Teuvo Teravainen leads waiver wire pickups to focus on this week

Working the waiver wire is a vital a part of any championship fantasy hockey season. Discovering gamers to work into your lineup each single week that may add factors to your whole is the primary approach you possibly can management the result of your matchup. On this article each week, I’ll be going over gamers at each place and at completely different ranges of rostership so you possibly can fill out your fantasy squad with one of the best gamers obtainable in your league. Let’s dig in:

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Rostered in 41-50% of Leagues: Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW – CAR (50% rostered)

Fantasy managers had been understandably nervous about Teravainen not too way back. He returned from a 10-game absence attributable to an upper-body harm to little fanfare and needed to earn his minutes again, even spending a while on the Carolina fourth line. In the meantime, offseason acquisition Max Pacioretty made his long-anticipated Hurricanes debut and instantly netted three targets in his first three video games.

Now, with Pacioretty tearing his Achilles for a second time, Teravainen has regained his spot on the Canes’ prime line and it appears prefer it might be wheels up for the playmaking winger after netting 4 factors in his final three video games. Carolina performs three video games all on off-nights this week, making Teravainen straightforward to fit into your beginning lineup.

Honourable Mentions: Brock Boeser, RW – VAN (44%) & Andrei Kuzmenko, LW/RW – VAN (45%)

Rostered in 31-40% of leagues: Kevin Hayes, C – PHI (40% rostered)

Sooner or later we’re simply going to have to simply accept that Kevin Hayes is #goodathockey and he’s having a monster 12 months. After a two-goal effort in a dropping trigger towards Winnipeg on Sunday, Hayes is pacing for 75 factors on the season and has 5 targets and 6 factors in his final 4 video games. That in and of itself is spectacular, however Hayes is averaging six pictures per recreation via that stretch, a really astonishing quantity buoyed by a nine-shot recreation towards Chicago on Thursday.

Whatever the competitors and no matter coach John Tortorella’s estimation of his game-to-game degree of compete, Hayes is the most suitable choice on the Flyers not named Travis Konecny and may in all probability be rostered in something deeper than a 10-team league.

Honourable Mentions: Evan Rodrigues, C/LW/RW – COL (36%) & Jason Zucker, LW – PIT (38%)

Rostered in 21-30% of leagues: Anton Lundell, C – FLA (23% rostered)

Lundell had a tough begin to the season, however that has pale into distant reminiscence of late as he’s posted 5 factors in his final 4 video games since being elevated to the Panthers’ prime line alongside captain Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart. Lundell has averaged three pictures per recreation on this stretch, giving fantasy managers motive to imagine that he’s not simply getting fortunate with a few pictures.

Florida performs 4 video games with two off nights this week, so if you happen to can match Lundell into your beginning lineup for a minimum of three video games he’s a must-add for me so long as he retains this deployment. With the outcomes he’s been getting these days, it’s onerous to think about coach Paul Maurice transferring away from him on the highest line anytime quickly.

Honourable Mentions: Seth Jarvis, LW/RW – CAR (25%) & Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW – LAK (27%)

Rostered in 0-20% of leagues: Victor Olofsson, RW – BUF (11% rostered)

Olofsson’s current scorching streak has materialized seemingly out of nowhere, however he’s registered six targets in his final six video games whereas piling up pictures alongside the way in which. Olofsson profiles as a sniper however with the emergence of Buffalo’s younger weapons he had develop into little greater than an afterthought this season. That is now not the case, as Olofsson has been filling the opposition’s nets regardless of skating on a nondescript line with Casey Mittelstadt and Tyson Jost at even power and solely seeing utilization on the second Sabre power-play unit.

It won’t final without end, however I’ve received no downside leaping on the Olofsson practice whereas he’s operating scorching, particularly on condition that the Sabres begin the week with a Monday/Tuesday back-to-back that will provide you with a few early week video games to resolve if Olofsson is only a two-game stream or a maintain to your roster.

