2020 COYOTES DRAFT GUIDE 2020 NHL DRAFT INFORMATION BROADCAST DETAILS The 2020 NHL Draft™ presented by EA SPORTS NHL21 will be held virtually over two days. Round 1 will take place at 4 p.m. PT/ 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Rounds 2-7 will begin at 8:30 a.m. PT/ 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Round 1 NBCSN, Sportsnet and TVA will provide live coverage on Tuesday, followed by NHL Network Tues., Oct. 6, 4 p.m. PT and Sportsnet on Wednesday. Rounds 2-7 Wed., Oct. 7, 8:30 a.m. PT ARIZONA’S 2020 PICKS MEDIA AVAILABILITY The Coyotes media relations department will be making GM Bill Armstrong available to media via a ZOOM call following the completion of each day of Round 4 111 the draft. Players selected by the Coyotes will also be made Round 5 142 available via ZOOM as soon as possible following their selection. Round 6 173 For information on accessing the team’s ZOOM media availabilities or receiving footage of the ZOOM calls, contact Greg Dillard at Round 7 204 [email protected] Follow @AZCOYOTESPR on Twitter for additional information and updates. www.ArizonaCoyotes.com 2 @AZCOYOTESPR 2020 NHL DRAFT ORDER FIRST ROUND ORDER Draft Order Procedure for 2020 NHL Draft™ presented by EA SPORTS NHL21 1.New York Rangers Round 1 2. Los Angeles Kings Picks 1-15: Determined by Phases 1 and 2 of 2020 3. Ottawa Senators (from SJS) NHL Draft Lottery 4. Detroit Red Wings Picks 16-27: Teams eliminated in Rounds 1 and 2 of 5. Ottawa Senators 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, in inverse order of 2019- 6. Anaheim Ducks 20 regular season points percentage 7. New Jersey Devils 8. Buffalo Sabres Picks 28-29: Teams eliminated in 2020 Conference 9. Minnesota Wild Finals, in inverse order of 2019-20 regular season points percentage 10. Winnipeg Jets 11. Nashville Predators Pick 30: Team eliminated in 2020 Stanley Cup Final 12. Florida Panthers 13. Carolina Hurricanes (from TOR) Pick 31: 2020 Stanley Cup champion 14. Edmonton Oilers 15. Toronto Maple Leafs (from PIT) Rounds 2-7 16. Montreal Canadiens Picks 1-7: Teams who did not participate in the Return To Play, in inverse order of 2019-20 regular 17. Chicago Blackhawks season points percentage 18. New Jersey Devils (from ARI) 19. Calgary Flames Picks 8-15: Teams eliminated in 2020 Stanley 20. New Jersey Devils (from VAN via TBL) Cup Qualifiers, in inverse order of 2019-20 regular 21. Columbus Blue Jackets season points percentage 22. New York Rangers (from CAR) Picks 16-27: Teams eliminated in Rounds 1 and 2 of 23. Philadelphia Flyers 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, in inverse order of 2019- 24. Washington Capitals 20 regular season points percentage 25. Colorado Avalanche 26. St. Louis Blues Picks 28-29: Teams eliminated in 2020 Conference Finals, in inverse order of 2019-20 regular season 27. Anaheim Ducks (from BOS) points percentage 28. Ottawa Senators (from NYI) 29. Vegas Golden Knights Pick 30: Team eliminated in 2020 Stanley Cup Final 30. Dallas Stars 2020 Stanley Cup champion 31. San Jose Sharks (from TBL) Pick 31: www.ArizonaCoyotes.com 3 @AZCOYOTESPR COYOTES NAME ARMSTRONG GM Bill Armstrong was named as the Coyotes’ new General Manager on Sept. 17. Armstrong joins the Coyotes from the St. Louis Blues, where he served as the club’s Assistant General Manager/Director of Amateur Scouting the past two years and was instrumental in building the Blues team that won the 2019 Stanley Cup. Armstrong becomes the tenth general manager in franchise history. Armstrong, 50, joined the Blues in July of 2004 as an amateur scout and in August of 2010, he was named as the club’s Director of Amateur Scouting. On August 28, 2018, he was promoted to the assistant general manager position while maintaining his duties as director of amateur scouting. In addition to assisting the Blues’ general manager in hockey operations decisions, Armstrong oversaw the team’s participation in the NHL Draft. Prior to joining the Blues, Armstrong spent six seasons as a coach in the American Hockey League (AHL) and East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). He began as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Providence Bruins in 1998, helping lead the Bruins to the 1999 Calder Cup Championship. Armstrong was named the head coach of Providence prior to the start of the 2000-01 season, a position he held for two seasons (2000-02). Following his stint in Providence, Armstrong spent two seasons (2002-04) as the head coach of the Trenton Titans of the ECHL. A native of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Armstrong played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and won the Memorial Cup with the Oshawa Generals in 1990. Drafted in the third round (46th overall) by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1990, Armstrong played nine seasons in the AHL and the International Hockey League (IHL), appearing in 543 games and collecting 