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Speaker 1: Victor, how you doing doing great? Jesse? I feel like
we haven't been on an episode together in a while,
so it's nice to be back in the saddle together.
And yeah, definitely want to highlight some of the great
work that our team is doing. And so that's what
I'm looking forward to today. How are you doing?
Speaker 2: I'm doing great, man, I'm doing great. Recruising a lawn.
Winter is closing up shop and not too much longer,
and the listeners are really looking forward to two weeks
from now when I will no longer whine about the
Four Nations taking away my ability to set fantasy lineups.
I'm sure that will be a highlight on everybody's calendars.
But for right now, a lot of hockey playoffs, a
lot of basketball playoffs, and I'm in the middle of
a baseball rookie draft. That I say baseball playoffs, I'm
in basketball playoffs. Lord knows, Victor, Lord knows. I can't
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Speaker 2: All right, Victor, let's take a break, come back, and
we've got some special fruits for you today, Victor, it's
a Scouts to Out edition. I keep telling people at
the end of every episode about how we have lead scouts,
and we have scouts, and we have scouting reports, but
people don't believe me sometimes because we don't hear them
every week. But by gum, we got a lot of
great scouting reports from our FHL scouts who are watching
the video of these prospects and the cool things that
they've done. And today we're going to have a round
about half a dozen of them that we're going to
be going through. First up, Ilia Protash Victor the Washington
Capital Protash to Electric Boogaloo. He moved from the USHL
to the OHL this year and he is flourishing in
that league for the Winsor Spitfire and the Young Belarusian.
He has notched thirty four goals forty three assists for
seventy seven points in forty four games in the OHL.
At last count, that's good for fourth in total points
in the entire OHL. His team, the Spitfires, are in
the Western Division with the third most standing points out
of the twenty teams, so they are doing very well
for themselves. Like big brother Alexis, if you didn't catch that,
Ilia is a big, old, tall drink of water. Six
fives solid, two hundred and one pounds. Ilia is a
big fella. FHL scout Tony is giving us a scouting
report on him today and what he says is skating
probably not the weakest part. Is probably the weakest part
of his game. Adequate but not fast passing and handling.
Ilia has quick passes, He anticipates where to go with
the puck, gets there effectively and quickly shooting good shot,
able to get a shot away while shielding the puck
from his opponents. IQ high hockey IQ is spoken of here.
He's able to anticipate where to go with the puck
for checking. Saw some Ford checking from Ilia by using
his size to his advantage. Ilia's defense was good, again
using his size to his advantage, and I think Ilia's
best prospect says Tony is his ability to keep the
puck away from his opponent. The biggest concern with Ilia
is his skating. It'll need to improve in order for
him to progress in his career. Top tier would be
two or two. That's the top outcome Tony could see
for him. Anticipation, size, good passing, middle six, with power,
play time. It doesn't want to say that Ilia uses
his size in the way of hips. He leans on
people to outposition them, not a ton of Bash. If
the skating does not improve, then Tony sees more of
a tier three outcome here. If he does improve other aspects,
probably fourth line twelve forward, limited playing time, and the
stylist is comparable. Tony's gonna go with Alexa Protash and
his final thoughts see he thinks that Washington had drafted
him just because they see his big brother in him. So, Victor,
my first question to you is how do you compare
Ilia Protash to the flourishing Alexa Protash, who we have
talked about a couple of times on the show, and
I've made clear I'm very high on.
Speaker 1: I compare them by saying their names, No, I compare them,
I think favorably, right, they have a lot of the
similar characteristics. They're both huge, which is the first thing
you'd notice about them is that, and I'm sure that
was a big attractive piece. I think for Washington we've
often talked about who scouts well, who drafts well. Washington
Capitals have routinely been one of the best scouting and
drafting teams, including their pro scouts, like recognizing guys like
Dylan Strom that they were able to bring in Peel
Dubois like they are really smart at what they're doing
and what they saw in protests. Alexey protests to be
patient with him and let him develop and flourish into
the great producer he's been this year. I think that
was a big part of why they drafted his brother.
But remember this all happened before Alexey had his big breakout,
so they were already seeing the signs. They were already
excited about him. I think that the biggest thing with
Ilia is that he's really young for this draft cycle,
and Alexey was not. He was a January birthday, at
Ilia is a July birthday. He's only six weeks or so,
maybe seven weeks from being eligible for the next draft,
which would have been a completely different situation for him.
So he's still really raw. He was really raw last year.
He's still figuring out where his body is in space
and how to use everything to his optimal potential. So
I think what I would say is he's a really
raw version of him, but he might even have more
skill and more upside.
Speaker 2: That's awesome. Yeah, I've seen discussion our scout aside the
Big Fellow is not the fastest skater. That could be
a weakness of his. But is his movement going to
be enough to succeed?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think the biggest concern everyone talks about is that, Yeah,
for sure, the skating is not pretty, But one of
the biggest things for both Protashes and especially for Ilia,
is that he's really smart. He's where he needs to be.
He gets his body in good position, and if you're
not a good skater, you need to be able to
see the play where it's heading and get there ahead
of the puck. And he can do that already, at
least at the OHL level. He could do it at
the USHL level. He could do it at the OHL level.
As the game gets faster and faster, as he moves
up levels, will he continue to be able to do that.
I don't know for sure, but I would imagine, yes,
I would imagine that he can. I imagine that he's
going to be able to learn a lot from his
brother and the scouts and development team in Washington's and
I'm sure that they'll continue to work on his skating,
and because he's a little bit more raw and young,
he might be able to make greater strides than even
his brother did.
Speaker 2: Okay, So ultimately, upside for this guy. Do you see
it about the same as Tony maybe a middle sixer,
or is there more to him than that.
Speaker 1: I still think that there's more upside in Ilia than
his brother. Of course, there's also a wider range of possibilities.
We talk about the funnel. He's still very early in
the funnel, so the range of outcomes is much wider.
He could end up being, yeah, just a third line winger,
but I think he has a potential to get even
more if people aren't aware of what Alexai is doing
this year seventy point pace, twenty two goals, twenty four assists,
and fifty four games, just looking great. He's had some
ups and downs, but overall he's put it all together. There.
