes eliminate Kings from playoffs with 2-1 win
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Coyotes snap losing streak against Capitals
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Blues
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Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Blues
Coyotes cap road trip with 4-1 loss to Blues
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U.S. women’s hockey team boycotting world championship
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Capitals
Capitals pull away from Coyotes with 3-goal third
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Panthers
Unusual goal sparks Panthers to win over Coyotes
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Lightning
Coyotes rally past the Lightning
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Predators
Coyotes open road trip with 3-1 loss to Predators
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Blues
Coyotes shut out 3-0 by the Blues
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Red Wings
Coyotes clipped by Red Wings 5-4 in a shootout
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Kings
Coyotes outlast Kings in 11-round shootout
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Avalanche
Coyotes blank Avalanche 1-0
Sarah McLellan’s plus-minus against the Devils
The Coyotes are getting close to filling out new head coach Rick Tocchet’s staff with assistants, and John MacLean and Scott Allen are “very strong candidates,” a source said Tuesday.
While nothing is finalized at this point, the source said, hires could be made this week.
When he was introduced as the Coyotes’ next coach, Tocchet said he wanted to recreate the culture he had in Pittsburgh as an assistant alongside coach Mike Sullivan. Each coach had autonomy, and Tocchet wants assistants to challenge him.
Tocchet has been leading the search and said last week he’d been talking to a lot of people and was really interested in a few.
“You just gotta trust the people that you’re close to that know people and then go on your gut instinct,” he said at the time.
General Manager John Chayka said Saturday the team was looking to bring in two assistants and hoped to have the additions done this week. Assistant coach John Slaney is likely to be shifted to the team’s American Hockey League staff in Tucson with the Roadrunners.
“I think it’s just paramount to get the right people in the right spots and to surround Rick with the right types of people to help him out,” Chayka said.
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MacLean is a former player who spent the bulk of his career with the Devils. The former forward played 1,194 regular-season games, tallying 413 goals and 842 points with the Devils, Sharks, Rangers and Stars.
He went on to be an assistant with the Devils from 2002 to 2009 before coaching the team’s AHL team for a season. MacLean returned to the Devils as head coach in 2010-11 but was fired after the team started 9-22-2.
The 52-year-old went on to be an assistant with the Hurricanes from 2011-14. More recently, MacLean has been an analyst for the Devils on MSG Networks.
Like Tocchet, MacLean won a Stanley Cup as a player (1995) and as an assistant (2003) – both with the Devils.
As for Allen, he played professionally as a forward, including in the ECHL and Central Hockey League. He’s been a head coach and assistant in the ECHL and AHL and was an assistant with the Islanders from 2009-12.
Allen, 51, spent 2016-17 as an assistant with the Panthers but was dismissed after the season amid a coaching change.
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