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Jesse. We have arrived at the
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It's been along. We started at
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Yeah, people, you should.
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get enough information on all these players
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I will say maybe you didn't listen
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hours of coverage of all thirty two
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and the New York Islanders are on
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in the Greater New York metropolitan area
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Life. Yep. Now it is time

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to get into the New York calendars. Right after this, we're very used

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to be joined today by Stefan Rosner
of The Hockey News to talk a little

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New York Islanders. Stephan, how
you doing, I'm doing great, Thanks

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for having me. Hey, we're
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a little bit of Isles. Out
of curiosity, Stefan, because this is

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what I do to myself. I
went back and I looked at the roster

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of the twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen
New York Islanders. There are still seven

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players on that roster who were on
last year's team, and now that with

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the loss of Josh Bailey, we're
down to six. That's still freaking amazing

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for a ten year lasting on the
same franchise. Amazing continuity. This team

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is very experienced, and they returned
to the playoffs again last year for the

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fourth time in five years, but
bowed out to Round one to the second

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place arguably second best regular season team
in the NHL, the Carolina Hurricanes.

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The Isles played very tough defensive hockey
as usual franchise identity. There fifth fewest

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goals against, the NHL's second best
say percentage, the second fewest power play

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points against. The offense a little
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looking at this Aisles team in just
in some are you expecting them to make

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a run this year Stefan in the
stacked Metro Division. Yeah, I think

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you'll see the Islanders finishing a wildcard
spot again. I just think with how

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much we saw growth in terms of
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taking strides. There's teams ready to
crack against the playoffs that worn in before,

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and there's teams like the Capitols and
the Penguins that both missed last year,

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they could miss again. I think
the Islanders they did bring back mostly

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the same team except for you add
in a healthy Matt Bars. I'm gonna

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get to the players in a little
bit, healthy Matt Bars all the whole

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year for bat there, the whole
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Offense should be better. And when
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goal, truly, anything's possible.
And we've talked to multiple players today and

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throughout the summer and they just have
the same mind that we just got to

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get in. And when you saw
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bubbles the back to back years there
to the Eastern Conference Finals, they just

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had to get in. They snucked
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they didn't get the ouldimate goal of
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the pieces that they added could serve
well if they can get past the first

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second round in the playoffs. But
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points earlier in the year and not
losing to those lower ranked teams. I

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think last year they lost both games
to Arizona, so it was teams like

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that where the Islanders fell and you
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any two games to get in?
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Islanders could handle business against those weaker
teams again, I still think they finished

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in a wild hurt spot to get
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a run. But it's gonna be
about beating those bad teams. And also

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you have to play well against the
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And as you mentioned, we're gonna
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with the forwards. Brock Nelson is
the first guy we're going to talk about,

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and I guess Jesse and I slightly
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just over the top one hundred player. We had him on in one eleven,

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one to sixteen. He finished as
the fifty second best forward in fantasy

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and we had him as a tier
three guy and have bumped that up this

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next year because he had a career
year seventy five points was the best he's

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had best in his previous career high
last season fifty nine points in seventy two

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games for a sixty seven point pace. He had thirty six goals, which

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was really great. And pretty okay
amount of bash block shots hits, but

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seventeen power points wasn't too bad.
Six years left at six million is pretty

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decent for a cap league, you
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his defensive impact isn't so great.
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he's a he's on the bottom fifteenth
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is pretty good. So, Steve
Stephen, what do you think about Nelson?

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Is he going to continue to get
over a seventy point pace this season?

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I think you get hit forty goals
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So obviously last couple of years he's
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last year in the second half of
the year. He was paired with Kyle

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Palmery and Pier Ango who came over
ready before the trade deadline, and that

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line carried the offense to the rest
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I think, you know, Brock
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he does. And I think now
with more linemans that could help set up

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Heah Envall off the rush does a
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really have. Nelson had to pretty
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year could really be the year he
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it's just wise a healthy Kyle primary
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back and then and I think Kyle
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expecting that to get a case more
goals for Paul Mary being set up by

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Nelson, I think more points.
So I think you're going to see Nelson

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have a career this year. And
it's funny he's on the other side of

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thirty, but he keeps getting better
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up regressing just yet, so I
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set his career. Has for us, Morgan finally reached to that forty goal

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mark. Nice. You love to
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some of these guys who hit late
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could be one of them. All
Right, another career season. I like

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it. Let's move on to the
next guy, the newest edition be Horvat.

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His season is a little bit complicated
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and I thought of him as around
the eightieth best forward and he was forty

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seventh he had. He was roughly
a twenty goal guy until he popped for

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thirty last season and then he nearly
hit forty this season, and so fifty

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four points and forty nine games for
Vancouver and then struggled a little bit on

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the Island, but it was a
small sample size, so it's hard to

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say exactly, but he's been someone
who's been really good for faceoff wins and

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bashed so sixty seventh for block shots
hit at his position. They signed with

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that big contract eight years times eight
point five, eight point two, eight

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point five, so that's going to
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We'll see how that ages. And
looking at Horvat's underlyings, he's more average

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than he excels at any one thing. But the offense is pretty decent and

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he's someone who's turned the corner in
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numbers, which is interesting to see. Was he if he can continue that?

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So do you think Horvat is going
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guy twenty goal guy in Long Island
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able to keep that goal scoring up
in Long Island where sometimes offense seems like

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it struggles a little bit. Yeah, for sure, Like we said when

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he came over to the island,
he had six games with map bars All

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was supposed to be a dynamic duo
for the rest of the year. Barzol

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gets hurt. That kind of tune
is everything horvat on the island Now.

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I still think he'd be a thirty
goal scorer. Again, a lot of

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it has to do with Barzil.
Barsol is playing on the wing for the

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first time in his career as a
full time winger, so that takes an

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adjustment time. For sure. We
know Huarback put the puck in the and

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I think for him it's about starting
off strong. If he gets off to

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a slow start like we saw last
year on the island, tough for Horback.

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Again, he has a lot to
proof to this fan base. I

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think he's locked in long term,
but I think he definitely could be a

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thirty goal scorer. And again,
the assists could rise if Barzel shoots more.

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And I think both of them really
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If Barsol has a good year,
Horbet's gonna have a good year. If

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Forrbett has a good year, Barsol
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I think Quarback could definitely score thirty
goals. I don't think he's a forty

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goal scorer. Again, I think
we saw in a weaker Vancouver Canucks team

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where Warback just everything clicked in that
first half. And like you said,

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on the island, defensive play is
pretty important. So you see a lot

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of offensive players not die on the
island, but you're not going to get

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as many offensive chances and breaks,
and they care more about defense and winning

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those two games. So I think
the thirty goals is certainly attainable. I

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just don't think they'll see forty.
But again, the assists, you can

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rack up the assist as long as
Barzil and whoever's playing on their wings pots

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more goals than usual, which again
those two together are very dynamics. I

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think that certainly can happen. So
let's talk about the other half of that

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duo than Matt Barzal. He was
very good last year in the time that

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he had. Like you said,
he season was marred by missing February twentieth

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to April fourteenth with a lower body
injury, and he only got in fifty

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eight games. When he was on
the ice, he had a very nice

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point pace, fifty one points in
those fifty seven. Barzil has never been

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a huge peripherals guy, but he
plays a positive offensive and defensive game.

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According to the Evolving Hockey Advanced Metrics, his eight year extension kicks in this

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year nine point one to five million
dollars per Do you know this is the

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highest AAV Lou Lamorello has ever signed
a player two. It's not the most

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total money because Lou signed Illya Kobalchuk
once upon a time to the big deal,

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but in terms of aa AAV,
Matt Barzol is number one man.

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Anyway, Do you expect Barzol to
stay on the ice this year? He's

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really only played the full season or
not miss significant time once in the past

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four years. And if so,
what kind of a role in production are

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you expecting from the young man?
Yeah, I think I was doing.

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You get a contract like that,
you got to produce. So we haven't.

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He had a great year's first year
in the league, winning the call

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there, we just haven't seen him
get to that point now. He's never

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had a guy like Horbat for a
full year, so I think, yeah,

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this is gonna be another huge year. Like I said, Qrvett's gonna

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have a huge year if they if
they stay healthy. Same thing with Barzol.