One thing that you don't really you may or may
not realize is that he doesn't really hit and Ilia
doesn't either, So they're both really good at using their frame,
but they don't really separate players from the puck. They
don't use their physicality that way, but they do a
really good job of you just can't get the puck
away from them. They use their frame to get their
hands and use that use their skill essentially, So they
use their frame to accentuate their skill, not to punish
other players or separate them from the puck. That's not
really their game, which is a more effective translatable game anyways.
So I do think that the range of outcomes is wider,
but I think Ilia has even more skill. And I
remember saying at the draft, Oh, that's cool that Washington
took him brothers in the same system. They probably saw something.
They probably saw some of the potential that Alexa has,
and think that Ilia could reach even higher heights because
he's so young and raw. And I still think that's
the case.
Speaker 2: Yes, Indeed, Victor, I don't know if you ever watched Seinfeld,
but there was a character named Frank Costanza on there.
George's dad and I never forget the episode where he said.
Speaker 1: Are you telling me there's not one condo available in
all of del Boca Vista?
Speaker 2: And the way that he said it is the way
that I like to say. Luca del bell Blues's name
Luca del Bell Blues. And today he is the comparison
to Ilia Protas and the Mason Black NHL ranking pole.
Ilia Protas wins handily over Luca del Bell Blouse third
sixty one, two thirty nine percent, Victor, Is that how
you would rank these two?
Speaker 1: I think so. It's interesting because del Bell Balous was
really Yeah, he was an interesting player back in that
twenty twenty two draft, drafted kind of the early mid
second round and thought that there was a good amount
of upside there. He'd been really good in the AHL,
then he seemed like he stalled out a little bit,
and then he had a really good transition to the
AHL on this season, playing a few more NHL games
than I thought he would. He's been a point per
game in the AHL, so over a point per game actually,
so good to give him an opportunity, But once you
know it, Columbus is just too good right now to
have to give him too much of an opportunity. I'm
not sure that we would have thought that coming into
the season. So you love to see that from Del
Bull Blues. I think he has really turned things around
a little bit. But I still think that I would
go with Ilia Protash. I think that his upside, at
least right now, he's a little bit raw and has
more upside. Although if you look at at the trajectory
and the fact that Del Bell Blues is basically NHL
ready now, that might that might dip the scales if
you're certainly if you're in a league like Tidy, where
it really helps to help to get guys that are
ready to contribute. Now, I would definitely want Del Bell
Blues more than Ilia Protash. But if all things are
considered equal and you're willing to wait, I think I
would wait on Ilio Protosh. Actually, Jesse, what about you?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's nice. I've really I'm a little biased right
now because I'm trying to pry Del Bell Balooes away
from somebody in a league, and it's been more difficult
than I thought. I know I haven't been one, but
I was like floored when he was called up to
the NHL this year. And I think he's like on
the second line right now. They've really moved him up
in the absence of some other players. So I have
some trouble. I like Del Bell Baloues, but it's really hard.
Type of scoring that Dang Protos has been doing in
the OHL is hard to ignore. It's really more of
a it looks like we've got X versus we might
have why so, but I wouldn't mind getting either one
of these guys victory. That's for dang sure. I probably
right now, for some reason, I want to say Del
Bell Baloes, but maybe that's just my instinct of always
wanting to be pessimistic about Capital's prospects.
Speaker 1: It's the Frank Costanza and you Del Bell Blues all right,
Victor Victor Eckland, It's all Victors all the way down.
Speaker 2: Victor Eckland is our next prospect to discuss, and we've
got two consecutive little brothers on scout stout. Victor is,
of course, William Eckland's younger brother. It seems a slam
dunk top ten prospect in all the public rankings for
the twenty twenty five NHL Draft at last check, eleven goals,
nine assists in thirty two games in the Al Svenskin.
Of course ober in Sweden, he chipped in six points
in seven games in Sweden's World Junior's run that was
good for third best among draft eligible players in the tournament.
And of course, just the specifics, he's a five to
eleven left winger. Victor Sasha was our scout.
Speaker 1: On this one.
Speaker 2: Victor Eckland left winger he is. In terms of skating,
it's a strong part of his game. Eckland has done
good skating technique and edgework efficiently, moves around the ice,
uses speed, has the ability to slow down his pace
to match line made or speed up quickly to open
up lanes. His speed allows him to be a dog
on the puck in for check, often the f one
in offensive zone schemes. Skating is one of his strengths
and will only get better as it gains musculature in
his lower half in the next few years. Passing and
handling really great set of hands, awesome vision on display
during the World Juniors. Loves to dictate pace and will
often take an orthodox line in order to open up
space for teammates. Passing ability doesn't fall off even at
full speed or under pressure or in a cycle, which
is why it's so translatable to the NHL. He can
handle it all in his hands or bred better than
his brother, says Sasha. Shooting loves to shoot the puck,
not necessarily in the lead shot, but good enough to
be able to place it where he wants, beat goalies
and tight. As he gets stronger, that's the common theme.
According to Sasha, his shot will improve off the rush
and in tight. He's often the net front or bumper
guy on the power play. Loves to drive the net
uses shot in the same way Zach Benson did. IQ
cerebral player is Eckland and rarely panics with the puck.
So many times Victor Eckland has come off the wall
with pressure in the D zone, wills his way to
a breakour outlet pass, anticipates the play well in the
offensive zone, involved in cycles. One of the better board
players in the draft. Off puck movements and his scanning
habits are top notch. Only adds to his package for checking.
Sasha sees him is one of the best four checkers
in regard to high skilled players in this draft class. Again,
smaller player, there's big time Zach Benson vibes from Eckland
in his four checking game. His angles not a lot
to hate there either. Defense, Sasha has no concerns. The IQ,
the ford checking and the motor are all high end
and play out in the defense the best asset, then
the raw skill, the high end motor. The biggest concern
is size. He's overall tracking to be a top six
winger in his best outcome, who can play the full
two hundred feet of ice. A grittier, higher motor version
of his brother is Sasha's call. That's because there's too
much IQ and off puck habits that stick out while
adding a very intriguing rows skill package to the mix
and the media outcome a bottom six role player with
a punch size and weight on ideal, but he's got
the foundation to be a high motor, smart scoring bottom
six winner. And again the stylistic comparable once again is
Zach Benson, So Victor, same first question as last time.
