1 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:13,439 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks, your source of information 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,120 and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Fuck off, that's 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:24,320 a step on stays. Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier and Victor Nuno see 4 00:00:24,359 --> 00:00:29,399 Hockey Life back once again to talk about the Miracle Cats. It is Jesse 5 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:34,520 Severe from Fan Tracks joining me across the glass. It is Victor Nuno Elite 6 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:40,399 or EP bring Side Daver Prospects. Victor, how you doing? I am 7 00:00:40,439 --> 00:00:44,359 doing awesome, Jesse, And yeah, that's was super fun to follow the 8 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,679 Florida Panthers all the way Standy Cup Final. I wish they could have got 9 00:00:47,679 --> 00:00:50,840 it done. That would have been super fun and we wouldn't have to have 10 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:56,280 the phrase Vegas Golden Knights standing champ camps added to vernacular. But here we 11 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,759 are and there are you. How are you? I'm doing good. I'm 12 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:03,119 doing good. Yeah I was on the bandwagon. But it didn't quite work 13 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:06,159 out, did it? But yes, sir, it was. It was 14 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,680 good times. We are at that point in the season where we're getting to 15 00:01:11,719 --> 00:01:15,879 the teams that were just right there at the end, and the Cats were 16 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,159 one of them. Victor. I think people like to talk about the Florida 17 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:26,680 Panthers. 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We'll welcome our 46 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:30,639 guest today. It is Colby gut for Florida Hockey. Now, ready to 47 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,159 talk Florida Panthers. How you doing, Colby I'm doing great. How you 48 00:03:34,159 --> 00:03:38,240 guys doing today? Pretty good? The Panthers beat Man, the Panthers beat 49 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:42,719 is hot now, it was. It's probably not always the greatest attention, 50 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,599 but boy, last year has got to have been fun, right, I 51 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:50,280 got it? It was it the most fun you've had, is a Panthers 52 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:57,479 reporter, considering this was year two for me. Maybe the whole President's Trophy 53 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,599 run was fun in year one, but the whole playoff run definitely was pretty 54 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:06,520 fun too. So yeah, yeah, like you said, President's Trophy last 55 00:04:06,599 --> 00:04:13,039 year and second round got upset, and then this year the last qualifier for 56 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,680 the playoffs in the finals run. In the regular season, the Panthers actually 57 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,879 scored the six most goals in the NHL two eighty eight, only thirteen fewer 58 00:04:21,879 --> 00:04:27,079 than Boston. Put that way barely an upset that they lost to Boston in 59 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,120 the playoffs. They got that scoring mark by taking the most shots in the 60 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,480 league, three nineteen over the second place, which was twenty nine hundred forty 61 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,360 eight. They also took a lot of penalties. Only the Senators and Coyotes 62 00:04:40,399 --> 00:04:44,519 faced as many power plays save percentage of eight ninety six. Of course, 63 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,040 bottom half of the league the goalies were some drama, and we'll get to 64 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,000 that, but we write this story of the team based on what happened from 65 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:58,759 April seventeenth onward. Was that a fluke bob Brovsky time plus the Maddie Kachuck's 66 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,959 birthday party, or well, the twenty three twenty four Panthers be more like 67 00:05:02,079 --> 00:05:09,079 those Stanley Cup finalists than the regular season just barely got into the playoffs team. 68 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,560 When Bobrovsky's on, he can play leg that on a consistent basis. 69 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,240 But the problem has been since Babrovsky has signed with the Panthers is that he 70 00:05:17,319 --> 00:05:23,920 hasn't necessarily found that consistency. And we'll talk more about the goaltending late late 71 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:28,399 later, but Spencer Night's back. He seems like he's ready to take that 72 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,319 next step as well if Babrovsky's not going to be one hundred percent. But 73 00:05:31,439 --> 00:05:34,759 as for the rest of the core, it all it all boils down to 74 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:40,399 what happens when Brandon Montor and Aaron Eckblad are out. But you look at 75 00:05:40,439 --> 00:05:44,879 guys like Matthew Kitchuck, Alexander Barkov, those are guys that are ready to 76 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,560 step in there. And have big seasons. Again. This is a much 77 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,279 deeper team than it was at the beginning of last year, at least forward 78 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:57,439 wise, because they have Evan Rodriguez. Now they have a fourth line that 79 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,040 sticks out a bit more than last year. Granted, dude losing Anthony du 80 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,439 Claire, but he wasn't there anyways last year when he was out with a 81 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:09,800 torn achilles injury. So this team definitely looks like one. Let's gonna score 82 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,959 a lot of points, but keeping points off the board is going to be 83 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,759 a little tough until at laden montor come back. Let's talk about a couple 84 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:20,920 of those guys that are going to put up points. First, the aforementioned 85 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:27,879 Matthew could Chuck the fourth best player for our fantasy types last season and really 86 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:31,000 just right at the top there. He exploded in his first season on a 87 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,519 UFS team seventy nine games, forty goals, sixty nine assists for one hundred 88 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,839 and nine points, a career high in points, three hundred and twenty two 89 00:06:40,879 --> 00:06:46,120 shots, sixty eight hits, thirty six power play points, five hundred and 90 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,519 seventy seven skaters played at least five hundred minutes last year at five on five. 91 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,959 The on ice goals for per sixty for Matthew Kulchuck led the NHL four 92 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,360 point seven five goals for per sixty, best in the NHL at five five 93 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,439 and in fact four point seven five second place guy was at four point five 94 00:07:03,519 --> 00:07:10,079 one per sixty. So buy a mile his goals above replacement dwarf his team 95 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,199 teammates. If you just look at the advanced models of trying to quantify the 96 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:20,319 overall contributions player makes in all categories minus the hits, Matthew Kachuck is what 97 00:07:20,319 --> 00:07:25,600 I want Brady Klchuck to be. He's a top five guy for us these 98 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,759 days, and certainly the playoffs were even a jump from that regular season level. 99 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:32,920 Is one hundred and ten points this year realistic? How how high is 100 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:38,199 the ceiling on matt Kinchuck? All Right? I think the ceiling for Matthew 101 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,399 Kachuck's about a top three player in the league. Pretty much does it all 102 00:07:42,439 --> 00:07:46,399 out there. He's gonna he's gonna be playing on another pretty good line no 103 00:07:46,439 --> 00:07:48,920 matter who they put him with. But he's found some chemistry with Sam Bennett 104 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:56,279 there. I think he's pride for another big year, I possibly another MVP 105 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:03,079 type season. Great Alexander bar the other big gun there. He is mentioned 106 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,120 in the first twenty seconds of every episode of this show. I Will Hide 107 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,519 Cold, because he's in our opening theme song. He had another fine Fantasy 108 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,160 season for twenty three goals, fifty five as sass, seventy eight points and 109 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,920 sixty eight games, three shots a game, about two thirds of a hit 110 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:22,160 and two thirds of a block per game, thirty power play points. Why 111 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:26,319 sixty eight games. So he had some pneumonia, then a niko hesher stick 112 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:28,199 to the knee that knocked him out for a bit, and at one point 113 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,679 he tried to stop a puck with his hand, which cost four games sandwiched 114 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,240 around a span of three points in six games, which kind of makes you 115 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:41,440 wonder whether he was at one hundred percent in the span between. But when 116 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,440 he was out there, Barkoff played a tone thirteen average time on ice pims. 117 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,320 Barkoff is frequently a later bin candidate because he's never put up more than 118 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,360 eighteen pims in a season in his ten years. Very good at keeping his 119 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:01,720 team away from penalty kill. Is Barkoff's over on line last year predictive of 120 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,279 this coming season, or do you think he could make a jump over that 121 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,440 seventy eight point in sixty eight game, if he could maintain a good health 122 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,519 throughout the year. Yeah, obviously there are a lot of instances where he 123 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:20,639 put him he got it hurt or he got pneumonia. Got to edit that, 124 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,679 but yeah, there are the instances where he got hurt and got pneumonia. 