1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:12,919 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks. Here's your source of 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,879 information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Block off, 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:22,960 Hot's a step hit on, staylock. Here's your hosts, Jesse Severe and 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:29,079 Victor Nuno Fantasy Hockey Live back once again talking nothing but the fantasy hockey. 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:35,159 Jesse Severe from fan Tracks and over there you love, Victor Nuno ep ringside. 6 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,119 Victor, how you doing. I'm doing okay, Jesse. Still find 7 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,320 out this little cold but not as cold as it probably is over for you. 8 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,960 I would think, right, wait a minute, are you fighting off 9 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:51,079 a cold or the cold? Just a cold? I know it's like a 10 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:55,000 man cold, but it hit me hard. All right. Apples to oranges 11 00:00:55,159 --> 00:00:58,280 here, Victor, because the cold that we have in Wisconsin is not an 12 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,679 illness on my part. And actually it's been melting. We had this crazy 13 00:01:00,719 --> 00:01:06,680 storm, crazy huge snow, and apparently the winter has decided that it was 14 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:08,760 going to put all of its snow in one storm. Knock on wood. 15 00:01:10,239 --> 00:01:14,519 But yeah, that's okay, that's okay. Everything's melting slowly. I see 16 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,159 grass again for some reason, and all is well. Oh, Victor. 17 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,879 I hate the All Star break I know people are sick of me whining about 18 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:29,400 this every time, but I get twitchy when I go several days without setting 19 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:32,599 lineups. I don't know about you. Yeah, I was thinking about you. 20 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,599 Actually, when I wasn't setting lineups, I was thinking how twitchy you 21 00:01:34,599 --> 00:01:40,640 were. I was frankly a little relieved because it's exhausting. I enjoy having 22 00:01:40,719 --> 00:01:44,400 the break, so but if I ever feel left out now that I'm in 23 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:48,439 the Diesel League, I can just pop over to the basketball team that I 24 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:53,439 know nothing about, but I can see that they're the lineup set. Absolutely 25 00:01:53,519 --> 00:01:57,200 you can. Absolutely you can. That's a feature, not a bug as 26 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,760 far as I'm concerned to be able to keep doing that. They don't open. 27 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,599 They also breaks don't overlap, so I can keep setting basketball lineups. 28 00:02:05,159 --> 00:02:10,039 Victor H. We are ready to talk goalies today. 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I think that's really big for 45 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:20,639 some people, and I think the more you get into this space, you 46 00:03:20,719 --> 00:03:23,240 realize that your league mates are everywhere, and so it's nice to get that 47 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,280 one on one advice, especially with certain trades, and get a little bit 48 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:30,120 more personalized attention. So all of that can be had. Look at the 49 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:35,199 tiers over at patreon dot com slash Fantasy Hockey Life and support the show. 50 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,319 If you're interested, We love to have you over there. Victor, it 51 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,800 is time to talk about goalies. Right after this, you are going to 52 00:03:43,879 --> 00:03:53,960 hear our favorite goalie experts in the entire world. We're back. We are 53 00:03:54,039 --> 00:04:00,400 talking with Kat Silverman from in Goal magazine. Everybody knows that fantasy hockey players 54 00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:04,840 soak up goalie information from knowledgeable people like Desert soak up rain. It is 55 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,199 absolutely something that we can't figure out without somebody who knows what they're talking about, 56 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,879 and nobody knows what they're talking about, like Kat Selberman. How you 57 00:04:13,919 --> 00:04:17,120 doing today, Kat, I'm good. How are you guys? Excellent? 58 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:23,519 Excellent. Our listeners got a lot of your takes on goalies last summer. 59 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:28,000 Hopefully they were listening. Hopefully they benefited from all that talk. And we 60 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,879 are back hat in hand asking for more information, more takes on what's going 61 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,399 on with goalies out there. Yeah, we have a number that come up. 62 00:04:36,519 --> 00:04:41,639 Victor has his goalie ranks. We've got questions from listeners. Victor, 63 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,800 I'll put you first up to talk about these guys. Yeah, definitely. 64 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,360 It was such a great series. Kat, I really appreciate you doing that 65 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,560 that listeners did too, and so we wanted to have you back on and 66 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:57,120 everyone the patrons know that I have my goalie ranks, but I'm no expert, 67 00:04:57,199 --> 00:05:00,279 so I wanted to get your takes on all these guys, and so 68 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,079 we have asked to you who you think is too high too low. But 69 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,439 the first thing we do is go through our top five, my top five, 70 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,079 and I don't think you're going to have too much debate with the top 71 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,040 guy that I have. Desper walstat I know when we talked in the summer. 72 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,399 We're both big fans. He's now twenty one years old and he has 73 00:05:17,519 --> 00:05:21,639 essentially played four full professional seasons at twenty one. That's incredible. All of 74 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,879 them have him at or above nine to eight save percentage. And he did 75 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:30,519 actually make his NHL debut this season, and the Wild completely crap the bed 76 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,120 for him. It was really unfortunate. Was I watched some of those goals. 77 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,560 They were hard to watch. They weren't necessarily all his fault, but 78 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,720 he was obviously struggling as well, and that was unfortunate because he's better than 79 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:46,399 that. When you look at his expected goals per goal conceded an instat the 80 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,160 last two seasons in Iowa, he's been at one point four to one and 81 00:05:48,199 --> 00:05:51,639 one point six to one. Both of those are really incredible the numbers. 82 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,879 And I pulled up a hockey prospecting comp as I like to do for Walstead. 83 00:05:57,079 --> 00:06:00,079 He's got some really great comps, guys like Brodeu and georgev and Connor 84 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,439 Hallibuck. So he's looking really strong, one of the stronger ones. So 85 00:06:04,519 --> 00:06:09,399 what do you think about Walstad, especially in this pole position. I feel 86 00:06:09,399 --> 00:06:13,399 like once you get into those top five in the rankings, both in terms 87 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:16,560 of your rankings and just overall, it becomes splitting hairs to a degree, 88 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:23,079 because it's nice that we have so many good young prospects right now, and 89 00:06:23,079 --> 00:06:25,920 then we've gotten to see I feel like a larger number of them this year 90 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,600 making just a few little debuts here and there at such a young age at 91 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:33,199 the NHL level. Like you said, wal NHL debut was not kind to 92 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:39,319 him. It was reminded me of Mikey d Pietro's NHL debut in Vancouver, 93 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,279 where they decided that he was going to show up for the game and no 94 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,000 one else on the team was, which is always tough for a young guy 95 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,759 who's making their NHL debut there but looking at his numbers overall, so he's 96 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:54,759 in his second essentially a second full AHL season. Sometimes on once a young 97 00:06:54,759 --> 00:06:58,240 goaltending prospect has gotten some games under their belt, we either see their stats 98 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,560 go up or we see them go down. Stayed pretty much exactly the same. 99 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,959 He looks good for Iowa right now. He looks like his game is 100 00:07:04,879 --> 00:07:11,800 mainly just staying consistent. He's not getting a ton of transitional like we're not 101 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,360 seeing a ton of technical retooling going on, which he really didn't need in 102 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,120 the first place, so that's nice. We're not seeing him trying to reinvent 103 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:24,199 the wheel. But yeah, I've enjoyed watching just clips of him here and 104 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,720 there because I haven't gotten to see as many of his games this year, 105 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:30,759 just because I am not paying for a full season of HLTV, so I'm 106 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,480 grabbing clips where I can, and what I've seen so far looks really good. 107 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:41,480 I am glad that Minnesota hasn't decided to just pull him up because I 108 00:07:41,519 --> 00:07:45,040 don't think that would be good for him, because I think he could be 109 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,879 one of our better starters. In the next probably i'd say three to four 110 00:07:47,959 --> 00:07:53,519 years. Ideally, don't want to see him at the NHL level before maybe 111 00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:59,399 middle of next year, just for patient's sake. But yeah, hopefully we 112 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,160 see him, i'd say within the next two to three years making full time 113 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:09,199 starts at the NHL level. Yeah, And one thing it's obviously important to 114 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,240 look at is the situation in Minnesota. Obviously they're having a disappointing season. 115 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:18,360 Obviously Gus Philip Gustafson, who looked pretty good for parts of the season and 116 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:22,199 last season, has really struggled. I mean, his goal save above expected 117 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:26,240 is negative twelve point four. He's had he's had some struggles, and Flurry, 118 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,759 you know, the ageless wonder Marc Andre Flurry at thirty nine years old, 119 00:08:31,839 --> 00:08:33,759 has a goal save above expected a four and a half. So he's 120 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:37,840 looking good, but obviously not going to be there forever. I think some 121 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:41,919 people would assume naturally that Wall said, and Gus would I'm sure next season, 122 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,720 but it sounds like you think that might still be a little early. 123 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,840 I think if they can get away with giving him a little more time, 124 00:08:48,919 --> 00:08:56,639 especially because the wildar it overall the Central this year seems like it's the division 125 00:08:56,639 --> 00:08:58,639 that's a little more powerful, and so they're having a little bit more troubled 126 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:05,039 breaking into that clear contender playoff role right now. And so I think trying 127 00:09:05,039 --> 00:09:07,840 to rush him to the NHL level, if they do need to do some 128 00:09:09,639 --> 00:09:13,399 significant retooling to their actual NHL lineup out in front of him, is something 129 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:16,799 that maybe they shouldn't look at doing, just because you don't want to see 130 00:09:16,879 --> 00:09:22,039 him trying to get his feet underneath him at the NHL level. You don't 131 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:26,799 want to see him trying to integrate into a system that is in the process 132 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:33,080 of establishing itself overall, like seeing a team that keeps their roster fairly consistent 133 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:39,320 over the off season before they add someone new in net, especially when they're 134 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,279 a younger guy. So that's more wishful thinking on my part, though I 135 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,679 know that the goalie market this offseason I think is going to be fun to 136 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:50,159 watch, just because I think it's going to be one of the louder ones. 137 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,399 There's a chance that they may have no choice and they may just need 138 00:09:54,399 --> 00:09:56,519 to bring him up. If I would say now and not now as in 139 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,039 January, February March this year, if they're smart, they don't bring him 140 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,000 up at all this year other than that one game, maybe one or two 141 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,200 more, But i'd say maybe next season they'll probably bring him up. Realistically, 142 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,240 though i'd like to see him maybe wait another half a season after that. 143 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,399 Yeah, we'll see if they go and add someone. The big thing 144 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,000 for Minnesota next season is the Preeze suitor buyouts come off the book, so 145 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:26,759 they will have fifteen million or more to do something. So there's a lot 146 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:30,480 you can do with fifteen million, So we'll see what happens. But yeah, 147 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,559 that's great. I can't wait for Walstat to have a team that cares 148 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,159 and tries hard behind him so that he doesn't look so bad because he's great. 