The Chicago Blackhawks walked away from Antti Niemi’s one-year $2.75 million arbitration ruling this morning and promptly announced they agreed to terms with Marty Turco for what’s reported as a one-year deal worth between $1 and $1.5 million. Niemi is now an UFA and is free to deal and sign with any team and any price thrown his way.
Angus was on the Team 1040 today (Sunday). He talks about his favorite sleeper picks, how the Canucks will spread out their ice time on the power play, Claude Giroux, and more. Listen to what he had to say...
I’ll go into a bit of depth on a fantasy issue or two pertaining to the other 15 NHL clubs. Check Part I out here.
It’s not very often that you’ll look at a 19-year-old’s decision to leave Harvard and say it’s a good one – but in the case of Louis Leblanc, it definitely is.
Fantasy Impact: The Islanders have acquired defenseman James Wisniewski from the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional 3rd round draft pick in 2011.
Fantasy Impact: Tampa Bay has signed gritty center Dominic Moore to a two-year contract.
Russ is on hiatus for the summer, so I’ll be filling in for him. You Dobberities won’t miss out on the Eastern Conference half of the information for your fantasy leagues in these series of columns.
As with the last few years, a number of players moved from the KHL to America. Sure there have also been some transfers the other way around, such as Evgeny Nabokov signing a 4-yr deal with SKA St. Petersburg or Tuesday’s news of Yann Danis signing with Amur Khabarovsk, but let's focus on the chances of the relatively unknown former KHL players with their NHL clubs.
Fantasy Impact: The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to a deal with Alexei Ponikarovsky per TSN. The contract is for one year.
Fantasy Impact: The New York Rangers have signed left winger Alexander Frolov to a one-year deal worth $3 million.
