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 --> 00:00:17,120 information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Block off hats, 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,960 a step hit on, staylock. Here's your hosts, Jesse Severe and 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,760 Victor Nuno. Give me a fantasy, give me a hockey, Give me 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,079 a line. Oh never mind. This is Jesse Severe from fan Tracks, 6 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,840 joined by Victor Nuno of EP Ring Side. Victor, how you doing? 7 00:00:36,359 --> 00:00:40,399 I'm very confused is what you were getting at there? But I'm very excited 8 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,399 to be It's like a cheer It's like a cheerleader thing. Give me something, 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,759 Give me something. You know what I'm talking about? Victor? Have 10 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:50,200 you never heard that one? Yeah? I just didn't know what I just 11 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,240 didn't know what I was giving you. I know you didn't have to give 12 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,920 it to me. I gave it to myself and regretted entirely what happened there. 13 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,719 Victor, you got to talk a little bit of fantasy hockey today. 14 00:01:00,719 --> 00:01:04,400 What do you think of that? I'm excited. This is an exciting team. 15 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:08,480 Obviously they didn't have the results that they wanted. The Wild have a 16 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:14,760 fantastic prospect full they have some pretty exciting players and my favorite prospect goalie. 17 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:18,159 So what's not to like, Jesse. Nothing is not to like, Victor, 18 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,000 nothing is not to like. So we'll be talking some Minnesota Whild today 19 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,560 as you catch and if you want to just carry in the if you just 20 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:30,079 can't get enough Minnesota Wild talk, or you know what, I'll do this 21 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,200 for you. Any of the other thirty one teams, whichever one you'd like 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,280 to talk about, you can go to our discord. It's absolutely free. 23 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,599 You just have to connect with Victor or myself at fan Hockey Life at Victor 24 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:47,680 Nuno twelve over on x or you can email us Fantasy Hockeylife at gmail dot 25 00:01:47,719 --> 00:01:51,719 com. You'll get a link, you'll pop in and you will check out 26 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,120 the discord where there are hundreds of people hanging out talking hockey and fantasy hockey 27 00:01:56,239 --> 00:01:59,200 on the daily. 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Subscribe up to the Fantasy Hockey Life YouTube channel, and 45 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,199 don't worry, We're not gonna spam me with all kinds of nonsense content. 46 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,960 It's just clips of prospects. That's it. Yeah, I've been pumping it 47 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:12,080 up on the outros. Victor I want you to know I have not forgotten 48 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,120 it, because that is some incredible work that you're doing over there. The 49 00:03:16,159 --> 00:03:25,520 Minnesota Wilds and our special guests are coming up right after this. We welcome 50 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,199 into the show our guests for the Minnesota Wild Dylan Laus of the Hockey News. 51 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:36,680 How you doing today, Dylan doing awesome? Thank you for having me 52 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:39,680 on. Yeah. Absolutely, we got to talk about some Minnesota Wild Their 53 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:46,560 season should not go unnoticed. A lot of interesting storylines, interesting things happen 54 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:51,360 to this team this year. It started out poorly with a five, ten 55 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,759 and four stretch career caprizof famously only two even strength goals in that time. 56 00:03:55,199 --> 00:03:59,599 The team started out behind the eight ball. Over the course of the whole 57 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,840 year's some characteristics. The team was fourth in pims per game and second in 58 00:04:02,919 --> 00:04:08,120 pims against per game. A lot of special teams going on in Wild games 59 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:12,439 this year. Generally speaking, I think the expectations coming in where the team 60 00:04:12,479 --> 00:04:15,759 could make the playoffs, but they fell short in what turned out to be 61 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:19,279 just a brutal, just a nasty Central Division. They measured in the top 62 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:24,439 half of leagues, the bottom half of the league in goals for and goals 63 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,160 against, technically for the first time since ty ten twenty eleven, So not 64 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,560 a banner year for the Wild. They were, of course suffering with a 65 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:39,920 bit of a salary crunch because of fourteen point seven million dollars that they were 66 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:44,199 paying to Zach Parizey and Ryan Souters. So good to be getting off that 67 00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:46,720 after this next year, I believe I think they've got one more year of 68 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:50,800 that because they're gonna have some big checks to sign. Then what are the 69 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:57,720 takeaways of this Wild season? Dylan and in Minnesota turn around and make some 70 00:04:57,759 --> 00:05:02,839 noise next year. I think they definitely can turn it around. The biggest 71 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,959 thing this year was the slow start. There's a ton of other factors that 72 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,279 went into it. Obviously, they started off pretty poorly. It led to 73 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,439 Gan Nevison and Bob Woods being fired. They brought in John Hines and essentially 74 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,519 called up their assistant coach from Iowa to run their penalty kill because it was 75 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,879 so bad to start the season. So really it was a slow start. 76 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,519 But then halfway around halfway through the season, come January, under Hines, 77 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,160 they were playing really well and all of a sudden, capriz Off was out 78 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,319 of the lineup, so Courell was out of the lineup, Spurgeon, Brody, 79 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:44,079 and Felino. They all missed significant time, all in the same stretch, 80 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,920 and the Wild dropped. I believe it was like six of seven or 81 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:51,000 seven of eight without those guys, and that kind of just hurt their chances. 82 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,879 Since they already started so slow, they couldn't afford to have another stretch 83 00:05:56,959 --> 00:06:00,680 during the season where they dropped a ton of games and ultimately did and just 84 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,920 missed the playoffs. But they played very well under John Hines. He got 85 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:12,120 a lot of guys going BOLDI started off with one goal I believe in around 86 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,959 twelve games, and then once Heines took over, he took off finished with 87 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:21,759 twenty nine. So next season it's probably it's likely going to be the same 88 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,360 team. They might make a couple of moves, but they played well under 89 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:30,199 John Hines were a full season with Hines and the coaching staff, I think 90 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:35,319 this team could rebound. There's a couple of question marks for sure, in 91 00:06:35,399 --> 00:06:41,160 terms of a few players or roster spots to fill, but it seems like 92 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:45,560 they could turn it around and likely won't have the same season they did this 93 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:50,120 year. Let's hope not and if they don't. The first man I no 94 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:56,120 doubt believe we will be talking about will be Carel capriz Off. He was 95 00:06:56,319 --> 00:07:00,600 outstanding this year. Don't blame Caprizov for what happened. He had over a 96 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:02,959 one hundred point pace. Of course, he missed a few games, so 97 00:07:02,959 --> 00:07:09,160 it was actually only ninety six, but just burned it up. His net 98 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:13,639 goals above replacement, according to Evolving Hockey, was twelfth in the National Hockey 99 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,720 League. He's all up in there if you're gonna pick it a season. 100 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,319 I just mentioned he started slow. Hammy injury apparently dogged him at the beginning. 101 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,399 A rib issue messed him up a little bit around the new year, 102 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,399 but otherwise it's that case of I'm not sure what to say about this guy 103 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:34,120 other than he was excellent and he's in his prime. What do you make 104 00:07:34,199 --> 00:07:38,680 of his season? And if anything, is there a risk that the Wild 105 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:43,079 could waste the prime of a superstar here? Actually yeah, I think that 106 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:46,759 is definitely something that could happen and might be happening. But I think at 107 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:49,680 the start of the season everyone was a little worried. He didn't look like 108 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:55,000 himself. He played hurt in the playoffs the year before, didn't look like 109 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:58,879 himself there, came into camp, he seemed fine, and then all of 110 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,279 a sudden the start of the season he wasn't producing how he used to, 111 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:09,279 and then had another little rib injury come into December, and then once he 112 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,000 came back from there, he went on an absolute tear. I mean, 113 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,560 he was like tops in the league and goals and points in the new year, 114 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,279 and it looked like he was right back to himself. He regained that 115 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:26,160 explosiveness, the skating he had before, and the creativity was there again. 116 00:08:26,319 --> 00:08:31,839 So he definitely turned around his season and got back to exactly the capriz aff 117 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,919 we know. But, like you mentioned, if this Wild team performs the 118 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:41,960 way they did this year next year, you have to wonder if Kaprizov's not 119 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,799 going to be okay with that result and eventually want to maybe test free agency 120 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,399 instead of signing here long term. So I think the Wild have to do 121 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:54,919 a really good job of not only making Carill happy, but improving the team 122 00:08:54,960 --> 00:09:01,960 where he wants to stay. Obviously, they have Mattsuk and other pieces. 123 00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:05,799 Daniel, you're off, We'll come over in Minnesota soon. Mart Housnadenov is 124 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:11,240 here, Ogrin's here, obviously favors growing too. I have some younger pieces, 125 00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:16,080 but Brill wants to win, and he said that this season was tough 126 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,480 not to be in the playoffs, and he obviously wants to be in the 127 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:24,159 playoffs every year. You worry about maybe wasting his prime. So they definitely 128 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:26,559 have to be a lot better and hope that he will stay. And if 129 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,919 they are a lot better, I would imagine he would want to stay. 130 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,519 But he's got to understand the future of this team. They already referenced him 131 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:37,360 a couple times. Matt Bowley is the next guy we're going to talk about, 132 00:09:37,399 --> 00:09:41,399 and it's great to hear that he fared a little better under John Hines. 