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The biggest thing for him is the
goal scoring. It could be a

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playmaker and he'll do wonders for Horvet, but it's the problem is he's hesitant

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to shoot a lot. He has
a great shot. When he shoots,

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he finds it back in the net. The problem is he doesn't shoot enough.

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And I think off the rush.
Now playing on the wing, I

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met get more of those chances to
shoot and just has to trust his shot

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again. Fourteen goals last year and
that was a good pace for him.

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That was gonna be one of his
better seasons than quite some time. I

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think twenty goals certainly is attainable and
should happen, but he definitely could rack

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up. I think he gets a
fifty assists. That'd be a up puss

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for the Islanders. He's got to
be someone I don't like. I don't

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love this comparison, but I do
use it. The batsman Odechkin. I

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look at it as Barzl's that playmaker
to a goal scorer, so you can't

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relign him to score thirty with thirty
five goals. However, when you have

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a guy like Corvett coming down the
rink, that should allow Barsol more time

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in space and vice versus. I
think for Barzol the biggest thing is getting

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them to assists and setting Horvat up, because Horvat is that goal scorer on

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that line and Lee. He had
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a good typical anders Lee scoring line. One point five hits, two point

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five shots a game, pretty good. He transition transitioned last year from playing

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with brack Nielson and Anthony Bavilier to
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Bavilia's departure, Lee consistently gets offensive
deployment, and the Wowie shows that everybody

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who skated with Lee the with or
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at five on five significantly improved their
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with ers Lee versus not on the
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stalwart on the power play. Is
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role and keep up power play,
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Yeah, I do think We're going
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know if he's going to be a
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I could. I can very much
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in the third line along Zan Tajo, and that's a line that's focused definitely

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on shutting down the opponent's best.
So I think, again, twenty goals

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would be great for Lee. I
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role, of different experience room.
So I don't know if we're going to

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see as much production point wise.
Again, defensive prowess, playing in the

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power play is still something he's probably
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I just think it's gonna be a
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wouldn't expect that the season. Like
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could start with Wharfin and Barzol and
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you just said, when he's on
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generate chances. He's a guy that
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feeds the point. He does set
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think we especially in the playoffs,
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a dip a little bit in terms
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goal, which limited his production.
So yeah, so I think twenty goals

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for lead would be pretty good this
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role of bottom six roll for the
first time in quite some time. Let's

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talk about the the two big p's, John Gabriel, Pajoe, Kyle Palm

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Marry. There's a couple of players
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here, Pajo with forty points in
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thirty three and fifty five games.
Who you got for having the better season

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in the year ahead, Pajo or
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offense, is definitely pal Marray.
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last year after back to back and
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unfortunately for Palmary, but we saw
him finally play to the level that the

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Islanders expected when they sign him to
his contract, getting he's their best long

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distance shooter, but he also presses
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for Nelson. Whoever his linemates are. Yeah, I think offensively, if

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Palmery could stay healthy. Now,
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We don't know what he's dealing with. He injured himself in the off

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season. They don't know if he'll
be ready for the first preseing game next

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week. So that's a major question
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have h injuries, and I'm not
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but when you have one or two, usually they happen often and you got

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to be careful of that kind of
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the guy that should have a better
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Paso, he is your shutdown center. He plays on the power play,

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he plays on the penalty kill.
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last year though, so it really
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If Paso plays with a guy like
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breakout year and one of those guys
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team, I think you can see
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since his wrist injury a couple of
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shoot the same way, so I
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But again that's this is the guy
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to the Islanders than Paul Mary just
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in terms of offensive production, the
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he's healthy, because that second line
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with Engvall, Nelson and Palmary,
like I said, really carried him and

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Palmer was just as big a player
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So the next guy I want to
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and just thinking about guys who maybe
could take another step or have room for

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improvement. I know some of the
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he's really good, and there's limited
sample size and maybe he deserves more ice

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time. For whatever reason, he
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be around a twelve minute guy.
He has had two seasons where he's close

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to forty point pace, but hasn't
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previous season with twenty seven point pace. He basically looks good in rates but

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has never really translated that is he
going to get that opportunity? Is he

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finally going to be able to break
through. What do you think Oliver Walstrom

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has the store for this season and
maybe even beyond that. Yeah, that's

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really up to him. I think
under Barry Trotz he really struggled to grasp

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how to play a two hundred foot
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last year and Layne's first year as
coach, before Walston suffered in twenty ACL

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or whatever an ACL injury that he
had, he was finally showing that he

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was a power forward. He wasn't
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think that bodes well for him this
year. Again, I'm not sure where

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he's going to start in the line
up. He feels one hundred percent ready

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to go. He said he focused
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This is the most exciting he's ever
been to play. And I think

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he just signed a one year deal
this offseason. This is a proven year

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for him. So if he's ever
gonna show this organization that he could be

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a top six player for them,
now's the time. Now. Whether he's

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playing along the side of Barzol,
which I think he played twenty five games

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with him last year, or he's
playing along side passot. He's going to

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be a goal score on whatever line
he's on, and the whole product point

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is obviously he's got to show off
that shot and on the power play too.

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The Islanders power play was third worst
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Walston missed a chunk of that.
So I think for Wallstrom this is a

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huge year for him, and I
think again it's always important for guys like

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this to start off strong and build
on what he built on because again,

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like you said, his numbers last
year, we're pretty good. If he

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stays healthy, he's having a career
year. I think it's just him getting

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on the ice and building that.
But I think, yeah, for Walston,

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it's made or break, and you
want to see him rise to the

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occasion. Yeah, I definitely hoping
to see that, and that's good for

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the forward. Let's move on to
the defense. So Noahdopson is someone who

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has finally broken out identical fifty two
point pay season, which is pretty exciting.

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He played nearly all eighty two in
both seasons. Two shooting percentage was

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pretty similar. Interesting that last season
his total time on pretty good production.

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Obviously, his blocks and shots were
really good. A little low on the

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hit total, but nineteen power play
points for not the most dynamic or efficient

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power play was pretty good. Fifty
second at bash at his position is pretty

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nice and in acap lee two years
left at four million is golden for a

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top power play defenseman. It does
all that he does. When you look

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at his underlyings, his defensive impacts
are actually pretty poor. It's surprising,

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especially with how good the Islanders try
to be defensively. He's like the bottom

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five to ten percent of the league
defensively. Offensively pretty good. So I

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guess is the time on ice deployment
going to change or is he going to

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continue to be a fifty point defenseman
from here on out? What do you

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think, Stephan So? I think
the biggest thing is obviously, like you

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talked about, his defensive play is
pretty weak, and I think that's why

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you show him get bottom pairing minutes
last year. Now if he can improve

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that, which the coaching staff has
said that he's worked on that this offseason.

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Again, he's a big guy,
so he shouldn't have an issue boxing

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out in front of making those smarter
plays. But you talk about the point

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production. I look back, he
had no goals in the last ten games

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of the season, and he went
on a stretch during the year where he

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went nineteen straight games at a goal
and still produce that. So I think

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the next step for him is just
providing more consistent offense in terms of goal

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production, because he has a shot, he's the guy in the power play

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at the point. But I think
it's just consistency because, like you said,

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thirteen goals is good for what he
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He had a great year, but
going twenty nine games that a goal and

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two stretches of a pretty long time, that's a lot of time without production.

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So I think for him, it's
just providing more consistency and if he

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could do that, he's going to
have a career er goal production wise in

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point production. But I think right
now that's the big focus is doing it

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at a consistent right, He's still
young, he's twenty three years old,

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and I think he's just going to
get better and better. Let's talk about

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Ryan Pulock. Victor and I used
to be really enthused about mister Pulock's fantasy

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prospects, but then no adoptson showed
up, and as far as his role.

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They've helped to find Pulock's role.
Not the main offensive guy in this

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team. It might have been miscast
there. That's fine. Guy has a

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point every three games. He has
a shot and a half, a block

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and a half, a hit and
a half per game. That's very good

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statistics for us fantasy types. We're
not going to cover Adam Pellock separately here

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just because we have a no Pellock
plus Polock discussion rule. You can't talk

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about it both anyway. One thing
that surprises me, and one route to

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bigger stats for my selfish purposes,
would be can somebody hog some minutes on

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this team? No defenseman on this
team, as far as I can tell,

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skates more than twenty one to thirty
nine a night, which is really

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low for the top defenseman on an
NHL franchise. Well is going to get

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paid for a while, so he's
definitely going to have a rule, a

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real life role. That's what's important
for the Islanders. I get it.

