Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Coaching vacancies were dwindling and though there were rumours of Peter Laviolette being the new bench boss for the New York Rangers, until things like that are announced, rumours are exactly that. That vacancy came to an end on Tuesday as the Rangers announced Laviolette will be the head coach for the 2023-24 season, even [...]

It seemed possible that the Columbus Blue Jackets would tinker with their blue line in the offseason considering the injuries and underperformance last season. They started that process by trading for Ivan Provorov earlier this week, and they continued that process on Friday morning by trading for a pending free agent from New Jersey, and [...]

We got something we don’t usually get during the Stanley Cup playoffs, and that was a sizable trade. One of the storylines out West this offseason was what the Los Angeles Kings would do because they had Gabriel Vilardi as a pending RFA (among others), Vladislav Gavrikov and Joonas Korpisalo as free agents, and not [...]

The Anaheim Ducks have hired Greg Cronin to be their new bench boss. It’s rare to see someone land their first NHL head coaching gig at the age of 60, but there’s no denying the wealth of experience Cronin brings to the table. A former player in the ECAC, Cronin parlayed that into an assistant [...]

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 [...]