133 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:45,600 He was we have our own league, the Tier Dynasty, and he 134 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,279 was the seventy ninth ranked player in that Formatt, he's at seven million, 135 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,679 several more years until he's a UFA, so they got him locked up for 136 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,039 a long time. We like to see his points pace bumping up. This 137 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,799 season. He was up to seventy five. He was in the mid sixties 138 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,600 for that and it was great to see him finally get past that mark in 139 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,639 his third season. His time on ice, power play, time on ice 140 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,759 ozone starts. All of those peaked this season, But of course, Dylan, 141 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:13,360 we want to know what needs a break right for Matt Boldy to become 142 00:10:13,399 --> 00:10:18,039 a point per game player next season. I think, honestly, it's just 143 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,600 more consistency. Like at the start of the season, he was so not 144 00:10:22,799 --> 00:10:26,679 consistent. He was unconsistent, he couldn't find his game, and then he 145 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,200 would find his game stretches of the season put up a ton of points, 146 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,519 and then two about a week or two weeks go by and he's not picking 147 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,240 up the points and not being consistent. So I think the biggest thing for 148 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,600 him is making sure he can continue to be the same player game in and 149 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:48,919 game out, because sometimes he has games where it's extremely frustrating where he doesn't 150 00:10:48,919 --> 00:10:52,320 look like himself, or he's not playing the way he played last month, 151 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:58,200 or and sometimes that happens with younger players. I think it's still people still 152 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,080 don't know. This kid is still twenty three, so there might be a 153 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,919 little bit of growing pains and stretches, but he understands that he needs to 154 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,720 be more consistent, and towards the end of the year he really was under 155 00:11:09,759 --> 00:11:13,600 John Hines. So I think honestly, just another full season with his team, 156 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,039 full season with John Hines. I'm sure he'll round that out and he 157 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:26,279 could possibly be a thirty five goal scorer, seventy eighty point winger. Matt's 158 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,960 Zukarello, I keep thinking and frankly in fantasy hockey, keeps betting he will 159 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,360 be near the end of his seventy point days. How can he keep doing 160 00:11:35,399 --> 00:11:39,720 this at age thirty six? But this season he continued to get it done, 161 00:11:39,759 --> 00:11:43,200 continued to produce. The tough Norwegian. Dropped a fourth on the team 162 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:48,120 in scoring because of missing thirteen games and playing more minutes without Capriza, but 163 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:54,480 still sixty three points is pretty darn good. His last couple of months actually 164 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,360 slowed down, were pretty tough for him. Played a lot with Marco Rossi 165 00:11:58,399 --> 00:12:01,799 this year. Actually, Rossi was his most common line mate. What do 166 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:07,960 you make you think we could get another season of high performing Mats Zucarello or 167 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:11,519 do we need to finally get ready for the end? I think you can 168 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:18,759 see another season of high performing Zucarello, for sure. He was. He 169 00:12:18,799 --> 00:12:20,759 definitely struggled towards the end of the season, but I think it was like 170 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,360 twenty one or twenty two games towards the end of the season that he didn't 171 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,240 have a goal, and he scored in the final game of the year to 172 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,480 snap that. But yeah, he started the year playing with Caprizo Off he 173 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,519 was putting up the points, and then towards the end of the season he 174 00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:39,320 wasn't with Carill just because Caprizov was playing with Bowdie and Eric Sinek, which 175 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,840 was one of the best lines in the NHL, So that kind of had 176 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:48,000 Zucarello with Rossi. But he's also playing with Marcus Johansson, who obviously didn't 177 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,399 have the best season at all. That's where he might see a little bit 178 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:56,440 of a dipping points, but he's gonna get top power play time again. 179 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,879 Next year. He'll be playing with Carill on the power plays. He might 180 00:13:00,919 --> 00:13:03,480 start the season again with capriz Off, and if he does, then the 181 00:13:03,519 --> 00:13:09,159 points will definitely be there again. But I think he should. He's shown 182 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,080 no signs of really slowing down. He obviously might have a stretcher two where 183 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,320 he's not picking up the points, but he'll pick him up on the power 184 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:22,279 play. He gets to play with capriz Off on four and fours things like 185 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,399 that, So I would definitely expect he'll probably be a sixty point guy. 186 00:13:26,399 --> 00:13:31,399 Again. I don't know if seventy points as possible for him. That might 187 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,159 be behind him, but it all depends on who he's played with next year. 188 00:13:35,879 --> 00:13:39,279 Tell you what for us fantasy types, we did not I did not 189 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,639 see Joel Eric Sinek on my Bengo card as the number thirty four player in 190 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:48,519 fantasy hockey. He has really just broken out in such a huge way. 191 00:13:48,759 --> 00:13:54,639 Sixty four points in seventy seven games this year, throwing one hundred and sixty 192 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,360 eight hits, two hundred and sixty seven shots, and even fifty five blocks 193 00:13:58,879 --> 00:14:03,000 my sixth he actually was even at a higher points rate than the year before. 194 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,320 And yeah, I know curl Kaprizov can make a lot of guys look 195 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,360 good, but Jeel Erksonek was his most effective tag team partner. If you 196 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:18,519 look at without You charts, j E made Caprizov peak Caprizov during the year. 197 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:22,279 Has Joel erks and Ek we were just talking about it. Has he 198 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,879 permanently sees the role online one And could he continue to put up this excellent 199 00:14:26,919 --> 00:14:33,320 production in the future, Yeah, I think so. I think ever since 200 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,799 he got his contract extension. He's been proving every year that he has another 201 00:14:37,879 --> 00:14:41,320 notch to get to. He's always been a really defensive guy, and maybe 202 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:46,159 defensive first. This year he struggled a little bit defensively, but I guess 203 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,440 that's not that big of an issue if you're scoring thirty goals and putting up 204 00:14:50,879 --> 00:14:54,759 the points that he did. But yeah, he obviously was a part of 205 00:14:54,799 --> 00:14:58,679 a very good line with Caprizov and with Boldie that was one of the best 206 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:03,320 lines in the NHL really if you look at points for sixty and points for 207 00:15:03,399 --> 00:15:09,480 game and things like that. But I think more power play time playing on 208 00:15:09,519 --> 00:15:13,480 the same line. He continues to grow and find aspects in his game that 209 00:15:13,519 --> 00:15:16,759 he can take even higher. And yeah, I don't think there's really much 210 00:15:16,799 --> 00:15:20,759 slowing down with him. I would imagine he probably wants to get back to 211 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,559 his ways as being a really good two way center. He obviously was when 212 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:30,279 he first started in the league, and that was playing on a third line 213 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:35,240 role playing with Jordan Greenway and Marcus Felino was a super good defensive line. 214 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,000 But injuries and more minutes for him, they needed him to step up. 215 00:15:39,279 --> 00:15:41,039 He did. He put up a ton of points and I could definitely see 216 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:46,039 it happening again next year for sure. Yeah. I remember we've talked a 217 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,480 number of times about that just amazing defensive line that Joel ERKSONEK and Fellino in 218 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:56,720 them formed a couple of years ago. Ryan Hartman his season actually looked a 219 00:15:56,759 --> 00:16:00,000 lot like the prior one in the stat sheet, and he played more game 220 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,000 aims them the prior one. He ended up with forty five points in seventy 221 00:16:03,159 --> 00:16:07,840 four games. I know fantasy managers were operating with the whope maybe he would 222 00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:11,399 be the one to get that top line time as he did a couple of 223 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,120 years ago. But instead Hartman was all over the lineup. If you look 224 00:16:15,159 --> 00:16:18,399 at his parents or his linemates. Throughout the year, he was scrambled all 225 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:25,159 over the place among the wild forwards. His impact relative to teammates was fairly 226 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:30,200 neutral on this offense, although he had a slightly positive impact according to advanced 227 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:36,759 stats. On offense, he gets some respectable if not spectacular blocks, shots 228 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:38,960 and hits. You know, close to a hit and a block a game, 229 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:42,799 more than two shots a game. Not bad at age twenty nine. 230 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,320 Now, is Hartman pretty much going to be a third liner for this team 231 00:16:47,399 --> 00:16:52,279 or could we ever see another year like his sixty five point twenty twenty one 232 00:16:52,399 --> 00:16:59,720 slash twenty two. I think it depends on who or if they bring anyone 233 00:16:59,759 --> 00:17:03,480 in. I think they have the cab space to maybe go out and sign 234 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:06,960 a top six for it, and if they were to do that, maybe 235 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,599 that pushes him to the third line. I think he's an effective player for 236 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,359 the Wild in terms of fantasy. It just really depends on if they bring 237 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,359 anyone in. Because they have Danielle Yaroff who's over in the KHL. He 238 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,720 signing the extension, so he won't be here next year, but the year 239 00:17:22,759 --> 00:17:26,680 after that. That could be a guy that pushes Hartman down to the third 240 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,640 line. But I could see him starting the season in the top six again, 241 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,599 especially if they decide to trade Rossi, then that would open a door 242 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:40,319 for sure for Hartman to maybe be their second line center or play second line 243 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,200 right wing. It it just really depends on who's there opening day. If 244 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:48,440 it's the same Wild team, then I would one hundred percent imagine Hartman's going 245 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,680 to be a guy that they're going to rely on to score twenty goals, 246 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:55,880 have fifty points, be on their second line. So I guess it just 247 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:00,000 depends on what role they'll get him, but he'll probably be again close to 248 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:06,240 a twenty goal scorer and maybe maybe a fifty point guy as well. All 249 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,359 Right, we're gonna move on and talk about Marco Rossi. You just referenced 250 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:15,839 him, and certainly US prospect geeks have been really excited to see Rossi's development. 