{coyotes} NHL regulars still hunting for jobs

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PHOENIX - More than $580 million has been spent on NHL free agents nearly a month into the signing period, but not everyone has been able to fill his pockets.

There's a crew of players who remain unsigned despite being considered NHL regulars, and three such examples were with the Coyotes last season: forwards Jeff Halpern and Paul Bissonnette and defenseman Derek Morris.

This reality — being without a contract on the brink of August — is often dwarfed by the perception that free agency is all about freedom, fortune and fame.

But for those who fulfill a specialized role or are in the twilight years of their career, this milepost isn't so glamorous.

"Everyone's experience is different," Bissonnette said.

This much is clear: High-end skill will always find a home. Most of the headliners of this summer's free-agent class were gobbled up on July 1, the first day of free agency, with many other elite names landing deals before the week was over.

"It'd be fun if you scored 30 goals and worked the power play and were a top-two line guy," Bissonnette said. "Then you're laughing, and you can't wait for free agency."

But teams aren't made up entirely of 30-goal scorers. Players who execute a particular niche — as Halpern did last season as a right-handed faceoff specialist and reliable penalty killer — are valuable, too.

"If you're good enough to play in the NHL, you should get a chance to play," Halpern said.

What has certainly hurt some teams' ability to maneuver this summer is the salary-cap ceiling, which came in at $69 million, lower than many expected. Perhaps not until training camps open and general managers are confronted in-person with holes on their roster will activity pick up.

"There's a stalemate right now where some are either at the cap, maybe a little bit below it or over it where they want to make moves, but teams are waiting," Bissonnette said. "I find that one or two trades are going to spark more movement."

While Halpern might have anticipated having to be patient for a new contract — especially considering he didn't sign with the Coyotes until a week into the season last year — Bissonnette was hopeful a deal could be worked out with the Coyotes before July 1. He felt he proved his worth when given the ice time, putting up eight points in 39 games.

But the addition of rugged winger B.J. Crombeen pretty much signaled the end of that relationship.

"I would have liked to stay but sometimes you gotta move on and if you're not in their future plans, whatever," Bissonnette said. "It's a business."

Halpern was issued the same clue when the Coyotes signed depth center Joe Vitale earlier this month, but the 38-year-old isn't closing the door on his NHL career. When he was younger, Halpern's criteria in free agency included playing for a contender, setting his family up financially and playing where he lived.

"My views on free agency now, personally, are completely different," he said. "I basically wait for a phone call and then if somebody says we have a contract, I say, 'Whatever your offer is, I'll take less.' "

Both players have been in talks with teams and are optimistic they'll be back in the NHL. Bissonnette, 29, said "things are looking positive" with one team but would consider playing overseas if nothing is resolved by the end of August.

"I definitely think I have a lot more hockey in me," Bissonnette said.

Halpern is just as confident. Time will tell if the NHL agrees.

"It's where I want to be," he said, "so I'm trying to do anything possible to get to that point."

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{coyotes} Coyotes prospect Kulda looking to build on heroics

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After scoring 34 goals in the 2014 calendar year, including 10 in the playoffs and four in six Memorial Cup games for the champion Edmonton Oil Kings, Edgars Kulda's draft stock was reportedly on the rise.

His goal and two assists in the championship-game win against the Guelph Storm capped a Memorial Cup MVP performance for the 19-year-old Latvian left wing, and all those late-round draft projections were soon adjusted to third- and fourth-round. Some predicted he could go as high as the second round.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the podium.

Sitting next to his father and brother at the 2014 NHL Draft in Philadelphia, the rounds kept passing by, and Kulda got more and more jittery in his suit and tie. Did he come for nothing? Would he get drafted at all? As groups of fans sitting around him got to know the funny and endearing young man, his story slowly became their quest. They wanted to see him get his NHL sweater.

Fifth round … no. Sixth round … nope. Uh oh.

"My brother was looking at me and saying, 'When will you be drafted, I want to go,'" Kulda said. "I was afraid to go to the washroom, because I knew if I did that would be the moment it happened."

