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Ramblings: Ehlers in Carolina; Stankoven’s Fantasy Value; Burns Signs in Colorado; Nyquist to Winnipeg – July 4

By |2025-07-03T16:24:07-04:00July 4th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

One signing I missed during free agent frenzy was Logan Stankoven being extended by Carolina for eight years with an average annual value of $6M. Stankoven has 136 career NHL games including playoffs and has 28 goals and 40 assists in those games. He is going into his age-22 season and this contract doesn’t kick [...]

Ramblings: Mantha Signs in Pittsburgh; Mangiapane to Edmonton; Soderblom Stays in Detroit; Marner’s Fantasy Value in Vegas – July 3

By |2025-07-02T13:29:06-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

While this may not have been the most impactful offseason of the last 10 years, there was one of the most impactful trades of the last decade with Mitch Marner heading to Vegas in a sign-and-trade from Toronto. At the time of the trade, Brennan had his thoughts on the deal here. Today, I want [...]

Fantasy Take: K’Andre Miller Off To Carolina In Sign-And-Trade Deal

By |2025-07-01T18:35:58-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Following the signing of Vladislav Gavrikov (breakdown of the fantasy impact of that deal here) it seemed all-but-certain that the New York Rangers were going to be trading defenceman K’Andre Miller. As happened with Vegas and Mitch Marner, the deal ended up being a sign-and-trade, only this time to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for [...]

Fantasy Take: Dallas Stars Hire Glen Gulutzan As New Bench Boss

By |2025-07-01T13:56:53-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Dallas Stars fired coach Peter DeBoer after another exit in the Western Conference Final but a lot of the coaching options dried up fast. Just after free agency opened on Tuesday, the Stars announced that they had hired Glen Gulutzan to be their next head coach. For fantasy, it’s hard to imagine Gulutzan having [...]

Fantasy Take: Rangers Land Gavrikov For Seven Years

By |2025-07-01T13:15:01-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

One of the worst-kept secrets heading into free agency was that the New York Rangers seemed to be the front-runners to land (now-former) Los Angeles Kings defenceman Vladislav Gavrikov. According to Pierre LeBrun, they did exactly that and terms are a seven-year deal with a $7M AAV. This gives the Rangers a stalwart defensive defenceman [...]

Fantasy Take: Montreal and St. Louis Exchange Mailloux and Bolduc

By |2025-07-01T12:51:34-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

One trade option that seemed to be in play for the Montreal Canadiens was prospect defenceman Logan Mailloux. With Alex Carrier added to the roster last season, Noah Dobson just being acquired via trade, and David Reinbacher (hopefully) a lineup regular in the next 1-2 years, trading Mailloux made sense. They did just that on [...]

Fantasy Take: Edmonton Oilers Ship Viktor Arvidsson to Boston Bruins

By |2025-07-01T12:12:07-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Edmonton Oilers kicked off their free agent frenzy not with a signing but with a trade by unloading winger Viktor Arvidsson to the Boston Bruins. According to Boston writer Scott McLaughlin, the compensation going back to the Oilers is a fifth-round pick in 2027. Arvidsson was mostly healthy this season, playing 67 games, which [...]

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