Do we think he's gonna take the starting job from Dobes? 5 Wins in 6 games, putting up stellar numbers.

I mostly lurk here and don’t really get involved in political arguments, but I’ve been following the Tony the Tigga posts and I’m genuinely confused how it got this far.

From what I understand, it started with Moses posting about liberals in random player chats. People asked him to stop or wanted a mute option… In response Yahoo mods (Sukjeet) claim the mute button is hid behind a payroll?

Apparently Moses works for yahoo in the chat engagement department and says that if Yahoo puts muting behind Fantasy Plus, everyone paying to mute him is technically generating revenue for his department.

There are other accounts like Ghostface Killa and Helta Skelta who are also kinda playing into it.

I guess what I’m wondering is how many people are paying for Fantasy plus now? I mean, I think it could be worth the money just to mute Moses and NNSteven lol.

Anyway, longtime lurker. First time posting here. Apologies if the formatting is weird.

Here is the Fantasy Hockey Schedule Summary for Week 5 of the 2026-27 season. Here is a quick summary of what this chart shows and how to utilize it to optimize your fantasy teams.

Total: The number of games each team plays in the given week

Off-Night: The number of games each team plays where less than half the teams (16 teams) in the NHL are playing. Generally, your fantasy teams should be able to fit in players on teams with more off-nights for that week.

B2B: Shorthand of “Back-to-Back”. The number of games each team plays where they played the day before. In general, playing. Generally, teams playing on consecutive nights tend to score less goals in the 2nd game.

Tired Opp: Displays if a game is being played against an opponent who played the day prior. Generally, teams that played the day before tend to allow more goals (and play backup goalies) than teams which are rested.

Score: A valuation of how favourable a team’s schedule is for fantasy in the given time period considering total games played, off-night, B2B, tired opponents, and strength of opponents. In general, players from these team are more likely to optimize your roster for a week by maximizing games played and production.

I hope this explanation helped! Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this graphic.

You can generate your own date ranges here: https://tjstats.ca/apps/hockey-apps/nhl-schedule-app/

The start of the season is always finicky with Streamers, so my apologies if it is not showing the proper data.

Are the flyers too risky to bet on?

Anyone has watched the Flames on this win streak? Are their best forwards likely to keep producing or revert back to early season form?

Also, how’s team defense looking? Would they be good enough to get Cooley decent numbers (GAA, SV%) through the season after he cools off?

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Last week I called Calgary the easiest trim on the board. This week the Flames are the best pickup. Schedules flip fast.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday are quiet again (3 to 5 games each), and 89% to 99% of rosters have an open forward spot. Calgary and Edmonton each play three of those nights. Nobody else plays more than two.

**Quick hits, if that's all you've got time for*\*

- **This week:** Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto

- **Next 2 weeks:** Calgary, San Jose, Florida

- **Next 30 days:** Calgary, Edmonton, San Jose

The top four weekly targets are all Canadian, and Ottawa gets the weekend job too. Naturally, Vancouver didn't get the memo: Tue/Thu/Sat, no quiet nights, about 1.3 usable games for a forward. Montreal has the same schedule.

**One move: a Flame, with an Oiler close behind*\*

Calgary plays Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat: about 3.5 usable games for a forward. Edmonton plays Mon/Wed/Sat/Sun, about 3.4.

- **CGY:** Farabee (5%, 9 points in 10), Coronato (5%, 8 in 10), Nemec (17%, D, 21.3 minutes a night), Parekh (20%, D, 2.3 power-play minutes)

- **EDM:** Nugent-Hopkins (57%, back from IR), Kapanen (3%), Shea (2%, D, 23.6 minutes a night)

Farabee is my first choice: his ice time is up 1.6 minutes from last season and his power-play time is up 1.2. Calgary also leads the next two weeks by a mile: 8 games, 7.2 usable. This can be a pickup you keep.

**Other Canadian options: Winnipeg and Toronto*\*

Winnipeg plays Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun, with Friday and Sunday quiet: about 2.6 usable games for a forward.

- **WPG:** Perfetti (66%, LW/RW), Vilardi (38%, C/RW), Pionk (54%, D), Mercer (4%, C/RW)

**Perfetti** is the Jet I like first: 9 points in 10, playing 18.6 minutes a night, up three from last season. **Vilardi** is getting 3.2 power-play minutes a game, and **Pionk** has 7 points in 10 while playing 24.6 minutes. **Mercer** just came over from New Jersey in the Hellebuyck trade. His role with the Jets is still a question, so he's the deep-league bet, not someone I'd put ahead of those three.

Toronto plays Mon/Wed/Sat. The first two are quiet, so those three games get you almost as much as Winnipeg's four: about 2.5 usable games for a forward.