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What kind of expectations do you have
for Polock in this coming year? Is

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deployment, is scoring and just what
he's going to do for the Islanders.

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Yeah, I think we're at the
point already since he's been to lead that

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he's just not going to be the
offensive guy the Islanders expected. I don't

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think you watch him play, whether
it's on the power play or just five

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and five, he just struggles to
hit the net. His SHOT's great,

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he's got a very fast shot,
it just doesn't hit the net. And

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I think you saw him really show
a new kind of puloc in the playoffs,

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where it was about physicality and shutdown
style. And that's when the Islanders

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are going on their runs. Heuck
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That's what they did, That's what
they made their bread and butter with.

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I just don't see Pulock bringing that
offense. I don't think now on

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the other side of thirty that Orever
whatever his age is right now, but

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he's close to that. It's just
he's not going to automatically become this thirteen

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to fourteen goal guy. So I
think in terms of offensive production, you

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can't expect most of them. Now. That being said, if he's not

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going to produce offensively, he's,
like you said, he's here for a

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while. He's got to bring that
defensive plan. I think, like we

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saw in the playoffs. He was
their best defenseman by far in terms of

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physicality and that defensive zone play,
and that takes a lot of pressure of

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Pellic, who I know you don't
want to discuss their tandem, and they

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work really well together. I think
if Dobson can do what he does,

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they don't need Puluck. Like you
said before, is Pulock was supposed to

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be that guy and then Dobson came
along. I think they'd be a major

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issue if Dobson wasn't producing, Andy
had Puloc. You're paying this money to

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be this offensive guy not doing it. So I think Dobson definitely took a

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lot of weight off Pulock's shoulders and
historicals and I think, yeah, the

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focus of Pulock's going to be his
defensive zone play. I will try to

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stop you from talking about Pelic Stepan. I'm just easily confused, that's all.

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Yeah, there's important things to say
about the Pelic. We should be

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telling people about it. But regardless
of the new kid in town, let's

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talk about him. And if you
want to talk more Pelic you can.

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Alexander Romanov, though, is the
new kid. He was a fairly prominent

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prospect coming up in Montreal, and
again he was a guy I had to

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get the mind shift because defensive stats
are where Romanov kind of come through.

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Positive contributions, according again to the
advanced metrics, are coming on the penalty

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kill. His bash of the eighteenth
best that his blocks plus shots plus hits,

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he was the eighteenth highest in defenseman
in NHL. That was great for

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US fantasy types. A hit with
over a shot, two hits, three

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blocks a game, twenty two points
in seventy six games, not bad at

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all. He's still only twenty three
and in the middle of a three year

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bridge deal, so that's good news
for the Islanders who have a lot of

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aging contracts on their books. Are
you expecting Romanov's role to evolve this year?

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You talked about how Pulock is already
he's fully baked at this point,

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Maybe Romanov isn't. What are you
expecting from the young man? Yeah?

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First of I think he had a
I don't know if he had a career

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high influence las year, but he
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for him that was pretty good.
I think the assists go up depending on

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who he plays with. I know
last year he started with Dobbs and it

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didn't go well at all and not
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see him play with Dbpson this year
around again. Romanov was one of those

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guys in the second half alongside Pulock
just figured it out again. Playing with

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the veterans much easier than playing with
a youngster that doesn't make those rootie mistakes

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00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,039
and things like that. But Romanov
is a confident guy and you talked about

405
00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:14,599
it and his defensive player the way
he's able to knock people off the puck.

406
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,839
These huge hits just get the crowd
going. That's where he makes his

407
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,480
money, and he'll be making more
money in the future for sure. And

408
00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:22,440
I think, yeah, defensive blocks
on the penalty kill. He's a guy

409
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that doesn't care about his body.
He's gonna do whatever he has to do.

410
00:24:26,279 --> 00:24:29,440
And he got hurt this last year
and it limited his ability to be

411
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ready for the playoff. I think
he missed the last six games of the

412
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regular season and then the first two
playoff games. But now he say he's

413
00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:37,039
one hundred percent healthy, he's ready
to go. He's on the ice for

414
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the first day of training camp,
and yeah, this is a guy that

415
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is I would play a Darius casprightis
type on defense. He just levels people.

416
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:48,000
And I think for fantasy fans that
those defensive that defensive categories. This

417
00:24:48,039 --> 00:24:52,640
is a guy that can shine in
those moments. Yeah, great stuff on

418
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,279
the d and we're just playing around. It's actually fun to hear the announcers

419
00:24:56,319 --> 00:25:00,599
do the pull up pellock over scoring. Does it? Yeah, he confuses

420
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,200
everything all the time. Yeah,
it doesn't tough. Yeah, I definitely

421
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,759
would too. Let's move on to
the goalies, and the Islanders gave up

422
00:25:07,799 --> 00:25:14,240
the nineteenth ranked goals two point seventy
four expected goals sorry for sixty according to

423
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,319
Evolving Hockey, but only the third
actual goals two point four to four.

424
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,880
And we know the reason why.
It's the Iliosrocan Show. He finally has

425
00:25:22,079 --> 00:25:26,359
arrived. I would say, we've
been, you know, roll back the

426
00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:29,400
show for several years ago. We
were talking about the big Russian three with

427
00:25:29,599 --> 00:25:33,640
just Shirkun and Si Sonof and I'm
pretty sure at the time I said that

428
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,200
I liked Sorokn the best. I
thought that Shastrika was maybe the most talented.

429
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,599
But this environment is so ripe for
goalies, right, I mean you

430
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have not only a good defensive environment, but you have an awesome goalie,

431
00:25:44,519 --> 00:25:48,319
and so yeah, he was great. He played nearly triple the number of

432
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,680
starts that Varlamov had, and that
has been slowly changing over time that they

433
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,279
were more split, and it was
several years ago Varlamov was playing more.

434
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But obviously he's getting older now and
so we finally have seen the Ilias Crocan

435
00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:07,640
arrive fifty one goal save above expected
Delta Fenwick of one point ninety seven.

436
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,599
These numbers are quite frankly, just
absurd. He has one year left at

437
00:26:11,599 --> 00:26:15,279
four million, so for this year
in a cap league, I don't know

438
00:26:15,279 --> 00:26:17,960
that you could do better. And
then he signed his eight year extension eight

439
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,359
point twenty five, which still might
be pretty worth it depending on your league

440
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,559
setup. I don't really know what
to ask other than are we just going

441
00:26:23,599 --> 00:26:30,240
to continue to witness dominance by Sorokan
and Vesna level play for the next I

442
00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:33,079
don't know, eight, nine,
ten years? What do you think about

443
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,480
this season and beyond? Yeah,
this guy is just an absolute gamer,

444
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,839
right, his focus one save at
a time. We know what happened in

445
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,759
the playoffs. A fluke Gold goes
in. That's how the Islanders get eliminated

446
00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:47,920
but then out in that spot without
Serrokan. I had a chance to vote

447
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,000
last year, and obviously Conrad Daviers
winning the Heart, no question about it.

448
00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:55,119
But I gave my second vote to
Srokean because you look at his numbers

449
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,000
and I'm not saying the Islanders would
have been a lottery team if without Serrokin,

450
00:26:59,079 --> 00:27:02,759
but there's no question he was their
MVP carried and you just talked about

451
00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:06,920
his advanced metrics are ridiculous and you
watch him and it makes sense, and

452
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,519
I think he's going to get better
because this defense is going to get better.

