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Fantasy Take: Carolina Snags Nikolaj Ehlers on Six-Year Deal

By Michael Clifford|2025-07-03T16:23:16-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

One of the worst-kept secrets of the free agency period thus far was the landing spot for Nikolaj Ehlers. While there had been a few teams rumoured to be in the running to sign the winger, it was evident that the Carolina Hurricanes would flex their oodles of cap space and Stanley Cup-contention status to [...]

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Fantasy Take: Sharks Bolster Blue Line by Signing Orlov

By Michael Clifford|2025-07-03T12:37:08-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

In an effort to paper over their extremely thin blue line as they wait for their prospects to mature, the San Jose Sharks have signed Dmitry Orlov to a two-year contract with an AAV of $6.5M. In addition to Nick Leddy being added off waivers and the signing of John Klingberg a couple days ago, [...]

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Fantasy Take: Burns Extending Career With Colorado

By Ian Gooding|2025-07-03T00:00:17-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Brent Burns to a one-year contract. According to Elliotte Friedman, the contract has a $1 million base and has games-played bonuses of up to $3 million. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1940597826054246401 Burns has been the anti-Band Aid Boy, having not missed a game since the 2014-15 season. During the prime of his career, [...]

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Fantasy Take: KHL Star Maxim Shabanov Signs With Islanders

By Dobber|2025-07-02T23:14:20-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Fantasy Impact: The New York Islanders have signed diminutive winger Maxim Shabanov to a one-year, bonus-laden deal with a cap hit of $975k and an AAV of $4.475M. I posted my feelings on Shabanov six or seven hours before the signing: https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1940431977858887801 Perhaps he was waiting for my blessing? In all seriousness though, the strong [...]

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Fantasy Take: Pius Suter Lands with the Blues

By Alexander MacLean|2025-07-02T17:50:04-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Pius Suter has signed a two-year deal in St. Louis with an AAV of $4.125 million. With the move, the Blues continue to reshape their middle-six forward group, and by bringing in Suter they are signing one of the best centers in what was a very thin market. Suter is coming off of a career-high [...]

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Fantasy Take: Mangiapane Fills an Opening in Edmonton

By Ian Gooding|2025-07-02T11:31:43-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Edmonton Oilers have signed winger Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year, $3.6 million AAV deal. The speedy Mangiapane scored 35 goals for the Calgary Flames during the 2021-22 season, but he has failed to reach 20 goals in each of his past three seasons. In his lone season in Washington, Mangiapane was held to just [...]

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

By Michael Clifford|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 [...]

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Fantasy Take: Mikael Granlund Heads Back To California, Signs With Anaheim

By Michael Clifford|2025-07-01T17:05:58-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

One team that had oodles of cap space – over $35M according to PuckPedia – was the Anaheim Ducks. It seemed a lock that they would go make a big signing at some point in free agency and while the available names have run thin, they did go get one of the best playmakers available [...]

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Fantasy Take: Drouin Heads to Long Island

By Ian Gooding|2025-07-01T15:38:50-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The New York Islanders have signed winger Jonathan Drouin to a two-year contract with a $4 million AAV. Drouin built his career back up in Colorado by accepting two separate one-year contracts. Over his two seasons there, he averaged a 62-point 82-game pace (0.76 PTS/GP) while often on a line with junior teammate Nathan MacKinnon. [...]

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

By Michael Clifford|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 [...]

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