2025-26 season preview: Rookie & keeper rankings
Alberga, Hahn, Jensen and Meaney discuss the top rookies for the 2025-26 season and keeper and dynasty league rankings of 25-and-younger players on NHL.com/Fantasy. Topics include Ivan Demidov vs. the field for the Calder Trophy, long-term goalie debates involving Dustin Wolf and Yaroslav Askarov, the promising young cores of the Sharks, Canadiens, Mammoth and Ducks, top rookie defensemen like Zayne Parekh, Zeev Buium, Sam Dickinson and the hype surrounding top 2025 NHL Draft picks Matthew Schaefer, Michael Misa and Anton Frondell. The crew also has rookie sleeper picks like Gabe Perreault…
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