Reaction to Sabres firing Krueger; hot defenseman pickups; first half surprises

Pete, Rob and guest Chris Wassel react to Buffalo firing coach Ralph Krueger on Wednesday. The guys catch up on midseason trends, including debates on the fantasy goalie MVP (between Marc-Andre Fleury, Philipp Grubauer, Semyon Varlamov and Andrei Vasilevskiy) and biggest surprise of the season so far. The guys discuss some defensemen who are trending up in fantasy and available on the waiver wire, including Matt Grzelcyk, MacKenzie Weegar, Josh Morrissey and Filip Hronek, and give a couple of sledgehammer picks for the Wednesday slate. Other topics from this show include Artemi Panarin’s impact on the Rangers’ forward group (especially Mika Zibanejad), the injury concern for Evgeni Malkin, Thatcher Demko’s sustainability for the Canucks and the upcoming return of Cale Makar for the Avalanche.