The Florida Panthers have acquired defenseman Seth Jones and a 2026 fourth-round pick from the Chicago Blackhawks for goalie Spencer Knight and a 2026 first-round pick. The Blackhawks also retain $2.5 million on Jones for the next five seasons. The pick slides to 2027 if Florida does not have a 2026 first-round pick. The Panthers [...]
The Minnesota Wild have acquired Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators for the Wild’s second-round pick in 2026. The Predators will also retain 50 percent of Nyquist’s $3.185 million cap hit. The Wild receive: Nyquist, who finished with an unexpected career high of 75 points last season at age 34. His results have plummeted along [...]
Kirby Dach will miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing right knee surgery. Dach was the third overall pick in 2019 by Chicago, but his development has unfortunately been stalled by multiple injuries, hence the Band-Aid Boy designation. Dach has not played 60 games in a season for the past three seasons, while [...]
With Saturday being the first day of NHL action since the 4 Nations Face-Off, I’ll try to pay special attention to players who participated at the tournament – particularly those who played in the memorable championship game between Canada and the United States. Let’s start with what could be a major blow to fantasy teams. [...]
Kevin Lankinen entered the season as an insurance experienced backup goalie for the Canucks, who didn’t know how long Thatcher Demko would be sidelined. With Lankinen providing steady goaltending and Demko held to 17 games and injured again, Lankinen’s stock has soared to the point where the Canucks have extended Lankinen for a five-year extension [...]
That was a fun week and a half, wasn’t it? As a Canadian, I was 100% prepared to say that even if Canada didn’t win. If you’re an American, hopefully you concur. In the end, the big winner is the game of hockey, which generated the kind of buzz that it hasn't had for quite [...]
Saturday’s Canada/USA matchup at the 4 Nations Face-Off was widely anticipated for a number of reasons. For starters, there hasn’t been a best-on-best hockey tournament in nearly a decade, when many of Canada’s and the US’s top players were youngsters playing for Team North America (remember that?) during that last tournament. In addition, throw in [...]
The 4 Nations break is the perfect time to take stock on the Top 100 Roto Rankings. That being said, there aren’t significant changes to the rankings except at the top and at the bottom. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, [...]
One of the arguments against midseason international tournaments is the risk of players being injured in a tournament game. That threat came true for fantasy teams rostering Shea Theodore, as he will miss NHL regular-season games in addition to the rest of the tournament with a wrist injury. Add to that the fact that the [...]
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! (as well as Utah/Washington and Tampa Bay/Montreal). Saturday was also the last busy night before the 4 Nations, so hopefully you were able to make it count. - Igor Shesterkin will be out for 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury. Normally that would be of concern, but he will use the [...]
