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Welcome back. We're going to talk World Juniors today. We're
gonna do our annual World Juniors Draft and to do that,
Victor and I have two guests on. The man who
is the voice of Prospect Fantasy for many years and
we have lured him back onto the microphone. It is
Peter Harlene. How you knowing, Peter Jesse.
Speaker 4: Thanks for having me on. Man, it's really good to
be back on a podcast. That's the microphone off to
make sure she still works. But it sounds like it does.
Speaker 3: It's humming along. That's right, that's right. Throw a little
w D forty on it. But no, you're the man.
I'm so glad to have you, so glad to have
you on. And the man who makes the tidy leagues work.
He is the WD forty for Fantasy Hockey Life. You
just don't always hear him on the show, and that
is Tim A.
Speaker 5: How you doing, Tim, Hey, Jesse, it's great to be
on with you guys. Pretty privileged to be with the
three est geen gentlemen WD forty. It's I don't normally
get referred to that way, but I can be slippery.
Speaker 3: Your video shows that you're in a room that has
got to have WD forty in it as far as
I can tell looking.
Speaker 5: At that thing, Man, there might be a couple of cans,
all right.
Speaker 3: And Victor, I'm going to throw to Victor because Victor
is going to best explain the rules of how this
draft is going to go down today, So Victor take
it away.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for that, and awesome to have you both
with us. Pete, I just imagine you sitting in your
rocker on your front porch yelling at the kids get
off your lawn. So it's nice to have you out
of retirement.
Speaker 4: My friend, the beard's getting great to support that, so
I'm working towards that.
Speaker 2: That's my life goal. Yeah, awesome, and also I'm always
awesome to have Tim on and thanks so much for
everything you do behind the scenes. Let's talk about the rules.
So we're going to do a World Junior draft and
we're going to talk about the players and the team's
a bit might as well. Table talk can make it
interesting for everyone, although of course we all want to
do well and pick the best team. The format is
that we're going to have five forwards, two D and
one goalie per team. Each one of us is going
to draft forward, two D, one goalie. There's no minimum
on which countries need to be represented. If you want
to go all Lavia, go right ahead, Tim, No problem
with that. You can. You can take all the Lobbyan
players you want and no problem there. But you do
need to have those numbers. Five forward, two D one goalie.
So you know, if you're trying to pick multiple, DA
won't let you. And we're gonna snake. We're gonna snake around.
And so it's gonna start with Tim first, then Jesse,
then Peter, then me, and then I'll to take two
at the turn and then we'll keep snaking back around
and we'll be chatting about everything as we go along
the way. Sound good, a gentleman, Yeah, how's the scoring work? Oh,
that would be helpful to say. It's just straight up points.
So point four, a goal point four and assist point
for a goalie win, and an extra point for a
goalie shutout. I believe there's an extra point for a
goalie shutout. That was my understanding. So that's my expectation
is that is the scoring makes sense? Sounds good?
Speaker 5: All right?
Speaker 2: Do you guys want to say anything about the overall?
I know that there's some interesting storylines. Maybe I'll just
say a couple of things like, this is the first
time in the Americans history they could actually win three
in a row. That last year was the first year
they went to in a row, and they're also hosting,
which is a rare feat That might align for the Americans.
But I think it's pretty clear they're probably the at
least second, if not third, or fourth, best squad by
talent in this tournament. Canada is the clear favorite. They
have tons of talent, overwhelming talent, which is usually the case,
but it feels like this year is even more plus
with the disappointment the last two years, it's aligning for
them to take this one. Sweden looks really good as well,
and check you people probably don't remember, but check you
finished third the last two years, so they're a good
squad and there's some other decent players on some of
the other teams. Do you have any thoughts on the
overall structure or the teams here, Pete, it'd be interesting.
Speaker 4: I think Sweden is a front runner too, and I
hope they don't do their usual of dominating the round
robin and then choking in metal rounds. It's a totally
different roster from year to year in these tournaments, so
it's not like it's the same group of guys that
does it every year. It's just a coincidence that Team
Sweden seems to have a tendency for that. So I
think that would be something that'll be that's not their
responsibility or their burden, but I think they'll be the
They'll be aware of it for sure, and it'll be
weighing on limly pressure for them to perform. So it'd
be interesting to see how Sweden does this year. I'll
have a close eye on a lot of players on Sweden.
