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 fod gosh. Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier 4 00:00:22,879 --> 00:00:27,719 and Victor Nuno Ennessy Hockey Life. We're back once again. I am Jesse 5 00:00:27,839 --> 00:00:32,280 Severe of fan Tracks. Joining me across the glass. It is Victor Nuno 6 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:37,119 of Dabber Prospects of Victor. How you doing today, I'm doing awesome, 7 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:42,240 Jesse. Yeah, definitely excited to be back in the saddle here and looking 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,280 forward to talking some senators. How are you doing, buddy, I'm doing 9 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,479 good. I'm doing good. Victor knows how I'm doing because he is doing 10 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,159 the same. We're in the middle of heavy draft season. We did I 11 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,840 think in golf, Victor, they call it a shotgun start. I don't 12 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,320 know. They do that in disc golf too, but they put somebody at 13 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,079 every hole. I don't golf. I'm not a goal They put somebody in 14 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:07,799 every hole and then everybody starts where they are, so you don't have to 15 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:11,480 like all start on the first hole. But it's like a shot we did. 16 00:01:11,719 --> 00:01:17,239 We got nine drafts rocking right now. We got the eight Fantasy Hockey 17 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,680 Live drafts, and we've got our common league, the Friends of Keeping Carlson 18 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:25,400 Dynasty, that is going. So we got nine of those drafts. I 19 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,599 got another one that I got to kick off tomorrow, and I'm finishing up. 20 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,439 We're finishing up the diesel. It's just everything is happening, everything everywhere, 21 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,719 all at once, Victor, are you surviving all these drafts? You 22 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,480 and me? And thankfully Ryan Downey, who is an American hero, even 23 00:01:40,519 --> 00:01:46,680 if he's Canadian, we're honorary American hero is helping out huge with the tidy 24 00:01:46,879 --> 00:01:51,760 drafts, and yeah, it's going like gangbusters, Victor, Yeah, it 25 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,920 is going like gangbusters. And you're right, Yeah, we've got some people 26 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,200 stepping in and helping out, and thank goodness for Ryan. And I also 27 00:01:59,239 --> 00:02:05,239 have a bunch to new leagues with Pete Harling over at Dabbor Prospects Report. 28 00:02:05,319 --> 00:02:08,879 So I have all these tidies, all these other leagues, my Buddies League, 29 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:14,719 and those other three leagues basically all started at once. So if you 30 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:20,560 started the Dabor Prospects Report leagues this weekend too, Yeah, this is unhealthy. 31 00:02:20,719 --> 00:02:23,520 This is unhealthy, Victor, we cannot make. We cannot make August 32 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:28,240 nineteenth National Draft Day. We've got to find a way to space this out 33 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,919 next year. On the other hand, National Fantasy Hockey Draft Day sounds like 34 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:37,360 a pretty awesome day that we should definitely start working on. Don't you think 35 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:40,520 you know what? We could call it the third the third Saturday in August. 36 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,120 You don't want to pick a day for it a day. You want 37 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,039 to make it more like Thanksgiving, where it fluctuates because you want it. 38 00:02:46,039 --> 00:02:49,560 You don't want to start any old day of the week. You need a 39 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:53,879 weekend to do it to really get things rolling, although sometimes I find people 40 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,520 draft better on weekdays. But I think we should make that a holiday, 41 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:01,840 Victor, good idea. Yeah, let's do it, all right, Remember 42 00:03:01,879 --> 00:03:06,719 somebody to remember that some of our great listeners who are doing all kinds of 43 00:03:06,759 --> 00:03:09,680 cool stuffers these days, remember that so that next year we can observe this 44 00:03:09,719 --> 00:03:14,759 holiday yet again. And maybe if we let it float to Friday, you 45 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,919 could probably tell your boss that it's a religious observance for you and you have 46 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,639 to have that day off, because, as I understand, some employers will 47 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:25,840 let you do that anyway. I'm trading a dangerous territory here, Victor, 48 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:31,000 tell people how they could do things like this next year. Some people out 49 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,080 there are jealous because they can't participate in this league or they haven't participated in 50 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,240 this league, and it's because they have not signed up to be a patron 51 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:42,319 and they have not signed up for the Tidy. So why don't you tell 52 00:03:42,319 --> 00:03:46,840 people about all that? 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We gotta get into this 91 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,560 talk. We got Ottawa Senators talk, and what a fascinating team. There's 92 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,160 a ton of players to talk about here, so we can wait no longer. 93 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:30,680 Let's talk Ottawa Senators. Right after that, we'd like to welcome tonight 94 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,360 a baby who's gonna tell us all about the Ottawa Senators. It is Murray 95 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,480 Pam of Full Press Hockey. How are you doing tonight, Murray? Oh 96 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,399 good. We just actually went through a big storm, a tornado warning and 97 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,240 there was a lot of hail. It just came down a little while ago, 98 00:06:45,399 --> 00:06:48,720 but all the clearer there was a small tornado outside just outside of Ottawa. 99 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,279 It was actually a small one and we actually had a tornado as well, 100 00:06:53,879 --> 00:06:57,319 touchdown on Friday. So it's just been a hectic few days here. 101 00:06:57,879 --> 00:07:00,879 Oh my gosh, No, that's that's roight man. The things are rough 102 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,920 up there. We're getting a little bit of ore Wisconsin, but nothing like 103 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:08,439 that. No power all weekend. I had no power all weekend. Oh 104 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,360 wow, I think we didn't. We did a mess in the generator, 105 00:07:11,439 --> 00:07:15,720 so we had that. So Murray, that's a mess. That's a mess. 106 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,279 Well, I gotta tell you, Murray, something that seemed to be 107 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:23,879 out of power a couple of years ago were the Ottawa Senators. But the 108 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,319 power is back on. The generators are running. However, predictions that Ottawa 109 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:30,480 would get all the way back to the playoffs this year might have been a 110 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,680 little bit premature. I was kind of thinking hoping something they would. They 111 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:38,399 moved from seventy three to eighty six standing points, which is only six behind 112 00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:42,120 the Florida Panthers for the last playoff spot in the East. That is the 113 00:07:42,199 --> 00:07:46,839 Stanley Cup finalist Florida Panthers. They played very active games. Shall we say 114 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,959 they're twelve point four PIM, we're first per game, we're first in the 115 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,399 league. Twelve point two for their opponents was second in the league, so 116 00:07:55,439 --> 00:07:58,480 there were a lot of filling into the penalty box when they're out there. 117 00:07:58,759 --> 00:08:03,000 Getting the most power playoff tunities in the league led to the second most powerplay 118 00:08:03,079 --> 00:08:07,720 goals, also second place among Canadian teams whose city names begin with a vow. 119 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:09,519 If you get my drift on who had the most power play goals, 120 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,120 it's good. They got a lot of power play time because unfortunately, five 121 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,560 on five shooting was not a strength of the Senators seven point one percent the 122 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,600 worst in the NHL at shooting at five on five. Alex to Brinkett cam 123 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,079 Talbot came and went. They won't be part of the show's discussion directly tonight 124 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:31,040 because we're not previewing them as part of the next year's team. Big reinforcements 125 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,639 to be discussed later did come in, However, the cream of the prospect 126 00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:37,799 crop is already in the process of breaking in the ProTeam. Not a whole 127 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,039 lot of huge names waiting under the surface, meaning hope for development that could 128 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,639 help the team rise, and of course the huge NHL narrative of the past 129 00:08:45,639 --> 00:08:50,960 few months. Could new ownership change the face of this franchise, especially running 130 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,279 a bit higher of a payroll that we've already seen. So anyway, Murray, 131 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,840 what is the sense around Ottawa watchers of how much better this team is 132 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:01,279 going to be next year? You're in twenty twenty three, twenty four. 133 00:09:01,799 --> 00:09:07,120 That's a good question. With the new owner in town, it's still unofficial. 134 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:09,879 But to the new owner, Michael Anlawer, he did attend to Sense 135 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,720 development camp and he was there and he was visible. He was shaking hands 136 00:09:13,759 --> 00:09:18,039 with fans and taking photos. But that's his approval will probably be in September. 137 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,840 He's allowed gentleman or Pierre Durian to spend to the cap and actually right 138 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,039 now they're just under the cap, and they'll be over the cap once they 139 00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:30,120 signed the restrict of free agent Shane Pinto, so they still have to make 140 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,000 another move prior to camp, prior to the season, optimism is high. 141 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,879 I know that the coaching staff is entering their final year of their contracts that 142 00:09:37,919 --> 00:09:43,879 he just spent, will have a option for the following season. Pierre Duran 143 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:50,039 has two more seasons, but this season is definitely for management wise, is 144 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,559 definitely under scrutiny, have you scrutiny from obviously from the new ownership, and 145 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,519 nothing short of the playoffs will be accepted and be acceptable with this franchise. 146 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:05,720 And last season the production was fair that they would probably just be short of 147 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,559 the playoffs. Are challenging for the playoffs with that addition About's brink out last 148 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,559 year and then the addition of Jeff Chuck Jacob Checker and through throughout the season. 149 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,720 But they, you know, they just ran out of steam and they 150 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,399 ended up with the Shabbat and Chicken and Hamminick all injured in the last final 151 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,840 games. And of course, as you're awaring, Josh Norris pretty well miss 152 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:30,840 the entire season except for five games, So that another was another I guess 153 00:10:30,919 --> 00:10:35,440 kick in the pants for that team. So they actually followed through them, 154 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,799 I mean with Shane Pinto stepped up and they did really well. To really 155 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:43,279 stay within that six seven point range of the playoffs spot all season. So 156 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:48,919 this season again the addition also of Joannis Corpusalo with the Anton Forsburg hopefully helped 157 00:10:48,919 --> 00:10:52,960 the antonin Forresburk. He is skating and working out right now. He's apparently 158 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:58,919 has recovered from from his double double knee injuries, which was just unheard of. 159 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,519 But he has recovered. And like I said, nothing short of the 160 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,759 playoffs will be acceptable. But again it's gonna be tight race. Someone has 161 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:09,720 to fall, maybe a couple teams to have to fall, We don't know. 162 00:11:09,039 --> 00:11:13,639 Again, the Florida Panthers this season. Again it's gonna be based on 163 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,120 Cirgate, Barbarowsky, Kenny carry him, how healthy will sorry, how we'll 164 00:11:18,159 --> 00:11:22,320 spend their night do this season? And they're gonna be without their defense literally, 165 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:26,840 so you know they're going to the season with no Eclad, no Montour. 166 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,799 They lost the Radical Buddhist the free agency, so there's a team that 167 00:11:30,919 --> 00:11:35,759 may fall out and the other team maybe could be the Boston Bruins. Obviously 168 00:11:35,759 --> 00:11:39,440 we have no version on no Crutchy. We don't know. You know, 169 00:11:39,759 --> 00:11:45,480 they lost obviously Bertuzi or lost the free agency they're just an unknown right now, 170 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,919 and I expect them to probably make the playoffs, but it'll be tight. 171 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,600 And then you have also the improvement of the Troy Redwins and the Buffalo 172 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,320 Savers who are also you know, also with Ottawa on the cusp of you 173 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:01,039 know, they're rising through the standings. So there's there three teams. Are 174 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,200 I think one of those three teams will make the playoffs. I don't know 175 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:09,639 WHI joint. Yeah, well, those are all good insights, and definitely 176 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,000 it's going to be interesting to see what happens with the other teams. But 177 00:12:11,039 --> 00:12:16,440 we want to focus on the Sins and they're really interesting players. The first 178 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,559 one we're gonna start with Tim stooch La and Jesse and I really underrated this 179 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,639 guy last year. I had him coming in ranked as a seventy six best 180 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,799 forward Jesse one hundred and six. He finished the thirteenth best in Fantasy and 181 00:12:28,879 --> 00:12:31,799 we both had him as Tier three guys, and we've corrected this year to 182 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,600 expect Tier one things from him. He had an incredible season thirty nine goals, 183 00:12:37,639 --> 00:12:41,960 fifty one assists for a ninety five point pace, and pretty good in 184 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,960 hits, blocks and shots as well, he was twenty six at his position. 