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 --> 00:00:17,079 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 on, Stay lot go. Here's your hosts, Jesse sup Here 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:28,199 and Victor Nuno Fantasy Hockey Live back once again. This is Jesse super from 5 00:00:28,199 --> 00:00:34,039 fan Tracks, joined as always by Victor Nuno. Divert prospects. Victor, 6 00:00:34,119 --> 00:00:39,920 how you doing. I'm doing awesome, Jesse. We are in the last 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,679 of a consecutive number of shows here that I've done this day, and so 8 00:00:43,759 --> 00:00:47,439 we're getting a little we're getting a little delirious towards the end here. We 9 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,039 like to put in the work for everyone. 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Quite a team for you to be following. How many 46 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:29,439 years have you been reporting on Tampa just out of curiosity since twenty eighteen? 47 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,520 Pretty good time, pretty good time to do it. Yeah, no, 48 00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:36,800 I've seen them be to hear that. Everyone keeps talking about that. I 49 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,280 don't think we'll ever let that year go when I got swept by the Columbus 50 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,719 Blue Jackets. So that was my first year covering the team. And it's 51 00:03:44,759 --> 00:03:46,960 been a really fun road and I've seen a lot of ups and downs and 52 00:03:47,439 --> 00:03:53,560 just the definition of resilience with these guys. The core has somewhat remained the 53 00:03:53,639 --> 00:03:55,680 same through all of it. When we look at guys like Sam Coos and 54 00:03:55,759 --> 00:04:00,159 Headman, all of them like they've been there this whole time, and the 55 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,280 rotating pieces have changed, but for the most part it stayed the same and 56 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:08,479 it's been a really fun ride. Yeah, it's arguably it's been about ten 57 00:04:08,599 --> 00:04:14,080 years of peak lightning Headmund stand Coast Kilorin kucherov. John Cooper all being there 58 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,920 for this whole ten years. The teams won two Cups, lost two finals, 59 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:21,480 and made it to two more conference finals. And this year was a 60 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,040 first round out, which is unusual except, like you say at the Columbus 61 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,759 year, an excellent Toronto team though is not a not an unfair way to 62 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,920 go out. They were a very good team, and they lost all their 63 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,439 three games at home and overtime. That probably was not a lot of fun 64 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,800 to report on. Tampa had a top three most efficient power play, which 65 00:04:43,879 --> 00:04:47,800 was conveniently paired with the most average opponent pims per game this year at twelve 66 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,279 point three. Of course, they also took the third most penalties per game, 67 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:55,000 which meant it wasn't always a power play at that they were getting. 68 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:59,319 The Bolts have had to churn their support players a lot, and they've gone 69 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:01,360 on to other teams. Some of them really thrived, but it seems to 70 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,639 be working. Is the Tampa Bay Lightning still a Cup contender in this coming 71 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:10,720 year? Gandra Oh. I think they're absolutely a Cup contender, and I've 72 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:15,360 seen some of my colleagues around the league put them down there is they're not 73 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,920 going to make it to the playoffs this year. This is the year it's 74 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:21,519 the downfall of the Lightning or I've seen it all over and for the guys, 75 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:25,079 I know they see that, but they don't really pay too much attention 76 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,319 to that. But for us, we watch it and I think to count 77 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,519 them out this year especially would be the biggest mistake the year that just I 78 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,759 hate to go back to the Columbus year. But the year that they lost, 79 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:39,519 they got swept, and they came back right after that and won two 80 00:05:39,519 --> 00:05:44,160 Cups back to back. Like the revenge tour continues. I think the biggest 81 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,040 difference with this team this year is they've had a full off season and as 82 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,839 much as they did not want to lose to Toronto, as somebody who was 83 00:05:53,879 --> 00:05:56,759 in the locker room and I was covering the team and I was around them, 84 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:00,600 I could see the fatigue as the season went on. And I think 85 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,800 it's just and they've said it too, but it was a blessing and disguise 86 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:08,439 to have a full off season, meet with their trainers, take some time 87 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,879 to just relax and be with family. Especially during that COVID year it went, 88 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,079 they really didn't have an off season and they haven't in a while. 89 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:20,639 So a well rested Lightning team going into this season. I wouldn't underestimate them 90 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:26,199 at all. And when you look at the core and yeah, you look 91 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:28,759 at the Stanley Cup and the team that was there, and how many guys 92 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,720 have left, I think there's and I'm just throwing this number out, but 93 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:34,959 I think it's nine guys are gone now. From that team, but they 94 00:06:35,079 --> 00:06:40,959 just they're retooling and they keep plugging away and getting great players. And when 95 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,920 you win the Cup and you have a really competitive team, when you have 96 00:06:44,959 --> 00:06:47,439 a cap situation like what Julian brees Ball had to deal with this offseason, 97 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,519 players still want to come play for the Lightning and sometimes they'll take a cut 98 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,879 to do that, and so that has really worked out in their benefit until 99 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,680 the cap increases. That's something that they've had to rely on the area that 100 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,720 they play in, their winning culture and just a really good relationship with the 101 00:07:04,759 --> 00:07:09,160 coaches and Julian Braceball and the players and all of that. It's appealing to 102 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:13,680 a lot of players. So I think the season's gonna be good for them. 103 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,160 Yeah, hard to imagine it's going to be too bad. And we're 104 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,560 going to start talking about the forwards here, and of course we're going to 105 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:23,839 start with Nikiya Kutrov. What a stud he is. We thought he'd be 106 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,079 somewhere around the six or seventh past forward. He was actually number twelve, 107 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,879 but still really good and we expect that the future. He played eighty two 108 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,680 games for the third time in his career. Gone are those concerns from twenty 109 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:38,279 twenty twenty one, where he missed the whole season, he had thirty goals 110 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:42,720 eighty two assists for one hundred and twelve points. That was the closest he's 111 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:46,279 come to his MVP twenty eighteen nineteen season, when we had one hundred twenty 112 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:49,759 eight points. The shots are great. He actually gets a pretty decent number 113 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:53,519 of hits and blocks as well for a forward, and the forty nine power 114 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,439 play points is just absurdly good. He's got four years left at nine and 115 00:07:57,439 --> 00:08:01,120 a half million for those of us in cap leagues, still pretty decent value 116 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,079 for what he's doing. Defensively, he's really not great, but that's not 117 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,079 why he's out there. He's excellent offensively, power play even strength. All 118 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:13,399 of his number underlying numbers look really good there. His shooting percentage was actually 119 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:18,839 a bit low this season compared to his career average, a few percentage points 120 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:22,439 low, but his power play points participation was a little high, so maybe 121 00:08:22,519 --> 00:08:26,560 that evens out and he ends up doing similarly too before. So, Deandrew, 122 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,680 do you think Kutrov maintains over that one hundred and ten point pace again 123 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:35,799 next season? Oh? Yeah? And he's so funny because since they lost 124 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:41,000 to Toronto. He's been skating, like I think Julian Bresbass said, five 125 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,000 to six days a week since that loss. So he's been on the ice 126 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:46,559 trying to get his mind right and get his body right and get ready. 127 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,519 And he's been there almost every single day since the playoffs. So I think 128 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:58,000 he's ready to go. And I look at different areas for somebody like Kutrofs 129 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,879 as far as the goal scoring goes and what he had eighty three assists last 130 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,399 year, eighty two assists, but as far as scoring goals go, that's 131 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,240 somewhere that he can make up this season. When you lose players like Ross 132 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,399 Colton or Alex klarn Like, you have to make up for those goals somewhere, 133 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:16,759 and the players know that, and I'm sure Kutroff would be somebody that 134 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,759 you can always bank on to focus on that. He knows he needs to 135 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:24,639 score a little bit more. But yeah, that was his third career one 136 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,720 hundred point season. I would expect it to just go up from there, 137 00:09:26,759 --> 00:09:31,440 and especially knowing having a full off season and knowing that they have to make 138 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:33,879 up I don't want to say for the slack, but obviously they took some 139 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:37,000 significant losses here due to the cap, so he knows he's got to step 140 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:43,519 up as far as that goes. And Kutrof is he's his own breed of 141 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,279 person. He's just incredible. He's amazing to watch and I'm excited to see 142 00:09:48,279 --> 00:09:54,240 what he does this season. Radon point ninety five points last year. It 143 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,679 was a new career high for the guy. Fifty one of those points were 144 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,159 goals. That was fifth in the NHL and ten more than his prior personal 145 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,440 best. Now twenty one point seven percent shooting ran a little bit hot for 146 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:09,159 him, but his career rate is eighteen percent, so not crazy hot. 147 00:10:09,519 --> 00:10:15,720 He played with Kucharov for years and when both are healthy, both are amazing. 