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 --> 00:00:17,559 and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Fuck off's a step 3 00:00:17,839 --> 00:00:22,960 hit on, Stay lost, Gosh. Here's your hosts, Jesse Severer and 4 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:28,399 Victor Nuno The Hockey Live. We're ready to talk fantasy hockey once again with 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:33,840 Jesse severe here from fan Tracks and joining me as always Victor Nuno. Diaper 6 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:38,000 Prospects. Victor, how you doing. I'm doing awesome, Jesse. I'm 7 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:43,600 not disappointed or annoyed at all that Vegas just walston of the league and won 8 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,320 a cup after a few years. It's not bothering me in the least bit. 9 00:00:47,399 --> 00:00:49,960 I can tell you that, how are you doing? I'm good. 10 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:55,439 Mark was a fifty five seconds before Victor complained about the Vegas winning the Cup 11 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,759 on this episode, and I'm with you, Victor, I am with you 12 00:00:58,799 --> 00:01:02,280 on this. I know that for some reason, Sharks fans are particularly bitter 13 00:01:02,799 --> 00:01:06,439 with the Vegas Golden Nights. The Sharks fans, I know, are particularly 14 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,120 but we can all pile on. We can all pile on. There's no 15 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:14,280 reason particularly. But I don't tell Paul Delosantos that because he's going to be 16 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,200 a great guest, and we'll let Vegas have their day today. Victor. 17 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:23,799 Yeah, man, drafts continue to go on. Draft season is an absolute 18 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:27,680 blur at this point. People joke about this. I legitimately don't know how 19 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,040 many drafts I have going right now. I just don't or how many I'm 20 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,640 supposed to be paying attention to. It's not right, Victor. There's too 21 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,840 many, and they're in different sports, and there's at least three different sports 22 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,200 drafts going on right now. I've got playoff runs in fantasy Baseball and I'm 23 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:47,200 not even sure what's going on there. It's madness for the fantasy fan. 24 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,879 This is actually the peak time of the year, especially if you do early 25 00:01:51,319 --> 00:01:56,760 drafting for fantasy hockey. Are you in such a state, Victor? I 26 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,879 know you're just a fantasy hockey man. So maybe life is little easier on 27 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,959 your side of the Sierra Mountains or whatever the heck it is over there the 28 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:08,800 Sierra Nevadas. Yeah, it is a little bit better. Most a lot 29 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,759 of some of them have ended. We started a whole bunch of drafts at 30 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,080 once, and that was crazy, But most of them are dwindling down, 31 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,879 and so that's not too bad. We still have a couple longer one going 32 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,400 for the new, brand new leagues that we're drafting in, but got a 33 00:02:23,439 --> 00:02:27,960 better handle on those, so as things dwindle down, it's not quite as 34 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,759 crazy. Yeah, a little bit better, but yeah, it's still I'm 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,759 sure pretty crazy for you with all the different sports going on. I can't 36 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:38,840 imagine. I'll tell you the people who are playing in the Tidy and they're 37 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,800 doing startup drafts because every year there's a couple of new leagues to come into 38 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,439 existence as more people join in, and then there's promotions and relegations to the 39 00:02:46,479 --> 00:02:51,319 Tidy. And let me tell you, those people are having fun. I 40 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,879 look at them. They're chatting in our discord. Those guys, I think 41 00:02:53,879 --> 00:02:58,439 it's just guys in the new leagues. Maybe there's a cow are having a 42 00:02:58,439 --> 00:03:00,400 blast doing this. There is a gal, but she might have been in 43 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:05,680 one of the other redrafting lakes. Anyway, Victor, what I would say 44 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,280 is it is extremely cool. The Tide is extremely cool, and it's something 45 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,400 you can only get by being a patron of ours. Why don't you tell 46 00:03:13,439 --> 00:03:15,439 people about maybe you know, mention that it's a little late for that. 47 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,800 If you're really looking to get in it this year, but it's one of 48 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,680 the many things that we do for our patrons and maybe give people an idea. 49 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,919 Yeah, there's lots of perks for the Patreon. One of the biggest 50 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,080 ones the Tidy, the Tier Dynasty, So if you want to get in 51 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,479 on that, you can get on the waiting list since it is full for 52 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,400 now and maybe someone will drop or maybe you'll get in next year. We 53 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,879 will try to add some extra spots each year. That's the goal and to 54 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,039 keep it building. And yeah, so that's going to get going. And 55 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,599 yes, they're absolutely having a great time with the new leagues that are drafting 56 00:03:49,599 --> 00:03:53,439 in there at the channels are popping all the time, rasing each other, 57 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:55,520 having a good time. It's great. The rest of the stuff for the 58 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,919 Patreon that you can get as all kinds of great stuff. There's prospect rank 59 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:03,319 list for d Goalie twenty twenty three guys. There's all kinds of stuff in 60 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:09,360 there, Top Pendless, you can look at the ADPs for all the rookies 61 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:13,199 in the draft, all kinds of fun stuff there. And then there's show 62 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,879 notes, there's patron cast, there's roster doctors that you can get there's all 63 00:04:15,959 --> 00:04:20,000 kinds of great stuff. 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And yeah, if you love 73 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:01,360 Dynasty to see hockey, if you love chatting with people or even just about 74 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:05,639 hockey, you can join up. And there's positive people. You don't have 75 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,040 to be an expert to be a part of it and be part of the 76 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,959 conversation. But there are some extremely sharp people in there. And I don't 77 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:15,920 know how they found this show, probably Victor. They found the show because 78 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,519 of Victor. But they're hanging out there and they're cool people. On top 79 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,439 of that, join our discord. That is an extremely cool thing that you 80 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:30,120 can do without any cost. Victor, we've dully dawned long enough. It's 81 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,360 time to face the music with the Stanley Cup champions Golden EPs bred effort. 82 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,519 We would like to welcome to the show a man who's break and talk some 83 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,199 Vegas Golden Nights. It is Paul Delosantos from the Hockey News and from NHL 84 00:05:48,519 --> 00:05:51,519 dot com. How you do doing, Paul doing? Look, that's how 85 00:05:51,519 --> 00:05:56,920 you guys doing today, Doing tremendous, doing tremendous, and you have to 86 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,879 still be glowing. I don't know if you're glowing from a fan perspective, 87 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:02,800 but this has been a heck of a team to follow the Vegas Golden Knights. 88 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,120 It worked. It wouldn't have had to have worked, but it worked 89 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:12,759 that There were many reasons, Paul, to suspect that the Vegas Golden Knights 90 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,199 might have even taken a step back last year. If Ginny Dadanov and Max 91 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,319 Patch, you are ready two veteran scorers left. They lost a two time 92 00:06:19,439 --> 00:06:25,279 Jennings winner and Robin Lanter, their captain, played only half the regular season, 93 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,439 and a top defenseman missed a third of the year. Many or most 94 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,519 of their other top players missed significant time. But like the Who's down in 95 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,920 Huville, it didn't stop Christmas from coming, Paul. It came regardless, 96 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:42,199 and the Vegas won the number one seed in the West playoffs and proceeded to 97 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,759 dispatch Winnipeg, Edmonton, Dallas, and Florida in succession. Their team offense 98 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:51,160 was really middle of the road in the regular season. They actually had the 99 00:06:51,199 --> 00:06:56,160 fewest power play opportunities in the NHL by a fairly wide margin. The refs 100 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,759 were swallowing the whistles, and no one player on this team scored more than 101 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,720 six six points. It struck me as odd. They ended up in the 102 00:07:02,759 --> 00:07:08,920 top ten and relatively few major categories, but say percentage was one of them, 103 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,959 and they were led by a rookie eligible goalie in a cast off who 104 00:07:13,279 --> 00:07:15,759 wasn't able to stick on a couple of bottom end NHL teams in Aiden Hill. 105 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,519 In short, there's a lot of things that could go right that didn't 106 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,160 even go right for Vegas last year. I guess I'll start with the question 107 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:28,759 of can they win it again? Paul, that's funny question. Because I 108 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:32,199 go back and forth about this because it's you bring back the same team, 109 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:38,959 but man, it just everything's just seemed to go right last year, Like 110 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,319 the defensive structure really worked out for a goalie. It's just the offense needs 111 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,279 to really improve if they want to make another repeat, because the teams in 112 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:50,439 the specific division are loading up again. And that's the crazy thing about it, 113 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,720 is that everything just went right, and I don't I go back and 114 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:58,079 forth. I bring back the same team minus Riley Smith, but everyone else 115 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,360 is getting better and they didn't really change your roster too much. So I 116 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,040 go back and forth. But I feel that they should be competitive. I 117 00:08:05,079 --> 00:08:09,439 just don't know if they will need to make something happen at the trade deadline 118 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:15,120 to make it happen again. Yeah, that's gonna be fun to watch for 119 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,439 sure. We're gonna start talking player by player, and the first one we're 120 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:22,839 going to talk about is Jack Eichel. So last year we thought he'd be 121 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,160 around the nineteen to twenty three top forward range. He ended up to thirty 122 00:08:28,199 --> 00:08:31,720 first, and we definitely think he can be in that range again next season, 123 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,559 maybe even a little better. His first full season in Vegas went well 124 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,639 as he and the Golden Knights had hoped winning the Cup. He did miss 125 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,600 some time, the only played sixty seven games due to a couple of lower 126 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,159 body injuries, nothing related to the neck that was such a big deal a 127 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,559 couple of years ago. So that's good. Twenty seven goals, thirty nine 128 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,120 assists for sixty six points in sixty seven games, eighty one point pace. 129 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:56,399 That's pretty nice. Two hundred and twenty three shots, fourteen power play goals, 130 00:08:56,879 --> 00:09:00,600 thirty eight in block shots hit at bash at his position is pretty nice. 131 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:05,080 Three years left at ten million for Eichel, and overall his time on 132 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,200 ice went down a little bit actually, to the one of the lowest of 133 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:11,080 actually the lowest time average time in ice of his career along with his power 134 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:15,879 play time on ice. But he rocked a career high pedio and power play 135 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:20,960 points participation to get up to that high point total. So, Paul, 136 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,679 I'm a little bit torn. Part of me thinks point per game Jack Eichel 137 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,200 is back, and the other part of me thinks he's going to regress to 138 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:31,120 sixty five to seventy point pace. I'm which of those do you think is 139 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:35,440 more likely for Jack Eichel Next? Season. I think it's more likely that 140 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,039 you see if he can play a full season, that's the bigger question. 