Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Streamers for NHL Week 7

Here are your fantasy hockey waiver-wire report streams for week 7. Looking ahead at the schedule, we’re hunting for any advantage, whether it’s soft opponents or maximizing players who suit up on slow nights. That one extra game can mean the difference between winning and losing a category, if not your match.

Let’s dive in.

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Week at a Glance

5 Teams with 4 games this week:

Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks

5 teams with 2 games this week:

Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Seattle Kraken

Best Light-day schedule (fewer than 8 games slated)

Nashville Predators (4), Edmonton Oilers (3), San Jose Sharks (3), Philadelphia Flyers (3), New York Rangers (3), Vegas Golden Knights (3), Vancouver Canucks (3)

Toughest schedule (based on opponents’ goals-against per game):

Seattle Kraken (2.27 GA/gm),  Montreal Canadiens (2.47 GA/gm), Boston Bruins (2.58 GA/gm),

Softest schedule (based on opponents’ goals-against per game):

Vegas Golden Knights (3.60 GA/gm), New York Rangers (3.58 GA/gm), Carolina Hurricanes (3.44 GA/gm)

Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Streams for Week 7

Victor Olofsson (RW, Vegas Golden Knights) Rostered 40%

Two games back from his injury, Olofsson returned to his third line and first power-play roles. Averaging only 13:12 per game, his five-on-five production is limited. It’s the spot on the Golden Knights’ top power play that makes Olofsson so intriguing, though. With two elite puck distributors like Mark Stone (LW) and Mitch Marner (RW), someone needs to fire the puck into the back of the net.

This is a guy who came into the league highly touted for his offensive ability. He teased us with his skill set back in 2021-22 with 49 points, and then in 2022-23 with 28 goals. That next step never came. On his second stint with the Golden Knights, we should see that rostered percentage slowly climb throughout the season.

Reason to add: Three off-night games. Golden Knights’ first power-play.

Ross Colton (C/LW/RW, Nashville Predators) Rostered 10%

Colton is a streaky player. That unreliability is a big reason why he’s only rostered in 10% of Fantrax’s hockey pools.

Right now, Colton is on a bit of a streak. He has points in three straight and five in his last four games. With four games on slow nights, Colton will provide four extra games played. The one knock is his lack of exposure to either power-play unit. Perhaps Andrew Brunette will go with the hot hand and throw Colton onto the second unit this week.

Reason to add: Four off-night games. Three-game point streak. Known to be a streaky player.

Jamie Drysdale (D, Philadelphia Flyers) Rostered 61%

Are we finally seeing the emergence of the offensive defenceman Drysdale was touted to be? Nine points in 18 games isn’t anything special, especially at face value. When you peel back a layer and realize all nine points have come in the last seven games, that is a completely different narrative.

His ice time is up to a new career high, 1:34 per game over last year. He’s also seeing 3:01 of power-play time per game, which represents 60.1% of the Flyers’ power-play opportunities. Even more encouraging, that’s 42 seconds more per game than he received last year.

The Flyers aren’t great, but they’re not as bad as they started this season. Drysdale is turning into a first-quarter bright spot.

Reason to add: Three off-night games. First pair, first power-play. Nine points in the last seven games.