1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:12,800 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks. Here shits your source 2 00:00:12,839 --> 00:00:16,879 of information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Block Off 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:23,039 has a step hit on stay lock. Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier and 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,800 Victor Nuno Fantasy Hockey Live. I am Jesse Severe fan Tracks over there, 5 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,640 joined me Victor Nuno of ep rink side Victor. How you doing. I'm 6 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,840 doing awesome, Jesse. It's it's a wonderful time of year where my San 7 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:45,600 Francisco forty nine er and football fandom has no bounds. We're recording on playoff 8 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:48,240 days, so hopefully by the time you hear this, there wasn't a massive 9 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,479 upset by the we've made packers. But you know me, I care about 10 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,719 football a lot. When the Niners are good and their games matter, that's 11 00:00:55,759 --> 00:01:00,359 pretty much it. Yeah. If you're interested in seeing a victors of football 12 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:04,719 fandom, you need to come in like a three week window in December and 13 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,640 January, or until the forty nine ers are eliminated. If you're interested in 14 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:14,040 seeing in San Francisco Giants fandom, you need to stop in September in a 15 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,799 year that they're good, or October abud Victor is a little distracted with things 16 00:01:17,799 --> 00:01:22,239 in October, so I hear in any event, Victor, I'm normally not 17 00:01:22,439 --> 00:01:26,280 a big forty nine Ers guy, but I am surrounded by the Packers fans 18 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,959 here in Wisconsin, and I'm not a Packers fan, so I would be 19 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,680 fine with you guys roaming all over them. Sorry, friends and neighbors. 20 00:01:36,159 --> 00:01:38,159 It's just the way I feel. I can't let other people around me have 21 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:44,319 nice things. Is this a case of who's less annoying? I'm sure that 22 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,760 if I lived among in present company, excepted of course, if I lived 23 00:01:48,879 --> 00:01:53,280 among a mass of rabid forty nine Ers fans, I would probably find them 24 00:01:53,319 --> 00:01:59,200 more annoying. But I don't. I live among a mass of Packers fans. 25 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,959 So that's how that's going right now. But Victor, what's not annoying. 26 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,719 What's not annoying is all the stuff that people can do when they join 27 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:15,199 up with us. They can come into our discord for free. There's hockey 28 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,719 chatter going on there all the time, and all you have to do to 29 00:02:17,759 --> 00:02:22,400 get that is hit Victor myself up. You don't know where to find us 30 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,800 and get the little magic link to get into the Discord. You can find 31 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:30,120 us on x at Fanhockey Life at Victor Nunio twelve, or you can email 32 00:02:30,199 --> 00:02:34,639 us Fantasy Hockeylife at gmail dot com. We haven't got as many of those 33 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,800 things lately. Maybe this is the part of the season where the hardcorees have 34 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:44,360 already joined and the casuals are not showing up quite as much. Is that 35 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,240 what it is, Victor Or? Have you just been handling all the emails 36 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,080 and I've been lazy and I didn't even know they came? Yeah, I 37 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,479 know, I think it's not the busiest time, but I did get a 38 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,879 couple over Twitter. I get some over Discord. So sometimes they come in 39 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:00,240 different ways, so they don't always come to the email. Not as many 40 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,199 have come to the email, so that is true. But yeah, you 41 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,319 never know when someone's going to get turned on. We're happy to have you 42 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:10,719 anytime. But wait, there's more, Victor. There's Patreon. Because the 43 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:15,000 people who are around at this point they want more out of life. They 44 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,319 want to dig deeper, they want to see cool things, and you have 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,719 lots of things you are producing over there. Can you tell people about it? 46 00:03:22,599 --> 00:03:23,800 Yeah, for sure, lots of great stuff With the Patreon. We 47 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:29,520 do a couple of extra things like the patroon cast we do. We have 48 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:35,560 a prospect ranking that we're going to be updating or constantly updating. We'll update 49 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,039 a big update soon. You have the tidy the tier dynasty that you can 50 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,919 only play in if you're a patron, so lots of great stuff, including 51 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,319 a Patreon Priority channel and extra things like roster doctors and things. So if 52 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,120 you're interted in that and supporting the show Patreon dot com slash Fantasy Hockey Life. 53 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,560 That is the appetizer, but the main dish is right after this, 54 00:03:53,680 --> 00:04:03,719 we're going to have Blake Kreamer talking about some fantasy hockey. We're pleased to 55 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,599 join the hardest working man in the fantasy hockey business. It is Blake Kreamer 56 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:12,439 of Apples and Ginos. Blake, how you doing, Oh man, I 57 00:04:12,479 --> 00:04:15,719 feel good. That is a lovely intro. Hardest working man. I don't 58 00:04:15,719 --> 00:04:17,160 know about that. I'll go second to you guys. You guys are doing 59 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,560 some amazing work over here at Fantasy Hockey Life. Come on, man, 60 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,560 Victor and I. We build up our endurance through the season so that we 61 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,319 can do two episodes a week in the off season and it practically kills us. 62 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:30,480 And you're doing you said, five episodes a week. I think Victor 63 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,600 and I would hate each other and never speak to each other and also sleep 64 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:38,360 the whole day, because if we tried to do that much at the same 65 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,839 time, that might make for some good podcasting though, just some real tension, 66 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,360 just going at each other, I think could even take it over the 67 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,800 top. I don't know where I'm going with that. Yeah, we're six 68 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,199 states apart, so the swings would probably not land. It would conflict sells. 69 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:55,759 That is very true, Blake. What else sells is the guys who 70 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,160 you need to get at this time of year in your leagues. We're in 71 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,560 the doldrums. We're in the the snow is on the ground, the ice 72 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,480 is on the ground. The matchups you're looking there. You have to check 73 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:08,480 how many matchups do I have left before the playoffs? Do I have any 74 00:05:08,519 --> 00:05:12,480 hope? And you're just praying for a miracle at this point. You're trying 75 00:05:12,519 --> 00:05:15,839 to find that guy who could take you over the top, Blake, And 76 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,879 if you're doing five shows a week, Victor and I believe you are going 77 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:24,199 to be the guy to identify the players who will take us over the top 78 00:05:24,319 --> 00:05:27,040 for the rest of the year. Is that do you find that is something 79 00:05:27,079 --> 00:05:30,360 that you've been able to do in your leagus is identify that guy mid season 80 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,160 who can really take you home. I really do believe in the way that 81 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,560 we value players over at Apples and Gino's, and I've had more successes than 82 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,240 failures, honestly. But what's interesting sometimes I talk with Nate over Apples and 83 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,959 Genos that the advice we're giving is sometimes better than what we're doing with our 84 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,480 own teams. Did you ever notice that I love that the takes we're putting 85 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,399 out there, And then I look at a couple of my teams, I'm 86 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:53,399 like, what is going on? Like, how am I middling around five 87 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,240 hundred right now? Yeah? That all said, I really do believe in 88 00:05:56,399 --> 00:06:00,279 the way we value players here. Yeah, that's so true. Like I'm 89 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:02,920 gonna jump in now, and that's I totally feel that too. There's so 90 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,600 many times where I feel like I'm getting out of this good advice and then 91 00:06:05,639 --> 00:06:09,600 I'm so busy like doing all that, and I look at my team and 92 00:06:09,639 --> 00:06:12,120 look at my leagues and people are adding the guys that I suggested, and 93 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,040 I'm like, damn, it. I forgot to do that, so busy 94 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:17,000 telling everyone else to do it. That's right. That's the plight of the 95 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,000 fantasy hockey podcaster, isn't the victory. Everybody has all our information out there. 96 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,480 So if you're in any leagues with anyone who's listing, it's okay. 97 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,800 I guess I'm you got to stay up till midnight or three am or whatever, 98 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,240 and you got to make sure you get your guys. Yeah. I 99 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,439 guess I could just go through all my leagues and make sure before I talk 100 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,519 about them that I add them. But that's a lot of work, and 101 00:06:34,959 --> 00:06:39,040 I'm here for the people more than I want to win my leagues too. 102 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,199 But I'm trying to put good content out there. That's right, buddy. 