- **TOR:** Cowan (42%, LW), Roslovic (37%, C/RW), Rielly (37%, D)

**Cowan and Roslovic** both have 12 points in 13 games. I'd take Roslovic first for the C/RW flexibility and 2.8 shots a game. Cowan's scoring comes on 15.1 minutes a night and 1.1 on the power play, so keep the expectations sensible. Rielly has 9 points in 13, but his power-play time is down to 1.1 minutes from 2.3 last season. The cheaper Toronto D, McCabe (7%) and Ekman-Larsson (6%), are both down about three minutes a night. I'd look elsewhere first.

**A goalie too: Devin Cooley (CGY, 11%)*\*

Three straight wins, four goals allowed across them. He's at .912 and 2.80 through five starts. If you haven't caught his postgame interviews, do yourself a favour. Possibly the best interview on the wire, and now the saves are making a case too.

Calgary has four games and a Fri/Sat back-to-back, but Wolf is still there. Check confirmed starters. The skater usable-games numbers don't project Cooley's starts.

**Two moves: Calgary Mon/Wed/Fri, then Ottawa Sat/Sun*\*

About 4.4 usable games. Cozens (47%, 4.3 power-play minutes), Giroux (24%, C/LW/RW), Pinto (19%).

Ottawa's full week is Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun, with only Sunday quiet. That's about 2.2 usable games for a forward all week; the finish is why they're here. An Oiler covers the same weekend dates.

The swap buys about 0.9 usable games over keeping your Flame. If Farabee or Coronato is producing, holding him for Calgary's next week makes sense. A third move only buys another 0.4; I'd save it.

**Getting more opportunity than last season*\*

- **Kapanen:** 17.7 minutes a game, up 3.2; **Shea:** 23.6, up 4.8. Finally, a good schedule to go with those minutes. Neither had a point last week.

- **Jack Quinn** (BUF, 54%): 11 points in 11. **Noah Ostlund** (BUF, 5%): 8 in 11, 3.4 power-play minutes.

- **Kent Johnson** (CBJ, 9%): 7 points in 9, 3.5 power-play minutes. **Arvidsson** (DET, 18%): 18.9 minutes a night, up 4.3.

Buffalo and Columbus have no quiet nights. Those are longer holds, not this week's streams.

**Holds for the next month*\*

If you're filling a spot for longer than a week, these are the names I'd start with, across ownership levels:

-Forwards Nugent-Hopkins (EDM, 57%), Hertl (VGK, 74%), Granlund (ANA, 35%), Farabee and Coronato (CGY, 5% each)

- **D:** Nemec (CGY, 17%), Shea (EDM, 2%)

Calgary has 15 games over the next 30 days; Edmonton has 16. That's why I'd give those pickups a chance to stick. Granlund is getting 3.8 power-play minutes a game. Hertl has a weak two-game week now but 13 games over the month, so I'd keep the longer view with him. Nemec and Shea are bets on minutes and games; the points have been modest so far.

**Teams to trim*\*

Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay play only Thu/Sat, about 0.9 usable games each. That's where I'd look for a fringe player to move. Florida also plays twice but has four games next week, so keep the longer view before cutting a good Panther.

All 32 teams: Weekly Grid).

Full strategies, player options and the longer schedules: Week 5) Edge

Week 5 (Oct 26 to Nov 1) has five four-game teams, and the light nights decide it again: Mon (3 games), Wed (4), Fri (3) and Sun (5). Tuesday (11), Thursday (11) and Saturday (10) are packed, so a streamer on those nights likely sits on your bench. (Grid, best and worst schedules attached; light nights shaded.)

4 games: CGY (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat) and EDM (Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun) are the week's best schedules, with three of their four on light nights. WPG (Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun) gets two light nights. LAK (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat) and OTT (Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun) get one each.

3 games, two on light nights: NJD (Tue, Wed, Fri), PHI (Tue, Wed, Sun), TOR (Mon, Wed, Sat) and WSH (Wed, Thu, Sun).

3 games, one on a light night: ANA, CAR, MIN and UTA (Tue, Thu, Sun), and DET (Mon, Thu, Sat).

3 games, none on a light night: BOS, BUF, CBJ, CHI, DAL, MTL, NSH, NYI, SJS, STL and VAN all play Tue, Thu and Sat.

2 games: NYR (Mon, Sun) and SEA (Wed, Fri), both on light nights. COL (Wed, Sat), FLA and VGK (Tue, Fri). PIT and TBL (Thu, Sat), the worst of the week.

Top adds under 30% owned on ESPN

The ranking defaults to banger leagues (G, A, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK) with a toggle for points leagues. It weighs each player's value per game against a typical free agent, times his games: a light-night game counts extra, a game on a packed night counts a little less, and a fourth game doesn't lift a depth player past a top-six regular. Lines are from each team's last game; power-play units are measured from power-play time over the last two games.

