NHL Fantasy Waiver Wire: A Look at Who to Add/Drop in Week 7, Including Top Players of the Week and Key Injuries
We’re back with week seven’s NHL fantasy waiver wire. Hockey pools are always fun to participate in, whether you’re winning or losing, the idea of being in control of your own NHL team is always exciting. Even if you’re ahead of your pool, there are still ways to make sure you maintain the lead every week. The same goes if you’re near the bottom, there’s also a way to start climbing up the standings. And coming here is a good place to start!
Last week, we showed you the top three players to add at each position for a Yahoo type of pool. This week, we’re going to bump that number up to six each. Yahoo pools mainly focus only on the essentials like goals, assists, plus/minus, wins, losses and shutouts. ESPN type pools, however, can focus on a whole range of statistical categories, making adding and dropping much harder, (unless one of your players is hurt for a long period of time).
Yahoo pool containing 10 teams or less (that only focus’ on the essentials)
Adds: (Depending on how your free agent pool looks)
Centers:
Nazem Kadri (TOR) – 59% ownership, 422 adds since last week, 8G, 7A, Even
Victor Rask (CAR) – 35% ownership, 387 adds since last week, 8G, 8A, +6
Charlie Coyle (MIN) – 28% ownership, 310 adds since last week, 5G, 7A, +4
Mikael Granlund (MIN) – 10% ownership, 375 adds since last week, 4G, 8A, +3
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) – 52% ownership, 832 adds since last week, 7G, 9A, -6
Bo Horvat (VAN) – 8% ownership, 462 adds since last week, 7G, 6A, -4
Left Wingers:
Mike Cammalleri (NJ) – 34% ownership, 881 adds since last week, 4G, 6A, +4
Thomas Vanek (DET) – 41% ownership, 135 adds since last week, 4G, 5A, +2
Marcus Johansson (WSH) – 58% ownership, 118 adds since last week, 7G, 6A, +2
Antoine Roussel (DAL) – 44% ownership, 245 adds since last week, 4G, 9A, +1
Viktor Arvidsson (NSH) – 8% ownership, 319 adds since last week, 6G, 6A, -1
David Perron (STL) – 20% ownership, 562 adds since last week, 6G, 7A, -7
Right Wingers:
Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) – 49% ownership, 257 adds since last week, 6G, 7A, +8
Andrew Shaw (MTL) – 25% ownership, 651 adds since last week, 4G, 4A, +8
Jesse Puljujarvi (EDM) – 19% ownership, 101 adds since last week, 1G, 5A, +5
Cam Atkinson (CBJ) – 65% ownership, 300 adds since last week, 7G, 10A, -2
Mark Stone (OTT) – 67% ownership, 195 adds since last week, 5G, 7A, -2
Mikko Rantanen (COL) – 5% ownership, 198 adds since last week, 2G, 6A, -2
Defense:
Dan Girardi (NYR) – 17% ownership, 183 adds since last week, 3G, 3A, +12
Jake Gardiner (TOR) – 15% ownership, 180 adds since last week, 4G, 5A, +5
Jonas Brodin (MIN) – 3% ownership, 201 adds since last week, 2G, 5A, +5
Derek Forbort (LA) – 6% ownership, 269 adds since last week, 1G, 5A, +4
Oscar Klefbom (EDM) – 16% ownership, 434 adds since last week, 3G, 4A, Even
Erik Johnson (COL) – 33% ownership, 285 adds since last week, 1G, 9A, -2
Goalies:
Peter Budaj (LA) – 63% ownership, 281 adds since last week, 11W, 37GA, 2.10GAA
Cam Ward (CAR) – 49% ownership, 599 adds since last week, 7W, 34GA, 2.25GAA
Chad Johnson (CGY) – 27% ownership, 2,000 adds since last week, 6W, 21GA, 2.08GAA
Calvin Pickard (COL) – 13% ownership, 1,345 adds since last week, 4W, 11GA, 2.07GAA
Scott Darling (CHI) – 7% ownership, 255 adds since last week, 4W, 13GA, 2.94GAA
