Hockey Rambling

*** Our old buddy Jeff Angus has his annual Top 50 NHL players list out. Take a look at it here. The Red Wings have signed Tomas Tatar to a three-year deal. The Maple Leafs have signed Daniel Winnik to a one-year deal. Solid depth signing, a great fourth liner add. *** The third annual [...]

Montreal Canadiens defender P.K. Subban isn't sharing details regarding the state of contract negotiation between his camp (he's represented by Don Meehan of Newport Sports Agency), and the Canadiens. In this case, no news is probably good news for Habs fans, even if it's bad news for pageview hungry hockey bloggers.   Subban did reveal that [...]

If you’re in the Greater Toronto Area come check out the Dobber Hockey event happening this Tuesday night. Details here. * The Toronto Maple Leafs and goaltender James Reimer avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms on a two-year deal worth a reported $2.3 million per season. That doesn’t necessarily mean all is well in Toronto [...]

Yesterday I predicted that Thursday, July 24th would be one of the slowest hockey news days of the year. I was wrong, ultimately, thanks to Lars Eller's extremely interesting four-year, $14 million settlement.   Eller was also my prediction for "the most likely scheduled salary arbitration hearing to actually occur," but he's now the 12th [...]

It certainly seems like we're not going to get an actual arbitration hearing again this summer.   All 15 of the scheuled salary arbitration hearings a year ago were settled, and with Ryan O'Reilly and the Avalanche agreeing to terms on a two-year, $12 million settlement on Wednesday morning, it seems likely that no one [...]

*** I actually thought this one was going to arbitration. But the Avs have come to an agreement with Ryan O'Reily - it's for two years at $12 million. *** Chris Kreider and the Rangers have agreed to a two-year deal worth $2.35 and $2.6 million each year. Kreider has become one of the top [...]

The Leafs signed David Booth to a one-year deal on Tuesday and we'll have a writeup on the fantasy impact tomorrow morning. It sounds like it's for just over $1 million, which is pretty low risk. He'll provide some depth and could fit well on the third line. The Leafs also hired Kyle Dubas, the [...]

*** Cody Franson has reportedly signed a deal for one year at $3.25 million, avoiding arbitration. Beatwriter James Mirtle says that Franson will likely be traded fairly soon now. Vladimir Sobotka was given a one-year contract via arbitration. This will kick in when he returns to the NHL. *** All the websites are upgraded and [...]

11 days left in July and, yep, the big hockey news of the day is Lee Stempniak signing a one-year, $900K contract with the New York Rangers. That's tremendous value for a New York team that has lost a whole whack of depth this summer.   Though Stempniak is pretty much the least "sexy" name [...]

Our Rick Roos has an article over at Puck Daddy looking at the free agent signings from a fantasy hockey standpoint. Give it a read! * The New York Rangers are dealing with a tough RFA situation right now as Derick Brassard, Chris Kreider, and Mats Zuccarello all still need to be signed. According to [...]