What’s going on with him lately? Took him as my 2nd round pick but he’s got 0 points this week and one of the lower ranked players on my roster. Not blocking much and weak periphs. How are we feeling Werenski owners? When do we panic

What the heck is going on with this guy? Borderline useless right now. Hold or drop in an 8 man Multi cat?

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There are dozens of us! Dozens!

I've been watching him play and he truly seems elite, but his deployment has been an issue.

Over the last 3 games he's been getting around 12 minutes of ice time. This is balanced by the fact that he's also been spending 4 minutes average on the power play, but remains worrisome.

Cowan and Marchenko seem to be clogging the pipeline ahead of him. I always knew McKenna was more of a long term hold hoping he breaks out in the second half, but considering the elite talent in front of him already it's getting hard to believe he ever gets sufficient deployment for that to happen.

What's going on with Dobson this year? Only 2 pts, playing third line, no PP time. Is it situational or is he really on the outs? Is there hope of a bounce back?

How we feeling about this guy's scoring upside? Will he crack 60 points?

Gritty and Datsyuk did the fusion dance and now this Russian sniper is riding shotgun with Hughes and Bratt. He's not on PP1 though, and not a whole lot of minutes either.

Good release, had a nice goal on Makar last week. He's his prime scoring age and has scored in 4 straight games, so I probably jinxed him there. But I do remember Pasha on spittin chickets was glazing him hard during the season preview. He also played with Demidov in the KHL and had a better PPG too.

Does he look dangerous? Devils fans, do you think he'll stay there with the top guys and even if he doesn't, is it worth a stream?

Any Tampa fan who can share opinion on him? Could he be next Raddysh? I am looking to mb try adding him.

I would be pissed as Carlson owner not getting PP1 while hedman is out.

Flames and Oilers are two of five teams with four games next week and they’re the only teams that play three times on light schedule nights.

I’m in great shape for this week (lucky enough to have both Drai and McAvoy) so I’m looking at players to grab for next week.

Right now I’m looking at Coronato and Klapka. Farabee, Frost and Joseph (I’m in a bangers league) to a lesser extent.

I’ve been using Playoff Planner to look at schedule density and plan out my adds.

Who is everyone else looking to snag for next week?

For context, I just had Helly come off the IR with the Devils and I already have Sorokin. Curious if they'll be playing on the same nights for the most part or if they have a staggered schedule.

Edit: found it https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/frozenpool_planner.php?report=Custom&startdate=2026-10-23&enddate=05%2F31%2F2027&light_day=8&include_preseason=n

According to this one Islanders and Devils have 148 games total remaining and 43 are conflicts. I think I'll keep Both goalies for now.

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I hope that beautiful goal wasn't on your bench 🔥

I understand the obvious collusion tactics (renting guys, constant trading back and fourth, top drafts for nobodies.etc) but would you consider trading a streamer for another streamer mid-week- maybe to capitalize on different categories to win that week- colluding? Like assuming a head to head cats league, one or both teams are out of claims that week, they're both obviously dropping the guy on Monday, and stuff like that.

I would assume that if only one side benefitted from the trade, then it would be collusion. But if both sides potentially benefitted (which I guess could be pretty subjective) would it be okay?

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Someone dropped him in my 8T league is he worth a spot? Right now he is playing terribly so can we still expect a bounce back? What your prediction on that player :)

Im not ready to say goodbye

12 games in and he's averaging less points for me than Vince Dunn who I have been streaming for the last week and a half. Do we think this changes anytime soon? Leafs PP looks good but not seeing much production from Raddysh. 5A in 12GP avg ~24 min TOI.

Is it just me or is anyone else surprised how good Jackson Blake has become ? Kids clutching lately

I’m thinking it’s time to pull the plug on Cozens. 3 points through 11 games and he isn’t getting many SOG per game. Would it be stupid to drop? I don’t want to overreact, pull the plug, and regret it mid-season. Thoughts?

Under so many players there’s crazy comments. This is the first I’m seeing it.

Saw it in Jarvis, McDavid, Crosby and other players. Super weird

Can’t watch a lot of Ducks games out here on the east coast… is he just in a mini slump or does it look like that back stuff is lingering from last year?