1 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:13,439 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks, your source of information 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,120 and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Fuck off, that's 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:25,000 a step on stays. Here's your hosts, Jesse Suviere and Victor Nuno Fantasy 4 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:30,120 Hockey Live, back once again to talk about fantasy hockey as we do every 5 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,560 time. It is Jesse Severe here from fan Tracks and joining me as always 6 00:00:35,079 --> 00:00:39,640 Victor Nuno of Dabber Prospects. Victor, how you doing today? I'm doing 7 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:45,119 great, Jesse, definitely excited, engaging in draft season and trying to keep 8 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:50,280 all my draft straight and generally unhappy with most of them. So I think 9 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,240 that's usually how it goes. It certainly does. That is exactly what happens 10 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,679 to us in draft season, Victor. Draft season is chaos for the likes 11 00:00:58,679 --> 00:01:00,640 of you and me right now, because all the drafts happen at once and 12 00:01:00,719 --> 00:01:03,920 everything is just flying every which way. And I have a feeling I'm going 13 00:01:03,959 --> 00:01:07,840 to wake up, like in a week and find out who I drafted and 14 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:10,519 say, really, that is that the team I drafted? I don't remember 15 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,599 that team at all. But that's okay, Victor. We like talking about 16 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,359 fantasy hockey. We like talking about all kinds of different teams, and today 17 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,640 we've got a We've got a Canadian one to talk about a lot of Canadian 18 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,359 ones in this little stretch of our thirty two team preview series, and this 19 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:32,000 one happens to be on the Calgary Flames. I don't know, man, 20 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:34,319 that's up in Cowboy Country, right, you gotta go up to ride the 21 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,200 horse up to the Calgary Flames. Are you a big Are you big Calgary 22 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:44,280 Flames watcher? No? Not really. They were really difficult to watch last 23 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,359 year, but they had some interesting prospects. It was fun. It was 24 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,560 fun to see some Peltier, It was fun to see Coronado, and obviously 25 00:01:51,599 --> 00:01:53,599 they have some They have Dustin Wolf on the way, Jorrier, they have 26 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,799 some interesting guys and they were just so bad undersutter. I am interesting to 27 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,560 watch them next year because I think are going to be much different. So 28 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:07,319 definitely excited for that. We're sure, Victor, if people want to talk 29 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:10,120 about the Calgary Flames on a regular and ongoing basis the place that they could 30 00:02:10,159 --> 00:02:14,560 do it, or any of the other thirty one teams, or even just 31 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,159 about all the teams at once. It doesn't matter to me is you could 32 00:02:17,159 --> 00:02:20,680 do it over on our discord, which is free. 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Next available ability we have, 51 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:35,199 so check that out at patreon dot com slash Fantasy Hockey Life for sure, 52 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,000 Victor, it's time to talk Calgary Flames. We're gonna take a brief 53 00:03:38,039 --> 00:03:46,520 break, come back and do us that. We are pleased to be joined 54 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:52,000 today by Randy Sportac of The Hockey News. Ready to talk a little bit 55 00:03:52,039 --> 00:03:54,240 of Calgary Flames. How you doing, Randy, I'm doing well. It's 56 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:59,879 a lovely day. You've been following these Flames for an awful long time. 57 00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:02,599 How far back do you go with this franchise? Just out of curiosity? 58 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:08,159 Wow, the young gun zero. It's funny players I covered, it's now 59 00:04:08,199 --> 00:04:12,759 their kids are getting drafted playing in the league. Guys like Corey Stillman's kids 60 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,160 and Danny Goce's son got drafted this year. Yeah, I'm just starting to 61 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:19,680 feel my age. I got you. I'm with you there, man, 62 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:23,720 I'm with you there. I don't know this team may have aged you even 63 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:28,319 more last year because it wasn't the smoothest year for your Calgary Flames, and 64 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,800 it really didn't work out as well as I think many would have hoped, 65 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,720 or many would have reasonably expected. The last Flame season offseason was really about 66 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:41,920 losing Johnny Goodreaux, trading Sean Monahan and the great big elephant in the room 67 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,639 Matt Kachuck. Now the NHL superstar Darling advertised during the playoffs, it seems 68 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:51,040 to Jonathan Huberto McKenzie weaker trade in the overall picture, I think you could 69 00:04:51,079 --> 00:04:55,759 say that the Flames laying it in the middle in the NHL, just short 70 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,480 of the playoffs, but the way they did it was strange. The second 71 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,920 most shot but the worst shooting in the NHL. That was not a great 72 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,160 combo, although contradictory combo, the third few of shots against, but a 73 00:05:06,199 --> 00:05:11,199 bottom tense save percentage. They were thirtieth. If you like that old Pdo 74 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,600 stat where you add up the shooting percentage and say, maybe that is a 75 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:16,439 good sign for the future. Now they have a new coach, a new 76 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,759 GM and most of the coverage I read on the Flame seems to center around 77 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:25,680 how best to leverage, trading away maybe some of those other better players and 78 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,399 get themselves even better position for the future. But one piece of general narrative 79 00:05:30,439 --> 00:05:33,399 around the team is they didn't give younger players as much of a chance under 80 00:05:33,439 --> 00:05:38,560 the prior administration. Was it a lack of luck last year? A lack 81 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,240 of good vibes coming from this team, were a lack of horsepower that led 82 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,759 to the fall? And what do you think we should expect for the coming 83 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,000 season last year? I think it was a lack of everything. They just 84 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:56,720 the wheels seemed to fall off about a month in and they never really recovered, 85 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:00,920 and it really was an underperforming team. When you think of the talent 86 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,199 level, it wasn't. Yes, they did take a dip in talent, 87 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:08,160 losing good Droll and Kachuck, Don't get me wrong, that was a noticeable 88 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:14,240 thing. But it just everything just snowballed and it was a bizarre season, 89 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,680 Like how many times did they outshoot a team by ten shots and still lose? 90 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,879 Now, I think, and this is where shots and your core see 91 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,680 numbers and all this there's a bit of a misnomer because, let's be honest, 92 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,959 a flicked shot from the blue line where you hope there's traffic and you 93 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:35,240 hope there's a deflection that's not really a scoring chance. They were very high 94 00:06:35,319 --> 00:06:41,480 in those low percentage shots, so that doesn't help. Then I know it. 95 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,199 Near the end of the year, I talked to Daryl Sutter just we 96 00:06:44,199 --> 00:06:48,319 were chatting, and he said he was even couldn't quite grasp how when it 97 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:53,600 came to scoring chances, they're scoring chances against were extremely low. He said, 98 00:06:53,639 --> 00:06:57,879 we're better than we were last year, but they would just give up 99 00:06:58,319 --> 00:07:02,040 fire drill scoring chances where it was tappens, so they'd give up two or 100 00:07:02,079 --> 00:07:08,800 three of those. They didn't get the saves that one great save, and 101 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,199 then they couldn't score. It was just it was a really strange year from 102 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:15,519 a team that things went off the rails. Then they really went off the 103 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,959 rails. Then he had players not liking the coach, and hey, I 104 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,560 was around Darryl Sutter's first iteration as coach. I get it. I could 105 00:07:23,639 --> 00:07:29,720 understand how that would get on your nerves. So they everything just went sideways, 106 00:07:29,879 --> 00:07:35,439 and there was it was just like watching a plane crash. Yeah, 107 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:40,319 I'm sorry that we're starting out depressing. That's fine. I was there. 108 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,480 I covered them in the Young Guns era. I was there, like Jerome 109 00:07:43,519 --> 00:07:46,879 mcginlan. Nobody else was there. I get it. I've seen bad seasons. 110 00:07:46,959 --> 00:07:49,279 This was actually almost an interesting season because you sat there and you went, 111 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:54,720 what's going on? Because yes, they're not. This was not the 112 00:07:54,759 --> 00:07:59,120 Colorado Avalanche of talent or the Vegas Golden Knights of talent, but there's still 113 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,279 talent. And you watched Jonathan Huberto just he to his credit, I think 114 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:07,199 he actually was trying to play the way they wanted to play, but he's 115 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,720 not played that way. Nasim Codre up until the All Star Game was played 116 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:18,360 fantastic, and then his play just nosediving. They struggled getting offense from the 117 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:22,399 defense. Then when they start turning it around, Rasmus Anderson, who's I 118 00:08:22,439 --> 00:08:26,560 think one of the more underrated defensemen in the NHL, is riding a scooter 119 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:31,360 in Detroit and gets hit by a car like that. There's an example of 120 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:35,960 just how wacky this season got. Mark Strom couldn't make a save. It 121 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:41,519 just the weirdest things went wrong. Victor and I thought that Elias Lindholm would 122 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,720 be about the fortieth best fantasy hockey forward, and it was actually the thirty 123 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,759 six. It was very respectable, but twenty two goals and forty assists in 124 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:56,080 eighty games sounds just reasonable middle classy. The assists were consistent from his prior 125 00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:58,080 year, but the drop from forty two to twenty two goals was the big 126 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:03,879 difference. Shots were not going in for Elias astoundingly. That was with the 127 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:07,919 exact same ten power play goals and one shorthanded goal. It was the drop 128 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:15,159 from thirty one to eleven even strength goals that dropped his production line. Expected 129 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,279 even strength goal rate barely flinched and running the numbers per sixty. I ran 130 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,879 the numbers and really it did not change all that much in terms of the 131 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,759 expected goal rate when he was on the ice at least, but his individual 132 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:33,360 obviously dropped the results dropped. He's been in Calgary for five years now, 133 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,480 been in the top three on the team and scoring all five years, very 134 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:41,000 consistent. Nazim Khadri last year is actually the only player on the team currently 135 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:46,320 who has finished in the top three in scoring in Calgary during a year. 136 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,600 Like Elias, Lindholme is the consistent guy. Received Selkie votes four of his 137 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,919 five years on the team. What do you expect from his age twenty nine 138 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:00,960 season, Could he have a good progression from his goal scoring la to pop 139 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,960 back up or what do you think of Lindholme's here. I do think not 140 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:09,759 having Johnny Goodrow would that's a factor, right, like he is said, 141 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:13,000 And the funny thing is, I'll do a little segue here. People talk 142 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:16,559 about his Lindholme's falloff and all the falloff in Calgary. Look at Johnny Goodrow's 143 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:24,639 fall off. Right, You've got super an uber talented guy. But in 144 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,080 Columbus he didn't have the uber talented teammates. Patrick Lyney was constantly heard all 145 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:33,960 that other stuff, how Algy really talented guys, But Johnny Goodrow is just 146 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,879 one of those guys that will set you up for the tap in talies and 147 00:10:37,279 --> 00:10:39,320 these great passes. So they lacked that. I think that is a big 148 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,919 factor with Lyndholm. First off, what's he doing from a contract perspective, 149 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:48,399 because I think he's I think a lot of players, if they stay here, 150 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:54,320 would have bounced back years because just just go back to the medium, 151 00:10:54,399 --> 00:11:00,440 right the issue and there's a danger with this team if these guys all bounce 152 00:11:00,519 --> 00:11:05,799 back years but don't resign long term and you're looking at some seriously talented players 153 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:11,320 who become UFAs. What do you do? And that's that, to me 154 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:15,120 is the biggest danger of this team. If they become a playoff team and 155 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,559 they know Lindholm's not going to resign, they know Hanaffin's not going to resign, 156 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,320 and the list goes on after that. You've got back lind You've got 157 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:28,679 Tanev Zatorov, Oliver Shillington. That's some very skilled guys. Do you just 158 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,559 say, you know what? I think they're best off to pull the rip 159 00:11:31,639 --> 00:11:37,440 card and rebuilt, just tear it down. The problem is can you do 160 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,159 that with the