Bobby Ryan is off to Motor City as the Detroit Red Wings signed him to a one-year deal worth $1M. Ryan entered the league’s recovery program for alcohol abuse last year and returned to the Senators with a hat trick in his first home game. It’s a night that’ll be hard to forget. What [...]
The Washington Capitals have put pen to paper with The King. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has signed a one-year deal to become their backup. The Capitals get: a really great fit here. They have one of the top young goaltenders in Ilya Samsonov and they are clearly going forward with him as their guy. But he [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs signed winger Wayne Simmonds to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. The Leafs get: a power forward on the tail-end of a productive fantasy hockey career. Although that tail-end has lasted for several years now. But from 2013 to 2016 there was no more coveted a power forward in [...]
Ever since Bryan Little’s injuries cropped up a few years ago, the Jets have long been in need of a second-line centre. They traded for Kevin Hayes at the deadline in 2019, and traded for Cody Eakin in 2020. They also added Stastny a couple years ago and he was wonderful for them. Well, the [...]
Things are certainly moving along in this NHL ‘summer’. We have a Stanley Cup champion, we have drafted players, and we have a few trades. Dobber Hockey, as always, has hit the ground running with trade analysis for all the fantasy-worthy trades - giving you the takes you need to consider the fantasy impacts. There [...]
Well, we’ve arrived. Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone! Also, it’s Free Agent Frenzy Day, I guess. Dobber and myself will be around all day to post articles on the impact of major signings. These take some time to whip up, so we’ll need more than four minutes after a signing is announced, but rest assured, we’ll [...]
We had a very entertaining draft earlier in the week, and the folks over at DobberProspects had you covered the entire way through. With free agency opening on Friday though, it’s now my Christmas and time in the spotlight. I’ll have you covered the entire way with anything you may need as free agency open [...]
Even buyouts have fantasy implications, and there have been a few of them in this offseason. Let’s examine what the important ones could mean to the player and the team that decided to part with their contract. Kyle Turris Perhaps surprisingly, the Predators decided that Turris producing at half a point per game or [...]
The Oilers signed forward Jesse Puljujarvi to a two-year deal worth $1.175M per season. The 22-year old forward played in Europe last year after playing parts of three seasons with Edmonton. It seemed the bridge was burned but with a new regime in charge, Pulju returns. I have illustrated it before, but now that he’s [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have done a marvelous job replenishing their system following their glory years some five years ago or so. Kupari, Fagemo, Vilardi, Turcotte, Kaliyev, and now Byfield and Grans. That is a loaded depth chart. The Kings added to their prospect depth by trading a second-round pick to the New York Rangers [...]