453
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:12,839
Now. Maybe the advantatistics in terms
of goal safe, above expected,

454
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,200
all those things are going to go
down because maybe they're not the Islanders aren't

455
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,480
allowing as many in tight, high
danger chances as they do in the past,

456
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,920
because I think another year for Romano, another year for Dobson. You

457
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,440
look at Samuel Buld, who got
a chance, another guy, he takes

458
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,039
another step, a healthy pelts back
to the Islands. If they can't get

459
00:27:30,079 --> 00:27:32,519
back to the way they played with
Robin Leonard and goal where that was they

460
00:27:32,559 --> 00:27:36,319
were the best defensive team in the
sport that makes the goaltenders life so much

461
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,519
easier, allows them to focus more, not have to be not get exhausted

462
00:27:38,519 --> 00:27:41,880
every night. And I think for
Sorok and he'll benefit greatly from just stronger

463
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,599
defense. But again on the back
of your mind, and that defense breaks

464
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,519
downs. Gonnakan's gonna probably make that
say, whether it's Aman Russ or break

465
00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:52,720
away things like that. He's just
it's incredible to watch on a day to

466
00:27:52,759 --> 00:27:56,400
day basis, but his advanced deats
certainly back up exactly what we're seeing on

467
00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,880
the ice. All right, Stephan, this has been some great stuff talking

468
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,880
about the Islanders. Why don't you
let people know what they could do to

469
00:28:06,079 --> 00:28:07,880
keep up with all the work you
got going out there. Yeah, appreciate

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00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,400
it. Thanks for having me.
You can follow me on Twitter at Stefan

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Underscore Rosner. That's s T E
f E and Underscore Rosner. I do

472
00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:19,039
cover the Islanders for the Hockey News
and I'm an independent correspondent for NHL dot

473
00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:22,759
com, so you can definitely check
me out there. Nice. Nice everybody,

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00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,240
keep up with Stephan's work and Stephan, good luck in following the Islanders

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00:28:27,279 --> 00:28:38,640
this year. Thank you so much. Wis that's good fired pas. Oh

476
00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:48,079
my goodness, Cat, we grab
Now it's your weekly goalie talk. But

477
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:55,960
Kat Silverman Cat's Instincts. Time again
for another Cat's Instincts. With Kat Silverman

478
00:28:56,079 --> 00:29:00,079
and Gold mag and New York Islanders
Edition, we get a cup pretty decent

479
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:06,920
ones. The Islanders system in general
is pretty depleted of talent in the skaters,

480
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,720
but I think they got some pretty
decent goalie. It's nice to have

481
00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:14,039
at least something decent to talk about
in that pool, because otherwise it's difficult.

482
00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:18,079
Actually, But we're going to start
with Jacob Skaik, who was a

483
00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:19,920
twenty eighteen third round pick by the
Aisle. Six foot four, two hundred

484
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,640
and five pounds now twenty three years
old. He's primarily been in Bridgeport of

485
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:30,880
the AHL the past three seasons and
on the surface has not gone particularly well.

486
00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:36,319
His save percentage there has been sub
nine hundred basically every season he's been

487
00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:40,640
there, and this past season he
got the past couple he's had it closed

488
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,400
eight ninety six, eight ninety two. But when you look at his underlyings,

489
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:47,400
his save percent above expected is actually
really high, which is the main

490
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,240
thing you would hope for a goalie. His equivalencies look the trending a little

491
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,200
bit down. He got up to
forty two percent. Right now he's only

492
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,720
at twenty percent. He looks like
Tommy Sallow in this model, who was

493
00:29:59,759 --> 00:30:03,960
all so drafted by the Islanders and
was an average starter. I don't know,

494
00:30:03,039 --> 00:30:06,920
is that something we can hope from
scaa Kat What do your instincts tell

495
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,799
us about him? I do think
it's hilarious that a team that was being

496
00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:18,000
manned by lu Lamorello and Mitch Korn
has done a really good job of stockpiling

497
00:30:18,039 --> 00:30:22,839
some young goaltenders and a really good
job of stockpiling some really old skaters,

498
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:29,480
because that is two guys doing it
exactly what they liked to do. So

499
00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:34,240
good for that. But I didn't
love Jacob Skyrik when he got drafted.

500
00:30:34,359 --> 00:30:38,440
He was, if I remember correctly, he was a part of the duo

501
00:30:38,559 --> 00:30:42,400
with Lucas Dostall, who was obviously
with the Anaheim Ducks, a pair of

502
00:30:42,599 --> 00:30:48,799
chat goaltenders who were highly touted.
I liked Doshdall's game a little bit better

503
00:30:49,759 --> 00:30:55,599
at the time. Skarek is more
of a fast moving, high flying goaltender,

504
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,359
plays a little more like a like
an alias Samsonov or a Peter Morazac

505
00:30:59,519 --> 00:31:03,640
really like to get some movement in
there, but to the point where I

506
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:10,000
almost wish he'd slow down and read
the play a little bit better. And

507
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,680
that's tripping him up when he's in
North America, and I've watched a couple

508
00:31:14,759 --> 00:31:18,480
of his games and it's a little
frustrating to watch just because I think he

509
00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:23,240
still isn't slowing himself down. He
isn't just adding that extra level of control

510
00:31:23,279 --> 00:31:30,599
that if you combined that control with
the agility and the speed and just the

511
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,119
sheer athleticism that he has in his
game, he'd be top tier. He'd

512
00:31:33,119 --> 00:31:38,640
be elite. And sometimes that's just
some guys have more athleticism than control in

513
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,720
their toolkit, and that's fine,
but that is what I think stops him

514
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:48,000
from being quite as promising as he
could be. But that being said,

515
00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:52,920
they don't need him to be that
promising yet, because if the Rangers have

516
00:31:53,039 --> 00:32:01,480
the best goaltender on Manhattan Island,
on Egosias, Stricken Islanders have the second

517
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:07,039
best goaltender in the tri state area
in Ilias Sarocan, who I think last

518
00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:13,880
year was, if not the best
young goaltender, one of the best young

519
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,599
goaltenders. It really just depending on
which we you tuned into a game,

520
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:22,079
just waffled between Schisterkin and Sirrokin.
For me, I think that's that gives

521
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:27,359
Skark some time to develop a little
bit more and see if his style will

522
00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:32,880
adapt to North America before they either
move on or try and find another option.

523
00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:39,920
Yeah, definitely good insights there,
and yeah, love it's hard sometimes

524
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:45,559
to evaluate these teams where they have
a long term set one a number one

525
00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:49,079
with a bullet type of goalie with
Sarrocan. But yeah, maybe he'll get

526
00:32:49,079 --> 00:32:52,079
there as a backup or one B
at some point. Another guy that's interesting

527
00:32:52,079 --> 00:32:57,119
in their system. Tristan Lennox and
Lenox was a twenty twenty one third round

528
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,720
pick sixty four and ninety six pounds. He's now twenty, just finished his

529
00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:04,920
time in the OHL and he will
turn pro. His stats in the OHL

530
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,440
were really not that impressive. That
might have been just because he played for

531
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:14,200
Saginaw, but eight eight eighty eight
in the last two seasons basically the same,

532
00:33:14,319 --> 00:33:16,920
so neither great. When you look
at his save percent above expected goals

533
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:22,359
save above expected. He was also
just league average, so underlyings don't really

534
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:28,240
support that he was great either,
so looking at his equivalency, he's trending

535
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,279
down to an eighteen percent. Most
of the guys here are not super exciting.

536
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:36,559
Dan Clutier was one that I found
as a replacement starter maybe best case

537
00:33:36,559 --> 00:33:39,440
scenario according to this. So Kat, what do your instincts tell us about

538
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:45,400
Tristan Lennox. He's an interesting one
too, because he was a part of

539
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:51,359
that draft year of kids who essentially
an entire group of them lost their draft

540
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,759
year, if I remember correctly,
he didn't get to play at all his

541
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:59,759
draft year, and he'd had some
really good showings playing I believe it was

542
00:33:59,759 --> 00:34:04,759
trip before going to the OHL,
and he was looking really promising, he'd

543
00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:09,239
been in some showcases, and then
his entire draft year was just gone because

544
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:15,840
of COVID, and so a lot
of those kids were almost operating on a

545
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:21,599
one year deficit, not only when
it came to time that they had in

546
00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:25,320
terms of reps, but in of
time spent learning the reads, time spent

547
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:30,199
learning decision making and consistency, and
even getting their technique more finely tuned,

548
00:34:30,599 --> 00:34:34,960
because there's only so much you can
do when you're doing essentially one on one

549
00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:39,199
dry land drills. Either with your
coach or with yourself during those sort of

550
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:44,599
quote unquote lost years for those guys. So we saw them guys who were

551
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:50,320
drafted that year almost looked like a
draft eligible guy in their draft plus one

552
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,559
season, and then they looked like
guys who were just coming out of that

553
00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:58,000
in their draft plus two years.
And so I don't love the numbers he

554
00:34:58,039 --> 00:35:01,239
put up. He wasn't playing for
an amazing team, but he also really

555
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,880
lost just a key year of crucial
development for his game, and he's a

556
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,440
bigger goaltender, so he needed that
time to get that decision making in there.

