by Christopher BottaFiled under: Coyotes, NHL Free Agency
There's no use in listing all the teams that will contact Allan Walsh, the agent for Zbynek Michalek, should the Phoenix Coyotes defenseman become an unrestricted free agent at noon on Thursday. Fact is, there isn't a franchise in the NHL that wouldn't want Michalek on its blue line.Therein lies the trouble for prospective bidders, and the blessing for Michalek (and Walsh). The defenseman is polished, competitive, accomplished, durable, coachable and just entering his prime. In many free agency previews he has also been called "affordable." We wouldn't be so sure. Let's take a look.
Vitals: The man his teammates call "Z" -- and the brother of Ottawa forward Milan Michalek -- is 6-foot-2, 210 pounds. He is a prime free-agent catch for many teams because he doesn't turn 28 until December. About that durability, Michalek has played all 82 of the Coyotes' regular-season games in three of the last five years. He missed just 17 combined in the other two seasons. In his five-season career with Phoenix, he has averaged over 22 minutes a game.
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