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Speaker 1: Here's your hosts, Jesse Severe and Victor Nuno Fantasy Hockey

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Speaker 2: Jesse Severe fan tracked Victor Nuno. Doc. How you doing today, Victor?

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Speaker 4: I am doing great, Jesse. We're in the midst of

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a long session of recording, but I haven't passed out yet,

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so I'm just gonna keep going until I do.

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Speaker 2: Oh, we're gonna make it, Victor. We're gonna make it

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after all. I love it. Yeah, No, we're going through it, Victor.

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And I do think that people are going to appreciate

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talking about this team fascinating. They were in on a

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lot of excitement this year, the Colorado Avalanche, Victor. People

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goalies and all those things that they have no choice physically, mentally,

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Speaker 2: You right back talk Colorado Avalanche. Back to the show

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and one of our favorite guests. We love talking with

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her every year, Megan Angley of Gorilla Sports to talk

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about the Colorado Avalanche. How you doing today, Megan.

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Speaker 6: I'm doing well. How are you guys?

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Speaker 2: Outstanding? Outstanding? Ready to talk some aps. They had a

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very good season. I don't have to tell you that, Megan. Eighth,

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most Dandy's points in the league, sixth and goals third,

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fewest shots on goal against. They retold their goaltending on

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the fly. They traded for and away star forwards, loaded

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up of the deadline, dealt their top prospect in passing,

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rostered two first team All Stars, won a Norris winner.

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They finished on a fifteen to five and two run

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and if I remember right, a couple of those losses

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even came at the end when the standings were pretty

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well set, so the stakes were low. But it's very

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tough for a recent Cup winning team to go out

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in round one. In this case, it was arguably the

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most exciting series of the playoffs, with that long awaited

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return of the injured captain, the revenge of the star

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of the end season NHL drama who I don't think

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ever wanted to be the star of any drama, Miko

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Rant And when it's all said and done, how do

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you look back at this season, Megan, and what are

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the Avs expect in the next.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's been a difficult pill to swallow for the Avs,

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but I think it's a good thing because you pointed

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out the regular season results and there was a lot

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of success that you don't want to completely discount in

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preparing for the year ahead. But the exit for the

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Abs in that Dallas series was really frustrating because you

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dig into the process on a nightly basis and you

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look at some of what they were doing in creating

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chances and the intent was very good process wise, and

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that's why the possession numbers five y five really favored

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Colorado coming out of it. Obviously, there was a big

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issue with the Abs and ability to convert on the

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power play, but the story of that first round exit

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is so much bigger than just the power play, and

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it's looking at the way in which they did load

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up at the deadline and on paper, the roster construction

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was so sound, so it was tough to see so

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many of the big name players that they already had

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to show up when it mattered most. And some of

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that is credit to Dallas having an incredible game plan

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to shut down the Colorado Avalanche. Peach Boor told me

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that eighty percent of their pre scout was how to

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shut down Kill mccarr and Nathan McKinnon specifically, And so

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when you key in on individual player performances, there is

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some worthy context there too, Like I do think a

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player like kil mccarr, it's hard to look at the

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process behind what he was doing and have much criticism

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at least the Norris winner for a reason. And I

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think the bigger picture issue then is identifying what it

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was about the spotlight being brighter in the postseason that

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made it so that all of.

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Speaker 6: These big name players struggled to show up.

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Speaker 5: And I think the conclusion I come to at least

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is you had a few too many players playing it

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just a bit too safe and unwilling to take the

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risks necessary in that series out of fear of making mistakes,

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which is completely fair right, like Dallas is a team

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that would make you pay for it, And so I

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turned to the forward group specifically. Is the area of

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Colorado's lineup that I have the biggest question marks around.

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And some of those questions I don't have any concern

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as to whether or not they'll be answered from players

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like Nathan McKinnon, but a player like Gaber Landeskog, who

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did make a huge difference in his return. I want

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to see a full season of Landeskog and what that

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does then for this forward group and a top six

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that has now committed to Brock Nelson, who is the new.

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Speaker 6: Guy on the block.

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Speaker 5: What does a full season of brock Nelson look like?

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And then the finally, the biggest question mark is what

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comes next for Marty Netches. Because the rest of that

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top six is pretty set, They've got a little bit

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of work to do to round out the depth and

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the bottom of the forward group. But the other areas

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of the lineup I'm feeling pretty good about for the

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Colorado Avalanche.

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Speaker 2: Let's start with that star Nathan McKinnon, another vintage season

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at twenty nine years old, fourth and heart, first team

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All Star, led the league and assists and shots led

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all forwards in average time on ice. Heck, he missed

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three games and still led all forwards in the league

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in total time on ice. If you use the crude

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point share stats over at Hockey Reference, McKinnon would be

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the number sixty five skater of all time alright, already

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in his twenties. Only catastrophe could keep this guy from

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the Hall of Fame and frankly circling in on an

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inner circle Hall of Fame type career if I were guessing,

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but it was a lot of wear and tear. Can

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this keep going for McKinnon? Is this going to be

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what we can expect again next year or what do

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you think comes next? Megan?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think something I really appreciate about Nathan McKinnon

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that he sometimes gets criticism for it is how well

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he takes care of himself. And he came into this

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last year with an emphasis on recovery. And I think

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that I noticed a difference in the year that McKinnon had.

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invested in this tournament and format, and so I think

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that had a little more were in tear coming out

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of it, just not having that break like the rest

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of the team. That resulted in him taking a little

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bit of time off at the very end of the

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season when they did experience some of those losses that

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Speaker 6: And so what I see as.

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Speaker 5: A player that wants to push for his personal best

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every season, but also recognizes the value of Wanjevit. The

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players that he admires most have had long careers and

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that has been what has cemented their place in hockey history.

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I think he is recognizing where to be more conservative

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and where to push himself in a really healthy way.

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his game where he improved this last year and you

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see that room for improvement that he pushes for.

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Speaker 6: Just like in the face off dot, I think he really.

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Speaker 5: Buckled down and became so much stronger at the dot

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and it translated to better overall numbers down the middle,

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especially once they did both throughout that position after the deadline,

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and I think that was headed up by Nathan McKinnon

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as a leader. I expect that from McKinnon in the

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year to come then, just a player who continues to

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round out every aspect of his game and become more

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multi dimensional while still prioritizing things like rest in recovery.

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Speaker 2: Then you mentioned Martin Nachass, the big new addition to

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the team last year. It's a tough blow to be

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the guy remembered for being traded for Miko Rantan, especially

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when it ended up as it did last year. But

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my goodness, nay Chass is very good. Twenty six year

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old got only thirty games with the Abs this year,

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but put up a near point per game pace on

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twenty thirty average time on ice, two point seven shots

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and three quarters of a hit per game. His work

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on the power play was just devastating in a good way,

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as his points per sixty at the main advantage in

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Colorado was the number eight rate among anybody in the NHL,

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and it even strength he got to play with McKinnon

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liken it until the last few games of the season.

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He missed a couple of those with an upper body issue.

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more year of cheap Nachas, and by cheap six point

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five million, and then they got to deal with a

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slightly sub rant and in cost crisis. About a year

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from now, what do you expect out of Martin Chos

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as he continues to fit into this team and where

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Speaker 6: I'm really excited.

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Speaker 5: It is a contract year, no matter how you slice it,

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If that means a future that continues on through Colorado,

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which I still think is a possibility or not, this

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is an important year for Niches to bring his very

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best and he comes on the heels of a points

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high season. This last year I think disrupted in part

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because of a trade that required a little bit of adjustment.

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The early returns of Neches in Colorado were so good

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that I think a full length season of Netchees in

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that top six with plenty of opportunity is only going

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to translate to better results and production. And so the

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power play is an interesting call out because you're absolutely

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right it was. It transformed a stagnant and struggling power play.

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Like before the ranton In trade, this was a struggling

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top unit and it goes through roles in the regular

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season that you don't overly panic, but it was leading

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to a little bit of panic that this top unit,

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made up of guys like cam lacar and Ranton and

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McKinnon were struggling to convert and when nets Just was traded,

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it offered something so different for that top unit that

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required a little bit of adjustment. There was so much

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more movement and rotation between the place that McKinnon ordinarily

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played because of what netchus offers. His toolkit is pretty diverse,

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and when he applied it, it gave them so many

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more looks on that top unit. It was deceptive and

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hard to counter. And that's where I want to see

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Netch just step back into that place and pick up

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where he left off, because I think he played it

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too safe in the playoffs, and I think that was

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one of those players that was afraid of making mistakes.

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the puck through traffic and his ability to use that

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speed to get to inner ice and be a little

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bit deceptive. I don't think I saw enough of that

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in the playoffs, but he teased that in the regular season,

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and so I think he can be so much more

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of an offensive weapon in that top six and on

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that power play going into next year.