125 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,960 But if he's able to maintain that health, I think he definitely can't 126 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,879 take the jump. And as you did mention, during that instance where he 127 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,080 had the hand injury, he wasn't necessarily one hundred percent, so it was 128 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,840 production to drop. They shifted, they shifted him away from faceoffs for a 129 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:46,559 little bit there. At that point there, he was playing not healthy for 130 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,679 quite a bit because he also was playing with the illness for a little bit 131 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,480 as well. So if he stays healthy, he definitely can't take that jump. 132 00:09:54,519 --> 00:09:58,879 But Barkov's sich An only one of those players who does just about everything 133 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:03,639 on the ice, very good goal scorer. So we'll see how he can 134 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:09,159 take that jump next year. Yeah, definitely interested to see that. And 135 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,440 the next guy I'm gonna talking about, Cardiver Rehegy. Career year for Rehegy 136 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,679 highest point total point pace shots, power play points, all of it. 137 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,679 It was awesome. His power play time doubled, his time on ice rose 138 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:24,440 by a minute and a half. It was all pretty much good. At 139 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,840 forty two goals, almost double his previous high, thirty one assists, almost 140 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,799 close to point per game. His bash wasn't that great, not a whole 141 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,000 lot of hits and blocks, decent shots, but two hundred and second in 142 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,279 his position and four point one six seven million for two more years. That's 143 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,519 pretty great cap hit for a guy who's given you a nearly point per game 144 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:48,279 production. If you look at his rampom charts, they're on involving hockey. 145 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,000 The defense isn't really where it's at, but great offensive production, great on 146 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,519 the power play, and none of his luck metrics seemed two out of place 147 00:10:54,639 --> 00:10:58,879 coolby So I'm wondering if you think Rehegy can continue to be close to a 148 00:11:00,039 --> 00:11:05,279 point per game player. Yeah, this shot is absolutely fantastic. He can 149 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,600 shoot the puck from pretty much anywhere, and he's getting these shots off on 150 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,039 five mostly because the Panthers used him on the second unit mainly last season. 151 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:18,159 And that's maybe the one thing from a fantasy aspect I'd be concerned about with 152 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,399 Rehege because you'd want to get a lot of those powerplay points based off how 153 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:28,519 fantasy works. But when you look at from a just pure points perspective, 154 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,080 I think he's gonna be on a line with either Barkov worka Chuck, and 155 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:37,919 he's found chemistry with both of those guys, and he's really opened himself up 156 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,399 to be a really good player. No matter where you put him, whether 157 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,679 it's on the power Player five on five, he gets shots off, he's 158 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,039 able to create those shots. So I think he has a good chance of 159 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,000 getting back up to that point per game mark and getting close to that forty 160 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,360 gold mark again. Yeah, that's great to hear. I think he's also 161 00:11:56,399 --> 00:12:00,919 going a little later in drafts, so he might be able to get point 162 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,360 per game player a little bit later in card Rehagey, let's talk about the 163 00:12:05,399 --> 00:12:09,279 next guy. One of the Sam's year one of two, Sam Reinhart. 164 00:12:09,759 --> 00:12:13,000 We had him. I had him projected to be around the fifty six best 165 00:12:13,039 --> 00:12:16,360 player Jesse ninety second. He was forty six, so he even beat my 166 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:20,240 projection by a little bit. Played in all the games. Second year in 167 00:12:20,279 --> 00:12:22,440 Florida, he didn't have as many points even though he played all the games, 168 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:28,000 but his shooting percentage went down four percent points, so that's gonna hurt 169 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,279 you. And his PDO went from ten sixteen to nine seventy five. His 170 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,399 IPP and power play IPP, his points participation all went down. Basically what 171 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,720 it sounds is it he got a bit unlucky, you might say if you 172 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,240 look at the rest of his numbers though, like another thirty goal season that's 173 00:12:43,279 --> 00:12:48,360 his second straight and thirty six assists, pretty decent points per game. His 174 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:52,559 BASH was actually decent with hits, blocks and shots seventy first in his position, 175 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:56,039 twenty seven power play points. You love that one year left at six 176 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:01,799 point five million, that's going to be value for sure at for this year 177 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:07,440 anyways. And if you look at his underlyings, his actual goals were way 178 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,559 lower than his expected goals. Kind of talking about the luck metrics there, 179 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,759 and defensively really good. So it seems cool to be like Reinhardt was just 180 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,879 unlucky this past season and maybe he can get back to that point per game 181 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:22,240 plus level. Do you believe that? Yeah, especially when you look at 182 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:26,320 the way Ryan Hart started the season last year, Like in October and November, 183 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,279 he was getting a ton of quality chances, but they were just getting 184 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:35,679 stopped after stop. It's definitely pretty luck based there with the finishing, and 185 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,480 when you look at the way he finished the season, and especially when you 186 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:43,120 look at the way he was he had to play at a whole different slew 187 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,639 of lines with guys coming in and out of the lineup. You had the 188 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,240 illness that went through the Panther's locker room in December that shook up the lines 189 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:56,240 tremendously. So I think you have a little bit more consistency for Ryan Hart, 190 00:13:56,279 --> 00:14:00,720 plus maybe a breakout season from Anton Lundell, who's his usual linemate that 191 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:03,720 will probably talk about in a few minutes here. I think that he can 192 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:07,799 definitely get back to that level and he's a guy that can finish at that 193 00:14:07,879 --> 00:14:13,039 high rate that he did in his first seasonant in Florida Sam Bennett. Following 194 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,879 his first seven years in the NHL and Calgary, where Bennett scored one point 195 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:22,080 about every three games, He's now spent three years in Florida where it's been 196 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,519 more like five points every seven games, much higher rate to be blunt, 197 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:31,639 with career highs and average Timoni's the last two full seasons last year, sixteen 198 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:35,519 goals, twenty four assists for forty points and sixty three games. More crucially, 199 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,519 goes over three shots and your two point five hits per game. That's 200 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:43,480 great for us fantasy types. Bennett deel was some groin stuff in the last 201 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,360 third of the season, it appears, but gutted it out in the playoff 202 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,279 run. And having Kachuk and Verhegia's linemates, that's a pretty good gig for 203 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:56,000 producing in the NHL. Is that what he's gonna have. He's gonna continue 204 00:14:56,039 --> 00:14:58,399 to be with those guys as linemates this year, and what kind of production 205 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,679 are you expecting from Bennett. Verhegi does get pumped up to the Barkoff line 206 00:15:03,679 --> 00:15:09,399 a lot, and at Zulo Serena was another frequent line mate for Bennett and 207 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,879 Katchuck. But I think the main thing boils down to that Bennett and Kotchuck 208 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,519 have pretty good chemistry and they pushed the net pretty well together. So I 209 00:15:18,559 --> 00:15:22,159 think just based off that they're going to get a lot of opportunities to get 210 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,360 points, and then if they'd stick with the same power play set up they 211 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:28,480 had during the playoffs, especially given they only have one defenseman that they can 212 00:15:28,559 --> 00:15:33,039 put up there. Bennett played that net front role really well and he opened 213 00:15:33,039 --> 00:15:37,080 things up for the Panthers in that playoff series against Boston, which kind of 214 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,799 helped them get back into the series in the first place. So if things 215 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,559 play out the way that they did during the playoffs, I think Bennett can 216 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,840 have power play up side potentially. He's a NetFront guy, which means he 217 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,759 can get a lot of his stick. He can get sticks on a lot 218 00:15:52,799 --> 00:15:58,080 of shots as well to get some goals. But I think the thing that 219 00:15:58,879 --> 00:16:03,240 is a bit question snowball with Bennett's the fact that Anton Londell could push him 220 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,120 