Fantasy Hockey Life

The NHL draft is over and it is time for your hosts to lay some cards on the table. Soon we will bring on the guests but first, listeners want to know: who are Victor and Jesse's top 10 draft prospects for fantasy rookie drafts? We discuss Juraj Slafkovsky, David Jiricek, Shane Wright, Denton Mateychuk, Logan Cooley, Frank Nazar, Simon Nemec, Pavel Mintyukov, Joakim Kemell, Cutter Gauthier, Danila...

The Dallas Stars stayed on the edge of the playoff mix but feature some great forwards developing and a breakout goalie. Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News breaks it down. (7:30) Matt talks Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Jacob Peterson, Denis Gurianov, Ty Delleandrea, Riley Damiani, Miro Heiskanen, John Klingberg, Esa Lindell, Ryan Suter, Jani Hakanp...

The Detroit Red Wings stayed low in the standings but saw the first star fruits of the Yzerman-era rebuild. Old friend of the show Tony Wolak is here to discuss the team and all the pros. These include Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi, Jakub Vrana, Lucas Raymond, Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter, Michael Rasmussen, Filip Zadina, Moritz Seider, Filip Hronek, Gustav Lindstrom, Jake Walman, Alex Nedelkovic, Thom...

The Columbus Blue Jackets were on the outside looking in last year. How long until the moves they have made start to bear fruit? Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers breaks it down for Victor and Jesse. We talk Patrik Laine, Boone Jenner, Jakub Voracek, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Gustav Nyquist, Jack Roslovic, Alexander Texier, Cole Sillinger, Zach Werenski, Adam Boqvist, Vladislav Gavrikov, Jake Bean, Elvi...

This was the year Minnesota became an offensive juggernaut thanks to the budding superstardom of one Kirill Kaprizov. Brett Marshall of the Sound the Foghorn podcast joins Jesse and Victor to break it down. Beyond Kaprizov, we talk Kevin Fiala, Mats Zuccarello, Matt Boldy, Ryan Hartman, Joel Eriksson-Ek, Frederic Gaudreau, Marcus Foligno, Jared Spurgeon, Matt Dumba, Jonas Brodin, and Alex Goligosk...

The Buffalo Sabres traded their star Captain and...got better? Hear Walter Zurowski of Sabremetrix bring some optimism for the Blue and Gold to Victor and Jesse. We cover pros Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner, Alex Tuch, Kyle Okposo, Dylan Cozens, Peyton Krebs, Casey Mittelstadt, Rasmus Dahlin, Henri Jokiharju, Jacob Bryson, Owen Power, Craig Anderson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Devon Leviand Erik Portillo....

Sarah Avampato has great takes on the surprisingly good LA Kings, and Jesse and Victor are here for it. They include Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson, Adrian Kempe, Philip Danault, Trevor Moore, Andreas Athanasiou, Arthur Kaliyev, Carl Grundstrom, Quinton Byfield, Drew Doughty, Sean Durzi, Jordan Spence, Jonathan Quick, our beloved Cal Petersen, and David Hrenak. Dan Tiffany of Dobber Prospects stop...

The Isles started the year with high hopes but ended it well out of contention. James Nichols of the 4th Period joins Victor and Jesse to break it down. Covered are pros Brock Nelson, Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Josh Bailey, Kyle Palmieri, Anthony Beauvillier, Kieffer Bellows, Oliver Wahlstrom, Noah Dobson, Ryan Pulock, Ilya Sorokin, Semyon Varlamov, Jakub Skarek, and Tristan L...

Chicago had a tough season on and off the ice. Greg Boysen of CHGO Sports joins Victor and Jesse to break it all down. Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Strome, Jonathan Toews, Kirby Dach, Dominik Kubalik, Taylor Raddish, Philipp Kurashev, Sam Lefferty, Tyler Johnson, Sth Jones, Jake McCabe, Calvin De Haan, Connor Murphy, Kevin Lankinen, Collin Delia, Arvid Soderblom, and Drew Commesso. Dan Tiff...

The Vancouver Canucks were a tale of two seasons and Dave Hall, Dobber Prospects Managing Editor, breaks them both down for Victor and Jesse. We cover JT Miller, Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat, Conor Garland, Brock Boeser, Vasili Podkolzin, Nils Hoglander, Quinn Hughes, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Luke Schenn, Tyler Myers, Thatcher Demko, Jaroslav Halak, and Michael DiPietro. Dan Tiffany joins us to chat g...

The Vegas Golden Knights finally tasted something short of success this year, with injuries and drama that surprised most hockey fans. Chris Gawlik of Locked on VGK breaks it all down. We start with the pros Max Pacioretty, Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson, William Karlsson, Evgenii Dadonov, Shea Theodore, Alex Pietrangelo, Alec Martinez, Zach Whitecloud, Brayden...

Top analytics guy and Winnipeg Jets follower Garret Hohl is here to talk Jets with Victor and Jesse. Pros discussed include Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Morgan Barron, Evgeny Svechnikov, Mason Appleton, Josh Morrissey, Neal Pionk, Nate Schmidt, Logan Stanley, Collor Hellebuyck, Eric Comrie, and Mikhail Berdin. Dan Tiffany joins for "Tiff's Takes" o...

