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So all 45 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:00,879 that are patron perks. Go over to patreon dot com. Last Fantasy Hockey 46 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:15,599 Life tremendous. Right after this, we will be talking Boston Bruins, introducing 47 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:20,719 our special guest today one of the top people in the media on the Boston 48 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,599 Bruins, Fluto shinn't Azawa of The Athletic. How you doing today, Fludo, 49 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,280 I'm great, Jesse, thanks for having me. So great to have 50 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:31,120 you to talk about the Bruins. Tell you what we said it last year. 51 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:36,280 The Bruins pushed in their chips. With a dominant team in twenty two 52 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:38,280 to twenty three, there would have been plenty of reasons to think the team 53 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:43,360 could have fallen off significantly, and while the overall record dropped out of the 54 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,439 stratosphere and just into the sort of the top of the league, they remained 55 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:51,680 one of the best teams in the NHL. They threw Toronto into disarray once 56 00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:54,879 again after a game seven winning Round one of the playoffs, fell again to 57 00:03:54,919 --> 00:04:00,280 the future champs in Round two, the Florida Panthers. That is, for 58 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:02,680 the second year. It wasn't an upset this time, at least not by 59 00:04:02,719 --> 00:04:05,840 records, and frankly, maybe it never was. Florida was a heck of 60 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:10,479 a team last year as well. We'll talk about the goalies later, who 61 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:14,319 had a lot to do with this, but that amazing tandem is now broken. 62 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:18,680 Up, and they made some other offseason upgrades from this year to the 63 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:23,759 coming one. Is Boston likely foot out to stay near the top of the 64 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,800 East, And is the contention window for this team still open? Still open? 65 00:04:27,959 --> 00:04:32,120 Yep. I think we'll see the goalie that state make a progression in 66 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:38,680 his development. I think they're more satisfyed with the defense now. It's a 67 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,480 big investment in Nikida's a door off well. I think that's critical, just 68 00:04:42,519 --> 00:04:47,199 because they needed somebody on that left side to slot in behind Hampus, Linholm 69 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:51,639 and the whole defense. I think they're hoping, and I think they're projecting 70 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,319 that the defense will be better. Historically that's always been a strength. You 71 00:04:56,439 --> 00:05:00,000 look at the number as there really wasn't. That was an average defensive time 72 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,160 team, which is unusual for the Bruins. Last year, the goalten was 73 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:11,879 excellent and it allowed them to go over some of their defensive deficiencies. So 74 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,160 I would expect the defense to be better. And then you still have some 75 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:19,519 primarily one chain Puiller up front with Pasternak and he's good enough that he can 76 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,959 carry the day. Martian is still there, Coyle is still there, and 77 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,839 then Linnholm, Elias Linholm. That's again that's a very pricing investment, but 78 00:05:30,399 --> 00:05:34,720 had to be done just because that's Yeah, they had trouble, especially in 79 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:38,360 the playoffs. We saw they had trouble five on five scoring, so he 80 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,639 should help, I'm playing with Posternak should help, and then that puts everybody 81 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:46,439 else in their proper spots. So by the top of the East, no, 82 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:51,240 but they'll be right there. Let's get into that David Posternak, because 83 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:56,839 he had a pretty phenomenal season. He was eighth in hard voting, fifth 84 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,240 in points per game and total points. He outscored the next highest ruin, 85 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,000 who is Brad Marshan, by forty three points. Forty three points is a 86 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,800 pretty good season for a regular NHLer, and he bested one of the better 87 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:11,319 players by quite a lot. He was the eighth best forward in our league. 88 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:15,399 Are tidy scoring settings. Looking at reasons why this might not continue, 89 00:06:15,439 --> 00:06:17,120 he had a slight increase in his time on ice. His PDO was a 90 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,680 little high, so was his IPP. But I don't think any of these 91 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,959 are outrageous, and he's had some of these numbers be similarly high in the 92 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,279 past. I think the biggest thing miss Pasternak is what you can alluded to 93 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,560 to, talent around him isn't what it used to be. There's an influx 94 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,839 of new players. So, Fluida, what do you think will we continue 95 00:06:32,879 --> 00:06:38,000 to see over one hundred point pace pastronok this season? Oh yeah, slam 96 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:41,959 dunk. Sure. You look at the numbers these last two seasons, over 97 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:45,720 one hundred points, and it was a different David this past year. He 98 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,800 wasn't as primary a goal scorer. I'm sure he would have liked to have 99 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:56,560 that number be higher, But I think some of that was a lot of 100 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,879 that was opposition knowing that, Okay, there's nobody else that's such a primary 101 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:08,079 threat, so let's put best checkers, best defenseman all up against David Pasternak. 102 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,879 And he had to change his game where he was more of a playmaker 103 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:15,360 and control the puck. You saw the assist numbers go up, goal numbers 104 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,920 go down. I think career high and assists. He can do everything. 105 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:24,800 And he's still he's ninety six, so he's twenty eight years old right there. 106 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,199 He had some growing issues during the regular season. You would expect that 107 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,560 with the full offseason those would settle down and he should be good to go 108 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,560 in termans of health and then he'll be playing the design and of course these 109 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,759 lines will change, but the design at the start is to play with win 110 00:07:40,839 --> 00:07:46,800 Holme, and that might be that primarily is to tease out more offense five 111 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:51,160 win home rather than the other way around. But David's so good at anything 112 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:56,000 he wants to do that it's going to be whether he's scoring, whether he's 113 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,360 possessing the puck, He'll be right there. Top ten. Let's talk about 114 00:08:00,399 --> 00:08:05,560 Lindholm because that really is the wild card coming into next season, huge addition 115 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,480 for them. He fits with the win now situation because he's twenty nine year 116 00:08:09,519 --> 00:08:13,240 old. He is scheduled to fill that C one role for the team. 117 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:18,360 It sounds like you're saying with Pasternak, Bruins are committed pretty significantly for a 118 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:22,800 contract to him seven point seventy five million for several years to come here. 119 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:26,920 After being a prized Trey target last year, he didn't produce a lot when 120 00:08:26,959 --> 00:08:30,120 he went from Calgary to Vancouver, fell quickly out of the power play. 121 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,879 His production just wasn't great last year, dipped below half a point per game 122 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:39,480 one point five shots, even with a high shooting percentage last year. Is 123 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:45,559 this a case where Boston just needed to go after the highest available or the 124 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:50,000 best available center that was out on the market, which is always a sparse 125 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,159 market. Or is there some reason that Boston's looking at Lindholm and believing they 126 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,720 could really get this guy to have a bounce back year and be a strong 127 00:08:58,799 --> 00:09:03,559 impact player both I think now, is he twenty one twenty two Linholm in 128 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:09,639 Calgary where he was with Hubert, like I mean Kachuck and Goodreau, No, 129 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:13,000 probably not. That was a point per game player and full Marx to 130 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,240 the linemates. Those are two terrific linemates to be carrying the day offensively. 131 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:26,320 Where Lindholme and we are familiar with his game, he's not that traditional number 132 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,879 one center who's driving the bus, not a McDavid, not a Barkop that 133 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,200 type of center. Will he be that type of presence? No, But 134 00:09:33,759 --> 00:09:39,960 I think they're certainly projecting that there's more there than when he landed in Vancouver. 