1 00:00:03,759 --> 00:00:13,439 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks, your source of information 2 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:17,519 and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Fuck off a step 3 00:00:17,839 --> 00:00:23,839 hit on, stay lost. Here's your hosts, Jesse Suverre and Victor Nuno 4 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:29,640 Fantasy Hockey Live back once again to talk about the world of fantasy hockey. 5 00:00:29,719 --> 00:00:34,560 Jesse Severe from fan Tracks and joining me it is Victor Nuno of Dabber Prospects. 6 00:00:34,679 --> 00:00:39,000 Victor, as always, how are you doing. I'm doing awesome. 7 00:00:39,079 --> 00:00:43,759 Jesse definitely excited to talk about one of the more interesting teams I would say 8 00:00:43,799 --> 00:00:47,159 this offseason, But first of all, I have to know, how are 9 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:51,079 you doing. I'm doing good, man, I am doing good. Yeah. 10 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:56,000 This is definitely the Boston Bruins. Man. I remember I'm eating crow 11 00:00:56,079 --> 00:00:59,359 at this point because I said coming into last year, boy, I don't 12 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:03,640 know about the Penguins, the Capitols, and the Bruins. They're these aging 13 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:06,280 teams. Maybe one of them will fall off. And I was right two 14 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,640 out of three, the Pens, the Caps, they fell off. But 15 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:11,519 the Bruins just the best team in NHL history, no big deal, just 16 00:01:11,599 --> 00:01:17,760 absolutely laid waste to the league. So until the playoffs, and we have 17 00:01:17,879 --> 00:01:23,760 one of our boy one of the big amazing guests that you have got for 18 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:29,359 this show, Victor Flutos Shenzawa of the Athletic one absolute top tier in terms 19 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,799 of his prominence in the national media. And you've even met him, right, 20 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:40,159 Yeah, I met him in Nashville and he was exactly how I expected 21 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:46,599 him to be. He was very straightforward, very direct, very cool man. 22 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,400 A few words, but when you ask him something, he will tell 23 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:56,079 you exactly what he thinks. And it's funny because last year he we there 24 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:57,879 was there was some changes. We weren't really sure and I think he was 25 00:01:57,959 --> 00:02:01,840 skeptical as we all were about what was going to happen with this team, 26 00:02:01,879 --> 00:02:06,920 and there was just so much change and now there's so much change, but 27 00:02:06,959 --> 00:02:10,439 there was so much achievement this past year that it's on a wild swing if 28 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:14,439 you think about it just from a calendar year perspective for the Bruins. And 29 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,120 these are uncharted territories where there's a little bit obviously with bergeron Alzheimer kind of 30 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:23,840 retiring, but there's there's Yeah, it's going to be interesting to watch and 31 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,599 definitely a lot of opportunities that way. Guy listen to what Fluto has to 32 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:31,199 say about these guys. You absolutely do. And we've already recorded the interview. 33 00:02:31,199 --> 00:02:38,639 And I'm not gonna embarrassed Fluto here because this is an indication that Fluto 34 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:40,960 is living in the serious world. But I did ask him about Immaculate Grid 35 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,360 and he's not playing the Immacula Grid, which is just things for the immature 36 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,280 policps like me to probably play. But if you try to get Victor this 37 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,159 Immaculate Grid game, is this not the Putoco? Is it something else? 38 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:55,439 It's it's the same. It's yeah, maybe that's what I should have called 39 00:02:55,479 --> 00:02:59,599 it, because there's different brands of it. But on the Sports reference page, 40 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,159 Am I doing an ad for Sports Reference? Man? If I'm doing 41 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:04,439 an ad for you people, you need to give me the play index again 42 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:07,560 for free. But yeah, you do the thing where there's a grid of 43 00:03:07,719 --> 00:03:12,479 it's like a little nine boxes and there's a grid at the top and on 44 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,199 the side, and you have to pick players who've been on both of the 45 00:03:15,199 --> 00:03:17,240 teams, the one in the horizontal and the one in the vertical. They've 46 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,280 been in both teams, So like you have to pick a Toronto maple Leaf 47 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,159 who's been on the Sabers at Toronto maple Leaf, has been on the Predators 48 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,639 in then a Toronto maple Leaf that had a thirty win goalie season, and 49 00:03:28,719 --> 00:03:31,199 it keeps going down the grid. But did you trade? Did you try 50 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:37,319 the puck douku at least? Yeah? I did, and it's not really 51 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,199 my thing. Also I was terrible at it, So those two things are 52 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,280 not related in any way. I think, Yeah, they do it for 53 00:03:45,319 --> 00:03:49,319 all the sports, and yeah I struggle. I struggle because you're best off 54 00:03:49,439 --> 00:03:53,039 if you like know the down roster guys. But I don't know. But 55 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:58,360 there is one player we're gonna talk about today who's very good in that game, 56 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:01,919 Victor. I think that is what I have to say about just general 57 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,919 life and hockey fun. But we create our own fund sometimes and we do 58 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,840 it in our Discord. It's free. You can join our Discord because other 59 00:04:11,879 --> 00:04:16,079 social media is collapsing around us. It is folding up like a cardboard box, 60 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:19,680 and Discord is a safe haven where you can hang out with like minded 61 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:26,160 fantasy hockey fans and have fun chat. Not nasty people just die bombing in 62 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:29,920 because we're everybody's on good behavior. But we have chat going in there every 63 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:32,560 day, and all you need to do join that is hit Victor and myself 64 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:41,360 up at Victor Nuno twelve at fan hockey Life on the surviving the surviving remnants 65 00:04:41,399 --> 00:04:45,720 of Twitter slash x at this point, and you can also email as Fantasy 66 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,399 Hockey Life at gmail dot com to get an invite. That's all you need 67 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:50,920 is you have to actually have a little link to get in there. But 68 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:57,680 there's also the goodness that is the Fantasy Hockey Life Patreon. Why don't you 69 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,399 tell people what's going on over there? Well, and by the way, 70 00:05:00,519 --> 00:05:04,120 I'm going to refer to it as the artist formerly known as Twitter because I 71 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,160 don't want to call it X. We need an unpronounceable symbol. We need 72 00:05:08,199 --> 00:05:12,000 a prince like symbol actually that I think that's what the one us must named 73 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,279 his kids. There you go, Yeah, great stuff over Patreon. We've 74 00:05:15,319 --> 00:05:21,639 been doing a couple of interesting things. The tidy the Tier Dynasty is gotten 75 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:26,120 getting a really nice makeover. As we've talked about before, we had a 76 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,319 really good first season. But one thing that happened, Jesse is we did 77 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,759 have a kind of a few too many teams in kind of the initial division 78 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,279 that we're making into a second division, so we're gonna do some really fun 79 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:42,240 thing this next year. We're actually gonna pit the divisions against each other and 80 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:48,680 you're all competing for survival to stay in a Tier two and the division that 81 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:55,000 scores fewer points is going to all move down into kind of a Tier three's 82 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,240 situations. But you're all gonna keep your team, so it's gonna be interesting. 83 00:05:58,439 --> 00:06:01,319 I'm you and I are in different division, so we're essentially on different 84 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,920 teams kind of playing against each other, which will add an extra layer I 85 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:10,680 think will be fun. And if you're confused by this whole discussion of what 86 00:06:10,759 --> 00:06:14,680 it all means and everything in terms of the tidy, there are some visualizations 87 00:06:14,759 --> 00:06:17,720 that can help with that, and that's where it's helpful to be in the 88 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:21,519 discord. As Jesse said, you can get some great information about it. 89 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:27,560 The tier dynasty is a great one of the great perks that we can compete 90 00:06:27,639 --> 00:06:30,160 and win your way up to the top. There's actually going to be a 91 00:06:30,199 --> 00:06:33,160 fast track option. All this inspired by a couple of our friends over at 92 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,959 Keeping Carlson. But this has a dynasty slant, right, so you're gonna 93 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:42,519 play with deeper rosters and have all the miners, and if you don't end 94 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,040 up getting promoter or relegated, you keep your team. If you do, 95 00:06:45,079 --> 00:06:46,879 you lose your team. It's great stuff. Check it out. We'll discuss 96 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,199 be discussing the discord. We need a few more managers in a couple of 97 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,199 divisions before we're ready to move on in draft, so that's a good time. 98 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,920 We have the rankings, we have the twenty twenty three guys, we've 99 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,600 already started to integrate them into the combined ranks. Jess Jesse thinks for your 100 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:04,439 help with that, and all kinds of other great things, Like we did 101 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,959 a patron cast recently. We're going to do that every month. We have 102 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,720 Patron Priority Channel, all kinds of good stuff going on, access to the 103 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,120 show notes. So that's one of the some of the great stuff with the 104 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,439 Patreon and the other one of the other good things is that we're doing an 105 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,920 average draft position projects. So those of you that have completed your rookie drafts 106 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,879 or even if it's not a solely rookie draft, send us the CSV, 107 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,240 send us the results of your draft. We're compiling that. We're using that 108 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:36,519 data to help others know if you were interested in drafting a player and kind 109 00:07:36,519 --> 00:07:40,000 of want to know. I wonder how long I have to wait to take 110 00:07:40,079 --> 00:07:45,920 Zach Benson. You can look and see at the ADP where did he go 111 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:49,639 based on all of our drafts that people have been submitting. You may think 112 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:57,079 you can wait, but if you wait past position number seven, then you're 113 00:07:57,279 --> 00:08:01,480 risking it because that's basically where he's been going. So it's really great to 114 00:08:01,519 --> 00:08:05,079 have that information, and the more we have, the better we'll be able 115 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,600 to do. So some of our really great patrons, Jason and Brandon have 116 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,839 been working on that, so a lot of great stuff at Patreon. You 117 00:08:11,879 --> 00:08:16,040 can check that out at patreon dot com slash Fantasy Hockey Life for more info 118 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,680 and it really helps if you support the show through that, and I think 119 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:24,079 there's a lot of great perks, so check it out for sure. Let's 120 00:08:24,079 --> 00:08:28,319 take a break. We're gonna come back and talk to Lutoshanzawa of the Athletic. 121 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:43,600 We welcome back once again from the Athletic Ludoshanzawa, our guy on the 122 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:46,519 Boston Bruins. Bludo, how are you doing today? All right? Jesse 123 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,519 Hi victor of doing great Bluttle. We really appreciate having you. You are 124 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:54,720 one of the major news breakers from the Boston Bruins in you got a lot 125 00:08:54,759 --> 00:08:58,679 of good connection and good analysis in on this team. So I want to 126 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:03,000 ask about the Bruins, because boy, what a season. My theory is 127 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:09,519 that you can split the recent Bruins history for two periods, from October twelfth 128 00:09:09,759 --> 00:09:13,039 to the beginning of overtime on April twenty fifth, and then from overtime on 129 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,799 April twenty fifth everything that has happened since. Unfortunately, or April twenty six, 130 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,480 I should say, I believe was the game, but the fickle hockey 131 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:26,159 GUIDs allowed one of the greatest, most dominant teams in recent NHL history to 132 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,399 let it crash down. Unfortunately, in the playoffs, they were up three 133 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:33,080 one, they were into overtime against the Panthers, and then we all know 134 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,759 they dropped three straight games and they exited the playoffs in round one. You 135 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,559 got a credit the Bruins for last year. They went all in. Sometimes 136 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,960 we can complain they went all in for this. They rented Garnett, Hathaway, 137 00:09:43,039 --> 00:09:48,879 Dmitri Orlov Tyler Bertuzzi, but now those guys are gone. Taylor Hall 138 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,919 is in Chicago last week the long expected news came out that Patrice Bergeron has 139 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,519 retired. That closed out the narrative that started when he and Marshawn were seeing 140 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:01,039 hugging on the ice at the end of Game seven. Obviously, last year 141 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,039 could be remembered as a legendary regular season and as a crushing playoff disappointment. 142 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:11,120 But where do we stand after all that, We've got different Bruins team coming 143 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,159 back next year. Some of the people are still getting older, there's not 144 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:18,320 major reinforcements on the way. But do the Bruins believe their window of contention 145 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,639 is still open? And if so, what is your expectation for your team, 146 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,360 this team this year? Yeah, I think that they still do believe 147 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,639 that the window remains open. Now you have to acknowledge it's just a matter 148 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:35,639 of fact that there's just so many players that are missing from last year's team 149 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,600 that of course it's not going to be as competitive. And even if they 150 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:45,840 brought the same group back literally record setting year, So how can you manage 151 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,440 to replicate that it's just not going to happen? Patrice Taylor, Hall Bertuzzi 152 00:10:50,799 --> 00:10:56,840 oral of Halfaway, Felino, no Sick Flifton, The list it's a massive 153 00:10:56,919 --> 00:11:01,919 list of players that are no longer here, and who knows if maybe maybe 154 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:07,600 one other guy might go off if the Bruins managed to execute some kind of 155 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:13,840 hockey trade before the start of the season. But I think they look at 156 00:11:13,879 --> 00:11:18,679 the first the goaltending that yes, Jeremy Simon is still unsigned as of now 157 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:24,039 arbitration, but that will get settled, and once that's done, then him 158 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,919 and Lenas that's the best goaltending tending in the league. And with another year 159 00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:33,720 of experience and the difficulty and the challenge of going through last year's playoffs, 160 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:39,120 they'll be better for it. Defensively, how many other teams can send out 161 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,759 a McAvoy and Allen Home on different pairs. Not many. And then there's 162 00:11:41,759 --> 00:11:48,240 a pretty good reinforcing core there with Carlo, with Grizzlick with the Forebird and 163 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,159 bringing Chatton Kirk. That'll be that will have to be the way that the 164 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:58,679 Bruins win in terms of goaltending and defense. And then up try there's not 165 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,519 that many players better than day the Posternac. Now you can argue, of 166 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:07,039 course that he will be diminished without David Okay getting out of myself, it 167 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,720 was David Craigie still hasn't announced what he's going to be doing, but I 168 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:18,039 think at least the Bruins are operating under the conclusion that until told otherwise, 169 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,399 David is not coming back. That's the way they operated with Patrice, so 170 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:26,399 we'll assume that's the way going forward. Okay, what is David Posternak without 171 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,480 David Kigi? Probably not the same, just because they had a really good 172 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:35,120 connection both for the club team and for international to check, So what is 173 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,399 David Postna without David Kragie. We'll see. I think David Posternak is the 174 00:12:39,399 --> 00:12:45,879 type of player that realizes just personally, okay, guys are gone different team. 175 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,679 It's my term to emerge and I think he will take that seriously and 176 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:54,240 I think that will impact his game in terms of trying to elevate his performance. 