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Ramblings: Evason Hired; H2H Schedule Lookahead; Same Night Tool; Arbitration Hearings & More (July 24)

By |2024-07-23T20:25:14-04:00July 24th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

On Monday, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced that they had hired Dean Evason as their new Head Coach. He has one of the winningest records among active head coaches, and was very well regarded from his time in Minnesota. While he was there, the team was managing the earlier stages of the Zach Parise and [...]

Ramblings: Kuznetsov & Pavelski Done in the NHL; First Round Picks From a Dynasty League’s Prospect Draft (July 17)

By |2024-07-17T08:00:37-04:00July 17th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Some quick news bits from the last few days. First, Evgeni Kuznetsov is in the process of having his contract with the Carolina Hurricanes terminated – quick article here on the background of that, assuming it does get finalized. Whether the actual legal part of the contract termination is a mutual termination or a buyout, [...]

Ramblings: Crosby’s New Contract; Unger-Sorum; Boqvists in Florida; RFAs up for Arbitration & More (Jul 10)

By |2024-07-10T08:24:25-04:00July 10th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

We may have a Sidney Crosby extension announced very soon. With his next contract, Crosby would have a chance to pass Nicklas Lindstrom for the most games played with one single franchise (he’s about four seasons back of that title). He’s also chasing down Mario Lemieux’s franchise record for points. Even now we can say [...]

Fantasy Take: Red Wings Land Recent Cup Winner Vladimir Tarasenko then Offload Fabbri

By |2024-07-03T17:42:03-04:00July 3rd, 2024|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Detroit double-dips on the right side in free agency, landing Vladimir Tarasenko to go with already having signed Patrick Kane. Tarasenko brings his cup win from two weeks ago, and comes in on a very reasonable $4.75 million cap hit for the next two seasons. Tarasenko is joining his fourth Eastern Conference team in the [...]

Fantasy Take: Predators Strike on Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei & Wedgewood

By |2024-07-01T14:35:15-04:00July 1st, 2024|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Predators are writing a whole new definition for the word "reset". They landed multiple big names early on in free agency, with Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, and Brady Skjei.  https://twitter.com/espn/status/1807821659862102263 Last year's free agent signings there were viewed skeptically at the start, with Ryan O'Reilly and Gustav Nyquist coming in to insulate the young [...]

Ramblings: The Busiest Week of the NHL Year – Cup Awarded, HHOF Class, NHL Draft, Free Agency, Trades & More (Jun 26)

By |2024-06-25T21:07:51-04:00June 26th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

With the Stanley Cup awarded on Monday night (congrats again to the Panthers), we have a very busy week coming here, so there’s no time for a break. The new Hockey Hall of Fame class was just announced yesterday, and here is the new class: https://twitter.com/HockeyHallFame/status/1805692919367844305 As great as it is to recognize the greats, [...]

Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois

By |2024-06-19T17:16:49-04:00June 19th, 2024|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere.   https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking on Pierre-Luc Dubois to rebound, meanwhile the Kings fix their hole in net while shedding immediate salary, but also adding [...]

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