Matt Nieto Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
The Art Ross is out of the question, but this winger is still a solid play
The Art Ross is no longer a possibility for Mikko Rantanen as he has pretty much fallen off a cliff, and also players like Nikita Kucherov and Patrick Kane have started to become utterly dominant. Anyway, Rantanen still sits a respectable 7th overall with 76 points in 59 games, but the stacked top line in Colorado has been broken up. In fact, all three of Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog are on separate lines. Rantanen will be playing with Carl Soderberg and Matt Nieto, probably the best of the three lines as Soderberg has been decent this season with 18 goals. Rantanen has just 3 points in his last 10 games, which is discouraging, but a home matchup against the Winnipeg Jets is intriguing. The Jets have allowed 64.46 CA/60 over the last month at even strength — the fifth-worst mark in the entire league.
This line will see plenty of high danger scoring chances
The Colorado Avalanche mixed up their lines slightly as Matt Nieto replaces Landeskog on the top line alongside Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. This line should see plenty of high danger scoring chances against a Chicago team giving up the most in the league at 13.33 HDCA/60. Power-play defenseman Tyson Barrie always seems to get overlooked, but he makes a nice addition to this stack as he correlates on the top power-play unit. The high price tag on this line stack makes it challenging to stack, and is a way I look to differentiate my lineup in GPP’s.