177 00:12:54,320 --> 00:13:00,200 But it's just different team around him, So what does that mean or 178 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:05,639 down the line. The biggest issue that the Bruins are facing is that center. 179 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:11,360 That's just Charlie Paulazaka and Charlie Coyle. You can't compare and it's unfair 180 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:16,720 to them to compare them to the Patrice Bersion On day to Craigie. But 181 00:13:16,759 --> 00:13:18,879 that's the way it is. The check has come due, so to speak, 182 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:24,039 in terms of them going all in last year, in terms of their 183 00:13:24,039 --> 00:13:28,279 futures, and in terms of them carrying a four point five million overage penalty 184 00:13:28,399 --> 00:13:33,039 because of Burgi round Craigie's bonuses. And the bill has come due in terms 185 00:13:33,039 --> 00:13:41,080 of past years of a drafting low because they had gone deep into the playoffs 186 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:48,240 and b because they had spent draft capital on oral of Hathaway Bertuzzi in previous 187 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,919 years Kasha which didn't work out. Lynnholm, you can go back to Rick 188 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:56,000 Nash. That's a lot of picks, and I think it's by next year 189 00:13:56,159 --> 00:14:01,799 it will be six first round picks that they will have trade since twenty thirteen. 190 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:07,559 That's just how can you restock when you philosophically, and you can't argue 191 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:13,000 against the philosophically. Just because they made themselves better and they gave themselves the 192 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,559 best chance to win last year by adding all these players, they just they 193 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:22,399 choked the playoffs up three one and then up in the third period in Game 194 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,519 seven. They didn't get it done, but Joshnak been home, McAvoy, 195 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:35,240 Allmark Swayman that's enough to be competitive for the subcumin season. Yeah, brilliant 196 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,440 recap of what's going on and certainly been a great time to be a Bruins 197 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,320 fan. Fortunately it's just one cup in that time in the recent history, 198 00:14:41,399 --> 00:14:45,120 but still, like you said, some really great players, and you mentioned 199 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,159 the guy we want to start with, of course, David Posternak. What 200 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,360 an amazing talent, and last year played all eighty two games, was actually 201 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,799 his first time going over the century mark and actual points he went over a 202 00:14:56,799 --> 00:15:01,840 couple of times one hundred point pace, but did have the games played second 203 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,639 time playing eighty two games too, so they're definitely going to need that durability 204 00:15:05,799 --> 00:15:09,879 moving forward with him being the focal point as you mentioned, sixty one goals, 205 00:15:09,879 --> 00:15:13,919 fifty two assists, thirty seven power play points some of the highlights and 206 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:18,559 also for our fantasy metrics second at his position right wing, which is a 207 00:15:18,559 --> 00:15:22,279 little scarce in block shots and hits, so pretty remarkable value there. He's 208 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,039 got eight years left at eleven to two five million, I think he's definitely 209 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,879 worth all of that, and obviously, as we as you just mentioned, 210 00:15:30,919 --> 00:15:33,519 he's going to be the focal point now of their offense. If there was 211 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:39,759 ever a doubt before with Craichi potentially not coming back in Bergeron So you mentioned 212 00:15:39,759 --> 00:15:43,960 it already, Pluto, But do you think Pasta can get over that century 213 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,240 mark again this season? Obviously depends on who he plays with, but he 214 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:50,840 certainly seems like he's good regardless of who he plays with. He'd be better 215 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,679 if he had someone like Craichi, But what if he has Zaca or Coyle? 216 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:56,919 What do you think he can do? And what can we expect from 217 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,720 David poster Knock this season. Yeah, it's a really tough question to answer, 218 00:16:00,879 --> 00:16:04,840 Victor, just because A on the skill side, he absolutely this sixty 219 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,320 one, there's no mistake, the legit and he can absolutely do that for 220 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,679 you for not only this coming season, but for years to come, just 221 00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:15,000 because if it's skill, his competitiveness, his health, like you know, 222 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:21,200 to everything, he's complete. And he's not the type of player I think 223 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:26,720 in terms of right wing that necessarily means to be a center, an offensive 224 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,519 minded center, setting him up in every situation. That he is a player 225 00:16:30,559 --> 00:16:33,320 that can create his own offense one on one, off the rush, in 226 00:16:33,519 --> 00:16:37,480 zone, that he can score in so many different ways. It's not just 227 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:41,279 that you can say, Okay, he's going to set up at the left 228 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,159 dot and the hammer away with the one time or which he will, especially 229 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:48,600 on the power player. But he's just he's so dangerous and what makes the 230 00:16:48,639 --> 00:16:53,879 production i think consistent to project is that he can do it in so many 231 00:16:53,919 --> 00:16:59,919 ways. But you look on the other side of the point, I'll argue 232 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,119 that the thing that really set the Bruins apart last year and made them the 233 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:08,319 most the winningest team in initial history was their death at every position goaltending, 234 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:14,079 defense, forward and when you can send out a third line at times of 235 00:17:14,279 --> 00:17:18,759 Taylor Hall Charlie Coyle, a plan was for at full strength, it was 236 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:22,839 gonna be Tally BERTUZI. That's a second that's second line all day and maybe 237 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,240 even first line for some teams, and for that to be your third line. 238 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,480 That meant that if you're an opponent, opposing coach, what do you 239 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:36,039 do in terms of your matchups? Are you sending out your best to shutdown 240 00:17:36,079 --> 00:17:41,079 guy against Poshnak? Maybe? But then what happens when what was the problem 241 00:17:41,079 --> 00:17:45,440 with the Bruins for a lot of years was that they were top heavy when 242 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,279 they're rolling marsham Bergeon Postnak. Last year they didn't do that. So when 243 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:55,960 Posternak was doing his thing, would say, Kraichi and Zaka, what do 244 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,960 you do? Can you afford to send out your best to players against that 245 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:04,440 line? Then they're going to come back with Bersion, Marshan and Debrus and 246 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:08,000 that line is going to rip you up. And then when that line is 247 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,480 against your second bear, then here comes all In Coil and then your fourth 248 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:18,880 line was pretty good too with no Sick and half away in Felino. That's 249 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,440 just it's just not going to be the same. So what does that do 250 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:25,960 for an opposing coach? Maybe they're going to be more willing to say, 251 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:32,039 Okay, we'll live with Marshan and whatever, Marshan and Coil doing their offense, 252 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:37,440 but we don't want Passion scoring three holes against us. So it's really 253 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,640 hard to say, because I think there are those elements that he is a 254 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:47,400 willing, has a skill and knows and likes the pressure of being the man 255 00:18:48,079 --> 00:18:52,319 without Patrice at least there so, and he will take that seriously and that 256 00:18:52,319 --> 00:18:56,799 will impact his game. But it's just there are so many pieces that are 257 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:02,200 not coming back from last year's team that are to make it different and challenging 258 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:07,160 for Jim Montgomery offensively to say to give David passion Act the freedom that he 259 00:19:07,319 --> 00:19:11,960 had at times last year. So maybe the answer is somewhere in the middle. 260 00:19:11,039 --> 00:19:15,880 Victor. I'll say that in terms of skill that yes, he can 261 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,079 put up those numbers every day, all day. But there's something to be 262 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:26,680 said for dubth He talked about Brad Marshaun. Obviously he is the other superstar 263 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:32,640 piece, a reputational superstar coming back to this team for the second straight year. 264 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,559 Fluto, he fooled me into believing he was going to miss a long 265 00:19:34,599 --> 00:19:37,799 piece at the beginning of the season, and for the second straight year he 266 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,000 showed up quick and performed at a fairly elite level, still, especially on 267 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:45,440 a team this dominant. There were a few flaws in the statistical ointment. 268 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:49,759 For the first time since twenty fifteen sixteen, he had below a point per 269 00:19:49,799 --> 00:19:55,960 game pace eighteen thirty two average timonis was the lightest time burden since twenty fourteen 270 00:19:56,039 --> 00:20:00,000 fifteen. Shots for game dropped from three and a half the year before, 271 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:03,039 or two more of his career norm of two and a half per game. 272 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,759 Still gets more than a hit per game, and of course, like you 273 00:20:04,759 --> 00:20:07,799 said, the perfection line was split up a little bit. He only skated 274 00:20:07,799 --> 00:20:11,079 with poster knock. Marshawn to only skated with a poster knock twenty three percent 275 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,079 of his minutes, but he was locked to Patrice Bergeron seventy eight percent of 276 00:20:15,079 --> 00:20:19,359 the time. Look at this guy's charts. Man. With Marshawn, the 277 00:20:19,559 --> 00:20:25,960 Bruins had a thirty percent better than league average offense expected goals for pers sixty 278 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,200 at three point three eight Boston without Marshawn and the ice was dead even league 279 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,319 average. It's just insane looking. And he improved their defense and he pretty 280 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:40,640 much dragged every other player on the team more positive in terms of possession stats. 281 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,240 What do I have to say about Marshawn? What's going to happen to 282 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,920 him without Bergeron? Without Bergeron? Last year? If you look at some 283 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:51,200 of the small sample stats, it wasn't great. But is Marshawn still a 284 00:20:51,279 --> 00:20:56,519 point per game guy in this post Bergeron era. That's a tough one answer 285 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,119 too, Jessie. I will say no, because, okay, if you 286 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,799 go back to last year, I think he will say and it's absolutely reality 287 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:11,079 that he never felt himself in terms of really bold faced brat marshing just because 288 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,359 of the hip surgery, that's a major double hip surgery at the beginning of 289 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,599 the season. Now, he did come back early, earlier than expected, 290 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,559 and that's Brad, that's just him. That's his work ethic, his drive, 291 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,799 his will, his love to play and to compete. That yes, 292 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,039 that got him back on the ice sooner. But I think and he said 293 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:34,759 there were times where he just didn't feel himself and did he ever get to 294 00:21:34,839 --> 00:21:40,119 that point? I don't know. So you take that into account for this 295 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,799 year, it should be healthy, so there shouldn't be that issue at the 296 00:21:44,839 --> 00:21:49,640 beginning of the season. But the factors again, the depth and especially the 297 00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:57,519 partnership that's just boy to go twelve seasons pretty much of everything. They did 298 00:21:57,599 --> 00:22:04,759 everything together him power play, five on five, killing, that's just he's 299 00:22:04,839 --> 00:22:11,839 never going to have another center to play with that has that kind of experience 300 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,920 together. They just they knew where each other was and they were just so 301 00:22:15,039 --> 00:22:22,200 innate in terms of their thinking and their processing and their play that it absolutely 302 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:26,200 has to have an effect on Brad's production. And then you bring in the 303 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,680 fact that thirty five years old. Now there is that part that I think 304 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,480 he's going to be the next captain, and I think he will, like 305 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,599 David Pasha, I think he will take that very serious. He takes that 306 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,319 leadership and that responsibility very seriously, and I think that will impact his game. 307 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:47,079 I think that will touch upon his performance. But to what degree at 308 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:51,920 that age and with that much wear and tear and without Patrice, I think 309 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,400 there are a lot of elements there that make you say, boy, it's 310 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,559 gonna be really hard for Brad in terms of his own individual production to put 311 00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:04,559 it out to where it has been historically. Now he'll still get as such 312 00:23:04,599 --> 00:23:10,240 as he'll be right side half Wall guy down all on the powerplay, so 313 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,279 they'll be there. He'll get his cookies there with pasternakan who knows who else 314 00:23:14,319 --> 00:23:18,680 will be there on the powerplay. But again, Patrise huge part of that 315 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:23,119 powerplay, and Brad was critical in terms of getting that puck to Patrise and 316 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,880 the bumper and then Patrise sometimes giving it back and opening up Brad for his 317 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:33,640 opportunities on the powerplay. So we'll see. And he's a tremendous athlete, 318 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,480 keeps himself in great shape. I think he is in terms of other thirty 319 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,960 five year old players. He's probably a little bit younger, so to speak, 320 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:47,400 just because of how fit he is and how seriously commits himself to fitness 321 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:52,680 and conditioning and strength and everything. But yeah, there's there is, there's 322 00:23:52,720 --> 00:24:00,319 a lot of check marks and the negative column for Brad's future production. Yeah, 323 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,079 that's a very good point. And so the next guy we're gonna talk 324 00:24:03,079 --> 00:24:07,200 about, and this already speaks to the depths because in past years we would 325 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:11,720 obviously be talking about Kraci and Bergeron and Taylor Hall perhaps, but Jake Debrusk 326 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,119 is going to hold this third spot for us now in terms of fantasy, 327 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:21,680 and he's certainly come a long way. He played only sixty four games last 328 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,200 year. Injured at the Winter Classic caused him to miss a few weeks, 329 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,720 but twenty seven goals twenty three assists for sixty four point pace was the highest 330 00:24:29,759 --> 00:24:33,440 of his career. So we're the fourteen power play points and the time on 331 00:24:33,519 --> 00:24:37,519 ice as well were career highs, and it's had an ice trajectory kind of 332 00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:41,440 started off in that fifty point range, but this is a new threshold for 333 00:24:41,519 --> 00:24:47,920 him. He has one year at four million left and it seems like he's 334 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,920 turned the corner. You look at his underlyings and his expected goals four and 335 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,960 against are well above one standard deviation close to two, so in the top 336 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,960 close to the top ten percent or so of the lead. Really good. 337 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,279 Of course this comes at a good time him coming to his own with some 338 00:25:04,319 --> 00:25:07,960 other departures. And I guess the big question is Fluto, do you think 339 00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:12,119 debruss can build on the season he had and get even more points with this 340 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:18,559 increased role. Is he someone who can flirt with seventy point pace maybe potentially 341 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:21,440 more because you have to figure he's going to get a more prominent role, 342 00:25:21,559 --> 00:25:26,160 right, yes, and I expect him to be elevated in terms of production. 