NHL Fantasy on Ice

Guest Jake Hahn joins hosts Pete, Nick, and Anna to discuss the early days of the NHL season. Topics include the fantasy impact of Connor Bedard and Ryan Donato, concerns over the Oilers goalies, potential fantasy pickups from the Lightning and the Vancouver Canucks' impressive performance. Goaltender performances and contract situations are also analyzed, along with early season player analysis and updates from the NHL games.

In this podcast, the hosts discuss fantasy waiver wire pickups for Week 1 of the NHL season. They talk about the impact of Josh Norris's injury on the Senators' fantasy outlook and playoff chances. They also mention some goalie adds like Jack Campbell and Jonas Johansson. The podcast covers rookies who made and missed roster cuts, Kaapo Kakko's potential on the top line, Owen Tippett's value in bangers leagues, and more.

Michael Leboff, expert in NHL betting, joins the crew to provide insights on Stanley Cup futures, NHL Awards races and more. Topics include Calder Trophy winner, Connor Bedard, betting strategies for the Jack Adams Award, Rocket Richard contenders, and predictions for the upcoming NHL season.

Bold fantasy predictions for the upcoming NHL season, including players reaching 100-point plateau, Vasilevskiy's injury, Buffalo and Ottawa's playoff chances, dark horse rookies, and the potential of goal-scoring defensemen.

The hosts discuss the NHL Fantasy on Ice Draft, bargains, fades, and training camp updates. They debate a controversial first-round pick, discuss draft strategies, and express surprise at Connor Bedard's draft position. They predict player point totals and answer a listener question about sleeper players. They debate the potential performance and value of Andrei Svechnikov and Zach Werenski. They explore the value of players in fantasy leagues and discuss the Pittsburgh Penguins. They discuss the fantasy potential of Zach Werenski and share their thoughts on the Red Wings' prospects.

The podcast discusses sleeper, breakout, and bounce-back candidates for the upcoming NHL season. They analyze players like Adin Hill, Ivan Barbashev, Taylor Hall, and Akira Schmid. They also talk about teammate beneficiaries of offseason moves, Jacob Markstrom vs. Jack Campbell, and the potential of Gabriel Vilardi and Barrett Hayton. Other topics include sneaky teams with young talent, Matthew Knies' upside, and the outlook for a healthy Sean Couturier.

Pete, Nick and Anna are joined by Mike Kelly of NHL Network and Sportlogiq to discuss fantasy stat projections for the upcoming season. The crew dives into the promising rookie class with skater point and goalie win estimates for Connor Bedard, Devon Levi, Logan Cooley, Tyson Foerster and other big names around the League like Connor McDavid, Alex Ovechkin, Kirill Kaprizov and Tage Thompson. Other topics covered include the Senators vs. Sabres for a playoff spot in the East, Kelly’s breakout pick for the upcoming season, whether the Maple Leafs can contend for the Presidents’ Trophy, an over/under angle for the Blue Jackets, fan questions surrounding Jordan Kyrou, the Avalanche’s improved secondary scoring after adding Tomas Tatar and more.

Pete, Nick, Anna and guest Chris Meaney take part in a fantasy hockey mock draft for a 12-team league with 18 players per team (216 total) and discuss all the things they learned like what round to start drafting goalies, defenseman strategy after a high-scoring season at the position and how early to tap into this year's star-studded rookie class. The crew discusses reaches throughout the mock draft, potential bargains and busts, their favorite stacks involving teams like the Oilers, Devils, Sabres and Coyotes and which Bruins players are worth fading or picking later than usual after all their roster turnover this offseason. Other topics include debating veteran superstars Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby in fantasy, where to draft playoff standouts like Evan Bouchard, Roope Hintz and Jonathan Marchessault, young defensemen with breakout potential (Luke Hughes, Owen Power, Bowen Byram, Jake Sanderson), goalie tandem strategies and more.

Pete, Nick and Anna go around the NHL and have the fantasy spins on major offseason news including Erik Karlsson being traded to the Penguins, Vladimir Tarasenko signing with the Senators, the Bruins losing Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci to retirement, Logan Cooley signing an entry-level deal with the Coyotes and more. They discuss various topics like Karlsson vs. Victor Hedman for the upcoming season, which players are worth taking in the first round of one-year fantasy drafts, Roman Josi's rank among defensemen, which players from the field could challenge Connor Bedard for the Calder Trophy, where young studs like Jack Hughes, Jake Oettinger and Matt Boldy belong in the keeper league rankings, where the Sharks go from here after the Karlsson trade and the most-improved teams of the offseason.

Pete, Nick and Anna catch up after a flurry of offseason moves, including the Blackhawks drafting generational prospect Connor Bedard after trading for Taylor Hall, Alex DeBrincat being traded to the Red Wings and more. The crew debates Tyler Toffoli with the Devils vs. Pierre-Luc Dubois with the Kings in fantasy for the upcoming season, Detroit vs. Ottawa vs. Buffalo for a coveted playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and previews the Calder Trophy race. Other topics covered include Sean Durzi's sneaky upside after being traded to the Coyotes, Jonathan Drouin in Colorado vs. Connor Brown in Edmonton as a deep sleeper reuniting with the likes of Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid respectively from their junior hockey days, Joonas Korpisalo's ceiling with the Senators, the Maple Leafs' offseason upgrades led by Tyler Bertuzzi, teammate fantasy beneficiaries around the NHL and more.