Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Trade Deadline Day usually doesn’t start fast and furious, but that wasn’t the case this year. We got a handful of significant trades before lunch, one of them being Ottawa’s Jean-Gabriel Pageau being shipped off to the Islanders for a trio of picks.   To the Senators First-round pick in 2020 (top-3 lottery protected) Second-round [...]

The Edmonton Oilers have acquired Mike Green from the Detroit Red Wings for Kyle Brodziak and a conditional draft pick. Per Mark Spector, the Oilers give up a fourth round draft pick in 2020, but that becomes a third-rounder in 2021 if the team gets to the WCF and Green plays half the games. The [...]

The Washington Capitals have acquired forward Ilya Kovalchuk from the Montreal Canadiens for a 2020 third-round pick. Montreal has agreed to retain 50 percent of Kovalchuk's salary and cap hit. After being left for dead in Los Angeles, Kovalchuk’s career has been revived in Montreal. His 13 points (6g-7a) in 22 games as a Hab [...]

The Anaheim Ducks have traded winger Ondrej Kase to the Boston Bruins in exchange for veteran forward David Backes, defenseman Axel Andersson and a 2020 first-round draft pick. The key piece in the trade is Kase, a middle-six winger who adds some much-needed forward depth for the Bruins. The trade served another purpose for the [...]

Wednesday afternoon saw the trading bonanza continue as the Vegas Golden Knights procured the services of veteran defender, Alec Martinez from the LA Kings in exchange for 2020 and 2021 second-round selections.   The Golden Knights get: A former offensive defender to play on the left-side who brings all sorts of experience. Martinez is a two-time [...]

The Los Angeles Kings have traded Tyler Toffoli to the Vancouver Canucks for winger Tim Schaller, prospect Tyler Madden, a second-round draft pick in 2020 plus a conditional draft pick if Toffoli re-signs (a fourth rounder), per Pierre Lebrun. The Kings get: A role player and a contract in Schaller. But the key motivation here [...]

The New Jersey Devils have traded forward Blake Coleman to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Vancouver's conditional first-round pick in the 2020 or 2021 draft (acquired in the J.T. Miller trade) and prospect Nolan Foote. This is a significant price to pay for the Bolts; however, they needed to increase their grit level in order [...]

In a surprise move on Friday morning, the Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau, who was in his fourth year with the team. During his tenure, the Wild failed to reach the second round of the playoffs, missed the postseason last year, and currently sit three points out of wild card spot this year. Assistant [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired sniper Jason Zucker from the Minnesota Wild for Alex Galchenyuk, a 2020 first-round draft pick, and stud prospect defenseman Calen Addison. The Penguins get: a three-time 20-goal scorer and former 33-goal man who is in his prime and signed for the next three seasons after this one at a reasonable [...]

  We got a fairly significant trade late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning for some) as the Toronto Maple Leafs went and acquired their much-needed backup goalie in Jack Campbell, as well as winger Kyle Clifford, from the Los Angeles Kings for forward Trevor Moore and a pair of third-round picks. There are conditions [...]