Fantasy Hockey Life

Today is all about Victor and Jesse's high-share players past and present. First we evaluate our 2021-22 high share players (see episode 155) Ryan Pulock, Blake Wheeler, Cal Petersen, Josh Norris, Evander Kane, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jonathan Toews, Jamie Drysdale, Cole Caufield, Tyler Seguin, Mo Seider, Justin Faulk, Mark Giordano, Filip Forsberg, Jaden Schwartz, Brendan Gallagher, and Steven Stamko...

We did 16 Eastern Conference Team Previews this summer. Some teams made roster changes after their episodes. Today we catch up on new homes for David Krejci, Pavel Zacha, Ilya Lyubushkin, Kale Clague, Eric Comrie, Andrew Copp, David Perron, Dominik Kubalik, Robert Hagg, Ville Husso, Kirby Dach, Sean Monahana, Mike Matheson, Alex DeBrincat, Claude Giroux, Cam Talbot, Calle Jarnkrok, Johnny Gaudreau...

We covered all the teams in our 32 team previews, but some guys just wouldn't sit still. Give us a break - we started these in May! In our final episodes before the season this week, Victor and Jesse talk about players who came to teams after we recorded those teams' previews. Included in our Western Conference tour are John Klingberg, Ryan Strome, Frank Vatrano, Calle Clang, Nazem Kadri, Sonny Mi...

In the final installment of our "Draftastic 5" series, Victor and Jesse welcome Cam Robinson of EP Rinkside to talk about several players from the 2022 entry draft. These include: Frank Nazar, Liam Ohgren, Denton Mateychuk, Jagger Firkus, Pavel Mintyukov, Kevin Korchinski Matthew Savoie, Joakim Kemell, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Isaiah George, Jordan Dumais, Vladimir Grudinin, and...

Victor and Jesse have done their individual positional ranks for the year. Rather than list them all, we debate their biggest differences in projections/ranks. This episode covers the defensemen. We compare notes on Dougie Hamilton, Adam Fox, MacKenzie Weegar, Aaron Ekblad, Alex Pietrangelo, Morgan Rielly, Jakob Chychrun, Brent Burns, Neal Pionk, Noah Dobson, Radko Gudas, Tony DeAngelo, Rasmus Ris...

Victor and Jesse have done their individual positional ranks for the year. Rather than list them all, we debate their biggest differences in projections/ranks. This episode is all about the forwards. We cover Matt Tkachuk, Sasha Barkov, Artemi Panarin, Timo Meier, Mika Zibanejad, Andrei Svechnikov, Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex DeBrincat, Bryan Rust, Evander Kane, Mark Stone, Jason Robertson, Zach Hyma...

Victor and Jesse have done their individual positional ranks for the year. Rather than list them all, we debate their biggest differences in projections/ranks. This first of a three-part series is all about Goalies. We discuss Jack Campbell, Jacob Markstrom, Jordan Binnington, Frederik Andersen, Cal Petersen, Jonathan Quickm Pavel Francouz, Karel Vejmelka, Carter Hart, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmar...

Jess Belmosto from Locked on Flames is here to update us on one of the offseason's busiest teams. Players discussed include Jonathan Huberdeau, Elias Lindholm, Nazem Kadri, Andrew Mangiapane, Tyler Toffoli, Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman, Dillon Dube, Jakob Pelletier, Matthew Phillips, Rasmus Andersson, Noah Hanifin, MacKenzie Weegar, Oliver Kylington, Jacob Markstrom, Dan Vladar, and Dustin Wolf....

Finally we reach the Cup Champs Colorado Avalanche. Chris Micieli of Locked on Avs is here to talk pros Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen, JT Compher, Alex Newhook, Ben Meyers, Martin Kaut, Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Bowen Byram, Samuel Girard, Alexandar Georgiev, and Pavel Francouz,.Dan Tiffany of Dobbert Prospects brings "Tiff's Takes" on the...

The Carolina Hurricanes were dominant in the regular season, and feature several elite fantasy options. Brandon Stanley of the Tracking the Storm podcast joins the show. Victor and Jesse ask about the pros Andrei Svechnikov, Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen, Max Pacioretty, Martin Necas, Seth Jarvis, Paul Stastny, Ondrej Kase, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brent Burns, Jaccob Slavin, Brady Skjei, Brett Pesce...

Erik Erlendsson of Lightning Insider is here to talk through the dynasty that almost did it again last year. Pros covered include Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point, Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli, Nicholas Paul, Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman, Mikhail Sergachev, Erik Cernak, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Brian Elliott. (47:00) Dan Tiffany of Dobbert Prospects brings "Tiff's Takes" on the goalie...

Peter Harling of Dobber Prospect Radio is here to discuss players who caught his eye at the recent World Juniors Tournament. Victor and Jesse talk with him about Emil Andrae, Ridly Greig, Carter Mazur, Samuel Helenius, Olen Zellweger, Roni Hirvonen, Logan Stankoven, Roby Jarventie, Fabian Lysell, Brennan Othmann, Simon Edvinsson, Connor Bedard, Kent Johnson, and Mason McTavish. Our show is present...

Mitch Brown of EP Rinkside joins Victor and Jesse for our Draftastic Five series. Mitch reports on Owen Pickering, Denton Mateychuk, Kevin Korchinski, Simon Nemec, Ethan Gauthier, Caden Price, Andrew Strathmann, Eduard Sale, Zach Benson, Denver Barkey, Simon Edvinsson, Owen Power, William Eklund, Matthew Beniers, Mason McTavish, Shane Pinto, and JJ Peterka. Our show is presented by Fantrax.com and...