ownership has been very reticent at the thought of that. So 161 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,039 I think anybody who's willing to make a deal for Elias Lindholm sign a long 162 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,440 term, they're going to get a very good player, probably I think another 163 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:56,360 underrated player from a perspective. He's a very smart hockey player. I don't 164 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:01,639 know if he's a hundred point player or eight five point player and ninety five 165 00:12:01,639 --> 00:12:05,720 point player, but he is a seventy five to eighty point player who can 166 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,080 play in all scenarios and what do they say a coach's dream, right, 167 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,320 you put them out. You know what, You're gonna get a game after 168 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:16,080 game, and I expect a better season. I just don't know where it's 169 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:22,759 going to end in what city. Yeah, for sure, that could be 170 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:31,279 a definite swing for Lindholm. Next up, we will talk about Jonathan Hubertou 171 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,360 because there's not a problem with Jonathan Hubertou is sticking around. He's he has 172 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,840 signed for a very long time. I think I've six more years or eight 173 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,799 more years. At eight more years of kicks in this year. Yeah, 174 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,919 the extension kicks in for ten point five million per year, So there's not 175 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,759 gonna be a problem keeping Huberto around. Now his contract could impact some others, 176 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,480 and boy, this was rough this year. He was second in the 177 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,840 NHL in points as recently as twenty one twenty two with one hundred and fifteen 178 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:03,360 his first year in Calgary. The number dropped by more than fifty percent to 179 00:13:03,399 --> 00:13:05,960 fifty five points. His shots per game dropped from nearly three to one point 180 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:11,360 five. Even his hits dropped from ninety nine to sixty five. Yes, 181 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,720 every player, by definition, has a career best year, so maybe you 182 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:18,600 just have to say twenty one twenty two was the career year for Huberto and 183 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,360 we can't expect him to do that every year. But the move could be 184 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:26,039 blamed for the production, but still it was so dramatic. What do you 185 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:30,799 think explains what happened with Jonathan Hubertou last year and how much is he going 186 00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:33,519 to be able to turn it around in twenty three twenty four. I think 187 00:13:33,519 --> 00:13:37,879 it was a bit multifaceted power. He wanted to play a different style than 188 00:13:37,919 --> 00:13:43,080 he was used to, more structure, more discipline. He, let's be 189 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:48,279 honest, Florida didn't exactly play Sutter style hockey. He couldn't probably be further 190 00:13:48,399 --> 00:13:50,919 from it, right, So I think that was a factory and to his 191 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,440 credit, I had to ask people about this and they said he is legitimately 192 00:13:56,519 --> 00:14:00,080 trying to play within the system and figuring out how his game works in a 193 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,279 system. But he looked very lost. You've always seen a player where you 194 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,080 just know that there they start doing the wrong thing or it doesn't work out 195 00:14:09,159 --> 00:14:11,480 and they don't know how to recover. And I saw a guy that would 196 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:16,600 he'd make a play, the guy wouldn't be where he figured he'd be, 197 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:20,639 or he'd do a pass that someone should be there is not there, and 198 00:14:20,679 --> 00:14:22,919 You could just see his mind going what is going on? So then of 199 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,159 course he gets in the downroad spiral all those other things. Now, I 200 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:31,320 do think there's another element to it. He's not a fast skater, and 201 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:37,240 I asked a scout and they said, hey, a big factor is you 202 00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:39,960 know, say what you want about Anthony Declare had the speed to push the 203 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,240 defense back and give him that little bit of space. That's the Johnny Goodrow 204 00:14:45,279 --> 00:14:48,519 thing, right, he had that little He wasn't the fastest skater, but 205 00:14:48,559 --> 00:14:52,399 he was quick, right, and you see the defenseman back off and that 206 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,440 buys him that little bit of time. Declaire would buy Hubert that little bit 207 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:01,799 of time where he could thread the pass because the lane wasn't whereas he didn't 208 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,399 have fast guys with him to clear that. Just to give that split second 209 00:15:05,519 --> 00:15:09,879 of space for him to thread a pass that would have worked. So I 210 00:15:09,879 --> 00:15:15,720 think it's multifacetating. He's a guy that really works better. He needs a 211 00:15:15,759 --> 00:15:18,919 speed demon or at least somebody to push back the defense and that wasn't happening, 212 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,919 so that was closing lanes. And then again the spiral happens, right 213 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,120 the guy saw. It's like sports psychologists, this summer, he is trying 214 00:15:28,159 --> 00:15:31,840 to figure out a way to make his game work. I know the team 215 00:15:31,919 --> 00:15:33,960 is. They know what they've invested, so they've spent a lot of time 216 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,120 trying to help him come back with a better frame of mind. And I 217 00:15:39,159 --> 00:15:43,679 think that's I think he's another real he's a candidate for a bounce back here 218 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,960 because he couldn't really have him a worse here. But I do think he's 219 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:54,399 legitimately trying to come with a better attitude and a better mindset and more sense 220 00:15:54,399 --> 00:15:58,399 of the game. He did play fairly well down the stretch, but certainly 221 00:15:58,399 --> 00:16:00,720 not to the level everyone expects. Now, hey, you're a ten point 222 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,919 five million dollar player, we won't get it. We can get into that 223 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,320 conversation. I always think that's stupid to invest if your best player as a 224 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,600 winger. It's just not a long term perspective, because I saw it here 225 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:18,080 better than anybody with Jerome mcginla. He's gonna come back, but they know 226 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,840 they've got to get him to come back ready to be a top tier player. 227 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,679 Yeah, it makes sense. No, let's talk about Nazam Kadri. 228 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:33,039 We've also we already mentioned him a little bit, and we knew that he 229 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,279 was going to regress from the hundred point season in Colorado. So many things 230 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,600 went right for him that year and it was such a fantastic team. But 231 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:44,519 I think he was pretty in line this past season from what he did previous 232 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:48,240 to that one hundred point season. He's been a mid fifty point player, 233 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,480 fifty to fifty five ish, and that's where he was, and he tends 234 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:56,000 to dish out a decent number of hit some blocks, and do some of 235 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,440 those things that we love in fantasy, and he did those things. He 236 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:02,200 had twenty four points, twenty four goals and thirty to assist for five d 237 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,839 six points, and he played all eighty two and had nineteen power play points, 238 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:08,880 so that's good. And we'd track block shots hits. He was thirty 239 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,279 four at that position, so that's pretty good. He got six years left 240 00:17:12,279 --> 00:17:17,920 at seven million, and overall, I think he shot two percent under his 241 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,960 career norm, but had a pretty low individual points participation. I think that 242 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,359 there's some positive regression coming Cadre's way. I think the big question is does 243 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,240 he have enough talent around him to play on his line. I guess that's 244 00:17:30,319 --> 00:17:32,599 my main question for him in terms of what he can do. But do 245 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:37,240 you think that there's some positive regression coming Cadre's way there? Randy Was he 246 00:17:37,319 --> 00:17:42,400 actually had fantastic first half of the season, and I wish sometimes these guys 247 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:48,240 would be fully honest. I can't help but think his hand was still an 248 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,480 issue through the season, and the fatigue factor of going all the way in 249 00:17:52,519 --> 00:17:56,319 the playoffs the year before. Then He's got gets signed, moves, all 250 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,759 these things, and it was almost I think it is a point he just 251 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:07,240 wore down and he, I believe, really did struggle playing with Sutter. 252 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,720 He was It was an interesting season. I don't know if he's as good 253 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:17,119 a player as he's getting paid to be. But that's the danger of signing 254 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,079 guys as a free agent, because then, hey, he had this season 255 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,640 and he was in this Colorado team. Could you have been in a better 256 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,519 situation as a second line center in Colorado two seasons ago? God, what 257 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:30,680 a dream? And look at the Avalanche. They're desperately trying to the praying 258 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:37,759 Matt duchane Is can replicate, right. I think he came with expectations things 259 00:18:37,839 --> 00:18:41,559 happen, and I honestly think he just crashed. I don't think he played 260 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,680 particularly the final third of the season, even when they were really making their 261 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:51,039 push. So he just he didn't have it anymore. He's at an age 262 00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:53,480 where you're going to question can he bounce back to very well, Like he's 263 00:18:53,519 --> 00:18:57,400 just it's all at that point. And this is where this team has been 264 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:03,559 a weird situation. They've been tested in two veteran players who are thirties around 265 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,599 the situation, right, And if they lose all these other guys, they're 266 00:19:07,599 --> 00:19:10,640 going to have these two guys on these long term deals and a whole bunch 267 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:15,960 of question marks. So Duchane in Dallas, I think you were confusing maybe 268 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,720 the two Nashville guys who left and Ryan Johansson being in Colorado. But I 269 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,640 think your point is very valid that Colorado is struggling to find a replacement for 270 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,240 Nasam Cadre, who was so good there, right, and they're not able 271 00:19:29,279 --> 00:19:33,519 to really find the equivalent for what he did there, And I think there's 272 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:37,440 maybe some potential for his improvement, right, Yeah, yeah, that's I 273 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:44,200 think with Cadre he can have a better full season. I just don't know 274 00:19:45,279 --> 00:19:48,359 what his capability is. And let's be honest, if they trade Alias Lentholme, 275 00:19:48,599 --> 00:19:55,279 and Michael Backland is not a first line center. He's a very good 276 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,759 third line center. Nasam Cadre is going to have to be the first line 277 00:19:57,759 --> 00:20:03,400 center, so he's gonna obviously then that would mean more opportunity. But I 278 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:08,039 just think he's We're going to see where he really is in historically where he 279 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,720 is he's I think that season in Colorado was such a fantastic season. I 280 00:20:11,759 --> 00:20:15,880 think last season started out great. I don't think he's even going to I 281 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:22,160 don't think he'd replicate over a full season what he did the first sixty percent 282 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,519 of last season over the long term basis, maybe, but I don't see 283 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:29,240 it. I think it's just I always look at guys, they just come 284 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,039 back down to the watermark, right. Everyone's gonna have a great season. 285 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,680 Everyone's gonna have a really bad season, and where you find him is where 286 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:41,319 they generally end up. And that's where I see Nasam Kadri And hopefully he 287 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,559 has a better mindset and some rest of the full off season and plays a 288 00:20:45,559 --> 00:20:51,920 little better game. Like you said, Michael Backland is not a star. 289 00:20:52,039 --> 00:20:55,359 He's not a fantasy star. But tip of the hat to this guy and 290 00:20:55,440 --> 00:21:00,680 the evolving hockey model of goals above replacement. He was actually second on the 291 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,759 team, behind only Tyler Tuffolio. Course is not back, but his best 292 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:11,000 stats in that category since twenty sixteen seventeen. He had fifty six points, 293 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:14,880 two hundred fifty nine shots, ninety seven hits, seven hundred and five face 294 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,400 off wins, all career best. The thirty four year old Swede wears the 295 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,079 letter on this team. Mind you, it's an A and has one year 296 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,079 left at a reasonable five point three five million dollars. I read in coverage 297 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:32,519 on this team that he called Daryl Sutter's coaching negative leadership last year, But 298 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,559 I'm a little skeptical that's apparently translated from Swedish. Who knows what the heck 299 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:41,240 that was in the original nuance? But can Backland follow up his pleasant surprise 300 00:21:41,319 --> 00:21:45,799 of a year even in that depth role and could he stick? Is maybe 301 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:49,200 the captain of the team passed this year for that? I think the first 302 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,000 answer is he's not gonna be captain if he's not resigned. If he's If 303 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,599 he's why would you name him a captain if you're of his time here will 304 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:02,440 probably end at the trade deadline. Kenny, he really had a fantastic season. 