1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:12,439 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks. Here's books, your 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,879 source of information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey leader block off 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:23,359 hot this stem had on Staylocks. Here's your host, Jesse Soviera and Victor 4 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,239 Nuno. Hey, everybody, welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life. I am Jesse 5 00:00:27,399 --> 00:00:33,280 severa fan Tracks, but joining me is not Victor Nuno of ep Rink side 6 00:00:33,399 --> 00:00:38,600 of Dabber Hockey, of all those wonderful places. This is once again an 7 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:45,759 episode recorded as Victor and I coordinate conflicting traveling schedules. 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We 36 00:02:49,439 --> 00:02:52,879 got Mike and Corey Petrie and Mike who goes by pool on the discord. 37 00:02:52,879 --> 00:02:59,159 You guys want to say hi, O game many hockey blood, good times. 38 00:02:59,159 --> 00:03:00,919 We're just in here at a bar. It's a little bit loud, 39 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,240 it's a little bit informal, but we're having a good time. We also 40 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,080 got to go to a WHL game last night, which was super fun my 41 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:10,560 first time. And apparently people who are living here don't go often enough as 42 00:03:10,599 --> 00:03:15,240 far as I'm concerned. Yeah, I agree. I don't live very far 43 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,240 away from the Langley event Center and I make it down I think I make 44 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,879 it down a couple of times a year there. But there's lots of hockey 45 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,199 variety and in this market to you like. I also watched the PC Hockey 46 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,240 League try to catch the Serie at least a couple of times a year and 47 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,319 then of course the local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks. Yeah, we're 48 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:37,000 actually some of us are going to that game tomorrow against the Oilers. That'll 49 00:03:37,039 --> 00:03:38,280 be fun. But yeah, it was a really good time. It was 50 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:42,840 really good venue twenty five bucks. Canadian got us second row seats, so 51 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:46,840 that was a pretty good time. Yeah, we liked it. Yeah, 52 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,840 we're having a good time. We're just hanging out. Hopefully the sound quality 53 00:03:49,879 --> 00:03:53,080 isn't too bad. What we decided to do for this episode is talk about 54 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:59,240 some potential season long holds for your league. So we're looking at guys that 55 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,039 are sub fifty rostered on on a Yahoo and so we're gonna go through and 56 00:04:03,199 --> 00:04:06,319 each one give a guy, talk about why they might be interested in them, 57 00:04:06,479 --> 00:04:11,039 and maybe get a little given back and forth about what we think about 58 00:04:11,039 --> 00:04:14,759 the player. So we think about that formatan sound good sounds good to me? 59 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,480 And do you want to go first? My friend? All right, 60 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:25,360 don't gonna start out with Marco Rossi of the Minnesota Wild. So he's a 61 00:04:25,439 --> 00:04:30,079 seven percent rostered in Yahoo recent recent upgrade. Not only is he on the 62 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:34,079 while looks like he's on the team permanently. Not back in the Iowa of 63 00:04:34,079 --> 00:04:39,240 the AHL this year. Not only that, but they are using him on 64 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,680 a scoring line. They have been using him on a scoring line recently with 65 00:04:43,959 --> 00:04:50,360 real papriz Off. That's the important line. Matt Zucarella has been downgraded. 66 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:56,319 So it's actually as of last game according to the Frozen Tools line combinations on 67 00:04:56,439 --> 00:05:01,199 Dauber, it's the real prize off with Matt and Marco Rossi. So it's 68 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:05,800 a good comparison between Rossi and Boldie. I think both of them were both 69 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:11,279 of them are prospects of the Wild organization around the same time. I think 70 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,120 drafted about a year apart. If I'm not mistaken, Rossi was possibly the 71 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,800 slightly better prospect. I think at the time that Moldi has deplixed him. 72 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:24,319 His NHL career has got off faster. Rossi was dealing with long COVID back 73 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:27,680 then to set him back for a year, and so he's really needed to 74 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,600 get his career back on track there. But he's still a new prospect. 75 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:34,160 Don't forget. He's still only twenty two years old, and as of this 76 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:39,759 recording, he has six points in his last six games, so that's that's 77 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,319 pretty good. Shooting the puck as well, and got four shots on gold 78 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,639 in each of his last two games, in three of his past four game 79 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,959 as well. Anyone who followed this podcast knows that I love Marko Rossi and 80 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,560 I've been a big fan of his for a long time, but he has 81 00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:56,399 really not had this kind of deployment. This is the kind of deployment we 82 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:59,800 have been dreaming of for a long time. When he was drafted, we 83 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,120 were hoping he can center curl for priestaff someday. That was even before Matt 84 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,800 Boldi became a thing. But he's obviously been shown to be a very capable 85 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:12,639 scoring forward himself. So yeah, we're all pretty much excited to see that 86 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,920 deployment is happening now. We don't know if it'll stick, obviously, but 87 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,879 there's a pretty good chance. That I mentioned in the preseason, there isn't 88 00:06:18,319 --> 00:06:23,759 a huge bar to clear between other centers on the team. Ryan Hartman's pretty 89 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:27,399 decent. They have Joel ericson neck, but he's more of a shutdown guy. 90 00:06:27,519 --> 00:06:30,560 So I feel like it can stick. In six points in the last 91 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,680 six games, I think it's reasonable he could get up to seventy plus this 92 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,879 season. You think that's that's a little too rich. Ian, I think 93 00:06:35,879 --> 00:06:41,560 it is right now. I'm still usually with rookies. I think I think 94 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,839 he still qualifies at as a rookie since his maximum games played a nineteen games 95 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,279 played last season. Yeah, he's marked as a rookie and according to Frozen 96 00:06:49,319 --> 00:06:54,920 tools, but I think you can get probably fifty to sixty would be worthwhile 97 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,439 expectation. I think it'd be, especially if he sticks on that top line 98 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,000 like that. I think he's gonna a bit of a post hype sleeper with 99 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:06,600 him as well, because because he probably none he was first drafted, I 100 