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 waiver wire pickups: Week 13
Jan 03, 2023
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Pete and Anna are joined by "Waiver Wire" James Harding to identify the best players to add for the 13th week of the fantasy season. The crew discusses the goalie situation in Carolina, how to tap into the LA Kings, the upside of Ryan Hartman and the emerging Detroit Red Wings. They also answer a bunch of listener questions and look at ways to take advantage of this week's schedule in fantasy.
Fantasy waiver wire pickups, mailbag for Week 12
Dec 29, 2022
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Pete and Nick catch up after the holiday break with all the best pickups and trends around the NHL. They discuss Erik Gustafsson’s upside on the Capitals’ first power play with John Carlson injured, the value of Coyotes players like Nick Schmaltz and Shayne Gostisbehere and preview the NHL Winter Classic between the Bruins and Penguins. They touch on players nearing returns from injuries soon, including Morgan Rielly, Nathan MacKinnon, Tom Wilson, Max Pacioretty, Ondrej Palat and more. Other players and topics discussed are Jordan Kyrou’s breakout calendar year, the goalie situations in Carolina and Washington, Alex Iafallo, Aatu Raty, Jake Walman and more.
Week 11 fantasy mailbag; MVPs, surprises at holiday break
Dec 22, 2022
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Pete and Nick take fan questions about players around the NHL as we approach the holiday break. They discuss fantasy MVP candidates based on average draft position including Tage Thompson, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Pyotr Kochetkov, the Maple Leafs goalie tandem of Ilya Samsonov and Matt Murray and others. Other players and topics discussed include the state of the Panthers, Alexandar Georgiev's strong first half for the Avalanche, players to stash ahead of injury returns like Tom Wilson, the sneaky play of the Sabres' goalie tandem, Michael Rasmussen's huge game on Dylan Larkin's line, Moritz Seider's buy-low window in fantasy, Dillon Dube's upside in the Flames' top six, a rookie debate between Jack Quinn vs. Kent Johnson and more.
Action Network Collab: Week 11
Dec 19, 2022
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Nick Alberga is joined by Nick Martin from Action Network to take a look at the week ahead and break down where the value may lie during the 11th week of NHL action. Listen to Line Change! with Michael Leboff and Nick Martin of the Action Network every Tuesday and Thursday of the NHL season: https://apple.co/3s0c2Nh
Fantasy waiver wire pickups: Week 11
Dec 19, 2022
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Pete and Nick are joined by "Waiver Wire" James Harding to identify the best players to add for the 11th week of the fantasy season. The crew discusses bargain players with sneaky fantasy upside around the NHL, including Sam Steel of the Wild and Conor Timmins of the Maple Leafs and the upside of Jakub Vrana of the Red Wings and Josh Norris of the Senators ahead of their upcoming returns. Other players and topics discussed include Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli, Craig Anderson vs. Pheonix Copley, Lukas Dostal, K'Andre Miller, the Rangers' Kid Line, Blake Wheeler injury replacements, J.T. Compher, Evan Rodrigues, Ryan Hartman and more.
Impact of Ovechkin’s 800th goal; Week 10 fantasy mailbag
Dec 15, 2022
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Pete and Nick are joined by Jake Hahn of SiriusXM NHL Network Radio to discuss Alex Ovechkin’s latest milestone, his chances at the Rocket Richard and Capitals teammate beneficiaries including Dylan Strome, Conor Sheary, Charlie Lindgren and Anthony Mantha. Other topics covered include Bo Horvat vs. Brock Boeser with all the trade rumblings surrounding each Canucks forward, concerns about the Flames offense, rookie goalie Pyotr Kochetkov making a case for the starting job in Carolina, whether to cut ties with most LA Kings players during their slump, the impact of Jason Zucker’s injury on the Penguins’ top six, Craig Anderson’s strong play at 41 years old for the Sabres and more. NHL Fantasy on Ice is presented by SKIP, the official food delivery app of the NHL!
Action Network Collab: Week 10
Dec 12, 2022
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Pete Jensen is joined by Michael Leboff from Action Network to take a look at the week ahead and break down where the value may lie during the 10th week of NHL action. Listen to Line Change! with Michael Leboff and Nick Martin of the Action Network every Tuesday and Thursday of the NHL season: https://apple.co/3s0c2Nh
Fantasy waiver wire pickups: Week 10
Dec 12, 2022
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Pete and Nick are joined by Anna Dua to identify the best players to add for the 10th week of the fantasy season. The crew discusses young players like Jack Quinn, Alex Newhook and Rasmus Sandin, recent injury returns like Dmitry Orlov for the resurgent Capitals and beneficiaries of returning players like Jack Roslovic on a line with Patrik Laine. Other players are topics discussed include whether to drop Jonathan Quick and/or Adrian Kempe of the Kings, Alexander Barabanov, Dan Vladar, Filip Gustavsson and more. NHL Fantasy on Ice is presented by SKIP, the official food delivery app of the NHL!
Week 9 fantasy mailbag; guest: Matt Larkin of Daily Faceoff
Dec 08, 2022
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Pete and Nick are joined by guest Matt Larkin from Daily Faceoff to go around the NHL and discuss all the biggest fantasy storylines and trends. The guys lead off with the fantasy ripple effect of Tage Thompson's five-goal game on his Sabres teammates like Dylan Cozens and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Thompson's outside Hart Trophy chances if the Sabres make the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They also react to Nathan MacKinnon's injury with in-house and outside replacement options, including J.T. Compher and Alex Newhook from the Avalanche, Kevin Hayes of the Flyers, Andrew Copp of the Red Wings and more. Other players and topics covered include Dylan Strome's staying power for the Capitals, whether to add Cozens and drop more-proven players like Claude Giroux, Anze Kopitar or Vincent Trocheck, Valeri Nichushkin nearing a return for Colorado, Dan Vladar's strong play for the Flames, the best landing spot for Patrick Kane and the trade rumblings surrounding Brock Boeser. NHL Fantasy on Ice is presented by SKIP, the official food delivery app of the NHL!
Action Network Collab: Week 9
Dec 05, 2022
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Nick Alberga is joined by Nick Martin from Action Network to take a look at the week ahead and break down where the value may lie during the 9th week of NHL action. Listen to Line Change! with Michael Leboff and Nick Martin of the Action Network every Tuesday and Thursday of the NHL season: https://apple.co/3s0c2Nh
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