Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

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 [...]

After spending 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, goaltender Jonathan Quick has now been drafted twice in the last few days, first going to Columbus (which was written about by Alex at the time), and now he’s back in the Western Conference following a trade to the Vegas Golden Knights: https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1631365226506354688 The full trade [...]

When Detroit traded defenceman Filip Hronek to the Vancouver Canucks for a pair of draft picks, including a first-rounder, it appeared another shoe was going to drop. It did not come in the form of Jakob Chychrun (he’s in Ottawa now) or Erik Karlsson (he should be back in Ottawa but I digress), but rather [...]