Jason Chen and Michael Amato discuss Ridly Greig's point-blank, empty-net slap shot and Morgan Rielly's incoming suspension; a goalie update including the New York Rangers' goalie conundrum, Antti Raanta's latest injury and Dustin Wolf's call up; the NHL's audit on hits and the fantasy impact; and answer your mailbag questions.
The 21st episode of the THN Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast covers a little bit of everything with a big segment dedicated to answering your questions.
Jason Chen and Michael Amato open the episode with a few laughs over Ridly Greig's emphatic slap-shot empty netter that drew the ire of Morgan Rielly and the Maple Leafs in the Battle of Ontario. Does Greig do the same had the game been played in Toronto? His pesky style of play has certainly endeared himself to the Sens faithful.
Episode 21 covers
- the battle in the crease between Jonathan Quick and Igor Shesterkin, with the 38-year-old two-time Cup winner taking over the crease following the All-Star Weekend
- Pyotr Kochetkov taking over the Hurricanes net with Spencer Martin as the backup while Antti Raanta battles yet another injury
- the Flames calling up Dustin Wolf after Dan Vladar was placed on IR, and how the further trade deadline activity may impact the fantasy value for both Wolf and Jacob Markstrom
- Mac Weegar leading the league in goals by a defenseman, and ending up being the most important player in fantasy in the Matthew Tkachuk-Jonathan Huberdeau trade
- the NHL auditing the hits statistic and adding to nearly every player's totals, providing an answer to why hits seem to be way down this season, a trend that had been pointed out in earlier episodes of the Sleepers and Keepers podcast
- mailbag!
- sleeper picks are David Rittich of the Kings and Petr Mrazek of the Blackhawks, and keeper picks are Juraj Slafkovsky of the Canadiens and Jonathan Huberdeau of the Flames
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