The Wire Troll: Anthony Beauvillier Helping Keep the Isles in the Hunt

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Scandella hasn’t done much offensively lately (notwithstanding an assist on Thursday — the 75th of his eight-year career), but he plays a ton of minutes and given Bogosian’s season-ending injury, he’s guaranteed PT the rest of the way. Scandella has been disciplined lately, going without a penalty so far in January, but the veteran is still seeking his first power play goal of the season. He does the little things well, putting up a team-high three hits on Thursday, and has been seeing steady PP and PK time. Consider Scandella a nice deep league add.

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The Wire Troll: Jaroslav Halak Hoarding Islander Crease

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With multi-point efforts in three of his last four games, Pominville is off to a great start in his return to Buffalo, ranking 11th in scoring in the NHL. He enjoyed a nice bounce-back effort last year with 34 assists, but the way things are going early on, he’s on pace to threaten his career-best of 53 helpers set way back in 2007-08. Now a true leader on the young Sabres, he’s getting more minutes, so jump on him while you can as he won’t last long on the wire.

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The Wire Troll: Ryan Strome Driving Islander Playoff Push

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In the last seven games, Nelson has seven points. He scored in four consecutive games, and his highlight was against Toronto, in which he had a three-point night, and scored the game winner in overtime. If Nelson keeps generating the shots he had in that game, and his previous effort, the numbers will be there.

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2015 RotoRob Hockey Awards

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Hodgson scored just six goals and 13 points in 78 games last season, notching a league 11th-worst minus-28 rating. It was by far his worst season ever. This season, Hodgson was doing slightly better with three goals, eight points and a plus-2 rating in 39 games with a much better team in Nashville. Still, he was only on pace for 14 points in 66 games, so in the middle of January, the Preds waived him. He’s currently toiling in the AHL. Woof. Dud.

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The Wire Troll: Jared Spurgeon Surging in St. Paul

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A 16-goal, 33-point scorer last season, Hansen is off to a considerably good start this season with five goals, 11 points, a plus-10 rating, four penalty minutes, 33 shots on goal, eight hits and seven blocked shots in 18 games this season. Don’t expect him to consistently produce, but he could be a savvy pick in leagues with many teams and a very shallow free agent pool.

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The Wire Troll: Devan Dubnyk Gets Fresh Start

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The 14th overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Dubnyk spent years plying his trade with the Edmonton Oilers. He quickly learned goaltending alone wouldn’t fix the club, and was finally traded last season to the Nashville Predators. After a poor two appearances with the Preds, Dubnyk would then be traded to Montreal and finished the season with the historic franchise’s farm team.

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