Arizona Coyotes Five Things To Look For This Season
Oct 2, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Coyotes left wing Anthony Duclair (10) looks on during the second period against the San Jose Sharks at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
5. New Prospects
New prospects Max Domi and Anthony Duclair need to show that it was a good decision to put them on the regular roster. They are rookies (Duclair played 18 NHL games with the Rangers), and will make mistakes. Do they have talent and the desire to succeed in the NHL? Of course. To rely on them for a good portion of your offense is going to frustrate you more than finishing 29th last season.
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They both have the tenacity, and finesse to be good NHL players. Will they both score 20 goals? Not sure. Max Domi WITH Anthony Duclair is a chemistry overload. They are good friends off the ice, and know each other’s moves on the ice. Not putting them out there on the same line would jeopardize that connection they seem to have, and can put to use to score some much needed goals for the offense starved Arizona Coyotes.
The duo whom I’m coining with the nickname “Dynamic Duo”, will certainly bring new excitement to a team who hasn’t had a 30 goal scorer for some time now. They can make some magical moves out there on the ice, and we are very anxious to see how well they can do.
So far the Dynamic Duo has been placed with two veteran center icemen, in Antoine Vermette and Martin Hanzal. Hanzal seems to already have chemistry with Domi, as displayed last year in pre-season games where Henrik Samuelsson was also on that line. The thing which Hanzal can do is win faceoffs to get the puck to Domi, or Duclair, and dig pucks out of the corners with his size. He’s not bad at screening the goalie either, with his huge 6’ 6”, 226 pound frame. This line should be dynamite.
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