The Anaheim Ducks have traded winger Rickard Rakell to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Zach Aston-Reese, Dominik Simon, top prospect goaltender Calle Clang and a second-round draft pick. The Ducks get: a high draft pick and a solid, though injury-prone, checking-line player who loves to throw the body. Aston-Reese could be a 35-point, 300-Hits player if [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded winger Max Domi to the Carolina Hurricanes for prospect defenseman Aiden Hreschuk. There is a third team involved in this trade to make the money work - Florida, who take on 25% of the salary. Columbus gives Florida a sixth-round draft pick and Carolina gives them Yegor Korshkov to [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have traded winger Artturi Lehkonen to the Colorado Avalanche for prospect defenseman Justin Barron and a second-round draft pick. The Avs also acquired Andrew Cogliano from the San Jose Sharks for a fifth-round draft pick. The Habs get: a much-needed top prospect defenseman. Barron is ranked 28th in my Top 50 Fantasy [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded Marc-Andre Fleury to the Minnesota Wild for a conditional second-round draft pick that becomes a first if he wins four games for the Wild and they get into the third round. The Wild then traded Kaapo Kahkonen to San Jose along with a fifth-round draft pick for Jacob Middleton. The [...]
Happy Trade Deadline Day! This week, I’m going to focus on some players that have been playing well for the past two or three weeks but might not be on the radar of some people. I’m also going to look at some players that have hit the wall in terms of production and might be [...]
Today is the NHL trade deadline, but many fantasy leagues have already seen their deadlines come and go. If you want to improve your squad at this stage of the fantasy season, all you're stuck with is the waiver wire. Of course, the deeper your league, the tougher it is to find productive players. Which [...]
Minor Moves (not worthy of a full article – to be updated throughout the day) Ottawa trades Nick Paul to Tampa Bay for Mathieu Joseph. Joseph is solid return. He just turned 25, kills penalties, and has upside in the low 50s if he can play with skilled linemates. Whereas Tampa gets a huge forward [...]
The Seattle Kraken traded Mason Appleton back to the Winnipeg Jets for a fourth-round draft pick. The Kraken get: well, a draft pick. Pretty straightforward. The Jets get: A player they are familiar with. Appleton is now entering his prime, having turned 26 just over a month ago. After starting the season late due to [...]
The Arizona Coyotes have traded Scott Wedgewood to the Dallas Stars for a conditional fourth-round draft pick. The condition being that the pick becomes a third if Dallas gets into the playoffs. The Coyotes get: a fourth rounder for a guy they claimed off of waivers just four months ago! The 29-year-old Wedgewood was a [...]
The Seattle Kraken have traded defenseman Mark Giordano and forward Colin Blackwell to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a second-round pick in 2022, a second-round pick in 2023, and a third-round pick in 2024. The 38-year-old Giordano was the 2018-19 Norris Trophy winner after posting a career-high 74 points in 78 games. His production has [...]