Compare and contrast William Ecklund and Victor Ecklund.
Speaker 1: I think Sasha nailed it. Actually, a grittier, higher motor
version of his brother. That's really what you should think of,
as William as Victor Ecklund. He is exactly that. He's
really fast. His motor just NonStop. He's like he's breathing
down opponents next. That's what's allowing him to play at
really high levels as such a young player. I know,
it's just a hockey el spenskin, but it is still
a pretty high level for such a young player to
playing at. And he is a little bit older for
this draft class, so that's helped him a little bit,
but he's still an eighteen year old playing in the hockey.
Heals fen skin. One of the things that you might
be wondering is does that actually translate to more priffs.
The answer is yes, absolutely. William right now is a
guy who paces more for maybe half hit per game,
maybe a little bit more, maybe three quarters of a
hit per game. But Victor so far is one of
these guys who looks like he might be closer to
a two hit per hit game kind of a guy,
and so that's pretty nice. He also shoots closer to
three times per game, and he blocks a fair amount,
so he Victor act then looks like he might be
a bit more of a bash dream and part of
this is based on his ice time. Which isn't even
that exciting considering the numbers that he's putting in so
far in the hockey heals fen skin. You like to
see that, and you know that with more time on
ice he can actually get a little bit more. I
think that in general you can just think of him
as having a little bit more grit, better peripheral content,
peripheral coverage, and in terms of the scoring, I think
that the upside is actually similar. I've long said that
I think William can be a seventy ish point player
with enough support around him, and we're starting to see that.
Currently is on a sixty three point pace. He just
lost Granlind and they might he might even lose some
more players from the Sharks. So he's got CELEBRAINI, He's
got will Smith who's coming along. He's got some really good,
good players there. So I think that he will continue
to improve. And I think that Victor's upside is maybe
even a little bit more than that. So maybe in
that seventy seventy five ish I think he could probably
touch point per game in the right situation. But he's
going to have a better peripheral floor, which will be
really nice and easier to roster.
Speaker 2: That's fascinating, Victor. You're talking about all these hits. You
got me excited. Man. What I was hearing from Sasha
was he does a lot of that gritty want type stuff.
Makes me think this guy could be like a blueser
Flyers type guy, even though he's a little bit smaller.
But also that Sasha said he's not fully grown into
his body, like there's more strength coming for this guy.
So I'm trying to I'm trying to reconcile that all
in my head, Victor, is is there more physicality coming
here or is that something that's you don't see the
same as what Sasha says in terms of it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard to say. Right now. Victor is the
same height and ten pounds lighter or sorry, twenty pounds
lighter than William. And we have seen a huge improvement
from William in terms of protecting the puck and in
terms of his physicality and ability to retain possession in
the offensive zone on the fore check. So we're seeing
that play out a little bit, and you have to
imagine the frame and the end weight is going to
be similar for Victor. So yes, I think that it
could get even better because even though he is dog
on a bone and really good on the fore check, Yeah,
it seems like he might even be able to be
much better at that once he gains a little bit
more muscle and strength. So definitely, And how high is
the upside Victor. I think he's still in that seventy
ish point range, but I think there might be upside
for even more in terms of fantasy value, just because
the perferal floor is going to be so much higher.
I think in many ways, you might think more of
Vincent Trochech type, right, a guy who I don't know
that Victor is going to be a center in the NHL.
But in terms of that type of production where you
just you get a lot of priffs, you get steady production.
There's some seasons that you're touching a little bit higher
point pace and some that are a little bit lower,
but you're always relatively happy because there's a strong peripheral floor.
Whereas with William I think that there's a lot more
variability in that because he's a little harder to roster
in those leagues where you don't get as much for
where you reward those peripheral stats as much and you're
just relying more on the points for William ecklumb. I
think Victor will be how more value just because of
that strong, per full form, but I think the points
will probably be similar seventy ish, probably touched seventy five
or more in certain seasons.
Speaker 2: All right, Victor. The comparison this time is going to
be Victor Eckland up against prosper or draft eligible Roger McQueen,
who is an eighteen year old forward with the Brandon
Wheat Kings, and McQueen nudges out Victor Eckland fifty one
to forty nine percent, Victor. Is that how you would
rank these two?
Speaker 1: I think so. It's been a little hard to know
because McQueen has been injured most of this season. He's
only played eight games for Brandon, eleven points in those
eight games. He has the rare combination of size and skill.
Does McQueen a lot of people dry in comparisons to
like a Quinin Byfield who was just really big and
needed to fill out but had so much ross skill.
The big difference here is that McQueen is really old
for this draft class, just like Victor Ecklund is, and
he's an October second birthday, so he has a little
bit more physical maturity. But we just haven't seen enough.
I think a lot of people are tantalized by the
package and the upside of McQueen, and I think it
is there. So I think if I was drafting in
the five or six spot of this year's draft and
I had a choice, I probably would go McQueen, just
because the points upside is so much higher. But I
wouldn't be upset if I was. If I had Ecklun
left to me or he fell to me, I'd be
pretty happy with that. So I think this poll is
representing an almost even split, and that's how I see it.
But I would lean McQueen.
Speaker 2: Lean McQueen. All right, Victor. Next, we've got Emil Hemming.
One of my theories for late fantasy rookie draft picks
Victor is just to take whoever. Jim niltook very cold
Emil Hemming. He's a right winger. He seems to be
holding up his end of the deal in his first
year moving from his native finland of North America.
Speaker 1: I took him.
Speaker 2: I think like second or third round picks in drafts
last year. He's the end of a first round pick.
His stats in North America now in the OHL thirteen goals,
twenty two assists for thirty five points in forty three games.
That doesn't jump out, does it? Thirty five points in
forty three games and that's fine? But what But he's
got ten points in his most recent five games. As
we prepped this episode, he is Heat team up and
he scored four points in the tournament including the World Juniors.
That is, including a goal and assist in the semi
final overtime upset of Finland over Sweden. When it came
most important meal, Heming came up. Big Jeremy are our
lead scout, right, Jeremy says this of a meal Hemming
of the stars skating good skater, shows flashes of speed,
flashes of speed, but his agility is the most impressive thing.
