The Colorado Avalanche have acquired forward Brandon Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm. The Avalanche get: Saad, a potential middle six forward who finishes his second stint with the Blackhawks. After being traded back to the Hawks from Columbus in a deal that [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded winger Andreas Johnsson to the New Jersey Devils for prospect winger Joey Anderson. The Leafs get: a hardworking, gritty player custom-made for the third line. Anderson brings energy and a decent enough offensive touch for the role. They can finally stop slotting scoring line players into such a role [...]
Following what can only be described as a down year in Toronto, Tyson Barrie is heading to Edmonton on a one-year deal worth $3.75 million. With the likelihood of the Oilers starting the next season without Oscar Klefbom in the lineup, and potentially many games after that, the Oilers needed to find someone to run [...]
The Boston Bruins have signed right wing Craig Smith to a three-year contract worth $3.1 million per season. The Bruins get: Smith, a 31-year-old winger who was one of what seemed like an unlimited number of middle-six forwards in Nashville. Having said that, he has been consistently at or near the half-point-per-game mark for the [...]
It has been quite the week for hockey fanatics. From the Entry Draft all the way to a hectic Free Agent Frenzy, there has been no shortage of excitement. Of course, I will be focusing my attention on the draft, which if I am being honest, seemed to drag on for an eternity. It was [...]
The Detroit Red Wings moved on from Jimmy Howard, the guy who had been more-or-less their starter for the last decade. It opened up a spot in net but with the plethora of goalies available, it wouldn’t be hard to replace him. The Wings did just that by signing Thomas Greiss to a two-year contract [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - October edition (and it's a big one...) They're here! The 2020 Draftees are now in the template, and this is how they shake out. Enjoy! Remember - players rated within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered [...]
Editors/Writers : Michael Clifford, Ian Gooding, Dobber FANTASY TAKES : - Devils land CRAWFORD - KRUG picks the Blues - BRODIE breaks for Toronto - HINOSTROZA off to Florida - Flames hit their mark with MARKSTROM - Capitals gain SCHULTZ - SHATTENKRIK now a Duck - WENNBERG heads to Florida - Canucks ink HOLTBY [...]
The New Jersey Devils have signed goalie Corey Crawford to a two-year contract worth $7.8 million. The Devils get: Crawford, a 35-year-old goalie who has spent his entire career with the Blackhawks, including Stanley Cup wins in 2013 and 2015. After a shaky 2018-19 (2.93 GAA, .908 SV%), he managed to rebound to some degree [...]
The St. Louis Blues have signed defenseman Torey Krug to a seven-year contract worth $45.5 million. The Blues get: Krug, an offensive-minded blueliner who finished sixth among defensemen (min 40 GP) with 0.80 points per game in 2019-20. He also led all defensemen with 28 power-play points in 2019-20. Fantasy players impacted: Let’s jump to [...]
