Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

One of the more surprising trades in recent NHL memory went down on Monday night during Philadelphia’s home game with Pittsburgh. The Flyers traded prospect Cutter Gauthier to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenceman Jamie Drysdale and a second-round pick. Frank Seravalli would report minutes later that Gauthier had told the team he wouldn’t [...]

On Monday, the Ducks and Flyers swapped a couple of big-name youngsters. The effects of this trade may not be felt immediately, but they will be significant.   https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1744513133522427936 Philadelphia acquires Jamie Drysdale, a 21-year-old defender who was drafted sixth overall in 2020 because of his strong skating ability and offensive instincts. They also get [...]

On Monday, the Ottawa Senators relieved D.J. Smith of his head coaching duties, replacing him with Jacques Martin on an interim basis. The team also announced franchise legend Daniel Alfredsson as a new assistant coach.   Smith took over as head coach in Ottawa back in May of 2019. Since then, the club ranks 24th [...]

Let’s get the first thing out of the way here with the Blues relieving Craig Berube of Head Coaching duties and appointing Drew Bannister as interim HC: This is a flawed roster, and it was not necessarily something that Berube was doing poorly here. He had his warts, sure, but based on public opinion so [...]

The Patrick Kane saga, which has seemingly been a thing for three years now, has reached its next destination as it was reported early on Tuesday morning that he had made a decision on where he was going to play. Though rumours had included teams like Florida and Buffalo, as well as a return to [...]

On Monday, the Minnesota Wild relieved head coach Dean Evason and assistant coach Bob Woods of their duties, introducing John Hynes as the team’s new head coach. Evason took over as bench boss in February of 2020, guiding the club to an impressive 147-77-27 record since then. Despite his overall success, he ends up being [...]

The Edmonton Oilers have terminated head coach Jay Woodcroft and assistant coach Dave Manson, replacing them with Kris Knoblauch as head coach and Paul Coffey as assistant coach. Woodcroft finishes with a 79-41-13 record as Oilers head coach, which seems more than adequate in terms of job security. However, the Oilers have stumbled to a [...]

In a surprising move, the Minnesota Wild have traded defenseman Calen Addison to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2026 and minor leaguer Adam Raska. Addison has zero goals and five assists in 12 games for the Wild this season, had seen his ice time decline over his recent outings, [...]

Mike Babcock has resigned as the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, with associate coach Pascal Vincent being promoted to head coach. Babcock was officially hired on July 1 and had not yet coached a game for the team. However, he ran into hot water when reports surfaced that he had viewed players’ private [...]

With Gabriel Landeskog set to miss the entire 2023-24 season, Colorado has spent their offseason filling out their middle-6 forward spots. They signed Miles Wood, they traded for Ross Colton and Ryan Johansen, and they signed Nathan MacKinnon’s junior hockey running mate, Jonathan Drouin. Even still, there was room for more depth, and they did [...]