1 00:00:03,759 --> 00:00:13,439 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks, your source of information 2 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:17,559 and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Fuck off to step 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:23,839 on, stay lost shot. Here's your host, Jesse Sup and Victor Nuno 4 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:30,280 joining by my partner, the man himself, Victor Nunyo of Jobber Prospects. 5 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:34,560 Victor, how you doing. I am doing awesome, Jesse, as we 6 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,119 sit here and record and as the people listen. We're just days away from 7 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,960 the NHL Draft and I am going this year with my buddy Peter Harling over 8 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,399 at Dabber Prospects Report and a bunch of other Dabber colleagues. It's gonna be 9 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:50,399 It's gonna be awesome. I'll be repping Fantasy Hockey Life though you know it 10 00:00:50,679 --> 00:00:54,439 for sure. And we haven't talked in a long time. People peeking behind 11 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:57,840 the curtain. Jesse's been out of the country. We haven't had a chance 12 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,479 to catch up. So how are you doing, my friend? I'm still 13 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,280 catching up with myself, Victor. I'm still trying to get over jet leg 14 00:01:04,359 --> 00:01:07,239 and all those types of things. But I had myself a fun couple of 15 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:11,959 weeks. I spend a day in Bratislava, Slovakia, Victor, I just 16 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,959 want to tell you I was trying to figure out how these guys beat us 17 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,239 in the Olympics. I did a full investigation in Brodoslava. I haven't figured 18 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,840 it out yet, but it was still pretty fun. No, it's it's 19 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:26,560 good times being back, Victor. And I'm really excited that you're going to 20 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:30,319 go down to the draft and be credential and where our special FHL merch. 21 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:36,400 That's awfully cool this year. Yeah, it find to Nashville. That's my 22 00:01:36,439 --> 00:01:41,000 old stopping grounds too, Victor. Have you been to Nashville before? I 23 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:45,200 have never been in Nashville, and our whole family's going and my wife's family 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,799 lives not too far so we're having a big, little mini reunion. So 25 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:55,239 that's fun. But definitely excited to I wouldn't say that I love country music, 26 00:01:55,319 --> 00:01:59,560 but I find it interesting and you gotta take it in when you're going 27 00:01:59,599 --> 00:02:02,519 to nashvill So I'm excited to hear some great music and taking the culture and 28 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,120 the scenes and all that. It's just going to be an amazing experience. 29 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,639 You can't wait for all that. Yeah, you're going at the worst possible 30 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,759 time of your of course, the middle of the summer is fairly miserable. 31 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,240 Sometimes a natural maybe a hood, a nice snap and the glass. The 32 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:22,080 grass is very fescuee, Victor, if you haven't been around Tennessee grass, 33 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,240 it's a whole different situation there. It's very fescue. So just keep that 34 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,039 in mind. It's not that Kentucky blue grass. I don't know what is 35 00:02:29,039 --> 00:02:31,680 that what you have in California. Let's talk about grass. I don't even 36 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:36,319 know what word you're saying. Fescuee. What does that even mean? Fescue? 37 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:40,400 It's like a it's the grass in people's yards is more like a little 38 00:02:40,479 --> 00:02:46,800 viny thing than it is those individual blades of grass that you're used to in 39 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:50,439 the North. So it's just a whole situation. I'm just trying to prepare 40 00:02:50,439 --> 00:02:53,159 you, Victor, just the big things. The little details we can skip 41 00:02:53,199 --> 00:02:54,919 over with the big things you need to be aware of. I would say 42 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,960 that a lot of people here, because there's rainfall issues and California, tend 43 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:06,120 to opt for more like garden front yards or fake grass or whatever, because 44 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:07,879 it's really hard and takes a lot of water to maintain that. When you 45 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,639 don't get precipitation, unlike in the Midwest and parts of the east of the 46 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,479 country where there's more precipitation and humidity and stuff like that. Yeah, I 47 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:22,199 don't know that we have that kind. But we even don't have a lot 48 00:03:22,199 --> 00:03:24,479 of the regular sort of grass in the fields and stuff like that. It's 49 00:03:24,479 --> 00:03:29,360 different, but not in people's yards. It's often and I should say the 50 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:34,520 fantasy hockey wife that is my wife. She is into now, not planting 51 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,680 grass, but planting like clover in like wild type things, because number one, 52 00:03:38,759 --> 00:03:43,479 they take up less water, they're more efficient on the ground, and 53 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,240 they also pollinate, beats a lot of stuff. She's not spraying the yard 54 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,280 and she's growing all this stuff. I was out having to mow around some 55 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:54,360 of it today, but there's a bunch of like tall clover stuff sticking up. 56 00:03:54,759 --> 00:04:00,199 This has been your horticulture minute on Fantasy Hockey Wife. This is fantasy. 57 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,520 This is fantasy yard tending life. What's the word I'm looking for, 58 00:04:03,639 --> 00:04:09,719 Victor, I don't even know the thing with the fantasy fantasy landscaping life, 59 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:13,479 that's what this has been. But Victor, yeah, yeah, so far 60 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,839 as I know, there are many books about horticulture, about landscaping and you 61 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:23,040 might choose to enjoy them. But even more enjoyable to somebody like me who 62 00:04:23,079 --> 00:04:27,639 really doesn't give a whoop one way or the other about his yard is books 63 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,920 and information and publications that have to do with fantasy hockey. I'm bringing it 64 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:38,279 back aboard in Victor. There's a really cool there's a really cool guide that 65 00:04:38,319 --> 00:04:42,439 people might be interested in, and if they're listening to our words right now, 66 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:46,600 they've got themselves a nice chance of getting it for free. Tell them 67 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:50,120 Victor what I'm talking about. I will. That was expertly done too, 68 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,920 by the way. So we have our Dauber giveaway and really happy to be 69 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,519 proudly sponsored by Dauber and I work over there at the Guys and it's the 70 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:06,279 best guide out there for fantasy. So we have a combination package to give 71 00:05:06,319 --> 00:05:12,800 away of the Fantasy Hockey Guide, the Redraft Regular Guide, and the Fantasy 72 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,759 Prospects Report, which is already out and we'll be updated throughout the summer of 73 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,680 the draft goes on and as guys move around to different teams and include some 74 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:27,040 other really cool giveaways or really other sorry of the cool components of that which 75 00:05:27,079 --> 00:05:30,399 is going to include like the mid season report in the playoff list for next 76 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,360 year, so it's an ultimate fantasy pack. It's fantastic. The way you 77 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:38,319 get this, you got to do a couple of things. Follow us both 78 00:05:38,319 --> 00:05:41,480 on Twitter at fan Hockey Live for Jesse a Victor Year twelve for me, 79 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:46,560 give us a five star review on the podcast aggregator of your choice, tweet 80 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,879 out at least one of our episodes. And then the other kicker is that 81 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:54,759 you've got a dm ME verifying all this because the reality is we've had people 82 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,519 do this in the past, and then it's sometimes hard to figure out who's 83 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,240 who. Sometimes you go by different names on Twitter or on your podcast reviewers, 84 00:06:02,319 --> 00:06:05,160 so I just want to make sure we attribute it to the right person. 85 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,720 So follow us on Twitter, give us a five star review, tweet 86 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,959 out one of our episodes, support the show, and we'll give it back 87 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,279 to you. So we got five of these to giveaway. We'll announce it 88 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,160 on our draft episode, which will be a week after the draft, where 89 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:21,759 we got some cool guess lined up and it's gonna be great. You're gonna 90 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:28,839 get some great content with the Dauber Guides and help support the show. Really, 91 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,279 Victor it's not too much to ask. I was just thinking about it. 92 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:33,680 Sounds like it's like a four step process. People are like a four 93 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,959 steps forget it, man, I'm out. You asked me to do one 94 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,240 thing, I can do it. Four things is too much, But really, 95 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,120 okay, follow us both on Twitter. Who's listening to this and not 96 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,000 doing that already? You really just should. That's just something you've been meaning 97 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,519 to do, that's something that's spun on your to do list. You may 98 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,759 as well get it knocked out. Five star review. I saw somebody tweet 99 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,279 back at us and say, like, which podcast that reviewer do you want? 100 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,759 And I don't care. Usually people are listening on Spotify or or a 101 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,199 podcasts I think generally, or that's where they tend to go back to for 102 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,959 those things. I think those are still the two big players in the space. 