The Arizona Coyotes are the butt of the vast majority of jokes in the National Hockey League, thanks to their horrendous arena situation after being thrown out of Gila River Arena in Glendale Arizona this summer. Now forced to play out of a college arena for at least the next 3 seasons, the Yotes have taken a ton of heat for the horrendous locker room conditions, lack of a goal horn for home games and the fact that their current capacity at Mullett Arena is approximately 5,000 and they failed to sell out the first game.
While it seems to be open season for everyone to dunk on the Coyotes and their temporary arena situation, there is one NHLer who went out of his way to pay the Yotes a compliment when it comes to their new home rink.