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Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented
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and analysis to help you win your
fantasy hockey league. Fuck up A step

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hit on, Stay Lost. Here's
your hosts, Jesse soup Here and Victor

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nuno Fans the Hockey Live back once
again to talk about all of these wonderful

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NHL teams as we preview them.
I am Jesse Severe of Fan Tracks and

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joining me it is Victor Nunio of
Dabber Prospects. How you doing, Victor,

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I'm doing awesome, Jesse. Yeah, loving going through the teams,

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got really great guests today and looking
forward to to get krack in. How

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are you doing? Oh see,
it had to happen. It had to

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happen, and it already did.
Yeah. No, I'll tell you what,

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Victor. You've been pulling guests.
Man, You've been pulling some amazing

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guests for these shows, and we're
fired up. We're gonna have great ones

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and today is certainly no exception.
Last year, I think it was kind

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of it was starting to be a
little bit challenging for us to find somebody

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who could really do the kracking because
they were just getting started or now the

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kracking verse has exploded, so I
think we're in good shape here. Yeah,

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for sure, you're right. Were
there weren't that many people doing it,

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but now it's a couple of years
and they got some really good,

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huge following in terms of fans and
some great people covering it. So for

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sure, it's great. It's a
great market, and it's great to have

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them and doing well. Yeah,
and they don't have They're not the Golden

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Knights who just snuck right into the
Cup finals right away and then did it

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again. They also have cool teal
instead of the Knights colors, so we

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like them better as an expansion team
even though they're good. Yeah, we'll

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move on from that. That is
not important. What is important, Victor,

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So, Victor, we need to
get onto this. We've got great

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talk about the cracking today. Let's
come back right after this with our special

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guest. We'd like to welcome our
next guests, who's talking about the newest

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team in the NHL, but certainly
not the weakest team. They're all over

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it now. It's RJ from Emerald
City Hockey. How you doing today?

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RJ doing great, Jesse, thanks
for having me on. Hey, it's

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great talking cracking it. Really,
they're coming into their own. They've got

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a personality and we've got a lot
to talk about from what their year had.

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They definitely have to be writing a
high coming out of last year,

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even though obviously it ended short of
a Stanley Cup, which seems to becoming

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more realistic all the time. They
qualified for the playoffs as a seventh seed

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in the West, and they didn't
rest on their laurels. There they upset

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the defending champs in Colorado before going
down in the quarters in a slugfest with

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the Dallas Stars. They came into
the league with a vibe of using advanced

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analytics, steering away from the name
brand players, getting some of these guys

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in the dispersal draft or the expansion
draft and not necessarily going for some of

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the big names who were even out
there. But they've picked up some really

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sharp players. Do you think and
does the team think they are built to

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a level now that the team is
gonna potentially win playoff series under an annual

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year and what did people think of
this first or you're a Seattle crack in

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hockey? The second season was a
huge improvement over the first, of course,

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as but I think the first season
was a little bit of a disappointment

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for everybody. I think COVID restrictions
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team maybe played a part in that. In the second season, you have

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everybody together for the full year,
you had the full training camp, and

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things just really clicked, and you
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as well, and that roster was
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lot of people expected them to compete
for a playoff spot. I certainly didn't

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at the start of the season,
but through that exceptional depth, they were

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able to go out and beat teams
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really weren't prepared for. And now
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expectations. Now you get one game
away from the conference finals, and those

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expectations are on you right away.
So I think they're looking to take that

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next step this year and have some
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it. Speaking of growth, but
not from the younger guys necessarily. But

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Jared McCann as the first forward we're
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he had a great year, a
career year his second year in Seattle,

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seventy three point pace and had the
most time on ice that he's ever had,

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which sixteen twenty one isn't amazing for
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Seattle spreads the wealth around a little
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he was really good. Also,
he had pretty good hits sixty five twenty

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eight blocks, two hundred ten shots, sixteen power play points. These are

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all really great numbers in terms of
regression meters seventy or sorry, seven percent

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shooting over his career average was a
little bit high. His PDO was a

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little bit high. His bash we
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and thirteenth is position so not amazing. But with those great points, it's

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hard to be too upset about it. He's got four years left at five

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million, and when you look at
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like in terms of his expected numbers, his expected goals against for he's

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a pretty solid forward all the way
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I guess questions for you, RJ, are did McCann punch above his

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weight class this season? Or is
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to continue taking by a top forward
in his prime? Here had you see

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McCann twenty twenty three, twenty four
shaking out. I was wondering last season

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two and then earlier this season if
he was maybe punching above his weight and

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if this look shooting it a pretty
good clip, right, if that was

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unsustainable? But I've given up wondering
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and I think it just comes down
to that elite shot. I'm lucky enough

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to be around these practices all the
time to see his shot, and it

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is really on that upper echelon of
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that goalies just can't seem to find
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good at getting into positions where he
can use it. I will say he's

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not really a volume shooter. He
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in shots on goal over this season, but really, when you look at

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at other guys that are scoring forty
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McCann isn't that much from a volume
shooter. He's collective with where he

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shoots, but he's so good at
getting to those areas. His office right

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there is on that left side,
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officer, and he's so hard to
stop from that spot. I think maybe

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we see a little bit of regression. I think he's going to go as

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the team goes offensively, but I
think we're certainly looking at very minimum thirty

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to thirty five goals with forty goal
plus upside, and in that sixty five

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to seventy five point range. I
do think that is sustainable and especially look,

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he's got room to grow. As
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he was on a line with Mattie
Baniers for most of the season, and

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Baniers, of course, as a
rookie, you're trying to manage his ice

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time a little bit. People forget
he's only twenty years old. You're trying

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to figure out the spots you can
put him in, and I think him

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being one year older is going to
open up more opportunities for mccam. Let's

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get into Mattie Baniers, because he
had a big jump into this year,

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probably as much success as could have
been expected and more. Eighty games,

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twenty four goals, thirty three assists, seventy nine hits, forty eight blocks,

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one hundred forty eight shots. He
slipped back a little bit in the

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playoffs, which is understandable given the
length of the season for a rooki.

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He nonetheless walked away with the deserved
called for trophy. The million dollar question

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is how much better do we expect
than years to be in year two?

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Would you pick over or under seventy
points for him? Oh, that's a

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good question. I might. I
think I would take the under. And

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the reason is, though because he
had some kind of rookie wall moments from

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a production standpoint this past season,
where you know, and you saw it

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in the playoffs too, where it's
just when the game gets really tougherly physical.

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He is a twenty year old.
I think he does need to bulk

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up a little bit more. But
even when he wasn't producing, he always

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maintained a really good two hundred foot
game, and I think he's someone who's

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probably going to be a better real
life player than a fantasy player over the

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course of his career. That's not
say you won't be a good fantasy player.

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And you look at these numbers he's
putting up as a rookie, but

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I had caution against maybe chasing that
high production upside, especially given how Dave

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Haxstall treats his forward lines. And
I think now might be a good time

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to just get into that little caveat
too, because that is something that any

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fantasy player needs to know when drafting
crap players, is how Dave Hackstall treats

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his forward lines. He doesn't like
to put first, second, third line

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labels on it. He basically has
three second lines if you look at their

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ice time over the forwards. Alex
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among the forwards with eighteen forty two
a night. I think that ranks sixty

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something in the NHL, and you'd
expect a lot more from a team's ice

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time leader, but that is by
design. He doesn't like to wear out

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his guys. He likes to have
that depth in the lineup. But from

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a fantasy perspective, just know,
if you're drafting one of these high end

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players that you expect to have a
top six role, they're not going to

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get the kind of ice time that
maybe you'd see from a top six guy

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on another team. Let's move on
to Andre Burkhovski. He had an unfortunate

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early end to his season after forty
nine games due to a torn groin,

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but in the games he played thirteen
goals to twenty six assists for thirty nine

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points. The aforementioned McCann and the
departed Daniel Sprung were the only two on

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the team of the higher points per
six. The flaw and the ointment is

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you didn't have such a great season
defensively. Napoulea with or without you chart

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for Andre Burrokovski and basically every single
player without Burrokowsky shoots up. The goes

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in the opposite direction of what you
would want in terms of how it goes

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with him, Especially striking, to
me was the big hit that Beniers took

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for the portion of the season when
he played with Burerkovsky. But anyway,

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what was your word on Andrea's recovery. What kind of deployment performance are you

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expecting for Berkowsky in the second year
with the Kraken. So, first off,

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all indications are that Burrokowsky should be
good to go for the start of

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training camp next season. He probably
would have been able to return in some

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fashion if the Kracking had made it
to the Cup final. That's what Ron

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Francis said. But of course that
means that for September and end training camp

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he should be good to go.
Don't have any worries about him being ready

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for the start of the season next
year. As far as production, I

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would expect maybe something similar to if
you extrapolate what he did this past season

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out. The tough part with Brokowsky
was finding a spot for him in the

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lineup. I think they tried a
lot of different things line combination wise,

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and like you mentioned, playing with
Maddie Baniers. You think, oh,

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that's a great fit. You've got
Burrokowsky, really good scorer, Maddie a

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good distributor. But it just didn't
quite click. Now I don't know if

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that'll click next season, but they
struggled to find a real spot for him

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in the lineup. But he's too
good of a player to really leave out.

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I think he was at or near
their leading scorer by the time he

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had that big injury. So I
think that is something to monitor, especially

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if you're going through if your draft
is after training camp, in the preseason,

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where is he slotting in on these
lines? Where is he going to

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be in the lineup, Because I
think that's going to give you a big

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indication of what his upside is moving
on. Jordan Everley came in and the

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jelling to this cracking offense was a
fountain of youth for Jordan Everley had seemed.

