After going dark on Friday night, the NHL was back with every team in action on the first Saturday night of the season. I didn’t have room for something from all 16 games in here, but I’ll share what stood out to me fantasy-wise. - Mark Scheifele is off to a fast start. The Jets’ [...]
I don’t like to assume what happens one or two games into the season will be telling about what will take place over an entire season. Observations are more of what I’m aiming for at this point. A lot can change between now and the end of the season, so it’s easy to become hyper [...]
The Minnesota Wild are taking care of business for next season before the start of this season. Just days after Kirill Kaprizov signed the largest contract in NHL history (eight years, $136 million), the Wild have locked up goalie Filip Gustavsson to a five-year extension with a $6.8 million cap hit. Gustavsson receives a raise [...]
Let’s start with some contract news from the last couple days. The Predators and Luke Evangelista have finally agreed to a contract, which is a two-year deal with a $3 million AAV. Evangelista was the last remaining unsigned RFA after Mason McTavish and Luke Hughes were recently signed, so no RFAs will be missing to [...]
The Mason McTavish wait is over, as the Ducks have agreed to a six-year contract worth $7 million per season with the 22-year-old forward. McTavish will finally report to the Ducks’ camp and shouldn’t miss any games, although he may need more time than normal to get up to speed. Anaheim has three more preseason [...]
Friday’s news on Aleksander Barkov confirmed the worst, as the Panthers captain underwent surgery on both the ACL and MCL on his right knee. The Panthers have stated a recovery timeline of 7 to 9 months is normal for this type of injury, which means that Barkov would miss the entire regular season. A best-case [...]
It is the players who build quiet momentum and carve out bigger roles as coaches start leaning on them more that can move the needle on your fantasy roster. Those types of players who can sneak onto your roster and provide meaningful late-season value, even if they do not jump off the scoresheet at first [...]
The first preseason game of the season was played on Saturday evening, with the Stars edging out the Blues in a 2-1 shootout final. Since I know you’ve missed hockey, here are some highlights: Jordan Binnington already appeared to be in midseason form with this save: https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1969544939403931941 Justin Carbonneau scored the first goal of the [...]
Yesterday the Columbus Blue Jacets sent a 2026 sixth-round pick to Philadelphia while retaining Ivan Fedotov’s full $3.275 million cap hit. In reality, they’ll only pay $775,000 in salary. Fedotov was a seventh-round pick of the Flyers in 2015. He played 26 games last season, finishing 6-13-4 with a 3.15 GAA and .880 save percentage. [...]
The Blackhawks and Spencer Knight have agreed to a three-year extension worth $17.5 million that will begin next season. That works out to a cap hit of $5.833 million, which is slightly higher than the $4.5 million he is set to earn this season. Knight was acquired in the Seth Jones trade with Florida last [...]
