Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The New Jersey Devils continued a stellar offseason – even though we’re in camp now – with the addition of Sami Vatanen for one year at $2M (as of now, it is still uncon. Remember that Vatanen played with them for the last two seasons before being traded at the 2020 trade deadline to Carolina. [...]

The Los Angeles Kings have signed winger Andreas Athanasiou to a one-year contract worth $1.2M http://www.dobbersports.com The Kings get: a talented, but enigmatic forward who could either way. Either Athanasiou is a 30-goal scorer, as he showed just two seasons ago when he was 24 years old. Or he is a minus-46 defensive liability who [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have signed winger Corey Perry to a one-year deal worth $750,000. http://www.dobbersports.com Pick up Dobber's 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide here The Canadiens get: a former superstar in the twilight of his career. Perry’s offensive skills have been on the decline for several years now, expedited by injuries. At one point a [...]

The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Mike Hoffman to a professional tryout contract (PTO). As noted in the Blues’ press release, Hoffman can participate in all training camp activities, but he is free to sign a contract with any NHL team during the PTO. However, according to The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford, it appears that [...]

The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Derek Stepan from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a Senators' (previously acquired from Columbus) second-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft. Following five consecutive seasons in which he consistently ranged between 53 and 57 points, Stepan’s point totals have sunk over the past two seasons. He fell just [...]

Even with Luke Kunin to sign as an RFA, Nashville had lots of cap space and decided to bring back a familiar face, signing winger Mikael Granlund to a one-year deal worth $3.75M. He returns to a Predators team that traded Kevin Fiala for Granlund back in 2018-19, and he’s back for another run, hopefully, [...]

The Fall freeze is officially over. After weeks of inactivity, the league has awoken and the signings are coming fast and furious now. After re-signing center, Mikael Granlund on Tuesday, the Nashville Predators backed that up by signing UFA forward, Erik Haula. https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1341783054566780928?s=20 The one-year deal worth $1.75M is not prohibitive in any way - [...]

Washington bolstered its forward depth by signing left winger Conor Sheary to a one-year deal worth $735,000. He heads to a Caps team that will be looking to add another Stanley Cup during the Ovechkin era, as he’s a free agent at the end of the season. With Ovechkin, Vrana, Wilson, and Oshie all ready, [...]

The Florida Panthers have signed left wing Anthony Duclair to a one-year contract worth $1.7 million. The well-travelled Duclair will be joining his sixth NHL team, having already played for the NY Rangers, Arizona, Chicago, Columbus, and Ottawa. His 23 goals with the Senators in 2019-20 was a career high, so he has proven recently [...]

The Edmonton Oilers have signed left wing Dominik Kahun to a one-year contract worth $975,000. The Oilers get: a reasonably-productive second- or third-line tweener who, for some reason, is always unwanted. Fantasy players impacted: Kahun has been in the league for two years. He has been productive in each of those two years. Each half-season [...]