Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast

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No. 390 - Band Reputation Jan 17, 2022

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian start with every single NHL player in fantasy hockey-- from 0% to 100% rostered-- and pinpoint one hot streak and cold streak from each 5% rostered band on Yahoo that catches their eye. In usual Keeping Karlsson style, they go ahead and do the work to figure out if each streak is just a phase or a sign of new things to come-- for better or worse! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos and fantasy news? Follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayNewsNHL, and @GameDayGoalies accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. Plus, visit GameDayLineTweets.com to see line combo tweets sorted by NHL team! For more amazing fantasy content, subscribe to The Stream Scheme, highlighting the best free agency finds and fantasy schedules of the week. Players covered on this episode include Igor Shesterkin, Elias Lindholm, Chris Kreider, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jason Roberston, Elias Pettersson, Sam Bennett, Neal Pionk, Matt Duchene, Patrik Laine, Tyler Bertuzzi, John Klingberg, Anthony Duclair, Tyler Seguin, Cam Atkinson, Sam Girard, Andrew Copp, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Mats Zuccarello, Mike Smith, Kaapo Kahkonen, Evan Bouchard, Viktor Arvidsson, Phil Danault, Trevor Moore, Anders Lee, Cal Petersen, Dominik Kubalik, Jonathan Toews, Nico Hischier, Jake Allen, Sam Montembeault, Cayden Primeau, Filip Hronek, Nino Niederreiter, Josh Anderson, Cole Caufield, Brayden McNabb, Anton Lundell, Oliver Wahlstrom, Kieffer Bellows, Matt Murray, Yegor Sharangovich, Ben Chiarot, Matt Boldy, Urho Vaakanainen, Alex Formenton, and more. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Short Shifts - Injuries abound, York, Dubois, Nyquist Jan 14, 2022

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The injury bug is biting, and Ben and Lewis have advice for lineup plugs and who to stash or cut loose. The guys cover goalies on the wire, buying low on PLD, and the value of Nyquist and York as roster replacements. Players discussed include Evander Kane, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph, Mike Smith, Stuart Skinner, Ukko Pekka-Luukonnen, Sam Montembeault, Cam York, Bo Byram, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Gustav Nyquist, and more! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, starting goalies and fantasy news? Bookmark GameDayLineTweets.com and follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayGoalies and @GameDayNewsNHL accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Short Shifts - Kane, Rask, McCann, Petersen Jan 12, 2022

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Ben and Lewis tackle the mountain of news that's cropped up since Sunday's KK mega show, starting with Evander Kane's imminent signing and the pros and cons of rostering him. Then the guys look to the long-awaited returns of Eichel, Malkin, and Rask, before wrapping up with a cold Tom Wilson and hot streaks for McCann and Petersen. Players discussed include Evander Kane, Jack Eichel, Evgeni Malkin, Evan Rodrigues, Matt Grzelcyk, Tuukka Rask, Dylan Larkin, Robby Fabbri, Jared McCann, Tom Wilson, Cal Petersen, Jonathan Quick, and more! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, starting goalies and fantasy news? Bookmark GameDayLineTweets.com and follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayGoalies and @GameDayNewsNHL accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 389 - Fiala Good Inc. Jan 10, 2022

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian are back with another Sunday mega-show to get you prepped and ready for your fantasy hockey weeks. Touring around the NHL, we ask and answer: Is Alex Barabanov a legit 3rd wheel? And is Tomas Hertl underappreciated? Will Kevin Fiala fill the massive void in Minnesota left by Kaprizov's injury? Who are potential PP1 quarterbacks with positions seeming open in Minnesota, Calgary and New Jersey? Has David Pastrnak restored Taylor Hall's relevance? At the cost of his own? Should we be worried about Anze Kopitar slowing down? Top six scoring options in Toronto and Seattle.. ..and more! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos and fantasy news? Follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayNewsNHL, and @GameDayGoalies accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. Plus, visit GameDayLineTweets.com to see line combo tweets sorted by NHL team! For more amazing fantasy content, subscribe to The Stream Scheme, highlighting the best free agency finds and fantasy schedules of the week. Players covered on this episode include Evander Kane, Alex Barabanov, Tomas Hertl, James Reimer, Adin Hill, Kirill Kaprizov, Kevin Fiala, Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy, Alex Goligoski, Calen Addison, Andrew Mangiapane, Blake Coleman, Sean Monahan, Oliver Kylington, David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall, Erik Haula, Craig Smith, Tuukka Rask, Pavel Francouz, Darcy Kuemper, Cal Petersen, Jonathan Quick, Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, Martin Frk, Filip Hronek, Jack Hughes, Yegor Sharangovich, Damon Severson, P.K. Subban, Cam Atkinson, Shayne Gostisbehere, Brady Skjei, T.J. Brodie, Michael Bunting, Alex Kerfoot, Ilya Mikheyev, Barclay Goodrow, Calle Jarnkrok, Chris Driedger, Ryan Donato, Brady Tkachuk and more. We invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Short Shifts - Kucherov, Rask, Bouchard, Penguins Jan 07, 2022

