Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The Edmonton Oilers trade defenseman Ethan Bear to the Carolina Hurricanes for winger Warren Foegele. The Oilers Get: a forward who teases offensively, but keeps getting used defensively – and he’s been good at it. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1420405068449423366 The Hurricanes Get: a good two-way defenseman with some offensive upside. He had a great 2019-20 campaign, but last [...]

The Vancouver Canucks have signed Jaroslav Halak to a one-year, $3M deal. Over his last few seasons in Boston, Halak has become one of the league’s most reliable 1B/backup options. Having said that, his 2020-21 season numbers (.905 SV%, -1.66 GSAA) did not trend in the right direction. The Bruins even decided to turn to [...]

With Stephen Johns retiring and Jamie Oleksiak moving on to Seattle, the Stars were in dire straits for their blue line. That is a huge, huge problem for a team that is pushing for a Stanley Cup this year. Dallas has attempted to solidify their back-end a bit by signing veteran defenceman Ryan Suter to [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed goalie Petr Mrazek to a three-year deal at $3.8M per. The Leafs Get: a goaltender who has often teased with his tremendous potential, but it seems that every time he starts getting any momentum he gets injured. His track record: 2021 – 6 games (LBI) 2021 – 31 games [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for Brent Seabrook. This is yet another trade being made for purely (or at least mostly) salary cap reasons. The Lightning finally find a way to part with Johnson’s contract (three more years at $5 million), while the [...]

Winnipeg’s blue line overhaul continues. It is a necessary overhaul because it was the glaring weakness of the team last year, and really has been ever since the retirement of Dustin Byfuglien. They are trying to piece it back together and managed to retain Dylan DeMelo through the Expansion Draft. Winnipeg went out and got [...]

If this trade is going to be a harbinger of things to come, we are going to be in for a wild, wild offseason. Not that long ago, Alex Nedeljkovic – the goalie who looked the future in net for Carolina and was a finalist for Rooke of the Year – was traded to Detroit [...]

The Florida Panthers have acquired Sam Reinhart from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for goalie prospect Devon Levi and a 2022 first-round pick. Reinhart has been one of the few bright spots on the Sabres roster during their prolonged rebuild, scoring a minimum of 20 goals in five of his last six seasons. He’s logged [...]

In a good old-fashioned hockey trade, the Columbus Blue Jackets have traded Cam Atkinson to the Philadelphia Flyers for Jakub Voracek. https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1418965617546256385 This trade features two players that on the surface appear similar. Both players are right wingers. Both players will be 32 years of age when the season starts. Both players are owed just [...]

Carolina completed their second somewhat vexing trade of the week on Friday. Earlier, they shipped off Alex Nedeljkovic to Detroit for a mid-round pick and the rights to Jonathan Bernier. Not exactly what Carolina fans were hoping for, I think, for a goalie who’d gone through their system and was a finalist for the Calder [...]