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Speaker 2: The enigma Valerie Nishushkin. He is the reason that we

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still have to talk about the Russian factor. I think

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his issues have been chronicled over the years. His six

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month suspension lasted into mid November, and then at the

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new year he suffered an injury that kept him out

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until late February. While he was out there, he was

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excellent again forty three games and thirty four points, with

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twenty one goals in that by the way, throwing over

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a hit per game, taking almost three shots. He got

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his first year first All Star vote. He was right

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wing two on one ballot, which was the same number

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of second place votes as Miko ran in the end

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for the NHL All Star ballot. I don't know how

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that happened. He's still big, physical, skilled. He's only going

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to be thirty until late next season, which blows my mind. Actually,

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can anyone predict what is going to come next with

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this guy? And how many of those five remaining years

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on the contract do you think he's going to be

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an ab.

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Speaker 5: That part's a little harder to say, But I don't

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want to undersell what a huge step forward this last

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year was for Valnachushkin. Obviously, availability concerns with respect to

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like health injury related is still a bit of a

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worry with val Nachushkin, but the availability in the playoffs

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in that first round it stood out to me as significant,

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and I hope that this is an important building block

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to turn the page on those past chapters for Valonachushkin

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and just go into next year, hopefully complete more of

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a full season than we've seen.

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Speaker 6: That'll be the biggest tell of.

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Speaker 5: What's next for Valichushkin, because you're absolutely right when you

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look at the impact on a nightly basis, it's there

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when he's playing. It doesn't really take long for him

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to shake off the rest between missing some time coming

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back from injury. He comes back and he's a really

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big impact player and it's all the things that you said,

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huge power forward and that's another reason why you know

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the performance in the playoffs on that second line with

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brock Nelson, I wanted to see him be a little

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bit more of a driver, and I think that was

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missing from his game a bit. And I'm just happy

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to have had a healthy Vonachushkin for the other reasons

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in these playoffs that I want to see him build

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on that going into next year because with Jonathan Duran

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signing elsewhere, that top six is now counting on Gabriel

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Landeskog being healthy, brock Nelson really settling into his role

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as two s, and Vonichushkin continuing to be the Valdachushkin

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that the ABS know and love. And so he's a

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really important ingredient in what's going to make that top

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six work and make it dangerous. And I'm really hopeful

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that because he was able to stick in these playoffs,

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that's actually a huge turning stone for Valma Chushkin.

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Speaker 2: So many important offensive players on this team. Megan and I,

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so I'm going to throw two of metcha and ask

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you a pick them between two of them brack Nelson,

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and I'm going to give you Gabe Landeskog. I'm sure,

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I'm not sure if that came in the sheet with you,

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but I definitely think he's worth discussing. But of course,

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no regular season production versus brack Nelson, who was created

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over there was some talk that maybe he was a

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little bit less than what he used to be in

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some of what we saw, but he certainly was very

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proficient when he was an Avalanche last year. He's what

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thirty three going on thirty four, Brack Nelson, Gabe Landeskog.

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Who do you think is going to be the better

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player for the Abs next year?

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Speaker 5: If I'm evaluating just production, I think brock Nelson's going

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to come ahead in the points total. I like to

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measure other aspects of the game, and so I think

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that the two way impact of Gabriel Landeskog. You saw

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the immediate difference just in possession numbers when Landeskog was

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to that second line.

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Speaker 6: I think that's going to come away then.

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Speaker 5: As a huge presence for in favor of Landeskog. But

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I think that points total has more to give with

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brock Nelson, who through this point has still been a

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thirty goal scorer year by year, and I think that

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the point's numbers, at least through the end of that

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regular season, started to reflect that. And I think of

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this as a dad to many young kids who had

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just been traded from his team and needed to settle

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down in Colorado, and now he has this extension ahead

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of him to settle into a house here in Colorado

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with his family and just have that one less thing

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to worry about. Then starting this year out of training

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camp in Colorado with a little bit of clarity on

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what's going on in his life for the next couple

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of years. So I think that's going to make a

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huge difference in the on ice numbers for brock Nelson.

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Speaker 4: Awesome. Let's move on to ar Terry Lekkinen, and he

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had shoulder surgery in the off season, missed part of

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the season to begin, but he still put up career

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high twenty seven goals on a career best eighteen point

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two shooting percentage. His share of the power play has

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been declining for the past few years sixty seven percent

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to fifty five to this past season fifty one percent,

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but he's still managing to play big minutes twenty minutes

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per game and mostly on the top line with McKinnon.

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His block shots and hits bash is just over four

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are just over three, sorry, and ranking him four hundred

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and forty first is for skaters, so that part isn't

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as exciting, but he still is looks like he's a

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big part of this offensive team. But Megan, what do

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you think Lecan is going to do this season? Will

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he have a bigger role in the power play, maybe

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get back to double digit power play points. What do

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you think we can expect from lecan in this season?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's the secret ingredient in that top

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six that I expect to take another step forward, especially

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in Jonathan drem no longer being a part of that

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top six picture.

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Speaker 6: I do think we can.

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Speaker 5: Expect to see more McKinnon and Leacanon together on a

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top line and that's going to obviously translate to some

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pretty positive results for Lecanon.

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Speaker 6: I even look at his impact.

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Speaker 5: In the playoffs, and he was a player that I

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think didn't get a lot of credit for some of

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the intent behind what he was doing. He was on

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the doorstep of so many high danger opportunities at the

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NetFront that were just getting stopped by Ottinger, and a

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great performance from him in that first round. And when

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I look at the impact that Lacanan can have on

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the heels of a career high goals this last season,

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even having missed time at the start of the year,

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I think that's just another step forward. Because there is

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this emphasis on Lecanon being more of a full time

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mainstay attached to McKinnon on that top line. I think

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there's a lot of trust that's always been there, but

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now in terms of the options or the competition, I

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think there are fewer, and so that just puts a

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lot of emphasis then on what Leacanon can do on

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that top line. And then as far as the power

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play goes, they bring in a new assistant coach to

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head up the power play. So I'm excited to see

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what kind of changes that might bring about because what

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Lacanon is on that top unit is such a versatile

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rover that obviously wants to establish himself at the NetFront.

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So I think there's more room to give and because

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of his familiarity there, there's probably going to be a

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lot of trust, and I think that he's going to

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earn a lot of favor in the eyes of a

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coach trying to deploy him there. That will translate to

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some pretty good results.

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Speaker 6: But really that'll.

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Speaker 5: Come down to whether or not Lacanan can execute and

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convert on demand advantage. And obviously that history is there,

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and I think the heightened opportunity five y five on

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that top line with McKinnon is going to also help

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make his case for more power play time with that

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top unit. But given the year that he had, even

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having this some time that's the guy that I'm looking

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at to take another big step forward.

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Speaker 2: All right, And that's there's so many forwards on this team.

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Is there anybody else you could see having a huge

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role getting a lot of points for this forward Core Megan.

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Speaker 5: That's a great question, because the Ross Coulton of it all,

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this is a player that once upon a time was

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brought into be a three C with even this hope

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maybe his ceiling could be a future to see, right Like,

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they would just fill that position until ross Colton got

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a little more comfortable there. And this last year, because

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of that LCK and injury, we saw ross Colton playing

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up in the top six, moved him to the wall.

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They actually really liked him there, and he was a

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point per game, a goal per game player there for

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a little bit. It obviously wasn't sustainable. Some injury happened,

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and then when he returned in the year settled down

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a bit. He was put back in this third line role,

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and in his own words, he experienced trouble that he

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hadn't experienced yet before in his career playing alongside less

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offensively minded teammates. And so what I'm curious to see

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then is this is I think a player with a

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really good and high ceiling that we haven't fully seen

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tapped into in Colorado just yet. I think they need

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to make some decisions around how they want to support

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Raskolton in Colorado, because I think there's more for him

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to give. I won't say it's in a top six capacity,

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but if they really commit to some talent on that

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third line, that's a player that I think can pick

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up the pieces of what started as a really good

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year for him this last year and just continue to build.

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Speaker 6: On that more.

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Speaker 2: Of all the upsets and surprises from this episode, the

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biggest is that Victor let me ask the question about

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Cale mccarr, because this is Victor's one of his absolute favorites,

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and why not it should be everybody's favorite player. I

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think he's been mccarr. That is, he won his second trophy,

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second North Trophy this year, ninety two points one point

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five blocks per game three shots. He was very high

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in the Bing and Heart Vallani as well. His thirty

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goals crushed at the runner up among defencemen this year

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and mark the first time in thirty six years back

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when Paul Coffee roamed the earth that we've seen that

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type of a goal total from a Blue liner. Cale mccarr.

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Is this the absolute peak for him? And what's next?

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Speaker 5: Gosh, this question I feel like every year, because you know,

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the season before this he had a career hiding points,

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and by everyone's account, in his own, I should say

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he had some periods maybe where he didn't feel like

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he was quite out his best, and he still walks

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away from that season with a new career hidden points,

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and then he follows it up with this season that

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we just saw.

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Speaker 6: Somehow surpassing the year before it.

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Speaker 5: And so I feel cliche saying yeah, I don't think

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this is the peak for cal mccarr. I think it

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continues to go up from here. And where I think

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it goes up is not just a little bit the

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boost in points each year. I think that he continues

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to push himself in that way, but I think he

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wants to be a more well rounded defenseman every year.

