The Florida Panthers trade defenseman Dylan McIlrath and a 2017 third-round pick to the Detroit Red Wings for winger Thomas Vanek The Panthers get: a star 30-goal winger. Or is it a dud 10-goal winger? Well, that depends on the team. And the situation. In the playoffs, Vanek has been legendary for his [...]
Ramblings: Trades, trading, trade-trade-trade. Trade? Trade! (Mar.1) *** Minor Deals: Columbus acquires Kyle Quincey from New Jersey for Dalton Prout Florida acquires Adam Wilcox from Tampa Bay for Mike McKenna. Wilcox is actually an underrated prospect goaltender and has some upside to be a backup in a couple of years Chicago acquires Johnny Oduya from [...]
Fantasy Impact: Sharks Acquire Jannik Hansen The San Jose Sharks have acquired winger Jannik Hansen from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for prospect Nikolay Goldobin and a conditional fourth-round draft pick. The Sharks get: a complementary winger who can line up on any of the top three lines. Hansen has been a steady [...]
The Washington Capitals have acquired defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk and goaltender Pheonix Copley from the St. Louis Blues for Zach Sanford, Brad Malone, Washington’s first rounder in 2017 plus a conditional pick in 2019. - - Check out our Trade Tracker fantasy breakdown list here! - - The Caps get: one of the [...]
The Ottawa Senators have acquired agitating winger Alexandre Burrows from the Vancouver Canucks for prospect Jonathan Dahlen. The Sens are on the cusp of signing Burrows to a two-year contract extension. The Senators get: a gritty, under-your-skin winger who has shown in the past that he can complement a scoring line and hold his [...]
Fantasy Hockey Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Brian Boyle from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for minor leaguer Byron Froese and a second-round draft pick, per Bob McKenzie. The Leafs get: one of the top fourth-line centers in the game with the ability to step onto the third line [...]
Ramblings: Bishop/Budaj fallout, red-hot Bruins, Klefbom finding his way (Feb 27) *** Server Update: Disappointed, and I’m sorry to share with you that the server move failed. Too many things broken. The current server has so much garbage on it that sifting through it all is taking a lot of time. If you’ve been with [...]
The Top 100 goalies to own in your keeper league, February edition. As always, you can pick up the full Top 100 list over at Goalie Post - home of the original starting goalie grid! Feb 20 Goalie Team Rating Jan 20 Tier 1 Braden Holtby WAS 106.8 1 0 2 Sergei Bobrovsky [...]
Ramblings: Toews, Triplets, hot lines, and Auston vs. Laine II (Feb 22) *** Oh wow, finally some movement on the ‘new server’ front… Server Update: We started the migration yesterday but it stalled halfway through. Back to fixing the bugs again. Frozen Pool is just so complicated. When it was created, it was made as [...]
Ramblings: Reimer, Jokinen, Trouba, Vrbata and more (Feb. 21) *** It was Family Day, a holiday in Ontario on Monday. And what I noticed was the huge uptick in trade talks. Three different leagues and four offers from four different owners. Anyway, I didn’t notice that before (or at least I don’t remember it), but [...]