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,800 think they were really high expectations and that he was going to jump into the 101 00:07:10,879 --> 00:07:14,759 NHL, but sometimes it takes a few years for these prospects to really get 102 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,040 definitely, and he is color eligible for those wondering like you mentioned, and 103 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:26,240 he only has a witness, No, he is. He is under the 104 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:29,920 picture there will stay. But no, he had six in his previous season 105 00:07:30,439 --> 00:07:33,439 or he had nineteen. I can't remember the exact roll off the top of 106 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:36,959 my head. Actually. Anyways, I definitely agree. I think that's more 107 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:41,920 a conservative estimate, but I definitely think that the upside is there. So 108 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,199 he's widely available and it seems like he might stick, so at least hold 109 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,680 him for several weeks and see what happens, maybe even season long. I 110 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,879 really like that take. He's definitely one of my guys, so good one 111 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,759 in Let's talk about the first guy that I want to talk about, and 112 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:03,120 that's Pablo Zaka. Pablozaka Boston Center. I mean, I was pretty skeptical. 113 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:07,319 People were mentioning that he was going to have this massive outbreak season, 114 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:11,160 and obviously we all knew that the opportunity was going to be there. But 115 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,439 he's his best season was last season, fifty seven point pace, and people 116 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,399 were talking about point per game Pabozaka. I just I wasn't there. I 117 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:24,439 think even though his opportunity is glorious, he's still punching way above his pay 118 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,879 grade. And I think the other thing that complicates this issue is that Matthew 119 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,279 Patrau is fantastic. He's really come out of nowhere and done some amazing things. 120 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:39,080 If you look at his look at these guys's numbers on evolving Hockey, 121 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:45,840 it's pretty telling. Pabo had some pretty low expected goals against ten corsi against 122 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,639 for sixty and his actual production in terms of goals for way out paces his 123 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:54,840 expected goals. Quatra is actually way better in terms of his expected goals against, 124 00:08:54,879 --> 00:09:01,039 for and against, So you could say that he is doing better with 125 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,360 less and that might actually be a reason why you might want quatraw and I 126 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,919 think that could be a reasonable strategy in a deep enough league. But I 127 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:15,960 also think it's pretty clear that Zaka seems like he needs Bosternak and or Marshan 128 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,840 a little bit more than what Trau does. Watra has been doing what he's 129 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,879 been doing with Geeky and debrsque, Zaka with Pasternak and marsh On. I 130 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,159 feel like they might just keep it as it is because Zaka seems to need 131 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,679 those guys more and he's still going to get some pretty good production even if 132 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,080 he's not the best inpended driver. And he was pretty slow to start the 133 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,399 season. I know I drafted him in the Kakupfle and he had no points 134 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,840 through I can't even remember how many games, five or six, and I 135 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:46,000 was losing patience. But seven points in the last six games has been pretty 136 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:50,559 good production since then, so he's up to sixty point pace after a slow 137 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,559 start. I still think he can be in that sixty to seventy point range, 138 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,799 but I'm not on board with him doing much more than that. But 139 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,639 the upside is certainly there. Oshanak is point per game plus guy, so 140 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:05,080 even if he accidentally gets some assists from pasta, I think there's going to 141 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,759 be some pretty good upside there. I definitely I am interested in Zach and 142 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:11,360 I think he's probably a pretty decent season on hold, what do you think 143 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,600 in Yeah, I had him as a preseason sleeper just because of that big 144 00:10:15,639 --> 00:10:18,039 hole to Boston has in the middle with the free Spurs run and David Brachie 145 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:22,799 both believing looking at and so far, if you look at ice time, 146 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,600 power play time shots per game, those have all being in favor of Zaka 147 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:31,639 Gon who bit of a slow slower start with New Jersey. I think this 148 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,120 was a guy I drafted way back when and just simply did not afford to 149 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,559 bounce any longer. But this seems great to Boston. Really helped the value 150 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,320 and of course the opportunity this year power play, he's averaging first unit of 151 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:48,039 power play minutes, his ice time is up three minutes in game stuff, 152 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,600 averaging almost twenty minutes of game which is which is really good on the Boston 153 00:10:52,639 --> 00:10:56,399 team, and he's streaming and he's taking over two shots two point three shots 154 00:10:56,399 --> 00:11:01,000 per game right now as well. So all of those lean and Zach's favorite, 155 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:05,399 and Boston just simply isn't. They're not deep enough to really sustain. 156 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,559 To have Zaka playing on say a checking buyer or something, he has to 157 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,240 be the type of players based on their death. He has to be in 158 00:11:13,279 --> 00:11:16,519 the top six. And right now, his most frequent line his line nates. 159 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,759 Right now, most frequent line knights are Brad Marshant and David Passerman. 