103 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,600 Their wins equal are wins? Am I? Right? There? You go. 104 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,120 So we have a bunch of guys talk about and yeah, it's good 105 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,120 to have you on the show. People may or may not remember. Back 106 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:53,399 in the early I think it was a preseason. You had me on your 107 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:55,240 show a couple of times, and that was really fun. It was a 108 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,439 good time. I'm sure I was wrong about all my ADP battles that we 109 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,319 did, and you took me to the cleaners. I specifically remember talking about 110 00:07:01,319 --> 00:07:04,439 Meyer, and that's definitely one that has not worked out well for me. 111 00:07:04,759 --> 00:07:08,680 You still still have a season left, and there's there's Slim over there. 112 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,879 He might get the biz here soon. Yeah, we're not gonna talk about 113 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,480 him. We're just gonna conveniently ignore that guy. But we asked you for 114 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:17,680 a list, like Jesse said, to identify some guys that couldn't help you 115 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,240 win the rest of the season, and so we got some really good names 116 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:24,279 here. The first one we're gonna talk about is mister Gabe Vallardi. And 117 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:30,759 Valardi came over this to this season with Winnipeg there, and he's been pretty 118 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:33,600 good so far career season, sixty six point pace, he's his time on 119 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,319 ice is up like a minute and a half. He's getting some decent power 120 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:42,040 play time in LA last year, but it's even gone up another twenty five 121 00:07:42,079 --> 00:07:45,839 seconds or so this year. Really doing some good stuff. It's been hot 122 00:07:45,879 --> 00:07:48,519 and cold a little bit here and there, but overall, I think all 123 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,839 this is suggesting you probably are pretty high on him. The time on ice 124 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:58,560 looks good. Do you think seventy point pace rest of season is reasonable for 125 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:01,720 mister Vallardi, what do you think. Yeah, seventy points might be a 126 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:03,439 little spicy, but it's in the range of possibilities. I think that would 127 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:07,120 be ceiling Vollardi. But to me, something that Velardi's been doing really well 128 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,319 since he came over from LA is that he's up his shots on goal per 129 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,560 sixty, especially like he's always been a somewhat efficient player right as evidenced by 130 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,360 his shooting percentage over the years, but he's been able to keep up that 131 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:20,680 efficiency this season. But he's up this shot count for reference, just at 132 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,160 five on five. This guy shots on goal for sixty last season seven point 133 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:28,079 two eight this season nine point zero five and over at Apples and Ginos, 134 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,960 we love shots on goal for sixty. Anything approaching ten shots on goal for 135 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:37,639 sixty is a pretty elite shot generator and it's just under that at nine. 136 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:39,000 So that's nice to see. And like I said, he kept up his 137 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,799 efficiency. So I don't know. To me, with Winnipeg two, like 138 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:46,200 things are a little bit in flux, aren't they. With with the injuries 139 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,360 to scheif Lee and Connor coming back, there's things up in the air. 140 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,799 But for me, the reason why I targeted Vallardi is because I think he's 141 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:56,000 gonna be the last man standing when Scheifley does come back, and I think 142 00:08:56,639 --> 00:09:00,519 it's probably gonna be Nikolai Eelers. Unfortunately that gets bounced down on the lineup 143 00:09:00,519 --> 00:09:03,759 because you know, Rick Bonus has shown that he doesn't give a damn about 144 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:07,080 our fantasy teams, right, even though Eelers come on, this guy's the 145 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,879 man eat metrics. He's going nuts. But yeah, I think Vallardi is 146 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:11,159 going to be the one to stick on the top line and the top power 147 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:16,600 play and ranked under fifty percent on yeaho are rostered under fifty percent on Yeah? 148 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,399 Who? I think this is a guy you need to add. It 149 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,159 just makes sense. Winnipeg is a wagon this year randomly, So I don't 150 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,200 know what do you guys think. I think Valardi I could see sixty to 151 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,879 sixty five point pace rest of season, and that's very valuable, especially for 152 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:33,360 someone rostered undred fifty percent. Yeah, I think I would agree with that 153 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,360 too. Sorry, Jesse, he's bounced around a little bit. There's been 154 00:09:37,399 --> 00:09:41,440 times where he's been a little bit below that too. But you have to 155 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,200 feel the Winnipeg being as good as they are that they're going to continue to 156 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,720 push. My only concern is, like you said, he gets pushed a 157 00:09:48,759 --> 00:09:52,360 little bit down the lineup when everyone's healthy, I'd be a little bit concerned 158 00:09:52,399 --> 00:09:56,440 about that. I probably wouldn't take seventy. Just I agree with you, 159 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:01,200 there probably in that range that you listed. Yeah, yeah, it's nice 160 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,080 to see that. You triggered me by talking about Nikolai Eelers once again getting 161 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,840 frozen out. That seems to be just his lot in life, but I 162 00:10:09,879 --> 00:10:15,559 guess it's unavoidable. Ellie tolven In is the next guy up to go, 163 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:20,320 and let's talk about him. He went from a forgotten man in Nashville. 164 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,799 He was waived thirteen months ago people, and now he is an important member 165 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:28,840 of that Seattle Kraken rotation. He's got if you look at some of the 166 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:33,320 advanced stuff of modest, positive impact, even strength. He plays with Yanni 167 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,559 Gordon Oliver York Strand gets two shots, two hits in a block per game 168 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:43,000 at under sixteen average time, and I love to see those periffs going on. 169 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:48,200 He's getting a mid fifties point pace and that is a wonderful thing. 170 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:52,559 That's something that does surprised me. That's something I didn't see him coming into 171 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:56,759 in the near term. Tell me about Ellie Tolvenin and why you think he 172 00:10:56,879 --> 00:11:01,440 might even be more than that going forward. Yeah, and again we're talking 173 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,039 about players rostered fifty percent and under on. Yeahos So to me, Tolven's 174 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,840 not a league winner, nothing like that. But this guy is very valuable, 175 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,600 right and to me, the only thing really capping his value is that 176 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,440 stinky deployment that Dave Haxtall does in Seattle. Right, this guy hit his 177 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:22,000 line first off with Yanni Gord and the jerk store Oliver byork Strand they're doing 178 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:24,440 very well, right. They're tilting the ice a little bit when they're out 179 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,720 there at even strength, especially with their Coursey four percentage. But yeah, 180 00:11:28,759 --> 00:11:31,559 like you said, Jesse, this guy he contributes in so many ways, 181 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,759 like the pariffs are stupid. He's played forty five games, He's got ninety 182 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:37,480 five hits and fifty one blocks. Fifty one blocks for a four that is 183 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,799 nuts. This guy's very valuable. Yeah, it's just a supplementary piece to 184 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,039 me, Elie Tolvenen, But yeah, like you said, all his stats 185 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,000 are training upwards. I'd like to see a little bit more power play time, 186 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:52,200 but where he's rostered on. Yeahoo, this guy's he's must own. 187 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,320 And then if he's not owned in your leagues, you got to pick him 188 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,799 up, right, especially if Seattle has a good schedule, I don't know 189 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,879 where, Like, how would you like to be Nashville and drop this guy 190 00:12:00,919 --> 00:12:03,399 in waivers? Like I remember seeing it was a tweet or something where they 191 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,320 were the GM was talking about, Yeah, maybe we should have given tolden 192 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,840 In a bit more of a run here, because yeah, this guy looks 193 00:12:09,879 --> 00:12:11,120 great, and I think, well, he's on a fifty three point pace 194 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,639 this year, but I could see this guy as a sixty point player moving 195 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,240 forward. It's all deployment dependent to me. You need some more time on 196 00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:20,200 the power play, a little bit more time on ice. But yeah, 197 00:12:20,279 --> 00:12:24,919 it's an exciting player and a big whiff for Nashville, isn't it. Yeah? 198 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,919 I think so. It was shocking that they did that and also not 199 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,440 surprising at all that he took off. And I agree with you too on 200 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,200 Seattle. Seattle is one of those teams that I don't ever want to reach 201 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:39,519 for a player, but if one of their players is hanging around later, 202 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,840 I'm happy to take them la because the middle of the roster players get much 203 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:48,399 more deployment than they probably should, and so I don't want the top players 204 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:52,600 on those teams, but I'm more than happy to take the middle to bottom 205 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,000 players on the team because they get they get a lot of good time. 206 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,519 So I think that's part of it too. And I think you're totally right 207 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,799 at the deployment for one of the top players on the team, which should 208 00:13:00,799 --> 00:13:03,360 be lean on as a goalscorer. And he's getting fifteen minutes a night. 