SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 07/23/19 Arizona Coyotes New York Rangers 1149992 Arizona Coyotes’ Barrett Hayton named to top 50 prospect 1150014 Goldman: Breaking down the ins and outs of Jacob list Trouba’s seven-year deal with the Rangers 1149993 Arizona Diamondbacks should be sellers at trade deadline 1149994 Neutral Zone: Coyotes sale on track; key players healthy NHL and targeting camp 1150015 Ron Francis the general manager, like the player, will work to make ‘everyone around him better’ Boston Bruins 1149995 Bruins' 2020 Stanley Cup odds, projected point total rank Ottawa Senators among NHL elite 1150016 An offseason look at the Ottawa Senators potential 1149996 Bruins’ offseason homework: How each player can opening night lineup improve this summer Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres 1150017 Penguins Prediction Rewind: Matt Murray returned to 1149997 Place your bets: Legal sports gambling arrives in New upper echelon of NHL goalies York 1150018 Penguins sign Zach Aston-Reese to 2-year deal, avoiding arbitration Calgary Flames 1150019 Obituary: Charles S. Stone / Former team physician for 1149998 Fleury headlines 2019 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame class the Pittsburgh Penguins 1149999 A deep dive behind the numbers to gauge expectations for 1150020 Penguins, Zach Aston-Reese agree to two-year deal Milan Lucic and James Neal San Jose Sharks Carolina Hurricanes 1150021 NHL expansion draft: How Sharks will be impacted by 1150000 It’s the NHL offseason so that means it’s time for another Seattle franchise crack at the Hurricanes’ 2019-20 lineup 1150022 Explaining Kevin Labanc’s modest $1 million contract: Trusting the Sharks and his own development Chicago Blackhawks 1150001 A broken-down old fat guy worked out with Patrick Kane’s St Louis Blues trainer. This is my harrowing tale. 1150023 BenFred: Blues aren't only local sports stars we can learn from Colorado Avalanche 1150024 Sunny day: Sundqvist's big season pays off with big raise 1150002 The year is 2022. What could the Avalanche lineup look 1150025 Sundqvist signs four-year contract with Blues like by then? Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas Stars 1150026 Lightning reporter Caley Chelios marries Dan Vitale, 1150003 Could a decrease in ice time be the Stars' key to getting a former Tampa Bay Bucs 2016 draft pick better Jamie Benn next season? Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings 1150027 The Leafs have to fix their goaltending problem, and 1150004 How Detroit Red Wings have fared in free agency over the Neuvirth is worth a shot years: Hits and misses 1150028 Maple Leafs sign Wilson, Neuvirth says he's camp-bound 1150005 Taste of NHL makes Red Wings' Ryan Kuffner hungry to on tryout basis get better Vancouver Canucks Edmonton Oilers 1150039 Harman Dayal: It’s time to go all-in on elevating Canucks 1150006 A deep dive behind the numbers to gauge expectations for coverage Milan Lucic and James Neal Vegas Golden Knights Montreal Canadiens 1150029 Ovechkin in Vegas? 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Winnipeg Jets 1150033 Lowball offer, arbitration hearing not necessarily beginning of the end for Copp and Jets 1150034 Jets sign Pionk to two-year $6-million deal 1150035 Arbitration looks like next stop for Jets' Copp 1150036 Jets boost blue line, bring Nogier back 1150037 Jets sign first-rounder Heinola for 3 years 1150038 Projecting the Winnipeg Jets’ opening night lineup, optimal lines and more SPORT-SCAN, INC. 941-284-4129 1149992 Arizona Coyotes Arizona Coyotes’ Barrett Hayton named to top 50 prospect list BY PERRY COHEN | JULY 22, 2019 UPDATED: JULY 22, 2019 AT 10:48 AM A list of the top 50 NHL prospects from The Athletic ranked Arizona Coyotes center Barrett Hayton No. 41 in the league. The prospect ranking, which was created by Scott Wheeler, is comprised of players under the age of 23 who did not played in the majority of the team’s NHL games last season. The center out of Peterborough, Ontario was taken fifth overall by the Coyotes in the 2018 NHL draft. Last season he played for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League, the team he has been playing for since before being drafted. In his first season since being drafted, the 6-foot Hayton played in just 39 regular season games, missing time to injury. Despite his condensed time during the season, he still managed to put up good numbers. During the regular season, he scored 26 times and tallied 40 assists for a total of 66 points in addition to a plus/minus of plus-20. Hayton, the captain for the Greyhounds, also scored six times and had 10 assists during the playoffs. Hayton’s goals scored and assists are both career highs. Though he isn’t higher on the ranking, Wheeler believes Hayton can help the Coyotes in the future. Does Hayton have the upside of a Quinn Hughes or an Evan Bouchard? Absolutely not. Can he be a line-driving middle-six center on a good team, while helping out on both special teams? Absolutely. Hayton is a coach’s dream and an effective two-way hockey player. The Athletic gave the top spot to New Jersey Devils prospect Jack Hughes. Arizona Sports LOADED: 07.23.2019 1149993 Arizona Coyotes The other lesson is simple marketing. To turn Arizona residents into casual sports fans, and casual sports fans into money-spending diehards, our professional franchises have learned that it’s not enough to Arizona Diamondbacks should be sellers at trade deadline be good. You have to be entertaining. You have to get people talking. The Diamondbacks have done some good things. They’ve sustained respectable attendance figures at a time of league-wide decline, while BY DAN BICKLEY playing baseball indoors, in a desert climate. They are not withering like Tampa, which entered MLB alongside Arizona is now looking to split their market, cohabitating with the city of Montreal. Mediocrity was never meant to be celebrated. The 2019 Diamondbacks But in Arizona, there is no uproar over the baseball team. The buzz are a rare exception. They’ve already won their biggest games. remains minimal. And here’s another inconvenient truth: They made a hard right call on Paul Goldschmidt, in the face of public The Diamondbacks will only electrify the Valley when they are good pressure. They’ve unleashed their next superstar in Ketel Marte. They’re enough to win their second trophy, when they can own the Dodgers the irrigating their dilapidated farm system. They won 50 of their first 100 way Steve Nash’s Suns once dethroned the Lakers. games after losing three of their top five players. Hazen needs to build that kind of team. Not one that can barely make the They’ve carried us to football season without embarrassment. Nothing playoffs. more is required. Nothing more should be risked. Arizona Sports LOADED: 07.23.2019 With the trade deadline looming, two lessons must guide the path forward: Too often in the past, the Diamondbacks have been prematurely lured into selling long-term assets for short-term gain. Betting over-the-top on a team that wasn’t ready for the big-time. As a result, the Diamondbacks have strung together nothing but one-hit wonders. They all sounded good at the time. The history of this organization is important. The Diamondbacks have lived a rowdy, rocky existence. Jerry Colangelo took the team from worst to first in four years, winning a World Series with extreme financial commitment to payroll. He was effectively ousted from office for his spending habits, replaced by a charitable, impulsive, foot-in-the-mouth owner who has never quite found his own validation. Ken Kendrick doesn’t relish the limelight like he once did, when he presided as one of the most quotable owners in sports. But he has occasionally shown the same financial recklessness he once abhorred in his predecessor. Colangelo signed Randy Johnson. Kendrick has Zack Greinke. His growing hunger led to poor decision-making at critical junctures in the narrative. That’s why the 2019 Diamondbacks need to be patient. Sellers, not buyers. A stepping stone, not a destination. Everyone must understand the pitfalls ahead. At times, general manager Mike Hazen has been too good at his job.