185 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,120 I have to admit I was really wrong about Stoochla. I did not 186 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,960 see this upside in him when they drafted him, or the first one hundred 187 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,799 and thirty games or so. And this deal that he signed eight years at 188 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,240 eight point three five is probably gonna end up looking like a pretty good bargain 189 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:03,759 for what it looks like he's developing into. So looking at statistical outliers, 190 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,519 I would say, really, the only thing that might regress is his shooting 191 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:13,360 percentage, which at seventeen was six percent above his previous average, but that's 192 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:16,720 really it. Everything else was kind of in line. So it seems like, 193 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,799 I don't know, Murray, can we expect Stoola to be an eighty 194 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:22,840 two hundred point player moving forward? What do you kind of expect from him 195 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:26,519 next season? I think that was an expectation. I believe that was also 196 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:31,480 expectation when they drafted Sula. I mean, right now they're calling him Tommy 197 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:37,080 Superstar around here. And he also missed what seven games due to injury as 198 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,639 well, so that he could have had another you know, five, six, 199 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:45,759 seven points as well. So I think what's expected from this year is 200 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:50,600 more of the same and continue, you know, continually to upgrade, and 201 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,840 I think he's he's probably I would think he would hit forty goals this season 202 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:01,039 if he continues his improvement and he's a workout of holic literally his his core, 203 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,120 he's so strong. I don't know, obviously, I have to have 204 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,159 the chance to see him unfortunately in the you know, in the in the 205 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,360 locker room, and he's got his thighs. I don't know if you ever 206 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,960 Daniel Opfordson and those guys. These are guys that you know, Martin Saint 207 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,840 Louis type. These people are you know, they're hard to knock, knock 208 00:14:20,039 --> 00:14:22,799 knocked down, and they have a low center of gravity. And I think 209 00:14:22,879 --> 00:14:28,879 that again, I think with his imagination and he controls play so much that 210 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,559 he also had you know, he has a lot of vision and he can 211 00:14:31,559 --> 00:14:35,600 shoot the puck. So with him, Brady Kochuck, Terra Sanco now up 212 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:39,360 there, cool Drew and it depends on who they play with. Will probably 213 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:41,679 get into that a bit later, I think, and I need to do 214 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:48,320 one hundred is probably again what we're Timmy Stutsu will be. Wow, Well 215 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,519 you talked about Brady Kochuck. Boy do I love Brady Kochuck, Murray Victor 216 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:58,279 and oh my gosh, both Sam is a top ten player in fantasy hockey. 217 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,679 He certainly was, and both seeing him near the top again. This 218 00:15:01,759 --> 00:15:05,840 year, Brady's fifth year in the NHL smashed his prior marks literally for the 219 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:09,080 first time. He averaged more than a point per game thirty five goals forty 220 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,720 it assists eighty three points in eighty two games. He averages well over four 221 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:18,080 shots a game that's fourth in the NHL, about three hits a game that's 222 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,919 eleven. That is a unique statistical profile. One thing that always puzzles me 223 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,279 about the guy, and this is just a nippick. And I don't know 224 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:31,159 whether you can do with anything with this or not beat Murray, or if 225 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:33,120 this is something that just comes from me looking at the wrong stats. But 226 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,360 boy, this guy's spread between goal scored and expected goal scored in a lot 227 00:15:37,399 --> 00:15:41,480 of these models is always so wide. He has a steady ten percent shooting 228 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,799 percentage, but the numbers always think maybe from the range he shoots at, 229 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,600 he should be expected to make like almost almost fifty percent more goals per sixty 230 00:15:50,279 --> 00:15:54,759 than he does. I'm not expecting to explain somebody else's mat. But is 231 00:15:54,799 --> 00:16:00,519 there anything with Brady's shot selection or accuracy liking or is it just he gets 232 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,080 up so close it just shoves everything towards the net and so more of it's 233 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,759 going to get blacked in that spine. Anyway, I don't know if you've 234 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:10,000 got something on that. But could we dream on a ninety point Brady Kchuck 235 00:16:10,039 --> 00:16:12,960 season for this year? I don't know. It depends on I think for 236 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,600 Brady it will probably depend on powerplay. Again, for pushing up to ninety 237 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:22,240 I think seventy five to eighty is probably I would think is a ceiling the 238 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:26,559 thing with Brady again, like you're mentioning about the shots, shot selections and 239 00:16:26,559 --> 00:16:30,440 whatnot. He does have a good shot, but he tends to a lot 240 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,759 of his shots are like literally like at the goalie, so a lot of 241 00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:36,440 them are smothered, you know, into the pads, into the chest, 242 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:37,879 that sort of thing. He does get a lot of goals in close, 243 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:41,759 so many goals in clothes. Obviously, he takes up a lot of space 244 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:42,879 in front of the net, and a lot of a lot of his goals 245 00:16:42,879 --> 00:16:48,519 are within obviously sixty eight foot radius in front of the net. And he's 246 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:53,879 what he's really adaptive is tipping pucks. A lot he deflects. I don't 247 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:56,759 know the stat on that, but a lot of his goals are tips. 248 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:03,839 And if you've seen him at practice, he actually after practice will stand out 249 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:08,880 there on the ice for fifteen twenty minutes and all he would do to stand 250 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,160 in front of the net and tip pucks from you know, guys shooting from 251 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:17,039 the point. And that's all he does. He practiced that every single practice. 252 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,319 So I think obviously his outliers is he a lot of his goals are 253 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:26,119 in close. I'd expect them again. Obviously he reached highs and goals and 254 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:30,319 assists this year. I don't see why his those numbers would dip. Obviously, 255 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:36,000 they're a highly offensive hockey team, and I don't think anything will change. 256 00:17:36,039 --> 00:17:38,039 And obviously to brinkat flipping for Terra Senko, I don't think there'll be 257 00:17:38,079 --> 00:17:44,000 any difference actually in the offense replacement. So I think they're you know, 258 00:17:44,079 --> 00:17:48,799 they're probably equal at this point, and so I don't see those members going 259 00:17:48,839 --> 00:17:51,160 down. But he is, like you said, he's a unicorn. You 260 00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:55,160 do everything, you know, the amount of shots he gets. He's actually 261 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,400 strong on faceoffs too, which he doesn't take tons of faceoffs, but he 262 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,160 also he's good on that ob sleep those four shots of game, I know, 263 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,680 anyway, from four to five shots a game. He's he's pretty safe. 264 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,000 You know, if you're a betting guy on the on the props, 265 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,400 you know, I would see like three and a halfs and four and a 266 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,599 half and he's he's pretty safe. If he's a three and a half. 267 00:18:15,039 --> 00:18:18,799 He can do everything as well. And he's he's a great leader so as 268 00:18:18,839 --> 00:18:21,759 well, which is which is something you know for his age, and he's 269 00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:25,720 just getting He's also stronger. He's he's a big body. If you know, 270 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,680 when you see him, he's he's quite strong. There's nobody's going to 271 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,480 push him around. So he plans himself in front of the nut, you 272 00:18:32,519 --> 00:18:34,599 know, like I said, he he positions himself to tip the bucks or 273 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:40,599 getting you know, get three bounds and get getting close. Yeah, for 274 00:18:40,759 --> 00:18:45,839 sure, Claus YOURU preseason Victor and I both kind of had him underrated. 275 00:18:45,839 --> 00:18:48,680 We thought maybe back into the top one hundred, and instead he was the 276 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,799 forty six best Fantasy player. The Wily Vets first year North of the Border 277 00:18:52,839 --> 00:18:56,680 went very well. He is a firm, thirty five year old millennial Murray 278 00:18:56,799 --> 00:19:00,279 and he's surrounded by a bunch of gen Z forwards in that depresses me now 279 00:19:00,319 --> 00:19:03,640 that the millennials are the old people in hockey, and now we got to 280 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,480 look at the Zoomers as the young ones. Anyway, Jeru was third on 281 00:19:07,519 --> 00:19:11,240 the team in points with seventy nine points in eighty two games. His thirty 282 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,720 five goals were a career best. Believe it or not for clau Jeru. 283 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:18,880 He took close to three shots through a hit every game. Really seems his 284 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,680 game has revitalized since leaving Philly in a lot of ways, first as his 285 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:27,079 rental in Florida and now in Ottawa. His finishing is nearly a career high, 286 00:19:27,079 --> 00:19:30,799 as his defense remained at least part for the course. For his team 287 00:19:30,839 --> 00:19:36,200 context, he definitely thrived most when he was out there with Katuck and Stutzla 288 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,480 about half the time. So he's going to spend two more years of his 289 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:42,319 mid to late thirties in the Canadian tire center. The arrival of a certain 290 00:19:42,319 --> 00:19:47,039 additional Russian right winger who you may have already mentioned, replacing to bring it 291 00:19:47,079 --> 00:19:51,519 in the top six, does that push Jeru off that top line and could 292 00:19:51,519 --> 00:19:55,920 he not seventy points again Murray, I think he is. Seventy points is 293 00:19:56,079 --> 00:20:00,000 very realistic. Also to note, he was fifty eight percent on face offs, 294 00:20:00,279 --> 00:20:04,079 which is which is also another another key stat for fantasy. He did 295 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,960 very well on the face offs. Again. Yeah, the career high was 296 00:20:07,079 --> 00:20:11,799 it was amazing, and I think he was rejuvenated for the fact back alone 297 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:17,519 he lives. His home is ten minutes from the ring. He's an Ottawa 298 00:20:17,559 --> 00:20:21,039 guy. I know he didn't he wasn't born in Nova, but he grew 299 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,680 up in Ottawa. His sister lives in Ottawa, his parents live in Ottawa. 300 00:20:26,079 --> 00:20:27,799 He played hockey over and got the goat no. And you know, 301 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,960 for for home, and that's what probably rejuvenated him. He's playing in front 302 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,960 of friends and family, you know, lifelong friends and family, and I 303 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,680 think the goal total, I think may come down a bit. I don't 304 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,640 think he'll be I think he's going to be more on this on the second 305 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:48,519 line, power play, and and also he's probably going to be ended up 306 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:52,119 shifting to the left side. He has played left wing in the past in 307 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:57,640 Philadelphia and I think that move may it could maybe hamper his goal totals because 308 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:02,720 he was used to playing right wing and center. Last year he didn't play 309 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,359 a lot of center, but he when he's on the ice, you know, 310 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,880 there's almost no positions anymore. I don't know, you know what I'm 311 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,119 saying, You guys are you know these versatile guys can't go anywhere on the 312 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,759 ice. And Drew does play a lot up the middle. He also plays, 313 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,880 you know, on the right side. I expect the assist total either 314 00:21:17,599 --> 00:21:21,960 stayed the same or even go higher. And because he has done that in 315 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,880 the past, right he's reached you know, fifty to sixty assists, that 316 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,759 sort of thing that I expect his goal number is maybe to come down a 317 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:30,480 bit. But like you said, he is a re juvenative player. He's 318 00:21:30,599 --> 00:21:37,640 well conditioned. He's actually he trains all summer long. There's a very fitness 319 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,119 grewer here called Tony Greco who's really demanding and he puts puts these guys through. 