The 2025-26 season is just around the corner, and there’s never been a better time to play ESPN Fantasy Hockey. Whether you’re a new player or a grizzled vet, there is much to get excited about and plenty of resources to help with drafting your team and setting up your league.
Build your strategy, draft your team, and set your lineups daily or weekly as you play against other teams week after week to raise your own fantasy hockey cup.
Resources: Projections | Mock draft | Rankings | Live draft results | Injuries | Stats
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If you read only one fantasy hockey story, read this one: your guide to draft, play and win your league like an expert.
Have the top pick in the draft? These six players are deserving of going No. 1 overall, which one will you draft?
The ideal draft board? Here is the right pick to make at each spot in the first two rounds.
Sleepers exceed their draft slot. Busts play below expectation. Here are players to draft or pass on based on their current rank.
Which players should to target in every draft? Here’s Greg Wyshynski’s cheat sheet to his favorite draft picks.
Struggling with late-round picks? Sean gives you a reason to draft twelve players available in the 20th round or later.
Go deeper than rankings with tier lists, and have a backup plan when your favorite player gets picked just before your turn
Draft tier lists: Forwards | Defensemen
What you need to know before you draft your goalies
Let’s look at the numbers to predict which players are the right candidates to exceed career-bests
Breakout picks: Forwards | Defensemen
Playing H2H categories or Roto leagues? Here are the category specialists to give you the edge
Playing in a four-team league? Not sure when to draft Matthew Tkachuk? Here’s how the experts mock drafted, and their biggest draft insights.
Which teams have a No. 1 starter and which use a tandem? Here are the goalies to draft from each timeshare.
Who should you draft, or avoid, at current draft spot?
Here are 12 rookies to know, whether you’re in a redraft or keeper league.
Who steps up for the Florida Panthers with Matthew Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov out?
The 2025-26 NHL season starts on October 7.
What’s going on around the league? Here are the biggest stories to watch as each team opens training camp
Predicting which players are ready to take a leap forward.
Have the best fantasy hockey team name at your draft with ideas and advice from “The Drop” host Arda Öcal
Bored with the same league year after year? Here are seven ways to make your fantasy hockey league more exciting
Keeper or dynasty league? We have rankings for that! See how the NHL’s best stack up over the next five years
Offseason recap: Free agent/trade reaction | NHL Draft picks to monitor
Points or categories? Your guide to every kind of fantasy league offered at ESPN and why you should try them all
Forgot last year already? Fantasy hockey awards | Leading scorers | What we learned
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