.@ArizonaCoyotes GM John Chayka re: Marek Langhamer: "Marek is heading back to the Czech Republic to get consistent starts and to continue to grow his game. It speaks to the depth of our pipeline of good young goalies as we seek to develop the next wave of Coyotes goalies."
Rick Tocchet on tonight's loss: "There's been too many games we've lost with 5 minutes left. We have to correct that. I guess I've got to find a better way of coaching that last 5 minutes. It's disheartening because it's happened too many times this year."
GM John Chayka says this move is simply about keeping the AHL defensemen playing. No corresponding roster move is expected before Thursday. At that point, the Coyotes will likely recall another defenseman. Nik Hjalmarsson is not ready to come off IR
Rick Tocchet re: playing TBL, the NHL's highest-scoring team: “I don’t want to back off. You’ve got to play an aggressive style. You want them to play defense, too. You don’t want to just back off and let them have the blue line. It’s kind of a give and take."
Rick Tocchet will face @TBLightning for 1st time as an opposing head coach tonight. Tocchet was head coach of TBL from 2008-10 and posted a 53-69-26 record in 148 games as bench boss of the Bolts.
Rick Tocchet after 4-1 loss to TBL: “We just looked tired. We weren’t sharp at all, we were dull. We did a lot of, I hate using the word dumb, but we did some dumb things out there because we looked tired ... Some guys just kind of gave in."