149 00:10:39,039 --> 00:10:41,279 So the next guy on my list, number two is lukash Dostal, 150 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:46,240 and he's going to be graduating from this list pretty soon because I keep it 151 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:52,039 at fifty NHL games and he's at forty five, so he probably by the 152 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,039 end of the season the way things are going. He had nineteen games in 153 00:10:54,039 --> 00:10:58,919 the NHL last season, twenty two this season. Looking at his numbers, 154 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,879 it hasn't been so good. This has definitely been more of a case of 155 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:05,200 me keeping the faith. I would say because his goals save above expected have 156 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:09,080 been negative four this season. If you look at the totality of his career, 157 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,080 he's closer to average, he's closer to zero, which is better. 158 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,799 And Gibson has been way out playing him, which hadn't been the case for 159 00:11:15,799 --> 00:11:18,840 the last couple of years. Gibson had really been struggling and had some negative 160 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:20,960 numbers there. But it has turned around, turned the tables. Maybe that's 161 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,679 good for Gibson if he's going to get traded, it sounds it seems like 162 00:11:24,759 --> 00:11:28,559 that's been the rumor forever. Who knows that that will actually happen. But 163 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:33,639 Doshtahl continues to have a super high equivalency. He has sixty three percent chance 164 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,519 of being an NHL or when he graduated the Hockey Prospecting Model, and he 165 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:43,039 has some really good comps, including Jacob Markshrum to Krask Star starters are like 166 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,799 at least average starters for him. But things are a bit rocky right now. 167 00:11:46,879 --> 00:11:48,600 So I think you've actually watched him a bunch right because he's been down 168 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,360 in your neck of the woods and you have a pretty good book on him. 169 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,200 What do you think of Doshtaal as his upside still super high and what 170 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:00,840 are these struggles amount too. Honestly, I amount these struggles to Anaheim, 171 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,799 like some of the struggles I know that. I think we talked a little 172 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,679 bit before the season started about what's going on with John Gibson too, just 173 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,399 looking at whether or not he can turn things back around in Anaheim, just 174 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:16,279 because that team's been so bad the last couple of years. And unfortunately they 175 00:12:16,879 --> 00:12:22,919 I think they started the year with a nice little optimistic streak and promptly lost 176 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,000 every game for a month and a half after that. I don't necessarily think 177 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:35,360 that's their goaltender's fault. For either goaltender. John Gibson has managed to turn 178 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:39,120 it back around a little bit this series. Looking I think it was over 179 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,279 the course of the back half of last year he was really starting to look 180 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,600 like maybe he was still an NHL goaltender, and it looks like he's continued 181 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,120 on that trajectory. And the thing is, I think Lucas Doschtall doesn't look 182 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,679 like he's out of place at the NHL level, which when you see a 183 00:12:54,759 --> 00:13:01,279 young guy who's really only in his third ish, I think he's in his 184 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,480 third full season at the North American level. Not just at the pro level, 185 00:13:03,919 --> 00:13:07,720 and he's holding his head above water. He's playing like an NHL goaltender. 186 00:13:09,159 --> 00:13:13,000 He's just not playing like an elite NHL goaltender, which for rebuilding team. 187 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,600 The fact that he hasn't really seen his numbers taken nose dive from a 188 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,840 raw number perspective, he hasn't really seen his save percentage just absolutely plummet. 189 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,720 That's something I find optimistic, just because we're seeing him get regular starts. 190 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,559 He's not getting time to go back down spend a ton of time in the 191 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,080 so to speak, pressure free. It's not pressure free, but it's far 192 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,759 less pressure at the AHL level, especially because the San Diego goals are not 193 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:43,480 They were not a great team when he was there. I think that he's 194 00:13:43,519 --> 00:13:48,720 not really getting that reprieve, that chance to go down retool things that maybe 195 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,000 you're starting to slip in his technique and his confidence levels and his consistency. 196 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:54,440 He's really staying up at the NHL level, and they're like, hey, 197 00:13:54,799 --> 00:13:58,879 you were the backup this year, the number two. At times you might 198 00:13:58,919 --> 00:14:03,840 be the number one. What happens, And I think he's responding to that 199 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,639 pretty well. I think next year will be the really the big test of 200 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,919 if he's actually going to be able to turn things around and get his numbers 201 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,879 back into a really impressive category. But I think that to a degree is 202 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:20,519 going to involve the team around him too. I know that we look at 203 00:14:20,639 --> 00:14:24,159 some of the teams that are underperforming and see that their goaltender is doing really 204 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:30,559 well, and hope that we see something like that from the Shalin Gibson and 205 00:14:31,519 --> 00:14:33,559 any of the goalies on the Sharks, which they're not doing there. But 206 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,559 ultimately I think that at least expecting him to hit that league average save percentage, 207 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:43,480 maybe a little below it when he's a twenty three year old kid, 208 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:46,559 that's all we can hope for right now, and then hope that he manages 209 00:14:46,639 --> 00:14:50,559 to build it back up as the team continues to rebuild their roster for the 210 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,039 next year or two. On to Devin Levi. As of the All Star 211 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,360 break, he's played twenty games this year, nineteen starts. He's holding serve 212 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,159 for a sub par Sabers Club. Stats aren't quite as good as that deep 213 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,240 that brief seven game debut that was so hot last year, and for a 214 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:11,879 dunce like me, it seems like a decent defensive environment the sense that the 215 00:15:11,919 --> 00:15:16,600 Sabers give up fewer shots per sixty than average, although a negative goal saved 216 00:15:16,159 --> 00:15:22,840 expected percentage, a Levi gives up a little bit more than even expected. 217 00:15:22,879 --> 00:15:26,320 And depending on where you look, he's either about the same as Ukapeka Lukenan 218 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:31,360 in terms of his stats are trailing him weirdly, a very bad home road 219 00:15:31,399 --> 00:15:35,720 split in the sense of on the at home eight seventy four save percentage on 220 00:15:35,799 --> 00:15:39,039 the road nine ten. Maybe he doesn't like Buffalo wings. I don't know. 221 00:15:39,559 --> 00:15:43,639 Is this somewhere where you would counsel patients kat that this is a guy 222 00:15:43,679 --> 00:15:48,399 who's still adjusting to the NHL, or is this going to be another promising 223 00:15:48,399 --> 00:15:52,679 goalie prospect eaten up by the Buffalo meat grinder? Oh man, I think 224 00:15:52,679 --> 00:15:56,559 at the start of the season, all that I said was don't put him 225 00:15:56,559 --> 00:15:58,840 in the NHL yet, give him some time to to get his feet at 226 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,559 the love. That's all I wanted to see from Buffalo, and they said, 227 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,399 no, thank you, we'd like him to be our starter. Which 228 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,639 luckily we're seeing things turn around for Ukupeca Lucanan, which I think is helping 229 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:17,600 his case. It's not a great feeling when you're an NHL team and you 230 00:16:17,639 --> 00:16:22,440 see your young goaltending prospect who comes into the league is expected to be one 231 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:27,519 of the best guys in his essentially in his age class, only play well 232 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:32,559 when he's not in Buffalo. That's not something I love to see. But 233 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:37,000 that's also potentially a pressure situation that could just be a nerves thing when you're 234 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:42,240 playing against an a way crowd. At worst, you play poorly in front 235 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,399 of people who were already rooting against you. At best, you stick it 236 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:51,679 to the haters. It's much tougher to play a consistent, positive game behind 237 00:16:51,679 --> 00:16:55,360 a team that, for all intents and purposes, has not been good for 238 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:00,080 I think we're going on fifteen years now since the Buffalo was good. That's 239 00:17:02,519 --> 00:17:06,119 that's so long, and they've really struggled with consistent goaltending. They don't have 240 00:17:06,519 --> 00:17:10,640 a really solid mentor there. They have Eric Comery, who's a nice enough 241 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,720 voice to have in the room, but is someone who I think in the 242 00:17:12,759 --> 00:17:17,400 past we've talked about having him around. He's a little too tough on himself, 243 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,319 so not really someone who's good at teaching young goaltenders to shake it off. 244 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:26,440 And uku Peca Locanin who has struggled I would say somewhere between moderately and 245 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,960 immensely every single season in the NHL. So you're not really giving him a 246 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:36,519 super promising environment, and you're giving him a fan base that, across all 247 00:17:36,559 --> 00:17:41,680 of their sports teams is really just ravenous to see something go right. And 248 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,400 that's a really tough environment to put a kid. And it's the same type 249 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,640 of environment that we look at when we hold our breath for young Leafs prospects, 250 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,680 young Oilers prospects, young Canucks prospects, the same thing for the Sabers. 251 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:59,160 We're looking at a team that really expects to see you dazzle them immediately 252 00:17:59,519 --> 00:18:04,359 or get out. And I think he's, like with Doschdal, he's holding 253 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,599 his own. He's not absolutely tanking the year. He's, like you said, 254 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:15,759 is his underlying numbers look a little bit more average. He's not impressing, 255 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:18,400 and he's not absolutely drowning. Ideally, I wanted to see more games 256 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:25,000 from him at the AHL level. That's I really wonder if in the off 257 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:30,559 season if Buffalo manages to snag someone with a little more experience outside of Buffalo, 258 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:36,599 because at this point, Lucanan does have NHL experience. It's just there's 259 00:18:36,599 --> 00:18:38,480 a little last risk connect to that because it's all in Buffalo. I wonder 260 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,960 if they give Levi a chance next year to just do what I was saying 261 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,200 for Doshdall. You give him a chance to go back down to a more 262 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:51,440 pressure free environment retool parts of his game. He's someone who from a positional 263 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:56,279 standpoint, is really consistent and strong, and his reflexes are good, but 264 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,880 that's not the first thing you talk about when you look at his game, 265 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,319 his positional awareness and his technique. So giving him a chance to fine tune 266 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:10,319 that work on how to maintain that when he's under NHL level pressure, that 267 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,599 would be a good thing. I don't know that's what Buffalo is going to 268 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:17,599 do, because everything I want them to do with goaltenders they do the opposite. 