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Fantasy Focus: Joel Farabee's quick rise to prominence

When traversing the world of prospects, you can't help but have your favourites. It's the same with teaching, but you never admit it to the kids. At least not until they've left your class or graduated.

I've been doing this gig for a few minutes now and I certainly have had a few 'sons' that I've taken under my wing during their draft-eligible campaigns. Usually, they're the underdogs for whatever reason - height, lack of opportunity, genuinely swell human beings. But every now and again, I just simply fall in love with a player's skill set and determination.

That was the case with Joel Farabee back in 2018.

The American forward was captain of that immaculately dominant USNTDP class that featured Oliver WahlstromK'Andre Miller, an underaged Jack HughesCole CaufieldAlex Turcotte, and S

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Fantasy Hockey Philadelphia Flyers NHL Cole Caufield Sean Couturier Alex DeBrincat Leon Draisaitl Joel Farabee Claude Giroux Jack Hughes Jack Hughes Jack Hughes Jack Hughes Jack Hughes Spencer Knight Nathan MacKinnon Brad Marchand Mitchell Marner K'Andre Miller Artemi Panarin Mark Scheifele Alex Turcotte James van Riemsdyk Oliver Wahlstrom
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