Blueprint for Coyotes Success: Make Playoffs, Avoid Avalanche

3 years ago  /  The Hockey Writers  /  Read Time: 3 minutes 10 seconds

• With just a handful of regular-season games remaining, the Arizona Coyotes are very much alive for a playoff berth.
• While the ‘Yotes and Blues are fighting tooth and nail for fourth, the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights are in just as tight of a race for first.
• Sure you “shouldn’t fear anyone” and you need to “beat the best,” etc, but let’s face it, Colorado has been a nightmare for the Coyotes this year.
• They didn’t just beat the Coyotes, they bludgeoned them.
• Colorado outscored Arizona 35-19.
• Sure, a playoff match-up with Vegas would still be a daunting task, but you just get the sense that maybe, just maybe Arizona could have a puncher’s chance.
• Coyotes games against Colorado are one-sided.
• While facing Vegas in a hypothetical first-round affair, the Coyotes and their fans would then hope for a Minnesota Wild upset over Colorado.
• The Wild won three out of eight games with Colorado and they were only outscored 31-25.
• The difference right now between the Coyotes and Avalanche is just too stark.
• (from ‘Colorado Avalanche going all in now for a Stanley Cup,’ Durango Herald, 04/13/2021) To have any chance at all, Arizona needs to roll the dice with Vegas

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