1 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:13,439 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks, your source of information 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,120 and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Fuck off, that's 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,800 a step hit on stay lot f goshoo. Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier 4 00:00:22,879 --> 00:00:27,559 and Victor noon Yo Fantasy and Hockey Live back once again to talk about the 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,000 wonderful world of dynasty. Fantasy Hockey. Is me Jesse Severe of fan Tracks 6 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:37,679 and Victor noon Yo of DABB Prospects. How you doing, Victor? I'm 7 00:00:37,679 --> 00:00:42,600 doing awesome, Jesse, definitely enjoying some pretty hot weather out here. Has 8 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,280 it been hot where you are? No? Well, you had some heat, 9 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:50,679 we had some kind of misery midweek, and now the cool has broken 10 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:56,079 through and we're back to some decent weather here in late Wisconsin July. But 11 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,600 the summers it's winded down. The summer is going fast here, Victor. 12 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,600 I don't care for this at all. It's gonna be freaking cold and desolate 13 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,599 looking out there before before I can talk. And why am I looking forward 14 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,879 to the negative here? I don't know, but that's just how I'm wired. 15 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,719 It just never happens in California, right, you just have like glorious 16 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:19,000 weather you're around like you're in a dome or something. It's pretty glorious, 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,400 I would say. But it definitely has been pretty hot, a little unusual, 18 00:01:23,599 --> 00:01:29,959 especially those of us near the coast. But it also is not nothing 19 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,000 to complain about, so we're good and yeah, definitely happy with that. 20 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:36,840 Although I did spend a week up in the mountains and it was like a 21 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,680 hundred degrees and it was super not fun for that part, But then we 22 00:01:40,719 --> 00:01:44,040 were hanging out in the lakes and the rivers and it was there were still 23 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,480 snow. We were playing disc golf actually at Kirkwood, Jesse, and there 24 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,079 were mounds of snow in July. It was crazy. I didn't my brain 25 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:53,920 didn't understand it. But the kids making snow men. It was mostly icy 26 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:57,040 snow, but trying to make snow men out of this icy snow in July. 27 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,840 It was weird. So you're telling me you were in a mountain with 28 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:09,039 one hundred degree heat and snow, Victor Nut. There's something that doesn't compute 29 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:14,319 about all this man tell me about it. Parts these parts that had snow 30 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:19,120 still were shady, and that part was not a hundred. It was more 31 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:23,199 like eighty eight or eighty seven degrees still pretty hot, but yeah, no, 32 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,759 there was definitely big mounds of snow in the shade. It was crazy. 33 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,680 It was actually great because it was so hot. I was just like 34 00:02:29,719 --> 00:02:32,000 taking the snow and just like rubbing it all over my head and stuff. 35 00:02:32,039 --> 00:02:35,879 It was cooling down. It was a really nice way to cool down when 36 00:02:35,879 --> 00:02:40,360 it's that hot out. I highly recommend it. California. California's Yeah, 37 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,240 the California's drunk. There's something wrong up there, Victor. One thing that 38 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,840 is not wrong. One place that you'll always be able to find cool in 39 00:02:50,039 --> 00:02:54,319 wonderful climbs, in an environment amenable too fun is our discord server. All 40 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,599 you have to do to join up with that is hit Victor or myself up 41 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,919 Fantasy Hockey Life at gmail dot com at fan Hockey Life is me at Victor 42 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,199 Nuno twelve is Victor at the dead Bird site where you can still get a 43 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:13,800 hold of us at present and there is good hockey talk, fantasy hockey talk 44 00:03:13,879 --> 00:03:16,919 going on every day in there, so join up. 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Oh well, 54 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,319 do let me pause real quick for a second. Yeah, lots of 55 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:01,840 great stuff going on at the Patreon. We have patron Cast going on. 56 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,479 We have Top ten lesson you can listen to for each team, which I 57 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:10,840 gotta get on that I was taking a break for a while. And Patron 58 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,080 Priority Channel. You can read our show notes, which is really great stuff. 59 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,079 You can have draft advice a lot of you are going through your rookie 60 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,639 drafts. You can feel free to do dm me if it's a perk that 61 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:24,920 I reserve for patrons, and the Tier Dynasty is a really cool thing that 62 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,319 we have set up and we're rolling into the next season. We're reorganizing some 63 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,279 things a little bit. 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Look, this is it's not for a whole bunch 73 00:05:08,519 --> 00:05:11,720 of money. This is if you're a patron. You play it, but 74 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:14,600 you play it for the love of the game. And so I would recommend 75 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:17,720 that people come in and check that out. But don't feel like it's intimidating. 76 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,480 It's just a whole lot of fun and there's a whole lot of very 77 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:26,199 good dynasty players and you meet a lot of fun people while you're at it. 78 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,519 So I hope people will give that a try. And another thing we're 79 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:30,759 gonna give a try is we're gonna take a break. Right now, come 80 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:40,879 back with our guests. We welcome to our show. A man from the 81 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:45,000 Winnipeg Sun, ready to talk some jets. Scott Billick, How you doing? 82 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,720 Today's Scott doing good? Guys? How are you guys doing good? 83 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,680 Good? Are things sunny north of the border? I assume you guys already 84 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,399 have two feet of snow up in Winnipeg at this point, right, No, 85 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,319 it's actually quite nice right now. I don't know what thirty is, 86 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,720 thirty celsius is and fahrekneit. I think it's in the nineties, mid nineties 87 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,879 something like that. I could be wrong on that, but yeah, we 88 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,279 haven't you, and we usually have because we're in the middle of Canada. 89 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,720 Essentially, we're in like the Prairie region and it's always hot here and then 90 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,199 the summer like really hot. So yeah, yeah, we have really good 91 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,360 summers, but they only last four months, five if we're really lucky, 92 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:25,439 and then yeah, we started getting cooler and yeah, and then obviously, 93 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,800 as you suggested earlier, the snow starts coming and that's our that's our long 94 00:06:30,959 --> 00:06:35,399 extended winters. Yeah, hopefully something that stays a little warmer and doesn't get 95 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:40,360 colder and colder are the Winnipeg Jets. I'm a little worried about this era 96 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:43,959 of the Jets, whether they have hit a peak or and this is where 97 00:06:43,959 --> 00:06:46,959 I'm gonna have to get your opinion on it. We've got a lot of 98 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,000 changes coming for this year's team. Pierre Luke Dawap, like Wheeler gone a 99 00:06:50,079 --> 00:06:55,959 season. After the season where Wheeler lost the captaincy trade, rumors abound around 100 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:59,800 the franchise goalie who we will be getting to and there might be an argument 101 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,839 from moving a couple more expirment contracts if there's a risk that they aren't going 102 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:08,079 to return. Last year, the odds start out stacked against the Jets in 103 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,920 the Central, but the Jets climbed as the Preds, the Blues, and 104 00:07:11,959 --> 00:07:15,879 the Flames really fell through the floor. Lucisian's model showed the Jets way below 105 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:18,480 all those teams at the beginning, but at the end, of course, 106 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:25,199 they made the playoffs and we're the first ground foil of the eventual Cup champs, 107 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,680 the Vegas Golden Knights, who took them down. Unfortunately, I should 108 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,600 see. Unfortunately, I'm in my show in my hand. There's a fair 109 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:33,399 bit of handwringing at the end of last year. I saw in the press 110 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:39,279 up there over a slight sag in ticket sales down to fourteen thousand from fifteen 111 00:07:39,399 --> 00:07:43,720 three or something like that. But where are the Winnipeg Jets headed with their 112 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,000 offseason moves? Is their risk we'll see some of the better players on the 113 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:51,480 team move this year or will the outcome of this offseason be a better seat 114 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:56,839 even in next year's playoffs. Yeah, I don't know if it would be 115 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:00,439 a better seat in next year's playoffs, but that I think the moves that 116 00:08:00,519 --> 00:08:03,800 they made this offseason moving Pierre Wall was kind of year forced into it. 117 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:07,759 We've seen that before with the Jets, with guys like Andrew Kaw, Jacob 118 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:11,600 Schruba, even going all the way back to Evander Kane. But you have 119 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:15,160 to look at it in a way that, Okay, you weren't going to 120 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:20,240 keep Dubas, so you get a big return from La with Gabe Vilardi and 121 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:24,360 Alexei Fellow. Rasmus Kompari is also in that deal in the second round draft 122 00:08:24,399 --> 00:08:26,480 pick next year. But you look at that it changes the complexion of this 123 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,199 team. One of the problems with this Jets team for a long time is 124 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,879 that they've been very top heavy, right and they've had very good two top 125 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:39,200 six, two top lines. The top six has been very good, but 126 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,159 the problem with their bottom six is that they just aren't right. Like they 127 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,000 just they don't produce. They can't rely on the third line for scoring. 128 00:08:46,039 --> 00:08:50,639 They can't really rely on the fourth line for much more than four to five 129 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,679 minutes a night. Changed a little bit last year, but even then it 130 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:58,840 wasn't enough. So this trade, at least this trade so far has allowed 131 00:08:58,919 --> 00:09:03,000 them. If you look at four lines that the Jets have right now projected, 132 00:09:03,879 --> 00:09:05,639 it's deeper, and so that's good for the Jets. Now. The 133 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:11,399 problem is you've just you've subtracted it. Blake Wheeler obviously it was thirty sixty 134 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,679 be thirty seven at the end of this month, but he was still putting 135 00:09:15,759 --> 00:09:18,399 up a point essentially a point per game, even though he was obviously father 136 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,480 times undefeated, and he was losing that battle of starting to at least had 137 00:09:22,519 --> 00:09:26,519 been for the last couple of years. But Dubo is a big loss because 138 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,399 you've lost your second line center arguably your top line center, depending on how 139 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,039 you look at last season how it ended with Mark Schifley kind of on the 140 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,759 wing for a little while. So that's a big blow. And there's a 141 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:43,879 guy who scored almost thirty goals last year, had sixty five sixty three points 142 00:09:43,919 --> 00:09:46,720 I think sixty five somewhere in that range for Dubois. You're taking that out 143 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,200 of the roster or the lineup. You're taking Wheeler's fifty five points out of 144 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,840 the roster. So that's difficult. This Gabe val already gonna make up for 145 00:09:54,879 --> 00:09:56,639 that. Is Alexiofalo going to make up? Do they need to make up 146 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,480 for that completely? If this team is better defensively, which has been a 147 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:07,279 big spur in their saddle, because that's often been the big critique of this 148 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:09,519 team is, yeah, they have all of the offense in the world that 149 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:13,039 you could ask for, but they just don't have the defense. And they 150 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,360 have the all world goaltending and Connor hallibut, it's hard to say are they 151 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:18,320 going to be better, are they going to be worse? Are they going 152 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,120 to be better because Blake Wheeler's out of the equation now. One of the 153 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:24,679 problems with Blake Wheeler was They took away this captaincy from him last year, 154 00:10:26,279 --> 00:10:28,320 but he was still the de facto captain that was made known at the end 155 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,759 of the season by many of the players, So they didn't really change anything. 