He has quick stop start for a big guy, uses
that change of direction to win battles in tight spaces.
Passing and handling good puck handling skills, rarely loses The
puck passing envision could use some improvement, as he often
works himself into situations with no options. Many of US
assists this year are him losing a pucket. His teammate
picking it up or just secondary assists shooting. It's a
nice shot calling card, but not all world. He's got
both a quick release and a powerful one timer. The
IQ is mentioned above. The panic meter may be a
bit too low. He can stick handle in a phone booth,
but sometimes holds on until he's out of options, leading
to a turnover or useless pass.
Speaker 1: Off the puck.
Speaker 2: His offensive movement is incredible. He's always lurking somewhere open
and with a strong playmaking talent, he could really blossom
for checking. Jeremy wishes himing for checked a little bit harder.
He constantly applies what you could consider light pressure, the
type on three. He doesn't over commit, but rarely forces
the issue or creates turnovers with his speed and size.
Jeremy thinks this needs to be worked on defense. Is
defensive zone play and position was fine forward, nothing special,
but not a wart best asset. Then ability to find
soft spots on offense, and the biggest concerned consistency. A
lot of times it felt like he was planing at
half speed or disappearing from games when he had the
puck on his stick. He was electric, but might frustrate coaches.
And fans. Jeremy sees the top outcome for Emil Heming
as a seventy ish point scoring winger. That's if he
finds some consistency and elevates his secondary skills, he could
make an impact for an NHL team. Luckily, Dallas is
a team that won't need to rush him through the
miners and the median outcome complimentary middle six, power play
two piece. None of the skills are elite, so Jeremy
thinks that outcome is to slowly work his way into
a lineup at Flashes but ultimately not be a star.
Style is the comparable here Connor Garland and some final thoughts,
Jeremy was surprised to learn he was six to two.
He definitely gets worked over on the boards and in
front of the net pretty often, and this is only
the Ohl and not against the big guys he'll see
in the NHL Victor. I still don't think you can
go bust betting on Jim Nil. I'm not saying that
this is a repeat of the Logan Steankhoven White Johnson
type coup that was pulled off a couple of years
ago by the Stars, but is Emil Heming going to
develop into a future NHL contributor.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I think that's the bottom line.
And you also have to remember that he was really
good in that world. Junior's playing a really secondary role
to Casper Halton and who was just hammering those one
time pucks. As funny he is. Hearing is interesting hearing
interviews with the opponents who were out there trying to
defend that and there, even though he didn't score that much,
it was terrorizing just knowing he was over there ready
and Heming is the guy who can play that role,
but he didn't get to because Helton, and so he
should be able to play that role next year for Finland.
That'll be really interesting. He does have a great shot.
I totally agree with what Jeremy said, he really needs
to work on his off puck game and the rest
of his game. But I also agree this is someone
that I highlighted as a really good late round pick
and I think he has really strong potential to be
a contributor moving forward. And yes, Dallas has done a
really good job drafting. Interesting though the numbers suggest that
Dallas isn't really good in terms of quantity of draft picks.
In terms of producing NHL's especially in the later rounds.
But they're really good at hitting in their mid rounds
with high upside guys, and I think he's one of them.
Speaker 2: It's six two ninety six. The guy's got size. But
Jeremy was very hesitant to endorse that physicality. Could him
mean be a power forward because of course we would
love to get that sweet bash Victor.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think he plays that way. That is
definitely something to think about. And I'm looking at his
Fantasy Hockey Life player card where you can look at
all this information yourself. You don't have to take my
word for it. And he's about average for his He
shoots a fair amount, and that's the thing is that
he really is more of a sniper shooter. That is
his main goal, main attribute is his shot, and he
does shoot right now for Barry anyways, he's shooting two
point six times a game with eighteen minutes time on ice,
so he does a fair amount of that. He hits Okay,
he's got point eight nine hits per game, so that's
a little bit better than an average player in the
OHL does. But I don't know that you're really going
to get that full physical power forward type, like he's
not a Jamie benn in training, if that's you know
where we're looking at. But he does. He is more
of that shooter. He's probably closer to Jason Robertson than
anything in terms of that prototype. I don't think the
upside is the same, but that's more where we're thinking
with Emil Hemming, not that big, bruising power forward.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and what is the ultimate upside here?
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard to say. Because he's gone from a
more difficult league where he didn't have as much of
a role to having more of a role on an
OHL team. You'd really want to see much more point production.
Although you mentioned the recent production. I think it can
often take a fair bit of time to adjust to
the OHL or to the North American game. I really
am eager to see what he does next year. I
think that's going to be a big telling point for him.
But I do think he's probably more of a middle
six forward who should have a role on the power play,
especially with that shot, and that's enough to earn him
top power play time and probably more like a fifty
to sixty point upside depends on how much he rounds
out the rest of his game, whether those assists can
push him much past that.
Speaker 2: Yep, Victor. Let's talk about the NHL ranking. Mason Black
trademark is patented. Comparable that went out for voting on
the internets. Emil Heming versus Lenny Hamina Ho, Oh my goodness,
why does it all mean? Finis iman ahole hemanna ho.
Let's do that. Let's make that a drop. Who would
you rather have on your team? The people have spoken
and Emil Heming came out ahead, fifty four point five
to forty five point five. Victor, Is that how you
would rank these two?
Speaker 1: I do think it's close, and I do think that
this kind of represents more what I'm thinking. I like
Haminajo's strong production in the Iliga, which is a really
low production league, So at this point I would probably
take Hamanaho. I think he's you know, he's much closer
to being NHL ready. He has shown some pretty good
production thirty eight points in forty five LEGA games this season,
thirty one and forty six last year. I wrote about
him Eddip Ringside as being one of the top young
producers in the Liga. Last year. He's only doubled down
on that and done even better this year, so I
like to see that. I still think both these guys
are more likely middle six. Hamanaho has more of a
B game, so I like that for him, he has
more of a playmaking game in addition to his scoring
and some physicality, so I think they He has more
things that he can lean on to be a more
consistent NHL player, and Heming has a little bit more
to work on. But I think these guys are similar
as the pole suggests, but I would lean Jaminajo instead
of Heming.
