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The best lines this season at generating scoring chances:
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust (14.1 xGF)
Engvall-Nelson-Palmieri (10.0)
Barbashev-Eichel-Marchy (9.6)
Kempe-Kopitar-Byfield (9.1)
Strome-Mctavish-Vatrano (8.3)
Hayton-Schmaltz-Keller (8.3)
#fantasyhockey
#LetsGoPens
#Isles
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the guys at FantasyPuck.
Hoping everyone has a happy and healthy break with family and friends.
Thanks for all the support this year. Weโre looking forward to even more content and
#fantashockey
in 2024!
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Welcome back from the break. Weโve got a 14-game slate tonight.
Fire away with your start/sit or add/drop questions and weโll come with answers throughout the day!
#fantasyhockey
Per 60 Shot Attempt Leaders after Week 1 (min. 20 minutes TOI)
1. Nathan Mackinnon: 41.92!!!
2. Filip Forsberg: 33.38
3. David Pastrnak: 32.73
4. Owen Tippett: 32.29!!
5. Alex Laferriere (LAK): 32.28
Lots of early panic on Owen Tippett but he continues to shoot at an elite rate
Week 4 of
#fantasyhockey
features strong schedules for a few teams. There are some valuable streaming options available in most leagues.
#LetsGoFlyers
(4 gms total, 3 off-night gms)
Owen Tippett (37%)
Sean Couturier (24%)
Travis Sanheim (53%)
#Yotes
(4 gms total, weakest
Is there a more under-appreciated forward than
#Isles
Brock Nelson? Among 35 goal scorers last season, Nelson has the lowest ADP of 166.
#fantasyhockey
FP Projection: 78GP-32G-26A-58P
Congrats to Nate from
@ApplesGinos
on winning the 1st Annual FP Content Creators League. We had a blast competing against some of the best creators in fantasy hockey.
Thanks to all who participated and looking forward to having you back next year, maybe even with additional
#LetsGoFlyers
Travis Sanheim has been one of the bigger
#fantasyhockey
surprises thus far. With 8pts in 7gms, Sanheim has taken over PP1 duties along with playing some very big mins. (26+ mins TOI).
He can be added in 10+ team leagues with these options as realistic drops:
-
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the entire FantasyPuck community. Thanks for an amazing 2022 and we hope Santa brings you some fantasy league Wโs!! ๐ ๐ผ๐
2 reasons why FPโs preseason content was advising managers to wait on Cโs was because of two FP favs.
In FPPL:
Joel Eriksson Ek (rk. 16, ADP 137)
Vincent Trocheck (rk. 32, ADP 147)
Both Cโs were overlooked in drafts but have performed better than some stars taken Rd. 1.
#NYR
Boone Jenner (51%) continues to impress and remains a must-add in 10+ team leagues.
A true category coverer, Jenner is up to 5 pts in 5 gms along with 16 SOG, 11 blocks and 7 hits.
He is playing 20+ mins per night including PPTOI.
#FantasyHockey
#CBJ
Quinn Hughes worked on becoming a better and more frequent shooter during the offseason.
Itโs been paying off for fantasy managers thus far.
22/23 Hughes through 9 gms:
0G, 11A, 16 SOG, +1
23/24 Hughes through 9 gms:
3G, 8A, 31 SOG, +11
Not only is the
#Canucks
D-man more
The Daniel Sprong (8% rostered) phenomenon continues with another 6 shot attempts last night, bringing him up to 18 at 5v5 this season (5th highest). ATOI is up +3 minutes from 2022.
His 5v5 per 60 rates in 2022:
Shot attempts: 19.68 (rank 10)
Shots on net: 10.57 (rank 17)
Jake Sanderson getting a shot at PP1, earlier than we expected but the main reason why he was a must-own defenseman and league-winner for us. Is it too early to say that Chabot is the 3rd best defenseman on Ottawa?
Sanderson is a must add in 10+ team leagues.
#fantasyhockey
Brandon Montour and Aaron Ekblad have both been activated and appear to be making their season debuts tonight!
Expect Montour to retake PP1 some point soon.