out for some minutes. But we'll have to see how things shake up during 221 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,440 camp and early going in the season. But I think he does stick with 222 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:15,320 Matthew Kachuk for at least the first few months of the season. You mentioned 223 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:22,679 Lindell and atoist Ryanan in that discussion. Let's throw those two together, throwing 224 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,600 Evan Rodriguez for good measure. Of those three guys, who do you think 225 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,120 is going to have the greatest production in this coming year and any observations about 226 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,720 those three just as a group, I think, just based off where they're 227 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,240 going to be playing in the lineup, Evan Rodriguez might have the chance to 228 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:44,279 play with a Ktruck or a Barkoff. He will probably slide in into a 229 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:48,559 role where Anthony Duclaire was, So I think in that aspect, I think 230 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:53,480 Evan Rodriguez immediately has the biggest chance to have a big season. But at 231 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,720 two lost, Organ is a guy that took a big jump, and he's 232 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,519 a guy that plays the game the way the Panthers like. He's a guy 233 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,839 that fights in the corners there, gets in front of the net, and 234 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:10,480 he's gotten a lot better about creating chances for himself. So I think Lousterinan 235 00:17:10,519 --> 00:17:14,400 has a big chance of making a jump too. All three of those guys 236 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,039 definitely do have some upside. And Lundell, if he sticks on the same 237 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:22,160 track as he did during the Stanley Cup finals specifically, I think he has 238 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:30,039 a chance to be a fifty to sixty point guy. That would be very 239 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:33,279 exciting for Lousterinan, especially since I just picked him up in in a couple 240 00:17:33,279 --> 00:17:37,839 of deeper leagues. So I'm hoping that you're right about that. Let's move 241 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,200 over to the d though I am very interested to hear your thoughts on this 242 00:17:41,279 --> 00:17:45,400 core here. So Brandon Montour is the first guy we're going to talk about. 243 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,240 He's someone that I've liked for a long time, but he's never really 244 00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:51,599 had the opportunity, and obviously he got that in a big way last year, 245 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:56,720 huge breakout. We actually did rank him last year, but he of 246 00:17:56,759 --> 00:18:03,359 course far exceeded expectations and seventy three points in eighty games for just about double 247 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,200 what he had ever done before. His time on ice was huge, went 248 00:18:06,279 --> 00:18:08,319 up six minutes from the previous season. His power play time on ice went 249 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:14,160 up three minutes, sixteen goals, fifty seven assists, nearly point per game, 250 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,759 with ninety two hits, ninety three blocks, two hundred and forty two 251 00:18:15,799 --> 00:18:21,920 shots, and thirty three power play points. That's massive power point point production 252 00:18:22,039 --> 00:18:23,799 and one year left at three point five million. Anyone who had him in 253 00:18:23,799 --> 00:18:27,720 a cap league like me, really enjoyed that and has one more year hopefully 254 00:18:27,759 --> 00:18:30,759 to bask in that glory. Of course, the issue here is that he's 255 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:34,319 going to be out. It sounds like last I heard sometime between November and 256 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,039 January with a shoulder injury. I'm sure you'll clarify for us if you look 257 00:18:38,079 --> 00:18:42,079 at his evolving hockey chart. His defense is not great, it's like the 258 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:47,759 bottom ten fifteen percent of the league, but offensively amazing. His bars are 259 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:51,920 trying to escape the top of the screen, so really fantastic offensive production. 260 00:18:52,039 --> 00:18:55,279 I think the big question here is has he cemented himself as the top power 261 00:18:55,279 --> 00:18:59,759 play quarterback in Florida? Because obviously they have Eckblad, they've seen Forsling as 262 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:03,720 kable. So what do you think is going to happen when he comes back 263 00:19:03,759 --> 00:19:07,400 into the lineup. Is he gonna automatically get that role or at least get 264 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,480 the opportunity to prove himself again. What do you think is in store for 265 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:15,079 Montour? First, I'll knock out the timelines for both Ecblad and for in 266 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,720 Montour here. I think they're last time I check, they're slated to come 267 00:19:18,759 --> 00:19:25,440 back somewhere in December. They'll be out the first two months, maybe come 268 00:19:25,519 --> 00:19:30,960 back mid December to late December, but I could change from there. Well, 269 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,960 we'll have to see about their timelines. But as far as once he 270 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:40,079 comes back, he did pretty much cement himself as the power play quarterback last 271 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,680 year to the point where Ecblad did get knocked off powerplay one during the playoffs, 272 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,279 but for a while they were running two D on the power play. 273 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,960 But Montour played very well in that quarterback role, and unless furs Lang quarterbacks 274 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,400 the power play extremely well. I think he has that back. But in 275 00:19:59,519 --> 00:20:02,920 that role all that he was in last year, he definitely has the opportunity 276 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,960 to repeat it. It just depends on how he's feeling when he comes back, 277 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:11,480 obviously, and it does take a while for some injured guys to break 278 00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:15,519 back in obviously, but he does have the skill set. It is a 279 00:20:15,599 --> 00:20:19,039 contract year for him as well, so the motivation for that will be there 280 00:20:19,079 --> 00:20:23,960 as well. But he has a skill set to repeat what he did last 281 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:32,160 year, save for missing the first two months. Aaron eckbladd two amazing seasons 282 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,240 now both abbreviated by injury next year, of course, you just mentioned, 283 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:41,759 probably until December again. Last year his stats came down a bit closer to 284 00:20:41,799 --> 00:20:45,319 his career norms from that outstanding rate the year before, thirty eight points and 285 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,720 seventy one games, three shots, a hit in a block every game, 286 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:53,000 and he went down one and a half minutes of ice time per game from 287 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:57,000 the prior season. Eck Blade is actually, if you look at the advanced 288 00:20:57,039 --> 00:21:00,519 stats, a little bit of a negative on evens defense, but is an 289 00:21:00,599 --> 00:21:04,400 enormous help on the penalty kill, the power play, and on even strength 290 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:11,119 offense. If you look at one thousand minute demand combined for the last three 291 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,519 years. I ran this query in Evolving Hockey. He's in the ninety fifth 292 00:21:15,519 --> 00:21:21,480 percentile of expected goals for per sixty in Fenwick four percentage. Just outstanding when 293 00:21:21,519 --> 00:21:25,680 he is on the ice. I suppose the question about who the top d 294 00:21:25,839 --> 00:21:30,119 dog in Florida. You just talked a little bit about how good Montour was 295 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,599 last year, But is the gap between him and the still only twenty seven 296 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,759 year old eck Blade, who's actually two years younger than Montour, just health 297 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,680 or is he going to be a very good, kind of fifty point paced 298 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,000 defenseman who is going to be maybe more of an all around role than Montour. 299 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:48,799 What is the role that these two guys are going to shake out too 300 00:21:48,839 --> 00:21:52,359 when everything gets healthy again. The thing with Acblad was over the last two 301 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,960 seasons he was playing through a lot, and especially last year there were even 302 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,880 more injuries and what he had at the end of the playosity and he played 303 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:06,599 through which kind of saw his production suffer before the All Star break, and 304 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:11,119 he picked that up after he had the week to recover. But I think 305 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:15,000 if Ecblag comes back one hundred percent, he could be closer to what he 306 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,799 was during his prime, And that just leaves a pretty big vacuum for both 307 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:25,079 of those guys to pick up where they left off and compete for that power 308 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:30,200 play one spot. But I think both those guys are fully capable of being 309 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:36,000 fifty point players, or maybe not fifty if they're missing twenty games, but 310 00:22:37,079 --> 00:22:41,160 being able to score on that pace. Well, you mentioned Gustav Forsland, 311 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,119 who's going to have the first shot of that power play this year while the 312 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:49,839 others are healing up. Forsland was florida seventh leading scorer last year. Only 313 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:55,680 Montour had more total ice time among skaters due to some of those injuries out 314 00:22:55,680 --> 00:23:00,519 there. Second Street year of half point per game production for Forsland more than 315 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:04,200 two minutes more ice time per game than the year prior. He's not a 316 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,599 guy who gets a whole ton of hits, some blocks, a little less 317 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,759 than a hit, a