The Sharks had a tough year, but their team had a fantasy superstar breakout and other high points. Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now joins the boys to break it all down. Pros covered are Tim Meier, Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture, Alexander Barbanov, Kevin LaBanc, Rudolfs Balcers, Jonathan Dahlen, Noah Gregor, Sasha Chmelevski, Scott Reedy, Jasper Weatherby, John Leonard, Erik Karlsson, Brent Burns, M...

Eddy Jones of the Forever Mighty Podcast joins Victor and Jesse to cover a rising team in the NHL: the Anaheim Ducks. We cover Troy Terry, Trevor Zegras, Adam Henrique, Sonny Milano, Isac Lundestrom, Maxime Comtois, Sam Steel, Cam Fowler, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jamie Drysdale, John Gibson, Anthony Stolarz, Lukas Dostal, and Calle Clang. Dan Tiffany of Dobber Prospects joins us for "Tiff's takes" on th...

The Ottawa Senators dealt with off-ice drama and on-ice growing pains. Stephen Ellsworth of the Lace 'Em Up podcast joins Victor and Jesse to break down the pros. We talk Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Josh Norris, Tim Stuetzle, Connor Brown, Mathieu Joseph, Alex Formenton, Colin White, Parker Kelly, Thomas Chabot, Lassi Thomson, Artem Zub, Erik Brannstrom, Anton Forsberg, Matt Murray, Filip Gust...

The Philadelphia Flyers faltered, fortunately friend of the program TJ Branson of the Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Podcast does not. We go through the pro roster, including Cam Atkinson, Travis Konecny, Kevin Hayes, Sean Couturier, Joel Farabee, James van Riemsdyk, Scott Laughton, Oskar Lindblom, Morgan Frost, Owen Tippett, Ryan Ellis, Ivan Provarov, Rasmus Ristolainen, Can York, Travis Sanheim, Ronni...

It was a rough first year for the NHL's 32nd team. Now that the dust is settled, Victor and Jesse bring in Adam Kierszenblat of The Hockey Writers to figure out what is right and wrong in the US Pacific Northwest. It involves talking Jared McCann, Yanni Gourde, Jordan Eberle, Brandon Tanev, Jaden Schwartz, Alex Wennberg, Ryan Donato, Morgan Geekie, Daniel Sprong, Kole Lind, Karson Kuhlman, Vince D...

PHWA-credentialed New Jersey Devils reporter Kristy Flannery joins Victor and Jesse to talk all things Devils. We go over pro players Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier, Yegor Sharangovich, Dawson Mercer, Nathan Bastian, Andreas Johnsson, Pavel Zacha, Miles Wood, Jesper Boqvist, Tomas Tatar, Dougie Hamilton, Damon Severson, Jonas Siegenthaler, Ty Smith, Ryan Graves, MacKenzie Blackwood, Jona...

Victor and Jesse talk all things Montreal Canadiens this episode. Joining us is a favorite returning guest, Ryan Szporer of the Hockey Writers. He shoots us all straight on the future of the team, including Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Jonathan Drouin, Christian Dvorak, Mike Hoffman, Brendan Gallagher, Josh Anderson, Rem Pitlick, Jake Evans, Jesse Ylonen, Laurent Dauphin, Ryan Poehling, Jeff Petry,...

Jesse and Victor are so excited for the 32 team preview series that we went 90 minutes on the Arizona Coyotes! Patrick Brown of The Hockey Writers joins the show to talk about what he's seen up close covering the team this year. We discuss Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz, Phil Kessel, Lawson Crouse, Nick Ritchie, Alex Galchenyuk, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli, Jan Jenik, Jack McBain, Shayne Gostis...

Jesse and Victor chat about the recently completed fantasy hockey season. First, we play the 'Skid Game' with a dynasty team stuck in the middle. Then, we both give some of our lessons learned and new thoughts at the end of a long fantasy hockey season. Follow Victor on twitter @victornuno12 and Jesse @fanhockeylife. Our show is presented by Fantrax.com and proud to be a part of the Dobber Podcast...

Year one of the twin Fantasy Hockey Life Dynasty Leagues is in the books. Your boys Victor and Jesse each made a semifinal, but couldn't take down 'ships. Clay one a championship and Grizz was runner-up and they guest on this show for a look back round-table. If you're interested in strategies and experiences from a couple of guys with dynasty success, the discussion is worth a listen. The new dyn...

Jesse and Victor believe in going back to hold themselves accountable to predictions, even when they are really just hot takes. Each review their hot takes from episodes 153 and 154 last preseason and highlight the best and worst. This isn't really a prospect episode. Instead, you'll hear about Trevor Zegras, Pavel Francouz, Conor Timmons, Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafreniere, Samuel Poulin, Frederik An...

Mason Black of NHL Rank King is this week's guest. Well-known and lesser-known prospects are on the agenda as we talk new hotness Jack Quinn, Joshua Roy, Olen Zellweger, Wyatt Johnston, Bobby Brink, Ridly Greig, Luke Evangelista, Ryan Winterton, Brennan Othman, Ryder Korczak, Zayde Wisdom, Shai Buium, Antonio Stranges, Elliot Desnoyers, Lukas Cormier, Rory Kerins, and a few bonus hits from Mason....

In episode 179, it's just Jesse and Victor talkin'. Victor discusses 2022 draft prospects he is higher or lower on than the Dobber staff consensus (where his ranks are being used). Then both Jesse and Victor review some of the lesser-known prospects and fringe players moved at the NHL trade deadline. Discussed are: David Jiricek, Seamus Casey, Jagger Firkus, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kevin Korchinski,...