103 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,319 But heck, whatever you want, man, just rate us somewhere and 104 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,879 then let us know, because for example, you might think it's real obvious, 105 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,959 but if you're in another country, we don't know. Sometimes those reviews 106 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:23,959 don't show up in every country's store, and then twee those tweets are out 107 00:07:23,959 --> 00:07:27,439 there, so really it's a review, it's tweeting out one of our episodes, 108 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,160 and then it's raising your hand in front of Victor just so he knows 109 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:32,720 and we know that you did the thing because we don't want to miss you, 110 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,079 because it's like you did all those things, you'd be mad at us 111 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:39,480 because you weren't even considered. So anyway, I beat that one to death. 112 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,399 Part of the idea behind this episode is, of course, to get 113 00:07:43,399 --> 00:07:46,319 too excited about the draft. That's why we're bringing our draft expert Hottie in. 114 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,800 But also as you follow the draft, there's a bunch of really cool 115 00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:55,480 storylines and different themes that you might want to follow, and so you can 116 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,879 have some advanced knowledge and idea of what it means if these certain guys fall, 117 00:08:00,319 --> 00:08:03,800 or what does it mean with these different defenders, how should you value 118 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,519 them? Because there's going to be an NHL draft orders and that's gonna influence 119 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,879 you. But also they have certain fantasy upside and depending on who they go 120 00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:13,920 to, that might also influence it. So it's just going to help you 121 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 track the draft in a way that will help you even more for kind of 122 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:22,800 understanding what it means for everyone's fantasy value. So that's the idea not just 123 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:26,040 to get you hype, but to give you more background information on what's about 124 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,800 to go down in Nashville. You dog on right, Let's take a break, 125 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:37,200 comeback, and we're going to talk to hide. It's the most wonderful 126 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:43,919 time. We are back and ready to talk a little bit more, a 127 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:48,759 little last talk about the NHL Draft and to do it. How much better 128 00:08:48,799 --> 00:08:54,720 of a guest can you get than Hattie Callakesh of Dabber Prospects, the director 129 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,639 of North American Scouting. How you doing it today? I'm doing great. 130 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,039 I'm doing great, up and coming, really exciting. A bunch of articles 131 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:05,480 and stuff to write, a bunch of podcast appearances of course, so busy 132 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:11,360 time, but I'm making it work. It is it's Christmas, it's the 133 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,960 birthday. It's all the good things at once, all ready to pop later 134 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,039 this week. So it is that special time a year, and I'm glad 135 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,159 that you're here to share it with us. We're going to go over just 136 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,919 a few different questions. We've got some listener questions, some patron questions, 137 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,879 and just some overall talk about the draft that we wanted to talk to you 138 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:33,440 about today. I'm going to set up some questions. Victor has also got 139 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,080 some takes that he's going to want to ask you, But as we get 140 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,919 started, hottie, let me just ask you the big one. Any overarching 141 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,240 thoughts on this draft does compare to other drafts in a particular way, positions 142 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:50,679 that are better this year's draft or worse this year, especially for people who 143 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,960 have been following this as closely, or takes that you're starting to develop as 144 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,279 we're getting closer and closer to the day. Yeah, so, first or 145 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,799 foremost, this is a center's draft, and it's been pretty obvious throughout, 146 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,360 especially for the weaker teams, the teams that are gonna be picking in the 147 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:05,840 top ten, top fifteen, Lots and lots of centers I pick from. 148 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,759 Not at the start of the year it was, how does less of a 149 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,120 defenseman's year? But I've got two in my top ten, I've got three 150 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:18,960 in my top fifteen. In terms of defenseman you're not getting You're not having 151 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,360 the worst end of the stick of any draft year. Ever, it balanced 152 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,639 out and there's more and more risers that came through as the year went on. 153 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,639 Obviously, David Reinbacher, no one had heard of him before this year. 154 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:33,399 Tom Vilander actual signing Pelica Dmitri Simachev's it's not a bad year for defenseman, 155 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,360 but mainly primarily throughout the top five, top six, top ten, 156 00:10:37,399 --> 00:10:41,720 you're getting a high end center. So yeah, just a very deep draft 157 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,559 as well. I say there's like forty five, maybe even fifty first round 158 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,679 caliber players available in the draft. So any team has cut three picks in 159 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,080 the top forty five, top fifty is getting three first round talents, which 160 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:56,960 is awesome. Yeah, for sure, I definitely agree. I think it's 161 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,320 really great for high end forwards. I think there's always value at defense. 162 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:07,120 I do think though that last year's top five ish defenseman would probably go ahead 163 00:11:07,159 --> 00:11:09,639 of this year's top defenders. I don't know if you fully agree with that, 164 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,960 but it's always probably similar. No, there's definitely more upside among defensemen 165 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,399 in last year's draft than this one. But in terms of the profiles, 166 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:18,720 again, it depends on what you're searching for, and we don't have anyone 167 00:11:18,759 --> 00:11:24,600 of Nemets or ear checks level of quality, especially of upside. But I 168 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,919 like to meet your Simischev. I like what he brings to the game. 169 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,840 So he's one guy putting maybe in that conversation, but not too high in 170 00:11:30,919 --> 00:11:35,240 that conversation. But in terms of forwards there's five, six, maybe even 171 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,919 seven fowards I would take above Furisolkovsky and Shanewright and Logan Cooley from last year's 172 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:45,039 draft. So yeah, I know a lot of quality. Fascinating. Yeah, 173 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,639 this is interesting to hear, especially the defense is rising in your inestimation, 174 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:52,039 because that is still I think a perception out there that this is a 175 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,279 bad defense draft. But one of the most interesting storylines this year HATI, 176 00:11:58,039 --> 00:12:01,000 M and M. It's not just a chocolate candy anymore. It's not an 177 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:05,600 abbreviation for Mickey Mouse or Mighty Mouse's name. It is Matt Vey Mitchkoff, 178 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:09,240 and that is a storyline of this draft, regardless of where he goes. 179 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:15,799 Should he be considered a second overall in a dynasty fantasy draft if you were 180 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,440 going for the upside or if you're you're a real NHL team and you were 181 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,000 going for the upside, is Matt Bay really the second best player in this 182 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:26,679 drap He's neck and neck with Adam Fantilly. For me, I'd say Miachkof 183 00:12:26,759 --> 00:12:28,679 has more offensive upside. So for talking points only, he's up there with 184 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:33,320 the guard. He's gonna be coming in on a team that's had the time 185 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,120 to build itself out after four years of mediocrity. Usually a team evens out 186 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,080 finds some quality either in free agency or in the draft, in order to 187 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,919 make themselves a contender. I'm thinking San Jose. I'm thinking perhaps with Montreal 188 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:48,279 Canadians, and he's gonna been coming in in his prime in twenty six, 189 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:52,360 is going to be about twenty two twenty three on an entry level contract, 190 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:56,840 so that's going to be cheap, and he's going to have developed and improved 191 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,480 this game even further, and that goal scoring ability, that sixth sense, 192 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:05,039 he has to just find soft ice to work for the six feet around the 193 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,639 net. I don't think there's a better prospect six feet around the net than 194 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,720 matemichkov Is, So I think that would be an excellent pick and appoints only 195 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:16,240 dynasty league that kind of thing. But if you want if you want a 196 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:18,399 player right away, he's not your guy because of a contract situation in the 197 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,919 KHL. He's going to take a while to come over. But whichever team 198 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,120 gets him needs to be a team that's patient, and I think teams that 199 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,200 don't have the opportunity to wait that long for a prospect or just aren't going 200 00:13:30,279 --> 00:13:33,320 to touch Miashkov. But I'm thinking if he goes in the top five, 201 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,720 it's San Jose or Montreal going that direction. If it's not them, I'd 202 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,799 be very surprised. If Arizona takes him, then I'll think that'd be good 203 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:43,159 for his career. But that's another