NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire: Letting You Know Which Players You Should Add/Drop Heading Into Week 17, Complete Injury Update, Players of the Week, and More!
Welcome back to our weekly NHL fantasy hockey waiver wire. There are some new players to add to your pool for all three formats, there is also some new injuries listed, as well as players on cold streaks. We’ve also included three new players of the week, so everything you need to know is right here.
Like always, we’re here to help you gain the most out of your hockey pool. Most NHL fantasy pools consist of a weekly total before being reset. So, it’s best to maximize your scoring during that week to either stay in the lead or try to climb the standings. The toughest part is always releasing players, but if you’re in a pool that isn’t very active, you can take those chances.
If you’re in a pool that everyone is involved in daily, at least keep your star players even if they’re going through a cold streak, so they’re not picked up when you release them.
*For a Yahoo pool containing 10 teams or less that only focus’ on the essentials*
Adds: (Depending on how your free agent pool looks)
Centres:
Ryan Strome (NYI) – 4% ownership, 337 adds since last week, 8G, 13A, -4
Charlie Coyle (MIN) – 57% ownership, 254 adds since last week, 13G, 29A, +15
Adam Henrique (NJ) – 40% ownership, 156 adds since last week, 15G, 16A, -5
Brandon Dubinsky (CBJ) – 17% ownership, 143 adds since last week, 7G, 18A, +9
Brock Nelson (NYI) – 12% ownership, 143 adds since last week, 13G, 17A, +1
Ryan O’Reilly (BUF) – 79% ownership, 137 adds since last week, 11G, 23A, -16
Left Wingers:
Anders Lee (NYI) – 27% ownership, 880 adds since last week, 19G, 13A, +8
Josh Bailey (NYI) – 24% ownership, 374 adds since last week, 11G, 27A, +4
Brett Connolly (WSH) – 4% ownership, 324 adds since last week, 12G, 5A, +19
Marcus Johansson (WSH) – 51% ownership, 236 adds since last week, 18G, 20A, +17
Mikko Rantanen (COL) – 4% ownership, 222 adds since last week, 11G, 14A, -19
Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) – 2% ownership, 196 adds since last week, 10G, 9A, -6
Right Wingers:
Jason Pominville (MIN) – 17% ownership, 694 adds since last week, 10G, 23A, +2
David Backes (BOS) – 41% ownership, 177 adds since last week, 12G, 13A, -11
Sebastian Aho (CAR) – 32% ownership, 156 adds since last week, 16G, 15A, -3
William Nylander (TOR) – 58% ownership, 94 adds since last week, 14G, 22A, -4
Anthony Mantha (DET) – 16% ownership, 89 adds since last week, 12G, 15A, +13
Mike Cammalleri (NJ) – 33% ownership, 86 adds since last week, 10G, 20A, -1
Defence:
Jacob Trouba (WPG) – 47% ownership, 315 adds since last week, 4G, 19A, +5
Nikita Zaitsev (TOR) – 13% ownership, 225 adds since last week, 2G, 22A, -6
Dennis Seidenberg (NYI) – 8% ownership, 164 adds since last week, 4G, 13A, +22
Nikita Zadorov (COL) – 2% ownership, 157 adds since last week, 0G, 10A, -15
Brady Skjei (NYR) – 10% ownership, 145 adds since last week, 2G, 22A, +8
Shayne Gostisbehere (PHI) – 77% ownership, 143 adds since last week, 4G, 18A, -21
Goalies:
Al Montoya (MTL) – 13% ownership, 778 adds since last week, 7W, 37GA, 2.52GAA
Aaron Dell (SJ) – 4% ownership, 440 adds since last week, 6W, 19GA, 2.05GAA
Scott Darling (CHI) – 27% ownership, 434 adds since last week, 12W, 45GA, 2.31GAA
Michal Neuvirth (PHI) – 31% ownership, 406 adds since last week, 8W, 40GA, 2.79GAA
