1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:12,919 Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks. Here's your source of 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,879 information and analysis to help you win your fantasy hockey league. Block off, 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:22,600 hop a step hit on, Stay Lock. Here's your host, Jesse sovi 4 00:00:22,719 --> 00:00:27,239 here and Victor Neuton. You host Hockey Live back once again. Jesse Severe 5 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,560 Britain Cracks joined by you rink side Victor Newt You know, Victor, how 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,520 you doing today? I'm doing awesome, Jesse. It's such a fun time 7 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:41,159 of year. We got World Juniors coming up, we got practice games, 8 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,119 and by the time we're listening to this, the tournament's going to be upon 9 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:48,159 you. And it's the Christmas gift every year that keeps on giving. How 10 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,359 are you doing? Yeah, you're darn right it is. It is the 11 00:00:51,399 --> 00:00:54,560 gift that keeps on game. Last week, Victory, you pointed out to 12 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,840 me after we were recorded that I had said it was the last episode before 13 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:02,960 the holiday, and that's just not true. We're recording again and this is 14 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,319 the one that's coming out. Actually, I think this episode will come out 15 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,200 just hours before the tournament begins, right, because this will come out Sunday 16 00:01:11,239 --> 00:01:15,719 and then the tournament officially begins on Tuesday. Probably in some crazy hour of 17 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:21,079 the morning that Americans are not attuned to. I'll be waking up at my 18 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,159 in laws house trying to figure out if they have any child Network, and 19 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,120 otherwise I'll be watching on my iPad pretty much. That's how it's going to 20 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,640 go down. Yeah, that makes sense. I'm going to be traveling too 21 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,640 at families, so I won't necessarily be able to watch that much in the 22 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:41,000 first couple of days, but then I'll be glued to the screen thereafter. 23 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,239 But yeah, I'm looking forward to it, and it's going to be it's 24 00:01:44,239 --> 00:01:46,799 going to be exciting. I don't know how you feel about it this year 25 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,920 with the Americans being the favorite, it's a little awkward. Usually we're used 26 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:53,760 to going in and Canada or past year's Russia being the favorite. It's a 27 00:01:53,799 --> 00:01:57,120 little I don't quite know what to do with myself. I'm used to rooting 28 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,519 a little bit more for the underdog, so it's a strange position to be 29 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,200 in. I you know what, Yeah, I don't even want to say 30 00:02:02,239 --> 00:02:07,079 it, because this will probably be an ongoing theme for this entire episode. 31 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,120 Is I've got my USA USA hat and I've got my Yes, the Americans 32 00:02:12,199 --> 00:02:16,400 are in kind of pole position right now. Hat but I'm not counting out 33 00:02:16,439 --> 00:02:20,680 some of these other teams, these these Canadians, they will find a way. 34 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,120 Man, The Canadians will find a way, So I don't fade them 35 00:02:24,199 --> 00:02:30,000 much, even if that's not maybe the popular consensus here. But yeah, 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:35,199 Victor, it's gonna be good times and a place that people could join because 37 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:40,719 you might be on your in law's couch or your parents couch, or with 38 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:46,639 whommever you celebrate the holidays couch and be like, I don't nobody here cares 39 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:51,120 about the World Juniors and this is a lonely conversation. All you need to 40 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,080 do is hop on the discord. We have a free discord where no doubt 41 00:02:54,159 --> 00:02:58,759 people will be in there chattering about the World Juniors. You can get on 42 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,280 there hitting Victor and myself up one or the other. You don't have to 43 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,280 do this both up, but you could Fantasy HOCKEYLFE at gmail dot com or 44 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:12,280 catch one of us on x at Fan Hockey Life is me at Victor NUONEO 45 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:19,840 twelve is Victor, that's viic tr and YOUNO one two. That's how you 46 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,479 can get a link. The link is free to get into the discord, 47 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:25,639 which is also free. But in addition to fun free stuff, Victor, 48 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,439 we've got other preemium things that people can have, and this is your opportunity 49 00:03:31,479 --> 00:03:36,439 to tell them what it is. We got a lot of great extra stuff 50 00:03:36,479 --> 00:03:38,199 through the Patreon. You get one of the things I haven't mentioned in a 51 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,800 while, access to show notes. We write up usually pretty extensive notes for 52 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,280 all these shows. This one might be a little bit different because we'll explain 53 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,960 what we're gonna do a little bit later. But usually there's lots of graphs 54 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,280 and charts and notes, and sometimes I know, when I'm listening to podcasts, 55 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:53,520 I'm like, wait, that was interesting what he said, But what 56 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,439 did he say and what was the take on that? So it's nice to 57 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:00,400 be able to go back and just be able to look at that. And 58 00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:04,639 so patrons have access to all of that, And there's lots of other great 59 00:04:04,639 --> 00:04:10,120 stuff too, Patron Priority Channel, access to ranks and sheets and the tidy 60 00:04:10,159 --> 00:04:13,280 the tier dining. So we've got a couple people that have dropped recently and 61 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:16,360 people waiting to take their spot, so that's happening. 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Yeah, 70 00:04:49,399 --> 00:04:54,959 and what's not Just like you said, Victor said, we have an opportunity 71 00:04:55,079 --> 00:04:59,079 to get a little bit more of an in depth conversation, but really the 72 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,519 discord is there for chatter back and forth and there's a lot of smart people 73 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:08,360 on there who you would love to converse with other than just me and Victor. 74 00:05:08,439 --> 00:05:11,240 So it's just a community. It's what it is, and I would 75 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,720 welcome everybody to come on a board. Victor, I can wait no more. 76 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,560 It is time for competition to stir up. Right after this, we 77 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:25,639 will be joined by our mysterious third guest and we'll be doing a fun exercise, 78 00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:35,439 so I'll hang on. We are here today to talk of the World 79 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,879 Juniors. It's me, it's Victor, and it is Admiral Downey. He 80 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:46,120 is the highest ranking officer in the Fantasy Hockey life or community because he is 81 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,360 an admiral. I don't think there's anything above an admiral. Ryan. First 82 00:05:48,399 --> 00:05:51,959 of all, how are you a man? I'm well and it's great to 83 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:56,240 be speaking with you, Jesse. As I was saying earlier today, throughout 84 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,319 our day on the discord, I've been promoted from the tidy segment to I 85 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,839 get to actually talk to Jesse Severe. So my day is going great. 86 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,920 We have geate keepers here, Ryan, But you did earn it was a 87 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:12,879 battlefield promotion. You sunk everybody else's battleship. And now you are here because 88 00:06:12,879 --> 00:06:16,560 today we are gathered together to talk about World Juniors and we are going to 89 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:23,160 attempt in on air live draft, Victor Nuno, can you explain to me 90 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:29,319 what I'm about to inflict upon myself and everybody else. Yeah, as we've 91 00:06:29,399 --> 00:06:31,519 been talking about, it's World Junior time. It's fun. And one thing 92 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,199 that we've been doing in the discord is having some pools. We have three 93 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,959 different pools, A, B and C and we've done these for a few 94 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,600 years and it's just for fun volunteer. We've for find it a little bit 95 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,720 this year. In the past we've had slightly different numbers of positions, but 96 00:06:46,759 --> 00:06:50,040 we decided to go with five forwards, three d and one goalie, so 97 00:06:50,079 --> 00:06:54,360 that's total of nine spots. And the scoring is simple. A point for 98 00:06:54,399 --> 00:06:56,600 a goal, a point for an assist, a point for a win, 99 00:06:56,759 --> 00:06:59,560 and a point for a shoutout for those goalies. And if goalies happened to 100 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,240 get and assist or haven't forbid a goalie goal, that's going to count. 