On this not-at-all special, not-holiday edition of the Keeping Karlsson Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian consider the impacts of key players coming off the shelf in Boston, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Dallas. They also wonder how suspended players should be handled in fantasy hockey, get annoyed with a Red Wings defenseman, suggest you hold your horses in the Penguins' crease, give votes of varying confidence to a trio of Senators, discover a King yearning to hit the scoresheet, wonder whether things will be different this time for a Vegas journeyman, marvel at the lack of synchronicity between two Jets forwards, wonder when a Maple Leaf might eventually make an impact, celebrate the most average goalie in the league, and bemoan/try to explain a struggling St. Louis superstar.

Players discussed on this episode include Patrice Bergeron, Danton Heinen, David Krejci, Jaroslav Halak, Tuukka Rask, Patric Hornqvist, Zach Aston-Reese, Bryan Rust, Kris Letang, Matt Murray, Casey DeSmith, Carter Hart, Michal Neuvirth, James van Riemsdyk, Nolan Patrick, Ilya Kovalchuk, Alex Iafallo, Tyler Toffoli, Matt Duchene, Thomas Chabot, Mark Stone, Craig Anderson, Mike McKenna, Marcus Hogberg, John Klingberg, Miro Heiskanen, Denis Gurianov, Max Pacioretty, Brandon Pirri, Colin Miller, Shea Theodore, Nate Schmidt, Matt Dumba, Jared Spurgeon, Zach Parise, Alex Chiasson, Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Paul Byron, Andrew Shaw, Brayden Schenn, Vince Dunn, Vladimir Tarasenko, Cam Ward, Erik Gustafsson, Thomas Greiss, Robin Lehner, Jacob Markstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Philipp Grubauer, Pavel Francouz, William Nylander, Nazem Kadri, Patrick Marleau, Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnsson, Mikhail Sergachev, Dennis Cholowski, Andreas Athanasiou, Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey, Mathieu Perreault and more.

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