The Coyotes have three picks in the first round, beginning with No. 3. They also have No. 27, which they acquired from the Montreal Canadiens for forward Christian Dvorak on Sept. 4, and the Colorado Avalanche's first-round pick, which they acquired in the trade for goalie Darcy Kuemper on July 28. With the Avalanche still competing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, that draft pick has yet to be determined.
The Coyotes also have four second-round picks. In addition to their own, they own the selections of the New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose Sharks.
The draft will be held at Bell Centre in Montreal from July 7-8.
"We've gone through it, we like what's there in the draft," Armstrong said Saturday during the NHL Scouting Combine. "It's a little spotty in some areas, but there's some good players there. And I think with the depth of it, I can see us making all those picks.
"There's a lot of opportunity to do a lot of other things in the draft, whether it be move up and get in some other areas too, so we'll look at every possible scenario that's going to be out there."
With the number of high picks the Coyotes have, one option could be selecting a player they like higher than his perceived draft slot. Armstrong said that is something he and his staff have discussed, and it's something he went through when he was an amateur scout for the St. Louis Blues and they had two first-round picks at the 2010 NHL Draft.
"We had the safe pick, we took Jaden Schwartz (No. 14), and we swung for Vladimir**
