1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:12,919 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks. Here your source of 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,079 information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey leaguer. Balk Off hop 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,039 a step hit on, stay lock. Here's your hosts, Jesse Severe and 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:30,879 Victor Nuno. Fantasy Hockey Live back once again fucking the Shamps, the Champs, 5 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,840 the Florida Panthers today. I am Jesse Severe fan tracks that there you 6 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,079 know him, you love him? Victor Nuno of EP Ringside, Victor, 7 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,479 how you doing today? I'm doing great. Apologies to all of you, 8 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,920 those of you who don't love me and just were insulted by Jesse saying that 9 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,560 how are you jessing? Hey, look, if you don't love Victor, 10 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,200 get out of here. 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We'd like to 42 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:15,840 welcome to the show a man who just got himself into the business of covering 43 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:21,000 the Florida Panthers and suddenly he's got a cup. I'm not sure if they're 44 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,639 give him a ring, but it's Colby, Guy of the Palm Beach Post. 45 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,439 How you doing today, Colby? I'm doing good. I've been trying 46 00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:32,400 to rest a little bit after this crazy season, but next season's already around 47 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:37,080 the corner. Might as well talk about it. Yeah, yeah, no, 48 00:03:37,199 --> 00:03:39,439 it's gotta be fun. Though. It happened this year. It finally 49 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:46,319 happened for the Florida Panthers after putting up two dominant regular season years Colby and 50 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:50,120 then they had one year as the runners up last year, and now this 51 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,879 year they win it all. They allowed the fewest goals in the National Hockey 52 00:03:53,960 --> 00:04:00,400 League despite the second most power play opportunities against. There was a there was 53 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,919 some chippiness to Florida Panthers games. There ain't no question about it. They 54 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:09,680 led the team in pimsber game for and against. But obviously they were great 55 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:15,240 and they peaked in the playoffs, and it came out miraculously described what it 56 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,759 was like to cover this season, and do you think that the Florida Panthers 57 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:23,480 can stay at this level next year? Ever, since this Cup Final ended 58 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,160 last year, I knew this team was going to come out with a chip 59 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:29,319 on his shoulder during the regular season, looking at the way they played in 60 00:04:29,319 --> 00:04:33,839 the playoffs and the way they immediately went right back into free agency and kind 61 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:38,959 of bolstered the holes that they had during the Cup Final last year. Going 62 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,279 into this season, or well two years ago, going into last year, 63 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,560 they really made sure to shore up those holes, even when you had guys 64 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,079 like Aeronic Budd and Brandon Montour missing the start of the year, and you 65 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:56,439 get a guy like all of Rickman Larson who can man a power play and 66 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,360 things like that. Going into the season, I knew I was going to 67 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:03,319 be dealing with a pretty good team there, and from the jump, this 68 00:05:03,439 --> 00:05:06,480 team proves that no matter who's in or out of the lineup, they have 69 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,800 the depth, they have the system, they have the style of play to 70 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,839 consistently play winning hockey. And that's just what it was from this group. 71 00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:20,079 From the drop of the puck in October, this team just played that style 72 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:25,759 of game that works in the playoffs. And well, some scoring numbers were 73 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,759 down, you had guys all across the lineup doing everything they can to help 74 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,920 this team win. And even you have a guy like Sam Reinhart who was 75 00:05:32,959 --> 00:05:39,600 in there playing that system to perfection and shooting at a pretty high clip there. 76 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,079 But it was just a very good team full of very good players playing 77 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:47,000 very good hockey, and that's what it takes to win in this league. 78 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,600 You just mentioned Sam Ryan Hard, He's the first guy we're going to talk 79 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:56,199 about. Naturally, he had a high of twenty five goals while he was 80 00:05:56,199 --> 00:05:59,319 in Buffalo and his previous career high of thirty three it was his first year 81 00:05:59,319 --> 00:06:01,519 in Florida. He pumped that up to fifty seven goals this year, which 82 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,800 was only good enough for second place. He picked a bad year to score 83 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:10,920 fifty seven six twenty twenty two. Only five Rocket Rashards have been awarded with 84 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,120 more than fifty seven, and he happened to be in one of those. 85 00:06:14,199 --> 00:06:16,040 Three of those have been in the last three years as well, his shooting 86 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,000 percentage is nearly twenty five percent, ten more than his career average previously, 87 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,839 and year over year he scored twenty six more goals, with eleven more in 88 00:06:24,879 --> 00:06:28,319 the power play and ten more at even strength, and he also went from 89 00:06:28,759 --> 00:06:31,680 zero to five short handed goals. So it seems a little bit hard to 90 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:34,279 repeat all of this that we're talking about with Sam reyn Hart, but he 91 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:36,959 also is a really excellent player and this team is going to continue to be 92 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,879 excellent, as we said, So what do you think we can expect from 93 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,360 Sam Reynhart this upcoming season, Koby? Do you think he can come close 94 00:06:44,399 --> 00:06:49,360 to that ninety four point pace a season and the fifty seven goals, it's 95 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,600 going to be pretty hard to get back up to fifty seven, and that 96 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:58,600 shooting clip is very far from what he had in his past, as you 97 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,000 said. But he gets to a strong start to the season like he did 98 00:07:02,079 --> 00:07:06,920 last year. And this is a guy who actually benefited from the short offseason 99 00:07:08,199 --> 00:07:13,120 where he wasn't really putting too much work into things and coming into the year 100 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:17,519 overthinking it. I think maybe the effect of having another short off season is 101 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:23,360 not going to affect him because of the way he reacted to last year's short 102 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,399 offseason. So I think if he comes out and gets hot, I think 103 00:07:27,399 --> 00:07:30,959 he can get close. Do I think he matches fifty seven, I don't 104 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,680 know. But this is a guy that scored pretty close to an eighty two 105 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:40,399 point clip earlier in his career, so I think you're going to get pretty 106 00:07:40,399 --> 00:07:43,240 close to the ninety points. I think this is the guy who's going to 107 00:07:43,279 --> 00:07:47,319 score at least forty goals again. And he's a guy that plays that system 108 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,920 for perfection. He's not out there cheating for those shots or cheating for those 109 00:07:50,959 --> 00:07:56,040 goals either. He just says a really good shot and really good awareness of 110 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,519 when to get that shot off, So I think we're dealing with a pretty 111 00:07:59,519 --> 00:08:03,279 talented player here. He's going to put up some pretty good numbers. Does 112 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:09,879 he get to fifty seven? Probably not, but we'll see. Matthew Kuldchuk 113 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,279 his individual performance was no doubt a tick down from his first year in Florida 114 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,680 and of course his last year in Calgary. There's fewer points, less time 115 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,399 on ice. That said, the man cut his ridiculous PIM total by more 116 00:08:24,439 --> 00:08:28,000 than twenty five percent while doubling his hits and scoring well above a point per 117 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,759 game. Last year. He faded a bit at the end of the playoffs, 118 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:35,159 only a goal and two assists in his final nine games, but still 119 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:41,559 overall excellent playoff line. Matthew kuld Chuck is at a prime age and he 120 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,879 is dominant right now. Do we expect another season like the one we just 121 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,679 saw in an individual level kind of that ninety point pace he was at last 122 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:54,360 year or is there a reason to anticipate the individual totals of the year before, 123 00:08:54,399 --> 00:08:58,120 which were even higher. It all depends on how he goes into the 124 00:08:58,159 --> 00:09:03,000 season. In the start of last year, he was still dealing with some 125 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,360 things and getting back into it a little bit where his offensive game took a 126 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:11,879 while to get going. But at the same time, you're dealing with a 127 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:16,440 player who was a lot better defensively, a lot