Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Even with Luke Kunin to sign as an RFA, Nashville had lots of cap space and decided to bring back a familiar face, signing winger Mikael Granlund to a one-year deal worth $3.75M. He returns to a Predators team that traded Kevin Fiala for Granlund back in 2018-19, and he’s back for another run, hopefully, [...]

The Fall freeze is officially over. After weeks of inactivity, the league has awoken and the signings are coming fast and furious now. After re-signing center, Mikael Granlund on Tuesday, the Nashville Predators backed that up by signing UFA forward, Erik Haula. https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1341783054566780928?s=20 The one-year deal worth $1.75M is not prohibitive in any way - [...]

Washington bolstered its forward depth by signing left winger Conor Sheary to a one-year deal worth $735,000. He heads to a Caps team that will be looking to add another Stanley Cup during the Ovechkin era, as he’s a free agent at the end of the season. With Ovechkin, Vrana, Wilson, and Oshie all ready, [...]

The Florida Panthers have signed left wing Anthony Duclair to a one-year contract worth $1.7 million. The well-travelled Duclair will be joining his sixth NHL team, having already played for the NY Rangers, Arizona, Chicago, Columbus, and Ottawa. His 23 goals with the Senators in 2019-20 was a career high, so he has proven recently [...]

The Edmonton Oilers have signed left wing Dominik Kahun to a one-year contract worth $975,000. The Oilers get: a reasonably-productive second- or third-line tweener who, for some reason, is always unwanted. Fantasy players impacted: Kahun has been in the league for two years. He has been productive in each of those two years. Each half-season [...]

The Flames added some forward depth on Tuesday by signing forward Dominik Simon to a one-year contract worth $700k. He had 22 points in 64 games last year with Pittsburgh, and 28 points in 71 games the year before with that same franchise. He turned 26 in August and will still be RFA at the [...]

After a flurry of moves over the first 3-4 days, free agency has slowed down the last couple of nights, though there were still big names left available. We can scratch one of those names off the list as Evgenii Dadonov is taking his talents from South Beach to Ottawa, to the tune of $5M [...]

The Vegas Golden Knights have traded defenseman Nate Schmidt to the Vancouver Canucks for a third-round draft pick. Vancouver gets: A speedy rearguard who is pretty solid on the second pairing. He can play secondary PP minutes and secondary PK minutes. Vegas gets: whatever they could. A third-round pick is low, but they had to [...]

The Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Alex Pietrangelo to a massive seven-year contract worth $8.8M AAV (which is huge by Covid-era standards). The deal puts the Knights $6.9M above the salary cap, so look for another move to come. The Golden Knights get: the top defenseman on the free agent market. Pietrangelo is as [...]

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed freewheeling defenseman Erik Gustafsson to a one-year contracts worth $3 million. The Flyers get: an offensive defenseman with high upside who is coming off a terrible year. In his first full NHL season, Gustafsson reach rare air. He scored 17 goals and 60 points, really from out of nowhere. Then [...]