156 00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:35,840 You stripped somebody the captain see or hoping something changes, it didn't have. 157 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,600 Still Blake Wheeler's room been a bit of a dark cloud with Blake Wheeler 158 00:10:39,799 --> 00:10:43,759 in the last couple of years. It's just always been his room and it's 159 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:48,600 been difficult for a lot of the younger guys, the younger leaders on this 160 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,480 team. It's lurish. It's interesting because there's gonna be like this moral change 161 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:56,799 in the room that this kind of shift in leadership and that sort of thing, 162 00:10:56,279 --> 00:11:00,279 and there's just a lot of these unknown variables that you don't how it's 163 00:11:00,279 --> 00:11:03,639 actually going to affect the team moving forward. I think there's positives here that 164 00:11:03,759 --> 00:11:07,080 other guys will be able to step up into leadership roles. But on the 165 00:11:07,159 --> 00:11:13,000 ice, like just the caliber of the team has gotten somewhat worse with losing 166 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,080 two players that put up over a combined think around one hundred and fifty or 167 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,639 one hundred sort one hundred and twenty points combined. So that's where there's a 168 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,679 lot of unknowns about the Jets is here and we still don't know and we'll 169 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,320 talk about it. What happens with Mark Schifley still a month and a half 170 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,559 to go till the training camp, and what about Connor Hellbock. I lose 171 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,120 Connor Hellibuck, the whole complexion of this team changes because Connor Hallibuck, regardless 172 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:39,039 often have how this team plays puts them into at least the conversation of a 173 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,639 bubble team in the playoff, in the playoff race, and and so that 174 00:11:43,879 --> 00:11:48,200 that's where we're at. We're waiting and seeing it's been very quiet, and 175 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,480 we all know the trade market and we have these big trades done on Sunday 176 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,080 here with Eric Carlson moving and that all that stuff going on, but the 177 00:11:56,159 --> 00:12:01,639 market for Schifley and even Connor Hellibuck based on the flat app both guys looking 178 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,440 for significant races from their current contracts. It's been difficult as they're a year 179 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,000 out from unrestricted free agency to try and trade these guys. And then the 180 00:12:09,159 --> 00:12:13,279 teams aren't lining up as I think the Jets kind of expected they might this 181 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:18,159 summer, and so that's thrown a wrench into perhaps this overhaul of the culture 182 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,480 and the just a team at the ice every night. So we're yeah, 183 00:12:24,159 --> 00:12:26,200 over here in Winnipeg. It seems like everybody's in just this bit of a 184 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:30,200 state of kind of flux, right, are just waiting to see what's going 185 00:12:30,279 --> 00:12:33,600 to happen, because it's looking more and more like Shifely and Hellibuck are going 186 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,919 to actually start the year with the team and then see where it goes. 187 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,279 But that creates its own problems, And wouldn't sin if you get to the 188 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,600 trade deadline and these guys aren't going to resign with your team and your teams 189 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:48,200 let's stay in second place in the Central Division. Do you cut bait because 190 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,720 if you don't, you're going to not get anything for them, or do 191 00:12:50,759 --> 00:12:56,000 you just go for it and a team that needs the gate revenue you mentioned 192 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:00,759 earlier about some of the woes and ticket sales, and that's thing a deep 193 00:13:00,799 --> 00:13:03,679 playoff run which they didn't get last season, losing in Vegas to five games. 194 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,200 But that's good for business, right, But good for business, especially 195 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,240 if we get to the trade deadline and these guys are still on the team. 196 00:13:11,039 --> 00:13:15,960 The long term health of this team would suggest you would want to trade 197 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,440 guys like that and not go let's say the Columbus route where you hold on 198 00:13:18,519 --> 00:13:22,200 to Bobrovski and you don't get anything for them, and then you spend a 199 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,679 couple of years figuring out where you really are and trying to rebuild from that. 200 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,799 And Yeah, the Jets are in a spot that I don't want to 201 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:35,480 call it precarious, but it's just an interesting time. It's an interesting time 202 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:41,240 because this summer was supposed to be one of big change and it feels like 203 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,559 the job is half done. And that's where we are. It's August six 204 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:48,720 when we're recording this, and and yeah, that's where we're at right now. 205 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,200 It's just waiting and seeing what's going to happen. Is the market going 206 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,559 to shift, Is something going to help shift the market in favor of the 207 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,919 Jets and the favor of a seller, because it's just not the market right 208 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,879 now, but what we're waiting for and what the Jets are clearly waiting for. 209 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,159 Yeah, right now, way through the offices. Yeah, so let's 210 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:09,240 talk about some of the guys who were pretty sure will be there next year. 211 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:13,759 Kyle Connor, start of the team, he didn't quite hit the scoring 212 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:16,919 heights of the prior year, but his point per game three and a half 213 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:22,279 shots season with a power play point every three games, perfect attendance of eighty 214 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,759 two games great times for US fantasy folks. Second straight year, Connor led 215 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,799 the team in scoring, and the with or without your charts out there showed 216 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:35,720 that he basically made every linemate better offensively when they're out there with him, 217 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,759 but tended to maybe drag them a little bit the other direction defensively, So 218 00:14:41,279 --> 00:14:43,919 this defense doesn't seem to be quite his forte At least these stats are to 219 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,519 people leave. The Jets are did well locking him up at seven million plus 220 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,679 through his prime years, and he climbed his way to the top of the 221 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:54,519 depth chart. Some of the other elite players in the team have now gone 222 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:58,799 away, like you said, and are not being replaced by others with equal 223 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,159 offensive pedigree. So basically, it's kindor going to keep up this high shooting 224 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,919 point per game scoring type of game with all the roster changes. It's a 225 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,720 good question because who does he play with on at left wing going into the 226 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:16,080 season. I think one of the one of the things we've known about the 227 00:15:16,159 --> 00:15:20,080 Jets in previous training camps because they've had so little change in their top six, 228 00:15:20,279 --> 00:15:24,440 is that we know who's going to play with who, and especially with 229 00:15:24,559 --> 00:15:28,879 Dubois here, Kyle Connor him for pretty good partnership on the ice and it 230 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,720 helped in a couple of years ago to put to give Kyle Connor. I 231 00:15:31,799 --> 00:15:33,879 think it was ninety three points that season, which is the highest total in 232 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,600 this franchise history, not obviously Jets one point zero, but Jets two point 233 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:41,679 zero. So we'll see, we'll see. I think the thing with Kyle 234 00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:45,720 Connor is that he's made these steps into a play driver, right like he's 235 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,440 you mentioned that his offensive metrics and day they are good, and that's the 236 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:54,080 one thing about him he's turned into this he can drive the play where before 237 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,080 he was with Schiff, Lee and Wheeler in the early days for his career 238 00:15:58,279 --> 00:16:02,320 and it was his job to do that. A couple of years ago showed 239 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,559 that he can really kind of step out and put forty seven goals up in 240 00:16:06,679 --> 00:16:12,759 this league and just showed his capability and not necessarily needing somebody to just always 241 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:17,159 help him get there. And that's been a big plus for this team. 242 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:18,919 But you don't have Dubois this year, and so are they going to go 243 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,399 with are they going to go back with Stifle if Schifle even here, man 244 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,200 if Stifle is not here, And now they're looking at either Cool Priffetti at 245 00:16:26,279 --> 00:16:30,360 center. Gave Valardi obviously is in that mix as well. So we're looking 246 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:36,159 at a season of again unknowns with this team. Potentially he could play with 247 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,279 Shiflee and they played well before. Again they always knocked against Kyle Connor and 248 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:41,440 a lot of these guys on forward, at least in the top six, 249 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:47,600 is just their defensive abilities. And they're very trigger happy, very good in 250 00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:51,360 the offensive zone, but the defensive zone is where they struggle and it hinders 251 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:56,279 this team. But I do think that Kyle Connor has even last year with 252 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,679 this team being as good as it was early on in the year, I 253 00:16:59,759 --> 00:17:03,759 thought, maybe the metrics aren't probably going to show this, but Kyle Connor 254 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:08,240 actually played better defensively than because I think he realized the one thing about Connors, 255 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,119 He's matured a ton in the last few years. He realized that if 256 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,799 I sacrifice a few goals here, maybe it'll help a few goals and be 257 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:22,119 the defensive end to keep them out of their own net. So I'm interested. 258 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,960 I'm interested again with a lot of this stuff. I think Kyle Connor 259 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:29,680 has just this his baseline's thirty goals, right, He's going to get your 260 00:17:29,759 --> 00:17:33,599 thirty goals. I think he's done so now for the last six or seven 261 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,680 seasons. It's something. It's a it's a long streak. I don't that 262 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:41,240 might have changed during one COVID year, but you don't. I'm not really 263 00:17:41,319 --> 00:17:45,960 counting that that shortened season. But yeah, I think that he'll be as 264 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,640 dangerous as he always is, a focal point on the power play, all 265 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:55,599 those things. But I'm just I'm interested when training camp comes, where Rick 266 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,839 Bonus sees him, who he's partnered with, and if it's not Mark Tife, 267 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,279 somebody else like a Volarti or whatever Proffetti, can they get that chemistry 268 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,480 going. Can the one thing about Ky Connors how fast he is, his 269 00:18:07,599 --> 00:18:11,599 foot speed is descride. Everything is elite, let's let's say, And I'm 270 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,000 not sure cold Proffetti can keep up with that. He's just not the He's 271 00:18:15,079 --> 00:18:19,880 not the speedy two way center that Dubois was or that Schifely even can be. 272 00:18:21,079 --> 00:18:23,240 So it's a bit of a bit of an unknown, but I think 273 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,200 for sure, at the end of the day, cal Connor is going to 274 00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:30,599 give you probably a point per game average roughly around that. He's going to 275 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,839 score thirty goals, so that's the baseline. And if somebody else can help 276 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,799 him unlock that potential fifty goal potential, it's their for him, right, 277 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,119 It's just all going to depend on his center mostly. And you know how 278 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:48,359 this team kind of views because they took a step back where they got better 279 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,240 defensively last year as a team, but that did sacrifice some offense. So 280 00:18:52,319 --> 00:18:56,200 it depends on does this new team, this new look top twelve all four 281 00:18:56,279 --> 00:19:00,079 lines, is it just an better defensive and are they going to play better 282 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:06,000 defensively? And can they now stop focusing so much on defense because they have 283 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,960 to and just maybe start letting some of these guys move up the ice and 284 00:19:10,079 --> 00:19:12,680 be a little more creative. Let's say. Yeah, so Mark Schifley, 285 00:19:12,759 --> 00:19:15,559 you mentioned him, he crossed over the age thirty at the end of the 286 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,559 season. He's got one year of contract left with the team. His bash 287 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,839 block splush shots plus hits is moderate for a big time player like him, 288 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,480 only two and a half shots in a bit over half a block, half 289 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:30,519 a hit. He dropped slightly below a point per game for the first time 290 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,000 since twenty fifteen. Twenty sixteen, even though he had a career high forty 291 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:37,920 six goals. Does that mean luck he's shooting he shot twenty percent last year. 292 00:19:38,039 --> 00:19:41,640 I would say no. In the evolving hockey stats era two thousand and 293 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,000 seven to present, I ran a query. Three hundred and sixty skaters have 294 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:51,200 had at least ten thousand minutes on the ice, and Shifle's shooting percentage of 295 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,920 sixteen point eight is behind only Leon dry Sidle in that time. The problem 296 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,839 is the even strength assists. That's what really dropped and has been dropping every 297 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:03,799 year. You worry about how the exodus of talent around him is going to 298 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,519 impact this. So Mark Schifley, if he is back next year, how 299 00:20:07,599 --> 00:20:10,640 big of an impact can he have on this team. I think it'll be 300 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,160 a big impact because it's a contract year. The one thing about going into 301 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,720 this year is that Streffley wants to get paid, but he thinks that should 302 00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:22,079 get paid, which could be anywhere into the maybe potentially the nine million range. 303 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:26,920 Being a center being that coveted center position, all those types of things. 