Fantasy Hockey Life

Episode 103 features digs into Zayde Wisdom, Noel Gunler, Jonathan Dahlen, Veini Vehvilainen, Mikko Lehtonen, and Michael Dal Colle. Then the boys talk late season and playoff prep and strategy. They do an exercise where they lay out the two wildest trades each would be willing to do, that would probably surprise many fellow players. Follow us on Twitter at @fanhockeylife @victornuno12. Email us a...

Jesse, Victor, and Josh Kim of the Hockey Writers cover the rest of the North Division - Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. Josh gets off his chest his biggest concern with the Leafs. The boys discuss what to make of Nils Hoglander for the rest of the season. Jesse attempts to gaslight Victor on who the real Kyle Connor fan is. All that and an update on the listener league. Follow us on Twitter at...

Victor and Jesse are ready to talk about the teams in the Great Canadian North. For the first half of this division, we talk Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and Ottawa with THW expert Josh Kim. What victory laps and mea culpas do Jesse and Victor have halfway through the season? Which players have been catching our eye? We talk about the players whose performances could turn the second have of your f...

On episode 100 of Fantasy Hockey Life, Victor answers listener questions and covers some players in the vicinity of 100 games played. Jesse dives into guys whose goals scored may be a bit high or a bit low. Then Jesse makes a shocking confession and issues a decree on the future of fantasy talk. Tune in! Follow us on Twitter at @fanhockeylife @victornuno12. Email us at fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com...

Rachel Nones of the Hockey Writers stops by to check in on the Penguins, Flyers, Capitals, and Rangers. These teams feature some risers and some fallers as the East continues to sort out in the short season. Which of the bright young goalies among these teams made our surprise list? Follow us on twitter @fanhockeylife and @victornuno12, join the Discord, email us at fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com .

Jesse and Victor check in on the first half of the NHL's Eastern division. Hannah Garfield (@HannahGarfield_) from the Hockey Writers joins to talk Bruins, Sabres, Devils, and Islanders. All these teams have their surprise players and their disappointing ones. Hear who is impressing and depressing the crew. Stick around as Jesse tries to learn the world "cockles." Remember to follow us on Twitter...

Burned out from watching 367 consecutive minutes of Arizona vs St. Louis? Take a vacation with your friends Jesse and Victor. Victor answers your questions on prospects and a guy hitting the 100 game mark. Then Jesse goes into players whose shot and shot attempt rates are up and down this year. Connor McMichael, Owen Tippett, Marco Rossi, Kirill Marchenko, Sam Steel, Conor Garland, Drake Batherson...

Victor and Jesse welcome in Eddy Jones of the Forever Mighty Podcast to talk about all 8 Western Division teams: Arizona, Anaheim, Colorado, Los Angeles, Minnesota, San Jose, St. Louis and Vegas. Will the kids in LA and Anaheim come up soon? How good are the teams at the top of the division? Catch up on those late-night teams with us.

Jesse and Victor are back to check in on some dynasty topics. First Victor answers some prospect questions from the Fantasy Hockey Life Discord in the latest edition of the Dynasty Dig. Then Jesse premieres a new segment looking at players whose rate of hits and blocks have increased or decreased the most this season. Email us at fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com , follow us on twitter @fanhockeylife an...

Victor and Jesse interview Elan Dubrofsky, cohost of the Keeping Karlsson fantasy hockey podcast. We talk through all 8 teams of the Central Division, focusing on the guys whose early performance impressed or disappointed us as well as a guy on each team we are keeping an eye on. Lots of audio goodies on this one. Follow on twitter @fanhockeylife and @victornuno12 email at fantasyhockeylife@gmail....

Jesse and Victor are back in the regular season swing.  In this episode, we start by running down the players we got most frequently in drafts.  The dynasty dig features a few rookies making an early impact on the NHL season - suggested entirely by listeners.  Finally, we run down some advice for approaching the first weeks of the season.  Email us at fantasyhockeylife@gmail.com , follow us on twi...

In this week's episode, Jesse and Victor are finishing final preparations for the 2021 NHL Fantasy season. First the guys discuss the last-minute rush of slow drafts and Jesse confesses to a big mistake. They run down a list of players who might be available late in your last-minute drafts or on your preseason waiver wires. Finally, they run down the results of the inaugural Fantasy Hockey Life Li...

