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Welcome to the new Fantasy Hockey Sleepers and NHL Waiver Wire report. Each week I will be updating some of the players you should targeting on the waiver wire to help you build a championship fantasy hockey team. The recommendations will focus on, for the most part, standard Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey leagues with the following stat categories:
- Goals
- Assists
- Powerplay Points
- Short Handed Points
- +/- Rating
- Shots on Goal
- Hits
- Faceoffs Won
- Goalie Wins
- Saves
- Save %
- Goals Against Average
- Shutouts
Only players who are under 50% owned in Yahoo Fantasy Hockey will be considered for the waiver wire report. If you have specific questions about how a player fits your league settings please hit me up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9)
Let us now take a look at this week's low owned waiver wire options..
Fantasy Hockey Sleepers and Waiver Wire Pickups at Forward
Tomas Hertl (SJ, C/LW) 30% Owned
His ownership has started to drop off as he has gone pointless in four straight games dating back to the 26th of January. If you own him don't drop him just yet and if you don't own him get out there and pick him up. As long as he is skating on the Sharks top line with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski he is going to provide value for your fantasy team. If he can start to produce on the powerplay(only 3 PP points) you are going to see his ownership sky rocket. Get on him now.
Brayden Schenn (PHI, C/LW) 40% Owned
If you are playing in a league that counts powerplay points, you need to get Schenn on your roster. Expect the production to fluctuate as he skates on the Flyers 3rd line but he also centers the top powerplay unit with Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek, and Shayne Gostisbehere. He has picked up seven points in his last eight games with six of those points coming with the man advantage.
Reilly Smith (FLA, RW/LW) 20% Owned
He has been very consistent over the past three weeks and it's shocking he is still available in 80% of Yahoo leagues. In his last nine games dating back to mid January he has recorded 11 points (2 on the PP). He skates on the Panthers 2nd line with the Vincent Trocheck and Jussi Jokinen and is getting over 2:30 on the powerplay. For the season, he is now up to 34 points with 109 shots and an impressive +12 rating.
Also available - Jordan Staal (CAR, C) 23% Owned