Finally in the seventh, final round, with the 193rd pick, the Arizona Coyotes selected Kulda, providing a storybook finish to a long and nerve-wracking day. All the time spent waiting for his name to be called gave Kulda a chance to groom his one-liners for the press conference.

"They played pretty good music in the arena, so I was just chilling and listening to it," Kulda said. "OK, I was a little nervous. You read in the news that you're supposed to go a little earlier and it starts getting in your head. Of course you get nervous when you go round after round, pick after pick. But in the end it turned out pretty good."

The Coyotes, who had five members of the Oil Kings at their July development camp, including 2012 first-round pick Henrik Samuelsson, are also hoping it turns out "pretty good." Arizona general manager Don Maloney said he felt Kulda showed enough skill and poise to take a chance. Now it's up to the player to show what he can do.

"We saw him last year. You could see he had some skill, but he was a light, European kid who kind of blended in," Maloney said. "This year you could see the growth. He had a solid regular season (30 goals) but he really turned it on in the playoffs, and especially the Memorial Cup. He was a dominant player. I don't know what clicked in, but it couldn't happen at a better time.

"He has to improve his skating a little bit, work on his stride. But stick-on-puck he makes things happen. So at that stage in the seventh round, we thought it was a good swing at the plate for us."

Samuelsson said he thinks Arizona got a steal in the seventh round.

"I kept refreshing the page on the NHL website after the second round and I was shocked he lasted that long," Samuelsson said. "I'm sure the Coyotes were pretty happy to get him. He's such a good player and he plays big in big games."

Before his late-season heroics, Kulda earned some national exposure thanks to the magic of social networking. At the annual "Teddy Bear Toss" at Rexall Place, Kulda scored the first Oil Kings goal of the night, sending thousands of donated teddy bears to the ice in celebration. Asked how he felt about the event, Kulda, whose command of English is still blossoming, stared into the camera and announced, "I'm Edgars Kulda … and I approve this message," before holding up both thumbs.

The video went viral and soon "Kulda's Approved" was a popular catchphrase. Soon enough, everything from Oil King crowns to moose antlers had been Photoshopped on Kulda's head, and it was impossible to stop the groundswell, which reached Arizona in time for his first pro workouts.

"Yeah, I have already taken a few thumbs-up pictures here in camp. It looks like it's going to follow me," Kulda said. "I didn't know it was going to happen, but it's all fun. You don't have to put any pressure in your head about it.

"But if it went away, that would be OK too."

Kulda will turn 20 in November and could return to Edmonton as an overage junior or, if he shows more in training camp, a trip to the American Hockey League is within his grasp.

"He's very clever with the puck and he has a quick stick. He took one step forward, so now we'll see if he can take another," Maloney said. "If he comes in here and it looks like he can play in the American League … that's certainly an option."

By being named the Memorial Cup MVP, Kulda joined some impressive NHL players, including Corey Perry, Taylor Hall, Milan Lucic and Coyotes captain Shane Doan. But there are past tournament MVPs whose careers peaked in their teen years and never reached the NHL. If that befalls Kulda, it won't be from a lack of effort.

"I will play anywhere the team needs me … any position," he said. "Penalty kill? Power play? I can forecheck. You need me to be an energy guy? Sure. Tough guy? Why not, I've had some fights."

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{coyotes} Tippett eager to get newcomers on the ice

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Arizona Coyotes coach Dave Tippett has no intention of seeing his club miss the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a third straight season. He's optimistic that the four veterans acquired by general manager Don Maloney will help.

The Coyotes added veteran forwards Sam Gagner and B.J. Crombeen in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning on June 29, then signed goaltender Devan Dubnyk and forward Joe Vitale as free agents. Gagner is expected to center one of the top two lines while Vitale and Crombeen will battle for bottom-six roles. Dubnyk is expected to back up starter Mike Smith.

Arizona is trying to end a two-year absence from the playoffs after finishing two points behind the Dallas Stars for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference last season.