305 00:22:02,519 --> 00:22:06,079 And it wasn't a lucky season either. It was just a really good 306 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,640 season, and yes, some things went right, but it wasn't this ridiculous 307 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:17,160 twenty two percent shooting percentage type thing, right. I think I think he'll 308 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,519 regress to some degree from a points perspective. Again, though, if Elias 309 00:22:21,559 --> 00:22:26,720 Linholm is traded for, traded away and they don't replace him, now Backlin 310 00:22:26,839 --> 00:22:32,160 takes maybe a little even bigger role. I don't know whether he's going to 311 00:22:32,279 --> 00:22:34,599 ever. It's not like thirty goals and all this other stuff, but I 312 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,359 do think you'll be a consistent guy and he'll probably go back to the mean 313 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,599 and being forty eight, forty fifty one points, forty nine points that kind 314 00:22:42,599 --> 00:22:48,680 of a thing. But he does give you another solid player who is pretty 315 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,480 pretty easy maintenance from a coaching perspective, and to his credit, I think 316 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,519 this is really good because I watched Michael as a little as a young player 317 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,680 come into the league, and it's actually heartening to hear stories of Mackenzie week 318 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,559 are saying that Michael Backlan would be the one standing up to Daryl and giving 319 00:23:04,599 --> 00:23:08,920 the old fu back to him. That's impressive that to me is leadership, 320 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:14,400 and that probably would be why he should be captain, because if none of 321 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,519 them else had the let's be honest, the courage to do it, you're 322 00:23:18,559 --> 00:23:22,240 the leader. Players will go, you know, and I respect that a 323 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,319 guy will do that. And hey, I've heard some of the stories about 324 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:29,079 what Darryl will say to players, and I get it. I get why 325 00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:32,920 players some players were power and I'm really impressed to hear that Michael's one of 326 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:37,119 the few who stood up and said no, that's wrong. And I heard 327 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,079 some stories about Joe mcgilla doing that. So that's me is what you have 328 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,640 to have. I think he's a captain if he stays, but if he's 329 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:47,599 not, he's you're not going to make him a captain. And when he's 330 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:51,599 just not going to be here, oh yeah, for sure. A couple 331 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,440 of more of than We've got a few little depth forwards, not little, 332 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,480 these aren't little men, but the few depth awards to cover. We'll do 333 00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:00,160 him in a little bit more of a rapid style of points. Pick him. 334 00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:04,960 Blake Coleman versus Adam Rasiska. Coleman had thirty eight points last year and 335 00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:11,319 fifty eighty two games a full eighty two and thirty one years old. Rasisca 336 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,880 twenty goals and only forty four games and about twenty billion healthy scratches and he's 337 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,720 twenty three years old, So I think Sutter didn't let him play just every 338 00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:22,680 night. But which one of these guys you think is going to be at 339 00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:27,119 least the better scorer what you have to say about their seasons. Blake Coleman 340 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:32,240 is what he is right at this point. There's not that he's not going 341 00:24:32,279 --> 00:24:33,960 to change at all what he is as a player. So I would just 342 00:24:34,839 --> 00:24:38,279 I think he is what he is. Rasicht, I can't get a read 343 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,480 on him. I'd watch him and you'd see a guy who can he has 344 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:45,519 a lot of tools. But then I'd watch games and you're wondering, is 345 00:24:45,559 --> 00:24:51,920 this guy even invested in the game. And I think that's the question mark 346 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,079 with him, that this is going to be a huge opportunity for him this 347 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,519 season because this is a team in flux. Even if they're not rebuilding, 348 00:24:57,519 --> 00:25:00,559 retooling, whatever word you want to use, they are in flux. The 349 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:06,799 opportunity is there. They've got Matt Coronado waiting in the wings, and they've 350 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,599 got Jacob Pelchi is going to take a bigger role. They've got a couple 351 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,960 other young players that are just about ready to jump in. So he's one 352 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,599 of those guys where if you want to take it, it's there, so 353 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,000 take it. But if he doesn't take it, he might just become a 354 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,720 guy that meanders around in another couple of seasons in the NHL and goes back 355 00:25:23,759 --> 00:25:27,960 to Europe. I see a lot of talent. I'm just not sure that 356 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,279 the engine is ready to fire all the time. So that's my question mark 357 00:25:32,319 --> 00:25:37,400 on him and another fake either or here Walker Doer, Igor Sharon Govich. 358 00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:41,799 Doer played twenty seven games, he's only twenty five eleven points and Sharon Govich 359 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:48,000 he cheaply signed return from New Jersey for the tyler to fully deal along with 360 00:25:48,039 --> 00:25:49,960 the pick that became Idar Sunia. We talked about him on the show. 361 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:56,680 Thirty points in seventy five games in a crowded Jersey lineup or Sharon Gobach, 362 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,079 which one of those two you got next year? Oh, Sharon Golvich, 363 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:06,559 without a doubt, Walker Doer to me is a perfect fourth line winger. 364 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,880 Maybe plays on your third line, Sharon Golvich, Let's be honest. They 365 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,799 traded Tyler to fully for him, right, that's the return. They're going 366 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:18,200 to give him all the opportunity in the world to bounce back. It's the 367 00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:23,440 a thirty goal scorer. I'm not sure, but they're going to give him 368 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:30,119 opportunity. And he says all the right things, like he did get pushed 369 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,400 down on a really talented New Jersey team. He was the odd man out 370 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,119 that got pushed further and further down. So he knows he's coming to a 371 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,079 place that wants to give him an opportunity. I just think I think he's 372 00:26:41,079 --> 00:26:45,200 a bounce back from last season. I'm not sure hit the mark that he 373 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,960 had a couple of seasons ago. Maybe he doesn't, but I from a 374 00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:52,440 perspective of who's going to be potentially on a second line, it's no doubt. 375 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:56,279 Sharon Golvich and I want to ask you a little bit about some of 376 00:26:56,279 --> 00:27:02,400 the younger guys. You already mentioned them, and those are Kickab Peltier and 377 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,680 Matt Coronado. And Peltier is someone we've been waiting on for a while. 378 00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:11,079 He's twenty two years old. He's been in the HL for a couple of 379 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,079 seasons and he's performed really well there. I know Flames fans have probably wanted 380 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,160 him maybe break in a little earlier than he did, but he got twenty 381 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,599 four games last season. I don't think he got the best deployment. But 382 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,880 for my eye, he looked pretty good when he was out there. And 383 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:29,920 Coronado, who's just done really well at Harvard and he's a pretty highly touted 384 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,640 prospect, and I think he played, he got a game, I think 385 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,640 it was just one game in and he looked really good. For my eye, 386 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,119 I was like, really impressed with what I saw. So what do 387 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:45,400 you think this season holds for these two? Like you said, more opportunities, 388 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,039 certainly there should we expect to seal a bit more of them. Oh, 389 00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:52,039 I think so. But they're going to come into camp not necessarily a 390 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,519 job's not going to be handed to them, because you can't do that. 391 00:27:56,759 --> 00:28:02,160 But I think both of them are at that point in their career where they're 392 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,640 able to take it. They'll be the ones. I think they know how 393 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:11,440 to take the chair right in the whole musical chairs. Coronado might need some 394 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,720 time in the minors. I think Peliche is more likely to be a full 395 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,920 time NHLer. I see the upside on Coronado though he has a fantastic release. 396 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,920 He really does to his credit. He came to the prospects camp and 397 00:28:23,039 --> 00:28:26,799 he was a legitimate leader throughout the whole prospects camp. You could watch him. 398 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,319 He was the best player on the ice. He was guiding things, 399 00:28:30,519 --> 00:28:34,880 he was driving things, and so I could see the upside on him. 400 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:41,839 I just I think Pelchas a little is older. He's just a little more 401 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:48,319 prepared, and he plays a very responsible game. That was the real shocker 402 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:52,640 to me on watching Jacob Pelicher as a rookie in the NHL who a lot 403 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:56,559 of points in junior all that stuff. He plays on the right side of 404 00:28:56,559 --> 00:28:59,480 the puck, and that's going to a coach is always going to give a 405 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,759 guy that he and trust, isn't going to give up the ten bell scoring 406 00:29:02,839 --> 00:29:06,839 chants the other way. Coronado one game is awfully hard to tell, but 407 00:29:07,039 --> 00:29:10,359 I like the upside on both. I think they're penciled in to be in 408 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,480 the NHL all season, but let's be honest, the play has to dictate 409 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:18,400 that with them at a certain point, right. So I like the potential 410 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,079 of both of them, and they play opposite wings. I'm not sure you 411 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,880 really want to have two rookies on the same wing, but hey, why 412 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:29,240 the hell not. This team has to find some new injection of youth of 413 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,440 energy, and they are going to give these two both a really golden chance. 414 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:34,799 Now it's just going to be up to them to make the most of 415 00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:41,160 it. For sure. Yeah, for sure, they both are going to 416 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,440 get opportunity, which is great. That's all you can ask for, and 417 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:47,119 then they have to take it. Let's move on to the D and we're 418 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:51,119 going to start, of course with Rasmus Anderson, who Jesse and I were 419 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:52,839 pretty split on last season. I saw more as a top tier guy and 420 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,240 Jesse has a third tier guy, and I thought of More as about being 421 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:02,039 about the forty fifth best defenceman. Jesse sixty eight. He ended up at 422 00:30:02,079 --> 00:30:04,200 thirty five, So he got performed for both of us. And on the 423 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,839 surface, it looks like his stats were copy paste from the previous fifty point 424 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,920 season, but his fifty one points this season was fueled by a shooting percentage 425 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:18,359 three percent above his career average and nearly two more minutes of time on ice. 426 00:30:18,519 --> 00:30:22,799 His IP and power play IP were both the highest of his career so 427 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,599 eleven goals thirty eight assists were how he got to his forty nine points in 428 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,759 those fifty one games with twenty one power play points, which was pretty similar 429 00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:36,400 to what he did last season. And he does decent for hits, block 430 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,400 shots seventy first of his position, so not a ton. But I remember 431 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,359 when he signed his contract thinking like that's going to age pretty well, And 432 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,480 now four point five five million for your top d he's looking pretty good. 433 00:30:45,519 --> 00:30:48,440 When you look around the league, there's a whole lot of teams that have 434 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,799 a lot more invested in their top defenceman. So what do you think about 435 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,920 Rasmus Anderson's fifty point pace? Is it here to stay or is he potentially 436 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:02,839 going to regress under that line this upcoming I actually think that's what he is 437 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,440 as a player. I think he is maybe not fifty every year, but 438 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,720 he's certainly to me a forty five to fifty five point guy. He's a 439 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:14,559 very good skater, He's a very strong skater. Another factor to think about 440 00:31:14,759 --> 00:31:18,200 if they trade away they've got Noah Hannah Fan, Chris Tannev and Nikida Zadarov 441 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:23,880 are all pending ufhas, especially if Hannah Fan is traded away, Anderson most 442 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,319 likely, depending on what they bring back in a trade, is most likely 443 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:34,319 to get even more ice time. I think Anderson really is a very how 444 00:31:34,319 --> 00:31:38,559 do I put it, I think he's I'm not sure he's legitimately a number 445 00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:42,200 one defenseman. I don't even know if he's legitimately a number two, but 446 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:47,279 I think he's a very good number three papable of being a number two. 447 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,359 He's got a