148 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,519 We'll get to Brandon An in a few minutes, but that threesome played 149 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,399 the third most minutes together at even strength of any line in the NHL. 150 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,360 There is a heat map that I can get off the hockeyz website where Red 151 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,159 courses much better offense. Blew is much worse offense. When point is on 152 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,080 the ice, the middle of the ice looks like somebody stepped on a bunch 153 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:43,039 of ketchup packets. Basically, it's just redder than red and that just represents 154 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,639 the fact that when he's not on the ice, tampus five on five offenses 155 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,639 seven percent below league average, and when he's on the ice, it's thirty 156 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:56,080 six percent above league average, especially in the middle when he gets himself three 157 00:10:56,159 --> 00:11:01,600 shots per game. He had exactly two penalties this year, one slashing penalty 158 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,639 and a fight with Mikey Esimont for some reason. That was all of his 159 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,080 pims last year, so he is not a highly penalized player. He's still 160 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:15,600 twenty seven seven more big year contracts ahead. I don't know what there is 161 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,879 to ask about this guy except over under ninety points next year. Yeah no, 162 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,919 And I love that his fight, his one fight was Mikey A Simon 163 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:30,879 because now McKay smont plays for the Lightning and their teammates, so that was 164 00:11:31,039 --> 00:11:33,000 great. That was a lot of fun to talk about as he scored his 165 00:11:33,039 --> 00:11:37,919 fiftieth goal and only one of those the fifty one was the empty night or 166 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,639 the rest. The rest are all legit. So I think the thing with 167 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,879 Brandom point and you can actually say this with most of the players on the 168 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,279 Lightning, it is they don't get a lot of limelight they don't get a 169 00:11:48,279 --> 00:11:52,240 lot of hype. They just put their head down, go to work and 170 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:56,240 do what they're supposed to do. So Brandon Point had the quietest fifty goal 171 00:11:56,279 --> 00:12:00,840 season I think of any player that was on there, any such a great 172 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,480 leader, and I've watched him take more of a leadership role on the team. 173 00:12:03,519 --> 00:12:07,360 I think he's going to be incredible. And last year was big because 174 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,919 he was coming off an injury in the Stanley Cup final against Colorado. So 175 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,360 who knows, honestly, what would have happened if he was on the ice, 176 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,039 especially when you were rereading those stats of what it's like when he's up 177 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,159 there, and you think the Stanley Cup. Finally got injured. So I 178 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,320 remember talking to him last summer and he was working really hard to rehab and 179 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,720 get back out there, and he had a great season. I look at 180 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:35,600 Brandon Point and Kutroff and Hagel and those are the guys that when anyone doubts 181 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,879 the lightning, I just think about who's going to be up top, and 182 00:12:37,919 --> 00:12:41,320 you're they're incredible. They're elite skaters. So same thing with Coach and Brandon 183 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:48,279 Point. They're gonna have great seasons, and not only them. That's not 184 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:54,080 even getting around to Stephen Standcost yet on this team, and he's been around 185 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,360 so long he had a peek before the ten year run that I'm talking about. 186 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,559 He's just an annual point per game plus guy. Last year it was 187 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,960 thirty four goals fifty assists for eighty four points in eighty one games. Also 188 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:13,000 three shots also hit every game, as well as Avershamani's of nineteen o one, 189 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:18,080 his most since twoy fifteen sixteen. Stephen stamp Coost turns thirty four this 190 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,600 season is in the final year of a contract on a team that has been 191 00:13:22,639 --> 00:13:26,600 having to do cap gymnastics for a couple of years now to hold it all 192 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:31,399 together. So that's always a little bit scary. But Stampkos is seventy fifth 193 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,000 all time and scoring in the NHL, and another eighty point season should land 194 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:41,600 him to exactly sixtieth in the all time scoring ranks. Absolute surefire Hall of 195 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:46,120 Famer. What explains this mid thirties longevity out of stamp Coost and should we 196 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:52,360 expect yet another patented Steven stamp Coost season next year? Yeah? I could 197 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:54,879 say a lot of great things about stamp KOs as he's such a great leader 198 00:13:54,879 --> 00:13:58,639 on this team. But I know that he works really hard to stay healthy 199 00:13:58,639 --> 00:14:03,120 and I was actually he was just saying a couple of months in the off 200 00:14:03,159 --> 00:14:05,600 season that his goal is to play for five more years. If he can 201 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,600 stay healthy and do that. You know what to expect with Stamkost. He's 202 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,840 always consistent. He's also just he is. In my opinion, he's the 203 00:14:13,879 --> 00:14:16,639 best captain in the league. I watch how he interacts with his players, 204 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,960 and I think he's so much of the reason. Him and John Cooper, 205 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,600 but he's so much of the reason why the players can stay level headed and 206 00:14:22,679 --> 00:14:26,639 get to where they're at and why they have a great season every single year 207 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:33,000 is because of guys like Steven Stamkost, because he'll pull them up get I 208 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,440 don't know. He's resilient. He's a resilient player, and I'm not worried 209 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,120 about his contract. I know that's in the works and he's very he wants 210 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:43,840 to stay in Tampa. That's what he wants to do, and I know 211 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:46,200 that will be coming soon. We knew the Hegel extension. I knew it 212 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,120 would be the Hegel extension and then the Stamkost. They're working those numbers out, 213 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:52,360 So I think now that Hagel's done, I would expect Stamkost is coming 214 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:56,279 soon. But yeah, everyone's been watching him for Stammer for years, so 215 00:14:56,399 --> 00:15:00,480 he's always going to be right there. And I'm excited to see how he 216 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:03,960 interacts with some of the new guys that are coming into this dynamic, because 217 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,360 when you win the Cup and you go through these experiences together, these players 218 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,399 are really bonded. They have really great relationship, and Stammer's that guy that 219 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,120 brings everybody in the loop. They just feed off of him and feed off 220 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:18,600 each other, and I think that's how he stays consistent every year. You 221 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:24,080 mentioned Brandon Hegel. It is Brandon Hegel's twenty fifth birthday the day we record 222 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:28,360 this, and I think he deserves two pieces of cake considering the accomplishments he's 223 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,039 had in his past year. Thirty goals, thirty four assists for sixty four 224 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:37,039 points in eighty one games, with his first full year with the Lightning manages 225 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,519 just over two shots of game something under a hit in three quarters of a 226 00:15:39,559 --> 00:15:43,279 block. Nice peripheral stats. Honestly, I didn't know what to make of 227 00:15:43,279 --> 00:15:48,639 it. In twenty twenty one, twenty two when Tampa traded Taylor Radish Boris 228 00:15:48,679 --> 00:15:52,399 kachukin two first rounders for Hegel and two fourth rounders. He was coming off 229 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,159 like a partial season where he scored a lot with Chicago and twenty two percent 230 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,000 shooting playing with Patrick Kane, and it was kind of like, is he 231 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,559 really all that or is this a hot half season? But boy, they 232 00:16:03,639 --> 00:16:08,399 put Hagel mostly with Point and Kucheroff and it wasn't exactly a depth role. 233 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:11,720 He was six on the team in power play tim on ice And now, 234 00:16:11,759 --> 00:16:15,519 like you said, the contract is done, they've doubled down. He's got 235 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:21,039 a max eight year, six point five million dollar year, a maximum eight 236 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,039 year the most years he can get six point five million dollars per starting after 237 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,840 this coming season. An amazing commitment for a team that otherwise is really trying 238 00:16:29,879 --> 00:16:32,919 to economize. Like we say, what are the Bolts see here? And 239 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:37,919 are they right? Would you guess another sixty five ish point season from Brandon 240 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,399 Hegel? Oh yeah, I think it's only up for Hagel. It's only 241 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,879 up from here. But also when you're playing on a line with Brandon Point 242 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:48,159 and Nikita Kucheroff, it did take a little bit of an adjustment period. 243 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:52,440 But when you're playing on a line with those guys like you're pretty much set 244 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,360 up for success and you play at their level. And that's what happened with 245 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,480 him. And it's so funny because I watched him when he came on the 246 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,360 team and new in the locker room and he's just a little bit uncomfortable trying 247 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,640 to find his way. Now I watch him through this season and he's just 248 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:10,519 He's done an incredible job and they love him. He just meshed right in. 249 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:12,799 Culture is really big with the Lightning. He meshed right in right away. 250 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,000 And I think again, like the environment that these guys are playing in 251 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,759 really sets them up for success mentally and physically. But one thing about the 252 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:26,960 Lightning that I will say is they take these guys and everyone's what I don't 253 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,240 get it, but doesn't make sense to a lot of people, is are 254 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,240 they going to be good? Nobody knows. They really rely on the development 255 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:36,880 of their players, and Hagel Is he's one of those guys. He stepped 256 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,160 up, did what he could, and he actually went above and beyond to 257 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,119 fit in with this team. It paid off and he wants to stay here. 258 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,400 And I loved hearing what he said about why he wanted to stay with 259 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,039 the Lightning and he wants to win the Cup, so he didn't get to 260 00:17:48,079 --> 00:17:52,680 do that with these guys. And it's easy to forget because he's such a 261 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,119 big part of this team now that he wasn't there when they won the Stanley 262 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,039 Cup. So he wants it, and I think, especially with this contract, 263 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:00,759 obviously that's going to motivate him to have a really big season. So 264 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:07,000 look out for him too. Yeah, definitely. And after those main guys, 265 00:18:07,079 --> 00:18:11,880 there's a bit of a drop off fantasy wise. The Lightning are have 266 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,519 some great top of the lineup fantasy players and then there's a bit of a 267 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,119 middle here that isn't maybe not exciting. So I'm going to pose these guys 268 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,839 as a pickum. So I have Anthony Sarelli, Connor Sherry, and Nick 269 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,920 Paul. Obviously we have Sherry come in is a little bit new. Sarelli 270 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,799 has been roughly a forty point guy for years now, so I'm not really 271 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:33,720 sure if that's going to change much. Nick Paul has been more of like 272 00:18:33,759 --> 00:18:37,680 a thirty point guy, so a little bit lower, but he has had 273 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,839 some top of the lineup relevance here and there. And obviously we don't know 274 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:48,119 what's going on necessarily with Sherry because he's new. But in Washington he had 275 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,440 some decent role here and there. He had a fifty point pace a couple 276 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,400 of seasons ago, and then he's been more like in the thirties. So 277 00:18:55,039 --> 00:18:59,359 hard to say between those two. But between these three, who are you 278 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,839 taking in terms of a point pace and can any of them get over forty 279 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,119 five. I think this upcoming season is a big one for Nick Paul because 280 00:19:07,319 --> 00:19:11,319 when you look at goals scored for him, he did when he came in 281 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:18,279 at the trade deadline and they played Toronto and Colorado and he did awesome. 