Speaker 2: Sweden's definitely getting to the point where it doesn't matter
what you do in the round robin, it's all about
It's all a route, the metal rounds, and the single elimination,
so that will be fun to see for sure. And
I also just would mention that I wrote a really
big preview of this at Dabber at the for the journey,
so go check that out if you're interested in following along.
But yeah, I think we're good to go.
Speaker 3: Let's get her started, and the draft order today is
going to be Tim Ay, then it is going to
be me, and then let's see we got Peter and
then we got Victor, and it's going to sneak around.
We got eight rounds, five forwards, two D one goalie. Tim,
you are on the clock, sir, maybe say who you
want quick explanation. We'll have to keep these things moving around.
Speaker 5: And yeah, I think there is no pressure getting the
first pick in this draft that I'm going to select.
This probably number one in most sports, So I'm going
to take Gavin McKenna. I actually think he is a
different or an interesting story in this tournament. In his
draft year, I would say that Stamberg's starting to maybe
catch up to him. So this is going to be
a good tell tale on where those two might end
up come draft time this year.
Speaker 3: That's good. The kid is there coming back from perceptions
that he's not having a great beginning season. I'm going
to say here, guys, I'm off the board. I'm going
to start this draft out right by doing something that
may be a little unconventional, and that is I'm going Usa.
I'm going Cole Hudson. I'm going to take the defenseman
who's going to get me that positional advantage and I
think is going to be the best defenseman in the tournament.
Am I giving up some points early on, probably, but
I am doing it anyway. So we're starting out with
Cole Hudson, starting out strong. Pete, you're up, man, What
do you think?
Speaker 4: I think that was such an amazing pick. It's really
unfortunate that was going to be my guy, but such
his life. In fantasy drafts, the person before you always
picks your guy, so you adjust and move on. I think,
given the scarcity of offensive production in the pool from
the defensive cores, I'm going to stick with d and
I'm gonna go with Canada's Zane Perrek. I think he's
going to be the clear cut power play quarterback for Canada,
getting lots of minutes, getting lots of cookies, on the
point with Canada, and on even strength as well, might
not be the best defensive player, but that's okay. We
don't count those stats and fantasy.
Speaker 2: So Zame Correct, Canada, what is happening here? I thought
we had a firmly established rule that beat HATD. I
don't know what's happening right now.
Speaker 4: I'm also not a huge Zame correct fan, but I
would like to win.
Speaker 2: So oh, I'm.
Speaker 4: Going to go with that strategy.
Speaker 2: That makes sense? Then that makes sense. Yeah, I think
you guys did a smart thing there. I think these
two are by far the two best defensemen in the
tournament and play for the two best probably most productive countries,
So it makes a lot of sense there, and I
hate you both. Thank you all right. So I'm gonna
just probably hit the easy button here and I'm going
to take the rest of that top line for Canada
because I think they're going to put up tons of points.
I'm gonna double up Mysa and Marton right here, and
I think those two, along with McKenna, should, at least
in the round robin put up tons of points and
hopefully all the way through to the end. Because remember,
even if Canada somehow loses and doesn't make it the
gold medal game, they'll be playing in the third place
game and all those count as well, so they should
be playing for a long time. I hope, yep.
Speaker 4: I think you you want to go with who's going
to play the most games, And there's gonna be four
teams that play the most games, and I think Canada
is definitely going to.
Speaker 2: Be one of them.
Speaker 4: I think USA could be another. And I think I'm
gonna go with James Hagens, who should be the clear
cut offensive leader for USA in their first line center.
Speaker 2: So give me Jimmy Haggins.
Speaker 3: Very good. Now the forwards are starting to fly off,
and I am going to I'm going, Oh Canada on
my second pick, and I'm believing in the comeback from
Tigiginla and that he's going to be a big force
on the Canadian scoring roster. So give me Tigi Ginla
in the second round.
