The focus today will be on two major news stories from the past week and what they could mean in fantasy leagues going forward. Fantasy Hockey Implications of the Ducks Matching Leo Carlsson’s Offer Sheet From a fantasy perspective, Anaheim matching the offer sheet for Carlsson is a major win for anyone invested in him [...]
Let’s start with some contract news for some players who have recently joined new teams. The Predators have signed newly acquired Mavrik Bourque to a six-year contract with a $5.5 million cap hit. Bourque was acquired on July 1 from Dallas along with Ilya Lyubushkin for a 2027 second-round pick and a 2028 third-round pick. [...]
If you were looking for drama this offseason, you’ve got it. Not one, but two offer sheets! Two days after the Devils offer sheeted Barrett Hayton, the Philadelphia Flyers have unleashed an atomic bomb. Leo Carlsson has signed on the dotted line with the Flyers for five years with an AAV of $18 million. Yes, [...]
The trade: The New York Rangers have traded center Vincent Trocheck to the Utah Mammoth for defenseman Sean Durzi, forward prospect Cole Beaudoin, and a 2027 third-round pick. The Mammoth receive: Trocheck, who finished 2025-26 with 16 goals and 53 points in 67 games, which was a slightly higher scoring pace than his 59 points [...]
The Winnipeg Jets have signed goalie Stuart Skinner to a two-year contract with a $3.75M AAV. Skinner finished the 2025-26 season with a 2.92 GAA and .888 SV% split between Edmonton and Pittsburgh. His numbers between the Oilers (23 GP, 2.83 GAA, .891 SV%) and the Penguins (27 GP, 2.99 GAA, .885 SV%) turned out [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have signed winger Mats Zuccarello to a one-year contract for $1 million plus bonuses, forward Erik Haula to a two-year contract with a $3.6 million AAV, and forward Corey Perry to a one-year contract worth $1 million. Zuccarello finished the 2025-26 season with 54 points – an identical point total to [...]
Day 2 of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft took place on Saturday with prospects being picked in Rounds 2-7. You can view all of the picks from Rounds 1-7 at the NHL Draft Tracker. From what I understand, the probability of a pick one day playing in the NHL seems to decline during the second [...]
So much more than just the draft happened on Friday, but we’ll start with the draft anyway. The Toronto Maple Leafs kicked things off, selecting Gavin McKenna with the first overall pick to no one’s surprise. That was also the case for the San Jose Sharks selecting Ivar Stenberg second overall, especially with the Sharks [...]
The St. Louis Blues have acquired forward Mason McTavish from the Anaheim Ducks for two first-round picks (#15 – Nikita Klepov, #29 – later traded to Vegas with the #117 pick for the #28 pick, which Anaheim used to select Marcus Nordmark) in the 2026 draft. McTavish was unable to build on his career high [...]
The Boston Bruins have acquired winger JJ Peterka from the Utah Mammoth for a 2026 first-round pick (number 23, which Utah later used to trade to Detroit for goalie Sebastian Cossa) and a 2028 first-round pick (top 10-protected). Peterka finished his one and only season in Utah with 25 goals and 47 points. The point [...]