135 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:46,600 Yes, that they made offers with Calgary when he was available, first 136 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:50,480 available, and he ended up at Vancouver and it just didn't work out for 137 00:09:50,519 --> 00:09:54,159 them via trade. So yes, they do seem more there. You'll have 138 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,120 way more opportunity way more than he did in Vancouver. Met Yes, that 139 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:03,360 was partly his because of his his fault, like he didn't the way he 140 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:11,399 played, he probably didn't deserve to be prime time opportunity. But still there's 141 00:10:11,399 --> 00:10:16,600 no Pederson in Boston. There's no JT. Miller in Boston, like by 142 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:20,919 default even and this is not taking away from Charlie Coyle or Pavlozaka, but 143 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:28,960 they're not. They're in that mold of Lindholm where he's not that let push 144 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:33,919 pace, pushing center. He's going to get opportunities with pastchak top line, 145 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,879 why any of even strength first power play there is there's an opening there in 146 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:43,679 the bumper Chace Verseronzo spot Zaka was okay there, but he was a left 147 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:48,279 shot, so that changed the design of the power play where it was it 148 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,200 was Paschnok who's controlling a lot of pucks. And I think they do that 149 00:10:52,279 --> 00:10:58,120 right shot there with Linholm's experience on the power play, so you look, 150 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,799 you add those things up. Okay, maybe not point per game player, 151 00:11:03,399 --> 00:11:07,759 but yeah, there's gonna be plenty of chances for him to score five on 152 00:11:07,879 --> 00:11:11,919 five play and he have the killing penalties too. Yeah, they're gonna be 153 00:11:11,919 --> 00:11:16,240 looking for a bang for the buck. They pay big, but yeah, 154 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,320 they're looking to squeeze out a lot from them on bosst to doing business, 155 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:24,519 all right, Brad Marshaan the captain. I asked you on this show last 156 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,240 year if he would be a point per game guy. You said, no, 157 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,759 he's not gonna be point per game, but he'll get close sixty seven 158 00:11:30,799 --> 00:11:33,679 points in eighty two games. I'd say you hit that one right on the 159 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,320 spot, Fluido. He played almost all season with Charlie Coyle generally was split 160 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,120 apart from Posterknock at five on five. After the first couple of months, 161 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,240 he had one and a half hits a game, two and a half shots 162 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,679 played nineteen minutes a game. Very respectable for a thirty five year old with 163 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:54,759 a lot of mileage on a famously not gigantic body that has gone through some 164 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,559 pretty serious injury over the year. He keeps himself in great shape. Now 165 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,320 Marshan is on an expiring deal, but he's got that seat for the first 166 00:12:01,399 --> 00:12:05,919 year. Do you expect a similar performance to last year for Marshawn? And 167 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,200 can I assume he's not going anywhere but sticking around in Boston? For twenty 168 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:16,559 twenty five and beyond in terms of expected performance, so much of his health 169 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,360 because of the age thirty six years old, and like you mentioned, style 170 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,840 of play, and also I suspect he will not be with Posternok full time 171 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:30,879 at five on five that he's probably going to be with Coyle on the second 172 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:35,559 line. So there's that you're just not going to get as much scoring when 173 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,039 you're not with Bosternack. But you look at in terms of some of the 174 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,759 variables, Yes, contract year, he wants to stay. The feeling he's 175 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,919 mutual they would like him, and I'm sure he would like to retire as 176 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:52,320 a Brown. That was so meaningful for Patrice Bergeron and David Crachie. I'm 177 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,000 sure Brad. That's right up there in terms of career goals for Brad, 178 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,879 and Bruns are happy with him as captain, So there's that. There's also 179 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:07,360 the Olympic thing. He was so bummed that the whole was that they were 180 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,320 supposed to go to China and that fell through in twenty twenty two. He 181 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:16,759 that is a huge career goal for Brad to make Canada. That's a tough 182 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:22,879 ask. He's already made that. Whatever foreign Nations whatever roster as are as 183 00:13:22,919 --> 00:13:28,159 part of the six first Canadians. Now that's probably because Don Sweeney is managing 184 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:33,159 that team that he has some influence there, But that's he's going to want 185 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,799 to make that team so badly that he's going to do everything within himself to 186 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:43,279 push an open team Canada's eyes. So he turned that team that with the 187 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:50,039 contract year. Those are two huge things for Brad. So now is he 188 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,360 going to stand up physically, Who knows, but those would be in his 189 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,960 favor in terms of motivation. Let's turn to a couple of the slightly more 190 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:03,399 depth guys who had a more prominent role recently, and that's Charlie Coyle and 191 00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:07,679 Pablo Zaka. As you mentioned, with Elas Linholm coming in, that kind 192 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,080 of pushes these guys down the line up a little bit, probably more appropriately 193 00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:13,799 than where they have slaughtered in the past. Both of these guys had similar 194 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,159 point pass Coyle was sixty and Zaka was sixty two. They both played just 195 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,399 over eighteen minutes time on ice, with Zaka playing nearly a minute more on 196 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,240 the power play, which kind of explains why he had four more power play 197 00:14:24,559 --> 00:14:30,039 points tended Zach Coyle Fluto. How do you think the deployment shifts for Coil 198 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,799 and Zaka this season and who do you think it's more points between the two? 199 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,440 I would say Zaka just because he's a little bit more offensive minded than 200 00:14:37,559 --> 00:14:43,679 Charlie and they're both a very good defensive but I think Jim Montgomery really leads 201 00:14:43,679 --> 00:14:50,559 on Charlie for those diesel draws, endgame situations. That's a lot of calorie 202 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:54,440 burning which Charlie and those kinds of situations that are not left for offense. 203 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,320 So I would say if you're asking between the two, I probably lean a 204 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,759 little bit towards Zaka. Both had career years, so that would be my 205 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:07,000 guess. But there's also the question of we're probably going to see Zaka left 206 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:11,519 wing rather than center, so we'll see how does that influence his production. 207 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:16,759 Maybe that takes away a little bit of the defensive responsibilities for Zacca and he 208 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:20,320 can focus more on offense, So there's that. I would expect he'd be 209 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:26,120 playing with Linholm Imposterumark, so that helps his output there. Power play. 210 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:30,399 He might be down to PP two, so there's that, so maybe we'll 211 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,519 see a little bit of drop off there, but he's still within that rank. 212 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:39,840 He's twenty ninety seven, so he's twenty seven years old, still right 213 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:45,960 there within the prime. So I think they're expecting similar, maybe a little 214 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,840 bit more than last year from Zaka Coyle. He's older, he's two thos 215 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:56,200 he's in ninety two, so he's thirty two and plays a lot of hard 216 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,000 minutes. Probably not going to be first, power play, second line, 217 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:06,360 but yes, more appropriately slotted. Maybe he faces a little less tough competition, 218 00:16:06,679 --> 00:16:11,240 but maybe his point total goes down. I don't know the same or 219 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,440 down, just give it because of the age. But he's not measured on 220 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:19,919 points in terms of value for the Bruins, but I would probably guess his 221 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:27,279 total goes down a little. Juxtaposing two kind of different players also on the 222 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:32,960 forward core, Morgan Geeky Matthew Portraw Portrait was one of the stories of the 223 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,639 early season. Really had a strong start with shipped off at the last minute 224 00:16:37,639 --> 00:16:41,480 to World to Team Canada and the World Juniors before he ended his season early 225 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:45,080 due to injury. On the other hand, Morgan Geeky kind of plays that 226 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,120 steady role in the middle six. He's venturing hockey middle age at twenty five, 227 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:52,960 about a half point per game type player. What do you think of 228 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,399 these two coming into next year? Who do you expect maybe to have a 229 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:03,679 stronger performance. Probably Geeky because of age and we don't know how Potra is 230 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,200 recovering from shoulder surgery. He's been skating, he's been working out. They 231 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:11,480 had a development camp scrimmage. He didn't play in that, just because they 232 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,799 thought by risk any kind of injury or setback, there's a question mark there. 