With center Mike Ribeiro gone after a buyout, the Coyotes are counting on Gagner to show the kind of offensive skills that convinced the Edmonton Oilers to make him the sixth player taken in the 2007 NHL Draft. Gagner turns 25 on Aug. 10 and is coming off career lows of 10 goals and 37 points with the Oilers in 2013-14. He has yet to break 20 goals or 50 points in a single season; his best season was in 2011-12, when he had 18 goals and 47 points. .

"He's obviously a skilled player," Tippett told the Coyotes' website. "He had a tough year, a couple of tough years, and we're hoping a change of scenery will do him good. He's got high skill and he played on a team where they have a lot of players with a lot of skill. He's got to come in and hopefully will establish himself as a real good NHL player, to use his skills to the best of his ability and play a real tight-checking game."

Expectations aren't as high for Vitale and Crombeen, but Tippett feels each can play an important role.

Vitale, a former Pittsburgh Penguin center who got a three-year contract, will be counted on to do a lot of the little things that go into winning.

"To me, he's out of the mold of a Boyd Gordon or Jeff Halpern, one of those players on your team [that do] a lot of dirty work, play with grit, win faceoffs, things like that," Tippett said. "He plays at the bottom of your lineup and is willing to do that night in and night out.

"Those guys are invaluable in your lineup."

Crombeen's NHL career began with the Dallas Stars in 2007-08, where Tippett was his coach.

"[Crombeen] is a working guy; he goes up and down his wing," Tippett said of the 29-year-old, who had three goals, 10 points and 79 penalty minutes in 55 games last season with Tampa Bay. "He'll stand up for his teammates. He's a hard-nosed guy who's going to do a good job for us."

Dubnyk also has a connection with Tippett, who had him with Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship. Dubnyk is coming off the worst season of his career; he went 11-18-3 with a 3.43 goals-against average and .891 save percentage with the Oilers and Nashville Predators. He finished the season with the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Montreal Canadiens' American Hockey League affiliate.

The Coyotes struck gold three years ago when they signed Smith who, like Dubnyk, was coming off the toughest season of his career but improved markedly under the tutelage of goaltending coach Sean Burke, who also serves as Arizona's assistant to the general manager. Tippett hopes the same will happen with Dubnyk.

"For whatever reason he had a tough season last year," Tippett said. "Burkie looked at all the goaltenders out there and thought this was the best fit for us. He's stuck his neck out there a couple of times for players and it's worked out pretty well for him.

"Devan is very motivated. I like our chances with him."

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{coyotes} Arizona starting to produce top-end hockey talent

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When Sean Burke was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in 1999, the team had been there for four years and Arizona youth hockey was just learning to crawl.

"Back then there was the odd guy coming out of this area to play in college, but the level of play wasn't high," said Burke, now the assistant to the general manager and goalie coach with the renamed Arizona Coyotes. "The coaching just wasn't there, and that was a problem.

"It came down to who wanted to take the time to volunteer. If you had any kind of background in hockey you were considered an authority and a good coach. But over the last [15 years], the level of involvement has risen and the number and talent level of the kids has taken off."

Go no further than Coyotes development camp, which was stocked with the organization's top prospects, to show proof of the sport taking root here: Three players had ties to the area.

Others are rising in the junior and college hockey ranks and turning the heads of NHL teams, proving though the temperatures hit 115 degrees in the summer, this no longer is a hockey desert.

Brendan Burke, Sean's son and a 6-foot-3 goalie like his father at age 19, was turning away shots from future Coyotes at the same Scottsdale Ice Den where he learned to play the position. Center Henrik Samuelsson, the son of former Coyotes assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson, was Arizona's first-round selection in 2012 and coming off a junior season when he led the Edmonton Oil Kings to the Memorial Cup championship.

"You play here and you think about those games growing up. Now you see players you played with and against knocking on the door [to the NHL]," said Samuelsson, 20, who had 35 goals and 95 points for the Oil Kings last season. "There is certainly a comfort level to being back where you played as a kid."

Arizona's up-and-coming stars aren’t limited to those with NHL bloodlines. Scottsdale-born Zac Larraza spent two seasons with the United States National Team Development Program and was drafted by the Coyotes in the seventh round (No. 196) in 2011 before heading to the University of Denver. Austin Carroll, who played for the Junior Coyotes development team, was a 2014 seventh-round pick (No. 184) of the Calgary Flames.