282 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,000 But this past year he did some great things, but he just struggled with 283 00:19:21,039 --> 00:19:23,119 scoring goals, and so he knows that's something that he has to work on. 284 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,440 I would definitely expect him, especially losing Klauren and Ross Colton, like, 285 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,240 he knows that he has to figure that out. He's got to score, 286 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,279 he's got to shoot the puck. He's going to be shooting the puck 287 00:19:33,319 --> 00:19:36,599 a lot more because he can't. We can't have another season where that's not 288 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:41,519 happening. I would expect Nick Paul honestly to have a pretty good season as 289 00:19:41,559 --> 00:19:45,599 far as that goes, because there was a lot of pressure on him there 290 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,400 at the end to score and he did score against Toronto. As far as 291 00:19:49,759 --> 00:19:52,559 Connor Sheery goes, again, like you said, it is up in the 292 00:19:52,599 --> 00:19:56,599 air, I will say like he played on the same line as Ovechkin, 293 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,759 which is pretty huge, and I know that's what the Lightning really liked about 294 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:03,359 him. He's going to be up there next to stamp Kost. I think 295 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:04,920 he's going to have a good year, but it'll take an adjustment period. 296 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,960 Right Like any player that comes into a new environment, it takes them a 297 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,279 bit to get adjusted. So I don't know if right off the bat, 298 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:15,759 if that's really going to be if we're going to see that success from Connor 299 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:18,079 Sherry. As far as Sarelli goes, he's consistent. We know what to 300 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,640 expect, was Sarelli. I think if you're going to go with a player, 301 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,000 I would say Nick Paul would be the one because it's crunched time on 302 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:33,000 him. He's got that long term contract. He didn't really score any goals 303 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,480 there last year, and so he's going to be shooting the puck more and 304 00:20:36,559 --> 00:20:38,240 the more you shoot the puck, the more it goes in. So let's 305 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,400 go with the Nick Paul is the guy that I think out of those three, 306 00:20:44,759 --> 00:20:48,720 I like it. It's nice to get that opinion. Of course, 307 00:20:48,839 --> 00:20:52,720 Sherry is the bigger unknown, So if you want to take a big wild 308 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:55,680 swing, I think Sarelli, as you pointed out, is the one we 309 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,279 know the most about and it is probably the least likely to pop off. 310 00:20:59,319 --> 00:21:03,839 Freley's a great player, but as far as is goals and shooting, Nick 311 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,839 poulis who I would go with. Connor Sherry. I hope that he has 312 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,440 a really good season. We just don't know he's again, it's just an 313 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,799 unknown as far as that goes, and it's going to take him a little 314 00:21:11,799 --> 00:21:15,519 bit to get adjusted. Yeah for sure. All right, Yeah, let's 315 00:21:15,519 --> 00:21:19,839 talk about the defense now, Michael Sergachev. It seems like we are witnessing 316 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,680 a bit of a change of the guard here at the top d in Tampa. 317 00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:26,559 Headman still getting a smidge more power play time on ice, but Sergachev 318 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:32,640 has fifteen more points in just three more games than Headman. Coming into this 319 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,680 season, Jesse and I thought he'd be on the twenty four to twenty eight 320 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,519 best defenseman range, and he was actually the eleventh best, so really took 321 00:21:38,519 --> 00:21:41,799 the reins there. Ten goals, fifty four assists for sixty four points in 322 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:47,000 seventy two games, which is a sixty six point pace, twenty seven power 323 00:21:47,079 --> 00:21:49,839 play points, tons of hits, blocks and shots. Really good for those 324 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,599 bash metrics twenty first at his position, seven years, eight eight and a 325 00:21:53,599 --> 00:21:59,480 half millions, it's looking like a pretty good value already. He's definitely providing 326 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,559 a ton of offense. His defensive impacts are neutral, so that's fine. 327 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,839 He really does better in the offensive areas anyways, So what do we think 328 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,880 about these two? I know, and Fantasy it's been tough because usually you 329 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,920 want the top power play defenseman, and he and Hedman have alternated a bit, 330 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,720 and sire Chef looked like he took it and the headman took it back 331 00:22:18,759 --> 00:22:22,000 at times. What do you think we should expect here for Sergacheff in particular 332 00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:26,799 right now in the power play? Yeah? No, I think Sergacheff again, 333 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,200 he's the thing with the lightning too. That especially when you're looking at 334 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,680 something like for Fantasy, the lightning of eight players right now under contract through 335 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,480 twenty twenty six seasons, and they're all young players. So, like you 336 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:41,039 said, I don't want to say changing of the guard too much, but 337 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,960 you're seeing some of those younger guys that are locked in. They got those 338 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,759 big contracts and there's a lot of pressure on them to step up as far 339 00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:53,240 as leadership goes. Sergey is one of those guys. I think Hedman, 340 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,920 especially like last year towards the end, he got pretty banged up, which 341 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,599 didn't help. But Serge's really been stepping up, taking on more of a 342 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:06,680 leadership role, and I do think that it's just going to go up. 343 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,759 I saw him getting into his rhythm there in the second half of the season. 344 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,599 He was really determined and I can only imagine what he's going to be 345 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:17,039 like this year. They lost some leadership on that team. He's going to 346 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,240 be one of those guys that steps up and fills in that hole. So 347 00:23:19,279 --> 00:23:23,079 as far as like what you're saying, powerplay, that's going to be on 348 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,880 him. And they got a couple of new guys on defense, so Sergi's 349 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,240 going to be taking the reins there along with Hedman, and those guys play 350 00:23:30,279 --> 00:23:37,640 off each other. So well, let's talk more about Hedman because we need 351 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,680 to take a moment to appreciate this guy and an eighty two game pace. 352 00:23:41,039 --> 00:23:45,559 He was the fourth best defenseman in fantasy hockey last year, and he's been 353 00:23:45,599 --> 00:23:48,920 one of the top defenseman in the NHL for a very long time. I 354 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:55,759 ran the numbers from Evolving Hockey over the last ten years. Collectively, only 355 00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:00,680 Romanosi and Eric Carlson have more points than Hedman among defensemen, and he ties 356 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,240 with Carlson for the most primary assists out of that group. On the power 357 00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:10,160 play, Headman is alone in scoring for that ten year period in terms of 358 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,960 power play points two hundred and twelve. As referenced in the Circa chev Talk. 359 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,119 He wasn't alone at the top this year. For the first time since 360 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,640 twenty fourteen. Fifteen, Headman was not the top defenseman score for the Lightning. 361 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,039 Bonus points to any listeners who can name the top score that year, 362 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,880 because it blew my mind. But of course it wasn't exactly a disaster for 363 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,920 Headman. Nine goals, forty assists for forty nine points and seventy six games 364 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,359 is still amazing. Twenty second in the NHL, and defenseman scoring over two 365 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:45,240 shots, two blocks and a hit mark a nice peripheral floor, but like 366 00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:48,519 you said, banged up and that six year run of all Star teams and 367 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,799 top three Norris finishes ended last year? Was it a blip for the soon 368 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,279 to be thirty three year old. Where is the mileage of fourteen years? 369 00:24:56,319 --> 00:25:02,279 And that doesn't even count all the long playoff runs that add all kinds of 370 00:25:02,279 --> 00:25:04,920 mileage to the guy? Has that all taken a toll? And maybe Headman's 371 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:10,799 a been on the decline? I think last season was again like one of 372 00:25:10,799 --> 00:25:14,319 those I feel like I've heard this so many times as Headman on the decline? 373 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,400 Is Stemco's almost done? Or the lightning? Was this their downfall? 374 00:25:17,519 --> 00:25:21,559 And really last year was really tough because they were coming off those back to 375 00:25:21,599 --> 00:25:25,319 back runs and then the Eastern Conference Final and then the Stanley Cup Final, 376 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:30,279 and it's just they were so run down and it's natural as we age, 377 00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:33,359 we get a little more tired than the younger guys. I think it's a 378 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,519 mix of everything. Yeah, Headman is getting a little older obviously, but 379 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,640 I think part of that was just wear and terror exhaustion and three Cup runs 380 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,079 in a row. It's just really hard to gauge that. I think this 381 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,960 season. He's gonna be coming back with the vengeance. And it's also Sergacheff 382 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:53,880 is he's younger, he has a lot of energy, he has a big 383 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:59,200 contract, like he's in his peak right now and he's going to get better. 