more disciplined, and playing 128 00:09:16,519 --> 00:09:20,559 hockey the way that the Panthers want to see hockey be played. So I 129 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,399 think from that perspective, no matter what, he's going to be a key 130 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,879 impact player for the Panthers. But as far as fantasy numbers go, it 131 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,960 all depends on how much of a groove he gets into to start the year. 132 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:35,679 But I don't have any doubts that he's going to clear at least ninety 133 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,840 points, and if he gets off to a good start, I think he 134 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:41,639 can get back up two hundred. The next guy we're going to talk about 135 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:45,399 is Sasha Barkov, and it was awesome to see the first finished captain behind 136 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,720 of the Stanley Cup in a moment that was He's entering the third year of 137 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,080 his eight year or ten million in per year contract. Over the last three 138 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,279 seasons, he's been top twenty four points assists primary assists. He was eleventh 139 00:09:56,279 --> 00:10:00,399 in both are goals against replacement of war wins against replacement. He's just a 140 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,399 steady and consistent as it comes. As he starts to leave his statistical prime 141 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:07,639 of DSE twenty eight, do you think that Barkoff can continue to keep doing 142 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,360 what he's doing in terms of his all round play, But more importantly, 143 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,879 of course, we care about in fantasy being that ninety ish point guy, 144 00:10:13,919 --> 00:10:18,240 which is what he's been the last several seasons. Yeah. I don't see 145 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,720 why not. He saw the way he stepped up in the playoffs and the 146 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:26,919 way that he came into this season with a bit of a different He went 147 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,519 into the offseason, lost a bunch of weight, added some more speed to 148 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,720 his game, yet he still went in there and played a pretty physical game. 149 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:37,879 And I think as time goes on, he takes really good care of 150 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:43,759 his body and he plays a smart game, which allows him to keep being 151 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,480 that kind of player. I don't think that defensive IQ is going to go 152 00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:50,480 away anytime soon, and he is one of the best playmakers out there, 153 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:54,720 and he doesn't give enough credit for that. And I think if he gets 154 00:10:54,759 --> 00:10:58,279 into a similar mindset. It all depends on how these guys start the season, 155 00:10:58,279 --> 00:11:01,000 too. But he's a guy that's going to be there and going to 156 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:07,159 get you points. I don't see any sign of him slowing down. When 157 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,559 I talked about Chippy, Sam Bennett certainly had a reputation at the forefront of 158 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,440 that forty one points, ranked fifth on the team. He put a lot 159 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,519 of hits out there. That is something that was beloved by US fantasy community. 160 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:24,279 His season started late after a lower body injury or maybe two. I 161 00:11:24,279 --> 00:11:28,759 don't know exactly how all that went down, but Bennett is on a very 162 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:33,879 reasonable expiring contract for this team and playing a big role with them. His 163 00:11:33,039 --> 00:11:37,399 main appeal, of course, that hit, but he also has scored a 164 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,240 bit in the past. What are the Panthers looking for and what are you 165 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,279 expecting from Sam Bennett this year? If it just depends on his health. 166 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:48,000 If he stays healthy, he's a twenty to thirty goal guy, and he 167 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,639 obviously has really good chemistry with Matthew Katruck and he's going to get a lot 168 00:11:52,639 --> 00:11:56,679 of points just from receiving passes from that guy and passing the pluck to that 169 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:03,120 guy. And he's a really net front guy, and that's the kind of 170 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,879 guy you want to have centering your second line, and a guy that Matthew 171 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,799 Chuck is really comfortable with. It all depends on how healthy he is. 172 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:15,519 Going into the year. The injury he had last year happened during the preseason, 173 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,279 so that's not really an easy thing to project right now. There has 174 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:22,480 been a few times where he's missed some time, but I think you can 175 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,480 count on the guy scoring near the twenty point mark, near the forty one 176 00:12:26,519 --> 00:12:31,759 point mark, and he's just a nice little complimentary piece there that fits well 177 00:12:31,799 --> 00:12:35,519 with the core. We're gonna give you a pick them right now for the 178 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,320 points, but other takes you may have on these two couple of players who 179 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:45,919 had a big role. Evan Rodriguez, he is centerman there playing on his 180 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,519 for three million dollar contract. He had thirty nine points last year in eighty 181 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,960 games. And you got Anton Lindell, the young man who is coming up 182 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:56,879 and coming into his own at age twenty two, who had thirty five points 183 00:12:56,919 --> 00:13:01,000 in seventy eight games. Rodriguez's or Lundell, Which one is a which of 184 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,679 them you think is going to have the better year? Colby Rodriguez has been 185 00:13:05,759 --> 00:13:11,440 playing on the wing next to these star players like an Alexander Barkov, like 186 00:13:11,519 --> 00:13:15,600 a Matthew could chuck as he was during the playoffs, and that's going to 187 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:20,919 continue. Linemates are a question with Anton Lundell. Now that Vladimir Tarasenko is 188 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:26,559 in Detroit, that third line right wing spot is opened up. So there 189 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:31,399 are some question marks as far as who Anton Lundell is going to be passing 190 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,840 the puck to or who he's getting the puck from. And I mean, 191 00:13:33,919 --> 00:13:39,559 you saw during the playoffs where Lundell went off he had fifteen assists and at 192 00:13:39,639 --> 00:13:43,080 times he was playing with Matthew could Chuck on that second line. Sam Bennett 193 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:46,480 was hurt, so that was a place where the Panthers saw he was beneficial 194 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,279 in. But as long as Sam Bennett's here, he's probably going to have 195 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:56,600 that spot next to Matthew met next to Matthew could Chuck. So I mean, 196 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,360 unless you have a breakout from Matkiew Samuskvitch, who I know you guys 197 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:07,320 want to talk about later on, I think the better fantasy bet would be 198 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,360 Evan Rodriguez. But I wouldn't be surprised if you see Anton Lundell come into 199 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,360 his own this year and be able to carry a line like he was in 200 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,120 the playoffs, where it really didn't matter who Anton Lundell was playing with. 201 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,320 He was playing really good hockey and he was making the right passes and now 202 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,720 looking at the situation he's in because I was talking to Anton Lundel earlier this 203 00:14:30,879 --> 00:14:35,600 year and the thought of having that first contract he needed to sign and all 204 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,399 that was getting into his head. And it took a conversation with the other 205 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:45,399 person in this little debate, Evan Rodriguez, to help him calm down a 206 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,240 little bit and simplify things, and from there he was playing really good. 207 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:56,159 It just depends on the way linemate shakeout, and if that breakout happens. 208 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:01,519 I am confident in Anton Lundell, But for the purposes of this little debate, 209 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,440 I'm gonna say Evan Rodriguez just because he's going to have the star line 210 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:11,399 mates Maki Samuskevitch or I'll throw the floor open to you about any other guys 211 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,879 who could surprise in that top six or top nine for Florida this year. 212 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,320 Do you think Maki is the next best guy to make the impact. Yeah, 213 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,320 unless you're gonna throw a guy like Aj Greer or Thomas Nosek up on 214 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,559 that line, I don't really see anyone else fitting there as well as Maki 215 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:33,399 Samuskevitch can if he has a good training camp, a good preseason and kind 216 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,720 of shows that he belongs at the NHL level, which He's played some pretty 217 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:41,799 good games at the NHL level already. He had a pretty good campaign in 218 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,279 the AHL, so this might be his chance to break into that lineup and 219 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:50,200 carve out a role for himself, and the Panthers are definitely gonna need him 220 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,360 to do that. With the way the salary cap is, there's nothing better 221 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,559 than having a guy on an entry level contract be an impact player for you. 222 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,120 I think that's gonna be the main guy that Panthers are going to want 223 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,879 to see replace Vladimir Tarasenko in that top nine. But there's also a guy 224 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,200 like Justin sord If who can jump in and try to do the same thing. 