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Fantasy Hockey: Breakout Candidates |
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When describing a breakout candidate for fantasy hockey I am zeroing in on players who are going to take a big jump in points. Some of them will be rookies, some sophomores and others will be players who had good seasons last year but are going to really explode this season. There will be a mix of different types of breakout players to choose from.
Keep in mind some of the jumps in points are only 10 points, but going from a 50 to 60 points player is a big jump.
It’s up to you to gauge where you would want to pick up one of these players in your draft pending on the categories and what players are available when you see their name pop up.
A lot of things factor into the best possible fantasy hockey draft, knowing when to grab a player who is available when he should have already been taken is one of the key factors. Knowledge of your ranks helps a ton, so be sure to have a list prepared for forwards, defense and goaltenders so you are not scrambling to make your picks.
Hopefully this list of breakout candidates helps solidify your roster in the middle and later rounds of your draft. Most people don’t have problems picking quality named players in the first handful of rounds. It’s the depth picks that really make a difference, remember that!
Breakout candidates:
Anaheim:
(D) Brandon Montour – my projection: 28-30 points – last season 6 points in 27 games.
Arizona:
(F) Clayton Keller – my projection: 43 points – rookie
Boston:
(D) Charles McAvoy – my projection: 33 points – last season 3 assists in 6 playoff games (NHL)
Buffalo:
(F) Sam Reinhart – my projection 57 points – last season 47 points in 79 games
Calgary:
(F) Matthew Tkachuk – my projection 56 points – last season 48 points in 76 games
Carolina:
(F) Sebastian Aho – my projection 60 points – last season 49 points in 82 games
Chicago:
(F) Nick Schmaltz – my projection 40 points – last season 28 points in 61 games
Colorado:
(F) Mikko Rantanen – my projection 55 points – last season 38 points in 75 games
Columbus:
(D) Zach Werenski – my projection 61 points – last season 47 points in 78 games
Dallas:
(D) Julius Honka – my projection 28 points – rookie
Detroit:
(F) Anthony Mantha – my projection 55 points – last season 36 points in 60 games
Edmonton:
(F) Kailer Yamamoto – my projection 40 points – rookie
Florida:
(F) Evgeni Dadonov – my projection 48 points – last season KHL 66 points in 53 games
Los Angeles:
(F) Adrian Kempe – my projection 37 points – rookie
Minnesota:
(F) Joel Eriksson Ek – my projection 41 points – last season 7 points in 15 games
Montreal:
(F) Brendan Gallagher – my projection 51 points – last season 29 points in 64 games
Nashville:
(F) Kevin Fiala – my projection 45 points – last season 16 points in 54 games
New Jersey:
(F) Nico Hischier – my projection 44 points – rookie
New York Islanders:
(F) Josh Ho-Sang – my projection 40 points – last season 10 points in 21 games
New York Rangers:
(F) Pavel Buchnevich – my projection 41 points – last season 20 points in 41 games
Ottawa:
(D) Thomas Chabot – my projection 29 points – rookie
Philadelphia:
(F) Jordan Weal – my projection 48 points – last season 12 points in 23 games
(F) Nolan Patrick – my projection 40 points – rookie
Pittsburgh:
(F) Jake Guentzel – my projection 62 points – last season 33 points in 40 games
San Jose:
(F) Logan Couture – my projection 68 points – last season 52 points in 73 games
St. Louis:
(F) Brayden Schenn – my projection 63 points – last season 55 points in 79 games
Tampa Bay:
(F) Brayden Point – my projection 57 points – last season 40 points in 68 games
Toronto:
(F) Auston Matthews – my projection 84 points – last season 69 points in 82 games
Vancouver:
(F) Brock Boeser – my projection 48 points – last season 5 points in 9 games
Las Vegas:
(F) Vadim Shipachyov – my projection 50 points – last season KHL 76 points in 50 games
Washington:
(F) Jakub Vrana – my projection 42 points – last season 6 points in 21 games
Winnipeg:
(F) Kyle Connor – my projection 43 points – last season 5 points in 20 games
That concludes my main list, there are surely going to be other players as I only picked one from each team other than the Flyers who I took two from as I see both players making big strides forward.
Are there any players I didn’t mention that you think may burst out?
Thanks for reading!