Speaker 2: Mean no, all right, while I keep repeating that to myself,
let's take a brief break. What picture we'll buy? And
boy did we have a couple of exciting guys in
the second half of the show, especially at the blue
line end. Alexander Nikisha is our first guy to talk about.
If you wanted to argue Nikishan's the best defenseman prospect
not to have yet debuted in the NHL, I don't
think anybody's gonna call you crazy. Partly it may be
because there's not too many more, too many twenty three
year old demon who spend in two years captaining a
glory franchise in maybe the second best hockey league in
the world of the KHL. Reasonable minds may vary on that,
but in any event, Nikishan thirteen goals, twenty two assists
thirty five points in forty seven games this year in
the k He's huge six ' four. His KHL contract
is about to run out. There's discussion that he could
even be over this season. The Canes could use him.
Patrick is our scout on the scene and says this
about the Kine defenseman. Nikishin skating size and efficient stride
contribute to a plus skill that allows him to be
at the right place at the right time. He's practiced
using crossovers at the blue line in the offensive zone.
Passing and handling smart and efficient. He makes one touch
passes the teammates and can transport the puck through the
neutral zone. Shooting, Nikishon has a booming slap shot from
the blue line and could sneak down load to get
rist shots. Iq doesn't panic when under pressure. He maintains
control and gets out of trouble or makes a good
pass to a teammate. He reads the play well on
offense and defense. For checking, he will mainly stay at
the blue line, but occasionally come down along the boards
to keep the play going or get a scoring opportunity.
Defense Nikishan's size, vision and skating go hand in hand
to make him a good defender. He cuts off plays.
There's times when he relies too much on his stick
to reach and poke for the puck rather than get
it in close and using his body to close the
forward off or separate them from the puck. Best asset
hockey IQ is the best asset. It's an asset on
the offensive and defensive side of the game. His size
and skating ability enhance the IQ. The biggest concern I
know he's not playing as much offensively, says says Patrick,
but that may be why Patrick didn't see as much
on the offensive side. Solid underwhelming the top tier outcome
top pair defenseman. The question is if he'll be thirty
point or fifty point type justification the skill set With
that he will find a way to adapt to NHL
play and be solid that provides enough to be top
pair median outcome at the very least Patrick's he's a
second pair defenseman with less offense. If the offense doesn't
translate gets less opportunity, he's going to produce less stylistic comparable.
We're going with Matias Ekholm here. The two way ability
is pretty comparable to ech Holm, but hopefully Nikisha will
be able to translate the offense and be better in
that aspect. Victor, I ask you, if Nikisha arrives this
year for Carolina, what do you expect he's going to
be right away?
Speaker 1: I expect he's going to be awesome. That's what I
expect him to be. He is so good, he's so big.
He's been the captain of SKA already for the last
two seasons, and he's been playing big minutes. For the
last couple of seasons, he was scoring more. They did
have him more of an offensive role. This year he's
been in a more all situations role. His ice time
continues to grow, even if a slight less of it
is that on the power play he is getting more
and more shorthanded time. He's getting more of the more
difficult minutes, and previously some of his secondary assists were
a little bit higher. I don't think you should worry
too much about the scoring. He's still going to score
a lot and he is really good. I think the
fact that he's coming most likely coming over, he's gonna
insert himself. They're going to insert him right on to
one of those top lines. I think it's going to
be interesting to see what they decide to do, because
Gossipspear has been fine in that role. I don't think
they're going to throw him on the power play right away.
The left side is pretty pretty good. I think that
he can play either side. He might bump like a
Jalen Chatfield out of the lineup, depending on what they
decide to do, but I'm pretty sure that he is
going to to be playing big minutes. I don't think
they're going to shy away from using him. This is
not a guy who's gonna need to applicate acclimate to
the fast beat of the game. He's already playing at
the highest level. I think he's going to be awesome.
He has been a bash master. When you look at
his bash, his shots, his hits, his blocks, everything has
been excellent. He's in the ninetieth percentile of everything. So
even if he only scores at a thirty to forty
point pace, which I think is an extremely low bar
from him, he's going to be really valuable. I think
more likely even without a ton of power play time.
He's going to be in the forty plus range with
upside of fifty to sixty if he does get that
power play time. So yeah, Nikishin's gonna be awesome. The
hype is real. I think you should be buying into it.
Speaker 2: See now, you it's just in the old days, Victor,
a fifty point defenseman. Felt it felt good. It felt
like that was a pretty good defenseman, all things being equal.
But now we're spoiled Victor. We got Adam Fox, we
got Eric Carlson's, we got what used to be Eric Carlson.
We got these defensemen who can score almost a point
per game.
Speaker 1: We got Quinn Hughes.
Speaker 2: So it sounds like Nikishin isn't that kind of a guy.
That's not where we're going with this guy. This guy
is more like, boy, if you got just sixty some year,
you'd be pretty thrilled about it. Is that? Am I
reading you right here?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think the reality is that Alexander Nikkeishin is
more like peak alex Petrangelo type where he was putting up.
He had sixty point seasons, a high forties, fifties and sixty,
but offense wasn't really what they needed him to do.
There's probably going to be a better offensive defenseman than Nikishin,
but it's also very much within his skill set, so
it really depends on how the coach wants to use him.
Remember there were many years where Petangelo ran the top
power play and he got twenty two power play points.
This last season in Saint Louis, he was in the
high teens. Several times he had twenty six onths. Nikishin
can absolutely do that. He has a bomb from the
power play. He's not the most dynamic and creative at
walking the line, but he's really strong defensively. I think
in a lot of situations, teams like having a really
strong stout defender, good skater back there in case something
goes sideways and he's that. It might depend a little
bit on usage, but I think he's going to play
huge minutes. His bash is going to be high, and
his floor of points is going to be very high.
I'm just not sure that the peak is going to hit.
Like you said, I don't think he's a His peak
is what Eric Carlson's is, or even if you want
to go another angle, look at what Lane Hudson is doing.
