The Los Angeles Kings signed Mikey Anderson to an eight year extension yesterday, with a cap hit of $4.125M. The deal includes a modified no trade clause beginning in 2026/27 (10 team no trade list). Let’s take a closer look.
Transaction Assessment: Rangers Acquire Vladimir Tarasenko
The New York Rangers acquired Vladimir Tarasenko from the St Louis Blues yesterday, along with defenseman Niko Mikkola. The Blues also retained 50% of Tarasenko’s cap hit. In exchange, the Rangers sent Sammy Blais, prospect Hunter Skinner, a conditional 2023 first round pick, and a conditional 2024 1st round pick. Let’s dig into the deal to see how it fits each teams needs.
Transaction Assessment: Sabres Extend Dylan Cozens
The Buffalo Sabres signed Dylan Cozens to a seven year extension today, with a cap hit of $7.1M. The deal also comes with a modified no trade clause beginning in 2027/28 (5 team no trade list). Let’s take a closer look.
Transaction Assessment: Capitals Extend Dylan Strome
The Washington Capitals signed Dylan Strome to a 5 year extension yesterday. The deal comes with a cap hit of $5.0M. Let’s dig into the deal.
A Look at the 2023/24 Season Models
While we’ve been enjoying the 22/23 season, I’ve also been busy working on improving my models with an eye on the 23/24 season. I’m starting to create some preliminary projections for next season, so I thought I’d provide an update on what’s changing in the model for next season.
Transaction Assessment: Islanders Acquire Bo Horvat
The New York Islanders acquired Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks today. In exchange, the Isles sent Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty, and a protected 2023 1st round pick. Let’s dig into the deal to see how it fits each teams needs, using the Roster Regeneration framework as a guide to sustainable roster building.
Transaction Assessment: Canucks Sign Andrei Kuzmenko
The Vancouver Canucks signed Andrei Kuzmenko to a 2 year extension yesterday. The deal comes with a cap hit of $5.5M as well as a modified no-trade clause (12 team no trade list). Let’s dig into the deal to see how it fits with Kuzmenko’s projected performance as well as the Canucks overall roster situation.
Roster Roadmap: Vancouver Canucks – January 22, 2023
If you’ve been following the blog this week, we’ve been walking through a teambuilding framework I’ve termed Roster Regeneration. The intent is to set up a team for long term success through multiple core groups without the need for a lengthy rebuild in between. I first laid out the framework, then we looked at the Vancouver Canucks roster to see how their current roster aligns with the framework. Now it’s time for the heavy lifting; putting together a strategy to bring the Canucks roster inline with the Roster Regeneration framework.
Roster Review: Vancouver Canucks – September 21, 2023
I recently posted some thoughts on roster building that I think is a more sustainable approach to long term success compared to the typical patterns currently displayed across the NHL. I termed the approach Roster Regeneration and today we’ll try to put it into practice.
Roster Regeneration: A Sustainable Teambuilding Philosophy
There’s a prevailing mindset among both NHL teams and NHL fans that a team should either be contending or rebuilding. I’ve long thought that to be a strange dichotomy. In no other business would an entity strive for excellence only when circumstances permitted. There must be a better way.