101 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:09,279 So pretty straightforward scoring. And the players you select are there throughout the whole 102 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,680 tournament. Pre tournament games do not count, but third place, pronze medal 103 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,879 games absolutely do, so all of those games count, and so to some 104 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,560 extent, you're trying to pick the players and the teams that are going to 105 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,639 be around the longest, but also the ones that will be the best and 106 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,199 score the most points. So that's basically what we're looking for, who's going 107 00:07:28,279 --> 00:07:30,519 to perform the best during the tournament. And one of the reasons we have 108 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,199 Ryan on is that he obviously he's been part of the show and he also 109 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:40,279 is a former champion of this format that we've done in the polls, although 110 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,360 in the past he had a bit of a cheat code, and I think 111 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,199 his name was Connor Berdard, Is that right, Ryan? I like to 112 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,720 think that I had some modicum of skill in picking. No, let's be 113 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,279 honest, for a second year it was Connor Bedard the whole way it was. 114 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,800 It would have been embarrassing if I lost having Connor Berdard's We'll see if 115 00:07:58,839 --> 00:08:03,160 I can make some more strategy picks this time. Yeah, not everyone had 116 00:08:03,319 --> 00:08:07,920 had him. Consensus has the best forward in that pool last year, so 117 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,800 that was slightly brazen to take him when you did, but it was still 118 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:15,360 a great pick. So the way it's going to go is we're just going 119 00:08:15,399 --> 00:08:18,839 to snake and we're going to talk about a little bit. We'll stop at 120 00:08:18,839 --> 00:08:22,399 a couple places and break down the picks a little bit, but we're not 121 00:08:22,439 --> 00:08:26,639 going to try to give any anything away while we're still picking. And it's 122 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,399 going to go in snake order. So Ryan is first, Jesse's second, 123 00:08:28,439 --> 00:08:31,839 I'm third, and then we'll snake back around so I'll do two with the 124 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,039 turn and then we'll keep going like that until all the picks are made, 125 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,960 and you don't have to go in any specific order forward, D goalie, 126 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,639 but you do need five forwards, three D in one goalie by the end. 127 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:46,080 So we'll see how this goes. Any questions, gentlemen, I'm good 128 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,440 to go. I found this out thirty seconds ago that I'm going to be 129 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,120 picking. I agree it is a bit challenging at the top of the draft 130 00:08:54,159 --> 00:08:58,840 here, but I think there's a clear cut number one forward in this turn 131 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:03,519 of I think the conversation would be a little bit different because the other option 132 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,360 for top foward has been injured. I think number one I'm going to go 133 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:13,559 with Cutter Gotier. All right, Cutter Gotier And yeah, if you, 134 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,720 I guess maybe the person after, if you want to comment on that, 135 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,440 Jesse, or if you have any comments, Yeah, I know. I 136 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,200 think this is definitely a guy who ought to be here at the top, 137 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,840 and I were fraining to comment on the other comment that just happened there. 138 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:31,519 But Victor, I'm going to be basic here. I think we're talking a 139 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:35,559 little bit in the entry part of this or the opening to the show. 140 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,639 I think I think I'm ready to go ahead and go Canadian here, man 141 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:46,159 I am going to despite the fact that I'm not one percent sure he'll be 142 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,840 on the first line, but I'm believing in Macklin Celebrini. I'm going to 143 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:54,840 go Maclin Celebrini with pick number two overall, Victor, what do you think? 144 00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:58,879 This is so basic? But I'm just gonna do it. I'm trying 145 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,840 not to embarrass myself. Your Victor, don't look at me like that. 146 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,519 So I thought you'd go Jesse. If I'm being starting to cut you off 147 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:09,279 there, Victory really not where I thought you'd go, given the red, 148 00:10:09,279 --> 00:10:15,399 white and blue that you currently are wearing. I've got a scream at Eagle 149 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,840 on my sleep. There's no doubt about that. Yeah, I think that 150 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:22,279 Maclin is probably going to be one of the best players on the Canadian roster, 151 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,200 and he's going to get compared to Connor Badard last year, and it's 152 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:30,679 going to be totally unfair because he could have a great tournament and be worthy 153 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,000 of this pick and still people will be disappointed in him, which is not 154 00:10:33,039 --> 00:10:37,279 going to be fair because of what Badar did was absurd. So, yeah, 155 00:10:37,279 --> 00:10:39,120 I didn't think you were going to go to either. I think it's 156 00:10:39,159 --> 00:10:43,720 a totally reasonable pick. I'm going to do something maybe slightly unusual, because 157 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:50,120 I think there's a very big value over replacement for the top defenders in this 158 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,679 cool So I'm going to go back to back d I'm going to take Blayne 159 00:10:54,759 --> 00:10:58,759 Hudson, and I'm going to put a dent in Mattaichak and take him. 160 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:07,399 So I'm doing fun. Silence has come across the zoom chat here. Back 161 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,279 to the defenseman. Yeah, I honestly, I'm going to keep it rolling. 162 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,399 Man. You just took Hudson and Matichuk. I'm gonna take Sandy Pelica 163 00:11:16,159 --> 00:11:18,840 at pick number five too, because thanks I was. If I would have 164 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:22,960 been pick three, I would have probably I don't know if I would have 165 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,639 don Hudson, but I would have done Mattaichuck in Sandy Pelica. I'm happy 166 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:31,000 with that. Man. Yeah, let's just leave scraps to down you over 167 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,960 here. I was feeling safe when you said you were going to go with 168 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,639 a defenseman because I thought, Okay, there's only three defensemen you want in 169 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,480 this entire tournament, and they're all gone now, and so I think I'm 170 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,440 gonna have to I'm gonna have to scrape a little bit here. That's it's 171 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,799 a little disrespectful to this next pick, but I think I'm super high on 172 00:11:48,919 --> 00:11:52,480 him. He's younger. This is a nineteen year old tournament. Let's not 173 00:11:52,639 --> 00:11:54,279 forget that element. It is a nineteen year old tournament. But I think 174 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,919 I'm going to go with a younger player here. I'm gonna go with zeev 175 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:03,120 Bulliam as my defenseman. I think he might be the fourth best defenseman available. 176 00:12:03,159 --> 00:12:07,080 That is surprising because I think there's a clear top three, and then 177 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,600 I think there is a bit there's like some gaps here. So I'd expected 178 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:16,039 you would have gone forward, especially because we're probably not going to take another 179 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,080 D for a while. I would imagine just we'll see. But I could 180 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,559 also understand the feeling of, oh my god, I need a D now. 181 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,799 Anyone who is following our draft in pool A will no, I have 182 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:30,080 not taken a D yet. In fact, I think I might have just 183 00:12:30,159 --> 00:12:33,639 taken a D with my fifth pick. I'm going very forward heavy, but 184 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,080 I just feel like with three gone already, I needed to jump in. 185 00:12:37,159 --> 00:12:41,960 Yeah, you're messing with you. Got Ryan on tilt already because Ryan's got 186 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,919 a second pick here, and wait a minute, what just happened? There. 187 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,960 What did we just put? Who turned zeb into pick number four in 188 00:12:50,039 --> 00:12:54,720 this draft? Oh? Ryan, you got six? Now you got seven? 