Patrick Marleau who captained the Phoenix Coyotes in Season 6 now will be sporting a new uniform.

Patrick Marleau    Patrick Sharp       Oscar Moller

The players involved in the Penguins and Coyotes deal.

Blockbuster deal sees Alexander (Mr. Phoenix) Ovechkin comeback to the Phoenix Coyotes in a five player swap with the Ottawa Senators

Ovechkin accepting one of his accolades is going back to where it started along with Pekka Rinne.

Phoenix, Arizona

With 7 RFA's and 2 UFA's on the Pro roster in Phoenix along with 16 RFA's in San Antonio there could be a lot of turn over in the off-season.

Gervais Larouche admitted that he would assess the club himself since he is not looking to hire the coaching staff until the club is completed. "I just feel that there is no need to rush to find a suitable staff. I prefer to make sure all the pieces are in place so that they can come in and evaluate the staff with a fresh outlook."

Above Sean Hill who was as been rock solid for the Coyotes since the trade deadline is now out 2 to 4 weeks with a sprained knee.

Captain Shane Doan and Brent Seabrook above now heading to Carolina Hurricanes while below David Booth and Keith Carney will now wear Coyotes colors.

With Phoenix unable to gain ground in the playoff race, things are heating up for the struggling franchise in the wrong way especially when this franchise as yet to make the playoffs in it's brief tenure in the CMHL.

Bergeron, Jovanovsky and Higgins are some of the new faces added to the change the General Manager was talking about.

Things could be looking much different in the next few days.

With the Allstar break fast approaching, it only means that we are moving closer to a deadline. That deadline is the TRADE DEADLINE!

Above Rafalski is very familiar with this time of year.