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He scored sixty three points, the
most he had since eight years ago

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when he was still in Edmonton.
Oiler He played every single game and was

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mostly lacked to Matt Beni his hip
at five on five. Eighty one percent

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of his minutes came with Baniers at
thirty two. He doesn't do the bash

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as we call it, the block
shots and hits, and he's a year

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from free agency. And as you
can deduce from the conversation about Burrokovsky in

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terms of in terms of at Baniers
also benefited greatly with Everley instead of Burkovsky

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on his wing. Do you look
at if you look at the Wawie Baniers

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scoring drops off the chart in his
minutes without Everley? Actually do you see

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him as sticking with the Seattle this
Seattle first line in the next year?

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And is there any threat of his
dropping out of the top six or the

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top power play? He was third
in minutes last year in the power Play,

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I should say dropping out of I
guess the top six. I don't

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see any threat of him dropping out
of the top six. And the reason

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for that is because he's so good
with Maddie Baniers. So you correctly point

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out he was attached to Mattie's hip
and there's really good chemistry there and I

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think that's going to be his ticket
to points. If he's playing with Maddie

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Baniers, you can rely on a
certain level of production and he's trust to

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take on those really important even strength
minutes. The power play productions there a

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little bit I still from the eye
test, don't you know how much he

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meshes there. He's never been all
that great of a power play player over

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the course of his career, I
think. But the thing to know about

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Everley, though, is he is
really streaky. If you're going to draft

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him in fantasy, you need to
know that about him. He'll go nine

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games without a goal, twelve games
without a goal last season. A season

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before last, sorry, he went
twenty two games without a goal. He

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always makes up for it in the
end. But that's just something to know

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if you're going to draft him.
It can be really tough when you're in

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one of those rough patches, but
he always does find a way to pick

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it back up. Yanni Gored another
Kraken who stayed healthy all season. Played

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eighty one of the games, fourteen
goals and thirty four assists, one hundred

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and eighteen hits. He loves to
throw those hits, and he also will

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get you about half a block in
a couple of shots per game. He

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has a very reasonable two more years
at about five million per on his contract.

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Drove excellent possession, physical game,
and around a fifty six percent work

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four was next to only Ellie tolban
In on the team and this thirty one

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year old Yanny Gord has been a
boon to the team. Interesting is average

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town and I dropped one point five
minutes. Even with his improving performance.

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What kind of a role is Yanni
Gord getting at this point in his career?

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In what do you foresee for next
season? I think he's a very

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good three seed and I think he's
settled into that role of that you can

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put him out there against anybody and
you know that you can have a reliable,

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defensive impact type of center. He
was on a line with Ellie tolvan

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and or Oliver b. York Strand
for much of the second half of the

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season, and that line just had
excellent chemistry together. I think you're looking

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at he's had forty eight points he's
the last two seasons. That's certainly his

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ceiling at this point. You look
at the ice time drop two and I

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think you look at their La Kracken's
inaugural season and they were maybe hoping that

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Yanni could be a top six type
center. He was relied on in that

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kind of role because they just had
nobody else. And now that they do

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have some high, higher end forwards
and Matti Veniers coming in, Wenberg taking

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more time, Gourd's been pushed down
the lineup a little bit. I think

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with him, really, what you're
getting with that kind of role, He's

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gonna provide about that amount of points
scoring. He's gonna get his blocks,

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he's gonna get his hits because that's
what he does. John Forrest and calls

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him the pepperpot. He's gonna mix
it up for sure, And yeah,

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you know what you're getting with him. Brandon tannef why are we bringing him

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up on it? Because absolutely adore
this guy for fantasy purposes. This man

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lays the wood. He was forty
third in block shots and hits, and

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he has the greatest roster mug shot
in the history of North American sports.

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If you ask me that stare that
Brandon tanne gives you. He provides a

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lot of value through those hits.
And after two straight years of missing significant

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time due to injury, he played
all eighty two games this year. Like

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clockwork. He gets between about fourteen
and fifteen minutes a night. Do you

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foresee any change in Tannev's role next
year, or is he just gonna go

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and knock down two of his opponents
on any given night. That's exactly what

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he's gonna do. He's gonna do
what we all know Brandon Tanef does,

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including making the great faces too.
I don't know if you saw that fish

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photo that he put out yesterday,
but he was making the ghost etes all

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holding a giant fish. So l
clockwork. He does that the offseason as

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well. But yeah, he's gonna
hit people. There were times I was

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worried about him last season given the
team's depth, with Sproun Geeky Denato playing

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so well, and who do you
scratch? You've got to scratch somebody,

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right, And there were times where
I would have even said, Tanna,

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I've given how well these other guys
were playing. But his defensive impacts that

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the Test doesn't always catch, those
are top notch. I know the team

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looks at that as well. If
you look at some of the analytics too,

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They're not going to take him out
of the lineup. I don't think

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he's really in danger of losing his
role at guess the injuries would be the

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only concern coming off the ACL tear. A couple of years ago, just

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if something were to go wrong.
But Brandon Tanna's going to do what he

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does, including make those faces.
I love that. That's fantastic. So

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let's move on to a little bit
of a point to pick him here.

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We're gonna compare these guys because you
know, a little bit lower maybe in

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terms of what we might project for
them. So we're we're gonna start with

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Yerkstram versus Schwartz. So byork Strand
first year in Seattle would a great pickup.

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I think in my mind he ended
up with only a forty six point

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pace, but there were streaks that
were really strong and he was killing it,

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and then some other streaks where maybe
wasn't as high. He only finished

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with the eighth most time on ice
for Fords. Did Yorkstran that was interesting?

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Maybe he can earn more. We'll
let you say that. And then

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Jaden Schwartz missed eleven games but ended
up at the forty six point pace.

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So he's been someone who's been streaky
his career. There are times where Jaden

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Schwartz is just amazing and times where
you're not really sure what you know in

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terms of what you're going to expect
from him. He's had injury issues,

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but up and down in the past
recent years up to seventy eight point pace

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has Schwartz been all the way down
to forty three. So RJ, what

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do you think of these two?
And who would you take between Jaden Schwartz

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and Oliver york Strand. Now,
between the two, I would go with

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Oliver b. York Strand. Now, Schwartz he has some things going for

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him. He's got the advantage of
being one of the few guys who will

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go net front and so he gets
a lot of points that way. Hackstall

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loves him too. He calls him
the line fixer. You can just put

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him on any line and he'll fix
it. But for me, it's york

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Strand. You got a no question
with this because you look at last season.

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I think it's a tale of two
seasons for york Strand. He had

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five more points and ten more games
than Schwartz. But he was snake bitten

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as you could be at the start
of the season, and he knew it

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too, and we talked about it. The shots just weren't going in for

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him, but to his credit,
he did power through and he was able

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to get those bounces later in the
season. If you take his final forty

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one games, let's just call it
half a season, last twenty seven regular

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season games and those fourteen playoff games, he's scoring in a thirty six goal

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pace. He figured it out,
and I think that's going to be more

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what we see going forward. I
don't think you gonna score thirty six goals

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next season, but I think it
just took him some time to adjust everything

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to find a fit on a line. And by the end of the season

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two, yes, he was playing
on that third line with Gordon Tolfen.

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And although it's hard to even label
these lines, but if you needed somebody

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when Barakhovski went out, when Hackstall
needed somebody to go up and try and

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fix a line in the top six, Yorkstrand was that guy. And I

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think you'll see that if you have
injuries in the top six this year.

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And that's not to mention Schwartz's injury
history too. He's very injury prone.

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We know this. He's also got
that skin condition like they're managing it okay,

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But you've got the whole track suit
routine where Schwartz doesn't really practice.

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He goes out there in a track
suit, will only practice during playoffs and

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stuff like that, so you have
to factor in not just the possibility,

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but the probability that he's going to
miss some games. For you. Wait,

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I'm actually unaware of this. Can
you tell me more about this skin

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condition? It was mentioned on a
broadcast like a couple of years ago,

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but there's yeah, sure, he's
just got I don't know if it's what

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Marian Hossa was dealing with or something
like that, but he's not able to

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do the full compliment of practices in
the gear and everything, so he just

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has the track suit routine where he'll
go out practice beforehand in a tracksuit.

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But they're trying to manage his reps
and everything, and it worked really well

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this season, so they were able
to manage it. But I don't know,

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just a level of something uncertain going
forward. I'd love to know exactly

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what it's called, because by day, I'm a physician, so I might

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know a little bit. Okay,
yeah, we don't really have I'm sure

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you're well aware NHL teams aren't.
You don't really have specific with any injury

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stuff. It's so I can't speak
to it any further. But that's just

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something to know. Yeah, that's
what makes it so hard. I was

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I'd like to apply some of that
knowledge, but I just can't when you

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don't know exactly what it is.
As you're saying, if they don't tell

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you, then you can only guess. But that's good to know. And

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yeah, I remember the whole Holest
thing. That was very frustrating, I'm

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sure for everyone, and I'm sure
it's frustrating for Jayden to not be able

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to do all the regular things that
you want to do with the team in

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practice and all that. So that's
good to keep in mind. The next

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pickom that we're going to talk about
is Ellie Tolvanen and Kylie Yamamoto. Tolvanen

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was a great waiver claim. I
can't believe more teams didn't try to claim

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him, but his anyways, that's
great for Seattle. His ice time really

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fluctuated throughout the season as it is
scoring. He had some really strong streaks

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but ended up at just a forty
two point pace. Yamamo, What a

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summer for yams He was sent in
a captump to Detroit and then they bought

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him out and then Seattle was like
sure, one point five million times one

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year sounds good for everybody. Maybe
he can prove himself, maybe Seattle gets

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a good player. Yamamoto has always
been an enigma after that seventy nine point

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pace twenty seven game season in twenty
nineteen twenty where we thought he'd be Wow,

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this guy's a point per game player, and then he has averaged thirty

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five point pace since then with really
good deployment with some good players in Edmonton.

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Just hasn't quite worked out the way
that Ammamoto I'm sure would have liked

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it too. So between tolvan And
and Yamamoto, a couple of reclamation projects

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here, a couple of guys in
new situations. What do you think?

