NHL DFS Slate Summary: Thursday, October 12th
Welcome to the RotoGrinders NHL DFS Slate Summary. In this article, we’ll concentrate on the key elements of DFS success while delivering analysis on the upcoming slate of NHL slate of games for DraftKings and FanDuel. We’ll discuss today’s NHL player projections, player correlations and NHL stacking, injuries to monitor, NHL starting lineup news and notes, differentiation tactics using NHL projected ownership, and recommendations on ways to create lineup diversity if entering multiple lineups using LineupHQ.
Today’s Games
Slate Overview
Last night was the appetizer and tonight is the… Ok, I don’t think I can call this the main dish (doesn’t come until Saturday night), so maybe last night was the cocktail hour, making tonight the appetizer. Based on the Discord screenshots I saw, the RG community came out of the gate fast with multiple five figure wins. Let’s keeping it going tonight! We have a six-game slate to wet our whistle. The contests on DraftKings are solid with $50k to first in the $333 and the first Live Final Qualifer up for grabs. The slate is loaded with star power as many of the games elite forwards will be taking the ice for the first time this season. There are some solid value plays, so lineup construction for many will end up on “stars and scrubs” builds instead of a more balanced approach. As is often the case, goalie is a bit of a mess, but we’ll try to sort through it below. Let’s break it down and try to take down some tournaments tonight!