The Colorado Avalanche have been shut down for the second time this season. Games on Friday and Sunday against Los Angeles and Tuesday against St. Louis have been cancelled. This news will be disappointing for fantasy owners of players like Nathan MacKinnon (and to a lesser extent, owners of Kings and Blues players). However, the [...]
J.T. Miller’s words on the Wednesday video chat about the Canucks not being ready spoke volumes, with the league making the right call as a result. Because the Canucks still need more time to prepare for a return to play, the Canucks/Oilers game for today (Friday) has been cancelled. There are also rumblings that the [...]
Because there’s only one month left of the entire NHL season, fantasy teams in competition for a league title need to focus on shortening their benches. So because of injuries, plenty of top 100 regulars will fall out of this month’s rankings. That also means some additions that might be long overdue or perhaps even [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goalie David Rittich from the Calgary Flames for a 2022 third-round draft pick. The Leafs never seem to have enough goalies. But during a pandemic, a team with aspirations of winning can never have enough NHL-level goalies. Assuming Rittich starts one game for the Leafs, he will be the [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired wingers Nick Foligno from the Columbus Blue Jackets and Stefan Noesen from the San Jose Sharks. The Blue Jackets receive Toronto’s first-round pick in the 2021 draft and fourth-round pick in the 2022 draft. The Sharks receive Toronto’s fourth-round pick in the 2021 draft. This is Toronto’s version of [...]
The Florida Panthers have signed winger Nikita Gusev to a one-year contract worth $1 million. Gusev recently had his contract bought out by the Devils, as for whatever reason he didn’t seem to fit into their plans. Although he scored 44 points in 66 games in his first season with the Devils, Gusev recorded just [...]
If you’ve been waiting on a Canuck or two on your fantasy team, you’ll be happy to learn that they are expected to return to play next Friday, April 16, pending test results. As a result of their missed games, the Canucks’ regular season has been extended to Sunday May 16. From Wednesday May 12 [...]
The Florida Panthers have acquired Brandon Montour from the Buffalo Sabres for a third-round pick. Montour showed offensive upside as a prospect in Anaheim, but he couldn’t get over the 0.4 PTS/GP mark either this season or last in Buffalo. Surprisingly, his power-play time also declined from around 2:00/GP in Anaheim to just 0:11/GP this [...]
The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goalie Devan Dubnyk from the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a fifth-round pick in 2021. Even with Jonas Johansson’s 28-save shutout on Friday, the Avalanche weren’t sold on him or their other backup goaltending options after Philipp Grubauer. Johansson has only 17 games of NHL experience and [...]
The Devils have placed Nikita Gusev on unconditional waivers for his contract to be terminated. He will be free to sign with any team once he clears on Saturday. Gusev has been a healthy scratch multiple times, so leaving the Devils appears to be a huge break as far as his fantasy value goes. On [...]