Anders Nilsson (BUF) – 8% ownership, 187 adds since last week, 9W, 52GA, 2.67GAA
Jake Allen (STL) – 87% ownership, 174 adds since last week, 20W, 97GA, 2.69GAA
*For a Yahoo pool containing 20 teams or less that only focus’ on the essentials*
Adds: (Depending on how your free agent pool looks)
Centres:
Patrik Berglund (STL) – 3% ownership, 49 adds since last week, 14G, 7A, -6
Lars Eller (WSH) – 2% ownership, 37 adds since last week, 10G, 9A, +14
Frank Vatrano (BOS) – 2% ownership, 37 adds since last week, 6G, 3A, -8
Cody Eakin (DAL) – 1% ownership, 32 adds since last week, 1G, 5A, -8
Casey Cizikas (NYI) – 2% ownership, 29 adds since last week, 6G, 15A, +10
Jay Beagle (WSH) – 5% ownership, 24 adds since last week, 11G, 11A, +18
Left Wingers:
Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) – 2% ownership, 192 adds since last week, 10G, 9A, -6
Tanner Pearson (LA) – 13% ownership, 40 adds since last week, 16G, 13A, +11
Jason Chimera (NYI) – 1% ownership, 28 adds since last week, 12G, 8A, +1
David Perron (STL) – 14% ownership, 27 adds since last week, 11G, 19A, -4
Zachary Sanford (WSH) – 0% ownership, 23 adds since last week, 0G, 1A, -1
Jake Guentzel (PIT) – 2% ownership, 22 adds since last week, 5G, 4A, +5
Right Wingers:
Cody McLeod (NSH) – 1% ownership, 18 adds since last week, 4G, 1A, Even
Tom Wilson (WSH) – 3% ownership, 18 adds since last week, 3G, 9A, +10
Brian Gionta (BUF) – 2% ownership, 17 adds since last week, 12G, 15A, -3
Kevin Labanc (SJ) – 0% ownership, 9 adds since last week, 7G, 7A, +4
Lee Stempniak (CAR) – 9% ownership, 8 adds since last week, 10G, 15A, +1
Jarome Iginla (COL) – 16% ownership, 7 adds since last week, 7G, 7A, -18
Defence:
Francois Beauchemin (COL) – 4% ownership, 41 adds since last week, 2G, 11A, -3
Marco Scandella (MIN) – 1% ownership, 37 adds since last week, 2G, 5A, +6
Brandon Montour (ANA) – 0% ownership, 30 adds since last week, 1G, 1A, +2
Karl Alzner (WSH) – 3% ownership, 28 adds since last week, 3G, 8A, +24
Damon Severson (NJ) – 15% ownership, 27 adds since last week, 3G, 21A, -23
Adam McQuaid (BOS) – 1% ownership, 23 adds since last week, 1G, 3A, +1
Goalies:
Aaron Dell (SJ) – 4% ownership, 437 adds since last week, 6W, 19GA, 2.05GAA
Anton Khudobin (BOS) – 1% ownership, 147 adds since last week, 1W, 23GA, 3.06GAA
Jean-Francois Berube (NYI) – 1% ownership, 100 adds since last week, 1W, 15GA, 3.27GAA
Anton Forsberg (CBJ) – 1% ownership, 73 adds since last week, 0W, 4GA, 4.10GAA
Jared Coreau (DET) – 8% ownership, 26 adds since last week, 5W, 32GA, 3.01GAA
Jeremy Smith (COL) – 0% ownership, 16 adds since last week, 0W, 0GA, 0.00GAA
*For an ESPN pool containing 10-20 teams, including all statistical categories*
Centres:
Leo Komarov (TOR) – 8G, 8A, +5, 25PIM, 2PPG, 2PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 66SH, 165HITS, 36BLKS, 1GWG
Adam Lowry (WPG) – 10G, 7A, -4, 27PIM, 3PPG, 2PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 84SH, 142HITS, 38BLKS, 0GWG
Zack Smith (OTT) – 12G, 14A, +6, 41PIM, 1PPG, 0PPA, 2SHG, 0SHA, 99SH, 88HITS, 29BLKS, 0GWG
Mikko Koivu (MIN) – 16G, 22A, +29, 20PIM, 2PPG, 8PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 89SH, 21HITS, 46BLKS, 3GWG
Martin Hanzal (ARI) – 10G, 9A, -16, 41PIM, 3PPG, 4PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 109SH, 97HITS, 31BLKS, 1GWG