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Who would you take? I would
take tolvan And, although this one to

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me is a lot closer than the
york Strand versus Schwartz one. And the

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reason I'll take Tolvan is that he
has that chemistry with Gordon york Strand,

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that line was just together as long
as they were all healthy last season,

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as soon as tolvin And came into
the lineup, and I haven't really seen

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him with any other linemate, so
it's hard to project where he would go

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in another situation. But because I've
seen that workout, I'll take the certainty

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over a yamamotive. I'd look at
Adp first of all, too, because

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if you're able to get yamamotive much
later then Tolven and maybe that's something to

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look at. But the one threat
I think for Tolven and potentially is that

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I think his spot could be threatened
if Shanewright does join that third line and

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Gord moves out to wing. I
know that's a possibility that the co host

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of our podcast dial and he'd like
to see. We're going to talk about

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that on our podcast today. But
I do give Tolvin in the edge finally,

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I guess because he has a more
defined role on the power Play too.

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He's got that one timer that he's
famous for, and so he's a

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threat there from the right side wall
and especially with Sprong gone, he's the

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only one left. So I feel
like he's going to have that more defined

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role on the power Play that's going
to let him bank some more points.

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You read my mind because the last
four I wanted to ask you about with

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Shane Wright, but we've followed the
Shane Wright saga and really interesting how he

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fell into their lap. I think
they got a great player there, and

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then also kind of interesting how they
manage him last year with having him up

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and then having him scratch so that
they could keep him longer, sending him

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to the HL and then dominating or
not dominant but doing great at the World

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Juniors, and then going back to
Windsor. So he's been interesting year for

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him, but there's obviously still a
lot of potential and a lot of growth

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for Shane Wright. Do you think
he makes the team and if so,

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what kind of role does he have
with the Kraken. So a lot of

405
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it's going to depend on whether he's
eligible to play in the AHL or not,

406
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,400
and that's something we still don't know. When we talked to Ron Francis,

407
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,880
he said those discussions still need to
be had. He hoped that they

408
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,960
can come to a common sense solution
because he's I think one game short of

409
00:25:38,039 --> 00:25:41,960
having that AHL eligibility and it's a
whole thing. But that's something to watch

410
00:25:42,039 --> 00:25:45,960
for as that news comes out,
maybe by training camp. But in his

411
00:25:47,039 --> 00:25:51,319
language, though Francis did suggest that
Shane's roster spot is not assured. He

412
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,000
said that it'll depend on what he
does between now and the start of the

413
00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:56,880
season. He's referred to Shane as
knocking on the door, so he's going

414
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to have that opportunity, but it's
certainly not guaranteed, and so I really

415
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,799
think it is going to depend on
what he's able to do at training camp,

416
00:26:04,839 --> 00:26:08,440
And honestly, from a fantasy perspective, I personally don't see a whole

417
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,799
lot of upside with him this year. Certainly, if he's allowed to play

418
00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:15,200
in the AHL and that news were
to come out, then I think he

419
00:26:15,279 --> 00:26:18,519
might play a significant number of games
in Coachella Valley, and then you're looking

420
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at him as more of a late
waiver ad rather than somebody that you're going

421
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for as an upside play. But
if you can get him maybe really late

422
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,000
in a deep league, again,
I'm not don't know the intricacies of all

423
00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:32,599
the fantasy stuff, but might be
a decent upside play as just someone to

424
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stash, But personally I'd probably look
elsewhere. But another that's another thing where

425
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:38,640
you need to look at training camp. Is he slotting in on a third

426
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,960
line, is Gord moving over to
wing or is he staying in kind of

427
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,839
a fourth line role, And then
maybe he might even sent down to Coachella

428
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Valley. I'd just like to stay. We prepare show notes for our patrons

429
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which include all the important information we're
going over today. And there is now

430
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a picture of Brandon Tanev's ghost stare
holding a fish that is in our show

431
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notes based on your important tip there. So that's great, Vince Done.

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Let's go to the blue line.
Eighty one games, fourteen goals, fifty

433
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:15,400
assist Done threatened to double his season
high in scoring from his career one point

434
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:21,440
five hits of black and two shots
per game. Excellent peripherals for our perspective.

435
00:27:21,839 --> 00:27:26,039
Average tim and ice jumped three minutes
to twenty three forty and he and

436
00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:30,079
Adam Larson have made for a consistent
good defensive pairing. In fact, thirteen

437
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:36,119
seventy one time on ice together led
the National Hockey League as a defensive pairing

438
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,440
among the fifty five d pairs that
had at least five hundred minutes This year,

439
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:45,480
they were fifth and goals four per
sixty ninth best in fenwood four percentage.

440
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,559
And he's up for a big extension
this offseason. Arguable in his prime

441
00:27:48,599 --> 00:27:52,680
as a twenty six year old,
will Seattle pay Done like a star defenseman

442
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,359
and will they use them as their
long term power play one D one solution.

443
00:27:59,599 --> 00:28:03,240
Yeah, the eight million dollar question
right or somewhere in that range.

444
00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:06,519
And Ron Francis of course still trying
to figure out an extension with Vince Dunne,

445
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,839
and I'm confident they'll get it done. It doesn't seem like the kind

446
00:28:08,839 --> 00:28:12,519
of case where more drama could happen
or done would be traded. But anyway,

447
00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:15,519
assuming that gets done for next season, a big question is can he

448
00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:21,319
reproduce this type of season, because
it's really just the one year that he's

449
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,039
had these kind of numbers. He
really put in a lot of work last

450
00:28:25,079 --> 00:28:29,839
offseason got to that level where he
could be a legitimate top pairing defenseman.

451
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,000
But one thing you have to look
out for it is a contract year,

452
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:37,000
and we've seen a lot of players
hit that next level in a contract year

453
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,960
and then go back to where they
were before something close to it. I

454
00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:45,559
do think done as a candidate for
some regression this coming season. I've watched

455
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,960
him play closely for two years in
Seattle, and I can tell you in

456
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,160
that first year he was not the
defenseman that he was in the second year.

457
00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:56,039
And I have my concerns about whether
he'll be able to maintain that.

458
00:28:56,279 --> 00:28:57,680
I don't think he's going to go
back to his first year production, but

459
00:28:59,079 --> 00:29:00,720
still I'm a little bit it's skeptical, and the power Play is a big

460
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,720
part of that, because he really
hasn't fully clicked on the power Play.

461
00:29:04,759 --> 00:29:10,200
He was still not their number one
unit power play quarterback. They tried it

462
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,960
out in their inaugural season, they
tried it out last season, and for

463
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,960
whatever reason, he just doesn't fully
click there. And so I think that

464
00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:18,279
might be one of the reasons that
Ron Francis might be hesitant to give him

465
00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:22,480
that gigantic contract is that he doesn't
look like a true number one power play

466
00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:26,640
quarterback. I think there may be
even hoping that a year or two down

467
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,039
the road, Ryker Evans can take
over that role, because you're just not

468
00:29:29,079 --> 00:29:32,960
going to get that from done.
He'll probably powerplay the quarterback the second power

469
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,559
play unit, But I don't know
that you're going to see those huge power

470
00:29:34,559 --> 00:29:37,920
play numbers. I don't think there's
a whole lot of upside beyond what he

471
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,880
did this year. Wow, all
right is tag team partner? We just

472
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:47,559
talked about him. Adam Larson,
great year, for him as well.

473
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,279
Eighty two games, you put up
a career high thirty three points and for

474
00:29:51,359 --> 00:29:55,240
US fantasy types two hundred twenty two
hits, one hundred and seventy three blocks,

475
00:29:55,279 --> 00:29:57,759
one hundred forty three shots. That's
gold, leaving him is the number

476
00:29:57,759 --> 00:30:02,599
ten fantasy defenseman in the format.
Victor and had Play. Are the Kracking

477
00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:07,400
happy with what Larson's performance was last
year and do you expect to see him

478
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,720
next to Vince Dunne again all season
next year? Yes, I do,

479
00:30:11,799 --> 00:30:14,759
and that Cracking are extremely happy with
the season that he's had. And he's

480
00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:18,119
the kind of player that maybe if
you're just looking at a point production or

481
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,160
things that you know a more basic
fan is going to look at. He

482
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,440
doesn't jump off the page at you, but he is just so solid defensively.

483
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,519
And I do think some of those
fantasy metrics captured a little bit with

484
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:30,240
the blocks, with the hits,
and then of course the shot shoots the

485
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,480
puck too. So you said he
was the number ten defenseman in your format,

486
00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:37,759
So that kind of ruins my whole
narrative here with the he's my sleeper

487
00:30:37,759 --> 00:30:40,480
pick, go get Adam Larson because
he was the one guy who's going to

488
00:30:40,519 --> 00:30:44,400
try to sell to you guys more
than anybody else. Yeah, I had

489
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,839
even mind my notes. He's not
the kind of he's not a sexy pick.

490
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,240
He's not the kind of guy people
in the drafting room will be like,

491
00:30:48,279 --> 00:30:51,119
oh, good pick. But maybe
he is. I don't know.

492
00:30:51,519 --> 00:30:55,519
But he is just such a solid
producer of those bash categories too. And

493
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,960
you know what, he actually puts
up decent points, especially alongside of Vince

494
00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:02,519
Done. He's not afraid to shoot
the puck. He really does it all

495
00:31:02,559 --> 00:31:06,559
and he's going to get big minutes
alongside Vince Done all season. This is

496
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,839
Dave Hackstall's number one deep pair.
He will put a label on that.