141 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,360 I think that's ultimately when it comes out to him. It's fifteen games last 142 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:45,279 year, and I think I don't think regressions in the books because I think 143 00:09:45,279 --> 00:09:46,919 he's gonna get more comfortable in Bruce Cassidy system. I think he has a 144 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:52,519 relationship with Cassidy that's really good. So I think he's closer to the point 145 00:09:52,519 --> 00:09:56,360 per game Jack Eichel than he is to regressing down to the numbers that you 146 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:03,559 suggested. So I really feel that Jack Eichel might be undervalued in a fantasy 147 00:10:03,639 --> 00:10:07,039 perspective because he might actually because he believe it or not, he goes actually 148 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,039 on a decent pace. And then what happened was, and it happened offensively 149 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,559 throughout the whole season for the team. When Mark Stone went out, everything 150 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,519 offensively just crashed. From from a Vegas perspective, because Jack Eichel was on 151 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,519 a decent pace to start to see, but when the load got too big 152 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,960 for him and when the team started a key in on him, that's when 153 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,360 his pot production started to go down. There's a unique situation that everyone wonders 154 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,200 how Vegas went the Cup. It's basically because of their team defense and their 155 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,440 goal is just didn't matter who was on the net for them. But Jack 156 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,720 Eichel, I feel can really produce under those circumstances. Especially, it really 157 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:52,360 relies on can he take that next step and be the one hundred point player 158 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,240 that one day we have And the biggest question we always have, and we 159 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:58,120 asked this question all the time, is when will he start shooting the pup 160 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:03,320 more and stop being is trying to be this passive on the pire play and 161 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,159 that's where most of his opportunities should come from. If he shot the puck 162 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,399 more on pire play, maybe he is point per game well, and maybe 163 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:16,799 he can hit that one goal point per game. Let's go to Mark Stone, 164 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,639 the captain of this team, because he was a storyline last year. 165 00:11:20,039 --> 00:11:24,320 I don't know, maybe his back will never be right, but the surface 166 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,440 stats here forty three games, thirty eight points, one hundred and thirteen shots, 167 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,799 thirty one hits. Despite missing half a season, Stone is a huge 168 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,320 impact on this team, the highest goals above replacement according to the Evolving Hockey 169 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,840 Model, and his defense was just crazy good. The team went from just 170 00:11:41,919 --> 00:11:46,799 slightly below average at five on five when he was on the ice, to 171 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:52,080 just a stone cold two point two five expected goals against per sixty when he 172 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,879 was on That would have been the second best defense in the league. The 173 00:11:54,919 --> 00:12:01,159 stone minutes were better than anybody in the NHL except line up in terms of 174 00:12:01,159 --> 00:12:05,639 a team defense. It wasn't completely ridiculous for a guy playing forty three games 175 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:09,919 then to even get Selkye votes. And the bottom line is, I guess 176 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,240 I'll ask you over one hundred seventy games next year over one hundred seventy points 177 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,440 under in the games on the points. And the reason why I say this 178 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:24,759 is not necessarily I think you might see a couple like situations where I just 179 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,559 feel that they're gonna have to watch his they're gonna have to watch his minutes, 180 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,919 and I feel that he'll have a linear injury. He had a broken 181 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,039 rist in Game five of Static Cup Final, and that was one of the 182 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:41,360 things that came out after the five. So he's very much an injury prone 183 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,600 kind of guy, and I feel that he's going to get hurt at some 184 00:12:43,639 --> 00:12:46,320 point in the year. I feel that at some point he's going to miss 185 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,240 games, and I don't think he has a seventy game season left in him. 186 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,519 I think it's one of the things where when he's on too I he's 187 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:56,840 going to impact as much as he can, but when he's off it, 188 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,639 it puts the load on Jack Eichl, and that's when Jack Eichel falls back 189 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,600 into buffalo mode and he goes back into and he goes back into that hole. 190 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:07,519 I'm the star now and I think that's the biggest credit to mark Stone 191 00:13:07,639 --> 00:13:13,480 is that he takes pressure off of players. He takes pressure off of Janner 192 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:18,720 Stevenson for example, which we'll talk about later. But when Channer Stevens Mark 193 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,399 stolen down, Channer Stevenson's production went down as well. And it's just it's 194 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:28,159 amazing to me how mark Stone makes this team run and Mark Stone makes Vegas 195 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:35,080 a contender, but without him, they're just an average team. Chandler Stevenson, 196 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,679 for sure, he turned in another excellent season. Overall third on the 197 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:45,159 Team of Gold replacement. He rated out well and even Strength offense and even 198 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:48,480 Strength defense as well as power play offense overall led all forwards on the team 199 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:52,519 in total time on ice because he was a guy who wasn't missing games, 200 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,879 he played eighty one of them and speaking to power play, also led the 201 00:13:56,879 --> 00:14:00,279 team in power play time on ice with his fourteen power play points, tied 202 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,120 for second personal records with sixty five points as well, and anyone games played 203 00:14:05,159 --> 00:14:09,080 actually was also a career high. He averaged one and a half shot close 204 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,519 to a hit. He spent the first half of the season skating with Stone 205 00:14:11,519 --> 00:14:16,039 and Eichel, but after Stone went out, he moved on to play with 206 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,159 Phil Kessel in a rotating cast of third forwards. Who do you think Stevenson 207 00:14:20,279 --> 00:14:24,240 will skate with this year? In what kind of production are you expecting from 208 00:14:24,279 --> 00:14:31,720 him? I think he skates with Mark Stone and probably Brett Howden because that 209 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:35,440 is literally Bruce Cassier said, it's plan A. That is Plan A when 210 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,480 it comes to Stone and when it comes to Stone and Stevenson, I feel 211 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,039 those are two fours he'll skate with this year. And as for production, 212 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:50,320 it really it's weird because when stoneing down, Stevenson hit was peaks and valleys. 213 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,759 When Stone down, he was peaks and vallees. But when Stones on 214 00:14:54,759 --> 00:14:58,039 the ice, he's incredible because they have just a student, just incredible chemistry 215 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:03,360 that they just seem to know over each other's on so I feel his production 216 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:07,840 like I think Stevenson could have had a better year had Stone played more games. 217 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,279 He had a good year, but I think he can be better than 218 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,120 what he currently is. And if it really relies on Mark Stone, because 219 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:20,000 if Stevenson on that line is not the target of everyone else, because Stone 220 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,399 really once again takes that pressure off of him, and Stevenson can actually become 221 00:15:24,639 --> 00:15:33,440 a lot better player if Stone could play sixty games. Jonathan marshas, so 222 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,240 there you go, you're rainy con smythe winner. He had a very good 223 00:15:37,279 --> 00:15:41,919 year followed by an amazing playoffs twenty eight goals, twenty nine says, fifty 224 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,960 seven points in seventy six games, three shots and a hit per game in 225 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,919 the regular season. He has one year remaining of one of those midd level 226 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,480 contracts that has made Vegas's cap situation at least manageable to date, but a 227 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,399 lot of those guys have been casualties. Turning thirty three this upcoming season. 228 00:15:58,759 --> 00:16:04,320 He is the eldest of this core group of forwards and quite established quantity at 229 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:10,519 this point. I suppose the question is whether the playoffs or potential new linemates 230 00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:14,519 coming in will mean something new for him, some sort of momentum coming into 231 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:18,279 this year, maybe more or less than sixty points. And likelihood of him 232 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:23,279 being a Vegas School to Night in fall twenty twenty four, likelihood of being 233 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:27,879 a Base Gold in fall twenty twenty four is ippy. That's I will say 234 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,799 that. I don't know how they're gonna work out. Maybe he give us 235 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:33,559 a hometown discount because line is pretty much set. I think he's gonna play 236 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:37,679 with Ichael and Barbershef. I think they just I think fast as he's going 237 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,320 to roll out the same lines he went with that one in a cup, 238 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:42,480 and he's gonna go and put Barbershev, Marshall, Stowe and Ichael together because 239 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,279 that line is really good together. It just gets what he wants from a 240 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,960 line, from a top line or even a second line. It really depends 241 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,600 on what you consider Stan Stevenson's line, and it really goes back and forth. 242 00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:56,440 It really there's no real best who's the top line of the second line, 243 00:16:56,759 --> 00:17:03,400 But overall I feel marsh so once again it's Vegas has been ruthless, 244 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:07,799 like they don't care if you are original misfit, as the case of Riley 245 00:17:07,799 --> 00:17:11,680 Smith. They don't care as long as you can help them win games. 246 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,880 They will keep you on the team as long as you can help them win 247 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,319 games. And I feel Marsha Stow is a little safer than Riley Smith. 