304 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:30,039 He's going to need a big year and he's capable of that. One 305 00:20:30,079 --> 00:20:33,880 thing that you saw with Mark Schiffey last year was he really bought in early 306 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,960 on to what Rick Bonus was doing. And then summer along the line. 307 00:20:37,559 --> 00:20:41,519 This has happened with a few other coaches. Now with Mark Schifley, it's 308 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:45,400 almost like you just forgot that this was actually helping him become a more complete 309 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:51,000 player, and he wasn't interested anymore. We got to Carolina last year. 310 00:20:51,039 --> 00:20:53,440 I believe it was in March, might have been late February, but either 311 00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:57,079 way, he gets benched in that game along with his line. It would 312 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:02,119 have been in March because it just right up the trade deadline because they got 313 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,160 a need a need a writer. And then Mark Schafley and his top line 314 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,799 gets benched along with Calconnor need a writer and Shrefley wouldn't come out after the 315 00:21:07,839 --> 00:21:11,359 game and talk to the media. And Shrefield was an a here and and 316 00:21:11,519 --> 00:21:15,920 he's he's the face of the franchise. He has been since they picked him 317 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,279 the fourth the first pick when the Jets moved back here from Atlanta. So 318 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,880 it and then for about ten games after that, nine or ten games after 319 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:29,000 that Mark Schifley would just disengaged and wasn't interested in and really playing any part 320 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:32,599 of the game that Rick Bonus wanted the team to play, and that hindered 321 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:33,960 his point total. Obviously, he had sixty eight points this year. I 322 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:40,240 didn't really stop his bull scoring because he's still He's just so skilled, such 323 00:21:40,279 --> 00:21:44,000 an elite shot, so good on the power play and that sort of thing. 324 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,079 Like Mark Schaffey is one of those players it's just going to get you 325 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,799 a lot of goals every year. But forty clips and forty was the first 326 00:21:49,799 --> 00:21:52,920 time he had done that in his career, and that is credit to Rick 327 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:59,279 Bonus, except Mark forgot that was the case. And so I think Mark 328 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,759 is going to come up knowing that this is if he's back here, that 329 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,640 it's his team now, Like he doesn't have to worry about the Pierre Luke 330 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:11,400 Deboa factor, him taking over his top center KBA, essentially forcing Mark schify 331 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,839 out to the wing. I don't think that really helped Mark, and Mark 332 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:21,279 I don't think really took to that very well. So that wasn't ideal in 333 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:26,000 the way that Mark handled that. But this is the thing with Mark is 334 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,279 like if you can keep him engaged. He's a really good players. Defensive 335 00:22:30,319 --> 00:22:33,319 player has always been suspect, but his offensive abilities are just so good and 336 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,640 when he wants to, he can just take over games. Like That's how 337 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,920 good Mark Schify can be. Like, he can be an elite center that 338 00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:45,519 has game altering ability on the ice when he wants to be. But when 339 00:22:45,559 --> 00:22:48,839 he doesn't want to be, when he's not engaged, that's where the struggle 340 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,000 is and he finds himselves in these kind of slumps, and it has happened 341 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,640 the last couple of years now where he's just checked out for a while. 342 00:22:55,799 --> 00:23:02,640 And I don't expect that this year. And the reason why is because it 343 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:06,519 is a contract here. Somebody's gonna pay him, be at the Jets or 344 00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:11,039 somebody else going forward, and he's gonna want to maximize his earning potential. 345 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,559 You'll be I believe he'll be thirty one by the time next summer rolls around. 346 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,880 He's going to need that contract and that's when he's going to need it. 347 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:22,799 And so I think he'll have a big impact on this team this year. 348 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:26,160 But it's interesting. Yeah, let's go back to the Blake wheel. 349 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,599 Moving on getting bought out by the team. If you looked at this summer 350 00:23:30,599 --> 00:23:32,799 at the end of the season, you would have said two things need to 351 00:23:32,839 --> 00:23:34,960 happen this summer. They need to trade Blake, whether or get find the 352 00:23:36,279 --> 00:23:38,839 way away from Blake Whether's contract, which they did through a buyout, and 353 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,720 then he's trade Mark Scheiffel. The way that Mark Schiffer handled the end of 354 00:23:42,759 --> 00:23:45,839 the season the last two years, he's a questioned his future here and WINNI 355 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,039 big. It doesn't seem like he's been all in. And so if you're 356 00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:52,039 going into the summer, I think that one of the big questions was okay, 357 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,200 or one of the big things it was okay. I think we all 358 00:23:55,240 --> 00:24:00,960 think that they're looking to trade Mark Scheiffer because you got rid of I like 359 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:04,920 to use this analogy. It was cloudy with Mark Blake here, and now 360 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,200 it's partly cloudy outside with just Mark here, and it's not fully sunny yet. 361 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,640 It's not just sunny and win a bag yet because they haven't moved on 362 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:17,799 from Mark Schifley. So it's going to be an interesting dynamic when he comes 363 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,519 in because I think the relationship Riff Bonus at the end of the year was 364 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:26,920 strained. Rick Bonus is back this year, are they able to mend fences 365 00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:30,440 and move on and even if it's just I don't like you, but I 366 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:33,440 respect you or whatever, it is, right that type of thing. Can 367 00:24:33,599 --> 00:24:37,319 both of these guys figure out their figure out that if they work together it 368 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,480 can be mutually beneficial for them. But I think at the end of the 369 00:24:41,559 --> 00:24:45,160 day, Mark's just going to have to realize that if he wants a big 370 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,759 contract, if he wants to move on, move up from what he what 371 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,160 he's making right now, he's going to have to have a good year. 372 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:55,480 And so that could benefit the Jets and whether I think it's going to benefit 373 00:24:55,599 --> 00:24:57,279 Jets on the ice, So I think it could benefit the Jets at some 374 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,880 point during the year if they do we decided to trade him. But yeah, 375 00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:06,119 I think ideally, if we're talking about this team and what it needs, 376 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,079 I think if they could and they could have right now, that they 377 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,519 would have already traded Mark Shrefley has just gotten to that point where, like 378 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,319 I said earlier, it's just the market's not there for him. And I 379 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,279 think now they're trying to shift to Okay, if he's going to be around, 380 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,200 how can we use them and how can you know how can we extract 381 00:25:22,279 --> 00:25:26,000 the best of the Mark Schreifey, and I think that's where the Jets stand 382 00:25:26,079 --> 00:25:30,000 right now. Nick Eiler is the next guy we want to talk about, 383 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,160 and unfortunately, this speedy Dane only played forty five games, missed six weeks 384 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,200 with hernia on various upper body injuries. At the end of the season, 385 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,799 he was clear to play by the end of the season, so I don't 386 00:25:38,799 --> 00:25:44,519 think there should be any lingering issues. But he's obviously very good. He's 387 00:25:44,519 --> 00:25:48,599 got two years left at six million. He's someone who we've always wanted to 388 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,160 have more of a role, at least those of us outside of Winnipeg, 389 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,400 some of us there. But he lost time on ice last season and his 390 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,720 shot rains to win down. Unfortunately, he also shot a little bit below 391 00:25:56,799 --> 00:26:00,960 his career norm, So to me, this all hints at the fact that 392 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,480 Eilers can do more. Scott, So, what do you think we could 393 00:26:03,519 --> 00:26:07,599 expect from him this season, especially as you're discussing all the things that might 394 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,880 be moving around and changing in the Winnipeg top six. I think you expect 395 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,240 more from either, and partly because Blake Wheeler's gone and a lot of this 396 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,799 ties into that, and so you're gonna have Nikola Eilers. I think just 397 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,000 a more consistent role, more consistent minutes. I think it's one of the 398 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,279 things that Rick Bone was figured out by the end of the last year. 399 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,039 The problem was he gets injured in game two of that year of last season 400 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,839 and he's out for almost most most of the season. He played forty five 401 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,400 games, but he missed half of this season because of this. He had 402 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,480 the sports hernia. Then he ended up going to Detroit and get some procedure 403 00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:45,880 done to fix it. Just took forever kind of to get that movement along 404 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,960 as one of those injuries that just it just wouldn't heal, and then they 405 00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:53,119 tried to wait and wait. But when he plays me at thirty eight points 406 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,359 last year, twelve goals in those forty two games, he really helped their 407 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,519 power play later on in the season. It just he needs to co exist 408 00:27:00,599 --> 00:27:03,720 with Mark Schifley on the power players. One of the things that those two 409 00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:07,319 have just struggled to because they both want to play the same spot. They 410 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,960 both want to come down off the wall on the left side and do their 411 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 thing, and that's just it. Both of them can't do it, just 412 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,839 not how it works. But I think Eilers has the potential, all the 413 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:22,480 potential in the world too to have a great year. It just he forged 414 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,440 a pretty good partnership with Vladimano Mastokov. When the Messkov came here at the 415 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,039 trade deadline, that was that was beneficial. I think we'll see him likely 416 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,400 with Messkov unless a Messico's not in the top six, which is completely possible. 417 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:37,799 But I think there's Eilers as all the potential worlds. You just go 418 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,880 stay healthy, and I think Rick Bonus is going to have a better idea 419 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:47,160 in a second season how to really deploy Nick Heelers and kind of work to 420 00:27:47,759 --> 00:27:51,680 Eilers's strengths, which speed, vision, playmaking, all those types of things. 421 00:27:52,319 --> 00:27:55,079 I think he's gonna have a much better game plan with when it comes 422 00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:59,880 to Eilers. Awesome. Yeah, the next guy we're gonna talk about, 423 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,000 we already mentioned him too. Cole Profetti only played fifty one games upper body 424 00:28:03,079 --> 00:28:07,400 injury February twenty fourth. Was expected to miss about eight weeks, but wasn't 425 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:12,000 cleared until recently. He had forty eight point pace, really nice step forward 426 00:28:12,039 --> 00:28:17,359 from his thirty two point pace in eighteen games last season. Definitely not someone 427 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,359 who does a whole lot of hitting, blocking, and shooting, but he's 428 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:25,000 decent in that area and one left when you're left at an injury level, 429 00:28:25,079 --> 00:28:29,000 so really cheap until he becomes an RFA. In twenty twenty four was really 430 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,480 quite good defensively. I think some people wondered whether he could hang in the 431 00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:34,880 middle, and it certainly seemed like he's on his way to proving that. 432 00:28:36,079 --> 00:28:37,920 And obviously, as you mentioned, with the space opened up PLD and Wheeler 433 00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:42,039 gone, it seems like he's primed to slide into that two see or maybe 434 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:45,400 even one see if Shiflee leaves. What do you think we can expect from 435 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,599 Proffetti this season? Yeah, I think he took some steps last year before 436 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,000 he got injured. I think the biggest question mark is can Cold Proffetti stay 437 00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:56,799 healthy. It's just two years in a row where he's dealt with a significant 438 00:28:56,839 --> 00:29:00,960 injury, and they just need him to get stronger, right, They need 439 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:03,440 him to get a little bit quicker, but really they just need him get 440 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,400 more durable. And that's always a tough thing for a smaller guy, especially 441 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,240 a smaller guy who might be tasked to play center. And one thing that 442 00:29:11,319 --> 00:29:15,680 Kevin shovel. They have the GM here said is they want to They want 443 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,359 to try Roffetti at center. That's where they drafted him. Briffetti wants to 444 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,640 play there and they want if it's like he's true to his word there. 445 00:29:22,119 --> 00:29:26,559 You could see him at the second line center this year or the potential, 446 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:27,640 as you said, the top line center. I don't know if you'd go 447 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,920 right to top line, but you could definitely see that. They's so smart. 