320 00:21:41,319 --> 00:21:47,039 Heck, it's time to say to say Andrew. Drew's also training other 321 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:52,440 athletes as well in fitness, so there's something there and he's ready to go. 322 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:56,119 Like I said, I think his assistoto will go up. His goal 323 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,160 total maybe close. I think we'll be closer to thirty. He may reach 324 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,160 thirty, but I'm figuring like a twenty eight goal maybe. He said, 325 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,119 what do you of course, when do you get last eight? Eighty five 326 00:22:06,279 --> 00:22:11,519 points arounting or eighty Yeah, he had thirty thirty five goals, and well, 327 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,440 I guess that would make forty four assists. Okay, So I expect 328 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,720 his assist total maybe being the fifty range, and then the goal total may 329 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,960 just come down a fraction. We still give me a valuable player obviously in 330 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:30,279 fantasy in that way, tremendous. And the next day we're want to talk 331 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:34,960 about Josh Norris. You already mentioned the injury. It was such a disappointment 332 00:22:36,079 --> 00:22:40,559 for him after having a really strong twenty twenty one, twenty two, and 333 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:45,400 we had kind of projected some some big things for him, but disappointment that 334 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,599 he only played eight games due to that nasty shoulder injury. Seven years at 335 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,599 almost eight million, I think it's probably gonna end up looking pretty good if 336 00:22:52,599 --> 00:22:56,720 he can continue to develop and progress, Although it does seem like Stoochla has 337 00:22:56,759 --> 00:23:00,799 passed him on the depth chart at center at least for now, and is 338 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,880 making a little bit more so maybe based on the cap you get him, 339 00:23:04,079 --> 00:23:07,599 get him a little bit higher in the lineup, But do you think does 340 00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:11,599 that mean more Norris will get a fewer touches with the best players on the 341 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:17,599 team or what do you think can he can Norris bounce back and get closer 342 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:22,119 to that sixty eight point season, maybe even take a step forward after the 343 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,240 long rehab and time off. What do you think, Marie. That's that's 344 00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:29,880 a good question. As Norris is healthy, which is one good which is 345 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,680 a good thing. There was some talk that they may not play him that 346 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:37,799 much or not play him in the preseason, just to just to ensure, 347 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,000 you know, preserve his shoulder. But they say the last time Peodorian spoke, 348 00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:45,519 he said he was he was healthy and ready to go. I did 349 00:23:45,759 --> 00:23:48,839 see Josh Norris probably a couple of weeks ago golf thing, so there's that's 350 00:23:48,839 --> 00:23:52,759 a good sign as well. It was a torkin, you know, torking 351 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,400 his body and that sort of thing. So he was out there golfing in 352 00:23:55,480 --> 00:24:02,359 a pro a pro am event in Ottawa. As for the numbers between the 353 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,039 Norris and suits, there are one, A, one B. So the 354 00:24:06,039 --> 00:24:07,720 way DJ Smith's going to do it is ride the hot hand and see the 355 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,839 see you know, check out the chemistry between I think he might start on 356 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:18,599 the second line and maybe with a with a Drew and possibly a Drake Batterson, 357 00:24:19,319 --> 00:24:22,680 but that's that's something you know, we have to wait till the preseason 358 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,559 and training camp to see how that all goes. But if they're definitely one 359 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,720 A, one B. But the one thing is that Josh Norris will still 360 00:24:29,759 --> 00:24:33,039 get He's still going to play twenty minutes a game because that's what he does. 361 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,200 He kills penalties, he's on the power play, and he's also going 362 00:24:36,279 --> 00:24:38,279 to be on the first power play unit as well, so he's still going 363 00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:42,359 to get the same number of touches as you guys spoke earlier. Sentators get 364 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,039 a lot of power plays and he's still going to be on the power plays, 365 00:24:47,079 --> 00:24:49,640 so he's going to kill penalties as well. So I don't think the 366 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:55,359 touches to go down. I think the assistant numbers will go up a bit 367 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:00,200 because obviously he only had seventeen eighteen assists and thirty five goals. And in 368 00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:03,119 his full season that the prior season, and actually that was a partial season 369 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,599 he plays, he had thirty five goals, and that was only he who 370 00:25:06,599 --> 00:25:11,079 played sixty six games years shoulder that season as well, so and most I 371 00:25:11,079 --> 00:25:14,759 think he was fourth and power play goals, I believe when he had the 372 00:25:14,799 --> 00:25:17,480 thirty five goals, so a lot of those goals were on the power play. 373 00:25:17,519 --> 00:25:21,480 So I don't expect anything different than that. I think he could probably 374 00:25:21,519 --> 00:25:23,599 reach thirty five goals. I don't know if he can reach forty. I 375 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:30,400 think the standard for him will be I think high sixties this season, providing 376 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,839 everything goes well, and providing everything goes well, I think the following season 377 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,039 will be the season where he'll see him. Maybe he jump to that seventy 378 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:42,640 five point guy, but he's definitely he scores more goals than assists, and 379 00:25:42,799 --> 00:25:47,279 I don't see that changing because he has that shoot you know, that shoot 380 00:25:47,319 --> 00:25:51,480 first mentality for a center, which is rare rather than a passer. So 381 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,279 I expect a goal total to be in that thirty to thirty five range and 382 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,599 the assist he plays a full season, hopefully a playfals season, he should 383 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:07,519 be over thirty assists. Well, that'd be great. Drake Batherson, we've 384 00:26:07,519 --> 00:26:10,640 mentioned him a couple of times. Boy, he really turned in a nice 385 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,640 year. Twenty two goals, forty assists for sixty two points in a full 386 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,039 eighty two games didn't quite match that near point per game pace he was on 387 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,119 before an ankle injury took away a lot of his prior season, but he 388 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:27,160 certainly set a career high end points and presumably has entrenched himself in the top 389 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,880 six of the Senators. He throws a hit in a half a game. 390 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,319 He takes three shots a game, both of which again and Durham to us 391 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,960 fantasy types. He's been among the leaders in power play time on ice for 392 00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:41,119 multiple years for this team. Who will Bathson line up with this year and 393 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:47,480 do you see any change in role or performance for him? I don't see 394 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,079 any changing role performance, believe it or not. Botherson was actually a little 395 00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:55,200 bit disappointed with his season, even though he did get the forty assists he 396 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:56,720 would have. I don't know if it was bad luck or not, but 397 00:26:57,759 --> 00:27:00,440 his twenty two goals. He was disappointed with his goal total, to be 398 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,839 honest, not something he's he wants to work on, he but the season 399 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:10,160 he put out there, considering he missed obviously that high Uncle Sprain, that's 400 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,839 that's an injury that could last even though you go back to playing. Those 401 00:27:12,839 --> 00:27:18,240 are injuries that do that like it will act up on you for a long 402 00:27:18,319 --> 00:27:21,079 period of time. And from what I was told, that type of injury 403 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:26,000 could last up to a year where you do feel some pain and that maybe 404 00:27:26,039 --> 00:27:29,119 being I don't know if that would hurt his goal totals. But the one 405 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,359 thing with Batterston, he has great vision. You see that that forty assist 406 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,240 and like you said, Jesse, he was using his size and he was 407 00:27:36,319 --> 00:27:40,079 throwing. You know, he is six foot four, I mean, and 408 00:27:40,319 --> 00:27:42,720 you know in junior I'll go back to junior quickly, a little off base, 409 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:49,200 but he's grown five five or six inches since his second season in junior 410 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:56,480 so and put on about forty pounds. So that's that was crazy. But 411 00:27:56,559 --> 00:27:59,240 yes, I think it's a CIS total will stay about the same. His 412 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,079 goal total I should go up a bit. I don't know if he'll reach 413 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,119 thirty, but you know, mid twenties, high twenties would be good. 414 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,559 And right now he's ticketed more than likely to be a second line right wing. 415 00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:15,559 There's some talk of him actually going to the third line, but I 416 00:28:15,559 --> 00:28:21,680 don't think that'll happen the way it stands right now and does just just in 417 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,480 case they do trade Matt Matthew Joseph or someone with that ILK. But right 418 00:28:25,519 --> 00:28:30,319 now I think he'll still get second line minutes and he will be on the 419 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,759 power play as well. And so I again, at his point total should 420 00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:38,880 be around the same and maybe maybe four or five more, you know, 421 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,880 with about four or five more goals. But last season, like you said, 422 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:47,559 hits is a big category, and he was throwing his weight around all 423 00:28:47,599 --> 00:28:52,000 season. He's he's underrated and that you don't think Matters is a physical player, 424 00:28:52,039 --> 00:28:55,799 but he kind of jumps out at you and he tries to hit everything 425 00:28:55,839 --> 00:28:57,519 that moves, whether you know it's not powerful hit or whatnot. He's not 426 00:28:57,599 --> 00:29:00,599 a strong hitter, but he does throw his weight around, you know, 427 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,559 in the defensive manner. And he said he you know, he's on the 428 00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:07,160 four check, so he's not trying. It's you know, to throw hits. 429 00:29:10,279 --> 00:29:14,519 Well, vlad Tarasenko is in town. He didn't sign quite as quickly 430 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:17,559 as some of the top free agents this offseason, but the thirty one year 431 00:29:17,599 --> 00:29:21,279 old is now there. He didn't keep up his point per game pace of 432 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:26,200 twenty one twenty two, but he had a respectable eighteen goals thirty two assists 433 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,680 for fifty points in sixty nine games between Saint Louis and the New York Rangers. 434 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,599 Twenty one of those points where in those thirty one games with the Rangers 435 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,799 as a rental, where he scated only fifteen fifty five a night, the 436 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:44,119 lowest ice time for him since his pre breakout sophomore year. Dipping from three 437 00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:48,079 shots per game to getting close to two per game is a little bit worrisome 438 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,079 for what we hope for from Tarasenko, but again, partly that was a 439 00:29:52,119 --> 00:29:56,319 factor of ice time and the role he had with a very crowded offensive roster 440 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,880 in New York. He still takes a hit per game, even after these 441 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:03,079 years and the injuries. He blocked a shout with his hand last year and 442 00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:07,960 he missed most of January for it, but otherwise he didn't miss time from 443 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,279 that nasty shoulder injury that took a couple of years out of the middle of 444 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:15,319 his career and really kind of messed it up. His defense does not rate 445 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,240 out as very good at this point in his career, so that could be 446 00:30:18,279 --> 00:30:21,880 something that the Senators will have to account for with where they put in. 447 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,640 But where do you think Tarasenko fits into this team? Is he going to 448 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,720 get power play time on ice? Could he put up another seventy points? 449 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:33,480 What's lad Tirasenko going to be in a senator's uniform? Well, I'll just 450 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,359 give you this. Tuesday, we had the opportunity to speak to Vodoman Tiarasenko 451 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,279 and he said there was a number of factors and he didn't get into it, 452 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,799 but he said there was a number of factors the last season they ended 453 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:49,559 up having this twinning season. I think there was part of the he's going 454 00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:55,000 to be a free agent type of thing. And remember there was some issues 455 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:56,680 in St. Louis and they exposed him this mansion draft the year before, 456 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:02,079 so he was I don't know if his head was in the right place last 457 00:31:02,119 --> 00:31:04,480 year. And then then move and you could argue with the Rangers moves again, 458 00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:07,240 getting Patrick Kane and Tarasenko, was it really good for them or is 459 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:11,680 it just too much and you know, throwing too many like star players into 460 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,440 the into the mix and it just it didn't work out for them at all. 461 00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:21,119 And but Tarasenko says he's here. He says, right now, for 462 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,559 one year, and he's looking to get back to where he was the previous 463 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,960 year. Of course, the previous year, after the shoulder surgeries and being 464 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:32,119 exposed to the expansion draft, he put up the most points of his career. 465 00:31:32,519 --> 00:31:34,240 He had eighty two points. Now when they get eight two points this 466 00:31:34,319 --> 00:31:38,359 season, I don't know. I'm not expecting eighty two points, but I 467 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:44,119 am expecting a typical thirty five goal, you know, thirty five thirty. 468 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:48,440 It's this maybe season from Tarasenko. It looks like right now he said he 469 00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:52,240 wants He said he had he was open to playing the left side, but 470 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,759 prefers playing the right side. He's always put the right side. I asked 471 00:31:56,839 --> 00:32:00,200 him the question, but that where he would play where he goes on say 472 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,119 ultimately they add talk to the coach, but he goes I've always played the 473 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,440 right side, and I've never played the left, even though he does shoot 474 00:32:05,559 --> 00:32:08,720 left. So keep prefers, you know, the you know, playing on 475 00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:14,400 the off wing at all times. Now, prefers playing on the off wing 476 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,119 at all times. He's probably going to be playing on the first line with 477 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:22,559 either obviously Colchuck Suzel or Colchuck Norris. So I expect first five minutes. 