Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Not long after Montreal traded Sean Monahan to Winnipeg (fantasy take can be read here), the Los Angeles Kings announced they fired coach Todd McLellan. Despite a win heading into the All-Star break, the Kings had just three wins in their previous 17 games as their hot start was a distant memory. His replacement is [...]

The Trade Deadline dominoes have started to fall as Elias Lindholm was traded to Vancouver a couple days ago. (Read Alex’s take on that trade here.) Even though the NHL is on its All-Star break, the general managers keep working and another one of the top names on the board is on the move. After [...]

The Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks swung a big intra-division trade, that saw Elias Lindholm as the big piece land in Vancouver. It’s not the first time this season the two have swung a deal, and that familiarity likely helped get this one across the line. Andrei Kuzmenko’s no-trade clause could have held this up, [...]

The New York Islanders have hired Patrick Roy to be their new head coach, replacing Lane Lambert. The Islanders’ 4-3 overtime loss to Chicago on Friday could have sealed Lambert’s fate, as the team had gone 2-6-2 in its last 10 games. Lambert’s team had become more fantasy friendly this season, as players like Bo [...]

One of the more surprising trades in recent NHL memory went down on Monday night during Philadelphia’s home game with Pittsburgh. The Flyers traded prospect Cutter Gauthier to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenceman Jamie Drysdale and a second-round pick. Frank Seravalli would report minutes later that Gauthier had told the team he wouldn’t [...]

On Monday, the Ducks and Flyers swapped a couple of big-name youngsters. The effects of this trade may not be felt immediately, but they will be significant.   https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1744513133522427936 Philadelphia acquires Jamie Drysdale, a 21-year-old defender who was drafted sixth overall in 2020 because of his strong skating ability and offensive instincts. They also get [...]

On Monday, the Ottawa Senators relieved D.J. Smith of his head coaching duties, replacing him with Jacques Martin on an interim basis. The team also announced franchise legend Daniel Alfredsson as a new assistant coach.   Smith took over as head coach in Ottawa back in May of 2019. Since then, the club ranks 24th [...]

Let’s get the first thing out of the way here with the Blues relieving Craig Berube of Head Coaching duties and appointing Drew Bannister as interim HC: This is a flawed roster, and it was not necessarily something that Berube was doing poorly here. He had his warts, sure, but based on public opinion so [...]

The Patrick Kane saga, which has seemingly been a thing for three years now, has reached its next destination as it was reported early on Tuesday morning that he had made a decision on where he was going to play. Though rumours had included teams like Florida and Buffalo, as well as a return to [...]

On Monday, the Minnesota Wild relieved head coach Dean Evason and assistant coach Bob Woods of their duties, introducing John Hynes as the team’s new head coach. Evason took over as bench boss in February of 2020, guiding the club to an impressive 147-77-27 record since then. Despite his overall success, he ends up being [...]