557
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:15,679
So I don't I'm not super wild
by him. But the Islanders are

558
00:35:15,679 --> 00:35:20,159
a team that can take risks,
right. They have like we said,

559
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:24,199
they have that long term elite Number
One. They can take guys who maybe

560
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:29,880
look like they had some promise,
and then we need to dig a little

561
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,440
deeper to figure out what they need
to reach that promise, because they don't

562
00:35:32,519 --> 00:35:36,599
need this guy to be ready this
year, next year, even in the

563
00:35:36,599 --> 00:35:38,880
next two to three years. He
could be three to four years off from

564
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:45,960
being good almost allah Jordan Bennington,
and they'd be fine. So he looks

565
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:50,519
like a project for them. We
will see how that project goes. But

566
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,079
he had some good flashes for a
guy his size. He looked like he

567
00:35:53,119 --> 00:35:58,480
had some really fun speed to his
game before he got drafted, So we

568
00:35:58,519 --> 00:36:01,079
will see how that goes. Thanks
so much, keV for giving us your

569
00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:16,599
instincts on the New York Islanders' goalies. We'll be back right after this dig

570
00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:29,280
the Dynasty Dig New York Islanders edition. I'd like to say we saved the

571
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:34,199
best for last or second to last, but I can't because Victor's rankings have

572
00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:37,719
the Islanders thirty second, dead last
in the National Hockey League. They only

573
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:42,199
had one pick to try to improve
that situation in the top one hundred this

574
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:46,719
year. Danny Nelson was selected forty
ninth overall from the national team development program.

575
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,480
Nonetheless, Victor, we will soldier
through and we'll start that with your

576
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,760
no brainer. Who is it?
Yeah, our no brainer, A little

577
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:59,760
bit subdued no brainer. But Calli
o'dellias is going to be our no brainer.

578
00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:01,760
And he was a twenty twenty two
second round pick by the Aisles,

579
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:07,119
twentieth d off the board in a
super stacked, D heavy draft that twenty

580
00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:10,000
twenty two drafts Delia six to one
hundred and eighty five pounds left handed.

581
00:37:10,039 --> 00:37:14,719
D part of that Jew Gardens quartet
if you want to include him with the

582
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:20,719
forwards Ogrin Oaceland and Lekkannamaki. And
as a reminder, Drew Gardens was relegated

583
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,360
in twenty one to twenty two.
He had one goal tennis sist for eleven

584
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:28,360
points and forty three games with Drew
Garden, who was just absolutely drowning defensively.

585
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,960
They had a really rough time in
the SHL that year and he will

586
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:35,760
be sorry. That was last year
with the hockey hels Fensken and he really

587
00:37:36,119 --> 00:37:38,719
did his best, but the whole
team struggled. He'll be back with Drew

588
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:43,679
Gardens in twenty three, twenty four. Who's about to start playing any day

589
00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:45,760
now, or by the time you're
hearing this, that probably would have started

590
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:50,199
already. He has signed his entry
level but probably one to two years away

591
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,880
from coming to North America. So
that's about a little bit about him.

592
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,320
But we need to know more about
him, and from that we're going to

593
00:37:55,400 --> 00:38:00,119
hear from our FHL scout. Yes
we will, Victor are FHL scout.

594
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:05,480
Brandon talks about Odelis. He's a
nimble skater, light on his edges,

595
00:38:05,599 --> 00:38:08,639
moves into way reminiscent of someone four
inches shorter and twenty pounds lighter. That's

596
00:38:08,679 --> 00:38:15,159
good fluid mobility in all directions,
and will use this odd or orthodox pivot.

597
00:38:15,679 --> 00:38:19,639
His strike can be a bit foreshortened
and is without much power or torque.

598
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,400
Passinger and handling inconsistent in his puck
movement. Shows flashes of creativity and

599
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:29,599
brilliance making backhand feeds under pressure or
long stretch passes up the boards. But

600
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,119
then there are times you will carry
the puck along the boards deep into the

601
00:38:32,119 --> 00:38:36,880
ozone and we'll pull attention to him
and doing so. Would like to see

602
00:38:37,079 --> 00:38:40,559
Brandon would like to see some more
of those rushes, like centering passes,

603
00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:45,199
circling the net or even driving the
net and steady off in button hooks or

604
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:49,599
stops up to shovel the puck back
up high shooting. Like his passes,

605
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,920
it lacks a certain oomph or wow
factor. Odelius is quite efficient in his

606
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:59,440
shot movement past patterns, which results
in a faster release without much wind up

607
00:39:00,199 --> 00:39:06,079
into the shot IQ Vision Panic Meter, et cetera. Odelius does not handle

608
00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:10,280
pressure very well, often moves the
puck without purpose and with haste, uses

609
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:14,519
skating to stay out of the most
direct pressure, but it becomes a worry

610
00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:19,719
when observing space and time collapse around
him while he is the puck carrier.

611
00:39:20,159 --> 00:39:24,239
Very little deliberate patience in his game
for checking, often the very last player

612
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:29,199
to enter the ozone. Not a
single activation off the rush that Brandon observed.

613
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,280
Defense. One of the bright spots
gap control and stick work. When

614
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:38,960
defending away against a newly gained zone
entry, his stick looks light in his

615
00:39:39,039 --> 00:39:44,119
hands and he flourishes it with speed
and accuracy, proving to be a disruptive

616
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:49,639
obstacle. He's easily, though outworked
and out muscled in puck battles along the

617
00:39:49,639 --> 00:39:52,440
boards. So the best asset of
all this was the fluid skating and mobility.

618
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:57,880
The biggest concern panicked processing, speed
and choices, lack of next level

619
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:04,000
tools or wow factor. The top
tier outcome foreseeing for Adelius from Brandon bottom

620
00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:07,960
pair, shutdown d middle pair on
a shallow team fifteen to twenty five points,

621
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:13,519
very few peripherals, fiftieth percentile median
outcome for him career semi pro.

622
00:40:13,639 --> 00:40:19,719
Maybe some time spent in the AHL
stylistic comparable boy Brandon had a hard time

623
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,119
with this one. Uniqueness, posture
and style doesn't really stand out. Maybe

624
00:40:23,159 --> 00:40:28,920
Philip Deno with more graceful wheels in
twenty five percent of the intensity, grip,

625
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:35,480
compete and drive. Huh interesting.
Let's do the NHL Rank King comparisons.

626
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,639
It's not looking good as far as
his p NHL E equivalent. It's

627
00:40:38,679 --> 00:40:45,039
pretty low compared to even not even
reaching up to a second line potential here,

628
00:40:45,079 --> 00:40:50,039
although one of his similarity scores is
Brent Burns, so take that for

629
00:40:50,079 --> 00:40:53,400
what it's worth. Calliodelius. We're
going to put in the NHL Rank King

630
00:40:53,639 --> 00:41:00,239
Mason Black's head to head Twitter poll
against Mattias Havilid, who was taken about

631
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:07,559
twenty picks earlier in the twenty twenty
two NHL Entry Draft in that second round,

632
00:41:07,039 --> 00:41:12,639
and Odelius is not able to carry
this one off. Mattias have a

633
00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:17,320
lead wins fifty nine to forty one
percent. Victor, are you gonna take

634
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:22,280
up for your earlier drafted shark as
being better than this? No brainer?

635
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:28,840
Definitely not my shark, but yes
he is. I think better and I

636
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,039
think you said his name right too. I believe it's have a lead,

637
00:41:30,199 --> 00:41:32,480
which I would have thought have a
lid, but I think it's heavy lead.

638
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,159
And yeah, so he these both
these guys are depth later options.

639
00:41:38,199 --> 00:41:43,039
I have them both ranked in the
eighties on my prospect rank sheets. So

640
00:41:43,039 --> 00:41:45,760
none of these guys are super interesting. Although if you want to believe early

641
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:51,599
season numbers, Mattias have a lead
for linkoping three assists in three games.