497
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,079
He won't label us forward lines.
He won't say, oh, we have

498
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:14,200
a first, second, third line. He will say we have a number

499
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,359
one depair. That's the one thing
he will label. So those two guys,

500
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,680
as long as they're both healthy,
they're gonna be together and they're going

501
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:26,480
to be playing monster minutes. I'm
really glad you express your skepticism on dumb

502
00:31:26,559 --> 00:31:30,400
be Done, because I have been
skeptical on him, and I just didn't

503
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,319
really believe exactly what happened last year
in terms of continuing. And I've heard

504
00:31:34,319 --> 00:31:38,799
people talk about how he's in this
tier with like top fantasy defenseman, like

505
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,119
your foxism of cars, and I'm
just like, that's crazy. So I

506
00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:47,720
personally am glad to hear you say
that because I also don't really believe that.

507
00:31:47,799 --> 00:31:49,559
And you mentioned Ryker Evans. I
wanted to ask you a little follow

508
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,680
up on that, because he's tore
it up in the HL. I think

509
00:31:52,759 --> 00:31:56,720
also people may forget that he's a
little bit older than you might expect,

510
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:57,920
even though he's a couple years removed
from the draft, because he was an

511
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:02,279
overager, so he actually be pretty
ready. I've seen him in person actually

512
00:32:02,319 --> 00:32:06,920
too, have been to some Barracuda
games, seen him in Coachella Valley playing

513
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,680
for Coachella Valley, and he looks
really good. He looks too good for

514
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,400
the HL at this point. I
don't know what that means for his NHL

515
00:32:12,519 --> 00:32:15,759
projection, But do you think he
could make the team and get a role

516
00:32:15,799 --> 00:32:19,039
already as soon as this year?
What do you think about Evans? I

517
00:32:19,079 --> 00:32:21,759
think there's a slight possibility he could
make the team out of camp. I

518
00:32:21,799 --> 00:32:23,279
think he is that good. He's
too good for the AHL. I'd know

519
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:28,240
that the team has high hopes from
longer term. What gives me pauses the

520
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,519
Brian Doomlin signing because I just don't
see where Riker Evans fits into this STIG

521
00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:36,519
group if everybody is healthy, and
I think he's probably going to start the

522
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:39,720
season the HL if everybody is healthy, because if you look at Ryker Evans

523
00:32:39,799 --> 00:32:43,079
what it would take for him to
be in the lineup as a regular,

524
00:32:43,319 --> 00:32:46,960
You're going to probably have one of
Duomlin or Alexiak on the bench, and

525
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,759
that's a lot of money committed,
a lot of money committed that you're going

526
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:52,279
to have up in the press box, right and so I think those guys

527
00:32:52,319 --> 00:32:54,519
are going to have the first crack
of the job. I think Evans is

528
00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:59,319
going to be that first call up
should somebody get injured. So again I

529
00:32:59,319 --> 00:33:02,559
don't know exactly the fantasy format and
everything, but if a krack and defenseman

530
00:33:02,599 --> 00:33:07,200
were to go down and be injured
early in the season, that's someone you

531
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,240
want to look for right away on
the waiver wire if he's there, or

532
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:12,880
if you're if you're in a league
where you could get him at that point,

533
00:33:13,079 --> 00:33:15,880
I don't think he starts the season
on the team I think he starts

534
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:21,720
in Coachella Valley unless somebody is hurt. Yeah, that makes a ton of

535
00:33:21,759 --> 00:33:24,759
sense for sure. And yeah,
and a lot of leagues you certainly could

536
00:33:24,759 --> 00:33:28,680
get him later. Some of the
leagues we play, he's probably already rostered.

537
00:33:28,839 --> 00:33:31,279
Deeper leagues, but in certainly shallower
ones. Keep an eye on Riker

538
00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:35,000
Evans for sure, because he's a
kind of guy that could get called up

539
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:37,720
mid season and potentially run a power
play because he has that skill set.

540
00:33:37,799 --> 00:33:42,480
So you would want that guy.
All right, Let's move on to the

541
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:47,720
goalies. The Kraken had the twenty
six ranked expected goals in terms of involving

542
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,960
hockey expected goals against for sixty but
concedered only the eighteenth ranked goals three point

543
00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:57,519
seven actual goals, So that's pretty
good, and of course Grubauer was the

544
00:33:57,599 --> 00:34:02,400
main guy for him that We also
saw the rebirth or revolution of Martin Jones,

545
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,640
which was interesting. But back to
Gruerbauer, we had he had a

546
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:09,920
percentage for the second straight season in
Seattle, even though he's playing a lot

547
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,519
of games and he's keeping the team
minute for the most part. But last

548
00:34:14,559 --> 00:34:20,119
season he had fifty five. Grubauer
had four point nine goal safe above expected

549
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:24,800
and his Delta Fenwick in terms of
the expected safe percentage based on what he

550
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:29,159
had at all situations was pretty good. But in terms of his even strength,

551
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,480
he was actually a little bit lower
than what you would have expected for

552
00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:38,320
his safe percentage. And they'll Jones
is gone now, so Grubauer is still

553
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,320
around. He's got four years left
at five point nine million. I think

554
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,920
at the time when we made that
signing after winning winning in Colorado was okay

555
00:34:46,039 --> 00:34:51,639
or being good with Colorado, wondered
how he translated to a different team in

556
00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:54,000
a different situation. I think we
have some information about that, but we're

557
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:58,679
not one hundred percent sure. So
I think our j the question is Gruberer

558
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,400
going to get his safe percentage for
nine hundred and what do you expect from

559
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:05,599
him? Because he is a volume
starter on a good team, so he

560
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,360
has interests and he was still valuable
for the most part, except in leagues

561
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:14,440
that really hone in on some of
those metrics and can punish you if you

562
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,280
don't get your safe percentage too high. But what were your thoughts on Grubauer.

563
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:21,840
He's certainly the undisputed starter. He's
going to get volume starts and we

564
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,159
know this, so that's something that's
pretty much built in as long as he's

565
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:29,760
healthy. That nine hundred percentage question
is something we were tracking all season long.

566
00:35:30,159 --> 00:35:32,400
Last year a couple of times he
went over very briefly. But I

567
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,960
think one thing you need to know
about Grubauer and really any crack and goalie

568
00:35:37,079 --> 00:35:42,920
is that Dave Hackstall's system makes goalie
numbers look worse than the goalies are actually

569
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,400
playing. And the reason for that
is you don't have a whole lot of

570
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:51,159
shots against, generally, but the
ones that you do are generally higher quality

571
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,440
chances You'll have the team just not
allow hardly any shots for ten fifteen minutes,

572
00:35:55,559 --> 00:35:58,800
and then all of a sudden,
there's just a great a chance any

573
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,039
the goalie stops that are and that's
something that Grubauer has been dealing with both

574
00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:07,079
seasons in Seattle. I'd say his
inaugural season he was just flat out bad,

575
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:09,119
one of the worst goalie seasons in
the last twenty years, and so

576
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:13,440
combined with that, the numbers looked
awful. And then this season I think

577
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,639
he was actually legitimately good, but
even playing fairly well, that say percentage

578
00:36:17,679 --> 00:36:20,639
number is still going to be low. And I think you can chuck a

579
00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:24,679
lot of it up to hackstall systems. So I'm not particularly optimistic about his

580
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,880
chances of getting over that nine hundred, or at least not very much over

581
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,440
that if he is able to get
there. So that's just something to know.

582
00:36:30,519 --> 00:36:34,719
Given the system, you're not going
to get those great safe percentage numbers,

583
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,599
even though you will get a lot
of starts, you will get a

584
00:36:36,599 --> 00:36:38,360
lot of wins. So just know
that if you're going to be drafting Philip

585
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,000
Gruebauer. Yeah, that's a great
point, and I see that when you

586
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,920
watch the games too. It's like
nothing and then you're like, whoa good

587
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,280
chance? And that's really hard from
a goalie psychology point of view, which

588
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,199
you've alluded to, and I've heard
a lot of goalie experts talk about that.

589
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,000
Some goalies just don't thrive in that
system. They have a really hard

590
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,599
time. They just they want the
volume and it's tough to get in that

591
00:36:58,679 --> 00:37:00,000
rhythm. So it'll be interesting to
see how he managed that. But yeah,

592
00:37:00,039 --> 00:37:02,400
the bottom line is Cracking should still
be a good team and he'll be

593
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:06,400
the starter, so you like that. As far as the backup, we

594
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,679
don't really know the Krack can have
Drieger and Joey de Chord signed to the

595
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:14,760
NHL contracts this year, and as
far as I can tell, neither our

596
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,639
waiver exempts. So that's going to
create a bit of an interesting situation.

597
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:22,719
Dreeger missed all of last season after
being really good in Florida, and we've

598
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,280
seen him play pretty well at times. I don't know that we know what

599
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,360
to expect from him. A Chord
was really not great in the minors,

600
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,920
So I'm not really sure where to
expect from this backup situation other than,

601
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,400
as you said already, Gubar is
going to play a lot. So what

602
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,039
do we think about the cracking backup? Yeah, it's gonna be an all

603
00:37:38,039 --> 00:37:40,880
out battle in training camp, and
I think you have both guys that are

604
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,079
going to come in and compete for
a spot. I had the chance to

605
00:37:44,119 --> 00:37:46,280
ask Ron Franzi's point blank about this. I said, what's your outlook on

606
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,199
the goalie situation with Joey with Driggs
here, both of them together going to

607
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,920
the training camp, And he said, that's pretty simple. You've got two

608
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:57,719
guys, and you've got three guys, and you've got two nets. They're

609
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,239
going to battle it out in training
camp and one of those guys going to

610
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,320
have to go through waivers and be
sent down to Coachella Valley. As for

611
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:07,239
which it is, if I'm handicapping
the goalie race right now, personally,

612
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,519
I'd say maybe fifty five forty five
into Chord's favor, just because he's played

613
00:38:10,559 --> 00:38:15,199
better more recently. He had an
excellent run with the Coachella Valley Firebirds,

614
00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:19,920
leading them all the way to Game
seven of the Calder Cup Finals. Looked

615
00:38:20,039 --> 00:38:22,000
very good there, and I think
there's a reason the team wanted to bring

616
00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:25,239
him back and was comfortable giving him
a two year deal with that kind of

617
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:29,239
money. I think they're hoping that
he can run with this and take the

618
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,440
job, and hopefully he can.
Chris Drieger, ANHL player, was not

619
00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:37,679
bad with the Florida Panthers that he's
not going away. Had that ACL injury,

620
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,599
and he did come back and play
some games for the Firebirds in the

621
00:38:39,639 --> 00:38:44,119
at the AHL level after recovering from
his injury, but he seemed like he'd

622
00:38:44,119 --> 00:38:46,079
never grant fully back up to one
hundred percent. So he's going to be

623
00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:50,880
battling it out for the job.
Give me whoever's got the lower adp Right,

624
00:38:51,039 --> 00:38:53,719
that's who I'd just do that lower
bet. I think to Chord probably

625
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:58,119
has the better odds slightly. But
I know, like my co host of

626
00:38:58,119 --> 00:39:00,599
our podcast, Dylan, he disagrees
with me. He thinks it'll be drigger.