478 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,480 You know he's going to play probably eighteen to twenty one minutes a game, 479 00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:31,319 I would think, and less obviously the game's close or they're up by a 480 00:32:31,359 --> 00:32:35,359 goal or whatever, then might slide a minute, slide down a little bit 481 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,759 because then you're gonna see a Drew or Bathurston or someone play a little bit 482 00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:44,079 more because it's you know, for defensive purposes. But I think the thirty 483 00:32:44,119 --> 00:32:47,319 five goal, you know it's sixty five to seventy five point range. I 484 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:52,440 think it will be will be the norm I think this season for Tirasenko or 485 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,160 the hope for Tarrasenko. And he will also get first the first unit of 486 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,119 power play minutes, so I again I think he'll put up better numbers than 487 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:05,680 last season. And providing obviously injury obviously obviously he said he missed some time 488 00:33:05,759 --> 00:33:07,880 last year. But I think he knows where he is for a year. 489 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:13,000 He's got a no move clause, he's not going anywhere. He seems to 490 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,160 be in the right place and that they kept saying that, and it was 491 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:21,680 a family decision, and he really wants to be in Ottawa, and obviously 492 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,519 he's looking at a future contract. Whether it's an Ottawa or someone else. 493 00:33:24,039 --> 00:33:29,039 So I think the expectation for himself is he needs to put up big numbers 494 00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:32,759 as well to get another five million dollars six million dollar contract because he's thirty 495 00:33:32,759 --> 00:33:36,119 one years old and you know, it's gonna be a bit harder to get 496 00:33:36,119 --> 00:33:39,759 those contracts. So for him personally, whether you know, for him personally, 497 00:33:39,839 --> 00:33:45,119 he's going to have to score those thirty five goals to earn another another 498 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,119 contract, you know, for another two or three years. So I think 499 00:33:47,119 --> 00:33:53,200 he will return to, you know, to that level. Well, we've 500 00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:58,799 there's so many relevant forwards on this team that we're we're just going to abbreviate 501 00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:00,759 the last couple of these guys. We got, Dominiqu, Kuba Leak, 502 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,680 Ridley Grieg, Shane Pinto. I'm just gonna maybe have you rank them, 503 00:34:05,839 --> 00:34:07,239 just as a quick set up. Kober Leak, if he could get more 504 00:34:07,239 --> 00:34:09,920 ice time, it always seems like he'd be great. He stuck around fifteen 505 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:15,440 minutes of ice but a solid forty five points last year. Ridley Grieg, 506 00:34:15,559 --> 00:34:17,679 I've often he mentioned, is maybe the third line left wing on this team. 507 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,440 He barely played last year. He's you know, brand new he's a 508 00:34:21,519 --> 00:34:23,880 rookie. He was six on the team and points per sixty though the time 509 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:28,239 he got on, and Shane Pino played eighty two games last year, twenty 510 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,880 goals, fifteen a sist, sixteen minutes a night, and he even got 511 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,559 down ballot all Rookie votes. I don't know if those votes were from you, 512 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:37,000 Murray, but what are the how would you order these guys? Yeah, 513 00:34:37,079 --> 00:34:42,559 we we're not okay. I actually had Jake Sanderson second for the for 514 00:34:42,599 --> 00:34:46,119 the Calder, and I did not actually vote Shane Pinto at all. Actually 515 00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:51,400 he either on on the All Rookie or any any Calder votes to be honest, 516 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,320 but anyway, either or not. Kuba Leak, I think he'll get 517 00:34:54,360 --> 00:35:00,559 forty five points last year twenty twenty five assists with Detroit. I expect him 518 00:35:00,559 --> 00:35:07,559 maybe seventeen goals, forty points. He's may not get power play time very 519 00:35:07,599 --> 00:35:10,760 much with obviously with their top heavy firing injury, I can't see him getting 520 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,440 a lot of power play time unless he's on the second unit, who does 521 00:35:14,559 --> 00:35:17,800 Obviously a second units obviously don't get as much power play to power play time. 522 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,519 So I think fifteen sixteen minutes a game on the third line. I 523 00:35:22,639 --> 00:35:28,000 project him to actually beat the third line left wing at this point. Obviously 524 00:35:28,039 --> 00:35:30,239 with Drew playing the left wing, I would think now on the second line, 525 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:35,400 and obviously Brady's Brady's Brady. He's so on the first line. So 526 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,039 I think the release, unfortunately for him, is going to get some third 527 00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:40,679 line minutes and a little bit of power play time buying firing injury Shane Pinto. 528 00:35:42,199 --> 00:35:45,159 Shane Pinto the good thing for him, I think he will still get 529 00:35:45,199 --> 00:35:50,639 second line power play time. He does kill penalties, so there's that, 530 00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:58,360 and I expect him to get fifteen to eighteen minutes per game and be in 531 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,679 line probably about the same season, maybe up as assist rate playing with playing 532 00:36:02,679 --> 00:36:07,000 with the Kugger leak all season, and I expect around forty points for Shane 533 00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:09,639 Pinto. Really, Greg, I don't even know if he's gonna be on 534 00:36:09,639 --> 00:36:13,400 the Ottawa Senators, and I'll tell you that right now. To start the 535 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:19,880 season with him with Kuga Lea Pinto, maybe Matthew Joseph on the right side, 536 00:36:20,159 --> 00:36:24,320 there's no fit for really Greg unless Matthew Joseph gets dealt. The fourth 537 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:30,320 line right now on the last side will be Parker Kelly or Eury Schmeckel, 538 00:36:30,559 --> 00:36:36,199 who is a European free agent. I think he played in Finland last year, 539 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:40,239 believe, and he's obviously he's a check and they're really high on him. 540 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,920 He had a really good World World Championship performs and on the pick performance, 541 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:50,280 they expect him actually to make the roster. They're kind of banking on 542 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,760 it. So I think, really Greg will get more playing time in Belleville, 543 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:58,199 but again, training camp, preseason, it's hard to say, and 544 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,000 I think I Ridley the rights, not at least on the third line. 545 00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:05,400 I think they want him playing eighteen to twenty minutes in Belleville every night, 546 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,760 So that's that's something again to look at. But he's definitely going to play 547 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:13,119 ANHIL games this season. He's probably obviously be the first guy up injury or 548 00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:16,239 something something or something happens. But again I'm not one hundred percent sure he's 549 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:21,480 going to start the season. Training camp, preseason, will you know, 550 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,119 will be well be up to him obviously, see you know how he does 551 00:37:25,199 --> 00:37:30,239 and how he performs. I kind of want to get to the defenceman here, 552 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:31,760 Marie. I mean, there's there are a lot of guys to talk 553 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:37,599 about on this team, But there's some really prominent defenceman here, and Thomas 554 00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:42,159 Shabbat is the first one that we'll mention. It's a very crowded blue line. 555 00:37:42,199 --> 00:37:45,159 He's carried a very heavy load ever since Eric Carlson left. I ran 556 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,199 the numbers. Since twenty nineteen, there have been four hundred and twenty four 557 00:37:49,199 --> 00:37:53,239 defensemen who've skated at least fifteen minutes of ice time. Shabbat's average time on 558 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:58,440 ice during that time of twenty five forty five is second only to Drew Dowdy 559 00:37:58,559 --> 00:38:01,679 over that time. He's missed a bit over thirty games over the past three 560 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:07,599 years, so the Nixon tears are adding up from all that usage. Definitely 561 00:38:07,639 --> 00:38:12,119 got help now to alleviate the burden this year. His productions quite steady ten 562 00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:15,320 goals, thirty one assists, forty one points and sixty eight games. Last 563 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,639 year is dead on for his points per sixty for three years running. He's 564 00:38:19,639 --> 00:38:22,239 pretty much very consistent there, two blocks, one plus hit, two plus 565 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,440 shots per game. His power play time and I has dipped a bit towards 566 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,039 the end of the year. Again, this is a team that gets a 567 00:38:29,039 --> 00:38:30,960 lot of power play time on ice, so there's plenty to go around, 568 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:35,719 one would think, but there's also several defensemen to take it. Do you 569 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,039 expect that Shabbat? And we'll talk about the arrivals that are probably crowding him 570 00:38:39,039 --> 00:38:43,199 a little bit. But is he going to get the same heavy minutes production 571 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,239 and role this year that he has in the past. I don't think so, 572 00:38:45,679 --> 00:38:50,239 and I think that's on purpose. Obviously, he said he's played too 573 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,840 much and his body has been you know, he's been wearing gown. He 574 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:59,159 does play too much, and that's when he does play too much, and 575 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:04,880 he's prone some defensive miscuse. But again that's just being tired literally, and 576 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:07,639 they I think they're going to probably try to cut his spins down, you 577 00:39:07,639 --> 00:39:10,360 know, a couple of minutes a game. Obviously, getting Jacob tickerin, 578 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:15,199 hopefully healthy playing a full season will do that. We're not sure who even 579 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:19,400 Shabad is playing with. It will be again Art tim Zoo, will be 580 00:39:19,519 --> 00:39:23,119 Jacob Chickran. We don't know as far as the power play goes, so 581 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:28,000 I guess the latter end. Before he got injured, Jake Sanderson was starting 582 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,519 to get a lot of play on the number one unit as well. Jake 583 00:39:30,639 --> 00:39:35,800 Anderson's got great vision, great shot. He's one of the best skaters in 584 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,440 the NHL at a chance to really, you know, to see him play 585 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:44,360 a full game, and he's only going to get better. Some people project 586 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,280 him to be a Norse Trophy candidate, you know, you know, three 587 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,159 four years down the line, and that's how that's how good he is and 588 00:39:50,199 --> 00:39:53,159 how much potentially has. It's one of those steady Eddie players who you know, 589 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,679 and especially in his first season, you've seen it, so I don't 590 00:39:57,679 --> 00:40:00,199 have to tell you too much about that. But sa Anderson, I think 591 00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:02,760 we'll cut into the sum of the playing time. So you have a you 592 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,920 have a you have three players. Obviously you're gonna have one defenseman on the 593 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,320 first power play unit, two on second unit. I think you're going to 594 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:14,519 see a bit of a rotation to keep them all playing because they're between Sanderson, 595 00:40:14,599 --> 00:40:17,320 Chickeren and she bought. You know, they're very good offensively. So 596 00:40:17,519 --> 00:40:22,119 you got the three. So I don't think there's gonna be a steady person 597 00:40:22,199 --> 00:40:25,440 on the number one unit and a pair on the second unit. I think 598 00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:30,719 they're gonna maybe play rotation, and again depends on maybe who has a hot 599 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,960 hand during during the game. I think it's going to be one of those 600 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:37,440 things where the coaching star is gonna, you know, feel out the game 601 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,599 and then put who they you know, who they think should be on that 602 00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:44,159 unit in that game. I don't think there's gonna be a particular number. 603 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,000 It's it's gonna be different. I guess a lot of teams don't do this, 604 00:40:46,039 --> 00:40:50,239 but I think I think you're gonna see they're gonna look at the minutes 605 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,639 played and they're just gonna base everything on there and just and just maybe rotate 606 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:58,199 them through because obviously, as you're aware there, Sanderson, Chickeren, and 607 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,760 Schabat are all very good offensively. Yeah, I'll have the offensive potential. 608 00:41:01,079 --> 00:41:07,320 Shabat's probably gonna get again same range forty to fifty points. Chickern healthy. 609 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,199 Chickern again, you know when he said eight, he's not healthy all the 610 00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:15,159 time. But Chickeren, you know, he got thirty three points last year 611 00:41:15,199 --> 00:41:20,679 in forty eight games. Even if he plays seventy games, you're looking at, 612 00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:24,199 you know, over forty points for him, forty plus points, so 613 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:30,079 and he has potentially to get fifty points. And Jake Sanderson got to thirty 614 00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:32,320 thirty one points last year in his rookie season. He's going to play more 615 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,960 minutes this year, and I think that number is also going to push you 616 00:41:37,039 --> 00:41:40,440 around forty points. So you have three defense when you can equally distribute this 617 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:45,280 This team, as you as you say, is it's a highly powered adds 618 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,400 some highly powered offensive. They put up some great numbers offensively, So if 619 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,880 they can only score five on five, that's that's again, that's a key 620 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,360 for that team. There'll be a dominating team if they can score five on 621 00:41:55,519 --> 00:42:00,119 five. I've improved those numbers with the eighth ran power play, and I 622 00:42:00,119 --> 00:42:02,320 think most of the season they were anywhere between two and five on the power 623 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:07,119 play. They can if they you know, stay around you know, eight 624 00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:10,400 to five to eight and they can improve their five on five play. Just 625 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:15,960 that increase of numbers and per game in pretty good goals per game should gain 626 00:42:16,039 --> 00:42:19,559 a few more points in the standings. I'm not an analytic sky, but 627 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:24,360 just common sense is that you're gonna if you score more five on five combined 628 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:29,400 with a good power play, you're gonna score I reach more goals per game 629 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:35,639 than that will give you more wins. Obviously. CHICKGRN Obviously he missed some 630 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,480 games with injury and sitting out. When he was playing, he had at 631 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,800 fifty six point pace with a whole lot of block shots and hits two years 632 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,960 left at four and a half million. You know, obviously only twelve games 633 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,840 with Ottawa, so maybe hard to kind of say, but as you mentioned, 634 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:54,079 probably we'll get some power play time and probably can get some pretty decent 635 00:42:54,159 --> 00:42:58,199 time on ice and increase those those counting stats that we love, right, 636 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,360 I think you said, you know, I think he can hit that fifty 637 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:06,320 plus point mark again, Jacob Kicker if if he plays a full season, 638 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:07,719 if he does play, you know, seventy plus games, and yeah, 639 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:12,880 he's definitely gonna hit fifty points. He's also motivated to another guy, just 640 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:17,840 like Clod Drew speaking about Jacob Trickham is an Ottawa guy and he grew up. 641 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:22,639 He grew up in Ottawa. His cottage. They have a family cottage 642 00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:27,480 just outside the city, even though he was born in Florida and they the 643 00:43:27,559 --> 00:43:30,159 family did move to Florida in their later years. Obviously, his dad, 644 00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:35,079 Jeff, is actually an analyst on the Florida Panthers broadcast, but they summer 645 00:43:35,119 --> 00:43:37,760 in Ottawa. Regardless. They have a cottage like such a family cottage outside 646 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:42,559 Ottawa, so he's always been around, being all around. His grandparents are 647 00:43:42,559 --> 00:43:45,760 here, so his family's here. So again you got a motivated player like 648 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,960 a Clod Drew. So I think, you know again, he's going to 649 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,519 come. He comes to the rink and he wants to put on a show 650 00:43:52,599 --> 00:43:54,239 for you know, for his family. And yeah, I think fifty points 651 00:43:54,239 --> 00:44:00,480 is not out of the realm. Well, you said Jake Sanders was a 652 00:44:00,519 --> 00:44:04,800 guy who was all the way up in your voting last year. He certainly 653 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,559 had an exceptional years. Actually the thirty eighth best defenseman for fantasy purposes, 654 00:44:08,559 --> 00:44:13,079 which is no slouching. By the end of the season, he was skating 655 00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:15,559 the most minutes of any defenseman on the team had for chickering and Shabbat were 656 00:44:15,559 --> 00:44:20,280 shut down. He already had nearly as many minutes on the top power play 657 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,599 as Shabbat last year. So what are we looking at with Sanderson? Is 658 00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:28,599 this this thirty two points to seventy seven games that we had. Is that 659 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,159 kind of going to be his role or do you expect a bigger breakout for 660 00:44:31,199 --> 00:44:35,880 his second year. I don't know what the goal totals, but this totals 661 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:37,760 are going to go out. I think he's going to be consistently one of 662 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:44,519 those guys who is gonna get anywhere from eight to twelve goals, and eventually 663 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,320 I think he's going to get you know, forty plus forty assists range. 