251 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,720 He played nineteen games last season, didn't really have a whole lot of 252 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,720 production. This year, it seemed like he really came into his own. 253 00:18:22,759 --> 00:18:27,160 He played all eighty two games in the NHL, and some questions have been 254 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:32,519 raised about his ability to play two ways, but his defensive metrics were really 255 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:37,680 good, even though he was a bit unlucky in terms of his production. 256 00:18:37,839 --> 00:18:41,880 Offensively, he generated more expected goals than he converted, especially on the power 257 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,119 play. His nice time could have been better sixteen forty four, as well 258 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,960 as his power play opportunity. He's an RFA next summer. I think you 259 00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:52,960 mentioned something about possibly trading him. I don't know, do you really think 260 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:56,960 that's realistic? And what else? If he is with the Wild next year, 261 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:57,920 what do you think we can expect from him? Do you think he 262 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:04,279 could get up to a sixty point. I think you'd see more growth where 263 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,440 it could be a second line center in the NHL for years to come. 264 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,839 It's just a matter of if the Wild view him as that I mentioned. 265 00:19:11,839 --> 00:19:15,680 You're off who's was playing center in the KHL. If they bring him over 266 00:19:15,759 --> 00:19:19,480 and try to play him as a center, then that would bump Rossi to 267 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:22,839 the third line. Now do you want Rossi as your third line center, 268 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,759 and maybe you want more of a defensive guy. That would also bump who's 269 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:32,599 a d enough likely down to the fourth line. But Rossi has shown that 270 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,839 he can play in this league. Sure he's a smaller guy, Sure he's 271 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:40,400 not as physical, but you mentioned the defensive metrics. He was actually really 272 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,680 good analytically defensively that wasn't really much of a concern. So obviously a smaller 273 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:51,119 center, he's not very physical, but he can produce and he didn't get 274 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,599 much ice time. Hines talked about it at the end of the season that 275 00:19:53,680 --> 00:20:00,920 he did really like Rossi, and Rossi spent all summer he training, working 276 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,359 his butt off to try to prove to the Wild that he can be the 277 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:08,079 player that they thought he could be when they drafted him. But there obviously 278 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,400 has been a question that maybe the Wild decide to trade him. Now, 279 00:20:11,599 --> 00:20:15,680 if they do trade him, it's probably gonna be for a guy around the 280 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,799 same age. It's I wouldn't think they would trade him for a veteran or 281 00:20:18,799 --> 00:20:23,400 anything like that. Maybe they trade him for a twenty four year old winger, 282 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,160 or they trade him for another center, a bigger or stronger center. 283 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:33,279 That definitely seems like that's something that the organization really likes, is having bigger 284 00:20:33,319 --> 00:20:37,799 guys and stronger guys. But Rossi proved that he can still be productive and 285 00:20:37,839 --> 00:20:41,279 effective even though he isn't bigger, strong. But I definitely could see him 286 00:20:41,279 --> 00:20:45,559 taking more gross and whether it's in Minnesota or not, I think he can 287 00:20:45,599 --> 00:20:49,640 be a fifty point guy. I don't know if he's a thirty goal center, 288 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:56,240 but twenty goals as as your second line center, isn't that that bad 289 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,880 A fifty point guy? Yeah, I could see him being fifty point guy 290 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:06,079 if they continue to play him in a role they did last year. All 291 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,079 right, now, I want to post to you a pick up Marcus versus 292 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:15,559 Marcus, Felino versus Johansson, and obviously these two men are a different at 293 00:21:15,559 --> 00:21:18,640 the later stages of their career, they're a little bit on the downswing. 294 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,759 And Marcus Johansson or sorry, Marcus Fellino. Start with him first. He 295 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,400 obviously brings a lot in terms of the peripheral coverage, so his worth in 296 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:33,440 leagues may be skewed based on that, but his points pace has been really 297 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,799 trending down there. There's been seasons where he's in the fifties, but last 298 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:41,440 couple he's been closer to thirty and last season was thirty three. And then 299 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,920 yeah, then we have Marcus Johanson, who similarly has had some very different 300 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,799 point paces throughout his career, but he has been the same spot thirty two 301 00:21:48,839 --> 00:21:53,359 point pace. So between these two, which do you think is going to 302 00:21:53,440 --> 00:22:00,440 get more points with the Wild next season? I would probably lean towards Johansson 303 00:22:00,599 --> 00:22:04,319 only because he's going to be on the second power play unit again, and 304 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:08,240 we saw it this season that they didn't have much depth, so that could 305 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,319 change next year if they bring in more guys. But Johansson was regularly playing 306 00:22:12,839 --> 00:22:18,799 second line or third line minutes pretty much the entire season despite his struggles, 307 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:25,319 so I don't think he'll be the player that he was this year next year. 308 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,759 I think he understands he has to be better. I know the organization 309 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,599 wants him to be better, and they do believe that he can be. 310 00:22:32,279 --> 00:22:36,559 In terms of Felino, I think he is what he is. He's probably 311 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:40,039 going to be a third liner again next year. And he's a guy where 312 00:22:40,079 --> 00:22:44,000 I guess, sure it was nice when he put up that many points and 313 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,599 scored that many goals a couple of years ago, but he's the type of 314 00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:52,440 player that is going to be super good defensively and physical and that's his role. 315 00:22:52,519 --> 00:22:55,400 He doesn't need to put up those points. But on the other hand, 316 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,319 Johansson has to be that guy. He has to be the guy who's 317 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,680 going to score and put up the and put up those points. I would 318 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:08,279 lean towards Johansson having a more productive season offensively next year. Yeah, and 319 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:14,119 just as a thought exercise, I imagine if I said either of the marcus 320 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:18,200 Is against Marco Rossi, you're taking Rossi there, right, yes, yeah, 321 00:23:19,319 --> 00:23:22,000 just checking. All right, that's it for the forwards. I think 322 00:23:22,079 --> 00:23:25,640 we're going to move on to the defense now, and of course we're going 323 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,680 to start with one of my absolute favorites, brock favor What a season this 324 00:23:29,759 --> 00:23:33,440 guy had. He was ranked one hundred and twenty seventh and our Tier Dynasty 325 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,000 rank, and he was incredible. Led Wild rookies in time on ice as 326 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,799 a defenseman. In fact, not only did he lead the Wild in time 327 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,839 on ice, but there were only a few players who had more time on 328 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,160 ice in him. Rasmus Dallinge, Seth Jones, Mike Matheson, Drew Dowdy, 329 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,720 and John Carlson. Those are the only defensemen who played more on average 330 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,079 than brock Favor. It's crazy all those guys season vets, obviously, and 331 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:00,039 then if you look at according to Evolving Hockey, he had the eighth toughest 332 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:03,960 minutes of any defender. Some of the guys ahead of him, guys like 333 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,119 mattiasak Holme, Kill mccarb and Bouchard just some average players there. And he 334 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,799 also ran the top power play for Minnesota, had pretty decent preperal coverage. 335 00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:14,920 Maybe would have liked him to shoot a little bit more, but his blocks 336 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,759 were pretty solid, creeping up on two blocks per game and close to one 337 00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:22,160 hit per games. Hard to argue with what Faber delivered, especially in his 338 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,880 first full season. He played two seasons two games. At the end of 339 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,599 last season and some playoff games, but basically this was his first taste of 340 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,039 NHL action. Dylan, do you think Fabor can replicate his calder Worthy season 341 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,839 or maybe even take a step or two forward. Yeah, I think he 342 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,799 could take a big step forward for sure. I think the step that he 343 00:24:41,839 --> 00:24:47,720 would be taking would likely be defensively. He started the season super good defensively, 344 00:24:47,759 --> 00:24:51,519 and as the season kind of went on, his numbers dipped a little 345 00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:53,799 bit, but the offense took a huge jump. This is a guy that 346 00:24:53,880 --> 00:25:00,119 started the season not even like in the conversation for playing power play minutes or 347 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,400 anything like that. Yet once Spurgeon got hurt, once John Hines came in, 348 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:08,240 he said, rock Favor is going to play on the power play, 349 00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:12,079 and look well he did. So if he plays a full season as the 350 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:17,799 number one power play guy, I would expect his numbers to be even higher 351 00:25:17,839 --> 00:25:21,960 and be more productive next year. So he's gonna take a big step. 352 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,720 He's probably even gonna get more and more minutes. Spurgeon should be completely healthy 353 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:32,640 next year and be in the line of game long, so maybe he's not 354 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,960 on the top power play to start, but with how well he did as 355 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,319 running the top power play. I would imagine they would likely keep him there 356 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,680 as well. All right, let's move on with our defenseman, and we're 357 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:52,559 going to talk about Jonis Brodean. And the deal with mister Brodean is he 358 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,720 looks like he's locked in for a pretty prominent role again next year. He 359 00:25:55,759 --> 00:25:59,319 missed about a month from mid December to mid January. He's never going to 360 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,559 burn up the score, but he did have a career high in points per 361 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:07,319 game at point four to five I believe, or twenty seven total points in 362 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,720 sixty seven games played, along with career highs just raw career highs despite only 363 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:17,480 playing sixty two games in both shots and blocks for his career, Brodein played 364 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,920 the first half of the season with Brock Favor, but much more frequently paired 365 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:26,000 with Zach Bogosian after his return from injury. What role and what kind of 366 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,480 production do you foresee for Brodein in this