story. But yeah, no, it's 204 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:48,600 just for me Mishkov. The whole situation in Rusha's overblown. He's just so 205 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,240 good offensively, such flare with the puck, and again that's sixth sense to 206 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:56,200 just sniff danger before it occurs. So yeah, no, he's just absolutely 207 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,879 wonderful to get to watch, especially when I started, when he moved over 208 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,440 so chief, that was when you really saw different mat fam Mishkov. Mishkov 209 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,879 that knew he was not going to be on the ice fifteen minutes later, 210 00:14:05,919 --> 00:14:07,720 he was going to be in the on the ice a minute and a half 211 00:14:07,799 --> 00:14:11,200 later. So more comfortable, less urgency, less adrenalin, and he really 212 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,399 just came out of a shelves. Yeah, no, I've been really impressed 213 00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:18,759 with Mishkov. Yeah, definitely. I totally agree too. I had a 214 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,440 very different impression of him before he went to Sochi, and sometimes it's hard 215 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,879 to sift those opinions. But I totally agree now, and I have a 216 00:14:24,879 --> 00:14:28,600 four D chess question to pose to you here any because I definitely agree, 217 00:14:28,639 --> 00:14:31,480 and not only as you said, is he right up there with one of 218 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,440 the top players in the draft. His equivalences in many models look similar to 219 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,200 the darts. The guard is going to a team that is much farther away 220 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:43,440 from being relevant, even if he's in the league this year, which we 221 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:48,000 all assume badart is. I think that if you're let's not contract league's salary 222 00:14:48,039 --> 00:14:50,080 cap right, if you're looking at the dard on his ELC, the production 223 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,440 he's going to put up is going to be good. I am quite sure 224 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,799 of that, and so his value per dollar will be high. Mitch kov 225 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:01,440 comes over in three years, and I'm pretty confident comes over. Let's not 226 00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:05,480 really entertain that alternative, but he comes over, He's three years older, 227 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,759 more mature, probably putting up point per game numbers in the KHL. He's 228 00:15:07,759 --> 00:15:11,840 going to step onto a much better team farther along in the rebuild. I 229 00:15:11,879 --> 00:15:16,080 think his points upside and value per dollar and contract leaves is going to be 230 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,639 far above what Bedard is going to do. So my question for you is 231 00:15:20,679 --> 00:15:24,399 A do you agree with that? And B would you have the stones to 232 00:15:24,519 --> 00:15:31,159 trade like a first overall pick for number two? Take Mitch Cooff and maybe 233 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:35,639 another relatively early pick. Let's say it's somewhere in the five to ten range, 234 00:15:35,639 --> 00:15:39,200 so you can still get a really good second piece and delay that that 235 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:43,080 value that you're going to get from Mitch Cooff in a few years. What 236 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,639 do you think about that idea? That's man, that's a tough one. 237 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,200 I still am betting on Bedard having more offensive upside. At the end of 238 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,519 the day, no one shoots like Badart does. And I've been really high 239 00:15:54,519 --> 00:16:00,320 on Meachkoff school scoring ability. But man Connor Badard is so adaptable, and 240 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,799 Mishkov isn't too adaptable. He tries to up the intensity, tries to up 241 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,080 the urgency in his game when he's limited a nice time, but he doesn't 242 00:16:08,159 --> 00:16:11,159 change his game based on the situation, based on what's ahead of him. 243 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:15,879 But Dard is adaptable to a point where I think there's a chance he goes 244 00:16:15,919 --> 00:16:21,159 a point a game in his first year. He's that good. He usually 245 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:26,559 players that skilled, with that much goal scoring, playmaking, stick handling hockey 246 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,639 sensibilities, they don't need to adapt at all. They don't because they can 247 00:16:30,679 --> 00:16:34,440 just outplay everyone at their level when they have that quality of play. But 248 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,399 but Dard doesn't just do that. But Dard when he gets triple teamed, 249 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:44,840 quardruple teamed by opponents, starts to play given Gomar, starts to dishaway the 250 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,360 puck, starts to move off puck, fine space, enters pockets, leaves 251 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:53,720 them, enters them again. It's just such a multifaceted and extremely refined game 252 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:59,080 that he's going to find ways to score no matter who he's playing against. 253 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,879 I have no concern about him at the NHL level from year one. I 254 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:06,519 think he has an opportunity to make the Blackhawks his team from day one. 255 00:17:06,799 --> 00:17:10,799 What we saw with McDavid and the Oilers before dry sidles a closure, etc. 256 00:17:11,559 --> 00:17:15,359 But Man, for me, there's no doubt at all Bidart has the 257 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,680 quality in order to uplift the Blockhawks. Maybe absolutely not into playoff position, 258 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,960 they're in no position to make a playoff run, but absolutely to put them 259 00:17:25,039 --> 00:17:27,519 in the ten to fifteen range in the draft and be a point of game 260 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:32,240 player. That's the kind of quality that Bidart is. So I love Miatchkov. 261 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:33,480 I love what he brings to the game. Then, obviously, in 262 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:38,039 contract leagues, yards contract bids, ALC is going to be done by the 263 00:17:38,079 --> 00:17:45,200 time Measkov's starts, right, So for the first three years of Meshkov's contract, 264 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,079 you're getting much much better value per dollar, but you're also waiting three 265 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,640 years where your dynasty is not profiting from this player. You're also losing three 266 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,160 years of an incredible quality of Connor Badard, who's just only going to get 267 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,559 better, who's going to be used to the NHL. He's not going to 268 00:18:00,599 --> 00:18:04,000 have to adapt to the NHL. And like I mentioned, meach Comv's adaptability 269 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:10,240 I says more on part with vantillies and bad Arts. So for me, 270 00:18:10,279 --> 00:18:12,880 it's just meach covs in a precarious situation where, yes, this floor is 271 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,119 high. It'd be very surprised if he doesn't score twenty five thirty goals again 272 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,799 a season in the NHL, But he's going to need time to adapt. 273 00:18:19,839 --> 00:18:23,599 He's not going to be a point pergam player off the bat at twenty two 274 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,039 twenty three when he comes over. It's going to take a bit more time, 275 00:18:26,079 --> 00:18:30,920 whereas Badard has at eighteen, the ability to score a point a game 276 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,200 in the NHL. In my opinion, yeah, you make good points. 277 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:38,119 I actually have this potential in one of my leagues. But the other issue, 278 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,079 as you pointed out, is that I'm emerging from a rebuild and I 279 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,839 want to compete this year, so it doesn't really make sense to entertain this 280 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:51,039 type of trade. But if I was not quite ready to emerge and had 281 00:18:51,079 --> 00:18:53,400 the time to wait, I think it's an interesting thought experiment. I think 282 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,640 you'd have to get a lot more than just one for one. That's not 283 00:18:56,799 --> 00:19:00,240 that doesn't make sense. If you could get a lot more, I do 284 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,319 think, though I might slightly disagree with you in the sense that I think 285 00:19:04,319 --> 00:19:08,480 when Mitchkoff comes over, obviously we don't know, but I think he has 286 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,079 a pretty good chance of going point per game in his first season. Of 287 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:15,599 course, it depends on the team, the situation, a lot of things, 288 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,599 but he will have had three years of full time KHL experience, and 289 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,359 I know it's not the same, but it's a really good league. Of 290 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,920 course, the ice a little bit different in terms of how much space they 291 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,960 have, but I think he's got a pretty good chance of doing a pulling 292 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,559 a caprice off when he first comes over, and that's in that range, 293 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,279 right, So maybe plus or minus a few points, but close to that. 294 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,400 Yeah, no, that makes sense. So I'd say, though, 295 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:41,039 the KHL and young players and nice time, and it's a concern. So 296 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:45,160 it's one thing I would personally keep in mind, and I'll keep a close 297 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,400 sound Meachkov and how much he's playing, because that'll change a lot. Because 298 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,440 if he's playing three minutes a night, it doesn't matter how much time he 299 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,559 spends in the KHL, is not going to learn much. Whereas if he's 300 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:57,119 playing fifteen, eighteen, nineteen twenty minutes a game and excelling and scoring well 301 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,279 above a point per game and all the thing we know he's capable of. 302 00:20:02,079 --> 00:20:04,480 He's money. Again, I love love Meachkoff, and I would pick him 303 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:10,000 a third overall. I'd even say there's an argument for second overall. But 304 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:14,640 but Dard's an animal, just a different piece. He's just it's hard, 305 00:20:14,799 --> 00:20:17,799 it's I can't. I can't vote against Badark. There's no way for me 306 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:22,480 to do that in any situation. He's the pack points only multi caat dynasty 307 00:20:22,519 --> 00:20:26,759 fantasy contract leagues, any league you have, I it'd be hard pressed to 308 00:20:26,799 --> 00:20:30,279 find a more impactful