The Edmonton Oilers trade defenseman Ethan Bear to the Carolina Hurricanes for winger Warren Foegele. The Oilers Get: a forward who teases offensively, but keeps getting used defensively – and he’s been good at it. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1420405068449423366 The Hurricanes Get: a good two-way defenseman with some offensive upside. He had a great 2019-20 campaign, but last [...]
The Vancouver Canucks have signed Jaroslav Halak to a one-year, $3M deal. Over his last few seasons in Boston, Halak has become one of the league’s most reliable 1B/backup options. Having said that, his 2020-21 season numbers (.905 SV%, -1.66 GSAA) did not trend in the right direction. The Bruins even decided to turn to [...]
With Stephen Johns retiring and Jamie Oleksiak moving on to Seattle, the Stars were in dire straits for their blue line. That is a huge, huge problem for a team that is pushing for a Stanley Cup this year. Dallas has attempted to solidify their back-end a bit by signing veteran defenceman Ryan Suter to [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed goalie Petr Mrazek to a three-year deal at $3.8M per. The Leafs Get: a goaltender who has often teased with his tremendous potential, but it seems that every time he starts getting any momentum he gets injured. His track record: 2021 – 6 games (LBI) 2021 – 31 games [...]
The Fantasy Guide is out August 14, which is a very fast turnaround (fastest ever). Since I can’t project anything until tomorrow after the free agent craziness starts dying down and rosters begin to take shape. All I could do in advance was study and analyze last season. Pounding at this to make sure it [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for Brent Seabrook. This is yet another trade being made for purely (or at least mostly) salary cap reasons. The Lightning finally find a way to part with Johnson’s contract (three more years at $5 million), while the [...]
Winnipeg’s blue line overhaul continues. It is a necessary overhaul because it was the glaring weakness of the team last year, and really has been ever since the retirement of Dustin Byfuglien. They are trying to piece it back together and managed to retain Dylan DeMelo through the Expansion Draft. Winnipeg went out and got [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at the fantasy value of a few players that were recently traded. In particular, we’ll focus on Rasmus Ristolainen, Nick Leddy and Alex Nedeljkovic. Rasmus Ristolainen The Flyers paid a high price to acquire Ristolainen, giving Buffalo a first-round pick in 2021, second-round pick in 2023 and defenseman [...]
If this trade is going to be a harbinger of things to come, we are going to be in for a wild, wild offseason. Not that long ago, Alex Nedeljkovic – the goalie who looked the future in net for Carolina and was a finalist for Rooke of the Year – was traded to Detroit [...]
Well, what a week last week was. We saw blockbuster trades, an expansion draft, and the entry draft all squeezed into a span of 3-4 days. I would not blame anyone for having missed a deal or a trade here and there, so I’ll link all our stuff quickly. All our Ramblings are archived here [...]