664 00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:52,800 He has that potential. Also, looking at his minutes, I don't know 665 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,960 if he's gonna do that this season, so project him that high. I 666 00:44:55,000 --> 00:45:00,800 think he may be closer to forty points this year, but I think as 667 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,000 you know, as his career goes, I think he's gonna be up to 668 00:45:04,039 --> 00:45:07,039 the fifty point range for sure. And he's just that good of a player. 669 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,880 Also, when you compare him, you look at all in Power, 670 00:45:10,119 --> 00:45:15,280 and that is why some people question me, why did I put Jack Anderson's 671 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:22,119 second. I've bumped all Empowered to third for the caldern JACKX Anderson plays meaningful 672 00:45:22,159 --> 00:45:25,599 minutes. Bale Power did not look at it that way. Go Empower did 673 00:45:25,639 --> 00:45:30,159 not his penalty kill. He only played eighty six minutes on the power on 674 00:45:30,199 --> 00:45:34,239 the penalty kick kill all season. Jacks Anderson, I believe was the most 675 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:38,880 amount rookies for defense, and I believe I'd have to backtrack, but I 676 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:44,840 believe he was second or third in the entire NHL for defense when in peking 677 00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,119 minutes he had well over two hundred and two hundred and twenty or two hundred 678 00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:53,000 and thirty minutes on the PK. So there is that he has. I 679 00:45:53,039 --> 00:45:55,760 mean, I don't know if that has fantasy value in any way, but 680 00:45:57,159 --> 00:46:00,239 he does if that's shop walking because he's on the PK. But again, 681 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:05,320 as far as part of the player, I think his potential is probably the 682 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,840 ten is up up around the fifty point range. But I believe this season 683 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:13,119 he's probably gonna he's going to get increased those numbers. He's gonna get a 684 00:46:13,159 --> 00:46:15,760 little bit more power play time, which he didn't get last season until, 685 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,880 let the latter part of the year obviously, when when Shabat was injured because 686 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,840 Branstrom was playing, they had, you know, they had you know, 687 00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:29,480 fill and defenseman until he got acclimented to the NHL. So then Tanderson got 688 00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:32,679 a lot more power power play time. So I think forty points of this 689 00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:37,559 season is realistic. Yeah, and you just mentioned Branstrom is the next guy 690 00:46:37,559 --> 00:46:39,639 I wanted to ask you about. I've been a fan of his for a 691 00:46:39,679 --> 00:46:44,760 long time. I really was hoping that he would have a little bit more 692 00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:49,159 opportunity and be able to demonstrate a little bit more what he can do. 693 00:46:49,559 --> 00:46:52,199 But his underlying numbers are really great. If you look at his expected goals 694 00:46:52,199 --> 00:46:55,360 for goals against, he's really up there in the top, you know, 695 00:46:55,480 --> 00:47:00,599 twentieth percentile of the league. But he gets limited opportunity. But if you 696 00:47:00,639 --> 00:47:04,719 believe in the two hundred game played threshold, he's right there. He's just 697 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,960 you know, first ten games he'll hit that he could still emerge, you 698 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,719 know, as being a really solid defender. But of course he has those 699 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:15,559 three big guys that we just talked about ahead of him. But he also 700 00:47:15,079 --> 00:47:19,519 only got the sixth time on ice of any Senator defender, just barely more 701 00:47:19,559 --> 00:47:22,519 than Jacob Bernard Docker for the limited games he played, and behind Artom Zoob 702 00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:28,920 and Travis Hamineck. So do you think that Branstrom can continue to develop and 703 00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:31,400 have you know, more of a role than being the six sixth most time 704 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:37,840 on ice for any senator defender. Unfortunately, I don't think so, and 705 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:42,480 I know his underlying numbers do show that he has that he does have potential, 706 00:47:43,119 --> 00:47:45,039 But I think with the players in front of him. As you just 707 00:47:45,559 --> 00:47:51,360 mentioned, I don't see a way firing an injury. Unfortunately that he's only 708 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,280 he's going to be a five sixth defenseman with the Senators, and he mean 709 00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:58,039 out of NBA five six defenseman with the Senators. That's that's something else at 710 00:47:58,039 --> 00:48:01,000 the moment. Obviously discussed it just right at the beginning there. They need 711 00:48:01,079 --> 00:48:05,679 to sign restrict your free agent Shane Pinto. They only have three hundred and 712 00:48:05,679 --> 00:48:09,840 seventy five thousands to spend. Someone's got to go. And they also have 713 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:16,880 Tyler Clevin obviously waiting, and Jenny Jacob Barnard doctor Jacob doc docor cannot be 714 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:22,360 waived this year. He's not waiver eligible, so there's that. So and 715 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,480 they resigned Javis Hamanick. So by resigning Hamaneck, I think they might have 716 00:48:25,519 --> 00:48:30,800 Hamstrom Branstrom to a point where you basically have you could have a eight defenseman 717 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:35,719 if you include Clubbin and I think they want a physical player on the back 718 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,800 end on the third pair. So because of that, you might see a 719 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:44,360 Tyler Clevin get some games in with Hamaneck. And I don't know where, 720 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,760 So either Jacob Bernard, Docker or Branston. One of them may may end 721 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:52,000 up going to be honest, and I don't know, you know if you 722 00:48:52,199 --> 00:48:55,440 because if you want a physical back end on the third there, that pair 723 00:48:55,519 --> 00:49:00,519 will also kill penalties because a lot of the Senators Shabbat kind of shies away. 724 00:49:00,519 --> 00:49:04,760 They shy away from killing colonies, and you know, so there's certain 725 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:08,480 guys you don't want killing colonies. So basically, again, I'm not sure 726 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:12,760 I Branston's going to be a full time player on the Cenators or shure. 727 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,960 It'll be tough to say, but I think someone's going and by signing Travis 728 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:21,440 Hammanick and giving him two years, I don't think he's going anywhere. So 729 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,480 it's going to be interesting to see how September plays out on that back end. 730 00:49:25,519 --> 00:49:30,360 It's something to watch and just obviously we'll see how it plays out. 731 00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,840 But I think Clubin's going to get in there somehow, whether he's the five 732 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:37,039 or six. So I think it'll be on the third pair. And will 733 00:49:37,039 --> 00:49:40,039 Hammonick be despair, will burn our Doctor'll be despair? I don't know. 734 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:45,360 So it's again it's an interesting situation, but I don't see Branstrom if he 735 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:50,719 is on the roster. I don't see him, you know, obviously moving 736 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,719 up to the second pair, So I don't I think he'll be exactly what's 737 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:59,880 last season and get to the third pair of minutes. Well, frankly, 738 00:50:00,119 --> 00:50:01,199 as someone as a fan of his, I wouldn't mind if he moved to 739 00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:05,800 a different organization got a different opportunity. We'll have to see. But you 740 00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,320 bring up some really good points about the d let's switch over to the goalies 741 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:14,039 now and last season the center's rank sixteenth and expected goals against for sixty, 742 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,039 but conceded the twenty first ranked actual goals, so they were a little bit 743 00:50:17,039 --> 00:50:21,440 behind. And they went out and made a big free agent signing with Unice 744 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:25,039 Corporate Salo after he had a pretty good season with Columbus and then went to 745 00:50:25,199 --> 00:50:30,599 LA obviously and overall had some pretty decent numbers, although he's had a pretty 746 00:50:30,639 --> 00:50:34,519 up and down career. I would say five years at four million is not 747 00:50:34,599 --> 00:50:38,519 like a massive investment. And of course they have Anton Forsberg who seems like 748 00:50:38,559 --> 00:50:43,239 he did pretty well and limited action. He has two years left at two 749 00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,440 point seven five, so it seems pretty clear like they brought Corporate Salo and 750 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:50,599 to be the starter and Anton Forsburg maybe to be the backup or the one 751 00:50:50,679 --> 00:50:52,840 B. So what do you think we can expect from these two? Do 752 00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:59,440 you think that Corporate Salo can keep his up year trajectory going. I also 753 00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,599 wonder if how the fit is for the defense in front of him, because 754 00:51:02,639 --> 00:51:07,320 he's a guy who seems to thrive in certain situations, but maybe struggle and 755 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:09,719 others. So what do you think we can expect from the center's goaltending next 756 00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:15,199 season? I think with the defense as is within, with the core getting 757 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:20,079 Chickern, I think Sanderson, you know, going with second year Zuphaba thought 758 00:51:20,119 --> 00:51:23,599 sort of those guys. I think the centers will be better defensively this season, 759 00:51:24,199 --> 00:51:27,440 especially if you get if you can get full seasons out of out of 760 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:32,079 these players. Corporatelo he finished really well in LA I think what's seventh, 761 00:51:32,079 --> 00:51:36,079 three and one and re call his goals against, but it was in the 762 00:51:36,119 --> 00:51:39,159 low twos, I believe, and he obviously wrote that wave into free agency 763 00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:45,840 and on time. Forresburg is healthy as far as we know, and he's 764 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:50,159 been working you know, he's been working out and he's ready to go as 765 00:51:50,199 --> 00:51:53,840 well. I suspect Forresburg is what he is at this point, he's a 766 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:58,679 decent you know, but some decent numbers. He's in the middle of pack. 767 00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:01,400 I think Goldie's in the NHL, and I think I don't see that 768 00:52:01,519 --> 00:52:06,960 being any different as far as Corpuslo goes. If he can ride. You 769 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,719 know what he did in LA into this season, that's a that's a solid 770 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:14,199 pair, and they were actually a pair at one point in Columbus. I 771 00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:16,320 believer in the in the farm system for the HL. They want a cup 772 00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:20,920 together as a as a duo in the HL, they want to call it 773 00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:25,679 the Cup. And I think my projection is Corpuslo will probably play I would 774 00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:30,079 think forty five games Presburg played, but you know, thirty five sort of 775 00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:36,159 thing, thirty seven providing again low injuries. And I think the centers will 776 00:52:36,199 --> 00:52:42,159 probably be as far as the goaltending goes, probably like in maybe twelve range 777 00:52:42,199 --> 00:52:45,360 and that you know, they'll be better in the defensively, they'll be better 778 00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:47,719 than they did last season. How much better, I don't know, but 779 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:52,119 I expecting, you know, decent seasons from them from from the pair, 780 00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:57,880 That's what I would think. And again the defense I think will be better 781 00:52:58,559 --> 00:53:00,280 as well. So I don't think they'll give the many goals against, So 782 00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:06,119 I think on the whole, I think the goaltending, providing they stayed the 783 00:53:06,159 --> 00:53:08,760 way they are, I think they'll just obviously get a little bit better as 784 00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:14,559 well. And obviously with the experience of the team's the young team and they've 785 00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:17,159 just been obviously they got you know, they're on the cusp. They're better 786 00:53:17,239 --> 00:53:20,800 last year, and I think this should they'll be a little bit better. 787 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,800 You know, every year they're going to get a little bit better. So 788 00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:25,480 I think the goaltending I think will be solid to share. Unfortune for last 789 00:53:25,559 --> 00:53:30,360 year, Cam Talbot ran into a string of injuries, was injured three different 790 00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:32,800 times and he just he just could never get it going last year, so 791 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:37,960 that limited them. They went through seven goalies last season, which is a 792 00:53:37,039 --> 00:53:39,880 record for the team, believe it or not. In double they went through 793 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:45,199 thirteen goalies in the HL team, so that was that was an insane number. 794 00:53:45,679 --> 00:53:49,679 And again I think they'll probably in the middle of the pack, maybe 795 00:53:50,119 --> 00:53:53,519 in the ten to twelve ranging in goaltending next season. Wow, well that 796 00:53:53,519 --> 00:53:58,880 would make the difference with a young team like this to get some great backstopping, 797 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,679 bring back the spirit of the Hamburgler to try to empower them through. 798 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:07,000 But murray, you've griven us a lot of great information about this very exciting 799 00:54:07,079 --> 00:54:10,599 Ottawa Senators franchise coming into next year. Let us you let people know how 800 00:54:10,639 --> 00:54:14,079 they can keep up with your work all the time and follow you out on 801 00:54:14,119 --> 00:54:16,960 social media. Okay, well, you can catch me at full full press 802 00:54:17,039 --> 00:54:23,239 hockey dot com. We're also our website. 