189 00:12:54,799 --> 00:12:56,360 Man, you got it. You're on tilt. But you still have 190 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:00,519 to go. Man, you got to play through the pain. Yeah, 191 00:13:00,519 --> 00:13:03,759 that's right. I should have made ze five. Let me just make that 192 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,480 happen. There we go. Yeah, okay, so yeah, I'm gonna 193 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:09,120 go back with a forward here. I think I'm surprised that this guy fell. 194 00:13:09,159 --> 00:13:13,080 I think this is what happens when you go on a d run. 195 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,200 I got to take who I think would be the best forward without the injury, 196 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:22,559 and I think I'm gonna go with snugger dr getting snuggy with it. 197 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,399 I like it. Oh you're going heavy? Oh my gosh. Yeah. 198 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,080 Do you have red, white and blue underneath that that shirt you're wearing there? 199 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:33,279 I don't know, right, I almost certainly do not. Wow, 200 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,519 Oh my gosh. I as long as we're this far down it, I'm 201 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,759 gonna go for a third different country because I got Celebriani, the Canadian, 202 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:46,399 Sandy in Pelica, the Swede. Let's go ahead. He's healthy, he's 203 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:52,080 the captain of Team USA. I want Rutger McGroarty on my team as my 204 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,759 second forward. Oh man, that's a bummer. I wanted him. I 205 00:13:56,799 --> 00:14:03,519 got him in our nine team draft in the third round. That's pretty late. 206 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,720 I think there were some questions about him whether he was gonna play. 207 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,480 And then the Team USA announced their leaders today and he's wearing the captain and 208 00:14:11,519 --> 00:14:13,799 he's skating on the top line, top power play. I think that's a 209 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,000 great pick. I think McGroarty is gonna be it's gonna be huge for them. 210 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:20,639 I think those three go tier, Snugrud and McGroarty are gonna be, 211 00:14:22,519 --> 00:14:26,240 are gonna be big. That's a great pick. And now I have to 212 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:30,960 figure out what I'm gonna do going another deep No, I'm just kidding. 213 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:37,159 I'm definitely gonna go forward here, and I think there's still some pretty good 214 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,120 forwards out there. I think I'm gonna have to go with the other top 215 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:46,720 line of the Americans, and I'm just gonna snag Perro and Smith. I'm 216 00:14:46,759 --> 00:14:50,679 just gonna just gonna go with those two. I think that I could try 217 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,840 to diversify and get some Canadians or Swedes. I think that's gonna happen later. 218 00:14:54,879 --> 00:14:58,600 But I think between those two lines, the pro Smith and we all 219 00:14:58,639 --> 00:15:03,080 know the other guy, but Leonard and then the Gothier Snugger route and McGarty 220 00:15:03,159 --> 00:15:07,120 line. I think either one of those lines you could call the top line. 221 00:15:07,159 --> 00:15:13,000 Probably the older guys of snuggerud Gothier and McGarty would might get the nod 222 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:13,919 there, just because they're a little bit older. But I think they're both 223 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,399 fantastic and are probably going to score a ton at least against the weaker teams. 224 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,759 Yeah, that's right, and you guys. You guys both get the 225 00:15:22,759 --> 00:15:26,360 fun of doing the back to back picks, which I guess in a way 226 00:15:26,399 --> 00:15:28,960 that's an advantage that I don't have a turn because I could just take one 227 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,960 and then just wait for the next one. But like Victor drove the action 228 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,320 with that two D man run, and that's not what I'm going to be 229 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,440 doing here. Hey. Yeah, this one is a little bit more debating 230 00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:46,639 than I've been facing so far. I believe he is still first line, 231 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:52,399 first power play for the Canadians. I'll go Connor geeky and hope that he 232 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:56,799 is able to hold up to one of those top positions there. All right, 233 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,799 interesting on the turn here, I think I do need to get a 234 00:15:58,799 --> 00:16:03,360 bit of Canada representation here. So I'm I'm gonna repeat a pick that I 235 00:16:03,399 --> 00:16:07,240 did from Pool A here, and I think I'm gonna go with Carson ray 236 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:11,120 kopf As as my next pick here. I just really believe in him. 237 00:16:11,279 --> 00:16:15,159 He's been obviously ripping up the OHL this season. He's he's a really exciting 238 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,120 player, I think, especially on the power play for Team Canada. And 239 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,480 then I think I might I might start us off on the goalie train here. 240 00:16:22,879 --> 00:16:26,080 I think I'm gonna go ahead and take who I think is probably the 241 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:32,759 only undisputed number one goalie in the tournament that of consequence, and I think 242 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:37,720 I'm gonna take Sweden's Hugo Halin. I have things I say about both those 243 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,559 guys. One, Ray Coff, I don't disagree with you, But how 244 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:45,759 are you nervous at all? Because in the practice lines we've seen he hasn't 245 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:48,679 been on either power play. I know we talked about this in the discord. 246 00:16:48,879 --> 00:16:52,519 Obviously that can change really quickly, but that would make me a little 247 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:56,039 nervous in terms of picking him in a pool just because he's not projected beyond 248 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,600 either, which seems crazy. But what are your thoughts on that? I 249 00:16:59,639 --> 00:17:03,000 just think the way that team Canada usually runs their lines. You have this 250 00:17:03,159 --> 00:17:06,880 kind of depth that they have that very few other teams have. USA has 251 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,079 it in Sweden this year certainly has it with a ton of nineteen year olds. 252 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,440 I think they usually go in with a set top six in this case 253 00:17:14,519 --> 00:17:18,359 probably a top nine, and then the minute it doesn't work out, one 254 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,599 period goes by and they don't score one or two goals. I think they 255 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,920 like to shake it up a little bit, and I think Raykoff is one 256 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,039 of those guys who they'll be able to just throw him in there and see 257 00:17:29,039 --> 00:17:33,079 what happens. So I think while he may not start the tournament on the 258 00:17:33,079 --> 00:17:36,240 power play, I think it's possible that he ends it on the power play. 259 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,519 Yeah. I think that's fair. And there's only a couple of goalies 260 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:44,079 in this whole tournament that have experience being successful. There's another one still out 261 00:17:44,079 --> 00:17:48,039 there and have it is certainly one of them. Undrafted still his brother guy 262 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,599 drafted by the Sharks. He's a defenseman. He'll be playing. He didn't 263 00:17:51,599 --> 00:17:53,319 get drafted because he's five to ten. He could be the next he could 264 00:17:53,319 --> 00:17:56,920 be the Swedish Sorrows. We'll have to see about that, but I really 265 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,000 like that pick. Go ahead, Jesse, I don't know you're Victor. 266 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,599 You're talking about some undrafted players. I'm not so sure that's that's a great 267 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,400 thing. But I'm gonna let it slide right now. I didn't name any 268 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,400 names. Okay, all right, all right, we're gonna let this slide. 269 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,759 We're gonna let a slide. I'm the bigger man here, that's all 270 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:18,799 I can say. Let's break the Swedish cap here. Additionally, some more 271 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,279 Swedes than we have had so far, because after all, they are the 272 00:18:22,319 --> 00:18:26,319 host team. They're gonna get some juice out of being the host team, 273 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,319 probably be doing a little bit more scoring than they might they might always get. 274 00:18:30,559 --> 00:18:34,839 And let's grab some Philip bishtat from the San Jose Sharks, from Victor 275 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:41,599 San Jose Sharks and give him a shot here. Victor, I really want 276 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,640 to your thoughts here on Bestead because I love the player. I now own 277 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,519 him in Triple D and like other podcasts hosts who like to talk about their 278 00:18:49,559 --> 00:18:53,799 Dynasty teams on other podcasts, I really want you to tell me the Bestead 279 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,680 is going to be great in this tournament. I also drafted him in pool 280 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,920 as my number one pick, So please tell me this is a good pick. 281 00:19:02,319 --> 00:19:03,359 I do think it's a good pick. I think he's going to be 282 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,440 really good in this tournament. In fact, I was considering taking him with 283 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:11,000 my next picks. I do like him. I think in terms of long 284 00:19:11,079 --> 00:19:15,279 term he's probably more of a middle six center. I don't know. He 285 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,519 might have top line upside, but he's probably more of that middle to maybe 286 00:19:18,519 --> 00:19:22,039 bottom six. He's just a really effective player, but he's someone who's learning 287 00:19:22,079 --> 00:19:26,119 how to use his size and really leverage that in smart ways. He uses 288 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,480 a good Barkov ways, not like he's going to run you over, but 289 00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:32,519 he's just really good at shielding and protecting the puck and just so he just 290 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:36,720 can't get the puck away from him. It's just really annoying but effective. 