448 00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:36,279 One thing about Cold Brifetti is like what he lacks in speed, he 449 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:37,960 makes up. He's one of those old guys in Beer League that he's not 450 00:29:38,039 --> 00:29:41,480 the fastest, but he's just always in the right position and he's and so 451 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,680 that's like a that's one of the strengths of Cold Briffetti. And I think 452 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:49,039 if he wasn't injured last year, you would have had him very close to 453 00:29:49,119 --> 00:29:53,039 Matty Beniers called their trophy conversation. He was early on in the season because 454 00:29:53,079 --> 00:29:56,599 he was having a great start to the year. They just need him to 455 00:29:56,599 --> 00:29:59,079 stay healthy. And that's the number one thing with Roffetti. They need him 456 00:29:59,079 --> 00:30:02,640 to stay healthy. When he plays, he's a plus to this team. 457 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:07,359 He benefits his team in a lot of ways possession wise, especially offensively, 458 00:30:07,799 --> 00:30:10,519 and he's good in the defensive zone, which is something that they haven't really 459 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,720 had with from their top centers and in recent years, is that he can 460 00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:18,279 play it truly a two way game. And so that's where they are on 461 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,920 Perfetti and they just I think the biggest thing, the biggest storyline going to 462 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,720 the year, can he stay healthy? Is If he can, he really 463 00:30:23,759 --> 00:30:30,839 helps his team. So two guys coming in that King's trade over Alexia follow 464 00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:34,960 Gabriel Valardi. They were ranked fourth and fifth of the King's and goals above 465 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,920 replacement last year, both over half point per game. Guy, where do 466 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,279 you think these guys slot into the Jets lineup? And who do you expect 467 00:30:41,759 --> 00:30:45,480 from the two to be more productive? Yeah? I mean I think you 468 00:30:45,519 --> 00:30:49,440 would expect Valarti because he's probably going to get that top six time, likely 469 00:30:49,559 --> 00:30:53,720 gonna get some power play time on top of that. Axel follow is an 470 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:57,359 interesting one because I think if we look at projected rosters of this team, 471 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,759 or at least how I'm projecting them, I think you could see I fellow 472 00:31:00,839 --> 00:31:03,319 with Adam Lowry and you know, need a writer on the third line, 473 00:31:03,359 --> 00:31:07,680 and that really changes the complexion of this team in terms of how good that 474 00:31:07,839 --> 00:31:11,359 quote unquote checking line would be. There'd be a lot of scoring that I 475 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:17,160 think potential from that line, and I think that it's interesting because we always 476 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,759 look at the second line. You expect them to get more minutes, but 477 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:22,920 it's possible that third line could get a lot of minutes because they would be 478 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:27,480 playing a lot against other teams best in terms of opponents and line matchups and 479 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:32,440 all that kind of stuff, and then you would So I think Valardy just 480 00:31:32,519 --> 00:31:34,799 because of his age is youth. He had a breakout season last year obviously, 481 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,799 and I think that's why the Jets really covered him and that King's grade. 482 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,279 I think he's I think Vlardi is going to give all the opportunity in 483 00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:45,119 the world, potentially a center job next year with the Jets, So I 484 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,440 think he has the higher upside in terms of impact, let's say, at 485 00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:52,160 least points wise, but I'm not counting out. I fell a veteran of 486 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:56,359 this league and a guy that I think, yeah, like I said, 487 00:31:56,359 --> 00:31:59,759 if he's gonna play with Adam Lowry need a writer, there's a good chance 488 00:31:59,839 --> 00:32:05,960 that line becomes quite dominant, especially just cycling grinding, pucks in the offensive 489 00:32:06,039 --> 00:32:08,759 zone. That's one of those It's one of those lines. If we go 490 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:13,279 back to the Andrew Copp days here with Andrew Coop and Brandon Tanna have a 491 00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:15,359 few years so they were an elite in terms of how they created offense. 492 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,559 They weren't elite in terms of finishing all the time, but the way that 493 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,440 those three kind of churned out chances and that sort of thing in the offensive 494 00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:27,039 zone was up there with some of the best lines in the league, even 495 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:30,119 though they were just a third line. So I think this kind of hearkens 496 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,920 back to that. If you kind of look at that, that how I 497 00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:37,960 expect and I think a few people around here or at least expect that third 498 00:32:38,079 --> 00:32:40,960 line to look. But again, I think this goes back to this team 499 00:32:42,079 --> 00:32:45,799 is deeper with both of those guys, especially what I have follow gives, 500 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:50,440 and especially with Lardy his youth and his breakout year last year. I think 501 00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:53,440 there's a lot of different ways that you can now move around some of the 502 00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:59,680 parts on this team to try and give you even more even scoring, more 503 00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:02,519 even lines in terms of defensive of that sort of thing. So I expect 504 00:33:02,599 --> 00:33:07,319 the Valordy to probably have the edge there on being overall impact. But I 505 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,759 think ifl is going to settle and just fine potentially on that third line, 506 00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:14,319 Yeah, definitely, And let's move over to the D now. It's great 507 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,519 takes on the forward. We got to start with Josh Norrissey. Morrissey, 508 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:22,119 who didn't win the Norris but he had a fantastic season, played the most 509 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:27,160 games that he has seventy sorry, played most of the games at seventy eight. 510 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,359 And such a strange trajectory for morris He hovered in that thirty to forty 511 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:35,160 point range point pace for D and then he shoots up to almost in an 512 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,200 eighty point paced season, just a little confusing, doubling what he used to 513 00:33:38,279 --> 00:33:43,240 do. And I'm someone who always I was initially really thought he could get 514 00:33:43,279 --> 00:33:45,160 there, and then I was becoming really skeptical because he was just locked in 515 00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:49,519 that kind of mediocre range, and then it was like, poof what happened? 516 00:33:49,559 --> 00:33:52,200 So I'd love to hear what do you think happened there? He's also 517 00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:55,000 been really good with his peripheral cover shots, blocks, HiT's all really good. 518 00:33:55,519 --> 00:34:00,599 Five years left at six point two five million. His defense play hasn't 519 00:34:00,599 --> 00:34:04,119 been great, but that might be part partly because of the team effect and 520 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,800 who he's with, but overall, looking under the hood, his shooting percentage 521 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:12,679 was a little bit high. So his sixteen goals were four more than he 522 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,239 had last year and nearly three times what he usually did before that. So 523 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,639 maybe that's a little high. And the rest of his number is pdo ipp 524 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,360 We're all a little high as well, so it seems like there might be 525 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:27,639 some regression. What can we expect from Morrissey moving into next year? The 526 00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:30,480 biggest change for Josh Morrissey was Rick Bonus, and Rick Bonus came in last 527 00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:37,519 year at the start of the years, I want our defense to be in 528 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,679 the upper third of the league in terms of scoring. I think the Jets 529 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:45,480 the year before that were either thirty year, thirty first or thirty second. 530 00:34:45,519 --> 00:34:49,159 And defensive scoring, I think last year, if you go back, I 531 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,519 want to say they were in the top they were in the top ten, 532 00:34:51,559 --> 00:34:55,639 I believe in terms of defensive scoring if memory serves me right here. And 533 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,400 that was all because Rick Bonus came in. He say we got it, 534 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:04,280 just like defense need to start activating like they really felt covering it. It 535 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,840 felt so strange to hear like a coach come in and say, yeah, 536 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,599 like we just needed defense to move up the ice. This should just be 537 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:14,760 something that but it wasn't happening and Winnipeg, and that's what I think really 538 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:20,960 neuter Josh Morrissey's potential. But nobody expected seventy six points either, right, 539 00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:24,559 nobody expected him to blow up for this career year. But Josh was playing 540 00:35:24,599 --> 00:35:30,320 with so much confidence in Rick Bonus's system that it really unlocked something in morris 541 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:35,360 I think he just he felt like a number one defenseman for the first time 542 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,159 in his career and he wasn't being held back in the same way that he 543 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:44,039 was since Bufflin laughed and Sharrott laughed, and Myers laughed and all those all 544 00:35:44,079 --> 00:35:45,559 three of those guys, and there was one other that I'm just not remembering 545 00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:49,880 right now, but they all left in the same summer, and Josh Morrissey 546 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,039 was left essentially to saddle the load and basically play with whoever Paul Maras would 547 00:35:54,079 --> 00:35:58,800 give him, which was often a defenseman that would drag him down. This 548 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,840 year was the first year that that wasn't as much of the case. He 549 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:07,760 played really well with Dylan Demelo. Some injuries and stuff, like that meant 550 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,559 he had to play with some other guys. But Morrisey really just I think 551 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:15,320 he saw something different in the way that Rick Bonis wanted them to play, 552 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,039 and he felt free. I think that the biggest thing was Josh Morsey felt 553 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:22,679 free on the ice to move up the ice. It wasn't like because somebody 554 00:36:22,039 --> 00:36:24,519 for the most part last year was going to back him up right like a 555 00:36:24,639 --> 00:36:28,480 Ford was going to move back, and so Morsey could just go up and 556 00:36:28,559 --> 00:36:30,719 actually use his offensive instincts and then put the puck in the back of the 557 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,880 net or crazy. It's sixty assists last year. These are numbers that we 558 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,360 had never seen o Josh Morsey. But it looked so natural watching him do 559 00:36:38,519 --> 00:36:44,280 it that this wasn't like that. I don't want to I agree with you 560 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,840 because somebody looks at the numbers too and you think, okay, I shouldn't 561 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:51,239 send it Desidle, that there could be some regression. I agree that's probably 562 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,719 the case. But I think the days are gone of him being a forty 563 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,679 point player. I think now you're looking at a guy who can push that 564 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,599 that point per game pace now, at least in this system and under Rick 565 00:37:01,639 --> 00:37:06,280 Bonus. So I think he's probably going to be having the same I don't 566 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:07,519 think when it bigs defense. I think, honestly, I think when the 567 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:10,519 big defense is set in terms of who they're playing, I don't think they're 568 00:37:10,559 --> 00:37:15,480 moving anybody. I think that's all staying the way it is. So if 569 00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:19,719 that's the case, can we expect a lot less? I don't think so. 570 00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:23,199 I think Josh Morrissey playing the way that he played and having a year 571 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:27,400 of that under his belt, I think he can be just as good and 572 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,760 potentially a little bit better. One thing, we got to remember, Josh 573 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,800 Morsey fell off a little bit in the last half, not the last half 574 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,599 of the year, the last quarter of the season. It just wasn't He 575 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,559 wasn't putting up the same kind of numbers. So I think if he can 576 00:37:38,639 --> 00:37:43,920 address that, potentially you could have a better year offensively at least. So 577 00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:46,639 yeah, we'll see. I'm really curious on the Morrissey because, yeah, 578 00:37:46,679 --> 00:37:50,079 you look at it and you're like, it's such a big jump as they're 579 00:37:50,079 --> 00:37:53,000 going to be just that Okay, it was like it was an abnormal year 580 00:37:53,639 --> 00:37:57,800 for him. He had a great season and put him in the Norris conversation. 581 00:37:58,039 --> 00:38:00,880 The norriscy thing all that kind of stuff. But I truly believe, 582 00:38:01,039 --> 00:38:07,199 just having covered Josh for the last almost ten years now, that I think 583 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,800 he's just taken a step into that more let's say, elite stratosphere among an 584 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,880 NHL defenseman, and I think he can stay. There will there be a 585 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,840 blow, but progression, who knows, but I think he is. I 586 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:21,440 think he's here to stay in terms of this new kind of improved Josh Morrisey, 587 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:25,719 at least under Rick Bonus at one end of the goals above replacement on 588 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:30,159 the Winnipeg Jets was Josh Morrissey number one. At the other end, dead 589 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:35,360 last but not for the fantasy folks. Among us was Neil Pianc. He 590 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,960 was the thirty third ranked fantasy defenseman because he does the stats that we enjoy, 591 00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:44,559 but we may be enjoyed in more than the Winnipeg Watchers anyway, he 592 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,280 was particularly had a rough time at even strength defense. It looks like I 593 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,599 enjoyed the two shots, two hits in a block and half a point per 594 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:58,280 game. He skated with Brent Dylan the majority of the time, but he 595 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,199 also skated quite a bit with Josh More. Is he what happened last year 596 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:06,960 and what are your expectations for Pion's upcoming season. Pian played with an injury 597 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,719 for most of the last season. That's what happened, and it really hurt 598 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,599 at times. Right there was times where you could almost seem like he couldn't 599 00:39:14,639 --> 00:39:17,280 even push off of his I believe it was the right foot. He'd struggled 600 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:22,760 to push it so that that really hindered him. I don't know how it 601 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,079 gets fixed it. We haven't heard of any sort of surgery or scedure. 