On this week's episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, we don't want to go off on a Rantanen here, but will the Avs ever decide on how lines look without Mikko?

Elan and Brian also pick out a handful of underperformers: are they snoozers, or actually buy low targets?

We also take a peek at lines around the league to see who might be getting an opportunity to break out in a top six role, and who is being set up to have a scoring breakdown.

Also: crease controversies in Philadelphia and Washington, entire teams sagging in New York and Chicago, Freaky Friday on the Toronto blueline, and so much more in our weekly data-driven analysis of all the latest fantasy hockey trends you need to know to win your next week

Players discussed on this episode include Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher, Joonas Donskoi, Andre Burakovsky, Nazem Kadri, Sam Girard, Cale Makar, Vladimir Tarasenko, Oskar Sundqvist, Sammy Blais, Alex Steen, Ryan O'Reilly, Colton Parayko, Vincent Trocheck, Brian Boyle, Mike Hoffman, Brett Connolly, Denis Malgin, Frank Vatrano, Colin White, Artem Anisimov, Logan Brown, Anthony Duclair, Brady Tkachuk, Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes, P.K. Subban, Sami Vatanen, Nick Bjugstad, Bryan Rust, Dominik Simon, Justin Schultz, Neal Pionk, Josh Morrissey, Blake Wheeler, Jacob Trouba, Anthony DeAngelo, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, Kappo Kakko, Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, Brayden Point, Anthony Mantha, Darren Helm, Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin, Jimmy Howard, Jakub Vrana, James van Riemsdyk, Carter Hart, Brian Elliott, Shayne Gostisbehere, Joel Farabee, Travis Konecny, Oskar Lindblom, Jake Muzzin, Tyson Barrie, Ilya Mikheyev, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Alex Debrincat, Dylan Strome, Erik Gustafsson, Evander Kane, Timo Meier, Nick Schmaltz, Derek Stepan, Christian Dvorak, Jakob Chychrun, Alex Goligoski, Michal Kempny, Braden Holtby, Ilya Samsonov, Charlie McAvoy, Shea Theodore and more.

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