Operator: “911 … what is your emergency?”

Caller: “I need some assistance – I am at risk of not making my fantasy hockey playoffs!”

It is very easy this time of the year to get frustrated with a couple loses and stop monitoring your lineups. Stick with your plan at the season start and stay with it, let the other coaches slack and pave the way for you into the playoffs. Get the most games the schedule allows for your active players and ride the hot streaks. Don’t be hesitant to drop name players under performing for a scorer on a hot line with a hot team. By all means, always try to increase the depth on your roster this year with all the late scratches and sudden protocol issues. Good luck and hang in there, five weeks until playoffs begin!

Taking calculated chances playing the waiver wire while watching favorable schedules can win leagues. Waiver wire considerations: (Ownership in Fantrax leagues)

Forward	Team	Own	Notes
Drake Batherson	OTT	55	Scoring nearly every game for the Sens
Oliver Wahlstrom	NYI	25	Out of nowhere to your fantasy roster
Joel Farabee	PHI	76	Covid setback, 5 games in week 13 round 1
Martin Necas	CAR	57	Consistant value for Canes

Defense	Team	Own	Notes
Mattias Ekholm	NAS	56	Will he stay in Smashville? Watch situation
Adam Boqvist	CHI	52	Getting his apples again
Cam Fowler	ANA	26	Suddenly makes a showing on the scoresheet

Goalies	Team	Own	Notes
Matt Murray	OTT	58	If Sens get wins, it will likely be because of Matt
Dave Rittich	CAL	32	Solid backup, goalie depth getting scarce
Michael Hutchinson	TOR	8	Starts in some back to backs with Campbell out

SSG Streamer Scoring Group
Kyrou-STL, Dvork-ARI, Ritchie-BOS, Verhaeghe-FLA, Schmaltz-ARI, Thornton-TOR, A. Lee-NYI, Atkinson-CBJ, Hyman-TOR
Pick them up if you can and hope for a hot week! Watch the schedule!

Schedule advantage for week 9:
Mon 3-8 thru Sun 3-14

• 4 games 15 teams: ARI, CAL, CAR, CHI, CBJ, COL, DAL, DET, FLA, LAK, MIN, NYI, NAS, PIT, TB
• 2 games 2 teams: VAN, WPG (All other teams 3 games)

Schedule advantage for Week 10:
Mon 3-15 thru Sun 3-21

• 5 games 2 teams: PIT, TB
• 4 games 18 teams: BOS, BUF, CAL, DAL, EDM, FLA, LAK, MON, NYR, NAS, NJ, PHI, SJ, STL, VAN, VEG, WAS, WPG
• 2 games 3 teams: CBJ, OTT, TOR (All other teams 3 games)

Looking ahead to the fantasy playoffs, the best schedules for the final 3 weeks of Fantrax play: TOR, BUF, MON, SJ, BOS, CBJ, NYR, PHI, PIT, WAS Worst: ANA, NAS, EDM, STL

Fantrax Playoffs: Week 13 is semi-finals Round One PHI and BOS 5 games each, Weeks 14 and 15 are Finals Round 2 TOR, SJ, BUF 8 games in this round (finals are 2 weeks total points)

Dave Schneider can be contacted by email at daveytrane1@yahoo.com. Sometimes I can be found trolling Twitter or linking to a new 911 article posting @daveytrane1. Feedback is always welcome and encouraged! Let’s hear ya!

Cheers, Dave