74 points (10 goals, 64 assists) and 1,443 penalty minutes. www.ArizonaCoyotes.com 4 @AZCOYOTESPR YOTES NOTES WELCOME TO THE DESERT JANKOWSKI OVERSEEING THE DRAFT GM Bill Armstrong has begun building his hockey Per an agreement with the St. Louis Blues, GM Bill operations staff with several key hires. Armstrong will not participate in this year’s draft for the Coyotes. Associate Dir. of Amateur Scouting Brian Daccord: Special Assistant to the General Ryan Jankowski will run the team’s draft. Manager/Director of Goaltending Operations - Joins the Coyotes following five seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, serving in both the Scouting and Player Development departments. - Prior to joining the Leafs, Daccord was the #NHLSTATS from NHL PR goaltending coach for Adler Mannheim in the DEL - This will mark the first time the Draft has been held for six seasons. mid-week (days other than Friday, Saturday or - His goaltending development company, Stop It Sunday) since the 1994 NHL Draft at the Hartford Goaltending, LLC, trains over 1,000 goalies annually Civic Center which took place from Tuesday, June and has produced over 25 NHL draft picks. 28 to Wednesday, June 29, 1994. Darryl Plandowski: Director of Amateur Scouting - Holding a non-weekend Draft was a common - Joins the Coyotes following 12 seasons with the occurrence in the early days of the event. The first 2020 Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning 21 years of the NHL Draft from 1963 to 1983 saw where he most recently was the team’s Assistant prospects picked on days outside of the Friday to Director of Amateur Scouting. Sunday window. - He was named to that post on August 1, 2019 and helped manage the team’s amateur scouting staff. The veteran scout previously spent 11 seasons as Tampa Bay’s head amateur scout. - Also worked two seasons as an amateur scout with the Pittsburgh Penguins and spent eight years in a similar role for the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan Jankowski: Associate Director of Amateur Scouting - Joins the Coyotes following 2 years with the Buffalo Sabres as their Director of Amateur Scouting where he oversaw all amateur scouting and ran the team’s drafts. - Spent four seasons in several roles with Hockey Canada including Head Scout and Director of Player Personel. - Possesses over 10 years of additional experience in NHL front offices. www.ArizonaCoyotes.com 5 @AZCOYOTESPR COYOTES 1ST ROUND PICKS (Since 96-97) 2019 Victor Soderstrom (11th overall - Brynas (Sweden) 2018 Barrett Hayton (5th overall - Sault Ste. Marie) 2017 Pierre Olivier-Joseph (23rd overall - Charlottetown) 2016 Clayton Keller (7th overall - USDP) Jakob Chychrun (16th overall - Sarnia) 2015 Dylan Strome (3rd overall - Erie) Nick Merkley (30th overall - Kelowna) 2014 Brendan Perlini (12th overall - Niagara) 2013 Max Domi (12th overall - London) 2012 Henrik Samuelsson (27th overall - Edmonton) 2011 Connor Murphy (20th overall - U.S. NTDP) 2010 Brandon Gormley (13th overall - Moncton) Mark Visentin (27th overall - Niagara) 2009 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (6th overall - Leksand) 2008 Mikkel Boedker (8th overall - Kitchener) Viktor Tikhonov (28th overall - Cherepovets) 2007 Kyle Turris (3rd overall - Burnaby) Nick Ross (30th overall - Regina) 2006 Peter Mueller (8th overall - Everett) Chris Summers (29th overall - US U18) 2005 Martin Hanzal (17th overall - Budejovice Jr.) 2004 Blake Wheeler (5th overall - Breck) 2002 Jakub Koreis (19th overall - Plzen) Ben Eager (23rd overall - Oshawa) 2001 Fredrik Sjostrom (11th overall - Frolunda) 2000 Krys Kolanos (19th overall - Boston College) 1999 Scott Kelman (15th overall - Seattle) Kirill Safronov (19th overall - St. Petersburg SKA) 1998 Patrick Desrochers (14th overall - Sarnia) 1996 Dan Focht (11th overall - Tri-City) Daniel Briere (24th overall - Drummondville) CURRENT COYOTES DRAFTED BY ARI Player Year Selection 1st round Jakob Chychrun 2016 16th overall 2nd round Christian Dvorak 2014 58th overall 1st round Oliver Ekman-Larsson 2009 6th overall 2nd round Christian Fischer 2015 32nd overall 5th round Conor Garland 2015 123rd overall 1st round Barrett Hayton 2019 5th overall 1st round Clayton Keller 2016 7th overall www.ArizonaCoyotes.com 6 @AZCOYOTESPR COYOTES PROSPECT REPORT AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE (AHL) Regular Season Skater Team Pos. GP G A PTS + / - PIM Draft Burke, Brayden Tucson RW 51 21 31 52 12 34 Not Drafted Bunting, Michael Tucson LW 58 12 37 49 -12 49 2014 (4/117) Miele, Andy Tucson C 58 15 33 48 2 46 Not Drafted Bennett, Beau Tucson RW 55 12 28 40 8 18 2010 (1/20) PIT Capobianco, Kyle Tucson D 42 10 27 37 6 47 2015 (3/63) Fasching, Hudson Tucson RW 57 19 16 35 8 15 2013 (4/118) LAK Pederson, Lane Tucson C 37 16 18 34 2 40 Not Drafted Chaput, Michael Tucson C 47 16 13 29 6 22 2010 (3/89) PHI Gross, Jordan Tucson D 56 10 17 27 9 14 Not Drafted Steenbergen, Tyler