269 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,319 But that's okay, it's their plan and at some point it's going to 270 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:26,880 work. I feel like the environment that you're describing is exactly what the Predators 271 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:32,720 are doing for Yaroslav Askarov, So let's talk about him next. He's had 272 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,960 few opportunities in the NHL, but very nice performances, and of course Kevin 273 00:19:37,039 --> 00:19:40,960 Linkin it is holding down the FORD is the backup so that Askarov can't continue 274 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,200 to mature in the AHL. Sorrows is down to two years on that contract. 275 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,880 I can't believe that already. It's we're waiting for him forever and now 276 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,240 Rene is long gone, but Sorrows is down to two years on his current 277 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,799 contract. Obviously, he's somebody who one would think has got a long career 278 00:19:55,799 --> 00:20:00,000 ahead of him. Askrov's doing very well in Milwaukee and the AHL and nine 279 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:03,559 say percentage is fifth in the AHL. And let's we forget Askarov is only 280 00:20:03,599 --> 00:20:07,440 twenty one years old. This is his second real season in North America, 281 00:20:08,079 --> 00:20:12,680 and so how is this maturing going with Askarov? What's going to happen if 282 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:17,599 and when he gets his chance? Cat He's like you said, I just 283 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,960 want to gesture what Nashville's doing and show Anaheim and Buffalo be like see it 284 00:20:22,039 --> 00:20:26,640 works because Askarov has two games at the NHL level this year, he has 285 00:20:26,839 --> 00:20:30,960 a nine to forty three raw safe percentage, and then he gets to go 286 00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:33,839 back down to the AHL and he gets to continue developing his game and work 287 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,599 on his consistency and get the game reps in, which is exactly what you 288 00:20:37,599 --> 00:20:38,759 want to see for those young guys. You want to see the chance for 289 00:20:38,839 --> 00:20:44,920 them to retool their game work behind. At the AHL level, you see 290 00:20:45,759 --> 00:20:49,720 a much more unpredictable defense. It's not necessarily that it's worse at times. 291 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:55,920 It's not necessarily that it's a slower game. The skating speed, the shooting 292 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:57,640 speed is all the same, it's just it's more unpredictable. You see a 293 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:04,400 lot of those sloppier mistakes. So you really get that worst case scenario practice 294 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:10,160 in gameplay at the AHL level, where any potential defensive breakdown you could look 295 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,480 at the NHL level, you get it one or two or three times more 296 00:21:14,519 --> 00:21:18,000 per game at the AHL level to practice, and if you lose that game, 297 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:22,599 you're not costing your team two points towards their playoff run. So that's 298 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:26,960 what Nashville has been doing with Oscarb and he looks really good. I think 299 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:33,440 that's a team that has consistently done a good job developing their goaltenders. They 300 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,039 have a really nice surprise in Kevin Lincoln in there as their number two. 301 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,599 He is someone who when we talk about teams that really mishandled the way that 302 00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:47,160 their goaltending prospects should be handled. I don't know if you guys remember Kevin 303 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,799 Lincoln and got his NHL start during that really disastrous year in Chicago where they 304 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,200 just they had to bring him up. He did okay, learned. It 305 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,720 turns out that he didn't get enough development time, didn't get enough time to 306 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:04,720 retool his game after playing behind a really bad rebuilding defense, and his numbers 307 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:10,200 started to slip. He's not doing amazingly in Nashville this year, but that's 308 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:18,319 okay because Sorrows is doing pretty well, and I think that we're probably once 309 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,559 again, i'd say maybe one or two years. I'd say realistically, we 310 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:26,759 have two years left on that Sorrow's contract. Probably that last year is when 311 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:32,119 I would expect the team to want to split. Ask Rovin Sorrows, see 312 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,720 how that works as a tandem, and then approach the future of their net 313 00:22:36,039 --> 00:22:40,559 looking at how those two handle working together in tandem, which in a perfect 314 00:22:40,599 --> 00:22:47,359 world we see a like a Lena Soulmark Jeremy Swingman type tandem. But worst 315 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,079 case, they decide that they only need one of the two of them. 316 00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:56,240 But I think things are that is the perfect possible situation there, and it's 317 00:22:56,279 --> 00:23:00,799 really playing out in a strong way for him. Hopefully they have some version 318 00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:07,519 of the goalie hug that the Boston Boys do. I saw this clip of 319 00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:11,359 all the goalies doing that at the All Star Yes, I just watched that, 320 00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:15,000 except Thatcher Demko apparently is a hater and was like, no, thank 321 00:23:15,079 --> 00:23:22,359 you listening to watching that clip. I don't know if you had the volume 322 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,960 turned up when you saw it. Jake Ottinger gives Jeremy swim and he's standing 323 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,799 at the entrance to the dressing room and each of the goalies comes fine. 324 00:23:29,839 --> 00:23:33,920 He opens his arms to give him his signature goalie hug, and Jake Ottinger 325 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,359 gives him the hug and says, isn't this cheating on your boy here? 326 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:44,279 And then shuffles away. That's someone posted that. Someone posted that on Boston 327 00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:48,839 Twitter. Yeah, that basically that Omark was going to call him a cheater 328 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,599 when he got back. That's hilarious. All right, This move on to 329 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:53,759 number five on my list, and then we'll get into some guys that are 330 00:23:53,799 --> 00:23:56,720 too high or too low. And this is the big bad Dustin Wolf. 331 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:02,000 He is still killing it over in the AHL. He has for the past 332 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,359 three seasons. I think there's been some discussion too about how good the team 333 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,279 has been during that time. The Calgary Wranglers the last two seasons is stucked 334 00:24:08,279 --> 00:24:11,599 and heat before that, it hasn't really mattered at first. For Dustin Well 335 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,279 if he's been at or above a nine to twenty four save percentage all three 336 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,039 years. This season he's at nine twenty six, last season nine thirty two, 337 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,240 and he did get five NHL starts this season. They didn't all go 338 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,000 terribly well. I think he got one win. There were a couple of 339 00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:32,039 not so good ones. Overall, his goal save above expected was negative five 340 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,240 and his delta Fendwick negative three, which is a really bad number. And 341 00:24:36,759 --> 00:24:41,799 Vodar has been equally not as great, maybe slightly better. But Jacob Markstrom 342 00:24:41,839 --> 00:24:45,480 having this big rebound season, he has almost fourteen goals save above expected. 343 00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:49,039 He's really turned things around. That's I think if Markstrom was going to continue 344 00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:52,519 to struggle and Vladar, maybe Wolf would be getting even more starts. But 345 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,400 I don't know, well to see what you think about all that, But 346 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,519 looking at the hockey prospecting, he continues to have a good equivalency trended up 347 00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:03,559 to fifty six percent. I'm ninety nine percent. Sure that would be much 348 00:25:03,599 --> 00:25:07,319 higher if he wasn't six feet tall, if he was six four I think 349 00:25:07,319 --> 00:25:10,920 that would be closer to eighty percent or something because the numbers are so good, 350 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,599 but he has equivalencies of I think probably the one that makes the most 351 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,440 sense to me looking at this as Anton Forrestberg, who is listed as an 352 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,279 average starter. Maybe that's the upside for him. Maybe it's more cats. 353 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:22,279 You're going to tell us, and I know that you and I are both 354 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:26,519 card carrying members of the Destin wal fan club, So tell me what you 355 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:30,319 think of his projection now after this third strong AHL season, I love rooting 356 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:37,000 for a good California boy. I'm glad they're not bringing him up more consistently 357 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:38,039 at the NHL level. I think at the start of the year, I 358 00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:44,119 was like, this could be his year, and then Calgary immediately said, 359 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,519 no, this is not only not his year, it's not our year. 360 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:52,200 They are, I think, statistically one of the worst teams in the NHL 361 00:25:52,319 --> 00:25:55,880 right now. They've really been struggling with a lot of things going on there. 362 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:02,480 I know they just had a trade go through that looks like they had 363 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,680 to get a massive haulback for one of their players. I don't know what's 364 00:26:04,759 --> 00:26:10,759 going on there. I'm hoping that we'll see them turn things around before Dustin 365 00:26:10,799 --> 00:26:15,400 Wolf makes it to the NHL level on a full time basis. Dan ladar 366 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,599 is struggling doesn't surprise me as much, just because I watched him more when 367 00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:22,519 he was a prospect for Boston and I wasn't super in love with his game. 368 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:26,480 Jeremy Swayman was of their young goaltender, is the one that I had 369 00:26:26,759 --> 00:26:32,759 tabbed is my heir apparent in Boston, and apparently Boston listened to me and 370 00:26:32,839 --> 00:26:37,079 shipped Vladar off to Calgary. Agree it's no seeing mark Strom make a rebound, 371 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,759 but I don't he only realistically has a few years left as a volume 372 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:48,200 starter with lots of games under his belt, just because he's played such heavy 373 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,880 workloads for such a long time behind teams that do not give him a whole 374 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,799 lot of support. I know that Vancouver's finally turned it around this year when 375 00:26:56,799 --> 00:27:00,720 he was there. They certainly didn't. They made it as as difficult as 376 00:27:00,759 --> 00:27:08,000 possible for him. I like Dustin Wolf's game from a consistency standpoint. I 377 00:27:08,079 --> 00:27:11,759 like his game. He reminds me a little bit of watching someone like Aunti 378 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:17,519 Ronto, who plays a unique game for a shorter goaltender. We see someone 379 00:27:17,519 --> 00:27:22,799 who doesn't like to challenge too aggressively. It's not like an Alex Staylock type 380 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:27,319 short goaltender, which I did get to see him sitting on the bench here 381 00:27:27,319 --> 00:27:30,559 in San Diego a couple weeks ago, and that made me extremely excited. 