Thursday's Coyotes Tracks - Tobias Rieder's agent asks for a trade

Coyotes News

Coyote goalie's mask a canvas for Canadian artist | FOX Sports
Today's masks, with their elaborate artwork, can also tell a story about the people behind them.

Arizona Coyotes' Brad Richardson mentoring young centers - AZCentral
Brad Richardson was the third-most experienced center on the Coyotes’ roster in terms of regular-season games played, but now he's No.1.

Arizona Coyotes confidential with Louis Domingue - AZCentral
Each day of training camp, azcentral sports will profile a Coyotes player. Today's spotlight is on Louis Domingue.

Tobias Rieder's agent wants trade; Coyotes announce cuts - Arizona Sports
Tobias Rieder's agent believes it might be best for the Arizona Coyotes to trade his client.

NHL odds: Coyotes biggest long shot to make playoffs in 2016-17 – ProHockeyTalk
Haters gonna hate.

News From Around the Hockey World

Ranking the five Game 2s in World Cup history | The Hockey News
Five out of seven World/Canada Cups have been best-of-three finals, so let's take a look back at those five games, and rank them from worst to best.

Kesler was ‘really disappointed’ with World Cup atmosphere – ProHockeyTalk
"I thought there’d be more of a buzz in Toronto. There wasn’t … It just didn’t seem like there was a buzz."

Ilya Samsonov is dominating the KHL right now ‹ Russian Machine Never Breaks
2015 first-round pick Ilya Samsonov is currently dominating the KHL right now and having his best stretch as a pro.

Islanders sign Dennis Seidenberg for some reason - Lighthouse Hockey
Per Darren Dreger, Arthur Staple and few others this afternoon, the Islanders have agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract with defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, who was recently bought out by the Boston Bruins.

Team Europe finds Canada’s flaws, its own confidence in loss - Yahoo Sports
Frans Nielsen of Team Europe said playing Canada is an exercise in dashed expectations and sudden frustration.

Ottawa sends Brown, 11th overall draft pick, back to junior – ProHockeyTalk
One of the first notable first-rounders to be sent packing from camp.

Zdeno Chara goes all in for Team Europe at World Cup - Yahoo Sports
Despite Team Europe not having a national identity, the players are still in it to win.

Report: Ekblad cleared by Panthers doctors – ProHockeyTalk
Good news.

Report: Jets’ Ask for Jacob Trouba to Red Wings was Too Great for Ken Holland - Winging It In Motown
Apparently the Trouba's cost was too much for the Red Wings.

Oilers Assign Seven Players to the Condors, Release Ryan Vesce - The Copper & Blue
More training camp cuts. Today eight more players were sent packing.

The Final Howl

Scary mascots, World Cup injuries, Jacob Trouba (Puck Daddy Countdown)
(Ed. Note: The column formerly known as the Puck Daddy Power Rankings. Ryan Lambert takes a look at some of the biggest issues and stories in the NHL, and counts them down.)