On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian are joined by several KKUPFL Tier 1 managers, to bring you inside their draft table decisions and thought processes in building the teams competing in the top division of the world's best fantasy hockey league.

Thank you Doug, Fronk, Jakob, Ryan, Troy, Garrett, Brett for joining us! 

See our Tier 1 Draft Results.

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Players discussed on the show this week include the players drafted in the top division of the world's best fantasy hockey league.

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian Elan and Brian remind you of at least one player on each NHL team whose name you might forget to consider at your fantasy hockey league's draft.

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Players discussed on the show this week include Beckett Sennecke, Mikael Granlund, Troy Terry, James Hagens, Marat Khusnutdinov, Jason Zucker, Jack Quinn, Konsta Helenius, Mattias Samuelsson, Owen Power, Mikael Backlund, Matvei Gridin, Matt Coronato, Seth Jarvis, Jackson Blake, Patrick Kane, Roman Kantserov, Bo Byram, Jaden Schwartz, Gabriel Landeskog, Valeri Nichushkin, Tyler Seguin, Justin Hryckowian, Viktor Arvidsson, Marco Kasper, Frederik Andersen, Devon Levi, Tristan Jarry, Isaac Howard, Vasily Podkolzin, Alex Barkov, Seth Jones, Mats Zuccarello, Filiip Gustavsson, Jesper Wallstedt, Blake Coleman, Chris Kreider, Matthew Wood, Steven Stamkos, Luke Evangelista, Kyle Palmieri, Calum Ritchie, Gabe Perreault, William Eklund, Thomas Chabot, Jamie Drysdale, Egor Chinakhov, Jared McCann, Bobby McMann, Mackie Samoskevich, Vince Dunn, Kiefer Sherwood, Ivar Stenberg, Mason Marchment, Micahel Misa, Mason McTavish, Connor McMichael, Gage Goncalves, Anthony Cirelli, Easton Cowan, Jack Roslovic, Lawson Crouse, Anders Lee, Elias Pettersson, Thatcher Demko, Tomas Hertl, Shea Theodore, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Ryan Leonard, Brad Lambert, Viggo Bjorck, Stuart Skinner and more. 

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Elan is joined by the Keeping Karlsson Accountability Czar Trev to take a deep dive into the NHL schedule for next season and how it should affect our drafting decisions.

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL priority registration status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy hocket news  at GameDayTweets.com. 

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 or your podcast platform of choice. 

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian share their NHL Defenseman Tiers, including some deeper cut plays for both intriguing upside and dependable floors in your fantasy hockey league.

See our NHL D tiers at kkupfl.com.

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL priority registration status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Players discussed on the show this week include Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, Evan Bouchard, Rasmus Dahlin, Quinn Hughes, Matthew Schaefer, Adam Fox, Lane Hutson, Roman Josi, Moritz Seider, Jake Sanderson, Charlie McAvoy, Mikhail Sergachev, Darren Raddysh, Jackson LaCombe, Jakob Chychrun, John Carlson, Miro Heiskanen, Josh Morrissey, Shayne Gostisbehere, Erik Karlsson, Brandt Clarke, Bo Byram, Dougie Hamilton, Shea Theodore, Thomas Harley, Seth Jones, Noah Dobson, Brock Faber, Brandon Montour, Cole Hutson, Shea Theodore, Thomas Harley, Noah Dobson, Brock Faber, Brandon Montour, Philip Broberg, Rasmus Andersson, Victor Hedman, Luke Hughes, Zeev Buium, Simon Nemec, Thomas Chabot, Rasmus Andersson, Filip Hronek, Darnell Nurse, Vince Dunn, Jacob Trouba, Mackenzie Weegar, Mattias Samuelsson, Jamie Drysdale, Denton Mateychuk and more. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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Elan is joined by prospect expert Victor Nuno from Fantasy Hockey Life to go over his list of the top 20 candidates to win the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year next season.

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL priority registration status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian are joined by The Athletic's fantasy hockey co-projectionist Dom Luszczyszyn! We pick out some eye-catching projections that don't quite align with our patron mock draft data. 

