Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast

Elan and Brian rendez-vous'd late on a Saturday night and well into Sunday morning to bring you this latest episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey podcast.There's been a rash of injuries to top-6 players, and we'll let you know which of their teammates are being helped or hurt by the ensuing lineup shuffle. And there are a couple players that poolies are down on right now, but you shouldn't be; likewise, there are others who many are feeling good about, but we'll let you know whether or not that fuzzy feeling is warranted, particularly for one player on whom you should absolutely not sell high.We also give you a couple buy-low and sell-high goalie candidates and explain the reasoning to do so by going beyond their current boxcars.Headlines, injuries, line changes, outjuries, players of note, and a snoozer to boot-- it's another info-packed edition of the show that'll give you the edge you need to stay atop your fantasy league.Players mentioned in this episode include Vladimir Tarasenko, Marian Gaborik, Brandon Saad, Cory Franklin Schneider, Tanner Pearson, Carl Soderberg, Elias Lindholm, Marcus Johansson, Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Kuznetsov, Roberto Luongo, Wayne Simmonds, Mikael Granlund, Tomas Vanek, Elias Lindholm, Mark Giordano, Darcy Kuemper, Justin Faulk, and more.If you enjoy the show, please check out our brand new Patreon group to learn how you can support us in a new way. You can also support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for future episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.

This week's episode of Keeping Karlsson begins with headlines, followed by headlines, and then we enter into a headlines segment before finishing it off with players of note and our patented lightning round.We mention a goalie on whom the bravest poolies will think about selling high, a much-maligned star who will absolutely break out of an uncharacteristic slump, a buzzy top prospect that's quickly hit a wall, a young line whose members are all producing at an impressive rate, budding(?) goalie controversies, and a couple good candidates to fill a low-stakes rotating roster spot on your fantasy team. Brian also cops to a possible team-management mistake, though that's shortly after a very firm and righteous told-you-so regarding one of our most-queried about players on twitter this week.Players talked about on this week's show include Alex Ovechkin, Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh, Ryan Callahan, Jonathan Drouin, Nikita Kucherov, Dany Heatley, James Wisniewski, Nick Foligno, Curtis McElhinney, James Neal, Mike Ribeiro, Mikhail Grabovski, Ray Emery, Steve Mason, Chad Johnson, Jaroslav Halak, Ryan Miller, Nazem Kadri, Daniel Winnik, Johnny Gaudreau, and Michael Raffl.If you enjoy the show, please check out our brand new Patreon group to learn how you can support us in a new way. You can also support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for future episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.

Brian briefly reviews a copy of Hockey Prospectus 2014-15 (spoiler: very favourable), and talks with contributing writer Ryan Wagman about how he makes his fantasy hockey decisions.We chat about fantasy hockey management styles, useful advanced stats (and a couple new ones, too), sophomore slumps, and the way that analytics may or may not change hockey's actual on-ice product.Players discussed include Ales Hemsky, Tukka Rask, Nazem Kadri, Trevor Daley, Nick Bjugstad, Matt Moulson, Tomas Plekanec, Tomas Hertl, Matthew Nieto, Joe Thornton, and more.Full disclosure: Hockey Prospectus provided us with a free copy of the guide for review.

On this week's episode, Elan and Brian cut through the hype on several overachievers, and get as close as they ever do to buying into the hype that surrounds one newly-minted NHLer.Starting off with a look at this weeks injuries and outjuries, we focus in on one particular lineup returnee climbing his team's depth chart faster than expected at the cost of one of his teammates, and draw attention to a defenceman who could get a chance to suddenly step into a new and important role. We also address the sadly difficult question of which team's players you need to avoid the most.Listen on to find out which player was the most frequent topic in our Twitter mentions this week, which player isn't taking advantage of a plum line assignment, which goalie is redeeming himself early on, and which players have landed themselves on our first Keeping Karlsson-patented Snoozers list of 2014-15.Players covered on this episode include Johnny Boychuk, Bobby Ryan, Linden Vey, Pekka Rinne, Semyon Varlamov, Lubomir Visnovsky, Zdeno Chara, Cory Conacher, Dustin Brown, Bobby Ryan, Tomas Hertl, Anders Lee, Matthew Nieto, Jonathan Drouin, Tyler Toffoli, Dougie Hamilton, Nikolai Kulemin, and more..(And hey, psst... please check out our brand new Patreon group to learn how you can support the show in a new way.)If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us (keepingkarlsson@gmail.com) with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for future episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.