209 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,559 He's literally leading the team in points per game by a pretty significant margin, 210 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,120 and getting under sixteen minutes a night is just totally insane. Come on, 211 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,399 you want to get in the playoffs, get this guy some more time on 212 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,799 ice, is my feeling on it. Yeah, that's a great one, 213 00:13:16,879 --> 00:13:22,679 and yeah, so let's move on to the next one. Alexis Lafere he's, 214 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,919 you know, having a pretty decent bounce back season. Of course, 215 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,759 this breakout or whatever you want to call it, it still only means a 216 00:13:28,799 --> 00:13:33,720 forty eight point pace currently, but his first two seasons he had twenty one 217 00:13:33,759 --> 00:13:39,679 and thirty one point points total, which is really not good. So far, 218 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:41,559 thirty nine points in the third season, you know, kind of trending 219 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,240 up if you look at the pattern, maybe twenty thirty forty to fifty, 220 00:13:46,399 --> 00:13:48,480 like I think he could do that. Maybe he can flex that up even 221 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,639 to sixty sometimes this season or maybe next season. I'm not sure it's going 222 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,919 to happen. This season is currently right at that fifty point pace. His 223 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:01,399 time on ice has grown to over two minutes, and you like to see 224 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,039 a lot of these underlying metrics. And New York they're a good team, 225 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:09,240 but they actually uh not have struggled a little bit at least defensively with their 226 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:11,840 goalie, which doesn't make any sense. But we're not talking about bullies right 227 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,360 now, we're just talking about the forwards. He is still Lefrenier struggling a 228 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:22,080 little bit in his defensive metrics, so that might limit some of his deployment. 229 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,279 But overall, you like to see the shots have really come up, 230 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,039 almost an extra shot per game. So tell us what you think at thirty 231 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:33,240 two percent, Lafrenier is pretty widely available on Yahoo. What do you like 232 00:14:33,279 --> 00:14:35,519 about him rest of the season? Yeah, for sure. Just in general, 233 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,639 there are three things that I look at when I'm valuing a player deployment, 234 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,559 some time on ice opportunity like where's he playing in the lineup? And 235 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:46,759 metrics, right, all all the things we look at here to value players, 236 00:14:46,759 --> 00:14:50,519 and this guy checks those boxes. He's currently he's skating with that unexpected 237 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:54,519 shot monster, that bald headed beauty are Timmy Panerain. This guy's nuts. 238 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:56,720 I don't know what he's doing this year, what he ate, I don't 239 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,399 know, but can I have some Yeah, he's playing with Banera and tro 240 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,759 Check, right, Vinnie trou Just a great spot to be for the Lafronier. 241 00:15:03,879 --> 00:15:05,559 And like you said, Victor, he's up to shots and shots on 242 00:15:05,559 --> 00:15:09,360 goal for sixty and his individual scoring chances four for sixty by a huge margin 243 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:13,799 this season, which is something we normally don't see like last season. Just 244 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,679 again for reference, at even strength, his individual scoring chance is four for 245 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:22,000 sixty or just under seven, and this year he's cooking at eleven. That's 246 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:26,559 crazy, right, So I think that Lafarnier also has some headroom to produce 247 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,320 even more offense. If you look at his shooting percentage right now, it's 248 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,759 the lowest of his career currently at nine point six, after he had seasons 249 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:37,879 of twelve percent seventeen percent eighteen percent right now, he's cooking at nine point 250 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:39,919 six right, so I think it's reasonable to say that might regress upwards. 251 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,000 And then something else I like to look at is on ice shooting percentage, 252 00:15:43,279 --> 00:15:46,159 and at five on five that's the lowest of his career as well, at 253 00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:48,679 eight point four to seven, So I think that should be a little bit 254 00:15:48,759 --> 00:15:52,200 higher considering the guys he's playing with. So I just like the player. 255 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,440 I think this is a guy that's taken a step in his development and he's 256 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,519 found favor with the new coach there, and he's reaping the rewards of a 257 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:03,320 bigger role. So again, to me, I'm expecting a fifty five to 258 00:16:03,399 --> 00:16:06,919 sixty point pace rest the season, and that is definitely worth more than a 259 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:12,639 thirty two percent roster ship on Yahoo boocket. Nice. Nice, Yeah, 260 00:16:12,679 --> 00:16:18,919 it's finally happening. It's finally happening with Alexis Lafrenie, a new coach. 261 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:21,440 Hey, Jesse, Yeah, I guess, so, I guess. So 262 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,679 let's go on to Recard Raquel. He's approaching his thirty first birthday, he's 263 00:16:26,759 --> 00:16:30,519 warming up this season. He had only four points in his first eighteen games 264 00:16:30,559 --> 00:16:34,080 this year with Pittsburgh. Then he went out with injuries. Then he came 265 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,440 back and had twelve points in his first twelve games. By the way, 266 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,320 little coincidence, he was on the MalCon line before, he's on the Crosby 267 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,679 line. Now. His minutes are down a little bit this year. His 268 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:48,360 hits are way down this year, from roughly to a game to roughly won 269 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:52,120 a game. And there are some rumors thirty two thoughts of Weekly listening to 270 00:16:52,159 --> 00:16:56,240 mine, you heard there might be something about Pittsburgh selling this year, which 271 00:16:56,279 --> 00:16:59,720 I don't know if that helps him or hurts him to go to a different 272 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,680 situationuation. But why is Ricard Briquel one of your targets going forward? I 273 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,839 just think he's too good to be this lowly roster, like with his top 274 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:11,799 six deployment there the metrics are looking good too, like first off, a 275 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:15,599 strange erotic journey from Milan to Min's Kura kill. All right, ever see 276 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,359 a Seinfeld episode, Victor you with me on this? I don't know where 277 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:22,200 I'm going with this. That's fine, I don't know, all right, 278 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:26,440 that's fine. I don't know Betty Middler episode that you're talking. Yeah, 279 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,240 that's right. Yeah, there you go. Think the Creamer musical with the 280 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,480 Bette Midler Okay, exactly, Yeah, So yeah, I think I just 281 00:17:33,559 --> 00:17:37,759 like the player. Like we saw a sixty sixty point season last year with 282 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:40,440 crazy periffs, right, one hundred and forty one hits he had, he's 283 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,799 obviously underachieving. I think there are signs of positive aggression. Like his shooting 284 00:17:44,799 --> 00:17:48,440 percentage down at six point four this year. It was eleven point five last 285 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,279 season. Like, he's not a very efficient player, but he's better than 286 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:53,519 a six point four percent shooter, So I think that's going to go up 287 00:17:53,559 --> 00:17:57,559 and again, Like the big thing with Raquel is going to be his powerplay 288 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:02,400 deployment, and they're going back and forth between Raquel and Brian Rust at the 289 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,880 moment. But I do think that Raquel will get time back on power play 290 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,319 one, and if he does, like that's worth the ad almost right there, 291 00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:11,200 Like that Pittsburgh power play hasn't been great this year, but it's still 292 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:15,119 a nice place to be and they've been better as of late. So yeah, 293 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,440 I think with the underlying metrics of Rakel, Like last five games, 294 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,119 this guy's got four points. He's his deployments, excuse me, his deployment's 295 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,599 still crazy. Like he's getting over twenty minutes even with power play two time, 296 00:18:27,319 --> 00:18:30,799 and a number that really sticks out to me. In the last five 297 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,039 games, he's forty second overall in the league and individual scoring chances four for 298 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:37,559 sixty. That's a nice place to be. All his other metrics are sustainable 299 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:41,519 shooting percentage on nice shooting percentage. So I think, again, maybe I'll 300 00:18:41,559 --> 00:18:45,680 just do this for every player fifty five to sixty point pace rest of season. 