NHL Fantasy Waiver Wire: Detroit Rising in Stock, San Jose’s is Plummeting.

NHL Fantasy Waiver Wire: Letting You Know Which Players You Should Add/Drop Heading Into Week 24, Complete Injury Update, Players of the Week, and More!

Welcome back to our weekly NHL fantasy hockey waiver wire. The Detroit Red Wings are picking up a lot of steam making their players hot commodities. And in light of San Jose losing six straight, their stock has dropped significantly so avoid them until they start winning again.

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:
Mathieu Perreault (WPG) – 26% ownership, 3,403 adds since last week, 10G, 26A, -9
Sean Couturier (PHI) – 7% ownership, 1,108 adds since last week, 12G, 15A, +4
Pavel Zacha (NJ) – 3% ownership, 528 adds since last week, 8G, 14A, -14
Brandon Sutter (VAN) – 6% ownership, 190 adds since last week, 17G, 14A, -18
Joseph Blandisi (NJ) – 1% ownership, 182 adds since last week, 3G, 6A, -8
Oscar Lindberg (NYR) – 1% ownership, 152 adds since last week, 7G, 12A, +3

Left Wingers:
Justin Abdelkader (DET) – 10% ownership, 470 adds since last week, 7G, 14A, -17
Nick Ritchie (ANA) – 8% ownership, 232 adds since last week, 12G, 13A, +3
Chris Stewart (MIN) – 1% ownership, 165 adds since last week, 13G, 6A, +3
Ryan Hartman (CHI) – 5% ownership, 113 adds since last week, 18G, 11A, +13
Matt Read (PHI) – 1% ownership, 77 adds since last week, 10G, 8A, +3
Leo Komarov (TOR) – 15% ownership, 55 adds since last week, 12G, 16A, +3

Right Wingers:
Brett Ritchie (DAL) – 1% ownership, 129 adds since last week, 14G, 8A, +12
Ales Hemsky (DAL) – 3% ownership, 110 adds since last week, 3G, 3A, Even
Adam Cracknell (DAL) – 0% ownership, 105 adds since last week, 10G, 5A, +13
Bryan Rust (PIT) – 2% ownership, 104 adds since last week, 12G, 13A, +5
Magnus Paajarvi (STL) – 0% ownership, 48 adds since last week, 8G, 3A, +6
Chris Thorburn (WPG) – 0% ownership, 47 adds since last week, 3G, 1A, -7

Defence:
Michael Del Zotto (PHI) – 5% ownership, 235 adds since last week, 5G, 10A, -5
Alexander Edler (VAN) – 4% ownership, 208 adds since last week, 4G, 15A, -15
John Moore (NJ) – 1% ownership, 170 adds since last week, 9G, 10A, -7
Stephen Johns (DAL) – 1% ownership, 119 adds since last week, 4G, 5A, -7
Esa Lindell (DAL) – 1% ownership, 103 adds since last week, 6G, 8A, +11
Danny DeKeyser (DET) – 4% ownership, 92 adds since last week, 3G, 7A, -15

Goalies:
Keith Kinkaid (NJ) – 4% ownership, 1,138 adds since last week, 7W, 57GA, 2.77GAA
Anton Khudobin (BOS) – 3% ownership, 795 adds since last week, 5W, 33GA, 2.73GAA
Michael Hutchinson (WPG) – 4% ownership, 390 adds since last week, 6W, 61GA, 3.06GAA
Richard Bachman (VAN) – 2% ownership, 346 adds since last week, 1W, 3GA, 1.52GAA
Curtis McElhinney (TOR) – 4% ownership, 173 adds since last week, 6W, 37GA, 2.52GAA
Juuse Saros (NSH) – 6% ownership, 50 adds since last week, 8W, 39GA, 2.29GAA

*For an ESPN pool containing 10-20 teams, including all statistical categories*

Centres:
Adam Lowry (WPG) – 13G, 12A, -2, 50PIM, 4PPG, 4PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 113SH, 0GWG, 194HITS, 51BLKS
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (OTT) – 9G, 19A, +12, 18PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 2SHA, 153SH, 2GWG, 152HITS, 73BLKS
Martin Hanzal (MIN) – 17G, 16A, -19, 49PIM, 4PPG, 4PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 152SH, 2GWG, 132HITS, 53BLKS
Zack Smith (OTT) – 16G, 16A, +6, 61PIM, 1PPG, 0PPA, 4SHG, 0SHA, 133SH, 1GWG, 140HITS, 35BLKS
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) – 15G, 32A, -18, 14PIM, 2PPG, 9PPA, 2SHG, 0SHA, 228SH, 4GWG, 48HITS, 26BLKS
Patrik Berglund (STL) – 21G, 10A, -5, 26PIM, 3PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 139SH, 4GWG, 146HITS, 39BLKS

Left Wingers:
Marcus Foligno (BUF) – 12G, 10A, -4, 69PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 91SH, 0GWG, 266HITS, 55BLKS
Tanner Pearson (LA) – 23G, 19A, +10, 11PIM, 3PPG, 4PPA, 1SHG, 1SHA, 169SH, 4GWG, 112HITS, 22BLKS
Ryan Hartman (CHI) – 18G, 11A, +13, 64PIM, 1PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 153SH, 4GWG, 114HITS, 29BLKS
Jason Zucker (MIN) – 21G, 25A, +29, 30PIM, 1PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 159SH, 3GWG, 67HITS, 42BLKS
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) – 15G, 14A, -21, 58PIM, 5PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 139SH, 2GWG, 127HITS, 32BLKS
David Perron (STL) – 15G, 25A, -3, 52PIM, 2PPG, 9PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 133SH, 3GWG, 80HITS, 23BLKS

