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Speaker 3: Yeah, Victor, we're having a good old time today. We're

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Alex Adams of Sportsnet, ready to talk about some Ottawa

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Senate How you doing today, Alex.

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Speaker 5: Great, guys, it's summertime. There's nothing on the go. Just

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I missed the NHL already. I think it's eighty three

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days until the next Sens regular season game, and obviously

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the NHL's in eighty days or so, so I miss it.

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Speaker 4: I need to back right now.

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Speaker 5: This is my summertime, trying to bring back the vibes

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of hockey season.

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Speaker 3: Yep, it's for sure a time when I can understand

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really looking forward to that because the Senators had us

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on the edge of our seats last time we saw

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them out in the ice. It was the first Senator's

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playoff appearance if I'm reading my stats since the great

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Hamburglar Caper of twenty seventeen, when they went all the

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way to the conference finals, and it really felt to

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those of us watching the sends from Afar like a

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breakthrough last year, especially from March one onward. They finished

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fifteen five and three. They threw Leafs fans into a

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brief existential crisis in the playoffs, which is always I'm

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sure fun for Ottawa led the league in power play goals?

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straight year. They weren't great shooters. Twenty fourth or twenty

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fifth in shooting percentage can't be as good, but it

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so they emphasize getting the pucks on net. Is the

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vibe around the team still as positive as it seems

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like it should be from the outside, and you think

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they can build on it this coming year, Alex and

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it really stacked still Atlantic.

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Speaker 5: A division yeah, I think the vibes are really good

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in Ottawa. Obviously, come out of the gates slow and

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everything changes, right, everyone in July, August, September, it's a

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new season. Everyone can make the playoffs. I don't know

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about the Pittsburgh Penguins, but everyone says they could make

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the playoffs, right, But I do think the vibes in

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Auto are really good. As you mentioned, their division is

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really tough with Montreal Toronto obviously, the two Florida teams

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still milling about and everyone else, so it's going to

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be a tough division to make it out. But I

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think the teams by far better than it was to

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begin last season, and I think they're a better team

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than the one that took on the Maple Leafs in

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the playoffs as well. You add in Jordan's Spence instead

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of playing Travis Hamnick for god knows how many minutes

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to begin last season. I think that's such a huge

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upgrade on the right side of the defense. I still

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think you look at their core, right, Tim Stutz is

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not twenty three, Shane Pinto's twenty five, Ridley Gregg's like

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twenty three to twenty two, Brady could Check's only twenty six.

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everyone improves from last season, but you'd think for the

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most part of this core of guys basically twenty six

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to under in that twenty three to twenty five range,

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that they should get markedly better. And if they as

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a whole get five percent better, then the team's likely

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going to be five percent better. I still think Jake Sanderson,

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people in Ottawa have known about how good he is

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for a long time, but I think at the Four Nations,

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the Battle of Montario first round playoff series, you could

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just see him blossom and he's a dog. He's going

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to be better next year. He's a gym rat, just

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such a hockey lifer. I think he's gonna probably be

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in that Norris Trophy, maybe not gonna win it, but

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in the conversation as a finalist next year, just the

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way his trajectory is going. So I think they have

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everything in place to be a really good team. Now,

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are they top three in the Atlantic? I think they

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can be, or could they regress and be just on

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that line of two or three points out of the

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playoffs two or three points and I think that's possible.

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If things injuries, bad goal heading, everything right, It's hockey.

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Anything can happen. But I think they're a better team.

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I think they're in a better position to go deeper

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in the playoffs, to be a higher seed heading into

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the playoffs. Aren't any crazy injuries or something dramatic happening,

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indeed lost potential outcomes. Let's start with some of the

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individual players in the forwards. Of course, we're gonna start

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with Tim Stutchla. He set a new career high and assist.

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Speaker 2: And power play points, which was pretty nice, but he

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did fall under that point per game pace for the

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second time after his ninety five point season, which was

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now three years ago, and he's had two of those

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under point per game season. We like him a lot

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because his bash is pretty good. Even with those high points.

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He gets over four blocks of shots and hits per

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game and ranks one hundred and ninetieth in that metric

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and in our tier dynasty he's a top thirty player.

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Pretty valuable. But I guess the question, Alex is this

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who he is now? Is he going to be this

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seventy to eighty point guy or do you think he

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can get back to that over eighty point point pace

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type of guy, like ninety to one hundred or is

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he under that?

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Speaker 5: I think for him it's I've interviewed him a ton

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of times this year and I would keep asking him like,

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why aren't you shooting like you get in all these

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high danger areas, and he just refused to shoot and

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always tried to be too cute or make a pass

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when he was in the slot. I think if he

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can regain I think he had thirty nine goals in

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the twenty two to twenty three season. If he's a

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thirty goal he's going to be in that ninety one

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hundred point window as a point producer. If he's more

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twenty twenty five goal guy, I think then yeah, he's

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maybe a point per game or a couple points below,

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a couple points above in that vicinity. So I think

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for him it's his goal scoring. It's something that he

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harkened on later in the season, saying, I need to

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shoot more. I need to be more aggressive in terms

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of finding holes and just basically launching the puck on

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net more often. He has a good shot too, so

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he did have a wrist injury, a left rist injury

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two seasons ago. I wonder if that's still bothering him.

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I don't know where he lands next year. I do

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think he'll be a better player. He was better this

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year offensively than he was the year before. Obviously not

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as good as two years ago. But he was telling

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me how three years ago, when he had his breakout years,

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he was just jumping the zone, just trying to go

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for offense, and now he's trying to win games and

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be much more defensively minded.

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Speaker 4: And I don't think that's going to change. In my opinion,

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he shoots better.

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Speaker 5: If his shooting percentage goes up even a couple percentage points,

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I think he's going to be in that eighty five

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ninety per point range. And I think the team itself

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there were thirtieth or thirty first and five on five goals.

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Some of that was offensive generation or lack thereof a

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lot of that was also their shooting percentage was awful, too,

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and I think if that regresses more to the mean.

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going to lead the league in power power play goals

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next year, but I still think they should be a

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good power play when you have Tim Brady could Chuck

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Jake Sanderson breaking out offensively. So overall, I think he's

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going to have a better season next year, and it's

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going to be curious to see how much he improves

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offensively at the same time while not mitigating his defensive prowess,

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which he became really good defensively in his own end,

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which he really never was prior to last season.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, looking at his evolving hockey metrics, their elite offensively

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and defensively decline there. Let's switch over to Drake Batherson.

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This was his third straight season playing the full eighty

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two games. Before that, he had a bit of an

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issue playing all his games, but he's been good on that.

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Forty two assists, sixty eight points, both career best. One

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hundred and forty eight hits was not only a career high,

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but the previous was one fifteen. So we love that

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he pushed his bash all the way up to four

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point four nine per game, ranking him one hundred and

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twenty fifth, which is really good, especially for a guy

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who gets as many points as he does, because a

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lot of those bashers tend not to score as much.

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But do you think Alex his hits are going to

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continue and do you think he has a little bit

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more scoring in him or is he going to be

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this sixty five to seventy point pace player.

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Speaker 5: He would tell you that he plays his best hockey

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when he's physical. That's what gets him engaged. And I

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think you could tell how much of an emphasis he

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put on the physicality of his game this year. As

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you mentioned career high in hits. I think offensively, he's

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probably in that range where he is probably consistent sixty

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Speaker 4: The Senators again, if they can.

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Speaker 5: Get better at five on five and create more, I

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think that will really open things up for him. He

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obviously doesn't play with Tim Stutzla. Him and Dylan Cousins

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look good together at times, but I wouldn't have said

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that they felt super dynamic and super lethal on the ice,

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especially at five on five. I think he's in that

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sixty point range. Maybe he gets up to seventy, but

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is a point per game player next year. He's he

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had that high ankle sprain a couple of years ago

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where he was a point per game player and he

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really hasn't come back down to earth there. And I

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think with Travis Green, he's really focusing on the defensive end,

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especially with a guy like Drake Bathurson, who hasn't been

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good in his own end for a long time but.

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Speaker 4: Did get better this year.

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but I also feel like it's he's a pretty consistent

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bet to be in that sixty point range, have close

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to that many hits and still be a pretty good player.

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Speaker 3: Now we get to Rady Kuchuk, who of course is

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one of my favorite NHL players. His normal great run

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at the end of the season or the great run

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for the whole team is marred by injuries with Kachuk

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as he was yet another late season dinged up guy,

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but he had his typical performance for the whole year.

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Over three hits, over four shots per game is just gold. Kachuck,

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like many of us, are not as young as we

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used to be, and as you said before, he's only

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twenty six. He'll turn twenty six anyway before opening nights,

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so he's been to hockey middle age. I would say

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at this point still peak times, playing only about eighteen

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average time on ice last year, that big shot total

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mixed with the NHL's third highest expected goal rate, And

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I also tried to look at his type of shots

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that said he had the third most tip shots.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, in the last year.