642
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,840
There you go. His pnhil is
off the charts right now. Mason just

643
00:41:54,880 --> 00:42:01,280
posted his first first pnhile of the
season and it's it's pretty high for Matias

644
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,440
heavy lead, so I think he's
like over one hundred pnhly. Obviously that's

645
00:42:05,559 --> 00:42:09,320
way too early to say anything about, but that's great early production. And

646
00:42:09,519 --> 00:42:15,199
Adelius hasn't started yet but we'll soon. And I think that Heavilyad is just

647
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:19,559
a little bit more offensive. He's
a little bit more dynamic. He is

648
00:42:19,639 --> 00:42:23,000
smaller, though, so if you
are worried about that he's five' ten

649
00:42:24,039 --> 00:42:28,719
is heavi Lyad And Adelius is as
you mentioned, tall, much taller.

650
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,679
He's a six' one, so
it shouldn't have the size issues. But

651
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:35,800
Heavily is just I would think a
better skater, more competitive, and I

652
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,559
think these guys are both general.
I would probably look the other way and

653
00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:44,079
find a different option if I could. But if I had to choose between

654
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:46,519
these two, I would take Matias
have a lead, and we don't really

655
00:42:46,559 --> 00:42:52,400
have an annointed future power play defenseman
in San Jose, and I'm not sure

656
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,039
that it would be heavy lead,
but he would. He could certainly be

657
00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:58,559
in the conversation in a couple of
years, so I would take him.

658
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,519
When you look at the hockey prospecting
between these two, they're both pretty low.

659
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:06,599
O'delius has ten percent chance of being
a star, have lead three percent.

660
00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:09,639
They're both low in their NHL or
probability, so neither one looks too

661
00:43:09,639 --> 00:43:14,199
exciting. But o'deliz does look a
little bit better. And then just looking

662
00:43:14,199 --> 00:43:17,840
at Odeliz's comps, he's got some
guys like Nick Malos who don't are not

663
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:22,920
that exciting, Michael Burdinski, there's
some Oli Mata who he looks that's a

664
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:28,280
pretty average producer. You look at
the j fresh card and he's one percent

665
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,280
chance of being a star and just
three percent chance of being an NHLer,

666
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:34,760
which is very low. I think
his NHL or probability is much higher than

667
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,800
that. But overall, yeah,
as the thirty second overall ranks suggests for

668
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:45,960
this team, they're no brainer,
not so brainfull Jesse. Yeah, then

669
00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:47,920
we will try to move on to
the next guy. Maybe things will look

670
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,599
up here. Who's the need to
know prospect? The need to know is

671
00:43:52,679 --> 00:43:55,639
William dufour. I was thinking about
making him the no brainer, but there's

672
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:59,800
some reasons to maybe be a little
skeptical about this guy, and I'll mention

673
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,000
them as we go through. But
to four twenty twenty fifth round pick.

674
00:44:02,079 --> 00:44:05,920
So the fact that we've been talking
about him is great. Six to two

675
00:44:06,159 --> 00:44:08,519
hundred and sixteen pound right wing.
He had a pretty awesome transition from the

676
00:44:08,599 --> 00:44:14,119
Q last season, where he was
almost two points per game for the Saint

677
00:44:14,199 --> 00:44:17,280
john Sea Dogs, to the AHL, where he had twenty one goals twenty

678
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:22,400
seven assists for forty eight points and
sixty nine games with Bridgeport of the AHL,

679
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:27,119
that's pretty fantastic. He played one
game in the for the Islanders,

680
00:44:27,119 --> 00:44:30,400
no points. He was on the
ice for two goals against. Not too

681
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:35,480
exciting, but also not necessarily his
fault. He's pretty close to being nhlready.

682
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:38,119
He might even be competing for a
spot in camp as we are recording

683
00:44:38,159 --> 00:44:42,639
this, they're just opening training camps
and he's got two years leapt on his

684
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,199
entry level deal. So let's hear
a little bit more about what makes William

685
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:52,280
Defour a little bit exciting though from
our FHL scout, Yes, Sir,

686
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,280
our Fahl scout in this case is
Austin and here's what he has to say

687
00:44:55,280 --> 00:45:00,000
about Defour. He's a good skater, isn't overly quick, but mobile,

688
00:45:00,199 --> 00:45:02,960
has a decent transition game that could
take him a long way into being entrusted

689
00:45:04,079 --> 00:45:07,639
two way forward passing and handling.
Passing is not his main strength, but

690
00:45:08,159 --> 00:45:13,199
for has shown he knows how to
be a productive playmaker with good patients with

691
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,599
the puck. Not a great playmaker, but very good at getting assists.

692
00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:20,800
Not the most creative, but we'll
have more chances next season to do so.

693
00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:24,280
Shooting before has shown a strong eye
for the net at every level who's

694
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:29,760
played at managed to continue burying pucks
with his massive boom of a shot.

695
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:31,760
Puts a lot of strength into that
shot, which can be a deadly release

696
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,360
with more training. IQ. As
alluded to in passing, he does have

697
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,519
good patients and calmness with a puck. Not a panicky player, always has

698
00:45:39,519 --> 00:45:44,400
had a good eye for the game
and has shown he can translate those assets

699
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,000
to the pros. For checking,
doesn't do a whole lot of that,

700
00:45:47,079 --> 00:45:50,880
but he can get into the corners
in battle for the puck. Away from

701
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,119
the puck, he doesn't play much
of a role, but isn't someone who

702
00:45:53,119 --> 00:45:57,320
plays too gently, if you want
to put it that way. With more

703
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:01,079
time in the pros before, may
become more comfort with that aspect. Defense.

704
00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:05,320
There's been some improvement into for his
defensive game six to three, but

705
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,360
not overly physical, but he has
shown a greater willingness to engage in defensive

706
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:15,360
play and the best asset Defore's strong
offensive awareness dominant shot release could be a

707
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:20,719
twenty goal season in the AHL,
something he could replicate in the NHL in

708
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:22,760
a few years. A lot of
control in a strong shooting motion that could

709
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:27,840
be tricky for goalies to stop.
Biggest concern it's an NHL game, but

710
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,320
it's not clear how high his upside
is. He's worked hard this season,

711
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:34,400
but needs to finish rounding up his
game before he could be viewed as any

712
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:39,960
kind of top six player. The
top tier outcome for defour possible future middle

713
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:45,360
six forward with potential for fifty to
sixty points at best, although forty to

714
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,639
fifties more likely if he can't be
top six, maybe a third line roll

715
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:54,360
with a two way skill set and
the fiftieth percentile outcome below Tier three.

716
00:46:54,599 --> 00:46:59,480
Although a decent bash is possible with
this two way game, he doesn't have

717
00:46:59,599 --> 00:47:04,239
the play making creativity to get even
if he gets twenty goals were much more

718
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,440
in assists, limiting his chance of
being a fifty pointer and stylistic comparable.

719
00:47:07,519 --> 00:47:13,559
While maybe not an entirely stylistic comparison, nyhlers fan would be lucky to see

720
00:47:13,599 --> 00:47:17,119
him emerge as Cal Clutterbuck with a
better shot, maybe a mixture of Clutterbuck's

721
00:47:17,159 --> 00:47:23,679
physicality with Anthony Bovillier's offense. The
NHL rank King Mason Black put William de

722
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:30,960
four into his p NHL E equivalency
model, and after cresting between second and

723
00:47:31,039 --> 00:47:36,239
first line potential in terms of translation
last year, he's trended back down to

724
00:47:36,519 --> 00:47:43,440
second line forty point type of scoring. Most the best comparable in the model

725
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:47,400
Matthew Joseph. So we'll see what
that amounts to William de four in the

726
00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:53,119
x poll that went up there was
de four versus owen Beck. Hey.

727
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:58,480
De four was a fifth round pick
in twenty twenty. Beck was just at

728
00:47:58,519 --> 00:48:04,559
the top of the second round just
a year ago. Hi Montreal Canadian draftd

729
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:10,079
and Owen Beck truns William de four
here sixty three to thirty seven percent.

730
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:15,280
Victor. Is that an accurate outcome
for the relative positions of these two prospects.

731
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:22,039
Yeah, I think so. I
know that people are really excited about

732
00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:27,119
de four and I get it.
I understand like he really popped off in

733
00:48:27,199 --> 00:48:31,079
his last couple of seasons, and
that is definitely better than not doing that.