He is not Lane Hudson. His upside for points is
not what Lane Hudson's is. I think Hudson has point
per game plus upside. What he's doing as a rookie
this year is incredible. But Lane Hudson is also not
going to play twenty six minutes a night and be
out there in all situations. That's just not who he is.
But he's going to get all the power play time
and also probably not provide a ton in terms of prifs.
Nikishin is the opposite of that.
Speaker 2: The NHL ranking Mason Black's poll pits Alexander Nikishin versus
young phenom Zane Perrek pick number nine last year of
the Calgary Flames, who's now playing with the saganaw spirit
in scoring out the wazoo and the people like Perek
Victor the mister Nikishan, the twenty three year old captain
of Scott Saint Pete is forgotten. Maybe that means Parrek
is more offensive because of what we've seen from him offensively.
What do you make of it? Fifty seven?
Speaker 1: I think this depends a lot on what kind of
league you're in, right. I think that if the Bash
is really highly counted, and or I have leagues that
count time on ice, the tidy that rewards time on
ice and play driving Fenwick takeaways, things like that. I
think in that situation there's a good case to be
made why Nikisha might be more valuable. The floor is
just so high. The ceiling is also fairly high. But
I think in most leagues, especially if you're focused more
on scoring, I think you got to go with zame PreK.
I think Zamee PreK has Eric Carlson like upside. I
think he's probably more in the mold of Quinn Hughes,
who's a little bit smaller defender, great offensively, but his
defense is underrated, and I think he can be a
number one defenseman who commands power play time. This is PreK,
but I don't think his prefs are going to be
as good, anywhere near as good as Nikishin's. So the
floor is just so much higher, and it depends a
little bit on the situation, but overall, you're gonna want
both these guys. Another one of these guys you want
to be out on. Looking at the player card on
Fantasy Akai for PreK, you can see that he's one
hundred percent tile for shots, He's thirtieth percentile for hits
and tenth percentile for blocks, so his bash is well
above average. But that's only because of the hits. The
blocks and shots are very low for Zamee PreK, whereas Nikishin,
He's just gonna hit, block and shoot all the time,
and you're gonna be really happy with that, and you're
gonna have a strong floor. So it might depend slightly
on your league for most formats. I'm actually pretty happy
with Nikishin. In certain formats that reward more scoring, I
would probably lean Breck Okay Victor.
Speaker 2: We got a big one. Now we talked about Nikishan,
let's talk about Axel sandin Pelica, another strong contender for
the best defenseman not yet in the National Hockey League.
ASP was a beast at the World Junior as the
captain of the Swedish side. Seven goals, six assists for
thirteen points in ten games, twenty five points in thirty
four games in the Man's League of the SHL. There's
been discussion of his coming to the NHL sooner than later.
I actually went to the SAHL site to try to
read the calendar and when the games wrap up for
the Sahl's this season. It looks like the regular season
scheduled to end in mid March, and I'm not clear
whether his is good enough to make the playoffs there
in sixth right now anyway, Grant has this scouting report
to say about Axel Sandeine Pellica, of course the Red
Wings right shot d. He is a deceptive skater with
a sharp turning radius that allows him to separate while
with or without the puck. Not a burner by any means,
but he can carry the puck with speed and make
high quality plays. He probably needs some work on his
turns to the outside well on defense, but other than that,
he's very strong on his skates and overall is a
plus passing and handling. He's a player you trust to
pass in the difficult spots on the ice, whether that's
right in front of his own net or is the
last man back. Very versatile on the power play. He
can quarterback as well as play the wall or the bumper.
Excellent passer, stick handles like a forward. He has very
good feet to kick the puck up to his stick
or take passes with shooting. It took a few games
of watching him for Grant to discover that excellent one timer.
A nineteen year old kid who plays with men in
the essay, and he's the players set up for one
timers on the power play on the left side of
the ice. He has a good quick snapshot, can slap
the puck when given time and space, has a knack
for getting the puck through to the neck from the
blue line and axel Sandy Pelica sees the ice very well,
both offensively and defensively. He sees gaps in the offensive
zone that few defenders see. As per my previous comment,
his panic poised threshold is excellent. He relied heavily and
relied on heavily in his own end for the fore checking.
He's not a big guy five to eleven, but he's
very strong on his skates, very strong with his stick,
rarely gets pushed off the puck and the defense probably
the weaker part of his game, but still a strength.
He can lose his gap control at times. Is prone
to being beaten on that outside, but he recovers well.
He is very strong in front of the net and
in puck battle. See rarely is going to hurt you,
and his best asset is ability to move the puck
to an open teammate, get into open spots on the
ice to receive passes. Type of player you look at
each ship to do something a little special doesn't disappoint.
Often a skilled right shot defender, which is highly sought
after asset in the NHL. Grant's biggest concern is that
a coach takes away his freedom in the offensive zone
so that he rarely ventures below the blue line. His
strength is offense paired with slightly above average defense, and
if you take away that offense, he's just a slightly
above average defender and the top tier outcome boy Grant
sees a top pairing quarterback on the first unit of
his power play fifty plus points, forty to sixty. He
has sixty to eighty blocks, and that's because of the
versatility on the power play, which should keep him producing
points at the NHL level. The median outcome tier three
top four defender. With time on the second unit of
the power play, secondary stats like hits or blocks won't
be there, so he needs to produce forty plus points
to be at the higher tier. Stylistic comparable Adam Fox
and the final thoughts from Grant, he thinks Sandy and
Pelica should fit very well in the Detroit Blue lined
with cider and Edmonson for the next five to ten years.
His timeline could be twenty five to twenty six in
the NHL, but his next season with very little AHL time. Victor,
should we talk about our trade? Because I traded you Axel,
Sandy and Pelica this week. It happened, Victor. I gave
him up. And I don't know what's my question here?
How stupid am I?
Speaker 1: Oh? Not stupid at all. Fantastic move. Two thumbs up.
Man loved it. Now. It probably helps to give the
full contract to context of the trade because there were
there were more moving pieces. This is in the in
the Diesel League, where I was a strong contender last year.
Things didn't go so well this year, so we ended up.