225 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:14,399 He's shown that he could be a quality player at least at the AHL 226 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,559 level. At the NHL level, he's shown some flashes at as well, 227 00:16:18,639 --> 00:16:22,679 So I think those are two guys that can maybe make a conversation for making 228 00:16:22,759 --> 00:16:26,559 the lineup. But other than that, I mean, you have your top 229 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:30,519 eight forwards right there that have made a pretty big impact. I think they're 230 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:34,159 gonna be fine offensively no matter who slides in on that third line, but 231 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,000 anything from one of those two rookies would be very helpful for the Panthers as 232 00:16:40,039 --> 00:16:45,480 well, tremendous. Let's move to the blue line. No more Brandon Montour, 233 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:48,879 no more Oliver Ekman, Larson, Aaron Eklads. There, though you 234 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,399 talk about a team building up a core over time, we are talking about 235 00:16:52,799 --> 00:16:57,639 five different guys who went in the top six of an NHL draft on this 236 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:03,519 show, and Aaron bl eck Blad is the fifth of five guys who went 237 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,200 in that round. Of course, former number one overall pick. He is 238 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:11,279 in his last year of his eight by seven point five million dollar contract. 239 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,920 He has missed a fair amount of games each of the last four years, 240 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,519 though he was really dominant in the stretches when he was available. Lucky for 241 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,119 him, he's had a lot of help coming on the blue line of this 242 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:26,240 team. We'll obviously talk about the guys who left. There's a couple more 243 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:30,079 guys who are coming back who will be talking about. But with Brandon Montour, 244 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,920 especially out of town, opportunity on the power play should be back. 245 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:38,000 Daily faceoff shows him on the power play one certainly comeing into next year. 246 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,400 Eck Blad's stats have ebbed over the past couple of years, maybe with his 247 00:17:42,519 --> 00:17:47,279 missing time, maybe with the injuries, But what will Eckblad's role be this 248 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,920 year and is he going to stay a Panther as this long contract is finally 249 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,039 concluding. Yeah, I don't think the numbers have anything to do with him 250 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:02,160 being injured or something going on with the way he plays as far as his 251 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,720 skill goes, It's just been a change of mindset for him as he adjusted 252 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:11,880 to Paul Maurice's system. He's played a more defensive style of game and that 253 00:18:11,079 --> 00:18:17,279 pairing with him and Gustav Forsling have been the panthers number one shut down line. 254 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,559 They play a lot of minutes on the penalty kill. And he also 255 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,559 was taken off the power play with Eckman, Larson and Brandon Montour there and 256 00:18:26,559 --> 00:18:29,720 now that they're gone, I think he gets himself back into the conversation. 257 00:18:30,519 --> 00:18:33,880 Although looking at the way the Panthers powerplay operated when he was on the power 258 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,799 play, I think he's more of a shooter rather than a distributor, and 259 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,519 they're gonna have to get creative if they want to make it work. Is 260 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:48,920 I don't think he is your traditional power play quarterback, so there are other 261 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:52,160 options they can try. There. I don't know if this is Aaron Eckblad's 262 00:18:52,279 --> 00:18:56,640 job to lose necessarily, because you also have Gustav Forsling there, who is 263 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,839 a very good distributor of the hockey puck and has a pretty sneaky gets shot 264 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,519 as well, and he put up some pretty good numbers during the regular season 265 00:19:03,599 --> 00:19:10,039 despite being known as a usually shut down guy. So maybe that could potentially 266 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:11,759 be their answer on the power play. That's something that's gonna have to play 267 00:19:11,799 --> 00:19:15,960 out during camp that doesn't have a clear answer, And I know Adam Bochlist 268 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,839 got added he can get himself into the conversation to at least be a power 269 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,279 play too. Guy. We'll have to see what he provides throughout a camp 270 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,839 there. But Aaron Akblaed has just been a very sound piece of the corps 271 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:34,640 and ever since the injury he came back from to start the year, he 272 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:41,119 was pretty healthy through most of the season until he had a little nick keep 273 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,440 him out for the rest of the regular season before he came back to start 274 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,880 the playoffs. So I don't think health is too much of a concern going 275 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,799 into next year. I think he's going to be fine, and I think 276 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,000 he's just gonna be another key piece of the defense. Do I think the 277 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,559 offense is gonna come back? Maybe a little bit, because he's gonna be 278 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,720 taking some of that responsibility away from Brandon Montour. Maybe he gets on the 279 00:20:03,759 --> 00:20:08,519 power play, but I think the whole who gets power play one debate is 280 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:15,000 a bit up in the air right now. So you already alluded to Gus 281 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,720 Fordling, and we're going to talk a little bit more about him now because 282 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:22,599 he deserves that, and he was such an interesting success story bouncing around the 283 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,039 league. A bunch of teams didn't want him, comes to Florida and instantly 284 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,880 gets a really good opportunity and just hits it out of the park, and 285 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,079 it was really fun to see. Now he's a top defender on a Stanley 286 00:20:32,079 --> 00:20:34,920 Cup Champ brand new eight year deal five point seventy five AAV, which I 287 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,519 still think is a value for how good he is. He's pretty much been 288 00:20:38,599 --> 00:20:42,799 a forty point pace guy though since arriving in Florida several years ago. He's 289 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,160 just consistently at that. Even though he plays north of twenty one minutes, 290 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:51,079 he was over twenty two last season. He's never really gotten a ton of 291 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:56,000 power play time. You just mentioned that you're not sure that this is guaranteed 292 00:20:56,039 --> 00:20:59,160 to eck Blad, but there's certainly less competition than there has been in the 293 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,519 past. Do you think FORZN gets at least a little bit more power play 294 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:04,440 tim and ice And do you think we can see his pace finally increase from 295 00:21:04,519 --> 00:21:07,359 forty or do you think he'll be stuck around that area. Yeah, as 296 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,599 I alluded to earlier, I think he's a guy whose name should be in 297 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,960 the conversation demand the power play, the way he distributes the puck, the 298 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,680 way he passes the puck, he has that in his bag. He just 299 00:21:18,839 --> 00:21:22,640 plays a more defensive style of game, and maybe if you have him on 300 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,519 the power play, you see that point numbers start to go up a little 301 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:29,759 bit. But his mL has usually been defense first. So, like I 302 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,640 said, with Akblad, you're gonna have to see how things play out in 303 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,720 camp. I think he is going to get some opportunity to work with the 304 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:40,519 power play during camp, and you're gonna see a couple different looks on the 305 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:44,839 power play. I'm sure we're gonna have to see how things shake out opening 306 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,680 night, but I think this is a guy who's gonna have some chance to 307 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,160 have a bit more of a scoring up, get his numbers up a little 308 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,599 bit more offensively, and I think next year here going to have this guy's 309 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:03,160 name in Norris conversations even more so than they would Laer last year because talent 310 00:22:03,279 --> 00:22:06,599 wise, this is a top ten defenseman in the league. But you already 311 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,799 mentioned at a Bokavist, I'm gonna give you a pick him. With Bocavist 312 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:15,279 and Nate Schmidt, the Panthers have finally gotten to that stage of success where 313 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,799 some of their players are getting they get too expensive to stick around. They 314 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,480 got to pay the guys that they have, but some guys who end up 315 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,559 being to cast offs and other teams want to come and try to win with 316 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,480 the Panthers. Boquist took him a long time to sign Schmidt was actually bought 317 00:22:29,519 --> 00:22:36,000 out by the Jets, and now they both come to Florida. Florida decor. 