Version 3.0 of this season’s hold/stream list is below. For those of you new to these parts, this is pretty straightforward. This is for standard 12 man leagues so none of the additional categories like faceoff wins, etc. If a player is in the hold category, they are a slam dunk hold, don’t even think about. If they’re on the fringe, you can make a case either way depending on team needs. If they’re a streamer, then you can pick them up when you need starts and potentially hold them for a bit if they get hot, but don’t anticipate keeping them on your roster long term. Also, assume that every starting goalie is a hold unless otherwise noted. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, leave them below. Let’s get to it!
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Hold: Carlsson, Gauthier, Terry, LaCombe
Fringe: McTavish, Granlund, Kreider, Sennecke, Trouba
Stream: Granlund, Zellweger
BOSTON BRUINS
Hold: Pastrnak, Geekie, McAvoy
Stream: Zacha, Lindholm, Mittelstadt, Arvidsson, Zadorov, Lohrei
BUFFALO SABRES
Hold: Thompson, Dahlin, Tuch
Fringe: Norris, Doan, Byram
Stream: Benson, Zucker, McLeod, Quinn, Power, Samuelsson
CALGARY FLAMES
Hold: Kadri, Andersson
Stream: Backlund, Huberdeau, Coronato, Weegar
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Hold: Aho, Jarvis, Gostisbehere
Fringe: Ehlers, Svechnikov, Miller
Stream: Blake, Stankoven, Walker
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Hold: Bedard (when healthy)
Fringe: Bertuzzi
Stream: Nazar (when healthy), Burakovsky, Teravainen, Donato, Levshunov
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Hold: MacKinnon, Necas, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Landeskog, Makar, both goalies
Fringe: Nelson, Burns
Stream: Olofsson, Colton, Toews, Malinski
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Hold: Marchenko, Fantilli, Werenski
Fringe: Voronkov, Marchment
Stream: Jenner, Monahan, Coyle, Provorov
DALLAS STARS
Hold: Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Johnston, Heiskanen, Harley (when healthy)
Fringe: Lindell
Stream: Benn, Duchene
DETROIT RED WINGS
Hold: Larkin, Raymond, DeBrincat, Seider
Fringe: Kane
Stream: Finnie, Copp, Edvinsson
EDMONTON OILERS
Hold: McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Bouchard, Nurse
Fringe: Walman (when healthy), Ekholm
Stream: Roslovic, Podkolzin, Savoie
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Hold: Reinhart, Marchand, Bennett, Jones
Fringe: Lundell, Verhaeghe, Forsling
Stream: Rodrigues, Ekblad
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Hold: Kempe, Fiala
Fringe: Clarke, Doughty
Stream: Byfield, Kopitar, Perry
MINNESOTA WILD
Hold: Kaprizov, Boldy, Eriksson Ek, Hughes, Faber
Fringe: Zuccarello
Stream: Johansson, Hartman, Tarasenko
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Hold: Caufield, Suzuki, Demidov, Hutson, Dobson
Fringe: Slafkovsky, Matheson
Stream: Kapanen, Bolduc, Xhekaj
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Hold: Forsberg, Josi
Fringe: O’Reilly
Stream: Bunting, Wood, Stamkos, Marchessault, Evangelista
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Hold: J. Hughes, Hischier, Bratt, Meier, L. Hughes
Fringe: Hamilton, Mercer, Nemec
Stream: Mercer, Brown, Gritsyuk
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Hold: Horvat, Barzal, Schaefer
Fringe: Palmieri
Stream: Lee, Heineman Drouin, Pageau, Pulock
NEW YORK RANGERS
Hold: Panarin, Fox (back soon)
Fringe: Miller (when healthy), Trocheck, Zibanejad
Stream: Lafreniere, Cuylle, Schneider, Gavrikov
OTTAWA SENATORS
Hold: Stutzle, Tkachuk, Batherson, Sanderson, Chabot
Fringe: Cozens, Pinto (when healthy)
Stream: Giroux, Perron, Zetterlund, Spence
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Hold: Konecny, Zegras
Fringe: Michkov, Tippett, Sanheim, Drysdale
