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For the season's last NHL Waiver Wire, grab Mason McTavish, whose excellent season continues with him having 16 points in 18 games.
Jon Litterine breaks down the top fantasy hockey lessons to be learned from this season, including a distrust of past power-play production, as evidenced by Mika Zibanejad.
Auston Matthews and the Leafs play four games in the final full week of the season, three of them at home.
Just 44 percent rostered in Yahoo! leagues, Mason Marchment has been on a heater since the start of March by racking up six goals, nine assists, 32 shots and 24 hits.
This weeks pickups include Sean Monahan, who returned Monday for the Blue Jackets after more than two months and notched two assists, a shot, three hits and 11 face-off wins.
The Oilers are playing without Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, and Shawn Hutchinson breaks down some candidates to fill in on fantasy rosters.
This week's best waiver wire picks include Jordan Eberle, who's only nine percent owned in Yahoo! leagues, and has two goals and eight assists in his last 10 games.
RotoWire's Dan Dobish takes a deep dive into the NHL's lone game Friday -- Columbus at Pittsburgh -- including his best NHL bets, expert picks and player props.
Jan Levine's risers for the week include Alex Tuch, who got back on the scoresheet Monday after two games off and now has seven goals in 12 contests.
Evan Berofsky's waiver wire picks include Bryan Rust, who continues to produce at a high level this season and is still available in 59 percent of Yahoo! leagues.
DraftKings' NHL picks Thursday include value play Brandon Hagel who has two goals and five points in his last four appearances against the Flyers.
Mikko Rantanen is onto his third team of the year but has just two games on the schedule for his first full week in Dallas.