734
00:48:31,199 --> 00:48:36,320
What's better than popping off really late, it's popping off earlier in your

735
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,960
career. And so that's the big
rub on de four is basically, do

736
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:44,000
you believe this late increase in production. The first couple of seasons in the

737
00:48:44,039 --> 00:48:46,800
queue, he basically did the equivalent
of nothing, of someone that's not worthy

738
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:52,360
of being drafted, And then he
went to Saint John and just absolutely tore

739
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,039
it up and did really well in
HL. There's no doubt about that.

740
00:48:54,119 --> 00:48:59,320
Like his HL season was impressive,
but it also he's a bit older,

741
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:04,000
He's going into his a twenty two
season. This is how much do you

742
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:07,519
believe all this? And I'm skeptical. I'm not sure that Beck is going

743
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:12,159
to be too much better. I
think if you want someone who's close to

744
00:49:12,199 --> 00:49:16,440
being NH already and could could make
believers out of people and can defy the

745
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:20,559
statistical odds, then sure take to
four because he's ready, He's there,

746
00:49:20,599 --> 00:49:23,519
he's competing for a spot. I
do think Beck is a better overall player

747
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:27,960
and someone who probably will stick in
the lineup more, but he also might

748
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,440
be more of a middle six defensive
type of player that would be obviously a

749
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:37,039
bit disappointing. That's if you want
to wait a little bit and hope that

750
00:49:37,079 --> 00:49:39,760
Beck can increase his scoring, then
then I'll probably just take him. But

751
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:43,159
if you want someone who's ready,
then Defour is fine. Either one of

752
00:49:43,159 --> 00:49:45,400
these guys are probably going to make
or break it for you. But if

753
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:50,760
you can find someone they would really
believe that Defour is going to be fantastic

754
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:54,559
and has seventy plus point upside,
then trade him to that person for something

755
00:49:54,599 --> 00:49:59,400
better would be my advice. If
you look at the hockey prospecting, both

756
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,679
these are pretty similar and pretty disappointing
to four, even though he had this

757
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:07,239
incredible D plus three season in the
HL. Even if you look at the

758
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,559
ranking as you mentioned, the pnhle
is pretty low. We're talking about forty

759
00:50:10,559 --> 00:50:15,039
five. All that amounts to not
too exciting. And Beck all similar in

760
00:50:15,039 --> 00:50:17,239
his D plus two season, just
down to two percent chance of being a

761
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:22,239
star. So both these are pretty
depressed in terms of their star potential.

762
00:50:22,679 --> 00:50:27,840
If you look at other comps to
four in the Hockey Prospecting model, no

763
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,360
one here is really that exciting.
There's a bunch of average producers, guys

764
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:36,159
that have turned out to be at
best average, so no one really too

765
00:50:36,159 --> 00:50:38,440
exciting. And the j Fresh model
has him at two percent chance of being

766
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,840
a star, twenty four percent chance
of being an NHL or so. A

767
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:45,760
little bit higher on that as they're
usually pretty pessimistic on that. But overall,

768
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:50,360
I think i'd just be selling on
William four. I'd rather I'm hoping

769
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,920
he proves everybody wrong, but I'm
not gonna buy into that. I'm gonna

770
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:58,159
sell if I can get anything interesting. So let me know what people might

771
00:50:58,159 --> 00:51:01,320
be offering, and if you can
offload him, do that last up to

772
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:07,719
keep your eye on Victor keep your
eye on is Samuel bull Duke, twenty

773
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:12,400
nineteen second round pick, six foot
four two and twenty pounds left handed D.

774
00:51:12,679 --> 00:51:15,639
His third season in the HL was
last season, but he did have

775
00:51:15,679 --> 00:51:19,679
some NHL time too. Seventeen games
with the Islanders, two goals, one

776
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:22,760
assist, fifty six games with Bridgeport
of the HL ten goals and twenty five

777
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:27,679
assists. That was pretty nice.
He's probably the seventh on the D chart

778
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:30,119
on the depth chart, but he
could see some significant NHL action with an

779
00:51:30,119 --> 00:51:32,800
injury to the top six, and
he has two years left on his entry

780
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:37,440
level. When you look at some
of his underlyings, it's actually pretty disappointing

781
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:39,360
in terms of his expected goals against
for sixty, but he has some sort

782
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:45,800
of average coursing numbers and his offensive
impacts are modest, so definitely some room

783
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:49,159
to grow and not the biggest sample
size there on a very sheltered role with

784
00:51:49,199 --> 00:51:52,920
seventeen games, but there's still some
potential here with bull Duke, and let's

785
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:57,360
hear a little bit more about that
with our FHL scout. Yes, indeed,

786
00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:01,960
Austin once again with Samuel bull Duke's
scouting report. Skating at the AHL

787
00:52:02,039 --> 00:52:06,480
level, he surprised into skating growth. Of course, that six to four

788
00:52:06,559 --> 00:52:09,599
frame is going to hinder his chance
to be explosive defender, but he showed

789
00:52:09,599 --> 00:52:15,280
signs of being able to weave around
defenders traits, unlike the usually defensive minded

790
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:21,440
Bolduke. It was a nice change
of pace in passing and handling. Much

791
00:52:21,519 --> 00:52:24,679
like his skating, he's shown improvements
in both stick handling and playmaking, having

792
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:29,960
more of a willingness to challenge as
an offensive threat when given the chance.

793
00:52:30,159 --> 00:52:32,679
Doesn't have the most accurate hands,
but has shown that he can improve in

794
00:52:32,719 --> 00:52:37,079
that aspect. It's not a certainty
if he'll be generating offense in the NHL,

795
00:52:37,119 --> 00:52:42,679
but it's possible. The shooting,
like his passing, Bolduck isn't a

796
00:52:42,679 --> 00:52:45,039
certain goal scorer at the NHL level, but he hasn't been afraid to take

797
00:52:45,159 --> 00:52:51,440
shot attempts. His ten goals led
ahl bridgepoard for defenseman, but still has

798
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:57,280
his work to bring his offense to
NHL caliber. The IQ Austin sees Boldwock

799
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:01,639
is having good composure both in the
A and end. Boldock lacks the shakiness

800
00:53:01,639 --> 00:53:07,679
in a man in man defensive rookies. Many defensive rookies and shows good position

801
00:53:07,679 --> 00:53:12,599
awareness with a veteran like protection of
his defensive end. For checking, not

802
00:53:12,639 --> 00:53:15,960
a whole lot of the physical size
of Buldock was showing in the NHL.

803
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,679
Instead, he got the defensive stalwart
who focused on keeping the puck away from

804
00:53:20,679 --> 00:53:23,960
his own zone less of the lack
of interest, but appears to be more

805
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:30,320
of a trust in his veteran teammates
his defense buldic six y four, so

806
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:34,679
it's a little surprise he possesses a
good defensive game. Defensive IQ is quite

807
00:53:34,679 --> 00:53:37,400
decent, blending a mix of brain
and brawn to be able to defend one

808
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:43,239
on one matchups or in puck battles
his best asset. Then, he looked

809
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:45,360
comfortable enough in the NHL level,
including the playoffs, where it looks like

810
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:49,760
he can make the leap quite easily, likely as soon as next season.

811
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His stay at home game with flashes
of offensive potential and smarts can make him

812
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:57,760
a reliable It would be nice to
see some of the offensive improvement Buldock made

813
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:01,320
in the AHL translate to the NHL. Event his like ler his top tier

814
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:06,840
role a bottom four defender, stay
at home second line defender may be the

815
00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:09,920
best bet. He played with Ryan
Pulock in the playoffs and did well after

816
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:15,840
taking the style of the defensively sound
pooh Lock. There's a lot of defensive

817
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:22,760
minded defenseman in the Islanders lineup.
Fiftieth percentile median outcome. Maybe a Tier

818
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:27,800
three defender below average bash twenty five
to thirty five points could be possible at

819
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:32,320
his best with either direction, depending
on how he develops the defensive game seems

820
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:38,800
safe, though stylistic comparable a similarity
to Derek Forbert, with both being big

821
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:45,119
body defenders with good protective qualities and
decent mobility for their size. Fellow Islanders

822
00:54:45,159 --> 00:54:50,000
teammates Adam Pellican Scott Mayfield would be
hopeful for what he can do as an

823
00:54:50,119 --> 00:54:55,559
nhller. The NHL rank King Mason
Black sees that Samuel Bouldock had a nice

824
00:54:55,599 --> 00:55:01,559
bounce back from a rough season the
year before. It has risen in the

825
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:07,119
equivalency to about second line potential.
Of course, given that Boldock has now

826
00:55:07,159 --> 00:55:12,000
made his NHL debut, we no
longer get comparables. Buldock up against another

827
00:55:12,039 --> 00:55:16,280
guy who has had a little bit
of NDHL time, that being Jack Wrathbone

828
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:22,159
and in terms of the poll,
the vote out on X Bolduke defeats Rathbone

829
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:27,719
soundly seventy to thirty percent. Victor, is that how you rank these two?