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And I think he probably even sees that people talk

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about the Norris Trophy is being awarded to the guy

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who gets the most points, guy who scores the most goals.

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I think that cal mccarr takes that personally because this

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last year I think he took a step forward defensively

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obviously ate up probably.

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Speaker 6: Too many minutes on the.

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Speaker 5: Penalty kill, which is why I think Brent Burns enters

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the picture to help alleviate some of that. And that's

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where I think we see this boost in kil mccarr's

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game this next year, is with Brent Burns able to

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eat up some of those big PK minutes, do we

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just see cal mccarr become more unchained five to five

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and more alive on that top unit that I was

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talking about with the power play earlier. And so I

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think the addition of Brent Burns has a direct relation

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to cal mccarr having another step forward in this year

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to come.

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Speaker 2: The other most prominent defenseman on this team Devin Tay's.

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When you saw mccarl last year, you were probably also

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seeing Devin tas because he had only seventy six games,

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But he and mccarr are still combined for the fourth

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most time on ice for a defensive pair in the

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league at five on five. That makes his individual impact

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tough to isolate when you've got the Norris winner next

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yea all the time in fantasy who cares he's one

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of the top defensemen who's not the alpha on his

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own team. Certainly he doesn't get the power playtime on

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ice on the team. He and Sam Gerard get the

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scraps that mccarr isn't out there for. But what should

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we make of tays at this point in his career,

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He's going to be with the team for quite a

482
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while longer he's locked up. Is he pretty much going

483
00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:36,640
to stay steadily in the type of role he is

484
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:37,160
right now?

485
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Speaker 5: I think his role will remain very similar, but I

486
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,400
think in terms of production, I think it's all just

487
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,960
a little bit short of where he's been tracking in

488
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,039
the past seasons, and so I think it will actually

489
00:24:50,079 --> 00:24:53,559
return to a little bit higher compared to this last

490
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season going into next year. And where I think that

491
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,359
happens is similar to how I just talked about kill

492
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,400
mccarrying unchained and maybe alleviated of some tough minutes with

493
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,960
the addition of Brent Burns. I think that impacts DeVante's

494
00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:09,960
as well. And I look back at the playoffs and

495
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I got the sense that because the Abs were struggling

496
00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:17,440
to convert offensively, there was a lot of attention on

497
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,359
to the back end, where a lot of their offense

498
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,799
runs through and there was this question of should they

499
00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:28,000
unchain Taves and macar and perhaps distribute that offensive threat

500
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,799
more throughout the back end by having maybe Taves on

501
00:25:30,839 --> 00:25:33,039
a second pair to give that second pair more of

502
00:25:33,079 --> 00:25:36,359
an offensive chance. And I could see the addition of

503
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,160
Brent Burns, who I don't think is coming to Colorado

504
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,759
and is expected to play top or even second pair

505
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,519
minutes quite like what he was doing with Slaven in Carolina.

506
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,319
But he can hang with that caliber of talent and

507
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,720
that caliber of matchups. And so if the ABS wanted

508
00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:53,960
to separate mccarr and Taves, which over the course of

509
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,079
a game Jared Benner blends the pairs anyways, so it's

510
00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:01,200
not that controversial. I think that when you have that,

511
00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:04,000
it opens up tapes for his game then to be

512
00:26:04,079 --> 00:26:06,400
more isolated, the measure of his impact, to be more

513
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,519
isolated to whatever pair than he is being put on,

514
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,759
and I think that can give him opportunity or at

515
00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:15,519
least help to elevate those around him in a way

516
00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:17,799
that we didn't get to fully see this last year,

517
00:26:17,839 --> 00:26:20,319
because as we know, Brent Burns has a bit of

518
00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:23,319
an offensive flair himself. So I think that just makes

519
00:26:23,319 --> 00:26:26,119
the bottom line of the production coming from the back

520
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,559
end bigger and better than Jess cal mccarr.

521
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Speaker 2: The last question on the blue line I have for

522
00:26:32,319 --> 00:26:34,880
you is can anybody else get to forty points? I

523
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,440
don't know. It sounds like you're pretty high on Brent

524
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,240
Burns coming in, and of course there's other very talented

525
00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:42,559
defenseman with Colorado, the Girards and so forth. Who do

526
00:26:42,599 --> 00:26:45,200
you think is got the best upside of the rest

527
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,319
of this defensive core.

528
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Speaker 5: So I think individually, I don't know if Brent Burns

529
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,319
can get there, but my hope is that he can

530
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:53,200
help someone like.

531
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Speaker 6: Gerard get there.

532
00:26:55,319 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 5: And Gerard is the player that you look at the toolkit,

533
00:26:59,279 --> 00:27:03,720
the puck move, the speed, the mobility, agility that Tornado

534
00:27:03,799 --> 00:27:06,400
move it. He's so popular for right and so you

535
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,759
want to see that translate to some more production. It

536
00:27:08,799 --> 00:27:11,240
doesn't necessarily have to be goal scoring, but you just

537
00:27:11,279 --> 00:27:14,559
want to see the overall points pick up. And I

538
00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:17,359
want to see Gerard then be the player that gets

539
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,599
to forty points this next year. I think he was

540
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,000
close to it too in the thirties, and so I

541
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,480
just want to see him have that kind of points

542
00:27:24,519 --> 00:27:28,000
impact Because of everything about the style of defenseman he is.

543
00:27:28,039 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 6: It's what he needs to be.

544
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 5: And I think he's still capable of it with that toolkit,

545
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,400
and hopefully then the addition of Brent Burns just gives

546
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,039
them lots of options on that right side to help

547
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,000
bolster a guy then like Gerard opposite.

548
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 4: Him great stuff on the blue line. Let's move over

549
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,400
to the goalies and the Avalanche for ranked fifth and

550
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,079
expected goals against for sixty two point thirty three, but

551
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,200
conceded the twelve ranc actual goals per game bit of

552
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,640
tail two seasons though for the goaltending as they started

553
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,000
with Alexander Georgiev Justice Eninin who both struggled and then

554
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,079
they were both moved for the Woods Mackenzie Blackwood Wedgwood

555
00:28:07,599 --> 00:28:11,559
and definitely changed the tide. Blackwood started the year in

556
00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:14,680
San Jose and played really well behind that poor defense,

557
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,960
and looked really good in Colorado eighteen point twenty seven

558
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,079
goals save above expected one point two eight Delta Fenwick,

559
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,079
He's in the year one of that five point two

560
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,559
five million dollar contract. And then Nashville or Wedgwood started

561
00:28:28,559 --> 00:28:32,279
in Nashville, came over into in the spring and at

562
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,480
times he took over for Blackwood for at times when

563
00:28:35,519 --> 00:28:38,759
he was playing well, and his goals save of expected

564
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,680
was over eight delta federal one point one nine. So

565
00:28:41,839 --> 00:28:45,759
both of them performed really well and better than expected,

566
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,720
which was not true at the beginning of the year.

567
00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:50,720
So that's why that number quoting the whole years is

568
00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:53,599
a little misleading, because they did quite well. So I

569
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,559
guess the question is what do you think we can

570
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,119
expect from the Woods this next season? And again both

571
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,519
Blackwood and Wedgewood. I would imagine black Woo is going

572
00:29:00,599 --> 00:29:03,119
to have the majority of the starts, but Wedgwood is

573
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,680
certainly no slouch as someone who can come over and

574
00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:06,880
take some starts.

575
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,799
Speaker 5: Yeah, this is not even in my own words, but

576
00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:13,640
in the words of Chris McFarland and Joe Sakik, the

577
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,680
area of the Abs lineup going into next year that

578
00:29:16,799 --> 00:29:20,279
is the most solid and the most sound, and I'd

579
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:25,680
agree with that assessment. I think the part that isn't

580
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,599
always easy to measure is how a goaltender handles the

581
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,680
mental load, especially under the intense pressure of the playoffs,

582
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,200
and that was an environment that we had yet to

583
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,279
see Mackenzie Blackwood in, and he handled himself extremely well,

584
00:29:40,359 --> 00:29:44,319
even earning a shutout in Game four, and game by

585
00:29:44,359 --> 00:29:46,640
game over the course of the series. I think that

586
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,400
he corrected mistakes that he was experiencing early into games.

587
00:29:51,599 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 6: And when you talk.

588
00:29:53,079 --> 00:29:56,759
Speaker 5: About like the intensity and compete of a player like McKinnon,

589
00:29:56,799 --> 00:30:00,559
I think that Mackenzie Blackwood is sneakly that in goaltend form,

590
00:30:01,039 --> 00:30:03,960
he's pretty hard on himself, but in a productive way.

591
00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:08,119
And so I just expect Mackenzie Blackwood to trend in

592
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:12,759
that direction with a full runway playing behind the Colorado

593
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,559
Avalanche going into next year, I expect that to just

594
00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:18,559
get better. And then Scott Wedgwood, I think has really

595
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,559
embraced his role in Colorado and so stepping up when

596
00:30:22,599 --> 00:30:25,160
called upon knowing that it's not going to maybe be

597
00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:29,119
as regularly. It's not like a one bee kind of tandem.

