Fantasy Hockey Features: The uncertainty of Cole Perfetti

The uncertainty regarding Cole Perfetti's fantasy stock has become palpable. The Winnipeg forward managed a respectable 30 points in 51 games during his rookie season in 2022-23, but as he enters his age-22 campaign questions have reared up. Perfetti has just two points in five outings and that’s not a terrible performance, but there should be a lot of concerns for fantasy players. Let’s dig into what he’d done in his career, what has happened this year, and what fantasy fanatics should do moving forward. 

Heading into 2023-24, Perfetti had 69 regular season games to his name. Those games produced 1.95 points per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 — a number that put him just behind teammate Mark Scheifele (1.96) and inside the 62nd percentile of the league. For players around his age, it was higher than