233 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:21,359 Is he going to be bully strengthened for camp and maybe they see best 234 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:26,200 fit? Why not send him to the American League. That's certainly a possibility 235 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,960 of Matt. At the start of the year. He wasn't eligible to play 236 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,400 in the American League because of the age last year as a nineteen year old. 237 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,240 Now he's twenty. He can go down. Maybe they think, hey, 238 00:17:34,599 --> 00:17:41,039 why don't you settle in and really get your offense in order down there. 239 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,480 I could absolutely be a scenario. Those are not NHL points being scored 240 00:17:45,039 --> 00:17:49,759 by Matt at the start of the season now, in terms of pure offensive 241 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:56,440 ceiling. Absolutely that's probably you're looking at Potro over Geeky in terms of a 242 00:17:56,559 --> 00:18:02,079 fully fulfilled NHL center just because he has more skill, He's more offensive minded 243 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,039 than Geeky. So down the road, I would expect Matt to have more 244 00:18:06,599 --> 00:18:11,200 off and output. But right now, Geeky is older, stronger, more 245 00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:15,920 experience. Again, another player that might be shifted to the wing rather than 246 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,400 the center. It depends if Matt makes a team, maybe Geeky starts right 247 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,960 wing. If Matt is in the American League, maybe Morgan is your third 248 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,400 line center rather than second line right wing. So it depends upon where he's 249 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:33,599 placed. But I would expect Geeky to have more of an output right now 250 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,039 this upcoming season than Patrick. All right, let's move over to the blue 251 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:41,240 line, and of course we're going to start with Charlie McAvoy. And despite 252 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:44,920 the bruined success, McAvoy had the lowest point pace last season of any of 253 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,880 the past three that he's played. He plays big minutes, and I know 254 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,720 that his value is certainly more all around than it is point production. His 255 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,799 very valuable plays both sides of the ice, very reliable and fantasy. He 256 00:18:55,839 --> 00:18:59,519 only rates out as an eighteenth best defender, partially due to his slightly regress 257 00:18:59,519 --> 00:19:03,400 scoring, though he continues to provide solid production in the perferal categories and power 258 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,799 play points. So, Fluido, what do you think about McAvoy. Will 259 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:11,680 he be closer to a fifty or sixty plus point defender this upcoming season. 260 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,400 I would expect him to score more than he did last year. That was 261 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,799 I'm not going to say bad here, just because of how heavily he was 262 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:25,200 used and how he did everything. But I think that the organization is I 263 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,799 don't know about disappointment, but it's an average year for Charlie and he needs 264 00:19:27,839 --> 00:19:33,599 to be great, so I would expect more output from him, but he's 265 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:38,319 just not within it's just not his game to be. Adam Fox, Cal 266 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:47,200 mccarr, those types of offensively focused right, shut Dez just because it's a 267 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:52,319 big part of his game is defending, laying, hard checking, and when 268 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,440 we see him, I would expect he'd be on the first part play because 269 00:19:56,279 --> 00:20:00,039 he's probably still the best option up there at the point. But that's again, 270 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,599 that's not his strength. He just doesn't run a power play with as 271 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:11,359 much dynamic presence as some of these other these Hughes Fox mccarr, Like we 272 00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:15,480 just saw Kevin Shatticker be a slightly better option as a point guy last year, 273 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,960 just because it's just not his game. It'll be better with Charlie, 274 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:23,480 but just just not a top tier scorer. And that's fine from the Bruins 275 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:29,079 perspective, as long as he's playing big, check down minutes and taking care 276 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:34,000 of the defensive responsibilities. But just and it will be better than last year. 277 00:20:34,279 --> 00:20:38,880 He had at time struggled. His partner Matt Grizzick, really had a 278 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,519 bad year and he's not here anymore, so the numbers will go up. 279 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,119 He might play with a door off. That's certainly an option, so you 280 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:52,359 would think in theory that would allow Charlie to take a little bit more risk 281 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:56,119 offensively, knowing that he has a bigger guy cleaning things up in the defensive 282 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:02,880 end. So it'll be better, but not dynamic better. Hampus Lindholm is 283 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,039 the second one on the list when you're talking about centers who can put up 284 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:10,799 some offense. He, however, last year, didn't put up a ton 285 00:21:10,839 --> 00:21:15,640 of offense, only four primary points in the thirty regular season playoff games, 286 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:21,759 following a stretch he missed due to lower body injury in February. In March, 287 00:21:21,799 --> 00:21:26,640 to be fair, only eleven primary points and nineteen secondary assists. If 288 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:27,960 you put together the whole season, he was getting a lot of those A 289 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:33,400 two's, primarily Brandon Carlo's partner on the second pairing, and when you look 290 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,480 at the wit or without you if Brandon Carlo was out there without Hampus Lindholm, 291 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,599 the stats don't necessarily look great. So maybe that's some of the impact 292 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:47,759 going on here. What are the expectations for this steady bet Hampus Lindholm and 293 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,240 could they include a little bit more offense this year? Flew up? Yeah, 294 00:21:51,319 --> 00:21:53,640 they have to because he had a bad year last year, especially when 295 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,400 you compare it to two years ago, because a lot of his offense came 296 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,839 when mcilvoy was unveiled. Blood started to see that he's coming back from the 297 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:06,720 shoulder surgery, and Hampus really did carry the day both ways. So you 298 00:22:06,839 --> 00:22:11,599 see it there. What happened? Why did the offense go go dormant? 299 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,519 So it was significantly last year. Part of it his injury. He did 300 00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:21,200 have any injury, but that wasn't like he was fully healthy for the first 301 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,480 half of the year. So what's going on there? Yeah, that's a 302 00:22:23,519 --> 00:22:29,480 red flag. Now, some of it might be the age he's thirty and 303 00:22:29,519 --> 00:22:34,400 he's a big guy. He's six four and he's thick, so that is 304 00:22:34,599 --> 00:22:40,920 oh at that age he's getting bigger. Is the foot speed slowing down? 305 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,359 Is he going to have to adjust his training and his conditioning and his nutrition 306 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:51,000 to try and get a little bit more fast twitch in there. Yeah? 307 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:56,640 Yeah, I think there is some concern there. It depends do we see 308 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:02,599 Hampus a little bit lighter or a little bit quicker then maybe yes. Then 309 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,480 you can say, Okay, there's perhaps an upswing there, or are you 310 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,559 going to acknowledge if the team is going to acknowledge Okay, this is just 311 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,920 the faith that he's entering. He's going to be more of a defensive defenseman. 