Buy Low and Sell High Candidates
Time to make fantasy roster improvements
It’s early but a short season so it may be time to make some moves to upgrade your squad.
The sell-high options are not to be dumped no matter what. It’s more about finding potential value for them in the marketplace.
The buy-low candidates might be on the waiver wire or could be players that are dealing with lower shooting percentages.
SELL HIGH
BOS LW Nick Ritchie 3 G, 3 A in 6 GP
Great start but could return of David Pastrnak bump him from PP1?
DAL C Joe Pavelski 3 G, 5 A in 8 GP
Seven of his eight points are on the power play.
DAL D Miro Heiskanen 1 A, 4 SOG in 3 GP
John Klingberg has re-established his place as the Stars’ offensive threat from the blueline.
MIN LW Kirill Kaprizov 1 G, 5 A. 12 SOG in 7 GP
The hype is deserved but still looking for the right linemates.
MTL C Phillip Danault 3 A, 2 SOG in 6 GP
Low shot rate doesn’t fit in his spot between Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gallagher.
TOR RW William Nylander 2 G, 5 A, 13 SOG in 8 GP
After a career-high 2.9 shots per game last season, Nylander is hovering around 1.6 per game early in this season.
BUY LOW
ANA D Jani Hakanpaa 0 PTS, 19 hits, 18 blocks in 7 GP
No points but hits and blocks have value, too.
ARI RW Conor Garland 2 G, 4 A, 27 SOG in 7 GP
Shot rate is encouraging for sustained offense.
BUF D Rasmus Dahlin 1 A, 23 SOG in 7 GP, 19:13 ATOI
Definitely buying low on a devalued asset but also generating a lot of shots.
BUF LW Taylor Hall 1 G, 5 A, 22 SOG in 7 GP
Will score on more than one of every 22 shots on goal.
CAR C Vincent Trocheck 2 G, 1 A, 13 SOG in 3 GP
Great start in small sample.
COL C Nazem Kadri 1 G, 2 A, 20 SOG in 7 GP
Low percentages at work.
CBJ D Zach Werenski 1 G, 0 A, 17 SOG in 7 GP
Still getting shots but due for more helpers.
CBJ C Max Domi 2 A, 8 SOG in 7 GP
Speculative play in the hopes that he gets Patrik Laine on his wing.
FLA LW Carter Verhaeghe 3 G, 2 A, 9 SOG in 3 GP
Still playing and producing on Aleskander Barkov’s wing.
LA RW Adrian Kempe 3 G, 2 A, 19 SOG in 7 GP
Has a good chance on Anze Kopitar’s wing.
MIN RW Kevin Fiala 2 G, 0 A, 29 SOG in 7 GP
Points aren’t there yet but more than four shots per game.
NSH C Matt Duchene 3 A, 19 SOG in 7 GP
He’s better than this and line gets a boost with the return of…
NSH LW Mikael Granlund 2 G, 1 A, 12 SOG in 4 GP
Playing well and shooting the puck since getting into the lineup.
NJ LW Nikita Gusev 1 A, 15 SOG in 6 GP
Slow start but skating with Jack Hughes and Kyle Palmieri.
NYR C Mika Zibanejad 1 G, 1 A, 20 SOG in 6 GP
Probably will score on more than 5% of his shots.
NYR C Ryan Strome 1 G, 0 A, 17 SOG in 6 GP
Artemi Panarin can drag Strome to fantasy relevance.
OTT RW Drake Batherson 0 G, 3 A, 22 SOG in 7 GP
Line with Brady Tkachuk and Josh Norris is controlling play.
SJ RW Kevin Labanc 1 G, 4 A, 23 SOG in 7 GP
Playmaking winger who is shooting more.
SJ LW Ryan Donato 2 G, 3 A, 19 SOG in 7 GP
Moved up the depth chart after starting season on the third line.
STL Jordan Kyrou 3 G, 4 A, 20 SOG in 7 GP
Taking advantage of opportunity to play prime scoring role for Blues.
VAN Elias Pettersson 2 G, 2 A, 22 SOG in 9 GP
I’m wary about how high percentages fueled his production in previous seasons but, still, he’s better than this.
WSH G Vitek Vanecek .918 SV% in 5 GP
Playing more than might have been expected but he has played well, too.
WPG C Pierre-Luc Dubois 1 G, 7 SOG in 5 GP
When he arrives in Winnipeg, he will have skilled wingers.
WPG RW Andrew Copp 4 G, 5 A, 25 SOG in 7 GP
Didn’t even mention that great shot rate in yesterday’s Copp praise.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Chicago 1 Nashville 2 (SO)
CHI G Kevin Lankinen stopped 41 of 42 shots to help Chicago earn a point.
NSH G Juuse Saros stopped 29 of 30 shots for the win.
Ottawa 1 Vancouver 5
VAN LW J.T. Miller 2 G, 1 A
(2 G, 6 A in 6 GP)
VAN LW Tyler Motte 2 G
(5 G, 34 hits, 10 BS in 9 GP)
VAN C Elias Pettersson 1 G, 1 A
VAN C Jay Beagle 2 A
VAN D Quinn Hughes 2 A
(1 G, 8 A in 9 GP)
Senators D Mike Reilly was on the ice for three goals against, and none for, during 5-on-5 play.
THURSDAY GAME PROBABILITIES
DFS VALUE PLAYS FOR THURSDAY
CAR C Vincent Trocheck $4500 vs. TB
MIN C Joel Eriksson Ek $4200 vs. LA
EDM RW Jesse Pulujarvi $4300 vs. TOR
PHI LW James van Riemsdyk $4000 at NJ
FLA LW Carter Verhaeghe $3700 at CBJ
NYI D Noah Dobson $3800 ta WSH
TOR D Justin Holl $2900 at EDM
NYI G Semyon Varlamov $7500 at WSH
LA G Jonathan Quick $7200 at MIN