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (OTT) – 5G, 14A, +8, 16PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 97SH, 109HITS, 44BLKS, 1GWG
Left Wingers:
Anders Lee (NYI) – 19G, 13A, +8, 24PIM, 6PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 123SH, 100HITS, 24BLKS, 4GWG
Marcus Foligno (BUF) – 9G, 7A, Even, 60PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 68SH, 183HITS, 44BLKS, 0GWG
Nick Ritchie (ANA) – 11G, 7A, -1, 33PIM, 1PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 104SH, 181HITS, 15BLKS, 3GWG
Viktor Arvidsson (NSH) – 15G, 20A, +15, 14PIM, 3PPG, 3PPA, 2SHG, 2SHA, 161SH, 14HITS, 33BLKS, 2GWG
Tanner Pearson (LA) – 16G, 13A, +11, 7PIM, 1PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 117SH, 85HITS, 18BLKS, 4GWG
Jason Zucker (MIN) – 16G, 22A, +32, 26PIM, 1PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 108SH, 49HITS, 28BLKS, 2GWG
Right Wingers:
Nino Niederreiter (MIN) – 18G, 23A, +21, 20PIM, 7PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 115SH, 86HITS, 13BLKS, 2GWG
Patrick Eaves (DAL) – 19G, 14A, -10, 16PIM, 10PPG, 5PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 137SH, 57HITS, 30BLKS, 1GWG
Tom Wilson (WSH) – 3G, 9A, +10, 59PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 55SH, 146HITS, 25BLKS, 0GWG
Radim Vrbata (ARI) – 11G, 24A, -17, 8PIM, 3PPG, 8PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 157SH, 36HITS, 18BLKS, 0GWG
Michael Grabner (NYR) – 26G, 9A, +27, 8PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 1SHG, 1SHA, 122SH, 33HITS, 26BLKS, 3GWG
Josh Anderson (CBJ) – 10G, 9A, +7, 56PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 80SH, 87HITS, 30BLKS, 2GWG
Defence:
Jeff Petry (MTL) – 8G, 18A, +11, 20PIM, 2PPG, 5PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 125SH, 95HITS, 104BLKS, 1GWG
Nikita Zaitsev (TOR) – 2G, 22A, -6, 22PIM, 1PPG, 6PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 72SH, 117HITS, 91BLKS, 0GWG
Calvin de Haan (NYI) – 3G, 11A, +12, 28PIM, 0PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 74SH, 86HITS, 141BLKS, 0GWG
Ivan Provorov (PHI) – 4G, 18A, -7, 22PIM, 0PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 107SH, 72HITS, 112BLKS, 1GWG
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) – 4G, 22A, +25, 32PIM, 1PPG, 5PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 82SH, 85HITS, 66BLKS, 0GWG
Luke Schenn (ARI) – 0G, 3A, -8, 62PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 57SH, 174HITS, 71BLKS, 0GWG
Goalies:
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) – 17W, 14L, 1OTL, 91GA, 910SV, .909SV%, 3SO
Thomas Greiss (NYI) – 17W, 9L, 3OTL, 70GA, 827SV, .922SV%, 2SO
Mike Condon (OTT) – 16W, 9L, 5OTL, 75GA, 784SV, .913SV%, 4SO
Calvin Pickard (COL) – 9W, 15L, 1OTL, 74GA, 717SV, .906SV%, 2SO
Anders Nilsson (BUF) – 9W, 7L, 4OTL, 52GA, 611SV, .922SV%, 1SO
Brian Elliott (CGY) – 11W, 13L, 2OTL, 75GA, 638SV, .895SV%, 0SO
Legend:
G = Goals
A = Assists
PIM = Penalty Minutes
PPG = Power-Play-Goals
PPA = Power-Play-Assists
SHG = Short-Handed-Goals
SHO = Short-Handed Assists
GWG = Game-Winning-Goals
SH = Shots
Hits = Hits
BLKS = Blocks
W = Wins
L = Losses
SV = Saves
SV% = Save Percentage
SO = Shutouts
GA = Goals Against
GAA = Goals-Against-Average
Drops: (Players currently on cold streaks).
Filip Forsberg (NSH) – 2 points in last 6 games.
Zach Parise (MIN) – 5 points in last 15 games.
Cam Atkinson (CBJ) – 2 points in last 6 games.
Eric Staal (MIN) – 3 points in last 10 games.
