The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded diminutive winger Conor Sheary, along with defenseman Matt Hunwick to the Buffalo Sabres for a conditional fourth-round draft pick that can become a third rounder if certain conditions are met. The Penguins get: over $5 million in salary relief. I stress time and again on here how important this [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Pacioretty, Tavares, the Draft, Carlson, Wideman and more (June 25) *** Hope you enjoyed draft weekend, even if the trade action was a bit of a lull. I believe that this year the quality defensemen were in abundance and the forwards were lacking in terms of high-end talent. At least, compared [...]
The Calgary Flames have traded defenseman Dougie Hamilton, winger Micheal Ferland, and prospect blueliner Adam Fox to the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Noah Hanifin and forward Elias Lindholm. The Flames get: A recent fifth overall draft pick who is a stud defensively and has untapped offensive potential. Hanifin hasn’t even come close to [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have signed "retired" free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk to a three-year deal worth $6.25 million per season. The 35-year-old winger played the last five seasons in the KHL. The Kings get: A proven NHL player and five-time 40-goal scorer, two-time 50-goal scorer. And Kovalchuk's 141 points (63 goals) over the [...]
Ramblings: Is Mike Hoffman done as a good fantasy own? Hinostroza, Hutton, Rattie and more (June 18) *** You’ve had Cam’s take on the Alex Galchenyuk for Max Domi trade (here and here) and Ian's take (here). Since it’s summer – and what else is there to discuss? – here’s mine. I think Galchenyuk is [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. This is the final analysis/audit pre-draft. The players were fully reviewed by myself and the DobberProspects staff for the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). The NHL draft later this month will no doubt knock a dozen of [...]
Ramblings: Sitting on your hands; Kovalchuk; Voynov; Fleury, a Sharks dark horse and more (June 11) *** The NHL Draft is in just 11 short days. We have the 100 most fantasy-relevant players profiled in my 12th Annual Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here), along with 350 prospects who are already in NHL organizations. You [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. This is the final analysis/audit pre-draft. The players were fully reviewed by myself and the DobberProspects staff for the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). The NHL draft later this month will no doubt knock a couple dozen [...]
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. Just some more tweaking this month, mostly with prospects as I just completed the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). Players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should generally be considered equal value and at that point [...]
Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. Just some more tweaking this month, mostly with prospects as I just completed the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). Players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should generally be considered equal value and at that point it [...]