343 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:32,240 I think the most critical element in all this is a contract year, 344 00:25:32,759 --> 00:25:37,839 and he's going to be very driven to cash in. Who knows if it's 345 00:25:37,839 --> 00:25:44,200 with Boston or if it's with somebody else. But you look at his last 346 00:25:44,279 --> 00:25:51,960 deal that in retrospect he's underpaid four million a year for the for two years 347 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,480 and this is a second season. Now that's partly because of circumstance that when 348 00:25:56,519 --> 00:26:00,799 he signed his deal he was still possibility that he had his hand raised high 349 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:04,400 in the air to be traded at the time because majorly major factor was Bruce 350 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:10,319 Cassidy was still the coach and it was no coincidence that he pulled that right 351 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,640 off the table as soon as Bruce gets let go and Jim Marchin us in. 352 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:18,440 And he has absolutely proven himself Jake to be a very good all around 353 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,000 player too. That he's killing penalties now, he's checking better, and yes, 354 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,960 offensively and at right waying too. Let's not forget that for most of 355 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,400 his career in Boston that they had him playing on the left side. So 356 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,160 when he's been playing on the right side, he's been very good in terms 357 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:40,599 of creating for himself and for Brad and Patrese when those were his primary linemates, 358 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,319 and being a that front guy on the powerplay. That'll stick and he'll 359 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,559 get more reps there because he was at times he was competing with Taylor Hall 360 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,160 for that job and that would be a clear cut job for him. Yeah, 361 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,079 and he's been relatively sturdy. Yes, he missed a good chunk of 362 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:02,480 time, but that's tough to it out. Two major injuries during the Winter 363 00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:06,200 Classic and he finished the game and scored it was a two goals, so 364 00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:11,279 huge a tough kid. Yeah, he'll be absolutely motivated to cash in. 365 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:15,039 So I think that will be the primary factor in terms of his production, 366 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,359 being where the Bruins want, where he wants, and it'll be good for 367 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:26,599 him because it looks like the circumstances will be good in terms of the Bruins 368 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:33,440 that they will have way more free cash available next summer. So if they 369 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:37,119 believe that he is a long term piece here financially, they can make your 370 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,599 work. And then around the league, you look at the cap expected to 371 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:47,680 rise, that there'll be opportunities for Jake with other teams too, and who 372 00:27:47,759 --> 00:27:52,000 knows what kind of price tag he'll command, But you look at if he 373 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,920 scores more than thirty, which I expect him to do, then yeah, 374 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:02,200 he's going to double that salary at least, and that'll be important. Yeah. 375 00:28:02,279 --> 00:28:04,000 I think I remember, don't want to miss cool, but I think 376 00:28:04,039 --> 00:28:08,279 I remember you've being on last year talking about this guy and the fact that 377 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,720 the new coach he expected would probably improve his situation, and certainly that is 378 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:18,079 exactly what happened. Acta is the next guy up in our list of guys 379 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:22,119 here. After spending the first seven years of his career in New Jersey signing 380 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,839 rights were traded to Boston last summer, and after signing a one year of 381 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:30,400 deal for last season, he extended for four more this past winner and twenty 382 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,799 six years old, some sites are projecting him as Boston's new center one. 383 00:28:34,039 --> 00:28:40,960 I guess it's this is all a subject to Crecy and was subject to Burgerama 384 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,839 not anymore, and thinking about Zaka's possibly powerplay one as well, that would 385 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:51,039 be tremendous news for him, especially if poster Nak and Marshawn were reunited with 386 00:28:51,119 --> 00:28:55,279 him there. It sounds like there's not an anticipation of poster Nak and Marshawn 387 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:57,720 being reunited as the wings for one center. But tell me if I'm wrong. 388 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,599 He hit a high sentil on the offensive end last year and although it's 389 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,759 not elite, it's very respectable. And are the Bruins looking for him? 390 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,920 Is potentially they're top center then for the Bruins in your term, Yeah, 391 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,480 and they have no other choice. That sounds demeaning to Pavel, but it's 392 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:22,480 yeah by default, Patriscan, assuming David h is gone, then yes, 393 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,160 Pavel, And and we saw some time at center last year and he was 394 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:30,720 good. He can drive play through the middle. He's got a really good 395 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,559 shot. He doesn't use it enough. I'm sure they'll be on him to 396 00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:40,039 shoot more. But six to four skilled with the puck, developing a little 397 00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:45,000 bit more confidence. So yes, by default he is their number one center, 398 00:29:45,079 --> 00:29:48,720 just because he's just more offensive minded than Charlie Coyle and Trent Frederick. 399 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:52,480 Again, he's restricted and will assume that maybe he could be the third line 400 00:29:52,519 --> 00:29:57,839 center assuming status quo, but that's going to be I think, not just 401 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:03,319 positionally but mental. That's going to be a big adjustment for Pavel. Let's 402 00:30:03,519 --> 00:30:07,559 not forget that for most of last season he was there number two left wing, 403 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:14,039 and it's just there's just so much more responsibility mentally that goes with being 404 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:18,559 the number one center and Pavel from I don't know Pavel that well, but 405 00:30:18,759 --> 00:30:22,200 from what I know of covering him last year, he's he's a serious guy. 406 00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:27,200 And he even acknowledged that one of his problems in New Jersey was that 407 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:33,400 he'd go to three four games without scoring and that would get to him mentally 408 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:38,160 and he'd have a tough time trying to unearth himself from that kind of situation. 409 00:30:38,599 --> 00:30:42,440 Now he's older, he's more mature. He had a really successful first 410 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:47,480 year in Boston, but I think that's just who he is as a person. 411 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,960 So I think that will be something that he's going to have to deal 412 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,680 with and how will he Because it's going to happen where he's going to go 413 00:30:55,839 --> 00:31:00,559 those five game stretches where it's just not going in for him, his lines 414 00:31:00,599 --> 00:31:06,839 not producing and the Bruins are not winning. He's getting all the tough assignments 415 00:31:07,839 --> 00:31:11,720 that other coaches are sitting against him. How will that impact his game? 416 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:17,160 I don't know. I think that he will have to find work workarounds for 417 00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:22,200 that, to just persevere and just fight through when things are not going his 418 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,640 way. So I think there's going to be some challenges for Pabel that certainly 419 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,799 skill wise, and you can pretty much guarantee that he'll be playing with Postnark, 420 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,240 so that's a plus. That's good for any center to be playing with 421 00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:37,680 David, So that will impact Boubel's game. They have history together, they 422 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,799 have chemistry, they work well together, so that's a positive in his factor. 423 00:31:41,839 --> 00:31:47,599 Who will be their left wing? Who knows at this point, Yeah, 424 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,920 I don't think that they will be putting Marshrin and pastern Ark together just 425 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:56,319 because that was such a big part of their success to be splitting them up 426 00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:00,480 last year, and I'm sure situationally there'll be sometimes where they go back together. 427 00:32:00,279 --> 00:32:05,279 But yeah, to be able to spread the wealth offensively, I think 428 00:32:05,599 --> 00:32:09,079 that's something that will be Jim Montgomery's preference. So will be that left wing. 429 00:32:09,279 --> 00:32:13,799 Maybe even Jake Debrest goes back to the left wing. Is it possibly 430 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,000 James van Riemsyke, who knows? There's Yes, there's a big opening there 431 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:22,519 at the left wing. And on the powerplay, yeah, Povell could in 432 00:32:22,599 --> 00:32:27,000 theory be on the top power play. But the issue there is the shot 433 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:30,799 he's a lefty versus Patrise. So if they want to keep that template together 434 00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:37,240 on the first power play, would they prefer a right shot in Charlie Coyle 435 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:42,680 say to stay in that bumper position. Who knows, because if they go 436 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,640 with Pavel and that bumper, that highest slot guy, then they have to 437 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:52,599 redesign the power play. I don't know how willing they would be to do 438 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:57,559 that. But in terms of merit, yes, he could certainly be a 439 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:02,160 top power play guy just because of the thinking and the shot which is which 440 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:07,920 is certainly first powerplay quality, but the handedness is something that they would have 441 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:12,480 to consider. Yeah, that's He's a tough one to project, just because 442 00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:15,839 skill wise it's all there, but I think mentally there is some burden that 443 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,799 will be upon Pablo that he's going to have to deal with. And that's 444 00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:24,640 a lot of pressure to deal with, to say, Okay, not just 445 00:33:25,079 --> 00:33:30,759 top line guy, but top line center when for most of his career he's 446 00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:34,000 been on the wing. That's going to be something that he's going to have 447 00:33:34,079 --> 00:33:37,880 to adjust to and it's not going to be easy. That's a great point 448 00:33:38,039 --> 00:33:43,400 about the handedness on the powerplay and then wanted to stick with such a successful 449 00:33:43,599 --> 00:33:47,640 system in how maybe that's not the position that Zaca is most adaptable too. 450 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,319 Very interesting, all right, you mentioned both of these guys in our last 451 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:55,319 discussion, but I'm just going to throw two more veteran wingers at you, 452 00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:00,279 two more veteran forwards at you, and that is James Rinsdyke Charlie Coyle, 453 00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:05,160 both of them a half point per game guy at this stage in the career, 454 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,639 different points in their career, though, JVR in his sixty one games 455 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:13,639 for the Flyers last year thirteen twenty one or fifteen twenty one average time on 456 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,519 ice, and only four of his twenty nine points were on the power play, 457 00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:21,079 even though I've always heard he's supposed to be the good NetFront guy on 458 00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:23,519 the power play, So that wasn't working out in Philadelphia, Charlie Coyle, 459 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:28,679 he put up forty five points in eighty two games, sixteen fifty nine average 460 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,440 time on ice. Like you said, one of the remaining centerment options for 461 00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:36,519 this Bruins franchise. Not especially strong in terms of the shots, blocks, 462 00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:39,480 hits, which we like over here in fantasyland, but certainly a real life 463 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:44,320 contributor for these Bruins. If you line these two guys up, what do 464 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,039 you expect and which one of them you think? But maybe we'll have a 465 00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:51,159 higher scoring year, the more important role for these Bruins overall next year. 466 00:34:51,599 --> 00:34:57,360 Oh, Charlie Cole, for sure, just because a center be younger than 467 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:01,639 James and he's just there's no two ways around it. He has to emerge. 468 00:35:02,079 --> 00:35:05,800 Okay, you can say all you want, and it's true that he's 469 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,920 optimized as a third line center, very good in that role, especially in 470 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,840 Boston behind Patrisan David. But that's just it's not going to be the reality 471 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:20,639 for him. So as your second mind center, there's been issues with Charlie. 472 00:35:20,679 --> 00:35:23,480 They tried two years ago when David Krezi was playing over in check. 473 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:29,639 They gave Charlie a plenty of opportunities to be the second line center a lot 474 00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:35,679 of the time with Taylor Hall and it just never really gained traction. That 475 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,559 year. It turned out to be Eric Halla was their best fit as second 476 00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:42,280 mind center, and Charlie went back to the third line. It was fine 477 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:49,960 there, it just can't happen this year that it's it can So can he 478 00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:55,239 be second line center with Brad? Yeah, there's there's had decent production together, 479 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:00,360 So perhaps that's a pair that they could go back to. And yeah, 480 00:36:00,639 --> 00:36:06,440 Charlie, we've seen down low he's very going to possess in the puck. 481 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,400 I can extend shift time. Does that necessarily lead to chances, not 482 00:36:10,639 --> 00:36:15,760 consistently for himself or for his linemates, But I think he is a type 483 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:22,239 the type of player that team wise is more than the numbers that he fills 484 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:27,519 a role. He does everything, especially last year he was first guy out 485 00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:30,639 on the PK with no sick and need a very good job killing so he'll 486 00:36:30,679 --> 00:36:36,039 get plenty of opportunities there to kill powerplay. Yeah, maybe he could be 487 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,159 if they look at the right shot and say, okay, can he give 488 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:43,559 us some of what Patriz gave us on the powerplay? Maybe he does slot 489 00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:47,639 in there as the bumper on the first powerplay, But in terms of individual 490 00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:52,880 production, I just don't see him. That's just never been his strength. 491 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:58,159 So I just don't see him even if they need it. It's just in 492 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,360 terms of numbers. I don't think will ever be there for Charlie. And 493 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,800 I think that's okay that he's as long as he's doing his job of winning 494 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:10,400 faceoffs, playing against top players, at least holding his ground offensively, that 495 00:37:10,679 --> 00:37:15,079 they'll be okay with that. That Okay, you can say all you want 496 00:37:15,079 --> 00:37:21,360 that they need him to be better offensively, that maybe it's just not within 497 00:37:21,519 --> 00:37:24,119 this player, and they'll be okay with that as long as he plays that. 498 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,119 As long as the ice time is high, and I think the ice 499 00:37:28,119 --> 00:37:32,519 time will be high, does that correlate better members for him. I don't 500 00:37:32,519 --> 00:37:37,320 necessarily think so. But the ice tign will be high and the usage will 501 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,760 be high, as van riems like, I don't think the expectations at least 502 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:47,639 mine aren't that high bottom six wing probably second power play net front guy. 503 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:53,840 But yeah, you look at the trends and he's not. He's been around 504 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,840 for a long time, James, and see the type of player that he 505 00:37:58,039 --> 00:38:00,480 was in earlier years. No, I don't think so. I don't think 506 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:06,760 they're expecting him to do that. And who knows if they have any kind 507 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:12,559 of younger presence pushing him from below. They don't. This is one of 508 00:38:12,559 --> 00:38:16,199 the problems is that they're really thin when it comes to their prospect pool. 509 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:22,679 But if there's some kind of emergence from below, I don't think they'd have 510 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:27,880 any issues of putting down in providence because at his contract number, there's no 511 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,719 cap penalty in terms of burying a player like that in the American League. 