830
00:55:29,599 --> 00:55:35,599
They're just they're very different you'.
The our scout mentioned how defense isn't

831
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:37,639
as much of an issue for Bulduke. That is more of a problem for

832
00:55:37,679 --> 00:55:43,639
a Wrathbone has always been his issue. He's definitely more of an offensive minded

833
00:55:43,679 --> 00:55:49,920
guy. Last season in Abbotsford,
Rathbone had an amazing point production. He

834
00:55:50,039 --> 00:55:54,760
had forty points in thirty nine games. This past season he dropped significantly and

835
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,960
he was under half point per game. But if you look under the hood,

836
00:55:59,119 --> 00:56:02,920
his course in that really strong twenty
one to twenty two season was barely

837
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,599
positive, basically neutral. He was
not driving play. He was just all

838
00:56:07,639 --> 00:56:12,679
offense. This past season he was
dominant in the AHL. He had fantastic

839
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:19,079
underlying numbers and play driving numbers to
suggest that Rathbone has really improved offensively.

840
00:56:19,159 --> 00:56:22,159
And if he can do that,
I think he can unleash some of that

841
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,960
offense that we've all been excited about
for a long time. So I like

842
00:56:27,039 --> 00:56:31,239
Rathbone for the upside. Bul Duke
certainly seems more like a legit NHLer in

843
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:36,400
terms of being able to you know, has the size, the frame and

844
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:40,079
the skating, so he just seems
like he's a shorter path and can stick.

845
00:56:40,239 --> 00:56:45,679
But he also bull Duke probably doesn't
have as much offensive upside anymore.

846
00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:52,320
He's still someone who did quite well
in junior offensively and okay in his third

847
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:55,599
AHL season offensively, but I'm not
sure there's much upside with Bulduke. So

848
00:56:55,639 --> 00:57:00,119
he's someone that I'm interested in kind
of just holding while he has actually have

849
00:57:00,199 --> 00:57:02,079
him in several leagues, and I'm
planning on holding him just until he hits

850
00:57:02,079 --> 00:57:07,000
that minor limit and then tossing him
aside. But Wrathbone is someone who I'm

851
00:57:07,039 --> 00:57:10,880
more interested in holding onto and potentially
could see some secondary offensive minutes behind Quinn

852
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:15,159
Hughes obviously in Vancouver unless he gets
moved to another team. So I think

853
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:20,480
that I would actually prefer Wrathbone for
long term upside, whereas bull Duke is

854
00:57:20,559 --> 00:57:23,199
just more of a hold him until
he's no longer an interest kind of guy.

855
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:27,760
And if you look at the hockey
prospecting, bull Duke has really trend

856
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:30,559
it down from eight percent to just
one percent chance of being a star,

857
00:57:30,639 --> 00:57:34,920
so still really low and Rathbone graduated
the model at twenty three percent chance of

858
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,719
being a star. That HL season
didn't hurt, I'm sure, but now

859
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:42,960
we're just focused on him being able
to be defensively responsible enough. And then

860
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,719
if you look at some of other
Bull Duke's comps, mostly they're just replacement

861
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:52,679
level producers, guys like Mark Barbario, and I guess Brent Burds is one

862
00:57:52,679 --> 00:57:54,400
of these comps, but he's someone
who broke the model, so I don't

863
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:59,280
think saving a Bull Duke is going
to be Brent Burns esque. And then

864
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:02,679
if you look at the Freshmodel,
Bull Duke zero percent chance of being a

865
00:58:02,719 --> 00:58:07,440
star ranked seven hundred and twenty first
in that model, which is pretty awful.

866
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:10,280
Thirteen percent chance of being an NHL
or two hundred and thirty one,

867
00:58:10,679 --> 00:58:14,320
he seems like he has a decent
chance of being an NHL or Yeah,

868
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:17,079
Bull Duke, he's someone who may
still have some untapped potential, but I

869
00:58:17,079 --> 00:58:21,400
think he's more just a guy that
you hold on to while he has minor

870
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:24,440
eligibility. Jesse, that's gonna do. If we're gonna come right back and

871
00:58:24,519 --> 00:58:37,639
close out the show. A couple
of things you mentioned before we get out

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00:58:37,719 --> 00:58:42,360
here today. Number One, play
your leagues on fan Tracks. There's still

873
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:45,320
time you could draft a league to
play this year. Probably uh, probably

874
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:47,840
don't want to do a slow draft
at this time, but you know you

875
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:52,280
can start a draft after day one. Heck, we even did a draft

876
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:55,599
in December one, so don't worry
terribly about that. Customized schedules, whatever

877
00:58:55,639 --> 00:58:59,320
you need to do, you can. You know, you can like combine

878
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:02,800
weeks in the fan Track scheduling system. There's all kinds of things you can

879
00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:07,719
do in the customization, hundreds of
different scoring setting. Some of it's in

880
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:10,039
a premium version of the product,
but a whole ton of it is in

881
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:15,920
the free version ten different sports.
You can also read all about your fantasy

882
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:21,280
sports on fan Tracks. It's a
portion called Fantrac's HQ. You'll see the

883
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:23,679
little articles right there on your roster
screen if you're on the desktop version.

884
00:59:24,039 --> 00:59:30,320
They are going nuts writing fantasy hockey
content this year and rankings and team previews

885
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:34,480
and under the Radar guys. Proud
of the crew that is going there.

886
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:38,239
And there are podcasts, podcasts for
other sports. There's even a little bit

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00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:44,519
of talk about more hockey podcasting going
on. I'm not sure that's officially in

888
00:59:44,599 --> 00:59:50,559
the books yet, but just throwing
that teaser out there. We also do

889
00:59:50,719 --> 00:59:52,679
other things. We're part of the
fan Tracks podcast network. We're also part

890
00:59:52,719 --> 01:00:00,360
of the Dabber podcast network, and
Victor does writing at Dabber Prospects and does

891
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:06,239
a second podcast there with our buddy
Peter Harlan. It's called Dabber Prospects Report.

892
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:08,440
If you like this show, you'll
probably like that one too, because

893
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:15,760
there's a lot of talk. I
think they're getting reports out of the the

894
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:19,320
rookie camps, rookie games, and
preseason stuff. There's going to be all

895
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:23,639
kinds of cool stuff in that feed. I do a second podcast, it's

896
01:00:23,679 --> 01:00:28,840
called Dynasty Sports Life. My episode
this week I kind of went around the

897
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:32,800
world, I called it, and
answered some listener questions on players in all

898
01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:38,519
four sports. Because that show was
specifically to cover Dynasty Sports across for different

899
01:00:38,719 --> 01:00:45,320
sports, hockey, basketball, baseball, and football. We'd like to thank

900
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:49,760
our content curator, Nate, who
has done a ton of work Nate Duffitt

901
01:00:50,159 --> 01:00:55,920
on the preparations behind the scenes.
Our show notes are voluminous thirty forty pages

902
01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:01,079
worth of charts and graphs that Victor
and I use to conduct our interviews and

903
01:01:01,639 --> 01:01:06,039
stuff. He does a lot of
the assistance on the prep behind the scenes,

904
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:10,400
so thank you to Nate and Kevin
also has been pitching in and doing

905
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:16,719
a lot of good work behind the
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908
01:01:24,639 --> 01:01:29,840
because this is the time of your
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909
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:34,800
for their drafts. Follow Victor and
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01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:44,000
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01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,039
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01:01:46,119 --> 01:01:50,840
not just us, lots of other
fantasy hockey crazies. That's really more of

914
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:54,840
the people doing the talking there,
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01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:59,760
for listening once again to the New
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been that. Fantasy Hockey Life