After four long years under the tutelage of “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky, the Coyotes are having their best season in their history this season. Not even when the team was known as the Winnipeg Jets did the team reach 44 wins. Coach Dave Tippett’s team defeated the Florida Panthers 4-3 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Thursday to give the team it’s franchise all-time high in victories. The Coyotes have won seven games in a row and sitting currently in fourth place in the Western Conference. It was the 2001-02 season when the Coyotes last made the playoffs, but the team locks a lock for the postseason this year. Picking up Radim Vrbata from the Tampa Bay Lighting might have been the off season move of the year, because the Czech winger has been a terrific in a Coyotes uniform. Vrbata tied the game at 3 a piece with less than a minute left to go in the game and then won it for Coyotes in the Overtime shoot out. Today should be a proud day for Coyotes fans in the Valley of the Sun.