The Colorado Avalanche have acquired forward Brandon Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm. The Avalanche get: Saad, a potential middle six forward who finishes his second stint with the Blackhawks. After being traded back to the Hawks from Columbus in a deal that [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded winger Andreas Johnsson to the New Jersey Devils for prospect winger Joey Anderson. The Leafs get: a hardworking, gritty player custom-made for the third line. Anderson brings energy and a decent enough offensive touch for the role. They can finally stop slotting scoring line players into such a role [...]
Following what can only be described as a down year in Toronto, Tyson Barrie is heading to Edmonton on a one-year deal worth $3.75 million. With the likelihood of the Oilers starting the next season without Oscar Klefbom in the lineup, and potentially many games after that, the Oilers needed to find someone to run [...]
The Boston Bruins have signed right wing Craig Smith to a three-year contract worth $3.1 million per season. The Bruins get: Smith, a 31-year-old winger who was one of what seemed like an unlimited number of middle-six forwards in Nashville. Having said that, he has been consistently at or near the half-point-per-game mark for the [...]
It has been quite the week for hockey fanatics. From the Entry Draft all the way to a hectic Free Agent Frenzy, there has been no shortage of excitement. Of course, I will be focusing my attention on the draft, which if I am being honest, seemed to drag on for an eternity. It was [...]
The Detroit Red Wings moved on from Jimmy Howard, the guy who had been more-or-less their starter for the last decade. It opened up a spot in net but with the plethora of goalies available, it wouldn’t be hard to replace him. The Wings did just that by signing Thomas Greiss to a two-year contract [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - October edition (and it's a big one...) They're here! The 2020 Draftees are now in the template, and this is how they shake out. Enjoy! Remember - players rated within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered [...]
Editors/Writers : Michael Clifford, Ian Gooding, Dobber FANTASY TAKES : - Devils land CRAWFORD - KRUG picks the Blues - BRODIE breaks for Toronto - HINOSTROZA off to Florida - Flames hit their mark with MARKSTROM - Capitals gain SCHULTZ - SHATTENKRIK now a Duck - WENNBERG heads to Florida - Canucks ink HOLTBY [...]
The first day of Free Agent Frenzy Day didn’t disappoint, if you enjoy the volume of signings that happen all at once. You’ll see the breakdowns of all the major signings (and a few of the minor ones) in our Fantasy Take articles, so I won’t rehash them all here. Instead, I’ll use the Ramblings [...]
The New Jersey Devils have signed goalie Corey Crawford to a two-year contract worth $7.8 million. The Devils get: Crawford, a 35-year-old goalie who has spent his entire career with the Blackhawks, including Stanley Cup wins in 2013 and 2015. After a shaky 2018-19 (2.93 GAA, .908 SV%), he managed to rebound to some degree [...]