312 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:21,680 That's fine. But I think for his contract eight times six and a 313 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,920 half and there's a lot of term left on his deal, I think they're 314 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:30,200 not paying him to be Brandon Carlow at four point one. It's just being 315 00:23:30,319 --> 00:23:36,160 a shutdown defender. Like you pay that much for him, you need some 316 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,440 points. He's not gonna be first power play, that's gonna be Charlie. 317 00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:45,119 He might not even be second power play. So there's there's something doesn't align 318 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:51,279 right. So it's I think there's gonna be a big question mark heading into 319 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:55,759 the season, and maybe those questions will be answered early by Himpus and we'll 320 00:23:55,799 --> 00:24:02,000 see. We'll see one way or another which way the careertory and responsibility is 321 00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:07,079 going. But I think there's some breath holding there. It's really hard to 322 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,799 project, like you would think it would be better, just because this past 323 00:24:11,839 --> 00:24:17,079 year was pretty bad in terms of where he's been bred to two years ago. 324 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,920 But this is not a twenty seven year old went home. This is 325 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,000 a little bit more high mileage. So it's hard to say from my perspective 326 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,799 expect with the Dora off there, and I'm expecting more from Charlie, I 327 00:24:30,839 --> 00:24:36,400 think there is a room there for improvements, but significantly more room. I 328 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,920 don't see that for him. Yeah, and you've mentioned Zadora of a couple 329 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,720 of times, usually not the guy who shows up on the statue quite the 330 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:48,599 same way. But do you expect he or anybody else on this decoor to 331 00:24:48,039 --> 00:24:52,240 get a big role or make a big impact for us next year. Yeah, 332 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:56,839 Historically in terms of his his production, that's just not who he is, 333 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,640 right, It's a door of here, get plenty of minutes five on 334 00:24:59,759 --> 00:25:02,759 five PK. We won't see him on the power If you see him on 335 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:07,000 the power play, there's a problem. But Mason LORI, there is somebody 336 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:11,319 that is intriguing in terms of offense, because that is absolutely Mason's game. 337 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,599 He's going to push the pace, he's going to take risks. They see 338 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:21,880 him as possible PP two quarterback. The question with Mason is he's still young, 339 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,519 he's still learning that defensive side. But if he's relatively sheltered starting five 340 00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:32,880 one five a third parent guy with Andrew peak like, maybe maybe he's not 341 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,279 asked to really be shutdown guy on defense, and I think they'd be okay 342 00:25:37,319 --> 00:25:41,720 with that, just because he's still growing that part of his game and maybe 343 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,599 that will never be part of his game. But that's a six to four 344 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:49,279 guy, warmer forward who didn't change the defense till till high school. There's 345 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:55,160 absolutely offense there. Yeah, I keep my eye on that guy because Okay, 346 00:25:55,319 --> 00:25:59,440 that's not a player that everybody is aware of, but there is. 347 00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:03,599 There's certainly offense. He's there. It's there with Mason. He's not afraid 348 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:08,920 to push the offensive pace creativity. He's gonna be up there taking risks. 349 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,359 Yeah, that's one to keep your eye on. That's a great call up 350 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,319 and excited about him for a while, and he definitely looked good at times 351 00:26:15,319 --> 00:26:19,680 in his limited action this season. Let's switch over to the goalies, fludo. 352 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,400 We of course have to talk a little bit about some of the movement, 353 00:26:23,519 --> 00:26:27,359 but looking at last year, Boston Netminers were ranked fourteenth and expected goals 354 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:32,680 against p sixty, but we're actually ranked fifth in actual goals. Obviously a 355 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,400 big part of that was Linis Omark, who's no longer with the team. 356 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,359 So we're not going to hit it, so we're not going to discuss that. 357 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,960 Of course, we do need to mention Jeremy Swainman. At the time 358 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,279 of this recording, he has an sternline RFA negotiations. I imagine he's going 359 00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:48,519 to get signed. Boston has eight point six million in cap space and it's 360 00:26:48,559 --> 00:26:52,400 I think it's safe to assume Swayman takes a good chunk of that. He 361 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,240 had twenty almost twenty three goals tave above expected last season one point two two 362 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,400 Delta Fenwick. He was just awesome and obviously a really big part of their 363 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,920 playoff run and coming to the team Corpus solo, he was really not great 364 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,799 in Ottawa and that experiment who was which is already over. He's really struggled 365 00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:11,759 for different parts of his career. Stretches here and there have been decent overall. 366 00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:15,359 I've long been pretty skeptical of his actual value, but Boston has shown 367 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,200 that they can make just about anyone look pretty decent in goals, so it's 368 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,519 possible that he could really look pretty decently. But what do you think the 369 00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:26,039 breakdown is going to be between these two? I imagine Swayman is the man 370 00:27:26,319 --> 00:27:30,000 getting the majority of the starts. Do we see like sixty forty or or 371 00:27:30,559 --> 00:27:33,720 maybe he gets up to three quarters of the starts? How many starts do 372 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,640 you think Swaymen and Corpusolo get and do you think they'll still put up really 373 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,200 good numbers? I would expect fifty five to sixty starts for Jeremy. It's 374 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,440 going to be clear cut that he's the number one, Like some of the 375 00:27:45,559 --> 00:27:48,880 numbers that he's put up so far through on his career, your season playoffs, 376 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:56,240 there's not many goalies in his company in terms of age twenty five goalies, 377 00:27:56,519 --> 00:28:00,960 like, he's a very select group, so you would think and based 378 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:07,960 on that, I think athleticism, competitiveness, hockey fence like, everything is 379 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:15,000 there for Jeremy. But I'm going to say that a and who knows how 380 00:28:15,039 --> 00:28:18,160 big you can't It's impossible to say, but I'm going to pay A big 381 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:23,400 part of his success was because of the goalpending rotation that he had, not 382 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:27,160 just he could take the breath, so to speak, in terms of not 383 00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:33,279 having to play every other game. That's so huge for a goalie mentally, 384 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,279 perhaps even more than physically, to know that, hey, the guy next 385 00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:38,480 to me is going to be just as good, if not better. He's 386 00:28:38,519 --> 00:28:44,839 gonna win the Besida two years ago. So I think that was baked in 387 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,200 a huge part of Jeremy's results. Knowing that he doesn't have to take every 388 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,559 start, he has to be on every time he plays, Otherwise Lena's is 389 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,599 gonna He's gonna get the net, and it's gonna be his net. I 390 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:02,000 would not be surprised to see a dip in Jeremy's way just because of that 391 00:29:02,079 --> 00:29:06,000 pressure of having to be the guy. He's never had to be the guy, 392 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:11,000 although we saw in the playoffs and he was outstanding, the best player, 393 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:14,799 no discussion, hands down on the team, and so we've seen that, 394 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,480 but he can have a Donalds. So you don't know how is he 395 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:21,799 going to react to that, How is he going to react to the eventual 396 00:29:22,359 --> 00:29:26,279 huge deal that he was going to get. Those are variables you just don't 397 00:29:26,279 --> 00:29:32,759 know. In terms of workload, yes you can, you can absolutely work 398 00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:37,079 him in as fifty five sixty, But in terms of say a percentage above 399 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,759 expected all that, I wouldn't be surprised to see all those numbers go down. 400 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,000 In terms of CORPUSALO, I know the bruin within the goaltending community. 