Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The Edmonton Oilers acquired veteran defenseman Duncan Keith and prospect Tim Soderlund from the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Caleb Jones and a third-round draft pick. The Oilers get: One of the best defensemen in the NHL. If it was still 2014. But it’s – checks calendar – 2021. Keith has been on the decline for [...]

It has been a couple of down years in a row now for Viktor Arvidsson and the Nashville Predators are further away from the Stanley Cup now than they have been since their Cup run a few years ago. This team was going to have to make some moves this offseason, and it started on [...]

The Seattle Kraken have named their first head coach. For months now, it was expected to be Rick Tocchet, but those rumours seemed to have fallen apart over the last few days. New names emerged this week, and today the team announced that Dave Hakstol will be the franchise’s first bench boss. What does this [...]

The New York Rangers have named former Vegas, Florida and Columbus coach Gerard Gallant as their next Head Coach. As much as I (and many of us) dislike the “coaching carousel”, I don’t think Gallant has peaked. And so far, what we saw in his last two stints were nothing but positives. The only red [...]

With John Tortorella gone, the Blue Jackets had been on the search for their next head coach for about a month now. The team didn’t have to go very far as they simply promoted assistant coach Brad Larsen to head-coaching duties. This kind of seemed fast as maybe there’d be more coaches available in a [...]

David Quinn was hired in the Sping of 2018 by the New York Rangers to usher in a new era, with their rebuild letter getting published only a few months prior. He was brought in to bring stability through a rebuild. He had some experience in that aspect after spending a shortened season as an [...]

The Detroit Red Wings have acquired Jakub Vrana, Richard Panik, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2022 second-round draft pick from the Washington Capitals for Anthony Mantha. The Red Wings get: A potential first-line winger who is just entering his prime, plus a good depth winger and two more draft picks to give them 12 [...]

The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Sam Bennett from the Calgary Flames for prospect Emil Heineman and a 2022 second-round draft pick. The Panthers get: A hard-hitting player with some upside, who really steps up his game in the postseason. And it’s clear that the Panthers want to go deep, as they’ve designed their deadline [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made another depth move and swapped forwards with the San Jose Sharks. Alexander Barabanov was a 2020 offseason signee with Toronto, and the 26-year-old winger moves on to San Jose while Toronto deepens their centre position by adding 27-year-old AHLer Antti Suomela. Both are UFAs at the end of the season, so there [...]

Montreal acquired the puck-moving defenceman they badly need in Erik Gustafsson, acquiring him from Philadelphia for a seventh-round pick in 2022. Renaud Lavoie of TVA would go on to say that the Flyers are retaining half of Gustafsson’s salary. Montreal gets Gustafsson has been one of the more volatile players in fantasy over the last [...]