The Carolina Hurricanes have signed defenseman Calvin de Haan to a four-year contract worth $18.2 million. The Hurricanes get: probably the best two-way defenseman on the free agent market, but also the most injury prone. Were it not for said injuries, we could be talking about a completely different de Haan right now as [...]
Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your fantasy hockey keeper leagues - June edition (yeah, I know...) Last month I tried a new idea and sorted the goalies by Tiers. This is because I honestly don't care which goaltender I own if it is between two goalies in the same tier. [...]
The Calgary Flames have signed sniping winger James Neal to a five-year contract worth $5.75 million per season. The Flames get: a proven 30-goal scorer and a consistent 23-goal scorer. But let’s not get carried away and label him a 30-goal guy. Neal has done it twice in his career, once in 2011-12 when [...]
Ramblings: Dobber reviews, team-by-team, an eventful Free Agent Frenzy (July 2) *** What a fantastic Free Agent Frenzy this year, highlighted by John Tavares taking a discount and the Sabres – Blues ending things with a blockbuster. Truly enjoyable, though I wish the latter trade was done three or four hours earlier, but that’s nitpicking. [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed superstar center John Tavares to a seven-year deal, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. Not everyday you can live a childhood dream pic.twitter.com/YUTKdfMALl — John Tavares (@91Tavares) July 1, 2018 The Maple Leafs get: The prize catch of this summer's free agency. Tavares was courted by six different [...]
The Vegas Golden Knights have signed a skilled prospect who had intriguing upside back in the day, but have since faded. Daniel Carr, 26, signs for one year at $750,000. Meanwhile, the Anaheim Ducks signed a prospect in a similar situation in Anton Rodin, 27. He signed what is believed to be a one-year contract that [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed goaltender Petr Mrazek to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. The Hurricanes get: a talented goaltender who has seen his confidence and career slowly erode over the last two seasons. Whether or not Mrazek can rebound from this behind a team with a lot of potential as the No.1B [...]
After a two-year hiatus in the KHL, Valeri Nichushkin has agreed to return to the NHL, officially signing a two-year deal worth $2.95 million per season. The Stars get: a highly-touted prospect and a former 10th overall draft pick (2013) who had a great rookie season (34 points) but then suffered a terrible injury [...]
The St. Louis Blues have signed center Tyler Bozak to a three-year contract worth $5 million per season. The Blues get: a player who is an elite third-line center, a decent second-line center or a weak first-line center. Bozak is a go-to guy on the faceoffs and he can contribute to both special teams. [...]
The St. Louis Blues have signed winger David Perron to a four-year contract worth $4 million per season. Welcome to DobberHockey's Free Agent Frenzy 2018! We've been here covering this day every year since 2005 The Blues get: the player they lost to expansion last summer. In fact, this will be Perron’s third stint [...]
