In the NHL, all it seems to take is one trade to get the ball rolling. Once a deal is made, other teams realize that they may have to act quickly so that their potential trade partner does not decide to go in another direction. With the draft starting on Wednesday and free agency starting [...]
The Arizona Coyotes have acquired defenseman Sean Durzi from the Los Angeles Kings for a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, a pick that originally belonged to the Montreal Canadiens. In his two NHL seasons, Durzi has shown some offensive ability. Most recently, he scored 38 points in 72 games for the Kings in [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. This week, we will continue the Uncertain Futures segment that has so far featured Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF), Dylan Holloway (EDM), and Bobby Brink (PHI). Each instalment will highlight a player with [...]
The Colorado Avalanche have acquired forward Ryan Johansen from the Nashville Predators in exchange for forward Alex Galchenyuk. An important term to this transaction is that the Predators will be retaining half of Johansen’s $8 million cap hit for two more seasons. So this trade is about the Predators freeing up some cap space without [...]
Here are the top 100 keeper league goaltenders to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - June edition! Available NOW!: All of next season's offerings are in the shop! The 17th annual Fantasy Prospects Report (order it here), or order one of our packages (Keeper League Pack here, and Ultimate Fantasy Pack here). Or simply [...]
The Devils have extended Erik Haula, signing him to a three-year contract worth $3.15 million per season. In his only season with New Jersey, Haula scored 42 points in 80 games, good for a 0.53 PTS/GP pace. That is within the range of the 0.4 to 0.6 PTS/GP that he has averaged over the past [...]
That’s it folks - the playoffs are wrapped. Congrats to the Golden Knights. We have a couple of playoff themed wrap-ups here before we completely close out the season, and this week we are going to return to our review of player deployment. In our previous articles we analyzed team deployment in the lead up [...]
The NHL Draft is less than a week away and free agency starts a few days after that. Before we get too far ahead, I want to talk about the Draft. As I often say, and repeat at this time of year, I am not a scout. I don’t evaluate prospects in any official capacity, [...]
The Montreal Canadiens re-signed forward Sean Monahan to a one-year deal a couple days ago. Though he played just 25 games with the Habs, he actually managed a four-year high in points per minute aat 5-on-5. He had also been earning some top PP time, so maybe there’s fantasy value to be had as a [...]
Upon reading the title, if you felt that is was a familiar topic for me, well you’re spot on. In fact, I ran the same poll nearly a year ago to this day, and I’m planning for it to be an annual offseason piece. Although it’s common for players to improve over time, it’s rarer [...]
