I hope everyone had a great Holiday Season! Hopefully you weren’t stuck in your house like I was in Buffalo with this blizzard. Still haven’t left my house since Thursday. Anyways, it’s time for an updated hold/stream list since it’s been about six weeks. For a refresher course of what I’m doing this year, instead of two separate categories, I’m going to do three now: hold, on the fringe between bottom end hold and elite streamer, and any level of streamer. This is for 12 team leagues. I will only make comments on certain players that I deem noteworthy, otherwise this will be purely a list. Assume that every starting goalie is worth holding unless noted otherwise, mostly by them being in the streaming category. Let’s get to it!
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Fringe: Terry (lean hold), Zegras (lean hold)
Stream: Strome, Vatrano, McTavish, Klingberg, Fowler
Things have gotten so bad for Anaheim that even their studs are on the fringe.
ARIZONA COYOTES
Hold: Gostisbehere, Keller, Chychrun
Stream: Crouse, Schmaltz, Maccelli
BOSTON BRUINS
Hold: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, McAvoy, Lindholm
Fringe: Hall (lean hold), Krejci (lean stream)
Stream: Coyle, Zacha, Grzelcyk, Swayman
I didn’t expect Taylor Hall to bump back up, but he’s been great lately.
BUFFALO SABRES
Hold: Thompson, Dahlin, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens
Fringe: Power (lean stream)
Stream: Quinn, Peterka, Olofsson
Things have changed a lot for the Sabres. They went from two holds to five easy holds. Owen Power has been excellent driving play, but he hasn’t turned it into points for himself. Can go either way here.
CALGARY FLAMES
Hold: Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Andersson
Fringe: Toffoli (lean hold)
Stream: Backlund, Mangiapane, Dube, Weegar, Hanifin
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Hold: Aho, Svechnikov, Necas, Burns
Stream: Teravainen, Jarvis, Noesen, Pesce, Slavin
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Fringe: Kane (lean hold)
Stream: Toews, Domi, Athanasiou, S. Jones
I don’t think Patrick Kane is even automatic at this point. I lean hold just because his value can spike if he’s traded, but I would debate letting him go in roto.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Hold: MacKinnon (when healthy), Rantanen, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Landeskog (when healthy), Makar, Toews, Byram (when healthy)
Stream: Rodrigues, Compher, Newhook, Girard
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Hold: Gaudreau, Laine
Stream: Jenner, Roslovic, Johnson, Sillinger, Nyquist, Bjork
DALLAS STARS
Hold: Robertson, Hintz, Pavelski, Heiskanen
Stream: Benn, Marchment, Seguin, Johnston, Lundkvist
DETROIT RED WINGS
Hold: Larkin, Perron, Seider, Hronek
Stream: Kubalik, Raymond, Copp
Dominik Kubalik‘s value has gone in the tank since my last post. He’s not even on the fringe right now.
EDMONTON OILERS
Hold: McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, RNH, Kane (when healthy), Nurse, Barrie
Fringe: Bouchard
Stream: Yamamoto
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Hold: Barkov, Tkachuk, Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Ekblad, Montour, Forsling
Fringe: Bennett (lean streamer)
Stream: Lundell, Luostarinen, Gudas
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Hold: Kopitar, Kempe, Fiala, Doughty, Durzi
Stream: Vilardi, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Roy
Pheonix Copley has become the #1 and is bumped up to a hold for the time being.
MINNESOTA WILD
Hold: Kaprizov, Zuccarello, Boldy, Eriksson Ek
Stream: Gaudreau, Hartman, Steel, Foligno, Addison, Spurgeon
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Hold: Suzuki, Caufield
Stream: Dach, Hoffman
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Hold: Forsberg, Duchene, Josi
Stream: Granlund, Niederreiter, Johansen, Novak, Parssinen, Ekholm
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Hold: Hischier, Hughes, Bratt, Hamilton
Stream: Zetterlund, Tatar, Mercer, Sharangovich, Wood
NEW YORK RANGERS
Hold: Zibanejad, Panarin, Kreider, Fox
Fringe: Trocheck (lean hold)
Stream: Kakko, Lafreniere, Chytil, Trouba
I can’t hold Jacob Trouba anymore unless you’re in hits and blocks leagues.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Hold: Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, Batherson, Giroux, Chabot
Stream: Pinto, Sanderson
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Hold: Konecny
Fringe: Hayes, DeAngelo
Stream: Tippett, Farabee, Provorov
Can you stomach the plus-minus? That plays a big factor here.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Hold: Crosby, Guentzel, Malkin, Letang
Fringe: Rust (lean stream)
Stream: Rakell, Zucker (when healthy), Carter, Petry, DeSmith
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Hold: Meier, Karlsson, Hertl
Fringe: Couture (lean streamer)
Stream: Labanc, Barabanov, Bonino, Benning
Logan Couture has had a big bump up in the last six weeks. It’s not quite enough to hold everywhere, but it’s getting debatable.
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Hold: Burakovsky
Fringe: Dunn, Schultz, Beniers
Stream: Bjorkstrand, Schwartz, Eberle, McCann
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Hold: Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Faulk
Stream: Schenn, Saad, Parayko, Faulk
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Hold: Kucherov, Stamkos, Point, Hedman, Sergachev
Fringe: Hagel (lean hold)
Stream: Cirelli, Paul, Killorn, Colton
Last time I did this, I said Brandon Hagel was probably going to be a hold because he was getting top PP time. He has, but it’s still fringe worthy.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Hold: Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander, Rielly (when healthy)
Stream: Bunting, Kerfoot, Sandin, Liljegren
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Hold: Pettersson, Miller, Horvat, Hughes
Fringe: Kuzmenko, Boeser (both lean streamer)
Stream: Mikheyev, Garland, OEL
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Hold: Eichel (when healthy), Stone, Pietrangelo, Theodore (when healthy)
Fringe: Marchessault (lean hold), Stephenson (lean hold), Smith (lean streamer)
Stream: Hill
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Hold: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Carlson
Stream: Strome, Oshie, Mantha, Sheary, Gustafsson
WINNIPEG JETS
Hold: Scheifele, Connor, Ehlers (when healthy), Dubois, Morrissey
Stream: Perfetti (when healthy), Wheeler (when healthy), Pionk
That’s all for now guys. I’ll be back on Wednesday recapping the action from tonight’s games. As always, feel free to ask any questions, leave any comments, or give any suggestions below. Thanks for reading, take care!
