Posts About "Jesper Fast"
Carolina Hurricanes 2020-21 Season Preview
January 5th, 2021 A new year, a new Carolina Hurricanes. Well, not really. After ending the 2019-20 season with a loss to the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoff bubble, the Hurricanes remained largely inactive in free agency, instead opting to rely on their young core of players to continue to develop. The move makes sense given the...
Hurricanes Need Depth Scoring to Make Next Big Step
December 22nd, 2020 The stage is set, and the date is confirmed. The Carolina Hurricanes and the rest of the NHL will begin play on Jan. 13, 2021 — ten months after COVID-19 put the 2019-20 season on pause — with a 56-game schedule. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1340673097926651904 The Hurricanes can shift their worry from whether a...
Young and Talented Carolina Hurricanes Set for Success
November 29th, 2020 The Carolina Hurricanes are poised to enter this upcoming season with a couple of new faces in their forward core. The trade deadline acquisition of Vincent Trocheck and the offseason addition of Jesper Fast will boost the Canes' depth scoring potential. Trocheck began to mesh with his teammates toward season's end and into the...
Rangers Have Multiple Options to Replace Fast
October 27th, 2020 After the excitement of selecting Alexis Lafreniere with the first pick of the 2020 NHL Draft, the New York Rangers lost three key veteran players in Henrik Lundqvist, Marc Staal and Jesper Fast. While Lundqvist and Staal are nearing the end of their careers, Fast is just 28 years old and coming off the best season of his career. While...
4 Players the Predators Could Target in Free Agency
October 9th, 2020 It’s October in 2020 so that of course means NHL free agency is about to open. Like everything else in sports, there’ll be a different feeling to this year’s negotiations and deals. The salary cap will remain flat at $81.5 million for the upcoming season, so players eyeing up lucrative contracts and hefty raises may have to take a...
5 UFA Forwards for Devils to Target
September 18th, 2020 The NHL has announced free agency will take place on Oct. 9, which is exactly three weeks away from today. The New Jersey Devils have not been big free-agent spenders since Lou Lamoriello was their general manager, and that probably won't change this offseason. But they have $26 million in available cap space, so I'd expect GM...
Sharks Need to Find Depth Scoring This Offseason
September 1st, 2020 Only four teams scored fewer goals than the San Jose Sharks in the 2019-20 season. Two of them, the Dallas Stars and the Columbus Blue Jackets (both with 180 goals) made the postseason, but the other two struggled mightily. The Sharks scored 182 times in 70 games, but unlike the Stars and Blue Jackets, conceded 226 goals. The Los...
Rangers Will Have Trouble Re-Signing Jesper Fast With Flat Salary Cap
August 18th, 2020 The New York Rangers decided to hold on to alternate captain Jesper Fast at the trade deadline this season even though they knew he would become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason. While they initially appeared intent on re-signing him, things have changed dramatically for New York since then. Rangers Need to Pay DeAngelo...
Rangers' Lottery Victory Paves Way for Roster Shake-Up
August 12th, 2020 In 2019, New York Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton watched his team win the second-overall selection in the NHL Draft Lottery. On his person was the badge of the late Steven McDonald, a man whose heroism is remembered annually by an award in his namesake. During the second phase of the 2020 Draft Lottery, on looked Gorton via...
Jets Facing Some Tough Decisions for 2020-21
June 22nd, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets are set to open training camp on July 10 and meet the Calgary Flames later this summer in a best-of-five play-in series that will purportedly take place at a venue in Canada. However, the Jets also must consider the 2020-21 season (whenever that may be) and how they will fill holes up front, on the blue line, and one...
Rangers Will Be Fine With Andersson Staying in Sweden
June 21st, 2020 Lias Andersson told John Davidson, the president of the New York Rangers, that he will not participate in the team's training camp ahead of the restart of the NHL season. Earlier in the season, he refused to continue playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL and New York decided to loan him to HV71 Jonkoping in Sweden. Lias...
Rangers’ Fast Is Set up to Succeed in the Postseason
June 15th, 2020 The New York Rangers decided not to trade Jesper Fast this season even though he is in the final year of a three-year, $5.55 million contract. He has rewarded them with one of the best seasons of his career and has played on a line with a star player (Artemi Panarin) for the first time in his career. A strong postseason could help earn...
Most Underappreciated New York Rangers in 2019-20
April 18th, 2020 The 2019-20 season for the New York Rangers has been defined by unparalleled stars playing on the Madison Square Garden ice that fans haven't had the chance to experience in arguably over a decade. Even though the current season might come to an official end, the NHL continues to explore possible ways to resume the season. Related:...
