Fantasy Hockey Life

Victor and Jesse answer listener questions from the Discord forum. In the first segment, we consider the fantasy value of Rasmus Asplund, Kirby Dach, and Emil Bemstrom as they come up on the career 100 game marker. Then in "Upgrade the Fade" we consider what we would take back for young players whose outlooks are waning. Those players include Kyle Capobianco, Kaapo Kakko, Lias Andersson, Tim Stuetzle, Erik Brannstrom, Juuso Valimaki, and Nolan Patrick. Follow Victor on twitter @victornuno12 and Jesse @fanhockeylife.…

Episode 160 features Peter Baracchini, head of draft and prospects at The Hockey Writers. Victor and Jesse get his thoughts on many of the rookie starts in the NHL this year. Covered are Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, William Eklund, Bowen Byram, Dawson Mercer, Phil Tomasino, Anton Lundell, Topi Niemela, Cole Caufield, Tanner Jeannot, and Drew O'Connor. Follow on twitter @victornuno12 @fanhockeylife. Email [email protected] and ask to join our free discord. Listen and subscribe wherever podcasts are posted - and…

Episode 159 is Jesse and Victor. We start out with the Skid Game, where Jesse proves he can make a cultural reference 2 weeks too late instead of 30 years too late. Some strategy from both are mixed in on head to head cats leagues and how to dig out of an early hole in the standings. Then Victor answers listener questions on prospect comparisons. Discussed players in the questions segment include Alexander Nylander (W-CHI), Jack Dugan (W-VGK), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G-BUF), Logan Thompson (G-VGK), Logan Brown (C-STL),…

On this 158th edition of Fantasy Hockey Life, Victor and Jesse welcome Dylan Griffing of EP Rinkside to talk about prospects in Russia. Dylan fills us in on drafted propsects Marat Khusnutdinov (MIN), Dmitri Rashevsky (WIN), Kirill Marchenko (CBJ), Fyodor Svechkov (NSH), Prokhor Poltapov (BUF), Ivan Morozov (VGK), Nikita Chibrikov (WIN), and Arseni Gritsyuk (NJD). Following this, Dylan talks about 2022 draft prospects Danila Yurov, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Gleb Trikozov, Alexander Pelevin, Ilya Kvochko, Vladimir Grudinin.…

Jesse and Victor are back to talk fantasy hockey. We start by discussing a couple of fantasy hills Jesse may or may not want to die on, including one that half of you will hate. Then we answer listener questions about prospect/young pro defensemen. Discussed are Juuso Valimaki (CGY), Scott Perunovich (STL), Josh Mahura (ANA), Ryan Merkley (SJS), Connor Timmins (ARI), Samu Niku (MTL), Ian Mitchell (CHI), Timothy Liljegren (TOR), Victor Soderstrom (ARI), Jack Rathbone (VAN). Follow on twitter @victornuno12 @fanhockeylife.…

REAL FANTASY HOCKEY MATCHUPS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN. Even if you are losing this week, you have to be excited. In this episode Jesse and Victor kick off the regular season with listener questions. In our new segment "Take a Swing" we talk about a couple of players who have a new level of attention from us. In "Cliffhangers" we spotlight old guys who we already look at differently this season. Players covered in this episode include: Nick Robertson, Jake Bean, Adam Boqvist, Grigori Denisenko, Owen Tippett, Alex Turcotte,…

'Tis the weekend before fantasy hockey! Victor and Jesse go through the annual exercise of looking at the 10-15 players we took most often in our redraft leagues -- the real proof of guys we are 'high' on relative to other drafters. We did this last year, so we also look back and hold ourselves accountable for those results. Did we actually learn anything? Who's to say? Lastly, we hand out our advice on how to approach this season. As usual, Jesse somehow thinks 30+ year old pop culture is the best way to fire up the…

Jesse and Victor are back to tie up loose ends for the 16 Eastern Conference teams - specifically those players who moved after their team previews. We also give one hot take per team that I'm sure we will both regret almost instantly. Follow on twitter @victornuno12 @fanhockeylife. Email [email protected] and ask to join our free discord. Listen and subscribe wherever podcasts are posted - and give us 5 stars! We are your best place to talk about the game of dynasty fantasy hockey.

This one is easy. We previewed all 32 teams but there were signings and trades after our previews. This episode catches up on all 16 Western Conference teams to talk about recently added players. We also give a hot take for each Western Conference team. Follow on twitter @victornuno12 @fanhockeylife. Email [email protected] and ask to join our free discord. Listen and subscribe wherever podcasts are posted - and give us 5 stars! We are your best place to talk about the game of dynasty fantasy hockey.

If you read articles on Fantrax that included ranks from Jesse and Victor, you may have questions. We stand up to our outlier takes and differences on this special episode about goalies. Covered are Cal Petersen, Pavel Francouz, Tristan Jarry, Cam Talbot, Carter Hart, Elvis Merzlikins, Philipp Grubauer, Jacob Markstrom, Jordan Binnington, Semyon Varlamov, Igor Stersterkin, Darcy Kuemper, Ilya Sorokin, and Linus Ullmark. Follow on twitter @victornuno12 @fanhockeylife. Email [email protected] and ask to join our…