In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll take a look at which Eastern Conference goalies to target during the fantasy hockey playoffs, based on the offensive strength of their remaining opponents. To determine ‘offensive strength’, I ranked each team based on their goals scored per game and assigned a score based on that ranking. For example, [...]
Good morning, Aaron here with this week’s ‘Lining Up’. I'm back from my Disney vacation and it is now the day after trade deadline day. Before we get into yesterday's trades, I want to look at how a few players who were traded earlier in the season are doing. Then I am going to look [...]
The Buffalo Sabres traded forwards Conor Sheary and Evan Rodrigues to the Pittsburgh Penguins for winger Dominik Kahun. The Sabres get: A good complementary scoring winger who has steadily improved as he grows accustomed to the NHL and there is still more untapped potential. Kahun's Pts/60 jumped from 1.9 last year (pretty good) to 2.4 [...]
A closer look into the deals that put Daniel Sprong in Washington, and Joel Persson, Sonny Milano and Christian Djoos in Anaheim. There were a few prospects with some upside who will get a fresh start. And although these prospects are in full-on "last chance" mode, maybe one or two of them catch lightning in [...]
While most of the news on Monday was for trades, we did get an update that Igor Shesterkin and Pavel Buchnevich were involved in a car accident. Neither has significant injuries, though Shesterkin is said to have fractured ribs. The team said he’ll be reassessed in a couple weeks. Buchnevich is considered day-to-day for now. [...]
Breaking down the NHL's 2020 Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. Be sure to visit us regularly as Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, and Cam Robinson deliver the spin on fantasy-relevant trades as they happen... * February 24 * COUSINS HEADS TO VEGAS To Vegas: Nick Cousins (F) To Montreal: 4th-round pick ('21) [...]
Ottawa was on an absolute tear trying to trade everything that wasn’t nailed down for the second season in a row. This particular deal saw Tyler Ennis traded to Edmonton for a fifth-round pick next year. Following a few down/injured years in Buffalo, Minnesota, and Toronto, Ennis has rebounded nicely this year in Ottawa with [...]
With the way the season has gone, it was obvious that San Jose would be sellers heading into the deadline. They’d had a couple guys already be shipped out when their biggest deal of the day came down: Barclay Goodrow was traded to Tampa Bay, along with a third-round pick this year, in exchange for [...]
The Calgary Flames have traded a third-round draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Erik Gustafsson. They also traded a conditional fourth-round pick to Los Angeles for rearguard Derek Forbort. The Flames get: An enigma in Gustafsson. There is no other way to describe it. Gustafsson is either one of the best power-play quarterbacks [...]
In a head-scratcher of a move, Robin Lehner - a starting goaltender - was traded to a team that already has a starting goaltender. The Vegas Golden Knights sent backup Malcolm Subban and prospect defenseman Slava Demin to Chicago in return. Vegas gets: one of the better, and obviously underrated, goaltenders in the league. Until [...]
