The much-anticipated J.T. Miller trade finally went down on Friday afternoon. The Canucks shipped Miller, Erik Brannstrom, and Jackson Dorrington to the Rangers for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a top-13 protected 2025 first-round pick. Was the return underwhelming for the Canucks? Absolutely. That shouldn’t be a surprise, though. Miller is on the wrong side [...]
The Vancouver Canucks have traded center J.T. Miller, defenseman Erik Brannstrom, and defenseman Jackson Dorrington to the New York Rangers for center Filip Chytil, defenseman Victor Mancini, and a top-13 protected 2025 first-round pick. The Rangers receive: Miller, a onetime Ranger who will turn 32 years old in March and has a cap hit of [...]
The Calgary Flames have traded forwards Jakob Pelletier, Andrei Kuzmenko, a 2025 second-round pick, and a 2028 seventh-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forwards Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost. Frost, who is only 25 and has back-to-back 40-point seasons, gives the Flames the middle-6 center they are looking for. Mikael Backlund is [...]
Miro Heiskanen is being listed as week-to-week after taking a hit to his knee from Mark Stone in Tuesday’s game. Heiskanen has also been ruled out for the 4 Nations Face-Off in mid-February, which means that the earliest he would likely return would be later in February – nearly a month from now. But because [...]
The Avalanche could not promptly put the unexpected departure of Mikko Rantanen behind them in an early game on Saturday, losing 3-1 in Boston. Martin Necas’s Avalanche debut did not go as hoped results-wise, as he was held off the scoresheet while being tagged with a minus-3. The good news for those with Necas on [...]
Did anyone see the massive trade coming? The deal itself might have been out of left field, but it shouldn’t be a complete shocker that Mikko Rantanen and Martin Necas were traded. Re-signing Rantanen appeared to be a major challenge for the Avalanche, while Necas was rumored to be on the trade block during the [...]
If you are a fan of blockbuster trades, you’re in luck. A major three-way trade involving Carolina, Colorado, and Chicago was completed late Friday. https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1882982124321743114 The meat of this trade was between Colorado and Carolina, with the two main principals being Mikko Rantanen (to Carolina) and Martin Necas (to Colorado). Considering both are top-15 scorers [...]
A little later than normal, we have updated Roto Rankings for January. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, and Blocked Shots. These rankings are different from keeper rankings in that they don’t extend beyond the current season. These rankings could even be [...]
If this was J.T. Miller’s last game with the Canucks, he gave the team a sample of what they will be missing. Miller had a highly effective game, picking up two primary power-play assists in the first period in a 3-2 win over Edmonton. Miller was also 18-for-23 in faceoffs, also getting matched up against [...]
In case you missed it, the Midseason Guide is now available! You’ll find second-half projections by team in the PDF guide and on a downloadable spreadsheet, upsides, analysis, goalie situations, trade deadline breakdowns, advanced stats, prospects information, our usual NCAA and European free agents to watch, and much more. Head over to the Dobber Sports [...]