Jonathan Willis of The Athletic is our guest to talk Edmonton Oilers. Victor and Jesse ask Jonathan about Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Jesse Puljujarvi, Kailer Yamamoto, Ryan McLeod, Tyler Benson, Darnell Nurse, Tyson Barrie, Evan Bouchard, Philip Broberg, Jack Campbell, Mike Smith, and Stuart Skinner. Dan Tiffany of Dobbert Prospects brings "Tiff'...

The Washington Capitals have an aging core, but a very talented one. Sammi Silber from Washington Hockey Now joins the show to break them down. In the Pros section, Jesse and Victor ask her about Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, Anthony Mantha. Dylan Strome, TJ Oshie, Conor Sheary, Connor Brown, Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, Hendrix LaPierre, John Carlson, Dmitr...

Jesse and Victor return to the Draftastic 5 this week with Byron Bader of Hockey Prospecting. His model is one of our favorite tools, so we start out picking his brain about the website. Then Byron gives his takes on underrated, overrated, and underdrafted players in the 2022 NHL entry draft. discussed include Lane Hutson, Simon Nemec, Gleb Trikozov, Artyom Duda, Isaac Howard, Danila Yurov, Juraj...

The Florida Panthers had the best team in franchise history but didn't produce playoff results. David Dwork joins Jesse and Victor to preview the coming season. For pros, we talk Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett, Anton Lundell, Anthony Duclair, Colin White, Rudolph Balcers, Aleksi Heponiemi, Grigori Denisenko, Justin Sourdif, Aaron Ekblad, Gustav Fors...

Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch joins Victor and Jesse to talk Blues. Pros covered include Vladimir Tarasenko, Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich, Brayden Schenn, Ryan O'Reilly, Ivan Barbashev, Nathan Walker, Klim Kostin, Logan Brown, Torey Krug, Justin Faulk, Colton Parayko, Scott Perunovich, Calle Rosen, Jordan Binnington, Thomas Greiss, and Joel Hofer. (1:02) Dan Tiffan...

Denis Gorman of the AP and Newsday joins the show to go over the New York Rangers. Victor and Jesse ask Denis about pros Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck,, Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafreniere, Adam Fox, Jacob Trouba, Braden Schneider, K'Andre Miller, Zac Jones, Nils Lundkvist, Igor Shesterkin, and Jaroslav Halak. Dan Tiffany of Dobbert Prospects brings "Tiff...

Bryan Bastin of On the Forecheck (on SB Nation) comes to talk Nashville Predators. In the pro section, Victor and Jesse ask Bryan about Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene, Mikael Granlund, Ryan Johansen, Tanner Jeannot, Nino Niederreiter, Philip Tomasino, Eeli Tolvanen, Cody Glass, Mark Jankowski, John Leonard, Roman Josi, Mattias Ekholm, Ryan McDonough, Alexandre Carrier, Dante Fabbro, Juuse Saros, Kev...

Jesse Marshall of The Athletic brings great insight to a team with one of the most established and successful cores in the league. Jesse and Victor talk with him about Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Jeff Carter, Rickard Rakell, Teddy Blueger, Kasperi Kapanen, Jason Zucker, Radim Zohoma, Valtteri Puustinen, Samuel Poulin, Drew O' Connor, Kris Letang, Jeff Petry, Ty Smith,...

Time to talk Leafs and Nick Richards is the man to do it. Nick is the Director of North American Scouting for Dobber Prospects as well as a contributor to Leafs Nation and Lamenting Leafs. (7:30) Jesse and Victor ask him about Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner, William Nylander, John Tavares, Michael Bunting, Calle Jarnkrok, Alex Kerfoot, Nick Robertson, Morgan Rielly, Jake Muzzin, Rasmus Sandin, T...

Draftastic 5 part deux! Today Dave Hall and Hadi Kalakeche of Dobber Prospects join Victor and Jesse to go over some of their favorite (and unfavorite) picks of the draft. Underrated: Ryan Jealey, Frank Nazar, Gleb Trikozov, Lane Hutson, Vladimir Grudinin, Mattias Havelid, Logan Cooley, Liam Ohgren, and David Goyette. Overrated: Danila Yurov, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Matthew Savoie, Tristan Luneau, T...

Will Scouch of Scouching joins Victor and Jesse to talk about fantasy prospects coming out of the NHL draft. Even if you've heard Will on this subject lately: we've got some deeper cuts today! We talk Brad Lambert, Gleb Trikozov, Liam Ohgren, Jagger Firkus, Conor Geekie, Rutger McGroarty, Maveric Lamoreaux, Filip Bystedt, Vladimir Grudinin, Brandon Lisowsky, Alexis Gendron, Alexander Suzdalev, Lan...

Fluto Shinzawa of the Athletic joins Victor and Jesse to talk all things Boston Bruins. 5:30 We talk Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron, Taylor Hall, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Erik Haula, Craig Smith, Jack Studnicka, Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Carlo, Hampus Lindholm, Matt Grzelcyk, Jeremy Swayman, and Linus Ullmark. Dan Tiffany of Dobbert Prospects brings "Tiff's Takes" on the goalies...