Lining Up: Way-Too-Early Line Combinations in the Western Conference
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Continuing with the theme from last week, we will now turn to the Western Conference and examine way-too-early line combinations from the preseason so far. With a [...]
Ramblings: Zegras Signs; Training Camp Notes; Mock Drafting and Values for DeBrincat, Dubois, Eriksson Ek, Nurse, and More – October 3
Another day, another slew of training camp notes: Anaheim has signed RFA forward Trevor Zegras for three years with an AAV of $5.75M.The Leafs announced defenceman Conor Timmins has some sort of significant lower-body injury [...]
Wild West: Western Conference Only – Forward Tiers
Now that we have tiered the goalies and defensemen for the West, it is time to move on to the forwards. There are a lot more forwards than defense, so we will focus on just [...]
Top 10 Potential First-Time 70-Point Forwards for 2023-24
One of my favorite things to do each preseason is to try to figure out which players have a shot of reaching 70 points for the first time in their careers. Some of these players [...]
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Fantasy Take: New Jersey Acquires Vanecek From Washington
Following the goaltending performances (or lack thereof) from Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek in 2021-22, namely in the postseason, it seemed likely they would shake up their goaltending. They did exactly that, as they traded [...]
Fantasy Take: Detroit Hustles St. Louis For Husso
One of the big goalie storylines this offseason was the future of St. Louis goalie Ville Husso. He had largely outplayed Jordan Binnington all season but with the latter’s large contract, Husso was likely to [...]
Fantasy Take: Mrazek Moving To Chicago
We got a partial answer as to what the Toronto Maple Leafs will be doing with their goaltending this offseason as the team’s Cup window progresses. It appears that Jack Campbell will test free agency [...]
Ramblings: Draft Day Surprises! Slafkovsky/Nemec Go First and Second; Dach and Romanov Traded; Middleton; Boqvist – July 8
The NHL Draft started off by answering the question that had become very prevalent over the last few weeks: Shane Wright or Juraj Slafkovsky? It seemed Wright was destined for the number-1 pick up until [...]
Fantasy Take: Montreal Trades Romanov To The Islanders, Acquire Dach From Chicago
We had a significant trade made after the third overall selection, and both involved the Draft host team of Montreal. They went out and got a young centre they had been looking for while sending [...]
Fantasy Take: Alex DeBrincat Off To Ottawa For Draft Picks
With the Chicago Blackhawks looking ahead to a rebuild, there were some tough choices they would have to make this offseason. One name that kept cropping up was that of star scoring winger Alex DeBrincat, [...]