bomb of a slap shot. Like I from the point, 448 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:56,559 he has an unbelievably bomb slap shot. I think he's a fifty point guy, 449 00:31:56,799 --> 00:32:00,519 and he potentially I don't know if he's going to get more ice time, 450 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:06,720 but with Hanaffin, he's going to get more opportunity that until that situation 451 00:32:06,839 --> 00:32:08,400 is resolved, And let's be honest, I don't expect Noah Hanaffan to be 452 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,319 here much longer, certainly not by the end of the season. I think 453 00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:16,680 he's going to get so Anderson therefore is likely to take a bigger role, 454 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:22,160 and he's going to take a bigger role with the team as well, because 455 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,319 just of the transition of players going out. Chris Tanev, like I said, 456 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:30,480 Tanev, if he's a UFA. I can't see sticking him sticking around 457 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:35,519 for a team that's potentially rebuilding because he's his play to me is the type 458 00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:37,960 that's going to break down. He's just age and he plays such a hard, 459 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:43,119 physical game. Fantastic player, but at a certain point teams need to 460 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,759 be a little smarter about investing in players who are going to miss thirty games 461 00:32:45,759 --> 00:32:50,079 a season at least. I actually also expect Mackenzie Weaker to have a better 462 00:32:50,119 --> 00:32:53,920 season as well. He seemed to get his game going down the stretch and 463 00:32:54,319 --> 00:32:58,720 admitted that it took him a while to really get his feet under him as 464 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,799 well. But to the answer, I think grass Anderson is a fifty point 465 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:06,599 guy. Let's talk about those other two in a little more death. Randy 466 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:12,279 Noah Hannapin is first and the number five overall pick. Finished his eighth campaign 467 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,920 very respectably, played eighty one games with half a point per game. I 468 00:33:16,039 --> 00:33:21,240 count only twenty total miss games in this guy's career. Half of those were 469 00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:24,839 in the COVID year too, So Hannapin incredibly durable. Played twenty two thirty 470 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,559 nine average time and ice last year, a career high by more than a 471 00:33:29,599 --> 00:33:31,640 minute. Big jumping block shots from a block to a block and a half 472 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:37,440 a game, and as you said, expiring deal in obviously a lot of 473 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,599 the coverages about him moving. He does have an eight team no trade list, 474 00:33:42,119 --> 00:33:45,680 which is always the most fun of who is the no trade list for 475 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,119 this guy? Who did he put on the list? And all strategic? 476 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:52,359 Was he all of Canada? Is that what? It is? Just Winnipeg. 477 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:57,400 I'm just being a bit snarky, but that's he doesn't want to play 478 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,799 in a lot of Canadian cities, which isn't and he wouldn't be alone. 479 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,519 Let's be honest, like, I bet you anybody who has a no trade 480 00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:07,199 list, the most likely CDs are going to be Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary 481 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:13,559 and probably Ottawa. Let's like, let's be real, right for financial reasons 482 00:34:13,599 --> 00:34:15,360 if nothing else, I give love to your cities. Rand Yeah, I 483 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:21,360 don't know. But anyway, So at Hannipen, you think he's gonna be 484 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,199 gone this year? You think while he's here he's going to be performing as 485 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:29,400 well as he did last year. He was the forty fourth overall fantasy defenseman. 486 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,239 That's about where Victor had him. I had less respect for him once 487 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:36,119 again, but what do you think of Hannipon for this year. I think 488 00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:38,760 he's a really good player. I think he's a very constantly What he has 489 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:44,400 done in the past, I think is he's such a consistent player he'll stay 490 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:50,079 that he's personally. I think there's more offensive upside. But I also I 491 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:54,239 know when he came here they really tried to what's the phrase, quiet his 492 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,639 game, make him less running around. He's such a great skater. He's 493 00:34:59,679 --> 00:35:02,519 a very good player. But I think he's at the point in his career 494 00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:07,559 where you know what he's pretty much what he is and he's got he has 495 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:14,800 several more years of being that player. I the Flames would love to sign 496 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,760 him Analyn Holme long term. They would love to keep those guys because they 497 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:24,079 are legitimate, good, very good players that key players on a good team. 498 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,719 But it takes two to tango right. If they don't want to sign, 499 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,840 what do you do? And any team that gets Noah Hanaffin, in 500 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:39,800 my opinion, is getting a very good number two slash three defensemen that is 501 00:35:40,079 --> 00:35:46,480 very good defensively now very just very consistent, and that's what he is. 502 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,880 I wouldn't expect the numbers to change a whole lot, because that's what he 503 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,800 is, and he's pretty good at it. I've already said. Victor pointed 504 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:00,360 out, I didn't have the proper respect Anderson coming into the season. I 505 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,960 didn't have the proper respect for Hannafin. That's because all of my respect was 506 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,320 concentrated on McKenzie Wieger. I think coming into the year, especially from a 507 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,559 fantasy perspective, I had him as my twelfth overall defenceman for this year. 508 00:36:10,599 --> 00:36:15,199 He actually finished down at twenty sixth. Victor was a little closer at eighteenth 509 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,599 with him, but he did put up the points. He put up thirty 510 00:36:19,639 --> 00:36:22,559 one points in eighty one games, two shots, one and a half blocks, 511 00:36:22,599 --> 00:36:24,440 two and a half hits a game, So for us fantasy types, 512 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:29,360 he's just fine. Twenty one oh six was more than two minutes per game 513 00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:34,000 down from that last year in Florida, And of course Wigger needs to be 514 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,079 more than just okay to justify the third largest contract on the team. He 515 00:36:37,199 --> 00:36:42,760 signed an extension last preseason, also kicks in this year and last eight years 516 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,239 six point two five million per until he is thirty seven years old. What 517 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,639 do you make of Whigger's first year in Calgary and could he get a touch 518 00:36:50,679 --> 00:36:54,199 more of the offensive juice back that he had in Florida's he pretty firmly buried 519 00:36:54,599 --> 00:37:00,559 behind the Anderson's and so forth of the world. Now, I think it 520 00:37:00,599 --> 00:37:05,039 would depend if Hanafin stays, then he things won't change a whole lot Hanafin 521 00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:07,800 goes again. It's this is all going to be predicated on what happens from 522 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:12,000 trades, right. They know they're going to try to replace. I don't 523 00:37:12,039 --> 00:37:15,639 think this team wants to tear it down, even though I truly believe that's 524 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:21,320 the best course of action. Right. But I think Weiger is a better 525 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,519 player on a hole over a course of season than he was last year. 526 00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:30,119 He was a guy that he admitted it took him a while to get comfortable. 527 00:37:30,119 --> 00:37:32,599 It took him a while to get acclimatized. Let's be honest. A 528 00:37:32,679 --> 00:37:36,760 season in Calgary in a season in Florida, just from the weather perspective, 529 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,320 is a shock to the system. He did play better down the stretch. 530 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,960 He probably was. His best twenty games were probably the final twenty games. 531 00:37:45,559 --> 00:37:50,119 And is it fair to say a good chunk of his points came down the 532 00:37:50,119 --> 00:37:54,199 stretch. I think he's a better defenseman as a whole of the whole season, 533 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,800 and Willie had the same impact as he had in Florida. That's hard 534 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,480 to tell, because again, that season in Florida was a bit of a 535 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:07,199 not a misnomers the wrong word, but they were the top team in the 536 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,239 league. They put up a ton of goals, a lot at home, 537 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:15,039 but they played a style that you knew was going to struggle come playoff time, 538 00:38:15,079 --> 00:38:19,119 and it did and they ran into a very good team. I think 539 00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:22,320 Wager will go back somewhat to what he was the year before. I don't 540 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:27,480 think he's It's like huber Dough, It's not going to be the player he 541 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:32,320 was in that crazy, fantastic season in Florida. But I think somewhere in 542 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:37,079 the middle between that season and this past season in Calgary with both of them. 543 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,239 One more defense when I want to ask you about, and that is 544 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:47,760 Jeremy Poirier. And I know we can't really know who's gonna be blocking him 545 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,199 potentially in the lineup, but I just wanted him to get your read on 546 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,440 him because he's someone who you know when he was playing in junior and I 547 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,840 watched him play some games, it was such an adventure. There was not 548 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,199 a lot of defensive times really excellent offense, But then he seems like he 549 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,039 figured some things out, and this year in the HL he was excellent and 550 00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:07,880 he seems like he's almost ready to take the next step. I would not 551 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,280 have guessed that a couple of years ago. So I'm wondering, from your 552 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:15,039 perspective, just what your thoughts on him. Does he seem as on track, 553 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,119 does the organization seem to value and like him as much? And will 554 00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:22,039 he get an opportunity soon? I'm not sure if he's in an each other 555 00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:25,760 this season, he's they have eight guys on one way deals. Now Braids 556 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:32,280 could change that in a hurry, right. I think he's better defensively than 557 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,280 he was, but he still has a bit of a way to go. 558 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,559 Let's he's not Sandis Ozolnch, where the coach is trying to figure out where 559 00:39:37,559 --> 00:39:42,000 he is on the ice. But I watched the game with the Wranglers and 560 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:46,239 he was I'm watching, going wow, is this guy fantastic defense? Offensively? 561 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,719 And then I watched him in his zone zone and it was like, 562 00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,800 oh, there's a bit of an issue. And then even some of his 563 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,519 offensive chances like he's standing in front of the NAD right in the offensive Zonely, 564 00:39:57,119 --> 00:40:00,000 fortunately he's a decent enough skater to get back, but at a certain 565 00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:04,800 point you're thinking that's just not gonna fly. You're not Scott Niedermeyer here, 566 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:09,639 kid. He I think they believe he took a big step forward, but 567 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:14,239 he needs to take another step forward and they're not going to rush him, 568 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,840 and they shouldn't rush him, right get Let him learn the game, let 569 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:21,920 him learn being a defenseman. And the good thing about Calgary is the farm 570 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,960 team's right here. So if you need him to pop up because of injuries, 571 00:40:25,039 --> 00:40:28,960 that's easy to do. But I just don't see him being a full 572 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,039 time NHL or this season, or I'll be surprised we placed more than twenty 573 00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:37,360 games in the NHL this season. If he does. I think there's been 574 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,880 some seriously mitigating factors. But I do believe they believe he's on track. 575 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,000 He just needs to learn to be a little more of a defensive player, 576 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:51,199 and he knows, he flat out knows that's what he actually has to concentrate. 577 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,039 I think the words he said to me in the prospects camp, which 578 00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:55,320 he didn't go on the ice because he had had knee surgery, but he 579 00:40:55,360 --> 00:41:00,119 said, I can play offensively, I need to be focus. My sole 580 00:41:00,199 --> 00:41:07,119 focus is my biggest focus is learning to be defensive. Yeah, he reminds 581 00:41:07,159 --> 00:41:09,920 me a little bit of Ryan Merkley back in the day, and I remember 582 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:15,239 there were some similarities there Merkley as someone who's basically played his way out of 583 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,079 the league. Right he's going over to play in the KHL, So I 584 00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:21,719 think that's strong kudos for Poirier knows what he needs to do and he's working 585 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:22,960 on it. So you love to see that, right, that's all you 586 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:27,159 can ask for. But yeah, probably not this year, although he may 587 00:41:27,159 --> 00:41:30,159 get some looks. You'd never know, but that's great to see. Let's 588 00:41:30,199 --> 00:41:34,199 move over to the goalies, and the Flames gave up the eighth ranked expected 589 00:41:34,199 --> 00:41:37,800 goals against per sixty according to Evolving Hockey, but conceded the fourteenth actual goals, 590 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:42,440 So they were much worse than they should have been based on their defense. 