Have a box of tissues at the ready, because this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast begins with a sad tour of players who just aren't playing up to their name to start the year. We look at and offer our analysis on the biggest losers from Week 1.5 of 2018-19 NHL action who've lost minutes, linemates, points, but maybe not hope..

Then put on your party hats, because we'll go on a happy tour of players who've recently returned to the lineup (aka, Outjuries), and then some names that you're going to want to have on your watchlist as you do some early-season roster tinkering.

And, Keeping Karlsson's 2018-19 NHL Audio Almanac is now available at 50% off! Head to keepingkarlsson.com/almanac to get your very own copy.

Players discussed on this episode include Alex Pietrangelo, Jaden Schwartz, Vince Dunn, Pat Maroon, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jesper Fast, Brett Howden, Mika Zibanejad, Nikolaj Ehlers, Bryan Little, Brandon Saad, Alexandre Fortin, Dominik Kahun, Henri Jokiharju, Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier, Jordan Eberle, Anthony Beauvillier, Mat Barzal, Nick Leddy, Ryan Pulock, Miro Heiskanen, Tyler Johnson, J.T. Miller, Yanni Gourde, Ryan Kesler, Valeri Nichushkin, Jason Spezza, Alex Radulov, Elias Pettersson, Jacob Markstrom, Anders Nilsson, Casey DeSmith, Matt Murray, Justin Schultz, Max Pacioretty, Thomas Chabot, Chris Tierney, Maxime Lajoie, Brady Tkachuk, Ryan Dzingel, Keith Kinkaid, Cory Schneider, Kyle Palmieri, Dylan Larkin, Carter Hutton, Linus Ullmark, Jeff Skinner, Conor Sheary, Justin Williams, Jordan Staal, Warren Foegele, Brendan Gallagher, Tomas Tatar, Max Domi, Matt Grzelcyk, Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly, Evgeny Kuznetsov and more.

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