The Dallas Stars have signed forward Mason Marchment to a four-year contract with a $4.5 million AAV. Marchment is capitalizing on a surprising breakout season, scoring 47 points in 54 games (0.87 PTS/GP). He also plays with a physical edge with 114 hits and 53 penalty minutes over those 54 games. If he can’t repeat [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jack Campbell to a five-year contract worth $5 million per season. Campbell finished with an impressive 31-9-6 record with the Maple Leafs last season. However, that doesn’t mean his entire season went smoothly. Check out his first half/second half splits: GPWLOTLGAASV%QUALQUAL%GSAA1st half2517521.890.9391976.020.332nd half2414443.470.888937.5-16.06 In other words, Campbell looked like an [...]
Strike a key name off your free agent board. Several days before free agency begins, Filip Forsberg has agreed to an eight-year contract extension worth $8.5 million per season. Alex MacLean projected $8,394,700 per season for Forsberg, which is pretty darn close. See the rest of his projections here. I have to be honest: I [...]
Day 2 of the NHL Draft took place on Friday, with the picks happening much more quickly than they did on Thursday for the first round. For a full list of picks from 1 to 225, head over to the NHL site. If you want to learn more about your favorite team’s picks, or any [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded defenseman Ryan McDonagh to the Nashville Predators for defenseman Philippe Myers and forward Grant Mismash. Not surprisingly, this trade is purely for salary cap reasons for the Lightning. McDonagh has four seasons remaining on a seven-year, $47.25 million contract ($6.75 million AAV). The Bolts already made the decision to [...]
Let’s start with some injury updates: Earlier this week, we learned that Anthony Duclair had injured his Achilles but didn’t know how long he would be out. Now we know that following surgery, Duclair is expected to miss the first half of the season. This is an unfortunate break for Duclair and the Panthers, but [...]
According to multiple reports, the Winnipeg Jets will hire Rick Bowness to be their new head coach. A onetime Jets player and head coach, Bowness is an experienced bench boss who coached the Dallas Stars to a Stanley Cup Final in the 2020 playoff bubble. He is known for a defensive structure, which is not [...]
Hope your Canada Day was enjoyable, for those who celebrate. Might as well wish my American friends an early happy Fourth of July while I’m at it. The Vancouver Canucks took care of some offseason business with one player while possibly hinting at which direction they will go with another player, signing RFA Brock Boeser [...]
The Boston Bruins have officially announced Jim Montgomery as their new head coach. Montgomery was most recently a St. Louis Blues assistant coach, but he was also the head coach of the Dallas Stars during the 2018-19 season and part of the 2019-20 season. Montgomery was not let go from the Stars for the team’s [...]
The San Jose Sharks have terminated head coach Bob Boughner as well as three assistant coaches. The timing of this decision seems unusual, since the Sharks have still not yet hired a general manager. However, it’s possible that the Sharks have shortlisted candidates that have indicated that they would like to bring in their own [...]