382 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:36,039 You guys know, I love Alex Staylock, but yeah, Dustin Wolf plays 383 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:41,599 like he's like a six three six' four goaltender where he's playing just comfortably 384 00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:45,200 within the blue paint, doesn't do a whole lot of challenging, just patiently 385 00:27:45,279 --> 00:27:48,200 waits out to see what the shooters are going to do. Does a really 386 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,799 good job of reading passes so he's getting good cross ice movement. He doesn't 387 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:56,119 really do a whole lot of overcorrecting, doesn't slide a whole lot, and 388 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:00,720 I think that works really well until you're behind. It does disastrous defense where 389 00:28:00,759 --> 00:28:04,400 you just have to throw all of your technique out the window and just live 390 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,680 on reflexes and vibes alone. And I think that's what Calgary needs right now. 391 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,759 Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like it's working out for Vladar because that's his 392 00:28:11,839 --> 00:28:18,160 style, but it does seem like the ability to play with a little bit 393 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,759 of a panic element to their game, which is what Jacob Markstrom has had 394 00:28:22,759 --> 00:28:26,240 to do throughout his career, is something that is working in Markstrom's favor right 395 00:28:26,279 --> 00:28:32,079 now. So hopefully we see Calgary ky in a little consistency before they bring 396 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:33,880 Wolf up full time. But just looking at his numbers, I think they 397 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:40,200 can't leave him in the AHL too much longer without it becoming almost an off 398 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:45,319 ice problem. Where he's played well enough, he's earned his right to be 399 00:28:45,359 --> 00:28:48,799 in the NHL, and if they keep holding him in the AHL, I 400 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:55,440 think that becomes almost a discontentment type of situation for him. Calgary has shown 401 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,880 they are starting to sell a little bit, so maybe they'll make some more 402 00:28:59,519 --> 00:29:04,200 up there in Alberta. Next up, Kat, you have seen Victor's ranks 403 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,720 at this point, and we've asked you to comment on some guys that you 404 00:29:07,839 --> 00:29:12,480 think might not quite be where you would place them. And the first one 405 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:18,119 who you think maybe is a bit underestimated here is Drew Comesso, embarking on 406 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,839 his first season as a Rockford ice Hog for of course, of the Chicago 407 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:26,359 Blackhawks system. After a fairly successful career at Boston University. Numbers are not 408 00:29:26,359 --> 00:29:30,319 great in Rockford. In the AHL so far this year, eight ninety five 409 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:33,640 save percentage for a not great squad. I know on this show we picked 410 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,480 on Chicago taking him way back during the draft, as early as the second 411 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:42,640 round, but there's certainly an opening in Chicago. Is Comeso showing the potential 412 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:48,039 one day to be Connor Bedard's backstop. Why do you believe he is a 413 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:53,319 little bit underrated at this point? I so, I really like what I've 414 00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:57,440 seen from his game. When I first watched some of his essentially some of 415 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:03,680 his scouting reports when he got drafted, I thought that some of the support 416 00:30:03,759 --> 00:30:07,839 that he had there was it looked like they were a little high on him 417 00:30:07,759 --> 00:30:15,160 because he was a US national team goaltender, and I believe he was playing 418 00:30:15,519 --> 00:30:21,920 behind Spencer Night and they play pretty different games there. So I prefer a 419 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,200 game like Spencer Knight's game. I think Cameso plays a little bit more. 420 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,759 We were talking about guys who who thrive on vibes only, but watching Camesso's 421 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:34,079 game, He's really cleaned up some of the control in his game. He's 422 00:30:34,119 --> 00:30:37,960 become a little bit more patient. He still likes to skate out, which 423 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:45,200 I think the Rockford Ice Hogs are not a team that not a team that's 424 00:30:45,319 --> 00:30:49,519 doing super well from a consistency standpoint, which that makes sense. That's a 425 00:30:49,559 --> 00:30:55,559 team that's in the process of retooling their roster, and they really haven't been 426 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,559 able to get the assets to stockpile AHL team because a lot of those guys 427 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:03,599 who would be in the HL are currently on their NHL team, which makes 428 00:31:03,599 --> 00:31:07,359 it a little tough on their goaltending prospects. I just think I've seen good 429 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:11,480 upward trajectory from his technique, and at first I was a little hesitant on 430 00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:15,720 that one, but especially of the goaltenders that Chicago has, I think he's 431 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:22,599 probably their best bet and thinking, well, probably if he continues to improve 432 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,079 like this. He hasn't really done a whole lot of backsliding from a visual 433 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:30,240 perspective, like from watching his technique, so I think as long as he 434 00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:33,720 continues to improve like that and show that he's willing to learn and remold parts 435 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:41,559 of his game without taking big stumbles or without backsliding, that's a good option 436 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,599 for that team moving forward for sure. All Right, and you're right, 437 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,160 he was on that USNTB team with Knight. He was on the more of 438 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,519 the U seventeen side and Night on the U eighteen team. But anyways, 439 00:31:53,559 --> 00:31:57,799 let's move on to the next guy, Kelly Klang playing. I have him 440 00:31:57,839 --> 00:32:04,759 ranked tenth and and he he struggled so far this season with the goals San 441 00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:07,839 Diego goals of the AHL. Apparently struggling so much he got sent to the 442 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:13,599 ECHL, where he's had a couple of very strong games for the renowned Tulsa 443 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:19,559 Oilers of ECHL. So yish, that's not good looking at the hockey prospecting, 444 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,200 he generally still looks really good. I mean, he peaked at sixty 445 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,400 six percent chance of being NHL or last season when he was in the SHL 446 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,880 and this season. He did get five games in the HL last season after 447 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,319 coming over, but this is his first real tour in North America. Hasn't 448 00:32:35,319 --> 00:32:37,519 gone so well. He's dipped back down a fifty five percent. He's got 449 00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:40,680 some pretty good comps. Actually, John Gibson is one of his comps, 450 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:45,039 which is funny since he's a teammate. But even though the raw numbers for 451 00:32:45,079 --> 00:32:49,839 the goal don't look so good, hit eight ninety five say percentage and three 452 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,319 two three GAA and eighteen games his expected goals were goal conceded is one point 453 00:32:53,319 --> 00:32:59,160 twenty six, meaning he's saving more goals than expected. So that's always good. 454 00:32:59,319 --> 00:33:01,440 But I don't know, what do you think about playing so far this 455 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:07,799 season? So the Goals are an insane team to watch right now. I've 456 00:33:07,839 --> 00:33:15,200 gone to a couple of their games so far, and obviously AHL games are 457 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:20,079 always an adventure. Those are especially an adventure. We have a buddy who 458 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,079 lives here who is from Palm Springs, so we get to go see the 459 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:29,559 fun Southern California HL team rivalries a lot because they like to go to all 460 00:33:29,599 --> 00:33:34,119 those games. I think that sending him to the ECHL, as hard as 461 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,200 that can be for a prospect, sometimes that's probably a good idea, just 462 00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:40,680 because I know that we're probably going to talk about their other goaltender in a 463 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:45,319 minute here, and I think that if you're the goaltender who's not doing as 464 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:49,480 well at the AHL level, it's better to get those reps in. And 465 00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:52,680 so he's getting reps in on a different team rather than sitting as their backup, 466 00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:55,519 which is nice, and he's getting a chance to like you said, 467 00:33:55,559 --> 00:34:00,640 his numbers look really good. Now that he's getting out chance to get some 468 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,920 reps in at the ECCHL level, then they can bring him back up to 469 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:09,199 the HL level. There's a very fun locker room mentor in Alex Staylock at 470 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:15,960 the AHL level right now, so they have Honestly, I like the Anaheim 471 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:21,800 and San Diego stacked their goaltending roster there. They added almost too many goaltenders 472 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,840 so that they had in the case of injury, in the case of underperformance, 473 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:30,000 in the case of illness, they have enough guys, and that just 474 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:35,000 left Klaang is the odd man out there, so he has popped over to 475 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:37,119 the ECCHL level. I'm assuming that so that if they need to, they 476 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:42,840 can always call Alex Staylock up to the Ducks versus one of either Klanger Suchanic 477 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:45,960 and I'm assuming we'll see him back at the AHL level pretty quickly. But 478 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:51,639 yeah, I was surprised to see that he'd been struggling, and then I 479 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,239 went to a couple of the goals games and I was like, oh, 480 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:58,559 I'm not as surprised anymore. I get it. I think just getting a 481 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:02,480 chance to get his feet wet at the North American level beyond those five games 482 00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:07,079 that he got last year. Is really going to be how we'll tell if 483 00:35:07,079 --> 00:35:12,760 he ultimately is because I thought he was one of the better European prospects his 484 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,000 draft year, and it'll be interesting to see if he stays that way or 485 00:35:15,039 --> 00:35:20,920 if maybe he just can't quite adjust to the patin rhythm of the North American 486 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,360 game, which is what it looked like right now. So you mentioned he's 487 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:30,760 been outperformed in San Diego and the man he's been outperformed by Toomas Suchanik, 488 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,480 And I'm thrilled that this is a guy you are seeing up close and personal. 489 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,440 He has got a nine to twenty one save percentage eight two and two 490 00:35:37,559 --> 00:35:43,400 record for the San Diego goals a year after leading Checchia to a silver in 491 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,360 the World Juniors. He's not tiny, he's six to two, he's twenty 492 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:52,360 years old. He's young and is I keep staring at this cat. I 493 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,239 keep trying to make sure this is true. But he wasn't drafted, right, 494 00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:00,679 He's got to be drafted in the upcoming draft. What the heck is 495 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:06,400 going out? Why wasn't he drafted? And as an overager, how highly 496 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,920 could he be drafted now. How good is Kamasuchanic? He's been so much 497 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:15,119 fun to watch. I remember I was watching one of the games that he 498 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,400 was starting in and I was like, who is this? Is this? 499 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,280 I thought it was playing it first, and so I just guy was like, 500 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,360 that's not his number, and I looked it up and I was like, 501 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:30,880 that can't be right, but it was. He had been playing on 502 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:36,199 the WHL's Tricity Americans for two years, had some pretty good numbers there. 503 00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:39,199 I think that a lot of the we're going to see, and I think 504 00:36:39,199 --> 00:36:45,039 we've talked about this during some of our summer series, We're going to see 505 00:36:45,039 --> 00:36:50,960 some really weird goaltending draft positions, both guys who got left out entirely and 506 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,760 guys who got drafted too high. Because we had a full year where guys 507 00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:00,840 in the OHL, guys who were playing for the IVS at the ENDA level, 508 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,800 some of the guys playing in Europe just didn't get a single start. 509 00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:08,079 Some of those guys only had ten games their draft years, some of them 510 00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:16,880 had zero. And so we saw some really weird draft positions where teams were 511 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,400 like, you know what, I think this guy's going to be good. 512 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,679 I saw him last year, and if he's still developed this year, he's 513 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:28,599 going to be great. And some of those gambles paid off and some of 514 00:37:28,639 --> 00:37:31,519 them did not, And so then we saw a bunch of guys who were 515 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:37,599 essentially a year older at the level that they were playing. So we saw 516 00:37:37,639 --> 00:37:40,920 a lot of older guys still playing in the WHL, still playing in the 517 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:46,360 USHL, still playing and CBA hockey, and so it became this weird sort 518 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:51,960 of dichotomy where teams couldn't figure out if a guy was playing poorly because he 519 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,159 had missed time or because he was struggling, and they couldn't tell if a 520 00:37:54,159 --> 00:37:58,360 guy was playing well because he was older than everyone else or because he was 521 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:04,840 genuinely good. And so we just saw a bunch of really weird misses on 522 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,480 drafts, and a bunch of guys who were taken too high, some guys 523 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,320 who weren't taken high enough, some guys like Suchanik who were just missed entirely. 