512 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,599 Will it come to that, Probably not. Would it happen if there is 513 00:38:37,639 --> 00:38:42,960 somebody there, they'd have no hesitation in doing that. Now, perhaps in 514 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,559 this kind of situation that he will not I don't know, rebound, but 515 00:38:46,639 --> 00:38:52,840 at least hold his ground in terms of private production. But you look at 516 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,039 the age the style of play too, and now I think there is a 517 00:38:57,079 --> 00:39:00,559 bit of a team wide transition for the Bruins. I don't they'll be as 518 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:06,199 explosive offensively, what were they the second best teams in terms of goals for 519 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,559 last year. That they're bigger, perhaps there'll be a more of a possession 520 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:15,440 element to their game. And maybe that's that certainly suits James's style, that 521 00:39:15,559 --> 00:39:21,719 he's not going to be like the Florida type of just go that. Maybe 522 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:28,920 there is some opportunity for himself for possession. So we'll see, but yeah, 523 00:39:29,039 --> 00:39:35,559 I'm not I don't think projections are high for family. One more thing 524 00:39:35,599 --> 00:39:38,280 I want to ask you is we've heard, speaking of all this depth, 525 00:39:38,559 --> 00:39:42,440 we've heard a lot of people speculate that, oh, they're not going to 526 00:39:42,519 --> 00:39:45,719 go in this season with Coil and Zaka, They're going to go out and 527 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:52,800 land a first line center, which to me sounds pretty unrealistic considering the assets 528 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:57,079 they have and the cat flexibility, even though, as you mentioned, having 529 00:39:57,199 --> 00:40:00,320 Zacca Coil as your one two isn't necessarily ideal. But do you think that 530 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:06,840 they will actually make a significant push for any of the potentially available top line 531 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,000 centers. I know guys like Schifley have been mentioned. Do you think that 532 00:40:09,119 --> 00:40:14,480 they make a move like that or try. I think they'll try. Absolutely, 533 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,639 they'll try. But will they succeed No, I don't think so because 534 00:40:16,679 --> 00:40:21,719 of the reasons you mentioned first. They I think it would have to be 535 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,639 a hockey trade just because of the salary cap. There's just they don't have 536 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:31,920 enough space. Once they sick Swaymon Frederick, they'll be down to depending on 537 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,199 who actually makes a team. There is some wiggle room there, but it's 538 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:42,119 not enough to bring on a five, six, seven million dollar player without 539 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,519 equal money going out the door, without salary retention. Now, perhaps those 540 00:40:45,559 --> 00:40:51,280 teams, maybe Winnipeg, maybe Calgaries desperate enough to gain some kinds of assets 541 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,079 to say, yes, we'd be willing to retain salary, make it work. 542 00:40:54,719 --> 00:41:00,079 But then you go back to the assets. Okay, let's put them 543 00:41:00,199 --> 00:41:05,960 up against I don't know five other bidders. Do the Bruins have enough in 544 00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:12,480 terms of future assets to make it worthwhile for in Winnipeg or Calgary when other 545 00:41:12,519 --> 00:41:15,960 teams with deeper prospect pools are in the bidding. No, I don't see 546 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:21,280 it like there's not if you look at what the Bruins are offering, they 547 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,920 don't have. If they still don't have a first round pick, for twenty 548 00:41:24,039 --> 00:41:29,440 four and I think they're still down a second round for twenty twenty four. 549 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:34,519 So there's that. And then you look at some of their prospects. Do 550 00:41:34,599 --> 00:41:37,800 they really move the needle for you if you're a high end if you're the 551 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:43,599 owner of a high end center, not really? And can and then on 552 00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:46,840 the flip side, can the Bruins a four to give up another prospect? 553 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:52,360 Though not really. So they're up against it in terms of the cap and 554 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:57,000 in terms of what they have to spend in terms of their capital, their 555 00:41:57,079 --> 00:42:01,039 pick and prospect capital, So they'll be in a much better position next year 556 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:05,800 and next summer to say, okay, all right, we couldn't get in 557 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,079 the bidding. Let's just say, for example, for Schiffling, okay, 558 00:42:08,119 --> 00:42:13,280 because in that situation you have to pay twice in a sense, you have 559 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,440 to pay for the return, you have to pay the picks and prospects for 560 00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:21,760 the player. And then you're not going to just acquire a player like that 561 00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:24,320 as a rental. You want them long term to the place Pat Rise and 562 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:29,880 David, So you have to pay up in terms of the contract. So 563 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:34,119 would you rather just wait till next time when you have to pay once so 564 00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:38,639 to speak, in terms of just paying the UFA price. Now that seeds 565 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:45,840 to speak a year of competitiveness. But again that's just the situation that the 566 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:51,239 Bruins are in this coming year, that the bill has come due, and 567 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:55,320 this is probably what they're just going to have to fight through that They're just 568 00:42:55,360 --> 00:43:00,559 going to have to live with being centered deficients and rely on the goaltending and 569 00:43:00,599 --> 00:43:07,480 the defense and passion rock to carry the day. Is that enough to make 570 00:43:07,559 --> 00:43:12,840 you replicate last year? Absolutely? Note is enough to get you into the 571 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:17,679 playoffs? Yes? Is enough to get you one playoff round? Possibly like 572 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,480 they didn't want a playoff round last year. Maybe they could this way and 573 00:43:22,519 --> 00:43:28,199 then reassess the situation going to UFA next year, but no, I don't. 574 00:43:29,199 --> 00:43:34,519 Yes, they will explore the possibilities. Is it realistic to get a 575 00:43:34,559 --> 00:43:40,880 top two center at this point in their situation? No, Yeah, makes 576 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:45,280 a lot of sense. One more quick one on the forwards. They're one 577 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:49,400 of their prime assets that they could give, which, as you mentioned, 578 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,599 maybe not as high end. But Fabian le So he seems pretty close to 579 00:43:52,679 --> 00:43:55,679 NHL ready. He's had some pretty decent time in the HL. Do you 580 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:59,840 think that he plays a role on the NHL team this year or is he 581 00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:06,519 gonna stay in the AHL. There's certainly opportunity for him, way more than 582 00:44:06,559 --> 00:44:09,480 in past year or so. It depends on how he shows up. But 583 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:15,159 he was he was a first year pro last year who hit several walls, 584 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:21,559 hit a wall around world juniors, went to play for Sweden and was there 585 00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:25,760 was nothing there for whatever reason, very poor showing and then concussion in the 586 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:30,559 playoffs American League playoffs which ended his season. So those are issues. Those 587 00:44:30,599 --> 00:44:37,039 are some red flags on fabians checklists and what was his big issue last year 588 00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:42,079 as a first year of pro strength? So has he put himself reinforced himself 589 00:44:42,119 --> 00:44:46,639 his body to put himself in the best position to succeed at the NHL level. 590 00:44:46,679 --> 00:44:52,519 We don't know. That will be quite evident in training camp and if 591 00:44:52,559 --> 00:44:57,800 there's any kind of deficiency there, it's right back to the American League for 592 00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,960 Fabian. So well, there be a window for him to push up top 593 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:08,519 absolutely just because of let's say, okay, they have a passion lockdown number 594 00:45:08,519 --> 00:45:13,679 one right wing, Jake Dobrusque number two right wing. But depending on where 595 00:45:13,679 --> 00:45:16,639 they seen Jake's strengths, maybe he goes back to the left side. There's 596 00:45:16,639 --> 00:45:21,880 a second line job available for Fathing, There's a third line job absolutely available 597 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:28,039 for him, but it's just there's a gap between Okay, can is there 598 00:45:28,039 --> 00:45:31,920 a need for him? Is he ready? We don't know, so that'll 599 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:37,119 be up to him. So that's a big unknown. Skill wise, yes, 600 00:45:37,679 --> 00:45:42,519 speed scale it's there, but is he ready? I would lean toward 601 00:45:42,639 --> 00:45:46,159 no at the start of the season right now, just because of how last 602 00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:52,159 year concluded. He was limited even in their development camp at the beginning of 603 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,360 July, just because they don't want to then right wing they don't want to 604 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:59,360 do. They don't want any issues with head. There's that, So at 605 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:05,400 the beginning of training camp, perhaps the best solution is to go back second 606 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:12,920 year in American League and get comfortable there and perhaps dominate, but at least 607 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,639 be an impact player there, which he was at times, but not for 608 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:22,199 consistent stretches. I would say that is probably the optimal route for Fabian and 609 00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:28,559 then maybe we'll see sometime during the year it gets called up perfect. Let's 610 00:46:28,559 --> 00:46:31,480 talk about the defense. Of course, we're going to start with Charlie McAvoy 611 00:46:32,119 --> 00:46:37,039 only played sixty seven games, missed the start of the season, had a 612 00:46:37,039 --> 00:46:40,159 ton of assists forty five of them with seven goals for sixty four point pace 613 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:45,599 similar to the previous season, which is a smug better point pace. He's 614 00:46:45,679 --> 00:46:51,880 actually pretty decent for those perpherols too, really excellent value and fantasy interesting though, 615 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,559 his time on ice actually went down a little bit last season. As 616 00:46:54,679 --> 00:47:00,639 you mentioned, they acquired a whole lot of defensive support, and of course 617 00:47:00,679 --> 00:47:04,280 they had Orloff. They're running the power play at times and Lynnholm, so 618 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,880 his power play time went down a little bit as well. He's the seven 619 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,159 years left on that nine and a half million dollars contract. He does everything 620 00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:15,719 for them. Should we expect another sixty plus he's in from McAvoy with around 621 00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:21,679 twenty power play points. I think so, just because of who he is. 622 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:27,719 First off, he's so good and he'll get he'll get us touches and 623 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,079 he'll be fully healthy at the start of the season, rather than working his 624 00:47:31,119 --> 00:47:37,320 way back from shoulder surgery, and like Marsham, there were times where okay, 625 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:39,400 yeah, he did come back a little bit earlier than expected. It 626 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:45,199 just wasn't he wasn't Charlie for a good couple of months and that's why you 627 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:51,519 saw the ice time fluctually, which came at a time when Lindholm was amazing. 628 00:47:52,199 --> 00:47:55,039 He was lyno was dynamic at the beginning of the season. I think 629 00:47:55,320 --> 00:48:00,800 Hampis took it upon himself to really emerge without Charlie. They so that's why 630 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:07,079 you saw that. But absolutely Charlie will be counted upon for guests twenty four 631 00:48:07,199 --> 00:48:13,360 twenty five minutes per game powerplay. We don't know yet is he is he 632 00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,239 going to be the top guy. I think that's a coin flip right now 633 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:22,519 with went Home of being the quarterback up top on the first power play, 634 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:27,960 just because he's just not a Car's just not within himself to be that kind 635 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,960 of electric, dynamic offensive power play presence, which this is who he is. 636 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:38,320 There's some similarity there with Hampus. He's not that type of offensive player 637 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:44,079 either. So it's not a guarantee that Charlie gets that minute and a half 638 00:48:44,679 --> 00:48:49,280 ice time on PP one. That will have to be settled. I think 639 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:53,760 that will vary even during the season, depending on how the player is playing. 640 00:48:54,639 --> 00:49:00,440 And there's an issue there with Grizzick entering his contract year, who knows 641 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:05,079 if there is room for a hockey trail with Grizzlike at some time, and 642 00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:08,360 Matt maybe he puts himself under a little bit of pressure knowing that he's up 643 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:14,280 for a new deal. Just because those two have been so good together for 644 00:49:14,559 --> 00:49:17,639 such a long time, you can go back to college, so they make 645 00:49:17,679 --> 00:49:23,840 each other better. Charlie's numbers are absolutely influenced by playing with Grizzlick, So 646 00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:29,760 if there's any kind of issues there with Grizzlike mentally, that might have an 647 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:37,119 impact on Charlie's game. But as in isolation, yeah, that's in terms 648 00:49:37,159 --> 00:49:42,119 of points. You should absolutely expect Charlie to be at a high level just 649 00:49:42,159 --> 00:49:45,199 because all of the quality of player he is, and he'll have to take 650 00:49:45,199 --> 00:49:50,280 on more responsibility in terms of leadership. I think there's still some more maturing 651 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,039 for Charlie to do in that sense, but I think he'll take that seriously 652 00:49:53,079 --> 00:49:57,480 too, that at his age, of his point of his career, he's 653 00:49:57,519 --> 00:50:02,960 not they're settled like or David Poshnok quite yet, but it is game will 654 00:50:04,039 --> 00:50:07,119 rise just because he'll know he's got to be more of a leader. Without 655 00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:12,440 Patrice, I want to dig into a couple of those guys you mentioned Hampas 656 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:16,920 Lindholme. First of all, his first full year in Boston was just excellent. 657 00:50:17,039 --> 00:50:21,800 Second team All Star, fourth and Norris voting. He had a final 658 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,679 line of ten goals, forty three assists for fifty three points in eighty games, 659 00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:30,239 two shots, a hit in a block while skating over twenty three minutes 660 00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:32,360 a night. If you happen to plus minus, I'm not a plus minus 661 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:36,199 guy, but if you happen to like it, plus forty nine led the 662 00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:39,840 NHL for Hampas Lindholme. He started with fourteen points in the first eleven games, 663 00:50:40,199 --> 00:50:45,760 Like he said, when McAboy came back, the two sort of interchange 664 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:50,639 some roles there and the scoring remained steady after that. But obviously it dropped 665 00:50:50,679 --> 00:50:54,280 off after that scorching start to the year. So yeah, Hampas Lindom, 666 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:59,679 you're saying, there is a chance he could maintain some of that upper level 667 00:50:59,679 --> 00:51:04,119 power play time. It's so hard to sort out with a team this good, 668 00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:07,840 who was most critical, who was making whom better on this team. 669 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,960 But you do have to look at the replacements, the wowie the with the 670 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:17,480 without you stats and basically every single defenseman when they were on the ice with 671 00:51:17,559 --> 00:51:22,480 Lindholm got better, and when they were off the ice, when they weren't 672 00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,800 out there with Lyndholm, they weren't as good. So they've got maciboy locked 673 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:29,519 up for seven years, or he and mciboy locked up for the next seven 674 00:51:29,599 --> 00:51:32,679 years. Do you expect then that these guys, I guess you already said 675 00:51:32,679 --> 00:51:37,360 that. You expected maybe to go back and forth. But Lindholme with another 676 00:51:37,519 --> 00:51:40,639 fifty point production year, another maybe down ballot in Norris season, what is 677 00:51:40,679 --> 00:51:45,719 your expectation for him specifically? Yeah, I think it'll stay the same. 678 00:51:45,159 --> 00:51:49,880 Yeah, he made connerclift and a good chunk of change with Buffalo just because 679 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,119 Connor was. He played a lot of time on Hampus at the beginning of 680 00:51:52,119 --> 00:51:57,119 the season without Charlie and Connor was excellent. So he, yes, he 681 00:51:57,199 --> 00:52:02,280 deserves a tip for that. But yeah, Hampus also a lot like Charlie 682 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:07,920 in the sense of all situations defenseman and in the sense that he's just not 683 00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:17,320 He's not like a high skinning level of offensive presence is steady, good first 684 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:22,400 pass, a shoot when necessary, Mark get up. It gets up a 685 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,679 little bit more often than Charlie in the rush, So that'll be there. 