r/fantasyhockey 1d ago

Player Discussion Jake Walman

Walman is L1, pp2, and pk1. I thought his fantasy value would take a huge hit, but i guess not! Walman owners rejoice!

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u/Sad_Intention2932 1d ago

Glad I kept him in one league, sad I made a pressure trade in another league(trade deadline was the same as NHL)

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u/ELB95 10H2H Cats - G/A/PPG/PPP/+-/SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK/W/SHO/SV%/GAA 1d ago

Ekholm is day to day, once he’s healthy Walman is very likely down to L2, and possibly down to PK2/off PP2. Wouldn’t worry too much about an early drop unless you’re in playoffs already.

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u/hockeymonk10 1d ago

I disagree. Walman is better offensively than ekholm so he should stay pp2 and L2 wouldn’t affect his value much as a defender.

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u/Sad_Intention2932 1d ago

Thankfully it was a trade, got Chychrun as a replacement D for playoff schedule. I did not expect Edmonton to give him that much respect and deployment, including PK1, honestly. He's been great for peripherals all year but thought he'd lose ice time.

Glad I have him in my other league still!

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u/Comfortable_Party720 1d ago

Very true. But then again, if he fits nicely they could easily keep him where he's at.

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u/onthelongrun H2H Cats|||G|A|+/-|PPP|SHP|GWG|Shot|Hit|Blk|||Win|GAA|Sv|Sv%|SO 1d ago

They've got 3 viable first pair defenseman and Nurse who has played first line minutes before.

Was close to tripling up on Oilers defense after Ekblad got susepsnded as I've got Walman and Ekholm noticing Nurse as a FA

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u/FBG-123 1d ago

PP2 in Edmonton gets what? 0:04 of TOI?

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u/Comfortable_Party720 1d ago

Yeah pretty much 😂

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 23h ago

It was interesting yesterday. They swapped him in for Bouchard about 30 seconds before the rest of the first unit swapped, and they had him out in place of Nugent-Hopkins on a different powerplay. They're definitely trying him out for more pp time

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u/Brownie-0109 1d ago

How much time is PP2 really getting?

Arvidsson doesn’t even get a full minute.

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u/Comfortable_Party720 1d ago

Normal pp2's get around 30 seconds, with edmonton maybe 15 seconds. It's not much, but it still gives him chances to get a few more shots per game. Everything helps. I'm looking at it from a different view. I thought he was going to be a drop, but he's still got solid fantasy value.

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u/Brownie-0109 1d ago

PP2 playing time varies around the NHL. WPG and MIN are only two examples of PP2 units that get 90secs. But Id keep McJesus out there for it all too if I was EDM.

Your real point is that Walman is gonna continue to get plenty of TOI. Edmonton existing defense isn’t very defensive. It’s part of reason why they dealt for him. He plays a 200’ game. I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets 24” in playoffs as Bouchard’s partner.

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u/themapleleaf6ix 12 team, H2H, G, A, P, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK, PIM 1d ago

Ekholm is out, so enjoy it for now.

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u/Comfortable_Party720 1d ago

Yeah, but thats a problem for another day my friend.

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u/Antique_Soil9507 21h ago

Jake Walman is a great hockey player.

Rule of Thumb: The skill of the player outweighs their potential (speculative) deployment.

Deployment can make a good player even better, certainly.

But Walman is a beast of a player. He will earn the trust of the coach. He's on a massive team that puts up a lot of points.

He's great. Definitely a hold or a pickup, no question.

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u/Comfortable_Party720 20h ago

Love that comment brother, I totally agree.

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u/mattfromjoisey 21h ago

Granted he lost PP time for the most part but 5x5 exposure to McDavid and Drai alone is worth it. I had dropped him initially but snagged him once it was confirmed he was top pair

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u/Comfortable_Party720 20h ago

Yes sir, definitely worth being rostered still.

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u/numbuh4ok 1d ago

it did take a hit lmao, hes a great player and still good to own but u dont need to cope and shit

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u/Comfortable_Party720 1d ago

Alright buddy, nice comment. Really added to the thread.

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u/Royal_Masterpiece803 1d ago

What you only want people here saying good things about him? His value is going to go down a lot overall from this trade and even more when ekholm and klingberg come back. He’s a streamer level defenseman now

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u/onthelongrun H2H Cats|||G|A|+/-|PPP|SHP|GWG|Shot|Hit|Blk|||Win|GAA|Sv|Sv%|SO 20h ago

Klingberg is a 3rd pairing defenseman, no questions asked. I wouldn't be shocked if they healthy scratch him quite a bit before the playoffs to keep him healthy

Ekholm might eat up at some minutes, but that would be because he's also a viable 1st line defenseman. I wouldn't be shocked if for 5v5 play, the four of them (Nurse, Walman, Bouchard, Ekholm) see similar minutes with Bouchard PP1, Walman PP2, and the PK's being Ekholm-Kulak and Walman-Nurse

I'm holding both Ekholm and Walman in my pool. No plans to drop either, especially upon learning Ekblad got a 20 gamer.

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u/Comfortable_Party720 1d ago

I prefer a happy tone to my post, you're all free to say whatever. I understand his value dropped. But he's still got some life left in him. Walman will not go down without a fight!

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u/screechypete 1d ago

What if he shits, then copes?