With the All-Star Break coming to a close and the schedule ready to pick up for the home stretch, it’s time for an update to my hold/stream list. The one thing that I want to add is that for head to head leagues, I would be far more aggressive in cutting players that are missing time if you’re in a battle for a playoff spot, and if you are locked into the top of your standings, I would be more focused on setting up my team for once the playoffs begin. In roto, it all depends where you are in terms of your starts. Let’s get to it!
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Fringe: Terry (lean hold), Zegras (lean hold), Fowler (lean hold)
Stream: Strome, Vatrano, McTavish, Henrique, Klingberg
I had to add Adam Henrique to the list while he’s on PP1 and the first line. Mason McTavish is also on PP1 now and receiving more minutes, elevating him up the streamer ladder.
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: DeBrusk (when healthy), Krejci (lean stream)
Stream: Hall, Coyle, Zacha, Grzelcyk, Swayman
BUFFALO SABRES
Hold: Thompson, Dahlin, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens
Fringe: Power (lean stream)
Stream: Quinn, Peterka, Olofsson, Anderson
CALGARY FLAMES
Hold: Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Andersson
Fringe: Toffoli (lean hold)
Stream: Backlund, Mangiapane, Dube, Coleman, Weegar, Hanifin, Vladar
I admit that it could be wrong for me to continue to give Calgary guys the benefit of the doubt, namely Huberdeau. My assumption is that nobody on the wire is worth swapping him for because of the upside gap.
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Hold: Aho, Svechnikov, Necas, Burns
Fringe: Skjei (lean hold)
Stream: Teravainen, Jarvis, Noesen, Pesce, Slavin
Brady Skjei has made a massive rise in the last month. He’s getting PP1 time lately and while he’s below average in assists, he’s good everywhere else, so I’d be holding for the time being.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Stream: Kane, Toews, Domi, Athanasiou, S. Jones
I really don’t want anything to do with these guys right now. If you want to grab Patrick Kane close to the deadline for a potential trade, okay, but he has real hip issues and I don’t see a bounce back coming.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Hold: MacKinnon, Rantanen, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Landeskog (when healthy), Makar, Toews, Byram (when healthy)
Stream: Rodrigues, Compher, Newhook, Girard
On the bright side, it looks like Bowen Byram could be back on Tuesday, and if not, not much after that. That should do wonders for the Avalanche in general.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Hold: Gaudreau, Laine
Stream: Jenner, Roslovic, Johnson, Marchenko, Boqvist (when healthy), Bjork (if out of AHL)
You can make a case for Boone Jenner being on the fringe, but I’m not quite there. Kirill Marchenko is a big riser lately from off the radar to middling streamer.
DALLAS STARS
Hold: Robertson, Hintz, Pavelski, Heiskanen
Stream: Benn, Marchment, Seguin, Johnston
DETROIT RED WINGS
Hold: Larkin, Perron, Seider, Hronek
Stream: Kubalik, Raymond, Copp, Bertuzzi, Berggren
No surprise, Moritz Seider is back on track now that he’s been separated from Chiarot.
EDMONTON OILERS
Hold: McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, RNH, Kane (when healthy), Nurse, Barrie
Stream: Bouchard, Holloway
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Hold: Barkov, Tkachuk, Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Ekblad, Montour, Forsling
Fringe: Bennett (lean streamer)
Stream: Lundell, Luostarinen, Gudas
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Hold: Kopitar, Fiala, Doughty
Fringe: Durzi (lean stream), Kempe (lean stream)
Stream: Vilardi, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore (when healthy), Anderson-Dolan, Byfield, Roy
The Kings have to provide the most streaming options in the league. Even Anze Kopitar is closer to the fringe, but I kept him as a hold because of his strong play before the break.
