Anders Bjork

It is never easy to foresee the unforeseen. Injuries happen every day in the NHL, and here at FanTrax, our goal is to help you try to stay on top of those maladies with our weekly Injury Report. Counting all the latest bumps, bites, and bruises, there were 96 players held out of lineups. Several of those are long-term injuries from a previous year. Those players are likely not going to return or have retired. Here are some of the more notable maladies out there and their possible prognosis. Injury Updates Centers Travis…

Games Played this Week by Team 4 Games: ANA, CGY, CAR, LA, PIT, 3 Games: ARI, BUF, CHI, COL, CBJ, DAL, DET, EDM, FLA, MIN, MTL, NSH, NYI, NYR, OTT, PHI, SJ, STL, TB, WSH, WPG 2 Games: BOS, NJ, VAN, VGK Streaming Selections Unintentionally, all five of this week's Streaming Selections are prospects that have a lot of potential in the coming years. Having young guys on your fantasy team is exciting because of their long-term potential, but so far these five have made the most of their time early in the season. I'd be…

At the start of every season, some rookies are given nine games to prove themselves at the NHL level. If a rookie goes over the 10-game limit, the team burns a year on their entry-level contract. Usually, teams wait as long as they can to make sure rookies are ready, and it also helps out their cap situation. Last season, Zach Werenski, Dylan Strome and Jesse Puuljuarvi all had a nine-game tryout. Puuljujarvi and Strome didn’t work out, but Werenski did and earned a Calder nomination. Nico Hischier, Nolan Patrick, Clayton…