Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

After some speculation, Washington made it official by hiring Spencer Carbery to be their new head coach. Carbery has spent that last couple of years behind the bench of the Toronto Maple Leafs helping out Sheldon Keefe. Before that, he was the head coach of Washington’s AHL affiliate, so he’s a name very familiar with [...]

The Anaheim Ducks have traded defenseman John Klingberg to the Minnesota Wild for a fourth-round pick in 2025, defenseman Andrej Sustr, and the rights to Nikita Nesterenko. The Wild receive: Klingberg, in a trade that was submitted to the league right before the 3 pm ET horn sounded. Klingberg was signed to a one-year, $7 [...]

Breaking down the NHL's Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford and Alexander MacLean deliver the spin on fantasy-relevant trades. --- March 3 KLINGBERG MOVES TO MINNESOTA To MINNESOTA:John Klingberg, D To ANAHEIM:Andrej Sustr, DNikita Nesterenko, C4th-round pick in 2025 See Analysis | Discuss RITCHIE FOR RITCHIE To CALGARY:Nick Ritchie, LWTroy [...]

The St. Louis Blues have acquired forward Jakub Vrana from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for forward Dylan McLaughlin and a seventh-round draft pick in 2025. The Blues receive: Vrana, a potential top-6 winger who has scored at between 0.7-0.75 PTS/GP over his previous three seasons. More recently, Vrana had been sidelined by shoulder [...]

If the Dallas Stars were a Canadian-based team, or team based in America’s northeast, we might be hearing a lot more about their recent slide. Going back to January 9th, a span of 20 games for Dallas, they have the fewest regulation/overtime wins in the league. In that span, Anaheim has eight, Philadelphia has seven, [...]

After acquiring the big defenceman they had been seeking for a while in Mattias Ekholm, the focus of the Edmonton Oilers turned to filling out the forward roster. The team has had serious problems generating offence whenever Connor McDavid is off the ice and they made a deal with the Arizona Coyotes to help address [...]

After spending 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, goaltender Jonathan Quick has now been drafted twice in the last few days, first going to Columbus (which was written about by Alex at the time), and now he’s back in the Western Conference following a trade to the Vegas Golden Knights: https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1631365226506354688 The full trade [...]

When Detroit traded defenceman Filip Hronek to the Vancouver Canucks for a pair of draft picks, including a first-rounder, it appeared another shoe was going to drop. It did not come in the form of Jakob Chychrun (he’s in Ottawa now) or Erik Karlsson (he should be back in Ottawa but I digress), but rather [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forward Mikael Granlund from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2023 second-round draft pick. The Penguins receive: Granlund, a playmaking assist-heavy forward who can play either center or wing. He should initially be penciled in on the Penguins’ third line but could move up to one of the top [...]

Jakob Chychrun has finally been traded! The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenseman Chychrun from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a conditional first-round pick in 2023, a conditional second-round pick in 2024 and a second-round pick in 2026. The Senators receive: A potential first-pair defenseman who can bring some offense and size (6-2, 220 lbs.) [...]