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…
Breaking down team by team how the expansion draft affects the Western Conference team by team […]
The Achilles’ Heel of Calgary’s 2016-17 season was undoubtedly their goaltending. Chad Johnson did what he could early in the season, but his play trailed off, and Brian Elliott was infrequently able to capture the level of play he enjoyed in St. Louis. It seemed inevitable the Flames would try to remedy this. Their attempt [...]
Among the names rumoured to be on the block heading into the trade freeze before the expansion draft was Montreal Canadiens defenceman Nathan Beaulieu. He was indeed traded by the Habs to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third-round pick in this year’s Entry Draft. Beaulieu is a restricted free agent this offseason. Fantasy [...]
What was expected to be a busy day trade-wise in the NHL ended up being a slow one, but we did get one deal. It was a relatively minor deal, but a trade nonetheless, as the Arizona Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers made an exchange: ARI sends 5th round pick and Brendan Warren (Univ of Michigan) [...]
Rumblings had been there for days (weeks?) that Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Drouin would be traded to Montreal, with the likely return including Alex Galchenyuk. Those wouldn’t be the only pieces of the deal, but they would be the focal points. Thursday afternoon, Drouin was indeed traded to the Habs, only it wasn’t for Galchenyuk, it [...]
Just over a month after the hiring of Jason Botterill to be Buffalo’s General Manager, former NHL defenceman Phil Housley was hired to be the Sabres’ next coach. He will replace Dan Bylsma, who was fired alongside former GM Tim Murray following the end of the season back in April. Housley was a first round [...]
After days (weeks?) of speculation, the official announcement was made Monday morning that the Florida Panthers had hired former NHLer Bob Boughner as their next head coach. This comes following a season where they had some turmoil both behind the bench in Florida and curbside in Carolina. Simply pegging The Boogieman as a former NHLer [...]
Andrej Sekera will undergo surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament Thursday and will require six to nine months to fully recover. The timeline has the 30-year-old defenseman in line for a mid-November — at the earliest. […]
The Buffalo Sabres have hired Jason Botterill to be their next General Manager. **** After firing both Tim Murray and Dan Bylsma, the Sabres (rather, the Pegulas) had a couple of important vacancies to deal with. They filled their general manager position with former Pittsburgh Penguins Associate General Manager Jason Botterill. Drafted by Dallas in [...]
The Dallas Stars acquired Ben Bishop from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2017 NHL Draft Tuesday, and the pending unrestricted free agent has now been traded twice in the past three months. […]