602 00:39:25,119 --> 00:39:30,199 It's possible we didn't. We weren't twirled much about it, but Pi did 603 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:34,400 admit that he had been dealing with something, and so I don't know if 604 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,039 there's been any sort of procedure done. Nobody's really said anything to correct that, 605 00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:40,599 or if he just needed time. But he obviously he was able to 606 00:39:40,679 --> 00:39:45,199 play through it. At times, it was a detriment to the team because 607 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,880 he did struggle. He wasn't the same defenseman. He hasn't really been the 608 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,920 same defenseman for the last couple of years. You have to go back to 609 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:57,880 the twenty twenty twenty twenty one season to find like some of his best kind 610 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:01,159 of actual defensive play. I mean your Jets fans will remember him in the 611 00:40:01,159 --> 00:40:05,679 playoffs against dry Citle and McDavid in that four game sweet for the Jets, 612 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,719 that was peak Neil Pong. He does put up the points, as he 613 00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:12,280 said, he gets powerplay time and that's part of it. I think the 614 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,880 injury it was just a big I think that again, the biggest question about 615 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,440 Neil Pong going to this year is he gonna be fully healthy. If he 616 00:40:16,599 --> 00:40:20,599 is okay, then I think he can return to the Neil Pong that the 617 00:40:20,679 --> 00:40:23,360 Jets saw in the first couple of three years of his tenure here and maybe 618 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:28,000 not the last couple where it has been at least this past year has been 619 00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:30,679 hindered by injury, and I think it did hurt him, and we know 620 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:34,639 it hurt him because the numbers always suggests that even if even if his stats 621 00:40:34,679 --> 00:40:36,920 were still there, I think he would. He have thirty three point ten 622 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,360 goals and thirty three points this past season. Those numbers aren't too shabby. 623 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:45,960 But I think fully healthy Neil Pong will We're really regained some of the form 624 00:40:45,039 --> 00:40:49,719 that we saw a few years pro from them. Yep. And moving on 625 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,559 to the goalies, the Jets gave up the eighth ranked expected goals for six 626 00:40:53,639 --> 00:40:59,119 recording Evolving Hockey, but only the fifth actual goals mean they were really outperforming 627 00:40:59,159 --> 00:41:02,159 that number, and of course Connor Hallibuck is the main reason there. And 628 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:06,920 as this as of this recording, he's still a Jet and he has. 629 00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:10,960 There have been some discussions, some rumors about him potentially moving, but that 630 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,679 doesn't happen yet. And he has become similar to Vassileski in fantasy just in 631 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,840 terms of how reliable. He is, about as reliable as you can come 632 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,440 at a position that's notoriously unreliable. He has one year left at that six 633 00:41:23,519 --> 00:41:29,000 point one six million, where he may not finish out in Winnipeg. Will 634 00:41:29,039 --> 00:41:32,159 have to see. They brought in Bursois after two years in Vegas, got 635 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:36,079 him a Stanley Cup. He was really good there. I don't really think 636 00:41:36,159 --> 00:41:38,800 that he's the answer in terms of a starter if Hellibuck moves on. But 637 00:41:39,119 --> 00:41:43,360 tell us what you think we can expect from this very murky goalie situation in 638 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,199 Winnipeg this upcoming season. Yeah, I expect if Connor Hillbuck plays this season 639 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:51,519 for the Jets, you expect elite Golton like you have every other year. 640 00:41:51,639 --> 00:41:54,480 One thing about Connor Hullibuck is that even his down years that they've been him 641 00:41:54,519 --> 00:42:00,320 exceptional and last year they needed him more, not because I think the nineteen 642 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:05,159 twenty year was probably peak Connor Hellibuck, Like when he won the BESNA. 643 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,599 They needed him the most that season because of what they lost on defense. 644 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,599 And I think that's the reason why he won the Besinas, just because he 645 00:42:10,679 --> 00:42:15,480 got shelled so many nights and was so good. You saw it last year 646 00:42:15,519 --> 00:42:19,840 and he'd stopped fifty one I think, and against the Rangers at one point 647 00:42:20,199 --> 00:42:22,960 he was just he was a Besna finalist, and I think without Linus all 648 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:27,639 Marks here, I wouldn't be shocked this Rokan was up there too. There's 649 00:42:27,679 --> 00:42:30,119 other guys, but I think he got the detention of some of the national 650 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:34,400 media last year because some of the performances that he put in, or one 651 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,519 of his best performances came on the East Coast, and so that always helps 652 00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:42,519 the guys stock. Let's say, but everybody knows who Connor Hellbuck is at 653 00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:46,800 this point arguably the best goaltender in the NHL. Over that ty Osilevski's right 654 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:52,079 there obviously as well. The thing you worry about with Connor Hellibuck, And 655 00:42:52,119 --> 00:42:53,840 I think the thing that you worry about with is the same thing that you 656 00:42:53,840 --> 00:43:00,880 would hear from just how much they played as offered late season fatigue to these 657 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:05,159 guys, and that hasn't really helped at least earlier on. For Vasileski, 658 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,159 that didn't help him in the playoffs and for Helli Buck this team. A 659 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:12,039 lot of this team's success has always written on Connor Hellibuck. It goes they 660 00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:15,239 live or die by the way that hell Buck performs in the net. With 661 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:22,159 Bursua, at least they get a capable backup, right like with David Riddick 662 00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,400 last year, It just wasn't they needed more, right, they needed a 663 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:30,840 backup that could go win games and not pressure you into playing hell Buck like 664 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:35,920 they did thirteen straight games down the stretch to secure a playoff spot. Obviously, 665 00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:39,119 it's great that hell Buck can play all those games and win the majority 666 00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:44,000 of them that help the Jets kind of clinch their playoff birth and all that 667 00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:45,840 stuff, But how much has that hurt on the back side of that when 668 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:50,239 you get into playoffs and now you need your goalie to be at this top 669 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,199 thing, But you just there's just been no load management at all. You 670 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:57,239 just can't load. You can't manage it because you need him to help you 671 00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:01,639 just make the postseason. So that's where the question becomes. And if they 672 00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:07,760 have him, can they manage him enough during the regular season that he can 673 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:09,519 still make sure that they get into the playoffs, because that's what he does. 674 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:15,880 And then from there, can he can you management enough that his playoff 675 00:44:15,079 --> 00:44:20,840 potential his ceiling is higher because he's just not going to be saddled with already 676 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,480 have sixty six starts last year. It's just too much for him. That's 677 00:44:23,559 --> 00:44:28,000 too much for most coalies. And you've seen the shift in the NHL to 678 00:44:28,079 --> 00:44:30,880 these tandem guys, right, And if they don't have Hella Buck, I 679 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:35,960 don't know what happens because I think the problem is unless you trade Hella Buck 680 00:44:36,159 --> 00:44:38,679 and Shiflee and you get somebody like maybe Jeremy Swayman back or something like, 681 00:44:39,159 --> 00:44:43,440 they just don't they don't have their goalies in the system, aren't ready to 682 00:44:43,559 --> 00:44:46,239 come up. Braswas probably not the starter, as you guys pointed out, 683 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:51,519 And so I think if the Jets go from being a bubble team to just 684 00:44:51,639 --> 00:44:53,880 a non playoff team without Connor Hellibuck. That's just the way, that's the 685 00:44:54,039 --> 00:45:00,599 reality here, that's how they've operated for several seasons now, and so they 686 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:04,440 honestly, I think they know they need him. And it's a big risk, 687 00:45:04,599 --> 00:45:07,880 right because it's potential that he doesn't resign after next season or at any 688 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:12,880 point during this season or anything like that, So you could lose him. 689 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,360 You might be forced to trade him with the trade deadline when this team is 690 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:20,639 in a good position to make the playoffs. And what does that mean in 691 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,320 the broader scheme of all these players are like, they don't care if players 692 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:28,159 don't care if you, if you if you need to trade him for whatever, 693 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,679 for the future or whatever. The players that are on this team now 694 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,280 want to win now, especially if you put them if they put themselves into 695 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,119 that position from the trade deadline. So I expect Connor Hellbock to have an 696 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:42,039 incredible season because he's going into a contract year and we know how much this 697 00:45:42,119 --> 00:45:45,360 guy wants to make and what he thinks he's worth. And three of the 698 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,079 last six years has been events in the Finalist he's won one of them. 699 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:52,079 We all know his credentials. It's just if they're going to keep them. 700 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,599 Can they make sure that they manage him correctly that he can be a factor 701 00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:59,400 for them in the playoffs. And if they're not going to keep them, 702 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:05,039 this team in big trouble between the pipes, I believe because Karnor Hellbuck has 703 00:46:05,079 --> 00:46:07,320 just got good. We all know it. He's just that good. He's 704 00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:12,599 one of those still franchise goaltenders in a league that's there's been, there's becoming 705 00:46:12,679 --> 00:46:16,360 fewer and fewer of those true number ones. Knor Hellbuck is still that guy, 706 00:46:16,519 --> 00:46:20,199 and he still will be for the next few years. He's only thirty 707 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,039 right now. He's not going to drop off in the next couple of years, 708 00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:27,239 and that might be four or five years out potentially. Still, yeah, 709 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:29,840 he's gonna be really good for whoever he plays for this year. But 710 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:31,239 I think as it stands right now, it looks like he's going to start 711 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:36,159 the season with the Jets, and that's very good for the Jets. It's 712 00:46:36,199 --> 00:46:39,239 just going to create a bit of a problem coming closer to late February early 713 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:44,360 March to see what the Jets actually do if they can't get a signature from 714 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,360 him from on an extension. Still, for sure, thank you, You've 715 00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:51,400 given us a lot of great information about this team. Scott, whyn't you 716 00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:53,599 let people know where they can keep up with your work. Yeah, but 717 00:46:53,639 --> 00:46:57,880 when it picks Sun dot com that's where we're at and a little slow right 718 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,440 now in the summer, that hasn't been a lot going on, but yeah, 719 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:05,599 come September it's full throttle Jets coverage and yeah, that's what we do. 720 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:07,840 That's the biggest part of our paper sports coverage. And yeah, we 721 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:13,559 go pretty hard on Jets coverage and every season, all at every time. 722 00:47:13,639 --> 00:47:15,920 Yeah, I want to pick Sun dot Com is where you can find all 723 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:20,360 of my writings. Awesome, thanks so much for coming on today, Scott. 724 00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:29,119 Yeah, I appreciate it. Guys, thanks for having me. Wilson 725 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:34,159 and well that's good fired passed up. Oh my goodness, go with a 726 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:43,800 cat quick grab. Now it's your weekly goalie talk with Cats Silverman Cats Instincts. 727 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:49,440 Time again for Cats Instincts, Winnipeg Jets Editions, Jet Cat Silverman from 728 00:47:49,599 --> 00:47:53,599 Ing Gold mag This system is a little dicey. I think we could say 729 00:47:54,079 --> 00:47:59,639 I think they don't have a ton of great options. We were talking before 730 00:47:59,639 --> 00:48:04,159 we start recording about Micaal Burdan, who is someone it seems like they've been 731 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:08,719 hoping would be stepping into a more prominent role. But he's now in Russia. 732 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,400 He's been in Russia for a year and sounds like he's staying there. 733 00:48:13,199 --> 00:48:16,679 So I don't think he's someone that we need to really worry about. And 734 00:48:17,039 --> 00:48:24,079 the only other guy that seems maybe worth discussing is Thomas Millech, who was 735 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:29,840 an overager, double overager, if I'm reading this right, and he was 736 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:35,280 drafted in the this year in the fifth round by Winnipeg this past year twenty 737 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,559 twenty three. He's generously listed at six feet one hundred and nine hundred and 738 00:48:39,559 --> 00:48:45,280 seventy nine pounds according to Elite Prospects, and he was on that Seattle Thunderbird's 739 00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:50,840 team that was really fantastic this past year when the WHL came up a little 740 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,400 bit short in the Memorial Cup. And he was also on that World that 741 00:48:53,519 --> 00:49:00,679 World Junior team with for Canada. I think a lot of goalies could have 742 00:49:00,119 --> 00:49:04,559 won with Canada, but he did pretty well when called upon. And not 743 00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:09,440 to diminish his accomplishments, but Millich is definitely not the most exciting prospect if 744 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:15,280 you look at his hockey prospecting. It's scary. He has really low equivalences 745 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:19,559 on all of his years. Probably one of the best comps I've found was 746 00:49:19,639 --> 00:49:25,000 Scott Clementson, who was a backup. There's really only one reasonable NHL or 747 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:29,679 on all of his comps, and that was Roman Chickmonic, and he was 748 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:32,320 someone who didn't really have equivalent season his first couple of years. So that's 749 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:37,079 basically the only way to find someone similar to Milich. So Kat, tell 750 00:49:37,159 --> 00:49:42,599 us what you think about Thomas Millich and what the state of the Winnipeg prospect 751 00:49:42,719 --> 00:49:49,199 goalie system. I'm always happy to be completely wrong when I find a goaltender 752 00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:53,960 that I think is being overlooked and then they end up not being quite as 753 00:49:54,039 --> 00:49:58,360 good as i'd hope they would be. I'm willing to stand behind my guys. 754 00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:02,679 And during his his first draft eligible year, I had actually written a 755 00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:08,000 piece where I talked about just how hard it was for people to evaluate goaltenders 756 00:50:08,199 --> 00:50:14,960 after the pandemic and mentioned Thomas Millich as one of the guys who I thought 757 00:50:15,079 --> 00:50:20,119 should have gotten drafted higher than the direct comparable that I had in my article 758 00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:22,960 was Ben Goodrow. I wanted to see him drafted ahead of Ben Goodrow, 759 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:28,119 and instead Ben Goodrow got drafted, and it took Thomas Millig another two years 760 00:50:28,159 --> 00:50:30,159 to get drafted. But he, like you said, he did well at 761 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:35,760 the World Juniors. He had done even better at the U eighteen World Juniors 762 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,599 during his first draft eligible year. He really shone there. He was one 763 00:50:39,679 --> 00:50:45,199 of the better guys for the w in the WHL that year. He just 764 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:51,239 he's so small, and it becomes so nerve racking when you see a guy 765 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,760 who he's listed at six feet tall and one hundred I think like one hundred 766 00:50:54,760 --> 00:51:00,519 and seventy three pounds undred seventy nine pounds, which if you take off his 767 00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:07,400 gear, he's probably closer to five ten one sixty, which can be difficult 768 00:51:07,599 --> 00:51:13,079 for a team to feel confident about. But he's just got such a solid 769 00:51:13,199 --> 00:51:16,639 technical foundation. I don't think he's quite as good as Dust and Wolf, 770 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:21,840 because I think nobody is quite as good as Dust and Wolf when it comes 771 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,559 to those undersized goaltenders right now. But I put him a little closer to 772 00:51:24,639 --> 00:51:30,719 someone like Trent Miner, who is also a pretty decent prospect who is undersized. 