coming year? Yeah, I think 367 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:36,680 what he did with Favor was super super good, and then when playing with 368 00:26:36,759 --> 00:26:41,920 Bagosian was more because Spurgeon was out. Spurgeon played a lot of time with 369 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,079 Middleton he has the last couple of years, and once Spurgeon went out with 370 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,680 an injury didn't play the rest of the season. In Favor took that role 371 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:55,640 as the number one right shot d so he played with Middleton, which had 372 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,559 Brodean play with Pagosian. But Brodean's always been the same guy. He's one 373 00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:04,519 of the best defensive defenders in the entire league. He's probably gonna pick up 374 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,119 more blocks. He's not a super physical guy, and he's also not a 375 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,240 guy who's gonna rack up a ton of points or be a power play guy. 376 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:18,720 But he's consistently been like the steady Eddy. I guess every season kind 377 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,920 of seems like it's the same for him, and he showed no signs of 378 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,440 slowing down or regressing or anything. So I think it can continue to be 379 00:27:27,519 --> 00:27:33,200 the same guy. And maybe when the season starts, because of how well 380 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:40,079 Faber played with Middleton, maybe they go with Brodian Spurgeon pairing and keep Middleton 381 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:44,640 with Favor, or they could go back to Middleton, Spurgeon and Broadan in 382 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:52,799 favor, which is a fantastic shutdown deep hair. But Jared Spurgeon, let's 383 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:56,279 talk about him. He was the veteran, he was the highest paid defenseman 384 00:27:56,759 --> 00:28:00,680 and he only played sixteen games. As you said, the whole lot of 385 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,640 time. He played just some games between November tenth and January tewond but then 386 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,799 he's had back injuries. Hip injuries ended in a surgery, ended in a 387 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:14,200 lost season. I don't like hearing about a smaller d man with those types 388 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,319 of injuries. Although apparently what I've read is he's supposed to be back for 389 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,200 the new year. I believe he'll be thirty five this year, thirty four 390 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:26,079 to thirty five. What are you expecting in the comeback season from Jared Spurgeon 391 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,960 and what kind of a stat line will we see next year? I think 392 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,000 he can get back to the Spurgeon that we all know. He only played 393 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:38,119 sixteen games this year, and a lot of them he played pretty much, 394 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,440 very hurt so, and he still looked like himself. He's still playing very 395 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:48,759 good defensively. His point and production wasn't really there, but there was times 396 00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:52,319 where you could see that he was back to being that offensive guy that we 397 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,880 know. So a full season out of Spurgeon, he's likely going to be 398 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:02,839 a thirty forty point guy. He might be getting less minutes only because of 399 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,960 the emergence of Faber, but He's still a guy that you're probably gonna put 400 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,759 out their top penalty Kill mentioned the power play before. He could either run 401 00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:15,519 the top unit or he could be on the second with Faber on the top. 402 00:29:15,599 --> 00:29:19,920 So he's a guy that has some offensive value. He's also got good 403 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:26,200 defensive value in blocking shots. He isn't as physical, but the expectation is 404 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,440 for him to be one hundred percent ready at camp. He told the media 405 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:34,559 after the season with our sort of media exit interviews that he would be one 406 00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:40,200 ready to go to to start the season and he believes that he can be 407 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:45,799 the same player that he always been has always been. And there the sample 408 00:29:45,839 --> 00:29:48,920 size that he had this year, even though it was light, he still 409 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,240 looked like the Jared Spurgeon that we all know he can be. So a 410 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,759 full season out of him, would you would expect to see him be the 411 00:29:56,759 --> 00:30:02,640 same guy we've always seen him to be the last couple of years. All 412 00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:06,440 Right, We got to talk goalies now, and some people might be surprised 413 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:11,200 to hear that the While were the number one the best team in the NHL 414 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:15,279 and expected goals against for sixty, but they conceded the seventeenth ranked actual number 415 00:30:15,279 --> 00:30:18,160 of goals. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the goalies were 416 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,640 part of the problem here for sure, and it really was both of them. 417 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,119 I wouldn't say that, maybe you can argue a little bit one was 418 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,480 better than the other. I think Fleorri probably was, but you look at 419 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:33,319 they were both not good. They both were offered outstanding product protection and didn't 420 00:30:33,359 --> 00:30:37,480 really do as well as they could have with it. Gustafson played a few 421 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,720 more games, five more games, then we saw Fleury play. They wanted 422 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,880 to run with him at the beginning, but he just he unfortunately was not 423 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,599 able to build off of the solid season that he had last season when he 424 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,759 actually looked pretty promising. It looked like he could step up and take the 425 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,559 load. That was not really the case. Unfortunately. Gustafson was well under 426 00:30:56,599 --> 00:31:03,319 expected and his delta Fenwick was negative quite a lot, and Fleury was closer 427 00:31:03,359 --> 00:31:07,519 to average, but still not able to come close to the protection that was 428 00:31:07,559 --> 00:31:10,279 offered for him. You know, in the end, either goalie was really 429 00:31:10,279 --> 00:31:12,279 great. It seems like they're going to run this back with the tandem for 430 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:17,039 with forty year old Marc Andre Fleury for one more year. Gus has two 431 00:31:17,079 --> 00:31:21,920 years on his contract, and we did see a little bit of Jasper walstat 432 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:22,880 which, of course, you know, I think we all know is the 433 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,680 future here, but it's probably not quite time for him yet. So Dylan, 434 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:30,759 how do you see the goalie situation shaking out next year? And can 435 00:31:30,759 --> 00:31:33,920 they be the at least in the top half of the league this year, 436 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:38,640 closer to their expected numbers. Yeah, I think they'll be a lot better. 437 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:44,240 And specifically Gus like, he had stretches of the season where he looked 438 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,440 really good, but he'd follow that up with the game that he allowed five 439 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,039 goals, and then his next start he allowed five again, and then the 440 00:31:51,079 --> 00:31:56,160 start after that he would look incredible, have you know, close to forty 441 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,680 saves, and then the next start he would let up five again, and 442 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:02,720 it was like the consistency level with him was just not what it was the 443 00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:07,519 year before. He struggled to start the season the coaching change. He was 444 00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:12,160 on fire once Hines took over. He kept starting every single game, and 445 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,359 then his production started to dip even more. He was starting to allow more 446 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:21,240 goals and things like that, and the Wild were pretty frustrated with him. 447 00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:24,880 And he's a guy that honestly might be traded this summer, and if they 448 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:31,519 were to trade him, I certainly don't think a tandem of Walsted and Flurry 449 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:37,880 can push this team to the playoffs. But maybe that's what they view that 450 00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:42,440 ken if Fleury's played in forty games this year, so maybe he could play 451 00:32:42,519 --> 00:32:45,559 thirty again next year. But do you really want to put that load on 452 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:50,559 Walstead as a young goalie. I certainly wouldn't, but maybe that's what they 453 00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:55,480 think. But there is a real possibility that Gustisen does get traded. If 454 00:32:55,480 --> 00:33:00,519 he doesn't, I do think that he'll have a bounce back season for sure. 455 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:05,519 He was completely honest. In our exit interviews, John Hines said that 456 00:33:06,079 --> 00:33:10,240 Gus was really understanding that he needs to be better next year, and Heines 457 00:33:10,279 --> 00:33:14,960 talked about this big plan they had in place for Gus to work on things 458 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,519 in the offseason with Hines and with Freddie schabat their goalie coach. I would 459 00:33:19,559 --> 00:33:22,960 expect Philip to be a lot better next year. It's just a matter of 460 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:27,000 if he's on the Wild or if he's on a different team. But if 461 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,599 he is with the Wild next year, the Flurry and gust Handhem I don't 462 00:33:30,599 --> 00:33:35,440 think will be as bad as it was this year. In terms of Flurry, 463 00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:38,119 I think he is what he is. He had stretches where he looked 464 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:43,480 fantastic. When Gus was hurt, Flurry stepped up. He played a ton 465 00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:47,000 of games and he was fine for the Wild. But then he would maybe 466 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,640 have a stretcher two where he was letting in four or five goals a night. 467 00:33:51,839 --> 00:33:57,039 But obviously that comes with his age two that maybe those numbers will keep 468 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,759 going down a little bit. But he's still a pretty decent goalie if you're 469 00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:07,720 only playing him thirty thirty games a year, so it I would think that 470 00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:10,400 if they keep Guss and Roll with that tandem, it will definitely be a 471 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:16,079 lot better next year. Tre mendous Dylan, that's been some great information on 472 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:20,960 the Minnesota Wild. How can people keep up with all the things you're doing. 473 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:24,960 Just go over to the Hockeynews dot com. You can first of all, 474 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:31,079 tons of awesome coverage there with all the NHL teams, juniors and everything 475 00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:36,400 like that, and just keep tabs on the Wild pages, a ton of 476 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,079 new stuff, offseason stuff, things like that, And you can also follow 477 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:45,199 my Twitter too, Dylan looks for but yeah, just keep tabs on the 478 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:50,679 Hockey News website. Tremendous. Thank you so much for coming on to catch 479 00:34:50,760 --> 00:35:00,960 us up on the Minnesota Wild. Wilson. That's good, fire past off. 480 00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:08,920 Oh my goodness, wrong with a cat cram. Now it's your wingler. 