Fantasy Hockey Week 6 Assessment: Ice Time and Energy Play Traits

Sport: NHL

Welcome to your Fantrax’s Fantasy Hockey Week 6 Assessment — a tactical breakdown of deployment traits that matter. This week, we’re spotlighting key ice time modifications, energy play promotions, and line shakeups that would swing matchups and unlock hidden worth. Whether or not you’re grinding in deep leagues or scanning for streaming upside, these shifts supply actionable perception for fantasy managers trying to keep forward of the curve.

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Fantasy Hockey Week 6 Assessment:

Rasmus Andersson, D – Calgary Flames

Andersson is sizzling, with three objectives and 4 assists for seven factors in his final 5 video games. It must be little coincidence that Andersson has been on the ice for over 50% of the Flames’ time on the ability play in every of these 5 video games.

MacKenzie Weegar has been ice chilly with simply 4 assists in 22 video games, so the change to Andersson on the ability play was inevitable. To this point, it hasn’t translated to raised outcomes on the ice. Nonetheless, with Andersson’s elevated manufacturing and Weegar remaining ice chilly, Andersson has the runway accessible to run away with the gig on that first energy play unit.

Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW – San Jose Sharks

Toffoli has been averaging 3:08 per sport on the Sharks’ energy play. That’s a 53.7% time on ice share.

Previously three video games, Toffoli has been changed by Alex Wennberg on the Sharks’ prime unit. In these three video games, Toffoli has seen his energy play ice time drop to 44.2% 26.3% and 30.7%.

Because the fourth ahead on this unit, the coach is in search of the right combination to go along with William Eklund, RW, Will Smith, C, and Macklin Celebrini, C.

Toffoli’s worth takes a giant hit if he loses his spot on the primary unit. Regulate this transferring ahead.

JJ Peterka, RW – Utah Mammoth

In Utah’s final two video games, Peterka has acquired 58.3% and 73.3% of power-play ice time.

For essentially the most half, Peterka has seen deployment on the Mammoth’s second unit. Barring an harm, it’s onerous to see him sliding right into a long-term function on the workforce’s first unit.

With the workforce struggling to attain on the ability play, anticipate shuffles to occur. At present, they sit twenty ninth within the NHL, changing simply 15.1% of their energy performs

Connor McMichael, C/LW – Washington Capitals

Not the primary quarter we had been anticipating from McMichael. His six factors prior to now three video games present that he’s turning a nook and getting again on monitor.

Sadly, he’s not seeing a lot of any time on the ability play. Nonetheless, on October twenty eighth, McMichael began to play on the Capitals’ penalty kill. This isn’t the deployment information we would like, but it surely could be the deployment McMichael wants. For multi-cat leagues that also depend short-handed factors, there’s potential for added worth.

The Capitals are one of many few groups within the NHL that play two defencemen on the primary energy play unit. With solely three forwards on the ice, this can be what’s maintaining him from the primary unit. In the event that they do shift to the four-forward deployment, it’ll be McMichael or Ryan Leonard, RW, grabbing that spot.

Braeden Bowman, RW – Vegas Golden Knights

After producing some extent per sport in 12 AHL video games this season, Vegas known as the second-year professional as much as the NHL. To say he didn’t miss a beat could be an understatement.

In three video games, Bowman has two objectives, each on the ability play and 9 photographs. To not point out he’s averaging 17:15 in ice time.

Speak about a dream project. He’s lining up with Jack Eichel, C and Ivan Barbashev LW, on the Knights’ prime line. He was scooped in two of my dynasty swimming pools this week. At present, he’s owned in solely 17% of Fantrax swimming pools. Just a few extra video games like the primary two, and that can change rapidly.

Jet Greaves, G – Columbus Blue Jackets

Greaves noticed his streak of 5 straight begins come to an finish Tuesday night time when Elvis Merzlikins began. To that time, Greaves and Merzlikins had recurrently alternated begins.

Merzlikins didn’t fare properly with all that relaxation in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets, giving up 5 objectives on 30 photographs.

It seems Greaves has pulled forward because the Blue Jackets’ primary goalie, at the least in the intervening time. The beginning job has been in flux since Sergei Bobrovsky left in 2019.

Greaves may need the sting now, however when he wobbles, the pendulum will swing again to favor Merzlikins.

That can wrap up Fantrax’s fantasy hockey week 6 evaluate. Till subsequent week.

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