NHL Fantasy on Ice

Delve into Lane Hutson's contract extension and the Montreal Canadiens' promising young core. Explore Matthew Schaefer's impressive stats and his surge in Calder Trophy discussions. Discover top fantasy waiver pickups, featuring Anaheim's rising stars, Cutter Gauthier and Beckett Sennecke. Discuss team concerns like the slow starts of the Atlantic Division and the goaltending landscape. Plus, find out about intriguing betting angles, especially for high-scoring games involving the Ducks and Wild.

Nick, Jake and Means catch up after the first two nights of games with the biggest surprises, from Elias Lindholm to Frank Nazar and Arturs Silovs to Connor McDavid taking a discount to stay with the Edmonton Oilers, and disappointments around the League. The guys take a bunch of fan questions on hot player debates and early add/drop decisions, including whether to cut Patrik Laine after one game and how high the ceiling is for Pavel Dorofeyev. Then, in "On the Money," presented by Bet365.ca, the guys give their favorite sides and props angles for the rest of the opening week.

Get ready for opening night as the hosts dive into their top fantasy waiver wire pickups, spotlighting players like Jimmy Snuggerud and Ville Koivunen. They discuss the Minnesota Wild’s new contracts for Kaprizov and Gustavsson and their fantasy implications. There’s also a focus on underrated players and injury replacements for the Florida Panthers. Betting strategies are highlighted, including angles for Rangers vs. Penguins and Calgary-Edmonton. Get the inside scoop on rookies like Ryan Leonard and how to maximize your fantasy roster right from the start!

Nick, Jake and Means are joined by Michael Leboff to discuss all the NHL Awards races and futures betting angles for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The crew gives their Stanley Cup picks, leanings to win each division, some make/miss playoff angles and various candidates for the Hart, Calder, Norris, Jack Adams, Selke and to lead the League in various stat categories. Leboff gives some of his trademark longshot plays, and other dark horse picks include Mikko Rantanen for Hart, the Blues chances of making a deep run, Mike Sullivan for Jack Adams with the Rangers and more.

Nick, Jake, Pete and Means catch up with the impact of Aleksander Barkov’s season-ending injury on the Panthers, specifically the fantasy value of forwards Anton Lundell, Brad Marchand, goalie Sergei Bobrovsky and more. The guys give their bold fantasy predictions for the 2025-26 season involving players like Dylan Guenther, Seth Jarvis, Anthony Stolarz, Matvei Michkov, John Gibson, rookies Yaroslav Askarov, Sam Rinzel and more. They also react to the latest NHL.com/Fantasy mock draft, specifically some players who slipped like Jason Robertson and Brandon Montour, and gauge interest in preseason standouts like Frank Nazar, Mavrik Bourque, Josh Norris, Gabe Perreault, Daniil Tarasov and more.

Nick, Jake, Pete and Means go around the horn after the start of NHL training camps to discuss line news involving Mitch Marner, Nikolaj Ehlers, JJ Peterka, Mattias Maccelli and the preseason debuts of top 2025 NHL Draft picks Matthew Schaefer and Michael Misa. The guys discuss their favorite bargains and fades based on average draft position, the ADPs of other high-upside rookies, injury concerns surrounding Matthew Tkachuk and Mackenzie Blackwood, goalie strategy and more intriguing fantasy picks like Tim Stützle, Zach Werenski, Noah Dobson, Will Smith, Gabriel Landeskog and more.

Nick, Jake, Pete and Means project the first round of a fantasy hockey draft for the 2025-26 season and also debate various players at each position in their tiers. The guys debate Connor McDavid with Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov at the top, the Lightning vs. the Golden Knights for the most stacked fantasy team and also where to take two-time reigning Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck. Other topics include contract year storylines and ceilings, Jack Hughes vs. Sidney Crosby, where to take players like Mackenzie Blackwood, Shea Theodore's ceiling with Alex Pietrangelo out for the season, the Rangers' bounce-back appeal and some must-have players for the mid-to-late rounds.

Alberga, Hahn, Jensen and Meaney discuss the top rookies for the 2025-26 season and keeper and dynasty league rankings of 25-and-younger players on NHL.com/Fantasy. Topics include Ivan Demidov vs. the field for the Calder Trophy, long-term goalie debates involving Dustin Wolf and Yaroslav Askarov, the promising young cores of the Sharks, Canadiens, Mammoth and Ducks, top rookie defensemen like Zayne Parekh, Zeev Buium, Sam Dickinson and the hype surrounding top 2025 NHL Draft picks Matthew Schaefer, Michael Misa and Anton Frondell. The crew also has rookie sleeper picks like Gabe Perreault, Isaac Howard, Sam Rinzel and Maxim Shabanov and projects high ceilings for players like Dylan Guenther and Cutter Gauthier.

Nick Alberga and Jake Hahn are back together to break down NHL.com's skater point and goalie/team win projections for the 2025-26 season. The guys, together with Pete Jensen and Chris Meaney, start with the race for the Art Ross Trophy, led by Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov, and debate what Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, the Canadiens' offense and other players and teams have in store for the upcoming season. Other topics include which team has the best goalie tandem for fantasy purposes, Macklin Celebrini vs. Connor Bedard, which new player(s) could reach 100 points for the first time, under-the-radar goalies who can reach 30 wins and which defensemen could contend with Cale Makar for the most points at the position.

Jake Hahn and Chris Meaney discuss the NHL.com/Fantasy lists of sleepers, breakout candidates and bounce-back hopefuls for the new season. They chat with Pete Jensen about appealing teams that could take another step forward like the Canadiens, Blue Jackets, Blues and Ducks and also identify category coverage assets who can reach another gear in fantasy. Some of these names to target in fantasy drafts include Marco Rossi, Zeev Buium, Will Cuylle, Jimmy Snuggerud, John Gibson, Frank Nazar, Jet Greaves, Isaac Howard, Gabriel Landeskog, Elias Petterson, Barrett Hayton and more.