248 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,960 But it might be if he that the contract doesn't work out, they're not 249 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,160 gonna They're not They might even. It depends on how the season goes. 250 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,759 But if the season doesn't go as planned, he may even. He could 251 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,559 be as gone as a trade deadline, or he could be gone in the 252 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:33,920 fall, or he could be signed. So there's a lot of things that 253 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,759 can happen with Johnson Marsha Stow. And it's really telling you that they don't 254 00:17:37,759 --> 00:17:41,359 have the cap space or even had the plan to resign them to a new 255 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,240 contract, which I think is frustrating. So I think Marshall's playing for a 256 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:51,000 contract this year. Thank god's my winner playing for his contract. Okay. 257 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:55,519 William Carlson, the other of the three misfits, is still hanging around. 258 00:17:55,599 --> 00:18:00,799 One of four remaining expansion picks from this franchise, Inception still under contract for 259 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,880 his age thirty one to thirty four seasons, the fourth highest v on the 260 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:11,640 team, probably less impact to winning in terms of things like evolving hockey stats 261 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:15,720 than being the fourth highest on the team last year fourteen goals, thirty nine 262 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:21,279 fifty three points in all eighty two games. He only takes two shots a 263 00:18:21,279 --> 00:18:26,440 game. His eight point seven percent shooting percentage is probably some sort of cosmic 264 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,319 balancing for that twenty three point four percent forty three goal season in the first 265 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,960 year of Vegas's existence. It's regressing. Carlson is quite effective in the face 266 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,160 off circle, actually, fifty five point three percent last year. One misfit 267 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,319 is gone. Another spent half a year on a different line. This year. 268 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,960 Is Carlson a two SEA sounds like maybe you're thinking he's a three C 269 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,160 on this team and you see something similar in store for this year. Is 270 00:18:52,279 --> 00:18:56,000 last year's fifty three points with a ton of minutes played. I think it's 271 00:18:56,079 --> 00:19:00,640 I think he's a three C. I think that's where he slopped and properly. 272 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,759 I think he played out of his mind that first year and really just 273 00:19:03,519 --> 00:19:07,200 really bought himself a decent contract to get that av up to be the fourth 274 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:12,079 highest. But I think overall, what Carlson brings that third line is going 275 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:18,039 to be a steady player who's gonna he's gonna just played well defensively and he'll 276 00:19:18,519 --> 00:19:22,559 chip in periodically on offense. I think I really will depend on who plays 277 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:26,119 on his right side now, because Michael Madio will be on that line. 278 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,640 I think I don't think you gonna see a difference on Michael Madio, which 279 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:33,079 is gonna be unique because I feel they they might look at some players at 280 00:19:33,079 --> 00:19:37,279 that spot, But overall, I think you can see William Carlson just falling 281 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:42,799 into this whole. Like forty five to fifty point range. I think that's 282 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:47,880 I think that's a safe but his value is totally defensively. I think his 283 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:51,519 value in the Cassidy system is a defense two a center, and I feel 284 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,160 that I think it's going to get better for him. I think fifty three 285 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,519 points is a little high for what I feel he could do, but I 286 00:19:59,519 --> 00:20:07,480 think forty five is probably a safe number because he just it feels like he's 287 00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:11,799 better than he is, like offensively than he's shown. But I feel there's 288 00:20:11,839 --> 00:20:15,039 something lacking. I don't know what it is. I think it's maybe it 289 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:22,440 just feels like he has another good offensive season in there. All right, 290 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,759 we already mentioned him, but we got to talk about Ivan Barberschev, so 291 00:20:26,799 --> 00:20:33,359 obviously came over mid season from Saint Louis and really helped him. When the 292 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,880 Cup, we thought that he'd be not as good as he was. We 293 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,519 thought he'd be over the one hundred best player, but he was the ninety 294 00:20:40,519 --> 00:20:44,119 first best player, and so that was pretty good fantasy wise. The forty 295 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:48,319 five point pace with similar time on ice compared to last season his sixty one 296 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,720 point pace in Saint Louis, so a little bit of a downtick there, 297 00:20:51,759 --> 00:20:55,119 but there were definitely times where that were much better for him. He ended 298 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,839 up with sixteen goals twenty nine sists for that forty five point pace, a 299 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:03,359 decent number of hits, really good for hits, pretty decent for blocks too, 300 00:21:03,039 --> 00:21:07,920 And if you just isolate his Vegas time, that's sixteen points in twenty 301 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,640 three games for fifty seven point paced during the regular season, and obviously he 302 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,000 had some good production in the playoffs. So five years left at five million, 303 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,240 and we saw Barbaraschev play a lot with Ichael and March. Still you 304 00:21:18,279 --> 00:21:22,160 mentioned that's going to be the plan moving forward. So based on that, 305 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:26,480 do you think Barbara Scheff can continue to get over sixty point pace. Playing 306 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,640 with those two, primarily, it's gonna be close. I think it's I 307 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:36,240 think, truthfully like he does the things that Bruce Cassidy wants his lines to 308 00:21:36,279 --> 00:21:40,559 do. And I think Ichael and Marsha Star are going to shoot, and 309 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,400 Barbarashev is going to be there for the rebound. He's gonna clean it up, 310 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,880 He's gonna do all those things. So the reason why I say it's 311 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,359 going to be close is that I just don't know what's going to happen because 312 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,880 of how often Ichael will defer to pass. And it's one of those unique 313 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:59,039 situations where if Ichel shot more, Barbershchev's production because he's gonna be doing a 314 00:21:59,039 --> 00:22:07,240 greasy goal beginning the VC goals. So sixty points doable. Likely, probably 315 00:22:07,279 --> 00:22:11,599 not, but it's gonna be close. Let's put a couple more of these, 316 00:22:11,759 --> 00:22:15,000 maybe more depth defensemen up against each other. See who you like more. 317 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:22,519 Pavlodropia Nicholas Wa Nicholas roy Gropev, a twenty two year old left wing. 318 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:26,400 I should know Stanley cup playfus. I watched it, but Stanley Pavlodropiev 319 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,440 left winger half point per game eighteen games last year. Watt twenty six years 320 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,720 old, but has established himself in the NHL with a similar pace of half 321 00:22:34,759 --> 00:22:38,000 a point per game. Which one of them do you like better for next 322 00:22:38,079 --> 00:22:45,160 year? Paul? I think I like Waw just a little bit more because 323 00:22:45,279 --> 00:22:52,480 he is the offensive driver on his line. I think I think Carlston is 324 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,880 still the driver, and I think that's where Dorothy will play if he makes 325 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,359 if if he can beat out, if he can beat out, which I 326 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:03,839 think he will beat out, Paul Cotter and Brendan Bisson. I think it's 327 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,200 I think Law is just I think he's offensive driver, Wall plays on a 328 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:12,359 power play. I think Law is gonna just edge him out in terms of 329 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:17,119 points. But I think Dorphev is due for a good year. I think, 330 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,440 based on the small sample size, we soft fign Dorophev. I think 331 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,599 he understands what Bruce is asking of him. I think he understands what's his 332 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:29,720 role on the line, and I feel that he will have a good first 333 00:23:29,759 --> 00:23:34,000 full season that should be mixed. I'm assuming he gets a spot. I 334 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:40,880 have that pabitat nice. I was going to ask you specifically about Braisson because 335 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,799 he's someone who seems like he's on the Cosps too, did pretty well in 336 00:23:42,799 --> 00:23:47,880 the HL last season. Definitely plays a different kind of role, of more 337 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,920 specific kind of role. So you think he'll lose out to Doorphev, But 338 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,400 do you think he'll get a look in a specific situation this season. I 339 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:02,319 think he'll get a look. I feel there's outside of Riley Smith spot. 340 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:07,400 Michael Imadio spot is the only other spot that he could realistically take because the 341 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,680 way it goes that the fourth line is gonna be walked colostar and carry A's 342 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,440 that's just a line that Bruce loves. He starts games with it. You 343 00:24:15,519 --> 00:24:18,440 got Michael, Barbaschev and Marshall Stow together, you got out In Stone and 344 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:23,640 Stevenson. So there's basically the third line is wide open with Carlson anchoring it. 345 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,880 Kenny get a look. Yes, he'll need to have a good camp 346 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,519 and kind of show Bruce that he can play both ways, because that's what 347 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:33,640 Bruce looks for. And I think that's where the Riley Smith trade and are 348 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,160 hurt a little bit. Is that defensively, the guy you're gonna put in 349 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,400 there win. It's Michael and Maddio, Paul Potter and Brenda Bifano, Paveldoa, 350 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,519 Foyev, whatever two senate, whatever two wings you put with Carlson, 351 00:24:45,799 --> 00:24:52,519 you automatically take a lower hit on defensive stat on defensive responsibility, But offensively, 352 00:24:52,599 --> 00:24:56,799 I feel they're gonna be better with Smith because Smith had peaks and valleys. 353 00:24:56,839 --> 00:25:00,839 So Brassan I think he the way I talked to him and during development 354 00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:06,440 of HAMPI is that he is looking forward for an opportunity and he just wants 355 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,240 to prove that all the improvements he has made. So he's right there. 356 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,920 It's just man, I don't know if he can. I don't know if 357 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,680 he'll break camp with him, but you will see Brandon rossoon this year at 358 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:21,359 the n HL level. Let's go to the blue line, Paul, and 359 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:27,200 we'll start with Alex Petranjelo. He was the fifteenth best defenseman for US fantasy 360 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:32,160 types and the thirty three year old VET led all Vegas Gold Night starters and 361 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:37,480 time on ice at seventeen fifty one skaters. I should say his average time 362 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,079 on ice was more than two point five minutes over the second place guy on 363 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,400 the team. He was some minutes hog for this team. He did miss 364 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,680 time during the season, but not for injuries. He had a family emergency 365 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,240 that took him out for half of December, and then there was a little 366 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:56,200 bit of a later suspension. Despite missed time, eleven goals, forty three 367 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,079 assists, fifty four points and seventy three games placed him fourteenth among defensemen in 368 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:06,119 scoring and for us bashed lovers of the peripheral stats. Two and a half 369 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,039 shots, two and a half blocks, and a hit rounded out that portfolio. 