301 00:18:45,759 --> 00:18:48,519 But I like that for Raquel, and I think if he gets traded 302 00:18:48,519 --> 00:18:52,519 that would probably lower his value, so we got to keep an eye on 303 00:18:52,559 --> 00:18:53,799 that. Right He's getting twenty minutes at night right now, so I don't 304 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:56,880 see him going to another team and just rocking twenty minutes. He's not that 305 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,160 kind of player, but he's built that up here in pit so I like 306 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,279 the player. I think his parifs are going to come back as well, 307 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,640 and hopefully powerplay one. Yeah. I think so much of it is going 308 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,440 to depend on where the Penguins are right now, and surprising I think a 309 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,079 little bit that Washington's ahead of him, the Devils and Islanders are right there, 310 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,440 Detroit's ahead. I don't think anyone surprise Tampa is Philly maybe is the 311 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,279 one big surprise too, So any of those teams could fall off, but 312 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,799 it's not a loving great for Pittsburgh. They really have to go on a 313 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,799 run. And Ricky Rax could be certainly a good trade target if so, 314 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,440 keep your on that. Yeah, that would definitely sour the probably the likelihood 315 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,480 of him being really good. All right, let's move on to the next 316 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:38,599 one that I'm gonna pose to you, and that is mister Troy Terry thirty 317 00:19:38,599 --> 00:19:44,519 five percent rostered on Yahoo. He had a brutal beginning of the year. 318 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,519 He was basically unrosterable. Basically he had not much going on, but then 319 00:19:48,559 --> 00:19:52,160 twelve points in his last thirteen and fourteen in his last sixteen. He's looking 320 00:19:52,519 --> 00:19:56,480 pretty good right now. That's adding up to a fifty four point pace, 321 00:19:56,519 --> 00:19:59,720 but he's trending up. Might get up to where he was the last two 322 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:03,440 seas, which was over a seventy point pace. And those two seasons were 323 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,400 interesting because the first one was bulloyed by a massively high shooting percentage. The 324 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,519 second one was a little bit more sustainable with more shots and a little bit 325 00:20:11,799 --> 00:20:15,519 lower shooting percentage, and the luck metrics were a little bit more in line, 326 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:18,759 so it seems like he could get back there. But of course Anaheim, 327 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:22,599 being literally one of the worst teams in the league, having some injuries 328 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,240 might be a little bit tricky. So, Blake, what do you think 329 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,720 about Terry rest of the season? I know you already said what you're going 330 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:32,039 to say, but maybe he could get a little bit more than that. 331 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,000 What do you think? I think, Yeah, there's a high ceiling for 332 00:20:34,039 --> 00:20:37,039 this player, but the floor is also not as high as I would like. 333 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,839 It's like a boom er Bus player, just because of his team situation. 334 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,880 But if you dig into De Troit Terry, a couple things have happened 335 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,400 so far this season. First off, they got the new coach there, 336 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:51,319 Greg Cronin. That sounds to me like a superhero or super villain secret identity. 337 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:52,680 It's Greg Cronin, and I don't know, I'll come up with a 338 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,519 good villain name for him. But yeah, there's a learning curve. Obviously 339 00:20:56,519 --> 00:20:59,680 when you get a new coaching, their system changes. So that's affected Terry 340 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,160 for suit. His deployment has been down slightly, especially at the start of 341 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,319 the season when they were doing well. Terry wasn't a huge part of it. 342 00:21:06,319 --> 00:21:10,079 It was guys like Mason mccavish and Frank the Tank Vitronto doing stuff, 343 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,799 so that was interesting. But also Troy Terry not getting power Play one consistently, 344 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,599 right, He has been recently, so that's nice, but he definitely 345 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,559 needs power Play one to reach the ceiling here. And then subsequently, because 346 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:25,279 of that start and everything that went on, all the metrics that matter for 347 00:21:25,319 --> 00:21:27,839 Troy Terry they're down, so shots and goal for sixty, individual scoring chances 348 00:21:27,839 --> 00:21:30,599 four to sixty, both down from historic numbers. And then, as you 349 00:21:30,599 --> 00:21:34,079 mentioned Victor, the luck metrics two they're down as well, like his IPPs 350 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:40,319 individual points percentage down to sixty three percent from seventy five percent last season, 351 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,599 and that's at five on five, and then the online shooting percentage seven percent 352 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,920 down from ten at five on five, so that's huge. Like his teammates 353 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,519 are underperforming, he's underperforming, maybe a bit snake bitten. And also you 354 00:21:49,599 --> 00:21:52,759 got a new coach in there, giving you a new system. Right, 355 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,640 So that all said, last five games, deployments up and points are coming 356 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,720 for Troy Terry. And I think I just love Troy Terry because he's such 357 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,200 a die player and he excels off the rush. I love players like this, 358 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,720 right, and a site that I'm a big fan of Corey Schneider all 359 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:10,599 three zones. I'm a patron there, and the information on his site, 360 00:22:10,799 --> 00:22:14,680 it just shows that Troy Terry leads his team in things like controlled entries per 361 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,400 sixty, which is a great thing, and he's second on the team to 362 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,160 Leo Carlson and entries leading to scoring chances for so that this guy. What 363 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,799 I'm saying about Troy Terry is basically he can drive his own offense, right. 364 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,839 He doesn't necessarily rely on other people for his production. And that's a 365 00:22:27,839 --> 00:22:30,039 player I'm in on for sure. So yeah, I'd like to see more 366 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:33,079 power play time. I'd like to see him maintain his twenty minute average time 367 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:37,119 on ice, and I'd like Leo Carlson to stop managing his load. Giggity 368 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,400 oh man, that sounded weird, but yeah, if those things happen, 369 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,160 I can see a sixty five point pace rest of the season with the ceiling 370 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:47,799 for seventy five. Giggoy. Indeed, all right, We're gonna take a 371 00:22:47,839 --> 00:23:00,039 brief break and come back with Blake with a few more guys. Wait, 372 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:07,400 changed your name to McLevin mclovin. What kind of a stupid name is that? 373 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,319 Fogel? What are you trying to be an Irish R and V singer? 374 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,880 Oh, they let you pick any name you walmout he get down there 375 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:22,440 and you landed on mclovin. I was between that and Muhammad, weren't Fogel. 376 00:23:22,759 --> 00:23:26,440 This was a late addition to the show, the Edmonton oiler Fogel. 377 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,559 I did a little bit of digging. It's all about the dry with this 378 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,000 guy, right, twenty seven year old trending to a first season over half 379 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,319 point per game, but he's with Leon Dreysidle now and focal also gets a 380 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,319 hit in two point five shots a game. Not bad. The minutes are 381 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:47,119 coming slowly to him. Lately, He's hovering around fifteen in a game, 382 00:23:47,319 --> 00:23:49,720 which is a lot better than he started the season at twelve ish with some 383 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:56,359 inferior deployment. And of course, can anybody unremember that five point game from 384 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:03,400 New Year's Eve? That explains why in our crossover keeping Carlson FHL draft Elon 385 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:07,119 was extremely ready to start counting our stats on New Year's Eve rather than waiting 386 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,359 until January first to get those five focal points. Not that I'm bitter about. 