160 00:11:20,159 --> 00:11:24,240 Exactly the way you want it. They do change. Last game they were 161 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:28,600 he was actually Pastornack and it was James vand Reemsdyke. It was still okay. 162 00:11:28,639 --> 00:11:33,159 I would still we would still be playing with that JVR be a bit 163 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,720 of a downgrade from Marshan, of course, but but definitely if he has 164 00:11:35,799 --> 00:11:39,840 if he's available when you needed the center, I'm not a bad pick up. 165 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:45,000 And four seven points in his last six games, all right, Yeah, 166 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,120 No, definitely get Zacha. And if it's a deepen f league, 167 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,759 I would get Pa Trot you can, and certainly in dynasty leagues, I'm 168 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:54,960 sure he's then scooped up already because that that flex up and down is pretty 169 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,919 fantastic. And he's passed the nine games. He's sticking around, so you're 170 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:01,360 gonna get the full season out of So that's pretty great. Once you give 171 00:12:01,399 --> 00:12:03,759 us your next one there you know, all right? Next one I have 172 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,960 is Quinton Byfield of the Kings. This is another player they gating young players 173 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,039 here. It seems like Byfield's been in the league in a while, but 174 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:18,639 he's only twenty one years old. So it's almost like you've got to wait, 175 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,159 we wait a few years or in the hit and but Byfield we've expected 176 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,559 that was going to be the wait anyway, because we're talking about a bigger 177 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:31,320 forward year six five two five. Usually those guys take longer. If you're 178 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:37,240 looking at that, just hit that two hundred game mark where where typical prospects 179 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:41,480 need to hit their strides and break out. The bigger body forwards need longer. 180 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,919 They need as many as four hundred games, which is which is quite 181 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:48,279 a bit. But right now Byfield it seems to be happening for him. 182 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,720 Right now, he's got six points in his last three games, ten points 183 00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:56,440 in eleven games this season. Maybe the breakout he's only just pasted one hundred 184 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,039 game mark in his career, so maybe maybe we're really starting to see that, 185 00:13:01,799 --> 00:13:05,720 see him really get to that point now right now, he got something 186 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:13,519 from me, Yeah, thank you, no so yeah. And and of 187 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:18,399 course he's been playing on that line with that top line with Mansay colpuitar and 188 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,519 Adrian Campaign, which is important. Hasn't always gotten the ice time and always 189 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,320 got a fairly deep lineup, so he buried him down a little bit. 190 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,799 But right now his ice time is still the hair under fifteen minutes. But 191 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,519 he's not on that first unit of Power Player's not getting those power Play quite 192 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,919 getting those first n of power Play minutes. But it looks like he could 193 00:13:35,919 --> 00:13:39,679 easily make his way on there at some point. So yeah, definitely my 194 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:46,759 Field is someone to look at anyone who knows the show too. And I 195 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,159 didn't give him these names, he picked them on his own. But I 196 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,360 love quinning Byfield. I've been a stan of his for a long time, 197 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,320 and yeah, he's been maybe a little bit of a slow burn. We 198 00:13:56,399 --> 00:14:01,840 all want every prospect to hit right away and we want them to be amazing, 199 00:14:01,159 --> 00:14:05,200 and we're impatient, but he is only one hundred and ten games into 200 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,600 his NHL career, he had some injuries. As Ian mentioned, a big 201 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:11,360 body. We always knew it was going to take him longer. But if 202 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:15,799 he hits, and it seems like he's hitting finally, then the upside is 203 00:14:15,919 --> 00:14:18,919 huge. He's really still not even getting that much ice time fourteen and a 204 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,679 half minutes. I'm you like your top end four to be more than that. 205 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,240 But he's certainly arguably playing with a couple of the best players on the 206 00:14:26,279 --> 00:14:31,559 team. You might argue Fiala or whoever Duba, but he's getting really good 207 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,399 deployment and he's getting a decent amount of power play time, and he's We 208 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,799 always thought he would be a center, and I still think he could be 209 00:14:37,879 --> 00:14:41,039 a center long term. But they have so many good centers in LA. 210 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:48,039 They have Coke Guitar who seems like he's Benjamin, but they got to know 211 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,559 they got dubas so putting him on the wing is just a really smart idea, 212 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,679 I think, and giving him a specific role, I love it. 213 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:58,279 I love Byfield. Actually, someone just asking me today, I think it 214 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,679 was Dave actually in our server some of us play together with him, and 215 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:05,600 he said, I go for Byfield and redrafts, and I think the time 216 00:15:05,679 --> 00:15:07,960 is now. It seems like it's happening right now, and so I definitely 217 00:15:09,039 --> 00:15:11,919 agree, and I'd be pretty excited to have him. Let's talk about my 218 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:18,720 next guy, and that is none other than Logan Cooley. So Coolly obviously 219 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:28,039 first year in the NHL, and he has been doing pretty well so far. 220 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:33,080 He's right now. He has eight points in eleven games, play with 221 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,279 those super high end forward and not be able to point. That just shows 222 00:15:37,279 --> 00:15:41,279 Also he's been pretty unlucky because if you look at his play driving, Barrett 223 00:15:41,279 --> 00:15:46,600 Hayden has actually been really good defensively, his expected goal against in course against 224 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:50,759 is very good. His offensive production hasn't been great and Coolly, as much 225 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:54,159 as the production points wise has been there, he's been pretty caved in defensively, 226 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,120 but that might also be a function of the guys he's playing with. 227 00:15:58,759 --> 00:16:03,960 So it's seems reasonable that maybe they would switch the two because Lily is two 228 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,159 way and fully may be able to help a little bit more offensive generation. 229 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,039 He's doing fine on his own a lot of those. He has six point 230 00:16:15,279 --> 00:16:19,559 on the power play, so six of the eight points, so mostly it's 231 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,200 coming on the power play and I think he'll keep that role either way, 232 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:27,559 but it would be a boon. So he's now on a sixty point pace, 233 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:33,399 he could have upside for even more. And his peripheral coverage isn't amazing. 