player on your dynasy with the Baddard. He's just that 309 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:36,160 good. Yeah, it's fascinated. This is the time of year that we 310 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,319 get every few years. We had this probably the year that McDavid came out 311 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,720 for one of the best fantasy hypotheticals you can have, which is, if 312 00:20:45,759 --> 00:20:48,279 I have the pick that I know will be bidard, how much could I 313 00:20:48,319 --> 00:20:53,359 get with it? And what would be worth it? At what point is 314 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:59,079 the reality of what you get out of one fantasy hockey player who is not 315 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,039 in fact immortal. There's a limit, There is a Capere's even Gretzky there 316 00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:06,960 was only so many. What is the limit of what you could get for 317 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:10,079 the dart in a fantasy league? And how much will it be? So 318 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:14,839 that's a very fun psychological experiment, and I know at least some players in 319 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,599 some of our leagues have been doing that in dynasty. But but how do 320 00:21:18,759 --> 00:21:22,359 Let me move on and talk about another one of the major sources for prospects 321 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:29,039 in this year's draft, the US national team development program. There's several forwards 322 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:32,079 coming out of that program this year. Who will be significant high picks in 323 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,440 the draft? Will Smith, gave Perow, Ryan Leonard, Oliver Moore, 324 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,319 Hotti, can you make the case for each one of these guys? Why 325 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,880 how they could be the first of the group taken for example, if they 326 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,640 reach their top potential, why would they be the best of the quartet? 327 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:51,720 How do you rank these guys? Smith, Pero, Leonard Moore? So 328 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,480 for me right now, it's Smith, Moore, Leonard prone order. I 329 00:21:56,519 --> 00:22:00,480 have him in and Smith, Moore and Leonard are really close. It's just 330 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:03,359 about what you prefer and what you're looking for as a team. It's almost 331 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,240 that much. Will Smith pure skill, one of the best to handlers in 332 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,480 the draft, if not the best, A great playmaker, a solid shot. 333 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,039 Really I have some concerns with this game. He relies a lot on 334 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:18,319 spacing and in terms of his foot speed, he plays at Trevor's Egress Logan 335 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,480 Coolie style of hockey without the foot speed of a Tregor. Trevor's aakres Or 336 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,880 Logan coolie. So it's just about how much he's going to be able to 337 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,960 add to his footspeed. Have his hands and his brain matches feet. But 338 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:33,160 he's got thirty goal ninety point potential in the NHL, which if you're in 339 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,279 points only, he's your guy for sure. Oliver Moore the most impactful of 340 00:22:37,319 --> 00:22:41,400 the four if you like Dylan Larkin, but he's basically Dylan Larkin. Blistering 341 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:47,119 speed, great defensively, really good hands and playmaking as well. Not to 342 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,000 the level of a Will Smith, but he's got some flashes and that gets 343 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,279 you out of your seat sometimes. So primarily getting a guy who he's the 344 00:22:53,279 --> 00:22:56,599 type of guy who has a solid impact. And if I had one game 345 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:02,839 to choose one guy in order to Game seven Stanley Cup Final, of those 346 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:07,160 four, it's Oliver Moore. He's just so intelligent, so refined, so 347 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,279 defensively responsible. He's going to win you a diesel face off and just carry 348 00:23:10,319 --> 00:23:12,440 it the whole way to a goal. Then you've got Alliver Moore, who 349 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,400 if you're looking for a power forward of those four, he's the guy. 350 00:23:15,599 --> 00:23:21,480 Ryan Leonard just fantastic. He's eighty one, pretty average size, but he 351 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,359 plays way bigger than his size. He looks way bigger than he's listed, 352 00:23:23,799 --> 00:23:30,039 and he can muscle players off, blistering shot and he's also got very underrated 353 00:23:30,039 --> 00:23:33,480 playmaking which doesn't show as much because he's playing with Will Smith and Gabe Perow, 354 00:23:33,759 --> 00:23:36,279 two of the best playmakers in the draft, so it doesn't get a 355 00:23:36,279 --> 00:23:40,119 lot of opportunities to showcase his playmaking. But it's genuinely solid and he can 356 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,640 drop the shoulder drive than that all that stuff. So if you're looking for 357 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,680 a big boy, I'm looking at Philadelphia. This is their kind of wheelhouse 358 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,680 of players. So that's one guy who definitely exemplifies that. And then you've 359 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:53,319 got Gay Perow. Of the four, it says the smartest and the better 360 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,599 playmaker. I just struggled to see much outside of that in his game, 361 00:23:56,759 --> 00:24:00,400 which is why he's twenty fifth in my rankings, whereas the other ones are 362 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,799 six, seven and nine. So he's going a different tier there for me. 363 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,960 But I really like the intelligence of playmaking. I just struggled to see 364 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,359 how his pace is going to keep up. I struggle to see how his 365 00:24:10,759 --> 00:24:12,799 effort level is going to keep up. He's not a very driven player, 366 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,400 and it's when he is, it's only in flashes and last minutes of games 367 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,119 and stuff like that. So I'm less high on Pero than the other three, 368 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,240 but I understand why a team would take him in the top ten, 369 00:24:22,319 --> 00:24:25,960 for example, but I don't think there's a chance he goes first out of 370 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,920 the four. Yeah. I wanted to just follow up on a couple of 371 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,519 things that I love that overview, and particular Ryan Leonard. He's someone who 372 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:41,279 rates out as elite for multi category and I think there's not really a debate 373 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:47,160 about that. But I think the question with Leonard comes back to how much 374 00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:49,759 more is there? And I think there's some people who look at Ryan Leonard 375 00:24:49,799 --> 00:24:55,440 and they say, yeah, he's a third line checker, and so that's 376 00:24:55,519 --> 00:25:00,720 not someone I want to invest a top fantasy pick in, and I personally 377 00:25:00,759 --> 00:25:03,240 don't agree with that. I'm wondering if you can be if you can specify 378 00:25:03,279 --> 00:25:07,440 a little bit more, why you think Leonard maybe has a little bit more 379 00:25:07,519 --> 00:25:11,960 upside than that. How does he leverage more of that skill to be more 380 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,960 of a top line player along with those multi category numbers which make could make 381 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,720 him an a lead fantasy asset and not just a third line banger. Yeah, 382 00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:25,680 So I don't think I think Ryan Leonard's floor is a third line banger 383 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,720 for me, He's already got the goal scoring ability to score twenty five thirty 384 00:25:29,799 --> 00:25:33,119 thirty five ish goals at the NHL level. I think that's going to compound 385 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,119 and improve as he grows as well, and that's some weight and grows into 386 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,960 his frame and etcetera. But like I mentioned, the playmaking is so underrated 387 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,160 because he's constantly finishing Smith and Pero's game it plays, so he's not getting 388 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,200 a lot of opportunities to dish the park and to connect with teammates and open 389 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,119 space and etcetera, etcetera. The skill set is underrated. I think he's 390 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,079 got about sixty five sixty sixty five seventy point a game appont a season kind 391 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:00,240 of potential which puts him firmly on a first second line in the top mainly 392 00:26:00,279 --> 00:26:03,119 as a complimentary piece. The one thing I'd love to see him do is 393 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,079 what Will Smith does, which is he was spacing rather than constantly drop the 394 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,279 shoulder, drive the net, bulldos through players, etc. Just getting comfortable 395 00:26:11,319 --> 00:26:15,559 hanging onto pucks, cutting to the middle slowly and in a kind of a 396 00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:18,400 surgical manner, which is what Smith does so well. As I feel like 397 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,519 that's what's missing in Leonard's game in order to make him a true top line 398 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:26,000 Bona fide prospect. Yeah. No, I love the skill set on Leonard 399 00:26:26,039 --> 00:26:29,240 already think that's not going to be a concern. But the only thing I 400 00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:33,240 could really point to that prevents him from being a true first line potential player 401 00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:36,319 is that issue with spacing. He loves to drive the net, but at 402 00:26:36,319 --> 00:26:38,480 some point we saw it, We've seen it with Josh Anderson. You need 403 00:26:38,519 --> 00:26:42,519 to slow the game down a bit, makes it passes laterally neither to just 404 00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:45,880 be a pure North South player. So I'd love to see a bit more 405 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:51,519 of that Letter's game in order to uplift his projection, make him more dangerous 406 00:26:51,519 --> 00:26:52,880 in the middle of the ice, in the high slot and below slot, 407 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:57,480 that kind of thing. Yeah, I love that. And the only other 408 00:26:57,519 --> 00:27:02,720 thing I would love to is with respect to Will Smith. I don't think 409 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,480 there's any question he has the highest offensive upside, but I think one of 410 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:11,759 the things that maybe gets overlooked a little bit is his lack of sort of 411 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,880 defensive refinement. And yeah, he's going to college, he's got he's got 412 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,599 time to figure that out. And I know that like at the program, 413 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,039 he didn't that's not really what he was asked to do. But I think 414 00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:25,839 if you look at what he is right now, he's like not a first 415 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,599 line center because he can't really he's not really that adept at both sides. 