370 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,799 One of the two big defensemen on this team, he's the one who's 371 00:26:12,799 --> 00:26:15,480 getting paid a lot and for a good while longer. He's going to be 372 00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:21,039 under contract till Kingdom come and his advanced that's have never quite reached the heights 373 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,119 of the Late Saint Louis rum, But as we just heard, he's pretty 374 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,359 darn good. Is this guy Petra Angelo going to be the power play one 375 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:33,480 quarterback fifty point score again next year? Yes? I feel he's gonna be 376 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,119 the powerplay quarterback. I think they just settled into that role. I think 377 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:41,079 they experienced with Jack Eicle at that point for a little bit, but they 378 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,599 just discovered its Plow is the guy and he can really quarterback that powerplay really 379 00:26:45,599 --> 00:26:49,799 well. And I feel that he doesn't seem like he's slowing down. I 380 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:53,680 think that's the bigger thing is that when you watch him play, it doesn't 381 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:59,559 feel like he's lost step. He stays healthy. He basically plays well when 382 00:26:59,559 --> 00:27:03,559 he's on ice, and he does exactly what's expected of him in that role. 383 00:27:03,319 --> 00:27:08,440 And it's really telling that at his age that he's still playing at a 384 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,519 high level. And I feel that, yeah, he's going to hit back 385 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:17,079 fifty point mark again and he's going to give you some value wherever you take 386 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,599 him. And I think and the thing about Cassidy's system is that block shots. 387 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,480 They led the league in block shots. So if you love your block 388 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:27,759 shots, watch the Golden Knights because now all they make it easy on their 389 00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:33,880 goaltenders by blocking a lot of shots. And I feel Petrangelo is basically adjusting 390 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,839 to how Bruce wants to play. And I feel with that in mind, 391 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,039 I feel what's crazy to me is that they did this with a first year 392 00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:45,599 coach. The second year you expect only because they feel they're going to be 393 00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:48,440 in the system longer, so they're gonna understand what's more, roles. They 394 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,960 had a couple of games of their laugh. I feel Paulo is going to 395 00:27:52,039 --> 00:27:56,319 be what you expect them to be wherever you take him in a fantasy perspective. 396 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:03,880 Tremendous. Theodore the other guy here, excellent defenceman in his own right, 397 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,880 especially on the offensive end. At two point zero nine points per sixty 398 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,480 he was fourteenth in the NHL among defencemen, but he missed a lot of 399 00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:15,160 time. He only played fifty five games, but in those fifty five he 400 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,480 had eight goals thirty three assists for forty one points. Two point five shots 401 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,799 a game one point five block per game is very nice as well. His 402 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,240 season was abbreviated by hurting a leg. He missed six weeks around January and 403 00:28:27,279 --> 00:28:32,359 another couple of weeks at the end of the regular season. And he's two 404 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:37,799 years out from a new contract, having fulfilled five of seven very affordable years 405 00:28:37,839 --> 00:28:41,240 five point two million dollars per Considering the talent of the player, one has 406 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:45,680 to think that he's getting close to being a pretty hot ticket hitting the market. 407 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,759 And like you said, Vegas is ruthless with their contracts, and they 408 00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:52,920 have to be because they're always running up against the peak of it. He's 409 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,599 just short of his thirtieth birthday he'll be just short of his thirtieth birthday when 410 00:28:56,599 --> 00:29:00,000 that contract comes up. Do you think she's gonna fitted to the plan for 411 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:04,240 Vegas long term? And what kind of results do you think will get from 412 00:29:04,279 --> 00:29:08,359 hopefully a full season to help this year. I feel he is a part 413 00:29:08,359 --> 00:29:12,599 of the plan. I feel I think if you ask me between who's more 414 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,440 likely to be a Golden Night in two years, in three years, it's 415 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,240 gonna be marsor Theodore, it's gonna be Theodore. I feel there's just I 416 00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:22,559 think just his age, and they got him. They resigned him to that 417 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:29,440 contract at value like they got him, and they got him locked down after 418 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,079 that first season on value. And as for his offensive production a full season, 419 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,759 I think Shaye Theodore is a very underrated offensive player. I think they 420 00:29:37,759 --> 00:29:41,880 don't value he's not valued enough in that space. I think he can actually 421 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:47,599 eclipse fifty points in a full season. I think last year the fact that 422 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,920 he did what he did and abbreviated season shows and he's not afraid to shoot 423 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,920 it, and I think that's I think that's a mindset that's that really carries 424 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,599 and I think he has got a good shot. I think he just understands 425 00:29:59,599 --> 00:30:03,880 and he it's well from that perspective on that as as that number two deepair 426 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,599 with Brandon McNabb. I think the expectation of him is played good defense, 427 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,839 but also periodically chipping on offense. I think expect like if you're taking shape 428 00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:15,400 theadore from a fantasy perspective first of all, and you know what you're gonna 429 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,599 get if he plays a full season, which is probably about fifty points. 430 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,640 I think fifty point mark is a good number for him, and I think 431 00:30:22,839 --> 00:30:26,920 a full season and I think he can only go up. I think he's 432 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,039 still getting better, which is insane to me, as he's a sponge and 433 00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:33,000 he's learning from Protrangell and learning what to do in that situation. He's on 434 00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:37,119 the power plays as the as the on the power players second unit, so 435 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,680 he's so it'll get plenty of opportunities to score goals and get points. This 436 00:30:41,759 --> 00:30:47,400 is a team that's got two big defensemen and then a lot of physical defensemans. 437 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,599 But do you think anybody else on this bootline can get over like a 438 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:57,319 thirty five point pace Paul not this season. I think Nicholas Higgs got a 439 00:30:57,319 --> 00:31:00,519 good shot. I just don't know. It's a powerful shot. I don't 440 00:31:00,519 --> 00:31:04,319 know if it's good enough to score. I think that I think the roles 441 00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:07,640 and the defense are pretty much said. I think they'll shoot when they need 442 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,880 to, but I think it's pretty much to try and play off the rush 443 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:17,640 and periodically playing his own. So it's just thirty five points is steep for 444 00:31:18,359 --> 00:31:22,720 a Vegas defenseman because before, like the playoffs, they only had two before 445 00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:26,119 the Standing Cup final score goal, they'll have Patrangel and Theodore score goal. 446 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:32,200 So it's just the offense. Really, if you're asking for defensive defenseman's scoring 447 00:31:32,279 --> 00:31:36,039 from Vegas, it's gonna be Theodore and Patragel. But HI don't still like 448 00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:38,240 if you're taking If you're taking a defenseman from Vegas, you're taking them for 449 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,440 what they do outside of scoring. You're taking them for You're taking them for 450 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,240 bash and that's what you're taking them. Well, you're not taking them for 451 00:31:47,319 --> 00:31:52,400 much else. Yeah, for sure, that makes sense. Let's talk about 452 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,720 the goalies and the Golden Nights gave up the tenth ranked expected goals against for 453 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:02,160 sixty but conceded the eleventh actual goals. Pretty game, and the goalie carousel 454 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:07,759 in Vegas seems like it continues. They had Aiden Hill finished obviously, and 455 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:10,440 he won the Cup and he got the big contract when the Cup. Get 456 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,400 a contract two years at four point nine million. That's a pretty good pay 457 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,440 day for a guy who basically played the most games he ever had in a 458 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,240 season, which was twenty seven, which is not a lot. And if 459 00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:25,480 you're expecting him to be the workhorse moving forward, I don't know how that's 460 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:30,200 gonna go. Obviously, Logan Thompson is here and he has had a little 461 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:35,599 bit more of the load, but he was injured and couldn't come back. 462 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,440 He's got two years left at a very reasonable sub eight hundred thousand dollars contract. 463 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,960 So what do you think is going to be the split between these two? 464 00:32:44,319 --> 00:32:47,720 It seems like Hill might have the job to lose based on his performers 465 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:52,519 in the playoffs, but Thompson was so good on the regular season at times. 466 00:32:52,599 --> 00:32:54,440 So what do you think is going to happen in that in terms of 467 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,559 who's going to play and how good they're going to be able to do with 468 00:32:57,599 --> 00:33:00,440 this great defense in front of them. I think it's gonna be just like 469 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:06,200 it just basically take what was last year's when both Hill and Thompson were healthy, 470 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,119 it's a sixty forty split. I think, except reverse the roles this 471 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,400 time. I think Hill's gonna get to sixty and I think Thompson is the 472 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,240 forty. And I think that's mostly out of not necessarily out of out of 473 00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:20,400 respect for their abilities. I think it's more just to keep them both healthy. 474 00:33:20,759 --> 00:33:23,200 I think that's the biggest question right now with Vegas is that can they 475 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:30,559 get eighty two full games from two guys they based on last year they barely 476 00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:34,000 got by. Hill played out of his mind, got the big contract, 477 00:33:34,119 --> 00:33:37,599 and it's just and I looked at it, and I'm like, they're just 478 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,880 gonna do what they did last year. When the both these guys are healthy, 479 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:44,799 They're just gonna flip the roles and Hill's gonna be the starter and Thompson 480 00:33:44,839 --> 00:33:49,119 will fill in every fourth game or on the bend of the back and back. 481 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,960 But I feel a sixty forty split. I think they both understand. 482 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,920 I think they understand what they have. They're not gonna trade Logan Thompson. 483 00:33:57,039 --> 00:34:00,240 His contract is too good to trade. Like I know, there was rumblings 484 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:04,160 and people were saying he might be traded. I'm like, no, I 485 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,760 don't think they're going to trade the contract that good, and I think that's 486 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:15,199 just the way it is, and ask for performance probably the same. I 487 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:19,760 mean, it's just I don't know, because the reason why I say I 488 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,719 don't know is that the sample size on both these guys is so small. 