Speaker 5: Boys, Oh, where do we go next? I'm gonna have
to stay with Canadian forwards. I'm gonna take Brady Martin
with my first pick. I think he's gonna have a
monster tournament. And then with my second pick in the turn,
I'm going to take Michael Hage. He looked really good
last night. I thought he'll be at the second line
center for the team. Hopefully we see in the final.
Speaker 2: Very nice.
Speaker 3: I thought maybe those guys would sneak through because I
didn't see him on the board before. But no, Tim
would not do that. He's he's got those two fellaws.
So that is yeah, we're really cutting into Canada here
at this point, and boy, I don't know, guys, it
starts to get dicey from here. I think that I'm
going to invest in some of that Trey Croner goodness
and take Anton Frontell off the board. I've been here
in a lot of buzz that he is going to
be coming in hot to this tournament. I think he's
gonna get some points close up to the goal. And
somebody has to lead that sweetest squad that we think
is going to be so good. So give me Inton Frondel.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 4: So a bunch of the players I had my sight
set on are long gone. Nice drafting fellas, But since
I got James Hagens with my last pick, if he
does exceptionally well by passing a lot to cool Iserman,
I imagine the two of them would be dynamic together
power plays. So give me goal ierman for USA.
Speaker 2: So what are we looking at here? We only got
three defensemen off the board. Back to me too, Actually,
what's that? Oh too? Yeah? What was I thinking? He's
not a defenseman? All right, So we've gone heavy forward
and I think that makes sense. And you took Frondel. Yeah,
I think that I'm gonna go with Well, I think
one of the best forwards is going to be for
the Americans. And it's interesting because Hagens's line is it's
basically Hagens and then two of I would say not
their best forwards, which is interesting, and I think Pete
follow that as well. Did not take the line mates
of Higgins. But I think the Max Plan is going
to be one of their best forwards at this tournament,
and he better be if they have any chance of
being successful. He's having an awesome NCAA season. You love
to see that. So I'm going to take him with
my pick. And now I have three forwards, we only
need five. Yeah, why not? I'm going to go ahead
and take Adam Yircheck for my first defense. I think
that he's going to be really good for Check. Yeah,
they don't have the firepower up front, but they always
tend to play really well as a team, and I
think they should. I don't know if they'll make it
all the way to the Semis, but they should be
a pretty decent team and he should be a pretty
important part of that. So we'll go with your check
here back to me. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 4: I think one of the most challenging things with this
year's fantasy draft for the World Juniors is in goal
Who is going to be the starting goalie for all
the teams. The only one that seems to be a real,
really clear cut choice is Finland's mister Showtime, but Terry Rimpinen.
I don't think he will have the best stats necessarily.
Carter George or Jack Ivankovic could end up splitting pretty
even number of the games, or one could run away
with it or the other. So there's a lot of
risk in picking a goalie from Canada. I feel the
same thing about both USA and Sweden. I don't feel
like there is any real definitive go to guy. One
player has a bad game and that could be the
end of his tournament if he gets outperformed by his replacement.
So I'm gonna go with perhaps not the most upside
but the most reliable goalie and take Finland's but Terry Rimpnon.
Speaker 3: I was terrified, Peter. I thought you were coming after
the guy that I was planning to pick, and although
you've made a reasonable case against him, Carter George will
be mine. I think that to Canada again. Canada is
probably gonna win. Somebody can play that back for me
later if the USA win, and I try to be
proud of that and to prove that even I thought
the Canadians were going to win, but I think Carter
George will run with that position and they're simply going
to have as many or more wins than anybody else
in the tournaments. We're just judging them on wins, right,
victor wins and shutouts. So that's those are things that
I'm hoping to be able to get from Carter, so
that will be my pick.
Speaker 5: Back over to Tim, you can tell that you guys
are on your game today. All those guys that you
just mentioned were on my radar. What to do next?
I think I am going to go with a Swedish defenseman.
I'm going to go Leo Sellin Wallenaeus, hoping that he's
running the power play for a team that is going
to meddle and get those valuable points.
Speaker 3: Okay, I am going back up to Canada and I'm
going to the QMGHL because we all know that points
in the queue count double the World Juniors pick again.
Yeah cool, cor Jes, go ahead, Tim, go.
Speaker 2: Ahead, you did drop.