little more than a block, two and a half 318 00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:14,680 shots a game, and he plays glued to Eckblad at even strength when both 319 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,400 are healthy. He got some power play two minutes last year with more while 320 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,640 eck Bladd was missing time. Amazing how much he survived in three years at 321 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,680 Florida compared to his first three in Chicago. So the four defensemen we're talking 322 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,880 about today, by the way, Eckblad's got two years left. Everybody else 323 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,640 is in a walk year. So Worsling, Montour and the guy we're gonna 324 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,920 be talking about here in a minute are all in a final year. I 325 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,400 believe last I saw in cap friendlies who stopped Worsling. What do you really 326 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,680 expect we're going to see from him at this beginning of the season when he's 327 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,880 going to get this rare opportunity. Oh yeah, he has the opportunity to 328 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,720 be the guy. And when you look at what he was last year when 329 00:23:52,759 --> 00:23:56,079 Brandon Montor was first breaking out, he had a very good season. He 330 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:00,920 was on the ice for twenty five to twenty seven minute a game, and 331 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,799 he put up some pretty big numbers as well. But he's a guy that 332 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:10,440 moves the puck very well. He plays a very defensively responsible game, but 333 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:14,200 likes to jump up when he can and as his confidence has grown over the 334 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:17,440 last three years, he's jumped up more and proven that he could shoot the 335 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:22,279 puckwells as well. So when you look at the opportunity he has in front 336 00:24:22,279 --> 00:24:26,519 of him, it's only you can make that jump even further for the first 337 00:24:26,559 --> 00:24:32,480 couple of months and with a chance to quarterback a power play. Albeit, 338 00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:37,200 Oliver Ekman Larsen's in the fold as well, but they'll have to shake that 339 00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:41,319 out during camp and see where Oliver Eman Larsen's at right now compared to what 340 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:47,039 he was in Vancouver when he played through a couple of injuries there as well, 341 00:24:47,079 --> 00:24:52,839 I believe. But but the he has a chance to have a really 342 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,839 big breakout here. Yeah, oh yeah, we got to talk about him 343 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,359 too, because that was a bit of a surprise. Maybe not that Vancouver 344 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,440 bought him out because they needed to make some changes, but Florida snapped him 345 00:25:03,519 --> 00:25:08,319 right up. That defenceman Oel Oliver Eckman Larson hurt his ankle ind February, 346 00:25:08,559 --> 00:25:11,920 missed the remainder of the year. It was the end of what had to 347 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,880 be a really disappointing two years in Vancouver. He averaged more than a half 348 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,640 point per game in eleven years in Arizona, but only put up fifty one 349 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,160 points in one hundred and thirty three games in Vancouver with a hit a bit 350 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,920 under a block in a little under two shots a game. He hit age 351 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:32,519 thirty two this summer, which is not young but not impossibly old for him 352 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:37,680 to continue to be a very relevant NHL defenseman. Is he do you think 353 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,160 you talked about it? Is he going to get an opportunity for some of 354 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,440 that power play time on ice? And what do you expect his role will 355 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:48,279 be before and after those other guys return? And it ultfully he boils down 356 00:25:48,279 --> 00:25:51,880 to how he is during camp because Florida brought in a slew of guys this 357 00:25:52,039 --> 00:25:56,359 offseason, plus a couple of young guys that have the ability to come in 358 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,880 there. So I don't think it's gonna be easy pickings for all of Rickman 359 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,240 Larsen to come in and quarterback power play one, because you have Fosling there, 360 00:26:04,279 --> 00:26:08,480 because Mike Riley can come take those minutes. You have other guys there 361 00:26:08,519 --> 00:26:12,279 too that have the ability to take those minutes. So you really have to 362 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:18,440 see how he isn't camp. But if he is at least fifty percent of 363 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,839 what he was in his prime, a bit better than he was in Vancouver. 364 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,480 I think he has a chance to play some serious minutes, maybe get 365 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,119 power play too. But he is a pretty big question mark because of the 366 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:36,440 shortcomings he had in Vancouver. But he has a serious chance to rehabilitate himself. 367 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:41,559 Here. Yeah, great stuff on the defense there. Let's move over 368 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,359 to the goalies. And the Panthers had the twenty first expected goals according to 369 00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:51,680 Evolving Hockey. Then they had the twentieth actual goals allowed per game. Of 370 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,440 course, Babarovski was the big story certainly at the end of the playoffs, 371 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,200 hot and cold, but mostly hot until the end. He had almost ten 372 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:03,240 goals they've above expected during the regular season point six one delta Fenwick. He 373 00:27:03,279 --> 00:27:07,799 definitely all performed what was left for what was given to him three years left 374 00:27:07,799 --> 00:27:12,039 at ten million. And obviously we know also that Spencer Night has had some 375 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:18,200 issues away from the rink, and sounds like hopefully he's getting back. Sounds 376 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,519 like he got some good treatment. And they also brought in Anthony Stolars, 377 00:27:21,519 --> 00:27:23,759 where I guess could fill in if Night isn't ready, But mainly this is 378 00:27:23,799 --> 00:27:26,400 going to be Bob. So what do you think we can expect from the 379 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,640 goalies this season? Do you think we can expect similar production from Bowsky, 380 00:27:30,759 --> 00:27:34,119 who certainly has shown he can be one of the best goalies at times, 381 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,200 but also can be a little inconsistent. What can we expect from him? 382 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,319 Yeah, at least to start the season. I think Bobrovsky will be the 383 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:47,359 day one starter and he'll get a majority of the starts. And the question 384 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,640 marks lie with on Spencer Night if he's going to start the season in the 385 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:55,920 NHL or the AHL, because by bringing in Stolars, the Panthers gave themselves 386 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,920 the option to start Night in the HL and make sure he's right to go 387 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:06,680 before calling him back up. But Night does seem like he's ready to play 388 00:28:06,759 --> 00:28:11,079 again and he's in good spirits. We saw him play during development camp and 389 00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:15,880 he seems like he's back to being himself and he's ready to make that jump 390 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,759 if the Panthers need him to. Because when you look at Bobrovsky's first three 391 00:28:19,839 --> 00:28:23,599 years in Florida, like we said earlier in the show, there's been a 392 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:27,359 lot of inconsistencies in this game. But when he's on, I think Night 393 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:33,240 will be a pretty good option later as a waiver pickup. If Bebrovsky starts 394 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,400 to slip a little bit, he'll start to get more of those starts. 395 00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:41,519 I think Lebrovsky gets the majority of those starts to start. What do you 396 00:28:41,559 --> 00:28:45,960 think about just moving forward, because obviously this team protects to be pretty good 397 00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:51,759 and Night at one time we really thought that he could be the next starter, 398 00:28:51,839 --> 00:28:56,160 and then obviously Bob came in with the massive CONTRACTO assuming obviously we don't 399 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,799 know depending on how things go this year, but does the organization still feel 400 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:03,039 that Night can be their future starting goalie? Oh yeah, they definitely believe 401 00:29:03,079 --> 00:29:07,720 he can be that future starting goalie and he will be eventually. And the 402 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:14,519 way Babrovsky's contract is set up as well, he has his full no move 403 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:18,319 clause becomes a sixteen team no trade at the end of this season. So 404 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:26,119 if Bobrovsky has a really good year and puts himself into the visit the Trophy 405 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:32,000 conversations or something, his contract all of a sudden isn't that awful and it 406 00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:37,440 can be moved, just like Eric Carlson's was this offseason. So it's not 407 00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:44,960 like Florida is stuck with Burbrovsky after this year, because it does they now 408 00:29:45,119 --> 00:29:48,279 have an option of sixteen teams trade him too. But I think the ability 409 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:52,720 to move on from him definitely has to do with what if he's able to 410 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:56,640 have a good season this year, so I ought to see. But at 411 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,599 some point in the next three years, Spencer Knight w will be the starting 412 00:30:00,599 --> 00:30:06,079 goaltender of the Florida Panthers. Colby, this has been some great insights on 413 00:30:06,279 --> 00:30:08,480 the Florida Panthers. Why don't you let people know how they can follow all 414 