Philipp Grubauer (WSH) – 8% ownership, 828 adds since last week, 2W, 8GA, 2.00GAA
Yahoo pool containing 20 teams or less (that only focus’ on the essentials)
Adds: (Depending on how your free agent pool looks)
Centers:
Jay Beagle (WSH) – 3% ownership, 58 adds since last week, 4G, 4A, +5
Mike Ribeiro (NSH) – 3% ownership, 54 adds since last week, 3G, 9A, +2
Jake Guentzel (PIT) – 7% ownership, 46 adds since last week, 2G, 0A, +1
Brayden Point (TB) – 1% ownership, 33 adds since last week, 2G, 7A, Even
Zack Smith (OTT) – 5% ownership, 50 adds since last week, 3G, 2A, Even
Brandon Sutter (VAN) – 5% ownership, 55 adds since last week, 5G, 6A, -9
Left Wingers:
Alexandre Burrows (VAN) – 1% ownership, 59 adds since last week, 3G, 4A, +2
Marcus Foligno (BUF) – 3% ownership, 112 adds since last week, 4G, 2A, +2
Ryan Hartman (CHI) – 1% ownership, 23 adds since last week, 4G, 1A, +2
Anders Lee (NYI) – 3% ownership, 20 adds since last week, 3G, 1A, +1
Josh Bailey (NYI) – 2% ownership, 23 adds since last week, 3G, 7A, Even
Micheal Ferland (CGY) – 1% ownership, 23 adds since last week, 4G, 5A, Even
Right Wingers:
Josh Anderson (CBJ) – 1% ownership, 10 adds since last week, 5G, 1A, +8
Connor Brown (TOR) – 1% ownership, 18 adds since last week, 3G, 5A, +4
Nick Lappin (NJ) 0% ownership, 8 adds since last week, 3G, 2A, Even
Joel Ward (SJ) – 2% ownership, 14 adds since last week, 2G, 3A, -1
Brett Ritchie (DAL) – 1% ownership, 24 adds since last week, 6G, 1A, -2
Shane Doan (ARI) – 13% ownership, 10 adds since last week, 1G, 4A, -3
Defense:
Jonas Brodin (MIN) – 3% ownership, 224 adds since last week, 2G, 5A, +5
Jake Gardiner (TOR) – 15% ownership, 200 adds since last week, 4G, 5A, +5
Ian Cole (PIT) – 2% ownership, 126 adds since last week, 1G, 3A, +5
Anthony DeAngelo (ARI) – 4% ownership, 123 adds since last week, 2G, 3A, +1
Alexei Emelin (MTL) – 15% ownership, 122 adds since last week, 1G, 3A, +6
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) – 5% ownership, 117 adds since last week, 1G, 6A, +7
Goalies:
Calvin Pickard (COL) – 13% ownership, 1,345 adds since last week, 4W, 11GA, 2.07GAA
Scott Darling (CHI) – 7% ownership, 255 adds since last week, 4W, 13GA, 2.94GAA
Philipp Grubauer (WSH) – 8% ownership, 828 adds since last week, 2W, 8GA, 2.00GAA
Anders Nilsson (BUF) – 5% ownership, 156 adds since last week, 2W, 9GA, 1.74GAA
Keith Kinkaid (NJ) – 2% ownership, 99 adds since last week, 2W, 9GA, 2.24GAA
Aaron Dell (SJ) – 1% ownership, 202 adds since last week, 1W, 5GA, 1.90GAA
ESPN pool containing 10-20 teams (including all statistical categories)
Adds: (Depending on how your free agent pool looks)
Centers:
Travis Konecny (PHI) – 4G, 8A, -5, 12PIM, 2PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 47SH, 35HITS, 7BLKS, 0GWG
Adam Lowry (WPG) – 5G, 2A, -3, 17PIM, 1PPG, 2PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 31SH, 53HITS, 12BLKS, 0GWG
Travis Zajac (NJ) – 5G, 8A, Even, 10PIM, 2PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 42SH, 25HITS, 6BLKS, 1GWG
Zack Smith (OTT) – 3G, 2A, Even, 27PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 40SH, 43HITS, 8BLKS, 0GWG
Luke Glendening (DET) – 1G, 5A, Even, 8PIM, 0PPG, 1PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 25SH, 51HITS, 23BLKS, 0GWG
Mikael Granlund (MIN) – 4G, 8A, +3, 2PIM, 1PPG, 3PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 36SH, 86HITS, 57BLKS, 2GWG.
