One of the more surprising turns of the early portions of the 2023 offseason was seeing the Nashville Predators buy out the contract of Matt Duchene. He wasn’t elite in 2022-23, but he’s a season removed from pushing scoring 43 goals and posting 86 points. Regardless, he was set to go somewhere else and he’s [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed left winger Michael Bunting on a three-year contract at a $4.5 million AAV. In each of his two seasons in Toronto, Bunting had posted back-to-back 20+ goal seasons with at least a plus-20 rating, 80 penalty minutes, and just over two shots per game. He made the most of the [...]
It was clear that Boston would not have the cap space to re-sign deadline acquisition Dmitry Orlov to a new contract in the offseason. After that, it was just a matter of where he’d land and he’s going to Carolina on a two-year deal with an AAV of $7.75M a season, per Elliotte Friedman. Let’s [...]
The Washington Capitals have signed forward Max Pacioretty to a one-year contract worth $2 million. He could also receive up to $2 million in performance-based incentives. The 34-year-old Pacioretty was held to just five games in 2022-23, thanks to an Achilles injury that happened during offseason training. His return to the lineup in January was [...]
The Ottawa Senators have signed goalie Joonas Korpisalo to a five-year contract worth $4 million per season. Split between Columbus and Los Angeles, Korpisalo had one of his better seasons in 2022-23, posting a 61.5 quality start percentage to go with 12.78 goals saved above average. He posted his worst season before that (4.15 GAA, [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have signed goalie Cam Talbot to a one-year contract. Talbot finished 2022-23 with a 2.93 GAA and .898 SV% in 36 games. He was expected to be the starter in Ottawa after being traded there from Minnesota last offseason. However, injuries got in the way, which have to be a concern [...]
Nashville has had a wild week, trading Ryan Johansen while retaining salary and then buying out Matt Duchene. They were clearing cap space for something and it appears to be a former division rival that is coming to Tennessee to help turn the team around: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1675175019951824896 It is worth $4.5M a season for each of [...]
The New York Rangers have signed forward Blake Wheeler to a one-year contract worth $800,000. Wheeler had just cleared waivers and had his contract bought out by the Jets, so he needed very little time to find a new home. The fact that Wheeler signed for under $1 million shows that he is targeting the [...]
Happy Canada Day, and happy free agent frenzy day! The day leading up to free agency had plenty of news items to discuss, including buyouts, signings, and qualifying offers. The large-scale changes continue in Winnipeg. Following the trade of Pierre-Luc Dubois to Los Angeles, the Jets have placed Blake Wheeler on waivers with the intent [...]
This week we are returning to the playoffs one last time. I like to try and hold myself at least somewhat accountable for the recommendations we make here on Frozen Tool Forensics. We are returning to our Unlikely Playoff Heroes article from just before the playoffs. In that article I made a number of recommendations [...]
