Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast

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No. 246 - Sold! (The KKUPFL Auction Incident, 2019) Sep 29, 2019

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, you'll hear the live recording, play-by-play and colour commentary of the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League Championship Tier's Auction Draft! The draft features 14 owners, drafting from 5 different countries on 3 different continents, building their teams to compete for ultimate glory in the most prestigious fantasy hockey league on the planet. Brian is your host for the entire four-hour journey while Elan drafts, but he's got plenty of great company and analysis from a litany of guests and co-hosts along the way: Michael Clifford, Associate Editor for Dobber Hockey, is there before the first gavel drops to help set the table and then drop judgments on the opening set of bids. Lewis Ezekiel, of Average Time on Ice and a pre-season limerick series, comes on next to give his perspective on the draft so far as a previous Tier 1 competitor. Meghan Hall, hockey-graphs.com contributor, comes in at 1:14:20 to give her takes on the auction action, and also shares her work on PK scoring trends, goalie pulls, and PPs that need fixing. And Cat Silverman, writer for The Athletic and InGoal Magazine, helps close out the show beginning at 3:16:35 with her thoughts on how some of the more confounding goalie timeshare situations around the league might play out-- and a very appropriate amount of Eddie Lack appreciation, too. Brian is also joined occasionally by Elan and the rest of the Tier 1 auction drafters, as well as Victor Nuno and Interns Alex and Ryan. Shout-outs also go out to the children of guests who made themselves known and heard in various living rooms across the continent. Please bear in mind that this show was recorded live!, and features all the wonderful snafus and blips you'd expected from an unedited 4 hour broadcast :) Take a look at the auction draft results: http://www.keepingkarlsson.com/auction See Lewis's pre-season limericks: http://www.keepingkarlsson.com/limerick Players discussed on this episode include all 252 players drafted, and maybe a few more for good measure. Also.. our 2019-20 NHL Audio Almanac + Projections, by the way, is still on sale for 50% off! 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses for every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections for 300+ skaters and tiers for 70+ goalies. Don't have time to listen to the full Almanac before your draft, but want to hear our takes on one team or division? Check out our brand new Almanac Singles and Almanac 8-packs. We always welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 245 - Suzuki Street Magic Sep 23, 2019

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The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast features 31 flavours this week, as Elan and Brian visit every NHL city to breathlessly offer at least one fantasy take based on pre-season permutations, and decide whether or not to accordingly alter their Almanac projections. Our 2019-20 NHL Audio Almanac + Projections, by the way, is now on sale for 50% off! Players discussed on this episode include Ryan Dzingel, Jake Gardiner, Alexandre Texier, Alex Wennberg, Joonas Korpisalo, Cory Schneider, Josh Bailey, Jordan Eberle, Devon Toews, Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang, Justin Schultz, Radko Gudas, Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Getzlaf, Derek Stepan, Nick Schmaltz, Barrett Hayton, Elias Lindholm, David Rittich, Cam Talbot, James Neal, Mikko Koskinen, Darnell Nurse, Joel Persson, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evander Kane, Timo Meier, Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes, Max Pacioretty, Charlie Coyle, Karson Kuhlman, Jimmy Vesey, Victor Olofsson, Jeff Skinner, Taro Hirose, Nick Suzuki, Anthony Duclair, Anthony Cirelli, Tyson Barrie, Alex Kerfoot, Alex Nylander, Andre Burakovsky, Corey Perry, Denis Gurianov, Eric Staal, Matt Duchene, Alex Pietrangelo, Dustin Byfuglien, Josh Morrissey and more. If you're looking for more fantasy content and projections, may we suggest our 2nd Annual Keeping Karlsson NHL Audio Almanac + Projections-- now 50% off!-- featuring 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses for every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections for 300+ skaters and tiers for 70+ goalies. Don't have time to listen to the full Almanac before your draft, but want to hear our takes on one team or division? Check out our brand new Almanac Singles and Almanac 8-packs. We always welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 244 - Marincin Repeat Sep 16, 2019

