NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Players to Target - Friday, Dec. 15

Mikael Granlund, C/RW, SJ at ARI (47% rostered)

Granlund's been one of the best players in the league recently with a six-game point streak. The Sharks are lottery-bound, but the good news is they've found their scoring touch and with a dearth of options up front, Granlund's been playing a ton of minutes. He's averaging 21 minutes per game with top-six and PP1 usage, and you don't normally find guys like just lying around on the waiver wire. 

Ivan Barbashev, C/LW, VEG vs. BUF (40% rostered)

Barbashev's finally finding his groove again. After a quiet start, he's scored two goals and seven points in his past seven games, and once again forming a nice combo with top center Jack Eichel. The Sabres don't defend particularly well and they're very turnover-prone, which means plenty of scoring chances for the much more structured and defensively sound Knights. 

Troy Terry, RW, ANA at NYR (36% rostered)

Terry went ice-cold in November, at one point scoring just one assist in nine games and went more than an entire month without scoring a goal after his hat-trick performance on Nov. 1. Scorers like him tend to be incredibly streak, and now he's scoring again with three points in four games. It's a good sign.

Josh Norris, C, OTT at DAL (33% rostered)

Hold Norris and never look back. He won't be an elite producer despite being their top center, but he gets a lot of minutes in all situations and provides plenty of faceoff wins and shots. He's scoring at a 50-point pace, and should be rostered in 12 or 14-team leagues. 

Logan Cooley, C, ARI vs. SJ (22% rostered)

Top center Nick Schmaltz will be a game-time decision, and if he's unavailable, look for Cooley to move back up the depth chart. The rookie pivot was bumped down after failing to connect with Schmaltz and Clayton Keller following Barrett Hayton's injury, but he'll get another chance to play with their best players against a team that has the worst goal differential in the league. 

Stefan Noesen, LW/RW, CAR vs. NSH (7% rostered)

Noesen was a power-play merchant last season, scoring 15 of his 36 points (42%) on the power play. He's become far better at even strength this season with only three of his 16 points (19%) coming with the man advantage, and he's been quite productive lately with six points in eight games. Playing on the top line with Sebastian Aho certainly helps. 

Morgan Geekie, C/RW, BOS at NYI (2% rostered)

Geekie was a recommended streamer last time and we're going back to the well again after he scored two points in two games. He's a multi-category contributor with four shots, 17 faceoff wins, five hits and a block while filling in for the injured Pavel Zacha. The Isles aren't a particularly stout defensive team, allowing 3.14 goals per game with the league's third-worst PK. 

Zach Benson, LW, BUF at VEG (2% rostered)

This is a tough matchup for the Sabres but it may be fruitful for Benson, who's moved up to the top line with Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch after Jeff Skinner was placed on IR. Benson snapped a six-game goal drought with his third of the season against the Avs. He's unlikely to skate as many minutes as Thompson and Tuch, but the top line deployment gives him a short-term fantasy boost.