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<\/p>\nHappy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians and Happy Columbus
\nDay to my fellow Americans. <\/p>\n
This is the first time in h2h leagues we\u2019ll get a full week
\nof play, and as a result, no team will play more than four games or fewer than
\nthree. It\u2019ll be much easier to manage than Week 1, where I imagine managers
\nwere scrambling to fill out their rosters for a last-ditch effort on Sunday with
\nonly one game (Capitals at Rangers) and making difficult roster decisions on Thursday
\n(14 games) and Saturday (16 games).<\/p>\n
If you want to maximize games played in Week 2, stream
\nplayers from teams that play twice from Monday to Wednesday (Panthers, Preds,
\nSens, Wild, Mammoth, Wings, Leafs, Hawks, Lightning, Blues, Flames) and three
\ntimes from Thursday to Sunday (Bruins, Oilers, Canucks). If you want
\nmulti-category coverage with some offensive upside, you might consider
\nstreaming Shane Pinto for the first part and Evander Kane for the second part,
\nfor example.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re all about streaming players on off-nights (M\/W\/F\/Sun),
\nit\u2019s a pretty good week to do so with the Mammoth, Red Wings and Blackhawks
\ndoing just that. I think the Mammoth have a really favorable schedule and the
\nHawks have looked much better than expected. At a minimum, the Hawks should be
\nable to split the week and win at least two games. The Ducks are normally great
\nfor off-nights, but note they\u2019re playing Tuesday and Thursday this week, which
\nis somewhat unusual considering they\u2019re playing at home as well. <\/p>\n
We shouldn\u2019t overreact to Week 1, but there are a few things
\nthat have already happened, or haven\u2019t happened yet, that I will outline in the
\nrecommended pickups below. There are a players worth noting and the list will
\ninevitably get shorter as we move through the first month, but a reminder this
\nis a great time to pick up a potentially season-altering player at a minimal cost.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
All positions and rostered percentages are courtesy of
\nYahoo Fantasy.<\/p>\n
Schedule<\/p>\n
Pick players from teams at the top of the schedule matrix
\nto maximize games and matchups. Green is good. Red is bad. Points percentages
\nare as of Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Season-long adds\u00a0(< 50%
\nrostered on Yahoo)<\/p>\n
Will Smith, C\/RW, SJ (43% rostered)<\/p>\n
Smith and Macklin Celebrini didn\u2019t get off to a great start
\nbut provided three helpers each in a 7-6 overtime loss to the Sharks. The
\nscoring may be sporadic but the upside is immense with Smith and Celebrini
\nplaying together.<\/p>\n
Elias Lindholm, C, BOS (38% rostered)<\/p>\n
Even if the Bruins don\u2019t keep up this pace, Lindholm\u2019s hold
\non L1 and PP1 is near-unassailable. His shot volume is up, which is a good sign
\nthat his scoring pace can be maintained for the next little while and he\u2019s
\nalways been of the league\u2019s best for face-off wins.<\/p>\n
Jared McCann, C\/LW, SEA (31% rostered)<\/p>\n
I think the fantasy community is down on the Kraken because
\nthey\u2019re a very mid offensive team, but we shouldn\u2019t over look McCann as one of
\nthe more reliable 30-goal, 200-shot players out there. He should be rostered in
\nnearly all standard leagues for his offense. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Marco Rossi, C, MIN (28% rostered)<\/p>\n
I still wouldn\u2019t rule out the occasional benching but the
\nWild are an offensive machine when Rossi\u2019s line with Matt Boldy and Kirill
\nKaprizov are on the ice. They have a 62.75 percent of the shot share and generate
\n87 shots per 60 minutes at 5-on-5. I\u2019ve seen enough of Rossi to recommend him
\nbe rostered in all leagues for his upside in points. <\/p>\n
Frank Nazar, C, CHI (27% rostered)<\/p>\n
If Connor Bedard used the naysayers as jet fuel, then Nazar
\nhas used it as rocket fuel. He\u2019s up to a goal and five points in three games
\nthis season and taken a load off Bedard\u2019s shoulders and emerged as legitimate
\nNo. 2 center. This is shaping up to be a huge breakout season for Nazar. <\/p>\n
Sam Rinzel, D, CHI (39% rostered)<\/p>\n
Do not be surprised if the Calder race is an all-defensemen
\naffair this season with Rinzel joining Matthew Schaefer and Zeev Buium. Rinzel
\nskated just 19:03 against the Bruins because he took a hard hit from Nikita
