Fantasy hockey experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato discuss the Rangers trading captain Jacob Trouba to the Ducks, and Canucks starter Thatcher Demko, Golden Knights captain Mark Stone, Avalanche forward Ross Colton and Canadiens sniper Patrik Laine returning from injury.
Jason Chen and Michael Amato along with producer Connor Somerville return with their weekly fantasy hockey talk and discuss:
- Survivor pool update - congratulations to Mjd13!
- Thoughts on the 4 Nations Face-Off teams
- Rangers trading Jacob Trouba to the Ducks and what it means for his fantasy value
- Canucks starter Thatcher Demko returning and backing up Kevin Lankinen, and their fantasy values going forward
- The Avalanche acquiring Scott Wedgewood and potentially using him as a starter
- Petr Mrazek's injury and Arvid Soderblom's fantasy value going forward for the struggling Blackhawks
- Connor Bedard's struggles and his current fantasy value in redraft leagues
- Mark Stone and Victor Olofsson return to the Golden Knights lineup and what it means for their fantasy values and their impact on the power play
- Ross Colton returns from injury and how the Avalanche intend to use him
- Patrik Laine returns from injury and promptly scores two power-play goals for the Canadiens
- Marco Rossi taking over for the injured Joel Eriksson Ek as the Wild's top center
- Any hope of the Predators getting back on track
- The Stars' Wyatt Johnston finally heating up and scoring points again
- mailbag!
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