489 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:29,440 It's basically neither played a quote unquote full NHL goalie season. He saw in 490 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:31,719 the Hill in the playoffs, play out of his mind. He played probably 491 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:37,840 the best hockeys to ever play in his life. It's still a question mark. 492 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:43,360 It's going to be a question mark because if there's still two relatively young 493 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,920 goalies in a system that's goalie friendly, so they're going like system quarterbacks in 494 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:52,599 the NFL. I think they have two system goalies and it's going to be 495 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,079 it's going to be interesting to see how they perform over the course of the 496 00:34:55,159 --> 00:35:00,639 year. Yeah, one more question on the goal always there. So obviously 497 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,559 we don't really know exactly what's going on with Robin Lenner. He missed the 498 00:35:04,559 --> 00:35:07,079 whole season, Is he gonna miss this upcoming season? Is he gonna play 499 00:35:07,119 --> 00:35:13,119 again? What do we know about him? What we know and I'm working 500 00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:16,320 on I'm trying to figure this out. I just based on the salary. 501 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:22,400 He's gonna be LTI R based on the salaries, just because they signed eighty 502 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,800 Hill to that five million dollars close to five million dollars at four. He 503 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:30,599 has to be an LTI R Kennedy, he just has to be. The 504 00:35:30,679 --> 00:35:35,440 numbers don't work out like with him on the books. So it's either he's 505 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:39,159 gonna be LTR, he's gonna retired like it's just from the way it sounds 506 00:35:39,159 --> 00:35:45,000 like he's still working through his injury. And I don't think we see Robin 507 00:35:45,079 --> 00:35:49,360 Lennar again in this season. I don't think we see him this season. 508 00:35:49,559 --> 00:35:52,800 I think he's gonna be LTR or traded to retire. I think it's just 509 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,480 those are three options where they're not gonna buy him out Vegas, Vegas for 510 00:35:57,519 --> 00:35:59,480 some reason. If they were gonna buy him out, they would have already 511 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,039 done so. So the fact they hadn't bought them out, it's very telling. 512 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,320 It's very telling to me that they don't want to have anything like that 513 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,960 under books. They Kelly mccrimmin has said he doesn't want any bad contracts, 514 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:16,559 and this is a bad contract and they are working their magic their salary cap 515 00:36:16,639 --> 00:36:21,679 Magic. Their cap specialists are probably working double time right now trying to figure 516 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:24,679 out how can we cap compliant and they are technically CAP compliant if they LTI 517 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:32,280 R. Robin Lanner. You've given us some great insight on the Stanley Cup 518 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:36,480 champions, Paul. Why don't you let people know how that they can continue 519 00:36:36,519 --> 00:36:38,719 to keep up with your work throughout the year. I write game stories for 520 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,679 hl dot com. I'm the independent contributor. But also if you want to 521 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,480 follow me on the Hockey News Vegas site, which is THHN dot com slash 522 00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:51,320 Vegas, you can check out the news there. Husband. Truthfully, I've 523 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,000 taken the off season because it was a long season. I'm taking the off 524 00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:55,159 season and kind of relaxed. But we should be getting back to work here 525 00:36:55,199 --> 00:37:00,480 shortly. We got the Domental camp shorty, so not the goment champs show 526 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,559 face here shortly, so we'll be covering that. But yeah, no, 527 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:06,440 that's where you can follow me is in the Hockey News and on Twitter at 528 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,840 Paul Dale's underscore. All right, thanks so much for being on Paul and 529 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:21,519 sharing this in society insight, No problem, thanks for having me. Wilson 530 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,920 sent well, that's good fire pass up. Oh my goodness, grow one 531 00:37:25,039 --> 00:37:34,000 go with a cat quick grab. Now it's your weekly goalie Talk with Cats 532 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:39,239 Silverman, Cats Instincts and for another edition of Cats Instincts with Cat Silverman and 533 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:45,000 in gold mag Vegas Golden Night Edition, we are going to start with Carl 534 00:37:45,199 --> 00:37:49,880 Linbaum. He's a twenty twenty one seventh round pick, six one ninety pound 535 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,239 goalie. He's been in the Drew gardens IF system. Last season he was 536 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:57,719 really great for them in the Hockey El Spenskin. He definitely wasn't the reason 537 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,119 they didn't earn promotion back to the SHL, just lost out to Moto in 538 00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:06,880 the qualifying there. Even if his team won't be in the SHL though Lindbaum 539 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,840 will be back. He will be on loan to Farjerstad b K and so 540 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:15,280 that'll be nice to see him back in the SHL. And looking at his 541 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:21,000 equivalency, it's weird he doesn't have any for his draft season and then it 542 00:38:21,679 --> 00:38:23,679 slowly crept up to about twenty percent, so it looks like a little bit 543 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:30,280 lower for him unfortunately. But some guys like Johan Hedberg is one he looks 544 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:34,639 similar to. He was a replacement level starter. So Kat what do your 545 00:38:34,639 --> 00:38:38,480 instincts tell us about Carl Lindbaum? Is he the best goalie prospect in Vegas? 546 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,280 I think he's got the best long term out look. They have a 547 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,800 bunch of good what I would consider like B two C prospects in their system. 548 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:52,599 I think everyone that they have is good. I don't think they have 549 00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:57,039 anyone who's a like a shining star. Linbaum's kind of an interesting one for 550 00:38:57,079 --> 00:39:02,199 me because I really enjoyed watching film for him his draft ear but he also 551 00:39:02,199 --> 00:39:06,440 made me a little nervous. He kind of reminded me, from a decision 552 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,320 making standpoint of Mad Soguard, the Danish goaltender who had gone over to the 553 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:17,840 WHL and I believe is now an Attawa's system. And he nbum plays a 554 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:24,159 really smooth game. He has good skating, he's fluid, he's quick, 555 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:30,800 and his decision making is just sometimes baffling. He just he allows a lot 556 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,800 of goals up high because he drops to his knees too quickly, he loses 557 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,159 sight of the play. Sometimes he'll make a really baffling safe selection when he 558 00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:44,079 could have made a really simple one. And while I admire his creativity sometimes 559 00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:45,760 and think he's a lot of fun to watch. Made me a little nervous. 560 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,960 I think he's starting to improve in that area, but I think we'll 561 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,360 get a clearer picture for just what he is for Vegas when he's playing in 562 00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:00,639 the SHL. Essentially, I think that he played well in Hockey Fenskin, 563 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:07,360 but in Sweden in particular, there's a big jump between that Tier one league 564 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,280 and then that Tier two league. You see some of those teams that are 565 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:15,920 in the Tier two league that probably are able to hold their own in the 566 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:20,000 SHL, and then obviously you'll see some teams in the SHL that really need 567 00:40:20,039 --> 00:40:24,079 to get relegated like yesterday. But for the most part, you're getting a 568 00:40:24,199 --> 00:40:30,280 very different quality of competition. So I think that being able to see how 569 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:36,159 his decision making progresses in the highest tier league is going to be hard determining 570 00:40:36,199 --> 00:40:42,360 factor there. Yeah, I wonder about that because I imagine playing at lower 571 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,920 levels, maybe there's less talent less structure. Maybe he's feels like he's forced 572 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:50,280 to make more creative decision choices, save choices. I don't know if that 573 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,320 could be part of it, but like you said, it will be really 574 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,159 interesting to see him in the SHL with presumably better structure and talent around him. 575 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,559 That's the hope. It'll just be interesting to see, conversely, if 576 00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:04,519 the better shooters are able to take advantage of him as well. With the 577 00:41:04,559 --> 00:41:08,039 double edged sword there for the goaltenders, yeah, of course, yeah, 578 00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:13,599 that's a big factor. Let's talk about the next guy, Isaiah Seville, 579 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,880 and he was a twenty nineteen fifth round pick by Vegas, six ninety five 580 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:22,840 pound catches on the right side. Case anyone was wondering, this was his 581 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,159 full first full season as a pro and he did well in the HL, 582 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:30,159 although he got loaned to the ECHL. I'm presuming to get a little bit 583 00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:34,159 more playing time. He's someone that I remember watching a bit back in his 584 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:38,320 NC double A days. He went to the powerhouse University of Nebraska Omaha program 585 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:44,280 really good, they're really consistent, and came over to the HL and has 586 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:49,920 been in his limited time in HL decent and then was in the ECHL. 587 00:41:50,559 --> 00:41:53,199 His save percentage was high though even though, which is good there, even 588 00:41:53,199 --> 00:41:57,679 though his goals against was a little bit high as well, unfortunately, but 589 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,440 some of his calms he looks like a thirty currently a twenty percent chance of 590 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:06,840 being NHL, which is low a lot of his comps. There's some replacement 591 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,480 level guys here. One of the guys I picked out is Thomas Vocoon, 592 00:42:08,679 --> 00:42:14,760 who really popped up at the end, but was similar and lowish to begin 593 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:19,159 in terms of his equivalencies, and also a right catching goalie if I remember 594 00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:22,360 correctly, Kat, What do your instincts tell us about Isaiah Saville of the 595 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:28,159 Vegas Golden Nights. That was an interesting year for him this last year Vegas, 596 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:34,679 and I understand why because they did have some more injury prone guys on 597 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:39,679 their roster. But Vegas seemed to essentially decide that they were going to go 598 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:46,599 all in on winning the cup and the work, but by essentially stockpiling goaltenders 599 00:42:46,599 --> 00:42:52,559 so that if anybody got hurt, they weren't left out essentially hung out to 600 00:42:52,679 --> 00:42:58,119 dry. So, just quickly looking at it, this team played one two, 601 00:42:58,199 --> 00:43:00,960 three, four five goaltenders in the end HL, and then in the 602 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:07,360 HL they played one two, three, four, five six seven. So 603 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:15,000 that's an unreal like, almost respectfully stupid number of goaltenders to have, and 604 00:43:15,039 --> 00:43:19,440 there's some overlap there. You saw guys like Lauren Brasois who had to play 605 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,639 both in the HL and the NHL. You had Aidan Hill who played a 606 00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:27,400 game in the HL. You had I believe, Yuri Petera, Michael Hutchinson. 607 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,239 A lot of those guys are overlapping. But that did leave guys like 608 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:34,559 Isaiah Saville out in the wind and so putting him in a place where he 609 00:43:34,599 --> 00:43:37,920 was not just getting the start, but getting consistency with his routine. He 610 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,599 wasn't essentially living out of his suitcase going back and forth and back and forth. 