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The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is pleased to announce that it's officially draft szn, everybody! And that means it's time for Elan and Brian to comb through the entire Yahoo! default draft rankings-- from #1 Connor McDavid to #1009 Kalle Kossila-- and then ruthlessly attack them for the most egregious examples of over- and under-rated players found within. Follow along as we name more players in an episode than we're likely to on any regular season episode. (In an episode where we ranked hockey names, by the way, Kalle Kossila could easily crack the top 100.) (In an episode where we possessed Grays Sports Almanac, by the way, we'd use our knowledge only for good.) Players discussed on this episode include Ben Bishop, Thomas Chabot, Cale Makar, Tukka Rask, Devan Dubnyk, Alex Ovechkin, Johnny Gaudreau, Jack Eichel, Patrik Laine, Max Pacioretty, Jamie Benn, Dylan Larkin, Tyson Barrie, Jacob Trouba, Jonathan Toews, Vincent Trocheck, Oscar Klefbom, Roope Hintz, Anthony Mantha, Shayne Gostisbehere, Alex Edler, Quinn Hughes, Erik Karlsson, Brent Burns, Tuukka Rask, P.K. Subban, Nicklas Backstrom, Josh Morrissey, Zach Parise, Ryan Pulock, Ryan Getzlaf, Tyler Bertuzzi, Anthony Mantha, Andreas Athanasiou, Filip Hronek, Mike Green, Patric Hornqvist, Sam Reinhart, Martin Marincin, Kevin Labanc, Ondrej Kase, Pavel Buchnevich, Nikita Gusev, Kaapo, Kakko, Jake Gardiner, Elvis Merzlikins, Joonas Korpisalo, Jaro Halak, Michal Neuvirth, Michael Hutchinson, Linus Ullmark, Tomas Tatar, Ilya Kovalchuk, Anders Lee, Brock Nelson, Anthony DeAngelo, Bryan Rust, Dominik Kahun, Jesper Bratt, Drake Batherson, Victor Olofsson and a whole bunch more. If you're looking for more fantasy content and projections, may we suggest our 2nd Annual Keeping Karlsson NHL Audio Almanac + Projections, featuring 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses for every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections for 300+ skaters and tiers for 70+ goalies. Don't have time to listen to the full Almanac before your draft, but want to hear our takes on one team or division? Check out our brand new Almanac Singles and Almanac 8-packs. We always welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 243 - Ice Cream Social Sep 10, 2019

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Omg! It's DomL guesting on this brand new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast. Some people make player scoring projections, and some people make algorithms that make player scoring projections. Both those kinds of people feature on this episode, as Elan, Brian and Dom build their All Disagreement Teams, featuring the forwards, defensemen and goalies for whom their projections differed the most. All three hash out their projection strategies and resulting predictions to try and understand how they ended up as far apart as they did, and to see if maybe, just maybe, people and algorithms can coexist as one peaceful entity. Until the algorithms become sentient and begin producing their own projections. And their projections are just about the success of other algorithms' projections. And hockey players are replaced by sentient spreadsheets with cute clipart skates in the background. Go check out Dom's projections, and then also follow him on twitter and read his fantasy rankings and team previews at The Athletic. If you're looking for more fantasy content and projections, may we suggest our 2nd Annual Keeping Karlsson NHL Audio Almanac + Projections, featuring 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses for every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections for 300+ skaters and tiers for 70+ goalies. Also, there are still spots open for the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League, aka the KKUPFL, but the registration deadline of Sept. 12th is fast approaching. KKUPFL entry is free for patrons of Keeping Karlsson. Check out our Patreon for all the details. We always welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 242 - Special Guest Referees Sep 07, 2019

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While Elan and Brian agreed on a lot of player projections when recording the Keeping Karlsson 2019/20 NHL Audio Almanac, there were some that they ended up pretty far apart on. So who's right and who's wrong? Sure you can say that time will tell, but nobody wants to wait for that! Enter our special guest refs, Brandon and Gambi from the amazing Fantasy Hockey Podcast. The FHP crew weigh in on E&B's disagreements and give their final judgements on each of the contested players. After you're done listening to this, make sure to check out the crossover episode with the KK guys on the FHP feed! Also, if you're looking for more fantasy content, may we recommend our 2nd Annual NHL Audio Almanac + Projections which comes with 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses of every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections. Also, there are still spots open for the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League, AKA the KKUPFL, but the registration deadline of Sept. 12th is fast approaching. KKUPFL entry is free for patrons of Keeping Karlsson. Check out our Patreon for all the details. We always welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 241 - Smörgoåliesbord!! 2019 Sep 01, 2019

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It's Smörgoåliesbord!! 2019!! Jaaaa!! (or 'Joooo!!' for the Finns). As per ancient Keeping Karlsson tradition, Elan and Brian take a deep pre-pre-season look at the NHL's goalie landscape and get fantasy draft ready by tiering the tendies according to their statistical track records, anticipated workloads and win totals, prospect pedigrees, challengers breathing down their necks, and whatever other data points they can sink their teeth into. Players discussed on this episode include All The Goalies! Like, 70 of them! Check out our goalie tiers at keepingkarlsson.com/goalies. Also, if you're looking for more fantasy content, may we recommend our 2nd Annual NHL Audio Almanac + Projections which comes with 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses of every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections. We always welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think @keepingkarlsson. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonus Episode: August Patroncast featuring draft with AvgTOI Aug 30, 2019

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We've decided to drop a little late summer tease of the type of bonus content you can get if you become a patron of Keeping Karlsson. Every month we record a Patroncast where we answer any questions submitted by our valued patron community. This month was no different but in addition we invited Ben and Lewis from @avgtimeonice to participate in draft using a novel format where everyone gets one player per team. Once you listen you can view the final draft results here. If you like this episode, please consider becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. Aside from the warm fuzzy feeling you get for supporting a podcast you like, you'll also get a myriad of perks including access to our Patron-Only Facebook group, monthly patroncasts like this one, entry into our Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (registration deadline is Sept. 12th) and more! All for just $5 per month. Also, if you're looking for more fantasy content, may I recommend our 2nd Annual NHL Audio Almanac which comes with 32 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses of every fantasy relevant player as well as a spreadsheet of our point pace projections. That's 1 chapter per team + a goalie summary at the end. Hope you like the patroncast! As always we'd love your feedback: @keepingkarlsson. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 240 - NHL Audio Almanac + Projections Preview: Carolina Hurricanes Aug 23, 2019

