1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:12,919 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Live, presented by fan Tracks. Here's your source of 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,079 information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Block off hot 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,839 a step hit on, Stay lock. Here's your host, Jesse sovi here 4 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,839 and Victor Nunyo Fantasy Hockey Live, back once again to talking fantasy hockey. 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,200 It is me Jesse Severe Fan Tracks, and he Victor Nuno of ep RNK 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,840 side. Victor, how you doing tonight? I'm doing great, Jesse. 7 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:40,960 It's great to be back with you again after we were apart for a couple 8 00:00:41,039 --> 00:00:45,240 episodes, and today as we're recording, I got really surprised I forgot about 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,399 these games over in Sweden. Did it catch you by surprise? You know 10 00:00:48,439 --> 00:00:53,119 what? I caught it this morning beforehand, but yeah, I was. 11 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,280 It does throw you off when there are weekday games in the middle of the 12 00:00:57,359 --> 00:01:00,320 day. It's just there's something not right about that. There's something not wholesome 13 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:03,719 about it. It was eleven am over here, and then on Sunday, 14 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,760 the day this comes out, it's going to be a five am. So 15 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,439 people got to have set their rosters already. That's way too early here to 16 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:14,799 be thinking about that. Oh my gosh, Europe. What are you doing 17 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,200 over there? Don't you know that the NHL Games are only supposed to happen 18 00:01:18,239 --> 00:01:23,599 in ungodly hours for you people? All right, I guess you deserve something. 19 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,359 You deserve something. I hope you enjoyed Wings versus Senators. It looks 20 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:30,879 like it was quite a shootout. And Victor and I are recording at night. 21 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:34,159 Yes, you got that right. We're recording at night. And that's 22 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,120 okay because in Wisconsin now night is twenty two hours long. It's pretty much 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,359 all night at this point, it's all dark all the time. I don't 24 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,480 know, Victor Daleight Savings is a bummer. I think we should make it 25 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:51,599 permanent. Yeah, stop it back and forth. It's so stupid. And 26 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,879 then yeah, it's like five four forty five at night and it feels like 27 00:01:55,879 --> 00:01:59,680 it's the middle of the night. It's insane. 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Sonight, it is once again not 53 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,000 a full on interview episode, but it'll be a two segment episode and we're 54 00:03:47,039 --> 00:03:52,479 gonna be talking some X gamers looking at some of Victor's great writing. That 55 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,879 will be the first segment, and then after that we'll have another edition of 56 00:03:54,960 --> 00:04:00,479 Tidy Takes with Admiral Ryan. So let's take a brief break, come back, 57 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:11,439 get that show started. Figure you write words at ep ring Side that 58 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,079 people should subscribe to ep ring side to read, but just in case they 59 00:04:15,079 --> 00:04:19,199 don't, let's talk about some of the players who you have been talking about 60 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,600 recently in your column there, and your column is about X gamers and your 61 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:29,240 column is to talk about players who are hitting certain milestones in their career. 62 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,399 Our listeners know one hundred gamers, fifty gamers, all those different types of 63 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:35,959 gamers that we do on this show. How's that, How's that? How's 64 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:41,040 that column working for you so far? Are you enjoying this format? Yeah, 65 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,000 it's really fun. I get to pick basically whichever I want deep dives 66 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,199 on different prospects, some that haven't reached NHL start them, Yes, the 67 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,959 prospect deep dives, and then guys at different stages of their development, see 68 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:57,519 what's left, what's cooking? And I've been reached. I've reached out a 69 00:04:57,519 --> 00:05:00,120 couple of times to listeners and they always fled me with so many good suggestions 70 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,040 that it's great. It's like I have a queue and then they have suggestions 71 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,879 and I'm like, oh, this guy should move up to the top of 72 00:05:04,879 --> 00:05:08,600 the queue, which is what happened with the next one that's coming out as 73 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:12,439 Oh, Daniel Gushin is playing a couple NHL games, Now let's do a 74 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:15,680 deep dive on him. So feel free to reach out with names. I'm 75 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,439 just basically adding them to a queue of things that I'm writing about, and 76 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:23,839 I might move them around depending on what's happening with that player. So definitely 77 00:05:24,439 --> 00:05:27,519 enjoying it and if you have feedback on what you're liking or not liking, 78 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,759 feel free to let me know. Also, if you have suggestions, I 79 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:35,600 would really appreciate if people who actually are subscribed are the ones mainly suggesting, 80 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,560 because if you're not reading it, then you can feel free to suggest. 81 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,800 But it's if you're not actually subscribed, then you're not going to be able 82 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,199 to read it. So it's a little bit of a what's the point for 83 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,439 some times, But I still appreciate the feedback, and you can usually get 84 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:53,800 a snippet of the article even if you're not not subscribed, so that's good 85 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:58,439 too. Yes, sir, let's talk about a few of these guys and 86 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,160 I will I guess I'll start these out Victor and maybe give people a sense 87 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:04,920 of what's going on, and then we need to get your take as well. 88 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:10,720 First, Maki Samuskevitch a first round pick by the Florida Panthers. I 89 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,560 believe he's a winger over there, and he was drafted twenty fourth overall back 90 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:18,800 in twenty twenty one. And you provide a lot of good data the same 91 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,000 some of the similar types of insights that you give on the show. In 92 00:06:24,079 --> 00:06:27,879 some of the cool charts and graphs on there too about what samus Kevitch has 93 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,959 been able to do for the Florida Panthers so far, but he has not 94 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:34,439 really permanently cracked the lineup. He's had a couple of games so far this 95 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:40,600 year that he's made it up there, but he's been sent back to Charlotte, 96 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,920 and I tried to we need to get the inform take, which is 97 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,720 yours, Victor, but I'll just throw a couple points out there. At 98 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,560 the beginning, as I was looking at samus Kevitch's amateur tape, the stuff 99 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:57,040 that he was doing before he got into the NHL, it seemed to me 100 00:06:57,519 --> 00:07:01,600 like he was making his goals by just a lot of skating into the middle 101 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,920 of the ice and just chucking it in. At Michigan, nobody was really 102 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:10,879 coming at him, and he just basically got to skate in all by himself, 103 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:14,800 right in front of the net about between the dots, And yeah, 104 00:07:14,879 --> 00:07:16,959 I don't see how that's going to work in the NHL at least, but 105 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,240 I guess maybe that's something that a lot of guys are able to get away 106 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:24,480 with. In college, he had a couple of goals in a preseason game 107 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:27,439 in the NHL this year, but nothing so far at Charlotte. A couple 108 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,560 of assists, that's all. So I don't think he's made the case to 109 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,279 crack the lineup. But you're not just looking on production or some of the 110 00:07:33,279 --> 00:07:36,639 things we've seen in the past. You're looking on potential victor. What is 111 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:42,399 your take on Mackie Samuskevitch. Yeah, he's a really interesting player, and 112 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:45,560 you're right, he played on some really good Michigan teams and before that he 113 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,360 played on a really good Chicago Steel team, So you have to start asking 114 00:07:48,439 --> 00:07:51,240 the tough questions, Like you said, is this really going to translate? 