611 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:47,039 I think that can help a goaltender that's his age and at his ability 612 00:43:47,159 --> 00:43:53,960 level more than just constantly bringing them back to the HL just over and over. 613 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,880 Anytime there's a chance for him to start, especially because if I remember 614 00:43:59,159 --> 00:44:05,880 correctly, the ECHL team for Vegas is in Georgia and their HL team is 615 00:44:06,039 --> 00:44:10,079 in Henderson, Nevada. So that's a multi time zone shift. In order 616 00:44:10,119 --> 00:44:13,920 to just go back and forth, that's a plane ride. That's not something 617 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,119 that you can do by car. So giving him that chance to consistently play 618 00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:22,679 and he performed right. Pat I believe in nine twenty unadjusted save percentage in 619 00:44:22,679 --> 00:44:29,199 the ECHL. That comes after having a good smattering of games after he signed 620 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:32,039 and went pro. The year prior after his third year in Nebraska. I 621 00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:36,760 did think it was funny we said consistency. While he was playing for Nebraska 622 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:40,079 Omaha, he had an identical save percentage every year he played there. It 623 00:44:40,119 --> 00:44:44,880 was a nine oh seven across the board, and I think that's I thought 624 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:46,480 it was a misprint, and so I'd be go and look at a different 625 00:44:46,599 --> 00:44:51,800 stat site too to make sure that I wasn't looking at something wrong. But 626 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,880 he's a lot of fun to watch. He's not overly active when he plays, 627 00:44:55,920 --> 00:45:00,280 but he's not super conservative either. He just he makes his decisions, 628 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:05,639 he sticks by them. He doesn't get too predictable. I saw him I 629 00:45:05,679 --> 00:45:08,480 get a little spicy, for lack of a better word. I didn't love 630 00:45:08,639 --> 00:45:13,199 his raw technical skills. In some of the games that I watched, it 631 00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,559 looked like he was still relying a little bit on athleticism and instinct. But 632 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:22,559 I watched him improve with each game I play, or with each game I 633 00:45:22,599 --> 00:45:27,159 was able to essentially get film on. You see a linear progression for him 634 00:45:27,159 --> 00:45:31,000 and some guys you don't really see that direct upwards movement, and I think 635 00:45:31,039 --> 00:45:35,800 that stands for something. So I'm excited to see what he's able to do 636 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,480 there. I'm hoping we'll get to see him soon. He's only twenty two. 637 00:45:39,599 --> 00:45:44,840 Hopefully we get to see more consistent starts at the HL level, because 638 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:49,599 I would assume he's going to be there their number one option there this year, 639 00:45:49,679 --> 00:45:53,920 unless they decide to stockpile a bunch of emergency callups once again, which 640 00:45:55,239 --> 00:46:00,239 they might do. Who knows, it's been I guess is m s since 641 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,400 they started. They just have all these goalie issues and they just run through 642 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,639 seems like a never ending stream. And it was so the other guy was 643 00:46:07,679 --> 00:46:12,440 gonna talk about. You mentioned Arty Uri Petera, and he was a twenty 644 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,639 seventeen sixth round picked by Vegas six two, two hundred and ten pounds. 645 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:19,119 He played a couple of games this season and they went really well. And 646 00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:22,760 I think one of the biggest things I was just surprised that I was surprised. 647 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:23,840 I'm not surprised that he was the call up, right, because a 648 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:28,480 lot of times you'll call up the guy who you don't want to disrupt the 649 00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:30,639 other guys who are getting consistent starts, and maybe you want to just leave 650 00:46:30,679 --> 00:46:34,400 him down there to marinate, and you call someone else up who may or 651 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,079 may not be ready, but you don't really worry too much about it. 652 00:46:37,119 --> 00:46:39,639 So I'm not sure if that's who your Petera is because a lot of his 653 00:46:39,679 --> 00:46:45,519 equivalences look extremely low, like it was really hard to find anyone that was 654 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:47,239 interesting at all or that anyone would know. The only one I came up 655 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:52,719 with is someone named Frederick Narena, who was a backup finished goalie that is 656 00:46:52,599 --> 00:46:57,840 that was born in seventy three, so he's a bit older and he's been 657 00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,440 good though Euri, Petera and Henderson, and I guess what I want to 658 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:04,079 know about him? Was he just a stop gap? There? Is he 659 00:47:04,199 --> 00:47:07,320 someone who's just going to be an hller or does he have upside to potentially 660 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,920 be like maybe a backup or a one B at some point, I think 661 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:15,559 he has upside. A lot of times the check goaltenders, I have a 662 00:47:15,559 --> 00:47:20,480 little bit of trouble getting a read on how they're going to play over a 663 00:47:20,559 --> 00:47:25,519 larger sample size, because a lot of the check goaltenders are incredibly good at 664 00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:34,199 instinctive plays. They because essentially the check leagues are I would argue, the 665 00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:37,639 most chaotic of the major European pro leagues. So when you look at Finland, 666 00:47:37,679 --> 00:47:42,000 Sweden, Russia, in the Czech Republic, I would say the Czech 667 00:47:42,039 --> 00:47:45,920 Republic is the one that's the most chaotic when it comes to defensive structure, 668 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:50,599 when it comes to consistency, when it comes to even the quality of competition 669 00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:53,920 difference between the teams, you get just this huge range. And so sometimes 670 00:47:53,920 --> 00:48:00,840 those goaltenders really thrive on chaos, and when you call them up, they 671 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:04,719 have this adrenaline rush and they're able to really because they're so good at making 672 00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:08,079 those desperation saves and they're good at just getting in the zone and just going 673 00:48:08,079 --> 00:48:13,440 with it. They end up putting up really good almost emergency call up performances, 674 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,440 so to speak. And then when you need them to play a more 675 00:48:15,519 --> 00:48:22,800 consistent game night after night, if they aren't able to essentially rain in that 676 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,519 structure, you see their game fall apart a little bit. And so I 677 00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:30,480 think David Riddich was a really good example of that, someone who in games 678 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:36,719 where it was just like an absolute must win emergency call up situation looked amazing. 679 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,079 And then when you tried to get a larger sample size out of him 680 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,719 the game, the wheel started to fall off a little bit and there's a 681 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:47,119 chance that's what will happen with Ptera. But he looks better than some of 682 00:48:47,199 --> 00:48:52,119 the other chech goaltenders that have essentially been called up and just go nuts. 683 00:48:52,159 --> 00:48:55,880 They almost play like the Alex Saylock style where you don't know what's going to 684 00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:00,239 happen, but it's gonna be fun. He looks a little more control than 685 00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:01,840 that, and so I think they were rolling the dice by giving him a 686 00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:06,599 call up and saying, worst case, we're not disrupting Seville and some of 687 00:49:06,639 --> 00:49:08,800 the other guys, but best case, he plays a good game and we're 688 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:12,760 able to really get a feel for what he's able to do. So it's 689 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,000 a win win for them making a call up like that because he is still 690 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:20,760 pretty young, but he's not I don't think he's their number one prospect moving 691 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,639 forward, but I do think he's got some upside. So if they can 692 00:49:23,679 --> 00:49:30,119 have a couple of young guys without having to respectfully to Jonathan Quick, without 693 00:49:30,119 --> 00:49:34,159 having to trade for Jonathan Quicks to get them through the end of their seasons, 694 00:49:34,199 --> 00:49:38,480 I think it's a win for everyone. Yeah, that sounds good. 695 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:43,480 Thank you so much for giving us your instincts on the Vegas Golden Night goalies. 696 00:49:45,039 --> 00:50:04,760 We'll be back right after this the dynasty dig. Vegas Golden Knights are 697 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,800 ready to talk dynasty. And there's a few things that we can say about 698 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:13,559 this Vegas Golden Knights team. The very first of which is, even though 699 00:50:13,679 --> 00:50:16,079 they're the Stanley Cup champs, they're in the middle of the pack in terms 700 00:50:16,199 --> 00:50:20,559 of a prospect system. It makes sense they've had a few years to assemble 701 00:50:20,599 --> 00:50:23,440 one and even though they've traded some prospects away, there's a lot of good 702 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:28,000 players left on this team. They've done a decent job drafting. But it 703 00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:30,719 starts out and the ranked eighteenth if I didn't say that, but it starts 704 00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:36,159 out with their no brainer. Who is it? Yeah, a new brainer 705 00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:39,679 for the Vegas gold Knights. Lucas Cormier, twenty third round pick by Vegas 706 00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:45,000 five, ten hundred and seventy six pound left handed d first finished his time 707 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:50,599 in the queue this past season after four there the previous season I should say 708 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:54,320 over two point per game seasons and a U twenty gold and he was with 709 00:50:54,360 --> 00:51:00,880 the Henderson Silver Knights this most recent season where he would over a half point 710 00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:02,719 per game, which was pretty nice. Ten goals, twenty five assists for 711 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:08,360 thirty five points in sixty two games was pretty nice. Two years left on 712 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:15,119 his entry level deal. He could push for a position in camp with the 713 00:51:15,199 --> 00:51:17,000 Vegas Gold and nice, but I feel like that's probably a little less likely. 714 00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:22,960 Terabously a really good team, and they have a bunch of defensive pieces 715 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:27,320 that I think are going to be pretty hard to pass up near the bottom 716 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,480 kind of seventy eight guys. Certainly, I think he could challenge them, 717 00:51:30,519 --> 00:51:34,079 So if there's an injury, he gets in the lineup. But let's hear 718 00:51:34,119 --> 00:51:38,199 a little bit more about Lucas Cormier from our FHL scout. Definitely we should, 719 00:51:38,199 --> 00:51:44,239 and this time it is Sasha talking about Cormier skating in transition. The 720 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,239 skating has improved from one year to the next. Super agile with his edges, 721 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:52,039 uses deception in his upper body to freeze opponents. Not overly explosive in 722 00:51:52,119 --> 00:51:58,360 his crossovers, but an efficient transition player who should focus his offseason training and 723 00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,679 gaining more explosiveness. General backward skating still a concern. He gets be to 724 00:52:01,679 --> 00:52:07,119 the outside more than one would want, especially with larger and stronger players and 725 00:52:07,159 --> 00:52:10,599 his pivots of the weak side need work as well passing and handling. Probably 726 00:52:10,639 --> 00:52:15,199 his best tool is his ability to pass the puck with precision at all times. 727 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:19,960 Cormier is an amazing talent when controlling the puck and his handling has transitioned 728 00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:23,920 seamlessly to the pro level. He uses a mix of deception and smarts to 729 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:29,880 find seems that was his bread and butter with the Charlottetown Islanders of the queue 730 00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:34,079 shooting. He loves to shoot the puck, and Cormier shoots with authority. 731 00:52:34,159 --> 00:52:37,400 He has a knack defined holes to feed the puck toward the net, doesn't 732 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,719 shy away from using his slapshot when he has the time and space to do. 733 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:45,320 Takes chances with his shot, which Sasha loves to see. Intern Offensively 734 00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:50,360 driven player IQ super high offensive IQ with a puck seen as the best offensive 735 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:53,800 defenseman prospect in the Night System by a large margin. Used on power play 736 00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:59,360 one, penalty kill two, leads the team in ice time on three. 