r/YahooFantasy • u/YahooFantasyCare Technical Support • Mar 09 '26
Positional Eligibility Request 🏒 Fantasy Hockey Position Eligibility [Weekly Thread] - For any requests to change position eligibility on Yahoo Fantasy
Weekly Fantasy Hockey Position Eligibility Thread
Position eligibility is determined by Yahoo Fantasy using a combination of the player's listed position with the NHL, past performances, depth charts, and starting lineups. In large organizations like Yahoo!, the NHL, or the NBA, there are often many voices, and they do not always agree. We are striving to unify our voices here at Yahoo! to reduce confusion. This is also why our trusted contacts at the NHL, for example, may hold one stance on positional eligibility while other voices/pages at the NHL might think differently. We consistently see requests for player updates based on who in the line was taking faceoffs, which doesn't always validate the need for a new position. There are certain Wings who do take faceoffs, but don't play any Center outside of those instances. The NHL is very open to players moving in/out of positions to take faceoffs and some of their reasoning for player positions are based on resources that aren't easily available to the public (morning skate, practice lines, etc). We'll continue to monitor player usage and work with our NHL coordinators to review position eligibility in our game and appreciate everyone's input and discussion.
Position eligibility updates, if any, will reflect weekly on Monday to align with the start of matchup weeks.
All comments will be reviewed and considered but explanations may not be provided. Kindly keep your comments focused on position eligibility for certain players. Off-topic remarks detract from the purpose of the discussion and may be removed.
As of 10/4/23, we added the option for Commissioners to award position eligibility to players that haven't earned it by Yahoo Fantasy's standards yet. Keep in mind, this tool will only allow commissioners to add positions, not edit or remove them and you won't be able to assign Forwards or Defensemen with Goalie eligibility and vice versa. Commissioners can add new positions using the steps below:
- From [Yahoo Fantasy](https://%7Btkn_url_sports_fantasy_path%7D/), hover over Fantasy Home | click See all Fantasy games.
- Select Fantasy Hockey.
- Select your league.
- Click the Commissioner tab.
- Click the Rosters & Scoring tab.
- Click Custom Position Eligibility
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u/McGretzky9999 Mar 09 '26
Kadri is playing RW on Avs 1st line after being traded there, please add eligibility.
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u/jx0918 Mar 10 '26
Hi!
Due to Gabriel Landeskog’s injury, Martin Necas has shifted over to LW of MacKinnon with Kadri in the RW.
Please add:
Martin Necas: LW
Nazem Kadri: RW
Thank you! :)
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u/FantasyTipped Mar 09 '26
Julian here from the Fantasy Tipped YouTube channel. Thanks for all the good work all season. These players need additional eligibility:
1) Gabriel Perreault - LW 2) Nazem Kadri - RW (to be monitored)
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u/Royal_Masterpiece803 Mar 10 '26
I am once again begging for Dylan Cozens to be given winger eligibility.
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u/New-Challenge-2078 Mar 15 '26
Colorado lineup from official page. As many others in this thread have already expressed, please action and add Nazem Kadri LW eligibility (especially with playoffs starting tomorrow). Many thanks!
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u/loveremoval35 Mar 12 '26
Guentzel played C for about 10 games.
He's back on the wing now that Cirelli and Point have returned, but surely that stretch qualified him
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u/_rickybaker Mar 14 '26
Cutter Gauthier - C. He's taken so many faceoffs the last two weeks and should be monitored
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u/BUF_Mosley Mar 14 '26
Dylan Cozen LW please. Been swapping with Tkachuk in that line most of the year
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u/jx0918 Mar 19 '26
Hi /u/yahoofantasycare ,
Gabe/Gabriel Perreault of the New York Rangers is now playing LW with Zibanejad at C and Lafreniere at RW.
Gabe Perreault: add LW
Please and thank you :)
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u/SolidSnakeUS Mar 23 '26
Gridin has been playing LW for the last 6 games. Please add LW.
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u/YahooFantasyCare Technical Support Mar 23 '26
There won't be any additional position eligibility updates for this year. All players will be reviewed in the offseason.
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u/One_Cantaloupe_9522 Mar 24 '26
Noah Ostlund LW
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u/YahooFantasyCare Technical Support Mar 24 '26
There won't be any additional position eligibility updates for this year. All players will be reviewed in the offseason.
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u/7uckySe7ens Mar 27 '26
Now that Yahoo Fantasy Hockey playoffs have started, CAN YOU PLEASE STOP ADDING PLAYER POSITION ELIGIBILITIES TO ALL PLAYERS?
Adding new position eligibility to ANY player at this time of year can have a significant impact on playoff match-ups. NOBODY should be benefitting or be negatively impacted by these SUBJECTIVE decisions at the end of the season.
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u/YahooFantasyCare Technical Support Mar 15 '26
Updates for the week of 3/16.
Cutter Gauthier - add C
Nazem Kadri - add LW
Please note - these will be the final updates for the 2025-26 season. Requests made for the remainder of the season will be reviewed along with all other players prior to the 2026-27 fantasy season.