234 00:16:33,399 --> 00:16:34,240 Maybe with a little bit more time on ice with those guys, that 235 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,919 might improve a little bit. What do you think about that? And yeah, 236 00:16:37,919 --> 00:16:42,000 I agree, I'm also on board, Polly. I think Arizona's had 237 00:16:42,039 --> 00:16:45,799 some looking at their roster this offseason and it looked like they were going to 238 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:51,000 be better fully, seemed like a favorite for the Calder Trophy. So far, 239 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,200 eight points in eleven games. That's pretty good. Just one goal as 240 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:57,159 well, if you're looking at and you're looking at that, he's got a 241 00:16:57,399 --> 00:17:00,720 one, I guess one's still just under a shot per games. So whoever, 242 00:17:00,759 --> 00:17:03,240 we want to see that those shots go up a little bit more. 243 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:08,720 Certainly the assists are there. Look at secondary assists as well, secondary assist 244 00:17:08,759 --> 00:17:14,079 percentages of low even that can increase the seven assists eleven games and that and 245 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,720 that could potentially go up as well. Power play time as well, averaging 246 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,680 averaging over fifty percent of the oats of power play minutes. And you Steven 247 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,359 Burdon on the power play the six power play points as well, so it's 248 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,960 gonna get he's going to do wealthier power play point total as well. Definitely 249 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:33,920 on board with with Logan clearly as well as another center. Sounds awesome. 250 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:37,400 We're in agreement so far. Who's our next one? My next one that 251 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:42,319 I'm going to go with here is Bobby Braids wrote about him in the in 252 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:48,240 my most recent ramblings, the ones that appeared on Saturday, and I was 253 00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:52,079 a little I'll say just in the writing, I was a little bit unsure 254 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,960 about him. On one hand, he's got he's hot play right now, 255 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:03,279 He's got eight points in eleven games. He's getting fairly decent ice time sports 256 00:18:03,279 --> 00:18:07,960 teams to distribute it fairly, fairly evenly. Definitely somebody that you should look 257 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,400 at and keeper leagues. Somebody that I would even in a single season league, 258 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:17,640 I would I would look at as well. My skepticism Mariah's from sports 259 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,559 though that one minute he could be on the top line, the next man 260 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:22,599 he could be a healthy scratch. So something I said in the article that 261 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,400 I wrote is that, like Morgan, Cross was a decent option last year, 262 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,279 but then he started off as a healthy scratch. As long as he 263 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,519 keeps those work habits going, then he should be okay the Flyers. As 264 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:37,640 far as the Flyers go, you have many differently good options, but maybe 265 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,680 not ones that he would quite trust in all leagues. But I think certainly 266 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,119 if you want to get on, if you want to get on with Bobby 267 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,400 Brinks, I think this is this is probably the time of do. I 268 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,039 don't think I would sell him as hard as I would the first two options 269 00:18:51,079 --> 00:18:53,480 I would probably that I listed I would. I would probably go with my 270 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,799 Field and then ROSSI and then Brink. But some of those leagues where by 271 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:02,920 Field and ROSSI are already spoken for, then I think Bobby Brink might be 272 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:06,319 might be that kind of option. I'm thinking of one of my leads when 273 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:11,000 I say this, Yes, yeah, he's definitely maybe not. It's for 274 00:19:11,039 --> 00:19:15,359 sure to maintain this amount of production. I agree with you with about tour. 275 00:19:15,519 --> 00:19:18,039 That's always a bit of a concern. Also, just I love this 276 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:22,200 guy. He's tiny, he's five eight, but he has produced pretty much 277 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,960 at every level. He's done amazing At the NCAA, he's done fantastic or 278 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,200 pretty well at least with the HL twenty eight points and forty one games last 279 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,559 year, So he seems to be able to produce no matter where he's playing, 280 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:37,720 and that's a really good sign. And he's a pretty He's not just 281 00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:41,839 like a unidimensional player either. He's not just has a good shot. He 282 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:45,799 can score in multiple ways and so that's going to help him. Sixteen to 283 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:48,960 twenty four time on ice is a little bit more than he got last year, 284 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:51,559 so that's a good sign. And if he can keep it up, 285 00:19:51,559 --> 00:19:55,839 I think there's a decent chance he might be a tough roster in a deep 286 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,079 redraft league. I think the Flyers are proving a little bit more capable than 287 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:04,279 we thought, so that's hopefully a good sign. Yeah. So my next 288 00:20:04,279 --> 00:20:07,920 one was Nick s Maltz. I didn't intend to go heavy Arizona. That 289 00:20:08,039 --> 00:20:11,039 was an accident. He pointed that out when I sent him my names. 290 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:18,119 But I don't really understand why Nick Schmaltz is rostered under fifty percent in Yahoo. 291 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,079 I think he was somewhere in the thirties or forties when I last saw, 292 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,240 and that's really criminally low. He's been nearly a point for games this 293 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,839 season, and we've seen him do this before he was had a seventy five 294 00:20:30,839 --> 00:20:34,160 point pace last season, seventy seven the season before, and he's basically just 295 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:41,119 turned into this high producing, high efficiency player, So what's not to like. 296 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,039 Also, his time on ice has gone up this season. He's got 297 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:48,599 almost thirty seconds more than he has in the past. And what's more, 298 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:53,319 his pdo and power play. He actually suggests he deserves more points. And 299 00:20:53,759 --> 00:20:57,640 it's generally true that his prep rows aren't great, but yeah, because he 300 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,920 literally has zero hits and eleven games are just sad. But he's shooting more. 301 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,240 He's got two and a half shots per game, which is at two 302 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,680 point one in the past, so a little bit more peripheral perhaps from Smalls. 303 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:12,359 He's on the only line that's producing a lot in Arizona, and they've 304 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,960 shown that no matter how bad the team is, he can continue to do 305 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:19,720 that. Why is his rostership siloian? I think part of the fact that 306 00:21:19,759 --> 00:21:25,039 these plays in Arizona. For one, there's people that openly say don't roster 307 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,039 Coyotes and they're just not a good team. But I think that's turning around. 