Nick Alberga and Jake Hahn have the 24/7/365 pulse of the fantasy hockey world. Whether you play daily fantasy or are in a season-long league or pool, the NHL Fantasy on Ice crew, including fantasy gurus Pete Jensen and Chris Meaney, brings the knowledge and advice to give you an edge over your competition. The hosts also dip their toes into the ever-growing world of sports betting.
Fantasy pickups: Week 3; Zach Hyman's slow start; "Frozen Frenzy"
Oct 21, 2024
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Nick and Jake discuss sell-high candidates, including Evgeni Malkin and Anton Lundell, and buy-low targets, including Zach Hyman. Pete Jensen joins the show to break down the top 10 waiver wire pickups with some EDGE stats for Week 3, including Ross Colton, Martin Pospisil, Kevin Lankinen, Philip Broberg, Michael Kesselring and more. Other topics include the Avalanche's three-goalie rotation, whether to be patient with Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, the Winnipeg Jets' season-opening winning streak, the winless Nashville Predators and some leanings for the 16-game "Frozen Frenzy" slate on Tuesday.
Fantasy mailbag: Week 2; buy low, sell high; Georgiev's struggles
Oct 17, 2024
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Nick and Jake are joined by Tyler Madarasz from SiriusXM NHL Network Radio to cover the biggest storylines through the first week and a half, including the ongoing struggles of the Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings, whether to sell high on Utah Hockey Club forward Dylan Guenther and the bounce-back start from Minnesota Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson. Pete Jensen of NHL.com also jumps on to give some of his leanings and pickups, including Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf being in the early Calder Trophy conversation and New Jersey Devils goalie Jake Allen being one of the most valuable backups out there.
Fantasy pickups: Week 2; injury replacements; wagering spots
Oct 14, 2024
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Nick and Jake react to some early season storylines, injuries to Aleksander Barkov and Macklin Celebrini and answer listener questions. They also dive deep on the fantasy waiver wire with NHL.com's Pete Jensen for the best Week 2 pickups, and Michael Leboff from the Action Network chimes in with his favorite wagering spots for the week.
Week 1 mailbag; early season takeaways; goalie pickups
Oct 10, 2024
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Nick and Jake react to some early season storylines like the Avalanche’s goaltending issues, Golden Knights pickups like Ivan Barbashev and Victor Olofsson, early injury concerns for Joseph Woll and Juuse Saros and an impressive debut for the Utah Hockey Club and breakout candidate Dylan Guenther. Pete Jensen joins the guys to discuss fan questions from @NHLFantasy and make picks for Thursday’s opening night slate. Other topics covered include Matt Boldy’s expected return, projections for Matvei Michkov and Macklin Celebrini ahead of their NHL debuts, the new-look Islanders offense, Frank Vatrano and the young talent on the Ducks, Samuel Montembeault’s sneaky value and more.
Fantasy top 10 pickups: Week 1; mock draft 2.0; Stanley Cup predictions
Oct 07, 2024
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Jake and Pete identify the best fantasy pickups for the first week of the season and are joined by David Satriano of NHL.com for Stanley Cup Final predictions. The guys discuss some of the mock draft 2.0 trends for those who have not yet done fantasy drafts, react to the impact of Jeremy Swayman’s new contract with the Bruins and give their goalie picks for opening night. Other topics and players discussed include the Blues’ underdog appeal, preseason standouts like Shane Pinto and Pavel Dorofeyev, the Devils’ strong goalie tandem and third line and the Sabres’ slow start and injuries in the NHL Global Series.
Season preview: Bold predictions, playoffs & NHL Awards futures
Oct 03, 2024
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Jake and Pete catch up with Anna Dua about their bold fantasy predictions for the new season and are joined by Michael Leboff from the Action Network and "Line Change" podcast to discuss futures betting angles surrounding the Stanley Cup Playoffs and NHL Awards. Topics discussed include the Jeremy Swayman situation from a fantasy and betting lens, awards contenders from Utah Hockey Club and the New Jersey Devils, as well as the Jack Adams Award, Norris, Vezina and Hart Trophy races. Bold predictions covered include those surrounding Joseph Woll, JJ Peterka, Kirill Kaprizov, Vincent Trocheck, Noah Hanifin, Evgeni Malkin and more.
Season preview: Keeper rankings, preseason trends & betting primer
Sep 30, 2024
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Nick and Jake are joined by Pete to discuss the keeper and dynasty rankings on NHL.com/Fantasy and Tim Kalinowski of Snapback Sports to preview the 2024-25 season from a betting lens. The guys touch on the Sabres' sneaky appeal to make the playoffs, some deep sleepers from the team in fantasy and NHL Awards candidates like Tage Thompson, UPL and Lindy Ruff. The crew also touches on the Stars' young talent, injury impact on the Canucks and Islanders goalie situations, preseason standouts like Matvei Michkov, Dylan Holloway and Adam Boqvist and other key injuries to players like Artemi Panarin, Patrik Laine and Drew Doughty.
2024-25 season preview: Mock draft 1.0
Sep 12, 2024
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Nick, Pete and Jake Hahn break down the results of their first mock draft for the 2024-25 season. They discuss the most potent fantasy teams, the Oilers, Avalanche, Rangers and Lightning, reaches like Jack Hughes, Jake Guentzel, Jeremy Swayman, Connor Bedard and Mikhail Sergachev, injury concerns surrounding Brad Marchand and Thatcher Demko, mid-to-late round goalie targets, value picks, must-have players, the highest ranked players to go undrafted in the 120-player mock and more.
2024-25 season preview: Rookies, sleepers, breakouts, bounce-backs
Sep 05, 2024
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Pete, Anna and Jake identify their fantasy draft targets from a loaded rookie class and sleeper, deep sleeper, breakout and bounce-back candidates. Topics discussed include players like Rutger McGroarty, Lane Hutson, Zach Benson, Ivan Fedotov, Jesper Wallstedt, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jake Sanderson, Spencer Knight, the Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg offer sheets by the Blues, why Devils players like Dougie Hamilton, Timo Meier and Jake Allen bring value under new coach Sheldon Keefe, Utah’s underrated second line and more.
2024-25 season preview: Stat projections
Aug 28, 2024
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Pete, Anna and Jake Hahn react to the forward/defenseman point and goalie/team win totals on NHL.com/Fantasy in their annual stat projections episode. Topics covered include the impact of Patrik Laine being traded to the Canadiens, the Yaroslav Askarov trade impact on the Predators and Sharks, where the Predators and Hurricanes rank among the NHL’s best teams, player debates involving J.T. Miller, Brady Tkachuk and Kirill Kaprizov, the rookie scoring race, whether the Sabres will end their playoff drought after hiring Lindy Ruff and more.
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