Every Monday, theScore offers a weekly fantasy hockey column detailing a handful of moves you should make. This week's edition focuses on Week 1. Ownership percentages and position eligibility are courtesy of Yahoo.

Add Victor Olofsson

Team: Sabres
Position: LW/RW
Ownership: 42%

Olofsson is seizing the opportunity of a lifetime. Skating on Buffalo's first line with Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart, the 24-year-old rookie has two goals and an assist through two games.

The NHL sample size (seven points in eight career games) is awfully small, but Olofsson recorded 63 points in 66 AHL games last season and was a highly productive player in the Swedish league prior to 2018-19. Still owned in less than half of all leagues, Olofsson needs to be picked up ASAP.

Trade Connor Hellebuyck

Team: Jets
Position: G
Ownership: 93%

Anyone foolish enough to draft Hellebuyck prior to the season should be looking to part ways with him immediately. Winnipeg's defense was decimated in the offseason: Jacob Trouba was traded, Tyler Myers and Ben Chiarot departed as free agents, and Dustin Byfuglien is contemplating retirement. What was once one of the league's best blue lines is now arguably the worst.

Even with a strong team in front of him last season, Hellebuyck was just average. But, he started 62 games, making him a valuable commodity in a league with plenty of platoons in goal.

Head coach Paul Maurice's confidence in Hellebuyck could be waning after the netminder was lit up in the opener; Laurent Brossoit has started the last two games for Winnipeg.

Hellebuyck is not worth dropping in 12-plus team leagues, but start looking at swapping him for another goalie, or if you have enough depth between the pipes, a skater who can help your team.

Add Jaroslav Halak

Team: Bruins
Position: G
Ownership: 31%

It's quite surprising Halak is owned in less than a third of all leagues. While he didn't appear in the playoffs, the veteran netminder played in 40 games for the Bruins during the regular season, sporting a .922 save percentage and 2.34 goals-against average.

It would be wise of Boston to limit Tuukka Rask's workload after a grueling postseason run, especially with a capable backup in Halak. Expect a near 50-50 split. Halak is already off to a hot start with a 35-save shutout in his first game.

Add Andreas Johnsson

Team: Maple Leafs
Position: LW/RW
Ownership: 38%

Johnsson hasn't recorded a point yet this season, but expect that to change soon. He's skating on a line with Auston Matthews and William Nylander, and serves as the net-front presence on Toronto's loaded No. 1 power-play unit.

The 24-year-old Swede is coming off an impressive rookie season in which he tallied 18 of his 20 goals and 40 of his 43 points in his final 55 games. He'll start filling the stat sheet in no time.

Don't overreact to early developments

If your team is taking a beating so far in your Week 1 matchup, or if your early-round picks aren't delivering, don't worry about it. It's a long season. There's no need to make irrational trades over one week. If you did your homework before your draft, trust the team you selected.

Dropping the players taken near the end of your draft in exchange for some of the aforementioned names is fine, but there's no need for a dramatic shake-up.

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Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Evgeni Malkin and Nick Bjugstad will be out long term with lower-body injuries, head coach Mike Sullivan said Monday, according to NHL.com's Wes Crosby.

Malkin projects to be out longer than Bjugstad, Sullivan added, though his injury is not expected to be season-ending.

The 33-year-old center tripped over his own teammate while skating with the puck Saturday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was then hit awkwardly into the boards while on his knees.

Malkin was eager to bounce back this season after a down year in 2018-19. He's played more than just 70 games once in the last seven campaigns.

Pittsburgh's depth down the middle of the ice will be tested with its second- and third-line centers both shelved. Jared McCann, a natural pivot who's played primarily on the wing since joining the Penguins, will likely shift back to center. Teddy Blueger, who was centering the fourth line, could see an increased role.

The Penguins could also shift Alex Galchenyuk to center, but he's struggled with the defensive responsibilities of the position in the past.

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Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is calling for some major improvements from his squad just three games into the 2019-20 campaign.

The Bolts, who are Stanley Cup favorites again this season, fell to 1-1-1 on Sunday after a humiliating overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in which Tampa failed to record a single shot on goal in the second period. It was the Lightning's second defeat in as many nights, and Stamkos has seen enough.

"We just continue to be the freewheeling team that thinks we can just come into games and win because we're skilled," Stamkos told Diana C. Nearhos of the Tampa Bay Times. "We keep falling back into the same old habits that we've been doing, that cost us the season we had last year.

"Unless we change things, it's going to be a really, really, really long year."

Stamkos' comments refer to last year's playoffs, where the Lightning were swept by the Blue Jackets in the first round. Columbus ultimately derailed Tampa's Presidents' Trophy-winning campaign with a physically dominant showing.