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Ben and Lewis wrap up the fantasy work week with exciting outjury news from Tampa, along with a 3rd line hot streak. Then they discuss what to do-kka with Tuukka as his first conditioning game is canceled by COVID, before covering a minor injury to McAvoy and a reschedued game between the Duck and Red Wings. Then they wrap up with Lehner's return, how to handle the lack of Oilers games, and the unstoppable Penguins top-six, plus their future once Carter and Malkin return. Players discussed include Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Corey Perrry, Tuukka Rask, Charlie McAvoy, Trevor Zegras, Jaden Schwartz, Robin Lehner, Evan Bouchard, Jesse Puljujarvi, Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby, Evan Rodrigues, Evgeni Malkin, and more! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, starting goalies and fantasy news? Bookmark GameDayLineTweets.com and follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayGoalies and @GameDayNewsNHL accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Short Shifts - McDavid, Flyers/Devils injuries, Rossi, Boqvist Jan 05, 2022

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Ben and Lewis are back and bringing you the fantasy headlines you need to win your week. COVID has shaken up lines across the NHL, and the guys take you through advice for Edmonton, Philly, and New Jersey. Rossi and Boldy get called up to the bigs, and Boqvist gets a shot at powerplay QB. Finally the guys cover a couple practice injuries and their implications in Washington before wrapping up a discussion of Schenn's return to the Blues firey top-9. Players discussed include Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Mikko Koskinen, Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov, Scott Laughton, Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy, Nico Hischier, Yegor Sharangovich, Dougie Hamilton, Mackenzie Blackwood, Adam Boqvist, Vitek Vanecek, Brayden Schenn, and more! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, starting goalies and fantasy news? Bookmark GameDayLineTweets.com and follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayGoalies and @GameDayNewsNHL accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 388 - Jeannot What I Mean? + Draft w/ Fantasy Hockey Life Jan 03, 2022

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian make some difficult calls on cutting or keeping players with light schedules in the near future, including all Canadian teams, the New York Islanders and the Seattle Kraken. We share our decision-making guidelines for how to know whether it's worth holding or moving on someone when you're not getting games from them, and also cover the latest shuffles and shimmies across NHL depth charts, including: Has Noah Dobson earned a full on PP1 role? Which Toronto third-wheeler is most likely to be worth your while long-term? Are we seeing a return to form for Patrik Laine? Who are players with emerging value in Boston and Nashville? What in the world is going on with David Pastrnak? ..and more! And then, after the episode, stick around for a special bonus feature, where Elan is joined by Short Shifts's Ben Burnett, plus Fantasy Hockey Life's Victor Nuño and Jesse Severe, to take part in a draft where they're only allowed to pick players who are <50% rostered on Fantrax. Head over to the Fantasy Hockey Life feed to hear Part 2 of the draft. And, if you're the type who loves spoilers, see the draft results and follow the live scoring from the draft through the rest of the season at keepingkarlsson.com/draft. Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos and fantasy news? Follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayNewsNHL, and @GameDayGoalies accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. Plus, visit GameDayLineTweets.com to see line combo tweets sorted by NHL team! For more amazing fantasy content, subscribe to The Stream Scheme, highlighting the best free agency finds and fantasy schedules of the week. Players covered on this episode include Noah Dobson, Ilya Sorokin, Nick Suzuki, Michael Bunting, Alex Kerfoot, Ondrej Kase, Patrik Laine, Alexandre Texier, Bryan Rust, Evan Rodrigues, Mike Smith, Mikko Koskinen, Stuart Skinner, Zach Hyman, Cam Talbot, Kappo Kahkonen, Craig Smith, David Pastrnak, Tanner Jeannot, Colton Sissons and more. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Short Shifts - Point, Rask, Thomas, Tuch Dec 31, 2021