481 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:15,159 Goalie talk with Kat Silverman. Kat's instincts joined once again by Kat Silverman 482 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:22,199 from INGL mag to talk goalie prospects and Kat, I think you can agree 483 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,840 we're at the point where one of our favorite goalies is going to be discussed. 484 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,519 Just for waalstat just love this guy. Twenty twenty one, way too 485 00:35:31,599 --> 00:35:37,920 late. Twentieth overall should have been much higher, but Minnesota Wild really smart. 486 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,320 Way to go. Six foot three, two hundred and fourteen pound. 487 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,280 In his second HL season, he was good. He was killed it. 488 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,559 He killed it. His expected goals per goal conceded one point five to six 489 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,119 and last season one point three to nine. Just as a reminder this stat 490 00:35:52,199 --> 00:35:55,840 anything over one is good, so one point five to six it's just absurdly 491 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:02,679 good. His hockey prospecting equivalency has been really high since he was drafted the 492 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:07,880 forties up to sixty two. He was slightly down to sixty fifty to six 493 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:12,280 this season, but pretty much all his comps are really good goalies that either 494 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,239 were star starters or at least like starters in the NHL, and one of 495 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,760 the comps that he currently looks a bit like is Connor Hellibuck, who, 496 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:27,719 obviously winning the VESNA again this season, most likely looks great his Fantasy Hockey 497 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,320 Life player card, I have him ranked as my top goalie. I don't 498 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,400 think there's any secret there. I think he's amazing. It looks pretty good 499 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,159 across the board. His best stat is the expected goal per goal allowed, 500 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:42,360 which is I think if you're going to have one be the best, that 501 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,000 would be it, because that's the one you most control how you can perform 502 00:36:45,199 --> 00:36:50,000 against expected. But some of the other numbers are pretty good too, So 503 00:36:50,159 --> 00:36:52,719 Kat, what do your instincts tell us about wallsteat? We saw him in 504 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,800 the NHL a few games this season that was whatever he did okay, won 505 00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:00,400 a couple games, lost one, but really too early to tell all about 506 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,559 his NHL performance. I would say, but I think he's on track. 507 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:07,519 When you say yeah, I think he looked really good when he made his 508 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:12,000 way up to the NHL. For a guy who's as young as he is, 509 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,559 he looked confident. He didn't make every save he needed to, but 510 00:37:15,679 --> 00:37:20,760 he didn't get rattled by those I know that in the past, I've pointed 511 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:27,480 to Aiden Hill's struggles making his way up to the NHL is something that I 512 00:37:27,519 --> 00:37:31,440 look at to see as a good evaluation tool for whether a guy's ready to 513 00:37:31,519 --> 00:37:35,760 make the jump to the NHL, because he would have a bad goal and 514 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,760 that would become a bad game. And I think for Walstett, he would 515 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,199 have a bad goal and it was just a bad goal, and that's really 516 00:37:42,199 --> 00:37:46,199 what you're looking for from a maturity standpoint for these goaltenders. Obviously, Said 517 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:50,719 is one of the few goaltenders who has scored a goal in the last couple 518 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,039 of years. That always makes me happy. He does a lot of fun 519 00:37:53,039 --> 00:37:57,920 to watch. He's super well rounded in the same way that someone like Connor 520 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:05,920 Hellibuk and Igocious Stirk and Ilias Aroken and all of our other really good quality 521 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:10,199 young goaltenders are nowadays where they're not playing. I know that everybody really loves 522 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:17,920 the great era from essentially when goaltending made the shift to butterfly first, your 523 00:38:19,159 --> 00:38:22,840 Jonathan QUICKX, your two garrasks your Marc Andre Fleury's, your Henrik Lunquist's, 524 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:29,800 but they all had such aggressively distinctive styles, and now I think you have 525 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:34,039 to be more of a jack of all trades, where your style has a 526 00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:37,039 little pinpoints in it that say, oh, that's I can tell who's playing 527 00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:40,960 right now. But ideally you can't exploit those weaknesses because shooters have spent so 528 00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:46,360 much time evaluating how these guys play now, and they do take the time 529 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:51,760 to watch the game footage and to really pick out these weaknesses and these tendencies. 530 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,360 And see, you can't afford to be a goaltender who has like a 531 00:38:54,519 --> 00:39:01,000 characteristic depth level and the characteristic timing for when you drop into butterfly and when 532 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:05,960 you play the puck. And I think that whilst it looks like that well 533 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:10,199 rounded plays every style of game. Well does a good job of elevating when 534 00:39:10,199 --> 00:39:14,639 he does need to make a high dangerous save and can scramble when he needs 535 00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:20,320 to, but isn't Jonathan Quick. Isn't super overly athletic about it, and 536 00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:22,440 he can play the puck when he needs to, but he hasn't made that 537 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:28,159 his entire game. And that's something that I like to watch. So I 538 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:32,000 think he did a good job of taking on a pretty monster workload at the 539 00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:37,559 AHL level this year. He played forty five games. That's nothing to scoff 540 00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:44,800 at for guys who essentially have to play in smaller barns with less luxurious travel. 541 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,480 And then he did spend some time up in the NHL as well. 542 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,840 That had to have been an exhausting year. And that's adding in that he 543 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,719 played at the AHL All Star Game this year and had a blast doing it. 544 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:59,840 So looks like he's having fun, looks like he's doing a good job. 545 00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:04,599 Looks like at least the AHL skaters can't really keep up with him. 546 00:40:05,679 --> 00:40:07,159 I think he's going to be a besan, a winner. Not to be 547 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,920 dramatic, I think he's going to be great, And I think next year 548 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,599 we're probably going to see more of him at the NHL level for sure. 549 00:40:15,639 --> 00:40:20,119 Yeah, that's the question really is not if, but when will he be 550 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,519 good and how and how frequently? We really want to make sure he doesn't 551 00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:28,199 just get thrown into the fire. We don't want to see him make his 552 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:32,400 NHL debut and then have to play sixty five games that year. Ideally, 553 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:37,000 we want to see him eased into it without stalling out as a guy who 554 00:40:37,039 --> 00:40:42,559 only plays like the Jack Campbell in LA where he only played ten to fifteen 555 00:40:42,599 --> 00:40:47,119 games each year until finally he got moved to another team. That's ideally something 556 00:40:47,119 --> 00:40:50,440 that we don't want to see for Walstat. We want to see if he 557 00:40:50,519 --> 00:40:52,880 does make his way to the NHL full time. I'd like to see him 558 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:58,480 as the full backup or in a tandem position. I think he's ready for 559 00:40:58,519 --> 00:41:01,920 that next year. I don't know for sure, but it looks like they're 560 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,599 doing a good job with him. They didn't bring him up and just leave 561 00:41:05,639 --> 00:41:09,880 him upsided. I'm excited to three games this year. Maybe he could get 562 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:14,360 ten to twenty or so, not too much. That would probably be good, 563 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,480 maybe even a little more depending on how he does. But you obviously 564 00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:22,840 don't want to overuse him and spoil his confidence or anything like that. All 565 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,400 right, let's move on. They don't really need anyone else in this system. 566 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:30,239 We could just end it now, but they do that. A couple 567 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,880 other goalies that I guess we could mention. Then this is an interesting one. 568 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:39,000 So Samuel Levy. So he's a check and he was not drafted, 569 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:43,440 but he's six foot four, two hundred and eighteen pounds, really big guy. 570 00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:49,079 He plays. He's been playing over in Slovakia and Czech Chechia. He's 571 00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:53,599 Slovakian, Slovakian, and he's he was playing on the hc Plison team. 572 00:41:53,679 --> 00:41:57,360 The only thing I really know about that is that's where the year Check's played 573 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,599 played and played. So it's a pretty good league though, the Czech league, 574 00:42:00,639 --> 00:42:06,280 and he did pretty well in terms of his overall numbers. But I 575 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,639 don't really know much about him other than he's another guy in their system. 576 00:42:09,679 --> 00:42:13,880 And we'll talk about a couple of other options they have which I don't think 577 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,280 are going great. So what do you do? What do you think about 578 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:22,880 Levi and a as some depths potentially behind Wall said at some point I thought 579 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,559 that was a really smart pickup for them. Slovakia and Czech Yer are both 580 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:34,119 countries that have a really strong hockey culture, but not a super strong pro 581 00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:40,360 hockey presence. Their pro hockey leagues are really the wild West. If we 582 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:45,599 talk about the KHL and Sweden as being the two leagues that have I would 583 00:42:45,599 --> 00:42:49,960 say the most consistency throughout them, and then you have Finland is the league 584 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:55,079 that has some really competitive teams and then some that are almost like a Tier 585 00:42:55,119 --> 00:43:01,559 two or three team all playing against each other. Czechia and Slovakia are both 586 00:43:02,119 --> 00:43:07,199 countries that their leagues are really all over the place, and I saw that 587 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:12,639 we did have a brief period where he did come over and play first for 588 00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:17,239 the USHL Lincoln Stars. Then he played for the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the QMJHL 589 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:22,760 for two years and then made his way back over to play pro back in 590 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:28,800 Slovakia. And I like his numbers. I like him a lot. The 591 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:32,599 Slovakian national team is not exactly a powerhouse, and he played at the World 592 00:43:32,639 --> 00:43:37,239 Championships last year, got three games in and had a nine to thirty two 593 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,679 savee percentage. Every once in a while there's a guy who has a really 594 00:43:42,559 --> 00:43:50,960 low level overall quality of shel possibility to their game and they just kill it 595 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,079 at the World But those are usually guys who have a really high talent level 596 00:43:54,679 --> 00:43:59,960 and don't have this size. I think it was Dennis Godla who just absolutely 597 00:44:00,159 --> 00:44:04,119 crushed it at worlds. I think it was the World Juniors in twenty eighteen, 598 00:44:04,519 --> 