737 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:04,599 He has ex vision with a puck evident in all his all around transition game 738 00:53:04,679 --> 00:53:08,280 while not panicking with a puck in any zones. Off puck habits are pro 739 00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:12,719 ready big reason why he was able to rack up thirty five points and only 740 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,800 sixty five games. Is a rookie. Defensive IQ has improved from his draft 741 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:22,760 year off puck habits like defensive zone scanning have improved defense. As explained in 742 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:27,039 the IQ, he needs to improve gap control and aggressiveness in the defensive zone. 743 00:53:27,079 --> 00:53:30,440 Tends to be too passive and opponents tend to expose that passiveness by attacking 744 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:35,320 the net in the middle of the ice with little concern. Best asset then, 745 00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,440 as we look back at it and sum it up, the offensive tool 746 00:53:37,519 --> 00:53:40,760 kit, the vision and the passing abilities, and the biggest concern is that 747 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:46,239 defensive game, especially when opponents come in with speed on the outside. The 748 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:51,840 top tier outcome for Cormier is a middle pairing top power play producer in the 749 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,719 NHL. He has the making of quality power play quarterback while not having to 750 00:53:54,719 --> 00:54:00,360 focus on playing against the other team's best players every ship and the middle outcome. 751 00:54:00,679 --> 00:54:05,960 A power play specialist with limited five on five minutes stylistic comparable Tory Krug 752 00:54:06,199 --> 00:54:10,440 or Tyson Barry. Perhaps, so let's go to the NHL rank king and 753 00:54:10,519 --> 00:54:15,639 say what we're gonna have for Lucas Cormier's top comps, top comp Derek Pugliat, 754 00:54:16,159 --> 00:54:21,719 and then Tye Smith and then Shay Theodore. And that's going from a 755 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:24,159 couple of years ago when he had superstar potential. Now he's trending down where 756 00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:30,039 he's going through the funnel and he's more between a first and second line potential 757 00:54:30,199 --> 00:54:35,960 in his equivalency in terms of the head to head matchup that Mason put out 758 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:37,480 on the Internet for you all to vote on, and you should look for 759 00:54:37,519 --> 00:54:42,719 those every week because he's putting these out there as we go to our team 760 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:47,519 previews. Lucas Cormier versus Carson Lambos of the Minnesota Wild guy who was drafted 761 00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:53,400 one year later and two rounds higher than Cormier was, and Cormier versus Lambos 762 00:54:53,599 --> 00:54:59,280 in one hundred and eleven vote poll came out to Cormier sixty seven percent, 763 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:05,039 doubling up Carson Lambos is thirty three percent. Victor, Is Cormier that big 764 00:55:05,079 --> 00:55:08,719 of a favorite over Carson Lambos in your mind? No, I don't think 765 00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:13,519 so. I think it's closer. I do think that Cormier is more offensive 766 00:55:13,679 --> 00:55:16,719 than Lambos. He has a little bit more offensive upside, but he also 767 00:55:17,079 --> 00:55:22,079 is a little less well rounded, so Lambos like if you're if you're looking 768 00:55:22,079 --> 00:55:29,000 at in real life likelihood probability, Lambos is almost a lock. I would 769 00:55:29,039 --> 00:55:31,119 say to play. He's just so good at everything he does. He'll at 770 00:55:31,199 --> 00:55:36,159 least be a bottom pairing option for the Wild, which is good. Cormier, 771 00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,599 it needs some work on some defensive aspect gap control skating, as we've 772 00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:43,920 heard. He Actually it's funny that ty Smith is one of his comps, 773 00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,840 because I think that's not an unrealistic outcome. We all are watching in real 774 00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:51,960 time what's happening with ty Smith. He never really learned some of the skating 775 00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,880 and gap control that he needs to be able to defend the RUSH and the 776 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:59,840 NHL, and he's struggling now trying to get better at that. And that's 777 00:56:00,119 --> 00:56:04,840 to limit him from being an NHL or because he literally gets turnstyled often. 778 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,519 I don't know if that's going to happen necessarily with Cormier. He seems a 779 00:56:07,559 --> 00:56:13,039 little farther along in some aspects, and ty Smith went straight from if I 780 00:56:13,079 --> 00:56:15,840 remember correctly, went straight from the WHL to the NHL, so that was 781 00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:22,039 a little bit of a difficult transition for him. So I'm not sure that 782 00:56:22,119 --> 00:56:25,880 it's going to be as difficult for Cormier. It seems like he had a 783 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:30,320 pretty decent transition, so that was nice to see. Sorry, I was 784 00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:34,639 just checking on ty Smith. Yeah, he went straight from the WHL to 785 00:56:34,679 --> 00:56:37,079 the NHL, which is always tough. So I like that Cormier got the 786 00:56:37,119 --> 00:56:42,440 middle stop off in the HL, and I think he could really round out 787 00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:45,000 his game and be Shay Theodore light, which, funny, which is one 788 00:56:45,039 --> 00:56:49,280 of his comps. Obviously, they still have Theodore and he's not going anywhere, 789 00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:53,000 so maybe another several years until he could potentially take over a power play, 790 00:56:53,079 --> 00:56:58,079 or maybe he splits with Theodore and they stopped giving into Petrangolo. Any 791 00:56:58,079 --> 00:57:00,960 of these things are possible. But I really do if he can round out 792 00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:04,400 the rest of his defensive game a little bit more than he can be a 793 00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:07,960 really solid option and definitely has more offense, I would say, than Lambos. 794 00:57:07,039 --> 00:57:12,000 So if you're looking at the high percent outcome, you like that Looking 795 00:57:12,039 --> 00:57:16,039 at these two in hockey prospecting, Cormier has consistently been above twenty percent star 796 00:57:16,119 --> 00:57:21,719 potential and Lambos has been in the mid teens, so just a little bit 797 00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:24,000 higher, not too much different. Frankly, and the NHL or probability is 798 00:57:24,039 --> 00:57:28,440 similar. So I like that for both of these guys, But yeah, 799 00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,599 a little bit leaning more towards the offense with Cormier looking at some of his 800 00:57:31,679 --> 00:57:37,480 individual comps, no one too exciting, a lot of replacement level or average 801 00:57:37,519 --> 00:57:42,239 producers. Nathan Bellie is one that he looks a little bit like in the 802 00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:45,719 system who came out of the queue, and obviously he hasn't really translated much 803 00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,519 offense, so not too exciting there. And the Jay first card also not 804 00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:52,920 too exciting at just three percent chance of being a star, forty five percent 805 00:57:52,039 --> 00:57:55,639 chance of being an NHLer, So a little bit down the line there for 806 00:57:55,960 --> 00:58:02,000 Lucas Cormier, very good victor. And next, who is your need to 807 00:58:02,039 --> 00:58:07,920 know prospect? Yeah, I need to know would be pavel A dodo Fiev 808 00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:14,840 Dodrofiev. He is a twenty nineteen a third round pick by Vegas, and 809 00:58:15,119 --> 00:58:20,599 he's a six one, one hundred and seventy six pound left wing and he 810 00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:23,880 is someone who played mostly in the HL last year but got a decent run 811 00:58:24,639 --> 00:58:30,360 in the NHL for Vegas. He had eighteen games, seven goals to assist 812 00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:32,920 for half point per game, which was pretty nice. He was shooting a 813 00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:36,800 couple of times, got just a few hits in there, not too much 814 00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,719 in the PRIF category. Got a little bit of power play time but not 815 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:44,000 too much, just an under two minutes, got three power play points in 816 00:58:44,039 --> 00:58:45,800 that time though, so a little bit of a limited role. And then 817 00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:52,760 in Henderson he had thirty two games for seventeen points in that span for Henderson 818 00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:55,840 and that was a pretty good little over half point per game there as well, 819 00:58:55,880 --> 00:59:00,280 which is nice. And he probably should be at least competing for a 820 00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:05,480 role in the NHL as early as this season. He definitely has a couple 821 00:59:05,519 --> 00:59:09,920 of You got a good roster too, to try to step over some guys, 822 00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:13,599 step ahead of some guys, but I think near down the bottom of 823 00:59:13,599 --> 00:59:16,119 the lineup, like your Howden's and carriers, he might be able to leap 824 00:59:16,159 --> 00:59:21,760 frog a couple of them. So there's some space there. One year left 825 00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:24,159 on the entry level deal, so in a cap league, he's looking really 826 00:59:24,159 --> 00:59:28,079 good. He's definitely someone I would be eyeing because he'll be playing, but 827 00:59:28,119 --> 00:59:30,519 he potentially could get a top six spot that would be obviously really exciting. 828 00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:35,920 I just was looking up the hockey viz of all his opportunity and it definitely 829 00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:37,480 shifted around. He played with a lot of different players. He got some 830 00:59:37,559 --> 00:59:43,519 Carl Sinson Smith, He definitely got some March or so An Ichel time here 831 00:59:43,599 --> 00:59:45,440 and there. That was really exciting when he was playing with March and Ichel. 832 00:59:45,559 --> 00:59:50,440 Obviously that spot was Barberschev a lot too. Yeah, it's gonna be 833 00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:53,199 interesting to see what he gets. But he should get some offensive play. 834 00:59:53,239 --> 00:59:58,400 He was really helping the team on the power play with him on the ice. 835 00:59:58,719 --> 01:00:04,079 His expected goals for increased the teams percent by twenty one chance of scoring. 836 01:00:04,159 --> 01:00:07,599 So I think there's some pretty good upside here with Doropiev, and let's 837 01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:10,480 hear a little bit more about what that could be from our FHL scout. 838 01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:20,159 FHL scout Tony reporting in on Papeldrofiev skating, good lateral movement and decent speed. 839 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:24,639 Passing and handling very good as well. Good one able to do one 840 01:00:24,679 --> 01:00:30,400 on one deeks of opponents, shooting, good shot, good variety of shots, 841 01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:36,800 IQ skills, vision and offensive anticipation. Didn't see a lot of defense, 842 01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,840 hardly any shorty ated time. The panic meter seems to be minimal. 843 01:00:40,119 --> 01:00:44,440 He looked a little more comfortable in the HL, but not out of place 844 01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:46,360 in the NHL. For checking, didn't see a whole lot of it. 845 01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:51,079 Tony didn't, and he needs to be more aggressive to be successful at the 846 01:00:51,199 --> 01:00:55,320 NHL level. And the same with defense, Tony didn't see much from Dourofiev. 847 01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:59,920 Maybe he should say he saw modern day defense using your stick to ble 848 01:01:00,199 --> 01:01:04,639 shots. Best asset was that play in the offensive zone, vision and puck 849 01:01:04,719 --> 01:01:08,639 handling in the biggest concern lack of defense, lack of aggressiveness in the ozone. 