00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:14,240 your coverage? Yeah, you guys can find me on Twitter or I guess 415 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:18,079 it's X now. I'd still calling at Twitter, but you can follow find 416 00:30:18,119 --> 00:30:22,440 me on Twitter at Colby d Guy, and you can check out my coverage 417 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:27,400 at Florida Hockey Now dot com and someone Palm Beach posts as well formd us. 418 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,160 Thanks a lot for being on today, Colby, Thanks for having me, 419 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:41,960 guys. Wilson, that's good fired past my, oh my goodness, 420 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:51,960 walk with a cat grab Now it's your weekly goalie talk with Kat's Silverman Cat's 421 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,480 instinct Time for another edition of Cat's Instincts with Kat Silverman En Gold mag and 422 00:30:57,039 --> 00:31:02,839 it's not the best goalie press pick system. They traded away some guy named 423 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:07,039 Devin Levi. I can't remember who that was for just kidding. It was 424 00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:08,559 a good trade, but they wish they had him back, I'm sure for 425 00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:12,920 this part of the system. And the guys were going to talk about unfortunate 426 00:31:14,519 --> 00:31:18,799 our Mac Guzda and Tyler muslic So. Guzda, first, he's an undrafted 427 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,480 six five twenty sixteen pound goalie and he's now twenty two years old. Played 428 00:31:23,519 --> 00:31:27,359 mainly for the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL. Didn't really have stellar numbers 429 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:32,319 there, and then this past season he was in the HL for the Charlotte 430 00:31:32,359 --> 00:31:36,000 Checkers. Also didn't have really great numbers there, though he did win more 431 00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:41,079 games than he lost by a little bit, and the some of the underlyings 432 00:31:41,079 --> 00:31:45,599 weren't super stellar. But Kat, what are your instincts tell us about Guzda? 433 00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:52,960 Respectfully, to him, he's a goalie. When he signed in the 434 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,880 pros, I figured he was like an HL lifer essentially. I don't love 435 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:07,519 his game, he's but he gives off the impression that he is there exclusively 436 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:13,200 to serve as an HL goaltender for them. I know that Florida recently signed 437 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:19,720 Anthony Stolars, who had been in Anaheim, and that I assume is going 438 00:32:19,759 --> 00:32:24,480 to be there tweener. Essentially, they're a guy who if Spencer Night needs 439 00:32:24,519 --> 00:32:30,599 a little bit more adjustment time coming back off the NHL Player Assistance Program, 440 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:35,119 Anthony Stolars can fill in for him as the backup to Bibrovski, but they 441 00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:37,599 don't need him there so he can play in the HL. So nobody that's 442 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:45,519 in their system beyond Stolars, I think is going to be an NHL goaltender. 443 00:32:45,759 --> 00:32:50,799 I maybe shouldn't say that because that means that all three of their NHL 444 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,400 guys are going to get wiped out and we're going to have We're gonna have 445 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:58,519 mad Gosta starting seventy games for them this year. Sorry Florida fans, but 446 00:32:58,759 --> 00:33:02,319 no, I don't know. He's not super exciting to watch. He doesn't 447 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:07,039 do anything outrageous, but I think that's because he's not a super speedy goalie. 448 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,920 I don't think we're going to see a ton from him, honestly, 449 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:16,359 Yep, that's fair. The other guy we're going to talk about is Tyler 450 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:21,519 Musulic, and he was taken on the sixth round in twenty twenty two six 451 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,880 three hundred and ninety four pounds. He was at the USNTDP. I would 452 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,119 call that a little bit of a downtime for the us NTTP. It wasn't 453 00:33:29,119 --> 00:33:32,000 one of their most stellar teams, and certainly a little bit of gap between 454 00:33:32,039 --> 00:33:37,559 some of the better like Dustin Wolf Spencer night goalies, and wasn't there strong 455 00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:40,200 suit, I would say during that time at the program. And he went 456 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:45,119 off to the NCAA, played thirteen games to University of New Hampshire, had 457 00:33:45,119 --> 00:33:49,240 an eight eighty three save percentage in those games three point two four gaa. 458 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,359 So didn't look superstellar. His equivalency is in the low twenties. He looks 459 00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:57,480 a little bit like a bunch of guys that busted out or didn't make it. 460 00:33:57,599 --> 00:34:00,880 He has a couple of decent comps. Josh Hard is one who was 461 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,880 a backup decent for the Wild. But what do your instincts tell us about 462 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,519 Tyler Muslic? I keep waiting for him to show me that he's awake. 463 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:15,920 He plays a good game when it comes to reading the play, and he 464 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:22,960 doesn't get a little too aggressive with things. But sometimes he like the way 465 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,079 that he plays his game. It almost seems like he is waiting for the 466 00:34:25,119 --> 00:34:30,840 play to come to him, and he makes these little minute adjustments, little 467 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,679 conservative angle shifts, and little minor things to his game just to get himself 468 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,599 set into position. But he doesn't do anything huge. And it might be 469 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:44,079 because he doesn't have the explosive movement, it might be because he doesn't have 470 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,320 the strength yet in his game. It might just be that he's a little 471 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,920 bit slower when it comes to his overall physical reaction speeds, and he knows 472 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:58,480 that and is playing to his strengths. But it's a game style that I 473 00:34:58,519 --> 00:35:04,199 think works if you're playing, for example, a double overtime game and you're 474 00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:09,000 trying not to tire yourself out, or if you're playing in the middle of 475 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,840 a long hauler you have a back to back where you have to start both 476 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,320 games. But you can't play like that all the time. So I don't 477 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:21,000 love his game. I don't hate it. I don't think that he has 478 00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:23,119 any major red flags in his game, but I just don't love the way 479 00:35:23,159 --> 00:35:29,280 he plays right now. So I would have said, hey, he's pretty 480 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,639 far down their prospect pool, but they don't have one, so he's there. 481 00:35:36,039 --> 00:35:38,800 He's the best of what's around. We can cue the Dave Matthews song 482 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:43,480 right there. All right, thanks so much for giving us your instincts on 483 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,920 the Florida Panthers goalie system. Kat, We'll be back right after this. 484 00:36:00,639 --> 00:36:07,559 The Dynasty dig Florida paint Caps. Addition, Victor, this Florida Panthers system, 485 00:36:07,639 --> 00:36:10,760 they've graduated a lot of prospects and now they're ranked twenty sixth in the 486 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:16,480 National Hockey League. That's understandable, but there are definitely prospects to talk about 487 00:36:16,519 --> 00:36:21,320 here. It starts with your no brainer. Who is it? Yeah, 488 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:25,199 that's gonna be there. Recently drafted Grayson Sachen. You always know that's a 489 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:30,719 bad sign you when your best prospect is when you just drafted, assuming you 490 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,840 had a first round pick. But Grayson Sachen Slow which twenty twenty three second 491 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,760 round pick, sixty third overall, five eleven hundred and sixty five pounds center, 492 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:42,719 slash wing. He was on the Seattle of Thunderbirds this past season, 493 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,559 which we've talked a little about here and there, and it was a little 494 00:36:45,559 --> 00:36:51,719 bit of a down the lineup situation for him. He was at the USNTDP 495 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,599 last season, decided to go to the WHL to leave and go the WHL 496 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,199 route, and he was not getting the best deployment, but he's still had 497 00:36:58,199 --> 00:37:01,320 a point per game for the Thunderbird who had a really great team, and 498 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:07,679 he has two more seasons at least in the WHL unless he somehow makes the 499 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:12,000 NHL team because of his January nineteenth birthday, And he's definitely someone who I 500 00:37:12,039 --> 00:37:14,920 could see going off next year because Seattle is going to be not as good, 501 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:19,119 They're going to have more opportunity for him, and we'll have to see 502 00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:22,800 how that goes. Looking at Mitch Brown's tracking data, Grayson Sachin has a 503 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,800 ninety eight overall with a ninety for offense, ninety for transition, and eighty 504 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,400 six for defense, so really good all around. He's definitely more of a 505 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,079 playmaker. His expected primary sister for sixty are excellent, as are his slot 506 00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:38,000 passes. His expected goals are pretty average, though definitely not his strong suit. 507 00:37:38,519 --> 00:37:42,920 Really good in transition and really great at bringing the puck to the middle 508 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,719 of the ice off the boards, and his primary point involvement and game score 509 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,880 are also very high. So that's a little bit about Sachin, but we 510 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,960 need to learn a little more so to do that. We're going to go 511 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,159 to our FHL scout. That's right, Victor. We've heard the stats. 