Fantasy Impact: The Florida Panthers have acquired defenseman Keith Yandle from the New York Rangers for a sixth-round draft pick. If the Panthers are able to sign Yandle, they will also give the Rangers a fourth rounder. The Rangers get: a little something for their asset. It was pretty clear to them that Yandle [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Buffalo Sabres have acquired prospect forward Jimmy Vesey from the Nashville Predators for a third-round pick in 2016. The Predators get: the 76th overall pick for a player who had no plans to sign with them and instead would become an unrestricted free agent. Vesey was drafted 66th overall in 2012, [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goaltender Frederik Andersen from the Anaheim Ducks for the 30th overall draft pick this weekend, as well as a 2017 second-round pick. The Ducks get: a quality pick and a bit of cap space, as well as some freedom from another year of 'goalie controversy'. [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Cam Ward, Shea Theodore, Nick Schmaltz, Ian McCoshen, Strombo and more… *** If you didn’t already pick up the Keeper League Fantasy Pack, you can do so here. The Fantasy Prospects Report is already out, and the Fantasy Guide will be out in about six weeks. It works out to about 400 [...]
Fantasy Impact: Carolina has acquired young winger Teuvo Teravainen from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for cap relief. The exact deal - Teravainen and Bryan Bickell to the Hurricanes for a second-round pick this summer (50th overall) and a third-round pick in 2017. The Hurricanes get: a potential star in Teravainen and a [...]
Ramblings: My Top 10 big name trade candidates for this summer…and more… *** The Fantasy Prospect Report is now finalized – just put the updated document into your downloads now, so have at’er. Mock Draft is in there, as well as eight new profiles. A must-own resource for any keeper league owner – 198 pages. [...]
The Top 50 Prospect Defensemen to own in fantasy hockey, June edition. Provorov rules, Zaitsev debuts, Graves emerges... Here are this month's top defense prospects to own in a points-only keeper league. Taking into account the organization depth chart, wait time, upside and NHL certainty. +/- 5.0 rating points please consider them [...]
Rambling about Champions: both fantasy and reality. And - of course - much more… *** Congrats to the Pittsburgh Penguins, your 2016 Stanley Cup winners! It’s not often I get the Ramblings after a Cup win. And in so doing, I also get our last piece of hockey results for three months… {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" [...]
The Top 200 Prospect Forwards to own in fantasy hockey, June edition. Strome ascends to the top, FPR adjustments... Here are this month's top prospects to own in a points-only keeper league. Taking into account the organization depth chart, wait time, upside and NHL certainty. "Type" is measured by offensive/offense-small/power forward/two-way. Because every player [...]
Rambling about Radulov’s value, expansion, Dobbernomics and more… *** Get the Fantasy Prospects Report here – it’s out now and you can download it one second after you buy it. Don’t fall behind! I’m targeting June 12th for the release of the update on the FPR (may be earlier if the Pens close it [...]
