On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian analyze the highs and lows of the NHL season's opening games, sharing thoughts on the standouts, emerging talent, unexpected struggles and ongoing disappointments we've seen so far -- and what to do about them to get an early edge in your fantasy hockey league.

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Players discussed on the show this week include Josh Norris, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafreniere, Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, Emmitt Finnie, Lucas Raymond, Alex Debrincat, Patrick Kane, Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Gabe Vilardi, Jonathan Toews, Sean Durzi, Mikhail Sergachev, Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley, Luke Hughes, Timo Meier, Scott Wedgewood, Mackenzie Blackwood, Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas, Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog, Devon Toews, Elias Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, Matthew Schaefer, Tony DeAngelo, Kyle Palmieri, Jonathan Drouin, Mat Barzal, Zeev Buium, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan Hartman, Sam Rinzel, Frank Nazar, Ryan Donato, Connor Bedard, Alexander Nikishin, Beckett Sennecke, Mason McTavish, Cutter Gauthier, Jackson Lacombe, Zach Bolduc, Juraj Slafkovsky, Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson, Shane Pinto, Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Kirill Marchenko, Zach Werenski, John Klingberg, Elias Pettersson, Jordan Kyrou, Matvei Michkov, Trevor Zegras, Jonathan Marchessault, Steven Stamkos, Brandon Hagel, Sam Bennett, Evan Bouchard, Mackenzie Weegar, Erik Karlsson, Pavel Dorofeyev, Mark Stone, Thomas Harley, Easton Cowan, Morgan Rielly

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Elan looks at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.

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Jeremy and Shams cover the latest injury news and headlines from this young season before turning their eyes to the rookies who made their NHL squads. They cover which ones you should cut your losses on and who you may want on your watch list or even your roster right now.

Players Discussed: Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafreniere, J.T. Miller, Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore, Pyotr Kochetkov, Frederik Andersen, Sam Rinzel, Artyom Levshunov, Brady Martin, Emmitt Finnie, Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Matthew Schaefer, Alexander Nikishin, Zayne Parekh, Matvei Gridin, Zeev Buium, Danila Yurov, Beckett Sennecke, Michael Misa & Sam Dickinson.

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Lewis and Derrick welcome in the new fantasy hockey season and the Short Shifts season 7 premiere with news from the first games and early season strategy advice. First a discussion of the potential value in Chicago's second-line, powered by Frank Nazar's early success. Then the guys cover Geogiev's waiving from Buffalo, Perfetti's injury and Iafallo's promotion in Winnipeg, Arturs Silov's threat to Jarry, and plenty more news and notes. They wrap with some draft notes, as well as waiver wire strategies to get your team off with a win.

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Elan looks at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.

KKUPFL Season 11 registration is in waitlist mode. Register now for the world's best fantasy hockey league to join the waitlist to take over a team in need of a manager. If you sign up now, you're virtually guaranteed to see KKUPFL action this year!

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Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server.

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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 edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian are joined by Stokastic's and Dobber Hockey's Michael Clifford, aka @SlimCliffy, to provide play-by-play and colour analysis on the KKUPFL Tier 1 Auction Draft, where the world's best fantasy hockey managers build their teams to compete for the undisputed title of Ultimate Fantasy Hockey Champion.

KKUPFL Tier 1 Auction Draft Results and Live Video

SlimCliffy's 10 Interesting (To Me) Stats For This Week

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Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server.

Players discussed on the show this week include players drafted in the KKUPFL Tier 1 Auction.

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On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian work through the NHL training camp and pre-season line combos they've been seeing ahead of the imminent NHL fantasy hockey season, and share tidbits about their KKUPFL drafts as they go.

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Players discussed on the show this week include Alex Barkov, Anton Lundell, Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Cole Perfetti, Jonathan Toews, Tom Wilson, Ryan Leonard, Jakob Chychrun, Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore, Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley, Sean Durzi, Anthony Stolarz, Max Domi, Mattias Maccelli, Morgan Rielly, Bobby McMann, Gage Goncalves, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli, Cam Fowler, Jimmy Snuggerud, Jani Nyman, John Klingberg, Will Smith, Michael Misa, Yaroslav Askarov, Evgeni Malkin, Avery Hayes, Trevor Zegras, Owen Tippett, Dylan Cozens, Fabian Zetterlund, Alexis Lafreniere, Will Cuylle, Anders Lee, Matthew Schaefer, Arseny Gritsyuk, Luke Hughes, Dawson Mercer, Juuse Saros, Steven Stamkos, Sam Montembeault, Zeev Buium, Marco Rossi, Anze Kopitar, Stuart Skinner, Trent Frederic, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Emmitt Finnie, John Gibson, Cam Talbot, Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen, Thomas Harley, Sean Monahan, Adam Fantilli, Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan Donato, Sam Rinzel, Nikolaj Ehlers, Andrei Svechnikov, Zayne Parekh, Mackenzie Weegar, Morgan Frost, Jonathan Huberdeau, Josh Norris, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Morgan Geekie, Elias Lindholm, Leo Carlsson, Mason McTavish, Mikael Granlund, Cutter Gauthier.

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Elan is joined by Victor Nuno from Fantasy Hockey Life to go through all of the players Victor thinks have a chance to win the Calder Trophy for the NHL's rookie of the year next season.

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Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server.

Players discussed on the show this week include every rookie we expect to be worth drafting or adding this season.

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.

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 edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, it's our first (annual?) C-Food Tower! By popular request, Elan and Brian share their tier rankings for Centre-only players ahead of the 2025-26 NHL fantasy hockey season.

See the tiers at kkupfl.com/tools.

KKUPFL Season 11 registration is in waitlist mode -- but we are still opening new divisions according to demand! Register now at http://www.kkupfl.com to claim your spot in the lineup to draft teams or take over teams in need of a manager.

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Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL waitlist status, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server.

Players discussed on the show this week include every center we expect to be worth drafting or adding this season.

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

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On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, it's Smörgoåliesbord!! Elan and Brian share their annual goaltender tier rankings for the 2025-26 NHL fantasy hockey season.

See the tiers at kkupfl.com/tools.

KKUPFL SEASON 11 REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Claim your spot now for the 2025-26 NHL season. Registration closes September 9, 2025.

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Patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey season, including mock drafts, KKUPFL invitations, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server.

Players discussed on the show this week include every goaltender we expect to see NHL ice this season.

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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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