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With no games scheduled for Halloween in the NHL, we have an opportunity to browse a little deeper in the free-agent pool to see what might be available.We are going to look at the available players through a category-specific lens, in an effort to heal what may be ailing your fantasy squad. To each fantasy player, there are likely different needs emerging. Rotisserie fantasy owners can clearly see which category their team is lacking in, while head-to-head owners now have two weeks of results to look back on and identify where their team isnt competing.While rotisserie owners will almost surely want to look at their category weaknesses as something to strengthen, head-to-head owners must remember not to be so dedicated to a balanced attack. Remember, each week -- including your leagues championship week in April -- you only need to beat your opponent by one category. When looking back over your squad and realizing you have a glaring weakness, it might be in your best interest to accept that weakness and strengthen your squad elsewhere.Goals: There are eight players tied for the league lead with six goals. Only one of them is not a surprise, and that would be Steven Stamkos. While Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine are great stories here, they are long gone from being free agents. The same is true of Wayne Simmonds, who we know is a fantasy beast and scores goals in bunches. That leaves four players who are all available to some degree (but the window on all of them is closing quickly).Of the four unexpected goal leaders, we would rank them in terms of rest-of-season fantasy value in this order: Artem Anisimov, Jonathan Marchessault, Richard Panik and Alex Killorn. We know Anisimov is in a killer lineup position playing with Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin. Marchessault might be the best short-term add, as Jonathan Huberdeaus return later this season will put his role in question. As for Panik and Killorn, both will have their chances in their respective teams top six all season, but were less excited by them. In fact, looking for players available in more than 80 percent of ESPN leagues, we like Michael Grabner the most right now. The former 34-goal scorer seems to be fitting in well on Broadway following a steady six-season decline from his rookie campaign.Assists: While there are some players with more assists that are also available in a high percentage of ESPN leagues, we are looking at Brock Nelson as our specialist. The New York Islanders offense is far from inspiring at this point, with Andrew Ladd looking like a bust as a new top-six winger for John Tavares. When Cal Clutterbuck is the fourth-highest scoring forward on your team, you know something isnt going as planned. Nelson has been scoring consistently, putting up a team-leading nine points on the back of six assists, all while playing mostly away from Tavares. He wont continue to play away from Tavares if he continues to put up points, as the Isles need to get their scoring lines going.Plus/Minus: Its hard to ride a plus/minus specialist, as it often feels like youre giving up too much in other categories to make room for them in your lineup. Thats absolutely true, as you would be better served coming about your plus/minus organically with the rest of your lineup. That said, if you need a boost from time to time, the trick will be picking up defensemen playing in the right situations. Montreal Canadiens defenseman Nathan Beaulieu has a plus-9, which is second in the NHL only to his defense partner Shea Weber. Kris Russell is helping to drive the Edmonton Oilers defensive resurgence, and has benefited with a plus-7 so far. Brian Campbell is in a great place on the Chicago Blackhawks top pairing with Duncan Keith, pushing him to a plus-6 and six points. Just dont get complacent after you use some of these guys, as their overall contributions will generally lack.Penalty minutes: With hooliganism on the decline across the NHL, its no longer possible to give a roster spot to a goon and rely on 200-plus PIM during the season. There are fewer and fewer guys that will consistently chip in with mucho penalty minutes. You are much better off fueling a more modest approach to PIM with minor penalties. There are plenty of fantasy contributors that arent black holes in your roster, and collect minor penalties. Sam Bennett leads the NHL with 10 minor penalties, and he also happens to have six points. Benoit Pouliot is second in the league with eight minors, and skates on the Oilers talented second line and second power-play unit. The Dallas Stars Antoine Roussel is the most consistent option, however, having finished in the top 10 for PIM for two consecutive seasons and already ranks fourth this season.Power-play points: If William Nylander is still hanging around on your waiver wire, start there. Hes tied for the league lead with seven power-play points. Going further down the list, Matt Moulson has carved out a clear role on the Buffalo Sabres first unit, and already has five power-play points. The same is true for Alexander Wennberg on the Columbus Blue Jackets top unit. We like Wennberg a little more, as he has more potential at even strength and to continue his role all season, whereas Moulson has benefited from injuries to Jack Eichel and Evander Kane.Average time on ice: Its tough to look for a specialist here, as the conversation immediately shifts to defensemen. And the leaders in time on ice are always the best defensemen, so they arent exactly available to fantasy owners, either. We are going to make an argument here for Alexander Edler as your likely best bet for specialist value here, even though his numbers look pretty ugly in standard leagues right now. He has precisely one point through nine