524 00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:15,880 But he's been really fun to watch. I know that some of the 525 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:20,880 Czech goaltenders are a little exciting to watch. Some of them are a little 526 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:27,840 too exciting to watch, But he looked like he understood body positioning, which 527 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,239 is the huge thing when you get some of those more active goaltenders who enjoy 528 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:35,559 coming out of their crease, they don't enjoy playing a super structured game. 529 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,800 And his game looked really fluid and rhythmic, and it looked like he was 530 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:45,360 reacting well, but he also wasn't overreacting. And the goals defense is not 531 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:50,519 very good, there's no other way to put it. The goals defense is 532 00:38:51,559 --> 00:38:55,360 wild at times, and there were a few moments where there were some really 533 00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:00,239 high danger shots against him, and he was playing it correctly. He wasn't 534 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:05,719 diving for saves that he knew he couldn't cover, which is something that you 535 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,039 see in the AHL a lot. You'll see a guy who dives isn't able 536 00:39:09,079 --> 00:39:13,519 to fully cover the puck, stop the play, puck pops back out into 537 00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:15,920 play and they end up getting scored on because they're still laying prone on the 538 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,480 ice. And he was doing a really good job of staying on his feet, 539 00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:23,000 staying on his knees so he could recover and make a second save, 540 00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:27,960 or he was passing the puck out to a teammate, or he was trying 541 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,239 to create a little extra chaos in his crease without turning himself around. We 542 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:35,639 see that bad habit a lot from some of those guys who skate a little 543 00:39:35,679 --> 00:39:39,599 bit too much, where they almost turn around and watch the puck behind the 544 00:39:39,639 --> 00:39:44,519 net. It's something that we used to see from Charlie Lindgren actually before he 545 00:39:45,199 --> 00:39:47,599 cleaned up his game, when he was an early prospect, turning himself all 546 00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:52,159 the way around in the net. And that's something that I didn't notice from 547 00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:55,519 suchanic at all, and I was waiting for it, and I was expecting 548 00:39:55,519 --> 00:39:58,800 it, and it just didn't happen, and I was like, I like 549 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,400 this guy. I think they are probably not going to They might overreact, 550 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:06,519 but I think they're probably going to continue to give him development times. See 551 00:40:06,519 --> 00:40:13,480 if this year is just getting a little too like writing on adrenaline there. 552 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,400 But from the way it looks, I think he's just someone that we all 553 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:21,559 slept on, didn't notice and might actually be a really solid prospect for a 554 00:40:21,559 --> 00:40:24,199 team to have. That's some great stuff. And I know that Byron has 555 00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:29,880 done a really good exercise looking at overage goalies and how that's a real market 556 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,760 inefficiency that you can pick up a little little bit more about them, and 557 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:36,920 you can draft them a little bit later, so that might be true in 558 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,280 fantasy too. So Thomas Schuchnik seems like a really good one. Dylan gran 559 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:45,440 who I have at twenty six and you wrote that might be a little low 560 00:40:45,519 --> 00:40:49,639 for you, and so he is a New York Rangers prospect. He was 561 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,280 drafted in the fourth round in twenty twenty. He's six foot on hundred and 562 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,039 seventy two pounds, a little bit undersize. He's actually pretty young for his 563 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:59,320 draft year too. He's a June seventh birthday. And he was in the 564 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:05,159 WHL for his development, mainly with kam Loops, and then last season he 565 00:41:05,199 --> 00:41:07,119 had his transition to the AHL and it was rough, and I know we 566 00:41:07,159 --> 00:41:10,159 talked a little bit about that in the summer eight ninety four save percentage, 567 00:41:10,159 --> 00:41:15,199 three goals against average, and so that was part of the okay, what's 568 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:20,079 going on here? After he did have some really great performances, if everyone 569 00:41:20,119 --> 00:41:22,639 remembers at the World Juniors, I believe that was the year he led Canada 570 00:41:22,679 --> 00:41:27,559 to gold and was stellar in that tournament, and then follow that up with 571 00:41:27,639 --> 00:41:32,480 the not so good AHL year. His equivalency looks kind of stagnant at around 572 00:41:32,519 --> 00:41:38,400 thirty percent the comps aren't super great guys like Brisgolov and Anthony Hudobin. That's 573 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:42,719 looking more like an average starter to back up kind of thing. I think 574 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,719 part of the issue is that he's a little bit smaller. He's six feet 575 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,960 and the WHL equivalency he had was pretty low. But you can't discount what 576 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,079 he's done this year in the AHL. It's been really good twenty games, 577 00:41:53,119 --> 00:41:55,880 nine to eleven, save percentage, seems like he's current things around Kad. 578 00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:59,400 What have you thought of grand and why do you think he should be a 579 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:05,519 little higher. I so I was really high on him during his draft year, 580 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:10,239 actually, and I was really hoping that he would go a little bit 581 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:15,559 higher. I was really excited when the Rangers managed to snag him, I 582 00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:19,679 would say in mid in a kind of a mid to late draft position. 583 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:22,639 There. It's not like he fell to Dustin Wolf levels. But he's someone 584 00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:29,239 who he was playing well at the WHL level. He hadn't really been getting 585 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:35,559 a whole lot of looks from Team Canada prior to twenty twenty one, and 586 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:42,079 obviously he ended up leading his team to gold, which was delightful. That 587 00:42:42,159 --> 00:42:45,480 was a weird one for me. Because I had been surprised when he didn't 588 00:42:45,519 --> 00:42:47,800 get taken for the I believe it was the Ivan Hlanka tournament where I had 589 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:52,599 thought that he was one of the better guys to have on the team and 590 00:42:52,639 --> 00:42:58,000 he didn't end up getting to go. And then finally I think he ended 591 00:42:58,079 --> 00:43:02,360 up going after a bunch of prospect essentially hadn't been able to play during the 592 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:08,920 COVID stoppage year and really Sean and then he did follow it up with a 593 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:14,239 bit of a struggle at the AHL level, which the Rangers are a weird 594 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,960 team for me because I feel like their goaltenders play really poorly at the AHL 595 00:43:19,079 --> 00:43:22,840 level and then come up to the NHL and do great, or they end 596 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:29,280 up leaving them overseas they do really well and have i'd say more success with 597 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,679 drafting guys from overseas, letting them play in the pros over there, and 598 00:43:32,679 --> 00:43:37,920 then bringing them directly over to the NHL. So we'll see how it goes 599 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,320 for him. I'm remaining a little patient, but he's someone who just from 600 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,400 a technique standpoint, I really enjoyed watching a lot of those guys who play 601 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:52,519 in the WHL have I would say a more consistent defense in front of them. 602 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,440 That's a league that historically has been a little bit more defense oriented. 603 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,800 You see a lot of really shining offense in the OHL, and then you 604 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:04,280 see a lot of chaos in the queue, and so getting to see him 605 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:10,119 develop his game behind good defensive consistency. I know that's something that some people 606 00:44:10,199 --> 00:44:14,079 knock. They say, oh, guys who are playing as a goaltender for 607 00:44:14,159 --> 00:44:16,800 a WHL team, they have it easier than guys playing for the other teams. 608 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:21,599 But I think it's almost better for their development, just because they're not 609 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,079 constantly having to guess what's going on in front of them, so they can 610 00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:28,960 really focus on their technique, their repetitions, their consistency, and their reads. 611 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:35,519 So yeah, that's I think that the Rangers aren't necessarily hurting for goaltenders 612 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:39,360 right now, although I think the chiester cans not really having the year that 613 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:44,280 he hoped he would, which is okay, no goaltender is perfect. I 614 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,559 think that he's someone who when I saw that they drafted him, I was 615 00:44:46,599 --> 00:44:52,119 like, perfect. They can use him as a backup in probably or even 616 00:44:52,159 --> 00:44:55,800 as a tandem in probably two or three years, and I'd say we're probably 617 00:44:55,840 --> 00:45:00,119 about a year out from wanting to try him in that position, which I 618 00:45:00,159 --> 00:45:05,000 think they bought themselves some good time there by having a very successful, surprising 619 00:45:05,039 --> 00:45:07,800 bounce back for Jonathan Quick. So we'll see how that goes. But he's 620 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,840 someone who I have a little bit of a soft spot because he was overlooked 621 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:14,119 by Team Canada for a couple of years while he was playing really well in 622 00:45:14,159 --> 00:45:17,119 the juniors, and then when they did finally tap him for a spot, 623 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:22,159 he delivered, which is something that I think counts very good. We're going 624 00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:25,440 to take a break, come back with Kat on a few more goalies, 625 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:45,440 so Victor and Jesse, it's Cal Peterson Air from now. The King's My 626 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:50,239 buddies played fantasy and they have an absolute flast. They have a hard time 627 00:45:50,559 --> 00:45:52,679 drafting me, and fortunately because I think there's a lot of better guys. 628 00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:58,199 But with Alan knows Kat, the next guy we want to talk about is 629 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:00,000 a fella. I feel like we've been waiting for a while, but maybe 630 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:05,360 that's just the main problem. Joel Blomquist of the Pittsburgh Penguins. His safe 631 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,360 percentage is actually fourth in the AHL this year. He's doing great. He 632 00:46:08,559 --> 00:46:14,239 was taken as the third goalie in that twenty twenty draft with the after the 633 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:19,840 previously mentioned Yaroslavaskarov and Drew Comesso. I believe he has dressed for a Penguins 634 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,519 game but not yet played in the NHL, and it is not a remote 635 00:46:23,519 --> 00:46:29,920 possibility that Tristan Jarry could implode. So if he did, would Joel Blomquist 636 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:35,719 be ready and or will he be riding in the long term? Oh man, 637 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,559 he's I know that we've talked in the past about justice in Nunan and 638 00:46:40,039 --> 00:46:45,800 Joe Blomquist is from the same finished goaltending system that they have a really monster 639 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,920 goaltending coach over there, Ari Hilly, who has worked with Blundquists in the 640 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,480 past. It's a system that I think develops their goaltenders in a really unique 641 00:46:54,480 --> 00:47:00,440 way where they look North American ready the minute they leave Finland. And I 642 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,239 know that we've talked about him in the past because I have this monstrous soft 643 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:09,559 spot for Blumquist. I was a little confused at first when the Penguins drafted 644 00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:13,760 him. I think they drafted him what like four or five spots after they 645 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,039 took Kellie Klang, and that ended up working out in their favorite because they 646 00:47:17,079 --> 00:47:21,960 were able to use one of the two or as trade fodder and were able 647 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:27,239 to recoup their investment there by snagging a couple goaltenders in a really monstrous draft. 