Speaker 5: You did buy me some time with my second pick.
I'm going to go back to the forward group and
I'm going to go back to Canada. I'm going to
be all in on Canada this year, and I am
going to go.
Speaker 2: With out of the qmjh L.
Speaker 5: I was thinking that right there, but I'm actually gonna
go out of the l h L.
Speaker 2: Cole boy Dwan.
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, Tim cutting me a brake, You can snipe me, Tim,
It's all right. Actually probably just shows maybe him taking
the wrong guy. But I am going to go Caleb.
They know yea up there in Moncton scoring all the points. Yeah,
Victor had that cute uperty for the draft board because
I already dropped what I was gonna do. But yeah, Caleb,
I'm hoping that he's able to make that offensive impact
for Canada and score a few points for me, So
that's my guy.
Speaker 4: All right, back to me, I believe here with the
fifth round, I got a forward, I got two forwards,
one d and a goalie. So I think it's time
to go back up front and get me some offense.
This time, I'm going Sweden and I'm gonna go with
draft ellible sensation ivar Stenberg.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you guys all took all the guys I wanted,
so I have to audible a little bit here. I
just wanted to talk about a couple of things, and
that is rimpin In. I wanted to circle back to
that peet because the guy almost won them gold last
year and he's back. I think that's a great pick.
And I know that Finland. You look at the roster
and you're like, it's not that exciting, but it never is,
and they always tend to now perform. They're greater than
some of their parts. I just do you have any
other things to say about Finland and their potential there?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I just I never count Finland out. They don't always,
like you said, they don't always have the first round
draft picks, and the superstar power of that nation comes
and plays a Canadian style combination of skill, grit, and determination,
and they only got a lot of se su on
that roster. So I got a special place in my
heart for Finland. They're amazing. So I'm oping that my boy,
mister Showtime can live up to the name and the
reputation that he laid last year.
Speaker 3: Peter, I'm not gonna let you go with a lot
of Seasu on that roster. I saw They Meete a sequel.
I love that movie.
Speaker 2: It's amazing. I just watched the sequel, Victor.
Speaker 3: I think you need to keep this going by taking
two fins on the wheel, and one of them should
be the guy who shoots all the Nazis.
Speaker 2: I have no idea what you guys are talking about,
but it sounds cool and sounds like I need to
watch a movie or something. I'm not gonna take two
fins here, because, as I just mentioned, the fins are
not that exciting, and Tim you took I was planning
on taking Leo Selene Millennius. I think that people are
assuming it's going to be Sasha Bomidian or one of
their other decent defenseman back there. But I think, and
for a I think that Leo Selen Millennius is going
to run their power pulay, and I think he's got
some underrated offensive skills, So I think that's a really
smart pick, and anyone else doing a pull out there,
I think that's a good one. Let's go with Let's
stay with Sweden though, And I was really hoping Stenberg
would follow me, Pete, but of course you took him,
So I'm going to have to take the other because
I guess Frondelle would also be a good pick there.
But I'm gonna take Victor Ecklund for my pick. I
think that the three of those better do really well.
Sweden plans on competing, they really need to show up.
He's been pretty good so far this year, and so
I like that one. And then I'm gonna go back
to the Americans and I'm gonna take I think should
have a really good tournament, and that's Will Horcoff. Horcoff
he was someone who some people felt maybe Pittsburgh reached
a bit, but I think he's been proving everyone wrong
this year in NCAA and just has some having a
fantastic season. And I think that his style of play,
he's huge, he's big, he's used to playing against some
really big opponents in the NCAA. I think that's gonna
bode really well for him in this tournament. So I'll
take Will Horcoff and Victor Ecklund back you Bete.
Speaker 4: Lowell's are nice picks, Victor. I love that I'm stealing
your guys. You took the second and third next highest
ranked forwards on my pick list, So thanks for not
taking the guy who I had ranked as a potential
top five guy. He's a little undersized and he doesn't
play for a big powerhouse. But I really like the
upside you get on Adam Bennock. So I'm gonna go
with a check. Ya player, you're ago with Adam Bennach?
Speaker 2: Nice?
Speaker 3: Is that cracking the is that cracking the seal?
