The Hurricanes bolstered the offensive skill on their blue line by adding Shayne Gostisbehere from the Coyotes for a 2026 third-round pick. What the Hurricanes Get: An offensive defenceman who has been revived this year by the Coyotes. Gostisbehere’s value jumps because he suddenly has a lot more offensive talent to distribute the puck [...]
The Colorado finally got into the deadline action, filling a middle-six centre void with the acquisition of Lars Eller. In return, they paid in their favourite currency – a 2nd round pick. Overall, an excellent return for the Capitals, regardless of the salary retention. What the Avalanche Get: A responsible third-line centre who can raise [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since our last article. A few teams haven’t been on the ice since the All-Star break began, so we’ll [...]
The Los Angeles Kings were the ones who finally paid the price for Vladislav Gavrikov, while trying to also hide Jonathan Quick as a cap dump in the deal as well in a swap for Joonas Korpisalo. The goalie swap and the upgrade on defence checks multiple boxes for the Kings, who come out with [...]
With major trade deadline dominos falling early on a busy Tuesday, Lewis and Jeremy run down the moves big and small that will impact your fantasy home stretch. Starting with Patrick Kane to the Rangers, the guys run the gamut of moves from Anthony Beauvillier to Fabian Zetterlund. They discuss the reversal of fortune for Rasmus Sandin and Erik Gustafsson, the massive opportunity for an Edmonton PP1 QB, why Jesse Puljujarvi should be of long-term but not immediate interest, and much more! Plus Laurent Brossoit's injury, Filip Forsberg and Cale Makar nearing returns, Jack Quinn's L1 glow-up, and Nino Niederreiter's deployment.
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
Shout out to all the TV hockey pundits for what they have to do on Friday because the trade deadline seems to be an impetus to get things done now rather than having teams wait to the last minute. There have been a slew of significant trades over the last few days and one more [...]
Having their cap hamstrung by a pair of buyouts has limited what Minnesota can do to improve the team, and it’s shown up front with a number of centres getting a crack at the top line, and a rotation of wingers across from budding star Matt Boldy. The Wild have attempted to improve their situation [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenseman Mattias Ekholm and a sixth-round pick from the Nashville Predators for Tyson Barrie, Reid Schaefer, a first-round pick, and a fourth-round pick. The Oilers receive: Ekholm, the shutdown defenseman that they badly needed in order to be a more legitimate Stanley Cup contender. Ekholm is an effective two-way defenseman [...]
Toronto made a number of trades to shake up their depth on Tuesday, and though the focus has often been on the blue line, this one meant moving the bottom-6 around. Pierre Engvall was sent to the New York Islanders in exchange for a third-round draft pick in 2024: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1630684621972156418 Envgvall set a career-high with [...]
