NHL Fantasy on Ice

Pete and Nick highlight the best fantasy pickups entering the 12th week of the season and are joined by “Waiver Wire” James Harding (@WaiverWireJames). The guys discuss the Blues' high-scoring game in the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic, players worth adding from their top nine (Robert Thomas, Brandon Saad; Brayden Schenn before he returns), the resurgence of the Devils offense (led by Jack Hughes, Yegor Sharangovich, Nico Hischier), rest-of-season appeal of elite forwards Nikita Kucherov and Jack Eichel and the recent returns of Bryan Rust, Adam Boqvist and Bowen Byram. Other players discussed include Paul Stastny, Noah Dobson, Kaapo Kahkonen, Laurent Brossoit, Spencer Knight, Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch, Taylor Hall, Martin Necas, Ross Colton, Alexander Barabanov, Anton Lundell and more.

Pete and Nick are back for a bonus episode to look ahead to 2022 with bold fantasy and betting predictions and react to the first few games after the NHL’s return from the holiday pause. The guys look at the rest-of-season fantasy ripple effect of Alex Tuch on the Sabres and a bounce-back game for Jack Hughes, who still has point-per-game potential for the Devils the rest of the way as the leader of their young core. The guys dive into the futures appeal of the Canucks, including the NHL Awards ceilings of coach Bruce Boudreau and goalie Thatcher Demko and overlooked fantasy dominance of J.T. Miller. Other bold predictions involve Patrik Laine, who’s nearing a return from injury, Ivan Provorov, Chandler Stephenson, a debate between the Stanley Cup windows of the Penguins and Bruins and some longshot title contenders, including the Blues and Jets. The guys also discuss a potential landing spot for Marc-Andre Fleury, the buy-low fantasy appeal of Patrick Kane, breakout season for Robert Thomas, Phil Kessel’s sneaky consistency and some picks for the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day.

Pete and Nick are back after the holiday break to discuss all the big names who could return in the coming days, from Brayden Point to Artemi Panarin, Igor Shesterkin, Aleksander Barkov, Evgeni Malkin, Patrik Laine, Alex Tuch and more. The guys do a stock watch on the Rangers, Predators, Islanders (buy low) and Sharks and whether to “hold or fold” with Mathew Barzal, Matt Duchene, Marcus Foligno, Chandler Stephenson, Ivan Barbashev and more. The guys also answer questions on Tuukka Rask (targeting return in three weeks), Jeremy Swayman, Semyon Varlamov, Jamie Drysdale and highlight waiver wire pickups for the rest of the extended Week 11 (Dec. 20 to Jan. 2) like Andre Burakovsky, Taylor Raddysh, Tanner Jeannot, Maxime Lagace, Matt Roy and run through COVID-19 protocol updates around the League.

Pete and Nick highlight the best fantasy pickups entering the 11th week of the season and are joined by “Waiver Wire” James Harding (@WaiverWireJames). The guys discuss strategies based on the COVID-19 postponements and protocol additions and players to add for the two-week holiday scoring period (Dec. 20 to Jan. 2). Topics include Alex Tuch's upside with the Sabres, the fantasy and Stanley Cup futures betting impact of the Jets’ coaching change after Paul Maurice resigned and goalie debates surrounding Charlie Lindgren, Anton Forsberg, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Stuart Skinner. Other players discussed include Ivan Barbashev, Conor Sheary and other Capitals streaming options, Alex Goligoski, Noah Dobson, Oliver Wahlstrom, Travis Sanheim, Joel Farabee, Warren Foegele, Jack Hughes’ struggles since coming back and Evgeni Malkin nearing a return from injury.

Pete welcomes Nick Alberga of Sportsnet aboard as the new co-host of NHL Fantasy on Ice, and the guys discuss the NHL.com/Fantasy top 200 rankings and mailbag questions for the 10th week of the season. They discuss strategies for navigating the long list of players added to NHL COVID-19 protocol in recent days and the best pickups around the League, including goalie streamers like Anthony Stolarz and Charlie Lindgren, forwards Ondrej Kase, Tim Stutzle, Evan Rodrigues, Ivan Barbashev, Alex Tuch (nearing return) and more. Pete and Nick play "hold or fold" for players like Spencer Knight, Elvis Merzlikins, Tyler Seguin and Jakob Chychrun, who could be a trade candidate from the Coyotes. The guys also cover Trevor Zegras’ Calder Trophy odds, center debates like Dylan Larkin vs. Josh Norris, Anze Kopitar vs. Nicklas Backstrom, Drake Batherson’s dominance for the Senators, Kaapo Kakko’s complicated fantasy value, the defenseman depth of the Wild after Jared Spurgeon’s return, David Pastrnak's bounce-back chances and what to watch for the rest of the week.

