The Seattle Kraken sent left wing Mason Marchment to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2027 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-round pick. Marchment lasted just 29 games with the Kraken after being acquired from Dallas in the offseason. He has registered four goals and 13 points in 29 games, currently on a sub-40-point pace. [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have sent Phillip Danault to the Montreal Canadiens for a 2026 second-round pick. Danault has zero goals and five assists in 30 games this season, playing in a reduced role for the Kings. Along with his offense completely crashing, Danault has seen his icetime drop nearly two minutes per game over [...]
The purpose of Friday afternoon news drops is to try to push through major (bad) news at a time when very few people might be paying attention. However, Friday afternoon’s trade definitely rocked the hockey world. The Quinn Hughes trade rumors had ramped up over the past week to the point where a deal this [...]
The Vancouver Canucks have traded star defenseman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild for center Marco Rossi, defenseman Zeev Buium, forward Liam Ohgren, and a 2026 first-round pick. The Wild receive: Hughes, the 2024 Norris Trophy winner and one of the league’s top defensemen. The Wild are preparing to go all in this season and [...]
Not much is happening in the hockey world as we prepare for the last week of August and school restarting next week (at least here in Canada). I’m just going to look at some random topics that hopefully will garner some interesting takeaways. Mid to Late Draft Round Success Rates (2009 through 2017) I thought [...]
The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenseman Jordan Spence from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick. (The Kings then traded the third-round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2025 fourth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick.) Spence is a 24-year-old defenseman with offensive upside, having [...]
The Florida Panthers have acquired defenseman Seth Jones and a 2026 fourth-round pick from the Chicago Blackhawks for goalie Spencer Knight and a 2026 first-round pick. The Blackhawks also retain $2.5 million on Jones for the next five seasons. The pick slides to 2027 if Florida does not have a 2026 first-round pick. The Panthers [...]