On the horizon is elite prospect Auston Matthews, a 16-year-old scoring machine from Scottsdale who was the only 2016 NHL Draft prospect invited to attend a USA Hockey summer junior evaluation camp next month in Lake Placid, N.Y. Sean Burke said Matthews has a chance to be the first Arizona-born and -raised player picked in the top 50 pick at the NHL draft.

"Auston is very impressive," Burke said. "He's already a guy you can see going in the second or third round and he's got two years to go."

According to USA Hockey, Arizona has the third-highest growth in the country when it comes to expanding youth hockey and the highest among states with an NHL team. Though the number of NHL players who have retired in the area certainly helps the cache, the sport is learning to walk on its own.

"It's exciting to be part of that wave of Arizona players making that next step," Brendan Burke said. "I remember being on this same ice at 13 or 14 and dreaming one day you could play for the Coyotes. And now you're out there with the sweater on with guys like Henrik and Zac, and you know the dream is that much closer.

"You can see the level of hockey growing, even in the time I've been in junior [with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League]. I skated with Auston Matthews for a few days and you can tell he's a true talent. Knowing he's a local guy lets you know how much better things continue to be."

A decade ago, local children who showed promise and had the opportunity would head to cooler climates for the chance to test their skill against more elite talent. But the rise of the talent level in Arizona has allowed players to pursue their dreams.

"Staying at home and with your family and still playing high-level hockey was the perfect thing," Brendan Burke said. "I had the opportunity to leave but it wasn't what I wanted. Maybe five or 10 years ago that choice wouldn't have been there."

Coyotes ownership, led by co-owners George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc, has made youth hockey a high priority. The IceArizona group is considering the purchase of public rinks in the Phoenix area and has opened Jobing.com Arena to more on-ice clinics and skating opportunities than before in their first season running the team.

Arizona might not have as many rinks as a northern city, but they are constantly in use, and more and more adults are forced to share space with the next generation of NHL dreamers.

Sean Burke said Arizona remains a few years away from matching the junior programs in California and Texas, where the NHL landed first during the Sun Belt expansion. If a Brendan Burke or a Henrik Samuelsson or a Larraza or a Carroll break through and reach the Coyotes or any other team, it will provide an even bigger boost.

"If kids growing up now see Arizona guys in the NHL, they can say, 'He made it and I can too,'" Sean Burke said. "They become that poster on the wall that you stare at every night. We need to continue to improve the level of coaching, and those NHL guys, when their kids move on, we need them to stay involved and committed.

"Guys like Shane Doan and Derek Morris and Steve Sullivan, their kids are playing now and they are out on the ice practicing with those teams. If they stay involved and help that next group along, the improvement will just keep going."

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{coyotes} Glendale-Coyotes meeting might have violated law

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GLENDALE, Ariz. - Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers has asked the state attorney general to investigate a previously undisclosed meeting of City Council members and an Arizona Coyotes attorney in June 2013, days before the council approved a $225 million agreement with the team.

Weiers, who voted against the deal that kept the hockey team in Glendale, said he believes the meeting violated the Arizona's Open Meeting Law and revealed key information to the Coyotes about the city's negotiating position.

"I think it's a clear violation," he said. "That meeting is wrong on so many levels. It's like playing poker and showing your opponents all your cards."

Violations of the Open Meeting Law can rescind actions taken by elected officials, which could potentially void Glendale's deal with the team, which was then called the Phoenix Coyotes.

Council members Gary Sherwood and Yvonne Knaack dispute the allegation, though their version of events appears to conflict with an e-mail obtained by The Arizona Republic.

In the e-mail from Sherwood to Councilman Manny Martinez, Sherwood wrote that he and Knaack "spent over an hour with Nick Woods last night." Woods is an attorney representing IceArizona, the entity that owns the Coyotes.

He went on to write that, "Sammy (Chavira) is already on board as he was with us last night" and closed the e-mail by writing "Manny, please delete this email after you've read it."

Chavira is also a City Council member. Neither he nor Martinez responded to requests for comment.