591 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,199 And we know it was a tough season for mark Strom. There had 592 00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:51,760 been previous really good seasons and he was pretty negative in terms of his goals 593 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,440 save above expected negative six point seven six. He also had a negative Delta 594 00:41:55,480 --> 00:42:00,519 Fenwick save percentage, which was not good. He had a sub nine hundred 595 00:42:00,559 --> 00:42:05,360 save percentage overall and pretty high goals against average. Really a down year. 596 00:42:05,519 --> 00:42:08,079 Six three years left on this six million dollars contract, and basically, anywhere 597 00:42:08,119 --> 00:42:12,239 you cut it, he was pretty bad. Except I guess shorthanded he was 598 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,440 actually pretty good. But I don't know. It seems like there was a 599 00:42:15,519 --> 00:42:21,360 lack of confidence by himself and and potentially and center of the team. There 600 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,000 were so many things that went wrong. I personally think there's going to be 601 00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:27,519 a big bounce back here for Jacob Marksham. I'm not sure how you feel 602 00:42:27,559 --> 00:42:29,840 about that, Renny, But what do you think we can expect from him 603 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,119 coming up? Don't? I don't think he could be any worse than he 604 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:37,119 was last season. He just was not good. I think you watch this 605 00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:44,559 team and they gave up some horrific scoring chances, just ridiculous that you wonder 606 00:42:44,639 --> 00:42:47,639 did these guys even have a sense of where their own net is at times? 607 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:52,760 But you got to make some of those saves he didn't make. He 608 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:57,519 basically didn't make any of those saves. But I think he'll be better. 609 00:42:57,679 --> 00:43:01,960 How do I put this? Someone told me that him having an He became 610 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:06,400 a father late in the season and someone told me that was actually quite a 611 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,119 bit on his mind, and hey became a first time father. That was 612 00:43:10,599 --> 00:43:14,920 I don't I said, was there issues with the pregnancy and they said, 613 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,280 oh no, he's just always just something that's on his mind. He played 614 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,480 better once the baby was born, and but that was it was just too 615 00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:24,920 late. I think he'll bounce back. I don't think he's a Vezana goalie, 616 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:30,280 but I think he's a better goalie. He shouldn't be. He shouldn't 617 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,920 be where he was. And the fact of the matter is they didn't get 618 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:37,519 the great goal. They didn't even get excellent goaltending out of Dan Ladar as 619 00:43:37,559 --> 00:43:40,880 the backup either, So they were it was that perfect storm. They weren't 620 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,199 very good defensively despite not giving up a lot of shots, and then they 621 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:50,159 weren't getting the big saves when they needed it most. Probably that's probably the 622 00:43:50,159 --> 00:43:52,880 fairest way to put it. Yeah, I was gonna ask you a little 623 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:57,519 bit about Ladar, but I was gonna I also want to ask about the 624 00:43:57,519 --> 00:44:00,280 Big Bad dust and Wolf because I love this kid. He's one of my 625 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,360 favorite prospect goalies and he's just been absolutely killing it at every level. He 626 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,280 fell in the draft because he's a little bit on the smaller side, but 627 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,079 all he's done is prove it pretty much at every step of the way, 628 00:44:09,119 --> 00:44:14,039 including being just too good for the HL basically at this point, and he 629 00:44:14,079 --> 00:44:16,840 really needs to take a step if you look at what the Flames have ahead 630 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:21,480 of him. Obviously, mark Strom is being paid to be the starter, 631 00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:23,239 and Vlodard's has been good in the past, even though, like you said, 632 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:27,400 he wasn't that great, And two point two million isn't a nothing contract 633 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,639 for a backup, So I'm not sure there's a ton of room for a 634 00:44:29,639 --> 00:44:32,400 wolf, but I would love to see him, and I'm eager to hear 635 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:37,039 what you think he has in terms of opportunity this year and kind of beyond. 636 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,920 The nice thing their situation is they don't have to make him in the 637 00:44:42,039 --> 00:44:47,000 NHL goaltender. He's got another year without waivers, so it's easy to set. 638 00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:51,559 You can send him down, you can tell him to dominate again in 639 00:44:51,599 --> 00:44:53,519 the HL. It's going to be a different team for them this year too. 640 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:58,360 That was a very strong AHL team he was playing on. Now he 641 00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,559 deservedly was the top goalie in the AHL. It pretty impressive, like he's 642 00:45:02,559 --> 00:45:07,000 been named the top goalie is last four seasons, two in the WHL, 643 00:45:07,079 --> 00:45:10,519 two in the HL. How many goals have done that, especially a seventh 644 00:45:10,599 --> 00:45:14,599 round draft pick. We're not talking a guy that was taken first overall. 645 00:45:14,639 --> 00:45:17,440 Here. They do not want to push him, and they don't have to 646 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:22,679 push him. If mark Strom has any form of a bounce back here and 647 00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:25,960 it all goes well and he plays in the minors, it's not a lost 648 00:45:27,039 --> 00:45:30,119 year because they're going to be an AHL team that needs him to be a 649 00:45:30,159 --> 00:45:35,360 top goalie for them to be a playoff team and all those other elements. 650 00:45:35,559 --> 00:45:39,679 But they know this is a last chance of that, and then he's got 651 00:45:39,679 --> 00:45:44,719 to get bounced into the NHL. He's still I think he's a fantastic goalie. 652 00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:46,119 I love watching him play too. I was a goalie, not a 653 00:45:46,199 --> 00:45:51,079 very good one and even smaller than him, but he is the kind of 654 00:45:51,159 --> 00:45:57,079 goalie that would generate momentum because he's a goalie. And let me put it 655 00:45:57,159 --> 00:45:59,880 this, how do I say this? I remember talking to Jay Boys. 656 00:46:00,159 --> 00:46:04,159 I know everyone thinks Jay Bomestre wouldn't speak. He was an interesting guy and 657 00:46:04,199 --> 00:46:07,519 we were talking about Mika Kippersoft and he said, so many goalies in the 658 00:46:07,559 --> 00:46:13,400 NHL are blockers. Mika's a goalie because he's so athletic. He moves, 659 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,360 Dustin Wolf plays. He's a goalie because he has to be. He can't 660 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:22,400 just sit there and let everything hit him. Fans will fall in love with 661 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,639 him, and he'll make those sprawling saves and all those things that will make 662 00:46:25,679 --> 00:46:31,840 people generate momentum, and it's actually I believe will help the team because they 663 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:37,079 see this goalie making these saves and with this he's a fantastic athlete and it 664 00:46:37,199 --> 00:46:42,519 just builds momentum. But I think another year in the HL is definitely not 665 00:46:42,559 --> 00:46:46,880 going to kill him. It's definitely gonna be good for him. And if 666 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:51,039 you have injuries, he's right there. You can bring him up. You 667 00:46:51,039 --> 00:46:52,639 can bring him down and send him down. It's so simple to do. 668 00:46:53,199 --> 00:46:57,000 They're not going to force him. I believe they have been trying to trade 669 00:46:57,039 --> 00:47:00,360 the blood dar to give him the opportunity. They're not. They don't need 670 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:05,400 to give danv La Dart away and throw in a draft pick to open the 671 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,039 slot because they don't have to open the slot. So I think that's one 672 00:47:08,079 --> 00:47:13,599 that they're just going to let play out over the whole season. Premendous. 673 00:47:13,639 --> 00:47:15,800 This is great insight on the Flames, Randy. Why don't you let people 674 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,559 know how they can follow your work out there, in which you may have 675 00:47:20,679 --> 00:47:23,599 cooking right now. I guess seasons are vote to get going here. I've 676 00:47:23,599 --> 00:47:28,480 been enjoying a bit of summertime, but yeah, we're gonna start building up 677 00:47:28,519 --> 00:47:32,039 things and players are rolling into town pretty soon catching up. So with the 678 00:47:32,039 --> 00:47:35,760 hockey news, I'll be trying to catch up guys, and I know where 679 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,239 they skate, so I'll probably head my way down there. And I think 680 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:43,320 what you're going to see as a lot of players coming in with a fresh 681 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:49,960 attitude, fresh atmosphere. New coach Ryan Huska's not Darryl Sutter as opposed to 682 00:47:50,039 --> 00:47:52,559 the last time they replaced Darryl Sutter with Jim Playfair, who players were calling 683 00:47:52,639 --> 00:47:55,719 Darryl Jr. Ryan's going to be a different guy. They've got a different 684 00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,880 atmosphere with Craig Conroy as a GM. Not that Bradford Living was a dour 685 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:05,320 guy or anything, but I think there's gonna be a lot of fresh atmosphere 686 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:10,360 guys, refreshed, happy, looking forward to the season. The fact of 687 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:14,880 the matter is if they keep the gang together, I believe they're a playoff 688 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:17,000 team. Let's be honest. They did finish ahead of the Florida Panthers in 689 00:48:17,039 --> 00:48:22,960 the overall standings. That's something that they just missed the playoffs really two points. 690 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:27,800 I'm not sure that's the best course of action. I think they really 691 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:32,280 need to reload, retool, rebuild, but they I think that's what you're 692 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:36,159 going to see is a lot of those guys we're gonna see. We never 693 00:48:36,199 --> 00:48:40,719 talked about Oliver Shillington coming back after admittedly saying he had to deal with a 694 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:45,800 lot of mental issues before he came back. He won't go into him, 695 00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:51,119 but there's another element that really was lacking from that team last season, and 696 00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,679 so we're going to see that and follow a lot of stories about Willie sign 697 00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:59,199 Willie be traded, and that's not going to end until the trade deadline. 698 00:49:00,519 --> 00:49:04,880 Oh boy, don't envy reading and writing a lot of stories like that this 699 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,159 year. But we'll be looking forward to your coverage. Randy, thank you 700 00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:13,039 so much for being on and again, what how do people people follow you 701 00:49:13,079 --> 00:49:15,920 on the X or where they gonna follow you or well you still do that. 702 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:17,880 Oh yeah, I've even tried to get into the new stuff, but 703 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:22,400 I just can't. At Randy Sportak and on the Hockey News, teams go 704 00:49:22,519 --> 00:49:28,920 to the Pacific Division Calgary Flames and we'll start ramping it up and getting ready 705 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,559 for a season of who knows, this could be one of those seasons where 706 00:49:32,679 --> 00:49:42,679 every day is going to bring a new adventure. Wilson. Then well that's 707 00:49:42,679 --> 00:49:52,079 good fired, passed off. Oh my goodness, got quick grab. Now 708 00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:57,400 it's your weekly Goalie Talk with Cats Silverman Cat's instinct Time for another edition of 709 00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:02,960 Cat's Instincts with Cat Silverman and gol mag Calgary Flames edition. And you know 710 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,039 what that means, Cat, That means one of our favorite goalies for sure, 711 00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:13,159 to talk about the short king himself, Dustin Wolf. He was a 712 00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:17,159 Flames twenty nineteen seventh round pick, six foot maybe one hundred and seventy four 713 00:50:17,199 --> 00:50:22,320 pounds, the Gilroy, California native, which is the garlic capital of the 714 00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:27,639 world for those of you who don't know. And definitely the goalie who grew 715 00:50:27,679 --> 00:50:30,320 up closest to where I currently live. And so that's not the reason I 716 00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:35,320 like him, but he has pretty much accomplished all you could hope for at 717 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,360 the junior and minor level. He go over to his lead prospects page and 718 00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:42,039 just read all the accolades. I've been saying, top WHL goalie, top 719 00:50:42,079 --> 00:50:47,400 CHL goalie, you twenty World Junior Champion, HL best goalie. It's ridiculous 720 00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:51,440 what he's accomplished. Nothing really more to prove, I would say at any 721 00:50:51,519 --> 00:50:57,599 level, but the NHL is Hockey prospecting chart is littered with really the top 722 00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:00,800 equivalences. Connor Hillibuck is a guy. I think he looks a pretty fair 723 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:07,840 amount in this model, and he's feignch is taller and was drafted a couple 724 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:09,639 rounds earlier than him. But he's got some other good ones too. I 725 00:51:09,679 --> 00:51:15,440 also liked the hell of Buck comp because he's American, and sometimes it's interesting 726 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:21,079 just to see those together. But Kat, what do your instincts tell you 727 00:51:21,079 --> 00:51:24,199 about the big bad Dustin Wolf and his NHL potential. I think he's going 728 00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:29,000 to be the best goaltender the NHL's ever seen. He's perfect. I'm just 729 00:51:29,079 --> 00:51:31,440 kidding, no, I'm so excited to see just what he can do. 730 00:51:31,519 --> 00:51:37,719 Though. I remember when he got drafted. I believe I had that draft, 731 00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:42,360 and I was so nervous. Yeah, you got drafted in twenty nineteen, 732 00:51:43,199 --> 00:51:46,039 And I was sincerely so nervous because I thought that he wasn't going to 733 00:51:46,079 --> 00:51:51,840 get drafted, and I had hyped him up so aggressively leading into the draft. 734 00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:53,400 I was like, this kid's going to be so good. This kid's 735 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:58,920 amazing. You should watch him. He plays, He's already confident that he 736 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,760 could go up against Lars. He's been playing at that point, he'd been 737 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:08,039 playing the WHL for two years and just had like absolutely unreal numbers, the 738 00:52:08,079 --> 00:52:10,400 silver tips, and I was like, look at this kit, He's the 739 00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:15,519 next big thing. And everyone was like, the next big thing is the 740 00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:21,280 stretch word wise, but okay, and and then I believe he was if 741 00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:23,440 I remember correctly, he was the last player to get drafted, and if 742 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:27,280 he wasn't, he was the second to last. And I need to look 743 00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:31,840 it up and see, because I truly he was two fourteen and it went 744 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:36,280 to two seventeen, so he was truly like one of those last. He 745 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:40,280 was in the bottom five, and I think that was to Calgary's benefit. 