318 00:22:36,319 --> 00:22:37,759 Where As we said before, a couple of guys are leaving. So 319 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,799 do either Nate Schmidt or at a Bokvist seem likely to break out or take 320 00:22:42,839 --> 00:22:47,799 a big role with this team. I think Nate Schmidt will be a quietly 321 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,680 really good two way defenseman. I don't think he's going to, I guess, 322 00:22:51,759 --> 00:22:55,839 for your purposes, be a quality fantasy player. I think he's just 323 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:00,440 gonna go in and be a twenty point guy and play some pretty good to 324 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:03,680 fit defense and be a nice quality piece of that corps. I think he's 325 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,960 going to have his role and he's going to play it well. I think 326 00:23:07,079 --> 00:23:11,799 Bokeust is a bit more of a wild card because going into earlier in his 327 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:18,240 career, he had that capability and that potential to run a power play to 328 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,680 put up a lot of points, and maybe that's a guy the Panthers look 329 00:23:22,759 --> 00:23:27,400 at to try to give an opportunity on the power play while having your shutdown 330 00:23:27,519 --> 00:23:33,039 pairing take a little bit less minute to not go through that. And as 331 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:34,559 I said with the other two guys, I think he's going to be in 332 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,359 the race. I think he's going to get an opportunity to prove himself and 333 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:41,960 who knows, maybe at some point during the season, this guy's running your 334 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,440 power play and he's going to put up career high numbers. So I think 335 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:52,200 the wild card of the fact that Bokest had that potential and could be a 336 00:23:52,279 --> 00:23:57,519 guy that can do it. I think that for fantasy purposes. I think 337 00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:02,079 he'll be the more inter guy. But I think Schmid's going to play a 338 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,400 pretty good role on this team as well. And that price tag he took 339 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:11,119 to come here is going to look pretty good moving over to the goalies now, 340 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,599 and you mentioned price tag. That ten million dollars cap hit was questionable 341 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,079 by some people's accounts for Sergey Lebrowski, but now he's a Stanley Cup champ, 342 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,720 and I don't think Florida cares too much about any of that's happened. 343 00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:27,599 He was top three finalists for the Vesna. He was pretty fantastic and definitely 344 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:33,559 a consmyth front runner before Florida let and Minton back in the season and Connor 345 00:24:33,599 --> 00:24:37,519 McDavid did Connor McDavid things. But most importantly he's he's a Stanley Cup champ 346 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,440 and he's got two years remaining on that contract. His goal save above expected 347 00:24:41,519 --> 00:24:45,759 last season were excellent. He had thirty six wins. He had really good 348 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,920 overall numbers, top tier for fantasy as you would be thinking about. I 349 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,119 think part of the question of what's going to happen here is who's going to 350 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,960 be the other guy in the net. We've seen Spencer Knight struggle with some 351 00:24:57,079 --> 00:25:00,079 personal things. He's done pretty well in the a HL. He has two 352 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,599 more years of four point five million before coming in RFA, and the team 353 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,920 also has Jijer and Helbert in the system. But I imagine it's Bob's net. 354 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,880 He's probably gonna play. You know, you tell me sixty ish starts? 355 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,599 So is that going to be the case for Bob? And do you 356 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,119 think he'll have similar numbers? And who's gonna how the rest of the start 357 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,599 is going to get dolled out? Yeah, I don't see things trending away 358 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,119 from where they were last year. As far as sirgate Bribrovsky goes, I 359 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:30,119 think he's going to command a good fifty five to sixty starts and I don't 360 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,880 see him slowing down for now, just given the way he was during the 361 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,680 playoffs. But as far as whose backup's gonna be, it just depends on 362 00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:42,640 how things go in camp. And I think Spencer Knight has gotten him to 363 00:25:42,839 --> 00:25:48,440 suit himself to a point wheor he can be back in the NHL. Granted, 364 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,640 I think the Panthers also want him to have a good, healthy amount 365 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,119 of starts, so he probably could find himself in the AHL at some points, 366 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,400 and he still could be down there getting a lot of starts just for 367 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:04,279 the fact that the Panthers wanted to get reps and that's what getting a guy 368 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,960 like Chris Drieger allows him to do. But I don't think it's gonna be 369 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,200 as clear cut as it was last year as far as Night spending the entire 370 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:17,160 year down there. I think they're going to have him up in the NHL 371 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,880 at points next year, But it's all a wait and see thing and see 372 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:26,200 how Spencer Knight plays in camp and how things go with Chris Drieger. Because 373 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:32,920 this isn't a guy like Anthony Stolars, who was showing signs of being a 374 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,920 really good goaltender with Anaheim, and a guy that you could say, oh 375 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,160 wow, this is one of the best backups in the league. Let's bring 376 00:26:40,319 --> 00:26:44,920 him in. Our guy get some playing time in the AHL. This is 377 00:26:45,079 --> 00:26:48,559 a we're familiar with them. He played some pretty good hockey for us, 378 00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:52,720 but he's also coming off of a couple of years of some pretty bad injury 379 00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:59,000 problems and he needs to change the scenery to get back to where he used 380 00:26:59,039 --> 00:27:03,920 to be. So who knows if he's going to be a contributor at the 381 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:07,079 NHL level. So I think there's a lot of question marks as far as 382 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:11,799 the backup goes. But I think Sir Gaberbrovsky's going to be Sir Gebribrovski. 383 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,480 Awesome. Well, first of all, I recommend people let Colby have a 384 00:27:18,519 --> 00:27:22,880 couple weeks off and just leave him alone as he recovers from this long Florida 385 00:27:23,039 --> 00:27:27,400 run. But Colby, I know people will be looking to read a lot 386 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,720 about the Florida Panthers this year. How can they keep up with the work 387 00:27:30,759 --> 00:27:34,640 you've got going on the internet. Yeah, So the best place I can 388 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:40,680 tell you guys to follow me right now is at Colby d Guy on Twitter 389 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,359 or I guess it's called x now, but I hate calling it that. 390 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:47,119 I mean, I freelance for the Palm Beach Post. I freelance for the 391 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,400 AP, and I'm in the middle of trying to figure out another place for 392 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:56,839 my permanent work. I'm still trying to figure that out, So I guess 393 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:02,279 stay tuned with my Twitter and eventually I'll have a full time home for all 394 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:07,200 the stuff that isn't freelance. Awesome, thanks so much for coming on Colby. 395 00:28:07,759 --> 00:28:17,359 Yeah, thanks will be. That's good fire passed off Bob, My 396 00:28:17,599 --> 00:28:26,440 goodness, long with a cat quick gram. Now it's your Weekley goalie talk. 397 00:28:26,519 --> 00:28:30,839 But Kat Silverman Cat's instincts. Time once again for Cat's instincts with Kat 398 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:37,640 Silverman and ingld Mag Florida Panthers Stanley Cup champs, and they have a kind 399 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,519 of interesting goalie situation. I would say, obviously we know about Bob, 400 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,279 but Spencer Night. It may seem a little weird to talk about Spencer Knight 401 00:28:44,359 --> 00:28:47,799 here, but he played last season entirely in the h L. It was 402 00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:49,720 fun to see him with the Cup celebration, but he didn't get any time 403 00:28:49,759 --> 00:28:53,720 with the Panthers. This past season, it was all with the Charlotte Checkers, 404 00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:57,400 and he was great for them. He had some really strong numbers nine 405 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:03,119 to five say percentage, two point four one five wins and his last NHL 406 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:04,720 action was twenty two to twenty three where he only had twenty one games. 407 00:29:04,839 --> 00:29:07,960 I think last year, previous year, we talked about him taking over and 408 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,440 stepping into a bigger role. That did not happen. But so far, 409 00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:17,599 with the strong HL numbers, his trajectory, his equivalency in the Hockey prospecting 410 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,319 model at least looks very good. He has many NHL quality goalies as his 411 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,599 comps. Of course, being an American, I put color handbook caller Connor 412 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,759 Hellibuck up here, which is of course very lofty. I'm not sure that 413 00:29:29,839 --> 00:29:32,960 his upside is there. But what do your instincts tell us about Spencer Night? 