Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return to the Calgary Flames was Kevin Bahl and a top-10 protected 2025 1st Round Pick. https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1803465819923366258 This furthers Calgary’s rebuild/reset with [...]

The San Jose Sharks fired head coach David Quinn a week after their regular season finished. What they expected from him given the roster they have is unclear, but it is clear they wanted to go in a different direction with their bench boss and they have made their choice in former Charlotte Checkers (AHL) [...]

Former Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres head coach, and current Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach, Dan Bylsma was named the new bench boss for the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. The AHL affiliate Firebirds are still taking part in the AHL playoffs so he’s not 100% with the big club just yet, but he will be [...]

New Jersey has hired former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe to be their new bench boss. The Devils missed the postseason this year after making it to the second round a season ago, and that led to the dismissal of coach Lindy Ruff. After years of playoff disappointment, Keefe was also let go [...]

Following a successful season with the Nashville Predators, Ryan McDonagh is heading back to Tampa Bay as the Lightning re-acquired one of their stalwarts from their two Stanley Cup runs. He had 32 points in his second year with the Predators, finishing second among the team’s blue liners in ice time per game. He also [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Craig Berube to be their new head coach, replacing the fired Sheldon Keefe. Berube was previously the head coach of the St. Louis Blues, where he took over as head coach partway through the 2018-19 season and guided the team from the bottom of the standings to a Stanley [...]

With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that role across the league, there was no shortage of applicants, and Ottawa finally made their decision by hiring Travis Green: [...]

On Monday, the Buffalo Sabres announced Lindy Ruff as their new head coach. He replaces Don Granato, who was let go last week after three and a half seasons behind Buffalo’s bench. Ruff has an illustrious coaching record, including a long run with the Sabres from 1997 to 2013. Ruff’s most coaching gig was in [...]

In his second season after signing a long-term extension with San Jose, it came out that Tomas Hertl was looking to be moved elsewhere. It sure seemed as if it would be a trade that could happen in the summer, especially with Hertl’s recent injury, but Vegas did not want to wait and went out [...]

Breaking down the NHL's Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford and Alexander MacLean deliver the spin on fantasy-relevant trades. MARCH 8 KNIGHTS STRIKE AGAIN, NAB HERTL To VEGAS:Tomas Hertl, C3rd-round pick in 20253rd-round in 2027 To SAN JOSEDavid Edstrom, C1st-round pick in 2025 See Analysis | Discuss JETS LOAD UP [...]