The New York Rangers have signed center Vincent Trocheck to a whopping seven-year deal worth $5.625M AAV and goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a one-year $1.55M contract. The Rangers get: a centerman who, prior to last year, had been struggling with injuries. He was a 75-point player pre-injury, but since then has mostly hovered at around [...]
One of the long-rumoured signings that had to wait until Noon to be official was Claude Giroux heading home to Ottawa to play for the Senators. That was one of the first deals announced when the gong struck 12:00: https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1547249841868357634 It has been a busy offseason for Ottawa and Giroux joins Alex DeBrincat and Cam [...]
After a very successful run with the New York Rangers following a trade from Winnipeg, Andrew Copp did a lot to raise his value as he was heading into free agency. There were a number of teams linked to his services but the Ann Arbor, Michigan native has chosen to sign with the Detroit Red [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed newly-minted free agent goaltender Ilya Samsonov to a one year contract at just $1.8M.. The Leafs Get: A high-upside, but so far disappointing 25-year-old goalie. Yes, that’s right – 25. That’s the age that most goalies start their NHL tenure. But Samsonov is three seasons in. And while those [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jack Campbell to a five-year contract worth $5 million per season. Campbell finished with an impressive 31-9-6 record with the Maple Leafs last season. However, that doesn’t mean his entire season went smoothly. Check out his first half/second half splits: GPWLOTLGAASV%QUALQUAL%GSAA1st half2517521.890.9391976.020.332nd half2414443.470.888937.5-16.06 In other words, Campbell looked like an [...]
After a few years of rumoured discussions involving Pavel Zacha, the Devils finally sold a year after his peak value, as the former sixth overall pick was shipped off to Boston in a straight-up exchange for Erik Haula. What the Bruins Get: Zacha is a big forward that can play both centre and wing, [...]
The Fantasy Prospects Report was updated Monday, with notes in the Draftees section stating when they were drafted and by which team – and then handy links to and from that team’s section. As well as any prospects who weren’t given qualifying offers (and thus became UFA’s). News and Re-Signings of the day (updated through [...]
The Ottawa Senators continued their goaltender turnover as, one day after trading Matt Murray, they have acquired Cam Talbot from the Minnesota Wild for netminder Filip Gustavsson: https://twitter.com/Senators/status/1546974514373955585 Talbot, who just turned 35 years old a week ago, has one year left on his contract worth $3.66M in 2022-23, while Gustavsson is under contract for [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - July edition! The 2022 draftees are in. About 100 players were added to the template, and just when I finished... all the RFA qualifying offer news started coming out and I made those adjustments as well. Click on any player [...]
Monday was the day for teams to either qualify their restricted free agents or not. In short, if teams don’t send a qualifying offer to an RFA, that player turns into an unrestricted free agent. The Chicago Blackhawks failed to qualify Pius Suter a year ago and he went and signed with Detroit. Ondrej Kase [...]
