"Ask and you shall receive.

At least that's how it looked, what with forward Wojtek Wolski's agent asking Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney for a trade on Sunday and the 24-year-old getting shipped out the next day to the New York Rangers for defenseman Michal Rozsival.

Fact is, Maloney had been shopping for an experienced defenseman to complete his top two pairings of blueliners for the past two months and it was pure luck that the deal came on the heels of Wolski's request.

It's a deal where all sides appear to be happy with the outcome. New York needs offensive help with Alexander Frolov shelved for the season with a knee injury and could definitely use the cap space that losing Rozsival's $5 million salary this season brings. And the Coyotes wanted more experience on the back end while Sami Lepisto, David Schlemko and Oliver Ekman-Larsson progress without a constant blanket of pressure from a playoff race. This also gives youngsters Mikkel Boedker and Brett MacLean an opportunity with the big club.

But the enigma that is Wolski still remains. This is his third NHL team and second trade in less than a year, not an encouraging sign for a player who isn't even 25 years old. He was traded from the Colorado Avalanche in search of a fresh start and now he leaves Phoenix after 61 games for another fresh start in New York.

"For whatever reason, it didn't work this year," Maloney said. "The fit wasn't there. We couldn't find any chemistry with him and any linemates. I don't know why. If you ask me, I don't know why. I don't think any of us know what happened.""