Honourable Mentions: Conor Garland, LW/RW – VAN (8%) & Calle Jarnkrok, C/LW/RW (7%)

Defensemen

Rostered in 26-50% of leagues: Brady Skjei – CAR (38% rostered)

Brady Skjei has quietly develop into one among fantasy’s extra productive second power-play defensemen over the previous couple of weeks, racking up seven factors in his final eight video games. Carolina has gone to a extra balanced energy play, which means Skjei has gained just a few extra minutes with the person benefit nearly each night time. Whatever the “how”, Skjei is undeniably scorching proper now. As a defenseman who constantly supplies sturdy shot totals on a prime tier Carolina squad, Skjei needs to be of curiosity in any week when the Hurricanes have a superb streaming schedule.

With their aforementioned three-game, set this week, Skjei is a terrific search for any fantasy group that should add some off night time manufacturing to their lineup for the week.

Honourable Mentions: Sean Durzi – LAK (38%) & Owen Energy – BUF (45%)

Rostered in 0-25% of leagues: Adam Boqvist – CBJ (6% rostered)

Boqvist is a tricky capsule to swallow as a pickup for positive. On nights when he doesn’t web some extent, he’s leaving you with subsequent to nothing as he’s not a big contributor within the pictures/hits/blocks/PIMs classes. However Boqvist has been a staple on the Columbus prime energy play of late and has 4 factors in his final seven video games whereas manning that place.

Columbus acquired a lift lately with the return of captain and top-line heart Boone Jenner, a transfer that immediately lends much more stability and credibility to its energy play. To prime it off, Columbus has a really enticing four-game, three-off night time schedule this week, which makes Boqvist straightforward to suit into your lineup. It’s a house run swing, however when taking a look at defensemen on this rostership vary it’s onerous to seek out anybody with extra game-by-game upside in the mean time.

Honourable Mentions: Jake Walman – DET (6%) & Michael Matheson – MTL (5%)

Goalies

Rostered in 26-50% of leagues: Pavel Francouz – COL (42% rostered)

It’s troublesome to determine what the Avalanche are prone to do with their goaltending scenario transferring ahead, however till it’s clear, Francouz must be rostered in way over 42% of leagues. Francouz has a .939 save proportion throughout his final 4 video games and has began 4 of the final six. It’s value noting that Alexandar Georgiev began back-to-back video games final Wednesday and Friday earlier than Francouz received the ultimate begin of the week on Saturday, however in that recreation he allowed only one purpose on 27 pictures in a shootout win towards Seattle.

Georgiev solely allowed one purpose in every of his two most up-to-date outings and stays the odds-on favorite to get the vast majority of work down the stretch, however this can be a Stanley Cup-defending group that has gained 5 straight; if there’s potential to seize a goalie who might get a bunch of begins for them, you need to have an interest.

Honourable Mentions: John Gibson – ANA (34%) & Jonathan Fast – LAK (45%)

Rostered in 0-25% of leagues: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen – BUF (25% rostered)

When Eric Comrie returned from harm, quite a lot of the discuss round fantasy circles was how the Sabres now had three goaltenders to rotate and none of them can be helpful for fantasy. Properly, all Luukkonen has achieved since that time is begin 5 of the final six video games with a .914 save proportion and three wins. Buffalo will not be a defensively sound group, however it has sufficient firepower up entrance to outscore its issues with regularity and UPL will profit from that with some low-cost wins.

In case your league counts saves as a class or offers them quite a lot of weight to your factors setup, that makes Luukkonen all of the extra interesting as he’s dealing with greater than 30 pictures per night time on common. All issues instructed, it looks as if the Sabres wish to see what they’ve within the teen and aren’t a lot involved with how that impacts Comrie or the third wheel Craig Anderson.

Honourable Mentions: Sam Montembeault – MTL (16%) & Elvis Merzlikins – CBJ (14%)

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Nate Groot Nibbelink is the creator of Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey and the originator of the #ZeroG draft technique. You could find him pontificating about obscure fantasy hockey technique matters within the Apples & Ginos Discord Server or on Twitter @applesginos.

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