Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The Minnesota Wild have added some grit to their bottom six in a trade with the New York Rangers: https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/1595492594569469952 What the Rangers Get: A lineup spot for a healthy forward core, and some extra cap space to potentially use at the deadline.   What the Wild Get: A fourth-liner who can hit plenty and [...]

The Dallas Stars have acquired prospect defenseman Nils Lundkvist from the New York Rangers in exchange for a first-round draft pick in 2023 and a fourth-round draft pick. Both picks are reportedly conditional, per Shayna Goldman, with the first rounder sliding to the next year if that pick is in the Top 10. The Rangers [...]

The Colorado Avalanche have signed versatile forward Evan Rodrigues to a one-year contract worth $2M. The Avs get: a solid middle-sixer who can slot in at any forward position. Rodrigues truly flourished with the Penguins last season when both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were injured. Once they returned, the dynamic changed. And even with [...]

There were a handful of notable names still on the free agency board once Nazem Kadri was signed, among them Paul Stastny, P.K. Subban, and Phil Kessel. In a bit of serendipity, Stastny was signed just hours after I posted a Ramblings discussing what these guys could bring to the fantasy game when (if) whey [...]

The Carolina Hurricanes have continued their offseason shopping by adding another centre to their forward mix. Vincent Trocheck left the organization and that left them with Jordan Staal and Jesperi Kotkaniemi as their middle-6 pivots. It could work but they clearly felt they needed some insurance. They got that insurance in the form of Paul [...]

With the signing of Nazem Kadri, Calgary would need to make another deal to open the cap space necessary to make it work. That came in the form of the Flames trading centre Sean Monahan to the Montreal Canadiens, along with a conditional first-round pick in 2025, for futures: https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1560382496860033025 The three-time 30-goal scorer had [...]

The one major domino left to fall in the 2022 NHL offseason was where unrestricted free agent Nazem Kadri would land. There were lots of rumours that he would be going to play for the New York Islanders, but that is not the team that signed him. It ended up being the team that yours [...]

The Anaheim Ducks have signed John Klingberg to a one-year contract believed to be worth $7 million. Klingberg has spent his entire eight-year career with the Dallas Stars, topping out at 67 points in 2017-18. More recently, he finished with 47 points in 74 games in 2021-22. Over his past seven seasons, Klingberg has finished [...]

The Calgary Flames traded Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers in exchange for the NHL’s second leading scorer (tied) Jonathan Huberdeau, plus defenseman Mackenzie Weegar, prospect forward Cole Schwindt, and a first-round draft pick. The Flames get: the scoring to replace the recent loss of Johnny Gaudreau. And funny enough, they replace him with the [...]

There was news on Friday afternoon that Columbus had extended Patrik Laine for four years with an average annual value of $8.7M. That put the Blue Jackets in excess of $6M over the cap and while being over the cap is fine in the offseason, it’s often better to take care of the trades necessary [...]