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Cat Silverman joining us from in goldmag. 821 00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,760 We have a few here to talk about. They have some really interesting goalie 822 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:57,400 prospects and the first one that we're going to talk about is mad So Guard 823 00:55:58,039 --> 00:56:02,000 twenty nineteen second round pick, six foot seven. That's huge, one hundred 824 00:56:02,079 --> 00:56:06,800 ninety eight pounds. The Great Dane split the season between the NHL and the 825 00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:10,599 HL this past season, so it's nice to see him actually get some NHL 826 00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:15,400 games. There were nineteen of them, almost as many as the HL games, 827 00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:17,599 and he did almost in as bad and both of his and all of 828 00:56:17,679 --> 00:56:23,280 his appearances that numbers really didn't look good either. Ottawa rolled out five goalies 829 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:28,159 this past year in the NHL, of course varying number of starts, but 830 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,440 so Guard had the worst goals save above expected at negative nine point five two 831 00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:36,199 at even strength as Delta, Fenwick was one of the worst. If you 832 00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,199 look at his hockey prospecting though, it really does look good. He has 833 00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:44,840 a really nice trajectory. He's been between fifty or forty eight and fifty sixty 834 00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,960 three percent chance of being NHL or his whole time he has. I wanted 835 00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:52,400 to pull up a comp to another great Danish goaltender, Frederick Anderson, who 836 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:57,199 definitely looks better in this model than so Guard, but Sober doesn't look too 837 00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:00,280 far behind. And one of the best comps that I found for him, 838 00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:04,840 or might maybe realistic comps, was Mackenzie Blackwood, who has been this up 839 00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,280 and down sort of starter. He's had a pretty decent role in the league. 840 00:57:08,039 --> 00:57:10,960 Yeah, we have to know what your instincts tell us about Mad so 841 00:57:12,159 --> 00:57:16,159 Guard. Oh boy, I've been trying really hard to root for this kid. 842 00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:21,960 I spent a little too much time watching film for him his draft year, 843 00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:29,599 just trying to figure out what to like about his game, and there 844 00:57:29,719 --> 00:57:36,440 was almost nothing. He's huge, like you said, but he's like you 845 00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:43,760 said, you think he's six seven and he's like one ninety. And if 846 00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:47,480 that sounds skinny to anyone listening, it is. And it shows he's got 847 00:57:47,599 --> 00:57:52,519 really good reach, he's got really fast feet, and he has so little 848 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:58,400 limb control, so he opens up a lot of holes, and he's really 849 00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:02,920 good at getting across the I when essentially he over commits somewhere he can stop 850 00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:07,440 on a diamond turnaround and really get that reach. So he gets those desperation 851 00:58:07,559 --> 00:58:12,599 saves incredibly well. But he at least during his draft year, he made 852 00:58:12,679 --> 00:58:15,800 way too many of those, and I watching him, I was like, 853 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:19,000 this isn't the kid I'd want to draft. And then he got drafted anyway, 854 00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,239 and he got drafted super high, and I thought, that's fine, 855 00:58:21,519 --> 00:58:24,639 And I think he's getting there. I just don't know how much more he 856 00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:30,599 can get there, just because I think he needs a technical overhaul to his 857 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:35,039 game in order to really reach a place where we see consistency from him, 858 00:58:35,039 --> 00:58:37,840 Because that's the big red flag for me, is that he's just inconsistent, 859 00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:43,960 which is a large part and due to the fact that he's so tall and 860 00:58:44,159 --> 00:58:47,920 his limbs are so long, and he has so much that he needs to 861 00:58:49,119 --> 00:58:52,440 rain in, which is hard to do when you're making explosive quick movements. 862 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:54,360 So he has to get his tracking more under control. He has to keep 863 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:58,960 himself a little closer to his goal line, he has to stay within the 864 00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:00,840 blue paint a little better, and he has to stop opening up so many 865 00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:05,480 holes for people to shoot on, which I think is why when he did 866 00:59:05,599 --> 00:59:09,679 make those NHL appearances, we saw so much exploitation of his game from people 867 00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:15,880 who really know how to pick corners when they shoot. So we'll see where 868 00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,559 that goes. It might have been a wake up college. He's a super 869 00:59:17,679 --> 00:59:22,280 upbeat kid. He's really nice. He's very willing to learn. I just 870 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:25,639 think he's got a little bit of an uphill battle to face when it comes 871 00:59:25,679 --> 00:59:32,159 to that learning. So we'll see. All right, it's a real multi 872 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:37,119 national event here because the next goalie is finished. Levi a marline in that 873 00:59:37,159 --> 00:59:42,679 we're going to talk about. And they got They got him in twenty twenty 874 00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:45,159 third round pick. He's a six foot three, one hundred and seventy four 875 00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:49,360 pound came up in the car pad system. I know you've cited that as 876 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:52,360 one of the best development systems in Europe, especially for goalies. He got 877 00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:58,280 his first taste of the NHLAHL this past season, where he had just a 878 00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:00,599 handful of games of each. Before that, he was actually in the OHL 879 01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:05,199 last season, a strange development path there he was with the front knacks, 880 01:00:05,639 --> 01:00:09,360 the round numbers didn't look so good there. This season he was mainly back 881 01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:15,400 in car pat on loan where he looked pretty good. I know, I 882 01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:19,079 think his equivalence he's a little bit low because he was in that he didn't 883 01:00:19,079 --> 01:00:22,079 play a whole lot of games in the Liga. Previous to this season he 884 01:00:22,199 --> 01:00:24,639 was at the U eighteen and U twenty level and then he was in the 885 01:00:24,679 --> 01:00:31,559 OHL. But this past season really strong Liga campaign. But again his equivalence 886 01:00:32,039 --> 01:00:36,320 right now is just nineteen percent chance of being an NHL which is low. 887 01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:39,639 And a couple of his best comps are guys like Miko Koskinen and Mike Condon 888 01:00:40,239 --> 01:00:49,480 tweeter backups. Yeah, that's a fun one, okay. Tell us to 889 01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:52,199 see your instincts about Marylyna and do you think he has a good chance to 890 01:00:52,239 --> 01:00:57,880 be better than Mike Condon. I think most goaltenders have a better chance, 891 01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:00,599 have a chance of being better than Mike at the NHL level at least, 892 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:04,400 which is too bad. My Content's a nice kid. No. I think 893 01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:07,800 it's interesting because, like you said, he came from the car Pop system, 894 01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:15,599 and he entered that system at the same time as you all. Blomquist, 895 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:21,280 who is one of the Pittsburgh draft picks that they made when they took 896 01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:24,079 a whole slew of goalies so they could hoard prospects. He was right below 897 01:01:24,199 --> 01:01:29,199 Justice and Noonon, and I believe there was one other prospect in the system 898 01:01:29,239 --> 01:01:30,840 at the time, now, Nicholas Coco, who was a I believe second 899 01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:36,320 round pick for Seattle. It's also in that system. So just a wealth 900 01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:43,000 of NHL bound goaltenders in that system, and he was below both Blomquist and 901 01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:45,480 a noon in the system. So, like you said, handed up playing 902 01:01:46,920 --> 01:01:52,639 when Blomqwist was in the U twenty and a Noonan was at the I believe 903 01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:57,480 that not the league level. He was the steploid and Mesty. You saw 904 01:01:57,719 --> 01:02:00,679 Marylinen playing in the U eight team, which made it seem like he wasn't 905 01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:04,719 quite ready for that jump, and in reality, I think they just wanted 906 01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,760 to make sure he was getting those game reps and getting the development time, 907 01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:13,440 and so at each level he's been moving up just right behind Blonk Fist and 908 01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:17,199 doing really well at each level. I thought he had some really nice looks 909 01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:23,119 last year. He did not amazingly well during his NHL debuts, which the 910 01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:29,000 fact that he made an NHL debut last year it is indicative of what Idawa 911 01:02:29,079 --> 01:02:31,280 went through. They hit themselves a moment, but he did really well in 912 01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:35,320 the NHL when he got a chance to sneak in there for a bit. 913 01:02:36,559 --> 01:02:39,760 I think he looks good. I think he's not quite on the same tier 914 01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:44,079 as in Noonan and blonk Post too. I thought looked like as soon as 915 01:02:44,119 --> 01:02:45,960 they made it to North America they'd need a year of HL and then be 916 01:02:46,119 --> 01:02:50,239 NHL ready. I think he looks like he needs a little more development than 917 01:02:50,320 --> 01:02:57,679 that. But he looks confident and consistent, and I almost would reverse him 918 01:02:57,719 --> 01:03:01,440 and so Guard in their prospect system, which is funny because I think just 919 01:03:01,679 --> 01:03:07,320 based on size and how quickly they moved through the ranks of their respective teams, 920 01:03:07,519 --> 01:03:10,760 it's been reversed. So we've seen so Guard as the one who's the 921 01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:15,880 top tier, and then we've seen Marylyn and after that, and my prediction 922 01:03:16,079 --> 01:03:20,880 is that it's going to end up being the other way around. But they 923 01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:27,159 could surprise me, especially if the team gives so Guard more chances and exposure 924 01:03:27,239 --> 01:03:30,760 than they give Marylyn And who has a very robust system back home to go 925 01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:36,000 back to if he wants to nice see, I was going to ask you 926 01:03:36,079 --> 01:03:38,400 if you would reverse the order on any of these, and it seems like 927 01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:42,519 a lot of times they're when you're looking at depth charts and call ups, 928 01:03:42,559 --> 01:03:45,960 a lot of times they just go by height and like size, who has 929 01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:50,880 the biggest frame do let's thank you? Yeah, you're big. Speaking of 930 01:03:50,920 --> 01:03:54,119 another big guy, and we'll see if you switch the order on him. 931 01:03:54,159 --> 01:03:58,760 But Kevin Mandalis is another one that we should probably mentioned. Twenty eighteen, 932 01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:01,039 sixth round pick, so he's definitely a bit older. He's not twenty two. 933 01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:06,360 He's six four hundred and eighty so pretty big, tall but also slight. 934 01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:10,039 He played in all the leagues this year. He was I think he 935 01:04:10,119 --> 01:04:13,239 was trying to go for the he got the trifecta. Maybe he was going 936 01:04:13,320 --> 01:04:16,880 for the poor set. He got the NHL AHL and ECHL well done, 937 01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:21,280 sir, And he played mostly in the HL, he got three NHL games. 938 01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:26,239 Actually, his saber centers look good. In the NHL, he was 939 01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:30,679 surprisingly worse than the HL, though, of all of them. And there's 940 01:04:30,719 --> 01:04:34,039 a lot of goalie comps for Kevin Mandeleys because he's been around so long and 941 01:04:34,199 --> 01:04:38,519 he came up in the queue. Then he's been in the HL and the 942 01:04:38,559 --> 01:04:43,159 EHL, and there's exactly one comp in the hockey prospect and model that looks 943 01:04:43,199 --> 01:04:45,840 good for him, and that's Corey Crawford, and the rest are all bus 944 01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:49,280 And I think the guy that he looks the most like is Alex Staylock, 945 01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:56,519 who has had a very career. Yeah, and he's definitely much taller than 946 01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:00,400 Staylock. So anyways, what do you think about Kevin Mandeley. Is he 947 01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,840 the third of this trio or does he have more upside? What do you 948 01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:08,559 think? I don't know if he necessarily has more upside. Kids that come 949 01:05:08,599 --> 01:05:13,480 from the Q and JHL, it's so hard because there's so much variance in 950 01:05:13,559 --> 01:05:20,639 that league that you'll see guys who post a sub nine hundred safe percentage they're 951 01:05:20,719 --> 01:05:27,599 in entire tenure in the HL, and it'll just be because they're playing on 952 01:05:27,679 --> 01:05:34,079 a team that almost is entirely comprised of junior A players versus major junior players, 953 01:05:34,199 --> 01:05:39,920 and then you'll see another kid who played behind a powerhouse team like the 954 01:05:40,039 --> 01:05:44,079 Monkedin Wildcats, and they'll have a much better safe percentage. And it almost 955 01:05:44,159 --> 01:05:47,679 has more to do with how many shots they're having to face and whether they 956 01:05:47,719 --> 01:05:50,679 have any defense in front of them than it does their actual style. And 957 01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:58,000 the resources are different depending on Some of the teams in the Maritimes have more 958 01:05:58,119 --> 01:06:00,360 resources to work with and some of the other ones, and it's an interesting 959 01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:04,519 league to watch, but it makes it very hard to pinpoint which of those 960 01:06:04,599 --> 01:06:10,400 guys is necessarily going to be NHL ready. Every time I've watched Kevin Mandeli's 961 01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:14,519 I've thought he looks fine. I'm not super excited by him, but I'm 962 01:06:14,559 --> 01:06:18,639 also not shocked that he got an NHL look and I'm not shocked that he 963 01:06:18,760 --> 01:06:24,519 did well during those games, because number one, he's used to playing behind 964 01:06:24,599 --> 01:06:30,480 some chaotic teams, especially in the queue, and his style just he's one 965 01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:33,800 of those who he just remains consistent and constant. He doesn't do anything overly 966 01:06:33,960 --> 01:06:40,320 exciting. He's the opposite of Met Soguard, who is nothing but exciting, 967 01:06:40,719 --> 01:06:45,280 and then Mandoli's is just he's just there and he does fine, And I 968 01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:49,079 think that's a good thing for Ottawa to have in their system. Like respectfully 969 01:06:49,159 --> 01:06:54,440 to Ottawa, I think that having someone that isn't going to wow them, 970 01:06:54,639 --> 01:06:59,840 but isn't going to absolutely panic and tank them is something that maybe they could 971 01:07:00,159 --> 01:07:03,119 a little more of. So we'll see. I think any one of those 972 01:07:03,199 --> 01:07:08,880 guys could become their next to NHLer, but I don't necessarily want to see 973 01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:11,719 any of them at the NHL level yet full time, just because I want 974 01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:15,719 to see Ottawa do a little better before they throw any of those guys to 975 01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:20,480 the wolves. Oh, that'll probably happen, since they have a pretty good 976 01:07:20,519 --> 01:07:26,960 one. They have some pretty good NHLers though right now, so at least 977 01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:29,840 I think that's true. That's true. They can hold unless they have the 978 01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:33,400 rash of injuries. They have a Corpuslo who they paid a lot for, 979 01:07:33,719 --> 01:07:38,280 and they have pent on forest works at least for both for a couple of 980 01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:43,199 years, So maybe we won't see the trotting out of all their prospects in 981 01:07:43,239 --> 01:07:45,960 the NHL for a while. We'll see, But thanks so much for giving 982 01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:51,920 us your instincts. On the Ottawa Senator's goalies. We'll be back right after 983 01:07:53,000 --> 01:08:15,199 this Dynasta Senator prospects. That's right, the Ottawa Senators are middle of the 984 01:08:15,319 --> 01:08:21,319 road. They're tied for fourteenth and Victor's model for prospect system rankings, and 985 01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:26,840 it all starts with the no brainer. Who is that, Victor? We're 986 01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:31,000 gonna go with Ridley greg He is someone who is a little bit older and 987 01:08:31,079 --> 01:08:34,359 the prospects share is only twenty one, but he did actually play some NHL 988 01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:38,880 games this year. There's a twenty twenty first round pick, twenty eighth overall, 989 01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:42,279 six foot, one hundred and eighty three pounds. He had twenty nine 990 01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:45,640 points and thirty nine games for PHL Belleville and then, as I mentioned, 991 01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:49,359 twenty games for others centers nine points, so almost half point per games. 