The Virk Presents The Fantasy Hockey Guide 2026-27

Every fantasy hockey draft comes down to the same problem: too many players, not enough time to research them all.

The Fantasy Hockey Guide fixes that with one complete resource covering the entire 2026-27 NHL season — a full alphabetical database of nearly 800 skaters and goalies, paired with 16 strategy articles built from decades of real keeper-league and DFS experience.

Written by Anjul Virk, creator of The Virk Presents: Hockey and a former top-rated Daily Fantasy Sports player who won the $50,000 grand prize at the FanDuel Fantasy Hockey World Championship, this guide blends hard statistical projections with the kind of situational context that separates a good draft from a great one — new linemates, coaching changes, injury recovery timelines, and role battles that raw numbers alone won't tell you.

Inside, you'll find:

• A complete A–Z player database with 2024-25 and 2025-26 stat lines, 2026-27 projections, and a written outlook for every meaningful NHL roster player
• Sleeper picks and breakout candidates worth targeting before your league catches on
• Players to fade, plus a dedicated injury-risk section flagging chronic durability concerns
• Full draft strategy, including how to adjust for points, categories, and banger/peripheral-stat league formats
• Goalie rankings and a streaming strategy for the always-thin goaltending position
• A rookie watch list and positional tiers and rankings for the Top 150
• Special teams quick-reference tables (power play and penalty kill units) for every team
• Primers on Daily Fantasy Sports (DraftKings and FanDuel scoring and strategy) and sports betting terminology
• A printable draft-day cheat sheet condensing the whole guide onto two pages

Whether you're drafting in a competitive keeper league, running a one-and-done snake draft, or dabbling in single-night DFS contests, this guide is built to be the last resource you open before setting your lineup. Rosters and analysis reflect training-camp and preseason information available as of late September 2026.