Another matchup on the horizon can only mean one thing… another week of Mining the Waiver Wire! If you know fantasy hockey, you know that all the hard work you did at the draft will only take you so far. Remaining constantly vigilant with an eye towards unearthing the next potential gem for free off of the waiver wire is where championships are truly made.

As always, the players featured in this column are, by and large, rostered in fewer than half of all Fantrax leagues. I break that rule on occasion - and do so twice this week. But it’s my column so I make and break the rules as I see fit.

This week, we have four clubs set to see action four times — Vegas, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Arizona. Except for Dallas, those clubs have three home games as well. Meanwhile, there is a large swath of c