291 00:19:36,839 --> 00:19:40,400 So I do think that he's gonna that's going to translate well because they have 292 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,000 a lot of I think Sweden has a really balanced roster. They have guys 293 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,279 that can do all the things that they need, different things like transporting the 294 00:19:47,279 --> 00:19:51,319 puck, shooting and protecting it. They're not just like a bunch of shooters 295 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,640 or a bunch of checkers or something like that, and I think Bestet is 296 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,160 going to facilitate a lot of that, So I know, I think it's 297 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:03,279 a I think it's he's going to be good. Great Jesse, just here 298 00:20:03,519 --> 00:20:07,759 trying to make me feel better. Ryan, I'm going for second, man, 299 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,480 I'm not gonna go third in this draft. That's all I could say. 300 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,480 We'll see about that. Where you going next, Victor, I'm gonna 301 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:22,319 definitely diversify because I have three Americans and one Canadian and two defensemen, two 302 00:20:22,319 --> 00:20:32,039 forwards. I think I'm gonna go with one of my favorite players, and 303 00:20:32,319 --> 00:20:36,359 he's on a team on a country that's a little bit depressed. This year. 304 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:41,200 I would say that the Checks aren't looking as strong as usual, but 305 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,000 someone's gonna play in that bronze medal game, and I think it might be 306 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:49,880 the Checks. And I think that Yuri Kulik is gonna just manhandle people because 307 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:55,480 that's what he's been doing for years now, even against bigger, stronger, 308 00:20:55,599 --> 00:21:00,400 faster, theoretically competition. And you know, they're not completely devoid of they 309 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,079 have several drafted players. They're not the highest end guys. But I think 310 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,440 Coolick is going to be good for you know, a certain amount of points 311 00:21:07,519 --> 00:21:10,519 and hopefully if he gets into that semi final, then he'll play a few 312 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:14,240 more games too. So we'll take Kolick with with the fifteenth pick, and 313 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,400 then with the sixteenth pick, I think I'm going to go back to Canada 314 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:25,039 and I'm going to take the emergency reinforcement top line center Matthew Patchua and Ryan 315 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,559 is devastated. Never heard of you, never heard him? You took my 316 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:33,880 next two guys. That just means that just means worse than Potakota. It 317 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,880 does we might as well be at this point. Yeah, that's that's a 318 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:42,160 real kick in the teeth for me, because it just seemed these two pro 319 00:21:42,279 --> 00:21:45,839 guys are still here this late in the draft. I felt like I really 320 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,279 was gonna benefit there. But Alas, I'm gonna have to move on, 321 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,359 and I think I get back to back here and I've taken my goalie, 322 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,759 so I really just have to fill out these skater slots, and I think 323 00:22:00,279 --> 00:22:04,119 I need to go with WHOA wait a minute, I think I'm next. 324 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:11,400 I think I'm next to Ryan. That's true. Yeah, you're just oh, 325 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,440 you're getting a little impatient there, Admiral. That's all right, that's 326 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,079 all right. You're right. Sometimes the Sailors need to really admiral and it's 327 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:23,119 it's okay, it happens. You can just throw them all board. I'll 328 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,680 make it easy for you because this isn't that great of a pick anyway. 329 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:32,160 But R two Kharki from Finland. We need three defensemen. I have one. 330 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,880 I'm going to take what I hope will be another one of the power 331 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,799 play quarterbacks in this tournament. And yeah, maybe he's not the best, 332 00:22:38,799 --> 00:22:41,599 but we got it. We need three each. This is the shallowest position 333 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:47,000 for us to draft from. So ar two Karky from Finland, and you 334 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,119 are on with the show. Ryan, that's a great name. Not a 335 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,599 guy I was gonna pick. I was gonna maybe wait, see if I 336 00:22:52,599 --> 00:22:55,440 could wait on him one more round. But a great pick there, Jesse. 337 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,359 I'm going to go with another pro player here. I really value these 338 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,640 guys who are coming back from the NHL, and this is a guy who 339 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,119 saw some time in the NHL this season. I'll take Tristan Luno with this 340 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,640 pick, and then with my pick on the turn here, I feel like 341 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:17,240 I probably need to go with a bit more Canada representation. Or there's two. 342 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:18,880 There's really two players I could pick from here. And actually, since 343 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,480 I know where Victor is going to go with his next pick, and since 344 00:23:22,519 --> 00:23:26,720 he just took my two picks in a row, I'm going to go and 345 00:23:26,759 --> 00:23:30,039 I'm going to make sure I take the best of the your Garden's trio. 346 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:36,480 Noah, Oastland's That's how I labeled him when I took him in our in 347 00:23:36,519 --> 00:23:40,079 the fourth round of our pool. Yeah, and actually you did take one 348 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,440 I wanted to you. I don't know that I was going Oastland, but 349 00:23:42,519 --> 00:23:47,960 I definitely was Eyeball and Luno as as another defender, just to prove that 350 00:23:48,279 --> 00:23:52,759 Ryan and I share a brain. There you go. Oh shoot, all 351 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:59,680 right, next up, let's see he took Oastland. I will go back 352 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:03,720 to Sweden. And because it is Melli Khaliki Maka season, I'm gonna go 353 00:24:03,839 --> 00:24:08,079 Johnny Lcarry Maki. It's the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day, 354 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,319 Victor. I know you you hate Johnny Lacarry Maki's guts, You hate 355 00:24:12,319 --> 00:24:18,119 his stupid face and his jersey and everything about him. But I love him 356 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:22,599 and I'm gonna select him now. Melli Lucara Maki is the thing to say, 357 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:29,359 wait, aren't you the singer right whyan Christmas Day? Wait right, 358 00:24:29,839 --> 00:24:33,200 bravo, bravo. Don't let me sing, especially when Ryan's around. That's 359 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:38,559 a that's a mistake. That's great, fantastic, all right, what are 360 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:42,119 we doing here? So I have two D four forwards. I need one 361 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:48,960 more forward, one more D and a frigging goalie. There's only been one 362 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,920 goalie taken. We only need one each. So there's plenty of options, 363 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,839 and I think it is a little bit of a challenge. I don't think 364 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:00,440 we're spoiling for anybody when we say that there's there's question marks up in Canada. 365 00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:03,160 There's other question marks in the US because there are a couple of good 366 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:08,519 goalies and there's some other good goalies on teams that may not go as far. 367 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:15,079 So that's always the issue. I think this is difficult. We never 368 00:25:15,079 --> 00:25:18,519 said anything about a timer, so I'm just going to think, for a 369 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:22,039 second, go ahead. While you're thinking, I'm just going to point out 370 00:25:22,279 --> 00:25:26,799 the shallowness of this draft is throwing me a little bit because there's only three 371 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,000 of us, and I'm seeing a lot of names on the board that I 372 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,599 would love to have, So I'm really vacillating, especially with my forward pick. 373 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,559 The d is a little kind of up in the air. But I 374 00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:41,039 share your pain here, Victor, because these forwards are tough to pick between. 