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8 Biggest Contracts in Edmonton Oilers History
On Tuesday (Sept. 3) the Edmonton Oilers signed star forward Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract extension worth $112 million, for an average annual value (AAV) of $14 million. The extensio...
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Edmonton Oilers Sign Leon Draisaitl to 8-Year Contract Extension
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year, $112 million contract extension beginning in the 2025-26 season. The deal carries an annual average (AAV) of $14 million. Draisaitl...
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#EdmontonOilers #NHLNews #OilersTransactions #TradesContractsAndTransactions #LeonDraisaitl
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NHL’s 10 Worst Contracts for 2024-25
Earlier this week, we looked at some of the best contracts in the NHL based on recent performance and how they project to age in the coming years. Today, we'll be flipping course and looking at some of the worst contr...
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NHL’s 10 Best Contract for 2024-25
Some teams get lucky when signing a player to one of the best contracts in the NHL. Others know what they're doing, get ahead of the game, and sign a rising star to a number that's fair to the player and the team at the t...
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Meet the Anaheim Ducks’ 2024 Offseason Additions
The Anaheim Ducks missed the boat on the first day of free agency, but the team has added depth through signings and trades during the 2024 offseason. General manager Pat Verbeek, who was active ...
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Revisiting the Capitals’ Bondra-Laich Trade with Ottawa
Before Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom played for the Washington Capitals, Peter Bondra was statistically the best player in the franchise’s history. Selected in the eighth round (156th overall) of...
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Predicting Quinton Byfield’s Next Contract With the Kings
A top prospect in the 2019-20 season, Quinton Byfield has always been in Alexis Lafreniere's shadow. Lafreniere was viewed as one of the next great Canadian forwards, poised to turn a franchise around. Byfield was the consensus second-best p...
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Projecting Lucas Raymond’s New Red Wings Contract
Without Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin in the lineup, Lucas Raymond has stepped up to be Detroit’s go-to, all-situations forward. It’s good timing for Raymond – his entry-level contract (ELC) expires after this season and the third-y...
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Red Wings Sign Michael Rasmussen to 4-Year Extension
On Tuesday, the Detroit Red Wings announced that they had re-signed forward Michael Rasmussen to a four-year contract.
https://twitter.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1759986343893942356?s=20
It’s been a big week for Rasmussen. First,...
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Senators Sign Jake Sanderson to 8-Year Deal
The Ottawa Senators announced late Wednesday night that they have extended defenseman Jake Sanderson to an eight-year contract extension worth an average annual value (AAV) of $8.05 million. After just 77 NHL games, he has earned this massive extension...
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Penguins Really Don’t Need Erik Karlsson
For the past week or so, the rumour mill has run rampant with the idea of Erik Karlsson being traded from San Jose. One of the two teams featured in those rumours is the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On Thursday in The Athletic, Penguins beat writer Josh Yohe authored an ar...
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2023 NHL Free Agency’s Best Value Contracts
There have been plenty of terrible contracts handed out in free agency, as is the case most offseasons. But there have also been plenty of valuable contracts signed, especially with many players taking one-year deals in h...
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7 Worst Contracts in Free Agency
Free agency can go one of two ways: incredibly well or incredibly poorly. It all depends on a team's approach when the market opens on July 1. More often than not, buyer's remorse is the end result of free agency, with GMs handing out te...
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Grading Blockbuster 3-Team Trade Involving Flyers’ Provorov
The Stanley Cup Final may still be ongoing, but we have our first big offseason trade. Earlier this afternoon, the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Los Angele...
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The Good: Listing Flames Best Signings Since 2020
As with most teams, the Calgary Flames put together a good chunk of their roster through free-agent signings (both restricted and unrestricted). While some of these have worked out better than others, general manager...
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Notable Hart Trophy Winners Who Got Traded
The NHL created the Hart Trophy in 1924 after Dr. David A. Hart denoted the award to the league. Furthermore, the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) votes every season for the league's most valuable player, the award r...
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Wild Acquire John Klingberg from Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks traded defenseman John Klingberg to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Andrej Sustr, Nikita Nesterenko, and a fourth-round pick in 2025. Pierre LeBrun first reported the last-minute deal that snuck in just before ...
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Flyers Acquire Lemieux from Kings for MacEwen
The Philadelphia Flyers traded Zack MacEwen to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Brendan Lemieux and a fifth-round draft pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBru...
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Best & Worst Trades During Burke’s Time with the Maple Leafs
When Brian Burke was hired as the general manager (GM) of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it appeared like the team's course would take a dramatic turn. But that's not how it turned out. Under Burke's leadership, ...
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Maple Leafs Have 3 Good Trade Options to Fix Their Forward Lines
The Toronto Maple Leafs are near the top of the standings and there are only 43 days before the NHL trade deadline. As a result, they will be looking to add another player or two to strengthen their top n...
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8 Maple Leafs Who Are Eligible for an Extension
The NHL allows teams to negotiate contract extensions with their players who are signed to one-year deals now that the calendars have changed to 2023. The Toronto Maple Leafs have eight such players.
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Blues Made the Right Move Despite Thompson’s Strong Season
Given Tage Thompson's dominance this season, we can now reassure the St. Louis Blues' fanbase. On July 1, 2018, the Blues traded Thompson to the Buffalo Sabres for Ryan O'Reilly. They also sent Vladi...
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#BuffaloSabres #HockeyHistory #StLouisBlues #TradesContractsandTransactions #RyanO'Reilly #TageThompson
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Oilers’ Holland Deserves Credit for Kostin & Skinner Deals
When Edmonton Oilers general manager (GM) Ken Holland’s career is over, he’ll be regarded as one of the best GMs in the history of the NHL. He’s already in the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builder category, with impressive ach...
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