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that's his expected goal rate is high because he's taking

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those shots up close. All that said, it didn't necessarily

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pay off. You'd think being closer up the shooting would

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be higher. Shooting percentage dropped to nine point eight percent.

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League average was ten point seven. Of course, it's not

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quite so easy to make a tip shot. You're not

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going to make thirty percent on tip shots there. But anyway,

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the contract for Brady Kachuck still a bargain in a

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rising cap environment. If you ask me, what is next

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for Kachuk and could we get him back to that

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point per game pace that we had him on a

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couple of years back.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think who knows?

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Speaker 5: Like he plays such a physical style and you could

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see how at the end of the year he had

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a growing issue. He had a hip issue, got a

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and in the head as well. I wonder if he's

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going to be a guy that's always every NHL players

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banged up, more so with Brady. But I do think

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that last year the Senators were really snake bit, and

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I think Victor talked about it at the beginning of

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the show, like one of the lowest shooting percentages in

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the league the past couple years, they were creating a

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lot of chances. I thought their pressure was really good

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at times. I know people within the Sense organization they

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felt they weren't getting enough from the right side of defense.

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And I think with Spence that can improve pup possession.

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And I think that the Senators will really be in

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other team zones even more so than they were last year.

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But to get back to Kachuck, I think he was

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really snake bit, and I think if he comes into

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camp he's healthy. He got injured in preseason as well.

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Him and Tim Stutzla are one of the best duos

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in the NHL analytically speaking, point production wise, on the

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power play, I'd be surprised if Brady isn't back up

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into that high thirties goals, the shooting percentage goes up

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a little bit. I just think he had a bit

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of a down year, but mostly because he was injured

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rather than anything about his own play, and you saw

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him in the playoffs. He was an absolute animal on

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one leg. If he has both his legs and he's

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relatively healthy, I think he's gonna put up really good

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numbers and get back to that point per game pace.

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And I think if both him and Timmy their offense

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goes up ten percent, I think they both could have

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like really big years where they're that eighty to ninety

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point range, maybe even higher in Tim Stewtz's case. So

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I think this team's if they have a really good

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year on the ice, it's those two guys leading the charge,

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and I think they're primed and ready for it. They've

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learned how to win, they know how to play winning hockey,

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and I think now they can maybe focus a little

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bit on the offensive side of the game, where last

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year Travis Green was literally didn't teach any offensive principles

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until midway through the season, so it was all about defense.

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And I think this year he'd be the first to

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a minute in terms of Green that they're going to

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think about, Hey, okay, we have the basics on the

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defensive side, now let's try to open things up at

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least a little bit to be better at creating chances

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and goals, and so I think that'll really help. But

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pretty good Chuck, But yeah, he's a fantasy monster. Hits obviously,

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shoots at like wild rates, and obviously puts up points

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as well. So I think he's a pretty safe bet.

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Speaker 3: There's been a lot of kind of stability in this roster,

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but one big addition. Dylan Cousins this past year moved

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in for the year traded for Josh Norris. His performance

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perked up noticeably after moving north of the border, as

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he contributed five goals and eleven assists in the last

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twenty one games where he was a part. Advanced Stats

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did not love his rights on even strength y maybe

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he didn't get there in time for Professor Green's early

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lessons and had to jump in at the end there.

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To be fair, they didn't really love the d that

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is the expected stats in Buffalo either. That wasn't really

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Dylan cousins calling card. He got a fair bit of

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power play Tom and Ice with Ottawatt, so that was good.

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Is he going to be a firm second liner and

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part of that deadly Ottawa power play next year? What

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are you expecting from his first full year in Red

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and Black.

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Speaker 5: Alex Yeah, I think you hit the nail in terms

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of just he's almost like a guy that is that

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lit miss test for this team, right if he's a

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really good player, if he can be that guy where

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I think it was two years ago he had thirty

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some goals, seventy points. If he's in that vicinity, I

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think the Senators could be challenging for the top of

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the Atlantic. And I think obviously Dyldan Cousins having a

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big year. But I've not sold on his defensive play

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just seeing him for the past couple of years and

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that Leaf series Travis Green was hiding him. I don't know.

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He's still a young player. He got out of Buffalo.

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You can look at all the players that have left

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Buffalo and been exceedingly dominant elsewhere. I don't think that

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I'm low on him, but I still think that in

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many ways, this is a bit of a proven year

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for him.

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Speaker 4: He will get power play time to ask.

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Speaker 5: To answer your point, I'd be surprised if they took

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him off the number one unit. They were really they

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did really well together. He was a big part of that.

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He might sometimes go in the second power play unit

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as well, but I think for the most part he

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will be on that first unit as just a shooter,

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which that unit lacks at times. So I still think

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he's going to be that fifty sixty point guy probably.

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I think he's going to be on a good team.

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He's going to get a lot of possession, a lot

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of offensive zone starts. If you look at Travis Green's

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utilization of him, basically never started his own end, at

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least in like big games, So I expect that to

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some degree as well next season, but not fantasy aside.

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I think if he becomes much better defensively just even

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averagely gaverage, drives play a little bit more, and can

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generate some offense and be that guy a Cup from

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a couple of years ago, I think Audaw is gonna

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be in a great position. But I think really if

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Dylan Cousins plays well, the Centers are probably going to

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be a really good team. If he doesn't play so well,

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then they might be on that outside looking in for

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the playoffs. I think he's going to be a huge

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factor in terms of how well that this team does

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the next season.

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Speaker 3: No pressure, kid, no pressure from somebody who We're still

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trying to understand what he will be in the NHL.

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To somebody who I think we pretty well understand at

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this point, Clauseru is a seasoned veteran, a thirty seven

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year old who continues to age very gracefully. If you

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ask me, he takes a slightly lower rate in terms

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of contract to extend another year in his late career

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home in Ottawa benefits from playing with team leading scorer

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Tim Stutzler as his most common line mate, but Dreu's

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offensive bona fide is are beyond question at this point.

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I guess you'd say that seventy nine point debut three

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years ago in Ottawa was probably not coming back. That's

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probably something you can do at thirty four and not

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at thirty seven. But what would you say your expectations

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are for Drew in the coming year? Top liner? What

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kind of production?

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Speaker 4: A great point.

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Speaker 5: I think that this is going to be a bit

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of a big top point of contention and hot topic

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in Ottawa. He has been aging gracefully, but I think

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he had seventy nine his first year points I think

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sixty five two years ago and now fifty, so he's

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gone down like fifteen to fourteen points the last couple

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of years. I thought during the regular season he wasn't

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shooting the puck enough. He has a good shot and

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just won't use it. He really looked like he was

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a step slow at a lot of times. But the

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one thing he does have is that he has amazing

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chemistry with Tim Stuitts and Brady Kuchuk, who he's played

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with the last three years. Primarily, that line is really proficient,

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and at times Travis Green would have to split them

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up just to get the other lines going. So I

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think he's going to still be on probably the second

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power play unit. I don't think he'll be on the

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top unit anymore. But if he can shoot the puck

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a little bit more, which at times he's mentioned that

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he wants to do, I think he can be a

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bit better offensively. I think if the team again at

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five on five, goes from thirtieth and five on five

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goals to fifteenth even or twelfth, he's probably closer to

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sixty points than he is to forty. So I think

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he's still a really good player. I don't expect him

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to have thirty five points next year. I still think

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him to see him to be productive. Look at the playoffs.

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He had I think five or six points in the playoffs,

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so he's still good when it mattered. He's still a

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really smart player. I think that's the thing that will

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make him age. Like fine wine, I think he's going

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to be a really good player, But I think at

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times he's gonna be on the third line, and it's

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gonna be interesting to see how he deals with that

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as a guy who's been a top line guy basically

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since he jumped into the league. He played for two

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games on the third line in Autawa and then immediately

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went back up to the top line. So I think

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we'll see more of that next season, but he'll get

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a couple He'll still be on the power play, but

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I still think he'll play with Kachuk and Suits a

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fair bit, and I think he'll be in a pretty

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good position to be in that forty to fifty point range.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm gonna give you a pick on between two

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guys here who they're tantalizing. They been tantalizing is for

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a while. Shane Pinto, Ridley grig Pinto. Last year's seventy games,

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twenty one goals and sixteen assists. Greg last year seventy

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eight games, thirteen goals and twenty one assists, both younger twenties.

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What do you think of the progress of these fellas

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and which of them do you think is going to

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be more productive next year.

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Speaker 4: I think Shane Pintol will be.