598
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,119
He knows how to make those starts then out when

599
00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:35,519
he gets them, and so I think that he demonstrated

600
00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:39,079
very solidly that he can step up and be a

601
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,799
reliable and strong backup as needed as well. It just

602
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,720
makes the goaltending threat then very strong in Colorado going

603
00:30:46,759 --> 00:30:47,519
into next year.

604
00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:53,839
Speaker 2: Great stuff, Megan, This has been a good discussion of

605
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,799
the Colorado Avalanche. Why didn't you let people know how

606
00:30:56,799 --> 00:30:58,359
they should keep up with all your work.

607
00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm on Twitter slash xs at meg Angli and

608
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:07,839
we'll have some articles and written in video content on

609
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,400
gorillasports dot net going in the next year.

610
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,799
Speaker 2: Outstanding. Everybody should do that. Megan is one of the

611
00:31:14,799 --> 00:31:18,000
best on the Colorado Avalanche. And thank you so much

612
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,559
for coming on to talk with us today.

613
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 6: Thanks for having you guys.

614
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:28,599
Speaker 5: Thank you well.

615
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,359
Speaker 2: Since then, that's good fire pap, Oh my goodness, walk

616
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:40,599
with a cat? What gram Now it's your weekly goalie

617
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:41,839
talk with Kat Silverman.

618
00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 4: Kat's instinctime once again for kats and sakes with Kat Silverman,

619
00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:50,000
the BEng Gold mag talking Avalanche goalies and we're talking

620
00:31:50,039 --> 00:31:51,599
one of the really good ones, one of the top

621
00:31:51,759 --> 00:31:54,559
prospects in the game. That's Ilia and the back off.

622
00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:57,279
Ilia and the backoff. It's six one, one hundred and

623
00:31:57,279 --> 00:31:59,680
seventy nine pounds. Drafted in the second round back of

624
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,160
twenty twenty four, finish his second season with Metal or Magnetigorsk.

625
00:32:03,559 --> 00:32:06,240
His second his numbers were almost as good as the

626
00:32:06,279 --> 00:32:08,799
previous season when he won the Gargan Cup. It was

627
00:32:08,839 --> 00:32:11,400
a pretty awesome season he had there and he's now

628
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,599
twenty two, so he was drafted as an overager, so

629
00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:15,720
he's a bit on the older side, which is nice.

630
00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:17,839
Speaker 7: He can come over to.

631
00:32:17,799 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 4: North America a little bit earlier, but it's not gonna happen.

632
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,160
Next year he'll be back on loan in the KHL.

633
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,440
Looking at his hockey prospecting numbers, he's been trending up

634
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,680
and up every season from twenty two to twenty six,

635
00:32:28,799 --> 00:32:31,400
thirty fifty and now eighty one percent chance of being

636
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,200
an NHL or. There's a lot of really strong goalies

637
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,400
whose trajectory looks like this one, such is Nikolai hobby

638
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,680
bullin the Bulin Wall. I remember watching him fondly back

639
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,200
in his time. So, Kat, what are your interestings tell

640
00:32:44,279 --> 00:32:45,559
us about Ilie Nabokov.

641
00:32:46,359 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 3: I'm excited to watch him play.

642
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 8: He is one of the most powerful young goalies. When

643
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,640
we talk about conditioning level for some of them, and

644
00:32:58,759 --> 00:33:00,880
we talk about skill level for brothers, and we talk

645
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,880
about what they need to do to put it all together,

646
00:33:04,119 --> 00:33:06,680
he seems like he's put it all together pretty well.

647
00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:10,440
He's got really explosive movement. His skating is the really

648
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:14,000
strong which is nice because he is not super huge.

649
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,240
That's okay. We love a good undersized goalie. We root

650
00:33:18,279 --> 00:33:20,920
for all of those. Always listed at sixty one, one

651
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,000
seventy nine, that's exactly the sweet spot for me. Do

652
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:29,200
want to see what the long term plan is there

653
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,920
for him with Colorado, because they, like you said, they

654
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,880
have him on loan back to the Cage all this year.

655
00:33:36,039 --> 00:33:40,200
He looked in everything I watched ready for the Age,

656
00:33:40,279 --> 00:33:44,200
all of the very least. So I would like to

657
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,880
see him making the move over to North America because

658
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:53,599
he does rely pretty heavily at the moment on enjoying

659
00:33:54,279 --> 00:33:56,799
angle work when he's in the blue paint, so he

660
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,440
likes to really hinge himself off of his posts. He

661
00:33:59,599 --> 00:34:02,480
likes to slide really aggressively. He likes to challenge shooters

662
00:34:02,519 --> 00:34:05,279
a bit, but he likes to do it without staying

663
00:34:05,359 --> 00:34:06,319
super flat.

664
00:34:06,079 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 3: And flush, and that's something that.

665
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 8: You have to reevaluate your timing when you come to

666
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,960
North America for that, just because the a surface is smaller.

667
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,320
So we'd like to see him making the move over.

668
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:24,119
Obviously Colorado feels differently, but I think we're hit the

669
00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,519
point where you know, I don't know how much more

670
00:34:27,559 --> 00:34:31,039
he can do over in the KHL, unless it was

671
00:34:31,039 --> 00:34:34,400
something that he specifically requested, which if that's the case,

672
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,440
I think that's great. We love giving goalies whatever journey

673
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,960
they want to follow. Don't love what the Avalanche have

674
00:34:40,039 --> 00:34:46,039
done recently where they bring goalies over from Europe basically

675
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:50,559
to put them straight into the NHL. And I would

676
00:34:50,599 --> 00:34:53,239
like to see him come over, get a chance to

677
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,400
play in the AHL for a year, and then get

678
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,079
a chance to move over to the NHL because I

679
00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:01,400
think he's a year or two away from being a

680
00:35:01,559 --> 00:35:04,599
starter backup for them. He looks really fun.

681
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 7: That's awesome.

682
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, I hope they do that too, give him a

683
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,559
transition year and then seems like sky's the limit for him.

684
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,159
Let's talk about Trent Minor, another guy in the system,

685
00:35:16,199 --> 00:35:18,280
six one hundred and eighty five pounds drafted in the

686
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,440
seventh round back in twenty nineteen, just finished his first

687
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,199
full AHL season. He had eighteen games back in twenty

688
00:35:24,199 --> 00:35:27,079
twenty three, twenty four in this past season thirty eight games,

689
00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:32,519
twenty two wins, nineteen save percentage two one TWOJA really nice. Overall,

690
00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:35,639
his numbers in the hockey prospecting don't look great. He's

691
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,480
trying to down and he actually graduated them all with

692
00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:41,519
just ten percent chance of being an NHLer with not

693
00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:43,760
a whole lot of good comps. Mike McKenna is probably

694
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,440
the only one who is listed as a bust in

695
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,199
this model, but based on what he's done more recently,

696
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,679
maybe there's some more optimism for Minor. Kad, what do

697
00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:52,199
your instincts tell us about Trent Minor?

698
00:35:53,199 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 8: I feel so strongly that he needs to be given

699
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,559
a better chance. I don't really know what's been going

700
00:36:00,599 --> 00:36:03,360
on with Colorado with their goaltending over the last couple

701
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,800
of years. They keep drafting guys that I think are

702
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:12,119
really promising prospects, and then I don't know if they're

703
00:36:12,159 --> 00:36:13,800
not hydrating them at altitude enough.

704
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,039
Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on there. Things just fizzle out.

705
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 8: I don't want that to happen with Trent Minor because

706
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,320
I really want to feel vindicated that my Dustin Wolf

707
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:26,159
two point zero is NHL capable. I appreciate that they

708
00:36:26,159 --> 00:36:28,000
gave him a couple of NHL games last year. They

709
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,800
didn't go super well. I don't think their goaltending has

710
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,639
been anything to write home about for the last couple

711
00:36:32,679 --> 00:36:35,000
of years, so I don't think that was necessarily his fault.

712
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 3: We will see how that goes.

713
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 8: I think he's my favorite comp for him style wise

714
00:36:41,039 --> 00:36:44,840
is Gonanti ronta type goaltender, although hopefully with fewer injuries.

715
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 3: So I don't know.

716
00:36:48,639 --> 00:36:51,199
Speaker 8: I would like to say that I feel really confident

717
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:55,960
about him, but it's really confident about Justice anonin and

718
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:02,320
they did not care for that analysis and booted him

719
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,519
from the system. We will see what happens with Trent Minor.

720
00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:09,679
Maybe he needs to move to another organization.

721
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:10,559
Speaker 3: I don't know.

722
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 8: They've got a weird depth chart right now where it's

723
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:17,400
hard to tell who fits in where for them.

724
00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 3: In terms of their long term plans.

725
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 8: Like I was mentioning with Nabokov, they currently have Mackenzie

726
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:30,280
Blackwood signed through twenty nine thirty as their presumable starter,

727
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,280
and I don't know if that's why I would be

728
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,840
hinging all of my hopes on long term, and then

729
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:39,559
their backup is currently either Trent Minor Scott Wedgewood, so.