308 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:33,079 I mean, just there are players. If you played fantasy sports long 309 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,319 enough, I know that there are good players that can post big numbers even 310 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:41,200 that they played for bad teams. Schmaltz's point for dam Mids SMALLTI point for 311 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,119 game is actually at least zero point nine points per game, so nearly a 312 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,960 point per game over the last three seasons. But if you want to know 313 00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:52,480 another reason why his roster ship might be lower than it should be, which 314 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:56,960 I'd say is thirty six it's thirty six percent Yaha league. I'm not sure 315 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:02,599 what fan practices. I haven't found tracks. But the other reason I was 316 00:22:02,599 --> 00:22:06,519 going to say is that he's been restricted to just sixty three games in each 317 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,839 of the previous two seasons, so he's run into some injury problems, and 318 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,519 I think that affects pre season rankings, like when people look at the I 319 00:22:12,519 --> 00:22:17,680 guess when they do their ranking they look at overall total points and not necessarily 320 00:22:17,759 --> 00:22:21,880 at as injuries put for game averages. So he falls a bit in the 321 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,519 rankings there. But at the same time, you're going to have to look 322 00:22:25,559 --> 00:22:29,319 at the You're gonna have to look at he has an injury risk on frozen 323 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,799 tools. He's band avoid certified, which means that he's going to carry some 324 00:22:32,839 --> 00:22:36,599 injury risk. So when you forecast a player like that, you're probably gonna 325 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:40,319 have to knock off ten games off of his total. I think that's why. 326 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,680 But I agree that he is rostered in fewer leads and he should be. 327 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,519 How do you feel about that? Because in my general sense is I 328 00:22:47,519 --> 00:22:49,960 don't really care, but they're going to miss ten fifteen games. But it's 329 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,920 not ideal. But I generally don't think too much about that. If I 330 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:59,519 had a choice between a similarly projected player, I'll say someone who I'm more 331 00:22:59,559 --> 00:23:03,200 confident will play all the games. But in general, especially someone where schmalt 332 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,960 is the terms of rusher ship, I'm not gonna worry about that. I'll 333 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,400 take the production while I can get it, and if they fall off and 334 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,759 gets injured, I'm not too worried about that. How do you feel about 335 00:23:11,759 --> 00:23:15,519 that? I think if you have that player that you can sub in, 336 00:23:15,079 --> 00:23:18,720 then I think you're okay. I have Schmaltz in one league, and I 337 00:23:18,759 --> 00:23:21,319 had him it was a team that I took over a year ago, and 338 00:23:21,319 --> 00:23:25,480 I've kept Schmaltz on my team throughout. I'm okay with that. I think 339 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,000 you can get good at value and maybe as a bonus he will stay healthy 340 00:23:29,079 --> 00:23:32,200 for the entire season. So far, so good as far as the as 341 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,319 far as the injuries go. But I think it depends on your level of 342 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,440 comfort too. Like some some people are okay with that, but having a 343 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,079 guy that this is a few games, I'm but you're talking to a guy 344 00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:45,640 who said, Chrys latang for over a decade and it dealt with all the 345 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,720 injuries. So I'm fine with taking that risk. But other people don't like 346 00:23:48,799 --> 00:23:53,279 that. But you can definitely find good value there. Definitely who's your next 347 00:23:53,279 --> 00:24:00,000 guy. My next guy is Eric Gustafson, and this is because of the 348 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:03,640 recent injury to Adam Fox. Adam Fox is going to be He's expected to 349 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,079 be out until and around the end of November. He's going to miss a 350 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,440 minimum of ten games. And there's a guy waiting in the wings right there. 351 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:18,000 That's an easy ad and that's Gustofson. Sure enough, Gustafson has has 352 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:22,240 taken over Fox to spot on the first unit power play for the Rangers. 353 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:26,200 Scored a goal and then assist in his last game against the Minnesota neither of 354 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,960 which were on the power play. But it's all about opportunity. He got 355 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,400 twenty minutes of ice time in that game. Prior to that, he've only 356 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:38,319 received twenty minutes in a game just once. Unfortunately, he's been buried down 357 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,559 depth charts on different teams. He's been a very well traveled player, like 358 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:45,960 a Mike Sillinger or I'm going to date myself here, Brent Ashton type of 359 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:55,480 player where he's who old enough to remember him, but he's But the thing 360 00:24:55,480 --> 00:25:00,480 about Gustafson is that he hasn't been the guy for any team, but he'd 361 00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:06,960 just been kind of that that spare sub powerplay option. He's often a healthy 362 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,599 scratch. So when Fox is back, there's the chance you might be sending 363 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,960 them back to the waiver wire. But if you need that Fox replacement, 364 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,039 or you just want an inconvenience the Fox, the Fox replaced me, the 365 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:22,400 Fox owner on your team, then I think you could that you could grab 366 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,759 him and that Ghustupson did a pretty good job and filling in for John Carlson 367 00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:30,799 last year when when Carlson went on the it was a way for quite a 368 00:25:30,799 --> 00:25:33,559 while there. The staff that I've mentioned here in the ramblings about Fox here 369 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,160 is that kids, I believe it was twenty five points in thirty three games 370 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,359 and he accumulated well, Carlson was injured last year, So yeah, you've 371 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:47,079 got a ready made option here if you if you have the misfortune of Adam 372 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:52,359 Fox going to your ir box. I have to say, I I'm really 373 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,240 not a fan of guests of sin, but you cannot argue with the opportunity 374 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:59,079 he's getting, as you mentioned, pretty decent amount of power play time. 375 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,839 He's currently getting the fourth most even strength time on ice, but the most 376 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,039 power play time with Fox down. And some people might have thought that Candra 377 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,799 Miller would have gotten that opportunity if they do have Eric Aesibson there really for 378 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:11,920 that reason, but there's no other reason really to have him out there. 