Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goalie Devan Dubnyk from the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a fifth-round pick in 2021. Even with Jonas Johansson’s 28-save shutout on Friday, the Avalanche weren’t sold on him or their other backup goaltending options after Philipp Grubauer. Johansson has only 17 games of NHL experience and [...]

The Florida Panthers have started shedding some salary, and it’s begun with Brett Connolly. The former 20-goal scorer had fallen out of favour with the Panthers and was infrequently in the lineup. He has been dealt to Chicago in a significant deal, at least in the number of pieces. It breaks down as follows: To [...]

It's not common that trades break after a game has already finished on the day, but with an early start on the Ottawa/Edmonton game, the Islanders and the Devils took the spotlight off the games for the evening, agreeing to a deal to send both Travis Zajac and Kyle Palmieri to Long Island. Many had [...]

Marc Bergevin said that the Habs would be very cash-strapped at the deadline, but as Bergevin has shown before, he’s not always truthful with his proclamations in the media. Montreal traded for Eric Staal late Friday afternoon, sending a third- and fifth-round pick in this year’s draft to the Sabres in exchange. The Sabres retained [...]

Ralph Kruger was hired less than two years ago by the Buffalo Sabres after a poor 2018-19 season. He was brought in to bring a winning culture and a strong work ethic to the Sabres. Instead, it seems that he quickly lost the room, the culture hasn’t really changed, and the team had a 36-49-12 [...]

Following Calgary’s 7-3 win over Ottawa on Thursday, the Flames announced that they have fired Geoff Ward as their head coach and replaced him with Darryl Sutter. According to Pierre LeBrun, Sutter has also agreed to a three-year contract that includes the rest of this season plus the next two seasons. The fact that Sutter [...]

In a move that some Canadiens fans had been praying for for a while now, a 5-4 shootout loss to the basement dwelling Ottawa Senators was the last straw in Julien's tenure as he was fired Wednesday morning. Julien had a successful set of regular seasons with the team, compiling a 129-123-35 record in his [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired journeyman winger Alex Galchenyuk from the Carolina Hurricanes for minor leaguer David Warsofsky and prospect Egor Korshkov. The Maple Leafs get: a two-time 50-point player and five-time 40-point player Galchenyuk, who just turned 27 three days ago and was the third-overall draft pick in 2012. Reaching 40 points in [...]

The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Ryan Dzingel from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forwards Cedric Paquette and Alex Galchenyuk. Dzingel will be on his second tour of duty with the Senators, having started his career with Ottawa in 2015-16 and being traded to Columbus near the 2019 trade deadline. Meanwhile, Galchenyuk will be [...]

The Winnipeg Jets have traded winger Patrik Laine and center Jack Roslovic to the Columbus Blue Jackets for center Pierre-Luc Dubois and a third-round pick in 2022. The Jets will also take on 26% of Laine’s nearly-$5 million contract, which is in its final year. It’s interesting that all three players had requested to be [...]