This week we are returning to our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific, Central and Metro Divisions, so today we move on to the Atlantic As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. To make [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have had concerns about their goaltending situation for several years now, which is why it was interesting that Dan Vladar got the call for the season opener on Thursday night, and not Samuel Ersson. I was watching other games, but it seems as if Vladar was solid in net for the Flyers, [...]
There are still a few RFAs that remain unsigned, but one of them was taken off the board on Thursday: Pierre LeBrun reported that the New Jersey Devils and Luke Hughes reached a decision with Hughes signing a seven-year deal carrying a $9-million average annual value. According to PuckPedia, that ties Hughes with Cale Makar [...]
One trade option that seemed to be in play for the Montreal Canadiens was prospect defenceman Logan Mailloux. With Alex Carrier added to the roster last season, Noah Dobson just being acquired via trade, and David Reinbacher (hopefully) a lineup regular in the next 1-2 years, trading Mailloux made sense. They did just that on [...]