379 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,119 Candra Miller's a great even strength defenseman and he can ruin the power play. 380 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,640 But you can get gust Ofsen in there. You can give him an isolated 381 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,039 role, give him third pairing minutes and let him feast on the power plays. 382 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,240 I don't hate that. It is interesting though, between those two. 383 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,440 Do you think that you would take Bestison over Miller if you had the chance 384 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,039 in a banger's league where you count all stats. That's a tough one. 385 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,119 Under normal circumstances. I would definitely take Miller in a bangers league. I 386 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:42,759 think just in this scenario, where is going to get the minutes with fox 387 00:26:42,799 --> 00:26:47,960 Eger, I would take I would take I think Gustavson's short term value is 388 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:52,400 better, but just I'd have trouble drafting Gustafson and thinking that you should have 389 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,200 him for a full season and keep him on your rosters. Ask Longs, 390 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,720 this is just about opportunity. If you're listening to the podcast in its December, 391 00:27:00,079 --> 00:27:03,319 then this is probably the point. You probably should take our advice on 392 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,279 this, but I said November, definitely get on to Yeah. I think 393 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:11,400 if you have the opportunity to take Miller, I would take him. He's 394 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,839 probably not available in the many leagues, but I would prefer him for a 395 00:27:15,839 --> 00:27:19,519 season long bald. But for now, Yeah, Gusm's got a great opportunity. 396 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:22,440 Let's move on to the next guy. Turn your head and Pavel minschew 397 00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:26,039 cough is going to be the next guy. What a stud. This guy 398 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,640 is seven points in ten games for primaries, fifty seven point page. The 399 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:37,839 thing that's most shocking and hilarious to me is he is already quite literally the 400 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,720 best defenseman on the Azaheim Ducks by a wide margin. His expected goals for 401 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:48,960 squadruples Radko Dudas, which is also hilarious that he's the next best one, 402 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,279 and then his coursing against I don't think, close your eyes, think about 403 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,119 who do you think the next best defensive defenseman is on the Anaheim Ducks. 404 00:27:56,359 --> 00:28:00,519 Okay, no it's not Cam Fowler. No it's not Jamie draz he's injured 405 00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:03,319 anyway. It's not Jason Leacom, it's not Ratco Goudis. It's Rho Vecha 406 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,720 Niner. That is probably a name that most people haven't heard or thought about. 407 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,400 He's not relevant, but it is interesting that he's the best and mavil 408 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:17,920 Minchikok is the second best defensively. All this to say he's getting some pretty 409 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,640 fantastic opportunity. What we care about the most is the power play time on 410 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,200 ice, and he's getting over three minutes, almost twenty minutes at even strength. 411 00:28:25,599 --> 00:28:29,839 This guy is such a stud. He is getting, as I mentioned, 412 00:28:29,839 --> 00:28:34,240 ten of power play time and the pariffs twenty two hits and sixteen blocks 413 00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:37,799 in ten games. That would be elite bashed if it weren't for only a 414 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,599 quote unquote sixteen shots I still think that's pretty amazing for a world coverage. 415 00:28:41,759 --> 00:28:45,160 I think he's making a pretty solid case to win the Calder fifty seven point 416 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,680 pace, and it seems like he's only getting better. He's not going anywhere. 417 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:52,319 Ten games under his belt and he's sticking around. I was thinking of 418 00:28:52,319 --> 00:28:56,480 the beginning season, maybe they've split some time between him and Zelwegger, but 419 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,240 he's just been so good. I can't imagine them sending him down, and 420 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,759 he just seems like he's earning this top row. So he's right now forty 421 00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:07,400 eight percent on Yahoo. He has been up I think about ten to fifteen 422 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,599 percent since I did this prep two days ago. You better go get your 423 00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:15,519 Pablo Minschikov before it's too late, because he is going to be way too 424 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,599 rostered and not too long. What do you think about him in Yeah, 425 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,599 I agree, it's almost like the door is closing on him with nearly less 426 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:26,559 than fifty percent. He's just barely under fifty percent right now. So yeah, 427 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,359 hot, hot player right now, five points in the last five games, 428 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,599 nineteen years old, doing this all of us while he's nineteen years old. 429 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,839 I feel like there might be some some speed bumps along the way. 430 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,400 With such young players off feel fantastic starts right now, he's the power play 431 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:48,000 guy in Anaheim. That's oftentimes what we've look for in defenseman tenth overall picks. 432 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,720 So he's got some pedigree. Doesn't seem to be really anybody in else 433 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:56,960 and Anaheim an often right now. They have other guys in their system. 434 00:29:57,039 --> 00:30:02,119 They have it is like Belwagger, Jamie Drysdale, like you, we're thinking 435 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,400 of that. Jackson will call me even is another name who's stuck with the 436 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,720 young defenseman and stuck with the Ducks all year. But I vick there. 437 00:30:08,799 --> 00:30:14,759 This is meant he's been amazing so far. All right, who's your next 438 00:30:14,759 --> 00:30:18,920 one? My next one here is going to be a I'm probably more of 439 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:22,359 a deep lead reach. But he's been making enough noise and he's a one 440 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:27,079 time rostered in all leagues option that you shouldn't be paying attention to him again. 