Pavel Zacha

It is never easy to foresee the unforeseen. Injuries happen every day in the NHL, and here at Fantrax, our goal is to help you try to stay on top of those maladies with our weekly Injury Report. Counting all the latest bumps, bites, and bruises, there were 110 players held out of lineups. Several of those are long-term injuries from a previous year. Those players are likely not going to return or have retired. Here are some of the more notable maladies out there and their possible prognosis. Injury Updates Centers Paul…

Carolina Hurricanes (36-31-15, 87pts, 7th in Division) 2016-17 scoring leaders (G-A-Pts) Jeff Skinner        37-26-63Sebastian Aho    24-25-49Victor Rask         16-29-45 Top Prospects (position, age) Julien Gauthier, RW, 19Martin Necas, RW, 18Jake Bean, D, 19 Must Pick: Sebastian Aho Aho had a great rookie campaign and should improve on his 49 points this season. Look for him get top power play minutes and secure his place on the top line. Aho should score between 60-65 points this season. Sleeper…

Arizona Coyotes From now until the start of next season, I’ll be looking at each NHL team’s prospect situation and assessing each prospect’s projected fantasy value. With all due respect to turnover leagues, I will be focusing solely on keeper and dynasty leagues, because prospects have minimal value in re-draft leagues. Most fantasy leagues vary in structure, so for the purpose of this exercise, I will be referring to leagues that include a main roster and a prospect roster, each with their own respective draft.This…