Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Following Calgary’s 7-3 win over Ottawa on Thursday, the Flames announced that they have fired Geoff Ward as their head coach and replaced him with Darryl Sutter. According to Pierre LeBrun, Sutter has also agreed to a three-year contract that includes the rest of this season plus the next two seasons. The fact that Sutter [...]

In a move that some Canadiens fans had been praying for for a while now, a 5-4 shootout loss to the basement dwelling Ottawa Senators was the last straw in Julien's tenure as he was fired Wednesday morning. Julien had a successful set of regular seasons with the team, compiling a 129-123-35 record in his [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired journeyman winger Alex Galchenyuk from the Carolina Hurricanes for minor leaguer David Warsofsky and prospect Egor Korshkov. The Maple Leafs get: a two-time 50-point player and five-time 40-point player Galchenyuk, who just turned 27 three days ago and was the third-overall draft pick in 2012. Reaching 40 points in [...]

The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Ryan Dzingel from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forwards Cedric Paquette and Alex Galchenyuk. Dzingel will be on his second tour of duty with the Senators, having started his career with Ottawa in 2015-16 and being traded to Columbus near the 2019 trade deadline. Meanwhile, Galchenyuk will be [...]

The Winnipeg Jets have traded winger Patrik Laine and center Jack Roslovic to the Columbus Blue Jackets for center Pierre-Luc Dubois and a third-round pick in 2022. The Jets will also take on 26% of Laine’s nearly-$5 million contract, which is in its final year. It’s interesting that all three players had requested to be [...]

The New Jersey Devils continued a stellar offseason – even though we’re in camp now – with the addition of Sami Vatanen for one year at $2M (as of now, it is still uncon. Remember that Vatanen played with them for the last two seasons before being traded at the 2020 trade deadline to Carolina. [...]

The Los Angeles Kings have signed winger Andreas Athanasiou to a one-year contract worth $1.2M http://www.dobbersports.com The Kings get: a talented, but enigmatic forward who could either way. Either Athanasiou is a 30-goal scorer, as he showed just two seasons ago when he was 24 years old. Or he is a minus-46 defensive liability who [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have signed winger Corey Perry to a one-year deal worth $750,000. http://www.dobbersports.com Pick up Dobber's 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide here The Canadiens get: a former superstar in the twilight of his career. Perry’s offensive skills have been on the decline for several years now, expedited by injuries. At one point a [...]

The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Mike Hoffman to a professional tryout contract (PTO). As noted in the Blues’ press release, Hoffman can participate in all training camp activities, but he is free to sign a contract with any NHL team during the PTO. However, according to The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford, it appears that [...]

The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Derek Stepan from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a Senators' (previously acquired from Columbus) second-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft. Following five consecutive seasons in which he consistently ranged between 53 and 57 points, Stepan’s point totals have sunk over the past two seasons. He fell just [...]