Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Editors/Writers : Michael Clifford, Ian Gooding, Dobber   FANTASY TAKES : - Devils land CRAWFORD - KRUG picks the Blues - BRODIE breaks for Toronto - HINOSTROZA off to Florida - Flames hit their mark with MARKSTROM - Capitals gain SCHULTZ - SHATTENKRIK now a Duck - WENNBERG heads to Florida - Canucks ink HOLTBY [...]

The New Jersey Devils have signed goalie Corey Crawford to a two-year contract worth $7.8 million. The Devils get: Crawford, a 35-year-old goalie who has spent his entire career with the Blackhawks, including Stanley Cup wins in 2013 and 2015. After a shaky 2018-19 (2.93 GAA, .908 SV%), he managed to rebound to some degree [...]

The St. Louis Blues have signed defenseman Torey Krug to a seven-year contract worth $45.5 million. The Blues get: Krug, an offensive-minded blueliner who finished sixth among defensemen (min 40 GP) with 0.80 points per game in 2019-20. He also led all defensemen with 28 power-play points in 2019-20. Fantasy players impacted: Let’s jump to [...]

Following the one-year trial-and-error of Tyson Barrie on the right side, Toronto ended up more or less where they were a year ago. They shored up their blue line for the next few years by signing T.J. Brodie to a four-year deal worth $5M. It also carries a no-move clause. Let’s get into it.   [...]

With the likely departures of both Mike Hoffman and Evgenii Dadonov, the Florida Panthers are starting down the barrel of replacing 60 goals a season. That is really tough to do internally, and likely can’t even be done externally without a couple monster UFA signings. This isn’t that, but Vinnie Hinostroza is off to Florida [...]

The Calgary Flames have landed the big fish. In a year where available goalies are all over the place, they landed the best one. Markstrom, 30, has signed a six-year contract worth $36 million ($6M AAV). The Flames get: at long last, a stable No.1 netminder for the next few years. For my money, Markstrom [...]

The Washington Capitals have signed defenseman Justin Schultz to a two-year contract worth $4 million per season. The Capitals get: Schultz, a right-shot defenseman who will likely slot in on the second pair and second-unit power play. He has the offensive upside to be a fantasy asset, yet he’s a certified Band-Aid Boy who has [...]

A year after being bought out by the Rangers, Kevin Shattenkirk went and won a Stanley Cup with the Lightning. That did wonders for his image in the league as he’s now signed with the Anaheim Ducks for three years with an AAV just under $4M. He goes to a team that has been bad [...]

It was a matter of where he’d end up and for how long, not if he’d be in the NHL, and Alex Wennberg is heading to Florida on a one-year deal with a $2.25M AAV. This comes following his buyout in Columbus earlier in the week. Let's break down what it means for the Panthers. [...]

The Vancouver Canucks have signed goalie Braden Holtby to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $4.3 million. The Canucks get: Holtby, the 2016 Vezina Trophy winner and a 2018 Stanley Cup champion. After posting stellar numbers between the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons (sub-2.25 GAA, .920+ SV%), Holtby has struggled over the past [...]