Cam Fowler (ANA) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Kyle Turris (OTT) – 1 point in last 4 games.
John Tavares (NYI) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Erik Karlsson (OTT) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Connor McDavid (EDM) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Dougie Hamilton (CGY) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Jeff Skinner (CAR) – 2 points in last 10 games.
James van Riemsdyk (TOR) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Anze Kopitar (LA) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Mark Scheifele (WPG) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Claude Giroux (PHI) – 0 points in last 4 games.
Zach Werenski (CBJ) – 0 points in last 4 games.
Alex Pietrangelo (STL) – 0 points in last 4 games.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) – 0 points in last 5 games.
Shea Weber (MTL) – 0 points in last 6 games.
James Neal (NSH) – 0 points in last 6 games.
Jordan Eberle (EDM) – 0 points in last 6 games.
Ryan Suter (MIN) – 0 points in last 8 games.
Martin Jones (SJ) – 0-0-1 in last game.
Roberto Luongo (FLA) – 1-1-0 in last 2 games.
Frederik Andersen (TOR) – 1-1-2 in last 4 games.
Tuukka Rask (BOS) – 1-1-0 in last 2 games.
Cam Ward (CAR) – 1-1-0 in last 2 games.
Carey Price (MTL) – 1-1-0 in last 2 games.
Peter Budaj (LA) – 1-2-0 in last 3 games.
Steve Mason (PHI) – 0-2-0 in last 2 games.
Petr Mrazek (DET) – 0-1-1 in last 2 games.
Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) – 1-2-0 in last 3 games.
Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) – 1-4-1 in last 6 games.
Key Injuries:
Sami Vatanen (ANA) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Zach Bogosian (BUF) – Ribs – Day-to-Day
Tyson Barrie (COL) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Semyon Varlamov (COL) – Groin – Day-to-Day
Erik Johnson (COL) – Leg – February
Jason Spezza (DAL) – Upper-Body – February
Jimmy Howard (DET) – Knee – Day-to-Day
Jonathan Ericsson (DET) – Wrist – Out-for-Season
Kris Russell (EDM) – Undisclosed – Day-to-Day
Jonathan Quick (LA) – Groin – Indefinitely
Jonas Brodin (MIN) – Finger – February
Max Pacioretty (MTL) – Flu – Day-to-Day
Brendan Gallagher (MTL) – Hand – March
Dan Girardi (NYR) – Ankle – Day-to-Day
Travis Konecny (PHI) – Lower-Body – March
Carl Hagelin (PIT) – Concussion – Day-to-Day
Conor Sheary (PIT) – Upper-Body – March
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Logan Couture (SJ) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Robby Fabbri (STL) – Knee – Out-for-Season
Paul Stastny (STL) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Tyler Johnson (TB) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Ryan Callahan (TB) – Hip – Indefinitely
Steven Stamkos (TB) – Knee – Indefinitely
Andre Burakovsky (WSH) – Hand – March
Top Forward of the Week: Patrice Bergeron (BOS) – (2GP, 2G, 5A, 7PTS)
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What a week Patrice Bergeron had, seven points in two games is just absolutely outstanding. If you have Patrice in your pool, good for you, he’s still a mid 60’s guy though so don’t expect an outlandish output this year or next. But what he will do is stay in that point range while having the best plus/minus rating in the NHL.
Top Defenseman of the Week: Kris Letang (PIT) – (4GP, 1G, 3A, 4PTS)
Kris Letang has had quite the up and down season, but four points in four games is still pretty solid. He’s still a top-tier defenseman capable of putting up a tremendous amount of points. He’s eventually going to break out and be in the top five every season but no one knows when that will be which makes him a constant question in a keeper pool, he’ll either put up a 70 point season or a 40 point season, so it’s best to have another scoring defenseman on your team just in case.
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Top Goalie of the Week: Braden Holtby (WSH) – (3GP, 3W, .919SV%, 1.67GAA, 1SO)
Braden Holtby is an elite goalie in the NHL, behind, or even tied with Carey Price. This means he’s likely to go in the first round every year of your pool if not the early second. So if you were able to draft him last October good on you because he’s nearly impossible to acquire. And if you’re not in a keeper league, take him in the first round next year since Washington will only be getting better.