The Toronto Maple Leafs made another depth move and swapped forwards with the San Jose Sharks. Alexander Barabanov was a 2020 offseason signee with Toronto, and the 26-year-old winger moves on to San Jose while Toronto deepens their centre position by adding 27-year-old AHLer Antti Suomela. Both are UFAs at the end of the season, so there [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning made their big swing on Saturday, acquiring David Savard from the Columbus Blue Jackets, through the Detroit Red Wings (for salary retention purposes). Here’s the full trade: https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1380996850107482116 Savard has played his whole 10-year career with the Blue Jackets, and for the last number of years has been a reliable presence on [...]
It's not common that trades break after a game has already finished on the day, but with an early start on the Ottawa/Edmonton game, the Islanders and the Devils took the spotlight off the games for the evening, agreeing to a deal to send both Travis Zajac and Kyle Palmieri to Long Island. Many had [...]
We’re into the first full week of April, which used to mean playoffs would be starting today (they used to start on the Wednesday right? It’s been a while…). Right now though, fantasy playoffs are either approaching, or in some leagues, already upon us. In one of my fantasy leagues we have 16 teams make [...]
Waivers are likely to start getting interesting again as we see teams trying to get creative with cap space and roster space. One of the bigger names to hit the wire recently was Shayne Gostisbehere yesterday. If he gets claimed, he could be thrust into a larger role, but if not then the Flyers may finally [...]
The cold streak for Carter Hart is extending longer than many people expected – especially on my end. Rookie goalies like Alex Nedeljkovic, Kevin Lankinen, and Kaapo Kahkonen are all making their mark, further reinforcing two points that I believe in. First, goaltending is not somewhere to spend a lot of money, and second, younger goalies should [...]
Last chance for those of you who have stocked up on Quinn Hughes and the rest of the 2021 RFA class, before they re-up with new contracts this summer. Included in that group is rookie Kirill Kaprizov, who is set for a big raise. A comparable situation led to a two-year deal for Artemi Panarin, and didn’t work [...]
How are everyone’s March Madness brackets doing thus far? Surprisingly my two brackets on the mens side have a combined six of eight semifinalists left, but that’s about the only green on them. Good thing I’m not paid to write about basketball. Let’s get back to the stuff you really want to hear about. * [...]
Ralph Kruger was hired less than two years ago by the Buffalo Sabres after a poor 2018-19 season. He was brought in to bring a winning culture and a strong work ethic to the Sabres. Instead, it seems that he quickly lost the room, the culture hasn’t really changed, and the team had a 36-49-12 [...]
Some heartbreaking news from the hockey community yesterday: https://twitter.com/hcSKA_News/status/1371761219443568640 https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1371957535545131008 Rest in peace Timur. Sincerest condolences to your family. * Sticking with Evgeni Malkin, the superstar centre left the game in the first period with an apparent injury. It could be a knee issue based on his hard contact with Jared Tinordi, or maybe a hip issue [...]
