The NHL draft is always full of surprises and this year was no different. Things got started early with a surprise top-five pick and continued throughout the first round. Here are a few such picks that caused a few eyebrows to raise on the draft floor. Barrett Hayton While the first four picks [...]
Doughty Signing, Tavares, Rierden Hiring, plus more… […]
Once Barry Trotz resigned from head coaching duties of the Washington Capitals, the assumption was that associate coach Todd Reirden would take over. This finally came to pass on Friday afternoon as Washington named Reirden as the team’s new head coach. Reirden has been on the Capitals coaching staff since 2014, as outlined in [...]
There’s plenty of fantasy heroes season after season but we also see disappointment from others to accompany the positives. It can’t always be cheery when discussing players who did not perform to expectations, though many of the following players have valid reasons for down campaigns in 2017-18. Indeed, some just plain and simply did [...]
We are just a couple of days away from one of the busiest days in the NHL schedule, Free Agent Frenzy. It’s a great day for many hockey fans to relax, fire up the barbecue, and find out about how their team’s fortunes may change for the upcoming season and beyond. If you’re an [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded diminutive winger Conor Sheary, along with defenseman Matt Hunwick to the Buffalo Sabres for a conditional fourth-round draft pick that can become a third rounder if certain conditions are met. The Penguins get: over $5 million in salary relief. I stress time and again on here how important this [...]
This was mentioned last week, but again, the salary cap for the upcoming 2018-2019 season will be $79.5M. Adjust accordingly. **** Between the Entry Draft and Free-Agent Frenzy day, this week is one of the best of the summer. The draft is a day full of hope (and usually torment if you live anywhere [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins cleared some cap space by making a trade with Buffalo on Wednesday. Forward Conor Sheary and defenceman Matt Hunwick were sent to the Sabres in return for a conditional 2019 fourth-round pick. This trade leaves the Penguins with about $8.1-million or so in cap space with only Jamie Oleksiak left to [...]