387 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,640 Let's just not talk about that draft, okay, But anyway, Warren 388 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,720 Fogel is like, yeah, you might be coming on. What attracts you 389 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,680 to this stat profile for the year. First off, he has a beautiful 390 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,319 head of hair, and I am mclovin Warren Fogel. I'm a big fan 391 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,799 of that. But yeah, exactly what you said, Jesse. It's all 392 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:34,000 about the dry and The thing though, too with Fogel is that he holds 393 00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:37,680 his own It makes sense that he's on that line obviously. Like I'm not 394 00:24:37,759 --> 00:24:41,519 telling you that Warren Fogel is a must add, right, There's nothing like 395 00:24:41,559 --> 00:24:44,359 that. But this guy is a very useful player and he could be a 396 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,559 streamer with benefits throughout the season, could be a guy you pick up and 397 00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:51,000 maybe holds for a little bit. But digging into Warren Fogel, let's check 398 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,440 it out. Last five games, four points and as you said, fifteen 399 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,920 and a half minutes average Simon ice. There the numbers are really good. 400 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,640 Like, he's thirty eighth overall in the league in Sholson gober six, thirty 401 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,160 third overall in individual scoring chances, four for sixty in the League Warren Fogel 402 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,920 right in the last five games. That's a nice place to be, right 403 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,400 if he gets bounced off that line, but Dry Settle value is gone. 404 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,000 It doesn't matter if he has these amazing metrics. If he's toiling away on 405 00:25:14,039 --> 00:25:15,160 the third line. I like what he's done, though, it's I don't 406 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,839 have too much on him other than he's got great metrics and he's got great 407 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,480 opportunity and as long as he's rock him with Dry Seddle, I'm in on 408 00:25:22,599 --> 00:25:26,920 mcleven. Yeah. I wish I could be as excited about him because I 409 00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:30,519 had him and then I was like, ah, two games, I'm gonna 410 00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:33,839 stream someone else in and so I dropped him, and I'm like, oh, 411 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:38,039 I shouldn't have done that because I missed the tree. He probably will 412 00:25:38,039 --> 00:25:41,279 be good rest of the season. But the thing is he also in a 413 00:25:41,279 --> 00:25:44,039 week could just be moved off that line and then be nothing. But he 414 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,759 I think that what is different about Fogel from some of the other options that 415 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:52,839 they have in edmontonmy because they don't necessarily have like all the best options. 416 00:25:53,079 --> 00:25:56,440 But one thing that I think is a little bit unique about him is that 417 00:25:56,519 --> 00:25:59,799 his some of his defensive metrics have been a little bit better, and we 418 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:03,759 know that drys usually aren't, So I think it can work. Not only 419 00:26:03,759 --> 00:26:06,799 the offense to not get scored on that that can be helpful. So as 420 00:26:06,839 --> 00:26:08,839 long but as long as it's it's continuing to work, like nothing's gonna happen, 421 00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:11,960 He's going to stay there and continue to produce. So you love that. 422 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,599 So we'll go from one of my disappointments to another, and that is 423 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,400 brock Faber, because I also had rock Faber. And then when Jared Spurgeon 424 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,960 came back, I was like, Oh, he's probably not gonna be relevant 425 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:27,359 anymore. And then Spurgeon went right back out and I was like, so 426 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:33,079 forty two percent for favor the future Caller Trophy winner is having himself a season. 427 00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:36,880 He's rocking a forty two point pace, actually forty six because he scored 428 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,079 last night. He's hot with seven in the last eight and five in the 429 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,240 last three, like really catching on fire. His time on ice is something 430 00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:49,839 some people have chronicled online twenty four and a half minutes for the whole season, 431 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:55,119 but he's had games over thirty. He's really been playing a ton and 432 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,640 that might even go up on average because Captain Jared Spurgeon is out, and 433 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,839 frankly, he's the best defenseman in Minnesota. And one thing I always thought 434 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:07,359 about Favor was that he's really good two way defenseman. I never thought his 435 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,839 offense was great, but they don't have a ton of great options as a 436 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:14,400 powerplay quarterback there, so he's just fine doing that and he's doing well. 437 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,559 Minnesota is still pushing for the playoffs. It's not looking great right now, 438 00:27:17,599 --> 00:27:19,920 but he could really help them and he's probably gonna get a ton of time 439 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,039 on ice and explodure the rest of the season. So what do you think 440 00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:27,000 it about Rock Faber? Yeah, I think we got to start getting a 441 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,720 little bit excited about this kid. Like it's horrible news that Jared Spurgeon is 442 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,279 out. That really sucks. I'm a big fan of Jared Spurgeon as well, 443 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:36,759 even in fantasy, Like he's amazing with his blocks and he's just a 444 00:27:36,799 --> 00:27:41,160 consistent performer. But Rock Favor is the main beneficiary and he was already getting 445 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,440 reasonable minutes. But then obviously when Spurgeon was out those thirty minute games, 446 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,279 like that's we got to take note of that. That's important, right when 447 00:27:48,319 --> 00:27:52,559 a guy gets thirty minutes. It means that his coach has ultimate confidence in 448 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,960 the guy, and that's something you can't really quantify, right, Like we 449 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,519 don't know all the X and o's, everything that's going on in the hood, 450 00:27:57,599 --> 00:28:00,200 besides the statistics that we look at, ye, but the coach the 451 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,920 guy with that it matters to He's putting them out there for thirty minutes. 452 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,240 So I love that. And now he's powerplay one and no one's coming to 453 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:10,680 take that. The only guy who was an option with Spurgeon. But Faber 454 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,799 has shown that he can get the biz there no problem. Like he had 455 00:28:12,799 --> 00:28:15,200 three points on the power play last night. It was awesome. Golding too 456 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,839 assist. This guy's a legend. Yeah, I think that everything under the 457 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,480 hood and metrics wise, for Faber, it's not that great, to be 458 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,160 honest, But when you got this kind of deployment and this kind of opportunity, 459 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,279 to me, it's this guy's a must roster, right because he's also 460 00:28:29,319 --> 00:28:32,400 starting to show, especially because of last night's game. Yeah, he can 461 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,000 perform on the power play as well. And guys on Minnesota have been under 462 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,079 achieving as well, guys like Caprosov, right, even Joe Erickson Ack for 463 00:28:38,079 --> 00:28:41,559 a little while was underachieving. Cap had a big game last night. Boldie's 464 00:28:41,599 --> 00:28:45,920 playing well, So yeah, I think it's aces up for Faber. I'm 465 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,319 excited about the player. And if Bidard is out for even a more extended 466 00:28:49,359 --> 00:28:52,480 period like this guy has a legit shot, he's gonna be on the ballot, 467 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:59,680 that's for sure. I simply can't think about brock Favor without thinking about 468 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,400 the train that happened in one of our leagues, Victor, where it was 469 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,440 some scrub and a third round pick that got traded and the guy got brock 470 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,839 Faber back, and it was one of those moments where everybody in the league 471 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,599 took a collective breath. But yeah, brock Favor and Jared Spurgeon is out 472 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:18,480 for the year, so let's see what he can do. Let's it's a 473 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,920 bit cold, Let's pop down to Florida for a guy. Sam Bennett. 474 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,160 He has some of the sweetest deployment around, Matt Kachuk, Carter ver Hagy 475 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,200 out there every night with him on his wings. He debuted a little bit 476 00:29:30,279 --> 00:29:33,880 late in the season, started out a little bit injured in his minutes and 477 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,440 shots are down a little bit. Sam Bennett's are. His hits are way 478 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,319 down this year, but he's getting better over the course of the season. 479 00:29:41,359 --> 00:29:45,759 His production is climbing, So I guess you're looking at it and saying it's 480 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:48,559 going to continue to climb. What is it that makes you think Sam Bennett's 481 00:29:48,559 --> 00:29:52,960 going to hit another level? Yeah? First off, he's underachieving massively in 482 00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:56,000 certain metrics like shots and over sixty. I've mentioned a few times now, 483 00:29:56,039 --> 00:30:00,200 but yeah, it's a steep drop off like last year or the last three 484 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,359 seasons. This guy has had twelve shots in Gober sixty, eleven shots in 485 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,319 Ober sixty, ten at five on five. Those are great numbers. That's 486 00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:11,440 elite shot generation, and this year he's six point eight. So to me, 487 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,880 this is very similar to what happened with Mack Kichuck and what happened with 488 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,160 or what is happening with Brandon Montur. These guys are coming off injury and 489 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,319 it takes a little while to get going, and we're impatient. In fantasy, 490 00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:22,920 we're like, come on, like, now, what do you do 491 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,839 in Sam Bennett? You're playing with mac Kidchuck for love a peat. But 492 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:30,119 I'm first off too, with barkoff out, Sam Bennett goes to Powerplay one. 493 00:30:30,359 --> 00:30:33,359 So that's excellent. Barkoff should be back, but yeah, he has 494 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,079 a pension for injuries. We know that Sam benis locked and loaded there for 495 00:30:37,119 --> 00:30:40,559 power Play one deployment if and when Barkuff goes down. But I just think 496 00:30:40,759 --> 00:30:44,480 that he's underachieving in major metrics here right, like I said, is shooting 497 00:30:44,559 --> 00:30:48,720 and the online shooting percentage as well. It's I think that has room to 498 00:30:48,759 --> 00:30:52,359 grow. That said too, this guy's a metrics monster and it's trending upwards. 