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.

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Players discussed on the show this week include every defenseman we expect to be worth considering at the draft table.

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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!

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

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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.