Stream: Couturier, Dvorak, Foerster, Brink, Cates, York
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Hold: Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Malkin (when healthy), Karlsson
Fringe: Letang
Stream: Kindel, Brazeau, Mantha, Shea
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Hold: Celebrini, Smith (when healthy), Klingberg
Fringe: Eklund, Orlov
Stream: Toffoli, Chernyshov, Graf, Wennberg
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Hold: McCann, Dunn, Montour (when healthy)
Stream: Beniers, Eberle, Stephenson, Wright, Tolvanen
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Hold: Thomas, Faulk
Fringe: Kyrou
Stream: Buchnevich, Neighbours, Snuggerud, Holloway, Fowler
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Hold: Kucherov, Point, Guentzel, Hagel, Hedman (when healthy), Raddysh
Stream: Cirelli, Bjorkstrand, Moser
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Hold: Matthews, Nylander, Tavares, Knies, Rielly, Ekman-Larsson
Stream: Robertson, McMann, Cowan, McCabe
UTAH MAMMOTH
Hold: Keller, Cooley, Guenther, Sergachev
Fringe: Schmaltz, Durzi, Peterka
Stream: Crouse, Marino
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Hold: Pettersson
Fringe: Sherwood, Hronek
Stream: Boeser, Buium, Rossi, Kane, DeBrusk, Garland
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Hold: Eichel (when healthy), Marner, Hertl, Stone, Theodore (when healthy)
Fringe: Dorofeyev, Barbashev, Hanifin (while Theodore out)
Stream: Bowman
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Hold: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Carlson, Chychrun
Fringe: Protas
Stream: Leonard, McMichael, Frank, Sandin
WINNIPEG JETS
Hold: Scheifele, Connor, Vilardi, Morrissey
Stream: Niederreiter, Perfetti, Iafallo, DeMelo, Stanley
Hold/Stream list is always helpful, thanks!
I have Ulmark and Sorokin out. Greaves is still standing. I could go with any of Lyon, Daccord, Hofer, or Vanecek tonight. I’ll probably need to get at least a second game out of the add or I can drop for another game this week. Rittich and Ingram are also availabe. Any of these guys stand out as a possible hold while I have 2 of my goalies out? or do you think I’m better off just streaming individual games? I haven’t been following goalies close enough, now I need to.
Cats: W, SO, GAA, SV%
Bussi available too
Of course! I think I’d go with Lyon while him and the Sabres are hot, I think he can be a short term hold at the least.
Hey just checking in before tomorrow. I saw Pyotr is out with an injury that might cost him the season.
I think that might push Bussi up your list!
@SBS
thanks!
Was offered Marner/Tavares for Kempe/Seider – thoughts on this?
10 team league – G A P PPP H SOG are categories. We can start 3 F 2 D 2 UT 2 G
Current roster – Tkachuk Cutter Johnston Kempe Hagel Guentzel Keller Slafkofsky Cozens Dahlin Seider LaCombe (Cooley IR) Hellebuyck Rittich Greeves
Some D to replace Seider on waivers – Harley Rasmussen Andersson Faber Hanifin.
I’d pass on this, hits being included is such a boost for Seider and don’t love the guys available for replacements. Your forward group looks good enough that you don’t need another guy
Thanks Viz! You are the man!
Great write up Viz!
I have 2 spots and need to choose between Fantilli, Nugent-Hopkins, Rust and Tuch. Categories are G,A,P,+\-,PPP, SOG and Hits.
Assumed positions don’t matter.
Happy New Year!
Thanks!
LG
Thanks! I think right now, we start with RNH. Being at a point per game with points added as a category helps, and he’s crushing PPP. Even with the poor hits, I’m going with him. After that, it’s close. I lean Rust because of the power play prowess, but he could eventually get hurt by a trade. Tuch’s getting little PP time right now which is why I lean to Rust. Fantilli isn’t quite doing enough, even with the highest upside.