You should be getting some sense of what kind of fantasy team you have as the calendar is closing in on November. You can blame some of your slow start on having Connor McDavid and his slow start, and you know that won't last much longer, or you can bask in drafting players like Evgeni Malkin and Nick Schmaltz, forwards who have vaulted you to the top of the standings.
Here are some players who you could deal for and trade elsewhere.
TRADE FOR
Steven Stamkos, C, W, Predators (53 percent rostered)
Stamkos is off to another tough start with a goal and an assist in 11 games. He has not played well in his one season-plus with the Predators as he had only 53 points last season after signing as a free agent. He played 16 seasons with the Lightning, finishing the last three seasons with 106, 84 and 81 points respectively. Stamkos is 35, so while you shouldn't expect 80-point seasons from him anymore, he is certainly better than a 20- to 25-point player, especially playing on the top power-play unit as well as the second line.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Stamkos for Mats Zuccarello. (You really shouldn't have to give up a lot for Stamkos. Zuccarello is a good example, as he is out with a lower-body injury and is likely two to four weeks away from returning.)
Quinn Hughes, D, Canucks (100 percent rostered)
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You should be getting some sense of what kind of fantasy team you have as the calendar is closing in on November. You can blame some of your slow start on having Connor McDavid and his slow start, and you know that won't last much longer, or you can bask in drafting players like Evgeni Malkin and Nick Schmaltz, forwards who have vaulted you to the top of the standings.
Here are some players who you could deal for and trade elsewhere.
TRADE FOR
Steven Stamkos, C, W, Predators (53 percent rostered)
Stamkos is off to another tough start with a goal and an assist in 11 games. He has not played well in his one season-plus with the Predators as he had only 53 points last season after signing as a free agent. He played 16 seasons with the Lightning, finishing the last three seasons with 106, 84 and 81 points respectively. Stamkos is 35, so while you shouldn't expect 80-point seasons from him anymore, he is certainly better than a 20- to 25-point player, especially playing on the top power-play unit as well as the second line.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Stamkos for Mats Zuccarello. (You really shouldn't have to give up a lot for Stamkos. Zuccarello is a good example, as he is out with a lower-body injury and is likely two to four weeks away from returning.)
Quinn Hughes, D, Canucks (100 percent rostered)
Hughes is currently out of action with a lower-body injury but hopes to return in time Thursday's tilt against St. Louis. It will be the second game that Hughes has missed this season. He is off to a good, but not great, start, scoring once and adding six assists, including one goal and four helpers with the man advantage. Hughes is a prolific scorer from the blue line, managing 76 points in two of his last three seasons and 92 points in 2023-24.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Hughes, Cole Caufield and Logan Cooley for Sidney Crosby, Rasmus Dahlin and Ivan Demidov. (This is a huge trade and looks fairly even for this season.)
Moritz Seider, D, Red Wings (97 percent rostered)
Seider is off to a slow start offensively for the Red Wings, with one point in his last six games and only three assists in 10 games. He is averaging a career high 3:28 on the power play, and all three assists have come with the man advantage. Seider has had three straight seasons with at least 200 hits and 181 blocked shots. He has averaged 45 points per season heading into the 2025-26 campaign, and, at the age of 24, it would seem that Seider will pick up the pace in the very near future.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Seider for Tomas Hertl. (This was the most lopsided trade I found. There were a couple of trades of Seider for Rasmus Dahlin, though one team threw in Matthew Schaefer in addition to Seider for Dahlin. I guess most poolies understand the value of Seider.)
TRADE AWAY
Scott Wedgewood, G, Avalanche (77 percent rostered)
Wedgewood's time as the Avalanche's No 1 goaltender is coming to an end with the return to the lineup of Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body). Blackwood backed up Wedgewood on Tuesday for the first time in the season after missing the Avs' first 10 games. Wedgewood is 6-1-2 with a 2.59 GAA and an .899 save percentage to start the season, but look for Blackwood to eventually retake the top job in Colorado. Don't be surprised if the duo shares the net for a couple of weeks while Blackwood regains his game shape, but it will not be too long until Wedgewood plays one game in three, rather than his current action of 10 of Colorado's first 12 contests.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Wedgewood for Jake Oettinger. (Not too many poolies would give up Oettinger for Wedgewood, so a fairer trade could be Wedgewood for Malkin.)
Nick Schmaltz, C, Mammoth (87 percent rostered)
Schmaltz is off to an amazing start with seven goals and 10 assists in 11 games; good for a tie for second place in NHL scoring with Nathan MacKinnon, one place behind Jack Eichel. Schmaltz has been held off the scoresheet only once this season, and has seven goals and 14 points in his last seven appearances. He is a big threat on the Mammoth's top power-play unit, with three goals and six points. He sees first-unit action alongside Clayton Keller and Barrett Hayton.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Schmaltz for William Nylander. (Getting Nylander is baffling for just Schmaltz, who had a career high 63 points last season. Nylander has had four straight seasons of 80-plus points including 98 in 2023-24. They are both 29 years of age. A trade of Schmaltz straight up for Alex DeBrincat is more reasonable.)
Conor Garland, RW, Canucks (48 percent rostered)
It's hard to believe that Garland leads Vancouver in points with 11 in 11 games, three better than Elias Pettersson and four better than Quinn Hughes. Garland has three goals and 10 points in his last eight games and has moved up to the top power-play unit where he has four helpers. Garland has been a middle-six forward for most of his career, and the sudden jump up to the top line with Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk has done wonders for his fantasy value. I doubt it will last, as his career high in points is only 52, set in the 2021-22 campaign.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Garland for Brandon Hagel. (While Hagel has only one goal and five points this season, he has a goal and three assists in his last two games and is coming off a 90-point campaign in 2024-25.)