OEL, thank you for your service but your time has come and gone.
#TimeToHunt
Itโs been a long time coming, but for those
#fantasyhockey
managers who held onto Svechnikov, theyโve been rewarded with the
#1
ranked skater over the past week.
L7 Days: 4G, 3A, 3PPP, 9SOG, 8H, 1BS
#CauseChaos
Need a streamer tonight to fill a hole in your
#fantasyhockey
lineup?
C- Dylan Strome,
#ALLCAPS
- goals in 3 straight gms, ~18 mins TOI. (32%)
LW- Jaden Schwartz,
#SeaKraken
- 22 SOG in last 6 gms, playing big minutes since Burakovsky injury. (18%)
RW- Kyle Palmieri,
#Isles
-
FantasyPuck projects 6 D-men to have 175+ SOG and 100+ Hits this season.
R. Dahlin, BUF (ADP 41)
K. Letang, PIT (118)
M. Matheson, MTL (169) ๐
J. Faulk, STL (119)
D. Nurse, EDM (107)
S. Jones, CHI (112)
#fantasyhockey
This has to be the most underappreciated tweet of the offseason.
Quinn Hughes current pace (82 games):
256 shots (7.8 shots/60)
606 shot attempts (18.5 shot attempts/60)
2022 season in 78 games:
154 shots (4.62 shots/60)
368 shot attempts (11.03 shots/60)
This is pure
Rick Tocchet says he thinks Quinn Hughesโ shot is maybe 10-20 mph harder than it was last season.
Tocchet says heโs very impressed with how Hughes improved his shot this offseason.
Sam Bennett returns for
#TimeToHunt
.
His stats in Florida so far in his career are very good and under appreciated.
Add in 12+ team leagues especially with banger cats.
Happy New Years from the FP Crew. Have a great 2024 in fantasy and offline. Thanks for all the support in 2023. Looking forward to an awesome year ahead.
Whoโs excited for another season of
#fantasyhockey
? FantasyPuck is prepping for content releases starting in early Sept! Stay tuned on all of our outlets!
#nhl
#HockeyTwitter
With reg. season NHL action underway, a reminder we have to constantly share with the
#fantasyhockey
community is to not panic after the first week! Trust your guys and your research!
Interesting development here from the Devils. Meier skating top line with Hughes and Mercer after a tough night against Florida. The buy-low window is open for a player who is coming off of back-to-back seasons with 35+ goals, 300+ shots, and 150+ hits.
Swaps today for
#NJDevils
โฆ the two top lines in particular as they try to jumpstart more balanced scoring.
โข Hughes moves to Meierโs center
โข Hischier between Toffoli and Bratt
โข No Haula or Nosek moves things around on the last two lines.
โข Miller rotating
6-8 weeks appears to be the timeline on Kyle Connorโs knee injury.
#GoJetsGo
will find a way to give Nikolaj Ehlers less ice time because of this news.
Some breaking
#NHLJets
news here in San Jose.
Kyle Connorโs knee injury is hopefully a 6-8 week recovery timeline. However, thereโs still some further evaluation pending which could alter that.
Will get official update from Rick Bowness in about an hour following AM skate.
NHL Preseason Stat Leaders:
#fantasyhockey
Goals-
J. Bratt, NJ (5)
A. Kempe, LAK (5)
R. Thomas, STL (5)
10 Tied (4)
Assists-
E. Bouchard, EDM (6)
J. Eichel, VGK (6)
10 Tied (5)
1/2
#TimeToHunt
D-man Oliver Ekman-Larsson is a must-add in 12+ team leagues.
He led all FLA skaters last night with 26:32 TOI and 4+ mins PPTOI. He also tallied 4 SOG, 10 Shot Attempts and 1 block.
Only 13% rostered on Yahoo.
#FantasyHockey
It appears that we're starting the day with a plethora of good news at
#Canes
practice.
In addition to Andrei Svechnikov shedding his no-contact jersey, Sebastian Aho and Frederik Andersen are both on the ice, taking part in today's skate as well.
