2022 Fantasy Hockey Season Preview: Predictions and NHL Guide

The 2022-23 NHL season is just days away so it’s time to for the FTN Network staff to share their NHL predictions for the upcoming season. Chris Meaney, Kenneth Le, Eric Young, Griffin Swanson and Javi Prellezo share who they think will win each division and who they like to win their respective conference. They also listed all 16 playoff teams, which teams will meet in the Stanley Cup final and which team will raise the cup. The guys also shared their NHL awards predictions, including the Hart, Vezina, James Norris, Rocket Richard and Calder. Finally, a little fantasy hockey spin as the trip share their favorite target, sleeper and bust for your upcoming drafts.

But before we get to all the picks, take a look at our fantasy hockey preview, with our experts sharing their favorite targets, sleepers and busts for fantasy drafts and previewing each division around the league.

Division Previews

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Division Winners and Postseason

	Chris Meaney	Kenneth Le	Griffin Swanson	Eric Young	Javi Prellezo
Atlantic Winner	Maple Leafs	Bruins	Maple Leafs	Maple Leafs	Bruins
Metro Winner	Rangers	Rangers	Penguins	Rangers	Penguins
Central Winner	Avalanche	Avalanche	Blues	Avalanche	Avalanche
Pacific Winner	Flames	Flames	Flames	Kings	Flames
Eastern Conference Winner	Maple Leafs	Rangers	Maple Leafs	Maple Leafs	Panthers
Eastern Playoff Teams	TOR, NYR, TB, CAR, PIT, WAS, FLA, BOS	BOS, NYR, TOR, TB, FLA, NJ, PIT, CAR	TOR, PIT, CAR, FLA, BOS, NYR, TB, NYI	TOR, CAR, FLA, NYR, TB, OTT, WAS, PIT	TOR, FLA, CAR, TB, NYR, WAS, PITT, BOS
Prince of Wales Winnner	Rangers	Lightning	Penguins	Maple Leafs	Panthers
Western Conference Winner	Avalanche	Flames	Flames	Avalanche	Flames
Western Playoff Teams	COL, CGY, EDM, LA, MIN, NSH, STL, VGK	CGY, COL, EDM, LA, STL, WPG, DAL, VGK	COL, CGY, STL, EDM, LA, VGK, WPG, MIN	COL, EDM, LA, NSH, STL, VAN, CGY, MIN	COL, CGY, VGK, LAK, STL, NSH, EDM, WPG
Clarence Campbell Bowl Winner	Flames	Flames	Flames	Avalanche	Flames
Stanley Cup Winner	Flames	Flames	Penguins	Maple Leafs	Flames

Award Winners

	Chris Meaney	Kenneth Le	Griffin Swanson	Eric Young	Javi Prellezo
Hart	Cale Makar	Connor McDavid	Kirill Kaprizov	Connor McDavid	Auston Matthews
Vezina	Jacob Markstrom	Igor Shesterkin	Ilya Sorokin	Juuse Saros	Igor Shesterkin
James Norris	Cale Makar	Adam Fox	Cale Makar	Cale Makar	Cale Makar
Calder	Mason McTavish	Matty Beniers	Kent Johnson	Mason McTavish	Mason McTavish
Rocket Richard	Auston Matthews	Auston Matthews	Kirill Kaprizov	Auston Matthews	Auston Matthews
Jack Adams	D.J. Smith	Gerard Gallant	Bruce Cassidy	D.J. Smith	Bruce Cassidy

Fantasy Picks

	Chris Meaney	Kenneth Le	Griffin Swanson	Eric Young	Javi Prellezo
Sleeper	Artturi Lehkonen	Matt Boldy	Jakub Vrana	Josh Norris	Jack Eichel
Bust	Sergei Bobrovsky	Jack Campbell	Jack Campbell	Mark Stone	Jack Campbell
Breakout Forward	Jack Hughes	Andrew Mangiapane	Josh Norris	Eeli Tolvanen	Jack Hughes
Breakout Defenseman	Thomas Chabot	MacKenzie Weegar	Rasmus Dahlin	Thomas Chabot	Thomas Chabot
Target	Adrian Kempe	Justin Schultz	Seth Jarvis	Tim Stutzle	MacKenzie Weegar
Bounceback	Jack Eichel	Drew Doughty	Evgeni Malkin	John Tavares	Jack Eichel