115 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:57,560 I think it was a bit surprising and reassuring that he made the NHL team 116 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,519 out of camp. I was great. The Panthers are a team. For 117 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,800 him to make that team, that's a feather in his cap. It didn't 118 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:07,000 go so well the first the few games that he had, but that's also 119 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,399 not terribly surprising. He really did need some AHL time, and for assists 120 00:08:11,399 --> 00:08:15,160 in nine games is not bad. And I think some of the things that 121 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,600 are really interesting to note about him is that he does have a lot of 122 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,240 different skills. He's not just like a one trick pony. He can playmake 123 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:30,279 he has some pretty decent ability to get in and hold the puck and not 124 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,879 just not lose it or anything like that. So he is a little bit 125 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:35,639 undersized, but he's really smart and he gets to the right places. He 126 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,440 protects the puck pretty well. I think that's the thing is that he can 127 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:43,240 probably flex his skills anywhere in the roster, and so that's part of what 128 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,000 helped him make the team, and I think that's also what could help him 129 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,200 succeed in the NHL. And of course you want the guy that's going to 130 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,559 be a for sure top liner, but this is someone who's probably a little 131 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,759 bit more available to you, and I think the upside is still a little 132 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:03,759 bit or maybe like a fifty point pace maybe upside for a little bit more. 133 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,480 But he also seems pretty for sure to get a decent role with the 134 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,559 big club within the next couple of years. That's that's maybe a little bit 135 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,360 better than some people thought about Samyskevitch. And the other thing is that the 136 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,919 pipeline there in Florida it's not good. He's got the inside track against pretty 137 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,720 much anybody else. That's one thing that is sometimes useful. You never want 138 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,559 to just hang on to the one guy who is the heir parent or the 139 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,759 only guy that's interesting. But it is good, right if you're like, 140 00:09:31,799 --> 00:09:35,879 Okay, there's not much competition. He should get a really good long look. 141 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:39,080 And so I think that matters, don't you think? Yeah, for 142 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,320 sure he's going to get the opportunity. So if he's got the talent to 143 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:46,840 follow through with it, sure he's going to have that. So Maggie Samuskevitch 144 00:09:48,159 --> 00:09:50,720 TBD is really the only answer. Fact, that's probably the answer for everybody 145 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:56,519 we're talking about today, but just spoilers. Next up, Victor Lucas Raymond. 146 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,000 You wrote an article in a you called it Fantasy Hot Focus is the 147 00:10:01,039 --> 00:10:05,840 title of this. Will Lucas Raymond be a star fantasy producer? And I 148 00:10:05,879 --> 00:10:11,519 think that the smart money is probably on yes. Although he's been heartbreaker. 149 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,480 The second year of his career, he didn't get as many points as he 150 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,759 is his rookie year, but remember back two years ago in his rookie year 151 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:24,519 fifty seven points. I broke down and got myself a month of stat head 152 00:10:24,519 --> 00:10:28,120 from Hockey Reference just so I could run this, just because I care about 153 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,679 our listeners, and I wanted to run this query victor. All of the 154 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,039 players since two thousand and five who've put up at least fifty seven points in 155 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,919 their rookie season. There are fifteen of them, Victor, since the two 156 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,919 thousand and five strike era there and all of them have turned out to be 157 00:10:43,039 --> 00:10:48,039 amazing players. Everybody on the list has hit at least seventy points once in 158 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,519 their career. That would be Patrick Lyone at the lowest at an idea, 159 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:58,600 and of course Line still has plenty of chances to go to score higher than 160 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,360 that. Paul Stastny is on that list for scoring seventy eight points his first 161 00:11:03,399 --> 00:11:05,799 year. Seventy nine was his career high. But everybody else on this list 162 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,279 who scored that much as a rookie has had point per game seasons. I 163 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,639 think that just in terms of what he was able to produce at that age, 164 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,200 and a lot of these guys are Timmy Pinerin's coming in doing this at 165 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,240 twenty four, Paul Stastny was twenty one. For him to do what he 166 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,799 did at nineteen years old is exceedingly rare, and so I think there's a 167 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,639 good argument just out of that that you can see something. And then of 168 00:11:31,639 --> 00:11:37,840 course today he had a breakaway in Stockholm, a breakaway goal two on one. 169 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,399 He kept it himself and he scored, so obviously that means he's headed 170 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:46,159 for great things. He's actually scoring pretty well already this season. I know 171 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:50,240 last year I was just depressed by Lucas Raymond because he didn't have the breakthrough 172 00:11:50,279 --> 00:11:54,399 that we expected. But you looked at this a little more in depth, 173 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,440 Victor, and what did you come to conclusions with Lucas Raymond? Yeah? 174 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,320 I was really interesting. So the genesis this article is also interesting because basically 175 00:12:03,399 --> 00:12:09,240 Michael Clifford, Cam and I were basically arguing about his upside and our private 176 00:12:09,279 --> 00:12:13,559 slack channel over any p ring side and we all were trying to figure out 177 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,960 like where, yeah, where does he sit? How much upside is left? 178 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:20,759 And there we were throwing some numbers around and blending the eye test and 179 00:12:20,759 --> 00:12:24,200 it's yeah, he's really good, but it's like, how much higher can 180 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:28,200 he go? Because basically at this point he's been hovering sub sixty point pace. 181 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:33,279 Right now this season he's at a sixty two point pace after nice production 182 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,679 today, But how much more is there? Was really the genesis of the 183 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:43,440 question. I know ca Cam definitely is of the opinion that it's more that 184 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,279 he's closer to an eighty point guy at his peak. But what was also 185 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,200 interesting is I got some comments from some of the Detroit writers, from like 186 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,080 the Hockey Writers and George Mallock of the Malak Report, because I wanted to 187 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,000 talk to people who really have their eyes on him daily and see what they 188 00:12:58,039 --> 00:13:01,639 have seen and what have been his struggle and what he can you know, 189 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,919 what he needs to work on, and so that was really interesting too, 190 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,480 really trying to blend that eye test with what you're seeing analytically, because some 191 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:11,080 of his underlying numbers frankly, are just really poor, like they're just not 192 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,799 good. And even though he's had some pretty decent production you cited his production 193 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,320 at a young age, if you look at his raid stats, they're like 194 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:24,240 well below replacement level guys that are that what they're doing, and so that 195 00:13:24,279 --> 00:13:26,879 doesn't look good. But obviously, right now, playing with Larkin and Dabrinka, 196 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,679 that is an amazing spot to be in. And I wouldn't say he's 197 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,759 just a passenger either. On that line, He's certainly an important part. 198 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,080 And then you see the finishing ability. His shot has really come a long 199 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,440 way. That was a good finish today, although when he scored that goal 200 00:13:41,519 --> 00:13:43,360 it almost looked like he didn't mean to shoot it there, even though it 201 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,200 went in. It was that went in, but that wasn't where I was 202 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,559 aiming the thing. So I wonder if that was really it or whether he 203 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:52,960 was relieved that he scored in front of his hometown crowd, because I would 204 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,320 have expected a more jubilant celebration scoring in Stockholm for a switch player. So 205 00:14:00,159 --> 00:14:03,679 that was interesting. But yeah, I just came to the conclusion that I 206 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,440 think he's more of a seventy ish point player moving forward. He might have 207 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:11,159 some peaks above that, and my advice would be if you could get a 208 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,919 more point per game type player out of someone in your league, I think 209 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,200 I would make that deal. What do you think, Jesse? Would you 210 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,120 make that deal if you could get a for sure point per game player, 211 00:14:22,159 --> 00:14:26,200 if maybe even if he's just a few years older, that might be reasonable. 212 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:31,960 I don't know if a roster flexibility matters too much, but maybe something 213 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,879 like I don't know if Aichel would be too low, or maybe like a 214 00:14:35,919 --> 00:14:39,120 Brandon point something like that. If someone would give you one of those type 215 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:45,399 players for Raymond. Do you think you would do that? Boy? I 216 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:50,399 would take for Raymond because I think Ikeele still got different levels of stardom coming 217 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:56,519 for him. Then I expect Raymond to get point. Boy, that might 218 00:14:56,559 --> 00:14:58,519 be the break even line, because we know what point is and he's great, 219 00:14:58,559 --> 00:15:03,720 But there are a few more years of tread off those tires. But 220 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,639 yeah, I'm just looking at this exercise and I realized you can make numbers 221 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:13,799 say anything you want them to. But for the company that he kept by 222 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:20,960 that nineteen year old breakout year really astounds me, Like it's almost it would 223 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:26,039 be almost unprecedented for him to fail in his career to produce a lot more 224 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,039 than he did based on that. But you're right, he is getting plenty 225 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,759 of good assistants from his linemates. And as far as how bored he probably 226 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:37,360 looked today, the team was down four zero at the time when he scored, 227 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,919 He's probably we're getting killed here, and of course they came back and 228 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:45,399 tied it. Next game up, our next player up, Kent Johnson, 229 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,480 Oh, Kent Johnson. I think I predicted him for a Calder last year, 230 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,039 didn't I? Victor Is and Actually, he was pretty good his rookie 231 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,559 year and he did plenty, but this year not so much. He's the 232 00:15:56,639 --> 00:16:02,360 second down ballot Wolverine graduate that we are taught about today and sort of questionable 233 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,600 circumstances. I don't like the Columbus sent him down to Cleveland. He had 234 00:16:06,639 --> 00:16:11,240 two healthy scratches before that, so he is also having a challenging early season. 