730
00:37:41,079 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 3: I don't necessarily know if Scott Wedgwood is.

731
00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:48,159
Speaker 8: My top choice for their long term backup for the year,

732
00:37:48,159 --> 00:37:49,639
so I'd assume we're going to be seeing a lot

733
00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:52,920
of Trent Minor this year, but then again, I don't know.

734
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,599
That's what I thought with Annon in two to three

735
00:37:55,639 --> 00:37:57,639
years ago, and they kept him trapped in the minors

736
00:37:57,679 --> 00:37:59,000
for a little longer than expected.

737
00:37:59,079 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 3: So we will see. But I do really like Trent Minor.

738
00:38:04,559 --> 00:38:07,039
Speaker 8: I think he's the player that I will hold on

739
00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:11,239
hope for until he is stop signing ECHL contracts at

740
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:11,800
thirty five.

741
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:12,519
Speaker 3: I think.

742
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 7: I love it, love to have that faith, and I

743
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,639
actually I wonder if what the Abs did this past

744
00:38:20,679 --> 00:38:23,559
season might actually hurt some of their prospect development because

745
00:38:23,639 --> 00:38:26,039
basically they didn't have a great plan and then they went.

746
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 4: Out and hit the lottery with Blackwood and Wedgwood and

747
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,719
it was like, we don't need to develop goalies, we

748
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,559
can just trade for these guys, which is I do

749
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,000
that reinforces a solid strategy moving forward.

750
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,519
Speaker 7: But it worked out for them.

751
00:38:38,639 --> 00:38:42,360
Speaker 8: It worked out for them, But it also it concerns

752
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,280
me when it comes to Tobakov and Minor just because

753
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:51,679
it feels very broken clock theory, where.

754
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 3: A broken clock is right twice a day, But that

755
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,719
doesn't mean that you should leave it like that.

756
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 8: You should probably change the battery and that of how

757
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,199
that felt, because they did spend their last couple of

758
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:08,639
years trading for goaltenders who had gotten not forgotten by

759
00:39:08,639 --> 00:39:10,239
their other organizations, but the.

760
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,599
Speaker 3: Patients had run thin with other organizations.

761
00:39:12,679 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 8: They had picked up Hunter a Musca from the then Coyotes.

762
00:39:16,039 --> 00:39:19,559
Speaker 3: They had picked up Oh who did they pick up

763
00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:20,039
before that?

764
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 8: They had someone I believe it was two years ago

765
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,840
who really stressed me out to watch play, and I

766
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:31,159
am looking it up just to make sure that I

767
00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:36,440
get a chance to see. They had Gorgiev, They had

768
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,679
Ivan Prospatov that was also in Arizona. Coyotes pickup Pavel

769
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,559
Francus was one that they had essentially just signed brought

770
00:39:43,599 --> 00:39:44,559
straight to the NHL.

771
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 3: He dealt with so many injuries for them that it

772
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:48,039
was worrying.

773
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 2: So yeah, I.

774
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:57,599
Speaker 8: Don't really know what they're doing. Hopefully Yonis Johnson. That's

775
00:39:57,639 --> 00:39:59,679
the one that I am the most worried about them

776
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,199
trying to replicate.

777
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 3: Because he was so bad to watch. But yeah, we'll see.

778
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 8: I'm looking through. I just did a quick deep dive

779
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,119
to see when the last time they had a homegrown,

780
00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:12,039
home developed goaltender play.

781
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 3: Consistent games for them, and it predates.

782
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 8: Their twenty twenty two seasons, so we'll see how that

783
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,639
goes for them. I'd like to see them succeed. I'd

784
00:40:23,639 --> 00:40:25,440
like to see Trent Minor succeed. I'd like to see

785
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,519
Ilianabakov succeed. I don't like the way that they've been

786
00:40:29,559 --> 00:40:33,079
operating with their goaltenders, so it will be interesting to

787
00:40:33,079 --> 00:40:36,079
see if that was a holdover once they moved beyond

788
00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:39,400
the Varla mal Era and if hadn't looked at the

789
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,440
same strategy again.

790
00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:41,559
Speaker 3: So we'll see how that goes.

791
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 4: Indeed, best of luck to bock Off and Minor, and

792
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,840
thanks caav for giving us your instincts on the Avalanche goalies.

793
00:40:54,039 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 2: Victor, there is something else we got to talk about.

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795
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Colorado Apps Edition vicker Hey the abs A lot going

810
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,280
on at the pro level, not so much at the

811
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,119
prospect level. Number twenty six system. The first we're gonna

812
00:42:08,119 --> 00:42:09,760
talk about your no brainer? Who is it?

813
00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:16,599
Speaker 4: No brainer? Is Mikhil Gulyayev twenty twenty three, thirty first

814
00:42:16,679 --> 00:42:19,320
overall pick five to eleven hundred and eighty three pounds.

815
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:23,280
He is an excellent skater, good two way guy. I

816
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,360
think there was thoughts that he could be more of

817
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,239
an offensive guy. I'm not sure that's really the case.

818
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,440
He's had two full KHL seasons now and he has

819
00:42:33,199 --> 00:42:37,000
twenty seven points in those one hundred and thirty one games,

820
00:42:37,039 --> 00:42:39,559
so I'm not sure that he's really gonna be a

821
00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:41,920
score I think that he's going to be a good

822
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,519
two way guy, but that's a little bit of the concern.

823
00:42:44,599 --> 00:42:49,000
There but there's some interest and some possibility that he

824
00:42:49,039 --> 00:42:52,079
has a little bit more to give. There is some

825
00:42:52,159 --> 00:42:54,599
tracking data hear from his MHL season, but I'm not

826
00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:57,480
sure how relevant it is, but at the time he

827
00:42:57,639 --> 00:43:02,000
was showing a lot of creativity slot passes and transition game.

828
00:43:02,679 --> 00:43:05,000
Looking at his FHL player card, I have him as

829
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,159
a five point one two, just twelve percent chance of

830
00:43:07,199 --> 00:43:10,199
hitting that average player in terms of fantasy, I think

831
00:43:10,199 --> 00:43:12,920
will be more valuable to the NHL team. And part

832
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:14,800
of it, too, is that some of his bash. I mean,

833
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,639
his bash is probably going to be okay, close to average.

834
00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:20,480
He's a little bit above average for shots, his hits

835
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,079
are very low, and his blocks are good, so all

836
00:43:23,119 --> 00:43:26,079
in all, he'll probably be just above average in terms

837
00:43:26,079 --> 00:43:28,840
of that. Let's find out a little bit more about

838
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,960
Gulia from our FATL scout, Jesse.

839
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,199
Speaker 2: Patrick has this to say about Guliayev. His skating is

840
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:41,400
world class, great speed, acceleration, lateral movement, ability to change

841
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,639
direction the passinger, and handling well the handlings of strength.

842
00:43:44,679 --> 00:43:47,400
He's able to transport the puck up the ice in transition,

843
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,719
makes simple passes, but shied away from any that push

844
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,360
the edge. In Patrick's viewings for the shooting Mikhail as

845
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,320
for want of a better description, an okay shot can

846
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,400
change position to get his wrist shot, but often lacking

847
00:44:01,559 --> 00:44:05,360
in strength, not dangerous, but will occasionally find an opening.

848
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:10,440
The IQ average doesn't panic and is okay with anticipation,

849
00:44:10,639 --> 00:44:14,599
but the vision lacks imagination. It's not dynamic for checking,

850
00:44:14,679 --> 00:44:19,199
doesn't venture into the zone all that often. Defense lacking

851
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,039
in any physicality whatsoever, good with closing gaps and taking

852
00:44:23,039 --> 00:44:26,360
away space from forwards and maintains good position in front

853
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,639
of the net, but can be pretty passive in the zone.

854
00:44:29,039 --> 00:44:32,159
So the best asset was McHale's passing. The biggest concern

855
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,599
lack of physicality on defense, along with the end zone

856
00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:39,760
defensive play the top tier outcome that Patrick can foresee

857
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,440
as a third pair defenseman with time on power play too.

858
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:45,119
That's because there's enough parts of the defense that are

859
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:48,679
lacking and the offensive potential doesn't seem to have translated

860
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:53,639
well enough to the KHL. The median outcome NHLAHL tweeter

861
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,639
mostly in the AHL or a seventh D man and

862
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:01,079
the justification there the D defense doesn't seem to him

863
00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:04,880
improved much. Perhaps the offense translates even less than it

864
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:10,000
appears as well. The stylistic comparable Kevin Schattenkirk and the

865
00:45:10,119 --> 00:45:14,159
NHL ranking Mason Black has this to say. He puts

866
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,559
Mkil Guyayev up against Adam. You're a check. There's a

867
00:45:17,679 --> 00:45:19,800
name we haven't talked about in a little bit, but

868
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:24,119
you're a check. Cannot hold serve with Mikhil Guyayev, who

869
00:45:24,159 --> 00:45:27,400
wins fifty three to forty seven percent victor. Is that

870
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:28,079
how you see it?