384 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:00,599 And Headman's just in a different phase of his career. But I don't 385 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:03,680 think he's on the decline. I think he's gonna have a great season, 386 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,640 and I'm sure he's been hearing what everyone's been saying about him, so that's 387 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,000 not gonna resonate well with him. Yeah, he's great. He's an all 388 00:26:11,039 --> 00:26:15,000 around great defenseman. I will say too. When mcdonnah left the Lightning, 389 00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:18,119 when they had to trade him, it changed the dynamic of their defense. 390 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,680 And I think ever since mcdonnah left, that's something that they've been trying to 391 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,920 find their groove there on defense. So that is another reason why Sergey really 392 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,920 had to step up there. And I'm interested to see how the defense gaels 393 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,319 now. It's last season with them putting things together and figuring out what works. 394 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,880 That's where Headman steps in and he's the leader on the defense, no 395 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,680 doubt, no question. I wouldn't say he's on the decline, But one 396 00:26:41,759 --> 00:26:47,160 day he will get there, but we're not there yet. Yeah, those 397 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,440 are definitely the top two defenseman. Frankly some of the top defenseman in the 398 00:26:51,519 --> 00:26:55,519 NHL, but certainly the top two on this team. Let's just throw out 399 00:26:55,519 --> 00:26:59,440 a couple again, players arbitrurely. Put them up against one another and see 400 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,000 who you like the best for the depth defenseman. Nick Purbicks, Eric Turnak, 401 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,319 Felipe A. Myers, three different guys who've had smaller worlds. Turnachfors 402 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:11,519 really popped up a couple of years ago. But which one of these guys 403 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,599 do you like best? From at least a fantasy scoring perspective or anything else 404 00:27:15,599 --> 00:27:18,839 you have to say about these guys. You saw what it looks like when 405 00:27:18,839 --> 00:27:22,759 Turnak wasn't in the lineup in the playoffs. He saw what it was like 406 00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:26,519 when Hedman wasn't in the lineup in the playoffs against Toronto this year as well, 407 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:30,960 because they were both banged up. Turnach obviously was we had a head 408 00:27:30,039 --> 00:27:33,039 injury, so he was out the whole time. But you could see what 409 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:37,839 happens on defense when those guys aren't playing. I think, as far as 410 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,680 like from a fantasy standpoint, I think Nick Perbicks is really interesting because again 411 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:48,319 he's young, and he's gritty, and he's fast, and he's kind of 412 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,599 on the up here for the Lightning. He watched him last year find his 413 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,359 way and it's funny when you watch he and Radish play together. Those guys, 414 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:02,279 they're the young UN's fence, Darren Radish and Nick Perbick. I would 415 00:28:02,279 --> 00:28:06,839 be interested to see what Nick Purbicks does. Churno is taken some brutal hits 416 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,480 and had some injuries, and I'm sure he'll have a great season, but 417 00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:12,559 I would keep an eye on Nick Purbicks. He's on the up for sure. 418 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:21,000 He's really young too, so Raddish definitely someone to look for in cap 419 00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:23,519 leagues, I would say, because he yea not making a lot and he's 420 00:28:23,519 --> 00:28:26,720 going to be playing, so we'd like to see that. But I'm not 421 00:28:26,799 --> 00:28:29,799 sure that he's not going to score a lot, but the volume per dollar 422 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,279 might be there. Yeah. We saw at the end and the playoffs against 423 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:37,319 Toronto like he really started to find his own there. It's a late bloomer 424 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:41,279 and I know that they really liked what they saw from him and just signed 425 00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:45,200 him for two more years. So he's definitely somebody watched. But yeah, 426 00:28:45,279 --> 00:28:49,720 Nick Purbicks is I think he'll just continue to get better as well. Yeah, 427 00:28:49,839 --> 00:28:55,079 definitely, And he is Taylor's older brother if I remember quickly connection there. 428 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,519 Ye. Let's move on to the goalies, and the Lightning gave up 429 00:28:59,519 --> 00:29:03,400 the sevente ranked goals expected goals per sixty according to Evolving Hockey two point sevent 430 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,799 two, but conceded the thirteenth actual goals two point eight five according to NHL 431 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:14,319 dot Com. And a big reason obviously is Andre Bossileski. What a stud 432 00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:18,279 he is. He's basically been an anchor back there for many years. And 433 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,559 yeah, he has got the big contract, but it has been well worth 434 00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:26,160 it. He's a workhorse, he plays a lot of games, he wins 435 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,079 most of them, and in terms of a fantasy asset, there's for a 436 00:29:30,079 --> 00:29:33,799 long time there wasn't a question who was better, although at this point we're 437 00:29:33,799 --> 00:29:37,119 starting to entertain ideas about it's just Jerkin and Sirokin, But just in terms 438 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,319 of what we're talking about here, he was incredible. Seventeen goals save above 439 00:29:41,359 --> 00:29:47,799 expected point eight six delta. Fenwick just really strong number thirty three wins, 440 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,440 nine fifteen say percentage outperforming all of his expected numbers. I can't imagine too 441 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,240 much changes with Fasileski. I think there's a little bit question about the backup 442 00:29:56,279 --> 00:30:00,839 he hasn't It's been a while since he had a really rely viable, good 443 00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:04,039 backup that could play a lot of games, which is why he's played over 444 00:30:04,079 --> 00:30:07,480 sixty of the last two years. I would imagine, do you see anything 445 00:30:07,559 --> 00:30:11,799 changes there? Same old great stuff from Vassilevski, volume starter, lots of 446 00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:17,079 wins, good numbers, anything changing there. I think that last year was 447 00:30:17,519 --> 00:30:19,200 and he said it like it was a really difficult season. It was hard 448 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,640 for him to push through his mind and his body weren't connected. He was 449 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,039 just exhausted on both sides. And he came out at the end of the 450 00:30:26,079 --> 00:30:30,000 season and said, this wasn't my normal season, like I can be so 451 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,160 much better, and they were just he was exhausted, right, not an 452 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,640 excuse for them, but that's what he said. So I think that his 453 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,440 season, he'll actually have a better season this year. There's a lot of 454 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:45,400 questions as far as like the backup goalie situation goes in Tampa, and I 455 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:49,079 know Coop is adamant that a goalie should be able to play sixty games no 456 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:55,720 problem. So I know it was interesting when Vassilevski was talking about how exhausted 457 00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:57,400 he was, and I think he said like game thirty five is when he 458 00:30:57,519 --> 00:31:02,759 started to wear down meant and physically. So I am interested to see what 459 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:07,400 happens with the backup goalie situation. I haven't heard a ton and Johansen. 460 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:08,319 He hasn't played a lot, He doesn't have a lot of experience. We 461 00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:11,119 don't really have much to go on as far as that ghost. But he's 462 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,720 young and I know that's what they were looking for. I think Vassie's gonna 463 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,880 have a much better season this year. He's rested up. He just had 464 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:21,160 and he was banged up. He said last year too, a lot of 465 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,079 little I don't know if injuries would be the word, but he's just he 466 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,200 was just banged up. So I would expect him that actually actually have a 467 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,920 better season this year. A well rested big cat should be fun to watch. 468 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,759 Oh boy, arrested, healed, motivated, Vassilevski is a scary thing. 469 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:41,720 For that is. I did want to touch a little bit more on 470 00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:47,720 the backup situation because yeah, Jonah Johansson has not too many NHL games thirty 471 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,920 five in his career, and frankly, most of them have not been very 472 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:55,559 good. I definitely believe though, that behind a much better team than he 473 00:31:55,839 --> 00:31:59,039 has had in some of his stints, then maybe he can do okay. 474 00:31:59,079 --> 00:32:02,440 But he played for Colorado who was a really good team obviously and struggled, 475 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,079 and I'm wondering how much or the least they give him because they have Hugo 476 00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:12,440 Alafeld, who has been who is I think one of the best prospect goalies 477 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,200 around, and he previously had struggled a little bit in the HL, and 478 00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:19,319 so I understand why he didn't get too many looks previously. But he was 479 00:32:19,359 --> 00:32:22,200 really good last year, seems to be pretty close to nhlready, and I 480 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:27,559 almost wonder if they don't give him ten to fifteen starts and maybe Johnson a 481 00:32:27,599 --> 00:32:30,279 couple here and there, because all felt almost seems like he might already be 482 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:36,480 similar better than Johnson. What do you think about that option? Yeah, 483 00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:38,559 I think, like I said, there's still a lot of question and of 484 00:32:38,599 --> 00:32:43,279 what's going to happen there. But I could see that being the competition situation 485 00:32:43,359 --> 00:32:45,039 between the two of them as far as who's going to get the backup spot. 486 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:50,559 And yeah, like you said, I agree with you one hundred percent. 487 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,440 The thing with the Lightning is they they're not going to really tell us. 488 00:32:52,519 --> 00:32:55,079 We're going to find out when we find out. But I could definitely 489 00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:59,079 see it being a situation, especially Johannsson. They don't have a lot to 490 00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:01,519 go on with and he doesn't have a lot of NHL experience. I think 491 00:33:01,559 --> 00:33:05,680 it's going to be one of those who's going to compete for the backup and 492 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,440 who's going to get out there and we'll see. I think they'll book get 493 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,279 a fair shot to show what they have and we'll see who gets it. 494 00:33:10,359 --> 00:33:15,759 But yeah, as long as Vassi gets some time off to rest his body, 495 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,559 especially if they're going to make another run, which I know that that's 496 00:33:19,599 --> 00:33:22,799 their plan, it's going to be whoever can step up. And you don't 497 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,759 know, because we've seen players like what we were talking about with Hagel, 498 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:29,400 you just don't know until they get in there, especially with the Lightning, 499 00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:32,599 because these players get in there and they thrive in that environment and it could 500 00:33:32,599 --> 00:33:38,000 be the same for Johansson. We'll see what happens. Premendous. Thank you 501 00:33:38,079 --> 00:33:43,240 DeAndre, you brought us a lot of information on these Tampa Bay Lightnings. 