512 00:37:55,199 --> 00:37:59,480 Now let's have the eye test. Our scout. Tony has this to say 513 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:05,280 about Grace Sachin his skating good very good speed for it. Passing and handling 514 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,519 both are positives. Good motor in the offensive zone on the fore check. 515 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:14,159 For shooting, Tony is overall positive on that and says also it's very good 516 00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:19,800 on deflections. IQ seems to have good offensive anticipation. Didn't see a whole 517 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,039 lot of defense from him, hardly any shorthanded time. The panic meter seems 518 00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:28,960 to be minimal. He looked very comfortable in the AHL for checking, very 519 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,639 positive on the fore check, motor, trying to get puck in good transition 520 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:37,480 once he regains the puck. Defense. Not a lot of defense observed by 521 00:38:37,519 --> 00:38:40,800 Tony for this guy for checking and transition mostly in the offensive zone and on 522 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:45,320 the fore check. Best assets that play in the offensive zone for checking, 523 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:51,119 transition once regaining the puck, and the biggest concern lack of defense and the 524 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:57,119 size. Top tier outcome for this guy Tier two offense, passing for check, 525 00:38:57,199 --> 00:39:02,280 deflections, lots of power play time fifty percent tier middling outcome for him. 526 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:07,400 If he does not play more defense and improve skating, a probable Tier 527 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:12,440 three powerplay time and limited third line minutes stylistic comparable, he's going to go 528 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:19,039 with a Brandon Gallagher type. So that's Tony's assessment of mister Sachin. Now, 529 00:39:19,159 --> 00:39:23,079 let's look at the NHL rank Kings data and our poll in terms of 530 00:39:23,159 --> 00:39:29,679 his NHL P NHL E equivalence you score, He's just dipped up over second 531 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:35,239 line potential. Not bad for going into the AHL, and not necessarily the 532 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:40,280 most exciting comparables Brendon Leipzig, Landing, Ferraro, Eric fear No. But 533 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:45,760 we're going to compare him in terms of our polling for Twitter for X We're 534 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:52,480 gonna compare Graycis Sauchin to Ethan Gautier, the second round pick of the Tampa 535 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:57,760 Bay Lightning this year. In fact, he was drafted about twenty six spots 536 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:02,159 ahead of Sauchin in this year's draft. And the people disagree with what the 537 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:07,840 Lightning and the Lightning in Panthers chose to do because they like such better than 538 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:13,760 Gautier fifty seven percent to forty three percent. Victor, is that the way 539 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,679 you break this one down, I think it is close, So I think 540 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:22,000 that's good that it's probably pretty close. I think that they are different kind 541 00:40:22,039 --> 00:40:25,199 of players, for sure, and so that has to factory in. And 542 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:30,519 I think you have to take into some account the fact that the draft position 543 00:40:30,639 --> 00:40:36,039 at this point at least still certainly matters. And I think that Sachin is 544 00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:39,239 probably going to be a better like NHL player to his team. I'm not 545 00:40:39,559 --> 00:40:43,320 so sure he'll be the better fantasy asset. We'll have to see what he 546 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,880 does next year. I think it's going to be really interesting to watch his 547 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,719 development. Gautier, and if you look at Mitch Brown's tracking data, you 548 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,840 can clearly see this. He definitely has way more expected goals and pretty good 549 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:57,400 primary assists too, so I think his offense is probably better, but he's 550 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:01,360 certainly a little weaker defensively, even though that's that was a weakness that Tony 551 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,679 mentioned. I think Sauchen is probably a better all around player at this point, 552 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,679 but we'll have to see how that shakes out. So I think it 553 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:12,559 probably is close. I think Saucin also as a I guess they're both the 554 00:41:12,599 --> 00:41:15,360 same size. They're both five to eleven but being a smaller player and he's 555 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:20,599 a little slighter is Sauchin than Gautier, so that might go against him. 556 00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:22,840 I think if I had to pick, I probably would go Gautier just because 557 00:41:24,039 --> 00:41:28,679 both of these prospect pools are pretty dilapidated, so you're gonna want one or 558 00:41:28,679 --> 00:41:30,400 the other. But I think they're gonna turn Sauchen into more of a just 559 00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:35,559 a bottom six, shutdown kind of guy with maybe a little bit offense here 560 00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:37,000 and there, maybe like an E two LUs terrain and kind of type, 561 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:42,079 and Scautier I think is going to be more out there for the offense. 562 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:45,519 But it's not the most exciting pick him in general, So I would probably 563 00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:50,440 just look at the third or fourth best prospect on other teams in general than 564 00:41:50,519 --> 00:41:53,559 these two. But yeah, it's a it's they're both around fifteen to twenty 565 00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:58,800 percent star potential and so not too dissimilar. They just got drafted. Not 566 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,159 much else to say there. If you look at Sachin, he has some 567 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:06,480 decent comps. Most of them are pretty average or replacement level of players. 568 00:42:06,599 --> 00:42:10,159 Yakov Trennan is someone he looks a little bit like. That's probably not unreasonable 569 00:42:10,199 --> 00:42:15,000 in terms of your more shutdown kind of guys. And the Jay Fresh card 570 00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:19,079 has him just two percent chance of being a star and ten percent chance of 571 00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:22,840 being an NHL or. Definitely a little bit disappointing for the no brainer here 572 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:27,239 for Florida Jesse. Yeah, if you're giving me that choice, Victor, 573 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,880 I'm going Gautier. Different player to select, That's what I'm going to do 574 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:36,760 next up, Victor. The need to know prospect is who Michael Benning, 575 00:42:37,079 --> 00:42:39,599 who is definitely someone to know, a little bit more exciting, perhaps, 576 00:42:39,679 --> 00:42:44,760 but a little bit more volatile. He was twenty Florida twenty twenty fourth round 577 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,559 pick and he's five ft nine, one hundred and eighty one pounds. He's 578 00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:53,320 basically been this small his whole career, and he is related to Matt Benning, 579 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:59,000 who currently plays for the Sharks and is a little bit taller, I 580 00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:01,320 believe. So there was hope that maybe he would grow, but at this 581 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,519 point he's twenty one, he's going to be twenty two in January. I 582 00:43:04,559 --> 00:43:08,000 don't think he's getting past five nine, So definitely a bit undersized. He 583 00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:13,960 just finished his third season at the University of Denver, where he was part 584 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,599 of the national championship team. That they had, so that's great to be 585 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,599 part of that. And he was the tournament MVP in twenty one twenty two 586 00:43:23,079 --> 00:43:30,280 when they won, so that's a pretty outstanding accomplishment. He was also nearly 587 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,400 a point per game this past season when they won. He was good, 588 00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:37,320 but just under a point per game, and he was similar to this season. 589 00:43:37,639 --> 00:43:40,760 The previous season he was definitely his first season in college was definitely a 590 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:46,519 little bit lower, and he had a very interesting trajectory because Benning was drafted 591 00:43:46,599 --> 00:43:52,159 in twenty twenty out of the AJHL and so very low equivalency league. He 592 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,840 was awesome in that league, seventy five point fifty four games, very low 593 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,880 equivalence. He's so hard to know. But then he made the big transition 594 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:05,360 to Denver and he's continued to do well there. So at this point, 595 00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:07,199 yeah, it doesn't seem like he's gonna get any taller. He's not signed. 596 00:44:07,199 --> 00:44:10,679 I'm not really sure what the plan is for him next year because he 597 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:15,440 could play in the HL, he could go back for one more season of 598 00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:21,159 the NC DOUBLEA and we'll have to see what happens with that. But he's 599 00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:24,880 got really good upside, especially considering some of his offensive acumen, but the 600 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:29,320 size is a hindrance. If you look at Mitch Brown's tracking data for the 601 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:36,599 NCUBLEA, Benning has awesome offense. Expected primary goal expected goals and expected primary 602 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:42,519 sists are both really high. Pretty decent okay for shots, Definitely some good 603 00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:45,760 transition play, some of it's a little weak, but most of it's pretty 604 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:50,679 good and defensively actually rates out really well as well. Board battles, primary 605 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,239 point involvement, advantages created. All that looks really good for Michael Benning. 