401 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:52,440 I think there are a lot of people who know their stuff on goalies think 402 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,960 that this is a good environment for Jonnas to rebound just because Okay, he'll 403 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,599 be playing with fam, no pressure to be the guy, a better team, 404 00:30:02,799 --> 00:30:07,519 not significantly better defensively than Ottawa, but better overall, ruins, better 405 00:30:07,559 --> 00:30:14,440 culture, an expectation of winning versus Ottawa and the Golden Coach. Well, 406 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:21,279 you just look at what Bob Essence has done with Swimon all Mark Rask Colock. 407 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:26,279 It's a huge lift and it's been significant in terms of the work he's 408 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:30,680 done, so I would expect their recovery there. But also there's no guarantee 409 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:36,480 that in camp that Corpuslo gets assigned. They're pretty big on this kid, 410 00:30:36,519 --> 00:30:40,319 Brandon Bassi coming up from the American League, who will need waivers to be 411 00:30:40,359 --> 00:30:45,720 assigned. So that's a factor there versus Corpusolo at let's cap hit not three 412 00:30:45,759 --> 00:30:49,559 million a year, nobody's gonna you would think nobody's gonna claim that and take 413 00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:53,319 that on through waivers at the start of the season. That's a factor too. 414 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,319 If if Corpusselo shows up and he's off in camp and the other guy 415 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,440 is on't think they hesitate to send us down and make Bussy their number two. 416 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,319 So there's some questions there too with the golds In So overall, I 417 00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:12,559 would not be surprised to see the goldsending worse off this coming season, just 418 00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:18,440 because that tandem was so good, so long, so reliable, so consistent. 419 00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:22,880 There's big change there. In my show, Open the Numbers, Fluto, 420 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,599 you do all the best stuff on the Boston Bruins. How do people 421 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:32,079 keep up with all your work? Athletic dot com. Actually everything is through 422 00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:34,759 the New York Times site, so ny Times dot com, so just reread 423 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:40,559 the Athletic it's a promotion Fludo Sinzawa, thank you so much for coming on 424 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:49,119 and talking Boston Bruins. You got it, guys, My pleasure, Will 425 00:31:51,480 --> 00:32:00,720 that's good fired Pans, Oh my goodness. We grab now it's your weekly 426 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:07,400 goalie talk. But Kat Silverman, Kat's Instincts. Time for another edition of 427 00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:10,799 Kat's Instincts with Kat Silverman and m gol mag we're talking Bruins prospects. That 428 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,079 means we're talking Brandon Boosey. That's right, six foot five, undrafted now 429 00:32:15,119 --> 00:32:19,559 twenty six years old. He's definitely at the top of their pipeline, it 430 00:32:19,559 --> 00:32:22,720 would seem right now. Second straight HL season, which was quite good. 431 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:24,720 Last year. You talked about how he surprised you with how good he was, 432 00:32:24,839 --> 00:32:28,839 though part of it was maybe based on the system that he has there. 433 00:32:29,359 --> 00:32:34,480 This trade with Olmark and Corporasolo probably limits his opportunity a bit, but 434 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,759 overall he's, you know, got he's there and he's got some opportunity potentially 435 00:32:38,799 --> 00:32:43,400 depending on if there's an injury or something. Looking at the hockey prospecting, 436 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,039 he has trended down. His comp here is Alex Staylock, which I know 437 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,480 we have a soft spot for. But what do your instincts tell us about 438 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,920 Brandon Bouzy and what kind of upside do you think he has. I love 439 00:32:53,000 --> 00:33:00,160 the Brandon Boosey's comp is Alex Staylock because when it comes to st they play 440 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:06,319 so differently brand and Bussy is huge and a little slow, and Alex Staylock 441 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:13,079 is obviously the world's most exciting goaltender you can't trust. So we'll see where 442 00:33:13,119 --> 00:33:19,200 Boston really has plans for him. I think that even though the Bruins traded 443 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:25,079 Olmark for Corpusolo, I don't necessarily think that that blocks the pipeline. I 444 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:31,200 think there's a chance that and it's not how I personally would manage my cap, 445 00:33:31,359 --> 00:33:37,119 but I think there's a chance that if Corpusolo is just not getting it 446 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:45,240 done and Brendan Bussey is continuing to play with honestly this solid performances he put 447 00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:47,720 up last year, there's a chance that those two get swapped in the system 448 00:33:49,079 --> 00:33:55,000 and corpus Solo's contract gets not buried in the AHL because they can't bury that 449 00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:58,599 much money. But I do think that there's a chance that he ends up 450 00:33:58,759 --> 00:34:02,240 playing a ton of HL if Boozy looks like the better goaltender, because they're 451 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:07,079 at a point in that team's trajectory where they can't really afford to be just 452 00:34:07,119 --> 00:34:12,639 throwing it all out and opting for rebuild, especially during the peak of Swayman's 453 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,360 during the peak of Swaymen's career arc here, So I think that this is 454 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:22,840 a better goaltender situation for Boosy if he is hoping to get NHL action. 455 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,840 I think that Ollmark and Swaymen together, even though both have had some injury 456 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,199 issues here and there, that wasn't a situation where either one of them was 457 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:35,880 going to get buried in the AHL. They were both too good, so 458 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,920 really the only opportunity he had for games was if one of them was injured 459 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:45,199 and the other one really needed rest. Now I think there's a chance that 460 00:34:45,559 --> 00:34:51,039 he almost gets added in as almost like a three goaltender tandem for the year, 461 00:34:51,079 --> 00:34:54,360 where if Corpusol is not performing well, they bring up Boosey, they 462 00:34:54,400 --> 00:35:00,760 scratch Corpusolo for games. If Swaymen gets injured during the year, which he 463 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:05,480 has proven to do here and there, I think that if Woozy gets called 464 00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:07,880 up, he is the primary starter at that point. So I think we're 465 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:15,599 going to see more NHL opportunity for him now. I just he is growing 466 00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:17,440 on me. He just still makes me a little nervous because he's slow. 467 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,239 I think he's got good positioning. I think he's got pretty good reads. 468 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,320 He's just he's a little slow, and I don't know what he'll look like 469 00:35:27,679 --> 00:35:32,599 in games where the Bruins defense breaks down, because unfortunately their team is aging 470 00:35:32,639 --> 00:35:37,360 a little bit. It's transitioning, and I think that they aren't a They're 471 00:35:37,519 --> 00:35:42,039 like the twenty fourteen to fifteen LA Kings. They're a team that has some 472 00:35:42,119 --> 00:35:45,159 defensive breakdowns in there, and I'm curious to see what he does with that. 473 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,440 So I do think we're going to see him at the NHL level though, 474 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,679 and I think it's going to be this year. I just don't know 475 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,280 for how many games it's going to be. I love it. I have 476 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:59,280 long argued that Unice Corpselo is an HL caliber goalie, so I agree with 477 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:00,960 that assessment. Be fun to see Boosy in there. And for all of 478 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:07,000 those listening at home, I almost made Kat spit her coffee outrybut that Let's 479 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,079 move on to the next guy. Mike Dprow, that now twenty five year 480 00:36:09,079 --> 00:36:12,760 old is no longer a top prospect, I would say, but he has 481 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,199 rehabbed his career a bit. He after playing in the primarily in the ECCHL 482 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:21,400 last season, he played entirely in the HL this past season and it was 483 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,880 really good. His round numbers were better than Boosy's and fewer games. And 484 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,639 last year we talked about how best case for dpro was maybe Jack Campbell outcome 485 00:36:28,679 --> 00:36:32,079 at the peak and interesting looking at the two of them, thirty games played 486 00:36:32,119 --> 00:36:37,719 for Dpro, forty one for Boosy pretty similar actually, although the both the 487 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:43,639 say percent and GA slightly better for Dpetro interesting, His hockey prospecting is pretty 488 00:36:43,679 --> 00:36:47,119 low. His only real legit comp is Colin Delia. So, Kat, 489 00:36:47,159 --> 00:36:51,719 what can you tell us anyone who has shares with Dphro? What do you 490 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,400 think we should do? Should we keep holding? Is there a path to 491 00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:57,960 at least like a timeshare goalie in the NHL here or what are we thinking? 