627
00:39:00,639 --> 00:39:05,880
Maybe that tells you something tremendous or
Jay, you have given us some

628
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,559
great insight on the Seattle cracking.
Why don't you let people know where they

629
00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:13,280
can follow your work? Right?
You can listen to us on the Deep

630
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,119
Dive podcast. We have our own
podcast, a weekly podcast, and all

631
00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:19,960
things cracking on our YouTube channel that
is Emerald City Hockey. We do a

632
00:39:20,039 --> 00:39:24,119
live interactive postgame show after every single
cracking game. And then finally on social

633
00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:29,559
media, especially for fantasy hockey,
that's gonna be super important. Starting goalies,

634
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,760
projected lineups, we got that for
every game. We're usually the first

635
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,440
to put that put that kind of
stuff out. We take great pride in

636
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,840
getting it out very quickly. Make
sure to follow us Twitter, Instagram,

637
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:42,719
my threads. Even it's all the
same user name and that is Emerald City

638
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:47,119
hk Y. So Emerald City hk
Y. Awesome. Thank you so much

639
00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:51,400
for coming on r J and good
luck to the cracking next year. Yeah,

640
00:39:51,480 --> 00:40:04,760
thanks for having me, Wilson.
That's a fire. Quit grab.

641
00:40:08,119 --> 00:40:13,519
Now it's your weekly goalie talk with
Kats Silverman. Cat's instinct. Time to

642
00:40:13,559 --> 00:40:17,199
talk to Seattle krack in time to
get kracking on the Seattle goalies. Cat.

643
00:40:17,639 --> 00:40:22,559
So we got Kat Silverman here in
goldmag We're gonna talk about some prospect

644
00:40:22,599 --> 00:40:30,880
goalies. We're gonna start with Simeon
via Zavoi, the Azavoi yaz a boy.

645
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,039
He's a six foot three, twenty
twenty one, sixth round pick by

646
00:40:34,119 --> 00:40:37,760
Seattle. He split his time between
the VHL and MHL last season with some

647
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:45,480
pretty strong results he has. He's
looking he's grown up in the toll Parer

648
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:52,920
system and really good numbers evenly split
between the VHL MHL this season. Last

649
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:58,000
season he was all MHL, split
between two different teams, and so that's

650
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,920
a little interesting his hockey prospecting.
He's looking like a thirty twenty. He

651
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,719
started with twenty and now he's a
thirty one percent chance of being a star.

652
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,519
And so there's some decent comps there. It's the one I put on

653
00:41:10,559 --> 00:41:15,599
the sheet here is Patrick Waugh,
which is silly because he's unique, but

654
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:20,199
his equivalency wasn't really that high this
early in his career, and then it

655
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,800
took off like a rocket ship.
Not that I'm saying that's going to happen,

656
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:27,159
but there's at least some decent comps
there. So what do your instincts

657
00:41:27,159 --> 00:41:34,360
tell you about VI as a voye
man? That's I think it's weird because

658
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,840
his numbers in Russia are unbelievably good, and it's rare that we see a

659
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:45,880
guy who puts up numbers that are
that good throughout the Russian system. He

660
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:50,199
was playing in the MHL, which
is there essentially their equivalent of the Major

661
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,880
Juniors, and then the VHL he's
putting up the same numbers, which is

662
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:57,559
like their equivalent of the HL.
And I think this year will probably,

663
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:02,199
barring some major atastrophe in the depth
chart, there get a chance to see

664
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:07,960
him play some HL games, just
based on his age and his experience level

665
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:13,320
and the numbers he's been putting up
elsewhere. It's always hard to tell,

666
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,599
though, just what that means for
them coming over to North America and if

667
00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:21,559
they're that good in the system,
if they're going to come over to North

668
00:42:21,559 --> 00:42:25,519
America, because sometimes teams want to
keep those guys just because they're consistent and

669
00:42:25,519 --> 00:42:31,639
they're good, and they're homegrown talent. And I appreciate that he's getting consistent

670
00:42:31,679 --> 00:42:37,239
reps and that he's getting the chance
to if he's not getting the game starts

671
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,039
in one league, they're moving him
up and down within the system so that

672
00:42:40,079 --> 00:42:44,199
he's playing at the VHL and the
MHL, so he's getting those, he's

673
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:47,519
getting game action, and he's getting
to face the pock and face different levels

674
00:42:47,519 --> 00:42:53,599
of competition. But nothing about his
game stood out when I was watching just

675
00:42:53,639 --> 00:43:00,920
a few highlights of them as being
overly impressive or overly concerning. Some of

676
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,719
the Russian players get a little too
excited outside of the blue paint. They

677
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:07,719
start to challenge a little too aggressively, and so I was looked to see

678
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:13,559
if some of the prospects are staying
a little farther in their crease and he's

679
00:43:13,559 --> 00:43:17,239
one of those. But didn't notice
anything about his technique that really just stood

680
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,719
out to me as Wow, this
guy is ready for the big leagues.

681
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,280
It almost looked like some of the
games that I saw highlights from weren't his

682
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:29,159
most challenging ones. I think just
based on age and when he was drafted.

683
00:43:29,159 --> 00:43:31,159
We're probably a couple of years out
from seeing him in North America anyway,

684
00:43:31,519 --> 00:43:37,599
but he's one that if he does
come over, could be a really

685
00:43:37,599 --> 00:43:44,159
good pickup option for someone nice.
Yeah. Always hard to know is some

686
00:43:44,199 --> 00:43:46,760
of these Russian guys. And the
next guy I want to talk about also

687
00:43:47,119 --> 00:43:52,400
from overseas, and that's Nicholas Coco. He was twenty two second round pick

688
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:57,280
by the Krack in six foot three. He's in the car Pot system there

689
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,320
in the Liga, and this season
he played mostly in the Mestice but also

690
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:07,519
in the Liga and on loan to
Sipa. These names are not familiar to

691
00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:09,599
me. Sorry, but I know
you've talked previously about the car pod system

692
00:44:09,639 --> 00:44:14,000
and have had some good things to
say about it. I will say though

693
00:44:14,039 --> 00:44:17,400
his equivalency right now looks really low
in those systems. It's a little bit

694
00:44:17,679 --> 00:44:22,480
interesting to see and most of his
comps are really not great. And then

695
00:44:22,519 --> 00:44:28,639
there's like a random Tim Thomas and
a Unice Corpuslo who had a really wild

696
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:32,559
development trajectory, especially considering where he's
at now in his career. So what

697
00:44:32,639 --> 00:44:37,320
do your instincts tell us about Nicholas
Coco and should we be excited about him.

698
00:44:38,559 --> 00:44:45,119
The car Pod system obviously is one
of the Finnished systems that I think

699
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:51,639
is the best primed for goaltenders meeting
with success, especially if they do want

700
00:44:51,679 --> 00:44:58,119
to leave finlandon play overseas, because
that system just has a higher level of

701
00:44:58,199 --> 00:45:02,840
coaching, attention, higher level of
just an overall systematic structure to it.

702
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:10,719
That's the system that leave I Marilinen, I believe he is Ottawa Carolina.

703
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,400
I believe it's Ottawa go blum Quist, Justice in Noonan are all from the

704
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:21,480
car Pot system. So it's a
it's an easy team to look at and

705
00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:25,159
say, oh if this It's almost
like looking at for Lunda over in Sweden

706
00:45:25,199 --> 00:45:30,559
where Henry Lenquist played, just saying
oh, this is a team that they

707
00:45:30,599 --> 00:45:34,639
are. They're developing these guys to
go over and play in North America.

