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San Jose Sharks finalize 2-year deal with Mackenzie Blackwood
San Jose traded with the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, acquiring Blackwood and his restricted free agent rights, but could not reach an agreement with the veteran before the unrestricted signing period began at 12 p.m. ET Saturday. But not long into the period, the Sharks, who parted with a sixth-round draft choice to land […]
Continue readingSharks add goaltender depth, trade for Devils’ Mackenzie Blackwood
The Sharks parted with a 2023 sixth-round pick to land Blackwood — a pending restricted free agent in need of a new contract. Getting Blackwood now provides the Sharks with a sense of stability when it comes to how they could look in net ahead of next season. Initially, Kaapo Kahkonen was the only NHL […]
Continue readingMonday fantasy hockey tips: NHL picks, matchups, more
Of the 12 total teams playing, five of them play again on Tuesday and one of them just played on Sunday. If you can read the tea leaves just right, it’s a chance for some goaltending stats off the free-agent pile. The Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils, Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers and Nashville Predators will […]
Continue readingRest-of-season rankings: The most improved players
There isn’t anything special about the rankings here compared to every week, but that’s because these rest-of-season rankings aim to capture a snapshot of what a draft might be like every single week of the season. With that in mind, we are going to highlight some of the biggest swings in value since the puck […]
Continue readingTuesday fantasy hockey tips: NHL picks, matchups, more
Other highlights from a hectic Tuesday include the Stars’ and Devils’ respective backups doing battle after both teams lost elsewhere on Monday, and a potentially titanic tilt between two Vezina candidates in Linus Ullmark and Ilya Sorokin when the Bruins host the Islanders. Unless Boston’s Jeremy Swayman is offered his turn in the B’s crease. […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Can these disappointing starters turn it around?
Injuries don’t count, so Zach Werenski and Josh Norris get a pass. Rookies don’t count either, so we aren’t bothering with Marco Rossi and Shane Wright. This is about established NHLers with a reliable baseline coming well short of expectations. They are arranged by how much they are missing the preseason projections I assigned to […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: December goalie pickup guide
As stands, the league’s limited crew in net includes a varied bunch. We have our great goalies on struggling teams – think Carter Hart and Karel Vejmelka – along with those less successful who may play a lot, and strong backups who don’t see nearly enough action for our fantasy use. Then everyone in between. […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s nationality mix
In keeping with the international spirit of the big event, this week for the power rankings we’ve broken down the roster of each club in terms of nationalities represented, along with some fun facts for each. Some caveats: A player must have appeared in one game to make the breakdown, and the countries are according […]
Continue readingDevils beat Senators, stretch winning streak to 12 games
OTTAWA, Ontario — Akira Schmid made 25 saves, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Saturday for their 12th straight victory. Erik Haula, Nathan Bastian, Jesper Boqvist, Yegor Sharangovich and Michael McLeod scored for New Jersey (15-3-0). Ottawa (6-10-1) continued to struggle, having won just twice in its past 11 games […]
Continue readingWhat to watch in NHL this week: Top trends with Devils, Bruins
But what truly stole the show was the emotional ceremony for Börje Salming, who is battling ALS and was in attendance for Toronto’s games this weekend. There was not a dry eye in the house, least of all Darryl Sittler beside him, as the Maple Leafs crowd showered its former superstar with praise. I was […]
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