Speaker 2: On Czech Republic?
Speaker 3: On Chechia? Have we got any other chechi ins we've
checked that we've taken?
Speaker 2: Believe it is? So I took You're a check, but
I think that's the first four.
Speaker 3: Oh You're a check? Yeah, I forgot about You're a check. Okay,
I am, let's see. I am going to go back
to Canada for this one. And I'm not really sure
how Power Play Too is supposed to look on that defense.
But I'm taking Keisha on Aitchison the New York Islanders
prospect because Victor took freaking Victor Ecklund, who I really
kind of wanted. I'll take Ahison to be my second
defenseman on this team. Get all those second assists, get
all those A two's for me, buddy. I believe in you.
Speaker 5: So I need a goalie of forward and a d
I I'm going to go against my better judgment and
pick a goalie. Hopefully you guys have talked about the
goalie constraints with this tournament. I'm gonna go with the
Swedish goalie only because it's Christmas time and we should
spread some love. So I'm gonna go with love Haron
Stamp with my first pick.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not to be fair, they don't have strength
and goal I would say no, but you're right that
I do think he's going to be the starter. But
it's also precarious because we're not really sure.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm gonna wager a bet that he's gonna get
the volume. And then with my second pick, I'm gonna
go with another with a D man that is draft
eligible this year from Canada and that's Carson Carrol's very good.
Speaker 3: Okay, let's see, I now have my goalie, I now
have my defenseman. So I am down to two more
forwards to take it this point, and the first of those,
I'm going to take Bradon Coots of Canada, of the
Vancouver Canucks prospect system. I think, let's hope he gets
the role that will help him be in that position
to score some points. But a prominent prospect do I
think is going to do good things?
Speaker 2: All right?
Speaker 4: I got my goalie, I got one D and a
bunch of forwards. I got two picks for Victor after this,
and he's got one D and no goalies, so he's
definitely taken a goalie and a D. So I know
he doesn't think Sash of Vamidian's going to be Sweden's
top defensive offensive defenseman, as we discussed earlier in the draft,
but I don't really want to list lose him because
I think he is going to be on the Swedish
power play. So I'm going to take Sash of Bamidian.
Speaker 2: But even if he's not on the power play, he
will be out there a lot and he will certainly
be a big part of their success. If they are successful,
whether or not that it relates to points, we'll see.
But I think that's a good pick. I am. Yeah.
I got one d and I got one and I
got a goalie left, so I'm going to just go
with I think I want a defenseman on Canada who
might actually run a power play, if maybe a second
power play, or certainly be out there a lot, and
that's draft eligible Cameron Reid. I think that he's going
to have a really big coming out party at this tournament,
so I'm excited to watch him. I hope nothing happens
to day in PreK, but if it does, or if
he struggles maybe with some of the two way game
for some reason, they might give Reid some opportunity. So
that could be interesting. But I think he's just going
to be out there a lot on the top pair
and Canad's going to score a lot, So that's part
of it. Now for the goalie, the question is do
I take Ivankovic and just hope that he steals the
job that could be interesting, and leave the American goalies
for Let's say, does anyone else seen a goalie? No,
I'm the last goalie, so that would be funny if
just no one picked American goalies and we picked two
of the Canadian goalies. I think that Switzerland has a
decent chance too, and could take one of their goalies.
I'm just not very I'm not. I don't think that
there's a clear starter for Chechia or for Switzerland per se,
because they have a few. They have two. They have
kersh and new and Schwander are both decent, and I
can't imagine another finish goalie gets gets rope. But you
know what, I'm just gonna take Ivankovic because I don't
really want to guess which American is gonna I think
it's gonna be kem for it might be Hyle, who knows,
And I think Ivankovic will probably get at least a
win or two in the round robin, so might as
well just take.
Speaker 4: Him back to me For my last pick, I need
a forward. My last two were Stenberg and Bennock, so
I think I'm gonna go with the skilled, undersized vooning
into here again and go with Sweden's Vigo b York.
Speaker 3: I love the Vigos, all the Vigos, all the b York's.
Yeah case, Sweden's names are simply more fun than anybody
else's in this tournament. So for my last pick, I
think it's time to do a little bit more USA USA.