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Speaker 5: I think he's just naturally a guy that gets that

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twenty twenty five goal range. He got injured early in

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the season and that set him back. I think he

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didn't score goal for fifteen sixteen games and he wasn't

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on the power play unit at the end of the year,

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and I think that's going to probably change next year,

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at least I would do that. I think he is

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one of the best shots on the team. I don't

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know why you're not putting him on the power play unit.

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Dravis Screen basically says he wants him to focus on

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the PK, where he is a very good penalty killer.

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But I just think his scoring wise, he just he

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has an elite shot that will get him that twenty

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twenty five goals that I just don't think Ridley Greg has.

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I think Ridley greg is a really good player. I

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thought at the end of the season. For I think

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the last thirty forty games he had twenty two points

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or something like that. Like he he got much better

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at the end of the season, like Pinto, So I

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think he'll take another step offensively, maybe become more of

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a fifteen thirty five point guy, give or take fifteen

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goals thirty five points. So I expect them both to

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have better years. But I think into just with his shot,

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he's never gonna get you that many assists. He's not

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a playmaker or a natural playmaker, but he knows how

480
00:23:07,759 --> 00:23:09,480
to shoot the puck. And I think if he gets

481
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,440
on the power play a little bit more, he's going

482
00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:14,160
to bury bury a couple more chances. And I think

483
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,240
he could probably be in that twenty five goal range

484
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,920
next year if everything goes to play.

485
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 3: So we've been through a number of the forwards. Is

486
00:23:21,039 --> 00:23:23,200
there any other forward on this team you think could

487
00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:25,720
maybe at least hit a fifty point pace, or anybody

488
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,480
who are particularly optimistic about there?

489
00:23:27,519 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 5: Alex, I think Zetterlund is the guy to me that's

490
00:23:30,519 --> 00:23:33,880
really intriguing. He was on pace to have twenty goals

491
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,559
before it came to Ottawa last season only had two

492
00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:38,720
and I think nineteen games, and he just had almost

493
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,519
like sometimes you see like the all time misses, those

494
00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:44,400
like reels. It felt like every great chance the goal

495
00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,599
he made us spectacular save or he hit the post

496
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,119
like he was getting chances and his analytics were good.

497
00:23:49,519 --> 00:23:51,839
I think at times he's gonna play with Tim Stutzlu

498
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,839
and I think that's the kind of guy Stutson needs.

499
00:23:54,839 --> 00:23:56,759
Speaker 4: It's a guy that has a rocket of a shot.

500
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,880
Speaker 5: So I think if he gets more power play time

501
00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:01,839
he's playing up in the lineup, I think there's a

502
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,200
chance that he can be that twenty five goals, twenty

503
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,519
five assists type of player if everything goes well. That's

504
00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:10,880
the one guy that I could see if the Sins

505
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,559
play well, they're scoring a bunch of goals, that he's

506
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,880
going to get a bunch of those. So I think

507
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,240
that's the one player that I think if midway through

508
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,359
the season On was doing well and he has ten

509
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,799
goals in his first twenty eight games or something like that,

510
00:24:24,039 --> 00:24:26,480
I could see it leading to a big offensive season

511
00:24:26,559 --> 00:24:26,920
for him.

512
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 2: All right, let's move over to the defense and Jake

513
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,440
Sanderson career year. In mini metrics games played, goals, assists,

514
00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:36,880
he had a fifty nine point pace. He had the

515
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,920
most shots, power play points, blocks, power play time, total

516
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,839
time on ice. It was pretty awesome. Excellent metrics both

517
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,799
offensively and defensively, and his bash was high, just under

518
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,960
five per game and which ranked him sixty third amongst

519
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,720
all skaters. And as you mentioned, Alex, he's going to

520
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,960
be in the Norris conversation, and I totally agree. People

521
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,319
have been asking me in fantasy whether they should trade

522
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,200
Sanderson this or that package, and my response is you

523
00:25:02,279 --> 00:25:04,599
better get in a lead package back because this guy

524
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:09,240
is just reaching his peak. So I'm generally advising people

525
00:25:09,319 --> 00:25:11,440
not to move on from him. I think that would

526
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,519
be a mistake right now. But what do you think

527
00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:15,880
we can expect from Jake Sanderson this season? Is there

528
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,599
even more offense to come? Do you think he can

529
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,680
get over sixty points or do you think where what

530
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,839
we saw last season is what we should expect on

531
00:25:21,839 --> 00:25:22,960
the regular from him now?

532
00:25:24,319 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 5: I think to answer both those questions, I think he

533
00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:29,400
is gonna I think he's going to take another leap offensively.

534
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,640
If you looked, I think from like mid January, give

535
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,119
or take like it could be off a little bit.

536
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,200
He was almost a point per game player. In his

537
00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:40,160
last thirty five games. He had thirty points in the

538
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,960
last thirty game five games to begin the season. For

539
00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:45,759
people that don't know, because not everyone watches the Senators,

540
00:25:45,759 --> 00:25:48,240
he was paired with Travis Hamminick, who, if you look

541
00:25:48,279 --> 00:25:50,440
at his wards, like him and bench Rot were like

542
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,279
the two worst defenders last year. And no shade on

543
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,039
Travis Hamminick, but it was just an anchor for Sanderson

544
00:25:57,039 --> 00:26:00,160
who had a really good camp. He looked really promising,

545
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,720
and basically from the turn of the year, when Hamminik

546
00:26:04,039 --> 00:26:06,759
was removed, artam Zup came back, you could just see

547
00:26:06,839 --> 00:26:09,160
him go like this, like just up and up, and

548
00:26:09,319 --> 00:26:11,279
I think he's gonna be a guy that's in that

549
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,000
sixty seventy point range for a long time. He quarters

550
00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:16,599
backs to power play that I think is gonna be

551
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,759
really good when you have Brady Kitchuck and Tim's suits

552
00:26:18,839 --> 00:26:21,400
on it. And so I think he's gonna probably I

553
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,079
think if you had to over under, he's probably gonna

554
00:26:24,319 --> 00:26:26,559
get pretty close at the very least to the output

555
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,039
he had last year. And I'd be if I had

556
00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:31,279
to bet, I think he'd go over what he had

557
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,519
last year in terms of points, just with a subtle partner.

558
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,680
It's gonna be interesting who he plays with next year,

559
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,160
but overall, I think he won't have an anchor on

560
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:39,920
his right side.

561
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,799
Speaker 4: He's gonna be a year older.

562
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 5: He's he's a hockey juggernaut, like all he does is eats,

563
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,039
breathe sleeps hockey. And I think those guys are the

564
00:26:50,079 --> 00:26:52,559
guys you want to bet on, especially when they're young,

565
00:26:52,599 --> 00:26:55,960
and you can just see the progression every year. Yeah,

566
00:26:56,039 --> 00:26:58,440
I think he's gonna be I'd be shocked if he's

567
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,559
not top five and Norris voting next year. And I

568
00:27:01,599 --> 00:27:03,920
think he's going to be that sixty seventy point guy.

569
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,599
He's never going to be Lane Hudson or Cale mccarr

570
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,039
or Quinn Hughes. But for me, he's almost of the

571
00:27:10,039 --> 00:27:12,680
mold of a bit of a Victor Headman type right

572
00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:15,599
where he's in the right areas all the time. He's

573
00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:20,039
good offensively, gets you that sixty seventy points every year,

574
00:27:20,319 --> 00:27:22,640
and just super consistent player. I'm not saying he's going

575
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,960
to be as good as Victor Hedman, but that type

576
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,160
of player in terms of a number one defenseman.

577
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 3: Fans of Thomas Shabbat must be dejected to hear those

578
00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:34,559
types of things because that used to be. Thomas Shabbat

579
00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:37,480
in some ways got our career high end blocks last

580
00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:40,319
year in at least one hundred and forty five, as

581
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,960
well as actually, if you missed it, his best scoring

582
00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:47,720
other than that first remarkable post Eric Carlson debut season

583
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,920
twenty three. Twenty four was the year that Shabat fell

584
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,880
off from being the most common power play quarterback on

585
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,160
the team to power play two with Jacob Chickerun in town,

586
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,599
and now Sanderson definitely has surpassed him or the power

587
00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:03,720
play time. Maybe the best news for Shabbat last year

588
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,079
is the number of games played. After missing twenty three,

589
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,319
fourteen and thirty one games in the prior three years,

590
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,519
he was on the ice for eighty games last year

591
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,200
and again forty five points. So I don't know what.

592
00:28:16,519 --> 00:28:18,839
He certainly signed for eight million dollars for a few

593
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,480
more years, so he's only twenty eight. What is Thomas

594
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,519
Shabbot going to be on this team? What's he gonna do?

595
00:28:25,759 --> 00:28:30,079
Speaker 5: Alex, Yeah, I think I hope and I do think

596
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,279
that he's in a good position to replicate that.