416 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,759 I think that My question is, do you think he can get all the 417 00:27:32,799 --> 00:27:36,839 way there and round out his two hundred foot game be that true one seed 418 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,640 which plays both sides of the puck and is really impactful defensively. Because if 419 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,440 he can do that, oh man, I think the sky's the limit. 420 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,880 But if he doesn't, then he's just a really good offensive forward that you 421 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,680 only deploy situationally. Yeah, miss why I prefer Zack Benson to him personally, 422 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,200 It's just said, Zack Benson has that nailed down plays exactly the way 423 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,799 he should at the pace, at the pace he skates Rose will Smith does. 424 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:02,640 He is a liability right now in his own zone. I don't think 425 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,279 he needs to become good in his own zone. I just think he shouldn't 426 00:28:06,319 --> 00:28:10,640 be a liability. And I usually players. If Gunny kuznets Off is a 427 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,160 first line center, Steven Stamkos is a first line center who all was in 428 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,759 his best years. If you're good enough offensively and you're paired with the right 429 00:28:18,799 --> 00:28:22,440 linemates, all that matters is that you guys connect regularly and get to the 430 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,240 offensive zone and then from there you just work your magic. Right, Will 431 00:28:26,279 --> 00:28:32,240 Smith has that ability to dominate play offensively and to connect with his teammates in 432 00:28:32,279 --> 00:28:34,079 good areas, get them out of trouble with his passes rather than put them 433 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:37,680 into trouble. That kind of thing. All I'm looking for will Smith is 434 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,799 just for his defending to become a baseline average, just for him to not 435 00:28:41,839 --> 00:28:47,039 be a complete liability, which he's not a complete liability. He is too 436 00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:52,079 often and that's preventing him from having a decent impact and from really showcasing his 437 00:28:52,119 --> 00:28:55,680 offensive ability even more. Because if he begins to put just a bit more 438 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,640 effort, if he learns to improve his positioning a tiny bit, he's spending 439 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,799 less time in his own which means he's spending more time in the neutral zone 440 00:29:00,799 --> 00:29:03,720 and offensive zone, which is just great for his game. Right. So 441 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,279 it's just about tweaking his game in the right areas, just so that he, 442 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,039 like I said, he doesn't have to be perfect defensively, but just 443 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:12,720 not be a liability. So that's what I'm looking for from him in his 444 00:29:12,799 --> 00:29:17,559 college years. That's the main thing I'll be looking at in swith in Smith's 445 00:29:17,599 --> 00:29:22,720 game in order to see whether or not he has the capabilities to become a 446 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,960 first line center, which I think he does. Usually players up their anti 447 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,640 improve their effort level as they grow as immature, learn some more habits and 448 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,519 develop some new kind of habits that allow them to have at least a baseline 449 00:29:34,519 --> 00:29:41,359 average defensive game. So I'm not too worried with Smith regarding that. All 450 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,480 right, let's talk a little bit about the defenseman. You mentioned him already. 451 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,839 The defenseman maybe are not quite so bad as they've been sold. I'm 452 00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:51,960 going to dump of a few of them out on the table in front of 453 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,519 Beihati, and you tell me how to differentiate these guys what we're looking at 454 00:29:55,559 --> 00:30:00,960 here. You got Dmitri Simachev over in the MHL Axel, Sandy Helica in 455 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:07,079 the SHL, Luca Cagnoni in the WHL, mckill, Guyayev over in the 456 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,559 K David Rheinbacker. We hear a lot about him these last couple of weeks. 457 00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:15,319 And then Caden Price, who's in the DUB, tell us about these 458 00:30:15,319 --> 00:30:18,000 guys and how we should keep him apart, and who you like out of 459 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:21,960 us group. Yeah, So Simischev is my favorite out of that crop. 460 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,400 He's eighth overall in my rankings, and for me, Dmitri Simischev is everything 461 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,799 people think David Rheinbacker is. He's as good, if not better, defensively 462 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,960 than Ryan Backer. He's a better skater than Ryan Backer, which is saying 463 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,279 something given how good of a skater Rheinbacker is. On top of that, 464 00:30:37,759 --> 00:30:41,680 people think of Rheinbacker and think, okay, really good defensive defenseman with great 465 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:47,400 skating and some offensive potential that's untapped and all that. I disagree on that 466 00:30:47,519 --> 00:30:49,920 last statement, but when it comes to Simischev, that's absolutely true. He's 467 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:55,160 got small habits in the offensive his own where he's playing. The small given 468 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,000 goes from the point he's accessing the high slot. He's faking his shots and 469 00:30:59,319 --> 00:31:03,480 rolling his to go laterally and open up a new shooting lane. All these 470 00:31:03,519 --> 00:31:06,519 little habits that show up from time to time in this game that really show 471 00:31:06,599 --> 00:31:12,480 me that he's got untapped offensive potential. Whereas Ranbacher, he scored more points 472 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,799 than Simashev at the pro level, of course he did. He's playing in 473 00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:19,279 the Swiss National League and not the KHL, which is more difficult to first 474 00:31:19,279 --> 00:31:23,400 earn ice time in a second to earn points. And but a lot of 475 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,039 the points that Ryanbacker got in the Swiss National League were also a result of 476 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:32,200 a lot of collapsing that happens in defensive structures in the Swiss National League. 477 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:37,519 So we'll see a lot of compact defensive boxes and on a very large ice 478 00:31:37,559 --> 00:31:41,240 surface. And what that does is it gives Ryan Backer the freedom to circle 479 00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:44,000 the offensive his own seven eight times if he wants, and we saw that 480 00:31:44,039 --> 00:31:47,000 a lot this year. So what would usually happen is they circle the I 481 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:52,680 sevent eight times and find a lane or just throw a puck near the goaltender 482 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,079 and have a teammate bang in the rebound, the kind of thing. So 483 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,839 for me, the projectability of Simaschev's offense is better and the flashes are more 484 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:05,839 frequent in this game. So Simashev for me, is clear of Ryanbacker. 485 00:32:05,839 --> 00:32:08,240 They're in two different tiers. AXL Sending Pelica is in the same tier as 486 00:32:08,319 --> 00:32:14,640 a Simischev to me, but they're completely different players. Simashev is pure offense, 487 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,640 really needs to work on his defensive game. Reminds me a lot of 488 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:21,359 a John Klingberg in terms of the output on the ice and his abilities. 489 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,640 Fantastic breakout player. He rarely misses a breakout pass and just has the abilities 490 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,759 in the offensive zone that I'm looking for. A decent shot, great lateral 491 00:32:29,839 --> 00:32:34,000 mobility, and a deception and manipulation from the blue line. So if you're 492 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,240 looking for an offensive defenseman sending Pelica as your guy, then, like I 493 00:32:37,279 --> 00:32:39,079 mentioned Ryan Backer, he's solid. I have a hard time seeing him not 494 00:32:39,119 --> 00:32:43,440 become a second pair of defenseman, but also have a very hard time seeing 495 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,640 him become anything more than that. So it's just about how much you value 496 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:50,880 a second pair of defenseman. Would you trade a sixteenth overall pick in this 497 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,880 draft for a would you trade I've heard talks of him going in the top 498 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:58,079 five. Would you trade your fifth overall pick and a draft this deep for 499 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,400 a second pair defenseman? The answer a clear and resounding no. So I 500 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,720 just can't justify having him higher than sixteenth At sixteen, yeah, I would 501 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,440 trade a sixteenth overall pick for a very good, very mobile, very defensively 502 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:13,079 responsible second pair of defenseman. And then you've got Kanyo and who have got 503 00:33:13,119 --> 00:33:16,160 ranked just after Ryanbacker and Kenyone. He's the smartest defenseman in this shraft, 504 00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:21,640 just by decent margin. He is so intelligent. But the thing is he's 505 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,640 small and not the fastest, and there's not a market for defenseman like that 506 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,880 in the NHL. So he's probably going to be available in the early second 507 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,200 round, maybe mid second round. But he is incredibly intelligent. If you 508 00:33:32,279 --> 00:33:36,039 develop him, well, you've got a top pairer defenseman. And then we 509 00:33:36,119 --> 00:33:39,480 got Kaden Price, who you never know what you're getting with him. He's 510 00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:43,559 a dice roll with him. You'd never know what Kating Price are getting because 511 00:33:43,559 --> 00:33:45,759 some games he looks unstoppable. He looks like a top ten pick. He's 512 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:51,759 making passes through multiple screens, he's putting pucks on net through multiple guys, 513 00:33:52,119 --> 00:33:54,279 deeking his way into the offensive zone, using a skating defensively as well to 514 00:33:54,279 --> 00:33:58,720 shut down players. And then there's other games where every decision he makes is 515 00:33:58,759 --> 00:34:01,240 bad. So he's outside of my first round right now, barely. He's 516 00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:06,519 a thirty fourth overall, just because I'm betting on the frequency of those good 517 00:34:06,559 --> 00:34:09,599 games getting better and better as he leaves Kelowna. But yeah, that's my 518 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:16,039 current kind of evaluation of those defensemen that you mentioned. All right, next, 519 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:21,320 Hotti, which board do you think is going to fall in this draft 520 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,719 and be a tremendous value in fantasy And the victor would like to know why 521 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:30,079 it is Jaden Parron. I was gonna say Andrew Christal as well. Both 522 00:34:30,079 --> 00:34:34,480 avery the same boat. They're absolutely just there are two small guys who play 523 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:38,599 a very different style. Jaden Prawn is smaller than Christal, but better physically. 