Following a series of Instagram posts from Evander Kane’s wife, the NHL put out a statement that it plans to conduct a full investigation on claims that Kane bet on his own team’s games. Professional sports leagues take team members betting on games very seriously. This reminds me of when Pete Rose was given a [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed left wing Nick Ritchie to a two-year contract with a cap hit of $2.5 million. The Leafs receive a 25-year-old power forward who has recorded high penalty minute and hit totals as well as flashes of scoring ability throughout his career. Best-case scenario, he’s a replacement for Zach Hyman [...]
David Krejci was at the top of many remaining UFA lists as of Friday, and was even believed to be working on something with the Bruins. However, he has decided to retire from the NHL, opting to return to his native Czech Republic to resume his career. With many families separated by COVID restrictions over [...]
Two days of free agency have come and gone. Day 2 didn’t feature nearly as much activity as Day 1, though there were two significant players finding new homes. The links for the Fantasy Takes (written by Mike) are listed below. Fantasy Take: Saad Signs in St. Louis – Part of the post-Vladimir Tarasenko plan. [...]
The Boston Bruins have signed goalie Linus Ullmark to a four-year contract worth $5 million per season. Raise your hand if you thought Ullmark would receive the second-highest goalie contract this offseason (behind Philipp Grubauer with Seattle, which is a surprise of its own). Ullmark just received a $20 million contract. That amount and term [...]
The Boston Bruins have signed Erik Haula to a two-year contract with a $2.375 million cap hit, Nick Foligno to a two-year contract worth $3.8 million per season, and Tomas Nosek to a two-year contract worth $1.75 million per season. These are mainly depth signings that likely shouldn’t compete for first-line or top-unit power-play duties. [...]
The following backup goalies were signed on July 28, the first day of free agency: Martin Jones: 1 year, $2 million, Philadelphia David Rittich: 1 year, $1.25 million, Nashville James Reimer: 2 years, $2.25 million, San Jose Carter Hutton: 1 year, $750,000, Arizona Laurent Brossoit: 2 years, $2.325 million, Vegas Braden Holtby: 1 year, $2 [...]
The Ottawa Senators have traded Evgenii Dadonov to the Vegas Golden Knights for Nick Holden and a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL draft. The Golden Knights have also signed Sven Baertschi to a one-year, two-way contract worth $750,000. In his only season with the Senators, Dadonov scored 13 goals and 20 points in 55 [...]
The Vancouver Canucks have signed Jaroslav Halak to a one-year, $3M deal. Over his last few seasons in Boston, Halak has become one of the league’s most reliable 1B/backup options. Having said that, his 2020-21 season numbers (.905 SV%, -1.66 GSAA) did not trend in the right direction. The Bruins even decided to turn to [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for Brent Seabrook. This is yet another trade being made for purely (or at least mostly) salary cap reasons. The Lightning finally find a way to part with Johnson’s contract (three more years at $5 million), while the [...]