375 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:47,119 Yeah. Like in our deep poll, it's like there's you're limited, 376 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,200 so the guys can stand out a little bit more. Here it's oh god, 377 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,559 there's so many still. Do I already have Smith and Perot? Do 378 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,680 I add the third member of that line and just go all in? Or 379 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,880 do I maybe pick a top foward on a different team. That's always my 380 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,880 strategy with these I don't know about you, guys. I generally just want 381 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,640 to go all in with one country. You know, if I think USA 382 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,240 is going to be one of the best, I just put all my chips 383 00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:12,160 in that basket, you know, whichever country I think is going to go 384 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,119 far, because I think that's how you win these things. It's hard to 385 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,279 win if you spread yourself out, because you know, then other people who 386 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,359 have gone all in with one one team or one country tend to do a 387 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,359 little bit better. So I think, what the heck, I'm just going 388 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,279 to go. I'm gonna go Ryan Leonard and just complete the trio for my 389 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:36,480 last forward and then I think I want to think about the defenseman a little 390 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,359 bit, and I'm just going to go heavy USA and take Trey Augustine for 391 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,079 my goalie. Oh man, that's exactly who I was going to take, 392 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:45,880 all right, now, I got to think about this. Yeah, because 393 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,920 we only victory, you only have one selection left. I have two left. 394 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,839 Ryan has two left, So we are that close to the end of 395 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,240 the draft victor. While Jesse thinks, does the specter of Jacob Fowler alarm 396 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:03,599 you at all? With the Trey Augustine pick, I think Jacob Fowler is 397 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,160 fantastic. He's one of these guys that I think is just uber talented. 398 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:11,160 But Augustine has been there. He's been in the UA teens, He's brought 399 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:15,240 that team back from the brink of losing a gold medal game. He's had 400 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,279 plenty of World junior experience. I think the thing about Augustine that I just 401 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,640 like is that he's been in these pressure situations. He's a gamer. He 402 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:26,480 may not be the most skilled or athletically gifted in terms of his dimensions, 403 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:32,920 but he just always is there. He's always solid. So I think I 404 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,839 think, Yeah, it worries me a little bit because I think if you 405 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,759 just went based on like raw talent, maybe Fowler is better and maybe his 406 00:27:38,839 --> 00:27:44,039 technical skills are better. But Augustine, having the experience, being older, 407 00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:47,519 I think is gonna win out. But obviously the Americans are going to go 408 00:27:47,519 --> 00:27:51,720 with whoever's hot and whoever's winning. If that happens to be Fowler and obviously 409 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,880 has a bad game, it could be over for him. But a little 410 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,000 bit worried about I just going to lean on the experience there and try to 411 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:18,000 have confidence in that. Take a short break, look strategically here as a 412 00:28:18,079 --> 00:28:23,119 goalie, I think the money would be on Adam guy On of Slovakia. 413 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:29,559 The problem is this pool rewards two things, wins and shutouts, and how 414 00:28:29,559 --> 00:28:33,559 many of either one of those am I really expecting him to get? So 415 00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:37,680 I'm gonna hedge against Victor. I'm going to take the other half of the 416 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,920 American tandem and take Jacob Fowler here because what's the worst that could happen? 417 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:48,079 What probably, hopefully, if America advances far enough, he will get if 418 00:28:48,079 --> 00:28:52,319 he gets half the starts and the advance get something out of that. So 419 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:56,359 I'll take Jacob Fowler as my goalie selection and the real winner here is me 420 00:28:56,599 --> 00:29:00,119 because I got I took a goalie that isn't split time. We'll be watching 421 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,440 that. To that USA situation there, Victor, I agree with you on 422 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,599 those guys. I think Augustine has even said that he feels he has a 423 00:29:07,599 --> 00:29:11,519 lot of trust from the USA coaching staff and they've been through a lot together, 424 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,519 and I definitely think it's gonna lean Augustine. But this is the World 425 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:18,640 Juniors, is a short tournament, and I think Fowler could come in, 426 00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:22,039 have a great game and be the starter. That'll be an interesting decision to 427 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:26,240 watch, especially now since you guys are battling on that decision. For my 428 00:29:26,359 --> 00:29:30,240 last picks here, I got a D and I got a forward. I 429 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,079 gotta fill. The forward is easy, the D is less. Although I 430 00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:36,640 think I might have him and says it doesn't really matter what order I pick 431 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,960 in I'm going to go with my D. It's a bit of an off 432 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,799 the board pick, certainly, And I'm interested in your thoughts on this, 433 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,680 Victor, because I heard you talking about him earlier today on the DPR show. 434 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,400 I'm going to go with rodwind Diancio from the Switzerland team. I think 435 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,599 he's a really talented player. Obviously, he's one of those offensive guys. 436 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,640 He's a Swiss and American national, but playing for Switzerland. Born in Newark, 437 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,440 New Jersey, he's a big fellow, six foot two, two hundred 438 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:06,079 and fourteen pounds, and he played in Switzerland until his D minus one season, 439 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,480 where he went to the Ohl and played for the Ice Dogs. Has 440 00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:12,039 been traded a bunch ever since, playing now with Saginaw, but he's over 441 00:30:12,079 --> 00:30:15,079 a point per game in his D plus one season. He's very exciting. 442 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:19,119 I think we probably you know me. I love these kind of offensive guys 443 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,960 with some upside and in a short tournament, even though he won't have much 444 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,119 to work with, I think he will be able to make a difference on 445 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:30,039 that team. So my D will be Rodwin Dnicho. And then when it 446 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,839 comes to the forward, I have a decision here between Canada and Sweden. 447 00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:37,839 I think I'm going to put my money where my mouth is. I'm going 448 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:42,160 to pick who I picked in our Fahl World Junior Draft. I'm going to 449 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,799 go with Braden Yeager. I just love the thought of him screaming down the 450 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,920 right wing and peppering a shot on goal and having it go in. I 451 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,400 don't think a lot of the Canadian players have that skill set. Certainly there's 452 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,720 a lot of players with the possession skill set transition skill set, but I 453 00:30:57,759 --> 00:31:02,359 think so few of them have a shot like Braden Yeger. So give me 454 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:07,799 Braden Yeager for the goal potential. Yeah. I like those picks. There's 455 00:31:07,839 --> 00:31:11,559 so many options left for forwards, so it's hard to go wrong. I 456 00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:15,279 definitely would do what you did and load up on either an American or Canadian 457 00:31:15,319 --> 00:31:18,559 there. I like that. In terms of the d Yeah, Rodwin du 458 00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:25,400 Nichio is severely underrated and go listen to that discussion I had on the DPR 459 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,640 show if you haven't already. But he his metrics are insane and they're much 460 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,359 better than a lot of players that are drafted well ahead of him. My 461 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,279 only concern in this tournament I thought about him with this. I was considering 462 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:38,039 taking him with my last pick. I don't know that I would have, 463 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,880 But my concern is that how much does he have to work with. We've 464 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,680 seen Lea and Bixl, We've seen other guys be a star. Marco Rossi 465 00:31:45,759 --> 00:31:49,079 in a different capacity on a much weaker Austrian team really struggle to do anything. 