499 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,240 Right in the last five games, this guy's got four points, very 500 00:30:56,279 --> 00:31:00,319 nice, twenty seventh overall in the entire league in individual scoring chances for sixty, 501 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:03,160 which is really nice, and then the on ice numbers which are actually 502 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,960 high for most Florida players. But of course he four to sixty. He's 503 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,160 actually tenth overall in the league. That's Sam Bennett. So they're putting a 504 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,400 lot of pucks to the net to chuck and pucks and Bennett's there, and 505 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,279 I think they're gonna start going in eventually. It's a player I'm excited about. 506 00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:18,680 And at his roster ship it's insane, Like I almost considered this guy 507 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,960 a must roster player at this point, Yeah, it's hard to argue with 508 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,400 any of that. I think I don't disagree with you, but I also 509 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,480 think some people are way too excited about Sam Bennett. They're like, they 510 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:32,839 think he's going to be like a league winner, and because he's because those 511 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,559 metrics are good, like a lot of the raid stats are really good, 512 00:31:34,599 --> 00:31:37,839 and so if he only got eighteen nineteen minutes, but he's not going to 513 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,720 get that, he's going to stay probably around where he is, which is 514 00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:45,119 not terrible. Seventeen minutes is decent. The most he's ever played is seventeen 515 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,640 and a half and he's right near there. So this is about what you 516 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,279 can expect, like fifty ish point pace with other good priffs, which is 517 00:31:52,319 --> 00:31:55,799 good as long as they count the priffs in the league you're in. But 518 00:31:55,799 --> 00:31:59,599 if you're like just a strictly points league, he's probably a bit overrated. 519 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:05,039 Doesn't always translate as much as you would like. Yeah, that's mister Bennett. 520 00:32:05,119 --> 00:32:07,799 We're going to talk about a goalie. We're gonna talk about our first 521 00:32:07,799 --> 00:32:12,240 goalie and I think our last for our only goalie, and that's a mister 522 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,000 Charlie Lindren. And we've talked about Linger in a bit on the show. 523 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:19,720 He's someone who I think has been a little bit underrated for a long time, 524 00:32:19,759 --> 00:32:22,599 and he was good in Saint Louis. He's been good in Washington so 525 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,640 far this year thirty six percent. He's thirty year old, undrafted journeyman who 526 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,039 really rose in the ranks in college. And last year some of his numbers 527 00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:34,000 made. His ron numbers weren't amazing, but his goals save above expected were 528 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:37,160 really good. And this year eight out of fifteen starts, including two shutouts, 529 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,160 have been good. And the raw numbers also, if you just look 530 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,880 at him compared to Kemper, he's got a nine to twenty seven save percentage 531 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,079 Kemper eight ninety five. If you look at the goal save above expected, 532 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:54,240 he's massively outproducing his Delta Fenwick and goal save above expected. And if you 533 00:32:54,279 --> 00:32:58,680 look at Kemper, on the other hand, everything is below. It's all 534 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,880 way below. Kemper still has the contract, he's got the pedigree, so 535 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,640 he's probably still going to get a decent number of starts, I would think. 536 00:33:07,079 --> 00:33:10,039 But at the same time, Washington don't win that playoff hunt, and 537 00:33:10,079 --> 00:33:14,240 it seems to me like Charlie is their best bet. In fact, thanks 538 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,079 to our content curator Kevin Adams, he put a chart in here go save 539 00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:21,920 above expected so far this season. Charlie Lnern is there like he's at the 540 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,079 top near the top of that list, if not at the top. So 541 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:28,519 some other weird names there, like Martin Jones and Jonathan Quick. But what 542 00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:30,200 do you think about Lnren moving forward? Is he gonna get the volume, 543 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:35,079 because that's the other thing like rostering him can if he's like a one B 544 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,599 or even a split starter, can be challenging. Yeah, I think you 545 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:42,599 summed it up really nicely there. Victory Like, to me, it's all 546 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,960 about the comparison between Kemper and Lngren and who's going to give them the best 547 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,359 chance to win. And when you got a team that's fighting for their playoff 548 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,079 lives right now, they're doing well, but they need to put the best 549 00:33:52,119 --> 00:33:54,200 guy in there every night. They can't afford to have these bad starts. 550 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:58,519 So if Kemper's not going which if you look at the statistics, he's not 551 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,519 right like eight ninety five save percentage, his goal saved above average is negative 552 00:34:01,599 --> 00:34:06,720 six, whereas Charlie Lingren is twelve positive twelve. That's excellent. That's some 553 00:34:06,759 --> 00:34:08,280 of the best in the leagues. And he's starting today as well. So 554 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:13,239 I really do see a world where they start going to Linggren a lot more. 555 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,519 And the fact that he's still rostered under fifty percent, Like this is 556 00:34:15,559 --> 00:34:19,800 a viable goalie who's actually playing really well. We don't do a lot of 557 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,199 goalie analysis over at Apples and Ginos because it's just hurtful. What hurts our 558 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:24,239 feelings, right, and we get excited about a guy and then he just 559 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:29,320 bombs all right. Fun fact. Actually I was talking to Nate about this 560 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,599 the other day. In one of my money points leagues, randomly some guy 561 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:36,599 dropped Ilia serrokn This was like two months ago, and I picked him up 562 00:34:36,599 --> 00:34:38,400 immediately off the waiver wire. I'm like, what are you doing? First 563 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,920 off, like I'm taking advantage of that because there's money involved. But he 564 00:34:43,079 --> 00:34:45,239 stinks right now. Oh my god, the New York Islanders a loss like 565 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,519 seven straight. He's been in for all but whatever it is, I don't 566 00:34:47,559 --> 00:34:52,039 know. That's zero g is a real thing for me, and that's why 567 00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:54,679 guys like Charlie Linggren are so valuable, right, Like I should drop Socan 568 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,440 and pick up Charlie linggeron should I talk me off the ledge here, Jesse 569 00:34:58,519 --> 00:35:04,639 Victor? Should I do that? Wow? Blake, don't do that. 570 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,440 Okay, that's good advice, thank you. Yeah, yeah, hang on, 571 00:35:07,559 --> 00:35:10,719 that's my expert opinion. Elias Rocn still good. Uh. I don't 572 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,280 know exactly what's going on there, but uh yeah, I would say stick 573 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,159 with the talent. You know. The thing with Lingering, man, I 574 00:35:19,199 --> 00:35:21,159 don't know. I don't know what to make of this guy. I don't 575 00:35:21,159 --> 00:35:22,480 know what to make of the Caps. I turn on the Caps and I 576 00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:25,519 watch him and I'm like, is wait a minute, do I have the 577 00:35:25,519 --> 00:35:30,280 They look like they have the same jerseys on, but all these are new 578 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:34,239 names. These are all those guys that they took late in the first round 579 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,920 for several years, that Victor and awerk App maybe Alexi Protass maybe that's something 580 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,199 I don't know. And they're all playing now, They're absolutely all playing. 581 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,960 They're not killing it, but they're out there. And suddenly Alex Ovechkin's on 582 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:51,639 the second line and cats and dogs living together. But Charlie Lingern is out 583 00:35:51,679 --> 00:35:54,960 there and whatever the Capitals are right now, he seems to be doing well. 584 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,679 From time to time, and by the way, this chart that Victor 585 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,760 put in the show notes for those who get the show notes is just absolutely 586 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:07,039 bonkers. Charlie Lingren leading the league in what is this victor goal saved above 587 00:36:07,159 --> 00:36:12,119 expected per sixty. I don't even know what to say about that, but 588 00:36:13,199 --> 00:36:15,400 maybe I should just pass it over in silence and move to the next guy, 589 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:21,639 who happens to be one, Nick Schmaltz of the Arizona Coyotes. This 590 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,960 again, because everybody wants to know about my leagues, I want you to 591 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,440 know that both Sam Bennett and Nick Schmaltz are on my four sport team. 592 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,719 So you were making me very happy today by bringing this guy into the loop. 593 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,000 He was pushing a point per game in the last two years. This 594 00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:40,119 year he's been a little bit down for that. He is getting fewer assists. 