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 Take: Colin Miller off to Buffalo
The Vegas Golden Knights were another team facing a cap crunch and needing to ship out a contract or two. That feels amazing to say after two years in the league but here we are. Anyway, they traded Miller to Buffalo for a second-round pick in 2021 and a third-round pick in 2022. Miller [...]
Fantasy Take: Burakovsky sent to Colorado
The Washington Capitals qualified Andre Burakovsky, meaning he was due $3.25M this year. The team was tight against the cap with some signings to make so a move seemed likely. That move came on Friday afternoon as he was traded to Colorado in exchange for a second- and third-round pick in 2020 and minor [...]
Fantasy Take: Haula acquired by the Hurricanes
Late on Wednesday night, or early Thursday morning depending on location, Carolina took advantage of their cap space and acquired centre Erik Haula from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for prospect Nicolas Roy and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2021. The conditions can be found here. Haula missed most of 2018-19 with a gruesome [...]
Fantasy Take: Soderberg traded to Arizona
In a move to solidify the defence a bit, Colorado traded for Arizona blue liner Kevin Connauton and a third-round pick next year in exchange for centre Carl Soderberg. Soderberg had a career-high with 23 goals in 2018-19. That would be his first 20-goal season of his career and he turns 34 in October. [...]
Chicago Acquires Calvin de Haan in Trade with Carolina
Fantasy Impact: The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired defenseman Calvin de Haan and prospect winger Aleksi Saarela from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for goaltender Anton Forsberg and Gustav Forsling. The Blackhawks get: a very good and dependable veteran defenseman who unfortunately is one of the most injury prone players in the entire league. On [...]