After leading the team in PP TOI last game and adding 2 Powerplay Points, it looks like Sam Bennett season has officially arrived. At just 17% rostered, he is a must add across all 12+ team leagues.
Sam Bennett (21% rostered) seems likely to return late this week. Bennett struggles to stay healthy but when healthy he is a top 75 fantasy player.
Since 2021 he is 1 of just 5 players with 11 shots+/60, and 7 hits+/60. Not to mention his 2022 playoffs:
- 20 GP
- 15 points
- 73
Shot attempts/60 leaders at all strengths (min. 100 min TOI)
1. David Pastrnak (30.02)
2. Nikolaj Ehlers (27.99)
3. Owen Tippett (26.79)
4. Nathan Mackinnon (25.83)
5. Filip Forsberg (25.67)
Tippett and Ehlers continue to get pucks to the net at an elite rate, and although both
๐ฃ๏ธ Bangers Managers take note
D-men with the largest Hits+Blocks per game increase from Oct to Nov. (min 5 games)
Alex Pietrangelo,
#VegasBorn
(+2.23)
Jeremy Lauzon,
#Preds
(+2.22)
Jake Middleton,
#mnwild
(+1.97)
Jeff Petry,
#LGRW
(+1.71)
Moritz Seider,
#LGRW
(+1.70)
Fantasy hockey managers need to check out the A&G podcast this week and for weeks to come.
This episodeโs guest is FantasyPuckโs very own FP Chris!
Give these guys a watch/listen soon! ๐๐๐
๐๐New Episode ๐๐
Chris from
@fantasy_puck
joins me on the pod to discuss more buy-lows and sell-highs.
@ApplesGinos
There is value out there to be had. We talk about potential trades and have a super time doing it!
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A packed schedule with all 32 teams playing tonight!
There will be some tough start/sit decisions and weโre here to help. Send us your
#FantasyHockey
questions below๐ or in our Discord.
Need some sneaky PP points on your
#fantasyhockey
team? Here are the 5 lowest ADP players that we project for 25+ PPP!
P. Kane, FA (ADP 162)
D. Perron, DET (156)
S. Reinhart, FLA (151)
J. Pavelski, DAL (103)
M. Zuccarello, MIN (93)
The first of six FPPL drafts is currently underway. FP Mike is live streaming on YouTube.
Here is how the 1st round shaped out. Head over to YT to check in on the Atlantic Division
#fantasyhockey
draft!
Looks like Pyotr Kochetkov is starting tonight for the 2nd game in a row. Carolina is a top 5 team overall and may be the best defensive team in hockey.
Figuring out Carolina's starting goalie dilemma has not been easy, but I would look to add in all 12+ team leagues asap.
12-14+ team managers should take note of
#Preds
forward Tommy Novak.
TOI is up 3 mins since October and heโs produced 9 pts in 11 gms without getting the premier minutes.
Itโs only a matter of time before he replaces Barrie or Evangelista on PP1.
#fantasyhockey
With the regular season wrapping up, FP wanted to take the chance to say a big thank you to the entire FP community for all of your support over the past season.
We hope you were successful in your pool(s) and we look forward to bringing even more content next season! ๐๐ฅ
Per 60 Shot Attempt Leaders at 5v5 after 3 Weeks (min. 50 minutes TOI)
1. Nathan Mackinnon: 27.51
2. Owen Tippett: 27.18
3. Tage Thompson: 26.19
4. Tye Kartye: 26.13
5. Rickard Rakell: 24.69
Rakell & Tippett both struggling right now, but in my opinion are holds in 12+ team
Adrian Kempe (92% owned) is approaching buy-low territory in
#FantasyHockey
.
This underrated fantasy assets tallied 40g, 250 sog and 119 hits last year.
This season he only has 3 pts in 4 games but is skating in a career-high ATOI with a shooting% 5% lower than last year.
Good advice here from Craig.
A lot of people forget this guy is only 26! Seems like he has been around forever because he has.
Great track record health-wise too. Since breaking into the league at 19 he has played 619 out of a possible 639 games!
Is it finally happening the more capable offensive D man is getting a run on PP1. Hanifin is only 37% owed on yahoo he will be one to๐if he can keep this deployment. Already has 10Pts on the year, has some HITs coverage & above avg BLKs coverage.