Elan sits down with Brock Seguin, Editor-In-Chief at DailyFaceoff.com to talk about everything he’s doing at that great site. They discuss how Brock keeps the starting goalies and line combos updated, how he put together the DFO draft kit, and some other lesser known features of the site. Elan also asks about some of the more bold projections Brock made in the DailyFaceoff draft-kit, who he targeted in his hockey pools, and who he thinks are some current buy-low and sell-high candidates.Enjoy the bonus content! We’ll be back with our next regular episode next Sunday as usual.

Don't make that add, drop, or trade just yet -- on this episode, Elan and Brian take a look at why some guys are way up, why others are way down, and why you shouldn't get caught with your head spinning all around.This week's edition of Keeping Karlsson kicks off with a prescription for deep breaths, especially regarding two goalies who have been particularly testing their owners after slow starts. In the headlines, we also cover injuries to a couple key contributors, the Leafs' blueline situation, and a new face in the Avalanche net.We then take a look at some underlying numbers that are just a little bit wackier than they should be at this point of the year, naming early candidates for you to consider selling high or buying low. Elan and Brian also share their views on how patient you need to be with the team you picked on draft day.The show closes with the return of the Lightning Round™, where the guys give the lowdown on the names that appeared the most in our Twitter mentions this week.Players covered this week include Victor Hedman, Jason Garrison, Brock Nelson, Tukka Rask, Damon Severson, Troy Brouwer, Gabriel Landeskog, Rick Nash, Calvin Pickard, Patric Hornqvist, Tanner Pearson, and more.If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us (keepingkarlsson@gmail.com) with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for future episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.Referenced on this week's show:Petry, Gardiner, and questionable lineup decisions, by @tsnscottcullenBrock Nelson's disappointing individual offense so far, by @garik16

It's official: the 2014-15 regular season is underway, and Elan and Brian are excited to finally be tucking into the names and numbers popping up across the box scores of the NHL's opening matchups.We kick off the regular season by highlighting some of the more surprising stat lines posted in each team's first couple games, and take note of some unfortunate injuries and their respective ripple effects. Elan and Brian also give their takes on listener questions involving devilish veterans and strategic goaltending decisions, and run down their inaugural sets of notable players. Players covered include Pascal Dupuis, Brock Nelson, Johnny Boychuk, Darcy Kuemper, Semyon Varlamov, Eric Gelinas, Brad Richards, Sami Vatanen, Anton Khudobin, Patrick Maroon... and many more.If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us (keepingkarlsson@gmail.com) with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for future episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.

It's three days before the regular season, NHL teams are making their final cuts, and you've got your fantasy lineup set for opening night. What can you do between now and then? On this (finally) final pre-season episode of Keeping Karlsson, Elan and Brian have a couple suggestions for how to make the most of your fantasy team's post-draft period. We discuss the players most affected by yesterday's Isles trades, the likelihood of one particular preseason performer making a regular season impression, and a potential tweak to our show's name.Elan and Brian also take a look at players who went widely undrafted across fantasy leagues, and zoom in on a handful of potential diamonds in the free agency rough that you'll want to have on your watchlist as the season begins.If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us (keepingkarlsson@gmail.com) with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for future episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.Brian's team:Elan's Team:

With the preseason puck dropped, Elan and Brian take on a smattering of topics, beginning with the ways in which recent signings and injuries might directly and indirectly affect NHL lineups and, in turn, your fantasy team. Brian also humbly clarifies some commentary and advice from last week's Smörgoåliesbord, elaborating on even-strength save percentage and Carey Price's fantasy value, and putting a spotlight on Pekka Rinne and Jimmy Howard.We also get to a few of the fun listener questions we've been getting this pre-season, explaining how to handle PIMs as a category in your league, debating the merits of drafting defensemen early vs. late, and making a decision between young guns like Ondrej Palat and Tomas Hertl. Elan and Brian cap off the show by each sharing a player that they think might be undervalued in your fantasy draft.If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us (keepingkarlsson@gmail.com) with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for upcoming episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.Referenced on this week's show:Kyle Okposo's Huge Career Year Likely Wasn't a Fluke (Adam Gretz, SBNation)Hockey Analysis - Even-Strength Save Percentage Rankings 2013-14