414 00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:36,640 Do you think he can regain his form and be the next starter when 415 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,359 Bob starts slowing down. I think that's entirely possible. I truly. I 416 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,359 think both of us thought the last time that we talked about Spencer Night that 417 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,799 we were done talking about him in this series, had our farewell to getting 418 00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:56,400 the wax poetic about his game. And then he did end up during his 419 00:29:56,559 --> 00:30:00,359 last couple of years starting to fall off technique wise, and he ended up 420 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:07,279 in the player Assistance program for a little bit. Getting to see goaltenders go 421 00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:11,200 through the player assistance program, we've seen a couple of them who actually got 422 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:22,480 a chance to rehab their game by rehabbing any anxiety OCD substance abuse that stems 423 00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:25,960 from the pressures of the game. We've seen a couple guys go through that 424 00:30:26,119 --> 00:30:27,839 and come out on top. Obviously, the hope is that's what we're going 425 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:33,000 to see from Spencer Night, because from a technical standpoint, he was one 426 00:30:33,079 --> 00:30:37,000 of the strongest prospects we've seen come out of the United States, I think 427 00:30:37,079 --> 00:30:41,119 in years and years. I think he's one of the strongest prospects over the 428 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:45,519 last couple of draft classes. I do think that he was put in a 429 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:52,160 really tough situation there in Florida to start, where he was the very obvious 430 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:57,119 era apparent who everyone was expecting to take on a ton of games, stuck 431 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:04,119 behind a guy with a truly unmovable albatross contract who was underperforming through the first 432 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,279 couple of years of that contract. And obviously Bob has turned his game back 433 00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:15,839 around, settled in enough to win a Stanley Cup and get snubbed for a 434 00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:19,720 con smythe So obviously I think a little bit of the pressure has been taken 435 00:31:19,799 --> 00:31:26,640 off of Night there, just because he no longer has to navigate this weird 436 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:33,119 situation of being the better goaltender technically but making a fraction of the money of 437 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,640 a guy who they can't move out of the way for him. So I 438 00:31:37,759 --> 00:31:41,599 think that it's a much healthier situation and environment for him overall. Now, 439 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,319 I do think that it'll depend on what they do with him next year. 440 00:31:45,759 --> 00:31:49,680 I think, knock on wood, this is actually going to be the last 441 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,319 time we talk about him as a prospect. But it's crazy because he is 442 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:59,519 only twenty three, so it seems like he's gone through most of the ups 443 00:31:59,519 --> 00:32:04,319 and downs we see from guys out of their careers over they're twenty seven or 444 00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:07,319 twenty eight by the time we're talking about them like this, and Spencer Nada 445 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,279 is twenty three years old, so I think we still have a lot of 446 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:14,519 career ahead of him to look at. I just am curious to see what 447 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:19,759 they do with him next year because I think he was probably NHL ready technically 448 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,720 last year, and it was smart of them to keep him in the AHL 449 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:28,680 instead of moving him up to try and rush him back too quickly. So 450 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,400 I think there's no excuse not to have him at the NHL level this upcoming 451 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,880 year, and it'll be fun to see what he does with that. Yeah, 452 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,240 indeed, we're all pulling for him and hoping for the best. And 453 00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:40,839 I see your goalie card is still intact. You would have for sure voted 454 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:47,359 for Bob over like David I love it absolutely. If he hadn't let in 455 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,079 all those goals and games four, five, and six, it would have 456 00:32:51,119 --> 00:32:54,279 been for sure. But that wasn't all on him. Let's talk about the 457 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:59,680 other guy in this system. An interesting one actually, I would say Cooper 458 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:05,960 and he was an undrafted six foot eight two and forty pound goalie. He's 459 00:33:06,039 --> 00:33:09,960 now twenty three years old. He played very weird trajectory here. He played 460 00:33:10,119 --> 00:33:14,920 in the for the USHL a little bit, and then he played in the 461 00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:20,640 NAHL and the BCHL before going to the NCAA for Dartmouth in the last couple 462 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,240 of seasons, where he has been and been okay there, and then he 463 00:33:23,319 --> 00:33:29,799 had one AHL game where he got absolutely lit up. So no hockey prospecting 464 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,400 for this guy. But Kat, what can you tell us about Cooper Black 465 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:36,119 other than he is insanely tall. I got a couple of highlights of his 466 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,960 I truly didn't know what to make of then. It was a little harder 467 00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:43,680 to find clips on him than it was some of the other guys that we've 468 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,480 looked at over this series. He is huge. I think he is a 469 00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:52,839 great add to their system because, as we've talked about, they have Sergey 470 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:59,359 Bobrovski and Spencer Knight as their top two goaltenders, so everyone else in their 471 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:07,920 system ultimately is either a fill in for Knight or Bibrovski, or it's someone 472 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:12,760 who you are looking at being four to five years away from playing NHL hockey, 473 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:20,280 and those are guys that ultimately you're either looking at European goaltenders who you're 474 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:25,280 drafting this year or last year and have obligations to their KHL program or their 475 00:34:25,559 --> 00:34:30,159 LEGA program or their SAHL program that they need to fulfill before they come over, 476 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:36,280 or you're looking at guys who are just centering college or just leaving college 477 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,480 and had no interest from teams up to this point, and that would be 478 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:44,159 Cooper Black. So I think that's a fun project for them to have in 479 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:50,280 the system, because worst case scenario, he is an AHL ECCHL goaltender who 480 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,960 they have for a couple of years and then they move on and they say, 481 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,239 cool, that was fun. He was huge, and best case scenario, 482 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:00,760 he actually turned out to be a decent prospect that they have in their 483 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,840 system. But they don't have to worry about where to put him for at 484 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,679 least a couple of years, so I think we've got time to keep an 485 00:35:07,679 --> 00:35:10,360 eye on him. Could be fun to see. I love seeing what giant 486 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:16,039 goaltenders do when they make it to the AHL because there's always some sort of 487 00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:20,880 a skirmish that they get into. I don't think I've seen any big goaltenders 488 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,360 that have spent prominent time in the AHL who haven't had at least one little 489 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:28,800 scuffle, so that it'll be fun to look out for in Charlotte this upcoming 490 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,480 year. But I don't know. That's such a long shot for them, 491 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:36,079 and I think that's the right type of goaltender to have in the system, 492 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:42,880 but I don't know. I was watching a couple of clips and I was 493 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,960 like, yeah, he's big. There's some goaltenders you can't tell they're as 494 00:35:47,039 --> 00:35:50,519 big as they are by watching them play. There are some that you can 495 00:35:50,639 --> 00:35:55,159 tell. And that is the best way to describe him is you can absolutely 496 00:35:55,199 --> 00:36:00,199 tell that he's huge by watching him play. All right, yeah, maybe 497 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,000 take a fire because they don't have a whole lot else going on in that 498 00:36:02,679 --> 00:36:07,599 Cooper Black, thanks Pat forgive us your instincts on these Florida Panther goalies. 499 00:36:08,559 --> 00:36:30,719 Will be back right after this dig the dynasty dig Florida the Panthers. Addition, 500 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:37,599 Victor. The Florida Panthers did not have a particularly strong prospect system prior 501 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:42,599 to the draft. They got there honestly, of course, by winning the 502 00:36:42,599 --> 00:36:45,800 Stanley Cup. This is the point where you're probably not going to have the 503 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:50,280 best prospect system because you haven't. You've been having to make the moves. 504 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,880 But Victor, this still is going to start out with your no brainer. 505 00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,239 Who's your no brainer for the Panthers. Yeah, this is Maky Samuskevitch twenty 506 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:04,039 twenty one, twenty fourth overall pick five, eleven hundred ninety two pounds. 