597
00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 4: I think he's.

598
00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 5: Probably he's one of those defensemen where it's, oh, he's

599
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,920
really good, but I don't know if he can be

600
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,640
the best defenseman on a team, and I don't think

601
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,039
he can be leading your number one power play units.

602
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:49,119
He's an unbelievable skater, really good touch, great first pass.

603
00:28:49,599 --> 00:28:52,000
He still has his defensive wards in his own end

604
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,119
for sure, but he definitely got better at that. But

605
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,480
I think with the Senators he's in the perfect position

606
00:28:57,559 --> 00:28:59,920
where he doesn't have to take all the hard Mac

607
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,079
gets much more favorable up against second and third lines

608
00:29:04,079 --> 00:29:07,680
where he can I don't like him going up against McKinnon,

609
00:29:07,799 --> 00:29:10,240
but I like him going up against other guys. I

610
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,400
think the team itself will have more possession this year.

611
00:29:13,839 --> 00:29:15,559
I think they'll have the puck more. I think they'll

612
00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:17,759
be creating more, especially at five on five, than they

613
00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:20,720
did last year, and I think that will benefit Shabbot,

614
00:29:20,839 --> 00:29:23,200
because if you're not running the first power play unit,

615
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,720
how are you gonna get your points? It's because your

616
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,920
team's good at five on five. And I do expect

617
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,839
the Senators like there's no way they're going to be

618
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,960
thirtieth and five on five goals next year. I just

619
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,000
find that really hard to believe.

620
00:29:34,599 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 4: So all in all, I.

621
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 5: Think he's in that forty five to fifty point range,

622
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,599
and I think he's still a really good player. But

623
00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:47,759
with the arrival of Jake Sanderson as the bonifid number

624
00:29:47,799 --> 00:29:51,880
one defenseman, I wouldn't bet on Shabbat's power play minutes

625
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,599
going up or anything like that. But he'll still be

626
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,799
on the unit too, I think, and if this team

627
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,720
scores more at even strength, he'll be benefiting from that. So

628
00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:03,519
I think there's a chance that he actually gets more

629
00:30:03,519 --> 00:30:06,720
points next year if the team offensively improves, because he's

630
00:30:06,759 --> 00:30:08,240
going to be a huge catalyst of it.

631
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 3: So obviously hoping for a regression on five, which is

632
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,720
good for another defenseman on this team, just generally because

633
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,319
Sanderson's going to get the points that they're on the

634
00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:21,279
power play. Shabbat and Sanderson certainly are the headliner defenseman

635
00:30:21,559 --> 00:30:23,640
on this team and the team is trying to focus

636
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,960
on a little bit more defense. But of the other

637
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,160
defenseman on the team, who do you think could be

638
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,160
the highest score anybody be able to get, say to

639
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,319
forty points or am I just dreaming at this point, Alix.

640
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:34,759
Speaker 4: I don't know if you're dreaming.

641
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 5: I think Jordan Spence is the one guy that is

642
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,519
going to be super I'm really curious. I actually there

643
00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:42,960
was some people on sense Twitter kind of talking about

644
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,799
like where should Spence play, And I was thinking, like,

645
00:30:46,559 --> 00:30:48,400
I don't know. I would put him with Sanderson, Like

646
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,960
obviously you have the tougher minutes, but you're insulated by

647
00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:54,200
Sanderson and if you have another puck mover on the

648
00:30:54,279 --> 00:30:56,400
right side, you're just gonna have the puck the whole time,

649
00:30:56,519 --> 00:30:59,079
and that is a form of defense, right. And then

650
00:30:59,119 --> 00:31:02,000
you put hard and along with Thomas Shabat, who they've

651
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,480
played really well together in the past. I think he

652
00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:07,799
has the offensive now to be a guy that if

653
00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:10,559
this team is humming at five and five, and let's

654
00:31:10,599 --> 00:31:13,279
say they regress maybe too much in a sense when

655
00:31:13,559 --> 00:31:15,839
their shooting percentage goes way too high, where you're like,

656
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,480
I don't know if that's sustainable. I think he could

657
00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:21,200
be a beneficiary of that, where I think he had

658
00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:23,400
thirty points last year and he was basically playing a

659
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,960
lot of third pairing minutes on a good Kings team

660
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,599
that did score some goals but was primarily defensive. I

661
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,240
think if he gets he's probably going to be at

662
00:31:32,279 --> 00:31:35,079
the very least in the top four to begin the season.

663
00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:37,279
With Nick Jensen injured. Maybe at the end of the

664
00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:40,400
season he goes down. But who knows the status of

665
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,039
Nick Jensen with his hip surgery and how he's feeling,

666
00:31:43,079 --> 00:31:45,119
and he's a year old or everything. I think there's

667
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,720
a world where he gets to forty points. Do I

668
00:31:47,759 --> 00:31:51,200
think it's the likeliest. No, But I don't think it's outlandish.

669
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:56,799
I think if this team is top eight seven in

670
00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,319
that vicinity in terms of goal production, be surprised if Spence,

671
00:32:01,359 --> 00:32:05,920
a really mobile, quick defenseman, gets a bunch of apples

672
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,359
and is helping the team generate a lot of offense

673
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,720
from the right side, which I know the Senators for

674
00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:14,680
a fact, wanted to improve upon this summer. They did,

675
00:32:14,759 --> 00:32:16,559
and they feel like that's an area they really want

676
00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:18,799
to improve upon in terms of generating offense, where they

677
00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:20,920
felt last year it was a bit of a dead zone.

678
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,279
Speaker 4: I think that's all the contingency plans that.

679
00:32:23,279 --> 00:32:25,839
Speaker 5: Could lay waste for Jordan Spence to maybe get in

680
00:32:25,839 --> 00:32:27,559
that forty point range.

681
00:32:28,519 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 2: All right, let's go over to the goalies, and the

682
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,359
Senators were ranked fourteenth and expected goals against for sixty

683
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,279
but conceded the thirteenth ranked actual goals. Of course, a

684
00:32:38,319 --> 00:32:40,839
big part of this equation was Anton Forsberg, who's no

685
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,359
longer there, but he was able to at least that

686
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:48,039
five on five provide some pretty reasonable goal save above expected.

687
00:32:48,359 --> 00:32:51,519
But we're focused on a Linus Olmark and Marilyn and

688
00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:54,079
who are going to be there this upcoming season. And

689
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,880
Olmark for his part, he played just forty four games

690
00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:01,839
and was slightly popped his goals save above expected. He

691
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,279
was able to have a neutral effect on the expect

692
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,119
on the goals say percentage that was given to him

693
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,240
the defense that was given to him, which I think

694
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,400
you could see as a negative. Maybe he couldn't do

695
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,079
better than that, but at least he was able to

696
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,279
hold steady and not be worse than the protection that

697
00:33:16,359 --> 00:33:18,039
was given to him, So I think that could be

698
00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:20,519
a win. He's entering the second year of his a

699
00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:22,519
point to twenty five million dollars deal, and I think

700
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,119
so far the results have been pretty good. They've been

701
00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:27,039
the competitive team with him back there, and that's what

702
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:28,880
they wanted. I think the big question mark for me

703
00:33:29,079 --> 00:33:32,599
is they did Fordsburg is gone that it doesn't look

704
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,920
like they're bringing any other options that so Marilina is

705
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,039
going to be the backup and in his twelve games

706
00:33:37,079 --> 00:33:39,640
he played, he looked pretty good at times, but he

707
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,640
is also still a bit of a younger goalie, and

708
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,799
so what does that look like when he takes on

709
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,359
more of a role, because I imagine if he's the backup,

710
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,000
he's going to play more than twelve games. So, Alex,

711
00:33:49,079 --> 00:33:51,160
what do you think we can expect from these sense

712
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,839
goalies this upcoming year? Do you think they can continue

713
00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:57,720
to provide the protection and the saves that are needed

714
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,200
for them to be a playoff team again?

715
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,839
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you hit it. You said it right

716
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,039
with all Mark last year. He made the say like

717
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,159
he wasn't spectacular. He had every goaltender will play forty

718
00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:10,920
to fifty games, they're going to have a great game

719
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,119
or they have a thirty eight save shutout. But he

720
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,480
wasn't unbelievable. But he did the job right. And that's

721
00:34:17,519 --> 00:34:19,880
what in Ottawa just for so long it wasn't just

722
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,559
not great goaltending, it was bad goaltending that was leading

723
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them to lose.

724
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Speaker 4: And he came in.