I do believe Trevor Connolly is still on the board, right,
Trevor Conley. One more prospect here, one more forward prospect
for me? So why don't you add Trevor Conley to
my list? Oh wait, I do have an Oh no,
that's my last pick.
Speaker 2: All right? And Tim was having some audio issues and
so he put his pick in the chat and he
picked Jack Bergland from Sweden. So that's the end there
for all of us. So we got some time. I'll
let the other two of you recap your own, but
we'll start with Tim's team. He started off strong with
Gavin mcannon, who I think has a very reasonable chance
of having the most points in this tournament, so that's
great first pick. Then Michael Hage who also should be
great for Canada, and Brady Martin, So those three flying
the maple leaf for Tim all I would imagine we're
going to have strong tournaments. And then Leo Selene Millennius.
If he does end up running that power play for
Sweden and they can score, that should be good. Colbo
dwan is his was his fifth pick, and love Harness Strem,
who's the goalie hopefully for Sweden, who starts most of
the games. And then Carson Carl's who is a defenseman
for Canada, so very strong Canada here. And then two
three he's got three Swedes with Jack Bergland, so three Swedes,
five Canadians. That is, if something happens to one of
those countries, that's going to be hard for Tim to
have a strong performance, but that's usually how you win.
Going all in and having those two teams go all
the way or most of the way is usually how
that works out for you. So I'm liking that. I
really think that Leos slim wan Linius is going to
be an interesting one. I think if Sweden does do
well and Harness Strim is part of that'll be good.
And of course the top three Canadian forwards are going
to be a big important part of your success if
you have it. So I like that. Jesse, why don't
you tell us a little bit about your team?
Speaker 3: Well, my resolution for this draft was to go in
taking no draft eligibles. I wanted all guys who'd been drafted,
all guys who are a little older and more experienced,
because sometimes the younger guys they have the hype in
the buzz, and I'm not criticized. There's some great draft
eligibles in this pool and people will probably beat me
with them. I'm pretty sure I drafted Gavin McKenna last
year I can't remember, or maybe two years ago I
took one of the guys who went on to be
a top pick and it didn't work out for me.
We're always fighting the last war, but I decided to
take all guys who were already drafted, who were a
little bit older, played against some mature competition, and I
also wanted to stay with just the big boys.
Speaker 2: I think I.
Speaker 3: Got all guys who are on the top three teams
as I see at Canada, US and Sweden. So my
team Titchiginla Anton Frondel, Caleb Denier, bringing Koots, and Trevor
Connelly on my forwards probably yeah, pretty good, but maybe
a little bit on the middle eingd side there Cole
Hudson kaishon hisenter my d I'm very happy with those.
And then Carter George is my goalie if he hangs
onto that Canada first goalie position, which isn't a sure thing.
That would be really cool, So I hope that happens,
but I'm happy with my team. We'll see. Anything could happen,
but I sure hope that all of these three teams
are playing until, like you say, either Victor either the
finals or the third place finals and get that extra
game in. We'll see, Jesse.
Speaker 4: I really like your roster, man. I had some players
earmarked that I really wanted to get, and Cole Hudson,
Tacha Gandla Kishan Aihsen were not two, specifically three or
four of those, and Anton Frondell I wanted all those guys.
So I really like your rosters. I think Carter George
is what it might come down to you for you,
and if he gets the lion's share of the starts
for Canada, this could be you could be the team
to beat there. Speaking of or always fighting the last war,
I went all in on Canada last year myself and
that blew up in my face egregiously. So this year
I have one Canadian and I've really diversified my rosters.
So I hope Victor's statement of loading up on a
team and winning with them is not going to track
with this year's scoring leaders, as I've got two Americans,
two Swedes, one Canadian, one finn in a check, so
my forwards are young. So again I'm hoping that your
theory that the draft eligible guys are wrong. But I
got Hagens and Iserman who are drafted. Of course, Stenberg
is draft eligible, and Bennock, for checks is he's a
bit of a wild card. He's super skilled, but he's
so small. I'm not sure how his professional career projects.