524 00:34:39,039 --> 00:34:42,960 He's one of those guys, was one of those small guys who isn't 525 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,159 hindered at all by his physical frame. A very Chicago Steel type of player. 526 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,840 They love those shorter guys that they develop into playing twice or size, 527 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,840 and that's definitely Jaden Prawn. I have a very hard time naming a weakness 528 00:34:54,880 --> 00:35:00,280 of Jaden Prawn. He's just solid defensively, he holds his own physically, 529 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,760 some of the best hands on the draft, decent speed and agility, and 530 00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:08,440 great playmaker, great goal scorer. He's about He's got every offensive tool you 531 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:13,039 need and some defensive tools as well that are pretty enticing. So I've got 532 00:35:13,079 --> 00:35:15,800 him twelfth. Overall, I'm almost certain he's going to be available past the 533 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,800 fifties, So definitely going to be one guy who's going to drop a lot 534 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,840 and be of great value, and especially multi cat leagues. He's probably gonna 535 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:28,039 end up playing some time on the penalty kill at the NHL level. If 536 00:35:28,039 --> 00:35:30,079 he makes it, then you got Andrew Crostaal, who's got a top five 537 00:35:30,159 --> 00:35:35,119 skill set in this draft but is extremely inconsistent. And if he can get 538 00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:37,440 a team first, if you can get him out of Cologna, great, 539 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,599 Just get him at least a teammate that can finish his chances. But yeah, 540 00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:45,400 fantastic shot, great hands. Jadehunterbadarts called him the smartest player he's ever 541 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,079 played with, and it's very evident on the ice, but the effort level 542 00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:51,840 isn't always there, and I don't blame him. Colowna was really rough to 543 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,079 watch this year, both for Kadam Price and Andrew Ristal. Kind of the 544 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:59,039 same diagnosis of they're not well surrounded and they're left to their own devices, 545 00:35:59,039 --> 00:36:00,360 so when they have a stinker, they stand out like a sore thumb. 546 00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:06,199 Right. So I've seen Christall in the sixties and the seventies on some rankings. 547 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,440 I just can't justify it. He's too good offensively and too smart within 548 00:36:09,519 --> 00:36:14,679 without the puck to be anywhere below. He's eleventh O for all my rankings, 549 00:36:14,679 --> 00:36:19,440 and I can't justify dropping him any lower than that. I'm a big 550 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,400 fan of Parantu, and I've heard you extol his virtues. I just worry 551 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:28,559 that as he and when he gets drafted, and what the NHL teams think 552 00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:31,800 of him and his size limitations, if that continues to be more and more 553 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:36,199 evident as he rises in the ranks, and that just might end up being 554 00:36:36,199 --> 00:36:38,519 prohibited for the type of style that he wants to play. So that's my 555 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,400 realistic concern with him, and I just don't know if it's feasible that he's 556 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,960 going to be able to overcome all that. Yeah. No, it's just 557 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,400 like I mentioned, I'm not worried at all about his size because you watch 558 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,039 him play. He watched the leverage that he brings to board battles he wins. 559 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,360 I believe in the games I've tracked, he's won more than fifty percent 560 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,639 of his board battles against bigger, stronger, tougher defenseman than he is. 561 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:07,960 I just think that NHL teams are completely turned off by size, and that'll 562 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,360 affect his development path, that will affect the amount of time the teams spend 563 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:16,679 on him. So it's unfortunate because the Chicago Steal have become such a good 564 00:37:16,679 --> 00:37:22,360 program at taking those smaller players and making them play a translatable, projectable game 565 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:29,639 that it would be truly unfortunate for Paran to become overlooked or not taken as 566 00:37:29,639 --> 00:37:32,280 seriously as a prospect just because of his size, because he's got everything else, 567 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:37,320 and I love his game, just the control he has on games. 568 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:42,519 At times, it's not all the time. There are some relative inconsistencies, 569 00:37:42,519 --> 00:37:45,320 but he's still got that baseline of defensive play that he can fall back on. 570 00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:47,199 But in terms of controlling play with the puck, he has some games 571 00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:51,920 where he's not just the best player in the USHL, he's the best player 572 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:59,320 in the US period. But then that's the thing is that size does have 573 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,440 an effect on team's rankings, and if he's picked in the fifties, it's 574 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:06,400 different than the player that same team is going to pick in the first round 575 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,280 in that same year. They're going to treat him differently. They're gonna there's 576 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,639 gonna develop him differently. They're going to give him the different objectives, not 577 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,280 some weight hit the gym. YadA YadA. Whereas the things he needs to 578 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:21,320 work on our power skating, working on a stride, improving that top speed 579 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,480 in order to be one of the speediest players in the NHL when he hits 580 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,119 it. Yeah, no, it's unfortunate with Prawn, but I really believe 581 00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:31,239 in the upside. So, hottie, we just talked a minute ago about 582 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:36,119 would you spend the fifth pick on a guy you knew was going to end 583 00:38:36,199 --> 00:38:38,440 up being a second pair of defenseman And the answer is no. For real 584 00:38:38,599 --> 00:38:44,639 NHL GM it is heck no, pardon my French, hottie, in fantasy 585 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,880 because a second line defenseman or a second pair of defenseman is not of great 586 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:52,679 value in most fantasy leagues. And so a lot of times we're going into 587 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:57,840 the drag, we're thinking about these guys who have a big upside. They 588 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,039 might not ever become regular NHLers, but if they hit, they're gonna hit 589 00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:05,320 big. They're gonna be a lottery ticket. And so I guess what we're 590 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,440 looking at here. Do you see anybody maybe a second or third round or 591 00:39:08,519 --> 00:39:12,440 a guy who just might turn out to be nothing but might turn out to 592 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,639 be fantasy gold steel falling that late and anybody you can think of who might 593 00:39:17,039 --> 00:39:22,960 hit that type of sweet spot, I would say probably will Whitelaw. I've 594 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,199 seen in a couple of first rounds, but not in nearly enough first rounds 595 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,559 that I would pin him as a guy who's going to be picked in the 596 00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:34,360 first round as possible. But he's another smaller player who is extremely adaptable. 597 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,079 I talked about adaptability with Badard. Whitelaws certainly has it. He's able to 598 00:39:37,159 --> 00:39:42,280 modify his game based on what he's facing, based on the structure as opponents 599 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,880 are taking. And one thing I mean they look out for hockey sense is 600 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:46,880 does a player get better in the third period than they did than they were 601 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:51,480 in the first, Because if so, usually it's because they've read the opposing 602 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,440 structure, they've adapted their game to their structure, and they're now able to 603 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:59,320 work through it. And Whitelaw consistently this year has been better in the third 604 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,599 period than he was in the first in any given game of watch of his 605 00:40:02,159 --> 00:40:06,679 just incredibly smart. He's got puck skills, he's got a wicked shot, 606 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,280 he's got great playmaking, he's got the offensive tools. It's just he's one 607 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,519 of those guys who's absolutely going to job because the size as well. But 608 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,920 mainly what makes me think that he's one of those guys in the second third 609 00:40:17,039 --> 00:40:22,119 round, so that could end up being a gem, a pure true gem, 610 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,320 is just he adaptability. He's constantly finding ways to improve his game and 611 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:30,639 to work through opponents hurdles that come up in front of him. The name 612 00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:35,079 that I would throw out there, I like that one is Grayson Sachin. 