648 00:47:28,159 --> 00:47:32,079 And I couldn't be happier to see that Blumpost is having just a stellar 649 00:47:32,159 --> 00:47:37,559 year at the HL level. But it's not super surprising given the system that 650 00:47:37,639 --> 00:47:45,159 he comes from. I think that Carpot really develops their goaltenders to play a 651 00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:50,960 tighter game. They work with their goaltenders to not try to challenge quite as 652 00:47:51,079 --> 00:47:55,559 much as some of the European goaltenders can, almost work against the advantages of 653 00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,039 the European goal, the European skating site stump. So they look weird when 654 00:48:01,039 --> 00:48:05,679 they're playing against other Finnish teams, but then when they come over to North 655 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,360 America they look really good. I like you said, there's always that chance 656 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:13,719 that Tristan Jerry will implode. I love watching him play. I think he's 657 00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:17,119 an amazing goaltender. He makes me anxious every time I watch him play because 658 00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:21,559 I'm expecting something to go wrong and I cannot put my finger on why. 659 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:27,159 So yeah, I think that's a team that maybe needs a little bit of 660 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:32,199 a little bit of reassurance at the minor league level, and that's a boncust 661 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:37,440 really serves for them. Ideally, we don't see him out at the NHL 662 00:48:37,559 --> 00:48:42,360 level, maybe not even next year, just because it's nice to be able 663 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,159 to give him a chance to get his feet wet. Ideally, we don't 664 00:48:45,159 --> 00:48:47,719 see him play in an NHL game this year at all. We maybe see 665 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,519 him dress for them, but we don't see him play in them. Next 666 00:48:51,559 --> 00:48:55,360 year, we see him do that one to five NHL games kind of introduction 667 00:48:55,480 --> 00:49:00,000 that we see for most of those guys, and then see him more regularly 668 00:49:00,119 --> 00:49:02,519 the year after that. All Right, we'll have to see if that happens 669 00:49:02,519 --> 00:49:07,719 for Blanquist. So the next guy on my list for you is Justice Anenin 670 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:12,079 you just referenced him as he was from the same car pot system there in 671 00:49:12,119 --> 00:49:15,360 Finland. He has finished. I feel like we've been waiting on En and 672 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:20,000 in forever. He was a twenty eighteen draft pick by the color Avalanche in 673 00:49:20,119 --> 00:49:22,360 the third round. He's good, got good size, six four to two 674 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:25,639 o nine. He played in that car path system until the twenty twenty eight 675 00:49:25,679 --> 00:49:30,199 twenty one this year, and then he came over to North America. That 676 00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:34,119 first year was rough in the AHL, he had a sub nine hundred save 677 00:49:34,119 --> 00:49:37,880 percentage, but the last two years have been pretty good and he's basically been 678 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:42,480 there with just five NHL appearances, including one this season where he got the 679 00:49:42,519 --> 00:49:45,159 win, let in four goals, but still had a nine hundred safe percentage, 680 00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:49,920 so I had a lot of shots against them. The Abs have not 681 00:49:50,039 --> 00:49:54,159 been the defensive stalwart team they once were, and yeah, so again decent 682 00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:59,400 in the AHL, his equivalency has been pretty much in that thirty to forty 683 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:04,719 percent range, and she looks a lot like someone like Dustin Dokarski, so 684 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,280 not the highest equivalency in this model. And I think one of the biggest 685 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:14,280 things for him is that the goalie situation in Colorado, Georgiev has been the 686 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,760 man. His underlying numbers haven't been good, but the Avs claimed I've been 687 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:23,000 Prosvetov off waivers and he's actually been pretty decent eleven games. His goal save 688 00:50:23,039 --> 00:50:27,920 above expected and Delta fenwick are both positive. And I know we talked about 689 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,119 him in the summer as someone who could could do something for Arizona, but 690 00:50:31,159 --> 00:50:36,000 now he's in this system and it almost seems like he's leapfrogged, although his 691 00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:38,599 equivalency is slightly lower. That's similar, though, So what do you think 692 00:50:38,679 --> 00:50:45,559 about on in? Has Prosvettov jumped him? Or what's who's going to be 693 00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:46,880 the next guy? And I have to ask it in this way, Kat, 694 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:53,599 when will justice be served? Oh? I love that. It's weird 695 00:50:53,639 --> 00:51:00,360 because I feel like Colorado it's the and I'd be like, why are you 696 00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:05,440 so obsessed with me? I know, right the mean girls quote, Colorado 697 00:51:05,519 --> 00:51:10,760 just keeps taking goaltenders that Arizona doesn't want from their prospect system. It's I 698 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:21,199 feel like Colorado really likes to snag goaltenders who aren't doing super well or getting 699 00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,599 waived or not getting qualified by their old team, stuff like that, and 700 00:51:25,599 --> 00:51:30,880 bring them in so that they don't have to rush their prospects up to the 701 00:51:30,039 --> 00:51:35,920 NHL level. I don't really understand what's going on with Colorado's goaltending because they 702 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,519 seem like they end up with guys who do really well but then just can't 703 00:51:38,519 --> 00:51:43,679 stay healthy, and then they lose them, and then they get someone else 704 00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:51,559 and it's just a rinse and repeat cycle. I would love to see and 705 00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:55,239 Ann jump to the NHL level next year. Because I think at this point 706 00:51:55,280 --> 00:52:01,159 it's you have to just toss them in and see sinker swim. Really, 707 00:52:01,159 --> 00:52:07,360 because he's been playing games at the AHL level. I know that one of 708 00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:10,920 the big concerns when he got drafted was his conditioning. It's something that his 709 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,079 goaltending coach even openly admitted to me when I did a phone call interview with 710 00:52:15,119 --> 00:52:20,199 Ari Hilly right after and got drafted to talk about him, and he said 711 00:52:20,199 --> 00:52:22,760 that conditioning was the big thing they wanted to work on, making sure that 712 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:29,519 he could maintain good play over the course of a full year if he was 713 00:52:29,559 --> 00:52:34,199 playing heavier workloads at a harder level. And that's something that I think is 714 00:52:34,599 --> 00:52:38,519 a big adjustment when you were then being asked to play heavier workloads at a 715 00:52:38,599 --> 00:52:44,440 higher level at altitude if you're someone who already has a little bit of trouble 716 00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:50,320 with maintaining that conditioning that some guys, it's a little more instinctive for and 717 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:53,559 Ain had gotten hurt his final year in Finland, so he missed a big 718 00:52:53,639 --> 00:52:57,280 chunk of the offseason, he missed a big chunk of the start of the 719 00:52:57,280 --> 00:53:00,199 season, ended up getting to play and then came over to North America. 720 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:05,719 After kind of an underwhelming final year in Finland, so I think it took 721 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,960 him a little while to get his conditioning back again his first year in North 722 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:13,760 America, and then I think since then he's looked a little more consistent. 723 00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,639 But at some point they just have to move him up to the NHL level. 724 00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:22,519 It's nice thing that prospotav is playing well enough. He's one that I 725 00:53:22,599 --> 00:53:28,800 was a little unsure about in Arizona because I know we talked about how hopefully 726 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,199 you'd be able to do something for them. Obviously, they found someone that 727 00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:37,400 they felt a little more confident about from a consistency perspective in Connor Ingram, 728 00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:42,599 who has really managed to deliver for them. But he's someone who from a 729 00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:47,920 style standpoint, reminds me a little bit technique wise of Dan Vlodar, and 730 00:53:50,039 --> 00:53:55,920 when he's not really focusing on it can become almost like the inflatable balloon men 731 00:53:55,960 --> 00:54:00,320 outside of a car dealership. And really his limbit control can get a little 732 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:04,840 sloppy at times, and that's something that I think we're noticing in some of 733 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:09,079 his games for Colorado. But he has such fast reflexes that in other games, 734 00:54:09,159 --> 00:54:14,519 especially when the team gives him proper backup support. He does really well. 735 00:54:14,639 --> 00:54:16,079 I don't know. It's good that they have options right now, especially 736 00:54:16,119 --> 00:54:19,760 like I said, they play at altitude. I think that's one of the 737 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:25,039 teams that needs to have three goaltenders ready to go at any given point in 738 00:54:25,119 --> 00:54:30,480 time. Ideally they end up with all three just in their arsenal this year 739 00:54:30,519 --> 00:54:35,119 and next year, and we reevaluate it moving forward. But I don't know. 740 00:54:35,159 --> 00:54:38,599 I feel like I keep waiting Forandon and to step up and really take 741 00:54:38,599 --> 00:54:43,039 that step forward, and he's just hovering. And I'm not ready to give 742 00:54:43,119 --> 00:54:46,280 up on him yet, but I think we're coming down to that final year 743 00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:50,280 or two where he needs to reach the NHL level or we have to maybe 744 00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:54,000 reevaluate what we're looking at as an expectation from him. We need to talk 745 00:54:54,000 --> 00:55:00,360 about Philadelphia because for dark reasons, there is an opening there and they're are 746 00:55:00,679 --> 00:55:04,679 a grab bag of guys. I don't know what they're gonna do. Samuel 747 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,000 Erson has had nice moments this year, mind you, Since the middle of 748 00:55:07,079 --> 00:55:13,159 January he has combusted a relief appearance and then four straight bad losses. Although 749 00:55:13,199 --> 00:55:19,960 overall six sixty point nine percent quality starts over the years is not bad in 750 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:24,079 the NHL. The other two, Felix Anstrom Cal Peterson, are stinking it 751 00:55:24,159 --> 00:55:28,400 up in the AHL. If you look at the sixty eight goalies in the 752 00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:35,480 EHL who've played at least ten games or had ten starts, Felix's saved percentage 753 00:55:35,559 --> 00:55:38,199 is sixty fourth of sixty eight. Cal's is fifty fifth. To put it 754 00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:42,840 in perspective, a thirty year old free agent who played half his games in 755 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:45,920 the ECHL this year is doing better than both of them in the AHL. 756 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:50,320 And you might say, wow, these guys are young. That's an old 757 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:52,840 guy. No, Cal and Felix are both twenty seven, so these are 758 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:58,480 not young guy, although in goalie terms maybe they're still young. So I 759 00:55:58,519 --> 00:56:01,239 don't know what to say here, Kat is it Ersen? Is it one 760 00:56:01,239 --> 00:56:06,480 of these other guys? Is it a player to be named later who can 761 00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:10,880 step up in the Philadelphia Nette? I that seems in trouble, man. 762 00:56:14,159 --> 00:56:16,599 I know that. I even ahead of time, said we probably needed to 763 00:56:16,639 --> 00:56:21,880 talk about this situation just because they're gonna have to do something. At the 764 00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,719 start of the year. I think that's a team that we looked at and 765 00:56:23,719 --> 00:56:28,239 we were like, what are they gonna do? Because they only had Carter 766 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,519 Hart, and then they had, like you said, assorted names, none 767 00:56:30,519 --> 00:56:35,719 of which was really standing out as a clear option for them the year prior. 