REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Jordan Schmaltz may be worth a roster spot in deeper leagues or may be a decent waiver wire pick up. His 43 projected fantasy points puts him at #183 behind Samuel Morin and ahead of Chad Ruhwedel. He has averaged -0.02 fantasy points in his past 20 games, which is less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 0.54 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#191) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. In 20 games last season he was the #243 ranked defenseman.

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START EM ALERT: WEEK 1 AND 2 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Jordan Schmaltz is projected for 2.11 fantasy points in 3 games the rest of the week in week 1 which ranks him as the #93 projected center for the week and a starter for most fantasy teams. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Matt Grzelcyk but behind Ethan Bear the rest of the week. Week 2 will not be as good based on projected rank (#202). He is projected for 1.21 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.