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Fantasy Hockey Feature: How high can Olen Zellweger fly?

Olen Zellweger of Canada celebrates with the trophy after the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship final between the Czech Republic and Canada on January 6, 2023 in Halifax. Photographer SIMON HASTEGARD
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Olen Zellweger is a young defenceman with a lot of potential. Even though he has only played a few dozen NHL games, his track record in lower leagues is incredible. 

The question is, will he be an elite fantasy contributor? Can he wrestle the top power-play role away from Pavel Mintyukov and the other high-end defence prospects in Anaheim? What is his upside when the Ducks are a good team again? 

Zellweger was drafted 34th overall in 2021. That season was cut short by COVID so scouts had limited information to work with. They had to rely on the small sample size from that season and the previous season. Zellweger had 13 points in 11 games for the Everett Silvertips in 2020-21 a solid improvement from his 12 points in 58 games in 2019-20. Who knows how his draft season would have ended and th

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