The Florida Panthers continued to re-tool their team, after seeing a few wingers leave over the last couple of weeks. Along with the the signing of Evgeni Dadonov, Florida announced the signing of another winger that would help fill the gaps in their roster: Vrbata in Florida: one year, $2.5 M base salary plus $1.25 [...]
This is a tumultuous off-season for the Florida Panthers’ roster. Reilly Smith and Jon Marchessault found new homes at the expansion draft, Jussi Jokinen was bought out, and Jaromir Jagr will be finding a new home unrestricted free agency. That leaves a lot of holes among their top-9 wingers, and one of those was filled [...]
Depth scoring has been something that Los Angeles has been missing for a couple of years now (probably longer). Marian Gaborik can’t stay healthy, Dustin Brown is a bottom-six player now, and no one else has really worked out. The Kings have started to address this issue by signing recent buyout Mike Cammalleri: Cammalleri to [...]
Another Pittsburgh Penguin skater leaves after winning two Stanley Cups in the last two seasons, after Trevor Daley went to Detroit. The Nashville Predators acquire their potential replacement for Mike Fisher by signing Nick Bonino: Bonino signs 4 year deal with Preds. $4.1 aav. Had other offers for more, but great fit in Nash, plus [...]
After trading Artemi Panarin to reacquire Brandon Saad, the Chicago Blackhawks really are getting the band back together. Following a couple of seasons in Dallas, Patrick Sharp returns to the team where he spent the bulk of his career, including three Stanley Cups: Patrick Sharp's terms in CHI, $800K base salary and $200K in GP [...]
Brian Elliott’s tenure in Calgary was short-lived, and he’s moved on to sign with the Philadelphia Flyers. After letting Steve Mason leave for Winnipeg, the Flyers had an opening for a goaltender to share the net with Michal Neuvirth, and they have their guy: Brian Elliott to Philly, two years, $2.75 M AAV — Pierre [...]
Since returning to Winnipeg, the goaltending situation for the Jets has been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. Ondrej Pavelec wasn’t the answer, and it took them years to figure it out. Today, they signed Steve Mason in hopes to solidify their net in a time when they appear to be inching closer and closer [...]
After a pair of Stanley Cup wins in Pittsburgh, and the impending cap crunch for the Penguins (which seems to happen every year), it was inevitable that Daley would find a new home. This new home is in Detroit: Trevor Daley's terms in DET: 3 x $3.178. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 1, 2017 Daley [...]
The second and third rounds of the NHL Draft is where organizations find value to fill their lineups with prospects that can make an impact down the road. Finding prospect depth in picks 30-90 imperative to a winning NHL organization. In fantasy, these players can be extremely valuable as well, to get a leg up [...]
A significant trade took place the day before Free Agent Frenzy, though not to the level of Subban-Weber or Hall-Larsson. Jason Botterill continues to re-tool the Buffalo blue line, as the Sabres GM traded away Marcus Foligno, Tyler Ennis, and a third-round pick in 2018 to Minnesota for Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville, and a fourth-round [...]
