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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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Special guest Dom Luszczyszyn from The Athletic joins Elan to talk through his amazing projections spreadsheet. Elan picks out players where Dom's position rank vs. Keeping Karlsson patron mock ADP position rank diverge and the two discuss.

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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 defenseman we expect to be worth considering at the draft table.

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.

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

KKUPFL SEASON 11 REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Claim your spot now for the 2025-26 NHL season. Registration closes September 1, 2025.

Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community!

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 defenseman we expect to be worth considering at the draft table.

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.

On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian remind you about players that you may not otherwise remember to consider drafting -- until it's too late!

KKUPFL SEASON 11 REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Claim your spot now for the 2025-26 NHL season. Registration closes September 1, 2025.

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Players discussed on the show this week include Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Tim Stutzle, Mikko Rantanen, Travis Sanheim, Brock Faber, Marco Rossi, Mats Zuccarello, Alex Laferriere, Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe, Dmitry Voronkov, Zach Werenski, Vince Dunn, Josh Morrissey, Braden Point, Jakob Chychrun, Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev, Moritz Seider, Filip Gustavsson, Ilya Sorokin, and more.

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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.

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.

Elan is joined by Jeremy to dive into which teams have the best/worst schedules for the upcoming fantasy season.

Check out Elan's schedule tool spreadsheet at http://keepingkarlsson.com/tools.

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Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community!

For $1, $5, or $10 monthly, patrons get access to all our perks throughout the fantasy hockey offseason, including mock drafts, KKUPFL early registration and updates, monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to our incredible, inclusive, informative, moderated patrons-only Discord server.

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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.

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.