They battled. They battled for each other. There were encouraging signs from this new group of men. Back to back games on the road isn’t easy. Buffalo can turn it up a notch when they need to and they did. There were chances a plenty to get into this game in the first and second periods but the power play went dry.  I won’t remember the score. I will remember the edge that this team brought all night.

Click to hear Wayne’s post-game:

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Off to the Island … see ya on Fox Sports Arizona!

- Todd

I think we are all anxious to see if the energy hangover remains for tonight’s game in Buffalo. Bryz is in goal. Telly is not. Check out the rest of the lineup questions and take a trip down memory lane to the old “Aud” here in Buffalo with the coach.  You remember goal number 77, don’t you???

Coach Gretzky:

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- Todd

See you on Fox Sports Arizona tonight!

Forgive me … it’s late. It is the day after the trade deadline and we are already in Buffalo getting ready for tomorrow night’s game with the Sabres. So, I will play this hand, once again. One word. ENERGY.  It was everywhere … what a nice win. Oops. I lied. One word: ENERGY.

Click to hear Wayne’s post game:

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- Todd

It isn’t easy sitting around a lobby of a hotel watching the clock and waiting for the phone or the Blackberry to go off.  It isn’t easy watching people saying good bye.  Yes, they make a ton of money playing a game for a living.  Yes, they are in rarified air.

Still, they are human, they have family and friends and relationships. I won’t spend time trying to break down deals and the motives behind them. I do think that the financially strapped Coyotes did what they had to do today and in return this time around got themselves actual NHL players back.

This isn’t another youth movement that we have to trumpet. This is business. Here’s Wayne’s breakdown of the events of the day…

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Listen here for a trade segment that ran on our Coyotes pre-game vs. Boston…

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- Todd

Effort. That’s it.  That’s all there is to say.  Effort.  Hear more on this with Wayne from right after the game.

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St. Louis awaits on Saturday night on Fox Sports Arizona.

- Todd

So is it a good thing that your team hasn’t taken any penalties in the last couple of games, or is it a bad thing? That is the question. The answer?

Click to listen:

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The other question will be answered later tonight. Can the Coyotes come with up the timely goal. The huge power play goal at the critical moment when it is needed most.  The problem? Nashville has given up just one ppg in six of their last 7 games.

Check it all out tonight on AZ TV!

- Todd

Who gets the start in goal tomorrow?  How should a young team handle the pressure of trade deadline day? And will Wayne take the stage with Nickelback tonight here in Nashville?

Listen carefully…

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And incase you couldn’t hear Wayne, here is Panger…

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See ya in Nashville on Thursday night on AZTV.

- Todd

This had the look and feel of one of those workmanlike road wins. The Coyotes got a goal early from Shane Doan, the 25oth of his career, and never seemed out of control of the game. The Blues looked flat. It looked like all the Coyotes needed was that second goal.  After all, they scored on their first shot of the game!

They would never score again.  St. Louis did … twice. Their first goal was the back breaker of all back breakers. The Blues scored from the red line on a dump in. A goofy bounce of the puck and it was in.
The Coyotes had a chance soon thereafter to get that goal back when they went on a four minute power play.  You guessed it: a shorthanded goal.  OUCH.

Hear Coach Gretzky’s post game:

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The hole gets deeper and the trade deadline looms…

See ya in Nashville on Thursday night on AZTV.

- Todd

The Coyotes continue their road trip with a visit to St, Louis. Listen now to Wayne’s comments after practice, plus his pre-game interview:

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- Todd

How about that! The Coyotes came out with jump and jam and rolled the Kings in LA to start the first of 3 straight games on the road and it couldn’t have come at a better time, The Kings had the lead for a moment or two in the second, but midway thru the period they started an onslaught that amounted to five straight unanswered goals.

Olli Jokinen finally got on the score sheet, in a big way, with a hat trick  which sets the table nicely for a two game road trip to St Louis and Nashville which begins on Tuesday on AZ TV. For a bit the Coach shortened his bench to three lines and it worked.

Click to hear more from Wayne:

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Is this the start of what must be a streak? We will find out in St Louis on Tuesday.

- Todd