The Calgary Flames traded Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers in exchange for the NHL’s second leading scorer (tied) Jonathan Huberdeau, plus defenseman Mackenzie Weegar, prospect forward Cole Schwindt, and a first-round draft pick. The Flames get: the scoring to replace the recent loss of Johnny Gaudreau. And funny enough, they replace him with the [...]
Seattle finally gets Kraken on free agency season, adding winger Andre Burakovsky for five years at $5.5M AAV, as well as Andrew Poturalski for two seasons. The team also announced that they signed their top pick Shane Wright (or is it Shane Wrightski?) to his entry-level contract. The Kraken get: A big, steady player who [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have handed one-year contracts to forwards Max Domi, Andreas Athanasiou ($3M each) and goaltender Alex Stalock ($750,000). And a two-year deal at $1.2M AAV for winger Colin Blackwell. The Blackhawks get: boom-or-bust, risk/reward forwards with tremendous upside and tremendous downside. Both Domi and Athanasiou get criticized for not always showing up. They [...]
The Vancouver Canucks have signed underrated winger Ilya Mikheyev to a four-year deal worth $4.75M AAV and versatile forward Curtis Lazar to a three-year deal worth $1M AAV. The Canucks have also signed goaltender Collin Delia to a one-way contract to become their backup goaltender. The Canucks get: an underrated winger and fancy-stats darling who [...]
The New York Rangers have signed center Vincent Trocheck to a whopping seven-year deal worth $5.625M AAV and goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a one-year $1.55M contract. The Rangers get: a centerman who, prior to last year, had been struggling with injuries. He was a 75-point player pre-injury, but since then has mostly hovered at around [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed newly-minted free agent goaltender Ilya Samsonov to a one year contract at just $1.8M.. The Leafs Get: A high-upside, but so far disappointing 25-year-old goalie. Yes, that’s right – 25. That’s the age that most goalies start their NHL tenure. But Samsonov is three seasons in. And while those [...]
The Fantasy Prospects Report was updated Monday, with notes in the Draftees section stating when they were drafted and by which team – and then handy links to and from that team’s section. As well as any prospects who weren’t given qualifying offers (and thus became UFA’s). News and Re-Signings of the day (updated through [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - July edition! The 2022 draftees are in. About 100 players were added to the template, and just when I finished... all the RFA qualifying offer news started coming out and I made those adjustments as well. Click on any player [...]
The Ottawa Senators have traded goaltender Matt Murray along with a third- and a seventh-round draft pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for future considerations. The Senators get: Really just cap space, in order to take that rumored run at signing UFA Claude Giroux on Wednesday. The Maple Leafs get: “A proven Cup winner in [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - July edition! The 2022 draftees are in. About 100 players were added to the template, and just when I finished... all the RFA qualifying offer news started coming out and I made those adjustments as well. Click on any player [...]