#FantasyHockey
#HockeyTwitter
Only 4 D-men have 60+ SOG, 30+ hits, 60+ blocks this season. All should be rostered in
#fantasyhockey
Mackenzie Weegar,
#Flames
(84%)
76-51-72
Darnell Nurse,
#LetsGoOilers
(85%)
66-53-65
Moritz Seider,
#LGRW
(98%)
60-55-67
Justin Faulk,
#stlblues
(75%)
66-36-61
Great to see here after originally giving a broad time frame of Nov-Jan returns.
#TimeToHunt
Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour both practicing in a regular jersey.
Montour (92%) and Ekblad (79%) should be stashed in all league formats.
#FantasyHockey
FP has seen amazing growth on Twitter this season!
Thank you to each and every one of our 1,000 Twitter followers for your support. We will continue to bring the quality
#FantasyHockey
content with or without a blue checkmark. ๐
A thread of 23-24 and 22-23 YoY stat differences. (min. 10 GP last yr.)
#FantasyHockey
ATOI Increase:
1. Ryan Donato, CHI +6:13
2. Travis Sanheim, PHI +5:35 ๐
3. Sean Walker, PHI +5:35
4. Kevin Bahl, NJ +5:04
5. Nick Foligno, CHI +4:42
#Blackhawks
#LetsGoFlyers
#NJDevils
In a season where some Oilers starsโ underperformance is at the forefront, Zach Hyman has quietly been the
#LetsGoOilers
most consistent forward.
He is tied for 7th in the NHL in goals (15) and while his 19.5% s% is ~6% above his career avg, he is one of the best in the league
Evan Rodrigues (25% rostered) continues to skate top line and powerplay 1.
In first 2 games:
- 19:02 ATOI
- 2 goals + 2 assists
- 16 shot attempts
- 9 scoring chances
He is a must add in 12+ team leagues.
Looking for some late-round
#bangers
value in your
#fantasyhockey
drafts?
Here are 4 Fโs currently being taken after the 12th rd. and are projected for 50+ pts, 200+ SOG and 125+ Hits.
Tippett, PHI (ADP 159)
Eriksson Ek, MIN (154)
Bennett, FLA (147)
Trocheck, NYR (147)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the entire FantasyPuck community. Enjoy some time with your family and friends and weโll see you when hockey picks up again. ๐๐ ๐ผ
7 Divisions, 7 Champions
Thanks to all who participated in the first season the
#FPPL
and congrats to our 7 champions listed below!
Anything can happen in playoffs and some of these guys proved it. Good season all, see you back next year.
#fantasyhockey
14+ team managers take note of Gabriel Vilardi (12% owned).
Prior to his injury early this season, Vilardi was playing 20+ mins TOI and had 9 SOG in 2 gms.
He was a key piece brought in this offseason so expect him to return to a big role upon being activated.
#fantasyhockey
3 games on the schedule tonight. Here is some streaming ๐ฏ to fill your lineup with:
Knies,
#LeafsForever
- LW1, 3 pts last game and had season-high TOI (32%)
Kaliyev,
#GoKingsGo
- PP2, TOI ๐, 2 pts last gm, 3+ SOG in 3 of last 4 gms (4%)
Kuznetsov,
#ALLCAPS
- 14 SOG in last
Pretty shocking news for a young D a lot of people expected to be a deep sleeper.
Still opportunity for Clarke to emerge this year but Doughty appears in line to maintain his stranglehold on PP1.
#LaKings
The
@LAKings
have announced defenseman Brandt Clarke and forwards Alex Laferriere and Alex Turcotte have been loaned to the
@ontarioreign
, the Kingsโ primary American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate.
FantasyPuck is happy to share that weโve reached a big milestone on our YouTube channel!
5,000 subscribers is something we are thrilled with and never thought was possible.
Thanks to every viewer and subscriber for all of your feedback support. Next stop 10K!
#FantasyHockey
We continue to keep an eye on Joseph Woll (35% rostered) as he makes his case for the No. 1 job in Toronto.