466 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,039 I think that Switzerland is a better they have They're going to have a 467 00:31:52,039 --> 00:31:56,000 better roster, they're going to be a bit more competitive. But I still 468 00:31:56,119 --> 00:31:59,640 wonder like how much he's going to be able to do with with the talent 469 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,359 that's him. But I think in terms of his long term projection, the 470 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,160 Ducks know other draft defenders and they plucked him was it the fifth round, 471 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,960 like insane, and he looks like he's going to be He's tracking to be 472 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:15,519 one of the best defensemen in this draft, like already. So you should 473 00:32:15,759 --> 00:32:19,319 definitely go grab Rodwind you needs you if you haven't already, if he's available 474 00:32:19,319 --> 00:32:22,079 in your pool, Jesse, who are you taking with your last pick? 475 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:27,160 Here? All right, Victor, here's where I was concerned about your spoiling 476 00:32:27,319 --> 00:32:30,920 And apparently this was such a non spoil to you that he's not even on 477 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:36,480 your radar. And I'm going to take the other Havallead Mattiasavaliad. And how 478 00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:38,480 many Swedish defensemen do we really need in this draft? I don't know, 479 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,960 but according to witnesses of the game, he's actually the guy who was on 480 00:32:44,039 --> 00:32:49,640 the first power play for Sweden the other day, not sending Pelica so let's 481 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,519 hedge our bets. Let's take some havlead. What's the worst that could happen. 482 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:57,680 It's a depth defenceman. Is there really an explosive depth defenseman otherwise that 483 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,519 we're going to get here? So I'm going to take Mattias hi and it 484 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:06,440 just hedge my bets and I'm Trey Kroner man. I am so tray that 485 00:33:06,559 --> 00:33:08,799 it's unbelievable. I got those little blue things coming out of my eyes right 486 00:33:08,839 --> 00:33:12,920 now. Those of you that don't know, that's what they that's what the 487 00:33:13,039 --> 00:33:17,160 Sweden team call themselves. Yeah, I think that I remember correctly the last 488 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,960 time that Sweden won gold at not this term. I think it was the 489 00:33:22,039 --> 00:33:25,039 UA teens. But the Havelid Brothers starred Hugo, Annette and Mattias on the 490 00:33:25,079 --> 00:33:29,640 back end, so it's very possible that they could have a huge tournament. 491 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,720 And yeah, I think he's a bit underrated, and I think it's a 492 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:38,079 bit unusual for a young player like sending Pelika to get that top role. 493 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,799 I still think he will, or at least he'll get it for part of 494 00:33:40,839 --> 00:33:45,119 the time he may have. Lid may not get as much time on the 495 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:46,920 power play, but if he gets some, that's that's still pretty worth it. 496 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:52,839 I think that's a very reasonable pick. I'm forced now with my last 497 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,480 D pick to take someone who's obviously not going to run the top power play. 498 00:33:57,519 --> 00:34:00,799 But the question here is maybe someone who gets points by osmosis, maybe 499 00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:07,000 one of the top defensemen, and I can just spoil things here because that's 500 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,960 the last pick, someone like an Oliver Bonk maybe, or a Tanner Mullendyke 501 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,840 who might be playing with some of those top offensive d or one of the 502 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:21,159 options too is Tom Villander, who is definitely more of like a two way 503 00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:25,239 defenseman, but he's probably going to play with Sending Pelika or Pavolid, so 504 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:30,840 those are options. Also. I think that it's one of the really fun 505 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:34,880 options would be just to go all in with the Lane Hudson pair, who 506 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,400 I believe is playing with Ryan Chesley, and Chesley's definitely more of a stay 507 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,920 at home defenseman, but he's going to be tapping the puck to Hudson who's 508 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,360 gonna do things, so that may be an option too. So mainly I'm 509 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:51,400 just talking about all these guys just to say some more names and think about 510 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,000 who I want to pick it depends on if you want I want to diversify 511 00:34:54,199 --> 00:35:01,360 my team a little bit more, because right now I have one check. 512 00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:06,480 You're saying that star spangled banner, right now I have Yeah. Yeah, 513 00:35:06,519 --> 00:35:08,199 I think everyone knows I have a lot of Americans, but I have two 514 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:13,360 Canadians and then yeah, the rest are all Americans. So if I win 515 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,639 Chesley, I would go super heavy on on the Americans. I don't know 516 00:35:17,679 --> 00:35:22,039 that there's a real Oh, I guess I could mention there's some other there's 517 00:35:22,039 --> 00:35:24,480 some other countries like you went, Danio. I don't know that there's a 518 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:30,039 whole lot of other Jesse probably took the most interesting finish defenseman there. There 519 00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:34,800 are some other ones, but I don't know that that. The Finns always 520 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,880 play really tough, but don't tend to score a lot of points, So 521 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,639 that's also one reason to maybe not go there. But Maxim Stirback for the 522 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:46,119 Slovaks is one who could be interesting that there's draft eligible. What's his name, 523 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:50,639 I'm looking at the wrong country. He's not Slovaki's check, you're a 524 00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:53,559 check. Adam iyercheck is another one that is interesting, but I don't the 525 00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:55,920 list. Yeah, I looked at him, yeah, I don't know that 526 00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:00,000 they're going to give say, seventeen year old Adam yere Check the top power 527 00:36:00,039 --> 00:36:02,679 play though. That's the only thing. So he apparently doesn't score for squat 528 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,199 either. Good defenseman, but not much for the points. He's playing against 529 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,480 thirty year old men, so it's a little a little tough for him. 530 00:36:12,159 --> 00:36:15,400 But yeah, all right, I think I've I think I've still long enough, 531 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,159 and I think i wanna just just load up and I'm just gonna go 532 00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:22,559 Ryan Chesley. I'm just gonna go all red, white and blue and pray 533 00:36:22,559 --> 00:36:27,119 and for those secondary assists, but they could happen. Yeah, I see 534 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:31,599 a situation unfolding where Cheslie just taps it to Hudson, and Hudson skates all 535 00:36:31,639 --> 00:36:35,639 the way and then passes it off to someone for an easy tap, and 536 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,760 so you could get points certainly that way. That's nice, all right. 537 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:44,920 So now we were done with our draft, so let's let's maybe make some 538 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,719 comments on what we think just in general. Two, in terms of the 539 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,679 tournament, I think it looks like USA, Canada, Sweden are the top 540 00:36:51,679 --> 00:36:53,760 three. I think I'd be shocked if the three of them, or two 541 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,880 of those three aren't playing for the gold medal. We'll have to see which 542 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,559 way it breaks out, But do you think anyone other than Techia has a 543 00:37:00,559 --> 00:37:04,840 pretty decent chance of being the other semi finalist? What about you, Jesse, 544 00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:09,880 I couldn't tell you. I couldn't tell you which of those other contenders 545 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,639 would pull in ahead of them, But you can always see a surprise coming 546 00:37:14,679 --> 00:37:17,280 at that second level. Could be Finland playing a defensive game. Who knows 547 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:22,840 who else could sneak into that conversation. I definitely think Slovakia has got a 548 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:28,280 chance. They've been a pretty strong international team for a couple of years now 549 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,239 from the junior ranks, and of course you have guys like Slavkovski going up 550 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:36,760 into the NHL not available for this tournament obviously, But I think there's a 551 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,920 lot of skill that on that Slovakia team. Guys like Philip mayshar and Dalliboard, 552 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:45,719 Divorski our first round picks and mayshard lighting it up in Kitchener right now, 553 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,239 and Devorski is a great player, and they've got some guys who can 554 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,320 move it on the back end. You mentioned Stirback, who's a good sturdy 555 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:57,960 defenseman. Adam Sikora is another guy who's got that kind of Zach Hyman like 556 00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:00,760 bite to his game. He can really he can really bring the physicality even 557 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:05,480 though he's just a smaller fella. So I think Slovakia could play a hard 558 00:38:05,519 --> 00:38:07,280 game and maybe get to the quarterfinals. But who are we kidding? It's 559 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,679 it's Canada, Sweden and US that's going to be the top three. It 560 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:15,559 remains to be seen how they will all line up. I personally think it'll 561 00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:17,599 probably be Sweden. They're just so deep. But what do you think, 562 00:38:17,679 --> 00:38:21,599 Victor, if you had to put those three teams on the podium, how 563 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:23,239 do you put them up there? Yeah? I think it's going to be 564 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:27,079 US and Sweden in the final. I don't think it's going to be Canada. 