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NHL DFS: 10-24-23

Welcome to Frozen Frenzy! Every team will play today starting at 6pm Eastern Time with a game starting every 15 mins.  Luckily DraftKings has chopped this up into multiple slates that are more manageable. The Man Slte starts at 7pm EST and contains 13 matchups, which is still pretty overwhelming. We will focus on the ain slate, bit there are some interesting smaller slates at 6pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10:30pm. I will be hanging out in Discord all night if anyone wants to drop in and discuss.

If you are a regular reader, you know that on large slates, I prefer to pick a few games and hammer those in GPPs. It lowers variance and prevents chasing too many lineups.

My absolute favorite spots tonight are the Florida Panthers and Detroit Red Wings. Florida has their top 3 lines all scoring and welcomes in the lowly Sharks, while Detroit has the best powerplay in hockey right now, so use it before it regresses.

Teams to Target

Florida
New Jersey
Detroit
Los Angeles
Minnesota

My Favorite Stacks

FLA 1:Evan Rodrigues – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
NJ 2: Ondrej Palat – Nico Hischier – Jesper Bratt
FLA 2: Carter Verhaeghe – Eetu Luostarinen – Matthew Tkachuk
DET 1: Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
LA PP 1: Pierre-Luc Dubois – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe – Kevin Fiala
DET PP 1: David Perron – Dylan Larkin – Alex DeBrincat – Moritz Seider – Shayne Gostisbehere
MIN 1: Kirill Kaprizov – Ryan Hartman – Mats Zuccarello

Value Stacks

ARZ 1: Clayton Keller – Barrett Hayton – Nick Schmaltz
FLA 3: Nick Cousins – Anton Lundell – Justin Sourdif
COL 2: Artturi Lehkonen – Ryan Johansen – Jonathan Drouin
VGK 2: Paul Cotter – Chandler Stephenson – Mark Stone

Goalies

Jordan Binnington, STL – $7300
Logan Thompson, VGK – $8300
Filip Gustavsson, MIN – $7900
Ville Husson, DET – $8000

Defense Player Pool

Cale Makar, COL – $7800
Dougie Hamilton, NJ – $6600
Evan Bouchard, EDM – $6200
Victor Hedman, TB – $5800
Moritz Seider, DET – $5600
Sean Durzi, ARZ – $5400
Noah Dobson, NYI – $5300
Shayne Gostisbehere, $5100
Jacob Trouba, NYR – $4800
Alec Martinez, VGK – $3900
Colton Parayko, STL – $3700
Matt Roy, LA – $3400

Recent News

Tyreek Hill (oblique/calf) remained limited in Thursday's practice.
Hill doesn't look to be in any real danger of missing time in Week 1, but playing through yet another set of injuries won't be doing him any favors in fantasy football. There's still a good chance he stumbles into plenty of value in Week 1 against a Colts cornerback room that can best be described as "veteran-laden," but they won't be playing Indianapolis every week. We'd like to see Hill get a full practice in on Friday to be confident that he's got it all working, but he'll be on the WR2/WR3 even if he is questionable on the final injury report.
(Sep 4 -- NBC Sports)

De'Von Achane (calf) was limited on Thursday.
Achane is being eased back into action and is on track to play in Week 1 against the Colts. Head coach Mike McDaniel has not been afraid to pile touches high on his stars' plates when returning from injury. Achane is an RB1 for the occasion, though it would be nice to see him practice in full tomorrow.
(Sep 4 -- NBC Sports)

Eagles elevate LB Patrick Johnson, S Marcus Epps for Thursday night
The Eagles called up a pair of experienced defensive players from the practice squad ahead of Thursday night's game against the Cowboys.
(Sep 4 -- Yahoo Sports)

Texans expect Christian Kirk to miss at least Week One, maybe longer
Houston wide receiver Christian Kirk is not ready to make his debut for the Texans.
(Sep 4 -- Yahoo Sports)

Ravens CB Jaire Alexander returns to full participation in practice
Cornerback Jaire Alexander is on track to make his Ravens debut Sunday night.
(Sep 4 -- Yahoo Sports)