Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Podcast

In our journey across the NHL we start in the Metro. In the Metro we start at the top of the standings with The Washington Capitals. Samantha Pell, Caps beat writer for the Washington Post parries our questions regarding Jakub Vrana’s breakout, the question mark in goal, whether or not John Carlson or OV8 can keep it going, and more. Next were the Philadelphia Flyers. Kelly Hinkle, Editor of Broad...

Charlie O’Connor (@charlieo_conn) of The Athletic, and of Broad Street Hockey Radio joins the show today to talk some advanced stats and how they might be applied to decision making in fantasy hockey. Big thanks to Charlie for hopping on, check back in next week, we will begin our preview of each division starting with the Metro. Love you guys -|| FHFH Twitter || - ( https://twitter.com/FHFHockey...

Hey guys, today we are joined by Eric Gopeesingh of Talking Hockey. They are live on Twitter (@_TalkingHockey_), Instagram (@TalkingHockey) and on your favorite Podcatchers everywhere with their own podcast ( Talking Hockey) geared towards Hockey. Today we are digging into some advanced stats that might be daunting at first, but can play an integral part into Fantasy Hockey. Thanks for checking it...

Tom Nestico joins the show today, you might know him from r/fantasyhockey as u/tomstoms. He’s someone who, anytime he puts up a post, you know it’s going to be good. He’s done some coverage there about breakouts and after seeing a couple of them we asked him to come on and talk a little more in depth about players who punched above their weight last year, and some who were capable of doing it this...

Closing out our Dynasty series is Nicholas Kawka (@nicholaskawka), writer for DobberProspects, covering the Preds, and QMJHL Prospects. We run through some Nashville prospects, Ottawa Prospects and top QMJHL names. Thank you Nick, thank you everyone who joined us on the show in our dynasty series, thank you everyone who listened, checked us out, told a friend, we love you guys! Stay tuned next wee...

Joining us to talk European prospects is Jokke Nevalainen, Dobber Prospect’s head of European Scouting. We pick Jokke’s brain about NHL Entry draft eligibles, players already in the pipeline, and some that are sneaking their way into the NHL. Thank you Jokke for hanging out! -[|| FHFH Twitter ||](http://twitter.com/FHFHockey) - ( https://twitter.com/FHFHockey ) -[|| FHFH Discord ||](http://discord...

Peter Harling, Content Manager at Dobber Prospects and host of the Dobber Prospects Radio Show (@DPR_Show) joins todays show to talk outlooks on NHL’ers going into their 2nd years, players making an NHL jump, and long shot players. Pete was also kind enough to drop a laundry list of sleepers for the listeners as well! Hope you guys enjoy it, big thanks again to Pete for coming on! -|| FHFH Twitter...

The 5th installment of our Dynasty series features Adam Jazdzewski (@LedgerSko) to talk Dynasty draft strategy. Taking questions from Twitter, the Discord and our brains we pick Adam’s brain about our concerns when confronting a ground up dynasty league. Hope you guys dig it! Love you guys - || FHFH Twitter || - ( https://twitter.com/FHFHockey ) - || FHFH Discord || - ( https://discord.gg/kfnyrn7...

In Part 4 of our Dynasty series we are joined by Scott Wheeler Draft and Prospect writer for The Athletic. We talk a variety of topics, including: 2020 Entry Draft Prospects: Alexis Lafreniere, Quentin Byfield, Cole Perfetti, Marco Rossi, Tim Stützle, Alexander Holtz, and Yaroslav Askarov. NHL Jump-Ready players: Kirill Kaprizov, Owen Tippett, Vitali Kravtsov, Kristian Vesalainen, Connor McMichael...

Part 3 of our Dynasty series features Dave Hall of Dobber Prospects and The Hockey Writers. I’m sure i’ll be going full fan-boy here but Dave’s series The Journey has been a terrific read and is well worth a look. Today we cover: CBJ Prospects: Liam Foudy, Alexendre Texier, Emil Bemstrom, Kirill Marchenko, Kevin Stenlund, Veini Vehviläinen, Daniil Tarasov, Elvis Merzlikins, Matiss Kivlenieks, and...

Our second installment of the Dynasty series features Tony Ferrari (@theTonyFerrari) who is the Jr. Associate Editor at Dobber Prospects, and OHL Regional writer for @FCHockey. Today we cover: OHL Prospects: Quentin Byfield, Jamie Drysdale, Cole Perfetti, Jack Quinn, Jacob Perrault, Martin Chromiak, and Antonio Stranges Players featured in Tony’s Article on the Risers and Fallers in the 2020 Entry...