595 00:36:40,159 --> 00:36:44,440 The goals are about the same, but the assists have really gone way 596 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,519 down. His parifs are never going to be Nick Schmaltz's strong suit, but 597 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,719 that position, eligibility and fan track's all three forward positions per Schmaltz are a 598 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:58,239 sweet deal for those of you doing daily moves leagues where you have to be 599 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:02,519 flexible. Mltz also the good thing about him he continues to skate with Clayton 600 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:07,719 Keller, although the third wheel on that line has been a bit of a 601 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:12,280 rotating cast. And he's warmed up a little bit lately after really a cold 602 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,960 streak. What was that in must have been December. What is going on 603 00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:20,960 with mister Nick Schmaltz And why do you think he is a pickup right now? 604 00:37:22,159 --> 00:37:23,440 Yeah, full disclosure, Nick s Maltz is going to be out for 605 00:37:23,519 --> 00:37:27,760 the game today which is Saturday to twentieth, So yeah, he's still injured. 606 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,400 So hopefully he's back in for next week. That would be great because 607 00:37:30,559 --> 00:37:34,039 Arizona does have a good schedule. But I just think the opportunity and the 608 00:37:34,079 --> 00:37:37,519 deployment is too good with this player to have him on your waiver wire. 609 00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:39,440 It doesn't make sense. Right, he's playing twenty minutes a night when he's 610 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:44,519 healthy. And there are some signs of positive aggression to me with Schmaltz right, 611 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,079 first thing being his shooting percentage at five on five, right, And 612 00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:51,440 it's just as luck metrics in general is ipp and his shooting percentage last season 613 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,519 at five on five, this guy shooting percentage was almost eighteen percent and currently 614 00:37:54,519 --> 00:37:59,920 he's shooting seven percent. Nick Schmaltz, come on, I think let's find 615 00:38:00,039 --> 00:38:01,440 happy medium, right, And if he finds a happy medium, obviously we're 616 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:06,000 looking at more goals. And his IPP is usually a higher IPP guy like 617 00:38:06,039 --> 00:38:08,880 in the seventies, whereas this season so far at five on five he's sixty 618 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,719 percent IPP, so I think that has some room to grow. And then 619 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,920 over to his on ice shooting percentage again at five on five it's down to 620 00:38:16,199 --> 00:38:21,559 almost career low numbers seven point three five percent, where last season it was 621 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:24,320 eleven point five switches high. But again, there's got to be a happy 622 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,480 medium. I all this to say, I think Nick Schmaltz is underachieving, 623 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,559 and when he does get back and healthy, this guy's top line, top 624 00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:34,920 power play. They definitely are missing Barrett Hayton there though, aren't they Because 625 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,800 this line was fire at the end of last season, and obviously Hayton came 626 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,400 out at the beginning of this year and wasn't doing anything. It's just putting 627 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:44,760 up doughnuts. But I think, yeah, they haven't really had the consistent 628 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,360 line mate that they need to really pop. That said, I'm still excited 629 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,599 about the player, and I think he's got to be on a roster. 630 00:38:50,639 --> 00:38:52,760 He shouldn't be on your waiver wire. So, Blake, those are the 631 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,920 guys we were going to ask you about, but we originally had some other 632 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,079 guys that we were going to talk about. If you have some time, 633 00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:01,239 we could circle back of those beauties. Yeah, sure, let's talk about 634 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:05,280 those guys. I think part of the reason we decided not to talk about 635 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,639 them is because their roster ship has gone up and they seem like maybe a 636 00:39:07,639 --> 00:39:10,760 little bit more obvious in terms of their holds. Is that what I am 637 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,480 I reading that right? Yeah? One of them deployment has changed, right, 638 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,400 So yeah, we can definitely talk about them for sure, because yeah, 639 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,559 there's still some interesting players that can probably help you rain. Yeah. 640 00:39:21,599 --> 00:39:23,400 So Quinn Byfield was one of them that we were going to talk about. 641 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:28,679 He's someone so I did a show back in November with Ian Gooding and he 642 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,760 was someone that was like, yeah, we should just roster him long term 643 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:36,159 hold And that was actually some advice that I actually took for myself. And 644 00:39:36,159 --> 00:39:37,400 I've had him on a couple of my teams ever since. I've had him 645 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,280 on a Dynasty teams forever. But I was like, yeah, Quinn Buyfield, 646 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:44,559 let's go. It's finally time and redraft and he's been pretty good up 647 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:46,639 and down, not always the best, but right now he's still rocking a 648 00:39:46,639 --> 00:39:50,679 fifty nine point pace, and his time on ice is maybe a little bit 649 00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:52,920 down. He's shooting more than he ever has, up to two shots per 650 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,960 game, the time on ice is up to fifteen and a half. Not 651 00:39:57,079 --> 00:40:00,000 super exciting just in terms of the time and not always getting the top power 652 00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:04,199 play and everything, but he's getting a minute and a half more power play 653 00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:07,400 time than he ever had, and right now he's ice cold. As I 654 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:08,679 know, I've been benching him in the league that I have him, but 655 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,360 I'm not willing to drop him yet. So I guess, maybe should we 656 00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:15,079 drop this guy or do you still think rest of the season he has some 657 00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:19,440 hope. No, I'm definitely not dropping Quentin Buyfield at this point. The 658 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:23,360 reason I changed it from Quintin Bifield is because the Kings have been practicing with 659 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:29,599 PLD potentially taking the top line Pierre Luke Dubois, and that has looks like 660 00:40:29,639 --> 00:40:32,440 it hasn't happened yet. But if Quintin Buyfield is bounced from that top line 661 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:36,079 and plays down the lineup that's really going to cap a ceiling, right, 662 00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:37,280 He's not going to get out of a cold street playing on the third line, 663 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:42,000 right. He needs access to Copatar and campaign. But that said, 664 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,760 I've been really excited about this player this year. Something I love that doesn't 665 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,360 always show up in the metrics is this guy's ability to get pucks right, 666 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,039 to win puck battles, and to retrieve a puck and get it to the 667 00:40:52,039 --> 00:40:53,599 players that need it, Guys like Copaitar right, and I think he's a 668 00:40:53,639 --> 00:40:57,440 really good fit on that line, So it doesn't make a lot of sense 669 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,639 for me why they would take him off. Obviously, the Kings have been 670 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,840 underperforming on the ice, so they're they're throwing the lines in a little bit 671 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:07,400 of a blender. So that said, definitely check your game day lines and 672 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,519 see where Buyfield lines up. But they have an amazing schedule next week as 673 00:41:09,559 --> 00:41:14,639 well, four games with four off nights, so Buyfield should definitely be rostered 674 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,360 for another week. If he goes four games without a point, I don't 675 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:21,360 know we can assess then, but I still think the potential is still too 676 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,280 good for this player and his ice time. It's it's up and down. 677 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,800 I'd like to see a little bit more opportunity, but it's a player I'm 678 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,800 excited about. Where you guys at with Buyfield, Like, obviously you have 679 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,880 him Victor, but are you holding him? Yeah, I think I'm gonna 680 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,239 hold on. One of these is the cup fall, and it's really hard 681 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:40,199 to find anyone with good exposure, so he's probably gonna stick around. I'd 682 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:44,000 have a hard time dropping him. And even though like what you said is 683 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,679 true about the deployment, if you look at Frozen Tools, of all the 684 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:51,239 time he's played this entire season, eighty six percent of it is still with 685 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,639 Copatar and eighty one percent of it is with Copatar on campaign. They might 686 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,440 they are definitely struggling now and they're gonna mix things up until they figure it 687 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,880 out. But I think eventually they probably will go back to this and he 688 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:05,960 will still get good deployment. So I tend to like to look at it 689 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,119 a little bit longer to him too, just to see this worked for a 690 00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:09,840 long time. I don't think they're going to completely abandon it. But in 691 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:14,320 the meantime, in a shallow league like a ten team or certainly he's not 692 00:42:14,599 --> 00:42:17,559 he has no business on your roster, but in deeper leagues, I definitely 693 00:42:17,599 --> 00:42:22,280 am keeping him in the other spots I had him too. The other one 694 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:23,920 is Jonathan Duran that we were going to talk about. He's a little bit 695 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:29,159 lower roster twenty nine, but he's someone who's been getting some really nice deployment 696 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:32,320 lately, getting some top time, top power play time, and I watched 697 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,519 some of those games. He looks good on the power play too. He's 698 00:42:35,559 --> 00:42:38,599 not just hanging out there, He's making plays. His confidence seems renewed. 