Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The Vancouver Canucks have signed underrated winger Ilya Mikheyev to a four-year deal worth $4.75M AAV and versatile forward Curtis Lazar to a three-year deal worth $1M AAV. The Canucks have also signed goaltender Collin Delia to a one-way contract to become their backup goaltender. The Canucks get: an underrated winger and fancy-stats darling who [...]

The New York Rangers have signed center Vincent Trocheck to a whopping seven-year deal worth $5.625M AAV and goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a one-year $1.55M contract. The Rangers get: a centerman who, prior to last year, had been struggling with injuries. He was a 75-point player pre-injury, but since then has mostly hovered at around [...]

One of the long-rumoured signings that had to wait until Noon to be official was Claude Giroux heading home to Ottawa to play for the Senators. That was one of the first deals announced when the gong struck 12:00: https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1547249841868357634 It has been a busy offseason for Ottawa and Giroux joins Alex DeBrincat and Cam [...]

After a very successful run with the New York Rangers following a trade from Winnipeg, Andrew Copp did a lot to raise his value as he was heading into free agency. There were a number of teams linked to his services but the Ann Arbor, Michigan native has chosen to sign with the Detroit Red [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed newly-minted free agent goaltender Ilya Samsonov to a one year contract at just $1.8M.. The Leafs Get: A high-upside, but so far disappointing 25-year-old goalie. Yes, that’s right – 25. That’s the age that most goalies start their NHL tenure. But Samsonov is three seasons in. And while those [...]

The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jack Campbell to a five-year contract worth $5 million per season. Campbell finished with an impressive 31-9-6 record with the Maple Leafs last season. However, that doesn’t mean his entire season went smoothly. Check out his first half/second half splits:  GPWLOTLGAASV%QUALQUAL%GSAA1st half2517521.890.9391976.020.332nd half2414443.470.888937.5-16.06 In other words, Campbell looked like an [...]

After a few years of rumoured discussions involving Pavel Zacha, the Devils finally sold a year after his peak value, as the former sixth overall pick was shipped off to Boston in a straight-up exchange for Erik Haula.   What the Bruins Get: Zacha is a big forward that can play both centre and wing, [...]

The Ottawa Senators continued their goaltender turnover as, one day after trading Matt Murray, they have acquired Cam Talbot from the Minnesota Wild for netminder Filip Gustavsson: https://twitter.com/Senators/status/1546974514373955585 Talbot, who just turned 35 years old a week ago, has one year left on his contract worth $3.66M in 2022-23, while Gustavsson is under contract for [...]

The Ottawa Senators have traded goaltender Matt Murray along with a third- and a seventh-round draft pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for future considerations. The Senators get: Really just cap space, in order to take that rumored run at signing UFA Claude Giroux on Wednesday. The Maple Leafs get: “A proven Cup winner in [...]

The Nashville Predators sure are doing things lately, and the latest was to send Luke Kunin to the San Jose Sharks and a third-round pick. Kunin, going into his age-25 season, was a 15th overall pick in 2016 by Minnesota, and managed 41 points in 120 games with Nashville. The official announcement: https://twitter.com/PredsNHL/status/1545445862125539328 There is [...]