Welcome back everyone! Is there anything worse than having a player on your watchlist and you can't make that add/drop for a day or so, and when you do…that player is gone. We're going to make sure that this week we're quick to the waiver or will enough of a head start on a potential waiver snag. Stats as of Thursday, October 24^th.

The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)

Tom Wilson, G, Washington Capitals (Rostered in 60% of ESPN leagues, 66% Fantrax, 50% Yahoo) – If anyone out there is selling Capitals stock, I'm buying. I watched their first game of the season, and it was like a car accident that miraculously everyone walked away from. Since then, I like their depth, I really like their blueline, and I like what they can offer on the power play coming up.

I've had Wilson circled in my league over on ESPN and have watched his roster numbers climb throughout the week, like try over 35% from where we were Sunday before the late slates started. Wilson is the type of player that I love to roster: shoots the puck often and gives you everything you could ask for with hits and blocked shots. Another plus here what the Capitals schedule offers, with four games on the schedule for next week.

This is an add to make here if you have a comfortable lead in your current matchup, why not stack the deck for next week? With matchups against the Canadiens and Blue Jackets, Wilson could be in some very favorable spots. The numbers are continuing to rise on his availability so if this is a move that you're considering I would pull the trigger on it sooner rather than later.

The Building Block (Buy now, sit back and enjoy the production)

Anton Lundell, C/LW, Florida Panthers (Rostered in 45% of ESPN leagues, 68% Fantrax, 45% Yahoo) – If I wasn't already rostering Sam Bennett in my main league, I would probably be giving Anton Lundell a look here. A player I've been hot and cold on for a couple seasons now, Lundell might just be a solid Building Block for your team.

Lundell is on fire since coming up to the Panthers top six, and first line in particular, with four goals and seven points. Better yet, he's still around 50/50 roster numbers on ESPN and Yahoo, and I would imagine in non-Dynasty leagues over on Fantrax that could be the case as well. This is almost an Immediate/Fix – Building Block hybrid here as once Alexandar Barkov returns to the lineup, then all bets are off for Lundell to remain on the top line. Barkov has been rumored to come back by, "the end of the month", but this might be a good opportunity to capitalize on some offense in the meantime.

The Odd Man Out (His short-term value is cause for concern)

Matty Beniers, C, Seattle Kraken (Rostered in 50% of ESPN leagues, 65% Fantrax, 14% Yahoo) – I searched far and wide all through these lands for an Odd Man Out for this week and then, lo and behold, here I am not paying attention on a Team's call filling out a DFS lineup and there it was. Matty Beniers, I present to you, the Odd Man Out Trophy. It's his first time receiving this prestigious award, but still has a way to go to catch Evan Rodrigues who I think gets mentioned in this part of the article once a season.

So why Matty Beniers? It's solely because of ice time and that is brutal when outing together a DFS line or fantasy roster for a night. On 10/19 for example, he hardly cleared 15 minutes of TOI and is averaging 17:08. I went down the waivers on ESPN to find someone with around 50% roster numbers in a similar(ish) spot as Beniers and landed on Mikael Baklund, same position, around the same roster numbers. He's skating over 21 minutes a night. I get it's a different team and different situation, but if fantasy is what I'm looking at here than I worry about Beniers' ice time, along with Seattle forwards as a whole going forward.

Beniers could also be an Odd Man Out if Shane Wright is to get more ice time, but honestly Seattle might just be a difficult roster to select forwards off for fantasy. Spread ice time for fantasy hockey is like spreading targets for wide receivers in fantasy football – it can just be too hard to gauge who to start and who to sit.

The Anchors (They’ll do nothing but disappoint even over the long haul)

Trevor Moore, LW/RW, Los Angeles Kings (Rostered in 60% of ESPN leagues, 60%, Fantrax, 53% Yahoo) – I had Trevor Moore in my queue to draft and was admittedly a little bummed when I didn't get him as a depth draft pick. Now, two weeks into the season, he's on our waivers and has dropped nearly 15% in roster numbers on ESPN.

The Kings have looked…disheveled? Is that the right word here? We'll go with it. They have looked disheveled to start the season and goaltending aside, I'm a bit surprised by it. If you recall last season, this was a Kings team that had to play preseason in Australia, come back for an abbreviated camp, and had a gauntlet schedule to start. I really thought that this season they'd maybe look more together at the start, but it just hasn't come to be just yet and Moore is part of that group. You never really know which line he's going to be on and can't predict what power play as well. With only one goal in the first seven games for LA, he's a bench player or someone on waivers, for now.

Love ‘Em (These squads are sure to pay dividends in the coming days)

This period runs through October 25^th – November 4th

NY Islanders – The Isles grade out well, which means more plug and play Isles in DFS! Because that's not gone wrong so far this season…still, this is a favorable spot for them upcoming with games against the Ducks, Jackets, and Sabres.

Philadelphia – They're one of the few teams with a back-to-back this weekend, and that puts them in a unique spot for those in close fantasy matchups.

Washington – I told ya, I'm buying Caps stock! These dips won't buy themselves, you guys. They'll have a nice middle-of-the-week schedule with games against Detroit and Columbus, but a big test on next Sunday at home vs Carolina.

Leave ‘Em (These squads will leave fantasy owners sorely disappointed in the short term)

Dallas – This is going to be a hard fantasy week upcoming for those rostering players from Dallas and the team we're about to talk about. The Stars play just twice next week, and we have to wait all the way until Friday for that to take place. They're a Leave 'Em for now.

Florida – Oh look! The team the Stars are playing! Home-and-home for Florida at the back end of next week. Not a lot of Panthers on the schedule upcoming, stay away for now.

New Jersey – Positive, the Devils are an east coast team that's knocking out their western Canada road trip now. Negative, only two games next week. For now, they're a Leave 'Em.