In April, we’re going to be highlighting Dynasty leagues. Today we have Mitch Brown, (@MitchLBrown) from the Athletic, and Elite Prospects. 2nd year outlooks on: Kappo Kaako, Jack Hughes, the Makar vs Q. Hughes debate, and Kailer Yamamoto. Montreal Prospects: Cole Caufield, Ryan Poehling, Cayden Primeau, Jesse Ylonen and Alexander Romanov Players who could make the NHL jump: Josh Norris, Jack Stud...

For this one we got a bit hammed up. Jagermiester, Jim Beam, the works. We’re checking out players who have greatly increased their stock this season. Gut reactions all around, but it’s first glance who won’t be under the radar next season come time for drafts. Thanks for checking it out guys! You guys can find us on Twitter, in our Discord, and we welcome you to try out our Patreon for the next c...

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You’re reading that right guys, it is our last Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Episode for a bit. We are however putting out daily episodes for The Locked On Fantasy Hockey Podcast! Short Daily episodes to keep you up to date with what’s going on in the Fantasy NHL. We will link the LOFH Pod here so you guys can meet us over there! Same un-adulterated FHFH, different album art! In this episode, we record...

In this quick episode, we pick up where we left off in Episode 69 you can find it on the Web here if you missed it. Covered in this episode: - Injury Updates - Notable Line Changes - "Are they Real?" - A segment discussing the sustainability of players who are on your watchlist, your roster, and on your waiver wire. - Weekend Prep: Which teams should you target this weekend for streaming options t...

-Some piping hot starts from some teams and players have us wondering if it is for real? Can Victor Olofsson score 60+ PPG this year? (Spoiler: No.) Will Edmonton and Buffalo continue their PP success? When will James Neal cool off? WILL James Neal cool off? -Some ice cold starts from other Fantasy Hockey owns have us contemplating dropping guys, or selling low on a Sebastian Aho, Alexander Barkov...

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear’s path, and only I will remain.” - Paul Atreides Above is a quote from Frank Herbert’s DUNE. I think it pertains perfectly to what we talk about in this episode. Don’t be afraid o...

Drafting season is over so we dropped the ADP analysis, because well, everyone has their teams already! We dig into each team in the Western Conference, find the target players, some players to add to your watchlist and some general story lines and line combination information. Almost time for injury reports and all that good stuff! Look for us again next week to prep you into your second half of...

We got a hefty episode for you guys today! In this Episode: -Talk about every team in the Atlantic and Metro -Give our top options from each team -Give Depth and Secondary options -Talk Goalies, who's the starter, who's in a tandem? -Dig into the ADP and find either an overpay or value -Talk some serious value picks found on certain teams Stay tuned for the next episode, for the Western conference...

The final installment of our rankings episodes for this offseason is here! We talk about who is in our top 10 of each Defenseman and Goalies, include some honorable mentions as is the custom, and throw in a couple dark horses, and a couple players to temper expectations about. For anyone in the FHF Listener Leagues, invites will be going out tomorrow at some point! Be sure to check your spam folde...

It’s all you can eat Wing night! Top tens of your Left and Right wingers! We rank the top 10 fantasy wingers at each position, explain ourselves, defend ourselve and call it a day. We also added in a few honorable mentions and Dark Horse pics for both LW and RW. Next week is Defenseman and Goalies, so be sure to stay tuned. Keep an ear open for our mock draft episode coming soon with some of the b...

Who’s ready to get pissed off?! Man do I love ranking season. It’s the only time outside of Thanksgiving that it’s a guarantee that i’m going to make somebody mad. This time we rank Centers! We go 20 deep as Centers are a deeper pool than say your wingers, goalies or dmen, so we tried to compensate that fact by doubling our workload and research! Next week we got Wingers coming at you, and then fo...

Whats goin on guys? Hope you’re well! Here it is! Sleepers, Regressions! Who is going to take a step back from their last seasons performance? Why are they going to regress? We’d love to tell you all about it! Next up is the sleepers, everyones favorite. - Obvious Sleepers - 3rd Wheel Sleepers (REM Sleepers, or Donuts as we will call them henceforth) - Deep Sleepers Really fun episode, had a great...

Alright folks, the title gives this one enough credence! Who’s it going to be? Who is going to bounce back? Who is going to take a step forward, or Breakout? Tonight we go over dozens of candidates primed to fit the bill. Give us a shout on twitter if we missed someone you’re curious about, if we spent too little time on someone (maybe you wanted some more insight) we’d be happy to get into it on...