00:44:07,280 and he's five foot seven, so he just was not going to make 599 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:12,719 it over to the NHL. But Havai is huge. So if he's playing 600 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:20,239 that well against international competition on a team that respectfully to the Slovakian team, 601 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,679 it's like playing really well behind the German national team. You have a couple 602 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:27,039 NHLers in your ranks, you have a couple high level pros, and then 603 00:44:27,079 --> 00:44:30,480 you have a lot of guys who just are not at the same quality of 604 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:34,480 competition, and you have a lot of older guys playing too, so you 605 00:44:34,559 --> 00:44:37,000 don't necessarily have a ton of young guns playing on those national teams. So 606 00:44:38,039 --> 00:44:42,480 he managed to crush it for them. He had really good numbers and at 607 00:44:42,599 --> 00:44:45,880 all of the other international games he's played so far. He played six international 608 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:52,719 games for Slovakia this year, had one eight five goals against average and a 609 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,000 nine to twenty three save percentage. That's great. Had pretty decent numbers in 610 00:44:57,039 --> 00:45:00,599 the Czech Ye too, So I would love to see him play in North 611 00:45:00,599 --> 00:45:04,719 America. I think worst case, he's a really good depth option for them 612 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:12,079 because they do have the best young goaltender outside of Dustin wolf in her essentially 613 00:45:12,159 --> 00:45:15,960 headed to the NHL this next year, so they don't necessarily need another great 614 00:45:16,199 --> 00:45:20,639 a prospect to his NHL ready. They need someone who's going to do really 615 00:45:20,639 --> 00:45:22,519 well at the minor league for them, and that I think could very easily 616 00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:27,840 be him. And they got in for nothing, so that's a huge depth 617 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:31,079 to add for them. Yeah, I agree, really smart, really smart 618 00:45:31,079 --> 00:45:35,559 pickup and probably available in a lot of leagues too, So go check him 619 00:45:35,559 --> 00:45:40,639 out. H la Vaj Samuel b By the last two. We've talked about 620 00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:44,800 Hunter Jones and Zane McIntyre for a while. I just want to pose them 621 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,159 to you as a pair. Are either of these guys worth holding? Because 622 00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:52,840 Hunter Jones has really decreased in his equivalency playing in the ECHL not going super 623 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:59,119 well, and then Zaye McIntyre running his course in the NCAA. I'm just 624 00:45:59,159 --> 00:46:01,920 not sure that either these are going to be super relevant. But that's what 625 00:46:02,079 --> 00:46:06,679 I'm here to ask you about. If someone's holding these guys on their team, 626 00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:09,880 should they How likely are they ever going to see meaningful NHL action. 627 00:46:10,599 --> 00:46:16,840 So Zane McIntire's thirty one at this point, I don't think he's necessarily the 628 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:22,679 prospect for them at this point. I think he is their Richard Bachmann, 629 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:27,679 which I love teams having a guy like that, because he is a really 630 00:46:27,679 --> 00:46:34,320 good quality, like locker room presence. From what everything anyone's ever told me 631 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,960 about him is that he's really great for that Hunter Jones, I'm a little 632 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,599 mad that he is not doing as well as I had hoped he would. 633 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,039 He's a guy who I saw was going to do really well. He continued 634 00:46:45,079 --> 00:46:51,719 to improve each year that he played ohl hockey, and then he just has 635 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,639 not been able to put it all together at the pro level. And some 636 00:46:53,800 --> 00:47:00,559 of it I know when he was getting drafted. He is really big, 637 00:47:00,599 --> 00:47:02,719 but he was not super fast, and he had a really controlled game. 638 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,679 But it looks like he just hasn't been able to get himself up to the 639 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:14,400 essentially the speed and pacing for the desperation saves, for those high level saves. 640 00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,840 So I think at this point he's only twenty three, he could turn 641 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:22,079 things around, but he's very clearly not who they are focusing their attention on 642 00:47:22,159 --> 00:47:25,800 at this point, and it doesn't bode well for him that they just brought 643 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:31,400 in this hot shot from Slovakia who's crushing it in international competition. That certainly 644 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:37,239 doesn't lend credence to their confidence in Hunter Jones. So I think at this 645 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:43,119 point he's probably and the Richard Bachmann for them, so they probably don't need 646 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,880 a ton of those. But he has only twenty three, so I think 647 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:54,440 maybe he's got potential NHL backup prospect level at this point, but he really 648 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:59,840 hasn't shown that he has the essentially the speed when they need it the most, 649 00:48:00,119 --> 00:48:02,639 and so I think he would get lit up if they brought him to 650 00:48:02,639 --> 00:48:07,039 the NHL right now, And that's not a good sign for a guy who 651 00:48:07,159 --> 00:48:10,920 is what five years past his draft. Yeah, definitely it doesn't look good. 652 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:15,960 So yeah, focus on Whilstead and Levey. Thanks so much for giving 653 00:48:15,039 --> 00:48:20,159 us your instincts on the Minnesota Wild goalies. Guy, we'll be back right 654 00:48:20,199 --> 00:48:40,360 after this. Digud giinas Be digs a st a Wild Edition. Victor, 655 00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:44,159 here's a couple of things you got to know about the Wild. They're gonna 656 00:48:44,159 --> 00:48:47,119 pick thirteenth in the draft, assuming no trades between now and then. They're 657 00:48:47,159 --> 00:48:51,239 missing their own third and seventh round picks this year, but they do have 658 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,880 an extra Buffalo fifth rounder, and Victor, I don't need to tell you 659 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:59,920 this, but I need to tell the listeners this is your very favorite highest 660 00:49:00,079 --> 00:49:05,400 rated prospect system in all the land Minnesota number one, and it starts, 661 00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:07,880 Oh, I just want to hear you say it with the no brainer. 662 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:13,719 Who's the no brainer? Victor Danilla? You're off, Jesse, Yes, 663 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:17,679 we have come bull circle on Danilla. You're off twenty twenty two to twenty 664 00:49:17,679 --> 00:49:22,840 fourth overall pick six foot, one hundred and seventy two pounds. His overall 665 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:27,760 scoring last year was really good. He actually I'm just gonna read what I 666 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,639 wrote about him for EP Ringside. Last season, he had only twelve points 667 00:49:30,639 --> 00:49:35,880 and fifty nine games from Metallurg Magnetic Gorsk. This season, his ice time 668 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,599 nearly double from eight thirty one to fifteen fourteen. With that came a huge 669 00:49:38,599 --> 00:49:44,480 surgeon points from forty nine to sixty one games played, which also forty nine 670 00:49:44,559 --> 00:49:47,320 and sixty nine sixty one games played, which also led the team. Leading 671 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:52,000 the team in points while being seventh and ice time is truly impressive, and 672 00:49:52,039 --> 00:49:57,119 you think that you're you'd give your player, your leading scorer, a little 673 00:49:57,119 --> 00:49:59,559 bit more ice time with the man advantage, but they did not do that. 674 00:49:59,639 --> 00:50:02,840 He was only twelve on a nice time on the power play. This 675 00:50:04,159 --> 00:50:07,320 is often the playbook from KHL teams. If the player plans to leave the 676 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:12,599 NHL for the NHL, which is exactly what You're Off plans to do, 677 00:50:12,639 --> 00:50:15,559 although he will be back with metal Urg next season, so that gave you 678 00:50:15,639 --> 00:50:19,920 some context of what he did. It was super impressive, Jesse, what 679 00:50:20,039 --> 00:50:23,639 he did for metal Urg Magnetigorsk. And he's got one more year. We 680 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:28,639 heard it referenced by Dylan at the top of the show how ere Off is 681 00:50:28,679 --> 00:50:31,239 coming over next season. Everyone's going to be excited about that. But he 682 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:35,719 does have one more year. If you look at his Fantasy Hockey Life player 683 00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:38,360 card, you can see that his shots are really good. His goals and 684 00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:43,920 assists and blocks are actually really solid for You're Off. Overall, that gives 685 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,360 him a pretty nice floor. His hits are a little bit lower, but 686 00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:50,599 he's got some nice bash floor. Eight out of ten is where I have 687 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,519 him at. Overall, he's looking pretty solid in a bunch of different areas, 688 00:50:53,559 --> 00:50:59,480 including his scoring chances, transition game, and puck battles. But let's 689 00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,480 hear a little bit more about what makes your Off interesting FROMFHL scout Jesse, 690 00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:08,920 and our featured scout today on this episode is James. Here's what he has 691 00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:14,079 to say about Danilla. You're off excellent skater stands out right away when you 692 00:51:14,119 --> 00:51:17,440 watch him. Great on the edge, his powerful strides and fast acceleration. 693 00:51:19,159 --> 00:51:22,159 For passing and handling, You're off. Knows where he's going with the puck 694 00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:24,920 before he gets it. The handling is very good. Looks like an NHL 695 00:51:25,039 --> 00:51:30,679 player already. For shooting, he shot a puck off the goalies back in 696 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:34,360 the game that the first game James watch, resulting in a goal. Otherwise, 697 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,440 he didn't take a whole lot of shots, so James didn't have a 698 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:40,360 whole lot to base that on. For IQ was outstanding, smart player. 699 00:51:40,519 --> 00:51:44,920 Knows where everyone is on the ice at all times. Ces plays before they 700 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:51,119 happen. For checking euro Off's got size and skating ability to get in and 701 00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,800 rekavoc on the Ford check. For defense, you're off seems to be in 702 00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:59,440 the right position a lot does not shy away from the physicality, often wins 703 00:51:59,559 --> 00:52:04,599 the puck. Best asset toss up between the skating and the IQ, but 704 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:08,760 James ago with the IQ. He's such a smart player. Biggest concern I 705 00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:13,960 guess James would say he would have liked to see play move through Europ more 706 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:17,559 often than he did. Top tier outcome. You're off top line, that's 707 00:52:17,599 --> 00:52:21,800 for sure, and that's because he's got the size, speed and IQ to 708 00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:25,960 play in that level. In the NHL fifty percentile level two, that would 709 00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:31,320 be a sixty to eighty point score with potential for above average bash and the 710 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:37,519 stylistic comparable. James was having trouble locking onto an exact, but he could 711 00:52:37,559 --> 00:52:42,239 see maybe a mark Stone type, so very interesting. We saw lower on 712 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:46,039 the hits when we looked at the data based here, but what James saw 713 00:52:46,079 --> 00:52:50,760 on the ice was a bit different from that. Mason Black put out the 714 00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:54,880 poll the NHL Rankking put this out on X for ust Danila eurof was matched 715 00:52:54,920 --> 00:53:00,199 up against Matthew Savoy, who we've heard about on a recent episod, and 716 00:53:00,559 --> 00:53:07,320 the result was You're off over Savoy fifty four percent to forty six percent. 