In this week’s instalment, we’ll take a look at how the Eastern Conference landscape has changed early on in the offseason. While you’re here, check out our Moving Day Tracker for some really insightful analysis as to how moves around the league affect fantasy hockey value. Boston Bruins On a day that saw [...]
Did everyone catch their breath? With the advent of the talking period, it seems like most deals are ready to go as soon as the clock strikes noon on July 1st. That was pretty much the situation this year as most of the contracts were known a day or two beforehand, and we got [...]
Writers: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Dobber FANTASY TAKES - Varlamov Joins Isles In Four-year Deal - Hawks Ink Lehner For One Year - Simmonds Joins The Devils - Duchene Riding To Nashville - Bobrovsky Takes Talents To Florida - Panik Goes To Washington - Talbot With Flames, Smith With Oilers - Pavelski, Perry now Stars [...]
Robin Lehner found a new home in Chicago and with Sergei Bobrovsky off to Florida, the goalie market didn’t take long to thin out. The Islanders relied on their goaltending last year and until the kids they’ve drafted the last couple years are ready, they’ll need to do so again. The help this season, [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Chicago Blackhawks have signed goaltender Robin Lehner to a one-year contract worth $5 million. The Blackhawks get: a goaltender in his prime coming off a William Jennings-winning elite season in which he posted a 0.930 SV% in 46 games and carried his team into the second round of the playoffs. [...]
Often, it’s not the average annual value of a contract that handcuffs a team, but rather the length. Just recent examples of this include guys like Patrick Marleau and Scott Darling. The problem at the outset wasn’t how much money they were getting every year, but how long the deal was. The Leafs ran [...]
