Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

After the team won just one of its first 12 games, the Chicago Blackhawks have dismissed head coach Jeremy Colliton and assistant coaches Tomas Mitell and Sheldon Brookbank. Derek King, the head coach of the Hawks’ AHL affiliate in Rockford, has been named interim head coach. The Blackhawks had high hopes of being competitive this [...]

The trade that the hockey world has been waiting for for what seems like a year now has finally happened, as Jack Eichel was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in the wee hours of Thursday morning. While there had been rumours – very recent rumours – of Eichel going to Calgary, the Golden Knights [...]

After meeting with Gary Bettman earlier in the day, Joel Quenneville has resigned as head coach of the Florida Panthers. Andrew Brunette will take over as the interim head coach. With news surfacing about Quenneville’s inaction to Kyle Beach’s report of sexual assault during the 2010 playoffs when both were in the Blackhawks organization, as [...]

The St. Louis Blues have traded Zach Sanford to the Ottawa Senators for 2016 first-round pick Logan Brown. If Brown plays 30 games for the Blues this season, the Senators will also receive a 2022 fourth-round pick. Sanford gives the Senators a more proven option than Brown, who was one of many young players that [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Christian Dvorak from the Arizona Coyotes for a first-round pick in 2022 and a second-round pick in 2024. This trade was announced mere moments after the Habs announced that they would not match Carolina’s offer sheet for Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Fantasy Take), suggesting that Marc Bergevin had been planning this for [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have decided not to match the one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet on Jesperi Kotkaniemi, officially making him a member of the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canadiens received Carolina’s first- and third-round picks in 2022 as compensation. Kotkaniemi, the third overall pick in 2018, finished the 2020-21 season with 20 points in 56 games. [...]

One of the few dominoes left in free agency was the final destination of former Montreal forward Tomas Tatar. He was in a very weird spot where he was healthy scratched for most of the playoffs in favour of players like Paul Byron (who just had major hip surgery), Jake Evans (who could play centre), [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed left wing Nick Ritchie to a two-year contract with a cap hit of $2.5 million. The Leafs receive a 25-year-old power forward who has recorded high penalty minute and hit totals as well as flashes of scoring ability throughout his career. Best-case scenario, he’s a replacement for Zach Hyman [...]

With Colorado re-signing Gabriel Landeskog to his monster extension, it seemed likely Brandon Saad would be moving on from the Avalanche. Exactly where he would land might take some time, but that he was gone was pretty much a sure thing. The 28-year-old winger made his decision on Thursday, and he’s going to a rival: [...]

After losing to Tampa in the 2020 Finals in the summer bubble, and then losing to Tampa in the 2021 Finals as a member of the Montreal Canadiens, it appears as if Corey Perry has had enough. He is done losing to Tampa Bay, so he’s decided to join the Bolts instead: https://twitter.com/KevinWeekes/status/1420786764160159745 Perry is [...]