Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Hopefully everyone has enjoyed their first full week of hockey! Although there have only been a few games played for teams, injuries and line adjustments are already making impacts that can help your fantasy roster. Keep a close eye on the line combinations as they change often. @GameDayLines is a good Twitter account to follow in order to monitor the most recent updates.

Let's dive in.

Justin Danforth

Already noted in the Dobber Ramblings over the weekend, Danforth has seen time on the top line with Boone Jenner and Johnny Gaudreau and perhaps most significantly, averaged 75% of power-play time on the top unit with Gaudreau. Danforth is 28 years old and an undersized winger whom Columbus signed on a low-risk, one-year contract. He went undrafted resulting in a move to Europe where he played for three years. He started out with Liiga and finished top five in scoring twice before moving to the KHL where he was sixth in league scoring. The solid showing overseas earned him a contract with Columbus and now he finds himself lining up alongside the teams' star offseason acquisition. Double-check line combinations as he has been moved around in practice recently.

Columbus plays four times this week, starting tonight and Danforth is currently rostered in only 1% of Yahoo leagues. Consider him as a streaming option so long as he maintains this prime deployment.

Brandon Hagel

Brandon Hagel has been the recent fortunate forward to join Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point on the top line. Although the line has not scored yet, they have been playing very well together with a 66.7% Corsi For (CF) and a 61.9% Shots For (SF). These are good indications that the line is driving play against their opposition. No doubt Kucherov and Point are historically top tier players, but Hagel has averaged a 67 Individual Points Percentage (IPP) in his last two seasons meaning that he contributes to goals scored on the ice around two-thirds of the time. A good player is typically in the 65 to 70 percent range and so this metric shows that once this line begins to score, he will not just be riding coattails but actively involved in the offence.

At only 4% rostered in Yahoo leagues and with Tampa Bay having three games remaining this week, consider rotating Hagel onto your roster. He may be particularly valuable if you have space on Friday and Saturday as Tampa Bay plays a back-to-back.

Mason Marchment

Mason Marchment was one of the many surprise fantasy assets last season, seemingly coming out of nowhere to post 47 points in 54 games while averaging just over two shots and two hits per game. He managed to accomplish this playing on Florida's third line and averaging just over 14 minutes of TOI. Now with a fresh start on Dallas, Marchment has found himself playing predominantly alongside Tyler Seguin and Ty Dellandrea and is currently riding a hot streak with three goals and nine shots in his first three games. Marchment will most likely not be scoring on nearly 40% of his shots for the season, but consider streaming him in. He saw 16:45 of TOI on the weekend on what was effectively Dallas's second line. Should that continue, he will average nearly two and a half more minutes of ice time which ought to help offset the coming regression in shooting percentage.

Until that comes, scoop up the hot hand as he is only 42% rostered in Yahoo leagues.

Alexis Lafrenière

Alexis Lafrenière may finally be poised to take a long-awaited step forward, much to the delight of fantasy owners. The sample size is small but so far, he has seen a full three minutes more of ice time in his first few games and this is likely due to the fact that he is lining up alongside Vincent Trochek and Artemi Panarin. Panarin is white hot at the moment, with 10 points in four games played. For his part, Lafrenière is currently at three points in four games which is already a big increase on his pace from his previous two seasons. This deployment can only pay huge dividends to Lafrenière's development and help his fantasy stock to rise. He is a little less readily available than some other players at 53% rostered but in most leagues that should still allow for the opportunity to add him while the line is clicking.

Calen Addison

The rookie defenseman who was acquired in the Jason Zucker trade to Pittsburgh has already found himself quarterbacking the Minnesota top power-play unit. On Saturday's thriller against Los Angeles, Addison notched a power-play assist in nearly six and a half minutes of power-play time or 96.7% of the time available. That is a huge number and given that he retained the role while Minnesota was trailing for most of the game indicates that he has the trust of the coaching staff early on. The Wild were in the top half of the league last season in power-play goals and power-play conversion, seeing significant time on this unit with Kirill Kaprizov will only push his stock up for the Calder Trophy.

Addison is a little undersized for a defenseman but has all the makings of top four player who can run the power-play, with upside comparable to Kevin Shattenkirk. He is currently rostered in only 11% of Yahoo leagues.

Tyson Jost

As a quick note, Jost was spotted lining up on the top line alongside Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello for the game against Colorado last night. Jost saw primarily bottom six minutes during his time with Colorado, averaging 13:26 of TOI since the 2016-2017 season with his highest average at 14:38 five years ago. Regardless, if he is able to maintain this spot, he could be worth an add in deeper leagues.

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