Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The St. Louis Blues have claimed right wing Kasperi Kapanen off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kapanen has been scoring below a 0.5 PT/GP pace both this season and last. However, he finished with 30 points in 40 games during the shortened 2020-21 season, so he still provides some scoring upside. Kapanen and his $3.2 [...]

It was almost a shock at how fast things moved. As of Thursday afternoon, the Washington Capitals were on a slide with two wins in their previous seven games, but Alex Ovechkin was returning and they were just two points out of a playoff position. Then just after 5 PM ET, Pierre LeBrun tweeted that [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari from the St. Louis Blues for Mikhail Abramov, Adam Gaudette, a first-round pick in 2023, a third-round pick in 2023 (from Ottawa) and a second-round pick in 2024. St. Louis is retaining 50% of O'Reilly's salary, while Minnesota is taking another 25% of O'Reilly's [...]

There are a number of significant trade bait candidates for this year’s deadline. We saw Bo Horvat get traded last week to the New York Islanders and that seems to have kicked off trade season. The next big domino to fall is St. Louis winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who is headed to the New York Rangers: [...]

The Vancouver Canucks have traded Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty and a 2023 first-round draft pick. The Canucks get: an underachieving forward who has been in the league for seven years – yet he’s still only 25. Beauvillier has at times been used on a shutdown line, while [...]

The Vancouver Canucks have dismissed popular head coach Bruce Boudreau and assistant coach Trent Cull. Rick Tocchet has been named the new head coach, Adam Foote a new assistant coach, and Sergei Gonchar the new defensive development coach. In what has been the league’s worst-kept secret and worst-handled situation with a head coach in quite [...]

Toronto and Arizona have swapped depth skaters to fill some organizational needs. https://twitter.com/CraigSMorgan/status/1595492392106590208 What the Coyotes Get: Size and depth for their AHL team, and a possible future depth forward, for a defenceman that they were going to lose on waivers anyways. Curtis Douglas is not a player that needs to be on the fantasy [...]

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 [...]