Week 4 of Fantasy Hockey: Weekly Wrap

Sport: NHL

Welcome again to the Weekly Wrap, the place we’ll overview the highest tales and movers and shakers from week 4 of fantasy hockey.

Fairly than rehashing prime performers from the earlier week. We’re going to focus extra on gamers shifting up and down line-ups and altering roles. Gamers you must keep watch over shifting ahead.

I’m positive it can burn some that I’m beginning with the Toronto Maple Leafs, however it will probably’t be helped. So, let’s get to it.

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Week 4 of Fantasy Hockey

Nick Robertson, LW/RW, Toronto Maple Leafs

Seven. That’s the variety of video games by which Robertson performed quarter-hour or extra of ice time in his profession earlier than the beginning of the 2025-26 season. Coming into final evening’s recreation, he surpassed this threshold in three straight video games. These three video games noticed him transfer between John Tavares, C, line and Auston Matthews, C. He didn’t get there final evening, however solely 5 Leafs forwards did.

There’s a massive gap, a number of, in Toronto’s prime six. There’s by no means been a greater alternative for him in Toronto. At 168 profession video games, Robertson is poised to surpass his breakout threshold in early January. Sitting with seven factors getting into his twelfth recreation of the season, he’s poised to shatter his profession excessive in factors (28).

Rostered in solely 21% of Fantrax swimming pools, it’s effectively value keeping track of Robertson’s continued deployment.

Benjamin Kindel, C/RW Pittsburgh Penguins

The Penguins raised some eyebrows after they drafted him eleventh general within the 2025 NHL entry draft. Kindel raised extra eyebrows when he made the group out of coaching camp. He raised my eyebrows Monday evening, enjoying 22:23, with 4:46 on the facility play. He made essentially the most of it, scoring two objectives and including seven pictures.

Don’t count on him to proceed receiving this sort of deployment. Monday was a mixture of him feeling it, and Rickard Rakell, RW, and Justin Brazzeau, RW, being banged up and out of the lineup. With this sort of robust play, he’ll see elevated ice time, simply don’t count on 20 minutes an evening. 15-17 is extra possible whereas Rakell and Brazzeau get well.

Accidents in week 4 have opened the door of alternative for Kindel. Take a look at him as a short-term worth, particularly getting first energy play time with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

Victor Arvidsson, LW/RW, Boston Bruins

Tuesday evening noticed Arvidsson play a season excessive of 18:31, a full 4 minutes greater than his season common of 14:22. This bump was largely to being moved onto the primary energy play unit (4:05), as a consequence of Elias Lindholm’s harm.

I’ve been a begrudging Arvidsson fan for years. Solely in 2022-23, with Los Angeles, did he have an incredible 12 months on the facility play. Outdoors of that one season, Arvidsson has struggled to supply on the facility play. This isn’t as a consequence of a scarcity of alternative. He simply by no means clicks.

With six factors in his final eight video games, he appears to be settling into his middle-six function in Boston. There’s worth available with Arvidsson ‘IF’ he stays wholesome and ‘IF’ he can carve out a bigger function for himself, primarily by securing an everyday spot in Boston’s prime six.

Cutter Gauthier, LW, Anaheim Geese

This man is on a heater. He owned week 4 of fantasy hockey. It was an enormous week for Gauthier, with eight factors in his final 4 video games and 11 within the final eight. It’s nonetheless early, however holy moly, does the Gauthier for Jamie Drysdale, D, Philadelphia Flyers commerce look lopsided at this time. Gauthier is at present tied for the league lead in objectives. He additionally has 58 pictures in 12 video games, simply three pictures behind the league chief, Nathan MacKinnon, C, Colorado Avalanche. His ice time can be up over three minutes per recreation. Gauthier is breaking out in a giant means.

Alex Laferriere, LW/RW, Los Angeles Kings

Laferriere began the season ice chilly and noticed his ice time drop from 17:26 on opening evening to 12:16. Within the final week, Laferriere picked up a single level in 4 straight.

Issues are beginning to click on, and the ice time is reflecting that with 3:22 and three:06 on the facility participant in his final two video games. Sitting on 172 profession video games, he’s set to surpass his breakout threshold round Christmas. With a profession excessive of 45 factors, Laferriere may push 55-60 by season’s finish, particularly if he can lock down a everlasting spot on the primary energy play. He’ll must usurp Corey Perry to take action…

Thanks for studying. We’ll see you subsequent week.