992 01:08:49,479 --> 01:08:55,039 Not bad. He does really well in some of the banger categories. Thirty 993 01:08:55,079 --> 01:08:58,800 three hits in those twenty games is not bad. He's not shooting a whole 994 01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:00,880 lot, but he's also really young for the NHL, so we can't hold 995 01:09:00,920 --> 01:09:05,479 that completely against him. He also was getting some face off wins, which 996 01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:10,319 is pretty nice. He's got two years left on his ELC and it's actually 997 01:09:10,359 --> 01:09:13,279 compressive. If you look at his evolving hockey data, it's only two hundred 998 01:09:13,319 --> 01:09:15,760 and twenty five minutes of time on ice at even strength, so not the 999 01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:20,279 largest sample size, but he's well above average and pretty much every category from 1000 01:09:20,319 --> 01:09:26,479 expected goals four to against and COURSI four and against gayic goals for that bo 1001 01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:30,319 is pretty well for a young player looking to translate what he can do into 1002 01:09:30,359 --> 01:09:33,439 a little bit larger roles. But let's hear a little bit more about what 1003 01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:38,760 our FHL scouts have to say about Ridley Greg Jesse. This one is from 1004 01:09:38,840 --> 01:09:44,319 Puneet and thank you for your scouting expertise here. Skating, It's very strong, 1005 01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:47,760 acceleration, is fast from a stationary position for defense, good at drawing 1006 01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:53,479 players into create open space for his teammates. Compete level when playing defense at 1007 01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:57,479 five on five is the concern with This guy does a really good job making 1008 01:09:57,520 --> 01:10:00,760 it look like he really hates to play defense. That's not what you want 1009 01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:03,079 to hear. Floats around an open space to make it look like he's doing 1010 01:10:03,159 --> 01:10:06,039 his part, but he's waiting for his teammates to get the puck for an 1011 01:10:06,079 --> 01:10:12,920 offensive transition. Play. The top tier punit says, a tier three for 1012 01:10:13,279 --> 01:10:16,680 our fantasy purposes, which is sixty to seventy points with average Bash most likely 1013 01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:23,159 tier what looks more likely would be like a below average Bash at fifty to 1014 01:10:23,239 --> 01:10:27,920 sixty points at most stylistic comparable close to a mid tier Zach Hyman, he 1015 01:10:28,039 --> 01:10:31,479 says, and Grieg is looking at a mid to bottom six role with his 1016 01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:36,319 current play. Needs to show more enthusiasm at playing defense if he wants more 1017 01:10:36,439 --> 01:10:44,279 ice time. The NHL ranked King Mason Black compares him to Tyson Forster in 1018 01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:47,720 our poll today, Tyson Forrester, who has drafted the same year, five 1019 01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:53,720 picks ahead of mister Greig, and the people say that Forrester still belongs a 1020 01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:57,800 little bit ahead of Ridley Grieg fifty three to forty seven percent. Is that 1021 01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:01,399 what you're seeing, Victor, Yeah, I don't know about that. I 1022 01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:06,760 like Forrester. I think he's done some really nice things with his limited sample 1023 01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:11,279 size. I think if you just look at the AHL numbers, then Greeg 1024 01:11:11,399 --> 01:11:15,000 was higher and he had a pretty nice stint in the NHL. Forrester played 1025 01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:18,199 eight games and had seven points, So I guess if you parade that out, 1026 01:11:18,279 --> 01:11:21,199 he's like a point per game plus player, but I don't think that's 1027 01:11:21,279 --> 01:11:28,439 realistic obviously, So I think both these guys are going to be probably somewhat 1028 01:11:28,479 --> 01:11:31,239 relevant players. I think that they have different styles, whereas Gregg is more 1029 01:11:31,279 --> 01:11:33,960 of a banger and Forster is more of a scorer. So I guess you 1030 01:11:34,039 --> 01:11:38,239 can read into that. But you like obviously Forrester, you like the score 1031 01:11:38,479 --> 01:11:41,279 more in general, but I'm not sure that Forrester scoring is going to be 1032 01:11:41,359 --> 01:11:44,640 high end enough. I guess that's the question will he be able to do 1033 01:11:44,800 --> 01:11:48,359 that? I think if I'm looking at just who's on the team and what 1034 01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:54,600 the potential to rise, Forrester I think is a higher level prospect in that 1035 01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:57,600 system. Obviously, they did really well at the draft this year with Meechkoff, 1036 01:11:57,640 --> 01:12:00,199 but he's several years away, so you like that opportunity for Forrester. 1037 01:12:00,399 --> 01:12:03,880 I think Greg is probably going to be a middle sixer just based on who 1038 01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:08,760 they have there in Ottawa, but he definitely brings a little bit more physicality. 1039 01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:12,760 So I guess if we're going for more scoring Forster, if you're looking 1040 01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:15,800 more at that multi category, I think Greig might be a really solid option. 1041 01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:18,479 So that's how I would break the TIE and just looking at these guys 1042 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:24,520 hockey prospecting there, it's a little bit higher. For Greeg he was able 1043 01:12:24,560 --> 01:12:27,840 to finish with a twelve percent chance of being a star sixty nine percent chance 1044 01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:30,039 of being an NHL or, whereas Forster trended down from thirty two down to 1045 01:12:30,119 --> 01:12:33,880 five percent chance of being a star. So really doesn't look like he has 1046 01:12:34,319 --> 01:12:39,279 too much potential there anymore, although he does look good in some other models 1047 01:12:39,479 --> 01:12:43,560 like the PNHL E looks decent. And it should also be mentioned for Forrester 1048 01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:47,039 that his development was really disrupted because he had that COVID year for the OHL 1049 01:12:47,159 --> 01:12:50,880 and he went to the HL really young, which was tough for a nineteen 1050 01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:54,920 year old, and then went back to the OHL and it was back and 1051 01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:58,600 forth. So a little bit interesting there. Back to Greeg, though, 1052 01:12:59,159 --> 01:13:02,239 one of his comps that I look that I think is pretty reasonable as Vinny 1053 01:13:02,279 --> 01:13:06,800 Trocheck, and I think we all love Viny Trocheck and multike category leads because 1054 01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:11,279 he just does so much. He hits and faceoff wins and shots and get 1055 01:13:11,359 --> 01:13:14,199 some special team points, and I think Greg could be that way. It 1056 01:13:14,319 --> 01:13:16,840 did take Trocheck a little bit of time to get to that valuable point, 1057 01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:18,840 and I think that might be true for Greg. It is not going to 1058 01:13:18,920 --> 01:13:21,840 happen in the next year or two, but it might happen after that. 1059 01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:25,720 So you might have to be a little patient, which might be hard because 1060 01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:30,279 I think he'll have some years in Ottawa before he gets to that point, 1061 01:13:30,159 --> 01:13:34,199 unless he pops off a little sooner. The j Fresh card has Greg at 1062 01:13:34,239 --> 01:13:38,439 just eight percent chance of being a star, seventy percent chance of being an 1063 01:13:38,520 --> 01:13:42,479 NHL or so it seems less likely to be a big point getter but pretty 1064 01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,159 likely to be an NHLer. I think that's probably the case for both these 1065 01:13:45,199 --> 01:13:47,439 guys. But yeah, that's the lowdown on Ridley Greg. He the way 1066 01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:51,640 time is basically zero. He should be with the Ottawa Senators full time next 1067 01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:57,560 year, which is nice and can get you some nice supportive numbers in terms 1068 01:13:57,640 --> 01:14:04,359 of block hits and some faceoff wins and potentially some scoring tremendous victor that was 1069 01:14:04,439 --> 01:14:09,560 your first prospect, But who is your need to know? The you need 1070 01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:13,279 to know is Zach A. Stap Chuck twenty twenty one second round pick, 1071 01:14:13,399 --> 01:14:17,039 six foot three, two hundred and five pound center and or I guess winger, 1072 01:14:17,199 --> 01:14:23,239 depending on where he ends up, but he's he moved from the Vancouver 1073 01:14:23,359 --> 01:14:25,800 Giants, where he had twenty nine points in twenty one games, to the 1074 01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:29,199 Winnipeg Ice where he had thirty four thirty eight points in thirty four games, 1075 01:14:29,239 --> 01:14:31,680 so just over point per game in both of them. He also represented Canada 1076 01:14:31,720 --> 01:14:36,479 at the World Junior Championships where they won gold, and he was definitely more 1077 01:14:36,479 --> 01:14:41,840 of a depth player there, but that's actually his second gold with Canada for 1078 01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:45,159 the U twenty, so more of a depth role there and and actually I 1079 01:14:45,279 --> 01:14:47,800 think that's where he probably is going to end up as a little bit of 1080 01:14:47,880 --> 01:14:53,880 foreshadowing, but he should be in Belleville this upcoming season and so would be 1081 01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:57,000 interesting to see how he translates his game to the professional level. If you 1082 01:14:57,039 --> 01:15:00,720 look at Mitch Brown's tracking data for when he was on the Winnipeg Ice, 1083 01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:04,920 his offense was actually really low, which is interesting, especially considering he was 1084 01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:11,239 over a point per game in that time. His expected primary assists for sixty 1085 01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:15,640 was pretty low, almost in the bottom fifteen percent of the league, as 1086 01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:18,319 long as his passing and his expected goals were saverage, which is not something 1087 01:15:18,399 --> 01:15:23,439 you want for an older player, and that's much bigger and more physically mature 1088 01:15:23,479 --> 01:15:27,520 in the WHL, so that was pretty disappointing. Some of his other metrics 1089 01:15:27,520 --> 01:15:30,399 aren't great. His defense is actually really good and that's probably going to be 1090 01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:33,000 his calling card, I would say, at the next level. And his 1091 01:15:33,079 --> 01:15:36,119 transition game also pretty good. But let's hear a little bit more about Zach 1092 01:15:36,199 --> 01:15:42,399 a stap Chuck from our FHL scout Jesse and it's Joshua this time. Talking 1093 01:15:42,439 --> 01:15:45,239 about a stap Chuck. He says the skating is fast and nimble, especially 1094 01:15:45,359 --> 01:15:48,520 for a player of his size at six three, two hundred five pounder, 1095 01:15:48,920 --> 01:15:54,439 capable of building up ahead of steam and hitting his top speed quickly, which 1096 01:15:54,520 --> 01:15:58,079 is mixed with size, strength and puck skills that make him a nightmare in 1097 01:15:58,079 --> 01:16:00,000 the rush. I don't want a six three two hundred five guy coming at 1098 01:16:00,079 --> 01:16:04,000 me at full speed. I know that much passing and handling. Puck handling's 1099 01:16:04,039 --> 01:16:08,760 one of a stap Chuck's strengths, whether in tight spots or at top speed 1100 01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:12,399 in transition. He can play like the puck is on a string, an 1101 01:16:12,439 --> 01:16:16,119 accomplish passer, usually picking a safe route, but he is also a hard 1102 01:16:16,159 --> 01:16:21,199 and accurate passer for shooting despite mainly being used as a NetFront presence. He 1103 01:16:21,279 --> 01:16:26,079 has a very strong and accurate shot, which it would be nice to see 1104 01:16:26,079 --> 01:16:30,319 if Stap Chuck use more often. He's also able to make shots and tight 1105 01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:35,079 right against the goalie IQ in the offensive zone. He's already a mature and 1106 01:16:35,199 --> 01:16:40,920 cool headed player. Vision is good, if a little limited in terms of 1107 01:16:41,079 --> 01:16:45,199 finding his teammates, but he generally makes the safe decision, trusts his own 1108 01:16:45,239 --> 01:16:48,119 skills enough to get out of tight spots for checking. A weakness is his 1109 01:16:48,239 --> 01:16:53,239 defensive acumen, and that starts with ford checking. It starts with his lack 1110 01:16:53,279 --> 01:16:57,199 of anticipation and ability to read the play as it develops. A bit of 1111 01:16:57,279 --> 01:17:00,479 work in his edgework could help his mobility and ability to cut off passes and 1112 01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:05,680 skaters for defense. Yes, that is his weakest point his defensive play. 1113 01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:11,840 It's a combination of lack of efforts and inability to effectively read plays. Effective 1114 01:17:11,920 --> 01:17:15,479 body and shot blocker and can occasionally use his side along the boards, but 1115 01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:18,720 needs to be more engaged and learn to use his skills more effectively. And 1116 01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:23,520 the number one asset. He is one of the leaders in the new generation 1117 01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:28,039 of power forward, a group defined by this combination of size, speed, 1118 01:17:28,159 --> 01:17:30,039 and skill. If he can use that combo, he's going to make a 1119 01:17:30,079 --> 01:17:33,159 good NHL player. He's more than just a big body in front of the 1120 01:17:33,239 --> 01:17:36,720 net. He could shoot and skate and stick handle, and that's his biggest 1121 01:17:36,760 --> 01:17:42,520 asset is the diversity of a skill set. The biggest concern again the defensive 1122 01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:45,520 play. The pieces are there, the physicalities there, you just got to 1123 01:17:45,560 --> 01:17:49,560 get it together. Top tier possibility outcome here top six complementary forward with the 1124 01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:55,760 right linemates thirty forty seventy if developed correctly, does have a very good shot 1125 01:17:55,800 --> 01:18:00,479 and the capability to burn defenses in multiple ways, especially if he adds a 1126 01:18:00,520 --> 01:18:05,199 better vision for his teammates and passing lanes. The middle outcome middle to bottom 1127 01:18:05,199 --> 01:18:10,680 six forward that can ship in offensively. If his off puck play and defensive 1128 01:18:10,720 --> 01:18:14,520 capabilities don't improve, he may be more of a liability than he is worth 1129 01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:18,439 if the scoring doesn't translate. If he continues to develop solely as a NetFront, 1130 01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:23,159 peasants a one dimensional role. He has been put in at the OHL 1131 01:18:23,520 --> 01:18:29,159 that's going to cap out his ceiling and the stylistic comparable he resembles other neopower 1132 01:18:29,239 --> 01:18:32,000 forwards of today's game. Josh Anderson comes to mind for Joshua. Although a 1133 01:18:32,039 --> 01:18:38,199 Stapchuck is more consistent and has a better shot a lesser Tage Thompson Woo, 1134 01:18:38,399 --> 01:18:43,359 that sounds nice. The NHL rank King Mason Black gave us the poll on 1135 01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:46,079 this guy. In a Stapchuck is up against Fraser Minton. Get a little 1136 01:18:46,079 --> 01:18:53,279 bit of Toronto maple Leaf love here, and the PNHL equivalency for a stock 1137 01:18:53,359 --> 01:18:57,359 Chuck is all the way up into second line potential these days. Carter Ashton, 1138 01:18:57,439 --> 01:19:01,359 Brock McGinn and Andrew Kopp are his cloth translations. But back to a 1139 01:19:01,399 --> 01:19:05,920 stop Chuck versus Minton, the grudge match, the Toronto maple Leaf comes out 1140 01:19:05,960 --> 01:19:12,079 ahead of the Ottawa Senator fifty five to forty five percent. Would you rather 1141 01:19:12,159 --> 01:19:17,720 have Minten or stop Chuck dere Victor Yeah? I think this is definitely gonna 1142 01:19:17,760 --> 01:19:23,640 be Mintened for me. I really liked what Minten did in his draft season. 