Arizona Coyotes aim to take step forward despite ongoing rebuild

Arizona finished with 57 points last season. The team traded away most of its top players and all three goalies to stockpile future draft picks. This year, the core of last year's team is back, led by forwards Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz and Christian Fischer. 20 of the team's first 24 games are on the road. Arizona's next home game is on October 28. They play their first game at the new Mullett Arena with Arizona State's hockey team.

The Arizona Coyotes will play the next three seasons at Arizona State's Mullett Arena. The arena has a 5,000-seat capacity. It is the smallest in the NHL.

Chychrun is available for a trade. He is a top-line defenseman for the Arizona Coyotes. ChyChrun was injured for most of the summer and missed training camp. He had wrist and ankle surgeries.

Keller had a career-high 28 goals and 35 assists last season. He broke his leg late in the season, but he still had an impressive season for the 5-foot-10, 178-pound forward.

Vejmelka will start his second season as Arizona's No. 1 goalie. He finished second among NHL rookies with 52 games and 49 starts last season.