Week 4 Preview | Fantasy Hockey Bulls/Bears, Adds/Drops

Fantasy Hockey Week 4 Bulls/Bears

Stock up:

Paul Stastny: C – 41% Yahoo / 65% ESPN

Taking the 2C spot away from Glass, and running with it. Since: Stastny has been spectacular.

Nick Schmaltz: C/LW – 31% Yahoo / 63% ESPN

A 6 game point streak brought him to the attention of many. His ownership is rising as the Yotes seem to have found the gas pedal.

Mikko Koskinen: G – 44% Yahoo / 21% ESPN

It really boils down to whether or not you trust the Oilers. They’ve had an easy(ish) schedule to start, their power play is clicking at 40+%, and James Neal is on pace for 350 goals or something. Either way, ride him while he’s hot!

Fantasy Hockey Week 4 Stock Down

Nikita Gusev: LW – 22% Yahoo / 30% ESPN

The top of everyone’s sleepers list going into the year looks like a bust. The Devils haven’t been able to find a rhythm, and the line combinations are so in flux that it’s impossible to find something to create optimism about Gusev.

Shayne Gostisbehere: D – 40% Yahoo / 49% ESPN

After losing the top PP in the last couple games, it seems as if there is a changing of the guard to Ivan Provorov. It feels so weird to consider Ghost a drop, as he was so high on my list after his 65 point outbreak.

Nino Niederreiter: LW/RW – 38% Yahoo / 65% ESPN

3 assists in 9 games, playing on Carolina’s top line. Not good enough. The shots are OK, hits are so-so. Without the offensive numbers, it’s hard to hold Nino.

Adds/Drops for Next week: Oct 28 – Nov 3

Adds:

Jacob Silfverberg: RW – 39% Yahoo / 38% ESPN

8 points in 9 games, and a +10 on the Ducks. Getting decent minutes with great linemates. Anaheim plays a ton of off night games this year, and outside of Rickard Rakell, Silfy may be the next best option.

Nick Schmaltz: C/LW – 31% Yahoo / 63% ESPN

Ride the hot hand! Schmaltz has been hot as of late, and it’s about time! Get on this trend before your poolies.

Andre Burakovsky: LW/RW – 35% Yahoo / 30% ESPN

After Mikko Rantanen’s went down, Burakovsky took over on the top line. I would bet that we will be seeing more of that. Exposure to MacKinnon and Landeskog is not a bad thing!

Drops:

Vladislav Namestnikov: LW/RW – 10% Yahoo / 5% ESPN

Only 1 game in the week coming. Count your winnings from this weeks plum 4 off nights and cut bait.

Jake Gardiner: D – 27% Yahoo / 48% ESPN

From a TOI perspective, Gardiner does not have the top PP. He also has not scored in 5 games, barely shooting over 1SOG/gm, and averaging under 18 mins ATOI.

That’s it for the first edition of This/That for Fantasy Hockey, Week 4. Thanks for reading. I hope it was informative, to dive deeper into any of this, definitely check out the Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Podcast, follow that link to our Linktree and climb the tree to your favorite podcatcher. You can also follow me on Twitter @FHFHockey and lay any questions you have on me. Be sure to also follow @Hockey_OTH on Twitter too and get over to the Overtime Heroics forums to discuss this article and many others!