But this ain't the pros, it's the World Junior, so
I'm hoping that he's just lights out good. And even
though I didn't get my boy Hudson, I did get
Zane Perek, who I'm okay with. I think that's going
to work out pretty good for me. Sasha Moviean, I
love my Boston Terrier, so I got a couple terrors
on my roster, which makes me super happy. And then
I might not have the best goalie for sure, I don't,
but I like my chances of him getting seven starts
in this tournament. And if you're not starting the game,
you certainly can't win it. I'm hoping that Showtime repeats
last year. If Victor pointed out how he almost stole
them a golden medal, So that's the shakedown on my roster.
Speaker 2: I think you do have the best actual goalie in
this tournament, Pete. Whether he's on the best team and
in the best situation, that may be debatable, but I
think he is the most talented goalie in this tournament.
I think you got an opportunity at seven points there
and plus more if it gets shut out. So I
don't think anyone else has that much promise and goals,
So that's good. I think it's interesting. The diversification, yeah,
very different from you yours and Tim's roster is very opposite.
Where you went heavy Sweden, Canada, and you've diversified. I
think as long as those four, as long as the
countries make it to the final four, that's all that matters,
because then you're getting the maximum number of games. Notice
that no one picked anyone from Slovakia or Denmark or
Latvia or Germany, because even though they have some interesting players,
it just seems very unlikely that they'll play more than
the minimum number of games, and so that's less helpful.
So for me, I had Misa Martone, plant Eklund and
Horkoff as my forwards, and then I had year, Check
cam Reid and Jack Ivankovic, so I have a diversification
as well. So I have three Canadians, I have no
four Canadians. I have two Americans and checking a suite,
so I have a pretty interesting diversification there. But I
think it will work out for me, just like for Pete.
If those four are the ones that are in the
semi finals, I think there's a pretty good chance that
there will be. I think Canada should be there and
they're pro. The Americans probably should be there, Sweden and
it might come down to Finland versus check Ya for
that last spot. So it'll be interesting to see what happens.
But yeah, I think if one whoever's team gets eliminated,
which is usually the case, that's gonna make it hard
to win. But I like my forwards. I think that
I leaned into the forwards, and obviously taking the goalie
last was a big part of my strategy. I just
don't feel like they offer nearly as much as the
forwards do. I feel Eckland or Hohrkoff, even if Rimpenon
has an incredible tournament, should be able to outpoint him
or at least be similar. So that was part of
my strategy. So yeah, that's what I'm that's what I'm
hoping for.
Speaker 4: There's a lot of talent still left on the board.
You got eight rounds with four drafters. I'm looking at
the list that I'd made and some names that jump
out for me. Some of them are a bit of
a reach, and they'd be picks that I'd be really
ecstatic about getting if we had more people in the league. Obviously,
the American goalie of Nick Kemp is the guy who
I think will be the get that starts for the Americans.
And then the other option in Sweden of live as
a player who could have seven wins in this tournament.
A real sleeper d that I'm really keen to watch
when Latvia is playing is Albert Smith's. I think he's
a players that could be surprisingly good in this tournament
and I think some people might get to know his
name by the end of the tournament for the draft.
Max Westergard is another player that I think is coming
into this tournament under the radar for Finland. I really
like his game.
Speaker 2: A couple other fins too.
Speaker 4: I think, you know what I like the Finns, but
and Miettinen are two players that could put up some
good production for Finland, and Emil Heming as well is
a little bit more well known player. I had him
as like a potential third round in this with Adam
Navatni and Lucas Peterson from Chechia and Sweden, as well
as some potential players that I thought might have got
some consideration on other people's drafts.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just wanted to touch on Smith's real quick,
because I think you're absolutely right. I really wanted to
pick him. I think he's awesome. He might be the
best defenseman in this tournament. We'll see. I think he'll
make a case for it right now. His consolidated rank
is nineteen in the twenty twenty six draft. But the
man is six three two h five left handed d
and he's been playing primarily in the Liga this year.