502 00:33:43,279 --> 00:33:46,359 How should people out there follow your work? Yeah, so I am covering 503 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:52,000 the Lightning for the Hockey News as the season training camp happens in the next 504 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,240 few weeks, I'll have a lot going on with that. But yeah, 505 00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:58,960 you can follow me on my Twitter too, which we can post when we 506 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,680 send this episode out. But the Hockey News, I'm doing a Lightning show 507 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:06,480 with the Belief Network, so we'll have a Bolts like a breakdown, a 508 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:12,119 weekly breakdown show all throughout the season. And I do a serious x NHL 509 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:15,320 Network radio so do a lot of Bolts breakdowns there too, and some league 510 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:20,719 stuff. But kind of it's gonna be a busy season and we're getting close. 511 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,320 I'm excited. Absolutely everybody should definitely follow your work. And thank you 512 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,360 so much for being on the show today. Yeah, thank you so much. 513 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:40,400 Guys Wilson, Well, that's good fired pass goodness, got quick grab 514 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,880 Now it's your weekly goalie talk with Kats Silverman Cats Instincts. Time for another 515 00:34:51,039 --> 00:34:55,920 edition of Cat's Instincts with Cat Silverman of Ingold mag Tampa Bay Lightning edition. 516 00:34:57,159 --> 00:35:00,480 And you might be saying, why do we even need to talk about prospect 517 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,760 goalies because they have one of the best in the world, but you never 518 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,960 know. These guys could get traded. Heaven forbid, Vassi gets hurt, 519 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,800 but it's always interesting to know what's in the pipeline either way. And we're 520 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:14,840 going to start with Hugo alma Felt, one of my favorite guys, although 521 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,199 he's been blocked in this system. As we said, but twenty nineteen third 522 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:22,360 round pick by Tampa sixty three, twenty pound now twenty two, just finished 523 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,559 his second full season the HL and it went much better than the first. 524 00:35:24,599 --> 00:35:30,639 I think his transition when he came over was rough. And I'm frankly very 525 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:37,320 larry of Vasileski's backup, Jonas Johansson, who has played several handfuls of NHL 526 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,679 games and most of them have gone pretty terribly. And I think we can 527 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:45,239 all remember Calado's playoff run that came to an end because they were forced to 528 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,760 play him, and anyways, I'm not sure that he's long for that backup 529 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,679 role. And Hugo alna Felt has been good, his goal save above expected 530 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:58,159 and the HL was one of the tops in the league this year, so 531 00:35:58,559 --> 00:36:01,480 maybe there's some potential there. Hockey prospecting has him in the kind of thirty 532 00:36:01,519 --> 00:36:07,239 to forty percent range. He looks a little bit like Alex alda average starter, 533 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,639 but maybe there's more upside than that. Kat, what do your instincts 534 00:36:09,639 --> 00:36:15,360 tell us about Hugo Alnifelt. My instinct tells me that we're going to see 535 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:22,400 him in the NHL this year. I Jonas Johansen, that's a choice for 536 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,880 Tampa Bay. Oh boy didn't work in Buffalo, so we'll try it in 537 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:32,159 Tampa. Yeah. I think Hugo Alfeldt's they He's officially at the point where 538 00:36:32,159 --> 00:36:35,920 I feel like he has to play in the NHL now. I think he's 539 00:36:36,119 --> 00:36:40,079 given us enough of a sample size that we're almost reaching like the Connor Ingram 540 00:36:40,119 --> 00:36:44,559 point where if he doesn't get called up, we may start to see a 541 00:36:44,599 --> 00:36:50,440 little bit of a backslide in his game because he's ready. He looks good 542 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,960 in the NHL, and it's not like he'd I think the only reason they 543 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:59,000 wouldn't call him up is because they like to play Vasilovski for seventy to seventy 544 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,519 five games this season. I think at some point they have to stop doing 545 00:37:01,559 --> 00:37:05,960 that, though, and it would be really fun to see Allena Felt come 546 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:12,400 up and essentially tandem there. I think he's It's interesting because he plays the 547 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,719 type of game that Tampa Bay likes, which is very skating heavy. It 548 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:20,079 really likes to say fluid. When he's playing, he doesn't really get himself 549 00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:23,599 set and then just hold himself there. But he's a lot of fun too 550 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:30,519 personality wise. If anyone is bored and likes to like citroll YouTube, there's 551 00:37:30,519 --> 00:37:35,280 a very good development camp clip where they used to make up Connor Ingram. 552 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,159 He was like a miked up darling. They decided to do it with Hugo 553 00:37:38,159 --> 00:37:44,119 Alna Felt and he basically chased Magnus Krona around the ice, calling him Magnus 554 00:37:44,159 --> 00:37:47,760 with the Humagnus five hole. So he's a delight. He's a gym. 555 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,400 He lets things roll off his back pretty easily. He's got good tracking instincts. 556 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:58,920 He recovers quickly. There's I don't think he's Vasilevski, but I don't 557 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,559 think anyone in their system could be. I think that would be a disservice 558 00:38:01,599 --> 00:38:07,000 to Tampa Bay to have two guys like that fighting over the starting role. 559 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,639 Yeah, I'm curious to see if they do bring him up to the NHL 560 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:14,440 this year though, because I do think that he's at the point where they 561 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:21,239 have to do it this year, or essentially they run the risk of potentially 562 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,920 seeing him want to leave because he's at the point where he's put in the 563 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,639 work at the HL level. He's shown that he, like you said, 564 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:31,280 is one of the best in the AHL, and they have to reward him 565 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:36,480 somehow for that. That may be why they signed someone that intentionally needs to 566 00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:43,599 go to the HL instead. With no disrespect to Jonas Johansson. So he's 567 00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:46,239 a nice guy, but I don't have any faith in that in him will 568 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,760 annown that role. Let's move to the next guy I'm super high on now 569 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:52,800 in the field two. I would try to get him wherever I could, 570 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:58,199 and in Dynasty this year because I do think he'll play some games. The 571 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,280 next guy a mere Mythtica and he is a twenty twenty six round pick currently 572 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:07,800 unsigned, six foot one hundred and sixty five pounds now twenty three years old, 573 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:12,239 plays in the same system as Arter Aktiyamav of Toronto and he's been there 574 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,719 KHL goalie and that's part of the reason I think why aktiamoff hasn't had as 575 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:22,599 much opportunity there because he's been basically he's split some time previously, but played 576 00:39:22,639 --> 00:39:28,119 thirty four KHL games this year. Was really good for them, and he 577 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:32,000 looking at his hockey prospecting, his equivalency is super high. He's basically in 578 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:37,280 the fifties, which is really high for a goalie. He's got equivalencis guys 579 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:43,440 like kippersof Vocoon cam Ward. I think he looks a fair amount like Vocoon, 580 00:39:44,159 --> 00:39:46,000 and he was a star starter, and they had some other guys in 581 00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:51,360 this range that are pretty good. Alan Felt's good. Miftakoff seems like he 582 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,199 also could be a potential future starter for the Lightning, but he did. 583 00:39:54,639 --> 00:39:58,920 I think the one concerning thing is he came to North America, played in 584 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:00,480 the HL last season, and then left went back to Russia. So I 585 00:40:00,519 --> 00:40:04,159 don't know if that's a concern for you or for anyone. And the fact 586 00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:07,000 that he's unsigned, they still have his rights. But what your instincts tell 587 00:40:07,079 --> 00:40:16,079 us about Amir Miftokoff, Yeah, when he got drafted, I had been 588 00:40:16,159 --> 00:40:21,440 nervous that he wasn't going to get drafted as well because the ukbars Kazan system 589 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,679 really loves them. An undersized goalie, he actually is undersized. He's six 590 00:40:24,679 --> 00:40:30,679 feet I think one sixty five. He's so fast. He's one of the 591 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:36,239 goaltenders that when watching him skate, I was like, Oh, this kid's 592 00:40:37,639 --> 00:40:40,960 that once again just fits with that Tampa system. That's one of the things 593 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:47,599 that Vasilevsky does sneaky well is just skates so quickly. He doesn't play an 594 00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:52,440 uncontrolled game, but he does utilize his speed to make sure that he doesn't 595 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:57,239 leave pulls open, which is something that some of the other undersized goalies that 596 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,800 we've looked at over the years really can miss out on the either panic and 597 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,320 do too much, or they really don't have the speed to recover if someone 598 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:09,599 tries to exploit one of the holes that they inevitably leave open. The thing 599 00:41:09,599 --> 00:41:13,440 that makes me a little nervous is he loves to come out and challenge shots, 600 00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:19,320 which I think in North America can be something that you have to control 601 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,719 and rain in your game because the game does move so quickly, essentially right 602 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:27,440 in and around the blue paint, so you can't come out too far unless 603 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,880 you're Mike Smith, in which case you like to do it anyway. But 604 00:41:32,159 --> 00:41:37,800 I think his decision making looked good when I was watching him in Russia, 605 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,519 looked like when he was playing in North America. He did fine, but 606 00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:49,199 didn't look as comfortable. It may just be that they figured he wasn't quite 607 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,320 ready to make the jump, so we went back to play more games in 608 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,199 the KHL. That may also mean that he doesn't want to play in North 609 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:59,199 America, which is always that little bit of a risk. But I think 610 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,920 