492 00:36:58,679 --> 00:37:00,679 Man? Jack Campbell, calling Deally and Mikey d Pietro. That's like 493 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:07,199 the holy trinity of goaltenders who I would maybe go to war for. I 494 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,960 think that Colin Deely is an interesting comp because that's like Mikey di Pietro a 495 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:16,599 goaltender who from a technical perspective looked really good, did all the work as 496 00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:22,079 a prospect, really embrace the grind. At the AHL level, you saw 497 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,960 tangible, noticeable improvement. You saw him get brought up to the NHL level 498 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,159 too early behind a team that knew they were going to lose and through them 499 00:37:30,199 --> 00:37:34,639 out there's a meat shield, and then didn't give him a chance to recover 500 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:40,400 and lick his wounds and reinforce his good habits at the AHL level. Interspersed 501 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:47,800 throughout Mikey di Pietro is a goaltenders had a few too many injuries throughout his 502 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,679 history for me to be super confident at this point. He is undersized. 503 00:37:52,119 --> 00:37:59,400 His technique is stellar. For a while there it got really rough technique wise, 504 00:37:59,559 --> 00:38:04,480 and I don't want to put all the blame on Vancouver and Vancouver connects. 505 00:38:04,519 --> 00:38:07,559 Fans don't come at me, please, but I do think that he 506 00:38:07,679 --> 00:38:13,800 was not putting a necessarily a huge position to succeed there, and Thatcher Demco 507 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,320 obviously was that's their bread and butter. So when it seemed like DiPietro was 508 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:22,480 struggling, that became their sacrifice and they were like, all right, this 509 00:38:22,599 --> 00:38:24,039 is not working, we're gonna we're gonna move on and try something else. 510 00:38:24,599 --> 00:38:30,800 So it's nice seeing his game getting rehabbed in a much more low stakes Boston 511 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:36,840 system. He's got really solid positioning for a guy who is undersized. He's 512 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,440 not afraid to challenge when he needs to. He reads really well, he 513 00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:44,880 tracks the puck. Wally's good at rebounds. We have seen all of those 514 00:38:45,559 --> 00:38:47,920 accolades I'm giving him go out the window when he's going through a tough spell. 515 00:38:49,639 --> 00:38:52,519 I think that's that's a good guy for Boston to have in their system, 516 00:38:52,559 --> 00:38:57,000 because if he is a Colindelia or a Jack Campbell being the best case, 517 00:38:57,119 --> 00:38:59,840 Colindilia being the worst, that's not a bad guy to have in your 518 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:04,480 system. That's almost like the Richard Bachman role, the guy who can be 519 00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:08,000 a really good mentor for your minor leaguers. And then if you do need 520 00:39:08,039 --> 00:39:14,519 to call someone up and it seems like Boosy is potentially going through a little 521 00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:19,039 bit of a rough patch or he's injured, that's a guy that you can 522 00:39:19,079 --> 00:39:22,519 call up. He can handle NHL games without getting completely lit up, and 523 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:27,920 especially if it seems like his game is returned to its peak form, that's 524 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:35,159 someone who potentially could I would say move ahead of Corpus Solo in my personal 525 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,480 ranking for goaltenders in their system. I just know that contract wise, obviously, 526 00:39:38,519 --> 00:39:42,360 he doesn't sit in a position where they can be swapped in the depth 527 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:46,400 chart. So I don't think he's going to play a ton of games, 528 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:51,199 but I do think that it'll be fun seeing I'm hoping he gets a game 529 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,000 or two at the NHL level this year, just so he can play some 530 00:39:53,079 --> 00:39:55,599 good NHL games, because I think he has it in him. Still, 531 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,960 all right, sounds like you're saying that's a bit of chance there. So 532 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:06,639 thanks for giving us your instincts on the Boston Bruins goalies. We'll be back 533 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:28,079 right after this digs the Dynasty Gig Boston Ruins Edition. Victory is gonna be 534 00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:30,920 a short one. The old Bruins. I remember, I'm old enough to 535 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:37,239 remember when you were the Bruins correspondent for the Dabber Prospects, and I'm pretty 536 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:42,880 sure that our no brainer was still the no brainer even back then, Victor, 537 00:40:43,039 --> 00:40:45,880 tell us about the no brainer for the Boston Bruins. Yeah, the 538 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:52,119 no brainer is baby in Lacel twenty twenty one, twenty first overall pick five 539 00:40:52,119 --> 00:40:55,079 eleven and seventy six pounds. He had a very strange development. If you 540 00:40:55,360 --> 00:41:00,239 all remember, he was in Sweden and then he came over to the WHL, 541 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,719 and then he was moving around a little bit. But the last couple 542 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,679 of years he was in the AHL. His first season there was very good 543 00:41:07,679 --> 00:41:13,119 thirty seven points and fifty four games, and he up that fifty games and 544 00:41:13,519 --> 00:41:16,320 for sorry, fifty points in fifty six games, looking very strong in the 545 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:21,760 AHL. Doing that sometimes isn't that impressive if you're older, but he's still 546 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,079 only twenty one, so that's very good. He's a right shot, right 547 00:41:24,119 --> 00:41:29,400 wing, by the way, and his FHL player card looks pretty strong in 548 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,360 terms of some of the categories, like the assists. He looks like he's 549 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,239 going to be a pretty good setup man. His goals are a little bit 550 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,360 lower. His shots are actually only a sixtieth percentile. And I think one 551 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,199 of the things about like Seal that you can really see on this FHL player 552 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:47,440 card is that he doesn't really do much other than playmake His hits and blocks 553 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,079 are pretty much non existent, so his bash is going to be low. 554 00:41:51,079 --> 00:41:52,920 He's going to be a points only kind of guy, and then if you 555 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:57,119 look at some of the other metrics like play driving and stuff, it's actually 556 00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:00,360 pretty poor. You know, his power play time, it looks really good. 557 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:04,360 Some of his play driving is okay, but his transition game his pucks 558 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,519 to the middle in high danger are low, which kind of suggests that there 559 00:42:07,519 --> 00:42:10,159 may be a bit of an issue in terms of translating that to the NHL. 560 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:15,760 But we'll see what our FHL scout says about that. Jesse, you 561 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:20,440 darn right, and our man Grant comes through with the Fabian le Cell report. 562 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,639 He has this to say for skating, Lisel has a very quick first 563 00:42:23,679 --> 00:42:27,320 few steps, then as a bit of a choppy stride to get up to 564 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,079 full speed. Acceleration is above average, but overall speed just average. His 565 00:42:31,159 --> 00:42:36,199 first few steps allow him to create space and tight areas as he's strong on 566 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:40,719 his feet. Passing and handling above average passing on both his forehand and backhand, 567 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,400 stick handles well in tight Passing and handling the puck are what we'll get 568 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:50,760 him to the NHL. Shooting, Wesall has an accurate wrist shot, but 569 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,000 he's not going to overpower goalies at the AHL or the NHL level with that 570 00:42:54,119 --> 00:43:00,719 shot. Iq above average vision with the puck on his stick will find the 571 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,199 open teammate with a nice pass. His anticipation is slightly above average, as 572 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,280 Lisel keeps his head on a swivel when he's without the puck, and he 573 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:13,440 gets in the way of the puck quite often. He has very good poise 574 00:43:13,639 --> 00:43:17,239 with the puck in his own end or in the offensive zone. For checking, 575 00:43:17,599 --> 00:43:22,119 that's the weakest part of Lisel's game, as he relies on his two 576 00:43:22,199 --> 00:43:24,880 line mates to do it. It just isn't in his game and could hurt 577 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:29,960 Lisel's ability to stay in the NHL for any length of time. Defense, 578 00:43:30,039 --> 00:43:34,000 Lisel's got decent positioning in his own end, but can cheat at times when 579 00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:37,079 leaving the zone. He'll need to get pucks deep when entering the offensive zone 580 00:43:37,079 --> 00:43:40,920 as he likes to carry the puck in, which might not translate as well 581 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:45,159 to the NHL. After two years in the AHL, his defense is passable 582 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:51,000 but certainly not a strength. So the best asset is mentioned above. Passing 583 00:43:51,079 --> 00:43:57,440 and handling the puck are Lisel's strengths. He has the ability to control the 584 00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:00,760 play in the other team's zone. It could be an important and cog of 585 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:04,519 any team's power play. He'll get a chance on the power play in the 586 00:44:04,639 --> 00:44:08,599 NHL at some point. The biggest concern the lack of physical engagement, non 587 00:44:08,679 --> 00:44:14,079 existent cycle game and he can forget to move his feet. What's the top 588 00:44:14,119 --> 00:44:17,039 tier outcome for Fabian le cell Well Grant says, top six winger playing on 589 00:44:17,079 --> 00:44:21,559 the first unit of the power play, could be a tier three forward, 590 00:44:21,639 --> 00:44:25,679 but as Victor said, no bash justification. He's got the passing a handley 591 00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:30,360 skills to work with better players when he is skating and putting in an effort, 592 00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:34,280 but he's going to need to find the right chemistry to reach his potential. 