When you cover the Coyotes for a quarter century, you learn a lot about readers' and viewers' preferences. One thing that has remained true over that span of time is this: Fans love inside access, whether it's a glimpse inside the locker room, a glimpse inside player's lives, training processes and game approach, or a glimpse inside the war room on draft day.

I'm taking you inside another space seldom seen by fans: a day off in the life of a Coyotes beat writer.

For the handful of you that kept reading after that paragraph, yesterday was an in-season rarity at PHNX Sports. Petey, Leah, Danielle and I did not have to record a show on Wednesday and there was no Coyotes practice or game...