Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The only question of Evander Kane returning to an NHL lineup was if the NHL were to clear him from his investigation. Once he was cleared from that, he would be free to sign anywhere, and teams would be lining up. The league did clear Kane of wrongdoing and he eventually signed with the Edmonton [...]

Paul Maurice has announced his resignation as the head coach of the Winnipeg Jets. Current assistant coach Dave Lowry will take over as head coach for the rest of the season. Assuming that Maurice resigned on his own terms and was not pressured by management, credit to him for recognizing that he thought that the [...]

The Philadelphia Flyers have fired Head Coach Alain Vigneault as well as Assistant Coach Michel Therrien. Mike Yeo takes over on an interim basis. As things stand right now, Rick Tocchet is the rumored top contender to fill the role. But if that doesn’t happen, the team could do worse than Mike Yeo, who has [...]

According to numerous reports, the Vancouver Canucks have replaced Travis Green with Bruce Boudreau as the team’s head coach. Several other changes are believed to be in the works, most notably Jim Benning being relieved of his duties as general manager. The Canucks have been a massive disappointment this season with an 8-15-2 record, last [...]

After the team won just one of its first 12 games, the Chicago Blackhawks have dismissed head coach Jeremy Colliton and assistant coaches Tomas Mitell and Sheldon Brookbank. Derek King, the head coach of the Hawks’ AHL affiliate in Rockford, has been named interim head coach. The Blackhawks had high hopes of being competitive this [...]

The trade that the hockey world has been waiting for for what seems like a year now has finally happened, as Jack Eichel was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in the wee hours of Thursday morning. While there had been rumours – very recent rumours – of Eichel going to Calgary, the Golden Knights [...]

After meeting with Gary Bettman earlier in the day, Joel Quenneville has resigned as head coach of the Florida Panthers. Andrew Brunette will take over as the interim head coach. With news surfacing about Quenneville’s inaction to Kyle Beach’s report of sexual assault during the 2010 playoffs when both were in the Blackhawks organization, as [...]

The St. Louis Blues have traded Zach Sanford to the Ottawa Senators for 2016 first-round pick Logan Brown. If Brown plays 30 games for the Blues this season, the Senators will also receive a 2022 fourth-round pick. Sanford gives the Senators a more proven option than Brown, who was one of many young players that [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Christian Dvorak from the Arizona Coyotes for a first-round pick in 2022 and a second-round pick in 2024. This trade was announced mere moments after the Habs announced that they would not match Carolina’s offer sheet for Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Fantasy Take), suggesting that Marc Bergevin had been planning this for [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have decided not to match the one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet on Jesperi Kotkaniemi, officially making him a member of the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canadiens received Carolina’s first- and third-round picks in 2022 as compensation. Kotkaniemi, the third overall pick in 2018, finished the 2020-21 season with 20 points in 56 games. [...]