In the 47th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen, Michael Amato recap the Blues acquiring Cam Fowler (02:16) and the Avalanche trading Alexandar Georgiev to the Sharks for Mackenzie Blackwood (08:57). We also discuss Anthony Stolarz’s injury (15:34), Thatcher Demko’s return (21:38), Tristan Jarry and the Penguins’ recent improvement (24:37), and how Roman Josi’s injury will hurt the struggling Predators even more (33:08). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 46h episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen, Michael Amato discuss Scott Wedgewood vs. Alexandar Georgiev (18:07); the returns of Thatcher Demko (14:02), Mark Stone and Victor Olofsson (29:12), Ross Colton (31:45) and Patrik Laine (34:02); and Marco Rossi taking over as the Wild’s top center (39:38). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 45th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen, Michael Amato and Producer Connor discuss the Avalanche and Predators swapping backups (01:35), goalies playing two games in two nights, the return of Vince Dunn (08:55), Macklin Celebrini vs. Connor Bedard (37:54) and make their picks for Team Canada for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off (22:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 44th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato wonder if the Blues offense will pick up with the hiring of Jim Montgomery (00:52), what the absence of Alex Ovechkin will do to the Caps offense(09:36), discuss injuries to Kirill Kaprizov (14:54) and Pyotr Kochetkov (21:16), Kiefer Sherwood’s potential record-breaking season (26:09), Connor Bedard’s struggles (38:35) and Dustin Wolf’s outstanding season (49:36). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 43rd episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato go through a litany of injuries including the Hurricanes’ Seth Jarvis and Frederik Andersen (03:31), the Wild’s Joel Eriksson Ek and Mats Zuccarello (08:11), the Sabres’ Tage Thompson and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (12:12), the Avalanche’s Alexandar Georgiev (22:26), the Kings’ Darcy Kuemper (28:55), and the Sharks’ Vitek Vanecek (36:42). Who on their respective teams will benefit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 42nd episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato marvel at the Capitals’ fantastic season and Alex Ovechkin’s hot start (00:00), David Pastrnak and the Bruins’ struggles (02:54), the Avalanche getting back to full health (17:11), the returns of both John Gibson and Tristan Jarry (23:02), concerns with the Stars’ top players (41:36), some buy-low and sell-high candidates (29:17) and answer all your mailbag questions (46:01). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 41st episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato discuss Connor McDavid’s injury and his impact on the Oilers roster (01:18), the Penguins taking the nuclear option and playing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin together (12:58), the goalie rotations for the Penguins, Avalanche and Oilers (16:46), and answer all your mailbag questions (48:31). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 40th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato discuss the ankle injury to Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn’s resulting fantasy value as the Blues’ new top center (05:36), the pros and cons of going zero-G and the rise of the “reverse zero-G,” (09:41) strong performer including Mark Stone (34:53), Matvei Michkov (38:20), Nik Ehlers (40:27), the Dougie Hamilton vs. Luke Hughes debate (44:12) and the impact of injuries on the lineups for Utah (46:37), Florida (50:59), Columbus (55:33), Calgary (56:45), NY Islanders (58:16) and San Jose (59:53). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 39th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato discuss a hectic two weeks of the 2024-25 NHL season, recapping the standard league (00:00-11:40) and the survivor pool (11:40-17:40) following a break for Canadian Thanksgiving. They run through a list of players who may stay hot, including Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin, and those who have yet to really warm up (17:40-53:41), including Edmonton’s Zach Hyman and Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson, and all your mailbag questions (53:41-END). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 38th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato recap the draft in the inaugural Sleepers and Keepers fantasy league and share their thoughts on the Sabres-Devils Global Series before the rest of the league begins play on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 37th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers podcast, fantasy hockey experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato run through a litany of sleepers and breakouts, including Andrei Kuzmenko, Quinton Byfield, Dylan Guenther, Marco Rossi, Arturs Silovs, Joonas Korpisalo and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 36th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers podcast, fantasy hockey experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato finish their season preview with the Metro Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 35th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers podcast, fantasy hockey experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato continue their season preview with the Pacific Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 34th episode of the Sleepers and Keepers podcast, fantasy hockey experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato continue their season preview with the Atlantic Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the 2024-25 fantasy hockey season! We hope you’ve all had a good summer. In the 33rd episode of the Sleepers and Keepers podcast, fantasy hockey experts Jason Chen and Michael Amato kick things off with a preview of the Central Division Teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Chen and Michael Amato discuss the biggest fantasy-relevant news, trades and signings from across the league over the past week, from Macklin Celebrini signing his entry-level contract and the Sharks bolstering their roster with veterans, to big splashes by the Lightning with Jake Guentzel and the Predators with Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault, to the never-ending goalie carousel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy summer! Jason Chen and Michael Amato are back for a bonus post-Stanley Cup, pre-draft, pre-free agency episode of the THN Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast! We recap an exciting playoff and discuss which players saw their stock rise the most, review the three goalie swaps – Jacob Markstrom, Darcy Kumper and Linus Ullmark – look ahead to Matvei Michkov and Macklin Celebrini, and some impending free agents who might switch addresses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 30th and final episode of the 2023-24 season of the THN Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, Jason Chen and Michael Amato open with news of the Coyotes moving to Utah before diving into NHL playoff pools. They discuss playoff pool strategies, goalies, pitfalls and preview each of the potential first round series. Thank you to all our listeners in our inaugural season. We would not be here without you. Enjoy the playoffs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 29th episode of the THN Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, Jason Chen and Michael Amato wrap up the fantasy hockey season with a discussion on their own leagues and teams, the (dumb) errors they made and a mess of a goaltending situation across the league. They preview Week 26 as the regular season winds down and make their sleeper and keeper picks for the last time this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 28th episode of the THN Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, Jason Chen and Michael Amato bemoan some brutal goaltending performances from Week 24 and the high-stress volatility of penalty minutes following misconducts for Mark Scheifele and Jack Eichel. We preview a beautiful Week 25 schedule that features no off-days, highlight the teams and backups to target with so many back-to-backs, answer your mailbag questions and make our sleeper and keeper picks of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices