Tanking is sports performance art.
Or maybe it’s a lack of performance art.
Outsiders will look at what the Arizona Coyotes are beginning to do much the same way you’d look at some welded garbage monstrosity in the Guggenheim and wonder what’s so special about it. Remember that Simpsons episode where Homer receives acclaim as an artist because he couldn’t build a barbecue pit?
The Coyotes are that failed barbecue pit.
Tanking is not only the smart move for the 2015 draft, as it gives them a shot at Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel, but it’s the smart move for a franchise that has the power to leave Glendale in 2018 should the team lose more than $50 million in the preceding five seasons.
On Wednesday, the Coyotes traded goaltender Devan Dubnyk to the Minnesota Wild for a third-round pick. As far as subtle tank trades go, this is the Mona Lisa. The Coyotes traded their backup goaltender for a pick? That’s not going to change the direction of the franchise. No big deal.
But it is a big deal when you trade a goaltender with a .916 save percentage becau ...
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