Fantasy Hockey Life

This one is easy. We previewed all 32 teams but there were signings and trades after our previews. This episode catches up on all 16 Western Conference teams to talk about recently added players. We also give a hot take for each Western Conference team. Follow on twitter @victornuno12 @fanhockeylife. Email fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com and ask to join our free discord. Listen and subscribe wherever...

If you read articles on Fantrax that included ranks from Jesse and Victor, you may have questions. We stand up to our outlier takes and differences on this special episode about goalies. Covered are Cal Petersen, Pavel Francouz, Tristan Jarry, Cam Talbot, Carter Hart, Elvis Merzlikins, Philipp Grubauer, Jacob Markstrom, Jordan Binnington, Semyon Varlamov, Igor Stersterkin, Darcy Kuemper, Ilya Soro...

Victor and Jesse's individual ranks are out on Fantrax. That means it is time to explain/defend/apologize for outliers from the staff consensus. This is episode 2 of 3 and time for defensemen. Covered are Roman Josi, Jeff Petry, Darnell Nurse, Neal Pionk, Rasmus Dahlin, Jakob Chychrun, John Klingberg, Jamie Drysdale, Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, Adam Fox, Samuel Girard, Charlie McAvoy, and Seth Jones...

Victor and Jesse's individual ranks are out, and it is time to talk about the ones that are outliers from the staff consensus. In the first of a three-episode series, we talk forwards each of us has high or low. Covered are Alex DeBrincat, Tyler Seguin, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tomas Tatar, Taylor Hall, Matthew Tkachuk, Cole Caufield, Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson, Brayden Point, William Nylander, Mikk...

Nick Pinkerton of the Hockey Writers is in on the ground floor of the NHL's expansion Kraken, and shares his analysis with us. We cover the work-in-progress roster, including: Jared McCann, Jared Schwartz, Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Brandon Tanev, Mark Giordano, Vince Dunn, Jamie Oleksiak, Adam Larsson, Philipp Grubauer, Chris Driedger, Matthew Beniers, Ryker Evans, Kole Lind, and "dat boy Calle...

It's time to talk Tampa Bay Lightning with Erik Erlendsson of Lightning Insider. Victor and Jesse talk about the 2-time Stanley Cup Champs. Covered players include Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Ondrej Palat, Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli, Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonough, Mikhail Sergachev, Erik Cernak, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Alex Barre-Boulet (note: Jesse knows someone made the AB-B n...

Ryan Szporer of the Hockey Writers joins Victor and Jesse to preview the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs made a surprising run to the cup finals last year but dealt with a lot of change in the offseason. Ryan shoots us straight on what to expect. We cover: Brendan Gallagher, Tyler Toffoli, Mike Hoffman, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Josh Anderson, Jonathan Drouin, Jeff Petry, Joe Ed...

Jamas Nichols of the Hockey Writers and the Nassaumen Podcast comes back to the show to talk New York Islanders with Jesse and Victor. We talk about all the players Lou Lamoriello will admit are signed to the team. Included: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri, Anthony Beauvillier, Zach Parise, Oliver Wahlstrom, Matt Martin, Cal Clutterbuck, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Cas...

Josh Kim returns to the show to break down the Winnipeg Jets. Victor and Jesse cover Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp, Paul Stastny, Pierre-Luc DuBois, Neal Pionk, Josh Morrissey, Nate Schmidt, Connor Hellebuyck, and Eric Comrie. In The Dynasty Dig, Josh hangs around to go over Cole Perfetti, Chaz Lucius, Ville Heinola, Mikhail Berdin and Arvin Holm. Follow o...

Brett Pickler from the Hockey Writers joins Jesse and Victor. On the agenda are the Vegas Golden Knights. Spoiled with 3 final 4 appearances in 4 years of existence, the Knights are in their window and chock-full of fantasy assets. We discuss Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Marchessault, Evgeni Dadonov, William Karlsson, Reilly Smith, Alex Tuch, Nolan Patrick, Chandler Stephenson, Shea Theodo...

Jack LeGwin, host of the the Puck Preps Podcast and the Behind the Scenes Hockey Podcast, joins Victor and Jesse to talk Carolina Hurricanes. It has certainly been an active offseason for the team, and all discuss what comes next for the "Bunch of Jerks." We talk a very deep pool of players, including: Sebastian Aho, Vincent Trocheck, Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas, Jordal Staal, Teuvo Teravainen...

Hannah Garfield of the Hockey Writers and the Chicks & Sticks podcast joins Jesse and Victor to talk about the Boston Bruins. Is the window closed and how would Jesse prefer Brad Marchand be memorialized for the ages? We talk about Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall, Craig Smith, Nick Foligno, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy, Matt Grzelcyk, Mike Reilly, Linus Ullma...

On the latest Fantasy Hockey Life, Jesse and Victor welcome Chris Micieli of Locked on Avs and the Hockey Writers to talk Colorado Avalanche. 2021 was such a great season for the Avs....until it wasn't. Nonetheless, you need to follow the remarkable fantasy talent and promising prospects on this team. We cover Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog, Andre Burakovsky, Nazem Kadri, Vale...