850 01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:14,840 So once the top tier potential for Pavoldropiev, Tony says tier two offensive 851 01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:20,239 passing, Deakin shooting all on the positive and lots of power play time middle 852 01:01:20,239 --> 01:01:24,159 outcome fiftieth percentile if he does not get more aggressive in play, d probable 853 01:01:24,239 --> 01:01:30,880 tier three power play time, limited third line minutes and stylistic comparable. Why 854 01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:36,519 not pick a former Vegas Golden Night in Riley Smith, the NHL ranking Mason 855 01:01:36,599 --> 01:01:40,760 Black coming in to give us some information on Pavlo Doropiev. He's peeked out 856 01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:45,199 in Mason's model just above a second line potential, but last year as he 857 01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:49,320 debuted in the NHL, or is he played a lot in the NHL, 858 01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:53,800 he's dipping a little bit below that, down below second line potential. In 859 01:01:53,880 --> 01:02:01,480 terms of a comparison, We've put Pavlodrofiev up against Vasili of the Carolina Hurricanes 860 01:02:01,599 --> 01:02:07,159 the twenty twenty second round selection of the Canes. Who's playing for the Chicago 861 01:02:07,199 --> 01:02:12,360 Wolves and which one would you rather having a span on your fantasy team? 862 01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,960 You voted? You said Dorothea by a wide margin seventy three to twenty seven 863 01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:20,800 percent. Victor. Is that what you had to say in terms of this 864 01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:25,800 comparison, Yeah, definitely I would take dorothy of any day. I think 865 01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:30,880 he has a lot more offense to give. He's definitely a more creative offensive 866 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:36,800 player. Panamarov is definitely more of a two way guy. He could be 867 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:40,320 like a bottom six pivot for them, And yeah, so he's not I 868 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:44,719 don't think he's going to have as much offense in the NHL. Did really 869 01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:47,920 well in the HL for Chicago and that's great, but I'm just not sure 870 01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:53,079 that's going to translate to the NHL. Whereas Dorothea of being a winger and 871 01:02:53,239 --> 01:02:58,559 being more creative power play specialist could be that kind of player. So he 872 01:02:58,599 --> 01:03:02,039 has a little bit easier row to you know, relevance, and so I 873 01:03:02,079 --> 01:03:06,360 really like him. The star potential, he's kind of down for both of 874 01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:10,320 these. It's six percent for Dorofy of one percent for Panamaryov, so definitely 875 01:03:10,360 --> 01:03:15,199 a little bit lower for both, but it still remains higher for Dorothy. 876 01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:21,039 Of looking at just Dorofy of his hockey prospecting has some pretty interesting comps. 877 01:03:21,079 --> 01:03:24,679 He actually ended the model with a few interesting comps. Alex Turcott, Keith, 878 01:03:24,719 --> 01:03:30,519 Primo, Elis Lenholme. Yeah, interesting mix there, probably nowhere near 879 01:03:30,639 --> 01:03:35,960 is likely to end up like Lenholme or Primo Turcott. Maybe he's a little 880 01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:39,079 bit better than that. So hard to say, but I do like him, 881 01:03:39,239 --> 01:03:44,559 I think especially right now as his opportunity is there for Vegas and he's 882 01:03:44,599 --> 01:03:46,880 already broken in a little bit, so he'd love to see that. The 883 01:03:47,079 --> 01:03:51,960 Jay Fresh model has him just at two percent chance of being a start, 884 01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:57,559 eighteen percent chance of being an NHL or so a little bit lower, all 885 01:03:57,679 --> 01:04:01,760 right, Victor, who is your keep your eye proce b keep your eye 886 01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:06,440 on? Is Brendan Bressan twenty twenty first round pick by Vegas, six ft 887 01:04:06,519 --> 01:04:11,280 hundred and eighty five pound winger, first full season with the Henderson Silver Knights 888 01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:15,679 this past year, and it was pretty decent. Eighteen goals, nineteen six 889 01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:19,119 thirty seven points in fifty eight games. With Henderson two years left on that 890 01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:24,880 entry level contract, he could compete for a spot in camp, although again 891 01:04:25,039 --> 01:04:29,480 very good team and Brassan's role is also a little bit unique because he's basically 892 01:04:30,559 --> 01:04:32,920 a trigger man with his good shot. I don't know that there's as much 893 01:04:33,039 --> 01:04:36,639 around the rest of his game to be that exciting, but we need to 894 01:04:36,639 --> 01:04:42,199 hear about that from our FHL scout. Indeed we do in our FHL scout 895 01:04:42,239 --> 01:04:45,679 in this case is Brandon, and Brandon said the skating Brassan is a rather 896 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:51,079 textbook the ordinary skater, no glaring mechanical issues, but also not necessarily dynamic 897 01:04:51,119 --> 01:04:55,559 and explosive, gets around the ice well enough and ends up where he ought 898 01:04:55,559 --> 01:05:00,840 to be positionally aggressive hustle if in pursuit of the puck carrier passenger in handling, 899 01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:02,960 a delicate puck handler with a light touch, not known to hold onto 900 01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:06,480 the puck and carry it beyond one zone, but would rather move the puck 901 01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:12,159 deliberately and accurately to free himself up to get into open spaces and lanes. 902 01:05:12,519 --> 01:05:15,840 He's the ant in give and go. I like that phrase, holding onto 903 01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:19,440 the puck. Prone to slowing the play down a notch or two to match 904 01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:26,199 his tempo and shooting, Raissan possesses a will pippy, an accurate wrist shot, 905 01:05:26,239 --> 01:05:30,599 one timers and one touch shots are crisp and pack some punch, though 906 01:05:30,599 --> 01:05:33,039 he could stand a dial in his accuracy to hit the net more often displayed. 907 01:05:33,039 --> 01:05:36,719 The ability to shoot at full speed off the rush positions himself as a 908 01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:42,320 potential pass target in the mid to high slot, and I would like to 909 01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:45,880 see him develop more plays on his own accord instead of relying on others to 910 01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:49,880 douce That way, he can unleash that shot more often. Brandon says in 911 01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:53,960 terms of IQ, he tends to circle around and near the play to observe 912 01:05:54,039 --> 01:05:57,400 the happenings. Looking to capitalize in a bounce or pass in his favor, 913 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,760 he will activate to help out the puck is caught up in a scrum along 914 01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:05,079 the boards. Although he's more comfortable hovering a sticklinked the way that gives him 915 01:06:05,079 --> 01:06:11,440 the most flexibility to adapt for checking. Braissan provides a willingness to take initiative 916 01:06:11,519 --> 01:06:15,360 and provide disruptive pressure is f one, especially during the moments where the opponent 917 01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:18,679 is trying to set up a breakout well, he doesn't really use his body 918 01:06:18,719 --> 01:06:24,760 to separate the puck from the carrier. He does engage physically and finishes the 919 01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:29,840 vast majority of his checks. Defense, willing to contribute to scrums along the 920 01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:34,199 board, although often seen in a spatially supportive role, and he used as 921 01:06:34,199 --> 01:06:39,079 a short range outlet pass option to can one touch the puck to a teammate 922 01:06:39,159 --> 01:06:43,360 building up steam, so the best asset summing that up. Supportive, adaptive, 923 01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:48,840 opportunist, opportunistic positioning, and Brandon says the biggest concern reliance on teammates 924 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:54,199 to do most of the heavy lifting and play generation. Top tier outcome for 925 01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:58,480 Braissan, according to Brandon, top six supportive winger with a scoring touch, 926 01:06:58,599 --> 01:07:01,239 high slight, dual threat, bumper role on the power play, twenty to 927 01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:05,800 thirty goals, sixty to seventy points and shot on goal potential has a wide 928 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:11,119 range of variants depending on the quality of the linemates, and although he plays 929 01:07:11,159 --> 01:07:15,639 physical, he might not provide as many hits as he doesn't use his body 930 01:07:15,719 --> 01:07:21,000 to knock the puck loose the middle outcome fifty percentile middle six opportunistic score thirty 931 01:07:21,039 --> 01:07:25,960 to forty points could provide a scoring threat on a depth of checking line impaired 932 01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:31,880 with aggressive for checking puck retrievers. Stylistic comparable Sergei sumson Off crossed with Brock 933 01:07:32,119 --> 01:07:38,679 Besser all right, and the NHL ranking Mason Black given us some similarities. 934 01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:43,800 Philip Chlappic is the top one, Boon Jenner, Kirby Dock following it. 935 01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:47,840 After that, the potential has trended down just a little bit below second line 936 01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:51,880 in the last year for Brasson, and we're going to compare him to owen 937 01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:58,119 Beck and the vote owen Beck selected two years after him and a couple of 938 01:07:58,199 --> 01:08:02,679 picks behind him, and Beck decisively with the victory Hero over Braissant sixty three 939 01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:06,360 to thirty seven percent victor. Is that what you think of these two guys? 940 01:08:08,719 --> 01:08:12,719 No, not really. I think that's a little skewed in my opinion. 941 01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:15,840 I like Beck, and he was someone who I actually talked about as 942 01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:19,239 potentially popping off in his D plus one season which he just completed, and 943 01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:26,119 he definitely did. He increased his point potential for Mississauga up to forty one 944 01:08:26,159 --> 01:08:29,399 points in thirty games, where he was going well over a point per game, 945 01:08:29,399 --> 01:08:31,840 but then he got traded mid season to Peterborough and that went down a 946 01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:35,119 little bit. His world shifted, so he didn't be able. He wasn't 947 01:08:35,159 --> 01:08:40,159 able to fully just pop off there, but definitely it was looking pretty good. 948 01:08:40,199 --> 01:08:44,039 He's definitely farther away, and beck is someone who has a lot of 949 01:08:44,039 --> 01:08:45,640 good offense, but it definitely I think it's going to be asked to do 950 01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:50,800 more two way than Brasson. Brassan is really just a nice complimentary piece, 951 01:08:50,800 --> 01:08:54,600 and I don't think he's gonna be asked to do as much. He can 952 01:08:55,159 --> 01:08:58,800 backjack. He can be the one timer on the power play, he can 953 01:08:59,119 --> 01:09:01,960 be the score, be the guy who sets up gets set up. So 954 01:09:02,399 --> 01:09:05,319 I think it'll be a little bit easier for him to break in because of 955 01:09:05,359 --> 01:09:10,439 those things. And he's a lot closer and managed to keep his star potential 956 01:09:10,520 --> 01:09:14,039 a little bit higher throughout the year. So he's down at seven percent back 957 01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:17,800 already down to two after just two seasons in the model, So I think 958 01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:24,680 there's a little more likely outcome that Braisson is relevant in fantasy than going back 959 01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:30,840 and just looking at Braissan's regular hockey prospecting. He's got some interesting comp skys 960 01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:34,640 like Trevor Lewis, Steve Bernier, not that exciting. Jeoffrey Loophole is one 961 01:09:34,720 --> 01:09:41,920 that's pretty decent average producer though. So yeah, the Jay Fresh card has 962 01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:45,199 him at just four percent chance of being a star and twenty four percent chance 963 01:09:45,279 --> 01:09:50,319 of being an NHL So a little bit less optimistic as usual, I would 964 01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:54,560 say for the Jay Fresh card. But yeah, that's the Vegas Golden Knights. 965 01:09:54,840 --> 01:09:58,079 There's more guys we could talk about, but we don't have time here. 966 01:09:58,079 --> 01:10:00,960 So if you're a patron's into my top ten prospect recap, and if 967 01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,720 you're doing some skiding with us, you can shoot me a dam on Twitter, 968 01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:09,199 Discord, or email us. We'll be right back to close out the 969 01:10:09,199 --> 01:10:20,279 show. I have a couple of things on my mind and you're going to 970 01:10:20,359 --> 01:10:24,039 hear about them now. One is that our show is brought to you by 971 01:10:24,039 --> 01:10:27,159 fan Tracks. Move your leagues over there. You can ask fan tracks the 972 01:10:27,279 --> 01:10:29,880 help you do that if you have an ongoing league, but more to the 973 01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:32,319 point, you can start new ones. They've got the most options for scoring 974 01:10:32,399 --> 01:10:36,439 salaries, contracts. 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We like to thank 984 01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:24,560 our content curator, Nate Duffett. He's been helping out a ton with our 985 01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:29,600 show prep and we don't know where we'd be without him because these episodes are 986 01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:31,520 a lot of work to prepare. We're also brought to you by Dabber Hockey 987 01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:35,760 and Dabber Prospects. Victor as an editor at Dabber Prospects. We are part 988 01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:42,239 of the Dabber podcast network and in addition to this show, Victor has a 989 01:11:42,319 --> 01:11:46,319 second show called Dabber Prospects report that he does with Peter Harling that is on 990 01:11:46,640 --> 01:11:54,039 the Dabber podcast Networks some good additional stuff for fantasy hockey. I do a 991 01:11:54,079 --> 01:11:59,239 solo show called Dynasty Sports Life. I talk multiple different dynasty sports, sometimes 992 01:11:59,239 --> 01:12:01,880 at the same time. 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