Trade Deadline Tracker 2021
Fantasy Hockey Style

By |2021-04-13T18:56:40-04:00April 11th, 2021|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Breaking down the NHL’s 2021 Trade Deadline from a Fantasy Hockey perspective. Be sure to visit us regularly as Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, and Alexander MacLean deliver the spin on fantasy-relevant trades as they happen… (Revisit last year's 2020 Trade Deadline here...) April 12 MANTHA FOR... VRANA, PANIK, PICKS!! To Washington: Anthony ManthaTo Detroit: [...]

Geek of the Week: Startin’ Martin

By |2021-04-11T02:08:17-04:00April 11th, 2021|Geek of the Week|

Ever since being drafted 12th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Czech forward Martin Necas has had a decent amount of hype surrounding him. He was touted as a strong skating, high hockey-IQ player who could end up being a major part of the Carolina Hurricanes long-term plans within a few years. What he [...]

Ramblings: Canucks Return on Friday, Hoffman Returns with a Vengeance, Gaudreau/Monahan Split Works (Apr 11)

By |2021-04-11T11:32:46-04:00April 11th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

If you’ve been waiting on a Canuck or two on your fantasy team, you’ll be happy to learn that they are expected to return to play next Friday, April 16, pending test results. As a result of their missed games, the Canucks’ regular season has been extended to Sunday May 16. From Wednesday May 12 [...]

Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – April 2021

By |2021-04-10T20:44:46-04:00April 10th, 2021|Hockey Rankings|

Here are the Top 200 forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - April edition! As always, players ranked within +/- 5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs (wait time or upside more important?) and personal bias. o=offensive forward, t=two-way, os=offense, [...]

Fantasy Take: Savard Traded to Tampa Bay

By |2021-04-10T18:32:05-04:00April 10th, 2021|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Tampa Bay Lightning made their big swing on Saturday, acquiring David Savard from the Columbus Blue Jackets, through the Detroit Red Wings (for salary retention purposes). Here’s the full trade: https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1380996850107482116 Savard has played his whole 10-year career with the Blue Jackets, and for the last number of years has been a reliable presence on [...]

Fantasy Take: Montour Traded to Florida

By |2021-04-10T18:16:48-04:00April 10th, 2021|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Florida Panthers have acquired Brandon Montour from the Buffalo Sabres for a third-round pick. Montour showed offensive upside as a prospect in Anaheim, but he couldn’t get over the 0.4 PTS/GP mark either this season or last in Buffalo. Surprisingly, his power-play time also declined from around 2:00/GP in Anaheim to just 0:11/GP this [...]

Fantasy Take: Dubnyk Traded to Colorado

By |2021-04-10T18:17:19-04:00April 10th, 2021|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goalie Devan Dubnyk from the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a fifth-round pick in 2021. Even with Jonas Johansson’s 28-save shutout on Friday, the Avalanche weren’t sold on him or their other backup goaltending options after Philipp Grubauer. Johansson has only 17 games of NHL experience and [...]

The Journey: Top Rising Defender Prospects

By |2021-04-10T11:20:44-04:00April 10th, 2021|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey. In last week’s edition, I covered a list of newly inked NCAA players, three of which have made their professional debuts since. Here is a quick update: David Farrance was the lone player to take part in his first National Hockey League game, skating 13:46 with the Nashville Predators. The [...]

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