507 00:37:04,559 --> 00:37:07,480 After a two strong NC Double A seasons, he played seven NHL games where 508 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:12,000 he didn't get any points. But it was surprising to see him make the 509 00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:15,559 Panthers camp, especially being such a darn good team. As we saw, 510 00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:17,559 they want to stand the Cup, so you can say that they were the 511 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:22,440 best. And after that he got I went and sent down to the HL 512 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:27,039 where he was just fantastic. I talk about an amazing jump from being over 513 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:30,360 a point per game in the NC DOUBLEA. You can have some somewhat high 514 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:35,199 expectations, but fifty four points and sixty two AHL games is really phenomenal for 515 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,320 twenty He was twenty at the beginning of season, twenty one year old. 516 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:42,639 That's some really great production. Looking at his FHL player card, you can 517 00:37:42,679 --> 00:37:45,679 see that he does shoot a fair amount and it's probably his highest skill. 518 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:50,960 His goals and assists are both in the eightieth percentile for the AHL, which 519 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,679 is really no joke. That's a really strong league. He doesn't really hit 520 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,320 or block too much, so his bash is probably going to be low. 521 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,760 Is Samuskevitch. But to hear a little bit more about what makes some Skevich 522 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:07,320 tick, let's hear from our FHL scout that's right, and in this case 523 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:12,719 our FAHL scout for samuskevitchs Craig, he has this to say. Skating below 524 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,840 average, Samuskevich has a short, clunky stride that when skating north to south 525 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:22,519 highlights how slow he is. When in transition or skating defenders. Chasing defenders 526 00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:28,000 around the ozone, he seems to utilize his crossovers and picks up speed passing 527 00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:31,559 and handling. Samus Skavitch's average is able to find the open man, usually 528 00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:37,039 a trailer coming in late and Craig didn't notice stand out playmaking skills when he 529 00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:40,960 got lower down close to the net. Buck handling is solid, but not 530 00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:45,320 able to beat defenders one on one. For shooting, Samus Skevitch it has 531 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:49,840 a quick and powerful release. When given time and space, he can beat 532 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,920 AHL goalies with these. This is Samuskevitch's best asset and will hopefully allow him 533 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:59,119 to stick in the NHL IQ average. As the HL season went on, 534 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,960 Samus Skevitch IQ started to come to life. Early in the season, he 535 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:06,639 struggled to find the open areas and didn't have a lot of puck touches. 536 00:39:07,039 --> 00:39:09,159 However, as the season went on, he started to read the play better 537 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:15,239 and was able to jump through holes and take advantage of opposing defenders. For 538 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,639 checking average, Samuskevitch works hard in the ozone to create turnovers, but he 539 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,400 lacks the size and strength to become elite at this. With a lack of 540 00:39:22,519 --> 00:39:29,239 size and strength, he throws next to no hits defense averaged above average. 541 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,960 Samuskevitch gets into the passing and shooting lanes, but that's about it. He's 542 00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:37,639 weak along the boards, often getting out muscled turning the puck over, and 543 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:43,519 a lack of batchecking often led to opposing teams getting scoring chances. Craig's best 544 00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:46,800 as it for Samuskevitch. That shot hard, accurate, gets it off fast. 545 00:39:47,079 --> 00:39:52,000 Biggest concern lack of ability to win a puck battle and the turnovers. 546 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:58,800 The top tier outcome that Craig sees for Samuskevitch second line complimentary winger could do 547 00:39:59,079 --> 00:40:04,639 sixty to seventy po points with below average BASH. That outcome would happen because 548 00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:07,480 samuy Skivitch can score, and if he can make it into a top six 549 00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:14,320 along a playmaker, he could maybe do that for you. Fifty percentile median 550 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:19,599 outcome Tier three six fifty to sixty points below average BASH. That's if he 551 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:23,079 can't strengthen up and he limits his turnovers. If he can't limit his turnovers 552 00:40:23,119 --> 00:40:25,679 too, his minutes are going to be very limited. Coaches aren't going to 553 00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:30,400 put up with that stylistic comparable. Craig compares him to Daniel Sprong as in 554 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:35,239 the shot is there, but not much else. Our friend Mason Black, 555 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:42,320 the NHL Rankking set out the poll Mackey Samuskevitch versus Cole Bodowan, and Samuskevitch 556 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:47,159 comes out significantly ahead of Boudwan sixty one to thirty nine percent. Victor, 557 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:52,440 is that how you would rank the two? Yeah, this is really interesting 558 00:40:52,559 --> 00:40:55,559 because, as we mentioned, Samuskevitch is not really that much of a hitter, 559 00:40:57,199 --> 00:40:59,800 and I could see him being more of a points only kind of an 560 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,000 op. Boudouan, on the other hand, man, is he going to 561 00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:07,639 be a potential bash king? The guy hits and blocks and shots all of 562 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:12,280 them up in the eightieth percentile, so he should be top ten percent or 563 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,639 so in combined hitch, blocks and shots across the board. That's if everything 564 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:19,920 kind of translates. I really like him. I think he has a little 565 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:23,000 bit more points upside than some may realize or some may think. But I 566 00:41:23,079 --> 00:41:29,800 think Semiskavitch certainly being farther along, having that really good eight yel season and 567 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,039 being on a really good team like that. So it depends if you want 568 00:41:32,199 --> 00:41:36,599 more of the points only option, a guy who's a little further alonger, 569 00:41:36,639 --> 00:41:38,719 a guy who's going to take a little bit of time. They have a 570 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:43,760 lot of strong forwards there in Utah. They're building a really strong prospect pool, 571 00:41:44,159 --> 00:41:46,159 and Boudwan might end up just being one of the guys, and because 572 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:49,599 he bashes and hits a lot, might end up just being more of a 573 00:41:49,679 --> 00:41:52,840 third line checker kind of guy. So I think that I probably would take 574 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:58,320 Simons Kevitch certainly for the points upside. But man, Bodwan is really appealing 575 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,559 and he's someone that I would really like to have on my team, especially 576 00:42:00,639 --> 00:42:05,599 because that high floor. If he gets anywhere close to that, he has 577 00:42:05,639 --> 00:42:09,719 a really solid potential to have a pretty reasonable points upside. So yeah, 578 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:13,880 I think I probably would agree with it, though I would not begrudge anyone 579 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:19,639 who wanted to take Buduan for that really solid preperal floor and significant points upside. 580 00:42:19,639 --> 00:42:22,800 If you look at the hockey prospecting between these two, Butoduan is pretty 581 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:28,599 similar to where Semaskevitch was in his draft season. Semi Skevich trended down from 582 00:42:28,639 --> 00:42:31,880 twenty four percent ended up just two percent, but really good production in the 583 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:37,519 AHL. Withdwan being at twenty one percent in the OHL, he could continue 584 00:42:37,559 --> 00:42:40,039 to improve that or at least keep it a little bit higher. So we'll 585 00:42:40,079 --> 00:42:44,840 have to see how that works out. In terms of some more realistic comps 586 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:50,760 for Samuskevitch, I think Vladislav Domesticov makes a lot of sense. His equivalency 587 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,119 is almost exactly the same as Semiskevich, and we know the trajectory of domesticoff 588 00:42:54,159 --> 00:42:58,880 a really good, complimentary player, certainly in NHL are but not someone who's 589 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,880 super exciting in fantasy, and that could end up being what Samyskevitch is. 590 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:06,800 We'll have to see. They're both the same height and similar weight. Macky 591 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,320 is a right shot and blad as a left but otherwise pretty darn similar looking. 592 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,400 At the j Fresh card, Samuskevitch just five percent chance of being a 593 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,760 start of twenty four percent chance of being an NHL or so as usual, 594 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:23,000 a little bit more pessimistic here from Jay Fresh. Yes, sir now oh 595 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:28,400 sneaking into the need to know prospect victor recent entry. Who is it? 596 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:35,679 Yeah? This is someone Simon Zether And he's someone that I wanted to put 597 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,639 in here because he was just drafted, and he was drafted pretty late. 598 00:43:38,639 --> 00:43:42,840 But I think he has some pretty interesting upside. He was a twenty twenty 599 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,760 four fourth round pick by the Panthers, just drafted six to three hundred and 600 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:50,440 eighty seven pounds right shot center. He's really old for this draft class. 