NHL Hockey Player News

#Oilers have agreed to terms with LW Ryan Hamilton on a two-year deal.

Hamilton had 30 goals and 18 assists (48 points) in 56 games as a member of the Toronto Marlies last season. He will head to Edmonton where former Marlies head coach Dallas Eakins is now the head coach. It has been well documented that Eakins is a big fan of Hamilton.

Ryan Hamilton
Nashville has signed forward Eric Nystrom to a four-year, $10 million contract. He will make $2 million in both 2013-14 and 2014-15 and $3 million in 2015-16 and 2016-17.

Nystrom, 30, has spent the last two seasons with the Dallas Stars, posting 11 points (7g-4a), 61 penalty minutes and ranked among the League leaders in hits (122) while playing in all 48 games in 2012-13

Eric Nystrom
The Anaheim Ducks have acquired Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and a 2014 first round pick from the Ottawa Senators for Bobby Ryan.

Noesen was the 21st overall pick in the 2011 NHL Draft. He had 82 points in 63 games in 2011-12 as a member of the Plymouth Whalers. This past season was not quite as successful, but he was still a point per game player with 53 points in 51 games.

Stefan Noesen
The Anaheim Ducks have acquired Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and a 2014 first round pick from the Ottawa Senators for Bobby Ryan.

Silfverberg netted 10 goals and added nine assists in 48 games in his first full NHL season. The 39th overall pick in the 2009 NHL Draft appears to be an NHL-ready forward who will have a chance to learn from Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.

Jakob Silfverberg
The Ottawa Senators have acquired Bobby Ryan from the Anaheim Ducks for Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and a 2014 first round pick.

Ryan, 26, scored at least 30 goals from 2008-2012 but only managed 11 goals in the lockout shortened season. He is signed through 2014-15 with a cap-hit of $5.1 million per year. On a day where the Senators lost their long-time captain, Daniel Alfredsson they have made a splash by acquiring the 2005 #2 overall pick.

Bobby Ryan
Valteri Filppula agrees to 5 year deal for $5M per year with TB.

Filppula has spent the first eight years of his career with the Detroit Red Wings scoring 100 goals and 151 assists in 483 games. He had an off year last season totaling only 17 points in 41 games. The 29-year-old Fin had a career high 23 goals in 2011-12.

Valtteri Filppula
Dallas has signed free agent goaltender Dan Ellis to a two-year contract worth $1.8-million.

Ellis posted a 6-8-2 record with Carolina in 19 games played, recording a .906 save percentage, a 3.13 goals against average and one shutout. The six-year NHL veteran has appeared in 184 career regular season games for Dallas, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Anaheim and Carolina. He has a career record of 78-65-17 with 13 shutouts, a .908 save percentage and a 2.73 goals against average.

Dan Ellis
Nashville has signed forward Matt Hendricks to a four-year, $7.4 million contract that will pay him $1.85 million per season through the 2016-17 campaign. The Predators originally drafted Hendricks 131st overall (fifth round) in the 2000 Entry Draft.

Hendricks, 32 (6/17/81), amassed eight points (5g-3a) in 48 games for the Washington Capitals in 2012-13, while leading the team in penalty minutes (73), and ranking third on the team in both face-off efficiency (56.8 percent) and hits (93).

Matt Hendricks

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Who are the top NHL players to watch this season?

There’s never been more talent scattered across the NHL than there is this season. With living legends like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin still setting records left-and-right, alongside today’s current superstars such as Connor McDavid and Nathan Mackinnon, the level of talent in the NHL is at an all-time high. Along with these established stars, there’s plenty of budding stars emerging every season such as Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini, and Matvei Michkov.

What are the latest updates on NHL player suspensions or disciplinary actions?

Already this season we’ve seen the hammer brought down by the NHL Department of Player Safety. Notable suspensions and fines include Ryan Reaves of the Toronto Maple Leafs who was given a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against the Edmonton Oilers, and Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot who was dealt a three-game suspension, also for an illegal hit to the head.

In the 2023-24 season, there were a total of 14 suspensions and 17 fines issued throughout the NHL. The longest suspension served was dealt to former-Detroit Red Wing David Perron at six-games after a cross-checking penalty dealt ironically against his current team in the 2024-25 season, the Ottawa Senators. Additionally, Perron was fined $148,437.48 for his actions.

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Some notable fantasy hockey performers that flew under the radar in most drafts this year include Martin Necas (123 ADP) of the Carolina Hurricanes and Kiefer Sherwood of the Vancouver Canucks. While sleeper picks are always a great get, nothing is worse than a bust taken early on. Some of the most disappointing players of the fantasy hockey season includes Zach Hyman (28 ADP) of the Edmonton Oilers and Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars (33 ADP).

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Every season there are several players who have breakout years, establishing themselves as some of the best up-and-coming stars in the league. In the 2024-25 season early breakout candidates have emerged such as Dylan Strome of the Washington Capitals (on-pace for his first 100-point season) and Ivan Barbashev of the Vegas Golden Knights (on-pace for career-high in points).

Additionally, nothing beats a comeback story, and that can be said about surging veterans such as Anze Koipitar of the Los Angeles Kings, and Matt Duchene of the Dallas Stars.

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