NHL Ho-Down


There seems to be a lot of movement this off-season, or maybe because there is nothing else to, I actually noticed. I will only notate human moves, not info about picks. “X” means traded, “*” pick up. FYI – I got this list by combing through a crap-ton of tweets, so mistakes are likely. Before we judge others teams, let’s see what drunk Gramps has been up to …

Pittsburgh

X Matt Murray

X Patric Hornqvist

*Mark Jankowski

*Evan Rodrigues

*Colton Seviour

*Mike Matheson

Let’s Take a look at what are neighbors have been doing…

Canadiens

* Tyler Toffoli – 4.25 M

*Josh Anderson – 5.5M

X Max Domi

Sabers

*Taylor Hall – 8 M

* Brandon Montour – 3.85 M

Islanders

*Cory Schneider – 700K

X Devon Toews

Maple Leafs

*Wayne Simmonds – 1.5 M

* Zach Bogosian – 1 M

*T.J. Brodie – 5 M

* Joey Anderson

X Andreas Johnsson

*Jason Spezza

Capitals

*Justin Schultz – 4 M

X Holtby

*Henrik Lundqvist – 1.5 M

*Brenden Dillon – 3.9 M

New Jersey

X Joey Anderson

* Andreas Johnsson

* Corey Crawford – 3.9 M

*Ryan Murray

Carolina

* Jesper Fast – 2 M

Columbus

*Mikkokoivu – 1.5M

X Ryan Murray

* Max Domi

X Josh Anderson

Boston

* Craig Smith  – 3.1 M

X Torey Krug

Rangers

*Colin Blackwell

*Kevin Rooney

Florida

*Wennberg – 2.25 M

*Patric Hornqvist

The West has also been busy ——-

Vegas

*Alex Pietrangelo – 8.8 M

X Nate Schmidt

X Paul Statsny

Vancouver

*Nate Schmidt

Chicago

*Lucas Wallmark – 950 K

* Saad and Gilbert

X Zadorov and Lindholm

Colorado

* Devon Toews

* Mattias Janmark -2.25 M

X Saad and Gilbert

* Zadorov and Lindholm

* Andre Burakovsky – 4.9 M

St. Louis

* Kyle Clifford – 1 M

* Torey Krug – 6.5 M

Detroit

* Vladislav Namestnikov – 2 M

* Troy Stecher – 1.7 M

* Thomas Greiss – 3.6 M

*Bobby Ryan – 1M

Calgary

*Chris Tanev – 4.5 M

Nashville

* Nick Cousins – 1.5 M

*Matt Benning – 1 M

X Nick Bonino

*Luke Kunin

Anaheim

*Kevin Shattenkirk – 3.9 M

Senators

*Matt Murray – 25 M (well damn; is this right?)

*Austin Watson

*Erik Gudbranson

San Jose

*Kevin Labanc – 4.725 M

*Devan Dubnyk

*Ryan Donato.

Oilers

* Tyson Barrie – 3.75 M

Winnipeg

* Nate Thompson – 750K

*Paul Statsny

X Carl Dahlstrom

*Dylan DeMelo – 12 M

*Laurent Brossoit – 1.5M

Dallas

*Anton Khubodin – 10M

Minnesota

*Cam Talbot – 4 M

X Devan Dubnyk

*Nick Bonino

X Luke Kunin

X Ryan Donato.

Here is a rough list of the left-overs

Elysium

Tyler Johnson

Jack Johnson

Bobby Ryan

Joe Thornton

Alexander Wennberg

Justin Abdelkader

Karl Alzner

Matt Niskanen (retired ?; where was I)  –

Not sure if any of this gives a road map for the coming season, but you will read this, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT.

  • Anyway, who do you think made the best pick ups?
  • Who blew their load early?
  • Who made themselves worse?

FYI – This was all written on 10/12, so that anything that happened afterwards is mud.

****Edit: Thanks Knucklepuck

  • Jack Johnson – Ranger
  • Bobby Ryan – Detroit
  • Alexander Wennberg – Florida