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Fantasy hockey news, trade targets, waiver adds and the Panic Room, hosted by Antonio Kappos and Ben Rutledge with their boys.
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New episodes land every week during the season. Tap one to listen.
Hold-Outs & Goalie Woes
Hellebuyck’s return, Larkin trade rumors, the Panic Room, ten buy-low targets and six goalies to target.Frozen Frenzy: Chilling Chaos
Shesterkin’s season-ending injury, the Panic Room, early drop candidates and dynasty buy-lows.Featured Video
Episode 110: 32 Teams, 32 Thoughts. Our division-by-division preview of the 2026/27 season, built for your draft prep.
Watch on YouTubeThe Panic Room
Every week we pull up the players who have been bad and ask one question: how worried should you be about the rest of their season?
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Players To Know
Names we are talking about on the show right now. Red means panic, blue means opportunity.
Sidney Crosby
Buy-low target, Ep 117Mika Zibanejad
Buy-low target, Ep 117Will Smith
Buy-low target, Ep 117JT Miller
Panic Room, Ep 117Chris Kreider
Panic Room, Ep 117Gavin McKenna
Rookie to watch, Ep 115FHP Tools
Our rankings, plus a trade analyzer built on them and updated with this season’s stats.
Articles
Rankings, waiver wire notes and takes from the FHP team.
Buy-Low Targets: Crosby, Zibanejad And Will Smith
Three names from our ten-player buy-low list in Episode 117.
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Buying low is the cheapest way to get better in fantasy hockey, and early in the season it is also the easiest to get wrong. In Episode 117 we walked through ten buy-low targets. Sidney Crosby, Mika Zibanejad and Will Smith are three of them.
The idea is simple. A slow stretch from a proven scorer lowers his price in a trade, while the role that produced his numbers has not changed. Before you send an offer, check three things: is he still on the power play, is his ice time where it was, and is he still getting shots. If the answers are yes, the points are a matter of time.
Crosby and Zibanejad carry long track records, which is what makes them safer to buy into. Smith is a younger player with the talent to climb back up the rankings. Make your offers while your league is still looking at the early numbers. The other seven names, and the six goalies we like if your net is a problem, are in Episode 117.
By FHP, October 2026
Panic Room: JT Miller And Chris Kreider
How to judge a slow start before you drop a star.
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The Panic Room is our check on stars who have started badly. The question is always the same: how worried should you be about the rest of their season? In Episode 117 it was JT Miller and Chris Kreider.
A bad start only matters if something underneath has changed. We look at where the player is lining up, whether he still has power play time, how many shots he is taking, and whether the team around him is scoring. A cold stretch with the same role and the same volume is noise. A drop in minutes or a move down the lineup is a warning.
That is the test for Miller and Kreider. Our verdicts, and the other slow starters we looked at, are in Episode 117, so listen before you hit the drop button.
By FHP, October 2026
Rookies To Watch: Gavin McKenna And Ivar Stenberg
When to take elite prospects over safe veterans.
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Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg have been a regular topic on the show since training camp. In Episode 111 we talked about when to take elite prospects over safe veterans in dynasty startups, and in Episode 115 we checked in on their early returns.
The case for taking them is upside. Players like this can anchor a dynasty roster for years, and their price only goes up once they produce. The case against is patience: a rookie can cost you points this season, and roster spots are limited.
A fair rule of thumb: if your team is built to win now, lean on veterans and use a prospect as bench upside. If you are building for the long haul, take the prospect. The full discussion is in Episodes 111 and 115.
By FHP, October 2026
Your Hosts
Antonio Kappos
Analyst and co-host. Ant lives in the numbers and the matchups, and he finds the waiver adds, buy-low trades and sell-high windows before the rest of your league has noticed them.
Ben Rutledge
Ex-player and co-host. Ben has lived the game from the inside, and it shows in how he reads a slump, a line change or a coach who is about to bench your guy. He is the one who tells you what the box score will not.
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Rankings
Every FHP list for the season. Pick a list, filter by position or search for a player.
- Top 200 dynasty
- Top 200 re-draft
- Dynasty positional
- Re-draft positional
- Prospect rankings
- Top 23 under 23
- Industry re-draft
- Breakouts and bounce-backs
Top 200 Dynasty
The FHP ranking, with Ant’s and Ben’s own lists alongside. (R) marks rookies.
