The Vancouver Canucks have signed goalie Braden Holtby to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $4.3 million. The Canucks get: Holtby, the 2016 Vezina Trophy winner and a 2018 Stanley Cup champion. After posting stellar numbers between the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons (sub-2.25 GAA, .920+ SV%), Holtby has struggled over the past [...]
The Edmonton Oilers signed forward Kyle Turris to a two-year contract ($1.65M AAV). The Oilers Get: a former top-six center who never seemed to take that step and become a legit first-liner, and who has faded dramatically over the last two seasons. Fantasy Players Impacted: Turris will slot into the Oilers’ lineup as the third-line [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Florida Panthers have signed forward Carter Verhaeghe to a two-year deal worth $1M AAV, and defenseman Radko Gudas to a three-year deal worth $2.5M AAV. The Panthers Get: A depth forward in Verhaeghe who can chip in some production with minimal ice time. They also get a hardnosed big hitter on defense [...]
One of the secrets of fantasy hockey is that Minnesota has been probably the best place for goalies to play for years now, or at least on the shortlist. Their system, it seems regardless of coach, does a very good job of forcing shots to the outside, making easier saves for goalies, which allows them [...]
Bobby Ryan is off to Motor City as the Detroit Red Wings signed him to a one-year deal worth $1M. Ryan entered the league’s recovery program for alcohol abuse last year and returned to the Senators with a hat trick in his first home game. It’s a night that’ll be hard to forget. What [...]
The Washington Capitals have put pen to paper with The King. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has signed a one-year deal to become their backup. The Capitals get: a really great fit here. They have one of the top young goaltenders in Ilya Samsonov and they are clearly going forward with him as their guy. But he [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs signed winger Wayne Simmonds to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. The Leafs get: a power forward on the tail-end of a productive fantasy hockey career. Although that tail-end has lasted for several years now. But from 2013 to 2016 there was no more coveted a power forward in [...]
Ever since Bryan Little’s injuries cropped up a few years ago, the Jets have long been in need of a second-line centre. They traded for Kevin Hayes at the deadline in 2019, and traded for Cody Eakin in 2020. They also added Stastny a couple years ago and he was wonderful for them. Well, the [...]
Things are certainly moving along in this NHL ‘summer’. We have a Stanley Cup champion, we have drafted players, and we have a few trades. Dobber Hockey, as always, has hit the ground running with trade analysis for all the fantasy-worthy trades - giving you the takes you need to consider the fantasy impacts. There [...]
Well, we’ve arrived. Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone! Also, it’s Free Agent Frenzy Day, I guess. Dobber and myself will be around all day to post articles on the impact of major signings. These take some time to whip up, so we’ll need more than four minutes after a signing is announced, but rest assured, we’ll [...]
