Free Agent Targets

In this second instalment of free, unsolicited and perhaps unwanted fantasy advice, I present a few more free agents I would consider adding if I needed to address an injury or jettison Dany Heatley dead weight. I also check in on the five recommendations I made last week to see how they have fared. 

Add this guy:

F Michael Raffl, PHI - The Austrian winger cut his teeth in the Swedish First Division before coming to the Flyers as a 25 year-old rookie. He only has eight points this year, but seven of those points have come in the last seven games, not coincidentally around the time he moved up to the top line with Giroux and Voracek. Adding him would be a gamble for sure, but he was a near-point-per-game player in the SEL so it's a calculated gamble. 

F Andrew Cogliano, ANA - Cogliano is on pace for 45, which is exactly what he scored in his rookie year for the Oilers before following it up with five disappointing seasons. More importantly, Cogliano benefits from the Ducks' offence-oriented coaching philosophy and offensive depth. He has ten points in his last ten games, including three assists last night.

Last week's recommendations:

F Wayne Simmonds, PHI - Four games last week; one goal. That gives him four points in his last eleven games. Garbage recommendation. 

F Scottie Upshall, FLA - Four games; one assist. Upshall is coming back down to Earth - GMs in the Keeper League are too savvy to fall for Scottie's tricks. 

F Matt Stajan, CGY - Five games; one goal. As the Great One would say, that recommendation was a "crock o' crap."

D Andy Greene, NJD - Three games; one assist. Actually not far from the pace we would expect, and it's a small sample size. Call this one a tentative pass?

D Matt Bartkowski, BOS - Four games, zero points, no increase in ice time as predicted. Failblog. 

That's a combined four points in 20 man-games. Welp, enjoy this week's recommendations guys.