593 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:38,400 What's the median outcome for Fabian le Sell top ahl forward? No place 594 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:44,239 in the NHL as a bottom six forward because of obviously the lack of physicality. 595 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:49,079 That's because that outcome would happen because he needs to develop some better defensive 596 00:44:49,119 --> 00:44:52,400 traits and perhaps a little more of a physical cycling game to become a bottom 597 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:57,079 six winger in the NHL. Could be a boom er Bus top six forward. 598 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:02,480 Stylistic comparable similar skating skill style to Cody Hodgson and much the same pucking 599 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:07,159 only in passing abilities. Cody Hodgson, being the comp for our no brainer, 600 00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:13,079 votes poorly for this prospect system, Victor. But our friend Mason Black, 601 00:45:13,159 --> 00:45:16,119 the NHL rankking, seals the deal. He sent out the poll Babanly 602 00:45:16,199 --> 00:45:21,960 Sell versus Ridley Greeg of the Ottawa Senators and when the people had spoken, 603 00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:27,119 Greeg in a landslide one hundred and ninety votes sixty three to thirty seven. 604 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,320 Victor, are you going Greeg overly Sell? I think this is a very 605 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:37,280 interesting debate. And obviously Greg is an NHLer. He has ninety two games 606 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:42,840 under his belt, he's played, they played mostly in the whole season this 607 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,599 season in the NHL, and he looked really good. He looked really competent. 608 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,119 Thirty point pace isn't anything too exciting, but he was getting sub fifteen 609 00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:52,320 minutes time on ice, not much power play time, and given some rather 610 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,119 difficult assignments. So you can understand that. So in one way, you're 611 00:45:55,159 --> 00:46:00,599 talking about a for sure with what seems like for sure competent NA versus somewhat 612 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:05,000 kind of knocking on the doorstep. But I think in Likeceel, there's a 613 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,519 little bit of prospect fatigue here. Twenty twenty one is when he was drafted, 614 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,519 people were really excited about him, and then they weren't, and then 615 00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:14,159 it's been up and down. I think people are just impatient. They'll get 616 00:46:14,199 --> 00:46:16,239 a little impatient and tired of waiting. But I think you need to keep 617 00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:20,880 in mind that these two squads, Boston and Ottawa, have been very different 618 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,920 over the last several years. Boston has been a very good team, a 619 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:27,920 competitive team, and didn't they even win the President's Trophy one of those years. 620 00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:30,840 I can't remember, but they seem like they're a very good team and 621 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,519 they didn't have a lot of room for someone likely Sel. I mean, 622 00:46:32,559 --> 00:46:37,440 we've talked to Fluto the last several years, and what's been difficult for these 623 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:38,920 young guys, good as they may be, to enter the lineup. So 624 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:42,599 I think you have to keep that in context. You can't just say, 625 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,159 oh, he's not good enough. He was good enough, he would have 626 00:46:45,159 --> 00:46:49,000 busted in. That's not entirely true when you have a super competitive squad like 627 00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:52,639 Boston has had, So I think you really have to take that into context. 628 00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:57,199 I think the upside for Lyceel is still higher. I think what Grant 629 00:46:57,239 --> 00:47:00,559 mentioned, they are top six power play guy that I think could get in 630 00:47:00,599 --> 00:47:04,880 that sixty to seventy point range. I certainly think the floor is lower than 631 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,880 what Greeg has right now, and so that's obviously the concern. But I 632 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:12,960 think he really needed that second year of the AHL. He was really good 633 00:47:13,079 --> 00:47:15,519 in the first one, wasn't quite ready at camp, there were some injuries 634 00:47:15,519 --> 00:47:20,360 that he was dealing with, and I think that he showed in this last 635 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:23,360 year that he's come a long way in the AHL. So I think if 636 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:28,199 you're looking at upside, I would definitely take Lecell. That's not what the 637 00:47:28,199 --> 00:47:31,800 people voted. I think the people are showing they're excited about Greg. They 638 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:35,960 like the floor and they think there's a little bit more upside there. Personally, 639 00:47:36,039 --> 00:47:39,320 I'm not there with Greg. I think that he has shown what he 640 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,679 is. He's a really strong middle six. Depends on if they play him 641 00:47:43,679 --> 00:47:45,440 at center winger. I think he can be a center, and if that's 642 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,159 the case, there's going to be a little bit more two way responsibility. 643 00:47:49,519 --> 00:47:52,519 But I think he could just end up being more of like a forty five 644 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:55,960 to fifty five point guy, and so that's not going to be as exciting 645 00:47:57,639 --> 00:48:01,079 in fantasy. But he does offer a pretty nice amount of prepherals, does 646 00:48:01,159 --> 00:48:05,679 Greg Greeg. So I think that it depends on what you want. If 647 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,960 you want that really strong preferal floor with upside for more than Greg is the 648 00:48:08,039 --> 00:48:12,079 easy answer because Lacel, as we mentioned, doesn't do any of that. 649 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,119 But on the other hand, if you want a little bit higher points upside, 650 00:48:15,159 --> 00:48:19,320 then I think you go Lisel. So it depends on what you want. 651 00:48:19,599 --> 00:48:22,360 Looking at the hockey prospecting between these two is clearly Greeg he has a 652 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:27,840 lot more star potential as he graduated the Model. He's in the NHL now, 653 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,280 obviously, but looking at Lesel, he's been pretty low and part of 654 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,679 that is because he was in the j twenty and then he went to the 655 00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:37,639 WHL, which is the lower equivalency and even though he did well in the 656 00:48:37,639 --> 00:48:44,119 AHL, it's not enough to overcome Byron's math too. That kind of punishes 657 00:48:44,159 --> 00:48:50,039 them for being in that lower equivalency league. So anyways, Lisell one percent 658 00:48:50,159 --> 00:48:52,239 chance of being a star as he graduates the Model fifty one percent chance of 659 00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:55,039 being in NHL. Er. He has a lot of replacement level guys. 660 00:48:55,039 --> 00:48:59,639 There are some really high end guys that do look likely. Sell in the 661 00:48:59,639 --> 00:49:04,119 model are more like outliers like Milan Hayduk, JT. Miller, Jeff Carter 662 00:49:04,199 --> 00:49:07,440 looks similar. There's still some hope, but it seems a little bit more 663 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,920 far fetched at this point. I still personally believe that Lisel can get there. 664 00:49:12,039 --> 00:49:14,039 I think it depends on how they use him. I think there's some 665 00:49:14,119 --> 00:49:16,880 openings, more openings this year that he could step into, and there's a 666 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:21,800 little bit less kind of expectation there. I'm hoping for it. We'll see 667 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,960 his j fresh card hasn't match just four percent chance of being in NHLer, 668 00:49:24,079 --> 00:49:28,239 thirty eight percent chance of being a star, four percent chance of being a 669 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:30,559 star, thirty percent chance of being in NHL, or it's quite a bit 670 00:49:30,639 --> 00:49:34,159 more pessimistic. But yeah, I think if you, if you're been holding 671 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:37,599 Lisel this whole time, they might as well hold a little bit longer unless 672 00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:39,519 someone is a little bit more convinced that you are, that he can be 673 00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:45,719 that top notch player. And if someone is frustrated with Lisel and you can 674 00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:49,960 get him for a song in pretty good value than I would because this could 675 00:49:50,039 --> 00:49:54,639 finally be the moment Jesse finally, Yeah, this system it did not. 676 00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:00,519 We only did two and we didn't even give the second prospect the dignity of 677 00:50:00,599 --> 00:50:02,320 being the need to know Victor. We skip right to keep your eye on 678 00:50:02,679 --> 00:50:07,679 who is it? Yeah, this is a guy that was just drafted Dean 679 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:12,159 Laturno twenty twenty four, twenty fifth overall pick. A little bit surprised he 680 00:50:12,199 --> 00:50:15,039 went that early, although not terribly surprised, because the six foot seven, 681 00:50:15,079 --> 00:50:20,239 two hundred and fourteen pound kid is just massive, skates really well for his 682 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:24,000 size, and he's just really big right shot center. Played in high school, 683 00:50:24,079 --> 00:50:29,320 which is always a bit awkward to figure out how he's going to translate. 