565 00:38:27,159 --> 00:38:30,320 We'll see. They seem like they have a tougher road too, just 566 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:31,719 in their group. I think the groups are interesting. I check you in 567 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:37,000 Slovakia are tougher middle of the road outs, but Canada and Sweden playing each 568 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,039 other in the preliminary round might be a little bit tricky. I do think 569 00:38:39,079 --> 00:38:44,639 that the US is I think deeper. All throughout people keep talking about their 570 00:38:44,679 --> 00:38:49,519 their one weakness is maybe the undersizedness of their defense. But they're they're really 571 00:38:49,519 --> 00:38:52,280 good and mobile, and even though they're maybe not the biggest, William Has 572 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,360 got good sides, but the rest of them don't. Really They're so mobile, 573 00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:00,639 and I think they're going to play so fast that it probably won't unless 574 00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:01,880 some of the teams can really slow them down. I think that they could 575 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:06,559 really struggle against Finland. Finland is another one that I think I could see 576 00:39:06,559 --> 00:39:08,519 them pulling an upset. They are just always a tough out. They're just 577 00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:13,639 a really tough team to just get anything against it. They slow things down 578 00:39:13,679 --> 00:39:16,719 and they make your life miserable. So I could see that happening. I 579 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:22,639 think if Finland is the Carolina Hurricanes of the international game. They all play 580 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:27,599 the exact same way and they're all just really tough to play against. Yeah. 581 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,159 If only the Carolina Hurricanes could get goalies like the Finland team normally does. 582 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,559 Yeah. So I think it's going to be I think it's gonna be 583 00:39:35,679 --> 00:39:38,519 US, Sweden, and then probably Canada. That's my prediction. I wouldn't 584 00:39:38,559 --> 00:39:42,440 be surprised at all if Sweden won. I think that they don't really have 585 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,519 any holes, but I don't think that they have the offensive firepower up front 586 00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:49,960 that the the US does one of those things where if it does come down 587 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,880 to a tight, defensive, checking game, then Sweden probably has the advantage. 588 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,280 I think the goalies are probably even, but the defense is probably a 589 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:04,639 little bit better. How do we recap these teams all started out? I've 590 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:08,159 drafted second, but I've got maclin Cella Breni, Rutger McGroarty, Connor Geeky, 591 00:40:08,519 --> 00:40:14,719 Philip Bishtadt, Jonathan lcarry Maki as my forwards, Axel Sandin Pelica, 592 00:40:15,199 --> 00:40:20,079 r Two Kharki and Matias Havlid as my defenseman, and Jacob Fowler and Gold. 593 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,400 I think you talk about a stack, it turns out I've got the 594 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:28,159 Swedish stack. I think I've got four of the five Swedish skaters that were 595 00:40:28,199 --> 00:40:30,679 drafted in our draft, all playing for me. So I guess if Sweden 596 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:36,599 really does roll, although it might be more spread out than just the guys 597 00:40:36,639 --> 00:40:38,719 I was able to acquire. But then Ryan's got two, You got the 598 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:43,480 goalie and one other there. But and then a little smattering for a little 599 00:40:43,559 --> 00:40:46,800 US, little Canada, a little something. We'll see how it all comes 600 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,000 out. How about you, Ryan, what do you think of the team 601 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 that you pulled together. Can you recap that for folks? Now that the 602 00:40:52,119 --> 00:40:55,440 draft is over. I feel like I could probably say this without it sounding 603 00:40:55,519 --> 00:41:00,000 like an excuse, but I was told this would be a three four ward 604 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,960 one D draft, and it's lucky I've prepared some other players because I would 605 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,920 have been up somewhere with out of paddle Otherwise, my guys, I did 606 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:12,039 the thing that Victor said you shouldn't do in this kind of draft, and 607 00:41:12,119 --> 00:41:15,960 that is to go with many different teams. I've got Cutter Gotier, Jimmy 608 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:21,880 Snogerud, Carson ray Kopf, Noah Ustland, Branden Jaeger, Ziev Buyam, 609 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,039 Tristan Luno, Rodwin, Dianicho and Hugo Halid. So I've got a bit 610 00:41:25,079 --> 00:41:29,639 of a smattering from Canada, Sweden, US, and then one little Swiss 611 00:41:29,639 --> 00:41:32,639 player there who I hope will be a dark horse in this. I'm pretty 612 00:41:32,639 --> 00:41:36,519 happy with my team. I think there's a lot of skill. There's a 613 00:41:36,559 --> 00:41:37,880 lot of things that have to go right for my team to win. I 614 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:43,320 think in terms of Carson Raykopp moving up the line up, maybe getting some 615 00:41:43,519 --> 00:41:46,119 extra scoring from Buiam and Luno. But I'm pretty happy with this team as 616 00:41:46,119 --> 00:41:51,599 an all around team, especially drafting, where I did you talk about the 617 00:41:51,639 --> 00:41:54,239 format? Victor calls that gamesmanship. That's what Victor does. He tells you 618 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:58,000 one thing and then you show up to the draft as something completely different. 619 00:41:58,679 --> 00:42:02,280 Admits this for years. It's my initiation to being a regular podcast last year 620 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:07,679 is that is coming in with the incorrect information. But yeah, he told 621 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,480 me the accurate format. He just didn't tell you. Ryan, That's how 622 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:13,679 it went. You guys are ridiculous. You just didn't read the notes. 623 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,519 When do I ever read the show notes? Victor are sorry? Man, 624 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:21,280 everything I said about Victor just now was a lot. Let's just get that 625 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,639 on record anyway. Now, I like Ryan, basically you have good representation 626 00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:30,119 on the three best teams, which is good, and then Danichio, which 627 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,079 if that goes really well for you, that could be a boon. Otherwise 628 00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:36,480 it might be a little a little tough if if ray Coff, like you 629 00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,840 said, didn't doesn't work out. But I think overall that that's a little 630 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,800 bit. Sometimes balance can be good, especially in this tournament where really you 631 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,079 just want you want representation on the teams that go to the Semis. That's 632 00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:49,639 key. If you have that you're going to be okay, and I think 633 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,639 Jesse has that too. We'll see about Karky. I think that's a that's 634 00:42:53,639 --> 00:42:58,000 an unknown that could be really good or that could he could just not do 635 00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:01,400 much. In terms of my as a review, I went Hudson with Tachuk 636 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:07,639 and then ended with Chesley. So those are my three d two Americans and 637 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,920 Canadian. I like that I have two power play quarterbacks on the two best 638 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:16,760 teams I think. And then I went Smith, Perot, Coolick, Platra, 639 00:43:17,039 --> 00:43:22,440 and Leonard. So obviously went heavy with those Americans and those BC boys 640 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:27,239 playing together. I think, you know, in a short tournament, chemistry 641 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,320 is huge, and those guys have been playing together forever, so I like 642 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,440 that. I think that they're gonna probably get out there in a lot of 643 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,679 situations and probably score a lot because that's what they've always done. So I 644 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:43,039 like that. I like Coolick. I think that