he's a low risk hip reward player to have in their system just because he 611 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:07,559 does play a good game. Best case he comes over, plays for them, 612 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:12,320 could have starter potential. Worst case if you go on a felt in 613 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,480 their system, So they're fine. He's not their their make or break, 614 00:42:15,519 --> 00:42:22,239 do or die guy. Yeah, definitely. It definitely seems like a nice 615 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,199 extra piece to have in the in the system. And another guy who you 616 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:31,400 might qualify as that is Nick Malik and he was drafted by the Lightning in 617 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:36,199 twenty twenty two in the fifth round as a double overager. He's six two 618 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,920 hundred and seventy nine pounds. He is a son of defenseman Merrick Milik, 619 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:43,840 who scored an epic between the Lake shootout goals. First of It's kind that 620 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,719 I remember seeing and it was awesome, especially because he had literally never scored 621 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:51,639 or hadn't scored that season and then it's like round fourteen of the shootout and 622 00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:57,440 anyways, very cool. So the name is familiar and Nick has was playing 623 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,360 in Chechia during his true draft season and Deep one and then moved to Finland 624 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:07,800 after that and his D plus two season, finally got drafted playing for Kuku 625 00:43:07,079 --> 00:43:12,599 or I guess it's Coco ko Ko. I believe it was pronounced coco and 626 00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:15,880 in the league anyways, he was really good that season. This past season 627 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:20,920 he progressed a little bit playing for the same team, and his equivalence he 628 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:22,840 has trended down. It was much better when he was in the Zech leagues. 629 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:28,039 Now he's inn eighteen percent range. He actually looks somewhat like Brian Boucher, 630 00:43:28,199 --> 00:43:31,880 who had that shoutout streak. Was more of a replacement level goalie when 631 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,719 all was said and done. But Cat, what are your instincts tell us 632 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:42,239 about Nick Malik? I liked his game during his first draft eligible year. 633 00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,000 I was surprised that he didn't get more looks. I do know that when 634 00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:50,760 he during the twenty nineteen twenty twenty season, he came over and played with 635 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:59,199 the Sue Greyhounds in the OHL, and he struggled with adapting his game because, 636 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,440 like I've mentioned before, the check leagues can get a little uncontrolled, 637 00:44:02,599 --> 00:44:07,159 and so those the guys that grow up developing in the check system can really 638 00:44:07,199 --> 00:44:14,119 sometimes struggle with needing to rain in their game over a long stretch of time, 639 00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:19,360 especially when you're playing on a smaller ice surface where really the game moves 640 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,239 so much faster in front of you and you can't be doing too much. 641 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:30,039 And so it looked like he really needed more development in his overall just like 642 00:44:30,119 --> 00:44:35,000 technical structure of his game. So it's nice seeing that he left the check 643 00:44:35,079 --> 00:44:39,800 leagues and is playing in Finland where he's getting a little bit more structure to 644 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:44,840 his game, and where honestly, a lot of teams have scouts and have 645 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:51,199 coaches that are hanging out. Finland's become like a sneaky place for teams to 646 00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:54,800 put their European prospects before they come over to North America. We see a 647 00:44:54,840 --> 00:45:00,480 lot of Russian guys go there, We see some we obviously see the Finnished 648 00:45:00,519 --> 00:45:04,679 kids. We see the check kids coming over, and so they play in 649 00:45:04,679 --> 00:45:07,400 Finland and then they come over to North America. So it's nice seeing that 650 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,480 he's getting that transitional league. I'm curious to see how he does this year. 651 00:45:12,559 --> 00:45:15,519 I don't know what I'd liked his game at one point, I didn't 652 00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:21,400 know how well it would translate to North America. Obviously, teams agreed because 653 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,960 they didn't draft him with their first opportunity to do so we'll see. I 654 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:30,280 don't think he's I would say the order that we have talked about each of 655 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:35,159 the Tampa Bay goalies is about where I would say they fall in the ranking 656 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:42,159 for my likelihood that they would become a pivotal piece for Tampa Bay. Awesome, 657 00:45:42,679 --> 00:45:45,559 thank you so much. Okay, forgive me us your instincts on the 658 00:45:45,599 --> 00:46:05,559 Tampa goalies. We'll be back right after this the China fe did, Victor 659 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:10,519 Uco and myself back here to talk a little bit of Tampa Bay Lightning prospects. 660 00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,679 Tampa Bay has been very good for a very long time, and even 661 00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:20,239 though they always seem to get prospects to perform above their draft slot. Nonetheless, 662 00:46:20,519 --> 00:46:23,039 they are only ranked twenty six in the NHL according to Victor's current rankings, 663 00:46:23,039 --> 00:46:29,159 which take into account depth, and yet there are some really high level 664 00:46:29,199 --> 00:46:30,840 prospects here and it starts with your no brainer. Who is it, Victor? 665 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:37,360 Yeah, our no brainer is Isaac Howard, twenty twenty two first round 666 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,840 pick, thirty first overall, five to eleven hundred, ninety pound left wing. 667 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:45,199 Had a bit of a rough transition from the USNTDP, where he had 668 00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,639 eighty two points and sixty games to the NC Double A. His D zero 669 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,840 was at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and he had just seventeen points in 670 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,960 thirty five games. Primarily a goalscorer, and he only had six goals, 671 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:59,519 so that was tough. Next season, he's gonna make the shift. He's 672 00:46:59,519 --> 00:47:02,280 gonna move over to the Michigan State, so it'll be interesting to see with 673 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:07,280 more opportunity what he can do with that. He's still unsigned. Sophomore year 674 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:14,039 coming up, thirteen shots and sixty sorry, thirteen shots per sixty is what 675 00:47:14,199 --> 00:47:17,920 I saw his underlying metrics as, but only one expected goals per sixty isn't 676 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:22,840 good enough, So he's going to have to increase those underlying metrics with his 677 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:28,599 move to Michigan State to keep his chances of being an NHL are alive and 678 00:47:28,639 --> 00:47:31,440 irrelevant fantasy score. But to learn a little bit more about him, we 679 00:47:31,559 --> 00:47:39,800 have our FHL scout Jesse. That's right, Today's today's scouting reports are provided 680 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:45,320 all by FHL scout Jacob. Great job, Jacob doing a lot of Tampa 681 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:49,239 Bay Lightning scouting for us. And here's what Jacob has to say about Isaac 682 00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,079 Howard. The skating is great skater, quick strides, strong cuts, high 683 00:47:52,159 --> 00:47:58,599 motor. He can zip around the ice with ease. Puck handling great win 684 00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,519 on his game. Howard and makes some dazzling plays with the puck that can 685 00:48:01,519 --> 00:48:05,960 bring fans out of their seats. However, he has the tendency to try 686 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,039 to do too much with the puck and that led to a lot of turnovers 687 00:48:08,119 --> 00:48:14,880 last season. The creativity is there though. The shot great again, quick 688 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,840 wrist shot good, one timer can be a dangerous shooter from anywhere on the 689 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:22,679 ice. The IQ medium. Howard is an offensive first player, so he 690 00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:27,119 isn't afraid to find open space and try to create chances. When it works, 691 00:48:27,119 --> 00:48:30,639 it's fantastic. When it doesn't work, he tends to throw the puck 692 00:48:30,679 --> 00:48:34,920 away or just gets out worked by his opponents. Defense just average. When 693 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,679 he isn't the best defensive player, he puts in the effort will pressure his 694 00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:44,159 opponents with his stick, summing that up. The biggest asset is the shot. 695 00:48:44,519 --> 00:48:47,519 The biggest concern is the IQ. That is, the skills can make 696 00:48:47,639 --> 00:48:52,000 him an offensive player who's dangerous, but it's going to come down to the 697 00:48:52,039 --> 00:48:58,639 execution. Top outcome potential for mister mister Howard is going to be a top 698 00:48:58,679 --> 00:49:00,880 line winger. If he's able to translate his game, he could very much 699 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:07,000 play a complimentary role to star players like Point or Kuchara, most likely outcome 700 00:49:07,119 --> 00:49:09,639 top six winger. If he isn't able to translate, he could still be 701 00:49:09,679 --> 00:49:15,679 a top six, solid, top six winger with powerplay time. The stylistic 702 00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:20,800 comparable that we're going to give here, Jacob says Nikolai Eelers and in summary, 703 00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:24,239 an offensive winger, excellent skill, powerful shot. Rough freshman season at 704 00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:30,119 Minnesota Duluke but hopefully transferred to Michigan State will lead to our resurgence. The 705 00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:37,119 NHL rank King Mason Black has given us a verdict on how mister Howard does 706 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:42,159 according to the p NHL E model. He is declined at this point, 707 00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:47,719 but he is top comparable is Tyler Sagan, and then Keeper Bellows and then 708 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:54,039 Nathan Horton. That's his third highest comparable there, So that's interesting. Tyler 709 00:49:54,079 --> 00:49:59,079 Sagan is the number one, and yet somehow he's dipped below second line potential 710 00:49:59,599 --> 00:50:04,239 in this the third year of the score that we have Isaac Howard. Then 711 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:07,280 again, he was drafted last year, number thirty one. In terms of 712 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:13,239 a comparison, Charlie Strammell from the University of Wisconsin, who was drafted by 713 00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:17,079 the Minnesota Wild will be his comp for the competition. The vote that goes 714 00:50:17,079 --> 00:50:21,800 out there on Twitter and which one of these two would you rather have in 715 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:25,440 your team? Isaac Howard in a landslide sixty eight to thirty two, basically 716 00:50:25,639 --> 00:50:30,000 over Charlie Strammell. Is that how you see this one going? Victor? 717 00:50:31,039 --> 00:50:34,920 Yeah, I guess. So it's funny because I know Mason is really high 718 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:40,800 on Strammell, so this poll probably made him sad. But he Howard had 719 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:45,679 a really rough year, and I think it's quite possible that he bounces up 720 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:49,639 quite a bit with his move to Michigan State, but it still remains to 721 00:50:49,639 --> 00:50:52,960 be seen. So if I think he still has that first line potential. 