Slater Koekkoek Fantasy Hockey News
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Oilers’ Slater Koekkoek: Gets first goal with Oilers
Slater Koekkoek scored the Edmonton Oilers’ only goal in a 5-1 loss to the Canadiens on Saturday.Unfortunately for Koekkoek, the tally was far too late to help the Oilers manage a comeback. The 26-year-old blueliner added a pair of hits and blocked shots each in the contest. He’s supplied nine blocks in three contests, but his forays onto the scoresheet probably won’t happen with much frequency.
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Oilers’ Slater Koekkoek: Pens one-year deal with Edmonton
Slater Koekkoek signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, Darren Dreger of TSN reports.Koekkoek drew into 42 games with the Blackhawks last season, picking up 10 points and 42 PIM over that span. He’ll be in and out of the Oilers’ lineup as the team’s seventh defenseman this year, so he won’t be a viable fantasy option.
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Slater Koekkoek: Doesn’t receive qualifying offer
The Blackhawks have not extended Slater Koekkoek a qualifying offer, so he’ll hit the open market Friday, Scott Powers of The Athletic reports.Chicago has several prospects that should be ready to make the jump to the NHL next season, including Nicolas Beaudin and Ian Mitchell, so this isn’t entirely surprising. Koekkoek is a decent option for a seventh defenseman, so he should catch on with a new club relatively quickly.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Assists on equalizer
Slater Koekkoek posted an assist in Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Oilers in Game 3.Koekkoek’s shot was tipped in by Matthew Highmore, tying the score at 3-3. The helper was Koekkoek’s third point in the last two games. The 26-year-old blueliner isn’t known for being a regular name on the scoresheet — his 10 points and 42 games played in 2019-20 were both career highs.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Rare multi-point effort
Slater Koekkoek scored a goal and added an assist in Monday’s 6-3 loss to the Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers.Koekkoek had just one multi-point game in 2019-20, a two-assist effort versus the Kings on Oct. 27. The 26-year-old blueliner registered 10 points, 64 hits and 58 blocked shots in 42 contests during the regular season. In the playoffs, he’s expected to serve in a bottom-pairing role.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Helps out on early goal
Slater Koekkoek posted an assist, three blocked shots and a plus-3 rating in Saturday’s 8-4 win over the Flames.Koekkoek had the secondary helper on Jonathan Toews’ goal just 30 seconds into the game. The 25-year-old defenseman matched his career high for points with eight — all of which have been assists this year. He’s added 52 hits, 40 blocked shots and 30 PIM in 30 contests. Koekkoek sees mostly third-pairing minutes and isn’t likely to do enough for much fantasy relevance.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Manages helper in loss
Slater Koekkoek produced an assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the Panthers.Koekkoek has four assists in his last five games. The 25-year-old blueliner has just seven helpers to go with 44 hits, 27 blocked shots and 24 PIM in 23 appearances this season. He’s trending up currently, but he still plays a limited role and isn’t known for his scoring prowess.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Collects helper in win
Slater Koekkoek produced an assist, two hits and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday’s 4-1 win over the Canadiens.Koekkoek has assists in consecutive games. The 25-year-old defenseman has only five points to go with 41 hits and 24 PIM in 20 games — he’s not likely to score enough to interest fantasy owners.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Finally cracks lineup
Slater Koekkoek has cracked the lineup for each of Chicago’s last two games after sitting as a healthy scratch for eight consecutive contests.A slew of injuries has led to the Chicago Blackhawks being extremely thin on the back end, so Koekkoek should get additional opportunities the rest of the way. Nonetheless, he’s only picked up three helpers while averaging 15:25 of ice time in 16 games this campaign, so he won’t be a viable fantasy option in 2019-20.
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Blackhawks’ Slater Koekkoek: Picks up first points of year
Slater Koekkoek dished out a pair of assists and was plus-4 in Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Kings. He also had four hits and two PIM.Koekkoek drew into the lineup for the third straight game and responded with his first points of the season, assisting on a Dylan Strome goal that opened the scoring and a Drake Caggiula goal that closed things up. Koekkoek is a depth defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks who doesn’t figure to chip in much offensively when he does get into the lineup.