235 00:16:11,279 --> 00:16:15,159 It's not great, and it sounds like the coach is doing it because 236 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:18,519 they don't like his defense. He got benched for most of the third period 237 00:16:18,559 --> 00:16:23,679 for making a dumb defensive play in one of the recent games. And I 238 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,519 looked at Ken Johnson. I'm just curious, just because he was on such 239 00:16:26,559 --> 00:16:33,519 a juggernaut Michigan Wolverinees team and as I look back in his Elite Prospects profile, 240 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:37,120 and I went and clicked on all the teams that he was on in 241 00:16:37,159 --> 00:16:41,200 all those years. And I know everybody grows up as a really good hockey 242 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,639 player. Everybody in the NHL was the best player from their hometown. That 243 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,519 sort of thing. These guys all grew up feeling like stars, being better 244 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:52,399 than the people around them. But like every team this guy has ever been 245 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,679 on until he got to Columbus was really good for their division. There's only 246 00:16:56,759 --> 00:17:00,000 one time I think that he was ever on a team that had a lose 247 00:17:00,279 --> 00:17:03,160 record and they still made a run in the playoffs, because hockey playoffs are 248 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,920 crazy. And here he's been plunk down into Columbus. I wonder what that 249 00:17:08,039 --> 00:17:12,720 does to your mentality when you've been a success, you've been on successful teams. 250 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,240 Maybe you're not carrying the team if you're Kent Johnson, but you've been 251 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:23,000 very successful, and then you land on this Columbus team and suddenly there's expectations 252 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:27,240 for you to play stronger defense, and the competition's harder, and you're losing 253 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,759 all the time, and you're not getting along with your new coach. And 254 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:33,920 that's a problem because that coach is going to be there for a little bit. 255 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:38,839 He's brand new and he's going to get the chance. Maybe this is 256 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,079 more narrative driven, Victor, why don't you tell me about the talent of 257 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:48,000 this guy? And whether I should be worried that Kent Johnson is headed down 258 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:52,160 a negative path for his career. Maybe he already needs a change of scenery. 259 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:57,279 I don't know, well he might, but basically I think this represents 260 00:17:57,279 --> 00:18:02,039 a massive bi low window, being benched, being demoted to the AHL. 261 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:08,119 I think you have to see this as a massive opportunity because he still has 262 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:14,359 all the talent in the world and he I think I mentioned we talked about 263 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,200 him actually a little bit on Dauber Prospect's report this week, but it's worth 264 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,279 reiterating that he made several massive jumps in his development. He went from the 265 00:18:22,319 --> 00:18:26,240 BCHL to the NC DOUBLEA, which is like multiple leaps. It would be 266 00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:30,640 a leap going from just the CHL to the NC DOUBLEA, but the BCHL 267 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,920 is so much lower. Then he spent two seasons there and went straight into 268 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,920 the NHL, where he played seventy nine games as a rookie after a nine 269 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:42,720 game sample after his Michigan tour, and he did okay last season. But 270 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:48,200 yes, he was horrible defensively, and it's not just like isolated incidents. 271 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:52,720 He pretty much gets caved in for the most part. And the thing is, 272 00:18:52,759 --> 00:18:56,319 like his offense wasn't really that good either, Like he was his expected 273 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,480 goals in his course set, like he's not driving play. It's actually really 274 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,960 poor. So what are you doing for us if you're out there doing that, 275 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,480 so that's part of the difficulty. But he still has all the skill 276 00:19:07,519 --> 00:19:10,319 in the world, I think, and that's the big thing, is that 277 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,480 the team just needs to figure out how to use him. And he does 278 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:18,359 struggle a little bit with like maybe overhandling the puck or wanting to play like 279 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,160 his game, which is more of a perimeter type game. He needs to 280 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:26,279 get inside a little bit more, but he can do it. I still 281 00:19:26,319 --> 00:19:30,240 think that he absolutely has all the talent to be a massive scorer. So 282 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:33,480 the article is funny because it's a lot of this is why it hasn't gone 283 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:37,799 and why he might struggle, But then he just has so much talent still 284 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:40,880 that I think he's going to figure it out. He's too good not to. 285 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,119 And maybe he has to change the way he plays a little bit, 286 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,319 or maybe he just needs to find the right situation. It would be wild, 287 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,799 but I think that CBJ might consider trading him, and it would be 288 00:19:51,839 --> 00:19:56,079 for a lot, but it might be good for him. Or he just 289 00:19:56,319 --> 00:19:59,839 spends some time in the HL, which frankly he probably should have had already 290 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:03,039 should have had some HL time figure out how to play. Pete Harlan got 291 00:20:03,039 --> 00:20:06,880 to watch that game live and said he was clearly the best player on the 292 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,119 ice, which you would want to see. You would obviously want that to 293 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,440 happen, and so he probably needs a little bit more of that, get 294 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:18,960 his confidence back and winning against pros and doing what he's been doing. I 295 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,720 think that if you have if someone in Ken Johnson, someone has Ken Johnson 296 00:20:22,759 --> 00:20:26,880 in your league, I would be firing offers to see what the byline is 297 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,680 right now, because it might be really low. You might be able to 298 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:36,559 get him for some prospect that you like, otherwise wouldn't have any business even 299 00:20:36,599 --> 00:20:38,720 mentioning in the same breath as him. I have him still as my second 300 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:45,920 overall forward in terms of players under one hundred NHL games. Maybe someone who's 301 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,720 a little bit overachieving right now, maybe you could get him for I don't 302 00:20:48,759 --> 00:20:52,160 know, like a Corolla Marchenko. I wouldn't do that, but maybe somebody 303 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:57,759 would. Maybe somebody is really excited about Ecklund, or someone like a Connor 304 00:20:57,799 --> 00:21:03,240 z Ai who's looking really good right now. Maybe someone like that would pull 305 00:21:03,279 --> 00:21:07,160 the trigger. So I would definitely just reach out and see what people are 306 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:11,680 thinking, because I'm sure if someone is rostering Ken Johnson and watched him and 307 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,640 what he is a little bit frustrated with what he's been able to produce so 308 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:19,200 far, and he's right at that limit. He's at ninety six NHL games 309 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,519 played and he's playing in the HL right now, so that might go on 310 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:25,839 for a while. But once he crosses whatever threshold it is in your league, 311 00:21:25,839 --> 00:21:27,680 if it's one hundred games, he's going to be really hard to hold 312 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,000 for a competitive team and someone might be looking to move him. So I 313 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,440 don't know, would you do that. I'm sure you would do that, 314 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:37,759 Jesse, Connor Zery for Ken Johnson? Would I trade Connor Zeri for Kent 315 00:21:37,839 --> 00:21:41,359 Johnson? Is that what you're saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you 316 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,119 can't give up on a talent this big. But I don't. Unfortunately, 317 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,920 you've set me up to say that because look, Connor Zeri, fans of 318 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:55,079 the world, unite, Connor Zeri stands come rally behind me, because I've 319 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,359 got him in two different leagues, and I've been holding out this whole time 320 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,759 to believe that Connor Zerry was going to turn out to be a little bit 321 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:06,559 more than he was sounding like. And even sweet left wing eligibility going for 322 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:11,039 that guy now. But yeah, Kent Johnson by Low. I think that's 323 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,160 extremely smart if you can get somebody to sell at this point, but still 324 00:22:15,279 --> 00:22:18,440 a lot of flack right now. There's a lot of reasons why people might 325 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:23,119 be willing to sell Low other than a guy who is just shooting five percent 326 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,720 at the beginning of the season. There's a little bit more smoke going on 327 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:30,519 there. One more ex gamers guy. This is your most recent article, 328 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:37,920 I believe it came out yesterday on Mattias Mitchelli and Arizona Coyote Forward and I 329 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:41,920 like Michelli. It's hard not to like him. He has been outstanding so 330 00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:47,599 far in his young career and put up a lot of points for not such 331 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,640 a good team down there in the Mullet down in Arizona. He's already got 332 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:56,160 eleven points through his first fifteen games this year, probably more by the time 333 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,160 you all are listening to this a couple of days hence, and the With 334 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:03,519 or Without You shows that he's pretty much helping everybody he skates with offensively. 