Fantasy Take – Latest NHL Moves

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 [...]

A recent surge in scoring from Jack Roslovic started seeing his name featured more prominently in trade rumours (and the fact that he’s an unrestricted free agent didn't hurt). The forward has just 23 points in 40 games this season for Columbus, but had 13 points and 44 shots on goal in 12 games since [...]

Montreal has been using three goalies for the season and with Sam Montembeault signing an extension, one of Jake Allen or Cayden Primeau seemed destined to eventually get traded. That happened a couple of hours before the trade deadline as Allen was sent to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a conditional third-round pick: [...]

Nashville continues to add some depth pieces as they traded for Anthony Beauvillier yesterday (that breakdown can be viewed here), added Jaret Anderson-Dolan through waivers, and have now acquired Jason Zucker from Arizona. Zucker had signed a one-year deal in the offseason to try and keep his value afloat and he’s now heading to Nashville [...]

With Cole Perfetti’s declining usage in Winnipeg of late, leading to a recent healthy scratch, combined with Gabriel Vilardi’s lingering injury issues, Winnipeg going out to get a scoring winger made a lot of sense as the Trade Deadline neared. They acquired Sean Monahan from Montreal over a month ago to help at centre, and [...]

After being sent to the AHL following his return from the Player Assistance Program, it seemed very likely that Evgeny Kuznetsov’s tenure in Washington had come to an end. He did report to the AHL, but the Carolina Hurricanes have kept adding to their roster by acquiring Kuznetsov from Washington. That follows their trade for [...]