Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

David Quinn was hired in the Sping of 2018 by the New York Rangers to usher in a new era, with their rebuild letter getting published only a few months prior. He was brought in to bring stability through a rebuild. He had some experience in that aspect after spending a shortened season as an [...]

The Detroit Red Wings have acquired Jakub Vrana, Richard Panik, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2022 second-round draft pick from the Washington Capitals for Anthony Mantha. The Red Wings get: A potential first-line winger who is just entering his prime, plus a good depth winger and two more draft picks to give them 12 [...]

The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Sam Bennett from the Calgary Flames for prospect Emil Heineman and a 2022 second-round draft pick. The Panthers get: A hard-hitting player with some upside, who really steps up his game in the postseason. And it’s clear that the Panthers want to go deep, as they’ve designed their deadline [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made another depth move and swapped forwards with the San Jose Sharks. Alexander Barabanov was a 2020 offseason signee with Toronto, and the 26-year-old winger moves on to San Jose while Toronto deepens their centre position by adding 27-year-old AHLer Antti Suomela. Both are UFAs at the end of the season, so there [...]

Montreal acquired the puck-moving defenceman they badly need in Erik Gustafsson, acquiring him from Philadelphia for a seventh-round pick in 2022. Renaud Lavoie of TVA would go on to say that the Flyers are retaining half of Gustafsson’s salary. Montreal gets Gustafsson has been one of the more volatile players in fantasy over the last [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks have traded forward Mattias Janmark and defenseman Nick DeSimone to Vegas (via San Jose), along with a fifth-round pick (to San Jose to retain some salary) for 2021 second- and a 2022 third-round picks. The Hawks also traded Carl Soderberg to the Avalanche for Ryder Rolston and Josh Dickinson. The Blackhawks get: [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks have traded forward Matthew Highmore to the Vancouver Canucks for forward Adam Gaudette. The Blackhawks get: A young No.4 center who has potential to be a No.3 guy. He hasn’t done much on the power play, though he generally gets just over one minute per game. His production last season was at [...]

The Boston Bruins have traded winger Anders Bjork and a second-round draft pick to the Buffalo Sabres for Taylor Hall and Curtis Lazar. The Bruins get: A former Hart Trophy winner who theoretically is still in his prime. Since that big MVP season that saw him get 93 points in 76 games, Hall started 2018-19 [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forward Jeff Carter from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2022 conditional third-round pick and a 2023 conditional fourth-round pick. The Penguins get: A former Team Canada teammate of Sidney Crosby’s and a two-time Stanley Cup winner. Carter brings tremendous experience to the team. Although he is a six-time 60-point [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goalie David Rittich from the Calgary Flames for a 2022 third-round draft pick. The Leafs never seem to have enough goalies. But during a pandemic, a team with aspirations of winning can never have enough NHL-level goalies. Assuming Rittich starts one game for the Leafs, he will be the [...]