686 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:30,039 And that will lead two points. But yeah, just not dynamic, and 687 00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:34,719 that's okay for in terms of team success. But yeah, I expect I 688 00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,239 tigned to be very high twenty four twenty five minutes. He has a very 689 00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:42,039 good thing going on with Brandon Carlo, who will probably be hit his primary 690 00:52:42,079 --> 00:52:47,239 partner. And yes, per play one, maybe Parer play two, maybe 691 00:52:47,639 --> 00:52:51,519 one or the other. Now they have a little bit of support now with 692 00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:54,559 Kevin Shattenkirk there too, so there'll be some options for the coach to play 693 00:52:54,559 --> 00:53:00,239 with there. But yes, you could absolutely see depending on how hamp is 694 00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:04,199 playing. If he's feeling really good about himself, then yes he will be 695 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,719 that top power play point guy. And then he was I think he'd be 696 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:14,639 very motivated because he was terrible in the playoffs, terrible compared to the level 697 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,920 that he was at during the regular season. Now, some of that is 698 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,719 because of injury. He turned out and he didn't know Bruce did though he's 699 00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:24,320 playing with the patric foot, and it was just it was clear that something 700 00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:29,920 was just not right with Hampus, just because he had dropped off so dramatically 701 00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,679 from where he was in the regular season to Round one against Florida so I 702 00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:38,360 think he'll be quite anxious to prove that he is way better than he was 703 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:42,840 in the playoffs, So I think that will have an impact on his performance. 704 00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:47,400 And again, second full season in Boston, there's comfort there and he's 705 00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:52,320 the type of he's a pretty confident guy and thinks highly of himself, so 706 00:53:52,599 --> 00:53:58,159 he I think he's the type of player that will understand and I think he's 707 00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:05,039 eager to be part of that next waves beyond the Patrise generation, so he'll 708 00:54:05,039 --> 00:54:08,639 take that seriously. And at his age, I think there's still a couple 709 00:54:08,639 --> 00:54:15,000 of years where he should be at high peak threshold. So wherever he was 710 00:54:15,039 --> 00:54:17,960 out last year, I think he'll be there again and the Bruins need him 711 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:22,880 to be and maybe even beyond. And yeah, high expectations for Hampus. 712 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:28,880 Two other defenseman. We can do a quick hit on Matt Grizzlock, Kevin 713 00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:31,639 Schatton, Kirk boy two things you said about grizzlike really caught my attention. 714 00:54:31,679 --> 00:54:36,679 I guess I'm not watching enough Bruins broadcast because I didn't realize that business about 715 00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:42,239 Grizzlick and McAvoy being long term teammates. Grizzlick played seventy five games last year, 716 00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:45,440 but he was only sixth in average tim and ice among defenseman on this 717 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:49,119 team. He didn't have a long minute role every game. Even if he 718 00:54:49,159 --> 00:54:52,400 had a significant role. He was actually seventh of account Demitrio law in his 719 00:54:52,639 --> 00:54:57,360 average timan ice when he was with the Bruins, twenty six points, far 720 00:54:57,440 --> 00:55:00,559 back from the team's top scores, although he was third among the defenceman. 721 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:04,320 This log gam of defenseman is clearing out again, so there would be room, 722 00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:07,800 presumably for him to move up the charts. And Kevin Shatton Kirk since 723 00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:12,000 COVID he has been in Anaheim and now he moves on to his seventh team 724 00:55:12,079 --> 00:55:15,199 in fourteenth year of his career. Last year he pretty much scored once every 725 00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:19,239 three games and it doesn't get a lot of shots, blocks and hits, 726 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,119 a lot of bash. I would say this Fluto, I don't know if 727 00:55:22,159 --> 00:55:24,840 you played that immaculate grid game that is caught on is sweeping the nation right 728 00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:29,039 now where you have to pick Okay, he's a great he's a great player 729 00:55:29,079 --> 00:55:30,840 for that because you have to get guys who play on multiple teams, and 730 00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:36,639 Shatton Kirk has played on every combination of teams in the nation. So anyway, 731 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:38,239 these two guys, who do you think is going to have the more 732 00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:43,719 significant role with the Bruins this year? I would say Grizzlick just because of 733 00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,559 past history and because of who he is as a defenseman. He's a league 734 00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:52,559 in terms of Okay, that's a heavy word to send out, but look 735 00:55:52,599 --> 00:55:59,000 at the numbers. Nothing gets through the guide defensively, shot suppression, expected 736 00:55:59,079 --> 00:56:01,519 goals. Again, the numbers are just tremendous. Now, part of that 737 00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:07,719 is just because he's playing m Charlie McAvoy, but Grizzlies initiates a lot of 738 00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:10,360 that himself with his footspeed, his smarts, stick, it's all there. 739 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:15,599 But I and then you look at last year he was at full strength. 740 00:56:15,719 --> 00:56:21,159 He was the odd man out on defense just because in the playoffs there's always 741 00:56:21,239 --> 00:56:28,000 been an issue because of the size. So they acquired or loved primarily for 742 00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:31,960 the reason that Dmitri was going to be they do everything left shot defenseman for 743 00:56:32,119 --> 00:56:36,559 them in the playoffs, and that it would allow them to put Grizzly in 744 00:56:36,639 --> 00:56:39,559 the press box, which they did for part of it. So that's why 745 00:56:39,679 --> 00:56:45,719 I thought during this past off season that Grizzlic would be one of their defenseman 746 00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:51,400 that would be up for a trade just because a I think other teams see 747 00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:55,880 value in him and be contract a year and not necessarily going to be brought 748 00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:00,960 back. And there's always that issue the playoffs where and you can look at 749 00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:06,079 the numbers, they do drop off every time, just because it gets harder 750 00:57:06,159 --> 00:57:10,119 for Matt at his size to be able to withstand seven straight games of that 751 00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:16,159 for check against whoever. But this being contract year, you can say he 752 00:57:16,719 --> 00:57:23,719 will be anxious to prove that he's playing for possibly his final multi year deal. 753 00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:30,079 Now, having known Matt a little bit, I think he's the type 754 00:57:30,119 --> 00:57:35,079 of person that will stress about that. He's not like you take a guy 755 00:57:35,119 --> 00:57:37,960 like Charlie mcawy. He doesn't worry about anything they possible. Yeah, I'll 756 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:42,400 go into my contract year. Fine, I don't have an extension. I'm 757 00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,719 okay, it's going to work out. I don't think Matt is wired that 758 00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:50,760 way. I think he will be a little bit anxious about the fact that 759 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:54,280 he doesn't have a deal and it might not come with Boston. Who knows 760 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:58,119 if there's a future here. Even if he is a local guy and he 761 00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:00,679 served them well, he's been a really good. I think that will weigh 762 00:58:00,719 --> 00:58:05,519 on him. So will that affect his production? I think so. That 763 00:58:05,679 --> 00:58:09,039 might offset the fact that he's motivated to play for his next deal. And 764 00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:15,199 perhaps there's some kind of opportunity for a hockey trade, maybe even the off 765 00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:21,440 season or during the season for Matt just because he makes about roughly three and 766 00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,599 a half million, that's still a decent number for a team to take on. 767 00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:29,079 Maybe there's some way to figure out a center trade if one as possible. 768 00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:34,519 I think there's some possibilities there, So that's Yeah, there's some variables 769 00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:38,079 there that will be that are not that we're not in play for Matt in 770 00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:43,440 previous years of his career. But in terms of individual player, he'll play. 771 00:58:43,679 --> 00:58:46,519 Assumings everything is green light. He'll play a big role in terms of 772 00:58:46,559 --> 00:58:52,679 five on five with Charlie mcboy that will help his numbers. But no, 773 00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,840 not a powerplay guy doesn't kill penalties, so he's limited in terms of his 774 00:58:57,039 --> 00:59:02,039 usage. Shattenkirk. They're a pair of right shot guy after mclvoy and Carlo 775 00:59:02,559 --> 00:59:08,679 the complimentary second unit powerplay. If they want to use two DS at say 776 00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:13,280 there's thirty seconds left in the power play, yeah, he'll go out there 777 00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:16,079 and say with hampus and then finish up a power play. So maybe there's 778 00:59:16,119 --> 00:59:21,239 some points there for him. And yes, he is a semi local and 779 00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:25,440 to be you Connecticut, New England guy, So there's that kind of I'm 780 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:31,320 sure he'll be excited to be in the area. But yeah, at his 781 00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:38,400 stage of his career, how much is left there? Probably not as much 782 00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:43,719 as there was, say even in Anaheim or New York or Tampa where he 783 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,639 won. He'll be an important I would compare it to say, like a 784 00:59:46,719 --> 00:59:52,440 Fellino type of presence in the past years of leadership. He'll be right there 785 00:59:52,599 --> 00:59:55,960 in terms of commanding the room. How does that might impact his production in 786 00:59:57,119 --> 01:00:04,000 terms of expecting a lot of himself. But yeah, of course give him 787 01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,480 the skill set, offensive guy that will lead to points, good first pass, 788 01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:10,719 all that get up, will be willing to shoot from the point. 789 01:00:12,199 --> 01:00:16,679 But I don't know how much juice is left. All right, great rundown 790 01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:21,719 on the defenseman. We'll switch over now to the goalies that you alluded to 791 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:24,880 at the beginning of the show. The Bruins gave up the fifth ranked expected 792 01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:31,679 goals against per sixty according to Evolving Hockey at five they conceded the fewest actually 793 01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:37,920 in the NHL, and Lina's Olmark the Vesner Trophy winner. I'm sure he 794 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,920 would like to forget the playoff performance he had. I know Bruins fans would 795 01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:44,840 It didn't go as well in the playoffs, but in fantasy, we only 796 01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:49,159 care about the regular season, and he was incredible. Twenty five and a 797 01:00:49,239 --> 01:00:53,000 half goals save above expected one point six eight Delta Fenwick. That was the 798 01:00:53,039 --> 01:00:58,639 best mark for goalies over five hundred minutes, just barely beating Sirokan and teammate 799 01:00:58,719 --> 01:01:02,639 Jeremy Swayman his record forty six and one with the one eighth GA. These 800 01:01:02,719 --> 01:01:07,960 numbers are just ridiculous. Two years left at five million for Omark, it's 801 01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:13,320 really incredible stuff. As we've been talking about, the team probably isn't going 802 01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:15,519 to be quite as good as last season, so might we see some regression 803 01:01:15,599 --> 01:01:21,000 from Omark and potentially fewer starts as he shares the net a little bit more? 804 01:01:21,039 --> 01:01:22,519 With Swayman, What do we think about Olmark this year? It's a 805 01:01:22,559 --> 01:01:27,880 little yeah. I think you have to expect some kind of slippage just because 806 01:01:28,679 --> 01:01:35,800 a okay, I remember their goalie coach Bob lessons As saying he believed in 807 01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,400 Lanison, thought that this type of season was within him. But it's just 808 01:01:39,559 --> 01:01:44,719 relatively it came out of nowhere. You look at historically where he was his 809 01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:49,639 first year in Boston, Okay, there's transition, but never really any indications 810 01:01:49,679 --> 01:01:52,239 of it in Buffalo. So where did this all come from? Okay, 811 01:01:52,440 --> 01:02:00,800 that's part performance, individual growth, technical improvements, more comfort being in Boston, 812 01:02:01,639 --> 01:02:07,159 families happy, It all comes together. But yeah, you have to 813 01:02:07,239 --> 01:02:13,880 expect that team performance was part of that equation too. And if that assuming, 814 01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:17,559 you have to assume that kind of regression team wide, you have to 815 01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:23,199 just incorporate some kind of regression into Lenas. I don't expect it to be 816 01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:29,679 major just because I think you could just okay, based on the eye test, 817 01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:35,360 you could isolate on him and say they're really you can't think of that 818 01:02:35,599 --> 01:02:39,360 many bad games. You can't even think of that many bad holes that he 819 01:02:39,519 --> 01:02:44,280 let up last year. And yes, okay, maybe you can point to 820 01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,920 the numbers and say, Okay, the team is really good about not giving 821 01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:52,679 up that many high danger opportunities. But a lot of that was on Linas 822 01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:59,679 himself to be really good in those situations. Yes, I expect some kind 823 01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:02,840 of regression, and yes, I expect Swimon to take on a little bit 824 01:03:02,920 --> 01:03:10,119 more, but the workload was relatively even these last two years. Yes, 825 01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:15,119 Jeremy will be better just given career growth and where he is of his age 826 01:03:15,119 --> 01:03:22,000 and of his career, but especially given how the playoffs went and how hugely 827 01:03:22,159 --> 01:03:25,880 they missed it. In terms of not extending the rotation, I think they'll 828 01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:34,119 be really the coaching staff will be really careful about just being straight rotations, 829 01:03:34,159 --> 01:03:37,760 just because it worked so well for them last year and it blew up so 830 01:03:38,039 --> 01:03:42,480 majorly for them in the playoffs that why not go back to what worked for 831 01:03:42,559 --> 01:03:47,239 them? So if they're fifty to fifty I wouldn't be surprised, and I 832 01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:52,559 think that benefits both. And Lenas will be fun and he's older and he 833 01:03:52,639 --> 01:03:55,760 didn't want it to say what was wrong and physically during the playoffs, but 834 01:03:55,800 --> 01:04:00,320 there was clearly something wrong with them, So can he get back to full 835 01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:03,360 health. I assume so. But going fifty to fifty eight I will only 836 01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:09,519 mean good things for Leness's durability. So I think we can count on the 837 01:04:09,599 --> 01:04:15,760 fact that the workload will be shared barring injury, And I think we can 838 01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:19,119 count on some kind of progression just because it's just not realistic for that kind 839 01:04:19,159 --> 01:04:25,760 of season to happen again. But I don't I just don't see it being 840 01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:30,000 major, just because of how good he was, how good he was to 841 01:04:30,079 --> 01:04:32,400 the eye, to the numbers. Yes, the team's not going to be 842 01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:36,800 as good around Leiness, but so much of it was on him, and 843 01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:42,159 he made so many improvements technically that I don't expect those to be lessoned. 844 01:04:42,559 --> 01:04:45,039 So he's a real student of the game that way, leaness in terms of 845 01:04:45,159 --> 01:04:50,960 his technicality, his equipment, everything comes together is comfortable. I think it'd 846 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:58,559 be really good again, really good, Fluto. Everybody already knows they need 847 01:04:58,639 --> 01:05:00,320 to follow you to keep up with the things that the Bruins are doing, 848 01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:03,880 But why don't you let people know remind him how to keep a hold of 849 01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:08,199 all the content you've got going out there on the internet. I hope people 850 01:05:08,239 --> 01:05:13,239 subscribe to The Athletic pretty easy to personalize your feed for your author, team, 851 01:05:14,159 --> 01:05:17,960 whatever. Hopefully people, and that's how we that's how we live is 852 01:05:18,039 --> 01:05:23,599 through our subscribers. So thanks to everybody who does already subscribe. Hopefully people 853 01:05:23,639 --> 01:05:29,159 will subscribe and then at Fluto Shehnzawa on Twitter. We can x or whatever 854 01:05:29,239 --> 01:05:34,679 it's called now. Yeah, please subscribe primary. I'm in longtime guy subscribing 855 01:05:34,719 --> 01:05:39,360 to the Athletic. Thanks so much for coming on Fluto and good luck following 856 01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:44,880 those Bruins this year. My pleasure, guys, time to talk Boston Brewing 857 01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:48,559 goalies and we got Kat Silverman here from En goldmag Get to hear your instincts 858 01:05:48,599 --> 01:05:54,840 on these goalies. We're gonna start with Brandon Boosey, undrafted six ft five, 859 01:05:55,079 --> 01:05:59,679 twenty five year old. Seems like he's really risen in their pipeline and 860 01:06:00,079 --> 01:06:02,480 he was the main goalie in Providence last year of the HL and did quite 861 01:06:02,559 --> 01:06:06,880 well. So his hockey prospecting, although it has trended down a little bit, 862 01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:11,360 but he's looking. There's a couple of comps of guys that have busted 863 01:06:11,559 --> 01:06:15,840 some Alex staylock in there. But the results on the ice seemed to be 864 01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:19,000 pretty good at the moment. So what can you tell us about Brandon Boosey? 