I’ll start with some injury news. You’ll receive a more detailed injury analysis in our Injury Ward article coming up later on Sunday. You can also head over to Frozen Tools for injury updates. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen left Saturday’s preseason game with a lower-body injury that coach Lindy Ruff described as a “tweak.” That’s not the [...]
There are still several days left in September, yet this is already the last weekend that we won’t see regular-season NHL games. Hope you are ready! Let’s start with some news and notes for the day. Dylan Larkin has been ruled out for Saturday’s preseason game, according to coach Todd McLellan. Yet according to Elliotte [...]
The preseason begun on Saturday with seven games, two of which were split-squad games between the Canadiens and Maple Leafs. In the Habs/Leafs game in Toronto, Gavin McKenna appeared in a live NHL game for the first time. McKenna was held without a point in just over 20 minutes of icetime in a 4-1 loss [...]
Connor Hellebuyck has been suspended by the Jets after not reporting to camp. Hellebuyck, who has five years remaining on his contract, has requested a trade. With the possibility of missing the start of the season and a potentially long holdout, Hellebuyck places fantasy teams in a difficult situation – particularly those that have retained [...]
For the September edition of the Roto Rankings, Bangers Fantasy Hockey has returned with its pre-draft rankings! As a result, you will notice some major adjustments to our rankings from last month. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Power-Play Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, and Blocked Shots. Note the [...]
It didn’t take Chris Kreider long to find a new home. After his contract was terminated by the Anaheim Ducks, Kreider signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. I wrote the Fantasy Take on this one. Prior to today, Kreider was not well-liked by Habs fans for this incident during the 2014 Eastern Conference [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Chris Kreider to a one-year contract worth $2.15 million. Kreider and the Anaheim Ducks recently agreed to terminate the final year of his contract. This agreement was made to clear cap space for the Ducks, who will need that space to sign restricted free agent Cutter Gauthier. Kreider should [...]
The Detroit Red Wings and Dylan Larkin released a joint statement on Friday announcing that Larkin will report to training camp next week, but he will no longer serve as the team’s captain. The Red Wings also addressed Larkin’s trade request by saying they will deal with his situation once a new GM is hired. [...]
Not much happening in the news today, so I’m going to jump into another mock draft that I recently completed. After my last mock draft, the area that I identified that I needed improvement on was how I draft defensemen. That is why I spend considerable time discussing them in the first few rounds of [...]
Today’s focus will be on news and notes from the past week. Included are injury updates, contract news, and player transactions. The Canucks are betting big on Zeev Buium being the real deal, signing the 20-year-old defenseman to an eight-year contract with a cap hit of $9.38 million ($75.04 million total). Buium finished with 12 [...]
