Short Shifts - Can The Penguins Re-Kindel Their Playoff Hopes?
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What headlines set the stage for this solo shift episode?
What's up champs? Welcome to another episode of the Short Shifts Fantasy Hockey Podcast, brought to you by Keating Carlson. I'm your host Nick Doyle, joining you for my first solo shift of the season. If you're new here, Short Shifts is a twice weekly check-in between the Sunday mega shows of Keeping Carlson, designed to keep you up to date with fantasy news, takes, and analysis all throughout the fantasy season and especially during the fantasy hockey playoffs. We've got a lot of news to get to, so let's dive right in. First off, the Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that Victor Headman is taking an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons. Obviously we wish him all the best in his time away from the game, but that means that John Cooper is going to be reconfiguring the lines without the Lightning captain.
Nikita Kucharov apparently saw what Alex Ovechkin is doing in Washington and said, Hey Coop, you think I could be on both power plays? So he's currently pulling double duty and playing almost seventy five percent of the power play time, as Tampa has him featured heavily on both units with the man advantage.
How will Victor Hedman's leave and Nikita Kucherov’s double‑PP role affect Tampa Bay fantasy value?
The interesting part here is that anyone on either of the two power plays will have some exposure to Kuchov. In particular, Charles Edward Dostou is heading up the point on the second power play unit and has four points in his past five games, including two assists tonight. Not exactly a pause the pod moment, but hey, they can't all be Dered Radish. Staying in the sunshine state, the Panthers announced that Ford Anton Lundell will likely sit out the remainder of the season with a rib injury. Florida's current lineup is a veritable who's who of guys that you probably didn't remember were on the Panthers, as they are currently without Alexander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Brad Marshand, Maki Samuskevich, Col Schwint, and Joanna Gachevich.
The main beneficiary I see from the ship of Theseus that is the Florida Panthers is Evan Rodriguez. Or that's what I would have said about an hour ago. Erod was ruled out with an upper body injury after the first shift tonight, so Vinnie Hidestrosa ended up joining the top power play unit. I'm not sure if anyone else on Florida is vaguely interesting in terms of streamer territory, so keep an eye on game day tweets to see which player could have an opportunity with the top unit. Over in Chicago, twenty twenty four first round draft pick Sasha Bois is making his NHL debut for the Blackhawks tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers. Boivre was eligible to sign his entry level deal with the Blackhawks once Boston University season ended almost two weeks ago.
Which Florida Panthers players emerge as fantasy steals after the injury roundup?
He started out on a line with Tiovo Teravinen and Landon Slaggart, but took a couple shifts with Ryan Donato and Ilya Mikhaev as well, so I'm curious to see how Yeah. Chicago has a nice off day schedule for the rest of this week's fantasy playoffs, so there are a couple streaming options from Chicago that could have some solid upside. In particular, Arvid Soderblum will almost certainly get the Friday start against the struggling Rangers, and then you could drop him for a Sunday savior if Chicago ends up going back tonight against the Devils. Another injury that just came up, Sidney Crosby will not return to tonight's game against Ottawa. He took what looked like a minor shoulder on shoulder hit along the wall from Nick Cousins in the first, came out to start the second period, and then left after a 38 second shift.
In his absence, Ben Kindle joined Ricard Raquel and Brian Rust on the top line and has an assist tonight. He's widely available in Yahoo Leagues, and the Penguins have a crazy fantasy week coming up where they play five games. So you could probably do a lot worse than Ben Kindle if he ends up on that top line, top power play deployment. And speaking of Ottawa, Carter Yakemchuk had a fantastic debut on Tuesday, scoring a goal and adding an assist against Detroit.
What does Sidney Crosby’s mysterious injury mean for his lineup and fantasy owners?
He didn't point today, just a couple of shots in a block, but he was running the top unit for the Sens, so it looks like they will be giving him sheltered deployment with big upside for points as he adjusts to the NHL.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What headlines set the stage for this solo shift episode?
0:20–1:19
2
How will Victor Hedman's leave and Nikita Kucherov’s double‑PP role affect Tampa Bay fantasy value?
1:19–2:48
3
Which Florida Panthers players emerge as fantasy steals after the injury roundup?
2:48–4:02
4
What does Sidney Crosby’s mysterious injury mean for his lineup and fantasy owners?
4:02–5:06
5
Can Dalibor Dvorsky sustain his top‑line role while Robert Thomas recovers from injury?
5:06–6:23
6
Which hot‑streak players should fantasy managers target in the next two weeks?
6:23–7:10
7
Is Tommy Novak a viable lottery ticket for the Penguins’ fantasy playoff run?
7:10–11:58