441 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:30,559 And that is Sean Monahan. I took a flyer on him in a 442 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,680 salary calf league in the summer. I didn't do too much in my team, 443 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,599 but I saw Monahan become available. I'd less than two million dollars his 444 00:30:41,119 --> 00:30:45,880 salary. I thought, what the heck, maybe pay off. He's battles 445 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,440 some injuries, obviously had some pretty serious injuries, and his production slowed way 446 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,400 down during his the end of his time in Calgary. But if you haven't 447 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:59,000 noticed, Monahan has ten points in eleven games so far on a hot streak 448 00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:03,359 five points in the last five games as well. Importantly enough, he's also 449 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,079 getting dobs an average over sixty percent of the haves available power play minutes, 450 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:11,680 so he's got three power play goals already. The shooting percentage is a bit 451 00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:15,720 high right now, is that twenty percent? So that's probably going to regress 452 00:31:15,759 --> 00:31:18,640 the gold they're gonna would probably come down in a at a slower pace. 453 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,000 But the thing, you know, as long as Monahn can say healthy, 454 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,759 he's gonna get the ice time. And I say this because you might remember 455 00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:30,519 the Kirby Dock is out for the season again, so they're gonna need They're 456 00:31:30,519 --> 00:31:33,319 gonna need to rely on money hand even more playing on a veter line. 457 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,359 It's mainly been playing on a veter line here with Tanner Pearson and Brandon Gallagher, 458 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:42,640 which isn't too appealing for fantasy purposes. But again, that powerplay time 459 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,279 I think is what's really going to do with the health And I've got a 460 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:48,359 good line. I think that one in hand line would be a good line 461 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:56,000 to supplement the Nicko Suzooki could cof field a unit in Montreal. Yeah, 462 00:31:56,119 --> 00:31:59,799 this it's been quite surprising. I must say, I did not really see 463 00:31:59,839 --> 00:32:02,920 this for surgeons after last season. There was certainly some signs, but I 464 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,359 mean before that he was really pleasant. Surprise last season how well he did, 465 00:32:07,799 --> 00:32:10,880 and I think a lot of us remember those really high end seasons he 466 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,519 had in Calgary and then he seemed like he fell off a cliffs. It 467 00:32:14,559 --> 00:32:16,200 was nice to see him recover a little bit last year. But yeah, 468 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,559 you really can't argue too much with the production right now, and he's getting 469 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:22,319 the time on ice and the shooting percentage. Like you mentioned, some of 470 00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:25,480 these things are going to come down, but he still seems like he's getting 471 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:31,119 a pretty good amount of time on ice and he's getting apparently the third most 472 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,960 actually, just behind Sazooki and top Pill. I don't know how many people 473 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,720 would have guessed that coming into the season. So yeah, he definitely seems 474 00:32:38,759 --> 00:32:43,920 like he's sticking around, and unfortunately the center of eligibility be nice if he 475 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,759 had winger, but that's not bad if you need a good depth option, 476 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:53,440 I definitely agree with that one, all right. So my last one is 477 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:59,680 going to be Uko Pekka Lucan and UPL is someone that we've been talking about 478 00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:02,799 for a really long time, and he's disappointed, he's pledged, he's been 479 00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:08,079 fledgling. He currently is only fifty one games into his NHL career, and 480 00:33:08,079 --> 00:33:10,839 he didn't really have a whole lot of opportunity until last season, where he 481 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,799 was pretty bad. His expected the goals number were pretty bad. He had 482 00:33:14,799 --> 00:33:21,039 a relatively high bad start percentage, low quality start. But before this last 483 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,359 start that he had, which was pretty bad, he was actually good and 484 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:29,400 had one goal above save. But I respected a really high delta Fenwick he 485 00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:34,200 had just in four starts. But I think this conversation is more than just 486 00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:37,359 about UPL. It's about Eric Comery and Devin Levi, who are the other 487 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:43,240 options. I have zero faith in Eric Comery that he can deliver a long, 488 00:33:43,279 --> 00:33:46,240 solid season of continued production. Devin Levi is the question mark. I 489 00:33:46,319 --> 00:33:52,359 retally liked Levi and I thought that he could get a substantial chunk of the 490 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,279 starts and do well, but he's so far showed that he struggled a little 491 00:33:55,279 --> 00:33:58,920 bit, and I don't think the doors shut on him. I still think 492 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,880 that he has a good opportun tunity this year. But Buffalo has been pretty 493 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,440 bad, and I think they're just going to ride whichever hand is there, 494 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,519 and UPL certainly is more experienced, he has a little bit more tenure there 495 00:34:08,519 --> 00:34:12,639 with the team, and he's certainly going to be motivated to do the best 496 00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:15,119 he can. I could see UPL getting a majority of the starts, and 497 00:34:15,559 --> 00:34:19,760 I think Buffalo can be a better team than what they've already showed. Their 498 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,199 expected goal share is actually quite poor, surprisingly, but he has that they 499 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:30,519 could improve and he could be part of that, part of that goal part 500 00:34:30,519 --> 00:34:32,960 of that turnaround. And so I like him just because I wanted to put 501 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,760 a goalie on the list, and I wanted to pick someone who I thought 502 00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:39,760 could be decent, has shown some signs and could really take this job and 503 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,559 run with it, and there weren't a whole lot of goalies that really fit 504 00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:47,639 that exact criteria. So it's not that I love him and think he's amazing, 505 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:51,199 but I think that he's in a pretty good opportunity and he could be 506 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,079 great. So what do you think of Upli In Yeah, I think at 507 00:34:53,079 --> 00:34:55,880 the end of the season, and I predicted this before the season started. 508 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,119 I think that you would be all should be receiving more starts out of any 509 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:04,199 goalie in the Buffalo system. And I agree with you on what you say 510 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,639 about Tomry and don't quite think Tomry is a starter. I'm also thinking about 511 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:13,840 Devin Levi and you're not quite ready. Many people have jumped on board. 