335 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,599 He seems to me like it. He's not getting it on the power play 336 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,160 yet. You made a good point of that in your article, and that's 337 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,480 something that could maybe take him up to another level. I see this Mitchelli 338 00:23:15,599 --> 00:23:19,400 as a guy who could be one of those quiet, lower level players, 339 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,400 those mid round, late round picks that you just plug in and at the 340 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:29,160 end of the season you've got sixty five points and it's a really positive thing. 341 00:23:29,319 --> 00:23:33,000 Now the bash is not there. This guy is bashless. He's not 342 00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:36,319 taking shots. Last year, I think it was about one shot a game 343 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,359 or something like that, and he doesn't get many hits. It's like a 344 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,920 third of a hit, third of a block per game, if I remember, 345 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,680 I don't have it right in front of me. But that's the sort 346 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,799 of trend that he's on. So that's a problem from a fantasy perspective. 347 00:23:48,839 --> 00:23:52,640 But as a scorer, and especially in scoring only leagues, you have to 348 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,200 love the start that this guy's career has taken. What's your take on Mattias 349 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:02,200 Micelli Victor. I love Mitchelli, and if you roll the tape back to 350 00:24:02,319 --> 00:24:07,799 previous seasons of FHL, you can hear me talking Mattias Mitchelli up and I 351 00:24:07,839 --> 00:24:11,279 remember talking about how he's not the fleet as afoot, but he's so smart. 352 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,119 He shows up in the right areas before the people who are faster than 353 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,000 him because he can see the play developing and where he needs to be. 354 00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:22,440 He also is an incredible passer, and I tweeted that out in advanced to 355 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,160 the article as I'd already submitted my article. In the game, I think 356 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,640 it was on Tuesday, he made an incredible pass that Jason Zucker tried to 357 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,759 miss but ended up scoring because it was so perfect. I don't know he 358 00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:38,319 threw five guys. He like threaded the needle right onto Jason Zucker's stick. 359 00:24:38,759 --> 00:24:42,599 And I also mentioned that the article he's making Jason Zucker look like an incredible 360 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:47,559 player. That's how good Mattias Mitchelli is is that he makes everyone else around 361 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,079 him and it doesn't matter who they put him with. He's going to drag 362 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,039 everybody he plays with two relevance because he's such a strong playmaker. And yeah, 363 00:24:55,039 --> 00:24:57,279 the bash is a problem, but he's at one point six shots per 364 00:24:57,319 --> 00:25:02,279 game this season. He was at one and last season in point nine in 365 00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:04,680 the previous season, so he's close to doubling his shots. He still needs 366 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,680 to do more, but it's better. He's definitely not going to hit or 367 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,519 block enough, so that is going to be light. So in a points 368 00:25:11,519 --> 00:25:17,079 only League, he's way better. But he is doing a little bit better 369 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,000 with that, and he knows he has to and he's showing more of a 370 00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:22,920 propensity to do that. But the assists are always going to be there. 371 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,839 He's always going to be assist heavy, and I do think, yeah, 372 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,079 if they can get him on the power play. It's funny a bunch of 373 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:32,240 Arizona fans where like, yeah, get this guy on top power play, 374 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:36,240 like he's so good, but he hasn't really had that role yet. I 375 00:25:36,279 --> 00:25:40,039 think he could absolutely explode if he gets that top deployment. But I also 376 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,119 feel like they want him to drive his own line, so he's maybe not 377 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,200 going to get the best players to play with, which is unfortunate. But 378 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,119 yeah, I think this guy should have gotten more calder consideration because what he 379 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,640 did last season with far less to work with was truly impressive. And when 380 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,960 you watch him play, you just see how good he is. If you 381 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,519 watch him closely, he makes the plays that you sometimes don't even see, 382 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:04,480 and you have the advantage of having a bird's eye view at the entire eyes 383 00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:10,880 and he's making these plays with right there at full speed. He's really a 384 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,920 great player. So I definitely love MITCHELLI, and I think that he has 385 00:26:15,279 --> 00:26:18,559 a lot more upside to give. And I'm not so worried about his foot 386 00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:22,519 speed because that has never been an issue for him, and I think he 387 00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:26,519 can continue to be a really strong producer as long as you're okay with the 388 00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:29,000 bash being a little bit lower. But I do think with the time on 389 00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:32,359 ice and more opportunity, that could come up a little bit. It will 390 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,240 never be great, but it could be closer to acceptable. Victor, you 391 00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:45,119 threw some random and unwarranted shade at Jason Zucker during that conversation. You know 392 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,079 what I call that, Victor, I call that a Zucker punch. Oh 393 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,599 with that, we're going to take a break come back because there are some 394 00:26:52,720 --> 00:27:00,759 cool tidy takes on the way right after this. What are you going to 395 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:06,440 do? Selfish hockey? That's right, selfish hocking, break it down, 396 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,480 skate fuck, don't got hip be. It's still gonna be there when you've 397 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,359 got jumped on taking coach and coach you're talking for angle, You're still shocking 398 00:27:12,519 --> 00:27:21,759 bad balance. That's a good breakaway. Gotta get the bounced boys. Time 399 00:27:21,839 --> 00:27:26,160 again for another edition of Tidy Takes, where we talk about the league associated 400 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,559 with fantasy hockey life. That is a really cool tier dynasty. If you're 401 00:27:30,599 --> 00:27:33,440 not part of it, you can be if you want to be a patron 402 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,359 and if you want to get on the waiting list. But even if you're 403 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,799 not, hopefully these takes will be relevant because we talked about some really interesting 404 00:27:38,839 --> 00:27:41,480 players what's going on with them? And to do that we have to bring 405 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,519 in our Tidy Admiral Ryan Downie. How are you doing, Ryan, Hey, 406 00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:49,119 Victor, I'm great. Thanks so much for inviting me back here to 407 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,480 talk about what's going on in the Tidy. Of course, there's no better 408 00:27:53,519 --> 00:27:57,480 person. So what do we got on tap for today? This is a 409 00:27:57,519 --> 00:28:02,160 really exciting one. It's one of the segments I prepared when I first heard 410 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,839 we were going to be talking about the Tidy Takes. I went to the 411 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:10,839 draft to look for outliers, players that maybe you know, we're only picked 412 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,720 by one team or very few teams, and so we've crafted a bit of 413 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,480 a list here of these types of players before I even get into that. 414 00:28:18,519 --> 00:28:22,480 One of the best parts of fantasy hockey is the kind of variety of strategies 415 00:28:22,519 --> 00:28:26,319 approaches that one can take and trying to win a championship, and of course 416 00:28:26,519 --> 00:28:30,240 many of these decisions happen at the draft, and the tidy we have a 417 00:28:30,279 --> 00:28:33,480 continuation draft is maybe the best way to frame it in context. Here, 418 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,720 we did a three round prospect draft for the leagues that were continuing. We 419 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:42,359 had two leagues Lidstrom and Lord Stanley that had to do full startup draft because 420 00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:47,640 they were entirely new leagues. But these, these drafts from Yoger, Gretzky, 421 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,960 Lemieux, and Or are these continuation style drafts since with only three rounds 422 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,920 you do have an opportunity to figure out who is an outlier and who is 423 00:28:56,039 --> 00:29:00,079 underdrafted. So these are unique picks in that they were made one team only 424 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,640 in one division, and some of these players have been picked up since then, 425 00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:07,880 So we won't really get into that, but I just want to highlight 426 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,039 the managers that have made these picks, made these bets on these players when 427 00:29:11,039 --> 00:29:15,279 maybe other managers weren't feeling so confident. And the first player we're going to 428 00:29:15,359 --> 00:29:19,400 highlight in this context is seemingly a favorite of yours, Victor. I seem 429 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,200 to recall you mentioning on the discord you have five shares of him across all 430 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,519 of your leagues. We're going to start with Tristan Bertucci, who has been 431 00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:30,440 a stalwart on the blue line for the OHL's Barry Colts and has seen steady 432 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:36,319 offensive improvement as he enters his third season with the Cup with the club Victor. 