613 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,079 Oh yeah, he may not last of the second round, but I think 614 00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:43,119 there's a good chance he does get faded a little bit because the numbers aren't 615 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,480 all the way there. I point per game on the Seattle Thunderbirds with a 616 00:40:46,599 --> 00:40:52,400 much diminished role playing twelve to fourteen sometimes a little bit more minutes a night 617 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,079 is part of the reason there. But he's awesome, he's super smart, 618 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:59,639 a little bit undersized, but I think he's someone who could really pop off 619 00:40:59,639 --> 00:41:01,840 next year and go from point per game to close the two points per game. 620 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,760 I don't think that would be totally unrealistic. And so if you're looking 621 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,320 at the at projecting four, I think Grayson schen is another one to think 622 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,199 about, Oh for sure. And I'll throw one last name and throwing there. 623 00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:16,639 It's Brad Lenado, top five release in the draft, just a fantastic 624 00:41:16,639 --> 00:41:21,320 goal scorer. And beyond that, he's able to make plays. He's able 625 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,719 to up the anti effort level wise in order to win back pucks for his 626 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,440 team. He's doing it in the BCHL, yes, which doesn't have the 627 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,440 biggest, strongest defenseman, but I have no doubt that he'd be able to 628 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:37,119 do it in the WHL or the NC Double next year or wherever he ends 629 00:41:37,159 --> 00:41:42,519 up playing. He's just he's a pure sniper. And if you get him 630 00:41:42,559 --> 00:41:45,639 in the set in the mid second round and he ends up being a forty 631 00:41:45,639 --> 00:41:50,840 goal scorer in a very alex to bring it style of pick, this could 632 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,440 be another one that you're talking about, being like, how did he drop 633 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,159 that low? Because he's definitely got the skill set, and obviously it's the 634 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:59,760 league. Pent Tickton was the BCSL. The BCHL was basically a one team 635 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:07,480 that year, so it's he's one of those guys who just didn't benefit from 636 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:12,159 playing in a more visible market. And yeah, no, I still think 637 00:42:12,159 --> 00:42:15,039 he's got a top five release in the draft. He's just a fantastic goal 638 00:42:15,119 --> 00:42:19,800 scorer. I'm gonna take a real quick break, come back and finish off 639 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:37,400 the show. Hattie, we have a few questions for our patrons. I 640 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,119 know we're running short on time, but we want to throw a few of 641 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:44,679 your way. First from doctor Hook Nate Danielson. He wants to know if 642 00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,239 if Nate Danielson's the best two way player in the draft, and what the 643 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:52,159 upside for Danielson is the best two way player in the draft is Zack Benson. 644 00:42:52,639 --> 00:42:58,000 Without a doubt, Nick Danielson's really good defensively, but I'm not very 645 00:42:58,079 --> 00:43:01,559 much sold on his offensive upside. I don't think he's got that at high 646 00:43:01,599 --> 00:43:06,039 end potential. There are some flashes, and they're very occasional. Sometimes you'll 647 00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:07,920 pull out a Deek that really surprises you or that kind of thing. But 648 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:14,199 he just strikes me so much as a middle sixth center, and he has 649 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:19,159 a baseline defensively that makes him pretty solid. But if you're talking best two 650 00:43:19,159 --> 00:43:21,960 way forward in the draft, a Sack Benson by a decent margin, then 651 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,840 you got Oliver Moore behind him, a couple other guys, including piranhu I 652 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:30,039 have him there, but man if Danielson had a tiny bit more, dare 653 00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:32,679 to his game, he would be so good, and it's so tough to 654 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:37,679 teach that mindset. A mindset and a prospect is usually a very fixed thing. 655 00:43:38,159 --> 00:43:42,599 You have it or you don't. I've very rarely seen prospects improve their 656 00:43:42,639 --> 00:43:45,440 mindset in terms of how they approach the game. So I'd say Danielson has 657 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,360 a He's a very safe pick if you're a contender, you're picking in the 658 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,119 late round, in the late first round, Gopher, He's gonna be in 659 00:43:52,159 --> 00:43:57,119 each other. But I'm not sold on the offensive potential. I think he's 660 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:02,400 at most he's got fifty fifty points in him from patron Edward. What do 661 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:07,800 you think about Adam Vantilly returning to Michigan for his DP plus one season? 662 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:13,639 Sure? Absolutely no prospects perfect And yes he won the Hohoby Baker. Why 663 00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:15,920 not win it twice? He's that good and at second overall, there's no 664 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,280 concern. It's not like it's going to hinder his game at all. I 665 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,239 think there's such a thing as rushing a player to the NHL. There's no 666 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,719 such thing as keeping a player in an extra year at a level they're too 667 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:28,159 good for worst case scenario, they dominate, don't learn much and then they're 668 00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:30,159 the same player when they reshoot you the next year. But I think the 669 00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:34,760 fantility does have some things he can improve in his game, playing between checks, 670 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,559 learning how to not rely too much on his frame and really just play 671 00:44:38,599 --> 00:44:42,239 the off put game the right way, because he's good in terms of two 672 00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:45,800 way ability. He's good in terms of physical ability, but it's mainly because 673 00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:49,960 he relies very much on his physical frame rather than his mechanics, as we 674 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,480 see like with a guy like Zach Benson or Japon Prawn. They're smaller guys, 675 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:57,599 but they're mechanics, they're technique, and board battles is better than fantilities 676 00:44:57,639 --> 00:45:00,119 in some respects. Yeah. No, I'm not worried at all. And 677 00:45:00,199 --> 00:45:04,440 either way, worst case, you wait a year to get a franchise center, 678 00:45:04,559 --> 00:45:07,519 I'd do that any day, So I'm not concerned at all. Yeah, 679 00:45:07,559 --> 00:45:12,559 it seems like a lot of those Michigan guys have gone back and then 680 00:45:12,639 --> 00:45:15,000 teams are just waiting on Michigan season Dan, he hit him up in the 681 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:22,000 pros from tim Ay. You have mentioned Andrew Crystal already. His projections are 682 00:45:22,039 --> 00:45:27,519 all over the plays of people and tim Ay, maybe this is repeating some 683 00:45:27,519 --> 00:45:29,760 of the things you've already said. But why are you right to have him 684 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,440 all the way up at sixth in this draft? Hime? Yeah, I 685 00:45:32,519 --> 00:45:37,239 had him sixth before bringing him down five spots in my final rankings. But 686 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,960 yeah, like I said, he's got a top five skill set and in 687 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:45,239 the shaft, and I think that it's more likely that the inconsisty, the 688 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:50,280 inconsistencies in this game get worked out as he gets surrounded with better and better 689 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,480 players, rather than those inconsistencies being a staple of his game. As he 690 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:59,280 moves forward, a lot of players usually find the consistency. Usually it means 691 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,320 that I still have the flashes, but their worst games are less bad, 692 00:46:04,039 --> 00:46:07,440 which is basically what you're waiting for from Christall in order to have him be 693 00:46:07,559 --> 00:46:12,000 a top end NHL player is just for his bad games to be less evident, 694 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,000 And I think they're going to be less and less evident as he becomes 695 00:46:14,039 --> 00:46:16,199 more and more well surrounded, learns to trust his teammates a bit more, 696 00:46:16,199 --> 00:46:20,519 because there were a lot of moments where he was barreling down the line, 697 00:46:20,559 --> 00:46:23,400 he was trying to create something out of nothing because he didn't trust his teammates 698 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:29,719 and finitious chances, but I think that in a vacuum, if you'll get 699 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:30,639 a skill set in a vacum, if you'll get his hockey sense in a 700 00:46:30,679 --> 00:46:34,639 vacuum, they're both top five in this shraft and that's why I had him 701 00:46:34,639 --> 00:46:37,880 six to Overall, the more I watched, the more a song consistencies, 702 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,599 the more a song concerns. Obviously, skating is an issue, and at 703 00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:43,840 five ten hundred and sixty five pounds, if you're not consistent and you're not 704 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,440 skating as well as other players, you need to have an elite skill set 705 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,199 in order to be in the top fives, and he definitely has a skill 706 00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,800 set that the inconsistencies are concerning enough that he dropped out of it. Zach 707 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:58,840 Benson's one guy who he's got as good a skill set as Christall, but 708 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,159 is way more consistent, the way more dependable on his own zone. And 709 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:06,239 they both have about the same skating. So just to give you a comparison 710 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,119 as to where I see them right now, if god Zach Benson at five 711 00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:13,079 and Christal at eleven, and the difference is consistency, that's what consistency does. 712 00:47:14,679 --> 00:47:20,519 Absolutely, some questions from Patron Danique the best bit for Montreal at number 713 00:47:20,639 --> 00:47:23,519 five? Is it Leonard Mitchkov, Dvorsky, Ryan Backer or some of the 714 00:47:23,599 --> 00:47:29,639 names that Danique suggests, who's your guy? Were thereof and I don't, 715 00:47:30,039 --> 00:47:31,800 I don't even think twice about it. He's third over all my rankings for 716 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:35,360 a good reason, and they HAPs have the time to wait for him to 717 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,280 be the player that we know he can be. If it's not Matt Famishkov 718 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:42,519 and Leo Carlson's off the board, which he probably should be. After the 719 00:47:42,559 --> 00:47:45,400 top four, it's got to be Zack Benson. You talk about a player 720 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:50,199 who's going to win you Cups, it's Zak Benson. He's, like I 721 00:47:50,199 --> 00:47:52,920 said, the two way forward of the draft, probably the best playmaker in 722 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,760 the draft. And that's saying someone something giving who's going first and second? 