Each week during the season, we'll survey the Fantasy Hockey landscape and provide you with a list of players whose Fantasy value has increased or decreased over the course of the past week.
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| | Alexander Radulov, RW, Nashville Talk about a player who has turned it on the past 11 games! Playing on the same line with J.P. Dumont and Jason Arnott, who also are rolling, Radulov has been unstoppable. He had scored in six straight games during the stretch at one point and has 10 goals and 14 points in the 11 games mentioned. For the season he has balanced numbers with 23 goals and 23 assists and an impressive plus-17 in the plus/minus category. |
| | Simon Gagne, LW, Philadelphia Although he remains optimistic he can come back, a third concussion this season could be a dangerous thing to play with for Gagne's career. He sustained the initial concussion on Oct. 24 and rushed back on the ice after just four games. Then he had another concussion on Nov. 7 which kept him out for 26 games and now another head injury on Feb. 10 could keep him out for the rest of the season. Gagne said his symptoms were worse after the first two concussions. When on ice, Gagne is pretty good, but the smart thing is to reserve him for now until further notice. |
| | Michael Cammalleri, C, Los Angeles The Kings center has been back in the lineup for five games after being sidelined for 17 games due to a rib injury. No goals yet in those five games, but he has contributed with three assists. Look for his numbers to keep rising in the games to come. Cammalleri started the season strong before slumping and then the injury. But look for him to have a more than decent run down the stretch as his value has increased to some 97 percent of ownership. |
| | Robert Lang, C, Chicago Very little is going right for Lang on the second line with Martin Havlat and Tuomo Ruutu. Lang has just one goal and three assists in the last 10 games. He has been having a limited offensive season by his standards with just 39 points. Lang can be a 60-point player, but at the moment is just not showing that potential. |
| | David Booth, LW, Florida After a pretty good January when he scored six times and had three assists, it looks like February might be even better for the Panthers' second-year forward. Booth has tallied twice in the last six games and also picked up four assists, and there are eight more games to go this month. The 26 points (16 goals, 10 assists) accumulated to this point of the season are a career best. It's fair to say that the 23-year-old just keeps improving with every game. |
| | Marc-Andre Bergeron, D, N.Y. Islanders He is a defenseman with good potential, but is just not showing any of it right now. Bergeron had a nice little stretch going in just eight December games (4 goals, 3 assists), but has gone all but completely off the scoring charts. He has no points in the last 11 games and a mere three points in the last 17 games dating to early January. Bergeron is a minus-11 for the season and has compiled eight goals and nine assists. |
| | Sami Salo, D, Vancouver One of the Canucks' reliable defensemen has put together a fine little streak for himself, scoring once and getting an assist in each of the last four games. Going even further back, Salo picked up assists in eight of the last 11 games. His numbers (2 goals, 10 assists) to this point of the season are not all that impressive, but he does average some 24 minutes of ice time per game and is a plus-4. |
| | Todd Bertuzzi, RW, Anaheim Hard to come by some points lately for the big Ducks forward even though Anaheim has won five straight games. As hot as Bertuzzi was in the middle of January, that's how cold he has been since that time. The 33-year-old has just one goal and two assists in 11 games dating back to January 20. Up to that point he had scored five goals and had six assists in five consecutive games. With just 12 goals and 18 helpers for the season, if you can replace Bertuzzi in your lineup don't hesitate to do so. |
| | Mark Streit, D, Montreal The 30-year-old offensive-minded defenseman from Switzerland continues to improve with each game this season. He has become a much-coveted defenseman in Fantasy leagues. Streit, one of the top point men on the power play, has scored three goals to go with five assists in his last eight games. To this point of the season, he has nine goals and 30 assists. He is a valuable commodity to have in your defensive core. |
| | Colby Armstrong, RW, Pittsburgh Some Fantasy owners might think Armstrong was injured because he is nowhere to be found on the scoring sheet. Since Sidney Crosby was sidelined with an ankle injury, Armstrong was demoted to the second line and has not been able to produce anything. He is without a goal in 15 straight games and has just one measly assist in that stretch dating back on Jan. 12. His Fantasy stock has dropped as low as 22 percent in ownership. |
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