433 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,119 You recently adjusted Bertucci up from your one hundred and sixteenth ranked D to 434 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,319 number forty three. What's the reasoning behind this adjustment and why did you pick 435 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,160 him in the tidy when nobody else did. Obviously he was just on my 436 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:52,200 list, so that's the main reason I got him. But yeah, good 437 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,640 recap there. He is someone who is just has a pretty high equivalency and 438 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,319 the way that I like to approach a lot of these players, especially D. 439 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,319 I know I might have a different take than some I know my co 440 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:07,039 host over at our Prospects Report, Peter Harling, has a very different approach 441 00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:10,680 to D. But I like to take the guys that have a high upside 442 00:30:11,039 --> 00:30:14,319 and if it doesn't really work out, then usually within a couple of years 443 00:30:14,359 --> 00:30:17,480 they're not progressing, they're not putting up a lot of points, and you 444 00:30:17,519 --> 00:30:19,799 take a flyer and then if it seems like it's training the rong direction, 445 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:25,240 you just drop them, but sometimes they really hit and it's fantastic to have 446 00:30:25,279 --> 00:30:29,599 those high points scoring D And this is a guy who has a really high 447 00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:33,039 or had a pretty high star potential on hockey prospecting. In fact, he 448 00:30:33,119 --> 00:30:38,559 had one of the highest of the guys that was left and thirty second total 449 00:30:38,759 --> 00:30:42,039 in terms of guys that have not played one hundred games. And so there's 450 00:30:42,079 --> 00:30:47,319 some kind of bus I would say in there, guys like Zach Jones, 451 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:52,079 Olie Julevi, Kaylen Addison, Ryan Murkley, Ryan Riley Walsh, guys who 452 00:30:52,119 --> 00:30:55,359 maybe didn't quite work out. But for the most part, these guys with 453 00:30:55,519 --> 00:31:00,640 high hockey prospecting star potential tend to either get a pretty long look or work 454 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,319 out pretty well. So I'm going to take a bet on those guys, 455 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,200 especially because I have time to either use them as an asset if they pop 456 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,680 off in their D plus one or even more, I can trade them for 457 00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:15,039 something, or I can obviously use them if it comes to that. But 458 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,000 so far, he looks like he at this point, he looks like he 459 00:31:19,039 --> 00:31:22,559 may have peaked in his draft season because he's trended down a little bit since 460 00:31:22,599 --> 00:31:26,680 then. Obviously it's still very early, and we can't make any definitive judgments, 461 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:32,279 but so far twelve points in eighteen games after fifty and sixty three last 462 00:31:32,279 --> 00:31:37,119 season, so you know, still really early, but maybe he won't be 463 00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:41,960 continuing to progress. And Hockey Prospecting and Jay Fresh haven't updated their cards yet, 464 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,720 but they're a little bit lower or Jay Fresh is a little bit lower 465 00:31:45,799 --> 00:31:49,400 on him, but twenty five percent star potential. During his draft season, 466 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,039 he had the trajectory of Dougie Hamilton, which you know, there are other 467 00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:56,119 guys that he looked like too, like Dante Fabreau and Calvin de Haan, 468 00:31:56,319 --> 00:32:00,799 So obviously he could just end up being you know, Calvin de Haan and 469 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:04,480 then that's not very exciting. But the potential is there for him to really 470 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,599 pop off, and that's why I wanted to take him. And yes, 471 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,240 thanks for prompting me on this segment, because when you put it in the 472 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:14,079 notes that he was the I think I had him around the nineties. I 473 00:32:14,119 --> 00:32:15,319 had moved him up a little bit since the draft, but then I moved 474 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,559 him all the way up to forty three because there were a lot of guys 475 00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:22,000 that I liked him better then. So yeah, Tristan Bertucci. I'm not 476 00:32:22,039 --> 00:32:25,039 saying he's going to be Dougie Hamilton, but I think it's definitely worth rostering 477 00:32:25,119 --> 00:32:28,680 him and then for the next year and a half see how he does, 478 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,440 and if he continues to progress, you'll be happy about that. Plus, 479 00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:35,680 I think you have to take into account what Dallas has been doing with their 480 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,680 draft lately, and they just have made some great picks. So that's another 481 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:42,240 reason why, regardless of what you know about Bertucci, you have to be 482 00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:45,960 a little excited because Dallas took him, you think, Yeah, I think 483 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,319 you have to be excited, especially about with Peverley there in the player development 484 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,160 role. He's been doing incredible work for them with the prospects and specifically focusing 485 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:59,720 on those Ahl guys. I'm really excited to see what goes on in Dallas 486 00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:02,119 on the blue line over the next couple of years. They've been super strong 487 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,440 in that respect, and I think they're only going to continue. To your 488 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,839 point about taking swings on these guys, not every defenseman is a Luke Hughes 489 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:14,640 or a David Yurachek or a Rasmus Dalleen a couple of years ago, We're 490 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,559 not always going to have these home run guys right away, So I love 491 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:22,279 taking swings on guys like Tristan Bertucci. I have a lot of ownership of 492 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:27,799 Lucas Dragasevitch, Luca Kennoni, Klein Addison. I did own Merkley back in 493 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,720 the day. That didn't really work out as well, But you got to 494 00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:35,279 find some of these guys somewhere, and I think you've got him really appropriately 495 00:33:35,359 --> 00:33:38,680 rated here with these prospects. He seems at the very least he could end 496 00:33:38,759 --> 00:33:43,440 up being a pretty good defensive option with some upside, And so that's enough 497 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,599 for me to have some level of interest in this player. In the tidy 498 00:33:46,119 --> 00:33:51,480 at our next player could fill that mold as well. We have bo Achy 499 00:33:51,759 --> 00:33:54,079 and just for context here, bo is owned in Lord Stanley, which is 500 00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:59,599 the top tier division. He was drafted by Brandon of the River City Ronan 501 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,160 tidy Lemieux with the second to last pick. He has since been picked up 502 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:07,000 in Yoger and or there's this player has been gaining some traction over the past 503 00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:09,719 couple of months, and as a special treat for us, we actually have 504 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:15,559 a clip here from Brandon himself on why he picked bow Achy and tidy Lemeux 505 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:20,559 take it away Brandon bo Achy. First things first, I am a fan 506 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:25,880 of the Oilers, so there is some homersm that goes into making the pick. 507 00:34:27,519 --> 00:34:32,559 That said, I did scout him over the offseason for the FHL, 508 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:40,719 and upon viewing bo there are two things that stood out quite clearly above the 509 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:47,119 rest. Number one is his skating. He doesn't have a high motor, 510 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,039 meaning when you watch him, his feet aren't going a mile a minute, 511 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:58,679 that typical North American hustle that we tend to favor and like to see. 512 00:34:59,079 --> 00:35:04,920 Bo more so has springs in his legs. He knows how to shift his 513 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:16,199 weight very well. This means that his multi directional agility is excellent. Even 514 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:22,880 going from skinning backwards defending a rush and let's see the play moves towards the 515 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:30,159 boards. His pivot towards the play, especially with a defensive presence, to 516 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:38,079 almost thwart the player spatially. He gets there so quickly and smoothly, so 517 00:35:38,119 --> 00:35:46,119 he's not pivoting and chup chop with his feet. It's a movement back to 518 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:52,679 his supporting his back leg, his far leg, and then a spring forth 519 00:35:52,840 --> 00:36:00,840 from there, taking that backwards momentum and spinning it to a lateral movement change, 520 00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:06,920 so oftentimes he is ahead of where the play needs to be. It 521 00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:12,039 helps him spring up and activate on the rush from time to time. But 522 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:16,079 the defensive zone coverage is quite impressive and he's quite multi tooled when it comes 523 00:36:16,119 --> 00:36:25,079 to defending players on the rush. Otherwise, his poise is striking. That 524 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:29,840 was the first thing that I noticed. There's no panic to his game. 525 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:37,920 Always eyes up, heads up, looking for the best possible play, very 526 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,639 composed. You just get that feeling that the guy is going to be in 527 00:36:42,679 --> 00:36:46,679 the league for years, like possibly two decades. I don't think his ceiling 528 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:52,679 is extremely high, like I think in my report, I believe I said 529 00:36:53,159 --> 00:36:59,719 an elite second line defense partner, right, So like a guy that's incredibly 530 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:04,000 stick, maybe does p K a little moon lighting on the power play, 531 00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:09,119 maybe seconds power play. He might not be a very high points driver thirty 532 00:37:09,119 --> 00:37:15,360 to forty, maybe upwards of forty five points, but a guy that's going 533 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:22,440 to control the play, sell it down, and get the play moving in 534 00:37:22,519 --> 00:37:28,239 the right direction for his team. I guess the long term versatility what he 535 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,679 could become, what he could hone. And it's not saying that that he's 536 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:37,599 a slouch offensively is a really good shot, really hard shot. He's just 537 00:37:37,639 --> 00:37:42,199 not as dynamic as some of the guys like your Minshikov's and your Zeltwiggers. 