Fantasy Impact: Nino Niederreiter Traded for Victor Rask
We got a trade that seemingly came out of nowhere on Thursday afternoon as the Minnesota Wild shipped winger Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes for centre Victor Rask. Both players are having down seasons with Niederreiter having just 9 goals and Rask posting just 6 points in 26 games. The latter had been [...]
Fantasy Impact: Pontus Aberg to Minnesota
Firstly, my apologies for the late publication. With the rash of deals going down in the last 24 hours, expect a few of these breakdowns to come in succession. Wednesday afternoon saw the Anaheim Ducks begin their trading frenzy. They moved winger, Pontus Aberg to Minnesota in exchange for minor leaguer, Justin Kloos. [...]
Capped: Appreciating the Little Contracts
We’re one short week away from the NHL All-Star break, where some good players get chosen to play in a meaningless game, while other better ones are left at home. Can you tell I don’t care for the all-star game? Anyways, the theme featured in this week’s article is not going to be found [...]
Injury Ward: Pettersson, Chabot, Schultz, Hall and Klefbom
Here is this week’s latest in the world of injuries! As always, if you have any questions regarding a player’s status feel free to give me a shout on Twitter. If you really want to make a 200 IQ move, follow me @BrennanDeSouza to see injury updates as soon as teams announce them. While [...]
Cage Match: Leon Draisaitl vs Sean Monahan
For our first Cage Match of the calendar year 2019, I wanted to focus on two players – Sean Monahan and Leon Drasisaitl - who’ve both scored at a 70+ point rate in the past but look to be making a big leap in production for 2018-19. Is what we’re seeing now what we [...]