Right Wingers:
Tom Wilson (WSH) – 6G, 10A, +7, 110PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 85SH, 0GWG, 218HITS, 38BLKS
Patrick Eaves (ANA) – 25G, 18A, -6, 20PIM, 11PPG, 5PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 188SH, 1GWG, 76HITS, 40BLKS
Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) – 21G, 23A, +12, 20PIM, 5PPG, 2PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 211SH, 5GWG, 43HITS, 39BLKS
Zack Kassian (EDM) – 7G, 15A, +4, 95PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 103SH, 0GWG, 177HITS, 14BLKS
Rick Nash (NYR) – 20G, 15A, +7, 22PIM, 6PPG, 3PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 183SH, 3GWG, 60HITS, 31BLKS
Josh Anderson (CBJ) – 16G, 11A, +12, 76PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 106SH, 3GWG, 125HITS, 39BLKS

Defence:
Calvin de Haan (NYI) – 5G, 16A, +11, 36PIM, 1PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 100SH, 1GWG, 122HITS, 175BLKS
Ivan Provorov (PHI) – 6G, 22A, -11, 32PIM, 0PPG, 5PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 140SH, 1GWG, 100HITS, 152BLKS
Josh Manson (ANA) – 4G, 10A, +10, 69PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 1SHA, 74SH, 1GWG, 215HITS, 73BLKS
Alex Goligoski (ARI) – 5G, 25A, -6, 24PIM, 0PPG, 5PPA, 1SHG, 1SHA, 99SH, 0GWG, 127HITS, 137BLKS
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) – 6G, 25A, +29, 47PIM, 1PPG, 5PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 107SH, 0GWG, 115HITS, 86BLKS
Brooks Orpik (WSH) – 0G, 13A, +32, 46PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 74SH, 0GWG, 173HITS, 117BLKS

Goalies:
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) – 23W, 19L, 4OTL, 140GA, 1,344SV, .906SV%, 4SO
Petr Mrazek (DET) – 16W, 20L, 8OTL, 130GA, 1,184SV, .901SV%, 1SO
Calvin Pickard (COL) – 13W, 25L, 2OTL, 114GA, 1,132SV, .909SV%, 2SO
Mike Condon (OTT) – 19W, 12L, 6OTL, 90GA, 985SV, .916SV%, 5SO
Ben Bishop (LA) – 17W, 14L, 5OTL, 89GA, 901SV, .910SV%, 1SO
Jonathan Bernier (ANA) – 17W, 7L, 3OTL, 69GA, 770SV, .918SV%, 2SO

Drops: (Players currently on cold streaks).
Marcus Johansson (WSH) – 4 points in last 11 games.
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) – 2 points in last 6 games.
Tyler Seguin (DAL) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Jeff Carter (LA) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Jakub Voracek (PHI) – 2 points in last 8 games.
Alex Galchenyuk (MTL) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) – 1 point in last 4 games.
Sam Reinhart (BUF) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Vincent Trocheck (FLA) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Patrik Laine (WPG) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Ryan Kesler (ANA) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Ryan McDonagh (NYR) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Corey Perry (ANA) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Joe Pavelski (SJ) – 1 point in last 5 games.
Seth Jones (CBJ) – 1 point in last 6 games.
Justin Faulk (CAR) – 1 point in last 6 games.
Brent Burns (SJ) – 1 point in last 8 games.
Anthony Mantha (DET) – 1 point in last 8 games.
Logan Couture (SJ) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Mikael Granlund (MIN) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Ryan Johansen (NSH) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Mikko Koivu (MIN) – 0 points in last 3 games.
James Neal (NSH) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Alex Steen (STL) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Patric Hornqvist (PIT) – 0 points in last 3 games.
Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) – 0 points in last 4 games.
P.K. Subban (NSH) – 0 points in last 4 games.
Max Pacioretty (MTL) – o points in last 5 games.
Shayne Gostisbehere (PHI) – 0 points in last 5 games.
Bobby Ryan (OTT) – 0 points in last 6 games.
Sami Vatanen (ANA) – 0 points in last 6 games.
Tomas Hertl (SJ) – 0 points in last 11 games.

Cam Talbot (EDM) – 0-1-0 in last game.
Ryan Miller (VAN) – 1-3-0 in last 4 games.
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB) – 1-3-0 in last 4 games.
Aaron Dell (SJ) – 0-2-0 in last 2 games.
Jonathan Quick (LA) – 0-1-0 in last game.

Key Injuries:
John Gibson (ANA) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) – Suspended – April
Dmitry Kulikov (BUF) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Kyle Okposo (BUF) – Ribs – Week-to-Week
Semyon Varlamov (COL) – Groin – Day-to-Day
Aaron Ekblad (FLA) – Neck – Day-to-Day
Roberto Luongo (FLA) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Mike Cammalleri (NJ) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Ryan Strome (NYI) – Wrist – Indefinitely
Shane Prince (NYI) – Leg – Indefinitely
Mark Stone (OTT) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Jake Guentzel (PIT) – Concussion – Day-to-Day
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) – Shoulder – Day-to-Day
Carl Hagelin (PIT) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Kris Letang (PIT) – Upper-Body – Week-to-Week
Olli Maatta (PIT) – Hand – Day-to-Day
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJ) – Flu – Day-to-Day
Paul Stastny (STL) – Lower-Body – Week-to-Week
Tyler Johnson (TB) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Steven Stamkos (TB) – Knee – Indefinitely
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Loui Eriksson (VAN) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Dustin Byfuglien (WPG) – Undisclosed – Day-to-Day
Jacob Trouba (WPG) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Toby Enstrom (WPG) – Concussion – Indefinitely
Ondrej Pavelec (WPG) – Knee – Day-to-Day

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