The Phoenix Coyotes announced today that San Antonio Rampage Center Joel Perrault has cleared re-entry waivers and has been called up by the Phoenix Coyotes. This season he has amassed 23 points (11 goals and 12 assists) in 27 games this season with the San Antonio Rampage (AHL).

Speculation on this would be that this is a depth move for the Coyotes or that he’s being showcased for a trade. My money is on that this is nothing but a depth move. I haven’t been able to find any AHL solid non-scoring stats by press time as they just aren’t available on most public AHL websites. If he does have faceoff skills this can only help the Coyotes.

The Strange item to note is that with the addition of Perrault, the Coyotes:

1) Have four Centers according to their websites and…
2) Have Six Centers according to the official NHL game stats sheets