Philadelphia - after an exhibition game with Ottawa recently, the Flyers are walking wounded. Lupul and Upshall are down with left wrist injuries and R.J. Umberger broke a finger in his hand. These guys are all likely be back long before Dean McAmmond after McAmmond received a devastating hit in the same game and left the game on a stretcher. My take on the fantasy impact is as follows:
Lupul's Offense - Negative
R.J Umberger's secure roster spot - Negative
Scott Upshall's secure roster spot - Negative
Flyers Depth - Negative
Dean McAmmond's secure roster spot - Negative
Anaheim - Matthieu Schneider's broken ankle is at least two weeks from having him place his foot in a skate. Not great news for fantasy owners as Schneider will be counted on to pick up some of the offense from the indifferent Scott Niedermayer. The good news is that Schneider misses 10 games every season, and this year, it will be at the beginning of the season.
Fantasy Impact:
Schneider's contribution - Negative
Washington - recent reports have seen the Caps trying Viktor Kozlov playing with Alexander Ovechkin. Michael Nylander has been under-whelming to date, but it's hard to imagine that they would pay this much for a UFA and not play him with Ovechkin. He's a better play-maker than Kozlov but needs to show more than he has to date. That said, watch this development closely.
Fantasy Impact:
Ovechkin - Negative
Nylander - Negative
Kozlov - Positive
Caps offense - Negative
Vancouver - Young Ryan Kessler has been centering Markus Naslund and Ryan Shannon in training camp to date, and Brendan Morrison has been between Matt Cooke and Jannick Hansen. It appears that Canucks management is not sold on the Morrison-Naslund combo and are seeing if Kessler can jump-start Naslund's offense...risky!
Fantasy Impact:
Kessler's Offense - Positive
Naslund's Offense - Even
Morrison - Negative
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