On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian debate whether to give up on flagging stars in Washington, Toronto and New York, buy in on top-end deployment for skaters in New Jersey, Minnesota and Buffalo, and whether massive opening months for Detroit, Ottawa and Montreal forwards will sustainably continue in your fantasy hockey league.

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Players discussed on the show this week include Alex Ovechkin, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dylan Strome, Auston Matthews, Nicholas Robertson, Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller, Will Cuylle, Alexis Lafreniere, Timo Meier, Stefan Noesen, Jacob Markstrom, Jake Allen, Dawson Mercer, Jordan Binnington, Joel Hofer, Steven Stamkos, Matthew Wood, Zeev Buium, Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Johansson, Mats Zuccarello, Matthew Schaefer, Adam Fantilli, Kent Johnson, Sean Monahan, Zach Werenski, Gabriel Landeskog, Brock Nelson, Victor Olofsson, Mackenzie Blackwood, Mackenzie Weegar, Zayne Parekh, Matt Coronato, Nazem Kadri, Jonathan Huberdeau, Marat Khusnutdinov, Charlie McAvoy, Morgan Geekie, Joonas Korpisalo, Jeremy Swayman, Zach Benson, Isak Rosen, Josh Doan, Mattias Samuelsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Alex Lyon, Lukas Dostal, Leo Carlsson, Chris Kreider, Drew Helleson, Frank Vatrano, Jake Walman, Jack Roslovic, John Klingberg, Philipp Khurashev, Alex Wennberg, Connor Bedard, Andre Burakovsky, Brandon Montour, Jaden Schwartz, Eeli Tolvanen, Pyotr Kochetkov, Brandon Bussi, Frederik Andersen, Alex DeBrincat, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky, Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson, Gabriel Vilardi, Trevor Zegras, Corey Perry and more.

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