Fantasy Hockey Goalie Waiver Wire Pickups: Is this Alexandar Georgiev's last chance?

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12 games for Thursday, Nov. 7

* = confirmed

• Dustin Wolf, CGY* at Jeremy Swayman, BOS (7 p.m. ET)

• Semyon Varlamov, NYI* at Anton Forsberg, OTT* (7 p.m. ET)

• Scott Wedgewood, NSH at Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA* (7 p.m. ET)

• Sam Montembeault, MON at Jacob Markstrom, NJ* (7 p.m. ET)

• Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, BUF* at Igor Shesterkin, NYR (7 p.m. ET)

• Alex Nedeljkovic, PIT* at Pyotr Kochetkov, CAR* (7 p.m. ET)

• Aleksei Kolosov, PHI* at Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB* (7:30 p.m. ET)

• Connor Ingram, UTA at Joel Hofer, STL* (8 p.m. ET)

• Arvid Soderblom, CHI at Jake Oettinger, DAL* (8 p.m. ET)

• Alexandar Georgiev, COL* at Connor Hellebuyck, WPG* (8 p.m. ET)

• Kevin Lankinen, VAN at Darcy Kuemper, LA (10:30 p.m. ET)

• Marc-Andre Fleury, MIN at Mackenzie Blackwood, SJ (10:30 p.m. ET)

Alexandar Georgiev, COL at WPG (69% rostered)

Georgiev's fantasy hockey value is fading quickly, and he faces an uphill climb back into relevance. The Jets are the best team in the league and surely they're eager to exact revenge on the Avs after getting ousted in the first round in five games last season. With Justus Annunen winning 6-3 against the Kraken — it's a much easier opponent, I know — another poor start and Georgiev really might end up riding the pine for the rest of the season.

It's not advisable to start Georgiev against the Jets unless you're really adventurous. Even with the Jets' inflated shooting percentage that should surely come back down to earth soon, Georgiev just hasn't been good enough to inspire any confidence. The Jets will want to take care of things defensively first — getting into a track meet was their undoing in their playoff series — and with the Avs potentially missing Cale Makar, the Avs may not be able to provide enough goal support to win, either.

All that is to say this is a matchup to watch. If Georgiev plays well, he might be worth rostering again just in case Jared Bednar can't commit to Annunen as their starter. Whoever wins the No. 1 job in the Avs' crease will have plenty of rest-of-season fantasy value.

Marc-Andre Fleury, MIN at SJ (19% rostered)

Fleury will either get this start against the Sharks or the second half of their back-to-back Friday against the Sharks. Both matchups are really good for Fleury, who has an excellent team in front of him that can provide plenty of goal support. His performances have been relatively strong this season, and he's won two of his three starts, most recently on Oct. 29 in his last-ever appearance in Pittsburgh.

The Wild have won nine of their past 12 meetings with one of the losses coming via shootout. Fleury should be the top streaming option against the Sharks or Friday against the Ducks.

Arvid Soderblom, CHI at DAL (5% rostered)

Soderblom is expected to get the start after Petr Mrazek started Wednesday against the Wings. There are two reasons why I'm intrigued by this matchup. First, despite playing sparingly, Soderblom has performed quite well this season, and in his previous start stopped 37 of 39 shots against the Ducks. I don't expect Soderblom to be this good all season, but a strong recent performance is definitely encouraging.

Second, in Peter DeBoer's own words, he doesn't expect the Stars to be sharp following their return home from Finland where they lost two straight games against the Panthers. Mason Marchment will likely be a game-time decision, which takes some punch - literally, considering Marchment was injured in a fight - out of the Stars' lineup. Make no mistake, this is a very tough matchup for the Hawks, and in recent seasons they've been dominated by the Stars, but given the lack of streaming options on the waiver wire for Thursday, Soderblom is worth considering for those who don't mind taking a big risk.

Joel Hofer, STL vs. UTA (9% rostered)

Hofer can be a big hit or miss. He's coming off a poor start in an 8-1 loss against the Sens, but I do like this start against Utah. Their scoring has dried up, having been shut out last game against the Jets, and they have not been good on the road, and playing their third road game in six days. I don't mind taking a risk with this one even though the Blues are banged up.

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