Left Wingers:
Antoine Roussel (DAL) – 4G, 9A, +1, 56PIM, 0PPG, 3PPA, 1SHG, 0SHA, 26SH, 25HITS, 12BLKS, 2GWG.
Marcus Foligno (BUF) – 4G, 2A, +2, 8PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 36SH, 70HITS, 15BLKS, 0GWG.
Nick Ritchie (ANA) – 4G, 1A, -1, 10PIM, 1PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 38SH, 60HITS, 5BLKS, 1GWG.
Brandon Tanev (WPG) – 2G, 1A, -3, 19PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 31SH, 54HITS, 17BLKS, 1GWG.
Viktor Arvidsson (NSH) – 6G, 6A, -1, 8PIM, 1PPG, 2PPA, 1SHG, 1SHA, 60SH, 8HITS, 10BLKS, 0GWG.
David Perron (STL) – 6G, 7A, -7, 14PIM, 2PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 42SH, 19HITS, 7BLKS, 2GWG.
Right Wingers:
Patrick Eaves (DAL) – 9G, 7A, -5, 6PIM, 5PPG, 3PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 51SH, 24HITS, 13BLKS, 1GWG.
Kyle Okposo (BUF) – 6G, 6A, Even, 6PIM, 2PPG, 6PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 55SH, 16HITS, 6BLKS, 0GWG.
Michael Frolik (CGY) – 6G, 8A, +2, 6PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 2SHG, 0SHA, 50SH, 14HITS, 15BLKS, 1GWG.
Matt Read (PHI) – 6G, 3A, -1, 2PIM, 2PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 31SH, 39HITS, 13BLKS, 0GWG.
Rene Bourque (COL) – 7G, 1A, -2, 13PIM, 2PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 32SH, 28HITS, 9BLKS, 2GWG.
Josh Anderson (CBJ) – 5G, 1A, +8, 17PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 24SH, 28HITS, 13BLKS, 1GWG.
Defense:
Derek Forbort (LA) – 1G, 5A, +4, 32PIM, oPPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 20SH, 46HITS, 48BLKS, 0GWG.
Deryk Engelland (CGY) – 1G, 3A, +7, 19PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 27SH, 41HITS, 42BLKS, 1GWG.
Ian Cole (PIT) – 1G, 3A, +5, 17PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 22SH, 49HITS, 43BLKS, 0GWG.
Adam Larsson (EDM) – 1G, 3A, -1, 12PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 23SH, 69HITS, 34BLKS, 0GWG.
Josh Manson (ANA) – 0G, 5A, +1, 38PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 21SH, 53HITS, 17BLKS, 0GWG.
Darnell Nurse (EDM) – 3G, 2A, -4, 17PIM, 0PPG, 0PPA, 0SHG, 0SHA, 38SH, 53HITS, 21BLKS, 0GWG.
Goalies:
Louis Domingue (ARI) – 4W, 8L, 1OTL, 37GA, 350SV, .904V%, 1SO
Chad Johnson (CGY) – 7W, 3L, 1OTL, 22GA, 305SV, .928SV%, 2SO
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) – 5W, 3L, 0OTL, 29GA, 252SV, .897SV%, 0SO
Anders Nilsson (BUF) – 2W, 2L, 2OTL, 12GA, 205SV, .945SV%, 1SO
Antti Raanta (NYR) – 5W, 0L, 0OTL, 14GA, 199SV, .934SV%, 0SO
Michael Hutchinson (WPG) – 2W, 4L, 2OTL, 26GA, 223SV, .896SV%, 1SO
Drops: (players currently on cold streaks that are likely to continue this trend)
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Andrew Cogliano (ANA) LW – 2PTS in last 6GP.
Jamie McGinn (ARI) LW – 0PTS in last 5GP.
Michael Stone (ARI) D – 0PTS in last 5GP.
Jordan Staal (CAR) C – 0PTS in last 5GP.