The council approved a $225 million deal with IceArizona days later, on July 2, on a 4-3 vote, with Sherwood, Chavira, Knaack and Martinez voting yes.

Both Sherwood and Knaack said Monday that they did not violate the Open Meeting Law or disclose sensitive city information that would compromise negotiations with the Coyotes.

Sherwood said he and Knaack were in the same car as they spoke on a mobile phone with Woods to discuss ongoing issues for the Coyotes deal, which was approaching a deadline.

Martinez and Chavira were not there and did not take part in any discussion by phone, Knaack and Sherwood said.

Sherwood said he believes Weiers is making the claim because he was upset over the council's vote last week in favor of a tribal casino near Loop 101 and Northern Avenue.

Coyotes spokesman Rich Nairn declined to comment. Jeff Teetsel, the Westgate City Center development manager who also was a recipient of the e-mail, also did not comment.

Media attorney David Bodney, who represents The Republic, said the deliberations by the four council members who voted for the Coyotes deal were not held in a public meeting and "would be a likely violation of the Open Meeting Law."

The council approval of the Coyotes deal would be voided if it is determined that the Open Meeting Law was violated, he said.

The Glendale council would have 30 days after a violation ruling to ratify the Coyotes deal in an open meeting, Bodney said.

At the end of the business day Monday, the Attorney General's Office had not confirmed whether it received the investigation request from Weiers.

Sherwood said he advised Martinez to delete the message because Martinez was sensitive about not having a private e-mail address and relied only on his official city e-mail.

Sherwood said he had nothing to hide and did not delete his message to Martinez.

Sherwood's e-mail discusses arena parking, tax-exempt municipal bonds and an escape clause that would allow the city to evict the Coyotes.

Sherwood said the NHL would not allow an escape clause because the team could get evicted in the middle of the season and would have no place to play.

The councilman also said Woods was a "trusted friend" but indicated he did not feel comfortable with "anyone in the city manager's office or our acting city attorney."

The Republic obtained the e-mail through a public-records request. Sherwood sent the message from a personal e-mail account.

Earlier Monday, Weiers met with more than 20 Glendale residents who were outraged by the contents of the e-mail and called for an investigation. Some of those residents also had obtained copies of the e-mail over the weekend.

"They betrayed the trust of the people of Glendale," Bobby Cassares said of the four council members. "It can't get any worse than this."

Councilwoman Norma Alvarez, who voted against the Coyotes deal, said she was shocked to learn of the meeting.

"We're losing money because of deals like this," Alvarez said.

As part of the deal, the city paid IceArizona $15 million in the previous fiscal year to manage Jobing.com Arena and had expected to get back $6.8 million in parking and ticket revenue. The city received about $4.4 million.

City Attorney Michael Bailey is out of the office and unavailable to provide a legal opinion on the meeting last June and the subsequent e-mail to Martinez.

A gathering of, or discussion among, public officials is considered a public meeting if a majority of the members of an elected body are involved, according to the law. In the case of Glendale, that would be four out of seven City Council members. Public meetings are required to be open and announced with 24 hours of notice.

A three-member meeting of Sherwood, Chavira and Knaack could raise legal questions because Martinez was included in a post-meeting e-mail.

Arizona's Open Meeting Law defines a public meeting as a "gathering, in person or through technological devices, of a quorum of members of a public body at which they discuss, propose or take legal action, including any deliberations by a quorum with respect to such action."

Glendale was in the spotlight earlier in June 2013 for open-meeting issues involving the Coyotes. Council members met with Coyotes executives in a series of private meetings of one to three council members. That appeared by design to avoid having a quorum of the council.

The council purposefully circumvented the law, depriving the public of its right to listen to deliberations, Bodney said at the time. The city denied any violation and no action was taken.

A public official who violates the Open Meeting Law can be fined $500 and in some cases can be required to pay legal fees, state law says.

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{coyotes} Coyotes' agreement with city could be in jeopardy

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The deal last year that kept the Arizona Coyotes in Glendale, Ariz., could face a challenge after the city's mayor called for an investigation of a meeting last June between City Council members and a team attorney.