- Center / Forward
- Left wing
- Right wing
- Defense
- Goalie
| # | Pos | Player | Ant’s List | Ben’s List |
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| 1 | C | Macklin Celebrini | C - Macklin Celebrini | C - Macklin Celebrini |
| 2 | C | Connor McDavid | C - Connor McDavid | C - Connor McDavid |
| 3 | D | Cale Makar | D - Cale Makar | D - Cale Makar |
| 4 | D | Matthew Shaefer | D - Matthew Shaefer | D - Matthew Shaefer |
| 5 | C | Nathan Mackinnon | C - Nathan Mackinnon | C - Nathan Mackinnon |
| 6 | D | Quinn Hughes | D - Quinn Hughes | D - Quinn Hughes |
| 7 | C | Connor Bedard | C - Connor Bedard | C - Connor Bedard |
| 8 | C | Leo Carlsson | C - Leo Carlsson | C - Leo Carlsson |
| 9 | C | Nick Suzuki | C - Nick Suzuki | C - Nick Suzuki |
| 10 | D | Lane Hutson | LW - Jason Robertson | LW - Kirill Kaprizov |
| 11 | LW | Kirill Kaprizov | D - Lane Hutson | LW - Matt Boldy |
| 12 | D | Evan Bouchard | D - Evan Bouchard | RW - David Pastrnak |
| 13 | LW | Jason Robertson | C - Leon Draisaitl | D - Lane Hutson |
| 14 | RW | David Pastrnak | LW - Cole Caufield | D - Evan Bouchard |
| 15 | LW | Matt Boldy | RW - David Pastrnak | RW - Mikko Rantanen |
| 16 | LW | Cole Caufield | LW - Kirill Kaprizov | LW - Cole Caufield |
| 17 | C | Leon Draisaitl | LW - Matt Boldy | LW - Jason Robertson |
| 18 | RW | Mikko Rantanen | RW - Mikko Rantanen | C - Leon Draisaitl |
| 19 | D | Rasmus Dahlin | D - Rasmus Dahlin | D - Rasmus Dahlin |
| 20 | C | Wyatt Johnston | D - Moritz Seider | C - Wyatt Johnston |
| 21 | G | Igor Shesterkin | D - Zach Werenski | RW - Martin Necas |
| 22 | C | Jack Hughes | G - Igor Shesterkin | C - Jack Hughes |
| 23 | D | Zach Werenski | C - Wyatt Johnston | G - Igor Shesterkin |
| 24 | D | Moritz Seider | LW - Kyle Connor | RW - Dylan Guenther |
| 25 | RW | Martin Necas | C - Jack Hughes | C - Auston Matthews |
Trade Analyzer
Every player, prospect and rookie-draft pick gets a value up to 9,999, kept up to date all season. Pick your format, add what each team gets, and see who wins the deal.
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Build A Trade
Add at least one player to each side to see who comes out ahead.
Hold, Shop, Drop
Three players worth about the same. Hold one, shop one on the trade block, drop one. Every vote nudges the values a little (never more than 10%), so the crowd can catch what the numbers miss.
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Your League
Load your Fantrax, ESPN or Yahoo league to see where every team ranks, plus trade ideas, waiver adds and drop candidates for your team. Uses the format picked above.
Private ESPN league?
ESPN only shares private leagues with their members. On a computer, open your league on espn.com, then open your browser’s developer tools (Application or Storage tab, Cookies, espn.com) and copy the values of espn_s2 and SWID. They are sent to ESPN for this one request and never saved.
Trade Ideas
Fair deals (within 10%) that make both starting lineups better.
Waiver Adds
Free agents who improve your lineup, and who to drop for them.
Drop Candidates
Your players adding the least to your lineup.
Team Value Ranks
Starting lineup value (9 F, 4 D, 2 G) plus a little for the bench.
| # | Team | Value | Best Player |
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How The Values Work
The short version.
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Every player, prospect and rookie-draft pick gets a value up to 9,999 in each format, and the best asset in the format sits at the top. Values start from FHP’s own rankings and move with what is happening on the ice: production in your league’s scoring, role and deployment, health, and for dynasty, age and development. Prospects are tracked in the NHL, the CHL, college, Europe and the other leagues they play in.
Values update on their own all season as games are played, lines change and our rankings are updated.
Comparing Sides
Quality beats quantity. The side getting the best player in the deal gets a value adjustment, so one star is worth more than a pile of depth. Within 5% is a fair trade.
Hold, Shop, Drop
Your votes in the Hold, Shop, Drop game nudge values a little, so the community can catch what the numbers miss.
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Player Values
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