Last-minute trade offers – Why these six players have bonus value

Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeyFeb 29, 2024, 06:47 AM ET

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While we count down the days until the actual NHL trade deadline (Mar. 8), our fantasy game’s cutoff date to wheel-and-deal is now only hours away. In ESPN.com’s default league, you have until 12 p.m. EST Friday, March 1, to improve your team through the art of brokering a useful swap with another manager. One that should, at least on paper, benefit both sides in filling varying holes. So give your roster a good going over in identifying needs and/or excesses, and suss out what you’d like in return for what you can afford to surrender. Then start with a little roster window shopping, always armed with the buy-low/sell-high mindsight, and try to zone in on an appropriate bartering partner.

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On of my favorite approaches in assembling a successful fantasy roster in daily adjustment leagues, all else being equal, is pursuing skaters and goalies who play more often when the rest of the league is off. Hacking the NHL’s unbalanced schedule, so to speak. From Mar. 1 until end of season, the Arizona Coyotes compete 18 times when the daily slate features six games or fewer. For contrast, the Montreal Canadiens figure in only two of those dates over the same stretch. So why not roster the skater who’s available more often when others are not? Particularly if not dealing with lineup limits, and often find yourself trying to decide who to play and who to bench when the docket is jammed.

Here’s a handful of players to target via trade, with their respective schedules in mind. Plus another under delivering pair who, correspondingly, are due to perform better down the stretch. Harkening back to the buy-low/sell-high bit.

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Author : Victoria Matiash

Publish date : 2024-02-29 11:47:20

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