722 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,039 It was just an off year. He needs to figure some things out with 723 00:50:55,119 --> 00:51:00,199 his game and how he plays. I think he can do it. Raym 724 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,320 We've talked a lot about on the draft shows, and he's someone who coming 725 00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:07,000 into the year was ranked really highly, had a good d minus one year 726 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,360 and just really didn't have a good draft season at the University of Wisconsin, 727 00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:17,599 and Wisconsin should be better next season and should have more organization, more more 728 00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:22,880 organized systems and play, so that'll probably help Strayml. He's someone who can 729 00:51:23,039 --> 00:51:27,559 probably turn it around. So I guess whether you want someone who's a little 730 00:51:27,639 --> 00:51:30,039 farther away and hasn't quite proved it or someone who kind of tip dipped down. 731 00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:35,440 Either way, these guys both have question marks as prospects. I think 732 00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,519 based on Howard's game being more of a score, if he can figure that 733 00:51:38,519 --> 00:51:43,000 out, he's someone I'm more interested in, so I would take him here. 734 00:51:43,559 --> 00:51:46,599 I do think there's some interest for Straymal, but personally I am definitely 735 00:51:46,599 --> 00:51:52,719 more interested in Howard overall. I do like that the Wild took stray Mole. 736 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,559 Maybe they see something in him that other people haven't, and they tend 737 00:51:55,559 --> 00:52:00,000 to draft really well, so that always makes me reconsidered it a little bit. 738 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:04,199 But I'm taking Howard. If you look at their hockey prospecting, Howard 739 00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:07,440 started at forty percent chance of being a star and went all the way down 740 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,800 to just twelve percent this year. That could very easily pop back up with 741 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:15,400 a strong ncuba A season. Next season, Stream will came in a just 742 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,920 nine percent chance of being a star due to his poor draft season, so 743 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,039 we'll have to see where that goes. Looking at Howard, some of his 744 00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:25,599 other comps, guys like Ben Meyers who's a tweter NHL R, Carl Soderberg 745 00:52:27,639 --> 00:52:30,000 one guy I think he looks. He looked a fair amount like is Logan 746 00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:37,280 cature and the Calture trended down in his star potential, and currently Howard is 747 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,360 a little bit lower than that. But if you correct for some of the 748 00:52:40,639 --> 00:52:44,920 poor nc double A season, it's possible that he could be in that range. 749 00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,480 So that's where I would lean like he could be that sixty to seventy 750 00:52:47,519 --> 00:52:51,840 point guy if he figures it out, which is where I think Calture lands 751 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,400 most of the time. In the top down hockey model. As a Coward 752 00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:59,760 seven percent chance of being a star just nine percent chance of being in full 753 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:04,599 and HLA, which is pretty disappointing, especially all of this being said about 754 00:53:04,639 --> 00:53:10,960 your no brainer prospect, Jessie, Yeah, that'd a real great sign. 755 00:53:12,519 --> 00:53:16,800 But let's try again. Who's the need to know prospect? So this guy 756 00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:22,000 definitely a little less known. Hopefully it'll be helpful for people. Jason Shuga 757 00:53:22,079 --> 00:53:25,719 Bay is a twenty twenty three fourth round pick by the Lightning. He's a 758 00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:30,599 five ft nine hundred and sixty eight pounds center. He's an April birthday, 759 00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:35,159 so there might be some room to grow physically here. He played both Minnesota 760 00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:38,559 High school circuit and for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL. Thirty three 761 00:53:38,599 --> 00:53:44,679 goals sixty three assists in thirty one games for the Minnesota high school that he 762 00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:47,519 went to, and that's good for almost three points per game. It was 763 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:52,159 Wirad High School. I guess probably saying that wrong, But then in the 764 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:58,719 USHL had three goals thirteen assists in twenty seven games. Really not bad USHL 765 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:01,599 production for such a young guy, especially being a bit smaller in that league. 766 00:54:02,199 --> 00:54:07,119 He will be at Minnesota Duluth for his freshman season of the NC Double 767 00:54:07,159 --> 00:54:13,119 A and he was Minnesota Mister Hockey this past year, which is the interesting 768 00:54:13,119 --> 00:54:16,199 award that they give to the top Minnesota hockey player, usually a high school 769 00:54:16,199 --> 00:54:22,400 player. Some interesting previous winners Jack Pert who's a defenseman, Blake Beyondi. 770 00:54:22,039 --> 00:54:24,920 Both these guys are wild prospects. In fact, a lot of these guys 771 00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:30,920 spend time in the Minnesota organization. Other interesting guys Casey Middlestad, Nick Buke's 772 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:36,920 dad, Nick Letty, Ryan McDonough so some varied interest of fantasy names there, 773 00:54:37,039 --> 00:54:40,679 most of them not terribly interesting except mcdonna and Letty definitely had their time. 774 00:54:42,519 --> 00:54:46,000 Anyways, back to Hugo Bay. His Mitch Brown tracking data based on 775 00:54:46,119 --> 00:54:52,079 seven USHL games not great. Actually, his overall is just at fifty three. 776 00:54:52,159 --> 00:54:57,199 Defensively, it's pretty bad. He's in the twenty seventh percentile, so 777 00:54:57,440 --> 00:55:01,920 really not good there, especially with his retrievals and defensive play. A lot 778 00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:06,679 of his transition numbers are actually poor too. It's really an interesting mixed bag 779 00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:09,119 there. Some things are really good, like controlled entries and entries per sixty, 780 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:14,039 but then some of his things like cross lane plays and transition success controlled 781 00:55:14,079 --> 00:55:19,480 exits are really poor. So defensively in transition or sorry transition wise a mixed 782 00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:24,000 bag offensively, though, his expected goals and expected primary assists are both pretty 783 00:55:24,039 --> 00:55:29,079 good, about half a standard deviation above the means, so just barely in 784 00:55:29,079 --> 00:55:32,480 that top half. Not terribly exciting, but we need to hear a little 785 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:38,000 bit more about our need to know from our FHL scout Jesse, Yes, 786 00:55:38,079 --> 00:55:43,679 Sir, back to Jacob to talk about sugar Bay. The skating average decent 787 00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:46,440 skater with good strides moving up the ice, but very average piece of play. 788 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:52,920 Puck handling, great flashy puck skills that draw attention to himself allow him 789 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,599 to create open passing lanes for his linemates. He's not afraid to dig his 790 00:55:55,719 --> 00:56:00,880 way around defenders. The shot good. While he doesn't always shoot the puck. 791 00:56:00,119 --> 00:56:04,559 He has a quick wrist shot and a solid one timer. Tends to 792 00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:08,800 get pucks off quickly to surprise goaltenders. The IQ not so good. Low. 793 00:56:09,079 --> 00:56:13,639 He loves to drive plays so he doesn't necessarily panic one under pressure, 794 00:56:13,639 --> 00:56:17,119 but sometimes gets outworked due to his smaller size. Other than that, excellent 795 00:56:17,159 --> 00:56:22,119 sense for the game, knows exactly what plays to make. Defense below average. 796 00:56:22,519 --> 00:56:25,719 He is simply an offensive player and doesn't display any high end defense. 797 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,639 He'll use a stick to try to take away shooting lanes, but typically waits 798 00:56:30,679 --> 00:56:35,000 for the puck to come to him, so the best asset here puck skills. 799 00:56:35,039 --> 00:56:38,000 The biggest concern defensive games. The offensive skill set to make him a 800 00:56:38,079 --> 00:56:43,440 dangerous playmaker, he needs to work on his acceleration speed win in transition, 801 00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:46,800 plus he needs to put in the work defensively. The top tier potential here 802 00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:51,360 he could still be at top six forward according to Jacob. Best case scenario 803 00:56:51,719 --> 00:56:54,320 if all of his all around game translates, he improves the skating to become 804 00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:59,719 an excellent playmaker on the top six with top line power play. The most 805 00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:04,280 likely outcome middle sixth forward. Worst case scenario, he becomes a middle sixth 806 00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:08,679 forward with some power playtime. The stylistic comparable we're going with Johnny Goodreaux here 807 00:57:08,679 --> 00:57:14,719 from Jacob and in summary, an excellent playmaker is Shuga Bay with fantastic puck 808 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:17,920 skills and a high hockey sense. Likes to drive plays to draw attention to 809 00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:22,800 himself, which opens up the ice for scoring chances for his linemates. The 810 00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:28,920 NHL rank King Mason Black is coming in and we don't have a whole lot 811 00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:31,960 of data for Jason Shugo Bay, but we're going to say that Brad Malone, 812 00:57:32,039 --> 00:57:37,440 Trent Frederick, and Andrew Kopp are relatively high comparisons for him, but 813 00:57:37,559 --> 00:57:40,760 it's really very early to try to tell anything. And Suga Bay we're going 814 00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:46,360 to compare in the poll to Jimmy Clark, who has drafted four rounds later 815 00:57:46,639 --> 00:57:52,079 than Miss Sugar Bay in this year's draft by the Minnesota Wild And in the 816 00:57:52,119 --> 00:57:57,880 poll it comes out very decisively in favor of Shugo Bay over Jimmy Clark, 817 00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:02,400 sixty eight point six percent to thirty one point four victor. Is that vote 818 00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:07,519 correct on the assessment of these two players relative to one another. I don't 819 00:58:07,519 --> 00:58:10,119 know if it's correct, but that's what I would agree with. I think 820 00:58:10,159 --> 00:58:15,840 that Chuckle Bay. I mean, they're both interesting and that they are. 821 00:58:15,639 --> 00:58:22,920 They're both yeah Minnesota players, and they both had a low ISSH equivalency. 822 00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:29,280 They're both later round picks, although Clark much lower the PNHL. Yeah, 823 00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:32,280 it's similar for the two, but in terms of the hockey prospecting, Shugo 824 00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:37,079 Bay is much much higher. So I think based on that, I think 825 00:58:37,079 --> 00:58:40,440 it's pretty clear I would take him, although Jimmy Clark not a small guy, 826 00:58:40,519 --> 00:58:44,880 so you have the small guy thing working against for Jason Shuga Bay. 827 00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:47,239 But I definitely would take him because if he can figure it out in the 828 00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:52,199 offense pops in college then and if it translates and he can be a much 829 00:58:52,199 --> 00:58:57,360 more interesting prospect than Clark, which I'm not sure based on his production. 