\nZadorov and took a few shifts off, but he was right back at it next game
\nskating 25:58 and scored his first goal of the season. If you\u2019re still looking
\nfor a defensemen, Rinzel\u2019s one of the few top-pairing players available.<\/p>\n
Mid-term holds\u00a0(< 50%
\nrostered on Yahoo)<\/p>\n
Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (45% rostered)
\n
Evander Kane, LW, VAN (35% rostered)<\/p>\n
Both Kane and Boeser play PP1. Boeser has a bit more upside
\nplaying L1 but considering Adam Foote is a big proponent of more physical play \u2013
\nboth as a coach and definitely when he was playing \u2013 I think he\u2019s taken a
\nliking to Kane because he\u2019s got an edge that the other Canucks wingers don\u2019t. I
\nthink Boeser and Kane offer just modest offensive upside \u2013 think 60 points \u2013 but
\nthe Canucks play a league-high four games in Week 2. <\/p>\n
Logan Stankoven, C\/RW, CAR (38% rostered)<\/p>\n
I think the Canes have found their No. 2 center. It\u2019s early still,
\nbut if this continues, Stankoven will have plenty of value going forward
\nconsidering how Rod Brind\u2019Amour likes a lot of familiarity with his lines and
\nspreading out the minutes.<\/p>\n
Zachary Bolduc, RW, MTL (21% rostered)<\/p>\n
That\u2019s now a goal in three straight games for Bolduc, and
\nwith increasing ice time, I think Martin St-Louis has his new favorite player. There\u2019s
\ngood shot volume and I get the feeling Bolduc will start pushing for power play
\ntime soon. <\/p>\n
Matty Beniers, C, SEA (13% rostered)<\/p>\n
\u2026 maybe? Beniers has scored three points in two games and we\u2019ve
\nbeen waiting for his offense to come alive. I\u2019m still not sure if this is real
\nor not, but it does look like Beniers has a bit more explosiveness to his game.
\nMcCann is the Kraken\u2019s best goal-scoring winger so that\u2019s a good setup for
\nBeniers.<\/p>\n
Filip Hronek, D, VAN (36% rostered)<\/p>\n
Hronek is a very reliable depth defensemen in multi-category
\nleagues. He skated over 27 minutes Saturday against the Oilers and through two
\ngames has five hits and four blocks. He\u2019s averaging over 24 minutes per game
\nand along with Quinn Hughes are the only two Canucks defensemen to average over
\n20 minutes. <\/p>\n
Short-term streamers\u00a0(<
\n50% rostered on Yahoo)<\/p>\n
Evan Rodrigues, C\/LW\/RW, FLA (8% rostered)<\/p>\n
Lundell and Bennett are the immediate beneficiaries of the
\nice time left by Aleksander Barkov, but Rodrigues has picked up some of the
\nslack, too. He\u2019s scored three points in three games and his ice time has
\ncontinued to creep up. The perfect 3-0-0 Panthers have four games on the road
\nwith at least two opponents \u2013 Sabres and Flyers \u2013 who don\u2019t defend very well.<\/p>\n
Barrett Hayton, C, UTA (5% rostered)<\/p>\n
Word is that Hayton\u2019s return is imminent, and he\u2019ll likely
\nresume his 1C duties with Clayton Keller on his left wing as has been the case
\nfor most of last season and training camp. He scored career highs in points
\n(46) and power-play points (15) last season and he\u2019s generally quite good for
\nface-off wins. <\/p>\n
Kevin Lankinen, G, VAN (15% rostered)<\/p>\n
With the way Thatcher Demko is playing and with the way the
\nCanucks have used him so far, Lankinen might be used like a traditional backup,
\nspelling Demko only if he needs rest \u2013 what an expensive one, too, at $4.5
\nmillion. Target date is Friday in Chicago where Lankinen might face his former
\nteam. He\u2019s never lost to them with a career 3-0-0, .934 SP, 2.00 GAA record. <\/p>\n
Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (3% rostered)<\/p>\n
The Wild have a pair of b2b coming up which means we might
\nsee Wallstedt twice in Week 2. He\u2019s a highly-touted goalie coming off a very
\npoor year in the AHL and his NHL career has not gone to plan so far with a .877
\nSP and 3.44 GAA in five starts. This will be his first real test and the best date
\nfor streaming him is Saturday in Philly if he gets that start. The one thing I
\nam confident is the Wild\u2019s offense \u2013 it looks like it could be top-five this
\nseason \u2013 which means plenty of goal support. Wallstedt will need it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians and Happy Columbus Day to my fellow Americans. This is the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-208528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}