684 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,599 He was just dominating kids. They're almost three points per game in that 685 00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:37,880 system, and the next year he's going to make the massive jump to Boston 686 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:40,239 College, so it's going to be really interesting to see how he handles that. 687 00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:45,760 But in terms of raw potential, he has a ton. We'll hear 688 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:49,119 a little bit more of about the Scotting report, but before that, looking 689 00:50:49,159 --> 00:50:52,440 at his FHL card, we don't have a whole lot of data and information, 690 00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:54,199 as you might imagine from his high school days, but he did play 691 00:50:54,199 --> 00:50:59,800 a couple of USHL games. He didn't have any points, but he did 692 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:04,559 looked a little bit like the pace was challenging for him in those couple of 693 00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:06,800 games, but it was just two so it's hard to say too much. 694 00:51:07,119 --> 00:51:10,199 But what we do know about him is that in those couple of games he 695 00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:15,360 did shoot and hit a ton So there's a potential for a massive amount of 696 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:20,519 bash from Dean Laturno and that's pretty exciting considering there may be some significant points 697 00:51:20,519 --> 00:51:22,239 as well. But let's hear a little bit more about what makes him tick 698 00:51:22,519 --> 00:51:28,280 from our FHL scout. Here's what our scout Tony has to say about Laturno. 699 00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,800 He is a decent skater, needs work, but very raw. His 700 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:37,639 base is an asset. Passing and handling average to below average okay for his 701 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:43,360 stage in development, though shooting as everything probably needs some work, but does 702 00:51:43,599 --> 00:51:46,159 a good job picking an open spot on the rush getting his shot away off 703 00:51:46,199 --> 00:51:52,320 a pass IQ in line with his young age, Tony's Sister's a lack of 704 00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,960 confidence and maybe a lack of poise for checking. Tony did see some for 705 00:51:57,199 --> 00:52:00,280 checking, but seemed like the lack of confidence kept him from one need to 706 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:05,760 be caught up ice defense A little bit is embodied players off the puck, 707 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:09,239 which you'd expect with his size difference against his peers. So potential is the 708 00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:13,039 best asset. He's got a lot of it. Size would be the most 709 00:52:13,039 --> 00:52:17,400 noticeable thing. The difference between the two games that Tony scouted is he seems 710 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,280 to be learning, not making as many mistakes in the second one. Be 711 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:25,199 interesting to see how college goes for him. And the biggest concern the size 712 00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:31,880 instead of the ability top tier outcome a Tier two middle six player. Tony 713 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,280 just doesn't think he's going to be a top line player. Not enough skill 714 00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:37,039 to get the amount of goals and assists that he would need. But the 715 00:52:37,079 --> 00:52:43,480 bash could be great his median outcome maybe a matt Rempy type fourth liner. 716 00:52:43,639 --> 00:52:46,360 Ooh that would like That would be nice. Boston would love that. Too 717 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:50,599 early to tell, needs lots of work, needs to be given time to 718 00:52:50,639 --> 00:52:53,559 do so. Stylistic comparables Jordan Greenway, Kevin Hayes, Adam Lowry, a 719 00:52:53,599 --> 00:52:59,280 couple different options from Tony here. Final thoughts so rearly in his career, 720 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:01,119 he could be a pack Kleine or you can end up a mat Renpy. 721 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:07,800 He's going to be interesting to watch and our friend Mason Black the NHL ranking 722 00:53:08,039 --> 00:53:14,880 sent out the poll on Dean Laturno versus Alex Turcott, and Laturno did take 723 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:20,760 out Turcott in this pool fifty four to forty six percent. Turcott a post 724 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:24,039 hype sleeper, one would hope, but maybe not so much that Deanlaturno over 725 00:53:24,119 --> 00:53:28,480 Turcott. Is that how you would rank a victor? It depends on, 726 00:53:28,519 --> 00:53:30,960 like you said, do you want the post hype sleeper, the guy who 727 00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:36,000 was drafted in twenty nineteen and has taken what feels like to some an eternity 728 00:53:36,159 --> 00:53:38,599 to get to this point where he may have some NHL relevance, And I 729 00:53:38,639 --> 00:53:40,960 do think there's some hope here at the end of the tunnel. It does 730 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,320 seem like Turcott has turned his career around a little bit. He's had a 731 00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,199 lot of injuries and other setbacks, but he did look really good in the 732 00:53:47,199 --> 00:53:52,320 AHL last season, played some NHL games. So he's the guy who you've 733 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,920 waited forever for and maybe finally ready. Or you could pick the guy who 734 00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:00,440 you may also need to wait an eternity for and may end up in a 735 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:04,800 similar situation. That's the calculus we talk about the funnel Jesse. People that 736 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,519 are further down the funnel, you have more idea of the range of outcomes. 737 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:13,159 That's where Turcott is. Laturno is just a really raw piece of clay 738 00:54:13,199 --> 00:54:16,000 that is completely unsculpted. So you could get to that point where he's this 739 00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:20,000 amazing, beautiful statue, where you could just get to the point where he's 740 00:54:20,039 --> 00:54:23,960 basically a taller version of Alex Turcott in four or five years. So I 741 00:54:24,079 --> 00:54:28,280 get it. I probably would take Laturno too, because right now there's so 742 00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:32,760 much more raw potential and it's pretty exciting. I also understand where if you 743 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:36,599 were a team that was a little bit more in a competitive window, you 744 00:54:36,679 --> 00:54:40,079 might just want Turcott right now because he's someone who could contribute to your team 745 00:54:40,119 --> 00:54:45,039 pretty soon, and so that's appealing. But yeah, I like the upside 746 00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:49,639 and the raw potential of dein Laturno. Who'll be really interesting to see how 747 00:54:49,679 --> 00:54:53,480 he fares at be at ABC next year. And the part of the reason 748 00:54:53,519 --> 00:54:58,199 he made that commitment was because Will Smith decided to sign in the NHL if 749 00:54:58,199 --> 00:55:00,480 he was going to If he wasn't, then he was probablyrobably going to be 750 00:55:00,519 --> 00:55:05,760 in the USHL, So that gives him some opportunity at BC and it should 751 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:10,000 be really good for him. Looking at the Hockey Prospecting between these two, 752 00:55:10,199 --> 00:55:15,239 you can see that Turcott was had massive potential early on his career, but 753 00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:17,519 then he graduated the model at twenty six percent chance of being a star, 754 00:55:17,679 --> 00:55:22,559 still fairly high there, and still fairly high chance of being a NHLer. 755 00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:27,079 Laturner, on the other hand, just seven percent chance of being a star, 756 00:55:27,199 --> 00:55:30,199 twenty four percent chance of being an NHL or who knows. There's still 757 00:55:30,199 --> 00:55:32,480 a lot of questions there. Looking at Laturno's comps as hilarious, and they're 758 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:37,559 mostly all just busts or replacement level guys. I did pick out one that 759 00:55:37,599 --> 00:55:40,719 I think might be similar, and that's Mike Rupp. Mike Rupp was listed 760 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:44,840 as a bust, but he's he was also a really big dude, sixty 761 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:47,559 five two thirty. He was also picked in the first round and he had 762 00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:51,960 I wouldn't it's listed as a bust here on Hockey Prospecting, but he had 763 00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,920 a pretty decent career and he ended up having some relevance here and there, 764 00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:59,199 But for the most part, in terms of fantasy, he certainly wasn't what 765 00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:05,000 we thought it would be. So that's all that we have on the Boston 766 00:56:05,079 --> 00:56:07,199 dig. Yes, the system is a bit light. They got a couple 767 00:56:07,199 --> 00:56:10,840 of reinforcements this year, but they're a really good team, so they shouldn't 768 00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:14,519 be too worried about the prospect pool, although they really do need to work 769 00:56:14,519 --> 00:56:16,440 on that. If you're a Patreon you can listen to my top Tip prospect 770 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:21,639 recap per team on Patreon and I furnishing doing some scouting with a shoot me 771 00:56:21,639 --> 00:56:25,599 a DM on Twitter, Discord, or email us. We'll be right back 772 00:56:25,679 --> 00:56:38,920 to close out the show. Well, our show's brought to you by fan 773 00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,599 Tracks. You've heard me say it before, You're gonna hear me see it 774 00:56:42,639 --> 00:56:45,519 again. You can play all your leagues, all your sports on fan tracks. 775 00:56:45,519 --> 00:56:49,440 Start your new leagues. 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