NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Goalie Pickups Dec. 17 - The Soderblom Boom

On every game day this season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy managers to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The recommended players and goalies can be used in standard fantasy leagues or for daily fantasy games.

10 games for Tuesday, Dec. 17

* = confirmed

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, BUF* at Sam Montembeault, MTL* (7 p.m. ET)

Jet Greaves, CLB* at Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB* (7 p.m. ET)

Darcy Kuemper, LA* at Alex Nedeljkovic, PIT* (7 p.m. ET)

Ilya Sorokin, NYI* at Pyotr Kochetkov, CAR* (7:30 p.m. ET)

Jacob Markstrom, NJ* at Jordan Binnington, STL* (8 p.m. ET)

Igor Shesterkin, NYR* at Juuse Saros, NSH (8 p.m. ET)

Logan Thompson, WSH at Arvid Soderblom, CHI* (8:30 p.m. ET)

Jeremy Swayman, BOS* at Dustin Wolf, CGY* (9 p.m. ET)

Linus Ullmark, OTT* at Joey Daccord, SEA* (10 p.m. ET)

Connor Hellebuyck, WPG* at Alexandar Georgiev, SJ* (10:30 p.m. ET)

Goalies

Tristan Jarry, PIT vs. LA (22% rostered)

I don't mind this matchup since it's the Kings defense that scares me more than their offense; I'm not sure the Pens can provide enough goal support to secure the win for Jarry. With the way the Kings can stifle the opposition, this might be a lopsided battle in shots.

I can see Jarry really pile up the saves, and admittedly the Pens have been a lot better, but no doubt they're still the underdog here. I'd be cautious about streaming Jarry in this situation, but also still believe that he has some medium to long-term fantasy value given his improved play and the Pens' recent turnaround.

Arvid Soderblom, CHI vs. WSH (7% rostered)

Tough matchup for Soderblom, who has been playing better and Connor Bedard is playing very well. I think the odds of an upset are pretty low, but given how improved the Blackhawks have been under Anders Sorensen, there's a part of me that would like to roll the dice here. It's certainly scary, but if you're looking to pile up some saves, I think I like Soderblom's matchup more than others on this list.

Elvis Merzlikins, CLB at TB (20% rostered)

The Jackets are in a four-game rut and their scoring has dried up. Those are two good reasons to avoid Merzlikins in this matchup, especially with the Lightning's recent scoring surge even sans Victor Hedman. If you're looking for saves, Merzlikins is an option, but otherwise it feels very risky.

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