NHL.com’s fantasy hockey staff posted a list of players for fantasy hockey poolies to pick up off the waiver wire today, and two of their picks happen to be Red Wings players who’ve had excellent 2021-2022 season starts:
Tyler Bertuzzi, LW/RW, DET: The Detroit Red Wings forward scored four goals, one on the power play, in their season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bertuzzi had an assist in their win against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, giving him five points and six SOG in two games. He is skating on their top line with valuable center Dylan Larkin and is worth adding in most leagues, especially those counting hits (three) and blocks (three).
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Moritz Seider, DET: The Red Wings rookie defenseman has scored points in each of his first two games, totaling three assists, one on the power play, and is covering categories with one block, one SOG and three hits. Seider is averaging 21:38 of ice time and is skating on an underrated defense pairing with veteran Nick Leddy. He could get an even larger fantasy boost if he sees time on their top power play, but Seider is worth adding in deeper leagues and monitoring in all formats.
Continued; the Red Wings play four times this upcoming week, on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, so their 4-games-in-6-nights slate should afford many opportunities to employ both players (though next Saturday’s game is in Canada).