725
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,039
Speaker 5: He stabilized the ship and I expect that to be

726
00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:31,239
the same for him. I do wonder though, like I

727
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,800
wouldn't have said his playoffs was that good. He hasn't

728
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,360
played very well in the playoffs in the past. I

729
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,840
wouldn't say that the reason why the Senators lost this

730
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,039
series against Toronto was all because of all Mark, But

731
00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:44,719
if all Mark was fifteen to twenty percent better, they

732
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,960
might have won that series. Honestly, just with the way

733
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,800
Anthony Stollers outdueled him to begin that series, I expect

734
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,760
him to be good in that nine oh five to

735
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:58,079
nine fifteen range. I still think the Senators with Sanderson

736
00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:01,519
back there, just being such a good player to go

737
00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:04,199
up against every team's best players, I think they're going

738
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,599
to be still a really good defensive team. So I

739
00:35:06,599 --> 00:35:09,440
don't think they'll have slippage in that way where all

740
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,280
of a sudden they're expected goals against his like twenty fourth.

741
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,119
I still expect them to be in that thirteen to

742
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,320
eight range, so I think they're not going to give

743
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,360
up a ton of high quality chances. I think all

744
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,159
Mark's really gonna be fine. He might have his bad

745
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,119
game here or there, but I think he'll still be

746
00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:31,159
a serviceable NHL goaltender. I think Mariline, it's really interesting

747
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,880
in audible. Obviously, when a guy plays twelve games. Only

748
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,679
people in that market are typically going to see him.

749
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,559
But he's been excellent Bellville the past couple of years,

750
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:43,440
the Senator's farm team. He's only I think twenty two,

751
00:35:43,519 --> 00:35:47,800
but like I've interviewed him a couple of times, very steady,

752
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:52,000
like everything you want in a goalie, like quiet, calm, confident,

753
00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:55,280
and I think that's a huge part of how goaltenders

754
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,400
play is between the ears, and he's had sustained success

755
00:35:58,559 --> 00:36:00,719
everywhere he's been the last two or three years.

756
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,559
Speaker 4: Obviously, as you mentioned, if he's.

757
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 5: Never been a backup, he hasn't played thirty games in

758
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,800
the NHL, maybe more because all Marks have only played

759
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,760
forty nine games. That's the most he's ever played in

760
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,599
the season. So you're basically putting him in a tandem.

761
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,119
So it is a big bet. It's one I would

762
00:36:16,159 --> 00:36:18,480
have made, and I think the Senators were right to make.

763
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,199
He had I think three shutouts in his twelve games

764
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,840
last year with Ottawa and he was really good. It

765
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,599
wasn't like he was making twelve save shutouts. He was

766
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:28,679
really good in those games. I expect him to be

767
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,280
really good and for me, like my kind of hot

768
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,199
like Steve Nay Smith hot take in maybe a year

769
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,679
or two from now is I think Marilina might be

770
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,880
the starter. Maybe not this playoff time, but maybe in

771
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,280
two years. I think everything I've seen from him, watching him,

772
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,320
what you hear about from scouts, everything is that he

773
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,800
could be the real deal. And I'm a bit lower

774
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:53,000
on all Mark than maybe people in Ottawa are, and

775
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,199
I think that could be something that comes into the equation.

776
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,440
But then again, he's twenty two. He's gonna play the

777
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,000
most amount of NHL games ever. So it is a bet,

778
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,159
but it's one that I think is worth it, and

779
00:37:04,199 --> 00:37:07,119
I think there if you're a fantasy owner, he might

780
00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:09,159
not be a bad guy to pick up because he's

781
00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:11,360
gonna play a lot of games. Like in Ottawa, like

782
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,119
with Almark, He's basically gonna play a tandem type of style,

783
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,800
and so Mariline's gonna play a fair bit of games.

784
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,760
Just watch out for him because everything seems to suggest

785
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,039
he's a pretty good goaltender.

786
00:37:23,039 --> 00:37:26,639
Speaker 3: Bamboozled, what else would Steven A. Smith say? We have

787
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:31,800
been to see will be the goalie of this team.

788
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,760
I think you should shoot for it. Man. We need

789
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,760
as much as Steven A. Smith is a thing. We

790
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,320
need a good hockey stephen A. I think that we

791
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,559
need that, Alex, and I'm nominating you, man.

792
00:37:41,679 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 2: I must have been the few hockey games that I've watched,

793
00:37:44,639 --> 00:37:45,400
I've enjoyed it.

794
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,039
Speaker 5: Hockey player is a tough as hell.

795
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 4: It's definitely a tough sport.

796
00:37:49,159 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 6: Y'all get my y'all, get my props just for knowing

797
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:52,519
how to skate.

798
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 5: I feel like I feel like biz biz Nasty does

799
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,519
a decent job. It's a bit different. He's not like

800
00:37:59,559 --> 00:38:01,800
always taking it, but he has that. He has the

801
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,880
energy and the vibes of a steven A just another form.

802
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 3: All right, all right, we'll deal with We'll deal with

803
00:38:07,039 --> 00:38:10,039
the old Paul the Senate right now, but I would

804
00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:13,320
rather deal with you, frankly, Alex and all your great content.

805
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,079
So why don't you tell people how they should go

806
00:38:16,119 --> 00:38:16,840
about finding it?

807
00:38:17,679 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm at sports. I cover the Sins. Obviously, it's summertime,

808
00:38:21,079 --> 00:38:23,079
so I don't really have anything on the go until

809
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,280
see me in September. But I'll be covering them, written

810
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,920
for them, maybe doing some stuff on TV here and there.

811
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,360
I have something else cooking up in the Sens world

812
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,000
that I can't share. Right now, But so stay tuned

813
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:36,320
if you're interested in my content and you're a Sins

814
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,079
fan or just interested in the sense.

815
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:38,519
Speaker 4: In any way.

816
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 5: But yeah, you can follow me at Twitter just Alex

817
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,239
Adams BTP BTP, just because there's so many Alex Adams

818
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,800
out there it's hard to differentiate yourself. That's my Twitter handle,

819
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,800
But yeah, just follow me if you like my work.

820
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Speaker 4: Reach out.

821
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,159
Speaker 5: I always love when people say nice things. It always

822
00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:58,039
motivates you to get better. And thanks guys for having

823
00:38:58,119 --> 00:39:01,280
me on. And hopefully we can do this later this

824
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,400
season and maybe in the playoffs when the Senators are

825
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,199
going deep. That'd be fun for me personally. That's it's

826
00:39:07,199 --> 00:39:09,920
always fun when Adowa is. I'm not cheering for them,

827
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,039
but it is much more fun than watching a team

828
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:16,519
waste away and to like mediocrity. It's much harder to

829
00:39:16,599 --> 00:39:18,719
go to the rink and think of interesting stories.

830
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, so you're saying, if the Sins get to the

831
00:39:21,639 --> 00:39:24,400
Cup finals, you'll come on or do an appearance during

832
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:24,920
that time.

833
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:27,599
Speaker 4: You know what, I will.

834
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 3: You will be very busy.

835
00:39:29,599 --> 00:39:32,119
Speaker 5: I will be very busy, but I will give you

836
00:39:32,159 --> 00:39:32,920
twenty minutes.

837
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,159
Speaker 4: I will give you that for sure, all right, I'm

838
00:39:35,159 --> 00:39:35,960
not walking.

839
00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:39,599
Speaker 3: Let's yeah, let's the sense. I'll tell you what. The

840
00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:41,880
sins are extremely fun to follow right now, so I

841
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,280
know people will want to follow your material. Thank you

842
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,440
so much for coming on today, Alex, and good luck

843
00:39:46,519 --> 00:39:47,679
covering this team next year.

844
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 4: Thanks so much, guys, I always appreciate it.

845
00:39:57,679 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 3: We'll send that's good fire. Oh my goodness, long goal

846
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:09,880
with a chat wet Cram. Now it's your weekly goalie

847
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:15,320
talk with Kat Silverman, Kat's Instincts.

848
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 2: Time once again for Kat's Instincts with Kat Silverman at

849
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,760
Engel Mad. We're talking senator's goalies and we have a

850
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,239
couple of interesting ones here. Both these guys have seen

851
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,360
some time in the NHL, and we're gonna start with

852
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,239
Levi Marilinen. He's sixty six and eighty five pounds. Drafted

853
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,760
back in twenty twenty in the third round. He actually

854
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:37,480
appeared in twelve NHL games this season, or sorry, two

855
00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:40,480
in twenty twenty two, twenty three, and then twelve last

856
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,719
season with a little break in between, which was confusing.