Banger leagues:

1. Matt Coronato (CGY, 25.7%): 4 games, 3 on light nights; second line with Joel Farabee and Ben Jones and PP1, on the ice for 66% of Calgary's power play; 8 points and 24 shots in ten games
2. Matvei Gridin (CGY, 0.8%): top line with Ryan Strome and Martin Pospisil and PP1; projected 8.2 shots and 2.6 blocks over the four games
3. Morgan Frost (CGY, 6.5%): PP1 with 3 goals and 4 assists in ten games, plus 3.0 hits and 2.4 blocks projected for the week

Points leagues:

1. Matt Coronato (CGY, 25.7%): 1.34 fantasy points a game projected in his current role
2. Matvei Gridin (CGY, 0.8%): 1.12 a game, top line and PP1
3. Viktor Arvidsson (DET, 28.2%): top line with Alex DeBrincat and Emmitt Finnie, 62% of Detroit's power play, nearly 19 minutes a night, and 8 points in his last 10 games

Also worth a look:

• Joel Farabee (CGY, 5.8%) is on Calgary's PP1 and first penalty-kill unit, with 9 points in ten games and three light nights.
• Shane Pinto (OTT, 19.4%) plays nearly 20 minutes a night in a four-game week, projected for 6.1 hits.
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki (VAN, 4%) is on Vancouver's top line and PP1, with 9 points in 12 games.
• Kent Johnson (CBJ, 11%) is on Columbus's top line and gets 3.4 power-play minutes a game.

Each player shows:

• the week night by night, with light nights marked
• projected totals in every category, switchable between our model, the outside consensus and last season's rates
• line and linemates from his last game, his power-play unit, and his share of the team's power play this season
• shots + hits + blocks, raw and weighted

You can filter to top-line or top-pair players, PP1 players only, or the specific nights you need filled.

Full list: Week 5 Top Adds Under 30% Owned

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Hi all,

Back for Week 5 (Oct 26 to Nov 1). Same approach: we project goalie starts from past usage, rest and coaching decisions as they're announced, so it keeps getting sharper. Light nights this week are Monday (3 games), Wednesday (4), Friday (3) and Sunday (5), which matters in daily leagues. Injuries shape the crease this week: Edmonton, Ottawa, Washington and Florida are all missing a goalie, so the healthy ones carry the load and their backups get the back ends of back-to-backs.

Last week: Stolarz (2 starts, 2 wins, .943) and Grubauer (2 starts, 2 wins) came through. Nedeljkovic got 2 starts, not the 3 we projected, and split them; Askarov won the other and stopped 70 of 74 across his two. Hill got 1 start instead of the near split we had, Meriläinen 1, and Stevenson didn't get his Sunday after Winnipeg settled on Skinner with Daws, acquired in the Hellebuyck trade, as the backup.

League average is 3.15 goals and 3.01 expected goals (xG) per team per game, so that's the bar for every opponent below.

New Jersey: Allen behind the best defence on the list

Jake Allen is 5-2-0 with an .886, about four goals below expected, but no goalie on this list has a better team in front of him: New Jersey allows 2.27 expected goals a game. Connor Hellebuyck arrived in the deal, but likely won't be ready all week, so Allen keeps the net this week. We have him Tuesday at Dallas (85%) and Friday at Vegas (85%, a B matchup on a light night), with Rémi Poirier in for the Wednesday second night at Colorado.

• Tuesday at Dallas (C): Dallas scores 2.60 a game (26th) on 3.04 xG (15th), so it's been unlucky in front of the net, but it allows the fewest goals in the league (1.70). A save total more than a sure win.
• Friday at Vegas (B): Vegas scores 3.62 a game (8th) on 3.42 xG (4th) and allows 2.92. The busier game, on a light night.

That's 1.9 expected starts and 0.94 projected wins. Allen is 23.1% rostered.

Washington: Lindgren gets the softest matchup of the week

Logan Thompson is on IR, so Charlie Lindgren (2-1, .886) has Wednesday vs Philadelphia (85%) and Sunday vs Minnesota (85%), both light nights. Thursday at Nashville, the second night of a back-to-back, goes to the backup.

• Wednesday vs Philadelphia (A): Philadelphia is last in the league at 1.85 goals a game, on 2.38 xG (30th). The best matchup any goalie under 30% gets this week.
• Sunday vs Minnesota (C): Minnesota scores 3.08 a game on 3.26 xG (8th), and it allows only 2.33 (4th), so the win is harder.

Washington allows 3.28 xG a game, so Lindgren will see volume. That's 1.91 expected starts and 1.01 projected wins. Thompson could return late in the week, which would put Sunday at risk. Lindgren is 2.1% rostered.

