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Each week during the regular season, here are the top 10 players to add off the fantasy hockey waiver wire with NHL EDGE stats insights. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.
Josh Norris, BUF
26 percent rostered in fantasy
-Top line with elite goal-scorer Tage Thompson
-7 points (4 goals, 3 assists) in 4 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in top skating speed, 20-plus mph speed bursts and midrange goals last season
Jimmy Snuggerud, STL
18 percent rostered in fantasy
-Top line with forwards Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich and PP1 with Thomas, Buchnevich, Brayden Schenn and defenseman Cam Fowler
-2 assists, 6 shots on goal in 3 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in top shot speed during 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Frank Nazar, CHI
13 percent rostered in fantasy
-Second line with forwards Teuvo Teravainen and Tyler Bertuzzi plus PP1 with elite center Connor Bedard and rookie defenseman Sam Rinzel
-5 points (4 goals, 1 assist), including 1 power-play goal and 1 game-winning goal, and 10 shots on goal in 4 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in 22-plus mph speed bursts last season
Oliver Bjorkstrand, TBL
11 percent rostered in fantasy
-PP1 with Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel and Victor Hedman
-4 points (2 goals, 2 assists), including 2 power-play goals, and 19 shots on goal in 4 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in average shot speed and tied for 10th at his position in high-danger shooting percentage
Mackie Samoskevich and Eetu Luostarinen, FLA
5 and 1 percent rostered in Yahoo Fantasy
–Aleksander Barkov out for season; Matthew Tkachuk out until at least December.
-Samoskevich: 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists), including 2 power-play goals, and 10 shots on goal in 3 preseason games
-Luostarinen: 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists), including 1 shorthanded goal, in 2 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Panthers led the NHL in high-danger goals during the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Ville Koivunen, PIT
3 percent rostered in fantasy
-Top-six role; Bryan Rust (lower body) out at least two weeks
-3 points (2 goals, 1 assist), including 1 game-winning goal, in 5 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Would have ranked among the League leaders in offensive zone time percentage last season
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Morgan Frost, CGY
2 percent rostered in fantasy
-Top-six role with wing Matt Coronato (18 percent rostered)
-7 points (2 goals, 5 assists), including 1 overtime goal, in 6 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in power-play skating distance and 20-plus mph speed bursts last season
Other forwards to consider: Troy Terry, ANA; Evan Rodrigues, FLA; Trent Frederic, EDM; Brady Martin, NSH; Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, DET
Ryan Leonard, WSH
11 percent rostered in fantasy
-3 points (2 goals, 1 assist) and 9 shots on goal in 4 preseason games
-L3 with Hendrix Lapierre and Anthony Beauvillier; PP2 with Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Connor McMichael
-EDGE stats: Among forward leaders in average shot speed last season
Other forwards with low roster percentages for more shallow leagues: Ivan Barbashev, VGK; Marco Rossi, MIN; Anton Lundell, FLA
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Brandt Clarke, LAK
18 percent rostered in fantasy
-Second power play with Drew Doughty
-4 assists and 14 shots on goal in 6 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among the defensemen leaders in average skating distance per 60 minutes and offensive zone time percentage
Other defensemen to consider: Tony DeAngelo, NYI; Logan Mailloux and Philip Broberg, STL; Axel Sandin-Pellikka, DET
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Scott Wedgewood, COL
31 percent rostered in fantasy
–Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body) uncertain for the start of the season
-2.41 goals-against average and .902 save percentage in 4 preseason games
-EDGE stats: Among the League leaders in high-danger save percentage
Other goalie to consider: Alex Lyon, BUF
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