With Seattle on the brain, we turn to expansion teams. This will be a bit less about Seattle’s current draft list (which is likely to change before opening night) and more about doing a little expectation setting. We will start by digging into our last example of an expansion team entering into the league and [...]
One of the big sagas of the summer will be where Jack Eichel ends up. It seems clear at this point that the fracture between the player and team is just too severe to mend. Where he ends up and what the trade looks like is down the line, and it seems we may be [...]
“The desert around their walls is called the Garden of Bones. Every time the Qartheen shut their gates, the garden grows.” I thought of that quote from the second season of the Game of Thrones when I found out that Shayne Gostisbehere had been traded to Arizona. Here are the particulars: https://twitter.com/CraigSMorgan/status/1418265130433798150 The Flyers paid [...]
There are always some trades that come out of left field and take the hockey world by surprise. This trade would certainly qualify, as Alex Nedeljkovic, the goalie who looked like the future in Carolina, was shipped off to Detroit. The return was as follows: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1418261341928935427 My initial reaction was just shock. Nedeljkovic is a [...]
The Seattle Kraken officially rounded out their roster, in most regards, with the Expansion Draft on Wednesday night. The thing is, a lot of the picks were leaked all throughout the day on Twitter. Thanks to Frank Seravalli, formerly of TSN and now of DFO who seems to have a pretty good source inside Seattle, [...]
A week from today free agency begins. Although a lot of attention will – rightfully – be placed on the great crop of RFAs, this poll is about UFAs. What you’re voting on is which five of these 20 UFAs will be the biggest fantasy busts over the course of the contracts they’re about to [...]
The contract projections are further down the page, but in the meantime I’m going to go over my Seattle thoughts before all of this is outdated in less than a day. I made a prior run-through a couple months ago, but a few things have changed since then. My selection list (without any side deals [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll predict who Seattle takes from each team in the Eastern Conference and briefly discuss the fantasy implications of each selection. Boston Bruins – Ondrej Kase Recent reports indicate that Jakub Zboril is likely to be Seattle’s selection from Boston in Wednesday’s expansion draft. Based on his Dobber Prospects page, [...]
Well, it was quite the weekend in the NHL. We had a lot of significant trades, some weird expansion protection lists, some significant injury news, and whatever else popped up. Those out enjoying their double-vax summer may have missed some important news; all our Ramblings can be found right here. Dobber and Ian had the [...]
There was a lot of excitement with the pre-expansion roster freeze on Saturday with nine trades conducted in the 48 hours before. I wouldn’t have predicted Ryan Ellis being traded or Cody Glass, but we should always expect the unexpected in the NHL. We will look at the remaining teams in the West which will [...]