If Woll wins the net, he becomes a potential league winner as Toronto should be a top 5 win % team this season.
He is a must add in 12+ team leagues if you need a
Sheldon Keefe says Joseph Woll was scheduled to start against the Capitals and they will stick to the plan.
Asked if Woll is pushing to get more starts than anticipated: Oh, heโs pushing.
Asked about the thought process to pull Samsonov: โYou canโt let in three goals on 4
Something to keep an eye on moving forward. Korpisalo has not looked good in the early parts of the season (.865 SV% & 4.03 GAA)
Anton Forsberg holds a solid .912 SV% in 79 career starts for the Senators. I would look to add in 14+ team leagues if you need a goalie short-term.
TRANSACTIONS:
#CBJ
have activated Zach Werenski off Injured Reserve & designated Liam Foudy non-roster and placed on waivers for purpose of assignment to
@monstershockey
.
The team has also activated RW Jordan Dumais off the Injured/Non-Roster list and loaned to
@HFXMooseheads
.
Sam Bennett (21% rostered) seems likely to return late this week. Bennett struggles to stay healthy but when healthy he is a top 75 fantasy player.
Since 2021 he is 1 of just 5 players with 11 shots+/60, and 7 hits+/60. Not to mention his 2022 playoffs:
- 20 GP
- 15 points
- 73
Latest update on Adam Fox.
For those managers who own Erik Gustafsson, if you can flip him for a return before Wednesday, I would do so. Otherwise, thank him for his service and he can be dropped once Foxโs return is confirmed. ๐ซก
#NYR
#fantasyhockey
Adam Fox is in a regular jersey and is a full participant at the Rangers morning skate. Heโs not playing tonight. He canโt come off LTIR until Wednesday. But indications are that heโs looking good to play Wednesday. Heโs been out with a lower body injury he sustained Nov. 2.
Nico Daws ๐
3 or fewer goals allowed in each of his last 5 games. Siegenthaler returning should only help his D in front of him.
Worth a look if you need a 3rd or 4th goalie. 23% rostered.
#NJDevils
#FantasyHockey
Injury Updates:
Bobrovsky,
#TimeToHunt
- expected to start tonight.
Duclair - practicing in non-contact jersey.
Slavin,
#LetsGoCanes
- will not play Wednesday.
Jarry,
#LetsGoPens
- skated today, not ready to return
Nichushkin,
#GoAvsGo
- expected to play Tues.
Jacob Markstrom (ADP 130) is looking to bounceback after a scary 2022 season.
He has allowed 9 goals on 88 shots to start the season (2.96 GAA/.898 SV%) but ranks (min. 100 minutes):
- 1st for high-danger shots against
- 1st for high-danger saves
- 3rd for high-danger Save%.
It appears
#LetsGoFlyers
Carter Hart will be out several weeks.
Itโs one of the few times we would not recommend adding the backup. Samuel Ersson has literally been the worst goalie this season (-8.0 GSAA), more than 2 less than the next closest. Wait and see on him.
This is concerning and unfortunate given how strong Gustavsson looked last season. He was a top-10 goalie off the board in
#fantasyhockey
drafts this season.
Could be a situation like we saw in Edmonton with Skinner where management says "Gus, you're our guy" and lets him work
#Preds
Ryan OโReilly (45%) is having somewhat of a career revival after a couple of down years.
He is playing 20:25 ATOI which is the most he has played since 20-21. He has totalled 15 pts in 16 gms and is a staple on PP1.
He has 8 PPP so far and while a high shooting % will
Vincent Trocheck (157 ADP) is a potential steal this year in points leagues. The 2C in NY with assist-machine Artemi Panarin on his wing. Trocheck averages about 2.5 shots/gm and we expect that to rise with passes from Panarin.
#fantasyhockey
#NYR
After Barkov left the game early in the 3rd, Sam Bennett went on to play just under 19 mins TOI while Lundell was around 17 mins.
Both centres should get a boost if Barkov is out for any amount of time. Bennett as 1C/PP1 is a very attractive bangers league add.
#TimetoHunt