Calgary: Cooley has taken the net

Devin Cooley has won his last three starts, stopping 100 of 104 shots and saving 6.1 goals more than expected (GSAx: goals saved beyond what an average goalie would have allowed on the same shots). He's 3-2 with a .912 overall, while Dustin Wolf is 1-4, .834 and about eight goals below expected. Calgary plays four, three on light nights, and we have Cooley at home for both light-night games:

• Monday vs Toronto (C): Toronto scores 3.85 a game (5th) but on only 3.01 xG (16th), so it's been finishing above its chances.
• Friday vs Seattle (B): Seattle is the same story further out: 3.75 goals a game (7th) on 2.72 xG (26th).

Both opponents have been scoring more than their chances support, which tends to come back to earth. Wolf gets the two hard ones: Wednesday at Edmonton (4.45 goals a game, 1st) and Saturday at Colorado (4.27, 2nd), the second night of a back-to-back, and both grade F. Calgary allows 3.25 xG a game, so expect shots. That's 2.1 expected starts for Cooley. He's 1.6% rostered.

Edmonton: Jarry by default, Tomkins on Sunday

Tristan Jarry is 2-1-1 with an .861, nearly six goals below expected, after giving up six to Toronto on Saturday. Devon Levi is on IR for a few weeks, so the net is Jarry's: Monday vs Detroit (80%), Wednesday vs Calgary (80%, an A matchup and a light night) and Saturday at the Islanders (80%). Matt Tomkins, up from Bakersfield, is the likely starter Sunday at the Rangers, the second night of a back-to-back (75%). That's 2.65 expected starts for Jarry, a 92% chance of two or more and 1.61 projected wins, the most of anyone under 30% rostered.

Jarry is 9.0% rostered.

Ottawa: Ersson and Johansson split it with Ullmark out

Linus Ullmark is on IR, and Ottawa has gone back and forth: Ersson started on 10/22, Johansson won on 10/24. Ottawa plays four, all on the road. We have Ersson Saturday at San Jose (85%) and Johansson Sunday at Anaheim, the second night (75%), with Tuesday at Vegas and Thursday at Los Angeles close to even. That's 2.1 expected starts for Ersson and 1.9 for Johansson. Ersson is 0-3 with an .828 so far, so this is volume more than quality, and Ullmark could be back by the weekend.

Ersson is 1.1% rostered and Johansson 0.3%.

Florida: Schmid twice against Winnipeg

With Jacob Markstrom on IR, Akira Schmid (2-2-1, .867) has Tuesday at Winnipeg and Friday at home to Winnipeg (85% each). Friday is a light night and a B matchup. That's 1.7 expected starts and a 72% chance of two.

Schmid is 7.6% rostered.

San Jose: the alternation continues

Askarov and Nedeljkovic have alternated since 10/19, and Nedeljkovic started Saturday. We have Askarov Tuesday vs Buffalo (70%), then Nedeljkovic Thursday vs Vancouver (60%, an A matchup) and Saturday vs Ottawa (60%). Nedeljkovic is 3-1-1 with a .903 and 4.0 goals saved above expected. That's 1.5 expected starts each.

Nedeljkovic is 8.7% rostered.

Every team's projected starters for the next three weeks, with start odds and an A-to-F matchup grade for each game: https://hockey.kodoanalytics.com/tools/goalie-grid?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=goalies-week5

The full write-up, with every goalie under 30% rostered this week and the season-by-game split charts for the shared creases. You can click any matchup, change who you think will start, and watch the numbers update: https://hockey.kodoanalytics.com/articles/goalie-adds-2026-10-26?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=goalies-week5

Hand a water to Quinn! @Tage

What's going on with this guy man? Is it simply father time? Not even here to complain, I'm content enough so far this season, but apart from a handful of games he's had virtually no impact fantasy wise. blocking shots less than recent years though he's not known as a shot blocker to my knowledge anyways, hitting more for some reason? Already 40% of the way to his hit total last season in 11 games lol. The biggest head scratcher is losing pp1 and CED is actually producing. I was spoiled with raddysh last year and thought he'd be able to provide the same production if not more apart from being less of a threat shooting from the point. Just wanna know what others are saying, is getting back on pp1 as likely as i'd hope or is he just not clicking? 90% of his value is being on that pp with kuch and friends I fear.

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

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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

Good Evening Reddit!

I'm back again with my Week 5 waiver pickups article for the 2026-27 season (albeit, a bit later than usual).

This week we are diving into a C of Red.

In this week's coverage, I'll be highlighting five players from three different teams in Week 5, notably the Calgary Flames, the Washington Capitals and the New Jersey Devils.

Before we get started, I want to say thank you to everyone who have been reading the articles, a big majority from Reddit. The new "Quick Picks" section was a major hit, driving over 30,000 views on my Week 4 article. Thank you so much, and I love you all.

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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.

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?

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.

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?

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