857
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,800
I think also interesting that we heard the general manager

858
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,599
come out and say that he's basically going to be

859
00:40:48,599 --> 00:40:51,760
the backup this season, and so he looks like he

860
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,960
will be in the NHL, so of course we're really

861
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,920
interested now in what we can expect from him. His

862
00:40:57,039 --> 00:41:01,519
numbers were he was there interesting in Ottawa. According to

863
00:41:01,519 --> 00:41:04,559
Evolving Hockey, he had some of the best expected save

864
00:41:04,639 --> 00:41:08,599
percentage numbers and he he was average with that. He

865
00:41:08,639 --> 00:41:10,960
did an outperform it, but he also didn't underperform at

866
00:41:11,039 --> 00:41:14,000
which is nice. He did outperform his expected save percentage

867
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:16,039
on the power on the penalty kill though, which was

868
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,119
way way lower. He was offered not very good protection

869
00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:23,239
and he outperformed that, so that's great. Looking at the

870
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:27,400
Hockey prospecting model, mari Linen was hovering in the not

871
00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:30,400
very likely to make it until last season when those

872
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,320
strong NHL numbers bumped him up to sixty four percent.

873
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,480
And so now he's got some decent comps, guys like

874
00:41:36,559 --> 00:41:41,519
Carl vo Melcha and Jonathan Bernier. So what do your

875
00:41:41,519 --> 00:41:43,920
instincts tell us about Marilin and cat because it seems

876
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,679
like he's going to be available and see at least

877
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,480
some playing time this season.

878
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 6: I think for starters. The Jonathan Bernier comp is delightful

879
00:41:53,199 --> 00:41:55,840
to me. That's a name that I don't think he's

880
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,679
come up as a camp for us among any of

881
00:41:59,679 --> 00:42:01,960
the team and prospects that we've looked at so far.

882
00:42:02,039 --> 00:42:03,920
And I hold a very soft spot in my heart

883
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,159
for Jonathan Burnier. I think he deserved better, but now

884
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,599
I really enjoy leaving Marilyne and he's one of the

885
00:42:10,639 --> 00:42:13,599
Finnish goaltenders that I think played with a lot of

886
00:42:13,639 --> 00:42:17,480
control in the juniors and then in the minors. And

887
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,360
really the only reason to me that he didn't get

888
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,880
talked about more his draft year is because he was

889
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,440
in a logjam situation for the team that he was

890
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,199
playing for. I believe he was playing in the Carpot system,

891
00:42:31,519 --> 00:42:34,159
which as we know, tends to have kind of a

892
00:42:34,199 --> 00:42:37,719
wealth of young goaltenders who go through their system at

893
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:40,400
the J twenty and then to their minor system, and

894
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,719
then sometimes they have to loan them out to other teams,

895
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,039
and I believe that's what happened at one point, was

896
00:42:45,039 --> 00:42:50,079
that he even while he was with Carpot altogether, he

897
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,559
was just getting kept at the junior level because there

898
00:42:53,559 --> 00:42:57,119
was really no spot for him in either mestics or

899
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:58,360
at the legal level.

900
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Speaker 7: And it looks like he did.

901
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,559
Speaker 6: He ended up moving over to North America played for

902
00:43:04,599 --> 00:43:08,719
a season with the Kingston front Acts, which went okay,

903
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,920
but he got his taste of playing in North America,

904
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,159
got to go back and play pros for a full

905
00:43:16,199 --> 00:43:19,679
season with Carpot after that, which I think is genius.

906
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,840
And then I appreciate wholeheartedly that the Autawa Senators had

907
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,880
him play two games. He looked like he was trying

908
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,679
to do too much during those games, which at that

909
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:34,360
point the Autawa Senators needed someone who could do everything,

910
00:43:34,599 --> 00:43:37,599
and he was a prospect, So I get that it

911
00:43:37,599 --> 00:43:41,199
didn't go super well, and I appreciate that they saw

912
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:44,360
those two games and then they let him develop and

913
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,840
they didn't have him. They didn't force him through trial

914
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,880
by fire to stay with their very clearly rebuilding club,

915
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:53,960
and then they brought him up when he was ready,

916
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,159
And I think that's great and it looks good. It

917
00:43:56,159 --> 00:43:59,360
looks like he's more confident. It looks like his movement

918
00:43:59,639 --> 00:44:01,639
has an and stuffered any setbacks.

919
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,199
Speaker 7: When it comes to his control.

920
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 6: He tracks really well, he follows his rebounds really well,

921
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,760
he communicates with his defense really well from what we

922
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,840
can see, and I think that's.

923
00:44:12,639 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 7: What Ottawa needs. So it's unsurprising that he's going to

924
00:44:16,039 --> 00:44:16,719
be their backup.

925
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:22,559
Speaker 6: I think if he does well this year, I don't

926
00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:26,480
want to get too confident because I have made wrong

927
00:44:26,559 --> 00:44:29,000
predictions before, so I don't want anyone to get mad

928
00:44:29,039 --> 00:44:29,239
at me.

929
00:44:30,679 --> 00:44:34,039
Speaker 7: But I think he could be their starter within a year.

930
00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 4: Oh that's pretty exciting.

931
00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:39,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, they definitely have a strong option there in Omark,

932
00:44:39,639 --> 00:44:42,440
but it's certainly nice to look ahead and see what

933
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,920
they have coming for them after that. Almark is making

934
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,360
a pretty penny until the twenty nine season, but you

935
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:50,840
never know what guess he is.

936
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 6: I think he could make a good swim in Omark

937
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,480
situation though, and I say.

938
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:59,199
Speaker 7: That for the listeners.

939
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 6: Full disclosure, I did grow up a Bruins fan, so

940
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,480
it hurts me very dearly to say that. But I

941
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:12,639
think that a Mariline and Olmark tandem in the Olmark

942
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:17,079
Swiman model is their best chance of success, and I

943
00:45:17,079 --> 00:45:19,159
think that could make them a legitimate threat. And I

944
00:45:19,159 --> 00:45:22,239
think it's probably about a year away from being able

945
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:26,519
to use him like that, But if the team's defense

946
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:31,039
ends up looking consistent this year, we could see it

947
00:45:31,079 --> 00:45:36,400
this season where we get that essentially thirty eight forty

948
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:39,920
six ish game split. I forget just how many games

949
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,119
there will be next year. But I think we could

950
00:45:43,119 --> 00:45:48,000
see it where we're getting that fifty five forty five

951
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:50,679
split and then move to a.

952
00:45:50,639 --> 00:45:52,039
Speaker 7: Fifty to fifty that.

953
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,599
Speaker 6: Follows the flow of the team's schedule and the injury

954
00:45:58,639 --> 00:45:59,559
availability too.

955
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 7: Once we move beyond this year, we got to.

956
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 2: See how good he is with his goalie hugs. It's

957
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,800
got to get ready for that. Oh man, that's great

958
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,559
stuff on Mariline. And let's talk a little bit about

959
00:46:13,599 --> 00:46:16,360
Matt Soguard, the Great Dane sixty seven hundred and ninety

960
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:20,400
eight pounds back drafted back in twenty nineteen. He injury

961
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,480
limited him to just ten games this year, two in

962
00:46:22,519 --> 00:46:26,400
the NHL, eight in the AHL, and the NHL game

963
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,800
didn't go particularly well. That was disappointing. I think he

964
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:33,519
was really looking forward to showing that he could hang

965
00:46:33,599 --> 00:46:37,679
because his NHL experienced the previous season didn't go so well.

966
00:46:37,679 --> 00:46:39,800
But then he seemed to figure it out in the AHL,

967
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,599
and so it was I think he was really hoping

968
00:46:42,599 --> 00:46:45,880
to re establish himself as a legitimate NHL caliber goalie

969
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,840
and it just didn't happen. Kat, What do your instincts

970
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,119
tell us now about so guard.

971
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:54,039
Speaker 6: It's really tough because when he got drafted, I was

972
00:46:54,119 --> 00:46:59,719
nervous because I don't love his style of play and

973
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:04,440
I don't like being proven right by a kid not

974
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:11,280
being able to succeed. But as each successive season goes by,

975
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:17,519
he hasn't been taking the overactivity out of his game and.

976
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 7: He has to do that.

977
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:25,079
Speaker 6: Has really good agility and he's really flexible. I think

978
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:28,800
he has a path to being a really strong NHL

979
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:32,000
goaltender because he moves so quickly and because he moves

980
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,760
so well and he's able to recover when he does.

981
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 7: Over extent himself a little bit too much.

982
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,079
Speaker 6: But he reminds me of the way that Lauren Bresois

983
00:47:42,119 --> 00:47:45,199
played when he first came into the league and before

984
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,639
he that's one of the goaltenders who had ended up

985
00:47:47,639 --> 00:47:49,039
working with Adam Francilia for.

986
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,119
Speaker 7: A while and really did a lot of.

987
00:47:51,079 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 6: Physical conditioning to take almost a hypermobility in his game

988
00:47:56,519 --> 00:47:59,840
and really long limbs that we're doing too much in

989
00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:02,960
reading almost too many openings, and tightened it back up

990
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,000
and made it so that he wasn't moving so much

991
00:48:06,079 --> 00:48:08,320
that he was creating just giant holes in the net.

