There are a plethora of NHL games between now and the Olympic break on Feb. 6, and there won't be a lot of time left to make deals when the NHL resumes action Feb. 25 until the trade deadline of Mar. 6.
Best of luck with your trades this week.
TRADE FOR
Auston Matthews, C, Maple Leafs (100 percent rostered)
Matthews has been on a tear of late, reminiscent of previous seasons when he was a top-five fantasy forward in the NHL. Matthews has eight goals and six assists in nine games since the Christmas break, a far cry better than his 14 goals and nine assists across 31 appearances before the break. Matthews has shown a renewed interest in playing at a top level, something that wasn't there earlier in the season.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Matthews and Connor Bedard for Noah Dobson and Kirill Marchenko. (This has to be a give-up trade in a dynasty pool, otherwise it makes absolutely no sense. Matthews and Bedard are far superior to Dobson and Marchenko in redraft leagues.)
Adin Hill, G, Golden Knights (65 percent rostered)
Hill has been out of action since Oct. 20 with a lower-body injury and could return to the lineup as early as Thursday at home versus Toronto. The Golden Knights have really missed his play, as the combination of Akira Schmid, Carter Hart (who is currently out of action with a lower-body injury) as well as Carl Lindbom in an occasional role, has not done the job this season in Hill's absence. Hill was the backbone of the Golden Knights in 2024-25, posting a 32-13-5 mark with a 2.47 GAA and a .906 save percentage. Anything close to those peripherals the rest of the way will go a long way to aiding the Golden Knights in winning the Pacific Division title.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Hill and Nico Hischier for Jake Allen and Jack Hughes. (When healthy, Hill is a much better goaltender than Allen, who shares the New Jersey net at best with Jacob Markstrom. While Hughes is a better offensive player than Hischier, Hughes is only averaging 1.0 points per game to Hischier's .76 points per contest.)
Rasmus Andersson, D, Flames (88 percent rostered)
Andersson is on his way out of Calgary as the pending UFA does not seem likely to re-sign with the Flames, and they will want to get something for their top defenseman, rather than keeping him and receiving nothing but a late-round pick in late June. Andersson is having a stellar season with 10 goals and 19 assists in 46 games, including four goals and 10 points on the power play. He'll likely go to a playoff contender who will have better scoring forwards on the power play, compared to the Flames.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Andersson for Bo Horvat. (Horvat is having a strong season with 21 goal and 33 points in 36 games, but he has missed 10 of the last 14 games and is currently out with a lower-body injury.)
TRADE AWAY
Tyler Bertuzzi, LW, Blackhawks (59 percent rostered)
Bertuzzi is headed for a career high in goals as he has 24 tallies in 43 games (his best was in 2021-22 when he managed 32 goals in 68 games for the Red Wings). He is has been a 40- to 50-point player in the last two seasons, and you should take advantage of his playing alongside Connor Bedard as well as his strong first-half of the season, and get as much as possible for the 30-year-old winger.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Bertuzzi and J.T. Miller for John Gibson, Morgan Rielly and Mitch Marner. (That's an awful lot to get for Bertuzzi and a slumping Miller, as Gibson is having a great rebound year in Detroit, Marner is still a star player in the NHL and Rielly is a serviceable defenseman in fantasy hockey.)
Dougie Hamilton, D, Devils, (70 percent rostered)
Hamilton's stock has fallen so much that he was actually a healthy scratch Jan. 11 in Winnipeg. He did rebound nicely the following night in Minnesota with a pair of assists, however, Hamilton only has five goals and seven assists in 41 appearances this season. His offensive play has dropped like a stone, and it appears that Hamilton is more than willing to forego his limited no-movement clause and find a home elsewhere in the NHL.
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Hamilton and Brayden Point for Josh Morrissey and Elias Pettersson. (I would assume that the deal took place after Point suffered a lower-body injury Monday and is considered week-to-week. That makes the return on the Hamilton trade even better, as Morrissey is a stud defenseman while Pettersson has bounced back a bit this season and is showing signs of being a very good player once again.)
Mathew Barzal, C, Islanders (76 percent rostered)
Barzal has one goal and six assists in his last five games, giving him 37 points in 45 appearances this season. He had 20 points in 30 injury-riddled games last season but he seems to do a lot better with Bo Horvat out of the lineup, rather than in it. Barzal has two goals and 12 points in the 10 games Horvat has missed since Dec. 13, which does not bode well for when Horvat returns, likely next week, from a lower-body injury).
Example of a completed deal from the Yahoo Trade Market: Barzal, Gabriel Vilardi and Dylan Guenther for Trevor Zegras, Cole Caufield and Josh Doan. (It's a pretty even deal as Barzal, Vilardi and Guenther are good point producers, but so are Zegras, Caufield and Doan.)
