Fantasy Hockey Forecaster: November 4th – November 10th

Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Forecaster! In here, you’ll find:

• Each team’s ranking for goalies, forwards, PK and PP against the other teams in the league. These stats are as of 10/25/2019 (there is no separation for home vs. away since the season is so young).
• Three players who are on fire (this might not even be points wise, it might be an uptick in play that signals to me they are on the cusp of some point production
• Three players who are cooling off (this will also include players that aren’t materializing the way we expect)
• Three free agent pickups (among all players under 50% owned, preferably some in the single digits and some that are close to 50 to feed all different sizes of leagues)
• The schedule which will show each team they play and what the individual rankings are for each matchup, this is more useful in the daily leagues where you are looking at individual matchups

Let’s begin!

3 players who are on fire

1. Bo Horvat (74% owned). I have to give him another shoutout. After his hat trick he has scored 1 more goal and four assists including 3 power play points. He’s shooting the puck, winning faceoffs and scoring points.
2. Ryan Getzlaf (49% owned) The Ducks are doing very ‘unduck’ things as they have now scored 4+ goals in two of their last three games. Ryan has goals in four of his last five games.
3. Jordan Binnington (97% owned) 4 wins in his last 5 games with 2 goals or fewer in four of the five and 29+ saves in three of them.

3 players who are cooling off (not panicking on any of them)

1. Logan Couture (89% owned) no goals, 1 assist and a -2 over the last week.
2. John Klingberg (91% owned). No goals, no assists -3 over the last week.
3. Carter Hart (86% owned) Not a good week for Carter who was part of back to back loses not logging more than 10 saves in either game.

3 free agent pickups (under 50%)

1. Calle Jarnkrok (14% owned). He’s bouncing on the top line and he has 4 goals and 2 assists in his last five games including 2 power play points.
2. Ryan Strome (16% owned). He is spending time on top line with Artemi Panarin. He now has 3 goals and 4 assists in his last 5 games. He is also winning a ton of faceoffs with 30 in his last two games: Boston and Tampa Bay who are no joke.
3. MacKenzie Blackwood (27% owned). I don’t know if I’m saying pick him up per say but keep an eye on him. He’s started 3 of New Jersey’s last four games and had two wins in those three starts allowing 2 goals or fewer in each.