Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

The Pittsburgh Penguins traded goaltender Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators for Jonathan Gruden and the 52nd overall draft pick. The Senators get: Their starting goalie. Murray will be their starting goaltender of the future if he can stay healthy this season. Murray will be their stopgap solution if he gets hurt – yet again [...]

It had been rumoured for a while that Montreal was looking to move Max Domi, and it had been rumoured for a while that Montreal was interested in RFA winger Josh Anderson out of Columbus. All those rumours came to fruition as Domi was traded for Anderson in a swap, with the Habs adding a [...]

Goaltending has been a sore spot for the Sharks for years now, and they’re attempting to address this problem by acquiring goaltender Devan Dubnyk from the Minnesota Wild for a fifth-round pick in 2022. Aaron Dell just became a UFA this year so it appears that the Sharks will be going into 2020-21 with a [...]

We knew Pittsburgh would need to clear some cap space this summer, and part of this apparently includes trading Patric Hornqvist to Florida for defenceman Mike Matheson and forward Colton Sceviour. At the least, they clear it up front. Matheson saw a big hit in ice time this year, dropping from 21-22 minutes the previous [...]

On Wednesday afternoon, the Wild and Sabres traded forwards with a year remaining on their deals. The Sabres brought in three-time 40-goal man Eric Staal while the Wild took in 29-year-old Marcus Johansson. No money was retained by either side. The Wild Receive: A versatile forward who lives in the 40-point pace year after year. [...]

The Montreal Canadiens traded 2020 third and seventh-round picks to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for goaltender Jake Allen. Montreal Receives: A competent backup netminder to fill the bridge until Cayden Primeau is ready to take the job. The 30-year-old, Allen posted a 12-6-3 record with a .927 save percentage in 24 regular-season games [...]

On Tuesday morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Kasperi Kapanen, Jesper Lindgren and Pontus Aberg to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Filip Hallander, Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky and the 15th overall selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.   The Penguins Receive: A 24-year-old, speed-driven winger in Kapanen who the team knows well. In [...]

The Washington Capitals have announced that Todd Reirden will not be returning as head coach next season. In spite of back-to-back Metropolitan Division titles and an 89-46-16 record, Reirden could not advance the Capitals past the first round in either of his two seasons as head coach. Most recently, the Capitals were eliminated by previous [...]

It was announced late Wednesday night that the New Jersey Devils had hired former Dallas and Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff to be their new bench boss. It was first reported by Kevin Weekes of the NHL Network and later confirmed by, well, everybody. The Devils had interviewed other candidates, but they ended up with the [...]

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has declared that the 2019-20 NHL regular season is now complete. The NHL will return on an undisclosed future date with 24 teams competing for the Stanley Cup, starting with a 16-team play-in round. For more, see NHL.com. Deciding a winner (if any) in your fantasy league When the NHL season [...]