538 00:37:42,679 --> 00:37:46,039 He doesn't get a lot of the fanfare because I think he projects to be 539 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:52,519 like that middle pair letter on his chest, sort of player that's bow in 540 00:37:52,559 --> 00:37:58,280 a nutshell. Thanks Brandon. It's great to hear more voices from our FHL 541 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,960 community in the Tidy Takes segment, and we're hoping to hear more from you 542 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:06,079 and other community members as we go forward here. Back to Aiki, the 543 00:38:06,119 --> 00:38:09,320 Oilers clearly have some belief in the player, similar to Brandon and other managers 544 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:14,239 across our tidy leagues, having just signed him to an entry level contract on 545 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:19,239 October tenth. Victor bo Aichi is your one hundred and sixteenth ranked defender. 546 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,159 Presently, will we see a rankings bump for him a la Tristan Bertucci? 547 00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:27,440 And what do you make of Brandon's pick of him in the Tidy I don't 548 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,440 see him rising quite as quickly, but there's certainly a possibility. He plays 549 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,400 for the same team that Brent Clark played for last season, and there was 550 00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:40,440 definitely the coming back and forth with Clark and taking some of that opportunity away 551 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,400 from him, and so you hope that this season that's not going to happen. 552 00:38:44,559 --> 00:38:46,760 That isn't going to happen, but you hope that Ake gets a little 553 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:51,280 bit more opportunity on the power play. So far he has had more, 554 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,639 but not as much as you would like. There's a guy named Connor Punnett 555 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:58,599 or Punette who is a twenty year old, undrafted left handed who's getting about 556 00:38:58,599 --> 00:39:01,000 a minute more and getting the most amount of power play times so far for 557 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:05,800 the Colts. So we'll see if he can get there. I imagine he 558 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,840 probably could, but I'm still not convinced he's best in that role, so 559 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:14,800 that may be part of it too. Ep rings Side rated him as the 560 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:19,119 fourth best neutral zone and the fourth best shutdown defender in the draft, which 561 00:39:19,159 --> 00:39:22,719 is great for him and his prospects to be an NHL player. Not a 562 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:27,679 ringing endorsement of his offensive skills, but certainly should get some NHL times. 563 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:32,039 So maybe that's part of what Brandon is thinking, and certainly with other GMS 564 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,280 he at some point in the draft, you just want to take shots on 565 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,360 guys who are going to get games and that is going to be valuable. 566 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,960 So I like that. And he can skate already at an NHL level, 567 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,760 so you really love to see that. And it's not like his skating is 568 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,599 going to get worse unless there's some injury knock on wood. But the other 569 00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:53,960 thing the EP team noted is there have been some flashes of offense, and 570 00:39:54,039 --> 00:39:59,760 I think a lot of times you're trying to work on certain things and maybe 571 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,360 that was just a focus for him being really sound defensively and that's a great 572 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:07,239 foundation to work from and maybe he can thrive and flex more of his offensive 573 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,920 skills this season. So that's what I'm looking for. It's really a wait 574 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:15,400 and see for me with Aki. I think he has a really strong foundation, 575 00:40:15,519 --> 00:40:17,960 but he might end up end up just becoming one of those strong two 576 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,159 way defenders that never really developed too much offense. And that's pretty realistic, 577 00:40:23,199 --> 00:40:28,360 I would say, But right now he's got a couple of decent comps. 578 00:40:28,519 --> 00:40:32,079 There's guys like John Moore, Kyle Capabienco, Kaden Gooley. Would I think 579 00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:36,719 be a very good outcome, but that seems a little less realistic at this 580 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,360 point, but you never know. His tracking data for Mitch Brown looked really 581 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:45,000 good in a couple of offensive categories, but overall there was some holes there. 582 00:40:45,079 --> 00:40:49,280 So we have to see this all get fleshed out. So right now 583 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,880 I'm waiting and seeing with Aiki, but I'm certainly open to the possibility of 584 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,679 moving him up. Yeah, he's certainly in the fat end of the funnel. 585 00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:00,119 I love the way that you and Jesse talk about like players entering the 586 00:41:00,159 --> 00:41:04,440 funnel and then their outcomes shrinking as time goes on. One thing I love 587 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,639 about Aiki is his ability to prevent zone entries at the blue line. That 588 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:13,159 skill alone, as you said, should get him some NHL time, and 589 00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:16,760 in the tidy NHL time for these prospects is actually a huge asset because we 590 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:21,679 do give points for time on ice and for some of these peripheral stats that 591 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,960 kind of rely on you being on the ice. Since I really do think 592 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:30,119 that there's some potential here for Aki to be a hold potentially or at least 593 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:34,920 maybe a great stream every now and again, this is years down the road, 594 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,920 of course we're talking here, but very excited to see what happens with 595 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:42,159 bo Aki. And again, thanks Brandon for for your contribution and for picking 596 00:41:42,159 --> 00:41:45,719 this player and allowing us to talk about them. The last defender we're going 597 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,679 to talk about who fits the criteria of being drafted in the twenty twenty three 598 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:54,599 Tidy Prospects Draft as an outlier, is a really exciting one. Hunter Drewstevich 599 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:59,960 drafted by Aaron in Tidy Gretzky and has since been picked up I'm sure across 600 00:42:00,159 --> 00:42:05,159 the Tidy because he is killing it for the Kitchener Rangers this year. He's 601 00:42:05,199 --> 00:42:08,280 the owner of a fifty seven point season with the Rangers last year, but 602 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:12,400 is now easily clearing a point per game. In fact, I think it's 603 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,920 one point six points per game right now for the Rangers. In his D 604 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:20,119 plus one season. He is a dominant force in the OHL right now, 605 00:42:20,159 --> 00:42:23,679 nearly matching Carson Raykov for the OHL scoring lead. Victor, you have bumped 606 00:42:23,679 --> 00:42:28,840 this exciting player up from your ninety third Ranke d to forty second, right 607 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,480 around Tristan Bertucci and slightly ahead. What do you think of Aaron's final pick 608 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:37,000 in this year's draft and how does Bruce Davich compare to Bertucci and Aky. 609 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:43,280 I have to give props that was a fantastic selection because, as you mentioned, 610 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,920 no one else was really thinking that maybe it was just a Canucks homer. 611 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:51,599 Certainly, if you follow Vancouver Canucks writers or people on Twitter, you've 612 00:42:51,639 --> 00:42:57,119 heard all about Bruce Tevitch's accolades because that's all they're talking about constantly, because 613 00:42:57,159 --> 00:43:00,440 it's been incredible and that's pretty exciting. So yeah, there's no debating he's 614 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,920 had a monster D plus ones to start to the D plus one season. 615 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:09,480 It is worth noting that he is a very old for this draft class player, 616 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,280 being a late November birthday. He's about to turn nineteen, so being 617 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:15,960 a little bit older, a little bit more physically mature. He has good 618 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,119 height and decent size, good mobility, so he had a lot of the 619 00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:24,599 tools to be right there and pop off. And obviously he's getting the opportunity, 620 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:29,039 but he's making the most of it too, and you love to see 621 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:32,000 that. He was an easy selection for HL Defenseman of the Month for October. 622 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:36,239 He's making a case to be that again for November, I would say, 623 00:43:36,599 --> 00:43:38,320 and I think the steep rise in his development curve, you got to 624 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,519 be careful because it has some serious g force to it. If you're watching 625 00:43:42,599 --> 00:43:45,760 it, you could get some maybe some some vertigo if you're looking straight up 626 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:51,159 at that line, because it's going from sub second line potential in a D 627 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,800 minus one to above superstar potential at this point if you're looking at the PNHL 628 00:43:55,039 --> 00:44:00,519 graph through Mason Black's app and that's not saying he's going to stay there, 629 00:44:00,559 --> 00:44:02,679 but it's really good to see him there. Right now, his closest comp 630 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:07,599 looks like a Damon Severson, which maybe not seem too exciting. There's still 631 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,800 potential to flesh out other parts. It is worth noting that the thirty two 632 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:19,199 points he has so far in his nineteen OHL games includes five shots on or 633 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,559 five goals on forty two shots, which is twelve percent shooting percentage. You 634 00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:25,639 have to imagine that's coming down probably by half or more. He also has 635 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:30,360 four more secondary assists than primary assists, which isn't an outlandish number, but 636 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:35,440 you certainly want to see those primaries be a little higher. So he probably 637 00:44:35,519 --> 00:44:39,039 deserves more like twenty five to twenty six points in those nineteen games, which 638 00:44:39,079 --> 00:44:45,400 is still excellent, but maybe not as incredible as it currently looks. Maybe 639 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:47,000 with a lot of these things, when you look at these hot starts, 640 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:52,280 maybe you should just calm down a little bit in terms of pumping up the 641 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:58,159 tires, but still worth arise from what I had him ninety third to forty 642 00:44:58,199 --> 00:45:01,280 second. He's still someone your go want to pick up in any leagues he 643 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:07,440 might be available, and certainly there's some exciting potential for more. And with 644 00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:10,480 Vancouver they don't have the most stout prospect pool. Of course, they have 645 00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,519 a no question, no doubt, number one offensive defenseman for years to come, 646 00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:21,800 So you have to wonder how much he can produce outside of Quinn Hughes, 647 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,280 who knows what things are going to look like when he gets there. 