Chechia could be and it's 645 00:43:43,039 --> 00:43:45,079 probably gonna be Czech or Finland, maybe Slovakia. It's one of those three 646 00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:47,920 that's probably going to be the other semi finalists. And so if it's Chechia, 647 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:52,159 that'll be good for me. You know, we'll see otherwise. And 648 00:43:52,159 --> 00:43:55,239 then Platra, I think is a big unknown because you know, he didn't 649 00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:59,760 practice and a lot of those pre tournament things because I he was, you 650 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,159 know, playing in the NHL. I just think it's hard for me to 651 00:44:02,199 --> 00:44:07,079 imagine him not being leaned on in every situation because he's been playing against the 652 00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:10,159 best in the world and doing quite well at it. Maybe he won't get 653 00:44:10,159 --> 00:44:14,639 all the power play time, maybe they'll be using him more PK and even 654 00:44:14,639 --> 00:44:16,519 strength. But I have a feeling he will get out there, and I 655 00:44:16,519 --> 00:44:21,960 have a feeling he will earn a bunch of points because he's just better than 656 00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,800 pretty much everyone at this tournament based on his skill level. So I feel 657 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:29,880 pretty good about that. But and then yeah, the goalies, I like 658 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:31,880 what Ryan did. I think Havlt was probably the best goalie pick, and 659 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,599 I was thinking about taking him soon because he's the only for sure. I 660 00:44:36,639 --> 00:44:37,800 mean, unless you know, knock on wood there's some injury, but I 661 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:42,320 think he's the only for sure probably going to play all the meaningful games for 662 00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:45,079 one of the best teams. And so as you could probably tell and heard, 663 00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:47,519 no one picked a Canadian goalie. I think there's I think that's the 664 00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:51,519 biggest question marks for them. One of them is probably going to emerge and 665 00:44:51,559 --> 00:44:52,920 be the next Steven Levi. We just don't know which one of those is 666 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:57,199 going to be, but that all they need is someone to be average and 667 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,679 he'll get wins. What do you think on that victor, because I think 668 00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:02,800 you could go in a number of different directions and make a number of different 669 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:07,800 arguments for each of those guys. I think it'll be Santilaire, but it 670 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:13,360 could be any of the three. Do you lean any one way? Yeah? 671 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:19,119 I think ratslaf is the most talented, but that doesn't usually mean that 672 00:45:19,199 --> 00:45:22,920 he's going to play the most. So he's also the youngest, and that 673 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:27,239 typically is not who they go with. But I do think it'll be one 674 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,519 of the nineteen year olds, which would be Rousseau or Saint Hilaire. I 675 00:45:30,639 --> 00:45:34,800 didn't watch those pre tournament games. We didn't have access to watch those down 676 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,800 here in the States against h Sports, So I'm not sure it's just gonna 677 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,440 I'm sure it's gonna be a feeling. They're gonna play the pre tournament games 678 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:44,440 and they're probably gonna give the first game to whoever does the best, and 679 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,679 so I really have no idea, but I just think it probably won't be 680 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,719 Ratslav, even though I think he's probably the best, and it would be 681 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,239 fun. I would love to see him get the most games and run away 682 00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:59,320 with it. I think that would be fun to see. If only Canada 683 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,960 had the same goalie depth is the USA and has. They've had the better 684 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,840 goalies for maybe ten years now twelve years. You look in the NHL, 685 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,880 you've got a wealth of guys you can pick from for Olympic for instance, 686 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:15,519 Olympic participation. But Canada not so good and we haven't been good and who 687 00:46:15,599 --> 00:46:20,199 knows if we'll ever be good again. In goal it's really strange, but 688 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,400 yeah, so good at developing skaters, and there certainly are Hall of fame 689 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:29,599 Canadian goaltenders, but in the last decade or two has not come to fruition. 690 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:31,960 I really do think there's something to so many of them playing in the 691 00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:37,440 CHL, where you're playing against shooters who aren't as good. I think there's 692 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,159 a lot to that, and Byron has done those case studies on finished Swedish 693 00:46:40,159 --> 00:46:45,559 and Russian goalies facing professional shooters from an early age. It has to make 694 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:47,360 you better. I think they're at a bit of a disadvantage. I think 695 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:51,400 a lot of them catch up eventually, obviously, as we've seen. But 696 00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,559 yeah, I think that's going to continue to be a weak spot unless something 697 00:46:53,599 --> 00:46:59,599 happens with that CHL agreement. Yeah, and Ran, I think y'all are 698 00:46:59,639 --> 00:47:01,639 doing our right all right. Maybe maybe you're not, again to Hanard is 699 00:47:01,679 --> 00:47:06,239 doing all right in international competitions. I'm not. I'm not listening to too 700 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,639 many of those tiers. Jesse. You have no idea what will happen when 701 00:47:09,679 --> 00:47:15,039 they lose their first two games here. It will be a referendum in parliament 702 00:47:15,639 --> 00:47:19,119 about we can't play hockey anymore. So I'm joking, but I'm also not. 703 00:47:19,559 --> 00:47:22,519 No, I know you're not. You know you're not. Meanwhile, 704 00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:27,519 down here in the States, if things go poorly, no one will notice 705 00:47:27,639 --> 00:47:31,079 or say anything. Yeah, if the Americans lose too early, the response 706 00:47:31,119 --> 00:47:35,239 from the public will be there was a tournament going on. What's that? 707 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,599 So disappointed in our countryman, Jesse. We're getting it together, Victor, 708 00:47:39,639 --> 00:47:44,639 we're spreading the good word. Any last minute thoughts on this, gentleman, 709 00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:49,039 that's going to be fun. Got root of interest now, Ryan, But 710 00:47:49,119 --> 00:47:51,239 you got two different teams, how are you going to deal with that. 711 00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:55,400 I think I'm going to try and repeat as champion in the FHL team. 712 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,599 But I will say I do have a couple of picks that overlap here, 713 00:47:59,679 --> 00:48:01,480 so I'll be cheering for a lot of the same guys. I guess maybe 714 00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:06,960 I'll have to ratchet down my enthusiasm for my number one pick from the FHL 715 00:48:07,039 --> 00:48:09,519 draft to Philip beash Dead. But I can't have you gain too much ground 716 00:48:09,559 --> 00:48:13,800 on me as we both vive for second place. Here. There you go, 717 00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,559 that's what I like to hear. Oh shoot, all right, this 718 00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:20,599 sounds good. This is really fun. I hope people enjoy the tournament follow 719 00:48:20,639 --> 00:48:24,480 along, and we'll certainly be having more discussions about this, especially on the 720 00:48:24,599 --> 00:48:28,920 podcast with Pete Harling. Definitely check that out. We're going to be doing 721 00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,039 some more tracking of the tournaments as we go through, so enjoy and listen 722 00:48:32,079 --> 00:48:36,679 along. And yeah, when Jesse and I talk again, we'll be shifting 723 00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,920 our attention back to NHL stuff. Yep, Brian, you're awesome, Thanks 724 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:44,320 so much for doing this with us, and we'll be right back after them. 725 00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:54,960 A couple of things to mention before we get out of here today. 726 00:48:55,280 --> 00:49:00,280 One here here before I even see the things I've got to mention. Here's 727 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:01,920 a little tip. Stick around to the end of the theme song today. 728 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:06,599 There might just be a little extra nugget for you. Listen all the way. 729 00:49:06,679 --> 00:49:07,679 I'm not asking you to listen to the ads. Do what you want 730 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:12,840 with the ads, but just listen to the end of the theme. A 731 00:49:13,079 --> 00:49:15,039 reminder, our show is brought to you by fan tracks. You can play 732 00:49:15,079 --> 00:49:19,079 all your leagues, all your sports on fan tracks. You can ask them, 733 00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:22,519 they'll help you move them over, start new ones, most options for 734 00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:25,599 scoring, salaries, contracts, rookie eligibility. You're going to be able to 735 00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:30,559 start your leagues the day after last season ends. Basically anybody anything you can 736 00:49:30,599 --> 00:49:35,360 think of. 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