708
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,400
His game's a little weird to me
because a lot of the Finnish goaltenders like

709
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,679
to play very low. They like
to really move their feet a lot,

710
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,440
get out to the top of their
crease, move around really quickly, sometimes

711
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:50,320
have a tendency to hold their upper
bodies a little bit too low. And

712
00:45:50,519 --> 00:45:53,519
Nicholas Coco does the opposite, He
tries to make sure that he's covering the

713
00:45:53,519 --> 00:45:57,960
top of his net even when he
needs to move from side to side when

714
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:02,280
he needs to get that lateral rith
going, which sometimes pays off for him,

715
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:07,519
sometimes does not. I think his
decision making at times looked like he

716
00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:14,400
was trying so hard to establish his
overall technical consistency and really find his niche

717
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,599
when it came to the way that
he played that he almost sacrificed a couple

718
00:46:17,679 --> 00:46:21,840
goals there. And I don't hate
that because he's young enough that he can

719
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:27,320
do that. It's just once again, Seattle has a system where everyone is

720
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,920
a wait and see. He was
playing in mess diis for a chunk of

721
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:37,599
the year. Unfortunately, I think
a few too many guys from that system

722
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:42,960
ended up getting drafted all at the
same time, and they almost didn't have

723
00:46:43,079 --> 00:46:47,239
enough spots within the Liga, the
mess disc and then their U twenty and

724
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:52,000
U eighteen system to really have everyone
getting sufficient starts. So I think that's

725
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:58,400
how we ended up getting loaned to
Sipop, But obviously that's only known by

726
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:02,079
the GM over there, so hard
to tell for sure, but that does

727
00:47:02,199 --> 00:47:06,440
signify if he is one of the
ones that did get loaned out, that

728
00:47:06,519 --> 00:47:09,760
he is not a top priority in
their development system, which might explain why

729
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:16,119
he's not at nearly as high of
an NHL success predictor rate as some of

730
00:47:16,159 --> 00:47:19,880
the other guys that we've looked at
from that system in the past. So

731
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:23,679
I think he's There are a couple
of guys that have gotten drafted by teams

732
00:47:23,679 --> 00:47:27,519
in the past that I look at, and I wonder why the team,

733
00:47:27,559 --> 00:47:30,239
if they just wanted another body in
the system, if they drafted the kid

734
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:35,280
purely so they had someone their development
camp as a shooter tuotor. But and

735
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:37,800
I don't think that he's anywhere near
that level. But I don't think that

736
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:43,519
he is one of the top ones
to look at the moment. But I

737
00:47:43,559 --> 00:47:46,639
do, if I understand correctly,
a couple of guys from that system are

738
00:47:46,639 --> 00:47:50,639
going to be graduating out, So
there's a chance that we'll get to see

739
00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:52,840
more from him this year and we'll
have a clearer picture of what he's going

740
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:58,800
to look like moving forward. All
right, that's good to know. And

741
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,320
the last guy we're going to talk
about Joey Decord six foot three, taken

742
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:05,920
way back in twenty fifteen, He's
now twenty six years old, only a

743
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,800
handful of NHL games to his name. His equivalence. He has also looked

744
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:14,599
very flat his entire career. His
top comp is probably someone like Jimmy Howard,

745
00:48:14,639 --> 00:48:16,880
who is an NHL starter. So
that's great. Do you think the

746
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,920
chord is ever going to be anything
more than a spot backup? And what

747
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:24,360
do your instincts tell you about him? Oh? So, I got to

748
00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:29,480
he's a unique goaltender for me because
he's one of the few that I've gotten

749
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:37,400
to see extensive footage of his games
pre pros in person, because I got

750
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,880
to watch him play at ASU for
a couple of years there, and I

751
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:45,920
had to watch him playing a lot
of his games, and I didn't love

752
00:48:45,039 --> 00:48:50,360
his game. I thought his decision
making was a little scattered all over the

753
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:54,039
place, his technique was a little
haphazard. He was a really effective goaltender

754
00:48:54,079 --> 00:48:59,679
for them with the defensive structure that
they had. He worked really well with

755
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,760
his defense, which I think is
up plus to his name. And I

756
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:07,039
think that he did a really good
job of when he allowed a just absolutely

757
00:49:07,079 --> 00:49:10,199
wild goal, just shaking it off
and moving on. He was like a

758
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:15,840
goldfish. He'd allow a really bad
goal just shake it off and he was

759
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:20,800
good to go. But that being
said, there were times where I watched

760
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,480
him and I thought, this kid
is not going to be a not just

761
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:27,519
pro ready next year, but he's
not going to be a pro goaltender.

762
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:30,559
And I was shocked when he did
end up getting signed. And I believe

763
00:49:30,559 --> 00:49:36,039
when he got signed because it was
during his final collegiate season. He ended

764
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:40,000
up going straight to the NHL.
He had been in Ottawa's system, and

765
00:49:40,039 --> 00:49:50,280
now he's in Seattle's. I don't
know if he's shown me anything yet that

766
00:49:50,599 --> 00:49:59,000
indicates his game is improving enough at
the NHL level to feel more confident that

767
00:49:59,119 --> 00:50:02,599
he's going to be I'm more permanent
fixture at the NHL level. I think

768
00:50:02,599 --> 00:50:07,599
that ultimately I look at him more
as like a Michael Hutchinson, sort of

769
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:12,760
a tweener who plays most effectively in
the HL and then can come up to

770
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:16,800
the NHL when there's an injury or
an illness villain if needed, can play

771
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:21,719
a couple of games if needed.
Sometimes if he's riding on the adrenaline,

772
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:28,760
can really put up an incredible performance
here and there. But I just don't

773
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:35,840
love his game enough to feel confident
that he's there to stay essentially at the

774
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:39,800
NHL level. I think there are
too many other guys who do have more

775
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:47,719
consistency and more technical decision making pros
essentially on the ice that I don't really

776
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:52,960
see him as someone that people should
hang their hats on his career there.

777
00:50:53,039 --> 00:50:58,920
I don't think he's someone that anyone
should be hitching their wagon too. Who

778
00:50:59,079 --> 00:51:07,800
is their top only prospect in Seattle? Yes, honestly, it's I think

779
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:13,000
they don't even know at this point. They've rotated through so many guys since

780
00:51:14,639 --> 00:51:20,559
they were since their inception, and
I think that's for a young expansion team,

781
00:51:20,599 --> 00:51:23,840
a good thing. They haven't really
just picked one guy and committed to

782
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:29,320
him. But this is a team
that had Martin Jones. I don't think

783
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,800
they really know what direction they want
their goaltending to go just yet. I

784
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:37,079
would say maybe, I don't know. Decord's probably the most an already right

785
00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:40,440
now, but that's not saying a
ton. I think that they've focused on

786
00:51:40,519 --> 00:51:45,920
other areas first, which is fine. They have the ability to trade and

787
00:51:45,039 --> 00:51:50,039
sign for NHL talent when they need
it. I don't think they need to

788
00:51:50,159 --> 00:51:53,599
rush into immediately adding a top tier
goaltending prospect. But that is kind of

789
00:51:53,639 --> 00:51:59,840
a weakness in their system there,
in my opinion. If they treat it

790
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:02,159
like they treat the skaters on the
team, they're just gonna go with a

791
00:52:02,159 --> 00:52:06,920
bunch of guys and one of them
will be okay, one of them will

792
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:10,920
be Martin Jones, Martin Jones at
best. All right, thanks for giving

793
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:16,440
us your instincts on the Seattle Crack
and goalies. Cat. Absolutely, we'll

794
00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:35,800
be back right after this. The
nine dig Retrack Project had a couple of

795
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,519
years. They've been stacking up that
system. They're all the way up to

796
00:52:38,679 --> 00:52:44,480
nineteenth in Victor's rankings of the thirty
two NHL clubs. In terms of their

797
00:52:45,119 --> 00:52:49,480
prospect system. They pulled a few
guys in this year's draft, Edward Shale

798
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:54,639
as number twenty overall, Carson repcoff
Oscar Fisker Mulgard, and Lucas Dragasavitch,

799
00:52:54,679 --> 00:52:59,480
who has come up several times on
our shows. Those were just in the

800
00:52:59,519 --> 00:53:04,199
first two rounds. Were the Krakens
picks. We are going to start though,

801
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,840
with none of those people, but
a different guy. Who is your

802
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,239
no brainer? Who is it,
Victor? It's such a no brainer.

803
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:15,039
He already came up on the show, and that is Ryker Evans twenty one

804
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:19,719
second round pick. Their second ever
pick drafted. Isn't dull as an overager.

805
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:23,000
Debuted in the HL this season forty
four points in seventy one games for

806
00:53:23,039 --> 00:53:27,800
Coachella Valley in the regular season,
lost in game seven of the Calder Cup

807
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,320
final point per game. Twenty six
points in twenty six games and the playoffs,

808
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:35,719
including five goals, a twenty one
assists. There'll be twenty two this

809
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,880
season. He's pretty NHL ready.
We talked about him potentially getting a look,

810
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:43,159
especially with injuries. He's got tears
left on the entry level. He

811
00:53:43,199 --> 00:53:47,079
also could just continue to slide.
One of the things that is nice we've

812
00:53:47,119 --> 00:53:52,039
talked about Jacob Stoler. He is
the HL insider for the Hockey News,

813
00:53:52,039 --> 00:53:55,079
and he does he's really great player
cards like what Jay Fresh does, but

814
00:53:55,159 --> 00:54:00,119
for the HL and Ryker Evans eighty
nine percent game score and meaning he impacts

815
00:54:00,119 --> 00:54:04,000
the game in a lot of ways. Most of his data looks really good,

816
00:54:04,039 --> 00:54:07,280
including his goals for of course he
against expected goals against hits big hitter.

817
00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:12,159
Not so good in terms of the
powerplay goals, but powerplay assists is

818
00:54:12,199 --> 00:54:16,039
good. Not the biggest shooter,
but overall looks really good and definitely encouraged

819
00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:20,440
to follow him and check out his
work. I keep encouraging him to make

820
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,760
that publicly available on a website,
but he just tweets them out as of

821
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:28,000
now. Anyways, we need to
learn a little bit more about Evans Jesse

822
00:54:28,159 --> 00:54:31,360
and you have that information from r
Fahl Scout. Yes, thanks to our

823
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:37,360
scout, Jacob, I do have
some words on Evans. His skating according

824
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,639
to Jacob, good smooth skating defenseman
with good strides and speed moving up the

825
00:54:40,639 --> 00:54:44,920
ice. Good strong cuts and edges
that make him useful along the boards.

826
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:49,079
Puck handling is great, very poised
with the put, great vision that allows

827
00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:53,039
him to maneuvers way around defenders in
transition, and good hockey sense. His

828
00:54:53,159 --> 00:54:58,880
shot good quick risk shot, good
slap shot. Sometimes jumps into the play

829
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,880
to create scoring chance, but leans
more towards shooting the puck through traffic.

830
00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:07,400
In terms of his panic meter,
it's low, extremely poised on both ends

831
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:10,800
of the ice, very rarely makes
mistakes and less fully covered. Defense is

832
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:15,039
great. He reads plays very well, knows where he needs to be at

833
00:55:15,039 --> 00:55:19,119
the right times. Good gap control
can be aggressive by forcing opponents toward the

834
00:55:19,119 --> 00:55:22,559
outside. His best asset then,
are the puck skills and transition game.

