While you were wallowing in post-turkey depression and clinging on for dear life while laid out on your usually Sunday night couch cushion, a couple NHL GM's were doing work.
A surprising trade saw the Coyotes and Blackhawks swap some young, unproven assets, as Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini are off to Chicago while third-year centre Nick Schmaltz is headed to the desert.
This one has fantasy implications all over it. Here's a pair involved in that deal, along with a few others you should look to add to your fantasy squad this week.
Dylan Strome, C, Blackhawks (4% owned)
Incase you've forgotten, the Erie Otters product was the No. 3 overall pick in one of the deepest drafts in modern history in 2015, but the 21-year-old hasn't yet lived up to the billing that comes with getting selected just after Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel and ahead of guys like Mitch Marner, Zack Werenski, Timo Meier and Mikko Rantanen in the Top 10.
Strome's talent is there and he's been a point-per-game player as a young AHLer, but that hasn't translated into success at the NHL level just yet. After getting flipped to the Blackhawks, however, the 21-year-old immediately slots in to the No. 2 centre spot — alongside former junior linemate Alex DeBrincat — and will likely have a good chunk of games to show where he belongs in Chicago's lineup.
Nick Schmaltz, C, Coyotes (9% owned)
I loves me some change-of-scenery candidates, and Schmaltz will have every opportunity to thrive in Arizona as the team's 2C at both five-on-five and on the Coyotes' second power play unit. Arizona gave up a lot in Strome and Perlini to acquire Schmaltz, meaning the 2014 first-rounder will be afforded every opportunity to make GM John Chayka not look like a dud.
Though he's only put up two goals (and added nine helpers) so far this season, the Hawks have been an absolute mess as a whole and Schmaltz stands to benefit greatly from the change of pressure and pace in the desert. The 22-year-old is coming off a sophomore campaign in which he tallied 21 goals and 51 points.
Brandon Saad , LW, Blackhawks (17% owned)
Speaking of that mess in Chicago, the firing of Joel Quenneville was certainly a questionable move, but new coach Jeremy Colliton's line shuffling has benefitted Saad in particular, who now finds himself playing alongside a pair of future Hall of Famers on the Blackhawks' top line.
Colliton's strategy of jacking up his first line is par for the course in today's NHL (see Colorado, Boston, Buffalo, Edmonton, etc) and Saad's production stands to benefit immensely just from hanging around one of the best two-way centres in the game in Toews and an offensively-creative juggernaut in Kane.
Andrew Shaw , RW, Canadiens (12% owned)
It took a little while for him to get going, but former Blackhawk Andrew Shaw is starting to find his game with the Habs. As it usually goes, Shaw's uptick in production has correlated with increased opportunity alongside better players as he now finds himself a key cog on Montreal top line with Max Domi and Jonathan Drouin .
For the first time in his career, Shaw is a point-per-game player with 20, including 7 goals, in 20 games so far. Max Domi is easily having the season of his life after his move to centre, and Shaw has looked very comfortable on the wing — causing a big boost to his production.
Tanner Pearson , LW, Penguins (11% owned)
Like the rest of his former team, Pearson was just awful pretty much every game he rocked an LA Kings jersey for this year, but getting dealt to a shallow Penguins team who still hope to contend was probably the best thing that could've happened to the 26-year-old — and his fantasy owners.
With three tallies and four points since his move to the Pens, Pearson has been on a 41-goal pace and finds himself thriving alongside production powerhouses Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin . He's garnering some solid power-play minutes, too. All those factors combine to form the slump-busting recipe Pearson owners so desperately craved.
Noah Hanifin , D, Flames (18% owned)
Hanifin came over with high expectations after the Flames gave up Dougie Hamilton to acquire him, and a bit of a slow start offensively seems to be correcting itself for the talented blueliner. He netted his first two goals of the season Sunday against the Coyotes (one on the power play, one shorthanded) and now has six points in his last five games.
The 21-year-old is certainly trending in the right direction right now, finds himself on pace for a career-high in points, and is still available in most leagues — a succulent combination.
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