The Minnesota Wild entered the offseason with three RFA’s needing an extension, including Kirill Kaprizov, Kevin Fiala, and Joel Eriksson Ek. It was always going to be a very difficult summer for a team that needed to re-sign three of their top forwards. After signing Eriksson Ek to an eight-year extension, they were able to
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The Nashville Predators‘ defense core expanded this season due to various injuries. Young defenseman Dante Fabbro already had a roster spot, but fans got to see Alexandre Carrier get some significant minutes next to the big 6-foot-4 Swede, Mattias Ekholm. Both had their ups and downs throughout the season, but they were able to show
The Dallas Stars ranked 19th out of 31 NHL teams in Matthew Zator’s NHL Farm System rankings in late January of this year, and with the offseason approaching for not only the Stars but the prospects themselves, I feel it would be nice to take a gander at how the team’s prospects progressed in this
The good news is that the New York Islanders have punched their ticket to the playoffs. The bad news is, they’re on a two-game skid to the league’s worst Buffalo Sabres and have a subpar 4-4-2 record in their last 10 games played. Despite the uncharacteristic play of Barry Trotz’s team, Anthony Beauvillier seems to
The New Jersey Devils have not played well lately. They’re 2-12-2 in their last 16 games and have one win in April. That seems pretty terrible, right? But the Devils have actually posted good results at five-on-five this month. Their Corsi-for percentage (CF%) of 55.5 percent ranks second-best in the league, while their expected goals
One of the biggest factors behind the Minnesota Wild’s successful start to the season has been goaltending. The Wild thought they found the missing puzzle piece when they acquired Devan Dubnyk from the Arizona Coyotes back in 2015, however, his tenure as a starter turned out to be a disaster that eventually held the team
The Nashville Predators are at a crossroad. The team has made the playoffs for six straight seasons, tied for second in the NHL with the Washington Capitals. They brought in Matt Duchene on a monstrous contract two off-seasons ago and were looking to rejuvenate their forward production. However, fast-forward almost an entire season, a playoff bubble, and
As it stands today, the Florida Panthers are one of the top teams in the NHL, but every team has its weaknesses, and they are not exempt from that. With their main needs being bottom-six forwards and bottom-four defensemen, here are some trade options the team should go for. Dante Fabbro With many reports coming
Kirill Kaprizov has been one of the best forwards for the Minnesota Wild this season after finally making his NHL debut. Victor Rask has arguably just played his best string of games since he stepped on the ice for the Wild following the one-for-one trade that sent Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes. Mats Zuccarello
The Florida Panthers played back-to-back games against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday and Saturday night, splitting them with one win and one loss. The team looked very different between the two, as in game one, they tormented their weaker opponents, while in the second game, they got outplayed heavily for the majority of the
The majority of this season’s Florida Panthers team is full of new players who weren’t with the club during the 2019-20 campaign, so I decided to take a look at the players who left, and see how they are doing with their new clubs. Mike Hoffman Hoffman was one of the “big ticket” free agents
The New Jersey Devils’ good start to the season continued this past week, as they managed to go to 2-1 with wins against the New York Rangers and New York Islanders. That moved them to 3-1-1 on the season and has them in third place in the East Division. Collecting points in four of your
The New Jersey Devils may be off to a 2-1-1 start, but they’ve had less than ideal luck when it comes to personnel up front. Nico Hischier remains out as he rehabs an injury he suffered while training in Switzerland during the offseason. Jesper Bratt’s contract dispute didn’t get settled until Jan. 10, and because he was still
The Florida Panthers have struggled to find a consistent top defensive pairing since the franchise’s glory days in the late 1990s. However, after a season together in 2019-20, the team seems to have finally found the right duo in MacKenzie Weeger and Aaron Ekblad heading into this season. Here is what this means going forward.
Last season did not go well for the Florida Panthers. The team had high expectations after a big offseason, yet still had the same struggles as always. Now, after another busy offseason, they will try to avoid the same disappointment. Here are the players who need to improve most if the Panthers want to move
It’s officially Halloween and though it might look different this year — much like how the 2019-20 NHL season and playoffs were different because of COVID-19 — one thing that remains the same is that people like a good scare. Unless you’re somebody who works in advanced stats or analytics, and if that is the
The New Jersey Devils have had an active offseason, making upgrades on offense, defense, and in net. But even with the new additions, they still have $18 million in available cap space. They have to re-sign restricted free agents Jesper Bratt and Mackenzie Blackwood, which should take up around $6-7 million in additional cap space.
The New Jersey Devils had a handful of prospects play in the NHL in 2019-20. The results were mixed for some and better for others. One player who falls into the latter category is Joey Anderson. He only played in 18 games this season but totaled seven points (four goals, three assists), which comes out