Predators Getting Boyle Makes Perfect Sense
On the afternoon of Feb. 6, the Nashville Predators announced they had acquired Brian Boyle from the New Jersey Devils for a 2019 second-round pick. In an effort to add…
NHL Trade Analysis
Milan Lucic Trade to the Los Angeles Kings Revisited
It’s been three full seasons since Boston Bruins mainstay Milan Lucic packed his bags and made a near 3,000-mile trek from the East to West Coast. The Bruins, who traded…
L.A. Kings’ Ben Bishop Trades Revisited
It’s been more than a year since the Los Angeles Kings made a pair of perplexing transactions involving goaltender Ben Bishop — first acquiring him from the Tampa Bay Lightning…
Kessel to Toronto Trade Revisited a Decade Later
Talks of trades swirl around Phil Kessel more frequently than a cloud of dust swirls around the Peanuts character Pigpen. With whispers and rumours circulating once again that the Pittsburgh Penguins sniper…
Oilers Five Thoughts: Pontus Aberg, J.D. Dudek & Others
The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and the Edmonton Oilers took their lumps as sellers. When the 2017-18 season started, Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli was supposed to…
Breaking Down the Bruins Rick Nash Trade
It’s over. Everybody take a deep breath, smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em and settle in for what figures to be a dead sprint toward and through the playoffs. The…
Brandon Davidson Traded to Islanders by Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers made their first significant (somewhat) trade of the 2018 NHL Trade Deadline by moving depth-defenseman Brandon Davidson to the New York Islanders for a third-round draft selection…
NHL Trade Deadline: 14 Stanley Cup-Winning Additions
At every NHL trade deadline, general managers of contending franchises set out to acquire the last player or two who will push their team over the edge. These buyers truly…
Phaneuf Trade Signals Senators Retool
The Ottawa Senators couldn’t afford to wait until Erik Karlsson’s contract situation was sorted out to start making changes, and Tuesday night’s trade looks like the first step in their…
5 Cup-Winning Trade Deadline Pickups
With the 2018 NHL trade deadline looming, teams are preparing to buy and sell their top players and prospects in order to grab a wild card spot in the playoffs…
Ryan Reaves: Keeping ‘Sid the Kid’ Safe?
Living in the Pittsburgh market, I am exposed to Penguins media and story lines. On June 23, the first day of this year’s draft, the team made a trade that…
Ryan Miller Trade Revisited
We’re going to review the February 28, 2014, deal that sent Ryan Miller to the St. Louis Blues and Chris Stewart to the Buffalo Sabres along with the ripple effect…