If you've noticed a conspicuous absence of goalie talk on the last few shows, it's because we saved it all for this episode: it's the Keeping Karlsson Smörgoåliesbord 2014! In the 5th episode of our fantasy preseason miniseries, Elan and Brian talk about nothing except the crucial G spot that can make or break your fantasy hockey team. This episode features a quick rundown of the stats that best reflect a goalie's ability, and throw out a couple newer advanced stats that can help you make your draft-day and keeper decisions. From there, we share our goalie tiers, from elite goalies, goalies you should avoid at all costs, and all the ones in between.If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us (keepingkarlsson@gmail.com) with your feedback, fantasy hockey questions, and topic requests for upcoming episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.Referenced on this week's show:Beware Steve Mason...Forecasting Future Goalie Performance with Four Year Hockey MarcelsUpdating and Improving Hockey Marcels

As the offseason draws to a close, Keeping Karlsson's fantasy pre-season miniseries rolls on with a primer on the newest players to have joined our list of sure shot, keeper-justified, first round draft pick-worthy fantasy producers. We also take a look at a couple skaters who've lost this hallowed status as a result of their fantasy performances last year, and who you might want to consider taking a round or three later than usual in your draft this year.Brian and Elan also search for clues on the players who surprised us last year in ways both good and bad, and then dig in to figure out whether their numbers will improve, regress, or stay the same through another full season. If you enjoy the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to tweet us or write us, at keepingkarlsson@gmail.com, with any feedback, fantasy hockey questions, or topic requests for upcoming episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.Referenced on this week's show:Let's lower our expectations for Joe Pavelski in 2014-15War On IceProgressive Hockey

In part three of our fantasy pre-season miniseries, we get obsessive about how to make the most of the biggest event of your fantasy year: draft day. Elan and Brian share the big and little drafting strategies they use to build the best roster possible, including tiering your picks, thinking about playing positions, when to take sleepers, making close calls, and more.We also answer listener questions about ranking prospects, NHL equivalency numbers, and connecting Corsi and shot-blocking.Resources referenced on the show this week include:Projecting Junior Hockey Players and Translating Performance to the NHL (Behind the Net)Improving AHL Equivalencies: AHL to NHL Shot Metrics Translations (NHL Numbers)Prospect Projection Errors: Putting Error Bars on NHL Equivalencies (NHL Numbers)If you like the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to write us, at keepingkarlsson@gmail.com, with any feedback, fantasy hockey questions, or topic requests for upcoming episodes. Thanks for listening!Keeping Karlsson is presented by Daily Faceoff.

In the second episode of our mini fantasy offseason series, we dig into advanced stats and unearth the ones that give you the biggest edge in winning your fantasy hockey pool. Elan and Brian take on Corsi, Relative Corsi, player usage charts, zone starts, and PDO, explaining what they are, how they're calculated, and how you can use them to your advantage.Also, Brian's laptop fan makes an appearance.If you like the show, you can support us by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson). Feel free to write us, at keepingkarlsson@gmail.com, with any feedback, fantasy hockey questions, or topic requests for upcoming episodes. Thanks for listening!..and, as promised, more advanced stats resources for your own use and research:Where to Find NHL Stats, A Novice's GuideHockey AnalysisBehind the NetSome Kind of Ninja - Player Usage ChartsHockey Abstract - Player Usage ChartsAn Introduction to Fancy Hockey Stats, from JibblescribbitsThe Faker's Guide to Advanced Stats in the NHL, from GrantlandNice Time on IceShift Chart/r/watchingthegame

We're both finally done celebrating our respective 2013/14 Fantasy Hockey Championships, and so we're back with the first of a string of episodes leading up to the first regular season puck drop in October. This week, Elan and Brian discuss a number of players who were involved in offseason moves are whether they are likely to be helped or hindered by their change in scenery. Players discussed include Paul Stastny, Jarome Iginla, Tom Gilbert, Jussi Jokinen, Devan Dubnyk, Ryan Miller, Jonas Hiller, Nikolai Kulemin and James Neal.Please help support the show by subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes. You can also follow us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson), and feel free to send a note to keepingkarlsson@gmail.com with any feedback or and ask fantasy hockey questions that you've got for upcoming shows.

There is less than a day left in the regular season but Elan and Brian are back with a shorter episode to tide everyone over before the big year in review episodes that will be coming out in the next few weeks. This week some topics include:How their finals matchups went / are going and what moves they madeThoughts on what’s wrong with standard fantasy hockey formatsKeeper decision between Backes, Kessel, Zetterberg, E. Kane, O’Reilly, Gaborik and StastnyBetting on who will win the cupPlease help support the show by subscribing to Keeping Karlsson on iTunes and giving us a 5 star review. You can also follow us on Twitter @keepingkarlsson and email us at keepingkarlsson@gmail.com to give us feedback and ask fantasy hockey questions that we’ll discuss on the show.