871
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 4: Both of these guys are a little bit less than exciting.

872
00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:36,559
I think with your check, it's just still a bit

873
00:45:36,599 --> 00:45:39,079
more of an unknown. I probably would take your check

874
00:45:39,119 --> 00:45:41,920
because Ghlaya has shown us who he is. He's a

875
00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:47,199
strong transition guy, two way good defensively, not a whole

876
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:50,320
lot of offense. You're a check. I don't know. I

877
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,239
still don't know that we know because he had injury

878
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:57,480
plagued draft season, drafted partly on bloodlines and what he

879
00:45:57,519 --> 00:45:59,719
accomplished when he did play, and then this season he

880
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:03,159
was an the OHL but also did not play that much,

881
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,360
just twenty seven games for Brentford and was not even

882
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,840
half point per game. So it's is there more there?

883
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,239
Does he just need more games and not really sure.

884
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,039
So I would probably take your check just because there's

885
00:46:15,159 --> 00:46:17,719
less known and there's the potential that he could still

886
00:46:18,519 --> 00:46:22,360
show us more. And so that's basically the extent of

887
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,119
my reasoning of why I would take him. But if

888
00:46:24,159 --> 00:46:26,920
I was an NHL team, I would one hundred percent takely.

889
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,599
I have no questions asked. His equivalency in the Hockey

890
00:46:30,639 --> 00:46:33,440
Prospecting Model is very high, eighteen two to seventy five

891
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,239
to sixty nine percent. I'm not sure why Byron's so

892
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,960
high there because just because it's an he's early in

893
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,480
his development and his playing in the KHL, but he

894
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,280
doesn't really have a lot of points to support that theory.

895
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,719
Your check was started at two percent and went down

896
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,800
to one percent chance of being a star, so very

897
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,280
low percentage is there for year check, and I have

898
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,880
him as a six point four to five, so as

899
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:59,480
you can see, I have a higher upside but also skeptical,

900
00:46:59,559 --> 00:47:01,800
less than fifty percent chance that he gets there, but

901
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,840
a little bit higher percentage, and that's partially just based

902
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:06,920
on what he did previous to this year, not necessarily

903
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,360
this year, because he didn't do a whole lot of

904
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:12,119
convincing this year. His bash should be pretty good, a

905
00:47:12,119 --> 00:47:15,400
little bit above average. Looking at some other comps for Gliayev,

906
00:47:15,639 --> 00:47:19,880
there's really only three Ryan Murkley, Scott Needemeyer, and Michael Dilzato.

907
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,039
This is in the Hockey Prospecting model, so as a

908
00:47:23,119 --> 00:47:26,719
wide range there of like average NHL producer, superstar, hall

909
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,800
of famer, and guy who never made it. So I

910
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,440
guess I'd have to say he's probably most like Delzato.

911
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,519
But I remember Delzatto having pretty good bash Jesse, if

912
00:47:34,559 --> 00:47:36,519
I remember correctly, and I don't think that Goliav is

913
00:47:36,519 --> 00:47:39,519
going to be that guy. So looking at the j

914
00:47:39,639 --> 00:47:41,840
Fresh model, four percent chance of being a star, seventy

915
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:43,880
percent chance of being an NHL or so, quite a

916
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,239
bit more pessimistic on Glia of Jesse.

917
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:50,639
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, who is your need to know prospect?

918
00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 4: Victor you need to know is going to be Sean

919
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,760
Baron's twenty twenty one sixty first overall pick five, ten,

920
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:59,280
one hundred and seventy six pounds, he tore his ACL

921
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,039
and missed his entire pro season after a productive career

922
00:48:02,039 --> 00:48:04,159
at Denver. That was so disappointing. We were all so

923
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,719
looking forward to seeing what he could do in his

924
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,719
first pro season. Had a couple of games at the

925
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,079
end of last season after the Frozen Four with the

926
00:48:12,079 --> 00:48:15,000
Colorado Eagles and looked pretty good and then we didn't

927
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,480
get to see anything, so that was really frustrating. You

928
00:48:17,559 --> 00:48:21,239
heard from Meghan about him, and we're excited to see

929
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:25,039
what he can do this year being fully healed. Looking

930
00:48:25,079 --> 00:48:27,960
at the tracking data from the previous season with Barons,

931
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,159
he looked great at the at Denver. His defense is

932
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:33,920
the best part of his game, which is why I

933
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:37,079
really think he can translate what he's doing. His offense

934
00:48:37,159 --> 00:48:40,480
is also pretty good. His transition game needs some work,

935
00:48:40,559 --> 00:48:44,239
but overall he should not have a huge issue transferring

936
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,639
to the NHL. Let's find out a little bit more

937
00:48:47,679 --> 00:48:50,440
about Sean Barons from our FHL scout though Jesse.

938
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 2: HL scout Patrick says this about Barons and above average skater.

939
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,800
Used his edge as well, utilized it along with his

940
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,960
speed in multiple parts of his game. Barons is able

941
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,119
to make very good outlet passes and diagonal passes that

942
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,480
find teammates in good positions and with his handling, able

943
00:49:10,519 --> 00:49:13,280
to transport the puck into the offensive zone or set

944
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:17,400
up teammates or go for a scoring pass. Sean has

945
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,719
a quality rist shot that serves him well and close

946
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,079
and finds angles from the point to get shots on

947
00:49:22,199 --> 00:49:25,360
net for the hockey IQ. He reads the play well

948
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,440
allows him to be in the right places, whether it's

949
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:30,239
in the defense of her offensive zone. He has good

950
00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:34,400
sight when deciding when to pass and shoot. Barons actively

951
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,960
participates in the fore check by keeping pucks in the

952
00:49:37,039 --> 00:49:41,199
zone or throwing pucks around the boards. On defense, uses

953
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:44,519
his skating and stickwork to maintain good position when defending

954
00:49:44,559 --> 00:49:47,480
the rush. Uses his body for checks along the boards

955
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:50,000
and to box out in front of the net. So

956
00:49:50,039 --> 00:49:52,559
the biggest asset passing and handling. He does a good

957
00:49:52,639 --> 00:49:55,320
job of passing to teammates when they're in good positions

958
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:58,239
to move with the puck or take shots. The biggest

959
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:02,159
concern lack of size, which causes issues on defense. The

960
00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:05,920
top tier outcome that Patrick can foresee second pairing power

961
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,800
play two. That's because of the solid offensive game that

962
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:12,519
can develop well defensively with good offense. But the median

963
00:50:12,559 --> 00:50:16,239
outcome third pair defenseman thirty points. It may not be

964
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,199
enough at the higher level without the offense translating more,

965
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:23,119
maybe a slightly less lesser Tory Krug on the rise

966
00:50:23,159 --> 00:50:27,760
in here and the NHL ranking, Mason Black is going

967
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:33,000
to put Sean Bearns up against Christian Cairou, and Christian

968
00:50:33,079 --> 00:50:37,000
Cairou wins this one victor sixty three two thirty seven

969
00:50:37,079 --> 00:50:39,559
percent to Christian Cairo appearance. What do you think?

970
00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:45,519
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's interesting. Kyrou is such has been

971
00:50:45,559 --> 00:50:48,039
such an interesting case study as being literally as old

972
00:50:48,079 --> 00:50:51,039
as you can be. For his draft class, he was

973
00:50:51,079 --> 00:50:53,519
always on the middle of the older side, dominated the

974
00:50:53,519 --> 00:50:55,360
OHL a bit, and then when he transitioned to the

975
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:58,039
AHL as a bit of a rough transition, and he's

976
00:50:58,119 --> 00:51:00,840
been a little bit better this past season. But I

977
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,400
don't know. I still feel like even though Baron's is smaller,

978
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,920
I think his game is more translatable because Kyriu has

979
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,159
always been more offensive and has learned to be a

980
00:51:08,199 --> 00:51:10,639
little bit better defensively. But his offense I don't think

981
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:15,280
is good enough to dictate that much playing time without

982
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,519
being better defensively. So I think that I would take

983
00:51:18,559 --> 00:51:22,480
Baron's here. His pn achily is also better, his hockey

984
00:51:22,519 --> 00:51:26,880
prospecting percentages are better. I have a little bit more

985
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,199
faith in him in my model. So yeah, I'm going Barons.

986
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,880
That's probably surprising to some, but I just can't wait

987
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:34,519
to see a full pro season from him, and I

988
00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:37,440
think he's gonna do well. Looking at some other comps

989
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:41,280
for Barons, Philip Pronik is one reasonable comp. There's some

990
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,480
other ones here that I think are too lofty, like

991
00:51:44,679 --> 00:51:47,239
Treli McAvoy and Adam Fox, but I think Kronik could

992
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:50,239
certainly be reasonable. I don't know that his bash will

993
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:52,639
be as good, but I think the scoring upside should

994
00:51:52,639 --> 00:51:56,559
be similar. And then looking at the j first model,

995
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,679
just one percent chance of being a star, twenty two

996
00:51:58,679 --> 00:52:02,000
percent chance of being an NHL as usual as we

997
00:52:02,039 --> 00:52:08,199
know and love from our J Fresh friend, very pessimistic Jesse, Oh.