773 00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:35,519 Both of them, both Minor and Wolf managed to squeak in took Thomas 774 00:51:35,599 --> 00:51:38,559 milliche a little longer to get drafted. I think he's an NHL or I'm 775 00:51:38,639 --> 00:51:43,199 happy to be wrong one day, just to have someone believing in him for 776 00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:46,480 the time being, even if his comparables do not. That being said, 777 00:51:47,039 --> 00:51:53,360 Winnipeg's prospect pool is upsettingly bleak outside of him, the fact that he's a 778 00:51:53,559 --> 00:52:00,360 really promising looking young goalie but a gamble at his size, and that the 779 00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:05,039 facts that no other teams wanted him for whatever reason. If that's the only 780 00:52:05,119 --> 00:52:09,840 goaltender you have as a promising option in your system, yikes. I think 781 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:16,039 that Winnipeg it does this to themselves. Sometimes they wait until they have no 782 00:52:16,199 --> 00:52:22,440 one, and then they get someone really good, and then they wait again 783 00:52:22,519 --> 00:52:24,719 until they have no one. They had Michael Berdan, who I thought was 784 00:52:25,079 --> 00:52:30,199 hilarious and fun to watch. He was one of my favorite prospects to watch, 785 00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:32,159 but he went back to the KHL, and even though they have his 786 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:37,320 rights for another couple of years, if he went back overseas, I don't 787 00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,519 feel like I'd see him coming back anytime soon. So yeah, I don't 788 00:52:40,519 --> 00:52:45,719 know what Winnipeg's doing there. There's so many good young goaltenders bloating around right 789 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:50,719 now. They could very easily bring someone else in, but I think they 790 00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:55,519 are. They're like someone buying a new sports car and gunning it to see 791 00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:59,360 just how fast it can go before they blow the engine. I think that's 792 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,599 what they're doing with Hunter Hellibuck and sup bulge strategy. But we'll see how 793 00:53:01,639 --> 00:53:06,079 far that takes them. And I don't think they even I don't think they 794 00:53:06,119 --> 00:53:10,599 even have that anymore, do they with Hella Buck? Yeah, we'll see. 795 00:53:10,639 --> 00:53:15,159 I mean I think he I think he's probably gone, so I mean, 796 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,880 you gotta do something there. He might be gone mid year, he 797 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,039 might be gone this year. We'll see. Yeah, that the sports car 798 00:53:22,039 --> 00:53:27,599 analogy. They are driving that Ferrari at top speed right towards the edge of 799 00:53:27,599 --> 00:53:29,840 the cliff. I don't know what they're doing. They got to figure something 800 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:32,880 else out. I don't think Lauren Brosa is a long term answer there either, 801 00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:36,320 because those two are literally the same age. So I don't know what 802 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:44,039 they're doing. I don't know if your best prospect is a fifth round double 803 00:53:44,079 --> 00:53:46,880 age or undersized goalie. What are you doing? What are you doing? 804 00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:52,599 Anyways? Thank you Kay for giving us your instincts on the Winnipeg Jets goalie 805 00:53:52,679 --> 00:54:02,320 prospect system. We'll be back right after this the NSD dig Winnipeg Jets dynasty 806 00:54:02,599 --> 00:54:07,199 talk, and the Winnipeg Jets. What do we got going on over here? 807 00:54:07,679 --> 00:54:12,480 We've got a system that Victor ranks eleventh overall. They have a number 808 00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:16,119 of good prospects we're going to talk about today. Colby Barlow eighteenth overall was 809 00:54:16,199 --> 00:54:20,880 their big pick in this draft. They didn't pick again until the third draft 810 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,559 or the third round of the draft. It took zach Lye nearing Victor. 811 00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:30,800 We're gonna start with your no brainer today and who isn't That would be Chazz 812 00:54:31,079 --> 00:54:37,519 Lucius and Lucius twenty twenty one first round pick by Winnipeg eighteenth overall, six 813 00:54:37,639 --> 00:54:45,719 one eighty five pound winger or center winger. He started in the HL this 814 00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:50,119 past season five points and twelve games with Manitoba, then he was loaned back 815 00:54:50,119 --> 00:54:54,400 to Portland fifteen games fifteen points in six games with Portland. He was assigned 816 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:59,440 on January ninth and suffered an injury that where he had to go on shoulder 817 00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:01,480 surgery on February six and missed the rest of the season. So he was 818 00:55:01,519 --> 00:55:05,800 trying to play through it, but it sounds like it was pretty severe and 819 00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:08,639 so he knew the surgery. Should be ready for the upcoming season though for 820 00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:16,360 Manitoba, and he should be ready for training camp after the surgical recovery. 821 00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:22,920 He's got three years left on his entry level deal and he There's a lot 822 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:25,000 more to know about Chaz Lucius Jesse, and we're going to hear about that 823 00:55:25,159 --> 00:55:30,320 right now from RFHL scout darn Mar scout is Brandon on this case. And 824 00:55:30,599 --> 00:55:34,760 here's what Brandon has to say about Chazz Lucius. In terms of skating, 825 00:55:35,039 --> 00:55:39,280 he relies heavily on gliding with the momentum that he generates through his initial acceleration, 826 00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:44,480 he could highly benefit from becoming more shifty. And that said, his 827 00:55:44,639 --> 00:55:49,719 solid base on his skates makes him very sturdy when enduring the rigorous of physicality. 828 00:55:50,199 --> 00:55:53,360 Lucius did very little puck carrying through the observation of the games playing in 829 00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:57,159 the HL. When he got ahold of the puck, he was likely to 830 00:55:57,199 --> 00:56:00,840 make a quick short pass or, in rarer cases, attempt a shot on 831 00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:05,440 goal. Viewings in the WHL highlighted a different side to his game. He 832 00:56:05,559 --> 00:56:08,840 was more comfortable carrying the puck through all three zones, searching for wider lanes 833 00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:14,480 to sail through. Pass range increased in the WHL viewings, and he was 834 00:56:14,519 --> 00:56:17,920 more willing to take chances to make bigger and wider plays with his passing. 835 00:56:19,039 --> 00:56:22,559 So stickhandling, like his skating while carrying the puck, is a bit on 836 00:56:22,639 --> 00:56:27,880 the overactive side, could use some poise and smoothness of movement. In terms 837 00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:31,719 of shooting, he puts a fair amount of heft and gusto into loading his 838 00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:37,239 shots, even the ones that are released quickly or are one touch. Lucius 839 00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:40,679 doesn't need to put much movement into telegraphing his shot to apply the force he 840 00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:47,199 does. This has and could continue to catch goaltenders off guards IQ At times, 841 00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:52,280 Lucius seems very overly focused on reading the play instead of imposing his will 842 00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:55,480 on it, but he's adept at finding open teammates to move the puck through 843 00:56:55,960 --> 00:57:00,599 to various game situations. Whereas some players see the game steps ahead as they 844 00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:04,880 develop, it looks like Lucius more reads the play on both sides of the 845 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,119 puck until he is comfortable injecting himself into it, and if he has to 846 00:57:08,159 --> 00:57:12,559 puck on his stick for a prolonged period of time. He's relatively calm and 847 00:57:12,639 --> 00:57:16,679 controlled, but nowhere near highly confident in daring in his ability to evade for 848 00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:21,519 checking. If for checking is the F one or F two. He applies 849 00:57:21,719 --> 00:57:27,119 swooping pressure and pursuit, but does not commit until the opponent has fumbled the 850 00:57:27,239 --> 00:57:30,440 play, and at times he will utilize subtle head or shoulder fakes to freeze 851 00:57:30,519 --> 00:57:37,039 up the opponent gain ground to get stick into stick checking range defense. His 852 00:57:37,199 --> 00:57:42,559 defensive games rather passive and peripheral, as he tends to cover the D zone 853 00:57:42,639 --> 00:57:47,159 positionally like the center. His primary tools to stick check executed quick hands and 854 00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:53,440 without overreaching, so overall the best asset subtle playmaking creativity, though no single 855 00:57:53,519 --> 00:57:59,000 trait is flashy, bold, or obvious to call a hallmark. Lucius's biggest 856 00:57:59,079 --> 00:58:02,760 concern is the activeness, the assertiveness, and the directed mobility. Gets around 857 00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:07,119 the ice fine at the lower levels, but could find himself caught in the 858 00:58:07,159 --> 00:58:12,079 wake of the game at the NHL. What's the top outcome expected for Lucius? 859 00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:15,400 Though he played at center, is type of game really Brandon thinks is 860 00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:19,639 more suited for the periphery as a middle six, supportive playmaking winger, maybe 861 00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:24,000 a sixty point guy, maybe a career high of seventy points with middling Bash 862 00:58:24,639 --> 00:58:30,719 and his fiftieth percent hire tier or roll the Hller and it would need to 863 00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:39,000 find and heavily develop keystone skill or two stylistic comparis ball Ryan Johansson crossed with 864 00:58:39,119 --> 00:58:45,880 the vertical posture of Jack Eichel and shades of a smaller, less physical Dustin 865 00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:51,360 Penner close to the net the NHL ranking, Mason Black has a few PHLI 866 00:58:51,519 --> 00:58:58,159 equivalents out there. Patrick Sharpe is a one hundred NHLI similarity score. That's 867 00:58:58,199 --> 00:59:02,679 an encouraging word the future for old Chas Lucius, and he goes for an 868 00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:08,320 all Canada prospect comparison in terms of the rank. King Pold went out to 869 00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:14,559 all of you to vote on Chaz Lucius versus Connors Zeri of the Calgary Flames, 870 00:59:14,599 --> 00:59:16,880 the twenty twenty first round pick of the Flames. Who would you rather 871 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:22,440 have Chaz Lucius buy Aos over Connors Zeri. That's an interesting one, but 872 00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:25,559 we've heard some pretty good things about Chas Lucius. I was a big guy 873 00:59:25,599 --> 00:59:31,320 on Connors Zeri at the outset. I am hopeful that Zeri is going to 874 00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:35,119 get a little bit more run now with Sutter out of town, and maybe 875 00:59:35,159 --> 00:59:38,760 a little bit more opportunity for the young prospects, but he has not come 876 00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:42,480 out to his highest outcome just yet. I'm sure we'll hear about him on 877 00:59:42,519 --> 00:59:46,119 a future episode. Do you think that Chaz Lucius ought to be the choice 878 00:59:46,199 --> 00:59:51,960 over Connor ZERI Victor. Yeah, I do. I think they're both good 879 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,360 players and good prospects and some of the best in each pool. So that's 880 00:59:54,440 --> 01:00:00,400 a nice way to compare it as well. And I definitely agree with the 881 01:00:00,559 --> 01:00:05,440 sentiment from Brandon that Chez Lucius is more of a winger. That's why I 882 01:00:05,519 --> 01:00:08,519 said that at the beginning, and then he's listed as a center on his 883 01:00:08,719 --> 01:00:14,239 Elite Prospects paid but he definitely seems more like a winger, peripheral type player. 884 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:16,960 He actually reminds me a little bit of Kyle Connor, who was also 885 01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:22,960 an NDP guy and obviously a jet. But yeah, I think that this 886 01:00:22,199 --> 01:00:25,880 year for Lucius was tough with the injury and not playing too many games, 887 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:30,840 and so some of his equivalencies look low, but he think he's he actually 888 01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:35,000 has a lot more to show forward, and so it was a difficult transition 889 01:00:35,079 --> 01:00:40,159 year after such a strong year in college and going step to step from us 890 01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:45,840 NITP to University of Minnesota to Manitoba Moose. Those are like huge steps each 891 01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:49,599 step of the way, so he's been moving all around. I think it'll 892 01:00:49,599 --> 01:00:52,400 be really good for him to have this recovery and training time and then just 893 01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:54,440 being the HL next season. And I would not be surprised if he does 894 01:00:54,559 --> 01:00:59,599 really well and pops off as I think he can. But these two are 895 01:00:59,639 --> 01:01:01,920 closed, are both good, They're both similar in terms of times. Zari's 896 01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,760 a little bit closer, So if that is important to you, then I 897 01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:10,639 would certainly not begrudge you for picking Zari. I think he could have a 898 01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:15,559 role on the Flames as soon as the season. We'll have to see about 899 01:01:15,599 --> 01:01:17,880 that. And Lucius, yeah, I know he trended down just because of 900 01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:22,159 this off year. I think I wouldn't be surprised if his D plus three 901 01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:24,159 showed an increase from his five percent chance of being a star. He was 902 01:01:24,239 --> 01:01:28,440 at twenty seven, then twelve and then five. But again part of that 903 01:01:28,639 --> 01:01:32,800 is the injuries and different teams he played for this year, so I wouldn't 904 01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:36,360 be surprised if he pops back up. But right now, he's got some 905 01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:40,119 not so good comps. Kyle Tourists is one that Nate pulled here for him, 906 01:01:40,159 --> 01:01:45,280 and yeah, that seems not unreasonable. I think I would. I 907 01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:50,119 think Lucia's has more upside than that, But that wouldn't be that an average 908 01:01:50,159 --> 01:01:53,840 producer like Carl Tourist wouldn't be without out of the realm of possible. And 909 01:01:54,079 --> 01:01:58,599 Jay Fresh Top Down Hockey has him at eight percent chance of being a star 910 01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:02,039 fifty two percent chance of an NHL are similar actually in line to hockey prospecting, 911 01:02:02,639 --> 01:02:06,519 so they seem to agree that he's got a lower chance, but we'll 912 01:02:06,519 --> 01:02:08,400 ste to see what happens next year. I still think there's more there with 913 01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:15,039 Lucia's. Jesse. Yeah, next guy then needed no prospect is a guy 914 01:02:15,119 --> 01:02:20,920 who's been getting some love lately. Who is it? That would be Rutger 915 01:02:21,159 --> 01:02:25,840 McGroarty twenty two first round pick, fourteenth overall by the Jets, six one, 916 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:30,840 two hundred five pound left wing. He transitioned from the us NTDP to 917 01:02:30,880 --> 01:02:35,079 the University of Minnesota quite well, I would say. And also, if 918 01:02:35,119 --> 01:02:38,440 you're seeing a pattern here of Jets picking us NTDP wingers, yeah, you've 919 01:02:38,519 --> 01:02:43,760 noticed a real thing. It seems to be happening, and so his eighteen 920 01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:49,039 goals twenty one assists for thirty nine points and thirty nine games for Michigan was 921 01:02:49,159 --> 01:02:52,559 huge. That was obviously point per game pace. He also had a point 922 01:02:52,599 --> 01:02:55,559 per game pace for the US at the U twenty World Junior Championship seven and 923 01:02:55,639 --> 01:03:00,400 seven. He will be coming back to Michigan for sophomore season next year. 924 01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:05,719 Should have even more opportunity there with some of the other players moving on from 925 01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:09,039 that loaded squad. And he hasn't signed yet obviously he's still in college, 926 01:03:09,199 --> 01:03:13,599 but he could sign after this season, maybe even play some professional games in 927 01:03:13,639 --> 01:03:16,079 the HL or NHL after his college season. Will have to see how that 928 01:03:16,199 --> 01:03:21,360 goes. Looking at Mitch Brown's tracking data, the one glaring hole is his 929 01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:24,119 defense. Rucker McGorty not the best defensive player, but he's in that average 930 01:03:24,199 --> 01:03:28,800 range. He's not below, He's just average, which is okay. If 931 01:03:28,840 --> 01:03:30,360 you could have him be NHL average, that would be enough, but this 932 01:03:30,559 --> 01:03:35,719 is college average, so a couple steps behind, but not too bad. 933 01:03:36,199 --> 01:03:38,719 His offense, though, in terms of his expected goals and shots, is 934 01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:43,880 extremely high. A little bit lower for his expected A ones, but still 935 01:03:44,039 --> 01:03:47,719 very good as well as his slot passes. Most of his transition data rucker. 