830 00:58:58,199 --> 00:59:01,119 Seems like he's more a depth piece, so we'll have to wait and see 831 00:59:01,119 --> 00:59:06,679 about that. It's interesting I pulled up this comp for Shruggle Bay. He 832 00:59:06,719 --> 00:59:10,800 has one of the comps that's probably most accurate or most apt is Tyler Johnson, 833 00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:15,119 who's also really small. He's actually an inch smaller than Shuckle Bay is 834 00:59:15,159 --> 00:59:19,599 five eight, and we all know that tay Joe had really was able to 835 00:59:19,599 --> 00:59:23,719 translate his game to the professional ranks pretty well. Shuga Bay has twenty eight 836 00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:27,719 percent chance of being a star. Tyler Johnson started out at eighteen. Of 837 00:59:27,719 --> 00:59:30,760 course, he started in the A I believe that's a JHL, and then 838 00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:36,599 he went to the WHL and his kind of equivalence. He went trended down 839 00:59:36,639 --> 00:59:38,480 from there, but he ended up obviously doing pretty well with that. So 840 00:59:39,039 --> 00:59:43,400 that's basically where shruggle bay is, so I would definitely take him. I 841 00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:46,880 think that he has more upside and if he fails to translate into college, 842 00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,480 then you know, you can just drop him. You don't need to hang 843 00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:53,039 on to him. Very good victor. One more who's to keep your eye 844 00:59:53,079 --> 00:59:59,800 on, prospect keep your eye on for the Tampa Bay Lightning is Ethan Gautier 845 01:00:00,559 --> 01:00:05,719 and he is the twenty twenty three second round pick by Tampa thirty seventh overall, 846 01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:08,880 six foot, one hundred and eighty three pounds was in the qm JHL. 847 01:00:09,039 --> 01:00:15,039 This season for Sherbrooke. Wasn't the best season for the q just in 848 01:00:15,079 --> 01:00:19,320 general, not too many super high end guys, but he had thirty nine 849 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:22,320 points in sixty five games in his d minus one that he increased to sixty 850 01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:27,519 nine points in sixty six games in his draft season, so increased that by 851 01:00:27,599 --> 01:00:30,199 quite a bit, which you always like to see. And yeah, thirty 852 01:00:30,199 --> 01:00:37,400 goals thirty nasis pretty great stuff for Sherbrooke. And he was traded to Drummondville 853 01:00:37,559 --> 01:00:40,239 this offseason, so he will be with them next season. He's got at 854 01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:45,360 least two more years in the que Based on his birth year, so birthday 855 01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:51,119 had currently unsigned still and will definitely be curious to see how he progresses this 856 01:00:51,159 --> 01:00:54,119 next year with his time in Sherbrooke. Based on Mitch Brown's tracking data, 857 01:00:54,199 --> 01:00:58,880 overall, he came in at a ninety three percent tile, which is really 858 01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:02,159 good. His d defense was pretty good, you know, off seventy fourth 859 01:01:02,159 --> 01:01:07,280 percentile. His transition game also overall really good, but his offense was the 860 01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:13,960 best ninety first percentile, and his expected goals per sixty and expected primary assists 861 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:17,679 both really good and that's really you love to see that. He also had 862 01:01:17,719 --> 01:01:23,519 some really nice translatable features like off puck assist per sixty, expected primary point 863 01:01:23,559 --> 01:01:27,920 involvement, all those things look really good. And yeah, we got a 864 01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:30,280 shout out Jacob who stepped in and really helped us out with some of these 865 01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:36,320 reports. And I should also mention that Jacob goes by future Bolts on Twitter, 866 01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:39,880 so if you want to read all about Bolt prospects, you can check 867 01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:44,559 him out there. But also we need to hear a little bit more about 868 01:01:44,559 --> 01:01:50,079 Ethan Gotier right now from our Fahl scout Jesse Yep and Jacob says this about 869 01:01:50,119 --> 01:01:54,239 Gotier, the skating a little below average high motor that makes him relentless checker, 870 01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:58,840 but really needs work on his strides and top end speed. Puck handling 871 01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:02,480 is great, excellent puck skills with great awareness to create scoring chances for himself 872 01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:07,360 in linemates. Shot is good, has a quick release off his blade, 873 01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:09,159 scores a lot of his goals by going to the front of the net for 874 01:02:09,199 --> 01:02:15,519 tips or rebounds. The IQ the panic meter relatively low, very little panic 875 01:02:15,559 --> 01:02:22,360 in his game, but shows excellent patients with and without the puck. Defense, 876 01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:25,719 excellent, high work ethic, relentless checking, plays hard along the boards 877 01:02:25,719 --> 01:02:30,679 and wins puck battles. Loves to pressure his opponents to force turnovers, so 878 01:02:30,719 --> 01:02:35,960 the best asset for him defense and work ethic. The biggest concern is the 879 01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:37,719 skating. Actually, he's got the style of game that can make him a 880 01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:42,360 legit NHL player, but it's going to come down to speed. He's got 881 01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:45,119 the pace and the work ethic, so Jacob Leese is not going to be 882 01:02:45,199 --> 01:02:51,119 too much of an issue. The top tier outcome for mister Gautier a top 883 01:02:51,159 --> 01:02:55,039 six winger. Best case scenario figures out the skating translates the offensive game and 884 01:02:55,159 --> 01:03:01,199 becomes incredibly reliable top six winger with time on both special teams units most likely 885 01:03:01,239 --> 01:03:06,719 tier middle to bottom six. Worst case scenario, he becomes a reliable middle 886 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:12,840 to bottom six winger with defensive responsibilities. The stylistic comparable. Oh boy, 887 01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:15,119 here's Brady Kachuk. You know what that means. We're gonna get some bash 888 01:03:15,199 --> 01:03:19,400 out of this guy. A skill two ay forward with a high work ethic 889 01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:24,159 and solid puck skills. The NHL rank King says this about the p NHL 890 01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:29,320 E and mister got is trending up. Just to bet he's a little bit 891 01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:32,920 above second line potential in the model. Now, Brendan Gaunce, Brad Richardson, 892 01:03:34,039 --> 01:03:38,920 Brendan Leipzig are the top comparables in terms of a statistical translation. So 893 01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:44,400 we're gonna put him up against Cohen Zimmer in terms of a matchup, and 894 01:03:44,679 --> 01:03:49,440 Zimmer, of course was drafted. Boy was drafted much later than Gautier was 895 01:03:49,519 --> 01:03:53,280 in this year's draft, almost the twice as late thirty seven versus pick seventy 896 01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:59,360 eight, and the people out on Twitter did side with the draft knicks who 897 01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:04,000 took before fifty five to forty four for Gautier over Ziemer. Is that how 898 01:04:04,079 --> 01:04:09,880 you see this matching up? Pictor That's definitely not how I had it in 899 01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:15,960 my rankings, So I guess no, I guess not. I understand picking 900 01:04:15,400 --> 01:04:19,559 based on the draft position, and we just had the draft. Gautier going 901 01:04:19,679 --> 01:04:25,079 much earlier is obviously gonna make him look a little bit more enticing, I 902 01:04:25,119 --> 01:04:29,840 would say. But I had Gautier ranked as thirty fourth, and he went 903 01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:34,280 right around there in the real draft thirty seventh. But Zeemur or fantasy perspective, 904 01:04:34,360 --> 01:04:39,360 is much higher. I had him number eighteen. There's definitely more of 905 01:04:40,639 --> 01:04:43,920 growth that needs to happen in Ziemer's game to be an NHLer, I would 906 01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:46,239 say, than Gotier's in terms of the offense and what you want out of 907 01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:50,039 fantasy. Seas said, this is a classic philosophical question, Jesse, because 908 01:04:50,079 --> 01:04:55,039 I would rather just take Zeemer and if he ends up not progressing and the 909 01:04:55,079 --> 01:04:58,920 t and the offense doesn't really translate as he continues to develop, then you 910 01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:03,440 just drop him, whereas he is more likely to be an NHLer. But 911 01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:06,480 if he does make it, I think he's more likely to be a middle 912 01:05:06,639 --> 01:05:10,719 to bottom sixer. And then you're like, Okay, is I held onto 913 01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:13,800 him this whole time and I'm not super excited, So I would rather just 914 01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:17,440 be disappointed and drop someone then hold on to the end and be disappointed. 915 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:19,719 It's like, when do you want your disappointment to be? I would rather 916 01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:24,599 be earlier so that I can get out from under him and move on to 917 01:05:24,719 --> 01:05:27,760 something else. That's the way I think of it right now. The hockey 918 01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:31,400 prospecting between the two is much much higher for Zeemer forty percent chance of being 919 01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:35,719 a star to fifteen, and that's based on their WHL production, which was 920 01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:40,599 much higher for Zeemer, and the nhller likelihood is actually much higher at this 921 01:05:40,639 --> 01:05:45,519 point. You look at Gautier and he's got some pretty pedestrian comps. I 922 01:05:45,519 --> 01:05:49,199 would say one of the ones that I think looks most appropriate is Kelly jan 923 01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:55,199 Kroc and Kelly jan Krok pretty average producer, not anything too exciting, but 924 01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:59,559 based on deployment, could be interesting. And I think that's pretty much what 925 01:05:59,639 --> 01:06:02,280 it comes down to, is with the right deployment, he could be interesting. 926 01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:08,119 But overall, Gatier probably isn't going to be all that exciting, So 927 01:06:08,679 --> 01:06:11,760 you have to keep all that in mind when you're, you know, considering 928 01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:15,800 these two. But yeah, I think it's pretty clear to me and I 929 01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:19,760 think you have to think about how you want your want to structure your pools. 930 01:06:20,239 --> 01:06:25,639 But in terms of the top down hockey model, Gotier just two percent 931 01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:28,599 chance of being a star, six percent chance of being an NHL or so. 932 01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:32,239 The numbers don't really back it up too much for Gautier either. But 933 01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:39,159 anyways, this system obviously is a little bit on the downswing because their ANHL 934 01:06:39,199 --> 01:06:42,199 team is still good, but they did get a couple of decent picks this 935 01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:45,599 year to flesh things out a little bit. Thanks again to Jacob. Definitely 936 01:06:45,679 --> 01:06:49,280 check out his stuff on future Bolts and Jesse. There are more guys we 937 01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:51,960 could talk about. None of them are terribly exciting, but they do have 938 01:06:53,039 --> 01:06:55,840 other players, And if you're a patron, you can listen to my top 939 01:06:55,880 --> 01:07:00,800 ten list recap on Patreon and if you're interested in doing some scouting with us, 940 01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:04,559 shoot me a dam on Twitter, discord or email. Last be right 941 01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:18,880 back to close out of the Shelf stopy. If you've heard this before, 942 01:07:19,559 --> 01:07:24,599 Fantraks is a pretty cool place to play fantasy sports. We're part of the 943 01:07:24,599 --> 01:07:29,679 Fantraks podcast network and fantracks dot com is a place you can play like ten 944 01:07:29,760 --> 01:07:33,280 different fantasy sports. You can move your fantasy hockey leagues over there. You 945 01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:38,920 can. Basically it's the place to play dynasty but also start new ones. 946 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:42,519 Why not. They got the most options for scoring, salaries, contracts, 947 01:07:42,639 --> 01:07:47,119 customized rookie eligibility. You can play it for free. There is a pay 948 01:07:47,239 --> 01:07:50,599 version. Everybody from your league kicks in a couple of bucks and you have 949 01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:56,119 access to even more crazy features that is in there. But you know, 950 01:07:56,360 --> 01:08:00,199 give it a try. It is also one of the few plays this is 951 01:08:00,199 --> 01:08:03,800 where they still have a good chat feature on the mobile app that you could 952 01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:08,320 play with, so do that. Fantrak's HQ has got a lot of fantasy 953 01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:13,159 content articles on fantasy hockey, all the fantasy sports. There are a couple 954 01:08:13,159 --> 01:08:17,359 of podcasts about baseball, including the Prospect Pod and Full Count. There is 955 01:08:17,399 --> 01:08:24,000 the Fly Fantasy Football, p TWOW Fantasy Football. There's good content on those 956 01:08:24,039 --> 01:08:29,560 other sports if you're into them. We think our content curator Nate Duffett, 957 01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:31,680 who does a lot of the show prep behind the scenes, getting the sheet 958 01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:35,159 ready. We're also brought to you by Dabber Hockey and Daber Prospects. Victor 959 01:08:35,199 --> 01:08:39,600 is an editor over there. 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