Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

Fantasy Impact: The Calgary Flames have hired former Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters to take the reins of their team on the heels of  missing the playoffs for the seventh time in the last nine years. Peters had resigned from the 'Canes just a few days ago, is one of the rare coaches to leave [...]

Breaking down the 2018 Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   February 26, 2018   BLOCKBUSTER BOLTS - BLUESHIRTS To Tampa Bay: Ryan McDonagh (D); J.T. Miller (LW) To NY Rangers: Vladimir Namestnikov (W); Brett Howden (C); Libor Hajek (D); 1st-round pick (2018); conditional 2nd-round pick See Analysis | Discuss here   TATAR [...]

  Fantasy Impact: The New York Rangers traded defenseman Ryan McDonagh to the Tampa Bay Lightning for forward Vladislav Namestnikov, prospect forward Brett Howden, prospect defenseman Libor Hajek, a 2018 first-round draft pick and a conditional second-round draft pick.   The Rangers get: a second-line forward who showed he could thrive on a top line [...]

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Fantasy Impact: The Edmonton Oilers traded big winger Patrick Maroon to the New Jersey Devils for a third-round draft pick and two-way prospect J.D. Dudek.   The Oilers get: a decent draft pick, though I thought they could do a little better. The prospect Dudek hasn't been eye-popping at the NCAA level. More info on [...]

Fantasy Impact: The Detroit Red Wings traded winger Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights for first (2018), second (2019) and third-round (2021) draft picks.   The Red Wings get: three great picks. Quite a bit, consider how the market has played out on Deadline Day.   The Golden Knights get: an under-achieving top-six winger. [...]

  Fantasy Impact: The Buffalo Sabres have traded power winger Evander Kane to the San Jose Sharks for underrated prospect forward Daniel O’Regan, a 2019 first-round draft pick (conditional - if the Sharks re-sign Kane it's a first, otherwise it's a second) plus a 2020 fourth rounder (also conditional).   The Sabres get: an underrated [...]

Fantasy Impact: The St. Louis Blues traded forward Paul Stastny to the Winnipeg Jets for prospect Erik Foley, a 2018 first-round pick plus a conditional 2020 fourth-round pick (which they get only if they don’t sign Foley before late summer of 2019.   The Blues get: a scoring forward with top-six upside. Read our scouting [...]