On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian swing through the top 20 fantasy performers in this NHL season, and consider how much you may want to stick with, cut ties, or make trade bait out of the hottest and coldest players early on.

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Players discussed on this episode include Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, Igor Shesterkin, Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin, Ross Colton, Casey Mittelstadt, Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart, Adam Boqvist, Gustav Forsling, Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers, Tyler Toffoli, Mikael Granlund, Jake Sanderson, Tristan Jarry, Alex Nedeljkovic, Rickard Rakell, Michael Bunting, Lars Eller, Marco Rossi, Joel Eriksson Ek, Filip Gustavsson, Yegor Chinakhov, Kirill Marchenko, Pavel Dorofoyev, Mike Matheson, Lane Hutson, Morgan Rielly, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Anthony Stolarz, Joseph Woll, Kevin Lankinen, Arturs Silovs, Elias Pettersson, Alex Lyon, Vladimir Tarasenko, Patrick Kane, Philip Broberg, Joel Hofer, Jordan Binnington, Jared McCann, Jordan Eberle, Brandon Montour, Shayne Gostisbehere, Nick Foligno, J.J. Peterka, Rasmus Dahlin, Juuse Saros, Steven Stamkos, Brady Skjei, Evan Bouchard, Miro Heiskanen, Thomas Harley, Mason Marchment, Owen Tippett, Elias Lindholm, Anthony Duclair, Kyle Palmieri and more.

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