606 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,400 But let's hear a little bit more about what makes him. Tip From my 607 00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,920 RFHL scout, we definitely showed victor, and in this case it is our 608 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:06,639 scout Jacob, who says skating good mobile skater with good speed moving up the 609 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:10,360 ice, quick strides, great edgework that separates him from his opponents. Puck 610 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:15,920 handling excellent, fantastic puck skills that allow him to generate plenty of scoring chances. 611 00:45:16,119 --> 00:45:22,199 Creativity with the puck stands out, especially when quarterbacking the power play. 612 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,599 Jacob says the shot is great, quick wrist shot, booming, slap shot. 613 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:30,800 Loves to get pucks on net as often as he can. The panic 614 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:36,719 meter the IQ low a very high hockey IQ and low panic meter. He 615 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,360 isn't afraid to make plays with the puck, hardly panics when under pressure. 616 00:45:40,599 --> 00:45:45,280 He likes being the one to lead the charge. Defense is good, showed 617 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,880 good positioning, great gap control. He could read plays fairly well. Isn't 618 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:53,079 afraid to engage in board battles and try to start rushes by retrieving loose pucks. 619 00:45:53,519 --> 00:45:58,320 So the best asset where those puck skills. The biggest concern size. 620 00:45:58,559 --> 00:46:00,880 Then he isn't the biggest player, so he will need to get stronger, 621 00:46:01,039 --> 00:46:06,559 improve he can handle playing against bigger opponents at the pro level. The top 622 00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:10,760 tier outcome for him a top four defenseman. The offensive skill set can make 623 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:15,840 him a very good offensive defenseman with top four minutes along with power play time. 624 00:46:16,199 --> 00:46:21,360 My goodness, stylistic comparable Kale mccarr. Let's say that it's a stylistic 625 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,679 comparable. I don't know if he's trying to say he will be Kale mccarr, 626 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:30,360 but we shall see. Michael Benning's trajectory actually has got some very encouraging 627 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:36,719 comps for his p NHL from Mason Black, Dante Fibro, Tyler Myers, 628 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:40,039 and PK Suban are the top three. And so we're gonna put Michael Benning 629 00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:45,800 up against Sam Renzel, who was the first round pick of the Chicago Blackhawks 630 00:46:46,199 --> 00:46:52,639 just last year in twenty twenty two. And Sam Ronzel beats Michael Benning in 631 00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:57,559 this competition fifty six to forty four victor. Is that how you see it? 632 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:04,280 Wow, that is a little interesting. I do see it that way. 633 00:47:04,599 --> 00:47:09,920 I would probably take Renzel, although the upside is so tantalizing with Benning. 634 00:47:10,039 --> 00:47:13,519 If you just look at the numbers, if you didn't know how tall 635 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,199 Michael Benning was, you would this would be a no brainer. You just 636 00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:19,559 say, well, of course, I'm going to take Benning sixty seven p 637 00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:22,960 NHL. You look at the Hockey Prospecting and Benning graduated the model this past 638 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:27,280 season with a forty nine percent chance of being a star a coin flip to 639 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,880 be a star producer in the NHL. And then you look at Renzel, 640 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:35,360 who actually increased his star potential from five to eight percent, which is really 641 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,960 hard to do for a player D plus one. And but anyways, if 642 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,239 you just look at the numbers, you would say Benning in the landslide. 643 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:43,920 But then you realize that Benning is five to nine. He hasn't grown, 644 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:46,400 He's got the size issues that are not going to go away. And you 645 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:50,599 look at Renzel and he's six foot four, one hundred and seventy six pounds 646 00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:53,920 right handed d for Chicago and also super young for his draft here. He's 647 00:47:53,960 --> 00:48:00,000 a late June birthday, so always been younger. And actually Renzel draft out 648 00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:06,960 of the USHL and really did his draft season there. He's and then D 649 00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:12,519 plus one season. He actually played primarily in high school in his draft season 650 00:48:12,679 --> 00:48:15,800 and then did a little bit of USHL time for Waterloo the Blackhawks there, 651 00:48:16,159 --> 00:48:21,320 making that jump from part time USHL at the full time SHL and the next 652 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,840 season he's going to the University of Minnesota. So upward trajectory, it looks 653 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:29,800 like for Renzel. And he's huge and mobile and you know, has a 654 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:34,760 great shot. So I think you have to go Renzel here. And I 655 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,760 do really like him. I understand the equivalency, but Michael Benning is just 656 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:44,880 going to have so many issues with the with making his play be translatable. 657 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,199 So I love the little guy. I think I hope he you know, 658 00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,880 can do it. I think he has the upside. He has a lot 659 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:55,480 of great potential, But I think depends on where you are with your team, 660 00:48:55,559 --> 00:49:00,239 right, If you want someone who's a great lottery ticket and you have 661 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,199 some other for sure prospects, then Benning makes a lot of sense because you 662 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,159 can have him there and if he pops off, great. What we were 663 00:49:07,199 --> 00:49:08,880 talking about with Lane Hudson, right, I think Lane Hudson is way better, 664 00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:14,480 But Benning has the similar issues of the size and is that going to 665 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,599 be able to hold up? There are only a few undersized defensemen that small 666 00:49:17,639 --> 00:49:21,880 in the NHL. Renzel, on the other hand, for sure, we'll 667 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,239 play. Of course, he's going to compete with Korchynsky and maybe Seth Jones 668 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:29,519 when he gets there. Why Kaiser, There's some other guys, so that 669 00:49:29,679 --> 00:49:32,119 might be a bit of an issue. But I really like Renzel and he's 670 00:49:32,199 --> 00:49:37,320 on the upper trajectory. If you just look at Benning and his regular comps, 671 00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:39,119 there aren't a whole lot that really look like him, because he went 672 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:43,760 from seventeen percent chance of being a star down to thirteen and then up to 673 00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:45,559 twenty seven and then up to forty nine percent chance of being a star. 674 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:51,960 Very weird. Not really anyone that looks like him. There's a couple who 675 00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:55,159 look like that, and that's Noah Hanaffin and Rasmus Anderson. And the only 676 00:49:55,199 --> 00:49:59,760 way they really look like him is that they went down for one season and 677 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:04,920 and eventually went back up. But it doesn't none of them finished as high 678 00:50:05,039 --> 00:50:07,440 in the model. Maybe he could be like a Hannaffin or On Anderson, 679 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:12,079 but remember both those guys are well over six feet. They're big, dude, 680 00:50:12,119 --> 00:50:15,880 so the comparison kind of falls apart there a little bit. So, 681 00:50:17,039 --> 00:50:21,760 Yeah, if you look at the Jay Fresh card, Benning two percent chance 682 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,760 of being a star, thirteen percent chance of being an NHLer. The deck 683 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:28,519 is stacked against him. But I'm really hoping for him. And if you 684 00:50:28,599 --> 00:50:31,639 want a really great lottery ticket, you can probably get Michael Benning for not 685 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:36,639 too much because people are just gonna look at the size and be a little 686 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,159 pessimistic about it. Maybe you can get him at value. And if that's 687 00:50:38,199 --> 00:50:44,679 the case, then I think it's a great ad, tremendous. And next, 688 00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,519 they keep your eye in prospect picture, Yeah, they keep your eye 689 00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:52,960 on is going to be Mackey Samaskevich twenty one, first round, pick five, 690 00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:55,840 eleven ninety two pounds, was just over a point per game for the 691 00:50:55,920 --> 00:51:00,960 Chicago steel in his draft season twenty nine points and forty games, and his 692 00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:05,679 D plus one at Michigan on that really stacked Michigan team twenty goals, twenty 693 00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:09,760 three assists for forty three points in thirty nine games and DP plus two at 694 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:14,559 Michigan. Signed with HL. Charlotte played two games in the regular season and 695 00:51:14,599 --> 00:51:17,119 seven the playoffs. Wizards six total assists, and he should be in the 696 00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:21,960 HL this season, so that would be great to see his transition, although 697 00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:24,039 he had a little bit already and he might compete for a roster spot in 698 00:51:24,159 --> 00:51:30,159 camp even two years left on that entry level, so we'll have to see 699 00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,760 what he can produce at that cheap cap hit. And then if you look 700 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:39,079 at Mitch Brown's tracking data overall, he's in eighty eight defensively seventy five offensively 701 00:51:39,159 --> 00:51:43,400 eighty one, and transition play is where he's a little bit weak, although 702 00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,119 some of the things are really good. His control the entries for sixty are 703 00:51:45,199 --> 00:51:51,599 good, but his control exit relative is really poor. His primary assists are 704 00:51:51,599 --> 00:51:53,599 a little bit lower than his expected goals, so maybe a little bit more 705 00:51:53,599 --> 00:51:59,599 of a goal scorer and some of his other transition translatable plays like advantages created 706 00:51:59,679 --> 00:52:05,400 and game score also really good. So looks pretty decent for Matthew MACKI Samaskevitch, 707 00:52:05,559 --> 00:52:07,280 But let's hear a little bit more about him from our Fhil scout. 