Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves


Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, and Alex MacLean deliver the immediate fantasy spin on trades and signings as soon as they happen. Check the archives and see how their predictions have panned out…
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fantasy Take: Dallas Stars Hire Glen Gulutzan As New Bench Boss

By |2025-07-01T13:56:53-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Dallas Stars fired coach Peter DeBoer after another exit in the Western Conference Final but a lot of the coaching options dried up fast. Just after free agency opened on Tuesday, the Stars announced that they had hired Glen Gulutzan to be their next head coach. For fantasy, it’s hard to imagine Gulutzan having [...]

Fantasy Take: Rangers Land Gavrikov For Seven Years

By |2025-07-01T13:15:01-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

One of the worst-kept secrets heading into free agency was that the New York Rangers seemed to be the front-runners to land (now-former) Los Angeles Kings defenceman Vladislav Gavrikov. According to Pierre LeBrun, they did exactly that and terms are a seven-year deal with a $7M AAV. This gives the Rangers a stalwart defensive defenceman [...]

Fantasy Take: Montreal and St. Louis Exchange Mailloux and Bolduc

By |2025-07-01T12:51:34-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

One trade option that seemed to be in play for the Montreal Canadiens was prospect defenceman Logan Mailloux. With Alex Carrier added to the roster last season, Noah Dobson just being acquired via trade, and David Reinbacher (hopefully) a lineup regular in the next 1-2 years, trading Mailloux made sense. They did just that on [...]

Fantasy Take: Edmonton Oilers Ship Viktor Arvidsson to Boston Bruins

By |2025-07-01T12:12:07-04:00July 1st, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Edmonton Oilers kicked off their free agent frenzy not with a signing but with a trade by unloading winger Viktor Arvidsson to the Boston Bruins. According to Boston writer Scott McLaughlin, the compensation going back to the Oilers is a fifth-round pick in 2027. Arvidsson was mostly healthy this season, playing 67 games, which [...]

Fantasy Take: Marner Moving On to Vegas

By |2025-06-30T19:15:33-04:00June 30th, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Well, it’s finally happened. The league’s worst kept secret is no longer a secret. Vegas and Toronto are collaborating on a sign-and-trade that will see Mitch Marner ink an eight-year deal at a $12 million AAV before getting shipped to Vegas for Nicolas Roy (pending trade call). https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1939795695919407339 What Does Vegas Get? Although perceptions of [...]

Fantasy Impact: Struggling Tarasenko Shipped to Wild for F. Considerations

By |2025-06-30T15:48:54-04:00June 30th, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Fantasy Impact: The Detroit Red Wings have traded forward Vladimir Tarasenko to the Minnesota Wild for journeyman Future Considerations. The Red Wings get: Considerations has run through several teams over the past year, as teams covet his versatility, as well as his ability to fit seamlessly in any dressing room without impacting the salary cap. [...]

Fantasy Take: Spence Traded to Sens

By |2025-06-28T16:21:38-04:00June 28th, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenseman Jordan Spence from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick. (The Kings then traded the third-round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2025 fourth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick.) Spence is a 24-year-old defenseman with offensive upside, having [...]

Fantasy Take: Gibson Finally Traded, Sent to Detroit for Mrazek, Picks

By |2025-06-28T15:03:30-04:00June 28th, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Anaheim Ducks have traded goalie John Gibson to the Detroit Red Wings for Petr Mrazek, a 2027 second-round pick, and a 2026 fourth-round pick. After years of rumors, the Ducks finally pulled the trigger on a Gibson trade. A cap hit of $6.4 million with multiple years remaining made it difficult for teams to [...]

Fantasy Take: Montreal Deals for Dobson, Send Heineman and Picks to New York

By |2025-06-27T14:46:41-04:00June 27th, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Montreal Canadiens making it to the 2025 postseason was the sign that the tear-down/rebuild portion of the current era was over and it was time to start working on the roster’s weaknesses. There are still significant upgrades that need to be made, especially as far as adding veteran, impact players is concerned. The Canadiens [...]

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