I hate to post these kind of posts because I am in no way trying to act like I have an inside source to the Coyotes, nor am I trying to gain any kind of attention from these posts, but the friend of mine who works for the Coyotes who told me about the Roadrunners, told me about the seriousness of the OEL injury, and other minor things (so far, everything he has told me has come true) just gave me more info today.
He told me that he has heard that the Coyotes are nowhere near sold on, or in love with, the seventh overall pick. His words were something along the lines of "bet on them trading it over keeping it. 60/40 odds."
I asked him if he was talking about trading down for more pics, or trading for immediate help, and he told me he hasn't heard much about that. What he has heard, is that the Coyotes were offered a "fairly decent" NHL defenseman for number 7, but not "decent" enough to sway them into trading the pick. He speculates that the Dman offered was "too old."
The last thing he could share is that he has heard rumblings that; 1) that the Coyotes pretty much view all the top defensemen available like fish in a barrel. They all offer different things that makes them special, and you can't really put one over another, so you're safe grabbing at least one of your guys, and there is no worry trying to trade for one specifically; 2) That the Coyotes really don't seem to eager to move up in the draft; 3) That the Coyotes (he speculates "especially Chayka, an OHL scout, and Tippett") really like the game of Max Jones, among others. Said that they would like to see another Shane Doan style player in our system.
But they also like his speed, shot, and playmaking ability, and they love that he is from London. They really trust that organization, supposedly.
I haven't really watched any highlights on Max Jones, so I'm about to now. What intrigues me is that maybe that hints that we teade down from 7 to gain more picks. To ensure we get a defensemen on our list, and have a better chance to grab a couple guys we really like as well.
Food for thought. You don't have to believe ANY of this, as far as you guys know I'm making this whole thing up, but my buddy is a huge fan so he's always asking questions and doing his own digging and listening, and so far, he's been pretty spot on.
It's going to be a very interesting week guys. I'm so excited.
EDIT: Really didn't have much info on Goligoski, said management has really been the only ones involved so it's hard to get info. BUT, he did say that he heard Gogo was either already on his summer vacation, or was about to go on it, and he didn't HAVE to fly to Arizona, but that he wanted to meet the brass face to face and have a good look around. I take that as a good sign. Especially if he was already on vacation.