512 00:35:14,039 --> 00:35:16,800 The Savers seem to really have faith, and it surprised me how they've handled 513 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:22,280 Levi because because goalie is that young, with that lack of experience and don't 514 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,440 ever seem to be they don't even seem to be started right off the bat, 515 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,840 and I almost think that they're doing him to disservice by putting him in 516 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,039 so quickly. Upl he's not had and he's gonna be with the Sabers through 517 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,360 his struggles, or he hasn't performed half bad. I don't think he's an 518 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,519 elite goalie, but at the same time, he's only twenty four and the 519 00:35:40,559 --> 00:35:45,320 goalie's been surprised that can. He's definitely not at the age where he's going 520 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:50,559 to keep. The numbers are still so so with him bolt against average just 521 00:35:50,599 --> 00:35:55,280 about three save percent of the around nine hundred quality start. If you need 522 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,920 a goalie, I think I don't think he's a bad option. A lot 523 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,519 of much aren't really much in the way a goalie is available, But if 524 00:36:02,559 --> 00:36:05,840 he's there, I'd say, why not take a chance on him. The 525 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,719 Savers are going to be better this year and that's going to help and get 526 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:12,920 some wings and of course though the downside is that the Savers do have none 527 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,920 of that three headed monster there. Yeah, do you have any other ones? 528 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,599 I'll throw one more at you here, Okay, one that I picked 529 00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:22,320 up today in one of my leagues, a little bit behind in the in 530 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:27,039 hits, and I wasn't sure, quite sure if Timo Meyer would get the 531 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:31,320 job done, so I decided to go big and add the NHL's league leader 532 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:37,280 and hits, and that's Kegan Polissar of the Vegas Golden Knights. Not much 533 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:43,239 in the way of scoring, just one assist in twelve games. I'm not 534 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,800 here to tell you that he's going to score. It probably will pick up 535 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,639 the scoring a little bit, but I'm here to tell you that if you 536 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,719 need hits. He is a single category wonder if you're losing faith in rad 537 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,360 Coo Buddhas And if you go to Dauber Hockey you can check out our deep 538 00:36:54,400 --> 00:37:00,519 of the week there where Ryan Brudener aka top Chatter tells you that Rat goodas 539 00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:04,239 his hits are down since joining the Ducks and he's more might be more of 540 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,239 a streaming option. Now, this is what I've got Fullosar here. I 541 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,079 don't think Fulosar is going to stay on my roster for very long. This 542 00:37:10,199 --> 00:37:15,039 team isn't deep enough. But if you need a single player or category filler 543 00:37:15,079 --> 00:37:17,320 for hits, he's got to hit two and seventy nine hits last season, 544 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:22,199 two hundred and thirty six with Seeds before that, I won't be surprised. 545 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,159 I'm not surprised that he's leading in the league. He hits right now and 546 00:37:24,199 --> 00:37:27,599 he could buy the by the end of the season. If you can watched 547 00:37:27,679 --> 00:37:30,719 Vegas play with very physical player, very strong player up there, the type 548 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:35,000 of player they can help you win the Stanley Cupanies isn't windows of those battles 549 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,159 for you. Kind of getting a little bit away from the fantasy realm here, 550 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:43,280 but just pointing out heating fulisar as a single category hits ouption if you 551 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,360 need it. Guys, putting up almost four hits a game in under eleven 552 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,719 minutes time on ice, that's ridiculous, FIRS. And yeah, I don't 553 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,400 know that he will make it much further past I don't know twenty twenty five 554 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:58,159 points, but he's gonna put up a ton of hits. So that's a 555 00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:00,239 good one, all right, any other ones, That's all I've got. 556 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:05,000 All right, thanks for your insights on these players. It was super fun 557 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:08,960 meeting you in person and going to the WHL game and been here talking hockey 558 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,320 in person. So why don't you let the people know where they can find 559 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,159 you on ex Twitter, whatever you want to call it. Yeah, my 560 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:21,039 Twitter handle is ian Underscore Gooding. That's an underscore g O D I n 561 00:38:21,119 --> 00:38:25,320 G. Or you can just follow dobera hockey out an underscore on Twitter. 562 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,760 I right the ramblings at least twice a week as well. I handled the 563 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:35,400 hot running proto rankings, and I'm also and you can also I'm also the 564 00:38:35,519 --> 00:38:39,000 managing editor here, heading and post a lot of the articles that you've seen 565 00:38:39,159 --> 00:38:43,679 lots going on here on Dauber Hockey as well the Frozen Tool's profile, the 566 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,239 forum where you can chat with other like minded fantasy members. And we've got 567 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,079 our mind season guy coming out in Anyuary, probably medicing something here, but 568 00:38:51,639 --> 00:38:53,760 yeah, to check it out. Dabura Hockey is great. Check it all 569 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:59,639 out and much love to Daber as these battling his probably with cancer. You 570 00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:02,400 wanted to say that out there, And thanks Corey and Mike for joining us 571 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,039 in person. There's really fun to do this recording in person. You guys, 572 00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:07,199 I've been closing words. How do we do? He didn't have to 573 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,199 listen at all. I was a little surprised. Oh, I bring up 574 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:15,719 most of everything you guys said. I want to say Tavage numbers. There 575 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:28,119 is the morning na. Yeah, and I know Corey had has many shares 576 00:39:28,119 --> 00:39:31,280 of Byfield, so a lot of them still. Yeah, and you were 577 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,719 a big by Fild investor early on. And yeah, let's say mc taviat 578 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,960 and a good good name to mention. I was actually going to use him, 579 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,239 mentioned him, but he's seventy five percent rostered in yeahoo now, so 580 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,039 he's going to pass. I added him out a week ago when he did. 581 00:39:45,159 --> 00:39:50,079 He did wonders to see. Yeah, he's exploded in terms of thutingly. 582 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,159 Yeah, yeah, that helps a lot. All right, guys, 583 00:39:52,199 --> 00:40:20,840 thanks everyone for listening, and we'll catch you next time. A couple of 584 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,320 things to remind you of before we get out of here today. One is, 585 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:27,400 our show is brought to you by Fantracks. Fantracks dot com the place 586 00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:30,280 to play all of your fantasy sports, including fantasy hockey. Of course, 587 00:40:30,559 --> 00:40:36,039 it's actually not too late to start a fantasy hockey league if you desire. 588 00:40:37,199 --> 00:40:42,159 Heck, one time or usually we start a mid season league in December. 589 00:40:42,639 --> 00:40:45,360 Nothing wrong with that. Set it up any way you want. 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