992
00:48:08,559 --> 00:48:10,159
Speaker 7: And that is something that I still see from so.

993
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 6: Guard and I think in theory he could end up

994
00:48:14,519 --> 00:48:16,280
being a goaltender who is able to.

995
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,159
Speaker 7: Tighten things up, especially because he does move so well.

996
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 6: But the way he moves right now, he does open

997
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:30,760
up holes for himself and he'll almost go down into

998
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,719
butterfly when he should continue standing.

999
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:34,679
Speaker 7: He'll come flying out of his net.

1000
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,599
Speaker 6: He likes to overlap his lateral posts instead of just

1001
00:48:38,599 --> 00:48:44,000
staying a little bit tighter. And I think the best

1002
00:48:44,039 --> 00:48:46,079
example is I was going through a bunch of his

1003
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:48,079
tape and I saw.

1004
00:48:48,519 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 7: He really likes to do a good windmill save and.

1005
00:48:53,159 --> 00:48:55,800
Speaker 6: It doesn't always make sense where it is, and then

1006
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,360
he'll allow a rebound and he will be flat on

1007
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:03,079
his back. And that's something that I don't think, especially

1008
00:49:03,119 --> 00:49:06,360
with guys like Mariline and in the Senator's system, they

1009
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,960
don't need someone they don't need him to be doing

1010
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:09,280
all that.

1011
00:49:09,599 --> 00:49:11,639
Speaker 7: So I don't know.

1012
00:49:11,679 --> 00:49:14,800
Speaker 6: I think he could get there maybe, but the farther

1013
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:17,199
we get from his draft year, the less likely it is.

1014
00:49:17,639 --> 00:49:17,880
To me.

1015
00:49:19,679 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see if all that theory can become reality.

1016
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:28,039
Thanks for giving us your instincts on the Ottawa Senator's.

1017
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:43,199
Speaker 3: Goalies of course will be back right after this dig

1018
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:54,800
the dionasy did Nottawa Senators. Addition, Victor, things aren't great.

1019
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,079
Things are a little bleak here in Ottawa because they've

1020
00:49:57,079 --> 00:49:59,920
got the number thirty system. Hey, things are going well

1021
00:50:00,159 --> 00:50:02,239
the pro level. They have brought a lot of talent

1022
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:05,800
to bear, but not much left in the cupboard. But

1023
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,000
it does start with a no brainer. And who is that?

1024
00:50:09,199 --> 00:50:13,280
Speaker 2: Yes, our no brainer is carter Yakhamchuck. We might just

1025
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:16,320
call this prospect system the Carter Yakham Chucks because yeah,

1026
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:20,400
it's pretty bleak after this. But he's awesome. Man, that's great.

1027
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:23,280
So you got that going for you? He is. He

1028
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,880
was the twenty four twenty twenty four to seventh overall

1029
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:32,360
pick six two hundred seven pounds. He is a right

1030
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,079
shot d which is part of the reason he went

1031
00:50:34,119 --> 00:50:35,920
a little earlier than maybe some of the other guys.

1032
00:50:36,159 --> 00:50:38,760
His production definitely took a hit last season for the

1033
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,960
Calgary Hitman. The team not quite as good as they

1034
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,199
were in the previous season, but he still put up

1035
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:49,159
some decent numbers and overall was definitely one of the

1036
00:50:49,199 --> 00:50:54,880
more important players on that team. In the Mitch Brown

1037
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,519
tracking data, you can see that his offense was ninety

1038
00:50:57,559 --> 00:51:00,599
eight percent tile, transition eighty sixty eight per centile, and

1039
00:51:00,679 --> 00:51:04,440
defense eighty first percentile. He shoots a lot for a defenseman.

1040
00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:06,960
That's something that you're going to love. He also scores

1041
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,960
a lot of goals for a defenseman, which isn't always

1042
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:12,320
super translatable, but his expected primary systs and slot passes

1043
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,719
and the other creativity that you'd like to see for

1044
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,320
defenseman is also there. So he has certainly a lot

1045
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:22,400
of upside. He definitely struggles sometimes with some of his retrievals,

1046
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,440
with some of his entry prevention, with some of his

1047
00:51:24,519 --> 00:51:27,840
controlled exits, So there's definitely some concerns there in terms

1048
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,719
of his ability to handle some of the pressure at

1049
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:33,440
the NHL level. Looking at the Fantasy Hockey Life Player card,

1050
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,480
I have him at six point seventy five, definitely one

1051
00:51:36,519 --> 00:51:39,400
of the lower ones in terms of the twenty twenty

1052
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,079
four defenseman. I remember saying that at the time I

1053
00:51:42,119 --> 00:51:45,840
still am a little not sure about his ability to

1054
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,440
translate all this, but one thing is for sure. He

1055
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,719
shoots a lot. His shots were one hundred percent tile

1056
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,400
for the WHL. His hits were seventy percent tile, his

1057
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:59,599
blocks were twenty percentile, So overall pretty solid bashed potential

1058
00:51:59,639 --> 00:52:02,679
for car Yakamchuck. Let's see whatever kind of potential he

1059
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,639
has by listening to our Fatil scout Jesse.

1060
00:52:08,039 --> 00:52:12,519
Speaker 3: Fahl scout Tim has this to say about Yakam Chuck.

1061
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:17,199
Smooth long strides provide deceptive speed when moving forward. He

1062
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,760
has room to improve lateral movement and backward skating. A

1063
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:24,719
creative passer and deceptive uses his size very well when

1064
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,920
handling the puck. Good hands in tight shooting NHL ready

1065
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:33,159
a bomb from the point wrist and snapshots deceptive and strong.

1066
00:52:33,519 --> 00:52:37,880
I can the NHL rank King Mason Black himself put

1067
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,719
out the poll Carter Yakamchuck versus Seamus Casey, and Carter

1068
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:47,599
Yakimchuk wins handily seventy to thirty percent victor. Is that

1069
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,360
and accurate ranking of these two?

1070
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:50,639
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1071
00:52:50,679 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 2: I think so. There's a lot of upside for Yakimchuk.

1072
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:55,280
There's the bash there, which Casey doesn't really do as

1073
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,119
much of. I know that people are down on Casey,

1074
00:52:58,159 --> 00:53:01,840
and I have my concerns. I mean, he's he'd had

1075
00:53:02,199 --> 00:53:04,360
some NHL games this season, but then went to the

1076
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:08,320
AHL and was plus minus. I think that there's definitely

1077
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,719
a lot of offense there. So you like to see

1078
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:13,320
that he is a little bit of a smaller guy,

1079
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,559
and so you wonder it's all situations. What's he gonna do?

1080
00:53:16,639 --> 00:53:20,480
How is he not redundant from Luke Hughes or Dougie Hamilton.

1081
00:53:20,639 --> 00:53:23,639
So there's some concerns there about Casey, but I could see,

1082
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,519
I could see a world where he's relevant. But I

1083
00:53:26,559 --> 00:53:29,159
definitely think that there's a lot more upside with the Yakimchuck.

1084
00:53:29,199 --> 00:53:31,719
They are more invested in him. Like, as we said

1085
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:33,519
at the top, who else is in this pool that's

1086
00:53:33,519 --> 00:53:35,960
going to compete with him? So I would definitely want Yakamchuck.

1087
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,880
Between the two, it's not particularly close if you look

1088
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:41,360
at the hockey prospect in between the two. Yakamchuk did

1089
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,679
decrease his star potential a little bit from fifty three

1090
00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:46,360
to forty six percent, which is where Seamus Casey has

1091
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:49,199
lived the last couple of seasons at forty percent. The

1092
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:52,840
star NHL are potential is pretty much the same between

1093
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,559
the two. So I mentioned I have your Yakimchuk at

1094
00:53:55,599 --> 00:53:58,119
six point seven five, I had Seamus Casey at at

1095
00:53:58,119 --> 00:54:00,920
six point sixty seven. So a little bit lower percentage.

1096
00:54:01,119 --> 00:54:03,719
I think the upside with Yakimchuk is a little bit

1097
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,639
higher though. Just looking at some other comps for him,

1098
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:09,599
there's some interesting players that he might look a little

1099
00:54:09,639 --> 00:54:11,599
bit like. Evan Bouchard is one. A lot of people

1100
00:54:11,599 --> 00:54:13,599
compared him Tevin Bouchard when he was coming up. I

1101
00:54:13,599 --> 00:54:15,800
think I might even have done that. Some other guys

1102
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:17,960
that he looks are like cam Yorke, which you know,

1103
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,679
not physically but point production mize they may end up

1104
00:54:20,679 --> 00:54:22,239
being like that. We'll have to wait and see, which

1105
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:27,199
would be disappointing for Yakimchuck. The top down Hockey model

1106
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:29,480
has Yakimchuck an eighteen percent chance of being a star

1107
00:54:29,519 --> 00:54:31,440
and eighty six percent chance of being in NHL or

1108
00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:35,119
so a little bit solid there still, and so that's

1109
00:54:35,119 --> 00:54:38,360
good to see. And that's it for Yakimchuk.