Richard Panik (CHI) LW – 0PTS in last 12GP.
Scott Hartnell (CBJ) LW – 0PTS in last 5GP.
Patrick Maroon (EDM) LW – 1PT in last 5GP.
Colton Sceviour (FLA) LW – 0PTS in last 4GP.
Mike Matheson (FLA) D – 0PTS in last 4GP.
Phillip Danault (MTL) LW – 0PTS in last 6GP.
Matt Irwin (NSH) D – 0PTS in last 6GP.
Damon Severson (NJ) D – 0PTS in last 4GP.
Shane Prince (NYI) LW – 0PTS in last 6GP
Johnny Boychuk (NYI) D – 0PTS in last 6GP.
Jesper Fast (NYR) RW – 0PTS in last 5GP.
Brandon Manning (PHI) D – 0PTS in last 4GP.
Conor Sheary (PIT) LW – 1PT in last 6GP.
Kevin Shattenkirk (STL) D – 0PTS in last 4GP.
Tyler Bozak (TOR) C – 0PTS in last 4GP.
Brian Elliott (CGY) G – 0-5-0, 4.04GAA, .858SV% in last 5GP.
Kari Lehtonen (DAL) G – 0-2-0, 5.65GAA, .758SV% in last 2GP.
James Reimer (FLA) G – 1-1-0, 3.84GAA, .877SV% in last 3GP.
Al Montoya (MTL) G – 0-3-0, 5.42GAA, .828SV% in last 3GP.
Jaroslav Halak (NYI) G – 0-2-1, 3.35GAA, .892SV% in last 3GP.
Steve Mason (PHI) G – 0-2-0, 3.62GAA, .865SV% in last 2GP.
Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) G – 0-2-0, 5.08GAA, .859SV% in last 2GP.
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) G – 0-3-0, 3.05GAA, .895SV% in last 3GP.
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Key Injuries:
Tyler Ennis (BUF) – Groin – Indefinitely
Dmitry Kulikov (BUF) – Back – Day-to-Day
Zach Bogosian (BUF) – Knee – Week-to-Week
Jack Eichel (BUF) – Ankle – Early-December
Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) – Finger – Late-December
Eddie Lack (CAR) – Concussion – Day-to-Day
Jonathan Toews (CHI) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Matt Calvert (CBJ) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Semyon Varlamov (COL) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Ales Hemsky (DAL) – Hip – Indefinitely
Jiri Hudler (DAL) – Illness – Day-to-Day
Johnny Oduya (DAL) – Lower-Body – Indefinitely
Jimmy Howard (DET) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Darren Helm (DET) – Shoulder – Indefinitely
Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) – Achilles – Late-January/Early-February
Jonathan Quick (LA) – Groin – Indefinitely
Marian Gaborik (LA) – Foot – Indefinitely
Nathan Beaulieu (MTL) – Neck – Day-to-Day
Ryan Ellis (NSH) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Taylor Hall (NJ) – Knee – Day-to-Day
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) – Calf – Early-Jan
Sean Couturier (PHI) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Chris Kunitz (PIT) – Lower-Body – Week-to-Week
Patric Hornqvist (PIT) – Concussion – Day-to-Day
Tomas Hertl (SJ) – Knee – Indefinitely
Alex Steen (STL) – Upper-Body – Day-to-Day
Steven Stamkos (TB) – Knee – Indefinitely
Jannik Hansen (VAN) – Ribs – Early-to-mid-December
T.J. Oshie (WSH) – Upper-Body – Week-to-Week
Toby Enstrom (WPG) – Personal – Day-to-Day
Tyler Myers (WPG) – Lower-Body – Day-to-Day
Bryan Little (WPG) – Lower-Body – Day-t0-Day
Players of the Week
Top Forward of the Week: Connor McDavid (EDM)
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Top Defenseman of the Week: Brent Burns (SJ)
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Top Goalie of the Week: Carey Price (MTL)
The best goalie in the NHL is also the best netminder of the week. Carey’s numbers are outstanding, and they are just gonna get better. He has a fairly solid offensive/defensive team in front of him, which means a lot of wins, shutouts, plus an amazing save percentage and goals-against-average.
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