Since the last time I wrote on the issue, Hockey Traditionalists Better Hope Coyotes, Thrashers, and Panthers lose soon, the Phoenix Coyotes went from 24-13-3 to the 43-22-5 record they hold today.
While they are still holding firm to their forth place hold in the Western Conference standings, their record 19-9-2 continues to impress few and depress others.
Since my last article on this subject above, written in December, the team has made a flurry of impressive deadline deals that even the most passive Coyotes fan must appreciate—Derek Morris from the Boston Bruins, Matthieu Schneider from the Vancouver Cancuks, and most important and creatively, Wojtek Wolski, whom I've always coveted for my own team, from the Colorado Avalanche-ironically, the former Quebec Nordiques.
Some might be asking: "How exactly are the Coyotes, the NHL's newest fad, being an imposter?"
Webster's defines "imposter" as : im-pos-ter: "a person who deceives or cheats others, esp. by pretending to be someone or something that he or she is not"
Now it seems a bit more clear for Phoenix, and Arizona for that matter, is neither:
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Article written by Joe Mikolai
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