601 00:43:50,519 --> 00:43:54,079 Eighteen because he was born on October eighteen, so he was eighteen all draft 602 00:43:54,159 --> 00:43:58,719 season, and he's been just over a month away from being eligible from the 603 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,719 previous draft class, so that was interesting. He played forty two SHL games 604 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:07,039 this year, had four cyts for Rogulan bk Ruglans are really strong team, 605 00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:09,880 so you can understand why that would be the case. That he wouldn't necessarily 606 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:14,400 score that much, but just being able to make this team and place play 607 00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,320 a decent role for Rogul is pretty impressive. He also appeared in fifteen playoff 608 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:21,800 games with one assist. At the J twenty level, he was well over 609 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,679 a point per game, with twenty seven points in eighteen games. Looking at 610 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:31,440 as Lassie Allenin's tracking data, you can see that Simons other fantastic defensive player. 611 00:44:31,559 --> 00:44:36,519 His course, his retrievals are really high, his transition games are pretty 612 00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:40,719 good to his offense though just sixty one percentile, so his expected goals primary 613 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,400 sists are all a little bit lower, and this is from the J twenty 614 00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:46,639 level, not the shlvel. When you look at the SHL tracking data, 615 00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:50,559 it looks really poor, and that kind of makes sense. He's a really 616 00:44:50,599 --> 00:44:53,400 young guy. Playing a depth role on a really good team in the SHL, 617 00:44:53,519 --> 00:44:58,400 so you wouldn't expect it to be so good. But looking at his 618 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:02,159 Hockey prospect or yea FHL player card, you can see that he actually hits 619 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:06,960 not that much. His blocks are actually pretty good and his shots are pretty 620 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,360 good, so he should be a little bit above average for shots. I 621 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:14,679 would say his goals and scoring at least at the J twenty level are top 622 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:19,400 knock for that league, which is pretty nice to see. In the SHL, 623 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,440 it's not looking so great other than he did block a lot of shots 624 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,719 in the SHL. He can do that. Let's hear a little bit more 625 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:30,840 about Simon Zether from our FHL scout. Our scouting report is from Tony Robinson 626 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:36,519 on Simon Zether. He is has this to say, skating above average to 627 00:45:37,679 --> 00:45:40,440 he's got speed, he's got edges, he's got starts, passing and handling, 628 00:45:40,639 --> 00:45:45,480 puck handling slightly above average shooting. One of the best attributes of Zether 629 00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:49,639 seems to be able to get out his own shot close to the net and 630 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:54,920 also hit shots from further out iq good vision anticipation by being able to get 631 00:45:55,039 --> 00:46:00,440 open around the net. Not a lot of panic with his peers checking. 632 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:06,280 Tony was surprised to see some for checking using his bigger frame, so this 633 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,880 could help his career if it continues. Defense the slightest amount above average, 634 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:15,480 as again Zether uses his size and the offensive zone, but as is the 635 00:46:15,559 --> 00:46:21,239 new norm not a lot of shot blocking best asset then twofold shooting and use 636 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,360 of size to get his own shot and for check. And the biggest concern 637 00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:29,159 well, skating needs work, needs to be bigger for the riggers of the 638 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:34,679 NHL, and needs to play a more all around defensive style. The top 639 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,159 tier outcome for Zether Tony will put it all the way up at the low 640 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:42,079 end of tier one, a top six player with number one power play deployment. 641 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,840 That's if he's willing and able to get his own shot, use the 642 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:50,920 size while improving skating and defense. The median outcome mid tier three with some 643 00:46:51,079 --> 00:46:55,079 upside. If skating does not improve and he doesn't improve in things like shot 644 00:46:55,159 --> 00:47:00,320 blocking for our fantasy purposes, maybe a switch to the wing. He could 645 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:05,960 carve out a role in the NHL. And that's because the lack of elite 646 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:10,239 skating is a problem. Stylistic comparable he reminds Tony of Patrick line, which 647 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:15,360 don't mean what he used to mean. Scouting final thoughts and additional stats and 648 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:22,800 info being loaned to Hockey Alsbhinkan probably not the best for Zether's deployment. Tony 649 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:27,800 thinks hopefully can use this time to get back to the SHL and maybe the 650 00:47:28,119 --> 00:47:34,800 NHL and Mason Black brings us the NHL ranking poll. Here Zether is up 651 00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:39,480 against Victor Noringer and he wins this one sixty three to thirty seven percent. 652 00:47:39,639 --> 00:47:44,159 Not a whole lot of odes. People probably still becoming familiar with Zether's game, 653 00:47:44,639 --> 00:47:47,800 But Victor, is that how you would stack these two? Yeah? 654 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:52,000 I think so. Both these guys were fourth round picks. They're both decent 655 00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:54,440 sized guys. They're both playing in the J twenty. They played in the 656 00:47:54,519 --> 00:48:00,840 J twenty. In terms of nor Under he was drafted by Nashville right around 657 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,239 the same time in the fourth round. He's a bit younger, though August 658 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,599 thirty first is his birthday, so he's still only seventeen. He was seventeen 659 00:48:07,639 --> 00:48:10,840 the whole year. He's a six to three right shot left wing and his 660 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:15,400 scoring and the JA twenty wasn't as impressive he played a lot in the JA 661 00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:19,440 eighteen as well, which I guess makes sense considering how much younger he is 662 00:48:19,519 --> 00:48:22,719 than everybody else. But if you just look at the scoring between the two 663 00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:27,920 and the J twenty, then you can see that Zither massively outproduced him. 664 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:31,199 So that's interesting Between these two, though, I think I would take Zether 665 00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:36,800 just because I like his offensive production and had the fact that he already played 666 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,239 so much in the SHL but for no Longer. You could also say, 667 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,679 on the other hand, he's so much younger, and he has a lot 668 00:48:43,039 --> 00:48:45,280 more to grow, and a lot more to grow his game and be a 669 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:50,000 little bit more productive. So mainly, I just wanted to draw attention to 670 00:48:50,079 --> 00:48:53,599 these two because I think they're interesting depth options, and as you're getting towards 671 00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:59,480 the end of your fantasy prospect draft, probably worth a flyer on either of 672 00:48:59,559 --> 00:49:04,079 these guys. Their hockey prospecting is interesting because other's twenty four percent chance of 673 00:49:04,159 --> 00:49:07,920 being a star and fifty two percent chance of being an NHLer and no longer 674 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:13,119 zero. I think maybe that's some equivalency issues with he didn't score as much 675 00:49:13,159 --> 00:49:15,440 on the J twenty levels, so I'm sure his equivalency's a little bit higher 676 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:20,679 than that. But I was looking for some comps for Zether, and one 677 00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,880 that I think is appropriate is Thomas Plakanik, who was a kind of an 678 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:28,440 average producer and kind of more of a defensive specialist but at some times of 679 00:49:28,519 --> 00:49:30,599 relevance there. That's someone who Zether could end up being. And if he 680 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:34,480 is anything like that as a fourth rounder, you're you're pretty happy with that. 681 00:49:35,079 --> 00:49:37,199 The j fresh car just one percent chance of being an NHLer and four 682 00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:45,079 percent chance of being a star for for Simon Zether Victor third up, we've 683 00:49:45,079 --> 00:49:50,280 got to keep your on prospect. Who is it? That's Grayson Saucan, 684 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,880 twenty twenty three second round pick, sixty third overall, five to eleven, 685 00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:57,719 one hundred sixty five pound right shots center. You split time this season between 686 00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,719 the Seattle Thunderbirds and the Edmonton Oil Kings. He's someone who last year was 687 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:05,199 on that really stacked Seattle team and we thought, oh, when he gets 688 00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,039 a little bit more opportunity, he could be better. He was point per 689 00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:10,880 game and that really stacked team as a depth player. Didn't quite work out 690 00:50:12,599 --> 00:50:15,079 that way this season. He was over point per game. Both with his 691 00:50:15,159 --> 00:50:19,039 time in Seattle and in his time in Edmonton, but it wasn't that much 692 00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:22,280 over It was only four points more in Seattle and seven six points more in 693 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,000 Edmonton. You'd kind of hope for more of a point and a half, 694 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:29,840 kind of or almost closer to two points per game, but John, but 695 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,639 it didn't quite happen. Looking at the tracking data from Mitch Brown, you 696 00:50:32,679 --> 00:50:37,400 can see that Sacchin was really excellent in transition, really good defensively, but 697 00:50:37,519 --> 00:50:42,599 his offense wasn't that great. His expected assists, slot passes, and slot 698 00:50:43,039 --> 00:50:45,840 percent are all really good, but his expected goals and his shots are really 699 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,159 low. So he seems like one of these guys that doesn't shoot that much, 700 00:50:49,199 --> 00:50:52,000 doesn't create a lot of expected goals, but a lot of primary systs. 