865 01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:26,920 When they signed him, I thought it was a massive mistake. I 866 01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:30,599 will be perfectly honest with you. I did not understand I had. I'd 867 01:06:30,599 --> 01:06:35,159 always been lukewarm on Daniel Bladar. I thought that they'd only drafted him because 868 01:06:35,199 --> 01:06:40,639 he was big, and they had Kyle Keiser in their system, they had 869 01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:43,920 Jeremy Swiman in their system. I was like, they do not need this 870 01:06:44,079 --> 01:06:47,519 big guy whose technique is all over the place. And they got rid of 871 01:06:47,599 --> 01:06:50,639 Daniel Bladar and I was like, yes, they've moved away from size being 872 01:06:50,719 --> 01:06:55,360 everything. And they signed Brandon Bussy, who was six foot five and two 873 01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:57,760 hundred and nine pounds, and I was like, Ah, they're running it 874 01:06:57,840 --> 01:07:03,719 back. We're doing it again. I think he's better than I gave him 875 01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:11,119 credit for. He's not fast from a technical standpoint. He doesn't have a 876 01:07:11,239 --> 01:07:15,280 ton of agility to his game, but he refuses to get chased, and 877 01:07:16,559 --> 01:07:21,880 I respect that. A lot of bigger goaltenders who lack the speed to really 878 01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:27,760 become like a Darcy Kemper, really lack the speed and quick movements to move 879 01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:32,679 cross ice without having to retreat as far get themselves chase, and they end 880 01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:36,760 up sitting a little too deep in their net. And Bessie doesn't really do 881 01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:40,719 that. He stays out where he's supposed to be, stays pretty patient. 882 01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:43,639 I think his read of the game is better than i'd given him credit for 883 01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:48,159 I do think that the Providence Bruins are probably one of the best teams for 884 01:07:48,360 --> 01:07:53,800 a goaltender to go to. From a development standpoint, I think they churn 885 01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:56,679 out hits every year. They're like, now, that's what I call music 886 01:07:56,760 --> 01:08:00,000 CD. They had. They even had Jordan Bennington and their system the year 887 01:08:00,119 --> 01:08:08,360 before he went to the NHL. So his numbers are partially I think a 888 01:08:08,519 --> 01:08:13,360 product of having a Bob as sensa overseen system. He has a really heavy 889 01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:18,439 hand in all of their goaltending from the NHL level down to the ECHL level, 890 01:08:19,159 --> 01:08:23,000 and it shows in how their players developed. But I also think they're 891 01:08:23,159 --> 01:08:27,359 good HL team, so some of his numbers might just be because he was 892 01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:32,640 playing behind a good defense. I think if he remains consistent with his numbers, 893 01:08:33,479 --> 01:08:36,960 he could be a decent option as that third guy for them. But 894 01:08:38,279 --> 01:08:41,920 at the moment, they don't really need it, just because they have Lena 895 01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:48,159 Solmark and Jeremy Swiman, and that's a lot of talent that's in the prime 896 01:08:48,319 --> 01:08:53,000 age of their careers, so I don't think they necessarily need to have that 897 01:08:53,800 --> 01:08:59,319 fear cut air apparent at the moment. I think Brandon Bussi is a perfectly 898 01:08:59,399 --> 01:09:02,399 fine third to have in the system, especially since they do also have a 899 01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:08,159 couple other guys in the system that are perfectly acceptable to call up. And 900 01:09:09,399 --> 01:09:14,039 really they have a nice, strong system. And he's not wowing me by 901 01:09:14,119 --> 01:09:16,640 any stretch. But he's not doing as poorly as I thought he would just 902 01:09:16,760 --> 01:09:21,920 based on how he played in the juniors. Nice. I've heard some rumblings 903 01:09:21,960 --> 01:09:28,920 that Boston is considering moving one of their NHL goalie, so I don't know, 904 01:09:29,039 --> 01:09:31,640 it seems like that's not such a glowing endorsement that they feel confident in 905 01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:38,239 Blucy to step in. Maybe they their hand is their hand is forced by 906 01:09:38,239 --> 01:09:43,159 the cap a little bit and whatever Jeremy Swimon is negotiating. So does that 907 01:09:43,319 --> 01:09:45,840 change the decision for you at all? Or is it just kinda like he 908 01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:49,199 could fill in but not really I think you could fill in. I think 909 01:09:50,399 --> 01:09:54,720 I mean that to get off on the mini tange and there. I think 910 01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:58,279 that's part of why they traded Taylor Hall was that they didn't have to trade 911 01:09:58,359 --> 01:10:02,239 one of their two goaltenders. I think that if they were truly looking to 912 01:10:02,359 --> 01:10:08,159 move one of them, they're enough teams out there that are a goaltending desert 913 01:10:08,279 --> 01:10:13,079 right now. They're starved for a single save in a game. They're like, 914 01:10:13,199 --> 01:10:16,079 please save anything that. They probably could have gotten a pretty good price 915 01:10:16,199 --> 01:10:20,079 for one of their goalies, and instead they traded two of their forwards, 916 01:10:20,199 --> 01:10:27,000 so I think they're probably gonna end up holding onto them. But if they 917 01:10:27,159 --> 01:10:32,039 do need to move one of them. I don't know if Brandon Bosse's ready 918 01:10:32,119 --> 01:10:36,920 to go up to the NHL, but he could surprise me. He's honestly, 919 01:10:38,039 --> 01:10:41,640 he's got that mister cool and collected vibe when he's out on the ice, 920 01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:45,039 where even if I'm nervous watching him play, he doesn't look like he 921 01:10:45,279 --> 01:10:47,279 is. So I think if he did get called up to the NHL, 922 01:10:47,319 --> 01:10:49,720 he'd be like, awesome, I'm ready, and I'd be like all right. 923 01:10:50,119 --> 01:10:54,000 He'd roll with it, and he might get lit up one or two 924 01:10:54,079 --> 01:10:57,800 times. But he does bounce back from bad goals really well, which I 925 01:10:57,880 --> 01:11:02,479 think is something that sometimes some of those bigger goaltenders don't necessarily do. They 926 01:11:02,479 --> 01:11:05,520 allow one bad one and then they spend the rest of the game sitting on 927 01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:11,000 the goal line just like refusing to move. And he stays really consistent with 928 01:11:11,079 --> 01:11:15,039 his game after that, so who could get called up. I think he'd 929 01:11:15,079 --> 01:11:16,640 survived. I don't know if he'd thrive, but he'd survived for sure. 930 01:11:18,199 --> 01:11:21,319 All Right, Well, the next guy we're going to talk about Mike Dpro. 931 01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:25,520 I used to be really high on Dpro. He's a little undersized at 932 01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:29,399 six foot, pretty athletic guy from what I remember and what I've seen. 933 01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:31,960 But he's now twenty four and spent most of this season in the ECHL for 934 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:38,199 the Bruins affiliate, and his equivalency has really trended down since his OHL time 935 01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:42,680 and a reasonably strong first season in the HL. He also had some injury 936 01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:46,680 troubles, so at this point he's not looking like more than a backup at 937 01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:50,000 best. But what do you think about Dphro? Is it time to cut 938 01:11:50,079 --> 01:11:57,039 bait on him? What do your instincts tell you can't? Honestly, so, 939 01:11:57,239 --> 01:11:59,720 I was really high on him for a while. I thought that he 940 01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:05,279 was despite being undersized. I think he's listed at six feet two one, 941 01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:10,840 and usually when a goaltenders listed at six feet that's like the catch off for 942 01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:14,880 everyone who's between five foot eight and six foot one. I think he did 943 01:12:14,920 --> 01:12:21,640 a really good job of remaining technically sound, but Vancouver, that's such a 944 01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:28,279 hard system to develop in, and we've seen a couple guys within that system 945 01:12:28,399 --> 01:12:31,520 just really struggle with getting called up too early. I think that was a 946 01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:35,960 big issue for him. He got called up to the NHL when the team 947 01:12:36,119 --> 01:12:42,520 was I think it was like right in the throes of their biggest freefall two 948 01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:46,600 years ago, where they were just like openly nosediving, and they called him 949 01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:49,600 up and threw him out there in his first NHL game against the team that 950 01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:55,119 he really shouldn't have played his first NHL game against, and he got understandably 951 01:12:55,159 --> 01:12:57,880 lit up, and they chased him back to the HL and then brought him 952 01:12:57,920 --> 01:13:00,159 back up again, ill equipped, and threw him back out against another hard 953 01:13:00,199 --> 01:13:03,439 team and a head to head like I think it was in a back to 954 01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:09,920 back on the road or something crazy like that. They really didn't set him 955 01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:13,239 up for success there, And when he moved out of the system, I 956 01:13:13,319 --> 01:13:16,560 thought, great, that's an awesome fresh start for him, and he got 957 01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:20,920 moved into a system that had a lot of really good goaltending talent already in 958 01:13:21,039 --> 01:13:26,039 it. Worst case, I am a little worried that he'll be like another 959 01:13:26,159 --> 01:13:30,000 Connects prospect to Michael Gartigue, who had really good numbers in the minors but 960 01:13:30,199 --> 01:13:34,720 was never really given a full opportunity to play, ended up in the Toronto 961 01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:41,079 system, played for their ECHL team, ended up winning them the ECHL Championship, 962 01:13:41,359 --> 01:13:47,319 and then realized that he could get more consistent career. Essentially, he 963 01:13:47,359 --> 01:13:50,560 could stay with the same team for a while, playing overseas and played in 964 01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:56,279 Germany and he's still there doing incredibly well as a starter. And that's something 965 01:13:56,359 --> 01:14:00,680 that I think ultimately, if he's not able to move up in a system, 966 01:14:00,920 --> 01:14:04,039 Michael Gartique could end up or not Michael Gartique, Dpietro could end up 967 01:14:04,079 --> 01:14:08,159 doing as well. I do think a lot of that's going to come down 968 01:14:08,239 --> 01:14:13,199 to what happens this year for the Bruins, if he gets to move up 969 01:14:13,239 --> 01:14:15,840 to the HL, because his numbers looked good last year. He had decent 970 01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:19,960 numbers in the ECHL, had one game in the HL, had a nine 971 01:14:20,079 --> 01:14:25,039 forty three save percentage. Like I said, the Providence Bruins are the Providence 972 01:14:25,079 --> 01:14:29,560 Bruins are an easy team to do that with. But nonetheless I still think 973 01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:35,920 that was good for him, essentially showcasing that he can still play at the 974 01:14:36,079 --> 01:14:42,479 higher minor league level. If he doesn't get consistent HL starting time this year, 975 01:14:42,520 --> 01:14:47,800 I think it's worth considering that he's not really classified as a true NHL 976 01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:53,119 prospect anymore and he might just be a minor league guy moving forward. But 977 01:14:54,600 --> 01:14:58,439 I'm looking to see they do still have Kyle Keyser or Kyle Keyser in their 978 01:14:58,479 --> 01:15:06,000 system as well, and I think that Michael DiPietro if Kaiser ends up not 979 01:15:06,159 --> 01:15:10,840 playing as well again, he had mediocre numbers last year and he's had, 980 01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:14,279 I believe, a couple concussions. That's a spot that d Pietro could step 981 01:15:14,319 --> 01:15:18,399 into and really essentially sneak his way back into contention as a prospect because he 982 01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:24,239 has another couple of years before I think it becomes a red flag for him, 983 01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:28,760 and he asked to consider a different path versus potentially heading to the NHL. 984 01:15:30,159 --> 01:15:33,640 Yeah, I was actually watching that game that your reference from Dpietro where 985 01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:38,000 it was against the Sharks, and I remember he got called up, and 986 01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:43,279 I remember watching that game and just he was getting destroyed and the Canucks weren't 987 01:15:43,319 --> 01:15:45,239 helping him and the Sharks were just lighting him up. And I just remember 988 01:15:45,399 --> 01:15:50,720 thinking, I'm literally watching the demise of this guy's confidence and potentially career. 989 01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:56,640 It felt terrible because it wasn't Yeah, maybe he made some mistakes, but 990 01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:59,319 there was a lot that was not in. It was so hard to watch, 991 01:16:00,119 --> 01:16:01,039 hard to watch, and they didn't take him out, and it was 992 01:16:01,199 --> 01:16:03,760 like, oh God, please, though I don't think they could take him 993 01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:08,920 out if I remember correctly that game thatcher Demko was out with the concussion and 994 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:13,680 whoever their backup was had played the night before they needed him to play the 995 01:16:13,760 --> 01:16:17,239 next night, so they couldn't take out d Pietro. And in Syrie they 996 01:16:17,279 --> 01:16:21,439 probably should have regardless, like they should have pulled him out anyway, but 997 01:16:21,520 --> 01:16:27,920 they didn't. And it made me think back to when the Blackhawks were so 998 01:16:28,239 --> 01:16:33,079 bad and they had Colin Delia and Anton Forsberg and then they called out Jeff 999 01:16:33,119 --> 01:16:39,399 Glass and in his first NHL game, the Blackhawks were such a bad team 1000 01:16:39,520 --> 01:16:43,079 and they almost played like chelseafc. They parked the bus in front of him 1001 01:16:43,119 --> 01:16:45,239 and they said, we won't score a goal, but you won't get scored 1002 01:16:45,279 --> 01:16:50,800 on either, And that was just such a stark difference from what Dpietro's first 1003 01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:56,279 NHL game looked like, where they conducts their defense wasn't. It almost didn't 1004 01:16:56,279 --> 01:17:00,039 even show up. So yeah, I think there was some unlearning there in 1005 01:17:00,199 --> 01:17:03,720 his first year within the Boston system that he had to do, and there 1006 01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:09,880 was some confidence building that had to be redone. Almost his best case scenario 1007 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:15,199 is Jack Campbell, Right, that's a guy who really had his confidence just 1008 01:17:15,359 --> 01:17:18,640 decimated there, went to the Kings, had a team that was really patient 1009 01:17:18,760 --> 01:17:24,439 with him in rebuilding his confidence over almost a year and a half there, 1010 01:17:25,039 --> 01:17:28,439 and then brought him back to the NHL level and he got himself back into 1011 01:17:28,479 --> 01:17:31,520 starter contentions. So I think we could see that from Dptro. I think 1012 01:17:31,600 --> 01:17:35,960 he's at a disadvantage because he's six feet tall and teams are less likely to 1013 01:17:36,039 --> 01:17:41,279 give a smaller guy who's struggling a second and third and fourth chance like they 1014 01:17:41,359 --> 01:17:46,600 do some of the bigger goaltenders. Absolutely, And you mentioned Kyle Kaiser. 1015 01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:51,039 One of our patrons wanted to know about him because there had been some rumblings 1016 01:17:51,039 --> 01:17:56,199 about him having some upside last year and he couldn't find as much information about 1017 01:17:56,640 --> 01:17:59,920 him this year. He's a twenty four year old unsigned, six ft two 1018 01:18:00,720 --> 01:18:04,239 goalie comes from the hockey hotbed of Coral Springs, Florida case anyone's wondering, 1019 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:09,159 played a lot for the for the Providence Bruins the last two seasons. As 1020 01:18:09,199 --> 01:18:12,760 we mentioned, dpro not able to play for the Providence Bruins, so he 1021 01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:16,319 was in ECHL and one of the main guys in the HL was Kyle Kaiser. 