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Lewis and Elan shake off the cobwebs to bring you all the latest in a topsy-turvy week of NHL action. The guys start with a rash of injuries and outjuries including Pacioretty, Point, and Couturier, before discussing the return of Mike Smith and how Robert Thomas fits into the Blues once they hit full strength. Then they discuss Alex Tuch's Sabres debut and hot streaks from Jennot and Bouchard. Players discussed include Max Pacioretty, Alexander Barbanov, Tanner Jeannot, Brayden Point, Sean Couturier, Tuukka Rask, Mike Smith, Robert Thomas, Ivan Barbashev, Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Tuch, Matt Duchene, Evan Bouchard, and more! Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, starting goalies and fantasy news? Bookmark GameDayLineTweets.com and follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayGoalies and @GameDayNewsNHL accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonus: Patroncast No. 82 - Sneak Peek Dec 27, 2021

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We're on holiday break at the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, so no new episode this week-- but we didn't want to leave you dry on fantasy content! So, here's our gift to you: a partial helping of December's nearly two-and-a-half hour bonus Patroncast episode! Every month, Elan and Brian record a patrons-only bonus episode where we let our proverbial hair down, and answer any and all questions asked by the patrons over the course of the last month-- about fantasy hockey, team management, strategy tips, and life in general. It's more casual and conversational than our usual episodes, with no questions out of bounds. This month, our Patroncast included: Is there value to be found on the Columbus roster? Is Chandler Stephenson Actually Good? Does Tyson Barrie suck? Ryan Hartman vs. Bo Horvat Amongst all players rostered in 80% leagues or more, who is the one we'd least want to have on our own teams? Is it better to be patient or impatient as a fantasy hockey manager? Trading tips and tricks Do our spouses even care at all about fantasy hockey? Revisiting takes on Kraken forwards Where did Elan and Brian meet, and how did Keeping Karlsson begin? Who is the next breakout fantasy player? What's the best arena we've seen a game in? Which California team has the most exciting young core? When's the right time in a fantasy week to start looking ahead to the next week's matchup? What's our strategy for approaching a long matchup with not a lot of adds available? How could money leagues be managed with all the uncertainty with game postponements and player health? Would we ever consider making KKUPFL a roto league? Brian's pasta tiers Elan's Survivor Season 41 analysis ..and more! We hope you've had a good holiday time, and we're excited to be back with our next regular episode on Jan. 3, 2022. Happy new year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 387 - It's a Mid-season Smörgoåliesbord! Dec 20, 2021

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian acknowledge how crazy things are around the NHL and fantasy hockey, with players going on COVID protocol and games getting postponed with great frequency and little warning. We share our best tips for managing your fantasy team in the midst of chaos, before shoving it all aside for a midseason Smörgoåliesbord!!! That's right, Elan and Brian take all we've learned about goalies and teams from the first 3 months of the NHL's 2021-22 season, and use it to put goalies into freshly ranked tiers for where we see their value at this exact moment. Who's up, who's down, and what do we expect the rest of the way? Listen through this Smörgoåliesbord to find out! Spoiler alert: to see the full list, head over to keepingkarlsson.com/goalies. Want to stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos and fantasy news? Follow our @GameDayLines, @GameDayNewsNHL, and @GameDayGoalies accounts on Twitter to know what you need to know as soon as you can know it. Plus, visit GameDayLineTweets.com to see line combo tweets sorted by NHL team! For more amazing fantasy content, subscribe to The Stream Scheme, highlighting the best free agency finds and fantasy schedules of the week. Players covered on this episode include Evgenii Dadonov, Alex Tuch, Jonas Brodin, every single fantasy relevant goalie, a couple fantasy irrelevant goalies, and more! We always invite and appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson, and if you love the show, please rate and write us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. * * * Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of one arena soft pretzel each month, patrons help us keep making new episodes and get all kinds of perks in return, like managing teams in the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), access to our patrons-only Discord Server, bonus monthly Patroncasts, and weekly show scripts. Keeping Karlsson is proudly presented by Dobber Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices