It has been quite the week in the NHL as far as trades are concerned, even if the NHL’s trade deadline day itself wasn’t as busy as in some recent seasons. There were a handful of trades over the weekend, a couple of them significant like Claude Giroux heading to Florida, Hampus Lindholm off to [...]
Breaking down the NHL’s Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. Dobber, Ian Gooding and Mike Clifford deliver the spin on fantasy-relevant trades: March 21 KRAKEN WELCOMES RASK To SEATTLE:Victor Rask, C/LW To MINNESOTA:Future considerations Discuss MINOR DEAL BOLTS-SHARKS To TAMPA BAY:Alexei Melnichuk, G To SAN JOSE:Antoine Morand, C DUCKS ACQUIRE DADONOV(Trade invalidated by NHL [...]
The Winnipeg Jets have traded Andrew Copp and a 2023 sixth rounder to the New York Rangers for prospect Morgan Barron, two conditional second-round picks and a 2023 fifth rounder. The Jets get: a solid prospect center who transitioned from a successful and productive college career to a solid start to pro hockey with 36 [...]
The Anaheim Ducks have traded winger Rickard Rakell to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Zach Aston-Reese, Dominik Simon, top prospect goaltender Calle Clang and a second-round draft pick. The Ducks get: a high draft pick and a solid, though injury-prone, checking-line player who loves to throw the body. Aston-Reese could be a 35-point, 300-Hits player if [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded winger Max Domi to the Carolina Hurricanes for prospect defenseman Aiden Hreschuk. There is a third team involved in this trade to make the money work - Florida, who take on 25% of the salary. Columbus gives Florida a sixth-round draft pick and Carolina gives them Yegor Korshkov to [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have traded winger Artturi Lehkonen to the Colorado Avalanche for prospect defenseman Justin Barron and a second-round draft pick. The Avs also acquired Andrew Cogliano from the San Jose Sharks for a fifth-round draft pick. The Habs get: a much-needed top prospect defenseman. Barron is ranked 28th in my Top 50 Fantasy [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded Marc-Andre Fleury to the Minnesota Wild for a conditional second-round draft pick that becomes a first if he wins four games for the Wild and they get into the third round. The Wild then traded Kaapo Kahkonen to San Jose along with a fifth-round draft pick for Jacob Middleton. The [...]
Happy Trade Deadline Day! This week, I’m going to focus on some players that have been playing well for the past two or three weeks but might not be on the radar of some people. I’m also going to look at some players that have hit the wall in terms of production and might be [...]
Today is the NHL trade deadline, but many fantasy leagues have already seen their deadlines come and go. If you want to improve your squad at this stage of the fantasy season, all you're stuck with is the waiver wire. Of course, the deeper your league, the tougher it is to find productive players. Which [...]
Minor Moves (not worthy of a full article – to be updated throughout the day) Ottawa trades Nick Paul to Tampa Bay for Mathieu Joseph. Joseph is solid return. He just turned 25, kills penalties, and has upside in the low 50s if he can play with skilled linemates. Whereas Tampa gets a huge forward [...]