MINNESOTA WILD
Hold: Kaprizov, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek
Fringe: Boldy (lean hold)
Stream: Gaudreau, Hartman, Steel, Addison, Spurgeon
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Hold: Suzuki
Stream: Dach, Hoffman, Matheson, Xhekaj
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Hold: Forsberg, Josi
Fringe: Duchene (lean hold)
Stream: Granlund, Niederreiter, Johansen, Glass, Parssinen, Ekholm
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Hold: Hischier, Hughes, Bratt, Hamilton
Stream: Zetterlund, Tatar, Mercer, Palat, Sharangovich, Wood
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Hold: Barzal, Horvat, Nelson, Lee, Dobson
Stream: Palmieri, Pulock, Bolduc
I look forward to seeing how the Isles look, both at even strength and the power play, with Bo Horvat, who just inked an 8 x 8.5m extension. The Brinks Truck has been backed up.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Hold: Zibanejad, Panarin, Kreider, Fox
Stream: Trocheck, Kakko, Lafreniere, Chytil, Trouba
Vincent Trocheck‘s shot rate and points have been going in the wrong direction so I’d put him in the streamer category now.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Hold: Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, Giroux, Chabot
Fringe: Batherson (lean stream)
Stream: Pinto, Greig, Sanderson
Drake Batherson is sitting at -30 now. I just can’t hold that in roto and it’s even dicey in H2H.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Hold: Konecny
Fringe: Hayes, DeAngelo
Stream: JVR, Cates, Laughton, Tippett, Farabee, Provorov
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Hold: Crosby, Guentzel, Malkin, Letang
Fringe: Rust (lean stream)
Stream: Rakell, Zucker, Petry
I was going to downgrade Bryan Rust to a pure streamer, but he was practicing on the first power play unit in Rakell’s place over break, so I’m keeping here up for now.
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Hold: Meier, Karlsson, Hertl
Fringe: Couture (lean streamer)
Stream: Labanc, Barabanov, Eyssimont
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Hold: Dunn
Fringe: Schultz (lean hold), Beniers (when healthy, lean hold), Burakovsky (lean streamer)
Stream: Bjorkstrand, Schwartz, Eberle, McCann, Tolvanen, Gourde, Sprong, Larsson
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Hold: Tarasenko, Buchnevich (when healthy), Kyrou, Thomas
Fringe: Faulk (lean hold)
Stream: Schenn, Saad, Barbashev, Krug
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Hold: Kucherov, Stamkos, Point, Hedman, Sergachev
Fringe: Hagel (lean streamer)
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.” And that’s me quoting me talking about two times ago! Well, Hagel has kept PP1, but now Tampa has loaded up their top line, which is a hit to Hagel’s value.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Hold: Matthews (when healthy), Marner, Tavares, Nylander, Rielly
Fringe: Bunting (lean hold)
Stream: Jarnkrok, Giordano
With Matthews out, Michael Bunting is firmly on PP1. With his plus-minus and PIM contribution, I see a hold case, but the points are a bit lacking.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Hold: Pettersson, Miller, Hughes
Fringe: Kuzmenko, Boeser (both lean streamer)
Stream: Beauvillier, Garland, OEL
I want to see how this looks without Horvat. That can shift things for the guys on the fringe.
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Hold: Eichel, Pietrangelo, Theodore
Fringe: Stephenson (lean streamer)
Stream: Marchessault, Smith, Cotter
With Mark Stone probably out for the season after back surgery, things are looking ugly for the Golden Knights. Maybe they go deeper into LTIR, but they scare me right now.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Hold: Ovechkin, Carlson (when healthy), Gustafsson (when Carlson out)
Fringe: Kuznetsov (lean hold)
Stream: Strome, Oshie, Johansson, Sheary, Orlov
WINNIPEG JETS
Hold: Scheifele, Connor, Ehlers, Dubois, Morrissey
Stream: Perfetti, Wheeler, Pionk
Three Point Challenge: We will do Tuesday’s games per usual. You can’t take McDavid, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Pastrnak, Thompson, Robertson, Karlsson, M. Tkachuk, Hughes, or Rantanen. I’ll go with Point against the Sharks
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!
