That's part of the problem here for Williams and his fantasy value. It's not like he ended up in Tampa Bay or Dallas. Williams ended up on a team that relies on its power play for a good amount of its goal scoring. Williams will be on the power play for this team, but I'm not sure it's on the top unit with Nicklas Backstrom and company. I think Williams can improve on the 13 power play points next year, but not by a lot. If he cracks the 20 power play point mark, it should be considered a great year.

That's kind of the crux here for Williams in fantasy. If he doesn't get regular top unit minutes on the power play, he may not crack 50 points this year. It's possible he will, but I'm not ready to bank on that yet.

Another concern was the plummet in shots per game for Williams; from 2009-2014, Williams averaged between 2.85 and 3.00 shots per game. That number dropped this year to 2.15. Part of that was being given less ice per game, part of it is just shooting less, as he took far fewer shots per 60 minutes at five-on-five last year (7.71) than the previous five seasons (10.47). If he can't bring his volume of shots up, he could be hard-pressed to return to form.

To have much fantasy value next year, Williams needs to do two things: first, get top unit power play minutes, and start shooting more like he has done for most of his career. Without those two things, this looks to be a better real-world signing than fantasy addition.