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It has become cliché to state that there is no longer such thing as a “sleeper”. Yes, it is the information age. Yes, everyone will have heard of every player you have drafted. That said, there is still plenty of value to be mined at the draft table. For our season preview, we will look at players who are being drafted below where their talent level might indicate. All rankings and average draft positions (ADP) are based on Yahoo leagues. Today we look at the wing positions:

Right Wing

Right wing is very shallow this year so you may want to consider taking a top option early on if there is one available. If not, the following guys offer plenty of value at the draft table.

Jakub Voracek – PHI – 15th ranked RW – ADP 86.9

Voracek has dual wing eligibility, which is reason enough to consider bumping him up your draft board a bit, but since the RW position is thinner we will consider him at this position.

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Voracek is coming off a miserable 2015-16 campaign, which saw his shooting percentage cut nearly in half to a paltry 5.2 per cent. Had he shot his career average of 9.5 per cent, Voracek would have finished with 20 goals and 64 points – more importantly, no one would be neglecting his fantasy value.

Voracek also missed nine games last season, which exactly doubled eight-year veteran’s career total for missed games. He is typically an iron man, so don’t expect more injury woes.

Finally, Voracek has put together a robust track record with the Philadelphia Flyers. We know that he is an entrenched top-line forward, skating with Claude Giroux at even strength and on the power play. He has scored 288 points in 363 games in the orange and black, an 82-game average of 65 points, which exactly what you should draft Voracek for. You should also expect 20 or more power-play points and over 200 shots.

Whether you use Voracek at LW or at RW he is a good bet to perform at a second-tier level behind elite guys like Joe Pavelski or Vladimir Tarasenko.

Jordan Eberle – EDM – 13th ranked RW – ADP 89.8

Eberle is actually going slightly later in drafts than Voracek despite being ranked slightly higher. You should probably treat them as though they are in that same second tier of RW.

All Eberle does is score. His career 0.77 point-per-game average prorates to a 64-point pace. This is what he is and has been for his entire career. The only time he slips is when he is injured, as he did missing 13 games last season.

A 64-point floor is highly intriguing but what makes Eberle really intriguing is the potential to click with phenom Connor McDavid. If McDavid reaches his potential and Eberle gets to ride shotgun there is a potential 40-goal/80-point campaign to be had. Eberle probably won’t get there but his upside makes him a great value pick at his ADP.

Brendan Gallagher – MON – 29th ranked RW – ADP 152.1

Injury woes kicked the steam right out of Gallagher’s breakout 2015-16 campaign, which is great news for those looking for fantasy draft value. He is going in 100 per cent of fantasy leagues so someone in every pool is finding draft value but it is in your interest to make sure that someone is you.

Gallagher’s 2015-16 season, if pro-rated for 82 games would have been 29 goals and 62 points, which is starting RW production in any fantasy league. Could he have kept it up over 82 games? We’ll never know but it is certainly worth the bet.

Last season was the first time that Gallagher was utilized frequently on the top power-play unit, solidifying himself as a strong net-front presence. This jump in power-play usage allowed Gallagher to score a career high 10 power-play points, despite missing 29 games. Gallagher had already established himself as a strong even-strength scorer before adding this special teams dimension. This elevates his projection to a significant level. Draft Gallagher expecting 55 points with over 250 shots, and potential for even stronger production. A guy with that kind of floor demands to go higher in drafts.

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