He actually went down to the U twenty league in
Finland for a bit and was scoring at two points
per game, and they're like, all right, come up to
the pro team. You're too good for that league. And
he's basically been clicking an almost half point per game,
playing over twenty minutes a night. Without any power play
time and the guy bashes. I think he's one of
these who I think could raise his stock more than
just about anyone in this tournament because he's going to
be drafted in twenty twenty six and it's a pretty
strong class for defenseman, not so great for centers, so
that could help him really elevate. Some outlets rank him
in the top ten already, but I wouldn't be surprised
if he was a lock top ten after this and
maybe one of the top couple defensemen taken in this draft.
So definitely a lookout for Albert Smith's He's not gonna
have a lot to work with Latvia. He should be
out there in every situation getting tons of opportunity, and
just should he could, especially if he brings Lafa out
of the round robin. That could be a huge accomplishment
for him if they pull off an upset or two.
So I like that you pointed that out, Butte, there
were also some interesting ones Keen Varhoff, Logan Hensler. These
are some other defensemen that could have been taken Aaron
kV har You this really should be airing kiv Haru's
revenge tournament like he was supposed to do that last
year after sliding to the fourth round, and he was
just okay last year. He wasn't amazing, So I'm eager
to see if he can do that this year. And
there's tons of other Fords we could mention too, I
like the ones you mentioned Julius Miednen. It's gonna have
to be awesome for Finland if they're going to go
far with Hemming along the flank there, so good.
Speaker 4: Old steady Tiga too.
Speaker 2: For USA. Yeah, no one picked the wings for James Higgins,
which is interesting.
Speaker 3: He was Yeah, he was still on my board at
the Enstiga. Hemming, Rudy zuemer Go and along with other
guys who've been mentioned. I know that Tim wanted Tim
wanted Gastron. That was the guy he wanted to get.
And I'm always supportive of somebody trying to take a
Washington capital. But he didn't make it any here. But yeah,
that was part of it. Was a good strategy. It's
a zig when the rest of us zigged. I think
a couple both of you guys have referenced it that
him is the guy who stacked this draft and the
rest of us are spread out a little bit. So
if Canada and Sweden just go on a tear, that
probably could play into Tim's hands a little bit. But
I think that in the end, all four of these
teams really have really have a chance. I don't know,
I feel like all four of them. I was getting sniped.
You guys were getting sniped. That probably means we're on
the same wavelength here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. Also at the beginning, we forgot to
mention or we're actually we were looking for the results.
Speaker 3: We don't have to mention. We don't have to mention that, victor.
Speaker 2: No, oh no, yeah, we do. We do. We do.
Last year, in case anyone's wondering, because I was, we
all were, and it was me, Jesse, Pete and Jimmy
Ayakavone and he. It was pretty close last year. Jesse
was second with forty five, Jim and Pete were in
the thirties, and I ended up winning with fifty and
it was because I had the most games played, like
Jesse was right there with forty eight games played. But
I think that was the story. And that's usually what
it comes down to. Whoever play has the most games played,
it usually who ends up winning. And that's what happened,
and so we'll see if if Jim, if sorry, if
Tim has a strong success with Sweden and Canada and
they play all the games, then I think you've got
a pretty good chance of winning. But if one of
them struggles that it might not go so well.
Speaker 3: I do apologize to the listeners for not achieving my
customary goal of third place of four. I will have
two chances to rectify that this month because we have
another draft with four players coming up I think fairly soon.
Speaker 2: But we'll see where we can do.
Speaker 3: That'll probably do it. You boys, Pete, I think we've
lost Tim. Tim is there, folks, but Tim is having
some audio issues. But Pete, do you have any last
thing to say to the people. You've got the voice
right now. Man, You've got the platform. You need to
let the people have it.
Speaker 5: No.
Speaker 4: Usually this is where I say make sure you listen
to my podcast or check out what's coming out from me.
But I'm in retirement, so I just want to say
thanks for having me back into the game here for
a hot minute. I really enjoyed doing this draft. It
was a lot of fun and hopefully I don't have
to put my head into sand after it's all done
like I did last year, and as long as I
beat Victor, that's all I really need.
Speaker 2: Yeah, good luck, buddy.
Speaker 3: Whoa, sparks are flying here, folks. We better end this
before it gets too crazy. But thank you to Pete,
thank you to Tim for coming on a great draft,
great episode today, boys, and we'll be right back after this.
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