936 01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:51,800 Mcgrorty is not the guy you want transitioning the puck, so the fact 937 01:03:51,840 --> 01:03:54,599 that he's pretty good in this area is just fine. He's got some good 938 01:03:55,199 --> 01:03:59,960 past, controlled past exits and entries, which is that's what you want him 939 01:04:00,079 --> 01:04:02,760 doing, not actually skating the puck. It's not the fastest guy, but 940 01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:05,440 that's okay. Other people can move their feet and he can find them, 941 01:04:05,480 --> 01:04:09,559 which is what you want. He also has some other really great things like 942 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:14,480 averages created off puck assist for sixty those kinds of things. So under the 943 01:04:14,519 --> 01:04:17,880 hood looks really good for McGroarty Jesse. What does our FHL scout have to 944 01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:21,920 say about him? Our FHL scout Tony has a few things to say. 945 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:27,480 Skating good, skating enough speed and short bursts, can do breakaways, but 946 01:04:27,599 --> 01:04:31,599 not a burner necessarily passinger in handling also rated out as good. Able to 947 01:04:31,679 --> 01:04:35,880 find a way to get passes off in tight spaces. For shooting a really 948 01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:40,800 good shot, Tony says didn't do too many slap shots, but the other 949 01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:45,480 ones were very good. IQ seems to have a great IQ knows where to 950 01:04:45,559 --> 01:04:49,440 be able to get there to get a shot or pass away. Offensive anticipation 951 01:04:49,639 --> 01:04:53,880 is top notch. Didn't see a whole lot of defense, but based on 952 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,400 the short end of time, would probably say defense is not a cup of 953 01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:00,599 suit. Very diplomatic there, Tony panic meters seems to be zero four checking, 954 01:05:00,639 --> 01:05:03,239 seems to do what he needs to, but needs a little more aggressiveness 955 01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:09,199 to be successful at the NHL level. Defense not necessarily a lot there seems 956 01:05:09,199 --> 01:05:14,079 to be more of an offensively geared player playing the offensive zone. High IQ, 957 01:05:14,639 --> 01:05:18,480 really good shots is the highest asset for this guy, but the concern 958 01:05:18,599 --> 01:05:23,440 is the lack of defense and aggressiveness. Top tier What would be the top 959 01:05:23,679 --> 01:05:30,480 possibility outcome for mister McGroarty offense very good, a Tier one type player that's 960 01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:35,280 a big point per game type score with power play potential, but the fiftieth 961 01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:41,480 percentile outcome if you need the NHL, maybe a Tier three type of guy 962 01:05:41,559 --> 01:05:45,599 that's more of a marginal guy who's going to be maybe more of a fifty 963 01:05:45,679 --> 01:05:49,840 point player with power play time limited, third line minutes, stylistic comparisible comparable. 964 01:05:50,559 --> 01:05:56,440 He's going to say a less aggressive Matt kachuck boy, what would a 965 01:05:56,559 --> 01:06:00,360 less aggressive Matt kachuck Be. He says, Tim similar to Thomas home Strom, 966 01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:06,440 is maybe the comparable Rutger mcgroarty's similarity school scores with the NHL rank King 967 01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:13,119 Mason Black have Luke Kunnant coming out as his top comparable, so that is 968 01:06:13,239 --> 01:06:17,639 something. And his projection has dipped a little bit over the past year since 969 01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:23,880 his draft year, and he's going to compare him in terms of the poll 970 01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:29,599 to Ridley Greek, one of those Ottawa Senators prospects from a couple of years 971 01:06:29,679 --> 01:06:32,719 ago who's also moved his way up to the HL, and actually he's made 972 01:06:32,760 --> 01:06:35,840 it all the way to the NHL at this point as Greek, who would 973 01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:42,039 you rather have on your fantasy team, Rutger McGroarty or Ridley Greek. Rutger 974 01:06:42,119 --> 01:06:45,440 McGroarty wins fairly handedly, fifty eight to forty two. I get that. 975 01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:49,960 I think Rickord McGroarty from everything we've heard, has a lot of possibility, 976 01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:55,760 especially for his fantasy types, to get a scoring type of role. Ridley 977 01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:59,159 Greek's probably suffering from that deal where right when you make it up to the 978 01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:02,239 NHL and your production is poor right away, it's going to bring you down 979 01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:08,880 in people's estimations because of probably prospect fatigue. But I'm okay with McGroarty winning 980 01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:14,519 this competition. How about you, Victor, Yeah, definitely I like McGroarty 981 01:07:14,559 --> 01:07:17,320 a lot more than Greek, certainly. Like you said, Greek is playing 982 01:07:18,159 --> 01:07:23,559 in the NHL, and he got some opportunity this season, potentially a little 983 01:07:23,559 --> 01:07:27,440 bit from injury, but he did all right, nearly a forty point pace. 984 01:07:27,599 --> 01:07:30,280 Nothing super exciting for Greek, but he was there and holding his own 985 01:07:30,559 --> 01:07:33,760 and so he's a decent prospect in his own right and has some pretty decent 986 01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:39,280 bash to go along with the faceoff wins and points and whatever else he's bringing. 987 01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:42,639 But for me, McGroarty also has a little bit of that snarl and 988 01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:45,559 he can play with some physicality, which is nice, and I think has 989 01:07:45,639 --> 01:07:50,079 a much higher scoring upside than Greek. What he did and the ncuble A 990 01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:54,599 was pretty impressive this season, and I don't think it was just that he 991 01:07:54,719 --> 01:07:57,320 was on a good team. He that was a big step for him to 992 01:07:57,400 --> 01:08:00,159 take from the NTDP to the NC double A and he did it well. 993 01:08:00,679 --> 01:08:04,320 He kept his star potential up from thirty two percent down to twenty, but 994 01:08:04,679 --> 01:08:08,719 he kept it from not falling as far, which often does in their D 995 01:08:08,800 --> 01:08:12,599 plus one season, so that was nice. He's a sixty percent chance of 996 01:08:12,679 --> 01:08:16,239 being an NHLer, so overall his trajectory looks a lot better than Greeks right 997 01:08:16,279 --> 01:08:19,479 now, but it's not too far off, and that kind of goes to 998 01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:25,760 show with the similarity here in the voting. But I would definitely take McGroarty 999 01:08:26,199 --> 01:08:30,479 and looking at his full comps, he's got some interesting guys. Ryan Smith 1000 01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:34,920 is one of them oiler star, but I think he's more likely to be 1001 01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:41,600 more in the middle, and Ivan Barberschev is one of the mid tier kind 1002 01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:45,159 of outcomes for him, which obviously he's doing some pretty good things now next 1003 01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:47,119 to Eichel, but he's more of an average producer of his career. Someone 1004 01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:53,199 like Jeoffrey Lupel might also be similar, and he has some equivalences that looked 1005 01:08:53,279 --> 01:08:58,119 not terribly unlike Nick Eiler's fellow teammate there on the Jets, so that's interesting. 1006 01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:01,199 The Jay Fresh card looks pretty similar fourteen percent chance of being a star 1007 01:09:01,279 --> 01:09:04,359 and sixty six percent chance of being an nhlor, so I like him. 1008 01:09:04,359 --> 01:09:09,319 When these models generally agree that you still got some pretty good chance of being 1009 01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:13,000 a start as McGorty, so I definitely like him, and I'm eager to 1010 01:09:13,079 --> 01:09:16,119 see what his D plus two looks at Michigan when he transitions to pro I 1011 01:09:16,199 --> 01:09:19,079 think his game is going to translate very well to the professional level, and 1012 01:09:19,159 --> 01:09:24,159 that's something that you can't always say about prospects. So I am very excited 1013 01:09:24,159 --> 01:09:28,520 about McGroarty. I think the Jets have a good one and as they enter 1014 01:09:28,600 --> 01:09:31,119 this new phase of I don't know what they're doing, potentially retooling. I 1015 01:09:31,119 --> 01:09:35,039 don't know that they're going to fully rebuild, but reinforcements are not too far 1016 01:09:35,119 --> 01:09:39,680 away if they want to try to keep this window open. So we'll have 1017 01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:42,399 to see what happens. But yeah, I like Rucker, McGorty, Jesse 1018 01:09:44,239 --> 01:09:47,039 very good. Who is your keep your eye on prospect for the Winnipeg Jets 1019 01:09:47,119 --> 01:09:53,920 picture? That would be Colby Barlow twenty twenty three first round pick by Winnipeg 1020 01:09:54,239 --> 01:09:59,640 eighteenth overall, also famously drafted by our buddy Peter Harling into his Dynasty league, 1021 01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,720 and snagged a picture of Colby while waiting at the Nashville Airport due to 1022 01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:05,760 a delay. Fantastic stuff. If you haven't seen that, you got to 1023 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:09,279 check it out. It's in our show notes and Peter tweeted it out. 1024 01:10:10,079 --> 01:10:13,880 Good stuff. He was a good sport and big day for him, but 1025 01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:17,079 it was very gracious when Peter chatted with him. Back to his numbers forty 1026 01:10:17,159 --> 01:10:20,880 six goals thirty three assists in fifty nine games for the Owen Sound Attack of 1027 01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:26,119 the OHL as a February birthdate, he'll need at least two more years in 1028 01:10:26,159 --> 01:10:28,920 the OHL, then probably one to two in the HL, So he's going 1029 01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:31,520 to be a ways out. Not signed yet, but we'll see when Winnipeg 1030 01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:36,000 chooses to do that. Looking at his tracking data from Mitch Brown's data set, 1031 01:10:36,119 --> 01:10:39,680 overall, he comes in at a seventy two percent, but eighty six 1032 01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:43,960 for offense forty one for defense, so quite a bit below average in terms 1033 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:50,319 of actual corsi per sixty and his passing numbers were his. Basically, his 1034 01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:55,760 playmaking is much worse than his goal scoring. That might be partially due to 1035 01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:59,319 the team he played on, but still it's interesting to note that some of 1036 01:10:59,399 --> 01:11:02,640 his transition game also not so good. But overall, the things you really 1037 01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:08,319 want to know is like the expected goals, which was really high, definitely 1038 01:11:08,479 --> 01:11:12,720 in the top like fifteen percent of Ohler or in this whole data set for 1039 01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:15,920 the HL, which was really good, and he shoots a ton, and 1040 01:11:15,039 --> 01:11:18,239 those are two things we really like. So let's find out a little bit 1041 01:11:18,279 --> 01:11:26,319 more about what makes kolbe Barlow interesting prospect from our FHL scout. Our FHL 1042 01:11:26,439 --> 01:11:30,000 scout, Wade has a few things to say here. The skating is below 1043 01:11:30,079 --> 01:11:34,199 average. He has decent footspeed, but lacks great edge control, has work 1044 01:11:34,279 --> 01:11:36,359 to do on his stride. Once he gets a going, it can be 1045 01:11:36,399 --> 01:11:41,520 hard to stop him. But his skating isn't very explosive. Off the bat, 1046 01:11:42,119 --> 01:11:45,920 passing and handling average. Usually makes a good first pass, usually attempts 1047 01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:48,319 to write pass, but his larger frame is likely the cause of this is 1048 01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:53,920 he keeps his hands in tight around the body and that's a glaring weakness, 1049 01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:58,520 and so his physical attributes to what he's leaning on. Shooting is elite. 