Fantasy Impact: Panthers Sign Rodrigues
Dobber
2023-07-02
The Florida Panthers have signed forward Evan Rodrigues to a four-year deal worth $3.0M AAV per season.
The Panthers get: an underrated and (until now) underpaid forward who can play any position up front, and both special teams. Rodrigues had 39 points in 69 games (a 46-point pace) playing mostly with Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon. He had very good advanced metrics (both possession stats and expected goals). He is not an overly physical player, but he is a responsible one. He won't get that kind of deployment with Florida, but he should be able to chip in 35 to 40 points from a third line that his arrival will improve. He also makes a great addition in terms of being able to swap in anywhere seamlessly if an injury strikes somebody in the top six.
Fantasy Players Impacted: Rodrigues is not going to impact too many players on the Panthers. In the playoffs, we all saw Nick Cousins really click on a line with Sam Bennett and Matt Tkachuk. It was such an effective line that one wonders if that line will stick to start this season. Rodrigues would obviously be an upgrade to Cousins – but Cousins wasn't getting many points, even as a part of that big line.
With the team trading Anthony Duclair, Rodrigues would simply gobble up Duclair's PP time, which was 1:21 per game. That would muscle out prospect Grigori Denisenko from seeing much PP time, as Denisenko is expected to finally make the team out of camp.
Fantasy Players this helps, in order:
- None
Fantasy Players this hurts, in order:
- Rodrigues
- Denisenko
- Cousins
Related Posts
UPCOMING GAMES
CAR
WSH
EDM
VGKStarting Goalies
Top Skater Views
CHI
TOR
DAL
NYR
ANATop Goalie Profile Views
CBJ
WPG
LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
 PIT Players
| |
|---|---|---|
| 25.9 | BRYAN RUST VILLE KOIVUNEN SIDNEY CROSBY | |
| 21.7 | RICKARD RAKELL EVGENI MALKIN DANTON HEINEN | |
| 21.0 | PHILIP TOMASINO JOONA KOPPANEN CONNOR DEWAR | |
DobberHockey Podcasts
Fantasy Hockey Life: Anaheim Ducks with Derek Lee
Derek Lee of the Hockey News is here to report on the Anaheim Ducks. Jesse and Victor interview him about returning pros Troy Terry, Mason McTavish, Trevor Zegras, Frank Vatrano, Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Sam Colangelo, Jackson LaCombe, Olen Zellweger, Pavel Mintyukov, Radko Gudas, Jacob Trouba, Lukas Dostal, and John Gibson. In Cat’s Instincts, Cat […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Fluto Shinzawa Boston Bruins Preview
Fluto Shinzawa of the New York Times joins the show to break down the Boston Bruins. Jesse and Victor ask him about David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Elias Lindholm, Casey Mittelstadt, Matthew Poitras, Fraser Minten, Charlie McAvoy, Mason Lohrei, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, and Joonas Korpisalo. Cat’s instincts covers prospect goalies Brandon Bussi and […]
Keeping Karlsson: First Round Fly-Bys
Elan and Brian fly by each of the eight NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs quarter-final series, highlighting stand-out performances and storylines of the first round so far.
Fantasy Hockey Life: TIDY Champs Roundtable
What does it take to win a division of our Tiered Dynasty league? Champs Sasha, Scott, Kevin, and top tier champ Mason Black join Victor, Jesse, and TIDY co-commish Simon for a roundtable chat. It’s a great dynasty strategy talk. Have a listen! Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Hot Take Review
Back in episodes 362 and 363 Victor and Jesse made hot takes about all 32 teams for the season. Today we go back to see how many we got right. Have a listen! Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email [email protected] and ask to join our free discord. […]