746 00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:45,360 All the other teams lost out there because, like you said, every level 747 00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:51,039 he's been just shining. He's been exceeding expectations. And some of it is 748 00:52:51,079 --> 00:52:59,159 because people assume that those smaller goaltenders have more exploitable weaknesses because they can't really 749 00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:01,360 they and draw them out. They can goad them to go somewhere else and 750 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:05,559 then they open up other holes. But he's really hard to exploit like that, 751 00:53:05,639 --> 00:53:09,400 just because he's got such a high hockey I Q. So I'm excited 752 00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:15,719 to see where he goes. I think that Calgary desperately needs him. I 753 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:21,360 don't know if they're ready for him, but I do want to see what 754 00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,199 he can do at the NHL level, just because he seems to read his 755 00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:30,960 opponents so effectively, and he almost plays the game in a way that makes 756 00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:36,079 them cater to his strengths instead of reacting to them. So he's the opposite 757 00:53:36,119 --> 00:53:39,280 of some other goaltenders that we've gotten to talk about for other teams, who 758 00:53:40,559 --> 00:53:44,519 play a game that just reacts to what's happening in front of them. He 759 00:53:44,599 --> 00:53:49,039 controls what's going on by reading his opponents and almost drawing them into a more 760 00:53:49,079 --> 00:53:52,159 advantageous spot for him. So we'll see just how good he gets but we 761 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:58,559 haven't really seen any dips in his performance yet, which is incredible that we 762 00:53:58,599 --> 00:54:02,159 haven't really seen any subtle steps from him. And not to get really hyped, 763 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:08,880 but I think he's going to be absolutely phenomenal. Everyone has bet against 764 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:12,960 him pretty much to this point, and they've pretty much all been wrong. 765 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,039 So they've all been wrong. Do you want to keep betting against Dust and 766 00:54:16,039 --> 00:54:19,440 Wolf? Do it? Do so at your own peril? It's interesting. 767 00:54:19,559 --> 00:54:24,039 Obviously mark Strom had a really tough year and vladash Or Vladar has had some 768 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:30,079 decent play. I agree that doesn't seem like Calgary is ready for him, 769 00:54:30,079 --> 00:54:34,360 but he's definitely ready for the Flames. So we'll have to see what happens 770 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,119 there with Dust and Wolf. But he can't play mostly in the h L 771 00:54:37,159 --> 00:54:40,280 anymore. He's shown he's too good for that league. We'll see, all 772 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:45,679 right, let's move on to the next guy or yegoroff ten out of ten 773 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:51,519 name for sure, incredible. Bravo to the parents that decided to use basically 774 00:54:51,559 --> 00:54:54,440 their last name to name him. Flames twenty twenty three, sixth round pick, 775 00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:57,519 six foot, three hundred and eighty three pounds, so he was just 776 00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:01,639 drafted he's in the Moskova system, played in the MHL this past season for 777 00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:07,679 the MHK Dynamo Muskva, so he hasn't really actually played a lot. It 778 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:13,199 was interesting and I guess a little surprising that he was drafted. He's also 779 00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,039 incredibly young. As we're recording this in early August, he's still seventeen, 780 00:55:16,199 --> 00:55:22,320 so he has a long way to go the trajectory wise, which is good, 781 00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,880 I guess considering if he has a good frame and some other mechanics he's 782 00:55:25,199 --> 00:55:30,079 if he can be patient, maybe there's some Maybe there's some good upside there. 783 00:55:30,159 --> 00:55:34,239 Kat, What do your instincts tell us about Igorov? Despite having an 784 00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:37,679 incredible name, does he have a starter upside? It's always really hard to 785 00:55:37,679 --> 00:55:45,519 tell with the Russian kids, just because you end up having that risk that 786 00:55:45,599 --> 00:55:49,280 they're never going to come over to North America. I think that my favorite 787 00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:52,639 part is that when I was looking up igor Igorov, trying to find some 788 00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:55,760 highlights of info on him, because he is young and doesn't have a ton 789 00:55:55,800 --> 00:56:04,960 of games played in a league that's essentially been advertised online. At the North 790 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:12,440 American with access to it, He's not the only Yegorov playing hockey right now. 791 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,679 And the other one isn't his dad, it's a thirty six year old 792 00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:23,079 Belarusian player, So that is apparently a common name over there, and I 793 00:56:23,079 --> 00:56:30,079 think that's absolutely incredible. I think it's fun getting a guy who at this 794 00:56:30,199 --> 00:56:34,840 point, the Moscow system has a pretty good development upside. They have the 795 00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:38,760 resources, They don't necessarily need someone who's going to be NHL ready immediately, 796 00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:42,840 so they can take some of those gampbeles. They can take some bets on 797 00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:46,840 guys who they like. You look at a team like like we've talked about 798 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:51,920 the Winnipeg Jets, who desperately need someone. Now we've talked about the Philadelphia 799 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:58,119 Flyers who desperately need someone. I think Calgary they have two good goaltenders right 800 00:56:58,159 --> 00:57:00,039 now at the NHL level. They have Dust and Mold, who was perfect 801 00:57:00,039 --> 00:57:05,320 in every way. They can start taking some bets on guys who have a 802 00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:08,480 high risk but high reward. If they have a scout over in Russia who 803 00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:13,599 was able to watch this kid play and saw some upside, you might as 804 00:57:13,639 --> 00:57:16,440 well use a pick on it. I don't think. I think, if 805 00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:20,320 anything, he's probably a ways out, especially if he was playing in the 806 00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:24,559 MHL this last year. He wasn't in either the KHL or their minor league 807 00:57:24,559 --> 00:57:28,960 system. He was still truly in their junior system. I think he'd be 808 00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:34,079 a ways out from getting a look in North America, but you might as 809 00:57:34,119 --> 00:57:38,760 well wait and see. And we've seen some other guys who over the years 810 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:43,800 have had some promising looks in Russia. Teams took him as a flyer in 811 00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:47,920 a later round and they ended up being really good, like a Peoter cutch 812 00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:54,519 at CoV In. Maybe Carolina, who had looked really good, wasn't necessarily 813 00:57:54,960 --> 00:58:00,480 playing at the top tier level and wasn't looking to come to North America immediately, 814 00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:01,559 and they took a flyer on him, and here we are. But 815 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:06,639 in reality, you don't need anything other than Dustin Wolf. So that's all 816 00:58:06,639 --> 00:58:09,760 you need in life. Just move along. Thanks so much, KAF for 817 00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:15,920 giving us your instincts on the Calgary Flame goalies. Will be back right after 818 00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:34,679 this. The Dynasty dig the picture. We're here to talk about the Calgary 819 00:58:34,719 --> 00:58:38,119 Flames, so let me set the situation, set the background a little bit 820 00:58:38,159 --> 00:58:43,719 for the listeners out there. The Calgary Flames system is ranked fifteenth under your 821 00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:47,519 rankings among the NHL squads, and they're going to start out talking about your 822 00:58:47,559 --> 00:58:51,239 no brainer. He's already come up on this show. Who is it? 823 00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:58,679 Yeah? The no brainer for the Calgary Flames is Matthew Coronado, twenty one 824 00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,639 first round pick, thirteenth overall. He's played two seasons at Harvard since leaving 825 00:59:01,639 --> 00:59:07,159 the Chicago steel In his draft season. In each season, he played thirty 826 00:59:07,159 --> 00:59:10,320 four games and scored thirty six points. Beautiful. Thank you Matthew for making 827 00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:15,960 that simple. The symmetry is gorgeous and didn't have to think too much about 828 00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:20,079 the point pace or difference there because it was the same. And he did 829 00:59:20,079 --> 00:59:22,360 have slightly more goals this year though than he did last year twenty goals, 830 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:27,280 so that's nice. He signed his entry level with Calgary, played one game 831 00:59:27,559 --> 00:59:30,880 and that was pretty fun actually watching that game. He seemed definitely to fit 832 00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:34,400 there. He's very fast, he's got a good shot. He had a 833 00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:37,360 couple of good chances, but he did not score, but I remember seeing 834 00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,239 him come pretty close to that, so that was really fun to see. 835 00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:45,440 He also went to the World Men's Championships with USA, had three goals, 836 00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:50,239 five assists and ten games. That was fantastic. To see him really fitting 837 00:59:50,239 --> 00:59:53,039 in with those pros. He has two years left on his entry level deal 838 00:59:53,559 --> 00:59:58,880 and basically looks like he's going to be competing for a role there. If 839 00:59:58,920 --> 01:00:02,760 not in the Calgary Flames, will be in the HL So we'll look forward 840 01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:06,480 to that. If you look at Mitch Brown's tracking data for the NCUBA, 841 01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:10,280 he was basically the best in the NCUBA at expected goals for sixty and shots 842 01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:15,159 for sixty. You love to see those metrics being so high volume shooter, 843 01:00:15,840 --> 01:00:20,519 high goal chance generation. He was also in the top ninetieth percentile for expected 844 01:00:20,719 --> 01:00:23,880 primary sis per sixties, so all that's good. His other some of his 845 01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:29,599 other really good stuff are his primary expected point involvement, game score off, 846 01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:32,119 puck assists, advantages created. All that looks very good. And even his 847 01:00:32,199 --> 01:00:37,000 transition data is pretty good at seventy eight percentile. The one thing that's maybe 848 01:00:37,039 --> 01:00:40,800 a little bit lower his defense at seventy third, but it's still pretty decent, 849 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:43,840 so I don't think that's going to be a major weakness for him. 850 01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:49,239 So yeah, Coronado looks to be really too good for college at this point. 851 01:00:49,519 --> 01:00:52,320 Let's hear a little bit more about what makes him. Take from our 852 01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:57,559 FHL scout. Yes, Sir, our FHL scout in this case is Austin 853 01:00:57,679 --> 01:01:00,639 Kelly, and here's what he has to say about Matthew corn skating. He's 854 01:01:00,679 --> 01:01:05,360 a player always seems to have questions about his skating ability as a certain level, 855 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:08,199 but has always managed to adapt well enough to not have it be an 856 01:01:08,239 --> 01:01:12,840 issue. The NHL will be a hole different beast. He's not a stronger 857 01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:15,639 shifty skater, but has shown a passing quality that will be tested in the 858 01:01:15,719 --> 01:01:20,719 NHL. In terms of passing, playmaking gets a bit overshadowed by the fact 859 01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:24,519 he's a great shooter, but Cornado has been able to make a long series 860 01:01:24,559 --> 01:01:30,360 of well crafted chances even better as his puck movie creation more so than passing. 861 01:01:30,519 --> 01:01:34,559 Sean Farrell was the playmaker of the Harvard duo, but Cornado is no 862 01:01:34,679 --> 01:01:38,159 slouch either, shooting always a high end goal scorer that may be his most 863 01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:43,360 translatable asset. He has a strong rister that he can hit from every angle, 864 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:46,280 as well as a complimentary snapshot with good accuracy. Talented with the puck, 865 01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:52,119 but it's his release that may be where his hands are best at IQ 866 01:01:52,199 --> 01:01:57,400 not many would be surprised to learn that Cornado, a psychology major at Harvard, 867 01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:00,119 is intelligent both on and off the ice. One of the smartest players 868 01:02:00,119 --> 01:02:06,599 you'll find on the ice, constantly being able to read plays efficiency efficiently and 869 01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:09,960 constantly making high IQ plays with and without the puck. Not in a lee 870 01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:15,159 hockey mind, but he's shown the potential to hold a lot of maturity on 871 01:02:15,159 --> 01:02:19,039 the ice as he ages into the pro game. His smarts should translate to 872 01:02:19,079 --> 01:02:22,639 the NHL. For checking, it's all right, but since he's five ten, 873 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:25,599 you're not going to see him becomes some sort of bruiser. He times 874 01:02:25,599 --> 01:02:30,320 his defensive battles, but not a sure thing. He'll be too menacing against 875 01:02:30,440 --> 01:02:34,039 strong players at high levels. He's got the smarts and the compete. He's 876 01:02:34,039 --> 01:02:37,360 missing the strength defense again because he's a smaller guy. He's not going to 877 01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:42,000 be the most physical, but he does have the intensity to create pressure in 878 01:02:42,119 --> 01:02:45,800 situational matchups, and the transition game is strong to bring the puck out of 879 01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:50,800 danger. He wasn't afraid to match up against stronger players at Harvard. It's 880 01:02:50,840 --> 01:02:52,800 possible he could do well enough as a defensive player in the NHL, but 881 01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:59,320 that could take some time. So the best asset is how complete Coronado's game 882 01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:04,480 looks, score, create chances, turn on intensity, have the smarts not 883 01:03:04,599 --> 01:03:07,239 a player. He usually has a bad night, and when everything in his 884 01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:10,039 toolbox is working, you're getting a machine of a player who's going to dominate 885 01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:15,800 and really make problems for opposing teams. The concern skating as mentioned above, 886 01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:21,440 He's got decent average skating, but that could be an issue in the NHL. 887 01:03:21,679 --> 01:03:25,079 It may limit how high his ceiling gets to be the top tier outcome 888 01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:29,960 if the skating improves a low end first liner to a high end second liner. 