648 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,880 It'll certainly be at least two or three years from now. But the fact 649 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:30,679 that he is older, maybe he gets there a little bit sooner than some 650 00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:32,599 of the other prospects. So you have to like that about Rushtevich. But 651 00:45:34,079 --> 00:45:37,719 yeah, he's a yeah. If he's somehow available, definitely go get him 652 00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,800 and then just ask questions later. But in terms of if you're trying to 653 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:44,159 acquire him, maybe wait a little bit to see how he settles out, 654 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,239 or and like now is probably not the time to buy because he is looking 655 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,559 so great, But if you could sell him for like a kite Gooley or 656 00:45:51,639 --> 00:45:53,920 someone who's doing really right now or has a little bit more certainty, then 657 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:59,400 I would probably do that because people sometimes get a little enamored with these hot 658 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,159 starts. And I'm not saying he's not good, but he also isn't this 659 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:07,239 good. Yeah, I was going to say, I don't think Vancouver needs 660 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,159 another superstar level defender. We can hopefully we can pump the brakes on that 661 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:14,079 a little bit, but hey, it's a great start to the season for 662 00:46:14,159 --> 00:46:17,320 Hunter Bruce Davich and I'm looking forward to seeing how he continues on through this 663 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:22,239 season. We'll finish off this segment by talking about a forward for the Peter 664 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,280 Harlings in the world who are not interested in these defensemen, and this is 665 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:29,480 one that has the potential to be interesting maybe a few years down the road. 666 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:34,320 Felix Ungersorum owned in Lord Stanley as well, but drafted by the Mutant 667 00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:38,239 Monsters in Gretzky as Mister Irrelevant, the last pick of our three round continuation 668 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:44,119 draft. He's a young Norwegian winger signed to his ELC with the Canes as 669 00:46:44,159 --> 00:46:46,400 of July fifteenth, so they have some belief in the player and he fits 670 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:51,599 the type of player that Carolina really seems to covet and have almost way too 671 00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:55,119 much of in their system of being generally good with one or two elite tools. 672 00:46:55,559 --> 00:46:59,760 He's come up in the Leksantz system. I don't have a whole lot 673 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,960 of ability into the SHL myself. So what can you tell us about Hungersorm 674 00:47:04,039 --> 00:47:08,760 Victor? Right now? His PNHILI is seventy, so that's pretty good. 675 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:13,719 If you rock in a seventy point paces as a four, that's pretty decent. 676 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,400 His star potential is around fourteen percent, so he definitely is someone that 677 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,679 is worth following and tracking. The most fun number I can tell you about 678 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:29,079 Felix Hungersarem is that is September fourteenth. September fourteenth, Why is that interesting? 679 00:47:29,159 --> 00:47:32,679 That's his birthdate? And does anyone know the cutoff for draft eligible prospects. 680 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,599 Yep, it's September fifteenth, So he is literally one day away from 681 00:47:37,639 --> 00:47:42,920 being eligible for the twenty twenty four draft, and that is going to majorly 682 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,920 matter because he's literally the youngest you could possibly be, and so his runway 683 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:51,400 to improve is just massive. And you have to love the fact that he 684 00:47:51,519 --> 00:47:55,559 played seven SAHL games last season. He's already played eight this season. And 685 00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,480 no Jay twenty time. Last season he played primarily in the J twenty was 686 00:48:00,519 --> 00:48:02,239 over a point per game, which is really nice. A lot of times 687 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:07,519 the draft eligible, especially the super young ones playing the J eighteen nationale there 688 00:48:07,519 --> 00:48:10,559 in Sweden, not the J twenty, So that's even more impressive that he 689 00:48:10,639 --> 00:48:15,639 was able to play a couple levels above his age group. And I imagine 690 00:48:15,679 --> 00:48:19,960 as such a young player, he's been doing this his entire life because he's 691 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,559 pretty much always been the youngest of his age group. And the fact that 692 00:48:22,599 --> 00:48:27,400 he's showing this of those four says he have this season three or primary and 693 00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,880 he's rocking a fifty seven percent Fenwick, that's pretty awesome for a guy playing 694 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:37,320 thirteen minutes in the SHL against no doubt, really strong competition. His periffs 695 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:42,760 aren't much, but I just think that Felix hungerstorm, which by the way, 696 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,599 his initials f us, what's the fuss with him? I just I 697 00:48:45,679 --> 00:48:49,360 kind of love that, by the way. But there's the fuss with him 698 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:53,320 is that there's a massive runway to improve, and you just I love to 699 00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:58,360 take those players because he's already showing some potential and he could just get so 700 00:48:58,519 --> 00:49:00,920 much better. Over the course of this year or next. It's gonna be 701 00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:02,880 a wait, I would imagine, because even though he's playing in the SHL, 702 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:07,440 he's probably gonna need at least one, maybe two more years of regular 703 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:10,960 playing time there to increase his time on ice and then probably come to North 704 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:15,079 America have an HL year. So you're probably looking at three years from now 705 00:49:15,119 --> 00:49:19,239 at the earliest. But still he could be really good when that time comes 706 00:49:19,599 --> 00:49:22,079 and step right into an NHL lineup and put sixty to seventy points on the 707 00:49:22,119 --> 00:49:27,519 board. So I really like that. That's the fuss with Felix. I 708 00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:31,079 love that. What's the fuss? It's incredible these guys in Carolina. They 709 00:49:31,159 --> 00:49:35,320 just pick these guys up. It's like they make them in a factory or 710 00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,039 something, and they're just great at hockey. And that's the first thing that 711 00:49:37,079 --> 00:49:40,800 they look for is can this guy play hockey? And then they you've got 712 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:45,239 him behind like a lot of a lot of guys in that system. There's 713 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:50,519 Jayden Peran, Alex Paravalov, Alex Reikov, Kruz Lucius, you had Ryan 714 00:49:50,559 --> 00:49:52,519 Suzuki in the past. These guys are just solid hockey players. They might 715 00:49:52,559 --> 00:49:57,360 have that one skill that they're really good at. But I'm really excited to 716 00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:00,960 see how it plays out. Because you know the way that Carolina runs their 717 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:04,719 four line approach and doling out the ice time evenly, you know you have 718 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,920 some real opportunities to get some exciting players here. So great pick there by 719 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:13,000 the Mutant Monsters, and great picks by all of these managers as we look 720 00:50:13,079 --> 00:50:15,760 to find those margins that will make us successful in the Tidy. It's, 721 00:50:16,119 --> 00:50:19,920 as I said, one of those things I really love about playing in the 722 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:23,480 Tidy is the variety of categories that we receive fantasy points for. We've discussed 723 00:50:23,599 --> 00:50:27,599 a number of different types of players here, from the defensive defenseman, the 724 00:50:27,679 --> 00:50:31,039 scoring defenseman, scoring wingers. Each of these player archetypes has value in the 725 00:50:31,039 --> 00:50:34,920 Tidy. It's one of the most complete leagues I've ever played in and the 726 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:39,360 most similar to a real hockey feel that I've experienced so far. Before we 727 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:43,440 go, Victor, i'd love to get your insight on a trade that happened 728 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,440 early in the Tidy offseason this past summer that's become relevant over the past few 729 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:52,159 weeks. Mason Lori recently made his debut for the Boston Bruins, assisting on 730 00:50:52,199 --> 00:50:55,239 a goal in his first game against my Toronto Maple leafs Boo, before scoring 731 00:50:55,280 --> 00:51:00,960 his first two games later against before scoring his first two games later against Dallas. 