701 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,639 That's the kind of player you'd be getting. There is a lot of 702 00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:59,320 advantages created and boards played in the middle, so there is some really strong 703 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,760 playmaking and play driving, but not so much the goals are expected goals. 704 00:51:05,519 --> 00:51:08,440 Looking at his Fahl card, you can see that this is pretty well represented 705 00:51:08,519 --> 00:51:12,880 in the assists for sixty. His goals for sixty are actually seventy eight percentile 706 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:17,199 in the WHL. But considering what in the player card that probably isn't going 707 00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:22,599 to translate too well. Looking at the rest of his periffs, he's pretty 708 00:51:22,639 --> 00:51:24,440 low in everything. His shots are really low, his hits are really low, 709 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,519 his blocks are really low. He looks like he's going to be one 710 00:51:27,559 --> 00:51:30,360 of these twentieth percentile type guys for bash. So really low points and only 711 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:34,679 kind of guy. Well, let's hear a little bit more about Statchin from 712 00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:40,199 OURFCHL SCOUTFA Shehall Scout. Patrick has this to say about Sachin skating average to 713 00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:45,000 above average. Well, he isn't the fastest. He has a smooth skating 714 00:51:45,079 --> 00:51:49,360 stride, pretty good in his turns and pivots, as well as lateral movement, 715 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:53,159 passing and handling. This is the best area for Slatchin. According to 716 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:59,119 Patrick, He's adept at making touch passes and pinpoint passes to open teammates. 717 00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,159 His sticky handling is a plus skill, but there are times when it's a 718 00:52:02,199 --> 00:52:06,920 little loose and the puck gets away from him. Shooting, Sagan's more of 719 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,000 a playmaker than a shooter, but when he gets the chance, he's able 720 00:52:09,079 --> 00:52:14,159 to place his shots well and be goaltenders. Sometimes it's a high shot, 721 00:52:14,639 --> 00:52:20,400 other times it's five hole or via a wrap around the IQ Sachin's vision and 722 00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,280 anticipation are decent. There are times when he'll read the play, but others 723 00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:27,280 when he tries to skate his way through the other team without a plan. 724 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:32,519 He does well keeping calm when under pressure and can still make plays for checking. 725 00:52:32,679 --> 00:52:36,119 There are times when he gets active on the four check, but more 726 00:52:36,159 --> 00:52:37,880 often than not, his wingers are in on the fore check and he'll wait 727 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:43,599 until a puck comes loose. Defense. As a center, he lives up 728 00:52:43,639 --> 00:52:47,079 to his defensive responsibilities. He's aware when it needs to get back on defense 729 00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:51,679 and he's the first forward back. He'll go down behind the net to support 730 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,039 the other defenseman where the defenseman and strip the puck from the other team. 731 00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:01,199 So the best asset, hands and playmaking skills biggest concern. Couple concerns, 732 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:07,639 but the biggest is the hockey IQ on the rush. Patrick some multiple teams 733 00:53:07,679 --> 00:53:10,880 where he's skated right into the other team without seeming to have a plan and 734 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:15,400 the ozone is positioning was good, but often he didn't seem to know what 735 00:53:15,679 --> 00:53:20,400 he was going to be doing. So the top tier outcome here. It 736 00:53:20,519 --> 00:53:24,039 could be a second line center or winger and that's because he has enough skill 737 00:53:24,119 --> 00:53:29,320 between his skating, stick handling, passing in hands that if he can continue 738 00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:32,960 to improve those skills and improve on his vision, he could facilitate scoring and 739 00:53:34,079 --> 00:53:39,239 help on defense. The median outcome Risachin more likely he's going to top out 740 00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:43,920 a third line center or winger if he makes it to the NHL. Patrick 741 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,960 thinks it will be because of the playmaking, but the lack of the higher 742 00:53:46,079 --> 00:53:51,760 end IQ, along with other skills not being that high, means he'd be 743 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,960 limited to the third line. This is aerie. Victor Patrick also brings up 744 00:53:55,000 --> 00:54:00,719 the name Tomash Plakanch. There's placanitches all the way down in the Florida system, 745 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:04,679 it turns out, and overall Patrick thought he looked like a good bit, 746 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,079 not really good, not a great player D plus one year. He 747 00:54:07,199 --> 00:54:15,159 only slightly increased that point pace Mason Black. The NHL ranking makes Grayson Sachin 748 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:21,920 face up against Sean Ferrell of the Montreal Canadians prospect system, and Sauchin wins 749 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:27,440 that one fifty four two forty six. Ferrell had a drop in his production 750 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:31,000 this past year, Victor, is that how you would rank these two? 751 00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:37,800 Probably not, I totally agree with what Patrick said. And by the way, 752 00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:43,440 what's better than one Thomas Bulkanic, It's it's two right clearly, so 753 00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:47,400 or three Victor. I think they'd be pretty happy with one if one of 754 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,480 those guys worked out to be similar. But yeah, I agree that sachin 755 00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:53,840 is. She seems like more of a two way playmaker kind of guy, 756 00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:58,679 and so that's probably why I would take Farrell here. Even though Farrell his 757 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:04,960 potential has been up down. He was absolutely phenomenal in Harvard, and we've 758 00:55:05,039 --> 00:55:07,800 seen him play at the World Championships and the Olympics. We've seen him play 759 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,880 against men and had some success. Last year was his first season with the 760 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:15,840 LaVall Rack the Laval Rocket, and he's been he was pretty good there. 761 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,920 He's still really small. He's five foot nine, one hundred and seventy four 762 00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:24,000 pounds. He's a really small, undersized playmaking winger. And I think that's 763 00:55:24,039 --> 00:55:28,920 the concern is that how much can he really leverage that into And they, 764 00:55:29,559 --> 00:55:34,159 the Canadians already have some smaller forwards and so there's a little bit of concern 765 00:55:34,199 --> 00:55:36,880 about his upsides. So I think if you wanted the more for sure, 766 00:55:37,199 --> 00:55:42,480 NHLer, that's probably Sachin, but Farrell has a little bit more upside to 767 00:55:42,519 --> 00:55:44,599 it, so it depends on what you want there. I think some people 768 00:55:44,679 --> 00:55:47,440 have really soured on Farrell too as he's had his professional debut, but I 769 00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:52,159 still think there's some there's still a world where Farrell works out to be a 770 00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:58,119 really strong Johnny Goodroau type player who's like a good winger, playmaking winger that 771 00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:01,599 can help create some offen as long as he has the right linements and support. 772 00:56:02,039 --> 00:56:05,519 Yeah, there are definitely some questions with both these guys in terms of 773 00:56:05,559 --> 00:56:08,079 their fantasy outlook. That's why this system isn't as great, but it's still 774 00:56:08,079 --> 00:56:13,480 worth mentioning they're looking at these two. In the Hockey Prospecting model, Sachin 775 00:56:13,519 --> 00:56:15,360 had twenty four percent chance of being a star went down to ten. His 776 00:56:15,519 --> 00:56:20,159 NHLer probably went from fifty four to forty two, so a little bit low 777 00:56:20,519 --> 00:56:22,360 lower this season. Barrell, on the other hand, has been in the 778 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:28,000 teens in terms of his star potential and his NHL are pretty in potential up 779 00:56:28,039 --> 00:56:31,119 to seventy five percent. I was looking at some other comps for Grayson Sachin. 780 00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:36,360 One that I think is pretty appropriate is Ryan Hartman. He was, 781 00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:42,079 so it's pretty reasonable, still playing but still an average producer kind of guy. 782 00:56:42,079 --> 00:56:44,880 And I think that's what Sachin could end up being. Someone who can 783 00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,800 move around the lineup fill a couple different holes. But it really is his 784 00:56:49,079 --> 00:56:52,159 fantasy valley is going to depend on who he's playing with and does he get 785 00:56:52,199 --> 00:56:54,800 the right deployment and can he hold onto that because we've seen Ryan Harmon be 786 00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:59,760 really good and then be like really irrelevant, and that could end up being 787 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,960 what Sachin is as well. Looking at the day freshcard, just two percent 788 00:57:04,079 --> 00:57:06,760 chance of being a star and ten percent chance of being an NHL are for 789 00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:10,719 Sachin pretty low and overall, this whole system not super exciting, but just 790 00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:15,800 a few guys worth mentioning that's going to do it for our Panthers dig If 791 00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:19,239 you're a patron, you can listen to my top Tech ten prospect recap per 792 00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,199 team. 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