717 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:12,960 Victor you're off or Savoy. Yeah, I'm going you're off here. I 718 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:19,199 do think that what he's done in the KHL is really exciting, and I 719 00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:23,719 think Savoy he's been really good for the last several seasons in the WHL. 720 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:30,039 That's not anything he can change. He's bound by that NHL COCHL agreement, 721 00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:34,000 so he can't really be anywhere else. After this season. He will be 722 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:37,960 over in the HL. We just talked about Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw is 723 00:53:37,199 --> 00:53:43,000 another team is the team that he's on, and he's done fantastically driving them 724 00:53:43,039 --> 00:53:47,199 to the WHL Championship series against Portland. We'll see. I have a feeling 725 00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:51,440 Musjah is going to win, but we'll see. But he will be in 726 00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,360 the AHL next year and it'll be good to see how he performs against bigger, 727 00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:59,920 stronger, faster Players's already doing that and really excelling in that role, 728 00:54:00,119 --> 00:54:02,159 even though his trajectory has been straight up. I think I would take him. 729 00:54:02,159 --> 00:54:06,719 He's also a bit bigger. He's four inches taller, a bit thicker 730 00:54:07,039 --> 00:54:09,079 than Savoy, so you don't have to worry so much about maybe getting pushed 731 00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:13,320 around. He also is pretty feisty, so you like to see that. 732 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,719 Looking at the hockey prospecting between the two, it is pretty similar, although 733 00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:22,599 Savoy does have a higher star potential. I think I would trust Eurovs, 734 00:54:22,599 --> 00:54:24,840 though a little bit more based on the league that he's in. Looking at 735 00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:30,400 Eurov's other comps, there's some really good ones. One of the ones that 736 00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:34,960 I think might be realistic, is former Wild player Maren Gaberick. I think 737 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,679 he could end up being a bit like that, which would be pretty phenomenal 738 00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:44,280 obviously, and we heard Dylan reference it. If he could jive with crillical 739 00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:47,639 Priestoft, that would be incredible countrymen playing together, and maybe they could make 740 00:54:47,679 --> 00:54:53,119 some sweet music and really increase that production for euro Off. So the last 741 00:54:53,159 --> 00:54:58,159 thing I'll mention is that his j fresh card top from top down hockey's pretty 742 00:54:58,639 --> 00:55:00,800 pessimistic. Just three percent chance of being a star, twelve percent chance of 743 00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:05,320 being in NHL. Are so a little less excited about Danilla? You're off 744 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:08,840 in that model, you said Marion Gaberick, and a bunch of Wild fans 745 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:12,519 just say he dead away. But they already know about Danil You're off, 746 00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:15,679 so I guess they're not too surprised. Victor moving on, Who's the need 747 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:20,079 to know? Need to know? Is Riley Hite twenty twenty three second round 748 00:55:20,079 --> 00:55:22,960 pick five to eleven hundred and eighty three pounds followed up his incredible draft season 749 00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:27,800 by and even more bonkers draft plus one season. He had ninety seven points 750 00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:30,400 in sixty eight games as a draft eligible, which is crazy. One hundred 751 00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:35,280 and see hundred and seventeen points in sixty six games in the regular season so 752 00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:38,239 far for Prince George, not so far. They're out now, but that's 753 00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:43,760 pretty amazing, almost two points per game. Definitely raised his stock and looking 754 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,320 at his player card. For Mitch Brown, the defense that's always been the 755 00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,559 issue for him. It's thirty eight percentile, not great, but the offense 756 00:55:50,639 --> 00:55:53,880 is just so ridiculous, and it's pretty much all the expected primary assists. 757 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:57,639 Like, he's definitely more of a playmaker. He doesn't shoot a lot, 758 00:55:57,679 --> 00:56:00,920 his goals are never going to be that high, but he is an incredible 759 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:06,920 playmaker and he's always involved in the points. Percent primary point involvement is like 760 00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:09,280 off the charts, so it's his game score and advantage is created. He's 761 00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:15,480 just an incredible junior player. He looking at his FHL player card, his 762 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,920 assists really high. You know, his goals for the league he plays and 763 00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:22,199 are actually pretty high, even though he's not a big shooter, but his 764 00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:23,960 bash is always going to be a little bit on the lower side. Hits, 765 00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:28,159 blocks and shots are all a bit lower. Blocks are actually the highest 766 00:56:28,199 --> 00:56:30,559 of the three relative, which is interesting, but the bash overall is really 767 00:56:30,599 --> 00:56:35,559 low, so Let's find out a little bit more about what makes Hyde pick 768 00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:40,400 Jesse. All right, let's go to such great Heights with James our scout. 769 00:56:40,559 --> 00:56:45,320 The skating definitely more noticeable, definitely noticeable for him. Height skated, 770 00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:51,320 passed behind the defense and showed off silky edge work behind the goal before finishing 771 00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:54,760 passing and handling. Height moves the puck, quickly, protects the puck well 772 00:56:55,119 --> 00:57:01,400 shows off his puck handling during his goals that he scores and shooting. He 773 00:57:01,519 --> 00:57:06,360 noticed that Heights goals tend to come from close up, one in a wrap 774 00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:10,719 around, another slammed home in a loose puck. He's seen many instances where 775 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:15,639 those shots have come in from close but good shooting. IQ a smart but 776 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:22,039 feisty player who pairs the skill aspects of the game with some edginess for checking. 777 00:57:22,239 --> 00:57:23,880 Heights got the ability to be a very good four checker, as he 778 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:30,440 gains the zone quickly and does not shy away from physicality. But James didn't 779 00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:36,199 see that much for checking in his scouts. Defense positions himself well away from 780 00:57:36,239 --> 00:57:40,480 the puck, putting himself in passing lanes and anticipating errant passes. So the 781 00:57:40,519 --> 00:57:45,480 best asset overall for height, smart and opportunit tunistic hockey player, and those 782 00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:51,760 two things prier together could make him a successful in Eacheller. Biggest concern you 783 00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,159 got to talk about the size. James liked to see him fill out just 784 00:57:54,199 --> 00:57:59,719 a little bit more to have a more solid physical role. So the top 785 00:57:59,719 --> 00:58:04,559 tier outcome. He still sees primarily as a third liner, flexes into the 786 00:58:04,559 --> 00:58:07,840 top six when needed, can play the second power play as well as the 787 00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:10,079 penalty kill. He's a solid hockey player, but James says he's not sure 788 00:58:10,079 --> 00:58:14,719 he's going to be able to replicate the style he uses right now at the 789 00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:19,280 NHL level to the same degree. Probably a thirty to forty plus point player 790 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:24,280 unless he can sneak onto a team's top power play and the fiftieth percentile would 791 00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:29,679 be a level three. That's a thirty to forty plus point player unless he 792 00:58:29,719 --> 00:58:31,840 can. He'll produce hits, assists, some goals, but he's not going 793 00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:37,719 to produce over fifty plus points at that level. And he's saying Brendan Gallagher 794 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:42,960 as a potential Brandon Gallagher has tortured me these last few years. So don't 795 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:46,679 say that, James, you're hurting me Riley Height in the Mason Black NHL 796 00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:52,800 Rankking Pole faces off versus Gavin Brindley of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the 797 00:58:52,840 --> 00:58:59,400 people have spoken just barely, and said Gavin Brindley fifty point seven to forty 798 00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:02,559 nine point three over Riley Hyde, Victor. Is this dang near a tie? 799 00:59:04,519 --> 00:59:07,719 I don't think so. Personally. I would take Hyde pretty easily here. 800 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,039 He has the height advantage. I know I've made that joke before, 801 00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:15,360 but he you know, Brinley is a bit smaller. I love the kid, 802 00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:16,480 I love how he plays, but he's only five to nine. He 803 00:59:16,599 --> 00:59:22,079 has that high energy, he has that high compete. He's just screams bottom 804 00:59:22,159 --> 00:59:24,480 six player to me, and he definitely has some skill, but maybe he 805 00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:28,719 could be a middle six player height. I hear what Jimmy's saying. I 806 00:59:28,719 --> 00:59:31,159 don't know that you really have height on your team unless you have him in 807 00:59:31,199 --> 00:59:35,719 a scoring role. So I think that's someone who he could be. He 808 00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,480 reminds me in some sense of l Ryan Spooner, who was like always like 809 00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:42,599 a bottom sixer, but top line power play kind of guy. I think 810 00:59:42,679 --> 00:59:45,039 Height is maybe a little bit better than that, but I think that could 811 00:59:45,079 --> 00:59:47,760 end up being his role maybe like bottom bottom to middle six, top power 812 00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:51,880 play, because you don't really have him on the ice unless you have him 813 00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:54,199 on the power play, because he's that's what he does. He's a scorer, 814 00:59:54,599 --> 00:59:59,199 he's he's a playmaker. I definitely prefer Height. I think he has 815 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:02,159 more upside, even though the floor is much less certain. And Brinley seems 816 01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:07,360 he's already played, so he's already played one NHL game, he signed an 817 01:00:07,719 --> 01:00:12,000 entry level he might be in the AHL next season. But he's definitely a 818 01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:15,039 more likely to play in the NHL. But I'm just not sure it's going 819 01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:17,880 to be the best role. And if you look at the hockey prospecting between 820 01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:22,559 these two, Riley Height is almost double what Kevin Brindley is, so that's 821 01:00:22,559 --> 01:00:27,320 interesting. And Height has some pretty good comps in the hockey prospecting, guys 822 01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,880 like Dylan Cousins, who's plus minus right now, Kent Johnson, we don't 823 01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:34,719 really know about Tim Stouchla, Alex Tangay. Those are pretty good, So 824 01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,280 there's some pretty good ones there. Still, I think he could end up 825 01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:40,199 being more like those guys. The j freshcard has him at twenty two percent 826 01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:43,800 chance of being a star which is pretty high in this model, sixty five 827 01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:46,440 percent chance of being an NHL or so. Overall, I think that there's 828 01:00:46,559 --> 01:00:50,039 there should be a little bit more optimism on height. I think, yeah, 829 01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:52,760 I agree with Jimmy. I'm not sure that all of his offense will 830 01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:54,800 fully translate, but you're betting on upside there and there's a lot of it 831 01:00:54,840 --> 01:01:00,360 with height. Okay, Victor, let's move on to the third and final. 832 01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:05,760 Keep your eye on prospect Liam Ogrin, who's the twenty twenty to nineteenth 833 01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:09,239 overall pick by the Wild six foot one hundred and eighty seven pounds left wing. 834 01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:15,519 I actually wrote about him in a recent ramblings titled the Swedes Are Coming. 