Brock McGinn, First-Line Winger
Value to be found in Carolina
The Alex Galchenyuk saga continues, a deep waiver wire recommendation, recapping Monday’s games, plus probabilities and DFS value plays for Tuesday.
Galchenyuk Traded, Again
Maple Leafs Get: LW/RW Alex Galchenyuk
I wrote this about Galchenyuk upon his trade to Carolina:
Galchenyuk is a 27-year-old whose career has gone sideways. He scored 30 goals in 2015-2016 and had 23 points in 25 games the next season before suffering a knee injury in December 2016.
From that point on, it has been a series of misadventures. It started with the Canadiens determining, rather publicly, that Galchenyuk was incapable of playing center, which was maybe not a necessary final verdict at age 22 but I digress. The essential point behind it, that Galchenyuk was not sound enough defensively to handle the role had merit. He was below average defensively then and he is still below average now.
Early in his career, Galchenyuk could create offense at even strength but as time has marched on, he has become more dependent on power play production to juice his point totals. In 2018-2019, for Arizona after he was traded there for Max Domi, Galchenyuk scored 21 of his 41 points on the power play.
In subsequent stops in Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Ottawa, he has managed 25 points in 67 games while getting outshot rather handily. This is not the way his career was supposed to go but it’s where his career is now, hanging on by a thread.
Galchenyuk is on a deal with a $1.05-million cap hit so he does come with a cost savings but given his career trajectory, he seems like a roll of the dice for the Hurricanes.
Change Hurricanes to Maple Leafs and we are still in about the same place with Alex Galchenyuk. If he works out, great. If not, he is a low-cost acquisition.
Hurricanes Get: RW Egor Korshkov and D David Warsofsky
Korshkov is 24, a rangy 6-foot-4 winger who scored 25 points (16 G, 9 A) in 44 AHL games last season and he has been productive in the KHL this season, producing 31 points (16 G, 15 A) in 53 games with Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. He is tied with Anton Lander and Denis Alexeyev for the team scoring lead.
Korshkov is on loan to the KHL club so there is at least a possibility that he could return to North America. He may be little more than organizational depth for the Hurricanes but they also might see more potential for the future.
Warsofsky is a 30-year-old defenseman who has played 55 NHL games in his career but is mostly a quality puck-moving defenseman in the American Hockey League.
Digging Deep
Every day, for as long it is possible, I will recommend one player that is owned in 5% or fewer of Yahoo leagues. It may be a player to add right away or simply a heads up – keep an eye out for this one to see if he can keep it up.
CAR LW Brock McGinn
7 G, 2 A, 18 SOG, 15:25 ATOI in past 8 GP
As long as he sticks on the top line with Sebastian Aho, McGinn should have fantasy value. It’s not unlike Carter Verhaeghe’s situation in Florida with Aleksander Barkov. If they get moved off the first line, back to the third or fourth line, that fantasy value could dry up quickly but, right now, there is no reason to avoid a player producing in a good situation. (Rostered in 4% of Yahoo leagues.)
MONDAY GAMES
St. Louis 0 Arizona 1
ARZ G Darcy Kuemper 24-save shutout (.919 SV% in a dozen starts)
N.Y. Islanders 3 Buffalo 1
NYI RW Josh Bailey 2 A (1 G, 4 A in past 6 GP)
Chicago 3 Detroit 2 (OT)
CHI LW Dominik Kubalik 2 G (3 G, 5 A in past 7 GP)
Florida 6 Tampa Bay 4
TB RW Alexander Volkov 2 G (3 G, 1 A in past 4 GP)
FLA C Aleksander Barkov 1 G, 1 A (5 G,9 A in 13 GP)
FLA LW Jonathan Huberdeau 1 G, 1 A (4 G, 9 A in past 9 GP)
FLA D Anton Stralman 1 G, 1 A
FLA LW Carter Verhaeghe 2 A (7 G, 5 A in 13 GP)
TB C Yanni Gourde was on the ice for three goals against, and none for, during 5-on-5 play.
FLA D Keith Yandle was on the ice for three goals against. FLA D MacKenzie Weegar was on the ice for four goals for and one against.
Ottawa 6 Toronto 5 (OT)
TOR C Auston Matthews 2 G, 1 A (13 G, 6 A during 13-game point streak)
TOR LW Joe Thornton 1 G, 1 A
OTT RW Evgenii Dadonov 2 G (5 G in past 5 GP)
OTT RW Connor Brown 1 G, 1 A (2 G, 2 A in past 4 GP)
OTT LW Nick Paul 1 G, 1 A
OTT D Thomas Chabot 2 A
Columbus 3 Carolina 7
CAR LW Brock McGinn 2 G, 2 A (7 G, 2 A in past 8 GP)
CAR RW Teuvo Teravainen 1 G, 3 A
CAR C Jordan Staal 2 G (6 G, 6 A in past 8 GP)
CAR C Sebastian Aho 1 G, 1 A (4 G, 9 A in 13 GP)
CAR D Jake Bean 2 A
CBJ C Boone Jenner 1 G, 1 A
The Carolina line of Brock McGinn, Sebastian Aho, and Teuvo Teravainen was on the ice for four goals for and one against during 5-on-5 play.
Columbus defensemen Dean Kukan and David Savard, as well as LW Max Domi were on the ice for three goals against.
Winnipeg 6 Edmonton 5
EDM RW Alex Chiasson 2 G
EDM LW Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 2 G
EDM C Connor McDavid 2 A (9 G, 21 A in 17 GP)
EDM D Tyson Barrie 2 A (3 G, 9 A in past 9 GP)
EDM D Evan Bouchard 2 A, 8 SOG, 20:22 ATOI
WPG C Mark Scheifele 1 G, 2 A (4 G, 7 A during a 7-game point streak)
WPG RW Blake Wheeler 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 9 A in 15 GP)
WPG LW Kyle Connor 1 G, 1 A (8 G, 7 A in 15 GP)
WPG D Neal Pionk 2 A (1 G, 6 A in past 7 GP)
Edmonton defensemen Slater Koekkoek and Adam Larsson were both on the ice for three goals against, and none for, during 5-on-5 play.
Calgary 4 Vancouver 3
VAN RW Brock Boeser 1 G, 1 A (7 G, 5 A in 10 GP)
VAN D Tyler Myers 2 A
CGY C Elias Lindholm 1 G, 1 A (3 G, 8 A in past 10 G)
CGY D Rasmus Andersson 2 A (4 A in past 4 GP)
Anaheim 2 San Jose 3
SJ C Logan Couture 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 4 A in past 8 GP)
MONDAY SHOTS/EXPECTED GOALS (Via Natural Stat Trick)
TUESDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
TUESDAY DFS VALUE PLAYS
VGK C Cody Glass $3900 vs. COL
LA RW Adrian Kempe $4200 vs. MIN
WSH LW Jakub Vrana $4000 at PIT
WSH D Justin Schultz $4000 at PIT
PIT D Kris Letang $5000 vs. WSH
LA G Jonathan Quick ($7100) or Cal Petersen ($7300) vs. MIN