games, but is 14th in the league for ice time right now. The reason we are OK with Edler as a possible add is because things have to improve offensively for him. He is the one and only option on the Vancouver Canucks blue line with the potential to contribute offensively. Its been a quiet few seasons for Edler, but he used to kick in 30-plus assists in a season. Once the Canucks figure out how to score goals again, Edler should start getting the odd helper here and there. All the while, hell be pushing your average ice time through the roof.Shots on goal: Marchessault and Nylander are your top options to boost your shots on goal, but both are less and less available with each passing day. On the blue line, Johnny Boychuk is back to his high-volume shooting ways with the Islanders, but history tells us he will trade off as the leading defensemen for the club with Nick Leddy and Travis Hamonic throughout the season. If we go a bit further down the ranks, Tomas Tatar is being jettisoned by many fantasy owners, despite his 29 shots on goal being good for the top 25 in the league so far. The Detroit Red Wings offense has been coming from unexpected places so far, with the likes of Darren Helm and Thomas Vanek leading the charge. We think Tatar and Henrik Zetterberg will shake off the rust and start finding the twine soon. In the meantime, Tatar will keep shooting at a high rate for you.Forwards rising and fallingYoull see a lot of downward movement beginning in the rankings this week. As these are meant to be going-forward rankings for the remainder of the fantasy season, we try to give players a grace period before punishing them too much for a lack of production. On the whole, an eight- or nine-game slump for a great player wont be a big deal at the end of the season. But the longer these season-opening slumps continue, the less confidence we have that the player will shake it off and return to their old self.James Neal, LW, Nashville Predators (down seven spots to No. 43): Well hold up Neal as our poster boy for the end of grace periods in the rankings. Eight games in, Neal has one goal and one assist. Thats not good enough, especially since hes still playing with Ryan Johansen and Filip Forsberg the majority of the time. The Predators have a stagnant offense (and defense) at the moment, and will need to make some changes soon. On paper, this team should be steamrolling opponents, but it isnt happening. Watch closely at what should be impending depth chart changes, as the established stars might get dinged with the shuffle.Patric Hornqvist, RW, Pittsburgh Penguins (up 24 spots to No. 57): After one game back to get reacquainted, Hornqvist has a goal, two assists and 11 shots on goal in the past two games with Sidney Crosby back. Its safe to say he missed Sid. Keep in mind that Hornqvist might be our highest-ranked star by association, so he rises and falls with the fortunes of Crosby.Defensemen rising and fallingRyan Suter, D, Minnesota Wild (up 12 spots to No. 50): We dont talk enough about how Suter managed a career high in shots last season in his 11th NHL campaign. Hes currently on pace to match it this season, with 20 shots through nine games. When Suter is confident and shooting the puck, hes a No. 1 fantasy defenseman.Goaltenders rising and fallingBen Bishop, G, Tampa Bay Lightning (down eight spots to No. 35): Not exactly playing like a guy who has a usurper waiting in the wings, Bishop is lucky Andrei Vasilevskiy had a rough game on Saturday, or the transfer of power could be even further along. Still, things arent looking great for Bishop here, as his goals-against average is 3.68 to Vasilevskys 2.05. Bishops save percentage is .880 to Vasilevskys .929. The Lightning are 5-4-0 at the moment, but patience is going to wear thin quickly if Bishop doesnt turn things around.Quick hitsZach Parise is week-to-week for the Minnesota Wild, and it was Joel Eriksson Ek filling in on the top line with Charlie Coyle and Eric Staal. Eriksson Ek has two goals and three assists in five games.While its great to see Alexander Radulov playing on the top line with Alex Galchenyuk, this is not great news for the slow start by Max Pacioretty. Its hard to break out of a slump while buried on the depth chart.Not that anybody is scoring or connecting for the Canucks, but its a bit sad to see Loui Eriksson already off the top line with the Sedin twins. For the record (and not for your waiver plans), Jannik Hansen is there for the moment.Top 250 rankingsHere are the updated rest-of-season, top 250 rankings of forwards, defensemen and goalies, including position ranks.Note: Sean Allens top 250 players are ranked for their expected performance in ESPN standard leagues from this point on. ESPN standard stats include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, plus/minus, penalty minutes and average time on ice for skaters, and wins, goals-against average and save percentage for goalies.Old Skool Vans Cheap . 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With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season.Jens Keukeleire won stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana as Nairo Quintana retained the leaders red jersey ahead of Chris Froome.The 193.2km stage from Los Corrales de Buelna to Bilbao ended in a much-reduced sprint finish, and Orica-BikeExchanges 27-year-old Norwegian Keukeleire took victory ahead of Etixx-QuickSteps Maxime Bouet and Trek-Segafredos Fabio Felline for his first Grand Tour stage win.The main protagonists in the general classification battle were not far behind, with Quintanas teammate Alejandro Valverde taking eighth place on the day.Quintana crossed the line 26th, five places behind Froome, but with no time splits in the pack there was no change in the battle for red. 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