Kyle Turris Kyle Turris ( born August 14 , 1989 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre . He is currently a restricted free agent whose rights belong to the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was selected third overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft . Playing career . As a 16 - year - old in the British Columbia Hockey League ( BCHL ) , Turris scored 72 points in 57 games for the Burnaby Express in 2005 – 06 and was awarded the Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy for the Coastal Conference as rookie of the year . The following year , he finished second in league scoring with 121 points and was named the Coastal Conference ' s Most Valuable Player . Adding 26 points in 14 games , Turris led the Express to the BCHL championship , advancing to the 2006 Royal Bank Cup , Canada ' s national Junior A championship . He would score a hat trick in the final game against the Yorkton Terriers of the SJHL and led the tournament in scoring as the Express won the championship . Named the 2007 Canadian Junior A Player of the Year , he was ranked first overall among North American skaters by Central Scouting and third among all skaters by International Scouting Services for the upcoming draft . In the subsequent 2007 NHL Entry Draft , he was drafted third overall by the Phoenix Coyotes , behind Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk . Turris stands as the highest ever drafted Tier II Junior " A " player since the level ' s inception by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1970 . Turris had the option of playing major junior rather than Junior A , as his WHL rights were held by the Vancouver Giants , but he opted to stay with the Express so that he could play collegiate hockey in the U . S . once eligible . Accordingly , Turris joined the Wisconsin Badgers of the NCAA ' s Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 2007 – 08 and recorded a team - high 35 points in 36 games . After Turris ' s season in Wisconsin ended , he signed an entry level contract with the Phoenix Coyotes on March 31 , 2008 , and joined the team for their final three games of the season . He made his NHL debut on April 3 against the Dallas Stars and recorded his first point , an assist , in his third game on April 6 against the Anaheim Ducks . Starting 2008 – 09 with the Coyotes the following season , Turris scored his first NHL goal on October 12 , 2008 , digging a rebound out from under goaltender Jean - Sébastien Giguère ' s pad in a 4 - 2 win against the Anaheim Ducks . After becoming a restricted free agent on July 1 , 2011 , failed contract negotiations with the Coyotes resulted in Turris holding out for the start of the 2011 – 12 season . With Turris absent from Phoenix ' s training camp , ESPN reported in September 2011 that Turris had requested a US $ 3 – 4 million salary . His demands caused speculation in the media that he wanted to be traded from the team . By late - October , a month into the season , Turris ' agent , Kurt Overhardt , confirmed that the player had requested a trade , asserting that contract negotiations had " never been about money " . International play . In the 2005 World U - 17 Hockey Challenge Turris earned a silver medal playing for Canada Pacific . The following year , he received gold with Team Canada at the 2006 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament Early in his second season in the BCHL , Turris competed in the inaugural 2006 World Junior A Challenge , an international Junior A tournament . Playing with Canada West , he led the tournament in scoring and was named tournament MVP as Canada West won the gold medal over Canada East . At the end of the 2006 - 07 season , he competed in the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships , although Team Canada failed to medal . Several months later , Turris played in the 2007 Super Series , an eight - game challenge series between Russia and Canada ' s national under - 20 teams . He led the series in goal scoring with 7 as Canada won the series 7 - 0 - 1 . In the eighth and final game , held in his hometown of Vancouver , Turris scored 2 goals and was named the game MVP . In 2008 , Turris led Team Canada in scoring at the World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic en route to a gold medal . Personal life . Turris was born to Bruce and Vikky Turris in New Westminster , British Columbia . Bruce Turris is a retired lacrosse player , inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a former member of the Western Lacrosse Association ' s Vancouver Burrards . Turris graduated high school from St . Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby , British Columbia . Growing up , he excelled in numerous sports . He was a member of the junior New Westminster Salmonbellies lacrosse team and also played the position of quarterback for three years before focusing on hockey full - time .