1050 01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:01,800 Shot is easily the best attribute was great help to him and the only sound 1051 01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:05,880 this season. Release was among the best in this year's draft class, probably 1052 01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:11,760 better than a good chunk of current NHL players. IQ above average doesn't tend 1053 01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:15,840 to get overwhelmed both on and off the puck, very easily, relatively common 1054 01:12:15,920 --> 01:12:18,520 under pressure. While this is aided by his large stature, which he uses 1055 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:23,439 to defend the puck from attackers, He uses his IQ to put himself in 1056 01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:27,439 good positioning. Positioning overall is decent, but the lack of explosiveness and his 1057 01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:32,399 skating limits how effective his positioning is. For checking above average a force to 1058 01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:36,760 be reckoned with on the foe check, not a surprise given his six four 1059 01:12:38,279 --> 01:12:43,760 stature, his defense is a bit below average. His end zone defending is 1060 01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:46,960 somewhat frustrating to watch, as he puts himself in almost all the right opportunities 1061 01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,960 to succeed, but then he fails to execute a lot of at the time, 1062 01:12:50,359 --> 01:12:54,520 tries to disrupt more plays with his body than with his stick, which 1063 01:12:54,600 --> 01:12:58,720 is fun when it works, but burns him when it doesn't. So he 1064 01:12:58,920 --> 01:13:02,319 needs more active stick in the defensive zone, and when he does use it, 1065 01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:05,640 it's usually met with success, which makes it frustrating, and he doesn't 1066 01:13:05,680 --> 01:13:11,800 do it more. Rush defending isn't that great either. Best asset, so 1067 01:13:12,079 --> 01:13:15,680 it's the shot deceptive in its heart, which makes it very hard to defend 1068 01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:17,960 against. Not at the Badard Mitch Cooff level, but it's going to carry 1069 01:13:18,039 --> 01:13:24,520 him away is probably help him get a career NHL solely just based on that 1070 01:13:25,079 --> 01:13:29,039 biggest concern found him ranked all over the first round of the draft, which 1071 01:13:29,079 --> 01:13:32,479 is largely due to the discrepancies and what different scouts liked best. One of 1072 01:13:32,520 --> 01:13:36,760 the most physically developed players in this class, which raises concerns about how much 1073 01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:42,800 runway he has left physical projectability. He's already a fully grown man. Just 1074 01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:45,399 look at his beard. I just look at his Beard's his weight. I 1075 01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:50,439 like that. A stylistic compare or his top tier potential? Where is it 1076 01:13:50,479 --> 01:13:53,680 going to go? He could be a Tier one player, a point per 1077 01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:58,560 game type guy, as he could be never more than a bottom six guy. 1078 01:13:58,720 --> 01:14:02,319 Both are possible fiftieth percentile outcome for him. Thankfully, for the Jets, 1079 01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:06,199 his floor is fairly high. Even if he fails to live up to 1080 01:14:06,279 --> 01:14:10,680 his upper potential, they're probably gonna get a middle to bottom of the lineup 1081 01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:15,439 winger. Stylistic comparable, while the use of his frame and good straight line 1082 01:14:15,439 --> 01:14:20,439 speed echoes Montreal's Josh Anderson is shot sets him a lot apart there that with 1083 01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:26,520 the hockey IQ, he thinks maybe more comparisons to Mark Stone, although the 1084 01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:30,520 defensive game is never going to be on par with Stones. Let's look at 1085 01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:34,199 the NHL ranking, Mason Black's data and poll. He's got Max Domi, 1086 01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:41,079 Matt Dashane, Josh Bailey coming out as the best comparable for the p NHL 1087 01:14:41,119 --> 01:14:46,039 equivalency model kind of coming up to a first line type potential. And we're 1088 01:14:46,039 --> 01:14:48,960 going to compare it to Andrew Christal, the man who dropped out of the 1089 01:14:49,039 --> 01:14:55,520 first round but was well regarded in this year's draft and putting it out on 1090 01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:59,079 Twitter to the people to vote. The people voted the same way the NHL 1091 01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:04,119 drafters did and took Kody Barlow decisively over Andrew Kristall. I have a hard 1092 01:15:04,159 --> 01:15:10,720 time disagreeing with that, although it sounds like Barlow does have some significant limitations 1093 01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:14,720 in this game. From Wade's description, how do you see these two going? 1094 01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:19,680 I would disagree with all those people because I would definitely take Christall over 1095 01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:25,000 Barlow. And that's no slight to Barlow. I think he is. He 1096 01:15:25,119 --> 01:15:27,319 does have, as you mentioned, a great shot, but he is you 1097 01:15:27,439 --> 01:15:30,680 need dimensional and maybe he'll be able to round out some of those other things. 1098 01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:33,039 I think he probably can, but he's not there right now. And 1099 01:15:33,159 --> 01:15:38,680 Christall's offense is just so elite. His vision and his playmaking, everything he 1100 01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:45,000 can do. He's just a little bit He's more well rounded offensively. Defensively, 1101 01:15:45,079 --> 01:15:48,439 they're both similarly disengaged and not very good, which you're getting with Christall, 1102 01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:54,239 and I think that his offense can really translate, especially using really good 1103 01:15:54,279 --> 01:15:59,279 players around him. I had him ranked twelfth in my fantasy ranks and Barlow 1104 01:15:59,399 --> 01:16:05,640 nineteenth, So yeah, pretty clearly ahead. And I definitely understand just based 1105 01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:12,079 on where he was taken there's more draft pedigree there for Barlow, a lot 1106 01:16:12,199 --> 01:16:16,239 lower for Crystal, But I definitely I'm not going to let that sway me 1107 01:16:16,399 --> 01:16:20,600 too much in terms of who you're taken, because pretty soon, within the 1108 01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:24,239 next year or two, people are going to forget about that and see how 1109 01:16:25,239 --> 01:16:29,880 each one of these progress. They're actually not too terribly at apart turns it. 1110 01:16:30,079 --> 01:16:33,079 In terms of hockey prospecting, Barlow's at forty percent chance of being a 1111 01:16:33,119 --> 01:16:38,720 star, Crystal sixty, and both similar. In terms of NHLO probability, 1112 01:16:39,439 --> 01:16:43,319 Barlow has some really good comps, though just in general, a lot of 1113 01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:48,439 a lot of his comps are guys obviously done pretty well at that high star 1114 01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:51,880 potential. One of the ones that they picked out here Trevors Zegers, just 1115 01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:58,720 in terms of his offensive upside, and that seems pretty reasonable. The top 1116 01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:03,840 down Hockey model has Barlow more at nineteen percent chance of being a star and 1117 01:17:05,199 --> 01:17:10,199 sixty five percent chance of being an NHLOR, so much lower star potential but 1118 01:17:10,319 --> 01:17:15,800 similar NHLO probability. So Kobe Barlow definitely someone you want. This is a 1119 01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:20,479 difficult choice, but I would go Crystal here, Jesse to your Washington capitals. 1120 01:17:20,640 --> 01:17:28,239 And also there's more that we could say. There's extra information in the 1121 01:17:28,439 --> 01:17:30,720 scouting one note that we have that you can check out if you're a patron. 1122 01:17:30,760 --> 01:17:34,560 There's also some top ten lists, but we don't have time to cover 1123 01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:38,479 that now. But if you're interested in doing some scouting with us, you 1124 01:17:38,600 --> 01:17:43,000 get some really great access videos from all these prospects that are really hard to 1125 01:17:43,039 --> 01:17:45,800 find anywhere else, and great stats. DM me if you're interested to shoot 1126 01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:51,560 me DM on Twitter, discord email us, and it's a pretty small price 1127 01:17:51,640 --> 01:17:54,800 to pay, just given a couple of reports a month. If you're interested 1128 01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:59,199 in joining the team, it's a good time. Let's come right back and 1129 01:17:59,279 --> 01:18:05,960 close out the show. Fantasy hockey lie back once again to talk fantasy hockey. 1130 01:18:06,079 --> 01:18:12,479 This is not a test. This is the emergency Fantasy Hockey Response System. 1131 01:18:12,479 --> 01:18:15,880 I'm Jesse Severe fan tracks and joining me as always, Victor Nunio of 1132 01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:19,279 Daver Prospects. Victor, how you doing. I'm doing great, Jesse. 1133 01:18:19,399 --> 01:18:26,039 I'm ready to rescue people's fantasy teams. Is that a thing? There you 1134 01:18:26,119 --> 01:18:29,520 go, there you go, We got it. It's an emergency response unit 1135 01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:33,359 because your fantasy teams are flailing that everybody's are at this time of year. 1136 01:18:33,399 --> 01:18:36,720 Who knows, And we're here to help, just here to help. We're 1137 01:18:36,760 --> 01:18:42,399 helpful people. I don't know, Victor. We're talking about your favorite California 1138 01:18:42,479 --> 01:18:48,600 team today, right, No, maybe my third or fourth favorite? Your 1139 01:18:48,640 --> 01:18:53,279 fourth favorite the Barricout account. As far as I'm concerned, that's probably your 1140 01:18:53,319 --> 01:18:56,920 second. So yeah, we're talking about the La Kings today. It's gonna 1141 01:18:56,920 --> 01:19:00,119 be good times. The La Kings are boy, they're a tough one to 1142 01:19:00,159 --> 01:19:02,960 wrap your We keep saying this later, but they're a tough one to get 1143 01:19:02,960 --> 01:19:09,079 your your arms around. But one thing, Victor, it's easy to get 1144 01:19:09,119 --> 01:19:12,039 your arms around, and that is all the good things that you can do 1145 01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:16,760 associating yourself with this show. A discord is the first thing as social media 1146 01:19:16,840 --> 01:19:21,560 collapses around us, you need a place to get your thoughts off, to 1147 01:19:23,079 --> 01:19:27,399 interact with people in maybe the nice environment where people like to talk about fantasy 1148 01:19:27,479 --> 01:19:30,079 hockey, and our discord is just that, hundreds of people in there and 1149 01:19:30,279 --> 01:19:34,960 daily discussions and it's free. All you have to do is join up with 1150 01:19:35,159 --> 01:19:40,319 us by email in one of us. Fantasy Hockey Life at gmail dot com 1151 01:19:40,439 --> 01:19:45,640 gets you both of us, and on the dead Bird Twitter you can email 1152 01:19:45,720 --> 01:19:46,840 Victory. You can hit up Victor in New you Know twelve, you can 1153 01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:49,760 hit me up fan Hockey Life. But in addition to all that, Victor, 1154 01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:53,840 we got Patreon. What do you got going at the Patreon right now? 1155 01:19:55,199 --> 01:19:57,880 Yeah, lots of great stuff. We did our twenty twenty three ranks. 1156 01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:00,600 You can still see those. It's a separate tab in case you want 1157 01:20:00,640 --> 01:20:02,920 to just focus on the twenty twenty three's, but we're integrating those into the 1158 01:20:03,600 --> 01:20:08,479 forward, d and goalie ranks now too, so you can see where do 1159 01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:13,399 these guys that I have drafted or just got drafted, How do they fit 1160 01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:16,039 in with the overall rests of ranks? Where does someone like an Oliver more 1161 01:20:16,199 --> 01:20:21,319 fit in with the rest of the forwards in terms of like their upside all 1162 01:20:21,439 --> 01:20:25,560 forwards under a hundred games, it's tough. A lot of our drafts have 1163 01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:28,960 these blended drafts where it's mixed in, so you can go through the ranks 1164 01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:32,439 and cook out who the best top upside guys are. There's that. There's 1165 01:20:32,479 --> 01:20:38,199 of course Patron Cast. There's Patron Priority Channel. We can do a roster 1166 01:20:38,319 --> 01:20:42,119 doctorc go over what you need to do with your team. If you're going 1167 01:20:42,199 --> 01:20:45,760 through a rookie draft, you can DM me like who's available and help you 1168 01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:48,319 out with your drafts. There so all kinds of great stuff, And of 1169 01:20:48,399 --> 01:20:53,520 course we're also doing the average draft position projects, so if you want to 1170 01:20:53,560 --> 01:20:58,079 share with us your draft, we can integrate that and we pump that back 1171 01:20:58,199 --> 01:21:02,880 to the patrons and quote some of these positions on the show and be happy 1172 01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:05,760 to share that with you. It's interesting some of the guys we've recently talked 1173 01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:12,199 about. Your Andrew Kristal is going right around pick eighteen. You might want 1174 01:21:12,239 --> 01:21:15,199 to know that in terms of how long can you wait on someone like that, 1175 01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:18,239 It turns out not that long, and so it's really helpful to have 1176 01:21:18,359 --> 01:21:21,479 all that information, if you would be so kind to share that with us, 1177 01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:24,680 all you gotta do is go to you when your draft is done, 1178 01:21:24,760 --> 01:21:27,960 go into fantracks, click download the CSV and share it with us. If 1179 01:21:27,960 --> 01:21:30,199 you could give information like how many teams and what the settings are, that 1180 01:21:30,239 --> 01:21:34,840 would be great too. But really appreciate that Brandon and Jason have been compiling 1181 01:21:34,920 --> 01:21:38,520 that data. It's really good stuff. But all of that, if you 1182 01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:43,159 want to support the show, you can do that at Patreon dot com, 1183 01:21:43,279 --> 01:21:45,960 slash Fantasy Hockey Life. And one of the other great things is the Tier 1184 01:21:46,079 --> 01:21:50,279 dynasty. So the Tier Dynasty that has been really good success this year and 1185 01:21:50,399 --> 01:21:55,560 we're moving forward with adding a couple new divisions and it's going to be a 1186 01:21:55,640 --> 01:21:58,680 true tier. This first year it was all horizontal, but now we're getting 1187 01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:00,920 vertical tiers went to four by the end of the year. It's going to 1188 01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:04,880 be really great stuff. So if you want to take your dynasty competition in 1189 01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:08,239 to the next level, gotta check it out. It's going to be a 1190 01:22:08,319 --> 01:22:12,319 great thing. So you can see more information about that if you go to 1191 01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:16,199 www. Dot Fantasy Hockeylife dot com, Forward slash Tidy t I d y 1192 01:22:16,439 --> 01:22:21,560 check it out. Absolutely, you should do that. If you want Andrew 1193 01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:26,399 Krystal, maybe you can wait a little longer, but you can't wait as 1194 01:22:26,439 --> 01:22:30,119 long as Brian, as long as Brian McClelland did so. Definitely check out 1195 01:22:30,159 --> 01:22:33,560 that ADPDA to get the advantage on those people who might just be looking at 1196 01:22:33,920 --> 01:22:38,800 a set of ranks or looking at p NHL draft results. Heaven forbid, 1197 01:22:39,399 --> 01:22:42,720 let's take a break, come back and going back to Cali, to the 1198 01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:56,600 Latch Angeles game. Well, we're back to talk a little bit about fantracks. 1199 01:22:56,680 --> 01:23:00,520 Fantracks dot com place to play all of your fantasy sports. Highly recommended, 1200 01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:03,760 the best place to play your dynasty for darn't sure. Hundreds of different 1201 01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:08,600 scoring settings, ten different sports, a chat feature, an app, Yes 1202 01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:12,760 there's an app, don't let people tell you otherwise, and just pretty much 1203 01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:15,840 every kind of customization you might want to do. So start your new leagues 1204 01:23:15,880 --> 01:23:19,039 over there, start your existing ones, or bring them over there. You'll 1205 01:23:19,199 --> 01:23:24,920 have a good time on fantracks dot com. Also, I'll mention to you 1206 01:23:25,039 --> 01:23:30,319 fantracks HQ is a lot of fantasy content. They are gearing up the fantasy 1207 01:23:30,439 --> 01:23:32,920 hockey content for the preseason. There's a lot of things you're going to be 1208 01:23:32,960 --> 01:23:36,520 able to see there, and they have a bunch of other podcasts, including 1209 01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:41,600 The Prospect Pod, Full Count Fantasy Baseball, The Fly Fantasy Football, and 1210 01:23:41,720 --> 01:23:46,640 p TWOW Fantasy Football. We think our content curator, Nate Duffett, who's 1211 01:23:46,680 --> 01:23:49,880 been helping out a ton with the show prep behind the scenes. These show 1212 01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:55,079 sheets are amazing and he does a ton of work into them. We're brought 1213 01:23:55,119 --> 01:23:58,720 to you by Dabbert Hockey and Dabbert Prospects. Victor is an editor there. 1214 01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:02,279 Followers work well. Is this other podcast, Daber Prospect Report With our friend 1215 01:24:02,399 --> 01:24:06,239 Peter Harling. I do a solo show called Dynasty Sports Life. I talk 1216 01:24:06,319 --> 01:24:13,479 four different Dynasty sports, sometimes multiple in the same episode. Recent episodes have 1217 01:24:14,039 --> 01:24:18,640 been about things like fantasy you know, fantasy basketball. We're getting ready for 1218 01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:23,560 the fantasy basketball season. It'll be upon us in no time. Of course, 1219 01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:26,199 Football's coming even a little bit quicker, but that's that's all right. 1220 01:24:26,880 --> 01:24:31,119 Follow us on Twitter, slash x at fan Hockey, Life is me at 1221 01:24:31,359 --> 01:24:35,800 Victor Newno. Twelve is Victor. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, 1222 01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:40,520 Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcast. Give us some five stars 1223 01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:44,159 and a few kind words to let us know that you're listener and you enjoy 1224 01:24:44,239 --> 01:24:47,479 it. Thanks once again for joining us to talk about Winnipeg Jets, and 1225 01:24:47,600 --> 01:25:00,079 until next time, keep living that fantasy hockey life. M