The team everyone has an opinion on, the Toronto Maple Leafs, get the spotlight today. Andrew Forbes of The Hockey Writers joins Jesse and Victor to look at the trajectory of the team and it's key players coming into a new year. We cover Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, John Tavares, William Nylander, Nick Ritchie, Ondrej Kase, Michael Bunting, Morgan Rielly, Jake Muzzin, Jack Campbell, Petr Mrazek,...

In the final installment of the Draftastic 5, Rob Love of Fantalytica and Fantrax HQ joins Jesse and Victor with some modeling projections on the rookie draft. We cover Tyler Boucher, Ryker Evans, Oskar Olausson, Francesco Pinelli, Nolan Allen, that guy in Montreal, William Stromgren, Sebastian Cossa, Sasha Pastujov, Sean Tschigurl, Semyon Vyazovov, and Jalen Luypen. We also talk about how to use...

In the 4th of 5 editions of the Draftastic 5 rookie draft preview series, Jesse and Victor are joined by Will Scouch of Scouching.ca. We cover Will's insights on Matthew Beniers, Fabian Lysell, Logan Stankoven, Ower Power, Zach Bolduc, Evan Nause, Sebastian Cossa, Jesper Wallstedt, Dylan Duke, Connor Lockhart, Ty Voit, Ethan Cardwell, and Zach L'Heureaux. We also discuss Will's thoughts on how cer...

Cam Robinson of EP Rinkside joins the crew to talk about the 2021 draftees from a scouting experience. This is episode 3/5 of the Draftastic Five. Cam is a premiere prospect expert as well as being an avid fantasy hockey player. Jesse and Victor just throw names at him and don't stump Cam even once. Names discussed include William Eklund, Brandt Clarke, Mason McTavish, Kent Johnson, Zach Dean, Log...

In the second episode of the Draftastic Five rookie draft preview series, Byron Bader joins Victor and Jesse to talk about how his projection site, hockeyprospecting.com, views many of the players in the 2021 draft. We discuss Brandt Clarke, Dylan Guenther, Olen Zellweger, Logan Stankoven, Sasha Pastujov, Ayrton Martino, Red Savage, Mason McTavish, Simon Edvinsson, Tyler Boucher, Isak Rosen, Brenn...

It's time for the Draft-tastic five - 11 days, 5 episodes all about your dynasty rookie drafts. In the first, Jesse and Victor talk about their top 10 draftees for fantasy. We have different lists for sure. Discussed players include William Eklund, Matthew Beniers, Brandt Clarke, Dylan Guenther, Owen Power, Jesper Wallstedt, Kent Johnson, Fabian Lysell, Chaz Lucius, Cole Sillinger, Luke Hughes, Ma...

Dave Betten of the Stream Scheme podcast joins Victor and Jesse to talk about the Pittsburgh Penguins. Have the Pens finally run out their window or will they once again regroup and tear through their division? We cover Sidney Crosby (duh), Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin, Kasperi Kapanen, Kris Letang, John Marino, Mike Matheson, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Tristan Jarry, Casey DeSmith, Calle...

Florida Panthers are on the minds of Jack Dawkins, Jesse and Victor. South Beach gets some hockey respect with a loaded roster and a fantastic season. We cover: Sasha Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, Anthony Duclair, Patrik Hornqvist, Owen Tippett, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, MacKenzie Weegar, Radko Gubas, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Spencer Knight. In the Dynasty Dig, Jack sti...

Victor and Jesse talk Minnesota Wild with Brett Marshall. Thankfully, this time Bill Guerin made his bombshell moves with Parise and Suter prior to our recording. We talk Kirill Kaprizov, and surprisingly we didn't spend the whole episode on him. Instead, we moved on to Kevin Fiala, Mats Zuccarello, Joel Eriksson-Ek, Marcus Foligno, Jordan Greenway, Jared Spurgeon, Mathew Dumba, Jonas Brodin, Cam...

Alex MacLean joins Jesse and Victor to talk Nashville Predators. We talk Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg, Eeli Tolvanen, Luke Kunin, Matt Duchene, Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis, Mathias Ekholm, Dante Fabbro, Juuse Saros, Connor Ingram, Yaroslav Askarov, Philip Tomasino, and David Farrance. We recorded before the Preds traded away Ellis and got Cody Glass and Phillipe Myers, and Alex amazingly called his sh...

Jim Parsons from the Hockey Writers comes to the show to talk about the Edmonton Oilers...two days before the Duncan Keith trade went down. The conversation REMAINS highly relevant and enlightening. We talk Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jesse Puljujarvi, Kailer Yamamoto, Darnell Nurse, Ethan Bear, Evan Bouchard, Tyson Barrie, Adam Larsson, Oscar Klefbom, Mike Smith, Mikko Ko...

Jack Dawkins stops by, and together with Victor tries to help Jesse emotionally process the season of the Washington Capitals. Covered players include Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, TJ Oshie, Anthony Mantha, John Carlson, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov, Vitek Vanacek, Connor McMichael, Henrix LaPierre, Alex Alexeyev, Bogdan Trineyev, and Aliaksei Protas. We were havin...