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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