Hey, Utah is still run by ex-Yotes management. There's always a good chance that they'll do a dumb overreach that'll let one guy drop further than he should.
Love to dunk on the coyotes(and the blues especially) but Armstrong took over the reigns after Chayka in 2020 the year after STL won the cup
He went from being a scout to the director of amateur scouting in 2010 for STL and then AGM, responsible in drafting everyone from Pietrangelo/Schwartz/Tarasenko/Parayko/Dunn/Binner to Tage Thompson/Kyrou/Thomas etc.
Say what you will about the
tenets of national socialism the blues identity or preference for player style/team makeup as well as their success in drafting outside of the 2nd round, but I don't know if it's warranted generalizing him with the incompetence of the ARI group before in chayka(and his 21 kookooroos & timmy hortons or whatever).
Thank you for the amazing 9 years
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