Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey Podcast

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The 2026-27 fantasy hockey projections series rolls on with the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks and Seattle Kraken!

Nate and Blake project every fantasy-relevant player across all four teams while breaking down potential line combinations, power-play deployment, coaching outlooks and their favourite draft targets. Can Matvei Michkov play his way out of the doghouse? Is Sidney Crosby still undervalued? Which of San Jose’s young stars are ready to break out? And can Lane Lambert finally release the Kraken?

Players discussed include Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras, Porter Martone, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, Igor Chernyshov, Michael Misa, Jared McCann, Matty Beniers, Shane Wright and many more. Let's get to BIZ!

🏒 Welcome to Apples and Ginos – Your Ultimate Fantasy Hockey Edge!
Every week we dive deep into fantasy hockey insights, player analysis, waiver wire pickups, trade targets, lineup tips, and more to help you dominate your league. Hosted by Nate Groot Nibbelink and Blake Creamer, this channel is dedicated to giving you the tools you need to make smart, informed decisions all season long.

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We’re jumping into our first Yahoo standard category mock drafts of the 2026-27 fantasy hockey season!We’ll run through multiple drafts, break down the biggest ADP surprises, talk through our picks, and see how early Yahoo draft rooms are shaping up. Who’s going too high? Who’s falling too far? And where can we already find value?Draft season is officially here. Let’s get to BIZ!

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The 2026-27 Projections Series continues with four more teams: the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators.

Nate and Blake break down every fantasy-relevant player across all four rosters, including projected lines, power-play deployment, coaching impacts, offseason changes and the biggest differences in their projections.

Can Jack Hughes put together a monster fantasy season? How high should we be drafting Matthew Schaefer? Is this finally the year Alexis Lafrenière takes another step? And what does Ottawa look like without Brady Tkachuk?

Plus, we dig into Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Anthony Mantha, Mathew Barzal, Calum Ritchie, Adam Fox, Gabe Perreault, Dylan Cozens, Jake Sanderson, William Eklund and plenty more.

As always, Nate and Blake finish each team by revealing their top three fantasy targets heading into 2026-27 draft season.

Four teams. A lot of new opportunity. And plenty of players we think the fantasy market may be getting wrong. Let's get to BIZ!

🏒 Welcome to Apples and Ginos – Your Ultimate Fantasy Hockey Edge!
Every week we dive deep into fantasy hockey insights, player analysis, waiver wire pickups, trade targets, lineup tips, and more to help you dominate your league. Hosted by Nate Groot Nibbelink and Blake Creamer, this channel is dedicated to giving you the tools you need to make smart, informed decisions all season long.

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Fantasy hockey draft season rolls on — and this time, we’re switching to categories.

Evan and Brian are joined by 10 Apples & Ginos listeners for a full 12-team LIVE CATS league mock draft, putting category-league draft strategy to the test in real time.

We’ll break down picks, roster construction, positional value, category balance, reaches, steals, and the different decisions you have to make when drafting in a categories format.

If you play CATS leagues — or just want another look at how fantasy hockey drafts are shaping up for 2026-27 — come hang out, follow the draft board, and let us know in chat who you think builds the best team. Let's get to BIZ you beauties!

🍎 12 Teams
🥅 Category League Scoring
🎙️ Evan + Brian
👥 10 Apples & Ginos Listeners
🔴 LIVE Mock Draft

Subscribe to Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey for projections, rankings, draft strategy, mock drafts and everything you need to get ready for the 2026-27 fantasy hockey season.

Who wins the draft? Drop your picks in the comments!
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The 2026-27 Projections Series continues with the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators.

Nate and Blake break down the fantasy outlook for every relevant player across all four teams, including projected lines, power-play deployment, coaching changes, breakout candidates, draft values and their top three targets from each roster.

In this episode:

• What Peter Laviolette’s arrival could mean for Artemi Panarin, Brandt Clarke, Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe and the new-look Kings offense
• How Minnesota’s changing roster impacts Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek, Brock Faber, Ryan Hartman and Bobby Brink
• Just how high Ivan Demidov can climb alongside Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson
• Whether Roman Josi, Mavrik Bourque and Luke Evangelista can provide major fantasy value in Nashville
• The biggest differences between Nate and Blake’s projections
• Our top fantasy targets from LAK, MIN, MTL and NSH

If you want to know not only where we project these players, but why, this is the series for you.

Now let's get to BIZ!

🏒 Welcome to Apples and Ginos – Your Ultimate Fantasy Hockey Edge!
Every week we dive deep into fantasy hockey insights, player analysis, waiver wire pickups, trade targets, lineup tips, and more to help you dominate your league. Hosted by Nate Groot Nibbelink and Blake Creamer, this channel is dedicated to giving you the tools you need to make smart, informed decisions all season long.

🔔 Subscribe for weekly videos, rankings, and updates:
https://www.youtube.com/@applesginos

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