Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer 2025/26 Week 20
Elan takes a look at the schedule for the upcoming weeks of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.
The Journey: Prospects Moved at the NHL Trade Deadline – Part 1
The NHL trade deadline is usually framed through the lens of veterans, contenders loading up for playoff runs, and rebuilding teams stockpiling draft picks. But quietly embedded within those transactions are prospects changing organizations, sometimes dramatically altering their development paths. For fantasy managers and prospect watchers, those moves can be just as important as the [...]
Saturday’s Picks: Carolina in Control, Connor Cooking, Buffalo Buzzing
Don’t look now, but we’re starting to cook with our Saturday picks, as a near clean sweep a week ago has us primed for another big day of NHL bets. The NHL trade deadline brought about a flurry of activity with a number of teams waving white flags of mediocrity by moving multiple major pieces, [...]
Fantasy Take: Seattle Kraken Bolster Scoring by Adding McMann
The Seattle Kraken were reportedly linked to a few key names at the Trade Deadline, and they managed to get one of the top scoring wingers available as the acquired Bobby McMann from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a second-round and a fourth-round pick, per Nick Kypreos. McMann averaged 23 goals every 82 games across [...]
Trade Deadline Tracker 2026: Fantasy Hockey Style
Breaking down the NHL's Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, Alexander MacLean and Puneet Sharma deliver the spin on fantasy-relevant trades: ******* MARCH 6 NAZEM KADRI RETURNS TO COLORADO To COLORADO:Nazem Kadri, C4th-round pick in 2027 To CALGARY:Victor Olofsson, RWMax Curran, CConditional 1st-round pick in 20282nd-round pick in 2027 [...]
Fantasy Take: Kadri Returns to Colorado; Calgary Loads Up on Picks and a Prospect
It seemed as if the Colorado Avalanche had already acquired their third-line centre for the playoffs when they added Nicolas Roy, but the team wasn’t done there. They are getting the band back together as Nazem Kadri – an integral part of the Colorado’s Stanley Cup win four years ago – was sent from the [...]
Islanders Acquire Brayden Schenn from The Blues for Jonathan Drouin, Draft Picks, and a Prospect
The trade between the St. Louis Blues and New York Islanders that sends Brayden Schenn to Long Island in exchange for Jonathan Drouin, a 2026 first round pick via Colorado, a 2026 third round pick, and goaltending prospect Marcus Gidlof. The Islanders are clearly pushing to strengthen their roster for both the playoff race and [...]
Fantasy Take: St. Louis Ships Justin Faulk to Detroit for a Pair of Picks
The Detroit Red Wings were apparently searching for a right-shot defenceman as they make their march to the postseason, and they did exactly that as they acquired blue liner Justin Faulk from the St. Louis Blues for defenceman Justin Holl, a first-round pick, and a third-round pick, per Darren Dreger. Faulk has 11 goals and [...]
Fantasy Take: Corey Perry Returns to Tampa Bay
The Los Angeles Kings continue unloading their wingers. First it was Warren Foegele being sent to Ottawa (that fantasy take can be read here), and now it’s Corey Perry being sent to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second-round pick in 2028. That was initially reported by TSN’s Pierre LeBrun. Perry had been productive in [...]
Fantasy Take: Flyers and Wild Swap Brink for Jiříček
The Philadelphia Flyers have traded winger Bobby Brink to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenceman David Jiricek, per Frank Seravalli. PuckPedia has Jiříček in the last year of his entry-level deal but he has played just 80 regular season NHL games over the last three seasons. Brink is wrapping up a two-year bridge deal [...]