1022 01:18:16,439 --> 01:18:20,840 So what do your instincts tell us about him? Initially I really liked 1023 01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:26,399 him. He and Jeremy Swayman entered the Bruins system at the same time. 1024 01:18:26,479 --> 01:18:30,640 I remember watching a ton of film on both of them and thinking that they 1025 01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:35,119 were to me, they were equivalents where I watched them next to each other 1026 01:18:35,199 --> 01:18:40,800 and thought, oh, either one of these guys could ultimately end up becoming 1027 01:18:40,840 --> 01:18:45,439 their next air apparent and then I'm looking to double check. But if I 1028 01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:57,000 remember correctly, Kyle Kaiser ended up with a number of injury issues that essentially 1029 01:18:57,119 --> 01:19:00,760 set him back a ton where he didn't get as much playing time as he 1030 01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:05,560 needed, and then he ended up down in the ECHL for a little bit, 1031 01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:10,279 and then he didn't get to play. I believe it was at all 1032 01:19:10,359 --> 01:19:14,000 one season. I think he I'm looking to see, Yeah, he had 1033 01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:18,920 one season where he played seven games combined. Then really That's where I wonder 1034 01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:27,000 if maybe he just isn't what he could have been, because I watched a 1035 01:19:27,199 --> 01:19:30,000 few of their games last year and I didn't think he was a goaltender that 1036 01:19:30,079 --> 01:19:32,800 I was in love with anymore. But I don't think the Bruins really have 1037 01:19:32,920 --> 01:19:36,399 anyone in their system that I look at and think, oh, this guy 1038 01:19:36,479 --> 01:19:40,920 shouldn't be playing right now. I think everyone that they had, even at 1039 01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:45,279 the ECHL level, they had. The starters in the ECHL were d Pietro 1040 01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:53,319 and then Francis Brossard, who I believe was initially a senator's prospect and then 1041 01:19:53,640 --> 01:19:58,319 quit playing hockey for a while and came back to playing the ECHL, and 1042 01:19:59,479 --> 01:20:03,840 he's a lot fun to watch too. So they really just they keep guys 1043 01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:10,800 that I think help keep their team in every game. There are a couple 1044 01:20:10,800 --> 01:20:15,640 of teams, most notably the Rochester Americans are the easiest one that comes to 1045 01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:21,239 mind for me that their goaltenders are sometimes hurting their chances of winning. But 1046 01:20:21,479 --> 01:20:28,560 for both Maine and the Providence Ruins, I think those teams the goaltenders always 1047 01:20:28,600 --> 01:20:31,079 help their chance of winning, So I think any one of their guys could 1048 01:20:31,119 --> 01:20:35,439 get called up and survive in an NHL game. But I just don't know 1049 01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:44,600 if anyone right now stands out as being a clear cut number one in that 1050 01:20:44,800 --> 01:20:48,359 list, which honestly, I don't think they needed. They have too much 1051 01:20:48,479 --> 01:20:51,680 number one at the NHL level as it is, so I think that would 1052 01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:56,399 cause the problems they had another clear pet number one down in the HL. 1053 01:20:57,760 --> 01:21:01,279 Too many number ones in the NHL get stuck with fifth and six options down 1054 01:21:01,359 --> 01:21:04,720 in the minors. Thank you for giving us your instincts. Cat on the 1055 01:21:04,840 --> 01:21:30,000 Boston Bruins goalies, Grace, we'll be back right after this dynasty dig. 1056 01:21:30,279 --> 01:21:33,920 Boston Bruins. The dynasty dig. That's good. It's not quite what we're 1057 01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:38,319 gonna see from some of the other teams because these guys are in that point 1058 01:21:38,359 --> 01:21:42,239 of the success cycle where they're killing it. So the system, according to 1059 01:21:42,319 --> 01:21:46,880 Victor's Fantasy Hockey Life rankings, ranks twenty eighth among the teams. The bruins 1060 01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:51,279 big moves this year meant they didn't draft until pick ninety two, which did 1061 01:21:51,359 --> 01:21:58,479 not necessarily bolster they're already rather weakened farm system. Nonetheless, there are a 1062 01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:02,239 couple of very prominent and prospects talked about here and it starts Victor with your 1063 01:22:02,319 --> 01:22:05,760 no brainer. Who is it? He's such a no brainer. We already 1064 01:22:05,800 --> 01:22:09,199 mentioned him on the main part of the show, and that is Fabian Lee 1065 01:22:09,279 --> 01:22:13,159 Sell, Boston's twenty twenty one first round pick, twenty first overall, one 1066 01:22:13,199 --> 01:22:16,479 of the very few first round picks they've had in recent memory. He's a 1067 01:22:16,520 --> 01:22:20,239 five eleven hundred and seventy six pound right wing, has some injury troubles, 1068 01:22:20,359 --> 01:22:25,800 as Fluto mentioned, came into dev camp but still suffering the effects of a 1069 01:22:25,880 --> 01:22:29,359 concussion which really limited him in terms of what he could do. That was 1070 01:22:29,439 --> 01:22:32,680 from the WHL playoffs previously. He ended up with fourteen goals twenty three assists 1071 01:22:32,720 --> 01:22:36,640 in fifty four games for HL Providence, which was pretty good, and he 1072 01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:41,840 went to the World Juniors competed for Sweden. I'll have more to say on 1073 01:22:41,880 --> 01:22:44,960 that in a minute. He should compete for a spot for the Bruins this 1074 01:22:45,079 --> 01:22:47,439 year. As we mentioned with Fluto, he has a lot of opportunity, 1075 01:22:47,479 --> 01:22:50,279 and I think this is one reason that if you're in a shallow keeper or 1076 01:22:50,359 --> 01:22:55,319 dynasty, you want to gravely Sell because the door is wide open. He 1077 01:22:55,399 --> 01:23:00,920 could end up playing opposite David posterdock and that'd be pretty amazing anyways, or 1078 01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:04,279 potentially even getting on that top power play. He should. He still has 1079 01:23:04,319 --> 01:23:09,880 three years left on his entry level deal, so he's in a cap league. 1080 01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:12,760 He's also really great, And I want to get back to this point 1081 01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:15,039 about the World Junior being a bust for him. A lot of people were 1082 01:23:15,079 --> 01:23:18,680 talking about that, about how he even flew too mentioned it. He didn't 1083 01:23:18,680 --> 01:23:21,640 really have it. He didn't look good. I would disagree with that. 1084 01:23:21,720 --> 01:23:25,399 I didn't want to discrew with him on the main show, but I would 1085 01:23:25,479 --> 01:23:30,359 say that isn't necessarily entirely accurate, because he actually if you look, if 1086 01:23:30,359 --> 01:23:32,279 you watched the games, he looked really good. He was creating chances. 1087 01:23:32,840 --> 01:23:36,600 Things did not go in. The whole team as a whole, did not 1088 01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:41,199 look in sync for a part of the time. And yeah, he took 1089 01:23:41,239 --> 01:23:45,399 a bad penalty and got kicked out, I believe in one of the games. 1090 01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:49,319 But if you look at his underlying stats, and Mitch Brown actually tracked 1091 01:23:49,319 --> 01:23:55,439 a bunch of these, and the thing is he looked amazing in these underlying 1092 01:23:55,560 --> 01:24:00,239 numbers. He had some of the best, most dangerous passes to the lot 1093 01:24:00,600 --> 01:24:04,800 expected primary systs, expected goals, his transition data. This is specifically at 1094 01:24:04,840 --> 01:24:09,960 the World Junior for Fabian Lacel was incredible. He was moving the puck around, 1095 01:24:10,039 --> 01:24:14,520 he was driving play, he was kind of everything for Sweden. Nothing 1096 01:24:14,600 --> 01:24:16,239 went in while he was on the ice, basically, is what it comes 1097 01:24:16,279 --> 01:24:18,479 down to. Does that mean that he was bad? No? Does that 1098 01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:23,439 mean he could have been better? Possibly, but the reality is that he 1099 01:24:24,279 --> 01:24:27,880 was way better than a lot of his peers and a ton of these metrics, 1100 01:24:28,359 --> 01:24:33,199 but even things like advantages created game score board battles, like all these 1101 01:24:33,279 --> 01:24:39,479 things he was really good at. So I think it's a little it's a 1102 01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:42,840 little inaccurate to say that he wasn't good or didn't have it. I think 1103 01:24:42,840 --> 01:24:45,600 he could have been better than I think he made some bad decisions that kind 1104 01:24:45,640 --> 01:24:50,119 of overshadowed the rest of his performance. And it's a small sample size seven 1105 01:24:50,239 --> 01:24:55,479 games, so it's hard to say that really reflects a whole ton on him. 1106 01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:59,800 But anyways, we have more to say about Fabian Lacel, and that 1107 01:25:00,399 --> 01:25:04,640 comes from our scouts Jesse, absolutely, and it's our good buddy Nate who 1108 01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:09,600 does the scouting for all the guys in this episode, has been our content 1109 01:25:09,760 --> 01:25:13,000 curator back behind the scenes, and we thank you for all that. A 1110 01:25:13,479 --> 01:25:18,680 few highlights from a very extensive scouting report from Nate Skating for mister Lazelle above 1111 01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:23,119 average. A pleasure to watch when he turns up the ice, great two 1112 01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:27,359 step quickness and straight line speed. Might need a little bit more strength to 1113 01:25:27,399 --> 01:25:30,640 go up against the bigger defenseman in the NHL, as even in the HL, 1114 01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:34,600 tends to stick around the perimeter and avoid contact a bit. Puck handling 1115 01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:39,239 also above average. Has the puck on his string most times in the offensive 1116 01:25:39,359 --> 01:25:43,239 zone, keeping the puck tight to his body to hold off defenders, and 1117 01:25:43,640 --> 01:25:45,640 he does run into trouble, sometimes forcing pucks in the middle of the ice 1118 01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:49,359 which gets broken up by pro defenseman. But as the smarts to adjust. 1119 01:25:49,960 --> 01:25:54,079 Shot is average, He's probably never going to be a big goal scorer. 1120 01:25:54,159 --> 01:25:57,840 Won't blow you away with the shot, but again, this is something that 1121 01:25:57,960 --> 01:26:01,680 could benefit from putting on some ranked and muscle to adjust to the pro game. 1122 01:26:02,520 --> 01:26:06,039 IQ, as mentioned before, is above average, great vision in the 1123 01:26:06,159 --> 01:26:11,840 offensive zone, thrives on finding open teammates. He's not as engaged physically, 1124 01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:15,960 again, but a not a panic meter despite the fact that maybe the physical 1125 01:26:15,079 --> 01:26:19,560 game isn't coming as quickly. He will hold onto the puck to find the 1126 01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:24,880 open man, sometimes his own detriment. And of course we talked about the 1127 01:26:24,920 --> 01:26:29,159 concussions that end of the season last year that probably hurt his performance a bit 1128 01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:32,800 defense average. He won't hurt you on the on the ice offensively, but 1129 01:26:33,039 --> 01:26:39,680 not a guy who's necessarily going to thrive there. Coach Jim Montgomery's system is 1130 01:26:40,159 --> 01:26:45,399 something that is gonna benefit him when he shows the tendency to fly the zone 1131 01:26:45,439 --> 01:26:48,600 early to try to gain an offensive advantage as a high skill guy, Coach 1132 01:26:48,640 --> 01:26:54,159 Montgomery isn't necessarily averse to that. So the biggest asset, as we said, 1133 01:26:54,239 --> 01:26:58,399 skating concern physicality, strength, top tier potential. He could be a 1134 01:26:58,479 --> 01:27:01,800 first line playmaking forward according to Nate in a perfect world if he picks up 1135 01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:08,560 the physical game and is a pass first forward who skates next to somebody like 1136 01:27:08,680 --> 01:27:11,239 Pasternak. If he gets into that type of a role, it could be 1137 01:27:11,560 --> 01:27:15,640 great times for Lisell. Most likely tier, maybe more like a middle six 1138 01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:17,760 er and eight thinks so many question marks in Licell's game, it's hard to 1139 01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:23,880 see him as more than that right now. Stylistic comparable some of the smaller 1140 01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:27,560 guys in the league, like Mitch Marner, Matt Barzala, or some examples 1141 01:27:27,640 --> 01:27:30,760 the Nate Gibs won't blow you away physically or with the shot, can be 1142 01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:34,279 an elite playmaker with a high hockey IQ. You can only dream. The 1143 01:27:34,359 --> 01:27:40,159 Bruins can only dream he'll end up as effective on the defensive end as Marner, 1144 01:27:40,720 --> 01:27:43,840 who was never regarded as a two way forward but garnered enough interest to 1145 01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:47,600 become as Stealky finalist this season. But a guy can dream. NHL ranked 1146 01:27:47,640 --> 01:27:54,520 King Mason Black helped us out by putting out a poll on Twitter between Fabian 1147 01:27:54,600 --> 01:27:58,960 le Sell and Braden Yeager, the first round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins this 1148 01:27:59,119 --> 01:28:04,319 year. The NHLI similarity score for Lisell was Connor Doer. It was one 1149 01:28:04,359 --> 01:28:10,319 of his top one of his top matches. Maybe not quite as enthusiastic as 1150 01:28:10,479 --> 01:28:13,239 one would want to be about that, but anyway, Lisell versus Yeager. 1151 01:28:13,640 --> 01:28:18,319 The three hundred nineteen votes out there ended with Bradon Yeager at fifty five percent 1152 01:28:18,840 --> 01:28:23,520 to the advantage of Fabian Liesell. Now me, I see this maybe as 1153 01:28:23,680 --> 01:28:27,680 more of a product of prospect fatigue. Lisell's been out there. As you 1154 01:28:27,800 --> 01:28:30,600 said, people have started to sour on him a little bit, but concussions, 1155 01:28:30,760 --> 01:28:33,239 some of these things that he may still be growing into. I think 1156 01:28:33,279 --> 01:28:38,760 it's probably a little too soon to discount his ability to impact the game. 1157 01:28:38,920 --> 01:28:44,079 And also, again we'd like to say that just because a guy might be 1158 01:28:44,199 --> 01:28:47,079 the most relevant forward left on a team doesn't necessarily mean he's going to score 1159 01:28:47,119 --> 01:28:50,039 a ton, because it's not all the scoring has got to come from some 1160 01:28:50,359 --> 01:28:55,479 teams the Coyotes. Sometimes the scoring comes from nowhere. And maybe that will 1161 01:28:55,479 --> 01:28:59,000 be the case when Lisell hits full maturity in the mid career up there, 1162 01:28:59,039 --> 01:29:02,800 when some of these other guys raging out a little Postern which is likely to 1163 01:29:02,840 --> 01:29:05,800 be hanging around for quite a while. But I think Lisell would still be 1164 01:29:05,880 --> 01:29:11,920 my choice here between the two. But Braden Yeager Fabian Liesel, which one 1165 01:29:11,960 --> 01:29:16,319 do you prefer? Victor? This is an interesting one, and I totally 1166 01:29:16,359 --> 01:29:20,920 agree with what you said about prospect fatigue. I think people are really interested 1167 01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:26,399 and excited with the new and shiny toy and Braden Yeager, and I do 1168 01:29:26,600 --> 01:29:31,680 definitely like that Yeager is the prize joy of this Penguin system, like li 1169 01:29:31,800 --> 01:29:36,520 Sell is for Boston. Actually the only top forward is really in either system, 1170 01:29:38,039 --> 01:29:41,640 being a little farther away. Yeager I think gets the nod for me 1171 01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:45,800 because where he is at his stage of its development and how good he was 1172 01:29:45,920 --> 01:29:49,079 this year. I think he has room to grow. Lisell has grown in 1173 01:29:49,159 --> 01:29:53,079 the last couple of years, but it's still trending down in terms of his 1174 01:29:53,239 --> 01:29:58,560 overall top tier potential. So at this point I would trade him unless I'm 1175 01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:01,279 ready to compete and want to Lisel up and down. I think there's a 1176 01:30:01,520 --> 01:30:04,399 there's an argument to be made if you're ready to compete now, I would 1177 01:30:04,439 --> 01:30:10,840 trade a Yeager for Lacel just because you get those However, many games you 1178 01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:13,600 can flex him up and down and get that production. If he's playing in 1179 01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:15,840 the NHL and he's so close to NHL ready, Yeager is going to be 1180 01:30:16,239 --> 01:30:23,199 at least probably three to four years between his OHL or sorry WHL time and 1181 01:30:23,239 --> 01:30:27,720 then the HLS. But long term potential, I would take Yeager if I 1182 01:30:27,800 --> 01:30:33,600 can be patient with him and looking at hockey prospecting his star potential, Yeager 1183 01:30:33,760 --> 01:30:39,239 is eighteen percent and Lacelle started at fifteen and then trended down. He's now 1184 01:30:39,319 --> 01:30:44,920 at two percent. So it looks a lot better in terms of upside and 1185 01:30:45,199 --> 01:30:48,680 how you know what they could hit in their top very top potential. And 1186 01:30:48,920 --> 01:30:54,039 you look at the rest of Lisell's comps and they're sad. Most of them 1187 01:30:54,239 --> 01:31:00,560 are bus or average or replacement level producers. There aren't really too many good 1188 01:31:00,600 --> 01:31:04,920 ones to choose from. Nate, our content curator here picked a recall, 1189 01:31:05,439 --> 01:31:11,319 sorry me call Repick who was a bust. There's maybe someone like Matt Collin, 1190 01:31:11,399 --> 01:31:15,880 who's pretty was a pretty average producer. So it's not super exciting if 1191 01:31:15,920 --> 01:31:18,199 you look at the numbers. I think it is somewhat exciting and that he's 1192 01:31:18,239 --> 01:31:23,319 going to get the opportunity and he has a chance to be relevant in fantasy. 1193 01:31:23,399 --> 01:31:25,840 It's just a matter of how high he can hit that upside. I 1194 01:31:25,880 --> 01:31:30,359 should also mention that in terms of other systems, the Jay Fresh Top Down 1195 01:31:30,399 --> 01:31:35,199 Hockey model is very pessimistic only so just two percent chance of being a star, 1196 01:31:35,359 --> 01:31:40,279 just sixteen percent chance of being an NHLer. I think that NHLO chance 1197 01:31:40,399 --> 01:31:43,800 is way low because I think he's got a much better chance than that, 1198 01:31:44,399 --> 01:31:47,880 but definitely pretty pessimistic on him becoming a star, which isn't terribly unreasonable, 1199 01:31:48,079 --> 01:31:54,600 Jessee, for sure, I think that's what we could say about this guy 1200 01:31:55,479 --> 01:31:58,800 at this point, fabian Lis. But nonetheless, let's move on to the 1201 01:31:58,920 --> 01:32:04,520 need to know prospect. Our need to know prospect is Frederick Brunette, twenty 1202 01:32:04,600 --> 01:32:10,880 twenty two fifth round pick by Boston six two eighty five left handed d finished 1203 01:32:11,079 --> 01:32:15,399 fourth his fourth season in the Q. Seventy three points in sixty six games, 1204 01:32:15,479 --> 01:32:18,159 split between Ramuski and Victoriaville, was over a point per game for the 1205 01:32:18,279 --> 01:32:23,560 Tigers and just under with the Oceanic played one game with Providence had to assists. 1206 01:32:23,600 --> 01:32:27,439 That's pretty nice. Although he will be twenty this season, has one 1207 01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:30,760 more season of eligibility with the Q due to COVID, so he could play 1208 01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:35,279 there. He also could play in the HL if that were or something that 1209 01:32:35,439 --> 01:32:40,600 Boston wanted. He's still unsigned with the Bruins, but he'd played in Providence 1210 01:32:40,640 --> 01:32:44,560 on an amateur tryout, so we're interesting to see where he ends up in 1211 01:32:44,640 --> 01:32:47,119 what he does this year. But we need to know a little bit more 1212 01:32:47,279 --> 01:32:51,159 about what makes Frederick Brunette special. So Jesse wanted to tell us what our 1213 01:32:51,199 --> 01:32:56,920 FHL scout had to say. Back to ninth's scouting report, he's been checking 1214 01:32:56,960 --> 01:33:01,039 him out on the video. Skating above average for brunette effortless skating style you're 1215 01:33:01,039 --> 01:33:05,600 only see in a select few offensive defenseman special to watch him work his way 1216 01:33:05,640 --> 01:33:11,600 up the ice, beating four checkers, creating odd man rushes and scoring opportunities. 1217 01:33:11,840 --> 01:33:15,720 One of those defenseman who gives opponents fits in defensive zone coverage, nearly 1218 01:33:15,760 --> 01:33:19,039 impossible to keep him covered in man to man puck handling also above average. 