768 00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,360 I think it was last year that they thought that the answer was bringing 769 00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:44,360 in a veteran Martin Jones thought that would solve their problems, and it's barely 770 00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:50,440 solving problems for Toronto. So I think that Samuel Erson is their best bet 771 00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,599 from who they have. Cal Peterson obviously has the most NHL experience. He's 772 00:56:53,639 --> 00:56:58,480 actually twenty nine right now, which is a little concerning that he still hasn't 773 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:02,199 fully stepped up in terms of consistency at the NHL level. Yeah, he 774 00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:05,639 doesn't look good at the NHL level. He doesn't look good at the AHL 775 00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:12,159 level. I think that Philadelphia is hoping that somebody frees up on the trade 776 00:57:12,199 --> 00:57:15,719 market, which I don't. I don't think anyone will just because we're seeing 777 00:57:17,239 --> 00:57:22,360 I was talking about it a couple days ago. The Western Conference is so 778 00:57:22,679 --> 00:57:27,199 close. I think there are three, maybe four teams that are firmly out 779 00:57:27,199 --> 00:57:30,239 of the playoff picture, and then everyone else. It's still kind of fair 780 00:57:30,239 --> 00:57:34,559 game for those wild card spots. So we're not really going to see a 781 00:57:34,559 --> 00:57:37,960 whole lot of sellers, especially when it comes to goaltending this time of year. 782 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,960 So I think Philadelphia is just going to have to they may even have 783 00:57:42,039 --> 00:57:45,280 to be sellers this year, just bottom out and then reevaluate what they're going 784 00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:49,440 to do in the off season. Ersen is holding things down as best he 785 00:57:49,559 --> 00:57:53,480 can, which I'm impressed. I didn't think he was a super promising prospect 786 00:57:53,519 --> 00:57:59,599 for them, and he's actually managing to get some stuff done. But I 787 00:57:59,639 --> 00:58:02,400 think that cal Peterson, they were bringing in hoping to be number two, 788 00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:07,519 do what Alex Sandelkovich is doing in Pittsburgh where he had some poor numbers, 789 00:58:07,639 --> 00:58:10,840 his team gave up on him, they moved him out, and he's turned 790 00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:15,880 it around and is coming back. That is not what's happening for cal Peterson. 791 00:58:15,159 --> 00:58:20,039 We're seeing the opposite. He came into Philadelphia and said no, thank 792 00:58:20,079 --> 00:58:28,719 you. So yeah, I think Samuelson really at this point is their only 793 00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:35,320 bet and they might just have to roll relive the Corey Crawford situation in Chicago 794 00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:42,000 where they have to roll through any guy who's willing to step in nets through 795 00:58:42,039 --> 00:58:45,199 the end of the year and then just the wholesale reevaluate at the end of 796 00:58:45,199 --> 00:58:47,760 the year, and they don't have a super strong prospect pull in net either, 797 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:54,360 so I think they're going to have to do some actual trading to get 798 00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:59,880 someone on board, and I don't know who's going to be available for that, 799 00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:07,280 So good luck to Philadelphia. Oh No. A couple of quick hits 800 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:13,639 from a listener from Mitch Carl. Lindbaum in Vegas is having a nice season 801 00:59:13,679 --> 00:59:17,800 over in Sweden, Eric Portillo in La his AHL numbers look good. And 802 00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:23,719 Nico Dawes in New Jersey could he take the starter's crease takes on Lindbaumb, 803 00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:30,039 Portillo or Dawes. Ooh. Nico Dawes was a weird one for me because 804 00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:35,079 when he got drafted, I had a friend who had been playing over in 805 00:59:35,119 --> 00:59:37,480 Germany. I shot him a text, said I feel like this kid got 806 00:59:37,559 --> 00:59:42,719 drafted too. Hi, what do you think looking at him? And he 807 00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:46,679 said he's big and I was like, cool, that's descriptive, thank you. 808 00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:54,039 What else? And he said he seems really slow and he did she 809 00:59:54,159 --> 00:59:58,559 seemed really slow. But I think his techniques really starting to shore up, 810 00:59:58,679 --> 01:00:01,000 and I think adding that extra little element. I know that's something that we'd 811 01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:06,119 talked about in the past was wanting to see him gain that extra gear where 812 01:00:06,119 --> 01:00:08,880 he's able to really turn it on when he needs to for those slightly higher 813 01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:14,239 danger saves, those more desperate saves, and I think he's adding that into 814 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:20,480 his game in a good way. I don't know if he's necessarily at the 815 01:00:20,559 --> 01:00:27,519 point where we'll see him as the starter, but I don't think anyone in 816 01:00:27,559 --> 01:00:31,400 New Jersey is really looking super hot this year. Vidag Vanichik is struggling. 817 01:00:31,639 --> 01:00:37,159 It seems like Washington did the right thing when they wholesale got rid of their 818 01:00:37,159 --> 01:00:42,239 full young goaltending tandem and started over. Akira Shmid is a guy who I 819 01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:46,559 had really liked his game when he first came over. I don't know if 820 01:00:46,559 --> 01:00:50,719 he's just having an off year, because I feel like Jersey has those years 821 01:00:50,719 --> 01:00:53,760 where it's just really up and down for their goaltenders. But he hasn't looked 822 01:00:53,800 --> 01:01:00,079 super hot either. It could be Nico Daws's crease, why not. I 823 01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:08,440 just watching him play has never been super exciting for me and has never been 824 01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:14,719 super impressive for me. So I don't know if we're going to see That's 825 01:01:14,719 --> 01:01:19,719 another team that, unfortunately, like Philadelphia, has lost a couple players for 826 01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:23,280 some not super wonderful reasons. So I don't know if that team's going to 827 01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:30,000 stumble as a result. Ideally we don't put Nico DAWs into a really tough 828 01:01:30,039 --> 01:01:32,880 situation to finish out a year. But maybe next year. I think it 829 01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:37,480 could be worth giving him a shot, just because I've liked how he plays 830 01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:40,360 in the past a little bit more and more each year. Who else was 831 01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:45,880 on my list there to talk about from this one? Eric Portillo? Yeah, 832 01:01:45,039 --> 01:01:51,800 Eric Portillo. Carl Linbaum. Carl Linbaum. I'm not as familiar with 833 01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:53,360 watching his game. I haven't gotten as much of a chance to watch him. 834 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:58,880 But Eric Portillo is a guy who when he first got drafted. It's 835 01:01:59,119 --> 01:02:02,280 interesting I assume he was the heir apparent in Buffalo and then he didn't end 836 01:02:02,360 --> 01:02:07,960 up going there. I didn't end up getting to sign with them because he 837 01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:12,199 got traded at least his rights got traded to LA after playing for the University 838 01:02:12,199 --> 01:02:16,440 of Michigan for three years. He's that's a big boy. He is six 839 01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:20,440 foot six, two hundred and twenty four pounds. He's doing really well in 840 01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,320 the AHL right now. The Ontario Rain or a fun team to watch. 841 01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:25,599 I know I was talking about how some of those California teams are an absolute 842 01:02:25,639 --> 01:02:30,239 disaster to watch. That's not one of them. I'd like to see more 843 01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:37,360 than one year out of him. But ideally I think that's probably their era 844 01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:40,360 apparent. And knock on what I've said that before, it's what I said 845 01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:45,199 about cal Peterson, So I could be wrong, but I think he looks 846 01:02:45,239 --> 01:02:50,159 a little more structured than cal Peterson did. So that's not something that I've 847 01:02:50,239 --> 01:02:53,800 necessarily said about La King's goaltenders in the past. So they could be due 848 01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:58,320 for some goaltenders with a little bit more structure and form in their game. 849 01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:05,000 We'll see those are some really good cakes. And then Stephen wanted to know 850 01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:08,039 about some of the best goaltenders in the NHL. Sometimes they can be a 851 01:03:08,039 --> 01:03:13,199 little streaky. Are we worried at all about egotist Jerkin, Elis Surokin or 852 01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:16,039 u Se Sorrows, who typically have been some of the best. I was 853 01:03:16,079 --> 01:03:21,679 looking at some of the underlying numbers. Just Jurkins goalstave above expected, and 854 01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:24,559 you see Sorrows is as both slightly negative, as is their delta. Fenwick 855 01:03:25,519 --> 01:03:30,440 Sorocan is not he I don't know that he belongs on this list because his 856 01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:34,199 goal save above expected is eight and his delta Fenwick is Z point six. 857 01:03:34,639 --> 01:03:38,000 He looks different than the other two, but overall their raw numbers do look 858 01:03:38,039 --> 01:03:42,360 a little bit lower than maybe you would expect. Sarokan's only at nine to 859 01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:46,159 ten, just Jerkins under nine hundred, and Sorrows is just over nine hundred, 860 01:03:46,519 --> 01:03:50,119 and he wonders if, yeah, is there a little bit of overworking 861 01:03:50,159 --> 01:03:52,639 going on? Is there any concern about these three? Are they still elite 862 01:03:52,719 --> 01:04:00,519 NHL goaltenders. I think that one off year is never something to to worry 863 01:04:00,559 --> 01:04:03,519 too much about with a goaltender. If we start to see a continual trend 864 01:04:03,559 --> 01:04:08,679 where they just keep doing poorly, that's something that we need to worry about 865 01:04:08,679 --> 01:04:11,280 for sure. I do think that there might be a little bit of overworking 866 01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:16,280 when it comes to Shustirkin, just because they the Rangers have not been the 867 01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:20,679 world's most powerful defensive team, and they've been playing him for fifty five to 868 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:28,000 sixty overall games each of the last two years. I'm hoping that the fact 869 01:04:28,079 --> 01:04:31,320 that this year he's actually getting a little bit more balanced is going to work 870 01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:35,440 out in his favor just by giving him a little bit more rest in recovery. 871 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:41,039 Interestingly enough, Sroken is the first one that I know that you said, 872 01:04:41,079 --> 01:04:43,760 that's one that you maybe wouldn't have on that list. That's the one 873 01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:45,280 I'd have at the top of the list because he's the one I'm the most 874 01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:50,079 nervous about because he has a new coach, and he has a new coach 875 01:04:50,119 --> 01:04:55,039 who is known for being a little explosive, because the Islanders recently hired Patrick 876 01:04:55,079 --> 01:05:00,760 Waugh, and that is someone who I get really nervous about. Excuse me 877 01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:03,440 get really nervous about. I know that Louis doming who is still playing in 878 01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:09,800 the pros right now, luckily not for Patrick Wah give a pretty spicy interview 879 01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:15,159 back when he was still I believe it was when he first played for Arizona. 880 01:05:15,360 --> 01:05:18,440 For the Arizona Coyotes, he was playing in a game against Patrick Waw 881 01:05:19,119 --> 01:05:21,960 and he gave an interview where he said that he was one of the worst 882 01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:28,320 human beings he'd ever met in his life because he was so hard on his 883 01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:34,320 goaltenders that he drove Deming's confidence down to the point where he had to completely 884 01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:38,880 rebuild it. And so I was get nervous when I see a goaltender take 885 01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:44,119 a dip in their safe percentage when they're playing for a coach who historically has 886 01:05:44,159 --> 01:05:46,639 been known to be a little unfairly hard on their goaltenders. Hopefully he has 887 01:05:47,639 --> 01:05:51,559 live off love like live learned there and we'll see something a little bit better. 888 01:05:51,639 --> 01:05:59,039 But I get nervous when I see that Sirroken's numbers are not quite where 889 01:05:59,039 --> 01:06:02,559 they were in the past, which in fairness, might just be him leveling 890 01:06:02,639 --> 01:06:08,119 out because his numbers were so high that they were to the point of almost 891 01:06:08,199 --> 01:06:13,599 being unsustainable, and he was playing a concerningly high workload too, So I 892 01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:15,159 think that some of it is fatigue, some of it is just his numbers 893 01:06:15,199 --> 01:06:19,960 averaging out a little bit there. Sorrows is for sure, that's an overworking 894 01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:25,400 thing. I think that he's been playing so many games for Nashville for so 895 01:06:25,559 --> 01:06:28,360 long, and that's a team that is, in my opinion, right in 896 01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:32,920 the thick of things every year in the West. So I think at some 897 01:06:33,039 --> 01:06:36,519 point something's going to give there. But we've seen that in the past where 898 01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:42,400 Sarus has managed to bounce back from struggling when he starts to start to see 899 01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:45,119 his technique slip, just from what looks like a fatigue standpoint, where his 900 01:06:45,239 --> 01:06:49,119 reaction timing seems just a little off. So he's able to make routine saves, 901 01:06:49,159 --> 01:06:55,000 but those ones that are the game changers, the difference makers for him, 902 01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:58,079 sometimes he isn't quite able to get to those, and once he gets 903 01:06:58,079 --> 01:07:00,639 some rest in recovery, he bounces back pretty nicely. I don't see why 904 01:07:00,639 --> 01:07:03,639 we wouldn't see that from Schusterkin. I'm just hoping that we get to see 905 01:07:03,639 --> 01:07:08,079 it from Srokun too, because I would love to see him bounce back to 906 01:07:08,119 --> 01:07:14,559 being absolutely superhuman from a safe percentage standpoint. That's awesome. One more for 907 01:07:14,679 --> 01:07:17,800 me, we have to talk about Joey Decord. This is from Quicksmith and 908 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:25,159 just in full transparency for the sense of account of accountability. This is what 909 01:07:25,159 --> 01:07:28,679 we said in the summer, or what I heard you say that you saw 910 01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:31,199 him in person at ASU, so that was nice, and you didn't really 911 01:07:31,199 --> 01:07:35,400 love his game. The technique was a little halphazard to decision making was questionable, 912 01:07:35,679 --> 01:07:38,920 but he worked really well with his defense, and he was really good 913 01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:41,760 at shaking off a bad goal. And you weren't sure that he would be 914 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:45,440 a pro goalie for a long time and he hadn't really shown you anything to 915 01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:49,639 suggest his game was progressing, so overall it didn't sound very good, but 916 01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:55,360 that he was the most nhlready and likely to get a shot in Seattle. 