732 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,719 In his first six games with the Bes, he's been hovering around twenty 733 00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:07,800 minutes a night and playing on the top pairing with McAvoy, and all of 734 00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:10,360 this on a blue line that features solid pros like Hampus, Lindholme, Brandon 735 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:15,840 Carlo go down the list. The trading question comes from our tidy yogur division 736 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:21,519 where the Pesky Sens acquired Mason Lorai along with Alex Rome Romanov, Matthew Dumba 737 00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:28,400 and Yanni Hawkenpa from JB in exchange for goalie Semyon Varlamov and d Tony DiAngelo 738 00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:30,519 Victor. What do you make of this deal that shakes up the back ends 739 00:51:30,519 --> 00:51:35,400 of both of these teams and results in a very nice prospect acquisition for the 740 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:39,320 Pesky Sins. Yeah, this is a really interesting deal. And just to 741 00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:44,280 recap what's happening on the Bruins right now, so you have right handed d 742 00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:49,000 McAvoy, Carlo, Shaddon, Kirk and lefties Lindholm, Fobutt and Lorii so 743 00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:52,679 it makes sense I would say to just pair the weakest lefty with McAvoy, 744 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:58,760 although I'm not sure that Lori is the weakest. Is currently the worst in 745 00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,400 terms of course he against PC, but his expected goals against per sixty is 746 00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:06,400 middle of the pack and ahead of Macaboys, So at any rate, it 747 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:10,119 makes sense to keep those two together. Playing against the strongest competition as a 748 00:52:10,159 --> 00:52:15,199 top pairing is probably skewing some of those results. But I really like Lare. 749 00:52:15,519 --> 00:52:19,000 I have mentioned before that I thought he was good enough to play in 750 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,400 the league. I don't didn't know that he get a ton of points, 751 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,079 but the priff should be okay. And the way that the tidy scoring goes 752 00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:29,000 is you get extra points for time on ice Fenwick, which Boston is a 753 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,960 good play driving team, and if he can get a takeaway or two that 754 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:35,960 will bump up his scoring too. The other guys and the other defenseman, 755 00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:39,639 the Ramanaf, Dumba, Hockenpaw, I'm not so excited about them because they 756 00:52:39,679 --> 00:52:44,880 to me, they look they always seemed a little bit more like roughly replacement 757 00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:49,280 level guys, especially Dumba, he has really fallen off. And Ramanov, 758 00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:52,840 even though he had some sort of solid production, especially with the move to 759 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:57,239 Long Island. It's get caved in there a little bit, so they're not 760 00:52:57,280 --> 00:53:01,360 the strongest play driving and Hackinpaw is just a block machine. But getting shot 761 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:07,280 against isn't really helpful for your Fenwick. I'm not as excited about those guys. 762 00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:12,880 You have to note that the goalie is certainly the highest points per game 763 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:16,639 here, no question, But how much is Vrolumov actually going to play when 764 00:53:16,679 --> 00:53:21,119 you have Soroken they're certainly mixing it up a little bit. It's not like 765 00:53:21,159 --> 00:53:23,400 he doesn't play, and when he does play, he's great, So it's 766 00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:28,159 just a matter of can he get enough games to make it worthwhile. I 767 00:53:28,199 --> 00:53:31,920 also in these situations tend to look at how many off night games these teams 768 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:36,519 play, and if I remember correctly, the Islanders don't really have many of 769 00:53:36,559 --> 00:53:38,239 those, although they do have a fair number of back to backs. So 770 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:42,639 maybe that's part of the thought process here that with all those back and backs 771 00:53:42,639 --> 00:53:45,840 he'll get a certain number of games. Right now, he's got five and 772 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:50,559 Sorokn has ten games played. If you're rocking about a third of the games 773 00:53:50,559 --> 00:53:53,440 played, that's not so bad and goalies are really hard to get in tidies, 774 00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:55,800 and for that part, I don't mind it so much. I have 775 00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:00,480 always been someone who is not the biggest fan of Tony d. Di Angelo, 776 00:54:00,079 --> 00:54:04,199 even before he started all his antics, although it's been a couple of 777 00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:07,400 years since he's done anything super stupid. But the other thing is he just 778 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:12,880 he's not someone that commands an opportunity because his skill set is very limited. 779 00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:15,559 But if he's not producing, or if they want to shake things up, 780 00:54:15,559 --> 00:54:19,679 he can sit in the press box, or he can move down the lineup 781 00:54:19,679 --> 00:54:22,639 a little bit. So that part would always worry me a little bit, 782 00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:24,960 though you have to acknowledge the fact that when he does play, he's productive 783 00:54:25,079 --> 00:54:30,199 and he certainly gets in. I haven't really rostered him ever until this season 784 00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:34,639 when he was a free agent in a shallow dynasty. So I picked him 785 00:54:34,679 --> 00:54:37,280 up and wrote him for a while, but then he slowed down and I 786 00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:42,760 dropped him. But anyways, I really like the lower side here, mainly 787 00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:45,559 because you can just flex him up and down and put him in whenever you 788 00:54:45,639 --> 00:54:50,239 want, and he's putting up pretty good points, and so you have to 789 00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:53,039 be happy about that if you can, if it fits your team structure though, 790 00:54:53,079 --> 00:54:57,239 to have a goalie playing a third of the games and putting up really 791 00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:00,880 high points and you can manage the the loss of an asset like Laura and 792 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:04,360 you have a pretty strong team. Otherwise, I could see this being a 793 00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,119 real win for either side. What do you think, Ran? Yeah? 794 00:55:07,159 --> 00:55:12,679 I agree. I focus in immediately on those pros on the pesky Sen side. 795 00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,159 You mentioned Vermanov and Hawk and Pod, and you know what you're getting 796 00:55:15,159 --> 00:55:19,440 from those guys. But the addition of Fenwick in this league makes it a 797 00:55:19,519 --> 00:55:22,760 very easy kind of calculation here, because if you're getting shots against, you're 798 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:28,000 not really a valuable asset. It doesn't outpace your hits or your blocks. 799 00:55:28,039 --> 00:55:32,880 And Vermanov and Hackenpire are certainly experts in their fields that feel being crushing guys 800 00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:36,880 in the corner or guys who try to cross the blue line. So in 801 00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:39,679 a Cats league, certainly you want those guys. They're exciting to own. 802 00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:45,599 But in this league they out like it cancels each other out between the Fenwick 803 00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:49,119 and the blocks and the hits. So it's interesting. Dumba, I'm sure 804 00:55:49,199 --> 00:55:52,320 that Dumba was included. This deal happened back in July or early August. 805 00:55:52,519 --> 00:55:57,039 I can't recall right now, but early in the offseason, once we had 806 00:55:57,079 --> 00:56:00,880 figured out that Dumba was moving on to Arizona, and I think you take 807 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:05,960 that upside swing in the hope that maybe he achieves some kind of relevance in 808 00:56:06,039 --> 00:56:08,960 Arizona. He's been fine. He's had some blocks and some hits, being 809 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:14,320 pretty good for Bash, but he's being outpaced by the other offensive defenseman on 810 00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:17,440 that team. Although Vallamaki currently is injured, so who knows what's going to 811 00:56:17,519 --> 00:56:22,039 happen with that powerplay spot. Probably Dursey keeps it, but we'll see. 812 00:56:22,039 --> 00:56:25,880 So you can see it, you're adding a little bit to the decor here. 813 00:56:27,599 --> 00:56:29,840 I think it's a fair trade. Like you mentioned, low Ray, 814 00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,039 you can flex him up and down, and that's a super valuable asset to 815 00:56:32,079 --> 00:56:37,519 have in Tidy. To have an NHL player who's playing almost every one of 816 00:56:37,559 --> 00:56:39,840 the games and you're able to flex him in as much as possible. That's 817 00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:44,119 a great asset to have. And you're having to give up Varlamov and a 818 00:56:44,159 --> 00:56:46,280 solid goaltender, but like you said, he's not going to play that much. 819 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:51,760 And although goalies are a valuable commodity in this league. You want a 820 00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:53,559 goalie, he's going to start more often than not. I think I think 821 00:56:53,559 --> 00:56:57,719 it's fairly even. I would probably prefer the lower ra side just because I'm 822 00:56:57,719 --> 00:57:00,440 a sicko for prospect. Give me that low ray side. And again, 823 00:57:00,599 --> 00:57:05,159 what a great deal to discuss here, especially given low rise recent rise to 824 00:57:05,199 --> 00:57:08,679 the NHL. Yeah, for sure, super exciting and always nice to have 825 00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:13,360 those deals that kind of makes sense on both sides. So definitely great to 826 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:16,079 discuss. And in terms of the tidy takes, feel free everyone to give 827 00:57:16,159 --> 00:57:20,679 us your feedback on the segment, things you would like to hear, and 828 00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:22,480 we'll be happy to try to do that. But thanks so much Ryan for 829 00:57:22,519 --> 00:57:37,280 helping make this segment happen a pleasure. Is always a couple of things to 830 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:40,320 mention poll to get out of here today. One of those is fan tracks. 831 00:57:40,639 --> 00:57:45,119 Play your leaks there, move your leaks over. You can do all 832 00:57:45,159 --> 00:57:47,280 your dynasties here. That's the best place to do it because they've got all 833 00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:52,440 the players in there, and you could do different scoring settings, hundreds of 834 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,559 different ones, salaries, contracts, you can customize your rookie eligibility to the 835 00:57:55,599 --> 00:58:00,719 number of games you think ought to be part of a rookie eligibility and even 836 00:58:00,719 --> 00:58:05,039 by position, start up your leagues the day after the last season ends. 837 00:58:05,159 --> 00:58:07,000 They're just a ton of things going on there. If you make a trade 838 00:58:07,039 --> 00:58:12,159 offer right now in fan tracks, there is a separate little chat that goes 839 00:58:12,199 --> 00:58:15,039 on. You don't have to send a actual additional trade offer or a counter 840 00:58:15,559 --> 00:58:21,119 to have a conversation with the person. There's a little chat window that will 841 00:58:21,159 --> 00:58:25,960 go right along the trade talks with somebody. That's pretty cool. There's also 842 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:30,679 a lot of fantasy content on fan tracks HQ, which is associated with fan 843 00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:35,199 Tracks Fantasy Hockey. Whole bunch of stuff over there. We think the entire 844 00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:39,280 FHL crew. There's a ton of good folks here. Content curator Kevin Adams. 845 00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:43,599 He's been helping with show prep. Ryan Downey, you heard him this 846 00:58:43,679 --> 00:58:46,800 episode. 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