708 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:15,719 That's right in our scout for Samaskevitch is Yarno skating elite fast skator, great 709 00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:20,039 ability, quick first steps, good balance, very dangerous and transition and rush 710 00:52:20,119 --> 00:52:23,719 play as he's able to have good speed to challenge the opposing defenders. Good 711 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:30,159 balance agility allows him to do quick turns and deek opponents. Passing and handling, 712 00:52:30,199 --> 00:52:32,760 he has a bit of a playmaker type of habit, especially in rush 713 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:37,039 attacks. If not able to get clear shooting range, he can pass the 714 00:52:37,079 --> 00:52:42,880 puck nicely, even do some backhand saucer passes to the other side of the 715 00:52:43,039 --> 00:52:47,320 neck the net. Stick handling great allows him to handle puck in tight areas, 716 00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:52,280 controls play in the offensive zone, also finds teammates behind the net for 717 00:52:52,639 --> 00:52:59,360 clear goal opportunities. Shooting that's one of his best assets. He shoots quite 718 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:02,480 a lot. In Yarno's opinion. Best shooting ability is after rushing the middle 719 00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:07,239 ice to opponent zone, getting to shoot from direct skating long grade shooting. 720 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:12,800 Similar is what we've seen from Patrick Line, but the one timer is good. 721 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,000 It's not nearly on that level, but he can also go to dirty 722 00:53:15,039 --> 00:53:19,320 areas to score with deflections or rebounds just in front of the net. Can 723 00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:23,199 gain a fair number of assists from the shots that are also either deflected for 724 00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:30,320 a goal or the rebound put in IQ very good can handle the puck under 725 00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:35,320 pressure and keep possession of the puck. Has usually a lot of responsibility to 726 00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,039 start the attacks, either with the centering past the center or middle ice, 727 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:43,119 where he takes the puck off to off zone and able to distribute the puck 728 00:53:43,199 --> 00:53:47,440 in wide direction. Defense generally looks like he's playing a balanced defensive play. 729 00:53:47,519 --> 00:53:52,039 Even though he plays as a right wing. He sometimes stays low to be 730 00:53:52,159 --> 00:53:57,480 ready to defend the coming attack. In this own zone play usually has responsibility 731 00:53:57,519 --> 00:54:00,920 to clear the puck, and in some situations he lacks some responsibility to make 732 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:05,440 sure the puck goes over the blue line. Also seen in some cases after 733 00:54:05,559 --> 00:54:09,639 turnovers, he's not too quick yet to follow the opponent player. His great 734 00:54:09,679 --> 00:54:15,039 asset overall here is the skating combined with the shot. If he gets enough 735 00:54:15,159 --> 00:54:17,199 room, he could score a goal even from long range. The biggest concern 736 00:54:17,519 --> 00:54:22,320 there's strong competition on the NHL level for his type of playing role and however, 737 00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:25,880 at the same time, also there's not much of the other NHL caliber 738 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:30,920 prospects in the organization, so he should get a chance if he's able to 739 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:35,639 show the skills at the AHL level. He needs to bulk up have some 740 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,400 strength and mass to be able to better compete against men in this level. 741 00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:45,840 His top tier outcome Tier two sixty plus point score above average BASH. His 742 00:54:45,079 --> 00:54:51,280 role should be a scoring winger with strong goals and assists, should get power 743 00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,320 play usage on the pro level, supporting cast in Florida's elite. So if 744 00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:59,280 and big, if he makes those top two lines in the near future, 745 00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:04,599 he could really raise some eyebrows, maybe even go over that outcome. Stylistic 746 00:55:04,639 --> 00:55:09,039 comparable Travis Connecte is what Yarnold will put up here for us the NHL rank. 747 00:55:09,119 --> 00:55:16,119 King Mason Black puts Macki Semoskevitch up in his p NHL E equivalency model. 748 00:55:16,199 --> 00:55:22,360 He's coming up between second and first year potential. Trevor Moore Reid Bouche 749 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:27,679 and Brett Ritchie are some of the comparisons he comes up with, And we're 750 00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:32,320 gonna compare him with one of Victor's not so favorites, Jonathan Lacarimaki. Maybe 751 00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:37,159 Victor, I don't want to slander you're slander of lacari Moki. Victor Lacarimaki 752 00:55:37,559 --> 00:55:43,679 versus Semaskevitch and LACARIMACKI wins fifty nine to forty one. How do you see 753 00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:47,679 this one, Victor, I have been skeptical of looking Amaki. He had 754 00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:54,480 a very difficult season last he actually twenty two. Yeah, he's actually had 755 00:55:54,679 --> 00:56:00,920 had a pretty difficult season this past year where he had basically as many points 756 00:56:00,199 --> 00:56:05,960 in the hockey fenskin that he had in the SHL this previous season, and 757 00:56:06,119 --> 00:56:09,039 so he was a little bit down on that definitely turned up in the playoffs. 758 00:56:09,079 --> 00:56:14,400 He had fifteen points in fifteen qualification games for Drew Garden. We mentioned 759 00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,559 previously when we talked about Ogran and Oceland that it wasn't quite enough to get 760 00:56:17,599 --> 00:56:22,440 them back in the SHL. But this season he's actually on loan to a 761 00:56:22,559 --> 00:56:27,159 rebro Hk and so far, so good. Two goals in the first two 762 00:56:27,199 --> 00:56:30,960 games a goal per game, So yeah, if that continues. I love 763 00:56:30,039 --> 00:56:35,800 how on e Laitue prospects they project obviously clearly just based on the numbers that 764 00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:37,880 are there. So they project him for fifty two goals and fifty two games 765 00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:43,159 and zero assists, because what else are you going to do. That's what 766 00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,639 he's done so far. Seriously, doubt that's going to continue, obviously, 767 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:50,079 but it does. He's a goal scorer, luck at Amaki, and he 768 00:56:50,199 --> 00:56:52,880 needs to do that in order to be impactful. So if he's not scoring, 769 00:56:53,119 --> 00:56:55,519 what is he doing? And that has been the issue. If he's 770 00:56:55,559 --> 00:56:58,760 not scoring, what is he doing? But if he is scoring, everybody 771 00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,679 is happy and everything is hunky dory. So if he can continue to do 772 00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:06,199 that, if he can get his skull scoring touch back, then yeah, 773 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:12,000 certainly then he can be great. So between these two you have to think 774 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,280 about it that way. I would take Lekaimaki probably because although I like Samaskevitch 775 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:20,360 and I think that he does have some good all around offense, he doesn't 776 00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:24,440 have that one skill that's elite, and Karrimaki, at least in the SHL 777 00:57:24,559 --> 00:57:28,800 level, has a pretty elite shot hopefully that will translate to the NHL. 778 00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:32,679 At least it will be really good and he can probably beat NHL goalies with 779 00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:36,719 the one timer and some of his other shots. I would take him. 780 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:38,800 It's a little bit close as described here in the poll. I think some 781 00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:43,000 people are just really down on Liquorromaki. But some people are saying already the 782 00:57:43,119 --> 00:57:46,079 revenge Tour is real Lecormaki. So if you believe that, then I would 783 00:57:46,119 --> 00:57:50,400 then go with him. And so yeah, that would be my choice. 784 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:52,920 If you just look at Samaskevich, some of his other comps, a lot 785 00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:58,119 of them are replacement level or bust guys. The only one who none of 786 00:57:58,199 --> 00:58:01,320 them really look that exciting. There's some dominic box, Martin Cout and guys 787 00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:06,280 who busted out a little bit, and Chris Kelly is one who looks a 788 00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:09,239 little bit alike ended up being a replacement level producer. I'm not super exciting. 789 00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:13,320 The Jay Fresh card has some scavige. At just five percent chance of 790 00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:16,639 being a star fifteen seventeen percent chance of being an NHLer, he is trending 791 00:58:16,719 --> 00:58:21,519 up a little bit, but he's currently the eighty fourth ranked forward in that 792 00:58:21,639 --> 00:58:25,320 system, so a little bit lower on the upside there. But Jesse, 793 00:58:25,519 --> 00:58:29,400 that's all the guys we have time to talk about. If you're a patron, 794 00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:32,400 you can listen to the top ten prospect list on Patreon, and if 795 00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:36,360 you're interested in doing some scouting with us, shoot me DM on Twitter, 796 00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:40,039 discord, or email us. All right, we'll be right back to close 797 00:58:40,079 --> 00:58:52,360 up the show. Hey, a couple more things to mention before we get 798 00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,360 out of here today. One of them is our show's brought to you by 799 00:58:55,480 --> 00:59:00,360 fantracks dot com. That's right place to play all of your fantasy sports is 800 00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:04,679 fantracks ten different ones. You can move leagues over there. But more to 801 00:59:04,719 --> 00:59:07,480 the point, why not start a new league. The season is only a 802 00:59:07,559 --> 00:59:09,880 couple of weeks away. 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