The anticipated trade of Alex DeBrincat finally materialized over the weekend as he was sent from Ottawa to Detroit in exchange for a first- and a fourth-round pick, Dominik Kubalik, and prospect defenceman Donovan Sobrango. The Wings turned around to extend DeBrincat for four years with an AAV under $8M. It lines up for DeBrincat [...]
Montreal has signed David Reinbacher, its fifth overall pick from this past Draft, to his three-year entry-level contract. This does not necessarily mean that he will be in the lineup for the 2023-24 season, of course, but it is nice to get that contract done and not have it something to worry about down the [...]
There are development camps going on across the NHL and it’s really not a great time to assess much. Teams are restricted, for now, to their own prospects, so an elite pick from the 2023 Draft out-performing a 7th-rounder from 2022 doesn’t tell us much. It is also hard to follow along with what is [...]
With New Jersey turning the keys over to the next generation, it seemed likely there would be cap casualties, and Ryan Graves is among them. It was just a matter of where he’d land and he’s in Pittsburgh on a six-year deal, per Elliotte Friedman. The AAV works out to $4.5M a year. Graves posted [...]
Pittsburgh trading for Reilly Smith officially signaled that they would not be re-signing Jason Zucker. He had been a good player for Pittsburgh but missed 63 games over the last three seasons, or nearly 30% of the available contests. Those three seasons also saw him post a lower points/minute rate at 5-on-5 than teammates Danton [...]
One of the more surprising turns of the early portions of the 2023 offseason was seeing the Nashville Predators buy out the contract of Matt Duchene. He wasn’t elite in 2022-23, but he’s a season removed from pushing scoring 43 goals and posting 86 points. Regardless, he was set to go somewhere else and he’s [...]
It was clear that Boston would not have the cap space to re-sign deadline acquisition Dmitry Orlov to a new contract in the offseason. After that, it was just a matter of where he’d land and he’s going to Carolina on a two-year deal with an AAV of $7.75M a season, per Elliotte Friedman. Let’s [...]
Nashville has had a wild week, trading Ryan Johansen while retaining salary and then buying out Matt Duchene. They were clearing cap space for something and it appears to be a former division rival that is coming to Tennessee to help turn the team around: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1675175019951824896 It is worth $4.5M a season for each of [...]
Like many teams this offseason, the cap crunch from the COVID seasons was still in effect for the Edmonton Oilers. It meant that they would have to ship out some players to open the space necessary to possibly sign their replacements, but most certainly to extend Evan Bouchard’s contract. The casualties ended up being a [...]
The New York Islanders were facing another cap crunch and it was just a matter of who would get moved. They ended up being able to shed the Josh Bailey contract, which is a good thing for them considering his falling out of the lineup. Bailey is on the move, and he may have a [...]