723 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,440 So those would be the two guys I would consider first. I would not 724 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:05,920 touch Dvorski with this fifth overall pick. Trade down, get a Tom Vilander 725 00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,320 in the twelve to fifteen range. They're pretty much the same player. Jemitri 726 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:13,000 Simischev. It's going to be available in the twenties probably. Why would you 727 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,079 waste a fifth overall pick on a second pair defenseman as a GM just doesn't 728 00:48:16,079 --> 00:48:20,480 make sense to me. Same for Davorski's the same type of player as Ryan 729 00:48:20,519 --> 00:48:23,199 backer Butt the forward version, where I'd be very surprised if he doesn't make 730 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:27,800 a middle six. But I have trouble seeing him competing well against top pair 731 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,440 defenders at the NHL level, Which why would you do that at fifth overall? 732 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:35,320 When you've got Will Smith and Zack Benson, you have eighty ninety point 733 00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,880 potential and Zach Benson has the two wayability of no one else in this draft. 734 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,960 It's just it's a no brainer for me. It's Mishkov, Benson, 735 00:48:42,039 --> 00:48:46,599 Smith. If it's anyone else, I'm disappointed. Danny's next question, This 736 00:48:46,639 --> 00:48:51,239 can go a lot of ways. Bore Yahidi sleeper picks in the top ninety 737 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,119 six. I guess that there's another wild card. Play another wild card here? 738 00:48:55,199 --> 00:49:00,480 Really like in this thing? Oh righty, let's go Felix Unger of 739 00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:04,480 Lexans in the SHL in the j twenty League, one of the some of 740 00:49:04,519 --> 00:49:07,599 the best playmaking metrics in this draft year. On top of that, he's 741 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:12,519 really good defensively, really responsible and mature in his game, really good pro 742 00:49:12,599 --> 00:49:15,719 habits as well, he's one guy that I would consider I would say I'm 743 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:20,079 higher on than most. I've very rarely seen him in the top forty. 744 00:49:20,119 --> 00:49:23,039 He's forty second in my rankings. The highest I've seen him is fifty first, 745 00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:27,679 I believe on Bob McKenzie's rankings. Everywhere else he's in the nineties. 746 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,679 So that's one guy I'm higher on the most. Matthew Mania as well, 747 00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:35,960 we'll have fiftieth is usually in the seventy eighty ninety range. He's one really 748 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:39,559 good right handed defenseman, really good mobility, almost always is trying something with 749 00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:43,320 the puck, which I love to see. He's always he's adding so much 750 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,840 to his game just by exploring on a daily basis. Other than that, 751 00:49:46,519 --> 00:49:52,599 probably Joey Willis. He's a a beta version of Owen Beck. Really good 752 00:49:52,599 --> 00:49:57,239 defensively, one of the best motors and work rates in the draft. Year 753 00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,480 shorter player, but really doesn't hint for him at all. He's going to 754 00:50:00,519 --> 00:50:02,880 be the type of guy who can just place on D's own face. Offs 755 00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:06,119 is going to win most of him, and then if he loses him, 756 00:50:06,119 --> 00:50:07,480 he's the Puck's going to be out of your own very soon. With his 757 00:50:07,559 --> 00:50:12,760 involvement. Those are three guys I'd throw him there. One of his other 758 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:16,360 questions actually feeds on Joey Willis, and that is was that the hardest player 759 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:21,599 to scout this year? That's what Donig's impression was. Do you agree with 760 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:24,840 that take of his No, I'd say Joey Willis. You could pretty much 761 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:29,000 see what type of player he was from day one. Just in terms of 762 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:32,119 his defensive involvement. I'd say I have him sixty fifth the sixty the sixty 763 00:50:32,119 --> 00:50:35,920 six player in my rankings was the toughest player to scout this year. It's 764 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:39,760 Andrew Strathman of Young Sound. You never knew what player you were getting that 765 00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:43,480 day. One day he's a shutdown defenseman. The other day he's a puck 766 00:50:43,519 --> 00:50:45,559 mover. The other day he's making mistakes in his own zone that he wasn't 767 00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:50,000 making a month ago, just all over the place, And every viewing I've 768 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,159 watched I had to check the number on his back multiple times to make sure 769 00:50:52,159 --> 00:50:57,039 I was scouting the right player. He's that unpredictable, so I still don't 770 00:50:57,039 --> 00:51:00,480 have a full grasp on him. But I'm an optimists, And there's the 771 00:51:00,519 --> 00:51:05,639 optimistic take of it, which is he's versatile, and there's a pessimistic outlook 772 00:51:05,639 --> 00:51:09,079 on it, which is that he's very inconsistent. And I'm more of an 773 00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:12,519 optimist, so I'll just say that he's versatile. But yeah, I've got 774 00:51:12,559 --> 00:51:17,840 him sixty six overall, awesome, rapid fire. Here thoughts on the top 775 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:21,800 five goalies. Is this going to be a good goalie draft? And well 776 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:25,840 we have any idea before say twenty and thirty. The answers no to that 777 00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:30,280 second question. That first question, it's just an average draft, ye for 778 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,960 goalies. I got Trey Augustine thirty eighth as my top goaltender. I really 779 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,000 love his game. Smaller player, but really good in terms of mobility, 780 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:40,320 in terms of puck tracking, in terms of awareness, He's all over the 781 00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:44,559 place technique wise, so he needs to work on that. But the tools 782 00:51:44,639 --> 00:51:47,840 themselves are so solid that if you get his technique up to par, which 783 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:52,039 most goaltender coaches are able to do, you've got a solid one. After 784 00:51:52,119 --> 00:51:58,199 Augustine, you've got her ball. Jacob Fowler, Adam Gayan, Carson Biarniston. 785 00:51:58,599 --> 00:52:00,920 There are a couple options in the third, fourth rounds. It could 786 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:04,760 be pretty good, But if you're talking second round early second round or maybe 787 00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:09,039 late first round. It's Augustine in a rawball at the top there, all 788 00:52:09,119 --> 00:52:13,800 right, And one more you mentioned earlier about some of these guys getting out 789 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,599 of Cologna that different things that could be happening after the draft, and the 790 00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:23,199 question that Dana poses last question was who could really rise after the draft this 791 00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:27,800 year and in his post draft year. Who do you see potentially taking a 792 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,519 jump based on It's hard to say, but who could you see taking a 793 00:52:31,519 --> 00:52:37,480 big jump next year? Nichol Ardis would be one. Maybe we're talking about 794 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,760 Luca Panelli in a couple of years as being a guy who dropped a way 795 00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:44,840 fer than he should. And Phileix Nielsen is another guy. Throw him there. 796 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:47,320 Nielsen reminds me a lot of Marcol Casper, And now we look at 797 00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:52,719 Marcol Casper and we're like, man the rings we thought initially just like more 798 00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:57,360 excited that the Red Wings had reached for him and reached hard at what was 799 00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,719 a ninth overall, and now he's looking like a fantastic prospect. Felix Nielsen 800 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:07,760 is from the same program as both Cider and Casper played in Rugla and really 801 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,559 similar to Casper in terms of his board game, in terms of his defensive 802 00:53:09,559 --> 00:53:13,960 abilities, in terms of his four checking game, and he's got a sneaky 803 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,360 good skill set. So I've been on and off on him, but he's 804 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:20,239 grown on me late in the year, and I think that if I were 805 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:23,599 to redo my rankings now, he'd probably be in the late thirties rather than 806 00:53:23,639 --> 00:53:27,800 mid forties. So that's already arise, and I think he's one guy who 807 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,280 could really up up his value in the next year. All right, that 808 00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:36,079 is all the listener questions that we have time for, Hottie. This has 809 00:53:36,119 --> 00:53:38,719 been amazing. Thank you so much for giving us some great insights as we 810 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:42,960 get close to this draft. Yeah, it's been a great time. Why 811 00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,440 don't you let people know I think people know your work pretty well, but 812 00:53:45,519 --> 00:53:49,639 let people know how they could go about finding more of your draft and your 813 00:53:49,639 --> 00:53:52,920 prospect takes out there for sure. So the one stop shop is a Twitter. 814 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:57,440 It's Hattie k Underscore scouting everything. I post a podcast, articles, 815 00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:00,480 just general tweets. I'll go there and yeah, I've also got a personal 816 00:54:00,519 --> 00:54:04,599 YouTube channel, Patti Kalakash If you just look up my name on YouTube with 817 00:54:04,639 --> 00:54:07,519 any child draft scouting At the end, you will find it. I am 818 00:54:07,559 --> 00:54:12,960 going to go through the HAPs picks after the draft and do a scouting report 819 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,480 video on each of those picks, breaking down the strengths of weaknesses of each 820 00:54:15,519 --> 00:54:17,360 picks. Yeah, but yeah, even that's going on Twitter. So if 821 00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:22,599 you just swim by Twitter, everything's there. Absolutely everybody should Thanks so much 822 00:54:22,599 --> 00:54:36,400 for being on head. No problem at all, and so concludes another episode 823 00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,480 of Fantasy Hockey Life. I hope you enjoyed that. Hottie is one of 824 00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:45,400 the preeminent draft guys and not always the guy who talks to the fantasy angle, 825 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,679 so it was nice to try to pull them a little bit into that 826 00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:52,280 direction. 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