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: Maple Leafs Sign KHL Winger Ilya Mikheyev
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed undrafted 24-year-old winger Ilya Mikheyev to a one-year contract worth a reported $925,000 (the maximum entry-level contract). The Leafs get: one of the better goal-scoring wingers in the KHL, and a player who has not yet entered his prime. Mikheyev followed up a 19-goal season [...]
Fantasy Take: Adam Fox Traded to the Rangers
When Carolina traded Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin to Calgary, getting back Dougie Hamilton, Micheal Ferland, and prospect defenceman Adam Fox, it appeared pretty obvious that Fox would be the crux of the trade, and which team would end up the winner would depend on Carolina’s ability to sign Fox. Well, we can forget [...]
Fantasy Take: Yzerman Hired as Red Wings Boss
It was announced early Friday morning that there would be a press conference Friday afternoon with Steve Yzerman and Ken Holland. At this press conference, Yzerman was announced as the General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings while Ken Holland moves to a Senior Vice President role. Yzerman will also assume the role of [...]
Fantasy Take: Los Angeles Kings Hire Todd McLellan as Head Coach
It had been rumoured for a while but with a press release late Tuesday afternoon, it was officially announced that Todd McLellan will be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Kings. The team fired John Stevens early in the season and he was replaced on an interim basis by Willie Desjardins. McLellan [...]
Fantasy Impact: Florida Panthers Hire Joel Quenneville
Fantasy Impact: The Florida Panthers have hired legendary coach Joel Quenneville to be their next head coach. Quenneville has 890 NHL wins under his belt, second most in NHL history. The deal is for a whopping $5.25 million per season for the next five years, reportedly with bonuses that could push that number to $7 [...]
Fantasy Take: Sabres Fire Housley
The firing squad is coming fast and furious now as Buffalo wasted no time in giving their head coach, Phil Housley his walking papers. After a solid start to the campaign, the former all-star blueliner was unable to move the needle with a young and talented squad. There was not a worse team in [...]
Fantasy Impact: Maple Leafs Ship Par Lindholm to the Jets for Nic Petan
Fantasy Impact: The Winnipeg Jets have traded prospect winger Nicolas Petan to the Toronto Maple Leafs for rookie checking forward Par Lindholm. The Leafs get: a high-scoring winger at other levels, but at the NHL level the organization's other high-end players seized their roster spots before he could get there. This year, because [...]