889 01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:34,760 Realistically, second line is most likely at the best. Great eye for 890 01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:39,199 goal and good stick handling not be shocked. Austin would not be if Coronado 891 01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:45,119 manages to net a few thirty goal seasons sometime. The middle outcome high end 892 01:03:45,119 --> 01:03:47,079 potential could see him as one of the league's better second liners, but even 893 01:03:47,079 --> 01:03:52,840 his average role has a likelihood of being on the second line. Offensive potential 894 01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:55,480 in IQ could see him to become a twenty goal scorer, say, if 895 01:03:55,480 --> 01:04:00,800 he hits his middling outcome. Stylistic comparable maybe a smaller Victor Arvidson but not 896 01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:04,920 as strong as a skater. Both are skilled goal scorers who play best when 897 01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:10,760 they kick up the intensity, and Arvidson struggled with consistency and upside early in 898 01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:15,760 his career before taking a big step this year. Maybe a player who takes 899 01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:20,440 some time to hit his stride does as well. The NHL rank King Mason 900 01:04:20,519 --> 01:04:27,760 Black rates him out in terms of p NHL E equivalency. Joel Farrabee is 901 01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:31,159 the number one match here, followed by Sunny Milano and Jeoffrey Loophole, and 902 01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:36,840 it's just above a second line type potential in terms of that translation and in 903 01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:42,880 terms of the matchup. He puts Matthew Cornado out on the internet versus Luke 904 01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:48,639 of Angelista of the Nashville Predators, and he was picked one year earlier and 905 01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:54,239 one round later than Coronado. Was Coronado being of course number thirteen in twenty 906 01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,840 twenty one Who would you rather have on your fantasy team? One hundred and 907 01:04:57,880 --> 01:05:01,320 eighty seven votes, And it was an incredibly near old margin for Matthew Coronado 908 01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:06,880 fifty one to forty nine over Luke of Angelista. You've sounded if I were 909 01:05:06,920 --> 01:05:11,239 to guess your victor, I would guess it's going to be Coronado. By 910 01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:15,519 a bit for you, But you tell me who's your favorite. Yeah, 911 01:05:15,559 --> 01:05:19,519 I'm a huge Coronado fan. I definitely have liked him since back in the 912 01:05:19,599 --> 01:05:23,760 draft I can't remember I had him was definitely inside the top ten. He 913 01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:27,519 didn't go too far after that thirteenth, but I definitely liked him. His 914 01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:32,000 strong play was on exhibit in the USAHL there, and he's done nothing to 915 01:05:32,079 --> 01:05:36,000 dissuade that opinion, looking really good in college and at the World Championships. 916 01:05:36,039 --> 01:05:40,880 So you love to see all that. He is a fantastic talent. I 917 01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:44,639 guess the thing, though, is that you have Luke Evangelista doing this now 918 01:05:44,719 --> 01:05:47,960 in the NHL, and he has transitioned pretty well. I mean, he 919 01:05:48,039 --> 01:05:51,599 only played twenty four games, but fifty one point pace is pretty nice there 920 01:05:51,639 --> 01:05:56,800 after being a pretty strong player in the AHL. I think that this is 921 01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:01,079 a reasonable comp especially if you think about how translatable it's already been and the 922 01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:05,639 fact that he If you want someone closer to NHL ready, Evangelista looks like 923 01:06:05,679 --> 01:06:10,000 he's ready to pop off in the NHL this upcoming year. They have a 924 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:14,480 lot of opportunity there In Nashville. I was looking at some of his tracking 925 01:06:14,679 --> 01:06:17,800 data with Corey Schneider, and he does some really good things with the puck 926 01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:23,920 as a young player. Yet have to look at these these raid stats and 927 01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:27,639 not just the overall numbers, although he was good at those two but didn't 928 01:06:27,639 --> 01:06:29,960 get a ton of time on ice, so I think there's a good chance 929 01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,440 that he could pop off. But I think that Coronado still has a higher 930 01:06:32,519 --> 01:06:36,440 upside, so I would take him. I think the only reason it's close 931 01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:43,119 is because Evangelist says a little bit more advanced in his trajectory, because I 932 01:06:43,159 --> 01:06:45,880 think if they were at the same stage, I think Coronado would be a 933 01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:51,599 little bit ahead, So I like him. I think it's yeah, forty 934 01:06:51,679 --> 01:06:55,119 nine is closer than I would have it. I'd probably have it more like 935 01:06:55,199 --> 01:06:59,440 sixty five percent Coronado or something like that, but I definitely like him. 936 01:06:59,440 --> 01:07:02,800 You look at the prospecting between these two, and Coronado has trended down his 937 01:07:02,960 --> 01:07:08,079 past couple of seasons, but that's mainly just because he had did so well 938 01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:11,360 in his draft season. He's kept it up, and I know Byron looks 939 01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:15,079 at improvement from the previous year, but he's basically kept his NHL E the 940 01:07:15,159 --> 01:07:17,480 same, which is good. It's just hard to increase on such a strong 941 01:07:17,559 --> 01:07:21,559 season at Harvard, so that's maybe a little bit of the issue with him. 942 01:07:21,559 --> 01:07:26,719 Evangelista has stayed in the teens and his star potential, so they're actually 943 01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:30,320 similar in that sense, and some other comps. For Coronado, there's some 944 01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:34,440 guys he looks like. One of the main ones, at least statistically, 945 01:07:34,519 --> 01:07:38,400 is Josh Bailey, who was more of an average producer, but certainly not 946 01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:43,119 a stylistic comparable because Bailey is like allergic to shooting and Coronado is a volume 947 01:07:43,119 --> 01:07:46,519 shooter, so very different there. But I definitely think the Cornado has much 948 01:07:46,559 --> 01:07:50,920 more upside than that, more than being just an average NHLLER. You look 949 01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:54,679 at the top down hockey model and he's just nine percent chance of being a 950 01:07:54,719 --> 01:07:57,880 star, thirty two percent chance of being an NHLLER. I think there's a 951 01:07:57,920 --> 01:08:01,400 lot more. There should be more optimism than this. Jesse that seems a 952 01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:08,000 little that seems a little low for me, makes sense to me. Yeah, 953 01:08:08,039 --> 01:08:11,480 that's the way that I felt as well on this one. Okay, 954 01:08:11,559 --> 01:08:15,079 Victor, that is our first guy for these Calgary Flames. Now, who 955 01:08:15,159 --> 01:08:19,079 is your need to no prospect? I need to no prospect is Samuel Hansk, 956 01:08:19,359 --> 01:08:23,840 the big Slovak who was just taken by Calgary in the first round sixteenth 957 01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:27,399 overall, six foot four, one hundred and ninety four pounds, twenty three 958 01:08:27,439 --> 01:08:30,279 goals, thirty three assists and forty three games for Vancouver or the WHL. 959 01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:34,600 He's very old for this draft. He was a November twelfth birthday, so 960 01:08:35,119 --> 01:08:40,520 he's got maybe not as long of a runway to develop here. And he's 961 01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:45,840 got at least another year of the WHL before he can be signed into the 962 01:08:46,079 --> 01:08:50,520 HL or sorry, be playing the HL. So he's already signed his contract. 963 01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:54,399 It's got one more year of junior at least, and then we'll see 964 01:08:54,479 --> 01:08:59,119 after that. His tracking data is pretty good overall. He's got a ninety 965 01:08:59,119 --> 01:09:04,680 three percent score from Mitch Brown's data ninety four. Offense, his expected goals 966 01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:11,039 per sixty is really good. It's definitely in the top eighty five percentile. 967 01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:14,920 And his shots he's pretty good as well, pretty high volume shooter, not 968 01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:19,079 the biggest in terms of primary assists but per sixty, but his primary important 969 01:09:19,079 --> 01:09:23,800 involvement is very high, as are some of his transition scores, which he's 970 01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:28,039 also very good at. And his defense scores. He's someone who when I 971 01:09:28,079 --> 01:09:30,239 was talking to a lot of the other scouts of the draft, they he's 972 01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:33,399 just a very safe pick, like he's very projectable to the NHL, and 973 01:09:33,399 --> 01:09:38,000 there's a lot of disagreement or unknown about what his upside is. Does he 974 01:09:38,119 --> 01:09:42,119 have more upside for higher points or is it just middle six type of center 975 01:09:42,359 --> 01:09:45,319 which is valuable to an NHL team but not as much to our fantasy team. 976 01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:47,479 So let's hear a little bit more about Samuel Hansick from our FHL scout 977 01:09:48,439 --> 01:09:53,720 and once again it's Austin coming to tell us about Hansick. He's got that 978 01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:57,159 is Hansick good skating for a six four forward, which is a big plus 979 01:09:57,199 --> 01:10:00,199 for his game. That skating ability and offense is like a factor that helped 980 01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:03,600 to make him a lottery pick. Of course, his size means he'll never 981 01:10:03,640 --> 01:10:08,279 be as flashy or as dominant as skater, but as of right now, 982 01:10:08,319 --> 01:10:12,119 there isn't any question mark there. He could benefit from getting faster, but 983 01:10:12,159 --> 01:10:16,680 there's a good foundation passing and handling. Hansi's playmaking was perhaps his most positive 984 01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:21,319 improvement since coming over to North America. Playing within his own age group let 985 01:10:21,359 --> 01:10:26,800 him develop his game at his own pace in comparison to the season prior where 986 01:10:26,920 --> 01:10:30,399 he played in Slovakia. Shooting, He's put a lot of effort into playmaking. 987 01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:35,319 Hans still possesses strong shooting skills. He has good accuracy and a quick 988 01:10:35,359 --> 01:10:41,279 shot that already looked pro level in twenty twenty one twenty two while playing men's 989 01:10:41,319 --> 01:10:45,720 hockey once again in Slovakia, and that strong shot has the potential to cause 990 01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:50,479 a major goal boost for him next season in the dub Iq. The aforementioned 991 01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:57,479 qualities of Hansi's game his decent skating and a dual threat scoring playmaking convo, 992 01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:00,159 those are big reasons he found himself as a lottery pick and have continued to 993 01:11:00,199 --> 01:11:04,560 get better. Because Hansick is constantly improving on his game, especially as he 994 01:11:04,600 --> 01:11:10,560 adapted to North American ice, awareness level could come with more intensity, but 995 01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:15,319 he is not someone who's given up many mistakes. Defensively, he seems to 996 01:11:15,359 --> 01:11:18,920 prefer brain over braun, a fascinating choice for a player whose size would allow 997 01:11:19,039 --> 01:11:23,720 to gravitate to the ladder, but he plays a mature game all throughout the 998 01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:28,119 ice for checking, despite that size, not always the most physical player and 999 01:11:28,199 --> 01:11:31,720 that he plays much softer than that six four frame would suggest, but it's 1000 01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:38,439 always been something for checking. That is that Hansick has excelled at defense somewhat 1001 01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:44,000 mute aggressiveness as noted in his for checking section, But perhaps it's a lot 1002 01:11:44,039 --> 01:11:46,560 to ask of a seventeen year old. Because of his size, his reaction 1003 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:50,079 time to rush as could be better, but overall he uses his size well 1004 01:11:50,239 --> 01:11:55,239 when he does use it. So the best asset was the well roundedness of 1005 01:11:55,279 --> 01:12:00,239 the game and much of the game. Having improved throughout the year, he 1006 01:12:00,279 --> 01:12:05,000 continued to show that growth in multiple aspects. Biggest concern some much better scouts 1007 01:12:05,039 --> 01:12:10,640 than Austin Austin's being modest. Here have concerns over whether hans is going to 1008 01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:14,359 be a center at the NHL level if he's a winger, having played both 1009 01:12:14,399 --> 01:12:18,199 there. Having played both those positions at the DUB he is a good face 1010 01:12:18,279 --> 01:12:23,560 off taker and that ability could keep him at center. He needs to work 1011 01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:28,359 on his strength and skating to ensure so the top tier outcome for him. 1012 01:12:28,760 --> 01:12:32,479 The stylistic comparable that Austin's going to use as Pavel Zaka, so he's going 1013 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:38,399 to say that is where he's going. The guy who's the presumptive first line 1014 01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:42,119 center for the Bruins, although based on a little bit of a vacuum in 1015 01:12:42,159 --> 01:12:45,520 that position, but hans could very well make a serviceable second liner and that 1016 01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:50,600 top outcome role either's a winger or center, potential for fifty to sixty points 1017 01:12:51,199 --> 01:12:58,119 and if the hits come as he becomes more confident improving that bash middle percentile 1018 01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:03,039 role is middle and that's where Austin thinks he's probably going to end up one 1019 01:13:03,079 --> 01:13:06,159 of the safer players in this draft. To make it all though, improvements 1020 01:13:06,199 --> 01:13:11,760 to his skating ability will dictate the difference between second or third line peak. 1021 01:13:12,439 --> 01:13:16,079 And again, Pavelzaka is his comp he Remember he Zaka did play as a 1022 01:13:16,079 --> 01:13:20,000 winger before he really moved into that center slot for good, and that could 1023 01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:25,439 be the same scenario Austin thinks for Hansick. Let's look at the NHL rank 1024 01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:29,760 kings equivalences, Dylan Cousins comes out as the number one. Of course, 1025 01:13:29,880 --> 01:13:34,600 Dylan Cousins at the same age was struggling. Yeah, but he did get 1026 01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:39,520 off that struggle bus and he did become a pretty good player after a couple 1027 01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:44,600 of years and a breakout, and the competition of number sixteen overall. Pick 1028 01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:48,920 Samuel Hanjick is number twenty overall, Pick Edwards Shale, And I know Victor's 1029 01:13:49,079 --> 01:13:53,279 probably not siding with the Shale because I don't think Victor likes the shale. 1030 01:13:53,479 --> 01:13:57,279 There's all kinds of there's all kinds of talent there. But then there's also 1031 01:13:57,399 --> 01:14:02,000 the compete questions with Shalla, and the people agree. Samuel Hansick wins this 1032 01:14:02,039 --> 01:14:05,720 competition fifty three to forty seven victory. I think I can read your mind, 1033 01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:10,119 but that's probably me being arrogant that I think I can read your mind. 1034 01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:14,680 Am I right that you would take Hansick in this comp Oh definitely, 1035 01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:16,960 I would be disappointed if you didn't know some of my tendencies by now. 1036 01:14:17,359 --> 01:14:23,279 We talk enough on the podcast. I think he's come up several times. 