699 00:42:39,079 --> 00:42:44,159 He's playing almost forty percent of the time right now with McKinnon and Ronton, 700 00:42:44,199 --> 00:42:46,519 and some of this may change with lucinon back and the Chushkin out of course, 701 00:42:46,599 --> 00:42:50,480 but so far, like you really love to see. That's what we're 702 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,599 all hoping for at the beginning. And I love this too because he's been 703 00:42:52,639 --> 00:42:57,119 available on a couple of my dynasties, which is really hard to find anybody, 704 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,039 even in a redraft league. It's maybe not as excited. He's just 705 00:43:00,159 --> 00:43:04,360 under a fifty point pace, but trending in the right direction, it seems 706 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,880 so, I feel like, especially because they just might need to lean on 707 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,800 him more right with some of the depth that they have lacking and Natchushkin being 708 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,440 who knows these player Assistan things. It could be rest of the season, 709 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,840 it could be till playoffs, could be through fantasy playoffs. So I have 710 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,920 a feeling drew And is gonna get a little bit longer look, and especially 711 00:43:22,199 --> 00:43:24,880 with what he's doing now and looking good with it, I imagine that might 712 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:29,519 continue. Where are you at, Yeah, I'm not sure I'm there. 713 00:43:29,679 --> 00:43:32,320 Like I really see Jonathan drew In as a player that's being propped up by 714 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:37,760 this insane deployment. This guy's getting well over twenty minutes a night every night. 715 00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:39,400 Again, like what I said about brock Faber, Like when the coach 716 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,519 is putting you out there for that amount of time, obviously you're doing something 717 00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:46,679 right. So that's definitely a feather in drew On's cap. But and na 718 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:51,800 Chushkin going out, that's gonna keep Drewn's floor fairly solid, right, He's 719 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,880 gonna continue to get opportunity. But Lecanin is coming back, and that's a 720 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,519 low key concern for me with Jonathan drew And I feel like that is going 721 00:43:59,519 --> 00:44:02,000 to eat into minutes. Lecanon has played on that top line before, so 722 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:07,000 I'm not sure that drew ens spot. There is a guarantee, right, 723 00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:08,760 he has been playing well. I could see them easing Lekingon in on the 724 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:14,239 second line, giving him limited minutes. But I do feel that eventually Lecanon 725 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,320 is going to be the one getting the deployment over Jonathan drew And so to 726 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:20,199 me, he's a little bit of a cell high because when you look under 727 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:22,480 the hood with Jonathan drew in as well, his metrics are putrid. Right, 728 00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:27,039 this guy's out there for over twenty minutes, Like last five games, 729 00:44:27,039 --> 00:44:30,800 he's averaging twenty three and a half minutes. He's got four points, but 730 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,679 shots and gobra sixty over that time, three hundred and sixty ninth in the 731 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,639 league. What the what are you doing? Three hundred and fifty first an 732 00:44:37,679 --> 00:44:40,360 individual course hef and then one hundred and ninety fourth in individual scoring chances for 733 00:44:40,559 --> 00:44:44,559 So that's not good. What is he skating backwards out there? I don't 734 00:44:44,559 --> 00:44:45,760 know what's happening. Just give the puck to McKinnon. I think you're good 735 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:50,440 to go. But yeah, so to me, the metrics really if this 736 00:44:50,519 --> 00:44:53,320 opportunity in deployment falls off at all, now we're looking at a player that 737 00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:57,559 doesn't shoot, he doesn't get scoring chances, and now all of a sudden 738 00:44:57,599 --> 00:45:00,840 he's not scoring and he's with players that aren't as good. So there's a 739 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:02,719 minor concern for me with drew On. That said, I'm rostering him in 740 00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:07,039 two spots until the wheels fall off. But yeah, not a player I'm 741 00:45:07,079 --> 00:45:12,559 excited about moving forward. I feel too that Colorado might look to bolster their 742 00:45:12,639 --> 00:45:15,760 roster for the deadline here, so whoever they bring in that could affect drew 743 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:19,079 In as well. So rest of the season, I'm not stoked on drew 744 00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:22,679 On, but right now, you Ryde, I'm always hot. Yeah, 745 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,920 the wheels are always a little bit shaky, the nuts and bolts are always 746 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,400 a little bit loose with drew On, So I would do what you gotta 747 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:34,000 do, But I'm not a born on that one. You know what it's 748 00:45:34,519 --> 00:45:37,679 at the earliest when you're listening to this is January twenty first. At this 749 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:44,239 time of your people, dynasty hockey turns into redrive hockey because we all got 750 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,480 to play every week, we all got to win. And a guy who 751 00:45:46,679 --> 00:45:51,840 can help you is mister Blake Kramer, who's been here today. Blake tell 752 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:55,159 people how they can listen to more of your content and run through that tape 753 00:45:55,159 --> 00:45:59,239 this year. Thank you, my man. I appreciate that. You can 754 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:04,079 always find me on Twitter, slash x. It's at Blake kreamer ag as 755 00:46:04,119 --> 00:46:07,559 well. I am myself and Nate grut Niblick over at Apples and Genos so 756 00:46:07,599 --> 00:46:12,079 you can listen to our fantasy musings, ramblings, digressions, what have you 757 00:46:12,159 --> 00:46:15,320 over it. Yeah, just any podcast provider. You just search Apples and 758 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:16,880 Genos you can find us. We're doing shows five days a week. There. 759 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,639 We got waiver shows, all kinds of stuff. Also, I do 760 00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:23,119 want to shout out I'm on this new app called did It, which is 761 00:46:23,159 --> 00:46:27,599 actually you download the app and you can talk one on one with the person. 762 00:46:27,679 --> 00:46:30,039 So that's something I'm on as well. If you're interested in that, 763 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,320 just go download the app did It, and you can find me as a 764 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:37,360 fantasy hockey expert. I can assess your rosters, look at trades, waiver 765 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,559 wires, all that stuff. So shout out to did It. But boys, 766 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,559 I'm so stoked on the content you guys are putting out. I love 767 00:46:43,599 --> 00:46:46,239 fantasy hockey life and I love Dauber Prospects. Report you guys are crushing right 768 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:51,239 now. Just keep doing the work you're doing. Really appreciate it. Tremendous 769 00:46:51,280 --> 00:47:04,320 stuff. Thank you for coming on and talking a little fantasy hockey before we 770 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,400 get out of here today. A couple of reminders you've come to welcome and 771 00:47:08,559 --> 00:47:15,039 anticipate. One is you should play fantasy sports on fan tracks. You can 772 00:47:15,079 --> 00:47:19,079 do everything you want over there. And I appreciate everything that they do because 773 00:47:19,119 --> 00:47:22,960 I play all the leagues that I can over on fan tracks rather than the 774 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:27,719 other platforms that don't have the customized rookie eligibility, that don't have the salary 775 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:32,760 opportunity, the contracts, all the scoring, different options, hundreds literally of 776 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:37,239 categories if you want them. You can start at the league's the day after 777 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,039 the season ends. You can set up your own league with your friends. 778 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,920 You can join some of their public leagues if you really want to come on, 779 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:47,920 come into our servers. You can find people to play with who are 780 00:47:49,119 --> 00:47:52,360 a little step up from the randoms who are going to ghost on you. 781 00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:57,159 Fan tracs HQ has a lot of fantasy content. There's articles on fantasy hockey, 782 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,480 all the other fantasy sports. You'll actually see them. If you're setting 783 00:48:00,519 --> 00:48:02,800 a roster on fan tracks. Over the right hand column, you see little 784 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:07,519 article links and those are our staff and I even write if you're on a 785 00:48:07,559 --> 00:48:10,559 baseball league. I've been writing a little bit over there about the Dynasty offices, 786 00:48:10,559 --> 00:48:15,800 and it would actually apply to hockey as well. We thank our entire 787 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:21,880 FHL crew. It takes a village. Content curator Kevin Adams helps with our 788 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:25,880 show prep. Ryan Downey is commissioner of all the Tidy Leagues. We call 789 00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,559 him the Tidy Admiral, and you hear him a lot on this space. 790 00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:34,159 He's become a regular. Brandon is our website guru. He's doing a lot 791 00:48:34,159 --> 00:48:37,800 of good things there. Jeremy v our lead scout. There's scouting reports still 792 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:42,599 coming. Jason is helping with the prospect ranks, revamping that for Victor and 793 00:48:42,679 --> 00:48:45,400 the Patreon. If you have skills you'd like to lend the show, hit 794 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:49,320 Victor up in the discord email or x. We're brought to you by Dauber 795 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:53,119 Hockey and Daber Prospects as well. Victor's an editor at Dabber Prospects. You 796 00:48:53,119 --> 00:48:59,239 can follow his work there and his other podcast, Daber prospect Report with Peter 797 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:02,440 Harling. I do a solo show, Dynasty Sports Life. 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