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL priority registration status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Players discussed on the show this week include Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Beckett Sennecke, Auston Matthews, Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, Quinn Hughes, Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley, Nick Schmaltz, Zach Benson, Owen Power, Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby, Tim Stutzle, Artemi Panarin, Michael Misa, Alex Ovechkin, Alexis Lafreniere, Mason McTavish, Marco Rossi, Matvei Gridin, Thomas Harley, Miro Heiskanen, Owen Tippett, Porter Martone, Gavin McKenna, Cole Perfetti, Bo Horvat, Jacob Markstrom and more. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, it's Smörgoåliesbord!! Elan and Brian share their goal'd standard of annual NHL goalie tier rankings for 2026-27, so you can be ready to draft in your  fantasy hockey leagues.

See the tiers at kkupfl.com/tools.

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Players discussed on the show this week include Andrei Vasilevskiy, Connor Hellebuyck, Logan Thompson, Igor Shesterkin, Ilya Sorokin, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman, Jet Greaves, Lukas Dostal, Karel Vejmelka, Linus Ullmark, Dan Vladar, Juuse Saros, Joel Hofer, John Gibson, Spencer Knight, Jakub Dobes, Jesper Wallstedt, Jacob Markstrom, Sergei Bobrovsky, Dustin Wolf, Carter Hart, Thatcher Demko, Joey Daccord, Yaroslav Askarov, Brandon Bussi, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Scott Wedgewood, Jake Allen, Darcy Kuemper, Anton Forsberg, Frederik Andersen, Devon Levi, Arturs Silovs, Sergei Murashov, Mackenzie Blackwood, Filip Gustavsson, Jacob Fowler, Alex Lyon, Joseph Woll, Anthony Stolarz, Alex Nedeljkovic, Pyotr Kochetkov, Akira Schmid, Kevin Lankinen, Nico Daws, Jordan Binnington, Adin Hill, Devin Cooley, Stuart Skinner, Daniil Tarasov, Dennis Hildeby, Sebastian Cossa, Justus Annunen, Tristan Jarry, Michael DiPietro, Philipp Grubauer, Ville Husso, Joonas Korpisalo, Elvis Merzlikins, Arvid Soderblom, Casey DeSmith, Calvin Pickard, Sm Montembeault, Semyon Varlamov, Sam Ersson, Charlie Lindgren, Phoenix Copley, Colten Ellis, David Rittich, Vitek Vanecek, Nikita Tolopilo, Connor Ingram and more. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian uncover and run the numbers on players who started strong, but faded completely as the season went on. Who should we expect them to be this season? You'll want to know as you prepare your fantasy hockey league draft lists!

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL priority registration status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Players discussed on the show this week include Connor Bedard, Leo Carlsson, Valeri Nichushkin, Simon Nemec, J.J. Peterka, Lucas Raymond, Sam Reinhart, Matthew Knies, Ivan Demidov, Noah Dobson, Trevor Zegras, Morgan Geekie, Tom Wilson, Timo Meier, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nazem Kadri, Artturi Lehkonen, Shayne Gostisbehere, Brandon Montour, Morgan Rielly and more. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian dig deep on players who stepped up in the second half of last season. Were they giving a peek at what's to come, or just going on a heater? You'll want to know as you prepare your fantasy hockey league draft lists!

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL priority registration status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Players discussed on the show this week include Robert Thomas, Dylan Holloway, Jimmy Snuggerud, Philip Broberg, Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg, Mavrik Bourque, Alexis Lafreniere, Mika Zibanejad, J.T. Miller, Adam Fox, Pavel Dorofeyev, Clayton Keller, Mat Barzal, Juraj Slafkovsky, Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven, Pavel Zacha, Brock Boeser, Egor Chinakhov, Ville Koivunen, Brock Faber, Evan Bouchard, Dougie Hamilton, Jackson LaCombe and more. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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Elan is joined by prospect expert Ryan Downey to talk through the remaining interesting picks of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft not covered last week, and then take some prospect questions submitted by the Keeping Karlsson patrons.

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including show notes, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our patrons-only Discord server. 

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Players discussed on the show this week include picks 22-34 of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft and more. 

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Stay up to date on all the latest NHL line combos, goalie starts and fantasy news at  GameDayTweets.com. 

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 or your podcast platform of choice. 

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Join our inclusive, passionate and brilliant Keeping Karlsson community by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month, patrons power 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 DobberHockey.

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