917 01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:58,719 We also talked a little bit about how Grubauer's game left a lot to be 918 01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:01,039 desired and so he probably was going to get a chance. We all know 919 01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:05,599 what happened in Seattle. This year. Joey Decord has been a revelation thirty 920 01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:10,360 four games to Grubauer's seventeen. Gruber has been injured, Chris Jeter has even 921 01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:13,239 gotten a couple of games, but the Cord has been the man. His 922 01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:15,479 goal save above expected is twelve. He's one of the league leaders in that 923 01:08:15,560 --> 01:08:21,079 category. Stelta Fenwick is one point zero two. It's been Joey Tocord season. 924 01:08:21,199 --> 01:08:25,319 He might be saving the season for the Kraken. He's having them in 925 01:08:25,359 --> 01:08:30,039 the playoff front race, where Grubauer clearly was not hacking it. So we 926 01:08:30,079 --> 01:08:33,119 want to know what your update to take on the Cord is. Is he 927 01:08:33,279 --> 01:08:38,239 just playing well behind a good team, a better team turning things around, 928 01:08:38,479 --> 01:08:42,000 or is this game progressed a little bit, or what's going on with him? 929 01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:46,439 It's progressed a little bit, for sure. I think he sometimes we 930 01:08:46,479 --> 01:08:49,960 can see that, especially from a guy who's really good at just being a 931 01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:54,000 goldfish, because he was really good at shaking things off. There were some 932 01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:58,279 goaltenders that I watched in NCAA games. Keith Petrick Zelli was one of them. 933 01:08:58,279 --> 01:09:01,359 To feel out in a bad goal, his entire technique would just crumble, 934 01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:05,960 and we didn't really see that from Decord. He just the way that 935 01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:12,359 he was playing looked like a league average collegiate goalie, and I was like, 936 01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:15,279 this is not We're not making the types of saves that you would expect 937 01:09:15,319 --> 01:09:20,159 to see at the NHL level. But that could have just been the fact 938 01:09:20,239 --> 01:09:25,039 that he's a goldfish. He might have just been not doing more than he 939 01:09:25,119 --> 01:09:29,119 needed to, might have been avoiding overthinking things, because I think he does 940 01:09:29,159 --> 01:09:32,119 look good in the games that I've seen at the NHL level where he just 941 01:09:32,239 --> 01:09:35,399 he certainly didn't when he was in Ottawa. I thought that was when he 942 01:09:36,279 --> 01:09:41,880 almost it looked like his wake up call where he had some games where I 943 01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:45,279 was like, Oh, this is what an NHL game looks like, and 944 01:09:45,319 --> 01:09:46,960 this is what it looks like when a guy who's not an NHL goalie has 945 01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:53,880 to play in it, and I think he learned from that and has elevated 946 01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:56,640 the base level of his game. Because some guys, you want to see 947 01:09:56,640 --> 01:10:00,079 them elevate that top tier of their game, their desperation saves, they have 948 01:10:00,079 --> 01:10:01,880 a good raw foundation, you just want to see them elevate the rest. 949 01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:06,119 For him, I feel like he elevated the base of his game. Whereas 950 01:10:06,239 --> 01:10:10,399 routine saves, the way that he tracks the game, the way that he 951 01:10:10,439 --> 01:10:14,680 stays ready for certain saves, just looks a little bit more crisp and clean 952 01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,239 and a little bit faster and more fluid, which doesn't necessarily mean that some 953 01:10:18,279 --> 01:10:24,680 of that isn't Adrealine, anytime we see a goaltender who historically has not wowed 954 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:28,760 us, who really starts to turn on the jets over a single season, 955 01:10:29,239 --> 01:10:31,119 we want to see them replicate it in a second season, in a third 956 01:10:31,159 --> 01:10:36,520 season. But I think the way that he's playing from a technical standpoint suggests 957 01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:41,800 that he could very well be, you know, one of those really solid, 958 01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:45,399 consistent NHL goalies, And I'm happy to be proven wrong by a guy 959 01:10:45,399 --> 01:10:49,680 who got to play for AS That's awesome. So I want to see him 960 01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:53,840 continue to replicate this, but from what I've seen so far, it looks 961 01:10:53,880 --> 01:10:59,239 really good. Well as a guy who just traded for Philip Grubauer with Victor 962 01:10:59,399 --> 01:11:01,079 in Fantasy hockey this week, I don't care for that take at all. 963 01:11:01,119 --> 01:11:03,960 I don't care for it at all, Cat, But I forgive you. 964 01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:11,199 I forgive you. You're a great guest. A couple more quick hits just 965 01:11:11,239 --> 01:11:16,479 to close us out here. Listener questions are tourist Sheiloves of the Vancouver Canucks 966 01:11:16,479 --> 01:11:23,279 and Matt Vlalta of the Arizona Coyotes. Either one of those catch your fancy. 967 01:11:24,319 --> 01:11:27,960 So Matt Valalta is a funny one for me because if I remember correctly, 968 01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:33,560 he's initially an LA King's prospect and when he was with let me make 969 01:11:33,560 --> 01:11:36,279 sure I'm correct on that. Yeah, he was an ELI Kings prospect and 970 01:11:38,319 --> 01:11:43,039 I liked his game just fine, but was never like, oh, this 971 01:11:43,159 --> 01:11:45,000 is the kid someone has to go out and grab. And so I think 972 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:50,520 that was a smart move by the Coyotes because they don't necessarily need They're not 973 01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:58,680 the Philadelphia Flyers, right, They're not a team that is just absolutely dehydrated 974 01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:04,800 and starving to have good goaltending they have Connor Ingram who is finally getting his 975 01:12:04,920 --> 01:12:08,600 come up and so and is really getting some really good games in there. 976 01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:14,840 They have Carl Vamelka, who I think has looked less good this year but 977 01:12:15,119 --> 01:12:17,199 hasn't needed to look as good, so he looks just fine. And then 978 01:12:17,199 --> 01:12:21,000 they didn't necessarily need Prospatav so they waived him. They lost him, and 979 01:12:21,079 --> 01:12:27,000 so they have Vilalta just in a replacement role there. He is doing pretty 980 01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:30,439 well for the two Sun Roadrunners. He's a kid who I think has one 981 01:12:30,439 --> 01:12:34,560 of those cool I like his game, let's wait and see kind of overall 982 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:40,000 methods to his game. I'd love to see him get called up just to 983 01:12:40,119 --> 01:12:45,159 get a glimpse of what he looks like against an NHL competition, because I 984 01:12:45,159 --> 01:12:47,520 think we're at the point where he has enough HL games that we need to 985 01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:55,199 see something to see if that he looks good is something that can be elevated 986 01:12:55,239 --> 01:12:57,840 at the NHL level, or if he is one of those tweeners. But 987 01:12:58,119 --> 01:13:02,640 it was a good pickup for them. The Canucks I am always far more 988 01:13:02,680 --> 01:13:06,399 nervous to talk about because that is a team that I make fun of every 989 01:13:06,479 --> 01:13:10,760 single year, and they are doing really well. This year, and I 990 01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:15,920 can no longer deny it. Sea Loves had a really fun start to his 991 01:13:15,279 --> 01:13:18,760 NHL career last year where he had a handful of games and he looked pretty 992 01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:23,840 good. They haven't need I assumed they would need him this year because I 993 01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:26,119 was like, it's the Canucks. They're going to be bad. They're going 994 01:13:26,199 --> 01:13:28,399 to need to call up a bunch of guys, They're going to get injured. 995 01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:31,079 That's how it's going to go. And they haven't needed him, so 996 01:13:31,119 --> 01:13:33,560 he just had to stay at the AHL level, which has worked out just 997 01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:39,239 fine for him. I think he's another one who, like Vilalta, excited 998 01:13:39,279 --> 01:13:42,399 to see if he gets a chance to go up to the NHL level and 999 01:13:42,439 --> 01:13:45,279 plays a couple of games, if he can replicate what he did in his 1000 01:13:45,279 --> 01:13:48,680 first few NHL games, or if that was a flash in the pan riding 1001 01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:53,319 on the adrenaline saved his team for a couple of games. But it's nice 1002 01:13:53,319 --> 01:13:57,359 having him there because the Canucks are a team that I'm constantly waiting for the 1003 01:13:57,399 --> 01:14:03,479 other shoe to drop, and they need to have some reinforcement waiting in the 1004 01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:09,159 wings. That's a team that can't afford not to have someone promising waiting for 1005 01:14:09,239 --> 01:14:13,159 them, and I think he serves that role really nicely. Kat. This 1006 01:14:13,239 --> 01:14:17,159 has been a very illuminating discussion. You've got great takes as always on all 1007 01:14:17,199 --> 01:14:20,880 of these goalies. Let people know how they can keep up with you and 1008 01:14:20,880 --> 01:14:26,800 follow your work. Unfortunately, I am back on Twitter or ex whatever you 1009 01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:31,399 call it. I spent nearly a year deciding that was no longer my thing, 1010 01:14:31,439 --> 01:14:35,640 and I have slowly crept my way back, so they can see stuff 1011 01:14:36,279 --> 01:14:40,720 from me there, here, and there, Kat M Silverman. That's my 1012 01:14:40,760 --> 01:14:45,800 Twitter handle. They can find my work at the mckeans Hockey in the yearly 1013 01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:51,199 Yearbook. Sometimes I do draft stuff for them as well, and I am 1014 01:14:51,279 --> 01:14:56,920 going to start doing more things at Ingle Magazine again because I think I have 1015 01:14:57,159 --> 01:15:01,560 finally finished with my hockey hiatus here. So we're all glad to hear it. 1016 01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:05,079 Thank you so much for coming back and talking to us today, Kat, 1017 01:15:05,159 --> 01:15:09,920 and have a great time until we can see you again. Sounds good. 1018 01:15:20,039 --> 01:15:24,560 Before we get out of here, just a couple more things to mention 1019 01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:27,760 to you. One of them is play your fantasy leagues on fan tracks. 1020 01:15:28,199 --> 01:15:31,039 That is a great place to play them because they have ten different sports. 1021 01:15:31,359 --> 01:15:35,720 You can customize your settings any which way you want to. You can move 1022 01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:39,399 new legs over there. You can start new leagus right now. I believe 1023 01:15:39,399 --> 01:15:44,000 they're giving away I think it's a Vlad Guerrero junior jersey if you sign up 1024 01:15:44,039 --> 01:15:46,640 for baseball for the first time, and I would encourage you to do that. 1025 01:15:47,439 --> 01:15:51,600 Fantracks HQ lots of fantasy content on their articles in fantasy hockey, all 1026 01:15:51,640 --> 01:15:57,479 the other fantasy sports. Great folks over there. We have lots of people 1027 01:15:57,600 --> 01:16:02,479 helping make fantasy hockey life come together. The content curator Kevin Adams been helping 1028 01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:06,279 with our show prep. Ryan Downey is the Tidy Admiral. You hear him 1029 01:16:06,319 --> 01:16:11,119 on this show. You love him, and he's keeping those six Tidy leagues 1030 01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:15,439 on the tracks as we head down the home stretch. Jeremy VR lead scout. 1031 01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:19,720 There's a lot of scout and content come in your way. 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It will be a preview of the 1041 01:17:00,279 --> 01:17:04,840 wide receivers coming up in this year's NFL rookie class, and boy are there 1042 01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:09,640 a lot of them. Matt Cooper from DeBie to Dynasty Film Room comes in 1043 01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:15,920 to break them down with me. I will tell you before after we recorded 1044 01:17:15,960 --> 01:17:20,800 this show, before we put it out. Ivan provetsa Provtsov got waived in 1045 01:17:21,039 --> 01:17:26,359 the whole justice in and and thing now Elliott Friedman saying he's going to get 1046 01:17:26,399 --> 01:17:30,119 more time, so take into account we didn't know that at the time that 1047 01:17:30,159 --> 01:17:34,520 we recorded. Naturally, always news will break after we record an episode. 1048 01:17:34,560 --> 01:17:40,520 Follow Victor and myself on X at Fan Hockey Life at Victor Nuno twelve that's 1049 01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:47,000 v C tr and U N one two or you can rate and review us 1050 01:17:47,039 --> 01:17:50,560 on Apple podcasts. That's another nice thing you can do, and you can 1051 01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:55,800 do that on Apple Podcasts, Spotify wherever. Give five stars and a few 1052 01:17:55,840 --> 01:18:00,960 kind words that keeps Victor and myself going, thank you once again for listening. 1053 01:18:00,119 --> 01:18:03,479 The season is rolling on, the All Star break is done. That 1054 01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:12,640 means it's time to live your best fantasy hockey life.