835
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:28,239
The biggest concerned physicality. Coming in
at just six foot, going to need

836
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,440
to grow up to be a bit
stronger. He's shown some flashes in the

837
00:55:30,599 --> 00:55:35,519
HL, but he's gonna need more
to succeed in the end. Top tier,

838
00:55:35,559 --> 00:55:38,760
potential top four defenseman. His game
could translate easily to the NHL.

839
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:44,519
If his offensive game continues to approve, he could be a second pairing defenseman,

840
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:49,400
maybe a quarterback for a power play
unit. Maybe most likely Tier still

841
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,440
probably in the NHL, a top
six guy. Worst case scenario's offensive game

842
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:58,000
doesn't come along and he becomes a
reliable, shutdown, puck moving defenceman.

843
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:02,440
Stylistic comparable. He went with Brady
say so yeah. Overall, A big

844
00:56:02,559 --> 00:56:08,719
fan is Jacob of Riker Evans game. And we'll see what the NHL ranking

845
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:15,440
has to say. Mason Black who
provides comparisons and tweets them out and gets

846
00:56:15,519 --> 00:56:19,320
votes off the internet, And this
week it's going to be Riker Evans versus

847
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:23,400
Owen Pickering, the first ground pick
last year for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the

848
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:28,920
poll, the votes came in for
Riker Evans fifty five percent to forty five

849
00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:32,639
percent with one hundred and fifty five
votes counted. So yeah, Riker Evans

850
00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:37,360
over Owen pickering Victor. Is that
the way that you would lean with this

851
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:43,679
particular competition. I still want to
say pick pickering, right, because it

852
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:46,760
just sounds fine, But it's Yeah, it's like a literation. I like

853
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:52,639
it. It's not only like it, it is it, but yes,

854
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:58,760
it's We are on our six of
recording, y'all. A little behind the

855
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,199
scenes, we're a little bit ilarious
right now. The more tired Victor gets,

856
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:07,199
the more pedantick he gives. That's
how this goes. Yes, But

857
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:09,320
yeah, as fun as that would
sound, to go pick erring to pick

858
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:15,800
pick ring, I think it's got
to be Evans. I think Evans is

859
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:20,599
so close to NHL ready. I
don't like to think about who's blocking him

860
00:57:20,679 --> 00:57:22,159
or what kind of opportunity, but
when you're this close to the NHL,

861
00:57:22,199 --> 00:57:27,320
I think it does matter. And
Evans is basically NHL ready. He could

862
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:32,119
step into the role if the CRACK
can decide that Vince dunne is Worth is

863
00:57:32,119 --> 00:57:35,440
too expensive and they don't want to
give him a big contract, which I

864
00:57:35,519 --> 00:57:38,760
personally would do that. Then they
can just slot Evans right into that spot

865
00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:42,679
and that would be amazing. So
I think for all that reason, even

866
00:57:42,679 --> 00:57:46,360
if they do resign done, I
would definitely take Evans here. I like

867
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:50,199
Pickering, I'm just not sure that
he has the biggest upside, but he

868
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:52,079
is still a big dude that needs
they'll fill into his body, so it's

869
00:57:52,119 --> 00:57:57,000
possible that he can continue to get
there, but he's just several years away.

870
00:57:57,039 --> 00:58:00,920
So I'm definitely taking Evans. I
like his upside. I like how

871
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:04,239
close he is to be an NHL
ready. I like how there's no one

872
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:07,320
really competing for his spot. People
may say, oh, Dragon Sevach,

873
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:12,599
but like Dragon Sevishill needs how to
learn how to play average NHL defense,

874
00:58:12,639 --> 00:58:17,760
which he is a long way away
from. Reminds me of Ryan Merkley,

875
00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:22,039
who I think you could say at
this point never really figured it out.

876
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:24,760
And so anyways, I'm not worried
about someone like Dragon Sevas taking his spot.

877
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:30,519
You also look at his comps on
Hockey Prospecting and he doesn't look like

878
00:58:30,559 --> 00:58:34,880
the most amazing partly because, as
I mentioned, being drafted as an overager,

879
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:37,960
you got to regress his equivalency,
so they don't look great. He

880
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:40,719
graduated with a nine percent chance of
being a star and six two percent chance

881
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:45,599
of being an NHLer, So there's
that. The top TWN Hockey model has

882
00:58:45,639 --> 00:58:51,159
him about four percent chance of being
a star but sixty one percent chance of

883
00:58:51,199 --> 00:58:53,079
being an nhlor. So he seems
pretty like he's going to be an NHLer.

884
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,360
It's just a matter of what the
upside is. But when you watch

885
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:58,840
him in person and we see what
he's doing in the HL, I think

886
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:01,400
that's all pretty clear. I think
he can do it. He can play,

887
00:59:01,519 --> 00:59:06,119
he can get offensive production, at
least in the HL. We'll see

888
00:59:06,119 --> 00:59:10,000
if it translates. But that's why
I'm taking Jesse. Makes sense to me,

889
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:16,679
Victor. Let's go on to your
need to know prospect. My need

890
00:59:16,719 --> 00:59:22,039
to know is David go yet he's
going to be the need to know Seattle

891
00:59:22,039 --> 00:59:28,400
twenty two second round pick ninety two
points in sixty three games in the OHL

892
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:31,960
this past season, and that was
a big step up from his previous year.

893
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:36,400
He had in his draft season seventy
three points in sixty six games for

894
00:59:36,679 --> 00:59:40,639
Sudbury in the OHL. He also
got into a few Coachella Valley fireboard games

895
00:59:40,679 --> 00:59:43,559
at the end of the season,
which was nice to see. He didn't

896
00:59:43,559 --> 00:59:47,199
really do much in the regular season
within two games, had seven playoff games

897
00:59:47,199 --> 00:59:50,760
with two points. They did something
there, which is nice. Signed his

898
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:54,480
entry level deal in April, and
because of his age, he's not twenty

899
00:59:54,599 --> 00:59:58,280
until March twenty seventh of next year, so he's going to be back in

900
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:00,760
the OHL probably unless he makes the
team, which I seriously doubt. So

901
01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:05,599
you're gonna see another year in the
OHL of David Go. Yet, what

902
01:00:05,679 --> 01:00:07,760
did he do there this year?
In terms of Brown's tracking data, his

903
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:14,079
primary assist rate was really good.
He was almost two standard deviations above the

904
01:00:14,119 --> 01:00:16,559
mean. Really great At slop passes
for sixty he tries a lot of them.

905
01:00:16,559 --> 01:00:19,960
They don't work out so well most
of the time. His success rate

906
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,960
is actually pretty low, but he
tries really dangerous passes, which is good.

907
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,599
His expected goal is also pretty high. In terms of his offense,

908
01:00:25,639 --> 01:00:30,039
he rates out at a ninety six
percentile. Interesting. His transition isn't very

909
01:00:30,079 --> 01:00:34,320
It isn't good in some ways.
In some ways it's actually okay in terms

910
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:37,880
of his controlled entries, but in
terms of his cross lane plays, it's

911
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:40,400
not so good, so he's kind
of above average. His defense actually rates

912
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:45,280
out is not so great forty fourth
percentile. But overall he's a pretty strong

913
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:51,199
player ninety third percentile in Mick Brown's
tracking data. But that only tells us

914
01:00:51,239 --> 01:00:53,039
part of the story. Jesse tell
us the rest of the story from our

915
01:00:53,039 --> 01:00:59,840
FHL scout counter point, here comes
the word on the street from Jeremy,

916
01:01:00,079 --> 01:01:04,760
our FHL scount skating above average,
very fast skater, although his strength on

917
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:08,280
his feet and edgework holding back from
being truly elite. Passing is elite,

918
01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:14,519
quick hands, smooth passer, says
Jeremy. Shooting average the skill he needs

919
01:01:14,519 --> 01:01:16,920
to improve for him to hit his
peak. He currently doesn't appear to be

920
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:21,079
a dangerous shooter, although he is
a high volume one. A lot of

921
01:01:21,079 --> 01:01:25,559
his quote shots are breakaways or tapins
created by his speed and not slot chances.

922
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:29,199
He also has a bit of a
wind up on his rister that will

923
01:01:29,239 --> 01:01:32,519
make it easy to get in front
or get stick on stick before he releases.

924
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:37,119
In terms of In terms of his
IQ Hockey IQ, it's above average.

925
01:01:37,159 --> 01:01:42,000
He seems to know where teammates are
Reeds plays wells does need a bit

926
01:01:42,159 --> 01:01:45,039
more sense of urgency or care when
he's the last man back on the power

927
01:01:45,119 --> 01:01:50,960
play for checking, Average go ahead
does not have much snarl or tenacity to

928
01:01:51,079 --> 01:01:53,559
dog puck carriers. Hopefully he can
get paired with linemates that do this for

929
01:01:53,679 --> 01:01:59,679
him give him the space to create
defense. Average shows flashes of really good

930
01:01:59,679 --> 01:02:02,239
possessing, poaching passes in the neutral
zone and leading to breaks with his hands

931
01:02:02,239 --> 01:02:07,639
and vision, but not a consistent
force best asset stick handling and passing.

932
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:13,159
The concern consistency and engagement. Seems
less engaged without the puck, which leads

933
01:02:13,159 --> 01:02:17,320
to him disappearing for shifts and stretches. What is the top outcome for him?

934
01:02:17,360 --> 01:02:21,679
A first line center seventy to eighty
points, says Jeremy. If the

935
01:02:21,719 --> 01:02:24,599
offensive skill can consistently flash, he'll
be exciting to watch for years to come.

