Goldie here - School of Block should be up shortly w/ Top-10 Goalies for one year leagues. Also I'm going out on a limb with a prophecy - Rick Wamsley for new Senators goalie coach. Why? He's worked with Pascal Leclaire before. Either him or Clint Malarchuk. Just a hunch on my behalf....ahh, the dog [...]
If you’re in a keeper league, you probably own a player who is still an unrestricted free agent – and you definitely have a fellow GM who owns one. So what do you do? Buy? Sell? Kick some tires? How much is too much to ask for or pay? I have my dartboard hung up on the wall with mug shots of different UFA’s on it, along with different courses of action to take in your fantasy league. Here are the results.
What are the Sharks doing? They have nine experienced NHL forwards and $2 million in cap space - and that's if they're lucky in what they can sign Devin Setoguchi for. Add Logan Couture and perhaps Benn Ferriero and they still can't ice four lines - and they have no room to anything more [...]
A 30-minute Meditation on Alexander Frolov
The Ilya Kovalchuk drama is exhausting. Serious, it’s worse than the Phoenix Coyotes’ ownership catastrophe of last summer.
But once Kovalchuk finds a home (in the NHL), I have no doubt that poolies’ interest in him come draft day will only be heightened. Yet it doesn't take a genius to draft an elite player like a Crosby, an Ovechkin or a Kovalchuk. Winners are usually built through the tricky middle rounds. And with that in mind, my thoughts recently turned to another Russian free agent. While Alexander’s Frolov’s stock has fallen of late, he may well surprise some this year, and it’s guaranteed that you won’t have to waste a high pick to land the winger.
Clarke MacArthur was awarded $2.4 million in arbitration today and the Thrashers have indeed decided to walk away from it. MacArthur is now an unrestricted free agent. David Perron has signed a two-year contract for $4.3 million. Joffrey Lupul reported on his Twitter account that he will undergo an MRI on his [...]
NHL GM's remind me of little children in the manner in which they push things a little bit more each time. "Don't do that Billy. Don't touch!" And then Billy slowly reaches out with his finger and 'almost' touches it. Then he sees you don't object, so he just lightly touches. Then, still no [...]
Fantasy Analysis: The Philadelphia Flyers have dealt Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Matt Walker and a fourth-round draft pick.
Fantasy Analysis: The Devils have re-signed Ilya Kovalchuk, with details to trickle out as Tuesday's press conference approaches. The move is a shocker, as Kovalchuk was rumored to be quite close with Los Angeles.
According to Philly beatwriter Frank Seravalli, the Flyers have traded Simon Gagne to Tampa Bay. The Kings were brilliant to stand firm. No need to put Doughty and JJ at risk. Now their current core can remain in place and grow together. Meanwhile, they could bring in lesser lights at a small cap [...]
The Edmonton Sun reports that the Leafs will not be signing Bill Sweatt. Full story here, but essentially they have 48 contracts (with the recent Marcel Mueller signing) and the CBA allows 50. They don't want to close the doors on any trades/UFA's to come. Hat tip to kbooks in the forum. The [...]
