- Fantasy Playoffs Continue – Thoughts & Schedule Notes
- Weekly Hockey News
- Connor McDavid’s Performance Against Montreal on Monday/Wednesday
- Thoughts on officiating inconsistency???
- Jakub Vrana’s 4-goal performance against the Dallas Stars
- Kirill Kaprisov’s goal against the Los Angeles Kings on Friday
- Buffalo Sabres bring the Boston Bruins down to earth on Friday night. Hat Trick, 7 SOG for Sam Reinhart!!
- Nashville Predators take 4 points from the Chicago Blackhawks, and take 4 point hold on final playoff spot.
- Schedule Overview For The Coming Week (April 26 – May 2)
- Check out Frozen Tools Scheduling Tool | https://bit.ly/3tITdxo
- 0GAR Weekly Off-Night Tool | https://0gamesabovereplacement.com/schedule
- ESPN Fantasy Forecaster | https://es.pn/3nlfrD9
- 14 Teams play 4 games next week
- Columbus is the only team to play 2 games
- Weekly Hockey News
- Injury Report
- Filip Forsberg (77% ESPN, 83% Yahoo)
- Forsberg is officially week-to-week with an upper-body injury. Not much information has been revealed about his status, but Nashville Predator’s GM, David Poile, did say recently that Forsberg could play next week.
- Eeli Tolvanen (13.6% ESPN, 18% Yahoo)
- Returned from injury on Wednesday against Chicago, and did SCORE. Solid in-house replacement option for Forsberg.
- Tyler Seguin, DAL (30% ESPN, 64% Yahoo)
- Off-season hip surgery
- Travelling with the Dallas Stars this week, expected back sometime next week
- Carey Price, MTL (77% ESPN, 85% Yahoo)
- Will miss at least a week. Looked like he tweaked his neck on incidental contact from Alex Chiasson. Chiasson had to answer the bell, fought Corey Perry on Wednesday. Jake Allen worth a pick-up for the next week or so.
- Linus Ullmark (30% ESPN, 15% Yahoo)
- The Sabres netminder is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Considering there are just three weeks left in Buffalo’s 2021 campaign, it seems unlikely he’ll be back before the season ends.
- Chris Driedger (47.3% ESPN, 55% Yahoo)
- Day-to-day with a lower-body injury
- Dylan Larkin (71.8% ESPN, 52% Yahoo)
- Done for the season after suffering an upper-body injury late in the third period of Tuesday’s game versus the Dallas Stars
- Evgeni Malkin (82.7% ESPN, 88% Yahoo)
- Malkin skated in a non-contact jersey this past Tuesday, and skipped practice on Wednesday. Keep an eye out for the return of the skilled Russian.
- Mikko Rantanen (99.9% ESPN, 99% Yahoo)
- COVID Protocol. Expected to join the team later in the road trip (Wednesday was mentioned).
- Filip Forsberg (77% ESPN, 83% Yahoo)
- Waiver Wire Adds For Semi-Finals
- Connor Brown (OTT), LW/RW | (37% Owned ESPN, 21% Owned Yahoo)
- Since April 1st:
- 12 points in 11 games going back to April 1st!!!
- Shooting percentage is unsustainable though at 32.3%. His career average is 12.1%, so expect some regression there.
- 18:26 ATOI
- 3.60 PTS/60
- PP2 Exposure as well
- 52.2% in the DOT – extending category coverage.
- Bruce: Buying or Selling?
- Since April 1st:
- Nick Foligno, (TOR), LW/RW | (31.1% Owned ESPN, 33% Owned Yahoo)
- Made Toronto Maple Leafs debut on Thursday versus the Winnipeg Jets
- 1 assist, +1, 1 SOG and 3 hits
- Played on a line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner
- Historically a player that provides category coverage – particularly hits, PIMS
- Bruce: Buying or Selling?
- Jake Allen (MTL), G | (21.5% Owned ESPN, 38% Owned Yahoo)
- Internal replacement for Carey Price
- Picked up a win against the Oilers on Wednesday, looked pretty good until the final few minutes.
- 4 Games next week (CGY, TOR, WPG, OTT)
- Bruce: Buying or Selling?
- Matt Murray (OTT), G | (11.3% Owned ESPN, 22% Owned Yahoo)
- Picked up a shutout win against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, 31 total saves.
- Two shutouts in his last three starts. Could be a serviceable option down the stretch if you need goaltending help.
- 10-13-1 Record overall with a 3.39 GAA and .892 Save %, so be selective with starts
- Bruce: Buying or Selling?
- Kasperi Kapanen (PIT), LW/RW | (23.1% Owned ESPN, 19% Owned Yahoo)
- 3rd Line currently
- 2 points in his first line back
- Bruce: Buying or Selling?
- Andre Burakovsky (COL), LW/RW | (34.7% Owned ESPN, 31% Owned Yahoo)
- Top line and PP1 opportunity with Rantanen in COVID protocol.
- 2 goals against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday
- 4 games next week (STL, VGK, SJS, SJS)
- Bruce: Buying or Selling?
- Connor Brown (OTT), LW/RW | (37% Owned ESPN, 21% Owned Yahoo)
- Quest For The Calder – Kirill Kaprizov vs. Jason Robertson
- Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild
- 13 points in 13 games during the month of April. 3.6 PTS/60
- 9 PPP, just 4 even strength points
- Shooting % is at 23.8%, so I would expect some regression eventually; at least in terms of goals scored. League average is roughly 9.5%
- ATOI of 18:04, PPTOI 3:22, IPP 76.5
- CF% 46.8
- 4 games against the St. Louis Blues this week
- Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars
- 15 points in 13 games during the month of April. 3.5 PTS/60
- 1 PPP, 14 even strength points!! +11!
- Shooting % is at 16.7%, a more sustainable rate than Kaprizov. League average is roughly 9.5%
- ATOI of 18:14, PPTOI 1:55, IPP 68.2
- CF% 56.6
- 4 games this week (CAR, CAR, TB, NSH)
- We want to hear from you, who should win the Calder trophy? Are there any other candidates, or is this a two-horse race?
- Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild
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