The meeting that took place several days before the council voted to approve a $225 million agreement with the NHL franchise could have violated the state's Open Meeting Law because key information was disclosed regarding the city's negotiating plans.

On Monday, Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers asked the state attorney general to investigate the previously undisclosed meeting. Weiers voted against the deal in June 2013 to keep the Coyotes in Glendale.

If an investigation is opened and a violation of the state's Open Meeting Law is found, the team's deal with the city could be potentially voided. If that happens, the city council would have 30 days ot ratify the Coyotes' deal in an open meeting.

"I think it's a clear violation," Weiers said, according to The Arizona Republic. "That meeting is wrong on so many levels. It's like playing poker and showing your opponents all your cards."

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BOE247          B773            arr Ju 17 from Paine Field for painting = B-KQP

BOE268          B788            dep Jul 18 to Charleston = ET-ARE

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{coyotes} David Moss re-signs with Coyotes while on his honeymoon

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The NHL's free-agent signing period opened three days before winger David Moss' wedding July 4 and six days before he embarked on a honeymoon in Turks and Caicos with his wife Erinn.

Surely, he figured, a deal could be worked out before he left the country.

But it wasn't until Moss was nearing the end of his beach vacation that he signed not one but two contracts, eventually settling on the one that kept him with the Arizona Coyotes.

"Not having a deal done added a little bit more stress, but it was great to get a deal done," Moss said. "It was a big relief. Obviously, I'm very excited to be going back to Phoenix — a team I know and like, and I feel very fortunate to be able to go back there."

Moss signed a one-year, $800,000 deal with the Coyotes on July 11, but a day earlier he had agreed to a two-year deal with Geneve-Servette of the Swiss league.

"I was pretty close to going to Switzerland just because I hadn't really had any concrete offers from any NHL teams, and I had a nice offer from Geneve in the Swiss league and it was going to provide me with an NHL out clause for a week given the chance that I signed with an NHL team," Moss said. "So I figured at this point, that was probably my best option."

Moss even reached out to former teammate Matthew Lombardi to get his opinion on the club. Lombardi spent last season with Geneve-Servette and led the Swiss league with 20 goals and 50 points in 46 games.

But the Coyotes triggered the out clause when General Manager Don Maloney tabled an offer.

"Phoenix is not a cap team, so they have a certain amount of money in their budget and they have to make it work," Moss said. "I understood that and was patient. At the end of the day, I was happy that they made me an offer and really excited to get back."

This will be Moss' third season with the Coyotes. A depth winger, he's been used as a penalty killer and in a matchup role. His upside seems to be along the boards when he can generate pressure and momentum off a strong cycle and when he's forechecking.

But Moss was critical of his offensive performance last season, discouraged by his eight goals and 22 points.

"Talking with them, I know they're happy with the role I have and hopefully they still are when I come back and can help the team," he said. "I'm the type of guy that fits the system well, that can play in different positions and do a lot of little things well.

"Hopefully you put up better offensive numbers, but at the end of the day you're just trying to help the team win and do the little things right, which has kind of been Phoenix's staple. They get guys who do the right things, and the offense comes from a group of guys."

Motivation, it seems, won't be hard to come by next season.

"I'm looking to come into camp and be one of the guys trying to earn his ice time," Moss said. "That's for sure."

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GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Arizona Coyotes signed first round draft pick Brendan Perlini to a three-year entry-level contract on Friday.

The terms of the contract were not disclosed.

"We are very pleased to sign Brendan to an entry-level contract," said Coyotes general manager Don Maloney. "Brendan is a strong skater with great size and skill. He had an impressive prospect development camp and we look forward to watching his development."

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Perlini, who was selected 12th overall by Arizona in the 2014 draft, registered 34 goals and 37 assists in 58 games with the Ontario Hockey League's Niagara IceDogs in 2013-14.

He led the IceDogs in goals and finished second on the team in scoring. He was also named the most sportsmanlike player on the IceDogs last season.

The 18-year-old native of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., helped Canada win bronze at the 2014 junior world championship, scoring three goals and adding one assist in the tournament.

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