998
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 2: J Fresh. All he loves is the MHL and B

999
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:15,119
chow and I appreciate him for it. Who are we

1000
00:52:15,159 --> 00:52:17,519
going to keep our eye on Victor in this system?

1001
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:22,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, here's an interesting one. Maximilian or Max Kuran. He

1002
00:52:22,639 --> 00:52:27,000
is a twenty twenty four fifth round pick. He's a

1003
00:52:27,199 --> 00:52:29,559
six to three hundred and eighty seven pounds center wing.

1004
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,719
He plays in the dub and he was in He

1005
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,719
was with the Tri City Americans the past two seasons

1006
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,039
and he went off for seventy four points in sixty

1007
00:52:40,039 --> 00:52:42,199
five games this past season, in his first in his

1008
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,679
draft season, he was under point per game, so that

1009
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,360
was part of it, so big jump. He's gonna be

1010
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,719
with the Edmonton Oil Kings next season, so hopefully that'll

1011
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:55,400
continue to show some positive production. We'll have to wait

1012
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,199
and see what One thing I do like about him

1013
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,679
is that he's in August twenty seventh birthday, so literally

1014
00:53:00,039 --> 00:53:02,559
two weeks before being eligible for the following draft, And

1015
00:53:02,599 --> 00:53:05,199
if he had the output he had this past season

1016
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,320
in his draft season, he would have gone way way

1017
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:10,119
earlier than the fifth round, probably a third, second or

1018
00:53:10,159 --> 00:53:13,519
third round guy, So keep that in mind. Looking at

1019
00:53:13,639 --> 00:53:17,000
Bitch Brown's playing tracking data, it doesn't look great. His

1020
00:53:17,039 --> 00:53:19,599
transition game is really good, but his expected goals and

1021
00:53:19,639 --> 00:53:23,920
his primary assists and goals are low for a tracked prospect,

1022
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:27,239
and his defensive metrics are also not great. So some

1023
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:30,920
things like pace and handling and transition are good. Shooting, passing,

1024
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,039
physical and translatability all not looking so good for Koran

1025
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:38,199
and or Kuran. Looking at my FHL player card, I

1026
00:53:38,199 --> 00:53:40,719
don't have the highest grade on him, but I do

1027
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,880
think that he's someone who he shoots a lot, and

1028
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:45,679
his bash should be a little bit above average. But

1029
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,199
I'm eager to hear what Patrick has to say about

1030
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,519
Koran because I think that there is maybe a little

1031
00:53:50,519 --> 00:53:52,920
bit more hidden here than we have been giving him

1032
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:53,320
credit for.

1033
00:53:57,519 --> 00:54:00,760
Speaker 2: And Patrick back for round three with Koran and above

1034
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:04,800
average skater plus speed, good agility, average passing and handling,

1035
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:07,519
able to use this along with his skating to transport

1036
00:54:07,559 --> 00:54:10,480
the puck through the neutral zone and set the stage

1037
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,920
for end zone cycling. Max's gets shots on net, but

1038
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:17,159
they're lacking in placement and deception, which hinders him and

1039
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:19,840
will be even more the case at higher levels. Current

1040
00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:22,840
has an average IQ and is able to move some

1041
00:54:23,119 --> 00:54:26,679
maintain poise and as okay vision, but isn't above average

1042
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:29,719
or elite for checking. While he attempts to keep the

1043
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,079
cycle going, this part of his game is not as

1044
00:54:32,079 --> 00:54:36,039
effective as it could be. Defense Max is a dedicated

1045
00:54:36,079 --> 00:54:39,199
defensive forward, skates back hard, helping with odd man breaks

1046
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:42,119
or stopping offense in the D zone. So the biggest

1047
00:54:42,159 --> 00:54:45,760
asset skating, the biggest concern lack of dynamic play or

1048
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:49,559
higher end skill, So the top tier outcome there. Bottom

1049
00:54:49,559 --> 00:54:54,400
sixer good skater playmaking ability, dedication that could be enough

1050
00:54:54,599 --> 00:54:58,039
for a lower role in the lineup, and the meetiing

1051
00:54:58,079 --> 00:55:02,000
outcome something more like a good ad. There's some skill there.

1052
00:55:02,039 --> 00:55:05,159
The skating's good, but it's not a high level of skill.

1053
00:55:05,599 --> 00:55:11,480
Thomas Placanic is the comparable that Patrick would offer. In

1054
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:15,320
the NHL rank King Mason Black puts some ex Curran

1055
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:20,199
up against Ethan Procession and what happened here? The duck

1056
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:24,280
way over mister current sixty six to thirty four percent.

1057
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:24,880
What do you think?

1058
00:55:25,519 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, this is a tough one. Both these guys are

1059
00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:29,800
well down the list, but hey, that's why you're listening.

1060
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,639
I think that I probably would go Procession. I like

1061
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:35,440
that he So both these guys are actually really late

1062
00:55:35,519 --> 00:55:38,880
draft dates. He's a July birth date, Karen is an

1063
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:42,599
August birth date, and both had stronger production. I think

1064
00:55:42,679 --> 00:55:45,760
Karen's actually a little bit stronger in the WHL. So

1065
00:55:46,599 --> 00:55:48,280
I don't know. I think that there's a little bit

1066
00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:51,360
more bash from Procession though, So I think that's a

1067
00:55:51,559 --> 00:55:55,239
nice little peripheral floor, and so I would take him.

1068
00:55:56,039 --> 00:55:59,440
Looking at the hockey prospecting between the two, it's pretty

1069
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,960
low for both, but Max has a ten percent chance

1070
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:07,280
of being a star and procession four percent, so I

1071
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:10,480
guess a little bit higher for Koran. Some other comps

1072
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:14,920
for Karan, guys like David Bachis, Tommy Novak, Fraser Minton.

1073
00:56:15,039 --> 00:56:18,000
That's probably a good realistic outcome of who he could

1074
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:20,960
be like Fraser Minton, which would be great for the apps,

1075
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,119
maybe not so exciting for you in fantasy. And then

1076
00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:26,199
looking at the top down hockey model Max Karan two

1077
00:56:26,199 --> 00:56:28,239
percent chance of being a star, thirty percent chance of

1078
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:32,039
being in NHL are a little bit more pessimistic as usual,

1079
00:56:32,119 --> 00:56:34,599
and I would expect that for this player, who's definitely

1080
00:56:34,599 --> 00:56:36,880
a depth option Victor.

1081
00:56:37,119 --> 00:56:40,400
Speaker 2: As if those three prospects weren't good enough, we have

1082
00:56:40,599 --> 00:56:44,000
a he got traded too late to make the episode prospect.

1083
00:56:44,159 --> 00:56:44,719
Who is that?

1084
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:48,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's gonna be Daniel Gushan. We've talked about Goushen

1085
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:51,320
before on the show when we talked about San Jose,

1086
00:56:52,119 --> 00:56:54,360
he just wasn't good enough to make the cut in

1087
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,320
terms of discussing him. He was pretty exciting at one

1088
00:56:57,360 --> 00:56:59,920
point when their prospect pool wasn't as deep, But now

1089
00:57:00,519 --> 00:57:03,199
it's a bit deeper, so we cut gushin, but now

1090
00:57:03,199 --> 00:57:05,000
we get to add him back because he's going to

1091
00:57:05,039 --> 00:57:07,800
Colorado and he's going to be a little bit more

1092
00:57:08,519 --> 00:57:11,039
favored there. To remind you, he's a twenty twenty third

1093
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:13,800
round pick. The kid was five foot eight at the time.

1094
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:15,760
He's still five foot eight, one hundred and sixty five pounds,

1095
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:17,280
so the height is definitely a bit of an issue

1096
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,159
for him. He's now twenty three and spent his third

1097
00:57:20,159 --> 00:57:23,199
full season in the AHL with the Bearkuda. His scoring

1098
00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:25,519
has been good since the first season and nearly point

1099
00:57:25,559 --> 00:57:27,719
per game in the last two seasons in the NHL.

1100
00:57:28,159 --> 00:57:31,480
He got into twelve games this season into the NHL

1101
00:57:31,519 --> 00:57:34,239
with the Sharks, only had one assist and really didn't

1102
00:57:34,239 --> 00:57:36,840
look that good. That was part of the issue, and

1103
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,679
I think that the Sharks really thought that they weren't

1104
00:57:39,719 --> 00:57:41,239
sure that he was going to stick as an NHL

1105
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:42,760
or so might as well give the young man an

1106
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,920
opportunity to shine somewhere else, And that's what he got.

1107
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:47,840
They got Oscar Alawison back, who I think has a

1108
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,880
higher floor and someone that might be able to fill

1109
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:52,400
a bottom six role, and that they're a little bit

1110
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:56,119
more confident with their floor. If Gushin hits his potential,

1111
00:57:56,159 --> 00:57:58,880
which he probably has a better chance of doing in Colorado.