On episode 91 of Fantasy Hockey Life, Victor and Jesse talk about defensemen and goalies they rate differently from our Fantrax team consensus ranks. Find out if Victor can talk Jesse down from his irrational love for Kevin Shattenkirk. How will Vegas's two star defensemen share the ice and what will be the impact on their fantasy value? What late round defenseman does Victor see as a Calder candi...

FHL Episode 90 is a long one, but worth it. After some talk about the upcoming draft season, Victor and Jesse talk about their takes for drafting forwards this year. They compare their individual rankings to the Fantrax consensus rankings. They geek out explaining their methodologies for coming up with projections and rankings. Each picks 5 guys who they are much higher on than on consensus and 5...

Jesse and Victor are joined by Matthew Zator of the Hockey Writers to discuss the prospects who will be playing in the upcoming World Juniors. Dynasty players will enjoy discussion of recent draft picks, especially on the stacked Russian, Swedish, American, and especially the Canadian squad. Have a listen before the puck drops Christmas Day.

Byron Bader produces an excellent model for predicting which prospects and draft picks are mostly likely to succeed as pros using the closest comparisons in a historical database. In this episode, Victor and Jesse interview him about how the model works and Byron talks about which of this year's draft picks he liked better than the consensus.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are the topic for Victor, Jesse, and special guest Ian Gooding of Dobber Hockey. The returning Stanley Cup champs are dealing with a money-based roster crunch but still feature an embarrassment of fantasy riches. Is Kucherov the #1 player in fantasy hockey? Is Vasilevskiy the #1 goalie? Tune in to get our opinions, then stick around for the dig and Victor's thoughts on a no...

Victor and Jesse welcome Brett Duboff of the Lace 'em Up podcast to talk about the Boston Bruins. From the injury questions surrounding the top line to the change of the guard at the top defenseman position, there is a lot of uncertainty on the reigning President's Trophy winners. In the Dynasty Dig, Victor covers a shallow system with a couple of players who might still make an impact. Tune in!

The Washington Capitals had a familiar brilliant regular season and lackluster playoff. Victor and Jesse talk about how early to draft Alex Ovechkin, whether Vrana and Wilson can keep up their career surges, and whether podcast fave Ilya Samsonov will be a success in goal. The dynasty dig takes on a generally dry system that has perked up from the last two drafts.

The Carolina Hurricanes couldn't replicate their magical "bunch of jerks" 2018-19, but they still feature top notch players like Sebastian Aho, Dougie Hamilton and Andrei Svechnikov. Victor and Jesse talk about their faves on the team as well as who they are fading. The dig is target-rich with Jake Bean, Joey Keane, Dominik Bokk, Alex Nedeljkovic and a top-notch draft class. Tune in!

Episode 83 is dedicated to the Stanley Cup runner-ups, the Dallas Stars. The Stars have an aging core and will be missing their top scorer Tyler Seguin and their all star goalie Ben Bishop for the better part of the season. Are there indications aging forwards like Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn can lift their game to what we saw in the playoffs? Is career backup Anton Khudobin capable of replicating...

In episode 82 we talk about the Pittsburgh Penguins. We start at the two immortals - Crosby and Malkin. A group of wingers jockey to play alongside them, and we discuss which might be just products of their lines and which have legitimate star potential. The blue line has some of everything - the established, oft-injured Letang, the up and coming Marino, the frighteningly overpaid Matheson. In goa...

Episode 81 is all about the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers jumped from fringe contender to division runners-up thanks to a star young goalie, Carter Hart. Victor and Jesse quiz Max Nason of the Hockey Writers what we can expect of stars like Giroux and Couturier, breakouts like Konecny, and injury wild cards Patrick and Lindblom. In the dig, Victor takes on a couple of potential breakouts in Phil...

Fantasy Hockey Life is talking St. Louis Blues! Ethan Carter from the Hockey Writers stops by to set Victor and Jesse straight on the team that finished first in the Western Conference. How will the 2019 Cup winners address the continued absence of Vladimir Tarasenko? Will Torey Krug be able to replicate Alex Pietrangelo's strong blue line play? Is Jordan Binnington a warlock? All this plus Klim K...

Episode 79 of Fantasy Hockey Life welcomes back James Nichols of FantraxHQ and the Hockey Writers. We talk all about the New York Islanders, who always seem to punch above their weight but can't be called a fluke any more. Barzal leads the way, but there are some intriguing points/peripherals guys and a power vacuum on the blue line. In the Dynasty Dig, Victor praises "the best goalie not yet in t...