Version 1.0 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, McTavish, Gauthier, LaCombe
Fringe: Sennecke, Terry
Stream: Kreider, Granlund, Vatrano, Killorn, Trouba
BOSTON BRUINS
Hold: Pastrnak, McAvoy
Fringe: Geekie
Stream: Zacha, Lindholm, Mittelstadt, Lohrei
BUFFALO SABRES
Hold: Thompson, Dahlin, Tuch
Fringe: Benson, Doan, Power
Stream: Zucker, McLeod, Quinn, Kulich, Byram
CALGARY FLAMES
Hold: Kadri, Weegar
Stream: Coronato, Huberdeau (could argue some others but don’t really want Flames stock right now)
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Hold: Aho, Jarvis, Ehlers, Gostisbehere (when healthy), both goalies
Fringe: Miller (when healthy), Nikishin
Stream: Blake, Hall, Stankoven, Svechnikov, Reilly
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Hold: Bedard, Nazar, Rinzel
Fringe: Teravainen, Donato
Stream: Bertuzzi, Burakovsky
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Hold: MacKinnon, Necas, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Makar, both goalies for now
Fringe: Burns
Stream: Landeskog, Nelson, Olofsson, Toews, Malinski
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Hold: Marchenko, Fantilli, Werenski
Fringe: Voronkov
Stream: Jenner, Johnson, Monahan, Provorov
DALLAS STARS
Hold: Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Johnston, Heiskanen, Harley
Fringe: Lindell. Duchene (when healthy)
Stream: Seguin
DETROIT RED WINGS
Hold: Larkin, Raymond, DeBrincat, Seider
Fringe: Kane, Finnie
Stream: Kasper, Berggren
EDMONTON OILERS
Hold: McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman (when healthy), Bouchard, Nurse
Fringe: Nugent-Hopkins, Walman, Ekholm
Stream: Mangiapane, Roslovic, Tomasek, Podkolzin
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Hold: Reinhart, Marchand, Lundell, Jones
Fringe: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Ekblad
Stream: Samoskevich, Rodrigues
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Hold: Kempe, Byfield, Fiala
Fringe: Kopitar
Stream: Kuzmenko, Perry, Moore, Clarke, Doughty
MINNESOTA WILD
Hold: Kaprizov, Boldy, Eriksson Ek, Buium
Fringe: Rossi
Stream: Tarasenko, Johansson
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Hold: Caufield, Suzuki, Demidov, Hutson, Dobson, both goalies
Fringe: Matheson
Stream: Slafkovsky, Newhook, Kapanen, Bolduc, Gallagher
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Hold: Forsberg, Josi (when healthy)
Fringe: O’Reilly, Marchessault
Stream: Stamkos, Evangelista, Skjei
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Hold: J. Hughes, Hischier, Bratt, Meier, Hamilton, L. Hughes
Fringe: Mercer
Stream: Brown, Gritsyuk, Nemec
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Hold: Horvat, Barzal, Schaefer
Fringe: Lee, DeAngelo
Stream: Heineman, Palmieri, Drouin, Pageau, Duclair, Pulock
NEW YORK RANGERS
Hold: Panarin, Miller, Zibanejad, Fox
Fringe: Trocheck (when healthy)
Stream: Lafreniere, Raddysh, Parssinen
OTTAWA SENATORS
Hold: Stutzle, Tkachuk (when healthy), Pinto, Batherson, Sanderson, Chabot
Fringe: Cozens, Zub, Spence
Stream: Giroux, Perron
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Hold: Konecny, Michkov, Tippett
Fringe: Couturier, Zegras, Sanheim
Stream: Foerster, Brink, Cates, York, Drysdale
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Hold: Crosby, Rakell (when healthy), Malkin, Karlsson
Fringe: Rust, Letang
Stream: Mantha, Brazeau, Shea
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Hold: Celebrini, Smith
Fringe: Eklund, Toffoli, Orlov, Klingberg (when healthy)
Stream: Skinner, Gaudette, Askarov (don’t really want either goalie)
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Hold: McCann (when healthy), Dunn, Montour
Fringe: Beniers
Stream: Eberle, Schwartz, Stephenson, Wright, Marchment
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Hold: Thomas, Kyrou
Fringe: Buchnevich, Faulk, Parayko, Fowler
Stream: Neighbours, Snuggerud, Suter, Holloway, Schenn
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Hold: Kucherov, Point, Guentzel, Hagel, Hedman
Fringe: Cirelli, McDonagh
Stream: Bjorkstrand, Raddysh
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Hold: Matthews, Nylander, Tavares, Knies, Rielly
Fringe: Ekman-Larsson
Stream: Maccelli, Domi
UTAH MAMMOTH
Hold: Keller, Cooley, Guenther, Schmaltz, Peterka, Sergachev
Fringe: Durzi (when healthy)
Stream: Hayton, Crouse, Marino
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Hold: Garland, Pettersson, Hughes
Fringe: Boeser, Hronek
Stream: DeBrusk, Sherwood, Chytil (when healthy)
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Hold: Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev, Hertl, Theodore
Fringe: Barbashev
Stream: Karlsson, Hanifin (when healthy)
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Hold: Ovechkin, Strome (when healthy), Wilson, Carlson, Chychrun
Fringe: Protas, Dubois (when healthy)
Stream: Leonard, McMichael, Fehervary
WINNIPEG JETS
Hold: Scheifele, Connor, Morrissey
Fringe: Vilardi, Pionk
Stream: Niederreiter, Toews, Iafallo
Sherwood a hold in bangers or sell high?
