The time for talk is over.

After years of accumulating high draft picks and developing those talents in the minors, Arizona Coyotes owner Andrew Barroway is ready for his team to step up.

"We think we have the best young talent, and it's time to stop talking about how great our young talent is and see them produce," Barroway - the new sole owner of the Coyotes - told "NHL Tonight" on Monday. "I think they're ready. Certainly, I can tell you're they're really excited to play for (new head coach Rick) Tocchet. They're thrilled."

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It's been a tough go in the desert in recent seasons, with the Coyotes sitting out the playoffs for five years running. The team's last postseason appearance came in 2012, as a veteran-laden club led by Shane Doan, Mike Smith, and Ray Whitney, among others.

But that success didn't carry through to recent campaigns, as the Coyotes haven't cracked the 80-point plateau in any of the past three seasons. The low point came in 2014-15, when the team missed out on generational talents in Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, but still landed Dylan Strome with the third selection.

Strome, a top center with the OHL's Erie Otters, could be among the young players set to break in with the NHL club next season. As many as nine players under 23 could be part of the Coyotes' roster in 2017-18:

While it's unknown if the young mix - coupled with new acquisitions Derek Stepan, Niklas Hjalmarsson, and Antti Raanta, plus a new bench boss in Tocchet - will be enough to guide the Coyotes back to the postseason, it's certainly the goal.

"It's hard to win the Cup when you don't get into the playoffs," Barroway said. "We've just got to get in first. We'd like to try to get in this year."

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The Detroit Red Wings have come up with their number for Tomas Tatar, and according to Sportsnet's Elliote Friedman, that figure is just a bit short of what the winger is asking for.

As Friedman reports, Detroit is willing to pay Tatar $4.1 million annually. However, Tatar is seeking $5.3 million per season after leading the offensively challenged Wings in 2016-17 with 25 goals.

Last week, it was reported that Tatar's camp was also seeking a seven-year deal, with the Wings unwilling to go past five. The extra two years being sought by the 26-year-old Czech are somewhat eyebrow-raising, given his failure to live up to initially high expectations coupled with his mediocre offensive output (he's fallen short of the 50-point plateau in each of the last two campaigns).

Tatar is a restricted free agent and filed for arbitration July 5.

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The St. Louis Blues and defenseman Colton Parayko reportedly have some ground to make up if they want to come to terms on a contract before an arbitration hearing slated for July 20.

Parayko is a restricted free agent and is seeking a one-year deal for $4.85 million, while the team is looking to put pen to paper on a two-year contract that would pay him $3.4 million and $3.6 million, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

The 24-year-old is coming off a two-year, $1.85-million deal, but in his first two seasons in the league he has quickly become one of the Blues' most dependable defenders.

Parayko has posted 33 and 35 points respectively - good enough for third in team scoring among Blues defensemen during that time - while averaging the fourth-most ice time. He also tallied the second-most blocked shots and the third-most takeaways.

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A Thunder Bay, Ontario, native had a surprise guest show up at his lemonade stand over the weekend.

Gavin - a young goalie and fan of fellow Thunder Bay native Matt Murray - ran a lemonade stand on Sunday to raise money for Easter Seals and the local Humane Society. And as fate would have it, his hometown hero showed up.

Murray made sure to grab a cup of lemonade before signing a stick for Gavin and posing for a few pictures.

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As the sibling of the most famous hockey player on the planet, it's easy to understand if Taylor Crosby is used to being called "Sidney Crosby's sister" from time to time.

For that exact reason, we have to give Taylor some props for using her St. Cloud State player bio as an opportunity to poke some fun at her famous older brother and captain of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins:

Taylor is heading into her third season with the Huskies, and if she's even half the player her brother is, St. Cloud State has found itself a keeper.

- With h/t to Sportsnet

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The owner of the Vegas Golden Knights is claiming the expansion club's ticket sales rival that of the Stanley Cup champions and several other legacy franchises.

"We are number five, six or seven in terms of ticket revenue in the league," Foley said to Mark Ewing of Forbes in a profile published Sunday night.

"That’s how good Las Vegas has been to us," he added. "Edmonton has more revenue in their brand-new arena. The Rangers, Toronto, Chicago Blackhawks, they’re all ahead of us. Montreal is right with us. We have more revenue than the Flyers, Penguins, the Boston Bruins. Most of our tickets are multi-year. The lower bowl is three to ten years.”

The Golden Knights got thousands of ticket commitments before the team had actually been awarded, and long before the construction of T-Mobile Arena was complete.

"I knew nothing about how to do a ticket drive," Foley said. "We fumbled around with it, and at the end of about 60 days we had 11,000 deposits for season tickets for a team that did not exist to play in an arena that had not been built.

"The arena was not finished until April of (2016). We have (now) sold 13,500 of the 17,000 seats. We sold all the suites - we held back five suites to bring in guests. All the opera boxes on the third floor are nearly gone. Game-day ticket sales are the most important thing in the NHL because everyone wants to see a game live."

The NHL's 31st franchise will begin its inaugural season this fall.

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After failing to receive a qualifying offer from the New York Rangers this offseason, forward Brandon Pirri is set to head overseas and join the ZSC Lions in Switzerland, Larry Brooks of the New York Post reports.

However, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman indicates the 26-year-old is planning to stay in North America.

Pirri signed in New York as a free agent last offseason, inking a one-year, $1.1-million contract. In 60 games with the Rangers, he recorded eight goals and 10 assists, but as the season progressed, he often found himself in the press box as a healthy scratch.

A second-round pick in 2009, Pirri has struggled to secure an NHL gig throughout his career, playing for the Blackhawks, Panthers, Ducks, and Rangers since 2013-14.

Interestingly enough, Pirri will join former Rangers teammate Kevin Klein in Zurich, as the club announced the signing of the recently retired veteran defenseman Friday.

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The Nashville Predators are rewarding their unexpected postseason contributor.

Frederick Gaudreau has agreed to a three-year contract with the Predators, the first two years of which are two-way and the final year of which will become a one-way deal.

It carries an NHL salary of $650,000 and an AHL value of $70,000 in each of the first two seasons, and will pay him $700,000 in the third year.

The 24-year-old scored the eventual winning goals in Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins, becoming the second player in NHL history and first in 73 years to score each of his first three NHL markers in the championship round.

He made his Stanley Cup playoff debut in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final against the Anaheim Ducks after appearing in nine regular-season games for Nashville.

Gaudreau was an undrafted free agent who originally signed a two-year pact with the Predators in January 2016.

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