835 01:01:15,159 --> 01:01:20,599 He had a really great season over in Sweden. All the three guys, 836 01:01:21,079 --> 01:01:24,079 Lekatamachi, Ogrin, and Oaceland were all part of their Jew Gardens trio 837 01:01:24,159 --> 01:01:28,880 when they were drafted. They all played for different teams this season in the 838 01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,519 SHL, because Your Gardens is still down in the eight al spencekn after being 839 01:01:31,559 --> 01:01:36,840 relegated, and Ogrin had a really nice bounced back season after a rough season 840 01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:39,639 last year which Your Gardens where he only had twenty points in thirty six games, 841 01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:44,159 and he had nineteen points in twenty six games this season. He had 842 01:01:44,159 --> 01:01:47,239 an injury that delayed him. He had a so he didn't start until November, 843 01:01:47,239 --> 01:01:52,039 but he really came on strong at the end and he actually got into 844 01:01:52,119 --> 01:01:54,719 some games in North America. So it was great to see him come all 845 01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:59,679 the way over to North America because we saw him in a few AHL games 846 01:02:00,119 --> 01:02:02,880 and two sorry four NHL games where he had two points, a goal and 847 01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:08,039 assist, So that's awesome to see. We love to see that he's already 848 01:02:08,039 --> 01:02:13,840 here and looking to play already for the North American team. Looking at his 849 01:02:15,039 --> 01:02:20,159 tracking data from Mitch Brown his World Junior Championship tracking data, it looks really 850 01:02:20,159 --> 01:02:23,000 good. Overall, the transition and defense game is the best. His offense 851 01:02:23,119 --> 01:02:27,440 is at a sixty nine, so still decent but not amazing. He shoots 852 01:02:27,519 --> 01:02:30,599 a fair amount, but his expected goals is a little bit lower, and 853 01:02:30,719 --> 01:02:34,360 his transition game is awesome. Looking at his FHL player card, I have 854 01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:37,559 him out of the seven at a ten overall, but his goals being really 855 01:02:37,599 --> 01:02:42,119 high and overall his bash is decent. Shotspots and hicks are a little bit 856 01:02:42,119 --> 01:02:45,880 above average but not incredible amount. A decent Purferle floor, but not as 857 01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:49,800 much as you might like. Let's hear a little bit more about Ogrin from 858 01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:53,559 URFHL scout James. Let's do that. In what James had to say about 859 01:02:53,639 --> 01:03:00,000 Liam Ogrin skating above average, the speed does not stand out as much against 860 01:03:00,159 --> 01:03:04,639 the NHL type competition passing and handling. Plays the game so fast that at 861 01:03:04,639 --> 01:03:07,239 oftentimes the puck comes off a stick just as fast as it comes to him. 862 01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:10,519 I'm not yet sure. James is not yet sure if this is an 863 01:03:10,559 --> 01:03:14,840 asset or a detriment, and would like to see him be a bit more 864 01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:19,280 patient shooting. Was able to show off his shot once again, positioned himself 865 01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:22,239 in front of goal on more than one occasion, which he did a lot 866 01:03:22,239 --> 01:03:25,320 of in Sweden. Scored his first NHL goal on a loose puck rebound four 867 01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:30,639 or five feet from the goal. He plays the game as far as his 868 01:03:30,719 --> 01:03:34,159 IQ at such a heightened pace that, once again it's hard to tell if 869 01:03:34,159 --> 01:03:37,960 he's reading the ice properly or not forour checking. Has potential to be a 870 01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:43,440 for checking beast, as he's not afraid of physicality and flies into the zone 871 01:03:43,599 --> 01:03:46,920 for defense. Still an incomplete as this positioning doesn't look quite right on a 872 01:03:46,960 --> 01:03:52,239 new team will be easier to give an opinion as he gets more settled in 873 01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:57,519 the best asset the willingness to play round goal. Olgrin picked up his first 874 01:03:57,639 --> 01:04:02,039 NHL goal and recorded a secondary assists in the goal. James was reporting on 875 01:04:02,159 --> 01:04:06,519 biggest concern his willingness to slow down, read the ice and change speeds. 876 01:04:06,599 --> 01:04:12,519 The way he currently plays will be predictable and is mentioned previously as speed does 877 01:04:12,559 --> 01:04:15,000 not stand out at the NHL level the way it did in Sweden. The 878 01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:20,239 top roll Ah James says maybe a middle six NHL or was second line potential. 879 01:04:21,199 --> 01:04:26,000 That's because he possesses desirable skills such as speed, shot, willingness to 880 01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,639 play in the tough areas of the ice. But the fiftieth percentile more of 881 01:04:29,679 --> 01:04:32,000 a level three a forty to fifty point player, if put in the right 882 01:04:32,039 --> 01:04:39,679 situation, may be a less physical Ryan Hartman. So what is the NHL 883 01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:43,880 ranking poll that Mason Black put out for? Is Liam Ogrin versus Yanni Nyman 884 01:04:44,599 --> 01:04:47,320 of the Seattle Kraken. What do you think happened there? I'll tell you 885 01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:54,480 what. Liam Ogrin eighty five percent to fifteen percent, huge wipeout. What 886 01:04:54,519 --> 01:05:00,000 do you think of that battle, Victor. I definitely lean Ogrin here, 887 01:05:00,320 --> 01:05:05,000 and I believe it's pronounced Newman like Yanni Newman, but I do hell Newman. 888 01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:10,039 There you go, I do ogre in quite a bit. I actually 889 01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:14,480 I think this poll might be giving Newman or doing Newman a little bit of 890 01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:18,639 disservice, because he had a fantastic season in the Liga, which I'll be 891 01:05:18,679 --> 01:05:21,719 writing about or at this point when you're listening to this, go read that 892 01:05:21,840 --> 01:05:27,320 on EP ring side. But he forty three points in forty eight games for 893 01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:29,679 the Liga in a very low scoring league, and then he came over to 894 01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:32,360 North America and played for Coachella Valley in the playoffs. I think he's someone 895 01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:36,199 that definitely you should be interested in, even though I'm preferring Ogrin here. 896 01:05:36,239 --> 01:05:40,760 Ogren is just a smart, strong player. He's a good play driver. 897 01:05:41,639 --> 01:05:44,920 He said Hartman as a comparable, I actually think he's a little bit more 898 01:05:45,079 --> 01:05:48,440 like Matt Boldie. Matt Boldi light is who I think of Ogren as he's 899 01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:55,119 not. He doesn't have the big physical presence as much. He's not built 900 01:05:55,480 --> 01:05:59,599 quite the same way, but he doesn't impose his physicality. But I think 901 01:05:59,639 --> 01:06:02,320 you know he probably has a similar play style and a similar upside. I 902 01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:05,039 think he can I think he may be more of a score depending on what 903 01:06:05,079 --> 01:06:09,079 the team needs. But he's one of these guys that can do anything that 904 01:06:09,119 --> 01:06:13,320 you need him to do, which is great for a team player. Ogrin's 905 01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:17,360 hockey prospecting looks much better than Newman's a twelve percent chance of being a star. 906 01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:21,519 He bumped that up after going down to ten last season. Not Newman 907 01:06:21,639 --> 01:06:25,519 is just four percent chance of being a star. And looking at some other 908 01:06:25,559 --> 01:06:29,199 comps of his and hockey prospecting, there's some other ones that he looks a 909 01:06:29,199 --> 01:06:33,960 little bit like, like Pablo Demitra, Max stmy Thomas Hurtle is someone who 910 01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:38,159 I think he is probably a reasonable comp in terms of what to expect point 911 01:06:38,159 --> 01:06:42,480 wise. And his j fresh card has him just one percent chance of being 912 01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:45,199 a star four percent chance of being NHL are so much more pessimistic, but 913 01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:48,960 that's going to do it for our Minnesota Wild Diacey dig If you're a patron, 914 01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:53,039 you can listen to my top ten prospect recap and if you're in in 915 01:06:53,079 --> 01:06:56,079 doing any scouting, shoot me a DM on Twitter, discord, or email 916 01:06:56,159 --> 01:07:09,960 us. Very good, we'll be right back, And a reminder, our 917 01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:13,840 show is brought to you by fantracks dot com. There's all kind of different 918 01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:17,599 sports over there. You can play ten of them in fact, and fantasy 919 01:07:17,639 --> 01:07:21,840 hockey for the upcoming season is open. If you are listening to these shows 920 01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:27,199 and you just can't get enough fantasy hockey, you're ready to start looking at 921 01:07:27,239 --> 01:07:30,880 your you know, your new league, your new league here, this is 922 01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:34,039 the time you can go ahead and get that set up and then start recruiting 923 01:07:34,119 --> 01:07:40,480 all your friends. There's all the options that you would want for Dynasty fan 924 01:07:40,599 --> 01:07:44,679 tracks HQ, lots of fantasy content over there, articles on fantasy hockey and 925 01:07:44,679 --> 01:07:47,119 other fantasy sports. We got a whole crew, We got a whole posse 926 01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:51,679 doing fantasy hockey life right now, more than just Victor and myself. Content 927 01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:58,079 curator Kevin Adams, he does some of the show prep. Ryan Downey helps 928 01:07:58,079 --> 01:08:01,000 commission all the tidy looks, affectionately known as the Tidy Admiral. And in 929 01:08:01,039 --> 01:08:04,599 fact, he's got a posse. Now he's got a subposse. We'll get 930 01:08:04,639 --> 01:08:10,039 to that at some point. Jeremy VR lead scout wrangling all the scouting reports 931 01:08:10,039 --> 01:08:13,559 he're hearing on the show at this time of year, Jason helping with prospect 932 01:08:13,599 --> 01:08:17,239 Ranks. Brandon our website guru. He's also doing some scouting. He's also 933 01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:21,720 helping with the prospect Ranks visualizations, those Fahl player cards. You may like 934 01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:26,079 at this point if you've got skills you'd like to lend the show. We 935 01:08:26,159 --> 01:08:30,199 are always looking to get bigger and better. Victor is your man to check 936 01:08:30,199 --> 01:08:32,279 out. He can be found in the discord. He can be found an 937 01:08:32,319 --> 01:08:39,199 email or on X Victor Nuno twelve. I am on X at fan Hockey 938 01:08:39,199 --> 01:08:42,239 Live, so you can check me out there. We are brought to you 939 01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:45,960 also by Daber Hockey Daber Prospects. We're proud to be part of that network. 940 01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:49,359 Perhaps you found this episode posted up there. Victor is an editor in 941 01:08:49,399 --> 01:08:54,800 fact at Daber Prospects. You can follow us work there as well as a 942 01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:58,279 podcast in addition to this podcast, as part of the Dobber Network. It's 943 01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:01,720 called Dabra Prospect Report. He does it with Peter Harling and really it's a 944 01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:06,479 lot more focus on all the prospects, just specifically instead of the whole dynasty 945 01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:10,920 game. You might enjoy listening to that. If you like listening to this 946 01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:15,119 the EP Ringside is a place you can check out Victor's articles as well. 947 01:09:15,199 --> 01:09:19,439 He's part of that Elite's crew Elite Prospects Get It, and he's part of 948 01:09:19,439 --> 01:09:26,239 the fantasy team there with Cam Robinson and Mike Clifford to two exceptional fantasy guys 949 01:09:26,439 --> 01:09:30,439 in the prospect space. I do another show. It's called Dynasty Sports Life. 950 01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:34,399 I talk multiple different Dynasty sports. I have a very exciting episode coming 951 01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:42,439 up this week on Tuesday. Brent Hersheyt, the managing editor of Baseball HQBA, 952 01:09:42,520 --> 01:09:45,119 is on and we're going to talk what is dynasty baseball going to look 953 01:09:45,199 --> 01:09:47,840 like in a few years, What kind of trends should we be picking up 954 01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:51,960 now when we're drafting our teams. You should rate and review this show on 955 01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:56,800 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever else you get your pods. That's a good 956 01:09:56,840 --> 01:09:59,880 way to make sure that people keep finding us and we keep on humming. 957 01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:03,359 Thank you for listening, and until next time, I hope you go wild 958 01:10:03,399 --> 01:10:10,159 with this Fantasy Hockey Life