The sweep was the most disappointing defeat in a long list of recent playoff shortcomings for the franchise, and the Lightning are under significant pressure this season to finally get over the playoff hump after returning virtually the same roster from a year ago.

"Everyone is sick of talking about it and not doing it," Stamkos said. "Let's go do it."

Stamkos has scored two goals in three games while averaging over 20 minutes per night to start the season.

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Journeyman netminder Michael Leighton announced his retirement Monday after 18 seasons of professional hockey.

"This is a really hard thing for me to say: I'm done playing because I've done this my whole life," Leighton told The Athletic's Scott Powers. "Since I was four or five years old, I've played hockey. It's been my life. For me to just say I'm done playing is a tough decision. It's just one that has to be made at this time."

Leighton, 38, dressed for 21 different teams throughout his career, spending most of his time in the AHL. Drafted in the sixth round of the 1999 NHL Draft, he played in a total of 126 NHL games (regular season and playoffs) and is best remembered for his role in the Philadelphia Flyers' run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2009-10.

Leighton entered his age-28 season with 69 career games under his belt but had never enjoyed much success. The Flyers claimed him off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes after he began the year with a 4.28 goals-against average and an .848 save percentage.

Leighton became the Flyers' starter, going 16-5-2 with a .918 save percentage and a 2.48 goals-against average during the regular season. He parlayed that strong play into a miraculous postseason run, recording a .916 save percentage and a 2.46 goals-against average as the Flyers fell two games short of winning the Stanley Cup against the burgeoning Chicago Blackhawks. He was in goal for Patrick Kane's famous overtime winner in Game 6.

"There's obviously a lot of disappointment still that burns inside of me that wishes I could have won and brought the championship to Philadelphia," Leighton said. "But that whole playoff experience, that whole season, was definitely a positive for me.

"Got a lot of NHL games, playing in the semifinals, getting three shutouts against Montreal in a playoff series, just playing in the Stanley Cup Final. There's a lot of goalies who play 15, 20 years in the NHL and never make it to the Stanley Cup Final. That's still a great accomplishment for me personally. It obviously sucks we didn't win, but still a highlight of my career to play in the playoffs and have a chance to play for the Cup."

Leighton would start just five more NHL games after the Flyers' run, making his final appearance in the league during the 2016-17 season.

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Journeyman netminder Michael Leighton announced his retirement Monday after 18 seasons of professional hockey.

"This is a really hard thing for me to say: I'm done playing because I've done this my whole life," Leighton told The Athletic's Scott Powers. "Since I was four or five years old, I've played hockey. It's been my life. For me to just say I'm done playing is a tough decision. It's just one that has to be made at this time."

Leighton, 38, dressed for 21 different teams throughout his career, spending most of his time in the AHL. Drafted in the sixth round of the 1999 NHL Draft, he played in a total of 126 NHL games (regular season and playoffs) and is best remembered for his role in the Philadelphia Flyers' run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2009-10.

Leighton entered his age-28 season with 69 career games under his belt but had never enjoyed much success. The Flyers claimed him off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes after he began the year with a 4.28 goals-against average and an .848 save percentage.

Leighton became the Flyers' starter, going 16-5-2 with a .918 save percentage and a 2.48 goals-against average during the regular season. He parlayed that strong play into a miraculous postseason run, recording a .916 save percentage and a 2.46 goals-against average as the Flyers fell two games short of winning the Stanley Cup against the burgeoning Chicago Blackhawks. He was in goal for Patrick Kane's famous overtime winner in Game 6.

"There's obviously a lot of disappointment still that burns inside of me that wishes I could have won and brought the championship to Philadelphia," Leighton said. "But that whole playoff experience, that whole season, was definitely a positive for me.

"Got a lot of NHL games, playing in the semifinals, getting three shutouts against Montreal in a playoff series, just playing in the Stanley Cup Final. There's a lot of goalies who play 15, 20 years in the NHL and never make it to the Stanley Cup Final. That's still a great accomplishment for me personally. It obviously sucks we didn't win, but still a highlight of my career to play in the playoffs and have a chance to play for the Cup."

Leighton would start just five more NHL games after the Flyers' run, making his final appearance in the league during the 2016-17 season.

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The Vancouver Canucks have traded defenseman Alex Biega to the Detroit Red Wings for winger David Pope, the Red Wings announced Sunday.

Biega, a 31-year-old right-handed shot, played 41 games with the Canucks in 2018-19, registering 16 points. Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the fifth round of the 2006 draft, Biega has 179 NHL games under his belt.

Pope, a fourth-round pick of Detroit in 2013, split time between the AHL and ECHL last season. He only managed three points in 28 games with the Grand Rapids Griffins but mustered 13 points in 20 playoff contests with the Toledo Walleye.

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