I ended up selling off some assets, and your teams
is right there ready to make things happen. I think
that's important to know. I'm trying to pull up the
trade here. It is, so we moved. Oh, there was
a lot of pieces, Jesse, I forgot about this, so
I gave you Ovechkin. This is a cap league too,
Frank Vitrono, Darcy Kemper and Riker Evans, and I got
from you Riley Height, Aji Kopitar, which is more of
a cap dump, Owen Zellweger, Axel Sandin, Pelica, Devon Levi,
Lucas Reichel, and Ilianabakov. So I got a bunch of
futures and maybe a big question mark in Lucas Reichel.
You got a lot of guys that help you now,
and I think it's I think it's pretty fair. I
think you got some other pieces that aren't gonna fully
expire next season, like Kovechkin. I'm obviously hoping that Pelica
hits his big upside of as Grant said, being that
top power play. I'm hoping also that he doesn't get
rained in too much in terms of not being able
to flash his offensive brilliance, because he does have huge upside.
It's getting little crowded on the blue line there, and
a big worry is that they just let Sider continue
to run the power play, which I think might happen
for a while, just because he's still good at everything.
We talked a little bit about Nikishin. I think Cider
is a good equivalent to Nikishon as well, a guy
that can do everything. But is he the best guy
to run your power play? Is most side or the
best guy to run your power play? I don't know,
maybe not, but he certainly can do it, and I
think the same can be true here. Asp is probably
a better person for that. Seman Evanson might be a
better person for that, even Albert your Hindsen, but that's
probably not gonna happen. I think the upside is huge,
And no, I don't think he made any kind of mistake.
There are a lot of moving pieces in that trade,
and I think we both think it was a win.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely, I'm pushing in all my chips. I'm
the defending champ, but I've got a very strong team
and basically I'm trying to upgrade every slot I can.
Damn the torpedoes, and yeah, we can't do a good
win on that. I knew I was giving up some value,
but it was worth it to me. I don't I
regret nothing, but to Victor, yeah, no, you've I think
this is good. We're talking about the comparison of these
guys to the existing defenseman here. But so how high
do you think he ends up going? Could the guide
be an Adam Fox type player in the NHL room,
or am I am? I once again well feeling delusions
of grangeer.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's the same archetype as Adam Fox.
I think Adam Fox is the type of player who
can be your number one defenseman play in all situations
and is not amazing defensively, but it's good enough that
he can drive play and so you like, you know,
you're pretty comfortable with with him out there in all
your situations. I don't know that's going to be true
for ASP. I think that's really where we're still not
sure exactly where things are going to go. He has
shown big improvements in his two way play in the
last couple years, and even in the World Junior tournaments
where he's won the Best Defenseman, A lot of that
was based on his offense, but this year I would
say he even excelled more in his defensive play than
he ever has. I actually recently wrote about him over
at eddiep and looking at the fact that he really
has come a long way in terms of his two
way play and the fact that he's taking more total
time time on ice, A lot of that has grown shorthanded.
You know, they didn't really use him much at all
last season short handed, and this season they're using him
a lot more so. Almost all of his increased time
on ice has been shorthanded, so they're trusting him in
more high leverage situations and he's killing it. He's driving
play even better than he was before. It's like one
of those situations where you some players, you give them
the worst assignments, the defensive zone stars, and they still
drive play in the other direction. And I think he's
showing that he can do that. And if he can
come all the way full circle, then he might be
able to be in Adam Fox type where he can
be there in all situations and he can, you know,
eat up a lot of those minutes. The problem is
that he's got a most cider problem to be that
guy fully in Detroit because he's not going anywhere and
there's only going to be so many minutes. But I
think they might use the two as like you play
half the game and I'll play half the game kind
of thing where they'll just be out there almost the
entire time. And if that's the case, then he will
He does have the potential to really hit that high
upside points, the bash is never going to be there
for asp though his shots are excellent. He shoots a ton,
but his hits are only thirtieth percent tile on his
blocks are ten percent tile. So the hits and blocks
are just not really ever going to be there. But
he does shoot a lot, so he's no better points
only with play, and so yeah, that's what I think
about that.
Speaker 2: The NHL ranking Mason black in rather a lark put
Axel Sandy and Pelica up against Simon edvncent and we've
seen a bit of Advidson. Evdson has done good things
already in the NHL, but the people have spoken and
they like Axel Sandy and Pelica more seventy two to
twenty eight percent that much more. Victor. Is Axel Sandy
and Pelica that much of a slam dunk over Simone Evidson, I.
Speaker 1: Don't think so. I think everyone here knows that I
love Simon Edvonson. We've talked about him on the podcast
before and the fact that he's absolutely killing it in
the NHL, but he's not killing it necessarily in points.
He's on a thirty three point pace, but I still
think that's his floor. He is given he's being given
some of the toughest assignments is Simoon and Edvonson, and
he's absolutely killing it. In fact, when you compare the two,
there's an argument, to me made that he's doing even
better than Cider based on usage and how difficult some
of his minutes are. So I don't think that's actually true.
But he looks really good. And the thing that I
don't know about Edvonson is he's certainly not going to
be the one who commands that power play time. I
think he can do it, but they have too many
good options, so he's probably going to be the one
that loses out, and that's going to put his ceiling
more out of forty to forty five point player without
that top power play. And right now, through fifty games
this season, he's averaging eight seconds on the power play,
so he's not getting any and that's probably going to continue.
So I think it probably shouldn't be this why But
if you're considering points only, which I believe is how
Mason frames it, then I think it is clearly asp.
But if you're considering other factors it might be a
bit closer. I still think i'd learned I had lean ASP,
unless you're really wanting more of that peripheral coverage, which
Edmonson is much much better at least in the hits
and blocks. Edvondson does not shoot as much, but he
hits and blocks a lot more than ASP.
Speaker 2: One last prospect to discuss today Victor Ivan Demidov, a
Montreal prospect and Alexander Nikishin's teammate at Scott Saint Pete.
Demidov at last count forty four points in fifty two
games in the KHL This year, Habs fans are drooling
over the prospect of the six foot forward coming to Montreal.
The rumbling seemed to suggest he could arrive as early
as next season, and he is only nineteen years old.
