On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, you'll hear the live recording, play-by-play and colour commentary of the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League Championship Tier's Auction Draft!

The draft features 14 owners, drafting from 5 different countries on 3 different continents, building their teams to compete for ultimate glory in the most prestigious fantasy hockey league on the planet.

Brian is your host for the entire four-hour journey while Elan drafts, but he's got plenty of great company and analysis from a litany of guests and co-hosts along the way:

Michael Clifford, Associate Editor for Dobber Hockey, is there before the first gavel drops to help set the table and then drop judgments on the opening set of bids.

Lewis Ezekiel, of Average Time on Ice and a pre-season limerick series, comes on next to give his perspective on the draft so far as a previous Tier 1 competitor.

Meghan Hall, hockey-graphs.com contributor, comes in at 1:14:20 to give her takes on the auction action, and also shares her work on PK scoring trends, goalie pulls, and PPs that need fixing.

And Cat Silverman, writer for The Athletic and InGoal Magazine, helps close out the show beginning at 3:16:35 with her thoughts on how some of the more confounding goalie timeshare situations around the league might play out– and a very appropriate amount of Eddie Lack appreciation, too.

Brian is also joined occasionally by Elan and the rest of the Tier 1 auction drafters, as well as Victor Nuno and Interns Alex and Ryan. Shout-outs also go out to the children of guests who made themselves known and heard in various living rooms across the continent.

Please bear in mind that this show was recorded live!, and features all the wonderful snafus and blips you'd expected from an unedited 4 hour broadcast :)

Take a look at the auction draft results:

http://www.keepingkarlsson.com/auction

See Lewis's pre-season limericks:

http://www.keepingkarlsson.com/limerick

Players discussed on this episode include all 252 players drafted, and maybe a few more for good measure.

Also.. our 2019-20 NHL Audio Almanac + Projections, by the way, is still on sale for 50% off! 31 chapters of classic Keeping Karlsson analyses for every fantasy relevant player on every team in the NHL, accompanied by a spreadsheet of our very own full season point pace projections for 300+ skaters and tiers for 70+ goalies.

Don't have time to listen to the full Almanac before your draft, but want to hear our takes on one team or division? Check out our brand new Almanac Singles and Almanac 8-packs.

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