936
01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:31,239
There's a boombust profile here. His
fifty percentile role is a third line

937
01:02:31,239 --> 01:02:35,599
winger with some flash. There's some
risk here, especially with the crack and

938
01:02:35,679 --> 01:02:38,119
having beneers and right ahead of him. It would give him a bit more

939
01:02:38,119 --> 01:02:45,440
opportunity to showcase his offense. Stylistic
comparable roof Jack Hughes the shiftiness and vision

940
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:49,960
are comparable, but the finishing quality
in general, like you are not there

941
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:53,320
at the level of Hughes. Let's
go to the NHL Rankking Mason Black with

942
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:59,559
his data and pull. He put
David Goyette up against Jackson Blake, a

943
01:02:59,639 --> 01:03:06,239
twenty twenty one fourth round pick of
the Carolina Hurricanes, and what do we

944
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:08,239
see here between the two? We
put it out on the internet the Twitter

945
01:03:08,599 --> 01:03:13,760
and the vote came in for David
Goyett seventy five to twenty five percent over

946
01:03:14,159 --> 01:03:19,159
Jackson Blake. Victor, is that
what you would have done in a matchup

947
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:24,599
of these two young players? Oh
yeah, I like it. Go yeah,

948
01:03:24,639 --> 01:03:30,679
I think he he really the Sudbury
didn't have the most talent to work

949
01:03:30,679 --> 01:03:32,400
with, but he did. He
did really well with what they had.

950
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:38,960
I think Blake is not really going
to be a scoring threat as he moves

951
01:03:39,039 --> 01:03:42,639
up in the league. There's still
a chance he's in the NC DOUBAA.

952
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:45,360
But I think Oh Yet has a
little bit more offense to give, so

953
01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:50,079
I really I like him. He's
also a bit younger, actually, both

954
01:03:50,119 --> 01:03:52,599
these guys are younger. Go Yet
in March twenty seventh birthday. Blake is

955
01:03:52,639 --> 01:03:57,199
actually in August third, so if
you regress his numbers a year, he'd

956
01:03:57,199 --> 01:04:00,599
actually be pretty great. So maybe
there's some opportunity there. But I like

957
01:04:00,639 --> 01:04:05,599
go Yet. I like his opportunity. I think there aren't there's a whole

958
01:04:05,599 --> 01:04:09,320
lot in this system either, so
I think he has a good opportunity within

959
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:11,960
the system. But also just in
terms of his development, one more year

960
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:15,119
in junior, I think he can
really pop off. So yeah, I

961
01:04:15,159 --> 01:04:17,599
like him. In terms of his
hockey prospecting, he kind of looks like

962
01:04:17,679 --> 01:04:20,639
some guys. Most of the guys
that are like man Or didn't make it.

963
01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:26,559
Andre Kuzmanko is one of them that
was interesting, Martin Nachez is one.

964
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:29,960
I think he actually looks a fair
amount like Devin Setegucci, who was

965
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:31,960
a pretty average producer for the Sharks. I think he could be something like

966
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:38,679
that. So that's not bad.
And in terms of top down hockey,

967
01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:42,000
seven percent chance of being a star, thirty percent chance of being an NHL

968
01:04:42,079 --> 01:04:46,239
or so a little less optimistic,
but yeah, there's this is a lower

969
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:49,039
depth guy. But go Yet is
someone who should be interesting to people,

970
01:04:50,719 --> 01:04:58,480
and Victor to keep your eye on
prospect is who Tie Nelson is. To

971
01:04:58,559 --> 01:05:01,480
keep your eye on Seattle's third round
from twenty twenty two. He's only five

972
01:05:01,519 --> 01:05:05,039
foot ten, but he's built like
a tank two hundred pounds. He's thick,

973
01:05:05,559 --> 01:05:10,920
he's strong, he hits people.
He puts seventy eight points in sixty

974
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:15,960
seven games for North Bay Battalion of
the OHL. Really nice increase endpoint pays

975
01:05:15,039 --> 01:05:18,199
for the defenceman from his previous season. He was at fifty one points in

976
01:05:18,239 --> 01:05:21,320
sixty six games in his draft year, which is really good, and then

977
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:26,280
blew that away this year and then
twenty five points in twenty playoff games also

978
01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:30,239
really nice job there. He has
one more year in North Bay thanks to

979
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,760
the CHL and HL agreement signed his
entry level though, So that's good to

980
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:38,960
see how much the organization believes in
him. And now we're going to hear

981
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:44,679
from our FHL scout. From you, Jesse, and our FHL scout on

982
01:05:44,719 --> 01:05:48,519
this one is also Jeremy. He
is going to provide the following report on

983
01:05:48,639 --> 01:05:55,000
our guy, mister Nelson skating elite
stride as smooth and effortless. Got quite

984
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,920
a bit of power and good etche
work, but not a ton of pick

985
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,159
him up put him down foot speed. Puck cane lane above average for Nelson

986
01:06:01,239 --> 01:06:04,840
the shot Elite. The more Jeremy
watched, the more he wondered if this

987
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:10,880
was the best asset actually for Nelson. He thinks last time he was a

988
01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:15,639
bit off put. The last time
he reviewed Nelson's performance, he was put

989
01:06:15,639 --> 01:06:17,599
off by the fact he didn't shoot
that hard or score, but his ability

990
01:06:17,639 --> 01:06:21,880
to seemingly get every shot through any
amount of traffic is really valuable. His

991
01:06:23,039 --> 01:06:28,440
IQ above average offensively average. Defensively, he's good to find an outlet passes,

992
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:30,960
but isn't always aware of where his
man is in the zone. Defense

993
01:06:31,559 --> 01:06:35,679
average. Jeremy has a bit more
concerned about the defense than the last time

994
01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:41,440
that he reviewed this player. He
isn't particularly aggressive about gaping up and his

995
01:06:41,559 --> 01:06:44,320
size. At his size, he
has less of a chance to recover when

996
01:06:44,360 --> 01:06:48,719
he gets caught. Best asset shot
and skating. It's a potentially deadly combination

997
01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:53,840
if he reaches his peak outcome.
But the biggest concern he's going to need

998
01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:58,639
to learn to body up to defend
NHL caliber forwards top tier potential. What

999
01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:02,360
is the UPMO outcome we could get
out of Nelson? Tier one? The

1000
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:06,320
offensive talent is there, not sure
if he'll score many goals, but could

1001
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:11,840
see him putting up ten plus forty
or ten plus fifty lines consistently with peak

1002
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:16,559
seasons on a hypothetical powerhouse team even
higher. Most likely Tier two Settling is

1003
01:07:16,599 --> 01:07:21,880
a second pairing powerplay two type defenseman, especially with some competition in Seattle system

1004
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:27,639
already, the right hand shot and
skating ability will help him a lot.

1005
01:07:27,679 --> 01:07:31,800
Though stylistic comparable, the smooth skating
and ability to get pucks on net reminds

1006
01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:38,599
him of grab your chair Kaal mccarr. Clearly different stratospheres, Sarah, okay,

1007
01:07:38,639 --> 01:07:42,119
but you don't see this kind of
offensive talent every day. To compare

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it to other guys that Jeremy's looked
at more recently, maybe something more like

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Kevin Kortchinsky, but Korchinsky has better
skating ability, better defense, more prototypical

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size. Anyway, NHL Rankking Mason
Black came in and his tie Nelson vote

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competition is Christian Cairo of the Dallas
Ours their number two or the second round

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pick in last year's twenty twenty two
draft, And wow, the vote came

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out dead even Actually, I'm sure
it came out different because it says fifty

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to fifty and there were one hundred
and thirty nine votes, but they were

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both within a rounding error of being
even so tie Nelson Christian Kirrou break the

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tie, Victor. Which one is
better? Oh? Man, that's tough.

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I like both of these. I
thought you were gonna give men who

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you thought first. I think that
I think that Kirrou might have some more

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opportunity in Dallas than Nelson does.
Here there's obviously there's his skin up at

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the major level and that there's some
guys moving through. But and Nelson,

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there really is a murderous row of
defenseman coming up through the system. I

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definitely think it's Kirrou. I like
him a lot more, but there is

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there's really decent opportunity for Nelson,
and he's such a tank. He's I

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think he's got even though he's not
the tallest guy, he plays tough,

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and I think that's something that can
translate Kiru. Yes, that's Jordan Cairou's

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a little brother. And yes,
christ and Kirru does have sick mits just

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like his brother Jordan, and has
some really good projectability too in terms of

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his offense. He was able to
increase his star potential this year so that

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was nice in the OHL. And
he's not the biggest guy either, five

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ten, just like Nelson, a
little bit lighter, but he they're both

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rice shots, and I just kind
of trust Dallas is drafting a little bit

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more. And I really thought that
he was great in his draft here.

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And remember that draft class was just
so exceptional for defenseman. So even though

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you're talking about defenseman taking way later, they still have pretty good upside.

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So anyways, I like no I
like Kirru here, but not to say

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that I don't like Nelson. I
would take Kirru though. Back to Nelson

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his hockey prospecting, he was able
to increase his star potential a little bit.

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He looks like some guys that are
in this model. Connor Timmins is

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one that he looks and he was
able to turn his career around and get

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some good opportunity with the Leafs in
Arizona. So that was nice to see.

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So maybe that's an outcome where it
takes them while maybe the offense isn't

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fully translate. The Top Town Hockey
model has him at a six percent chance

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of being a star, seventy eight
percent chance of being an NHLer. So

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that's pretty decent in terms of overall. I think that he's someone who you

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should be interested in. Maybe don't
expect a huge amount of offense and Jesse.

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There's more guys we could talk about, but we're at a time so

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you can read more on the one
note that we have in as a patron,

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And if you're interested in helping out
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me up on the discord or Twitter
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great access to stats and videos if
you're interested in doing that. It's just

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to do a couple of reports.
Someone All right, that's it, let's

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come right back, close up the
show, back to close us out.

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I just mentioned something called the Prospect Pod

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on fan Tracks. I actually have
the host of the Prospect Pod one Rick

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Hack, who likes to talk about
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couple of them on this coming Tuesday's
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Until next time, keep living that
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