Fantasy hockey top 10 waiver wire pickups

NHL.com identifies the top 10 players to add off the fantasy hockey waiver wire throughout the 2026-27 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Luke Evangelista, NJD (39% rostered)
-L2 with Nico Hischier, Timo Meier + also seeing PP1 time in preseason

Mason Marchment, SJS (30% rostered)
-L1 with Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith

Anthony Mantha, NJD (28%)
-L1 with Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt

Chris Kreider, MTL (27% rostered)
-L1 with Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield

Mats Zuccarello, LAK (19% rostered)
-Seeing L2, PP1 time in preseason 

Roman Kantserov, CHI (17% rostered)
-L1 with Frank Nazar and Patrick Kane
-Key injury: Connor Bedard

Konsta Helenius, BUF (9% rostered)
-L2 with Josh Norris
-Key injury: Jiri Kulich

DEFENSEMAN

Aaron Ekblad, FLA (19% rostered)
-Seeing PP1 time in preseason

Luca Cagnoni, SJS (7% rostered)
-Seeing PP1 time in preseason

GOALIE

Jake Allen, NJD (29% rostered)
-No. 1 goalie entering season after Jacob Markstrom was traded to FLA

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Other players to consider adding in deep leagues:

Mikael Granlund, D, ANA (19% rostered)
Tristan Jarry (17%) or Devon Levi (8%), G, EDM
Anders Lee, F, UTA (8%)
Victor Eklund, F, NYI (7%)
Viggo Bjorck, F, WPG (4%)
Nikita Klepov, F, ANA (2%)
Colten Ellis, G, BUF (2%)

Injured players worth stashing in most leagues:

Brad Marchand, F, FLA (57% rostered)
Kevin Fiala, F, LAK (38%)
Frederik Andersen, G, EDM (22%)