Demidov is not the fastest straight skater according to Sasha
or FHL scout in his drift class, so he's going
to have to find other ways to separate from players
instead of strictly out skating them. However, his tight space
edgework is elite. He has just enough speed to enhance
his creativity and deceptiveness, and he does need to become
more explosive to take a pace to another level. Passing
and handling elite hands, elite vision in the KHL continues
to dazzle every shift as he reads with exceptional ability
to find open space in the middle of the ice.
Started to read his teammates better, which will only open
up more avenues. He handles the puck tremendously on both
sides of the blade. Puck reception very good. Just a
high end handler and distributor, says Sasha. Shooting has improved
slightly from draft year, as he has been able to
score from distance in a couple of times through Sasha's viewings,
Demodov's more of an efficient score than a complete sniper,
but he could shoot well in motion through screens. High
end IQ in all zones, including tremendous poise, hardly panics
with the puck, but will also sometimes be a little
nonchalant in this processing. However, he'll make in game adjustments
based on the other team's defensive schemes, being able to
battle for position in front of the net. His IQ
allows him to see openings not many other players can see.
For checking. Not the strongest asset, but is high makes
a strong board play player defense same as above, able
to use his smarts to make smart plays in the dezone,
cover slot pass, as well slingshot the puck up the ice,
off turnovers due to great positioning, best asset, then vision
and handle, and the biggest concern skating and wide stands
in the middle of the ice. Top tier outcome line
one left wing plus power play one that's elite offensive
talent folks, the median outcome second line power play specialist.
If the skating doesn't improve and if he falters in
his ability to create in the middle of the ice,
no big deal. But Sasha is going to compare him
to Patrick Kaine. That's where we're going to go. Why
not just throw a Hall of Fame future Hall of
Famer comp on the guy. But he's all that in
a beg of donuts. As you can tell, he's got
crazy high upside. Victor, I recall you're telling me you
thought last year that you like Demeadov better than Mitchkoff.
I think you said that as we're coming up on
the draft and I was thinking about a valuing guys
the recent Russian imports. If you're just going to compare
those two, is that is that an accurate representation of
your opinion of Demodov?
Speaker 1: Yep I did say that, and I meant it, and
I still feel.
Speaker 2: That way, all right, strong take Victor.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Demidov is amazing. In fact, as we're sitting here
right now, he has nineteen goals this season for Scott
Saint Petersburg. Do you happen to know what the record
is for under twenty Russian players in goal scoring in
the KHL. It's twenty and that's set by Carill caprice
Off and mattve Mitchikoff actually had nineteen as well in
forty eight games. So Demodov has a little bit more
opportunity to break that. But right now it looks like
he's in that neighborhood, and we were talking about mitchikofv
versus him. I just think that Demodov is more dynamic.
I think he has more skill. He also has a
dogged attitude to hunt down pucks and he's going to
be the type of guy that coaches love, that they're
going to put out in every situation. Mitchkoff, as we're seeing,
not that guy, not in all situations kind of guy.
He has some traits that are frustrating his coach, But
the skill is also pretty high there. I'm not saying
he's going to be as good as Caprice Soft. But
I think there's a pretty good chance that he's on
that level, which is, to me a peg above where
Mitchkoff is. And yeah, I think the upside is huge.
I think we're talking century mark plus points upside for Demodov,
and so that's huge. I think that there's this territory
here that not a lot of guys can get to,
and I think Demodov is in that rarefied air nice.
I love it.
Speaker 2: Victor, What is the archetype here then? Because this is
supposedly he's not a sniper. He gets the goals in obviously,
he gets goals in nobody's business if you set records
over there. But what kind of is Patrick Kane the
right guy to put him in a bucket with? Or what?
Speaker 1: Oh's just put him in buckets with all these Hall
of famers? Why not? Right? Yeah? Probably? He's definitely a
wizard with the puck. That's what most people say. He
has incredible vision, he's really slick hands. He can beat
pretty much anyone one on one. But it's more than that.
He doesn't have to rely on that. He can find teams,
he can create, he can create space, he can pass
into lanes, he can pass into opportunities for players who
didn't even know they could be open. He's that type
of player. I think he probably is more like Caprice Soft,
especially in the way that he skates. He uses that
ten to two move, maybe a little bit too often,
but it can work for him. He definitely isn't the
fastest skater and needs to adapt that a little bit
more to the North American game when there isn't as
much open side to side space for him. But I'm
confident that he will. So he's definitely more of a
rep playmaker, but he can absolutely finish as well. He
can do it all, even the defensive game, as I mentioned,
like he can strip pucks, turnover and create chances that way,
which is not something that some of the top players
can be. Yeah, I don't know that he's quite Patrick
Caine level. That's certainly asking a lot, but I think
that he's in that vein. I think Caprice off Ish
is also probably a good way to think of him.
Speaker 2: All right, Victor, and that's yeah, So do we have
Caprice off here? Is that where the ceiling is?
Speaker 1: I think so? I think he can hit one hundred points.
So that's certainly caprice Off. We've been deprived of him
for a while here, but we certainly have seen him
become a superstar and be in that one hundred point range.
I think Demodov has that upside for sure.
Speaker 2: Nice nice, all right, Victor, And let's do the NHL
rankking pull from Mason Black Will Smith, the San Jose
Shark who's been playing in the NHL this season versus
Demodoff and Demodoff in a route eighty six percent to
fourteen percent. Is Demodov really that much better than the
young Shark rookie.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I think this might be a
little unfair to Will Smith, who still has a lot
of upside. I think things are going to be just
a little bit harder for Smith if he truly is
going to be a center at the next level. I
think that he has a little bit more work to do.
Maybe he plays on Celebrini's wing and then that's not
as big of a problem. But I don't think that
Smith has the upside that Demidov is. I think Smith
has a point per game upside. He might end up
even scoring more points than Celebrini some seasons, but Demidov
is on another level, so I would have liked to
see the pole be Mitchgoff and Demodoff, which I think
he's done before and I think has been closer. But yeah,
I think this is definitely Demidoff, and I agree with
how lopsided it is.
Speaker 2: Nice, Victor, that has been a tour through six different
Scouts touts. We really think are FHL Scouts for getting
this stuff up to us. Any last thoughts on the
Scouts tout before we close out the show, Victor.
Speaker 1: If there's somebody you want the Scouts to look at,
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