Daily Fantasy Hockey Notebook | 12-13-17
Whether you spend your entire day at work or school, it can be difficult to stay on top of all NHL news. That’s why I have created the Daily Fantasy Notebook, so you can catch up on everything you might have missed throughout the day.
The notebook will be released everyday after teams wrap up their morning skate. It will include a number of things: Injury updates, prominent line changes, goalie rankings and DFS value picks.
While this is obviously more geared towards daily fantasy hockey, it can be just as useful for season-long players as well. Injuries are obviously key, but important line changes could be viewed as as potential waiver wire pickups and the goalie rankings can help you make the tough starting goalie decisions you face on large slates.
Key Injuries
IN
– Martin Hanzal (lower-body) will be back in the Stars lineup.
– Kyle Turris (face) is expected to play in Vancouver.
GAME TIME DECISION
– Johnny Boychuk (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision.
– Scott Hartnell (lower-body) will be a game-time decision.
– Ryan Johansen (upper-body) will be a game-time decision.
OUT
– Ryan Spooner (lower-body) will not return to the Bruins lineup.
– Kevin Miller (personal) will miss Wednesday’s game in Detroit.
– Antoine Roussel (elbow) will not be in the Stars lineup.
Projected Lineups
New York Islanders vs. Dallas Stars
| New York Islanders | Dallas Stars |
|---|---|
Ottawa Senators vs. New York Rangers
| Ottawa Senators | New York Rangers |
|---|---|
Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins
| Detroit Red Wings | Boston Bruins | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville Predators
| Vancouver Canucks | Nashville Predators | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Consensus Goalie Rankings
✅ – Confirmed
????️ – Probable
????️ – Projected
| Brock Seguin | Adam Daly | Josh Harris | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pekka Rinne (@ VAN) ????️ ($8,400) | 1 | – | – |
| 2. Jaroslav Halak (vs. DAL) ✅ ($7,700) | 2 | – | – |
| 3. Tuukka Rask (@ DET) ✅ ($8,100) | 3 | – | – |
| 4. Henrik Lundqvist (@ OTT) ✅ ($8,000) | 4 | – | – |
| 5. Jimmy Howard (vs. BOS) ????️ ($7,100) | 5 | – | – |
| 6. Craig Anderson (vs. NYR) ✅ ($7,300) | 6 | – | – |
| 7. Anders Nilsson (vs. NSH) ✅ ($7,200) | 7 | – | – |
| 8. Kari Lehtonen (@ NYI) ✅ ($7,300) | 8 | – | – |
Daily Value Picks
| Brock Seguin | Adam Daly | Josh Harris | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Daniel Sedin ($3,700) | – | – |
| Defenseman | Calvin de Haan ($3,100) | – | – |