Ramblings: Doughty Signing, Tavares, Reirden Hiring, plus more…
Doughty Signing, Tavares, Rierden Hiring, plus more… […]
Fantasy Take: Washington Names Reirden Bench Boss
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 [...]
Frozen Pool Forensics: Bounce-Back Candidates – Part 1
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 [...]
Ramblings: Ward, Bernier, Marchand, Simmonds, Parise, and More – June 29
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 [...]
Fantasy Impact: Penguins trade Sheary and Hunwick to Buffalo for Draft Pick
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 [...]
Capped: Looking Ahead to Free Agent Frenzy
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 [...]
Ramblings: Sheary Traded to Buffalo, Sheahan Re-Signs, Anderson, Zacha – June 28
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 [...]
Ramblings: Draft-Eligible Player Rankings
Draft-Eligible Player Rankings […]
Eastern Edge: Regression in Save Percentage and Goalie Targets
It pains me every year to start looking at goalie stats, picking goalies is notoriously difficult. Do you hate picking goalies so much that you’ll sacrifice a first round pick on Carey Price just so you can set it and forget it? Right, and then last season happens are you’re sitting there with the thoughts [...]