1037 01:14:23,359 --> 01:14:25,680 Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan. I think you nailed a lot of 1038 01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:28,760 the reasons there. Yeah, he's just a really instant Chalet is just a 1039 01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:32,520 really inconsistent player. It's so frustrating you watch him and sometimes you're just like, 1040 01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,560 oh ah, and sometimes that's all you remember about a player, or 1041 01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:40,279 the highlight reel. And if you watch Edward Charlie's highlight reel. You're just 1042 01:14:40,319 --> 01:14:44,399 thinking yourself, Damn, this guy's a point pre game player. He's fantastic. 1043 01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:46,760 But then you watch him more closely and you see all the things he 1044 01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:50,000 doesn't do, and you see all the times he's disengaged and how little he 1045 01:14:50,039 --> 01:14:56,560 actually participates, and you just know the coach is gonna just not be cool 1046 01:14:56,600 --> 01:15:00,000 with that. It's that's not gonna fly, and so he needs to figure 1047 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:01,479 there are a lot of things out. I think the upside this is a 1048 01:15:01,479 --> 01:15:05,359 classic ceiling floor type of bet. If you want to bet on ceiling, 1049 01:15:06,279 --> 01:15:13,279 then yeah, I think Chalet's ceiling is higher in terms of fantasy, but 1050 01:15:13,319 --> 01:15:16,239 I think the floor is like nothing, whereas with Samuel Hansack you have a 1051 01:15:16,239 --> 01:15:21,880 really good floor. He reminds me of Michail Backland, the other Flames pivot 1052 01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:27,199 there that never gets enough respect. He's such a good player. He's not 1053 01:15:27,239 --> 01:15:30,399 really a first line player, but he could. He can play in that 1054 01:15:30,479 --> 01:15:32,319 role. And I think Hanzak is that guy, like he can play up 1055 01:15:32,319 --> 01:15:35,159 in the lineup, but he also is just a really good their line center, 1056 01:15:35,239 --> 01:15:40,079 probably for them, but maybe some more skill wins out and maybe he 1057 01:15:40,119 --> 01:15:44,199 actually develops more offense and maybe he becomes a really good fantasy ascid. But 1058 01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:46,000 I just think the floor is so much higher for Hansk and the ceiling is 1059 01:15:46,039 --> 01:15:49,479 still there too, It's not like it's not there. I would just definitely 1060 01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:55,279 rather have him on my fantasy pool because I know that I'll get something out 1061 01:15:55,319 --> 01:15:58,359 of him, whereas with Chalet, he just might drop him a couple of 1062 01:15:58,439 --> 01:16:01,159 years, he might just fade into a blue That depends the issue with Shali's 1063 01:16:01,159 --> 01:16:05,600 people are just taking him way earlier then I would feel comfortable, and so 1064 01:16:06,319 --> 01:16:11,319 that makes me less interested. If he was someone who was being taken in 1065 01:16:11,319 --> 01:16:13,960 the second or third round of my entry draft, then yeah, cool, 1066 01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:16,960 I'll take him there. But being posed with this question versus Hansak, no, 1067 01:16:17,079 --> 01:16:20,560 I'm gonna take Hanzak every time. And when you look at the hockey 1068 01:16:20,600 --> 01:16:26,079 prospect between these two, Hansak has higher production even in thirty two percent chance 1069 01:16:26,119 --> 01:16:30,680 of being a star already to the nine percent for Chali and sixty one percent 1070 01:16:30,760 --> 01:16:33,680 chance for Hansick of being an NHLA versus the forty seven for Chali. So 1071 01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:40,199 yeah, I'll take my Chalet vacation in the Swiss Alps, not in my 1072 01:16:40,279 --> 01:16:44,560 fantasy hockey pool, Jesse, that's where I'm going with that, And gosh, 1073 01:16:45,359 --> 01:16:47,119 just looking at some of the rest of the hockey prospecting here, I 1074 01:16:47,159 --> 01:16:54,720 think got some interesting comps for Hansk. There's guys like Max Domi is a 1075 01:16:54,920 --> 01:16:59,000 comp Eric Cole is another one. They're more average producers, and that's probably 1076 01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:01,239 where he rates out. There is upside for more and in the top down 1077 01:17:01,279 --> 01:17:06,079 Hockey model, nine percent chance of being a star for hansa fifty four percent 1078 01:17:06,159 --> 01:17:10,560 chance of being in each other. So yeah, there's a chance there. 1079 01:17:11,039 --> 01:17:15,119 I like him. He's someone who will probably play, but maybe he doesn't 1080 01:17:15,159 --> 01:17:19,079 have The biggest upside for is Samuel Hansick. And I did take Chalet number 1081 01:17:19,119 --> 01:17:23,319 twenty eight in the tidy. I thought at twenty eight he was a decent 1082 01:17:23,399 --> 01:17:26,600 value to see if he's able to bring it around, Like you say, 1083 01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:30,199 it's if it's low enough, he could be a value. But Victor, 1084 01:17:30,920 --> 01:17:33,279 we've already talked a little bit about you keep your eye on prospect. We've 1085 01:17:33,319 --> 01:17:38,760 got some opinions in the first part from Randy, But who is it and 1086 01:17:38,840 --> 01:17:43,720 what do you have to say about him? Jeremy Poirier is our keep your 1087 01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:46,159 eye on And yeah, he was a twenty twenty third round picked by Calgary 1088 01:17:46,279 --> 01:17:53,479 six one and ninety pound left handed d. Yeah, he was so interesting 1089 01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:57,079 to watch. I remember watching him with Saint John the Sea Dogs in the 1090 01:17:57,159 --> 01:18:00,000 queue and on his draft season. It was just it's he's a very fun 1091 01:18:00,039 --> 01:18:03,760 guy to watch because something happens every time he's out there. The puck either 1092 01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,800 goes in one way or another for his team or the tea or against him, 1093 01:18:08,319 --> 01:18:11,800 because he just he's all. He was all offense all the time, 1094 01:18:12,479 --> 01:18:15,000 and as we heard, he's really understands that he needs to work on the 1095 01:18:15,039 --> 01:18:17,680 defense. Sounds like he's working on it, sounds like it's gotten better. 1096 01:18:18,279 --> 01:18:20,960 And yeah, he didn't remind me a lot of Markley. I mentioned this 1097 01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:26,239 earlier as someone who wasn't sure he would ever figure it out good offensively, 1098 01:18:26,279 --> 01:18:30,319 but can he play average NHL defense? And that still remains to be seen. 1099 01:18:30,399 --> 01:18:34,800 For Parier, it has improved a ton and so after he won the 1100 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:39,760 Memorial Cup with the Saint John Seadogs of the QMJHL last season, he graduated 1101 01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:44,520 and was in the HL and he made the All Rookie team for the Calgary 1102 01:18:44,560 --> 01:18:46,920 Wranglers in the HL forty one points in sixty nine games, and he was 1103 01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:50,720 point per game, just about a point per game player in the playoffs. 1104 01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:55,479 Fantastic two years left on his entry level deal. I, as we talked 1105 01:18:55,479 --> 01:18:59,199 about, not sure that he cracks the lineup out of camp, but depends 1106 01:18:59,199 --> 01:19:01,600 on if guys are moved out, then he might be last man standing there. 1107 01:19:01,640 --> 01:19:05,279 He might actually get a role if other guys move on or if they're 1108 01:19:05,319 --> 01:19:10,479 injuries. So I like his proximity to the NHL too. He looks like 1109 01:19:10,520 --> 01:19:14,279 he's pretty pretty close to get a look and it probably deserves another year in 1110 01:19:14,319 --> 01:19:17,560 the HL. Really refining that defense not doing crazy things like leading the rush 1111 01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:20,640 and standing in front of the goal. Probably needs to work on that a 1112 01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:25,239 little bit. But let's hear a little bit more about Jeremy Poary from our 1113 01:19:25,279 --> 01:19:31,159 FHL scout Jeremy for a Jeremy because our FHL scout Jeremy has the comments here. 1114 01:19:31,319 --> 01:19:35,119 Skating above average, not all world speed, but very good footwork, 1115 01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:41,640 passing and handling elite. One of the best skating handling combos Jeremy has seen 1116 01:19:41,720 --> 01:19:45,520 in a young defenseman. Shooting average, not a lethal shooter, but it's 1117 01:19:45,560 --> 01:19:48,640 a d He just needs to get pucks on net and create chaos. IQ 1118 01:19:48,880 --> 01:19:54,760 above average makes some beautiful passes on offense, but can panic a bit in 1119 01:19:54,840 --> 01:19:59,960 the defensive zone. Also can get drawn away from his NetFront during sustained pressure 1120 01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:04,079 defense rush and in zone. Probably below average here. The rush defense is 1121 01:20:04,119 --> 01:20:08,399 fine when he's not giving up two on once. He gaps up well and 1122 01:20:08,399 --> 01:20:13,199 has the footwork to handle the top line forwards. And maybe Jeremy's being over 1123 01:20:13,239 --> 01:20:16,079 critical here, given that he's a twenty year old in the AHL playing big 1124 01:20:16,079 --> 01:20:20,000 minute's good to acknowledge that. So the best asset was the puck handling of 1125 01:20:20,039 --> 01:20:25,079 the biggest concern was the defense. Sometimes he's just a bit too aggressive and 1126 01:20:25,119 --> 01:20:30,359 a bit over eager on the pinch. The top tier outcome for Poier a 1127 01:20:30,439 --> 01:20:33,880 smooth skating offensive D who's too good to keep off the ice. Think Eric 1128 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:40,880 Carlson Light. I'd love to think that the middling outcome fifty percentile tweener or 1129 01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:44,279 a bust. Think the odds on outcome here is a guy who can't defend 1130 01:20:44,319 --> 01:20:46,520 well enough to stick. Maybe the offense is good enough to keep give him 1131 01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:50,439 a chances Allah Gosta Spear, or maybe it's not and he's a tweeter like 1132 01:20:50,479 --> 01:20:56,479 Dennis Chilowski, and so Jeremy also says this isn't something he can tell from 1133 01:20:56,479 --> 01:21:00,880 two a few viewings everything that other scouts are saying about him. Says the 1134 01:21:00,920 --> 01:21:03,800 attitude is top tier and that does matter. That's massive for a player who 1135 01:21:03,840 --> 01:21:08,720 needs to improve at the less flashy side of the game. So the outcome 1136 01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:14,520 range is huge here and we will see what happens. Stylist a comparable Mike 1137 01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:18,560 Green or a smaller dustin Bufflin, basically a fourth forward on your D line. 1138 01:21:19,239 --> 01:21:25,319 The NHL rank King Mason Black shows that Poier has taken a tick up 1139 01:21:25,359 --> 01:21:29,479 in the last year up to nearly first line potential in terms of his equivalency, 1140 01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:32,439 taking him up into the number one comp of Rasmus Anderson. We've heard 1141 01:21:32,439 --> 01:21:38,880 a little bit about him today too, or Ivan Proveroff nearby that as well. 1142 01:21:39,119 --> 01:21:43,840 And in terms of the comparison the poll, the babble out there, 1143 01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:49,000 Jeremy Poier versus Henry Thrun a Anaheim Ducks pick but a San Jose Shark. 1144 01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:55,720 Now Poier is winning over Thrun fifty five to forty five with one hundred and 1145 01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:59,319 fifty six votes. In the books, Victor I'm not quite sure where you're 1146 01:21:59,359 --> 01:22:03,239 going to go on this one. Tell me Potier or Thront. I think 1147 01:22:03,239 --> 01:22:06,960 I'm gonna go Quaria here. I like both of these guys. I like 1148 01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:12,720 what Thrun did in college, and he seems to be pretty close to NHL 1149 01:22:12,720 --> 01:22:15,199 already. I played some games, so you'd like to see that. But 1150 01:22:15,279 --> 01:22:18,680 I think paria Is upside is much higher. I think, as you just 1151 01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:24,479 heard there from Jeremy, I think Quaria could be could demand power play time. 1152 01:22:24,479 --> 01:22:27,520 I don't think Thron will. I think Thron is much more likely to 1153 01:22:27,560 --> 01:22:30,239 play in like a second or bottom pairing role. So if you want safety 1154 01:22:30,720 --> 01:22:33,439 of a guy who's just going to play and probably get decent banger stats, 1155 01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:38,000 then Thrun makes a lot of sense. But in terms of if you want 1156 01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:41,199 that bigger upside run the power play collect more points, I think it's got 1157 01:22:41,199 --> 01:22:45,560 to be Poirier here. A little bit of a little bit of dealer's choice 1158 01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:49,399 there, but also the floor being lower for Parrier. He's interesting because his 1159 01:22:49,439 --> 01:22:53,960 hockey prospecting is really trended down. It's in the last few seasons just four 1160 01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,520 percent chance of being a star now, and I think that's partly because he's 1161 01:22:57,640 --> 01:23:00,119 focused on some other things and not just scoring, which is fine because we 1162 01:23:00,119 --> 01:23:05,039 know he can score. And Thron has looked really good from the USHL to 1163 01:23:05,159 --> 01:23:11,439 his college days. He looks fantastic in terms of graduating twenty six percent chance 1164 01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:14,560 of being a star in the model and a sixty eight percent chance of being 1165 01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:19,159 an nhlor. So Thron definitely is an NHLer, I think, and maybe, 1166 01:23:19,239 --> 01:23:23,479 but the upside is higher. Whether you want floor or ceiling there there's 1167 01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:26,880 a bit of a choice. I think I would swing on upside and the 1168 01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:30,560 fact that he's pretty close to NHL already. You liked the opportunity in San 1169 01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:32,720 Jose though right he, like Thron, doesn't really have anyone ahead of him, 1170 01:23:32,720 --> 01:23:36,760 which is nice. Looking at some other comps for Poirier, there's a 1171 01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:41,960 couple of interesting ones. David Sieverson is one that looks pretty reasonable. Shane 1172 01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:45,399 Gosta Spare is another one, although his equivalence he was a bit higher, 1173 01:23:45,159 --> 01:23:48,720 so I'm not sure that one perfectly fits, but maybe this play style and 1174 01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:55,039 being a little weaker defensively fits there. The j Fresh card has Parer at 1175 01:23:55,359 --> 01:23:58,880 six percent chance of being an NHL or fifty six percent chance or sorry, 1176 01:23:58,880 --> 01:24:00,920 six percent chance of being a star, fifty six percent chance of being an 1177 01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:05,960 NHLA. Yeah, so a little bit of varying opinions there on Priory, 1178 01:24:05,960 --> 01:24:09,680 but I think he is someone that you definitely want to keep your eye on 1179 01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:14,840 because, depending on what happens in Calgary, like Randy said, some of 1180 01:24:14,840 --> 01:24:17,359 those defensemen might be gone. There might be a wide open opportunity there for 1181 01:24:18,039 --> 01:24:23,439 Priory and he could step into it and be maybe not amazing because the team 1182 01:24:23,479 --> 01:24:26,640 is probably gonna look worse if those guys are gone, but he should have 1183 01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:29,920 a great opportunity to put up some points. And Jesse, there are more 1184 01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:32,279 guys we could talk about, but there's no time here. If you're a 1185 01:24:32,279 --> 01:24:38,039 patron, you can listen to my top ten recap list on Patreon, and 1186 01:24:38,239 --> 01:24:41,039 if you're interesting doing some scouting with us, shoot me a DM on Twitter, 1187 01:24:41,159 --> 01:24:45,039 Discord, or email us. We will come right back. Blows out 1188 01:24:45,079 --> 01:24:57,680 the show. Hey, a couple of things to mention before we get out 1189 01:24:57,680 --> 01:25:01,760 of here today. Fantasy Key is best played on fantracks dot com. 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