With Andrei Vasilevskiy back, it’s time to cut Jonas Johansson

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The NHL season is almost two months old, and you’ve held onto some players too long. You were hoping they would break out of their early-season doldrums, but for the most part that hasn’t been the case. There have been some players who have been injured for a long time, and now it’s a great opportunity to cut bait and get a player who is actually playing.

The beauty of the NHL pool is that there are so many good players who never get drafted in fantasy, as most leagues select less than 200 players and goalies in a league that has over 700 players active or injured. Let’s consider some players who are rostered in ample Yahoo leagues but who could be easily dropped.

Chabot could return to action at the end of the week from the fractured hand he suffered in late October, but he’s lost his spot on the top power play to Jake Sanderson and Jakob Chychrun. Chabot had three assists in his first seven games before getting hurt and while he has been the star of the Ottawa blue line for the last five seasons, he has been surpassed by both Chychrun and Sanderson, at least offensively. While he could have some value, especially if he is dealt elsewhere, at this stage Chabot is a tough hold, especially in shallow leagues.

Gustav Forsling, D, Florida Panthers (54% rostered)

Forsling was a great pick on draft day as both Brandon Montour and Aaron Ekblad were out of action after undergoing offseason surgery. But both players returned to action Nov. 17, and while they’ve yet to pick up a point in four games, the duo are the face of the Panthers’ defensive corps. Forsling has two goals, four assists, 17 hits and 28 blocked shots, but he has lost all his power-play time to Montour and Ekblad. Should either defenseman falter or get re-injured,…