Posts About "Trade Analysis"
Penguins Begin Retooling with Maatta Trade
June 17th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins have started shaking up the roster already this offseason, shipping defenseman Olli Maatta to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Dominik Kahun and a fifth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. The move gives Pittsburgh some extra forward depth as well as extra cap space over the next few...
Predators Getting Boyle Makes Perfect Sense
February 6th, 2019 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 center depth and toughness, Predators general manager David Poile acquired the 34-year-old veteran for a single asset, and didn't give up a first-round pick or prospect...
Brian Bellows Trade to Montreal
November 8th, 2018 For an entire decade, Brian Bellows was a staple of the Minnesota North Stars and the team's premier sniper. Selected with the second pick of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, he represented the franchise at three different All-Star Games (1984, 1988, 1992) and was even named an NHL Second Team All-Star in 1990. Playing in 753 regular season...
Milan Lucic Trade to the Los Angeles Kings Revisited
September 22nd, 2018 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 Lucic to the Los Angeles Kings just prior to 2015's free agent frenzy, received goaltender Martin Jones, Colin Miller, and the 13th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry...
Dale Hawerchuk Trade Revisited
September 10th, 2018 Beginning in 1981, Dale Hawerchuk became one of the most dominant centers in the National Hockey League and was the face of the Winnipeg Jets. After a junior career in the QMJHL in which he scored 81 goals and 102 assists in all of 72 games for the 1980-81 Cornwall Royals , he was at the top of the draft charts. Winnipeg selected...
Ilya Kovalchuk Trade Revisited
June 11th, 2018 The number-one song in the U.S. the day Ilya Kovalchuk's time with the Atlanta Thrashers ran out was, ironically, Ke$ha's "Tik Tok." It's been more than eight years since the Thrashers sent Kovalchuk and Ansi Salmela to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Niclas Bergfors, Johnny Oduya, Patrice Cormier, and a 2010 first-round draft...
