(Scottsdale) The Arizona Coyotes have given general manager Bill Armstrong a multi-season contract extension as they continue their rebuild.
However, details of the agreement were not revealed on Wednesday.
“Over the past three years, Bill has done an excellent job restructuring our hockey operations department and rebuilding our hockey team,” Coyotes owner Alex Maruelo said in a press release.
The Coyotes had hired Armstrong in 2020 to succeed John Chayka, who was at loggerheads with the Arizona organization just before the start of the playoffs which had been held in a health bubble due to the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus.
Armstrong had the mandate to rebuild a team that hadn’t made the playoffs since reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2012 — that was before qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2020.
Armstrong opted to start all over again, trading several veterans of the organization in order to secure draft picks. He also hired Quebec head coach André Tourigny, and gave him a contract extension earlier this summer.
Armstrong had arrived in the wilderness after serving as assistant general manager and director of amateur scouting with the St. Louis Blues between 2018 and 2020.