Sorry for delay, been travelling… it depends how bad you need the hits, if you can sell high I would because I don’t see the offense as sustainable
Love these posts, especially in early season when trying to figure out if your streamers have become holds.
Sorry for delay, been travelling… thanks! I’m going to update it once a month (give or take a week on either side). Always happy to answer questions on specifics in the meantime.
Viz, with this unexpected deployment for Marchand, would you trade Meier for him ?
Categories are G, A, SOG, PPP, +/-, and Blocks.
I’d have to think even when Tkachuk gets back they keep him on pP1
Sorry for delay, been travelling… Hmm, it’s pretty close now that Marchand’s shot rate is back to where it was 5+ years ago. I guess I’d lean towards doing that trade even though I do like Meier.
Hey Viz! In an 8 team,m head to head league – I’m losing patience with at least three of my four goalies (Gustavsson, Saros, Stolarz). Gibson is my fourth…. My team is struggling in large part because these guys have all been pretty bad! There’s not much on the waiver wire – Dobes, Allen, Knight, Lyon…. do I dump one of the three and grab Dobes…. or do I need to ride out this “rough patch” and hope things turn around. Thanks
Oh…. Wolf is also available, but he’s been just as bad as the goalies I have.
I think you kind of have to ride it out for the most part. Three weeks worth of games is pretty much nothing for goalies. I think I’d actually drop Gibson for Dobes or Lyon. Yes, Gibson has 4 wins in 6 games, but he has a 3.20/.876. He was on my don’t draft list and I haven’t seen any reason to change that so far.
Thanks Viz. It’s a struggle, but I’ll wait it out. Dobes is in for Gibson.
Thoughts on Oloffson? Think he’s a hold for now?
Hurting at goalie like many others who took goalie late. I have Wolf, Ullmark, and Wedgewood. Have Woll on my IR. Would you add Markstrom (could he bounce back at 35?), Spencer Knight (looks good lately), Jet, or Ersson?
You could hold him while he’s hot, especially if you need PPP. He hasn’t touched 15 minutes in a game yet, so I don’t really see it as close to sustainable.
Markstrom could bounce back, but Allen isn’t going anywhere. On the other hand, Markstrom was shelled by Colorado, Tampa, and Carolina. It’s going to get a lot easier. I do think Wedgewood is expendable with Blackwood returning. I’d be fine with adding any of them but Ersson. Knight does look good and has the highest guaranteed volume if you want to go that route. Markstrom is high risk, high reward. I was bullish on Jet in the preseason and think he looks fine so far.
Thanks, Viz. Appreciate the insight as always!
Viz,
I’m getting impatient with Michkov – Seider in waivers and my defense is thin with only Dahlin LaCombe Buium – we can start 2 daily in redraft – categories are G A P PPP SOG Hit. My forwards are pretty deep. Keller Cooley Kempe Johnston Hischier Demidov Zibanejad Gauthier and Hagel.
Please help a Flyers fan out!
There’s no chance I’m cutting Michkov for Seider… I’ve been low on Seider for basically his entire career. He has 3 points in 10 games so it’s not like he’s off to a good start either. I don’t make any major moves for at least 6 weeks, if not 2 months. Sticking to your priors generally pays off way more than rash decisions.
Thanks Viz – Peterka also on waivers, anyone on roster a drop for him? I have Cooley and Keller so could be Mammoth heavy.
No Greaves on hold list? Why?
From the opening… “assume that every starting goalie is a hold unless otherwise noted”