Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

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 [...]

The Colorado Avalanche landed goaltender Darcy Kuemper from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a first-round draft pick and defenseman Conor Timmins. The Avalanche Get: Their No.1 goaltender that they lost earlier in the day when Philipp Grubauer signed with Seattle. Kuemper was an elite netminder in this league for one-and-a-half seasons. Then he got [...]

The Boston Bruins have signed goalie Linus Ullmark to a four-year contract worth $5 million per season. Raise your hand if you thought Ullmark would receive the second-highest goalie contract this offseason (behind Philipp Grubauer with Seattle, which is a surprise of its own). Ullmark just received a $20 million contract. That amount and term [...]

The Buffalo Sabres acquire offensive defenseman Will Butcher and a fifth-round pick from the New Jersey Devils for future considerations. New Jersey will retain $1M of the $3.73M contract, so basically they are paying the Sabres a fifth rounder for taking $2.73M off their cap. The Sabres Get: a decent puck-mover, but a rather weak [...]

The Boston Bruins have signed Erik Haula to a two-year contract with a $2.375 million cap hit, Nick Foligno to a two-year contract worth $3.8 million per season, and Tomas Nosek to a two-year contract worth $1.75 million per season. These are mainly depth signings that likely shouldn’t compete for first-line or top-unit power-play duties. [...]

One of the more odd moves of the offseason was Chicago letting Pius Suter walk for nothing. His rookie season in the NHL saw him post 27 points in 55 games playing just 16:20 a night. A 40-point pace for a rookie is not nothing. Besides that, he had a carry-in percentage on zone entries [...]

The Arizona Coyotes have signed power forward Dmitrij Jaskin to a one-year contract worth a whopping $3.2M. They also sign winger Ryan Dzingel to a one-year deal worth $1.1M. The Coyotes Get: two fill-in wingers to temporarily fill the void on the suddenly-rebuilding Coyotes, to give their prospects in the system more time to marinate. [...]

The following backup goalies were signed on July 28, the first day of free agency: Martin Jones: 1 year, $2 million, Philadelphia David Rittich: 1 year, $1.25 million, Nashville James Reimer: 2 years, $2.25 million, San Jose Carter Hutton: 1 year, $750,000, Arizona Laurent Brossoit: 2 years, $2.325 million, Vegas Braden Holtby: 1 year, $2 [...]

For about as long as I can remember – which is to about three hours ago – the Montreal Canadiens have had a terrible power play. The best it has been in recent seasons was mid-pack in the postseason this year. For the last several years, we’re looking at a team in the bottom-half, if [...]

The New Jersey Devils have signed prized star defenseman Dougie Hamilton to a seven-year deal reportedly worth $9M AAV. The Devils Get: one of the few defensemen capable of putting up 70 points in a season. Hamilton is 28 and in his last 102 games his production rate was a 68-point pace. He seems to [...]