Niemi's award is for $2.75 million and one year. Unless Chicago finds a suitor for Campbell, Niemi won't be back. Marty Turco, anybody? San Jose re-signed Devin Setoguchi - one year, $1.8 million. Very cheap, but he will be looking for a payday next summer. This frees up a bit more space for [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Islanders have acquired defenseman James Wisniewski from the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional 3rd round draft pick in 2011.
Fantasy Impact: Tampa Bay has signed gritty center Dominic Moore to a two-year contract.
Aaaand.... Wisniewski is now on the move to Long Island (3rd round pick in 2011). Does this mean Anaheim is trading for a defenseman? Anaheim has signed defenseman James Wisniewski - one year, $3.25 million. Seems a bit pricey but $3 million and above seems to be the going rate for a top [...]
Russ is on hiatus for the summer, so I’ll be filling in for him. You Dobberities won’t miss out on the Eastern Conference half of the information for your fantasy leagues in these series of columns.
School of Block for today is a diatribe on Pascal Leclaire and the impact Rick Wamsley might have on his game. Don't get your hopes up, but there's a slim chance his issues are fixed. I also went back and answered the Luongo vs. Rinne gap analysis question. Both are capable of winning 40 games [...]
As with the last few years, a number of players moved from the KHL to America. Sure there have also been some transfers the other way around, such as Evgeny Nabokov signing a 4-yr deal with SKA St. Petersburg or Tuesday’s news of Yann Danis signing with Amur Khabarovsk, but let's focus on the chances of the relatively unknown former KHL players with their NHL clubs.
The Ducks have signed Cam Fowler to an entry-level contract. I have him in the guide as...well, you'll just have to see ;) Craig Custance is reporting that Phoenix is in talks with Lee Stempniak. I fully expect him to sign there, thus hurting either Tikhonov or MacLean as far as making the [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to a deal with Alexei Ponikarovsky per TSN. The contract is for one year.
Fantasy Impact: The New York Rangers have signed left winger Alexander Frolov to a one-year deal worth $3 million.