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Enjoy this free preview of the Keeping Karlsson 2019-20 NHL Audio Almanac + Projections, featuring the full Carolina Hurricanes chapter. Like a fantasy guide, but for your ears! The Keeping Karlsson 2019-20 NHL Audio Almanac + Projections is 32 chapters and 30+ hours of fantasy gold. Each NHL team gets a dedicated chapter for analyzing and projecting their fantasy relevant players and storylines. Plus, the Almanac features our annual Smörgoåliesbord goalie tiering episode ahead of its public release date. The Almanac is like 32 episodes of Keeping Karlsson, with Elan and Brian balancing all the data and gut they can muster in coming up with their player analyses and projections, challenging each others' takes, and engaging in all kinds of extremely healthy and worthwhile debates. The Almanac includes Elan and Brian's points projections for 304 skaters and tiers for 70 goalies, all in a spreadsheet that will be updated through training camp and pre-season to reflect their latest predictions. What you get: 32 chapter NHL Audio Almanac in mp3 format Points projections for 304 skaters Goalie tiers for 70 goalies Access to the archived, unedited YouTube recordings for each Almanac chapter Also: patrons of Keeping Karlsson get 10% off their Almanac purchase, plus access to our secret Q&A Facebook group and the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League. Players discussed on this episode include Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen, Nino Niederreiter, Andrei Svechnikov, Ryan Dzingel, Jordan Staal, Erik Haula, Martin Necas, Dougie Hamilton, Justin Faulk, Jaccob Slavin, Petr Mrazek and James Reimer. * * * The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 239 - Making a Fantasy League Madness Aug 12, 2019

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So here's what he did: we opened the floor to suggestions for how to make the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (KKUPFL) even better with one rule change. Then we put them all into a tournament elimination bracket, and promised that the last one standing would be in for Season 5 of the KKUPFL. With the help of friends Jon and Dave, Elan and Brian debate the pros and cons of 32 different fantasy league rule candidates, from the subtle and obvious to the radical and novel. One by one, 31 rule change suggestions fall away, and nearly three hours later, a victor emerges... Follow along with the bracket here. And, when you're done listening*, check out the completed bracket here. (*Or if you want to totally spoil the whole episode for yourself.. but we strongly recommend against it!) Check out Jon's Twitter and Twitch page, and follow Dave on Twitter. Registration for Season 5 of the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League is now open! The KKUPFL is a multi-tiered league with promotion and relegation, featuring the best fantasy hockey players in the world and a lot of fun. Check out the rules here. Want to join? Become a patron of Keeping Karlsson to get your invite! The 2019-20 Keeping Karlsson NHL Fantasy Audio Almanac returns for its second year! Listen to our audio fantasy guide, featuring a chapter projecting every team and a sheet with all our player projections. The Almanac drops on September 1, 2019, and you can pre-order yours (at what'll be its lowest price) by heading over to keepingkarlsson.com/almanac. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonus Episode: Good Pick, Bad Pick Part 3 Aug 06, 2019

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It's Christmas in July once again with a special bonus episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast! Every summer, the brilliant patrons of Keeping Karlsson spend the offseason days democratically debating and deliberating on the Patron Fantasy Rankings. Each day, we vote on one player to be slotted into the rankings until the we've has built a comprehensive crowd-sourced draft order as a starting point for pre-season draft lists. On this bonus episode, Elan is joined by listener-patron-podcasters Ben (of @avgtimeonice) and Dave (2019 KKUPFL Ultimate Champion and host of Stream Scheme) to play judge and jury on whether the players ranked 46th thru 59th in our Patron Fantasy Rankings are deserving of their standing, or if maybe the Keeping Karlsson hivemind has *gasp* gotten it wrong.. If you liked this, you'll probably also love the Good Pick, Bad Pick for ranks #1-25, which is available to any and all patrons of Keeping Karlsson. You also might love our 2019-20 Keeping Karlsson NHL Fantasy Audio Almanac! The only audio fantasy guide of its kind will be released by September 1, complete with all our player projections, and you can pre-order yours (at what'll be its lowest price) by heading over to keepingkarlsson.com/almanac. (If you didn't listen to the 2018-19 Almanac and want to check it out, it's now available on a pay-what-you-want basis.) Chapter sponsorships are now available for the Almanac! Learn more at keepingkarlsson.com/sponsor. And finally, registration for Season 5 of the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League is now open! The KKUPFL is a multi-tiered league with the best fantasy hockey players in the world, featuring promotion and relegation and a lot of fun. Check out the rules here. And then, to become a patron and get your invite, head on over to keepingkarlsson.com/patron. * * * Like what you hear? Support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts. The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Thanks for listening!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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