Pete is joined by guests Nick Alberga (@thegoldenmuzzy) and James Harding (@WaiverWireJames) to highlight the best fantasy pickups entering the 10th week of the season. The guys discuss the hot start for the Canucks under Bruce Boudreau, some new top-line pickups like Nino Niederreiter of the Hurricanes, Ondrej Kase of the Maple Leafs and fan questions surrounding the Pacific-leading Ducks, including Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry and backup goalie Anthony Stolarz. The guys identify in-house replacements for injured Gabriel Landeskog, including Andre Burakovsky and J.T. Compher, the sneaky upside of rookie Philip Tomasino for the Predators and more. Other players covered in the show were Nathan Walker, Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Francouz, Keith Yandle, Chandler Stephenson, Oliver Wahlstrom, Tim Stutzle, Kasperi Kapanen, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, whether to drop Spencer Knight and more.

Pete is joined by guests Nick Alberga of Sportsnet and Chris Meaney of FTN Network to take fan questions and go around the NHL talking fantasy and betting storylines for Week 9. The guys discuss the coaching change bump for the Canucks under Bruce Boudreau, how the Flyers are less likely to turn things around after firing Alain Vigneault and what to do with Philadelphia’s top players Sean Couturier and Claude Giroux in fantasy. The guys also identify some of the breakout players of the season, including Sonny Milano, Ryan Hartman, Evan Rodrigues, Valeri Nichushkin and more. Other topics covered in the show include Ben Bishop nearing a return in Dallas’ already crowded goalie mix, Thatcher Demko vs. Jake Oettinger for rest of season, Darcy Kuemper’s return, Logan O’Connor, Jacob Trouba, in-house replacements for injured Jake Guentzel, Mackenzie Blackwood, the contract-year debate of Tomas Hertl vs. Ondrej Palat and what to watch for this weekend.

Pete Jensen is joined by guests David Satriano (@davidsatriano) and James Harding (@WaiverWireJames) to highlight the best fantasy pickups entering the ninth week of the season. The guys react to the news of Vancouver firing GM Jim Benning and coach Travis Green and discuss the impact of Bruce Boudreau from both fantasy and futures standpoint. Other players and topics covered include Igor Shesterkin injury replacements (Alexandar Georgiev and outside options), Adam Boqvist, Scott Perunovich, Jamie Oleksiak, Pavel Francouz, Drew Doughty, Nico Hischier, Vasily Podkolzin, Michael Bunting, Sam Steel, Kaapo Kahkonen, Marcus Foligno and more.

Pete Jensen is joined by guest Nick Alberga of Sportsnet to go around the NHL, answer fan questions and discuss the latest top 200 rankings on NHL.com/Fantasy. The guys debate the Avalanche’s goalie situation and potential trade targets with the injury concern surrounding Darcy Kuemper and whether to buy low on Elias Pettersson, Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler, Mathew Barzal and Tyler Seguin in fantasy. They also react to the Predators’ top-line dominance of Filip Forsberg, Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene, how Trevor Zegras has re-entered the Calder Trophy race and given the Ducks staying power as one of the deepest fantasy teams. Other players covered include Jake Guentzel, Zach Hyman, Sonny Milano, Tuukka Rask, Evander Kane, Braden Holtby, Alex Nedeljkovic, Robert Thomas, Scott Perunovich, Pavel Francouz and more.

Pete, Rob and guest James Harding (@WaiverWireJames) highlight the best fantasy pickups entering the eighth week of the season. The guys discuss some underrated forward pickups around the League, including Jesper Bratt, Andreas Johnsson, Zack Kassian, Michael Bunting, Tage Thompson, Rickard Rakell and Aliaksei Protas. Other topics covered include buying low on Semyon Varlamov during the Islanders’ struggles or targeting Jack Hughes before he returns from injury, trading Nazem Kadri in fantasy during his hot start to the season and other pickups including James Reimer, Dan Vladar, Viktor Arvidsson, Adam Boqvist, Bowen Byram, Valeri Nichushkin and more.