Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, and Alex MacLean deliver the immediate fantasy spin on trades and signings as soon as they happen. Check the archives and see how their predictions have panned out…
Fantasy Impact: Lightning Sign Patrick Maroon
Fantasy Impact: The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed hulking winger Patrick Maroon to a cheap little one-year deal at $900,000. The Lightning get: a 6-3, 225-pound power forward coming off a Stanley Cup win for his hometown St. Louis Blues. Maroon took a pay cut and more of a depth role to play in [...]
Fantasy Impact: Derick Brassard Signs With Islanders
Fantasy Impact: The New York Islanders have signed veteran center, Derick Brassard to a one-year contract worth 1.2 million dollars. New York Gets: A versatile pivot with nearly 900 games of NHL experience. Brassard struggled to find his footing last season while living out of a suitcase. The former sixth overall selection from 2006 split [...]
Fantasy Impact: Colorado Avalanche Sign Valeri Nichushkin
Fantasy Impact: The Colorado Avalanche have signed free agent winger Valeri Nichushkin to a one-year deal worth $850,000 per Stephen Whyno. Colorado gets: a big player with a lot of upside, but at the age of 24 has shown very little of it.Criticized for being soft and not using his 6-4, 210-pound frame, Nichushkin [...]
Fantasy Impact: New Jersey Devils Acquire Nikita Gusev from the Golden Knights
Fantasy Impact: The New Jersey Devils have acquired winger Nikita Gusev from the Vegas Golden Knights for a second- and a third-round draft pick. The Devils promptly signed the former KHL superstar to a two-year, $9 million contract. The Devils get: a player who last year was widely considered to be one of the [...]
Fantasy Take: Carolina signs Dzingel
Micheal Ferland signing in Vancouver meant that Carolina would have a roster spot to fill, be it internally or externally. They decided to go with the external route by signing free agent Ryan Dzingel to a two-year deal with an average annual value just a bit under $3.4M. The 27-year old winger had a [...]
Fantasy Take: Micheal Ferland Signs With Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks have signed Micheal Ferland to a four-year contract worth 3.5 million per season. The Canucks Receive: A versatile, hard-hitting winger who can play on either side of the dot. The 27-year-old has played at a 45-point pace in each of the last two seasons - recording a career-high 21 goals in [...]
Fantasy Take: Blackhawks and Sabres swap Jokiharju and Nylander
There were a lot of breakout rookie defencemen in 2018-19 and one of them was most definitely Henri Jokiharju. It wasn’t a great fantasy season by any stretch, seeing he played just 38 games in the NHL and spent half the season in the AHL, most of that after the World Juniors. Nonetheless, he [...]