How To Be Better Next Year: Nate's Lessons Learned From The 2025-26 Fantasy Season
Summary
Nate Groot-Niblink reviews his 2025-26 fantasy hockey season, analyzing performance across five leagues including Keeper, Cats, and high-level Points formats. He details draft successes and failures, key waiver wire moves, and playoff outcomes, highlighting a strong showing in lower-tier leagues but struggles in elite competitions like APL Tier 1. Nate identifies critical lessons, emphasizing the need for safer drafting strategies and more diligent waiver wire management to improve future results.
Topics discussed
Introduction and overview of fantasy hockey leagues
Review of the 'We Call Ourselves Experts' Keeper League
Analysis of the $100 Bangers Cats Cash League
Breakdown of the 12-team Head-to-Head Points League
Review of the 16-team Head-to-Head Points League
Post-mortem of the APL Tier 1 League failure
Final takeaways, burnout, and lessons for next year
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