There was a very significant trade on Monday as Tyler Toffoli was traded to the Calgary Flames. Going the other way is Tyler Pitlick, a first-round pick, a fifth-round pick, and prospect Emil Heineman. His Dobber Prospects profile can be viewed here. Dobber wrote about the trade yesterday and readers can check out his column [...]
The Oilers went ahead and fired Dave Tippett on Thursday, relieving him of his duties following their home loss to Chicago on Wednesday night. Not that it was a big surprise, but the Oilers are now on their fourth coach in four seasons, with Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock, Tippett, and now Jay Woodcroft all having [...]
The Edmonton Oilers did what all bad teams do: blame the coach. Dave Tippett was fired as coach of the Oilers on Thursday morning with Jay Woodcroft taking over in his place. The Oilers are, ostensibly, in their Cup window and have looked nothing short of average-to-bad for three months now. Whether the problem is [...]
Tuukka Rask has retired from hockey. The hope for the Boston Bruins had been to have Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark handle NHL duties while Rask healed from his hip surgery. Then, Rask would return, Swayman would be sent down, and the Bruins would have a heck of a one-two punch with Swayman as insurance. [...]
The stretch run of the NHL season is here. We should be a lot further along in the actual season than we are but with all the postponements earlier in the season, these next few weeks are going to be packed with games. That will bring us to March and the final push of the [...]
There was news that Ville Heinola was sent down to the AHL on Wednesday but we need to remember that the All-Star break is at hand. There is no need to keep the young guys on the roster and the taxi squad has been dissolved. We will see if he gets called back up after [...]
We are approaching the NHL All-Star break, and that means a bit of time to get away from fantasy until they return next week. And once they return following the break, it’s a full-on sprint for a few weeks as they start playing their makeup games. For now, it gives us a bit of time [...]
The only question of Evander Kane returning to an NHL lineup was if the NHL were to clear him from his investigation. Once he was cleared from that, he would be free to sign anywhere, and teams would be lining up. The league did clear Kane of wrongdoing and he eventually signed with the Edmonton [...]
It has been a small sample so far, but Alex Tuch has been very impressive in Buffalo. He has 10 points in 10 games, and they generally look competitive in most games they play, even if they’re not close. There are young players that are improving while Rasmus Dahlin looks great on an improving blue [...]
Brendan Gallagher was back at Canadiens practice on Wednesday but did so in a red non-contact jersey. There is no official timeline for his return. He has battled both injury and COVID this year and as a result, like most Canadiens players, he’s had a bad year. A turnaround in the second half doesn’t seem [...]