1219 01:33:19,079 --> 01:33:24,279 The skilled puck carrier as Brenette, using his abilities to walk all over the 1220 01:33:24,359 --> 01:33:29,560 offensive zone while controlling the puck while identifying the target a threat all over the 1221 01:33:29,640 --> 01:33:33,239 ice when he quarterbacks the power play. Shot average here doesn't have the strongest 1222 01:33:33,279 --> 01:33:36,439 of shots to the ability to pick his spot to score a ton of goals, 1223 01:33:36,640 --> 01:33:41,199 but he does excel at getting shots through traffic from the point to create 1224 01:33:41,239 --> 01:33:45,520 his own scoring opportunities or rebound opportunities for his teammates. I accuse average tendency 1225 01:33:45,560 --> 01:33:49,079 to hold up a puck for too long and forced plays in the offensive zone, 1226 01:33:49,119 --> 01:33:53,920 which causes him to give up opportunities the other way. For what it's 1227 01:33:53,960 --> 01:33:56,680 worth. In his one game in Providence this year, he didn't make too 1228 01:33:56,720 --> 01:34:00,560 many mistakes and he picked his spots a little better than he did in junior, 1229 01:34:00,640 --> 01:34:04,960 but too soon to tell whether that will carry over into his career from 1230 01:34:05,039 --> 01:34:10,680 now. Fourth defense average needs to work on his defensive game in order to 1231 01:34:10,800 --> 01:34:14,720 excel at the pro level, but Nate's not that concerned with it because he 1232 01:34:14,840 --> 01:34:17,720 plays well enough in the defensive zone that he's not hurting his team at this 1233 01:34:17,880 --> 01:34:21,760 point. So back to the biggest asset here was the skating. The biggest 1234 01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:28,079 concern offensive IQ top tier potential. What would make him get to that level 1235 01:34:28,760 --> 01:34:32,479 bottom two parients power play specialist or how would he peek out what the best 1236 01:34:32,560 --> 01:34:36,520 he could be bottom two parients powerplay specialist. If Burnette's going to play in 1237 01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:40,119 Boston, he's going to have to play to his strengths, which is creating 1238 01:34:40,119 --> 01:34:43,479 an offense and being willing to take risk. But the problem is there's a 1239 01:34:43,560 --> 01:34:47,279 lot of guys on this team right now who would limit his opportunity of being 1240 01:34:47,359 --> 01:34:54,239 a Keith Handle or Shane gosss Bear most likely role or most likely tier. 1241 01:34:54,840 --> 01:34:58,319 He is probably going to be a depth defenseman on this team the last few 1242 01:34:58,359 --> 01:35:01,560 seasons. First round pick jac the Boreal is the seventh defenseman some of the 1243 01:35:01,600 --> 01:35:05,239 time in the Bruins roster, maybe expect something more like that and a stylistic 1244 01:35:05,279 --> 01:35:12,600 comparable. He's a classic news school offensive defenseman in the Eric Carlston mode, 1245 01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:15,079 trying to play that type of a role. Though Eric Carlson plays everything these 1246 01:35:15,159 --> 01:35:18,640 days, but watching the ice on the offensive zone, you're just as likely 1247 01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:21,800 to see him in the corner trying to retrieve the puck than to see him 1248 01:35:21,800 --> 01:35:26,800 at his usual spot on the blue line. So gonna come down to coaching, 1249 01:35:27,239 --> 01:35:30,880 the way that they can use him and the way he can bring things 1250 01:35:30,920 --> 01:35:35,039 together. The NHL rank King Mason Black always likes to put the poll out 1251 01:35:35,079 --> 01:35:42,119 there and give some stylistic comparables in his model. Marco Scandella Colin Miller come 1252 01:35:42,119 --> 01:35:45,680 out as a couple of the top comparables for Brunette and Brunette has put up 1253 01:35:45,680 --> 01:35:50,520 against Ryan Chesley, the second round pick last year, not this year, 1254 01:35:50,920 --> 01:35:56,199 of the Washington Capitals. Plays at the University of Minnesota and was part of 1255 01:35:56,279 --> 01:36:02,199 the US National Development Program team. Which do the people out there on the 1256 01:36:02,279 --> 01:36:05,800 internet think is going to be the better fantasy player in the long term. 1257 01:36:06,359 --> 01:36:12,800 Ryan Chesley soundly defeats Frederick Brunette two thirds to one third. I don't know, 1258 01:36:12,960 --> 01:36:15,680 Victor, this is this is a little bit of a down ballot choice. 1259 01:36:15,720 --> 01:36:16,359 To me, I think that's where we are here. I don't know 1260 01:36:16,439 --> 01:36:20,399 that I'm all that enthused to have either one of these guys doing the job 1261 01:36:20,520 --> 01:36:25,920 for me on my fantasy team, because I'm not sure about Brunette's role, 1262 01:36:26,279 --> 01:36:31,119 nor am I that enthused with Ryan Chesley's scoring At this point, Who is 1263 01:36:31,159 --> 01:36:35,359 it that you would rather see on your team? Frankly, I would rather 1264 01:36:35,479 --> 01:36:44,720 Brunette. And it's interesting because Chesley, I think is a much safer guy 1265 01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:46,640 to play in the league. I think he's someone who can move the puck, 1266 01:36:46,720 --> 01:36:51,119 he can skate, he can be your third pairing guy who's just reliable, 1267 01:36:51,199 --> 01:36:54,960 can play some minutes. But yeah, I don't think that he's really 1268 01:36:55,520 --> 01:37:00,840 super offensive. That year at the US ENTITYP with Casey was James Casey was 1269 01:37:00,960 --> 01:37:03,439 not the best for the program. And we've seen some other years be really 1270 01:37:03,479 --> 01:37:09,279 good, obviously with Hughes, Hudson and York, and that was just not 1271 01:37:09,399 --> 01:37:12,479 the year for defenceman. And it's not really a knock on him. He 1272 01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:17,119 does what he does well, but it's not being super offensive, and I 1273 01:37:17,279 --> 01:37:20,239 think that Brunette, even though he has some more awarts in his game, 1274 01:37:21,039 --> 01:37:27,760 he has the offensive up to upside to be more special if it all works 1275 01:37:27,800 --> 01:37:31,159 out. So is this all comes down to like defenceman philosophies, which I 1276 01:37:31,199 --> 01:37:36,079 think is interesting Jesse. So many people think that I don't like having defenceman. 1277 01:37:36,279 --> 01:37:40,600 They just take so long, But it's this is a classic example of 1278 01:37:40,720 --> 01:37:43,840 don't hold Ryan Chesley on your team because in the end, what are you 1279 01:37:43,920 --> 01:37:47,279 going to get? A replacement level producer who bangs and has some priffs and 1280 01:37:47,680 --> 01:37:51,319 maybe a twenty to thirty point guy, which is really not that interesting. 1281 01:37:51,880 --> 01:37:55,960 So you don't roster him, but you roster Brunette. And if he continues 1282 01:37:56,000 --> 01:37:59,880 to progress and show promise, maybe he pops off in the HL next year. 1283 01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:01,359 Now you're really happy you have him. And if he doesn't and he 1284 01:38:01,479 --> 01:38:05,399 kind of transitions to the professional ranks and doesn't really do anything, we just 1285 01:38:05,479 --> 01:38:10,079 let him go, no big deal. So you're not invested too much in 1286 01:38:10,199 --> 01:38:13,560 him. You don't worry too much about dropping him. And he's a fifth 1287 01:38:13,640 --> 01:38:17,520 round pick, so if he became that really high end upside, you're laughing. 1288 01:38:18,399 --> 01:38:21,920 And if he doesn't you expected it wouldn't really go that anyways, and 1289 01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:26,319 you just drop him. It's a zero G strategy for d. Yeah, 1290 01:38:26,359 --> 01:38:30,000 you pick up this guy who has high upside, but it also could just 1291 01:38:30,199 --> 01:38:31,920 not play and you just roll with that. But I don't really see any 1292 01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:35,319 reason to have Ryan Chesley on your team. Frankly, I don't think he's 1293 01:38:35,960 --> 01:38:40,319 It's one of those points where if you cheer for Ryan Chesley and he ends 1294 01:38:40,399 --> 01:38:43,479 up becoming everything you hoped he could be, which, like I said, 1295 01:38:43,600 --> 01:38:45,279 is like a third pairing guy that eats some minutes and had some prifts, 1296 01:38:45,359 --> 01:38:53,000 then you're disappointed and that's on you because that's who we always was going to 1297 01:38:53,039 --> 01:38:56,920 be. Anyways, about a little bit more about these two. The hockey 1298 01:38:57,000 --> 01:39:00,640 prospecting, it's not super high and Bernad just eight percent chance of being a 1299 01:39:00,640 --> 01:39:03,000 star, forty five percent chance of being an NHLAR. But he's holding steady, 1300 01:39:03,039 --> 01:39:05,600 if not increasing those numbers, which is really good, and that's what 1301 01:39:05,720 --> 01:39:10,279 you want to see. Chess Lee trending down in terms of just three percent 1302 01:39:10,399 --> 01:39:14,520 chance of being a star and actually lower NHL or probability. So despite what 1303 01:39:14,600 --> 01:39:17,000 I just said, that's interesting, but I think he has a higher probability 1304 01:39:17,039 --> 01:39:21,720 than that. Frederick Brunette in this model has some decent comps. Justin Schultz 1305 01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:27,720 is one who kind of ended up becoming a fringe star, but definitely mini 1306 01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:31,479 busts and not super exciting guys. Also as comps for Brunette, So don't 1307 01:39:31,520 --> 01:39:35,199 get too don't go too crazy. And the Jay Fresh topped on hockey card. 1308 01:39:36,159 --> 01:39:41,159 It's sad Jesse zero percent chance of being a star in that model, 1309 01:39:42,159 --> 01:39:45,760 which is awful, and just three percent chance of being an nhlar really pessimistic, 1310 01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:50,399 incredibly pessimistic on someone who just had a fifty pH L for the victoria 1311 01:39:50,520 --> 01:39:56,119 Ville Tigers. And I know that Mason gives a little boost for defenseman in 1312 01:39:56,199 --> 01:39:59,680 this model, but still, that's that's pretty harsh. Yeah, Jay Fresh, 1313 01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:02,800 that's rough. Why are you so harsh? Yeah, we could probably 1314 01:40:02,840 --> 01:40:09,119 move on to talk about her. Keep your eye in prospect picture. Yeah, 1315 01:40:09,520 --> 01:40:14,720 let's keep our eye on Mason Larey. He is our next guy. 1316 01:40:14,800 --> 01:40:17,720 Twenty twenty second round pick six four, twenty d ten pound, left handed 1317 01:40:17,800 --> 01:40:24,039 d He was in the NCAA this past season and he had four goals twenty 1318 01:40:24,039 --> 01:40:27,800 eight assists in forty games at Ohio State. That's a slight regression from what 1319 01:40:27,880 --> 01:40:30,640 he did as a freshman. It was an amazing transition Mason Larrey had from 1320 01:40:31,119 --> 01:40:34,720 the USHL where he was well over a point per game and that was like 1321 01:40:35,079 --> 01:40:38,800 really good but a weeker league, and then he went to Ohio State as 1322 01:40:38,840 --> 01:40:42,640 a freshman and he was nearly a point per game. This season, he 1323 01:40:42,880 --> 01:40:45,760 was eight points from being a point per game, so quite a bit under 1324 01:40:45,680 --> 01:40:48,920 what still showed growth in other areas. He should be in the HL this 1325 01:40:49,039 --> 01:40:53,399 season. He did play five games with Providence at the end of the season 1326 01:40:53,760 --> 01:40:59,520 and had one assist in eight games that included playoffs. So yeah, he 1327 01:40:59,600 --> 01:41:02,720 should make another transition, another big lead. It's a really tough one going 1328 01:41:02,800 --> 01:41:08,720 from NCAA to HL, but I'm interested to see how he does. And 1329 01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:13,279 let's hear a little bit more about what makes Mason Loray an interesting player from 1330 01:41:13,319 --> 01:41:17,920 our FHL scout So Nate says, Laurie covers a lot of ground in his 1331 01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:23,119 skating. Skating his average due to his six four frame, and he can 1332 01:41:23,159 --> 01:41:26,640 get up the ice quick with long strides that keeps him helps him a lot 1333 01:41:26,720 --> 01:41:30,680 in the transition game. But the agility is a bit of concern it's going 1334 01:41:30,720 --> 01:41:33,199 to be harder for him to catch the faster forwards when the game gets a 1335 01:41:33,279 --> 01:41:38,680 step quicker. Puck handling above average. Laurie has great puck handling skills for 1336 01:41:38,720 --> 01:41:42,359 a bigger defenseman, possessing the ability to carry the puck up the ice in 1337 01:41:42,439 --> 01:41:46,880 transition bind forwards with accurate smart passes. Has a lot of confidence with the 1338 01:41:46,920 --> 01:41:51,600 puck, barely makes a misstep shot. His average more of a past first 1339 01:41:51,640 --> 01:41:56,520 defenseman, preferring to distribute, which is shown by his only eight goals in 1340 01:41:56,680 --> 01:42:00,720 seventy one games at the NCAA level. One doesn't shoot it. He has 1341 01:42:00,720 --> 01:42:03,600 a nice snapshot that couldnt have some goals to the pro level, but doesn't 1342 01:42:03,640 --> 01:42:08,880 utilize it nearly enough to be more than an average shooter. IQ is elite. 1343 01:42:09,039 --> 01:42:13,520 That's where Laurey is at his best. Intelligent at both ends of the 1344 01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:16,680 ice. Logs heavy minutes at five on five quarterbacks of power play, anchors 1345 01:42:16,720 --> 01:42:20,439 a penalty kill the offensive end. He has elite vision, employs something that 1346 01:42:20,439 --> 01:42:26,119 will make him an above average playmaker an assist getter during his career. Makes 1347 01:42:26,199 --> 01:42:30,960 a great first pass at the defensive end, jump starts the breakouts and takes 1348 01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:33,720 it upon himself to carry the puck up the ice when the situation calls for 1349 01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:40,600 it, clogs up the zone with his long reach and high IQ defense is 1350 01:42:40,720 --> 01:42:44,279 above average. A lot of his solid defensive play is a result of that 1351 01:42:44,399 --> 01:42:49,119 IQ, which will make him a fixture on propower penalty kill units. Again, 1352 01:42:49,319 --> 01:42:55,119 biggest asset IQ biggest concern is the skating. Even though he does have 1353 01:42:55,640 --> 01:42:59,560 some of that speed that we talked about that goes along with his size. 1354 01:43:00,479 --> 01:43:04,720 His top end potential star defenseman, Laurie has the tools to be an elite 1355 01:43:04,760 --> 01:43:09,239 defenseman if it all came together. He already has the IQs, so the 1356 01:43:09,319 --> 01:43:13,000 biggest things he should add some weight to this frame, work on his foot 1357 01:43:13,039 --> 01:43:16,760 speed, but he should always be able to contribute offensively. Most likely tier. 1358 01:43:16,880 --> 01:43:21,399 Where's he gonna land top four defenseman says Nate is most likely tour is 1359 01:43:21,439 --> 01:43:25,159 just in the top four somewhere. That could be a big contributor to the 1360 01:43:25,239 --> 01:43:29,039 Bruins and your fantasy team. He should rack up assist hits, shots and 1361 01:43:29,119 --> 01:43:33,079 blocks. Stylistic comparable, Laurie's body is a little bit more wiry, but 1362 01:43:33,159 --> 01:43:36,520 if you manage just to add some more weight, Nate sees maybe a Coulton 1363 01:43:36,560 --> 01:43:44,079 Parako type physicality type role could be a bit disappointing after Parako has disappointed a 1364 01:43:44,279 --> 01:43:47,439 little bit more recently. Oh, Preco's still doing all right for the Blues. 1365 01:43:48,520 --> 01:43:53,039 But Laurie's college numbers are already better than Preko's during his time in those 1366 01:43:53,159 --> 01:43:59,279 ranks, and there is similarity there as well. The NHL Rank King coming 1367 01:43:59,319 --> 01:44:02,239 out with him into a couple of comparables, one Brent Seabrook, another Matt 1368 01:44:02,319 --> 01:44:08,520 Grizzlick interesting, another Bruin comparable there, and clearly the twenty one twenty two 1369 01:44:08,560 --> 01:44:13,479 season he peeked in his projection and has come down in the last year. 1370 01:44:13,880 --> 01:44:18,119 So we compare him to Carson Lambos, who was drafted late by the Minnesota 1371 01:44:18,199 --> 01:44:25,119 Wild in the first round of the twenty twenty one draft, and Lambos versus 1372 01:44:25,319 --> 01:44:30,680 Lore in the NHL Rankking Pole came out decisively, Lambos completing the anti Bruins 1373 01:44:30,720 --> 01:44:35,359 sweep of the Mason Black Poles. It's hard to say I'm hearing a lot 1374 01:44:35,399 --> 01:44:40,600 of very optimistic things from Nate on Lore, but I'm wondering, is that 1375 01:44:40,800 --> 01:44:47,159 how you see this competition and Lore's future prospects breaking down. I love that 1376 01:44:47,319 --> 01:44:53,800 the anti sweep or the anti Bruin sweep, that is. I'm sure a 1377 01:44:53,840 --> 01:44:58,520 lot of people sharing that sentiment. The Bruins are revered in some circles and 1378 01:44:58,640 --> 01:45:02,199 despising others would say, but no, this is how I would have it. 1379 01:45:02,319 --> 01:45:08,640 Actually, I think Lambos has a lot more upside to his game. 1380 01:45:09,039 --> 01:45:12,800 Of course, we're going to see what happens this next season for him, 1381 01:45:12,840 --> 01:45:15,439 because he's twenty now and so he can be in the HL. He's a 1382 01:45:15,640 --> 01:45:20,279 WHL guy and he was great forty eight points in sixty one games for the 1383 01:45:20,399 --> 01:45:27,920 Ice, and yeah, he's maintained his star potential, hovering around twelve percent 1384 01:45:28,439 --> 01:45:32,720 fifteen twelve percent. Lambos has Lare started at the token five percent in the 1385 01:45:32,800 --> 01:45:38,039 model and went down and then back up, so he's sub five percent, 1386 01:45:38,279 --> 01:45:41,760 although I've really that ended his first year in college which brought it back up 1387 01:45:41,760 --> 01:45:45,720 a little bit, but he's still lower end in these statistical models. As 1388 01:45:45,800 --> 01:45:49,600 laure and Lambos much more likely. Both of these guys have decent sized. 1389 01:45:49,680 --> 01:45:54,960 Laurie's a little bit bigger, Lambos a little bit smaller. Both left shot 1390 01:45:55,079 --> 01:45:59,680 d so you know some similarities there. In Minnesota has a few other nice 1391 01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:02,560 aspects. So in terms of Lora, if you want the one main guy 1392 01:46:02,640 --> 01:46:06,199 in the system, then if you like that strategy, then LORI is definitely 1393 01:46:06,239 --> 01:46:10,199 your guy. But I think in terms of just the player who has more 1394 01:46:10,279 --> 01:46:15,000 upside and likely of playing, it's definitely Lambos for me. Pretty similar, 1395 01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:18,039 I would say in terms of that percent, yeah, two thirds roughly, 1396 01:46:18,439 --> 01:46:24,239 and the looking at some other Lore comps, he's got some a lot of 1397 01:46:24,319 --> 01:46:28,399 ones that look like nothing, some busts, he's got some. Colin Miller, 1398 01:46:28,600 --> 01:46:31,279 Paul Martin is one that he looks a lot alike, and he was 1399 01:46:31,279 --> 01:46:34,279 a pretty average NHL producer, and I think Lore could end up being like 1400 01:46:34,399 --> 01:46:42,600 that. I think not unlike he said in his report, Nate said Grizzlick, 1401 01:46:42,880 --> 01:46:46,000 right, I think there's also some comparables to someone like Brandon Carlo, 1402 01:46:46,119 --> 01:46:49,960 even on the same team. So in terms of fantasy, not super exciting, 1403 01:46:50,199 --> 01:46:55,520 right, but definitely plays games right, And so that's fear into that 1404 01:46:56,000 --> 01:46:59,920 if you like that. The j Fresh card also pretty pessimistic on Lora just 1405 01:47:00,119 --> 01:47:02,439 one percent chance of being a star, twenty percent chance of being an nhlor 1406 01:47:03,279 --> 01:47:09,760 But again, both these guys, especially laure and and lisall should get some 1407 01:47:09,840 --> 01:47:12,880 pretty decent NHL looks here within the next season or two. So you gotta 1408 01:47:12,960 --> 01:47:16,560 like that. You gotta like the opportunity there. That's what's available in Boston 1409 01:47:16,680 --> 01:47:20,479 because their prospect pool is so poor and Jesse. There's definitely more guys that 1410 01:47:20,520 --> 01:47:24,239 we could talk about, but we don't have time for that now. Encourage 1411 01:47:24,359 --> 01:47:26,840 anyone who wants to know more. Son up for Patreon. You can read 1412 01:47:26,880 --> 01:47:30,840 the reports from our scouts. There's more detail even that was read here. 1413 01:47:30,239 --> 01:47:34,640 And if you're scouting, shoot me a DM on Twitter or the artist formerly 1414 01:47:34,760 --> 01:47:39,439 known as Twitter Discord email us. You get some really great access to go 1415 01:47:39,479 --> 01:47:43,239 along with putting in a couple of reports a month, so definitely worth your 1416 01:47:43,279 --> 01:47:46,680 while. If you're interested, we'll be right back it close up the show. 1417 01:47:57,600 --> 01:48:00,319 Back to close out the show, a couple of things to be to 1418 01:48:00,399 --> 01:48:01,600 you. First of all, you should be playing all your leagues on fan 1419 01:48:01,640 --> 01:48:05,359 tracks. They've got all the options. They've got ten different sports, you 1420 01:48:05,479 --> 01:48:09,800 can set up hundreds of scoring settings. You can do your dynasty leagues all 1421 01:48:09,880 --> 01:48:14,079 year round. You can pretty much find every rookie you want, and you 1422 01:48:14,159 --> 01:48:16,279 can set up the eligibility anyway you want, you want rookies. You want 1423 01:48:16,319 --> 01:48:20,720 people to be rookie eligible to go into the green slots, your rookie spots 1424 01:48:20,760 --> 01:48:26,199 on your roster until they've played five hundred NHL games or five NHL games. 1425 01:48:26,319 --> 01:48:28,920 You can do it. It's up to you. 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Heck of a good guy. 1433 01:48:58,199 --> 01:49:00,520 We'd like to think our content Cure or Nate Duffett, who's been helping 1434 01:49:00,560 --> 01:49:04,239 out with the show prep did a lot of great work for this Boston episode. 1435 01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:09,600 And we're brought to you by Dauber Hockey and Dauber Prospects, where Victor 1436 01:49:09,840 --> 01:49:13,399 is an editor. Follow his work there as well as this other podcast, 1437 01:49:13,520 --> 01:49:18,159 Dauber Prospect report that he does with Peter Harlan. They talk fantasy hockey prospects 1438 01:49:18,239 --> 01:49:23,640 every single week. I do a second show I just mentioned it, Dynasty 1439 01:49:23,680 --> 01:49:28,159 Sports Life. It's called I talk four different Dynasty sports sometimes more than one 1440 01:49:28,199 --> 01:49:31,960 at the same time. 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