We had a very entertaining draft earlier in the week, and the folks over at DobberProspects had you covered the entire way through. With free agency opening on Friday though, it’s now my Christmas and time in the spotlight. I’ll have you covered the entire way with anything you may need as free agency open [...]
Even buyouts have fantasy implications, and there have been a few of them in this offseason. Let’s examine what the important ones could mean to the player and the team that decided to part with their contract. Kyle Turris Perhaps surprisingly, the Predators decided that Turris producing at half a point per game or [...]
The Oilers signed forward Jesse Puljujarvi to a two-year deal worth $1.175M per season. The 22-year old forward played in Europe last year after playing parts of three seasons with Edmonton. It seemed the bridge was burned but with a new regime in charge, Pulju returns. I have illustrated it before, but now that he’s [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have done a marvelous job replenishing their system following their glory years some five years ago or so. Kupari, Fagemo, Vilardi, Turcotte, Kaliyev, and now Byfield and Grans. That is a loaded depth chart. The Kings added to their prospect depth by trading a second-round pick to the New York Rangers [...]
The Minnesota Wild trade forward Luke Kunin and the 101st overall draft pick to the Nashville Predators for forward Nick Bonino, the 37th overall draft pick and the 70th overall draft pick. The Wild get: A 32-year-old coming off his best season in five years. Nashville essentially sold high here on Bonino, who is a [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded goaltender Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators for Jonathan Gruden and the 52nd overall draft pick. The Senators get: Their starting goalie. Murray will be their starting goaltender of the future if he can stay healthy this season. Murray will be their stopgap solution if he gets hurt – yet again [...]
Welcome back to your monthly installment of Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, which, for new readers, is a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Here though, instead of there being three bowls of porridge I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), [...]
It finally arrived. We always knew it would, at some point, but for the 31 prospects selected on Tuesday night, it was a long journey than any before them. The first round of the NHL Entry Draft wrapped up with many a storyline. Let’s dive in. Warning, there will be clips. ** Before the [...]
It had been rumoured for a while that Montreal was looking to move Max Domi, and it had been rumoured for a while that Montreal was interested in RFA winger Josh Anderson out of Columbus. All those rumours came to fruition as Domi was traded for Anderson in a swap, with the Habs adding a [...]
Jack Johnson was bought out by the Penguins. It’s notable because there’s a logjam on the left side of the Penguins blue line and that was before acquiring Mike Matheson. They could line up Dumoulin-Matheson-Pettersson and that leaves Riikola and Pierre-Olivier Joseph on the outside looking in. For those looking at P-O Joseph to get [...]