1112
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:01,840
Then the Sharks could end up looking a little foolish

1113
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:03,440
on this, but I think they were trying to do

1114
00:58:03,519 --> 00:58:05,519
him a favor as well, and they just don't have

1115
00:58:05,559 --> 00:58:09,559
the roster spots for Gushin, so we'll see what happens.

1116
00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:14,360
Looking at his FHL prospect card, Gushen has some things

1117
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:17,559
that look really good. His shooting, shots, scoring chances, expected

1118
00:58:17,599 --> 00:58:20,519
goals all that look really good in the AHL. His

1119
00:58:20,599 --> 00:58:23,760
assists look pretty awesome. Some of the other tracking data

1120
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:28,719
for passing doesn't look as good. His priiffs also not great.

1121
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,159
His blocks are close to average, his hits are a

1122
00:58:31,199 --> 00:58:33,480
little bit lower, but his shots are really high, so

1123
00:58:33,519 --> 00:58:35,599
his bash is projected to be pretty good just based

1124
00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:37,840
on those numbers and some of the other play driving

1125
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:40,840
numbers we just didn't have data for, so we'll have

1126
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:42,920
to skip that part. Let's hear a little bit more

1127
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,280
about Gushen though. From my HL scout, Jesse.

1128
00:58:45,679 --> 00:58:48,320
Speaker 2: And Tony has this to say about Danil Gushin. He

1129
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:52,360
is a good skater, quick and agile, positive passer, able

1130
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,400
to handle the puck extremely well, A tricky shooter, able

1131
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:57,679
to get his shot off for himself or pass it

1132
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:03,599
to a teammate. The IQ positive vision and anticipation, zero panic.

1133
00:59:04,039 --> 00:59:06,920
He exhibited four checking most of the time and was

1134
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:10,880
observed doing back checking on defense, so the best asset

1135
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:14,880
tenacity getting the puck. Unfortunately, the biggest concern is his

1136
00:59:15,079 --> 00:59:17,320
size and if he could stand up with the physicality

1137
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:20,360
of an NHL season. So the top tier outcome would

1138
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:23,719
be tier two middle six type of player because of

1139
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:25,920
that tenacity at both of them the ice, along with

1140
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:28,679
shooting and passing to the puck power play one time

1141
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:32,199
he could reach that outcome, but the more likely median

1142
00:59:32,199 --> 00:59:36,079
outcome tier three bottom six, and even then his lack

1143
00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:39,119
of hits and physicality could limit that time and give

1144
00:59:39,199 --> 00:59:44,400
him spotty power play opportunity. He reminds Tony of Brendan Gallagher,

1145
00:59:44,519 --> 00:59:47,440
but a better skater, and Tony thinks he could be

1146
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:50,760
a very effective player with his skating, vision, tenacity and shooting.

1147
00:59:51,199 --> 00:59:53,719
It's only the lack of physicality that could hold him back.

1148
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:58,039
And the Lord Stanley champion Mason Black put out the

1149
00:59:58,039 --> 01:00:01,960
poll Daniel Gushchin versus Ryan Suzuk, and Guchen won's this

1150
01:00:02,039 --> 01:00:06,800
one big seventy two to twenty eight percent over the

1151
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:11,199
former first round hyped Suzuki victor. What do you think?

1152
01:00:11,679 --> 01:00:14,119
Speaker 4: I think the people got it right this time. I

1153
01:00:14,159 --> 01:00:16,960
definitely would take Gushen. I think the upside is more,

1154
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,920
but also frankly, I feel like the floor is higher

1155
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:23,000
with Gushin. Ryan Suzuki. I know people might be excited

1156
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,280
about him because he is Nick Suzuki's little brother and

1157
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:29,519
Nick Suzuki last I checked. Looks at notes, Nick Zuzuki

1158
01:00:29,519 --> 01:00:33,559
pretty good NHLer. Ryan Suzuki though not so sure. And

1159
01:00:33,599 --> 01:00:37,599
even though he has had pretty successful HL seasons, including

1160
01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:40,159
fifty nine points in sixty nine games for the Chicago

1161
01:00:40,159 --> 01:00:43,639
Wolves this past season, a lot of his underlying numbers

1162
01:00:43,679 --> 01:00:46,360
just really don't look that good. And in the couple

1163
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:49,199
of NHL games that he's gotten so far to this day,

1164
01:00:49,719 --> 01:00:51,599
he didn't really look very strong. Of course, that's a

1165
01:00:51,679 --> 01:00:53,559
very small sample size, and I think he deserves a

1166
01:00:53,559 --> 01:00:56,639
little bit more of a shot. But looking at some

1167
01:00:56,679 --> 01:00:59,000
of his numbers, if you look at his FHL player card,

1168
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:00,920
there was a lot of orange and red all over

1169
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:03,159
the place, including a lot of his play driving numbers,

1170
01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:06,119
a lot of his transition game. It's just not very pretty.

1171
01:01:06,119 --> 01:01:07,760
There's not a whole lot that he does that is

1172
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:11,079
going to be super exciting, including the fantasy managers. His

1173
01:01:11,159 --> 01:01:13,960
bash is pretty low. He does take and win a

1174
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:16,719
lot of face offs, whatever that's worth, But the rest

1175
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,559
of it, I'm not sure there's a whole lot to

1176
01:01:18,639 --> 01:01:20,280
write home about, and I think some of his points

1177
01:01:20,360 --> 01:01:22,719
might be a little inflated. So I have him at

1178
01:01:22,719 --> 01:01:25,440
a four point thirty six. I don't think that he's

1179
01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:28,719
going to be as exciting, and frankly, I think the

1180
01:01:28,719 --> 01:01:31,280
ceiling and floor is higher for Gooshin. Even though he

1181
01:01:31,360 --> 01:01:35,840
is a smaller player Ryan Suzuki not super big al will.

1182
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:37,480
He is a little bit taller than his brother. He's

1183
01:01:37,519 --> 01:01:40,519
six foot one, one hundred ninety six pounds, so definitely taller.

1184
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:44,719
But I'm still taking Gooshen here in this hole. Looking

1185
01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:49,400
at the cocky prospecting between the two, they're actually pretty similar.

1186
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:51,599
They graduated the model at three percent chance of being

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a star, and their strongest HL seasons have come after

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they've graduated the model, so doesn't really get reflected there.

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Looking at some otherms fro Gooshion, he actually looks a

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lot like Andre Kuzmenko, who has certainly had an up

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and down NHL career, but we've seen flashes of brilliance

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and fantasy relevant. So in the right position, right situation,

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maybe Gooshen can do that too. And you can't imagine

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a better situation than what he's walking into in Colorado,

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because quite frankly, they need some high end talent. You know,

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they lost Juanne, they lost Coyle, they've lost some of

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their other forwards, certainly Rontinan. I think Gushan is going

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to get a shot. He might even get a shot

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in that top six, and certainly if he plays well

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then he could make a name for himself. So I

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like the move for Gushin and I think that I

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would definitely take a low key flyer on him if

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you can by on him, as long as it's not

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going to cost you too much. Don't lose your mind

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on it, because he's still a bit of a long

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shot to be an impact nhlor, but he certainly has

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the skill. Looking at the j Fresh card, just three

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percent chance of being a star for Gushan fifteen percent

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chance of being an NHLer. I think the odds are

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a little bit more than that Jesse, But that's all

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for the avalanche dig If you're a Patreon. You can

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listen to my top ten prospect recap on Patreon, and

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if you're interested in doing any scouting with us or

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help out with the show, shoot me a DM on Twitter, Discord,

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or email us.

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Speaker 2: Do right back forth before we get out. Fan Tracks

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is the place to play your fantasy hockey. You can

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move leagues over there, start your new leagues, nine different sports.

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You could be playing most options for scoring, salaries, contracts,

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and everything else. We got slow drafts going right now,

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rookie drafts, and I'm telling you it's the only place

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to fly. Fan Tracks HQ lots of fantasy content, articles

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on fantasy hockey and all the other fantasy sports. FHL

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is a team. We'd like to thank the whole crew

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for what they do. Timm Ay is a madman. He's

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working around the clock on those tidy leagues. I keep

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calling him a madman. I wonder if that's offensive. I

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don't know. All I know is that Timmy is my hero,

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and crafter Ryan Simo are great with the tidy leagues

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as well. The new season is a coming, if it's

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not already here. Tony and Patrick are lead scouts here

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Lil Patrick today, Mike Steven and Matt are helping prepare

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these show episodes. A lot of work going on behind

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the scenes. Brandon helps with the website prospect Ranks visualizations. Boy,

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if you're not checking out some of the stuff that

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we got going on there, you better get with the program.

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Check out Victor's x feed and you can see some

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of the visualizations that we put up, or just you know,

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come into the discord. We got the ADP project going

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right now. If you're trying to figure out what to

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do in your rookie drafts, as far as what order

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rookies are going in a fantasy draft, We've got stats

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me together from people who are contributing their drafts and

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