1110
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:43,199
Speaker 3: Jesse Victor. The system gets rough from here. But when

1111
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:46,199
in doubt, give yourself a Wisconsin Badger as your need

1112
00:54:46,199 --> 00:54:49,239
to know prospect. Who is it, That's.

1113
00:54:49,079 --> 00:54:52,320
Speaker 2: Right, it's Logan Hensler twenty twenty five, first round pick,

1114
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,320
twenty third Overall. We know that this was not the

1115
00:54:55,360 --> 00:55:02,440
best year for the defense in the NHL Draft, but

1116
00:55:02,599 --> 00:55:06,599
he still was one of the more interesting ones. He

1117
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,760
has a really late birthdate, and so that's often interesting

1118
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,519
to think about too. That was part of the reason

1119
00:55:12,519 --> 00:55:14,760
that allowed him to play at the University of Wisconsin

1120
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,559
this year. He was at the USNTDP last year, but

1121
00:55:17,639 --> 00:55:20,679
because it was October birthday, he went to the NCAA route,

1122
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:23,800
which was probably mute at some of his production. He

1123
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:26,679
only had twelve points in thirty two games. If he

1124
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:28,719
was at the NTDP, I'm sure he would have scored

1125
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:31,519
a lot more, or if he was in the USHL,

1126
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:34,000
So that's something to think about. He also was on

1127
00:55:34,039 --> 00:55:36,639
that World Junior Championship team that won goal for USA.

1128
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:38,320
He played a little bit more of a limited role

1129
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:40,079
and he certainly didn't have a lot of offense that

1130
00:55:40,159 --> 00:55:42,840
all went to Cole Hudson. I think that's the question

1131
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:44,920
is does he have some untapped offense. A lot of

1132
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:47,639
people are suggesting that he might, and so wait and

1133
00:55:47,679 --> 00:55:50,519
see what happens with that. He's a good speculative pick,

1134
00:55:50,559 --> 00:55:53,400
thinking that might turn around for him. If you look

1135
00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:57,239
at his tracking data for Logan Hensler, the offense is

1136
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,239
seventy fourth percentile transition eighty fifth percentile on the fence

1137
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,400
eighty fifth percentile, and that is where he tends to

1138
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,519
be a little bit stronger in the defensive game, and

1139
00:56:04,519 --> 00:56:08,519
the transition question is really is there more offense there?

1140
00:56:08,519 --> 00:56:12,800
His expected goals and shots were well below average at

1141
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:16,079
University of Wisconsin for the NSAA, but the expected primary assist,

1142
00:56:16,119 --> 00:56:19,880
slot passes, and transition game was excellent. He also was

1143
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:22,119
really good at getting placed in the middle and creating

1144
00:56:22,159 --> 00:56:25,920
advantages and having good expected goals, so all that was

1145
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:29,199
really solid for Logan Hensler. Looking up the Fantasy Hockey

1146
00:56:29,199 --> 00:56:31,000
Life Player card, I have him at a six point

1147
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:33,440
one point five, so a little bit lower percentage, a

1148
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,559
little bit speculation here, maybe he can improve that. His

1149
00:56:36,639 --> 00:56:40,960
shots were only eightyh percentile in this metric, fiftieth percentile

1150
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:43,199
for hits and sixtieth for block so he'll probably be

1151
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:46,880
just a little bit above average for bash. But Logan

1152
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:49,039
Hensler in general is probably not going to be the

1153
00:56:49,039 --> 00:56:51,599
biggest bash guy. But let's hear a little bit more

1154
00:56:51,599 --> 00:56:53,639
about Hensler from our FHL scout, Jesse.

1155
00:56:55,039 --> 00:56:58,119
Speaker 3: FHL lead scout Tony has this to say of Logan Hensler.

1156
00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:02,400
Great skater, good on the edges, very positive passer, makes

1157
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:06,239
excellent passes out of the defensive zone and assists the

1158
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:10,679
teammates in the offensive zone. The shooting is very good,

1159
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:13,920
good shot, although Time seems to be hesitant to shoot.

1160
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:16,800
Sometimes you can't get his shot through. Seemed to score

1161
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:19,719
the closer he got to the net for the ike.

1162
00:57:20,199 --> 00:57:23,079
Good vision in anticipation. One of his goals is here

1163
00:57:23,559 --> 00:57:27,679
he faked an opponent out of his his jockstrap. Tony

1164
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:32,679
says in one game he watched defense good, excellent with

1165
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,719
his stickwork. Will use his body when necessary, but maybe

1166
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:39,800
not enough just yet. The best asset the skating. The

1167
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:42,719
biggest concerns lack of physical play and lack of confidence.

1168
00:57:43,119 --> 00:57:46,719
Top tier outcome Tier two. Logan could be Tier two

1169
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,440
or higher if he unlocks everything more of a two

1170
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:52,159
way player now with an infusion of confidence, he could

1171
00:57:52,239 --> 00:57:56,840
go higher. Tony sees him playing in most situations, but

1172
00:57:57,000 --> 00:58:00,400
probably power play two or spotty power play time and

1173
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,679
the median outcome Tier three. Solid two way player, right

1174
00:58:03,679 --> 00:58:06,719
handed defenseman, great skater in some power play time. Eventually

1175
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:11,519
the stylistic comparable Charlie McAvoy. If Logan can gain confidence,

1176
00:58:11,599 --> 00:58:15,639
get more shots through and bring up the physicality. He

1177
00:58:15,679 --> 00:58:20,039
could be an excellent player and the NHL ranking Mason

1178
00:58:20,119 --> 00:58:23,159
Black put out the comparison, put out the polls he

1179
00:58:23,199 --> 00:58:29,119
always does. Soiler Minio versus Logan, Hensler and Hensler in

1180
00:58:29,199 --> 00:58:33,280
a rout seventy five to twenty five percent victor. Is

1181
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,199
that an accurate comp of the two?

1182
00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:36,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so.

1183
00:58:37,159 --> 00:58:37,679
Speaker 4: Mineo.

1184
00:58:38,039 --> 00:58:41,519
Speaker 2: He's definitely a more two way guy like Hensler is.

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He was in the WHL. He should be with Abbasford

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Canucks next season. He did go travel with them on

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their way to the championship, but he didn't get into

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any games so far, and he did play for Canada

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the U twenty World Juniors. He didn't have as big

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of a role. He only played in three games. I

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think both these guys have limited off But because Hensler

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is a little bit earlier in the funnel, I would

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take him because we don't know. I feel like Mineo

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has shown us a little bit more of what he is.

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He was drafted back in twenty twenty three, so we've

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seen a little bit more of him developer lack of

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development in terms of the offensive acumen. He did score

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twenty six points in thirty one games for the Calgary Hitman,

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but that's your Draft plus two seasons, so you expect

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a little bit more offense there. So yeah, I'm definitely

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taking Hensler. But this is speculation. It's no, there's not

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like a huge upside for him. Looking at the hockey prospecting,

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Hensler has eight percent chance of being a star sire

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mineow just three percent, so very low. In general, there

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aren't a whole lot of great comps for Logan Hensler.

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I mean, he has some good comps, but these are

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guys who absolutely exploded in their DREE plus one and

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two seasons, So that would be Brenton Burns, Thomas Shabat,

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Joanie picking In La Frady. Does he really compare to

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those guys Kevin Shattenkirk the equivalency say, would say yes,

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But is he going to that huge next step? That's

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really the question. I'm not so sure that I believe that,

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but there's certainly a potential for that. Looking at the

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top down hockey model through Jfresh, one percent chance of

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being a star, sixteen percent chance of being an NHL AER.

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That's the pessimism we've known to grow and love from

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our friend over at Jfresh. I think that the NHLer

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probability is way higher than that. I'm not sure that

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the star potential is, but that's where we're at with

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Logan Hensler and Hey, at least they got another decent

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prospect for us to talk about Jesse, because it was

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gonna be a lot of just Karteri, Yakubtruk the whole time.

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But that's all we're gonna do for the Ottawa Centers.

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We're gonna we're not gonna torture ourselves by talking about

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any of the other guys we're never going to play

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in the NHL. If you're a patron, you can listen

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to my top ten prospect rees cap per team, which

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probably will be difficult for the Centaters, but we'll throw

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a couple other names in there. And if you're interested

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