We love some big NHL trades to liven up the off-days between Stanley Cup Final games. In addition to Cliffy’s write-up on yesterday’s three-way deal between LA, Philly, and Columbus, I wanted to add a few thoughts of my own. Overlooked in the deal, I felt Sean Walker was someone that may be able to [...]
It seems as though the Flames will be adding more youth to the lineup and are looking for some better asset management. That begins with the GM, and in fantasy terms it means the top producers at the AHL level are more likely to get an NHL shot, and not losing players like Juuso Valimaki [...]
With the Stanley Cup finals soon to be underway, and only a month until the NHL draft, the offseason is really starting to sneak up on us. Soon after the draft we have the time of year where GMs really get crazy, throwing a whole bunch of excess money at older players they don’t really [...]
The title for top cap goalie moves on again, with Alexandar Georgiev sitting on the throne at the moment (the only Bulgarian born NHL player). Georgiev is right in his prime now, on an excellent team, a reasonable cap hit, no big threat to his workload, and is a great goalie in his own right. [...]
With the latest updates to the Value column, Connor McDavid is now the top value there as well, which is a tough this to do at a $12.5 million cap hit! On that note, Erik Karlsson and his 100 points has also made himself valuable again even at his $11.5 million cap hit. I would [...]
Let’s not kid ourselves - no one thinks the majority of UFAs will be worth what they’re going to be paid. Whether it’s teams having to overspend due to shallow availability at a position or the UFAs becoming complacent once they have a big fat new deal in their pocket, or a combination of both, [...]
Every year it feels like the Conference Finals are the round that I watch the least of. For some reason they just don’t tend to hold the same interest that the other three rounds do. I think it has something to do with the wear and exhaustion from the regular season and then the first [...]
We’re now halfway through the playoffs if you’re counting by round, but if you’re counting by games played the playoffs are about 80% complete. With no games on the docket Tuesday night, this seems like a good time to look at some stats. Roope Hintz has gone a bit bananas in the playoffs this year, [...]
The 38-year-old Brent Burns was rejuvenated this year getting away from Erik Karlsson (though Karlsson seems to have benefitted a little more from the breakup). He paced for over 60-points for the first time in four years, in spite of playing the lowest number of minutes he has seen in nearly a decade. Being able [...]
Feeling almost back to normal this week, and the endorphins from the Leafs winning certainly helped. Unfortunately for Canada, only two of their three playoff teams made it to the second round, with Winnipeg being the odd team out. Aside from the rooting interest in Toronto, the series I am most looking forward to this [...]