1143 01:19:23,880 --> 01:19:26,760 I thought he could take a step forward, and he did for kem 1144 01:19:26,840 --> 01:19:30,720 Loops this year. If he went from fifty five and sixty seven to sixty 1145 01:19:30,760 --> 01:19:33,560 seven and fifty seven, so a bit of a bump up there. It 1146 01:19:33,680 --> 01:19:38,039 wasn't as big of a step as you would have liked, but it still 1147 01:19:38,199 --> 01:19:41,920 was pretty decent. A stop Chuck, he's been been that same range for 1148 01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:45,079 a couple of years now. And it's funny because when you were talking, 1149 01:19:45,199 --> 01:19:47,840 when our scout was talking about how his lack of defense and defensive awareness, 1150 01:19:48,119 --> 01:19:51,960 I feel like that's more his strong suit than his weakness, and the offense 1151 01:19:53,640 --> 01:19:56,680 is a little bit less. But I'm not sure that a stop Chuck has 1152 01:19:56,760 --> 01:20:00,840 the big I'm not sure either of these guys really have the the opportunity to 1153 01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:04,079 be or the talent to be a big time scorer in the NHL. But 1154 01:20:04,359 --> 01:20:09,119 I think that's definitely more Minton's game than it is a stap Chuck. I 1155 01:20:09,159 --> 01:20:13,279 think a stap Chuck is more likely to be an NHL or at this point, 1156 01:20:13,439 --> 01:20:16,800 but I think neither neither of those are for sure, So I would 1157 01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:20,239 probably take the gamble on Minton. I think he's has a little bit more 1158 01:20:20,399 --> 01:20:25,560 upside, though it's definitely muted. From his draft season. He went from 1159 01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:28,960 twenty one percent down to nine percent chance of being a star, and so 1160 01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:31,560 he's trended down. Both of these guys have trended down in general, so 1161 01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:38,159 I would take Minton. It is probably pretty close, and partially because neither 1162 01:20:38,199 --> 01:20:42,359 are super interesting. Zaka Stapchuck. In terms of his other comps, he 1163 01:20:42,479 --> 01:20:45,079 looks a lot like a Wayne Simmons type, and I think that's probably reasonable. 1164 01:20:45,199 --> 01:20:50,000 Both bigger guys have some physicality, but not necessarily the biggest score, 1165 01:20:50,640 --> 01:20:55,520 so that's maybe a little bit more what's to be expected. Looking at his 1166 01:20:55,640 --> 01:20:59,279 JA fresh card, Zacha Stapchuk has just a one percent chance of being a 1167 01:20:59,319 --> 01:21:02,920 star fifteen percent chance of being an NHL or so really low, and yeah, 1168 01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:06,159 I think that's probably reasonable. He's not the most exciting guy, although 1169 01:21:06,199 --> 01:21:12,199 I think the Sentators will be happy with him just playing a BOUTOMN six role, 1170 01:21:12,399 --> 01:21:15,560 a big body down there. It can be physical, I think can 1171 01:21:15,680 --> 01:21:21,079 probably be decently capable defensively, but I don't see him as being a big 1172 01:21:21,479 --> 01:21:26,600 scorer. So in fantasy Zacha Stapchak, I think takes a little bit of 1173 01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:33,520 a hit Victor the next player to keep your eye on. Prospect is forever, 1174 01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:38,039 in my mind, going to be linked to the Peer McGuire era of 1175 01:21:38,239 --> 01:21:41,840 Ottawa Senators drafting. So tell us who it is and bonus points if you 1176 01:21:41,880 --> 01:21:45,319 could do it in a Puerre McGuire accent. I don't think I can do 1177 01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:51,960 that. But Tyler Bouche is to keep your eye on. Famously infamously, 1178 01:21:53,119 --> 01:21:58,319 notoriously mistakenly taken at tenth overall by Ottawa in twenty twenty one. You choose 1179 01:21:58,319 --> 01:22:01,319 your adjective there, jumping up to take the guy. That seems like no 1180 01:22:01,399 --> 01:22:05,000 one else wanted at that spot. But that was funny. They had their 1181 01:22:05,039 --> 01:22:08,680 guy, they wanted their guy, they took their guy. Good for you 1182 01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:12,800 for calling your shot. He's the six foot one, two hundred and five 1183 01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:15,479 pounds son of Brian Bouche. Maybe he should have been a goalie six foot 1184 01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:19,159 one. I mentioned that already was in the OHL. This past season was 1185 01:22:19,279 --> 01:22:26,159 to Tyler. Bouche had seventeen points in twenty one games for the Ottawa sixty 1186 01:22:26,279 --> 01:22:30,399 seven's. Then he went to the World Junior Championships and represented US. I'm 1187 01:22:30,399 --> 01:22:33,880 not exactly sure where he picked up an injury, but he was shut down 1188 01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:38,079 not long after that with the torn labram and his shoulder, and then he 1189 01:22:38,159 --> 01:22:41,960 had surgery. So this development path has been very weird for Tyler Bouche. 1190 01:22:42,119 --> 01:22:45,199 He was drafted out of the USNTDP didn't have a ton of production, but 1191 01:22:45,359 --> 01:22:49,159 had that physicality and they thought that this could be like a Brady Kochuck type. 1192 01:22:49,600 --> 01:22:54,039 Obviously, no one's Brady Kochuck. But he went straight from there to 1193 01:22:54,119 --> 01:22:57,439 the NC DOUBLEA and it wasn't really working out for him, so he transferred 1194 01:22:57,439 --> 01:23:00,279 to the OHL, which didn't quite work out as well either, and it's 1195 01:23:00,319 --> 01:23:05,520 basically been downhill from there. So it's been a really difficult path for him. 1196 01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:09,439 And the reason he has to keep your eye on is because yeah, 1197 01:23:09,439 --> 01:23:13,359 I'm not really sure where he's going from here, but there is a little 1198 01:23:13,359 --> 01:23:15,880 bit more to know about him, and so let's hear from OURFHL scout about 1199 01:23:16,359 --> 01:23:23,640 Tyler Bouche. Our scout Brandon has this to say about Tyler Bouche. He 1200 01:23:23,800 --> 01:23:29,119 has two gears in terms of skating coast and sprint, though even at top 1201 01:23:29,199 --> 01:23:31,640 speeds and extra gear to pull away, feels like it's not quite there yet. 1202 01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:35,520 He does have a relentless motor, quick to get up to his top 1203 01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:40,800 speed. Stride seems short and choppy at times, feet look heavy, even 1204 01:23:40,840 --> 01:23:45,600 though he's able to keep up and up tempo cadence. So maybe there's an 1205 01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:49,479 inefficiency that could be cleaned up. Passing and handling the puck control is step 1206 01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:54,279 and executed with blunt force. He has the ability to deak and try to 1207 01:23:54,399 --> 01:23:59,000 dazzle, but would need near perfect conditions for this to succeed at higher levels. 1208 01:23:59,319 --> 01:24:03,520 Defaults to protecting the puck instead of handling it with his potential to engineer 1209 01:24:05,680 --> 01:24:10,840 a play. Passing can be overly fancy at times, but has shown signs 1210 01:24:10,840 --> 01:24:15,920 of consistency and growth toward more poise and movement away from being overcomplex. He 1211 01:24:16,119 --> 01:24:19,039 is will The pass can be selfish at times, can be geared to getting 1212 01:24:19,079 --> 01:24:23,760 him in a better position to shoot, which is understandable knowing the strength of 1213 01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:27,640 a shot. So shooting very heavy shot. It seems to put everything he 1214 01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:30,079 has behind every shot he takes. The gusts though he puts on his shots, 1215 01:24:30,159 --> 01:24:34,319 forces goaltenders to be set and sound, and challenges them to handle the 1216 01:24:34,359 --> 01:24:39,800 puck properly so as not to give up the juicy rebounds off those shots. 1217 01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:44,039 The one timer violent, and he focuses on getting it off his stick quickly. 1218 01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:48,680 Blucher has two points of anticipation, the first being of binary activation. 1219 01:24:48,760 --> 01:24:54,239 Once his team gains offensive control of the puck second is targeting opponents to hit 1220 01:24:54,399 --> 01:24:58,640 on the four check. Seems like he gets frazzled and overly puck focused when 1221 01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:02,279 pressured in space is taken away from him for checking. One of the strengths 1222 01:25:02,399 --> 01:25:08,000 is his aggressive, linear and physical for check, he will rack up hits. 1223 01:25:08,119 --> 01:25:12,520 Statistically, he and his team could stand to benefit from puck retrieval and 1224 01:25:12,680 --> 01:25:17,159 play generation off this aggression defense. He does indeed enter the D zone, 1225 01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:23,479 yet an imposed will in effect remain to be seen besides coasting atop of the 1226 01:25:23,560 --> 01:25:29,239 circles and waiting to be sprung on an outlet breakout pass. Best asset, 1227 01:25:29,399 --> 01:25:33,600 relentless motor in punishing, physical play. Biggest concern instincts intelligence, full ice 1228 01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:40,840 service awareness. Under the top tier outcome the right conditions, we can see 1229 01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:44,760 Boucher play a role in the top six with a ceiling of forty points and 1230 01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:48,359 plenty of hits. This would be predicated on being set up with gifted skill 1231 01:25:48,439 --> 01:25:54,920 players and he would have a Patrick Maroon type role and the fiftieth percent of 1232 01:25:55,079 --> 01:26:00,119 outcome extra forward bottom six grind and energy line role guy who if he happens 1233 01:26:00,119 --> 01:26:04,119 to get to the NHL at the current balance of deployment. We think he's 1234 01:26:04,239 --> 01:26:10,600 maybe more of a potential AHL Euro journeyman with the odd cup of coffee in 1235 01:26:10,720 --> 01:26:15,920 the NHL, and Brandon says the stylistic comparable many Tom Wilson with less fluid 1236 01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:19,880 mechanics technical skill, cross with the hockey IQ and panic meter of Nil Yakapov 1237 01:26:20,079 --> 01:26:27,600 oh Ouch, NHL ranking data and poll, We're gonna put Tyler Bouche against 1238 01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:31,439 Nathan Gasche. That's fun. Let's just do those types of names and the 1239 01:26:31,560 --> 01:26:36,359 differences. Bouche was drafted twenty twenty one, number ten, Gosher was drafted 1240 01:26:36,439 --> 01:26:44,239 twenty twenty two, number twenty two, and the NHL ranking pole is heavily 1241 01:26:44,399 --> 01:26:48,640 in favor of Nathan Gasche for the Anaheim Ducks. Is that how you would 1242 01:26:48,640 --> 01:26:56,079 see a victor? Yeah? I think so. The thing about Bouche is 1243 01:26:56,159 --> 01:27:00,640 that, as I mentioned earlier, his development has been so severely disrupted that 1244 01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:04,840 it is possible that he ends up being a pretty decent player. It's just 1245 01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:08,640 going to take him a while. I don't think. I didn't think and 1246 01:27:08,720 --> 01:27:12,680 I don't think he was worth taking that early. But he's a big guy 1247 01:27:12,840 --> 01:27:16,239 that can take longer in terms of being able to get up to the right 1248 01:27:16,359 --> 01:27:20,119 speed and figuring out how to play at these different levels, which has been 1249 01:27:20,199 --> 01:27:24,640 something that's been a challenge for him. And now even after not dominating in 1250 01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:29,279 the OHL, he's going to be asked to move up to the HL and 1251 01:27:29,479 --> 01:27:31,359 that's going to be a big step for him. So he's someone who seems 1252 01:27:31,439 --> 01:27:34,079 instead of being the head, he's going to be perpetually behind. So the 1253 01:27:34,199 --> 01:27:39,880 deck seems to be stacked against him, which is never something that you want. 1254 01:27:40,199 --> 01:27:44,560 And Gootia, on the other hand, while his numbers weren't amazing, 1255 01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:47,319 he had forty six points in forty four games for the Quebec Remparts. He 1256 01:27:47,399 --> 01:27:54,640 also represented Canada U twenties and one gold and but he was pretty fantastic for 1257 01:27:54,720 --> 01:27:58,760 a really good team and they won the QMJHL, they won this Memorial Cup. 1258 01:27:59,119 --> 01:28:02,159 He was the best to defensive forward. There also has some physicality to 1259 01:28:02,359 --> 01:28:06,520 him. So I think this is a nice comparison because if you wanted that 1260 01:28:06,760 --> 01:28:11,119 type of player, I would definitely take Gachet. And if you look at 1261 01:28:11,319 --> 01:28:15,159 the Anaheim system, they don't have a lot of guys like this. They 1262 01:28:15,239 --> 01:28:18,520 have some smaller forwards. They have a Mason McTavish, sure in terms of 1263 01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:23,960 Terry and Zegris and even some of their defensemen on some of the biggest and 1264 01:28:24,319 --> 01:28:27,680 most physical so I think he can fit a really nice role on the Ducks 1265 01:28:27,760 --> 01:28:30,239 moving forward. So I like Gachet for that. I'm not sure that he's 1266 01:28:30,279 --> 01:28:33,079 going to be a big score necessarily. I don't think either of these guys 1267 01:28:33,119 --> 01:28:39,399 are. But he's someone who get gets, someone who could maybe put up 1268 01:28:39,640 --> 01:28:43,439 fifty ish points with a lot of really strong periffs, and that could be 1269 01:28:43,560 --> 01:28:45,560 pretty valuable. But I'm not sure that he's going to do too much more 1270 01:28:45,640 --> 01:28:49,640 than that. In terms of Tyler Bouche, both these guys have trended down 1271 01:28:49,960 --> 01:28:55,199 since their draft. Here from their star potential potent percent, Bouchet is just 1272 01:28:55,279 --> 01:28:58,239 down to one percent chance of being a star twenty four percent chance of being 1273 01:28:58,279 --> 01:29:00,800 in an each other. Gachet went from twelve to five, so a bit 1274 01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:04,760 lower. And if you look at some other comps for Bouche, they're literally 1275 01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:12,439 almost no players who became stars other than Miko Koivu, who basically broke this 1276 01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:17,159 model from looking absolutely terrible to becoming a star. So that is going to 1277 01:29:17,199 --> 01:29:21,239 be very unlikely for Tyler Bousche. Most of his just look like bus and 1278 01:29:21,479 --> 01:29:27,119 or replacement players, so that's probably more realistic in terms of what we're looking 1279 01:29:27,199 --> 01:29:30,680 for for Bouche. The top down Hockey model has him at just two percent 1280 01:29:30,760 --> 01:29:33,760 chance of being a star five percent chance of being an nhlor. It doesn't 1281 01:29:33,800 --> 01:29:36,000 look good. It doesn't look good, but I do think, as I 1282 01:29:36,079 --> 01:29:40,000 said, there are there. If you're trying to think about what to do 1283 01:29:40,119 --> 01:29:43,720 with him, it could be a biload for Bouche because the centers are probably 1284 01:29:43,760 --> 01:29:45,680 going to give him opportunity. He was a high pick, he's had some 1285 01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:50,119 disrupted development. Things could still work out for the guy, and I don't 1286 01:29:50,159 --> 01:29:55,520 think it's all completely lost. So yeah, he's someone that maybe you take 1287 01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:58,560 a speculaive ad if you have space, But for the most part, I'd 1288 01:29:58,800 --> 01:30:01,199 probably not be too interesting in him and Jesse. There are more guys we 1289 01:30:01,279 --> 01:30:03,680 could talk about, but we don't have time here. If you're a patron, 1290 01:30:03,720 --> 01:30:06,560 you can listen to my top ten recap per team, where I'll talk 1291 01:30:06,600 --> 01:30:10,640 about some other guys I have on this team, And if you're inteating some 1292 01:30:10,720 --> 01:30:13,920 scouting with us, you can shoot me a DM on Twitter Discord, or 1293 01:30:14,079 --> 01:30:18,960 you can email us. Very good that's gonna do for this section. We'll 1294 01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:29,680 come right back and close out the show. Ye I do this a lot, 1295 01:30:29,760 --> 01:30:31,319 but it's never a bad time to remind you that our show is brought 1296 01:30:31,319 --> 01:30:34,680 to you by fan Tracks. We're in the fan Tracks podcast network. You 1297 01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:38,880 can move leagues over to fan Tracks because it's a place to play all your 1298 01:30:38,880 --> 01:30:43,319 fantasy sports. 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