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Speaker 3: Block off hot a step hit on, stay lock. Here's

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your hosts, Jesse Sevier and Victor Nuno Fantasy Hockey Live.

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Speaker 2: This is Jesse Severe of fan Tracks in various places

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that there is Victor Nunio, the Fantasy Hockey Doctor. Victor,

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how you doing today?

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Speaker 1: I am doing awesome, Jesse. This is a fun team

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to cover. There's a lot of exciting news and exciting

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new players and I'm looking forward to breaking it all

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down and hearing from our awesome guests.

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Speaker 2: How you doing, my friend, I'm good, I'm good. Yeah.

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It is a It is the funnest, really terrible team

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I can remember in recent years. But there is a

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ton of intrigue involving them, and yeah, I think this

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is going to be a good I don't mean it

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as an insult to say that they're terrible. That was

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the point. And they're doing a good job of it,

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and they're going to get their resources and they're gonna

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build their way up. They're already doing it, and that's

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the san Jose Sharks, just as a spoiler alert, as

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if you didn't know it when you saw the title

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of the episode. Yeah, I don't know, Victor. We're moving on.

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We're getting very near the draft. Are you getting psyched

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up for that?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I'm getting psyched up for it. It's gonna be interesting.

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I should I plan on being there, just waiting for

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their credentials to come through, but I'm told that they

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absolutely should. And yeah, it's gonna be a weird draft.

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It's gonna be the first one that's decentralized, and rumors

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are it might be the last one and done and

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go back to the old way. I hope that's true.

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We'll see. But yeah, I'm excited to see all the

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players there and connect with all the scouts and reporters

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and guests who tend to come on the show and

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usually it's a good time to check in with them

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in person and just yeah, hear all the draft butts.

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So I'm excited for that, are you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean that, I'm really looking forward to our

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draft content because some of that is going to turn

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into episodes. Its victory is gonna have some material to

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reach out to everybody about, and I think people are

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gonna like that. But I'm hoping the draft goes back

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to centralized victory because there's nothing I like more than

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turning on TV and seeing the floor when all the

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teams are there and there's thirty hockey men sitting at

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a square table that obviously is designed to seat like twelve,

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and they all have their knees like locked against each

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other and I don't even know how they're sitting there.

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It's extremely fun. And they're all wearing suits, sometimes matching

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suits of strange colors. Yeah, there's great entertainment value and

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the NHL Draft as it normally is, but it will

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still be of great entertainment value this year victory. Yeah,

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that's gonna be good times. And I expect that when

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the draft is cooking because we're the fan, we're the

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Dynasty Podcast. I think Dynasty players should be popping into

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our discord and chatting about the draft as it goes,

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talking about I think, isn't there some kind of a

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Probably you'll probably be done by the time this episode airs,

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but I'm sure we're gonna to be having some after

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the draft. We're going to be having some mock draft stuff.

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We'll be having some data that comes out to help

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you do your rookie drafts. That'll be all summer. We'll

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talk about that stuff. But Victor, you can get into

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our discord. You don't need to know this because you

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already know. Heck, you run the discord. But you just

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get in by email in this Fantasy Hockey Life at

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pop in there and you can be in there for

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free chatting fantasy hockey. Tell people about the other things

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that we do, because we are nothing of not men

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we do lots of extra bonus content through the Patreon.

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We do Patreon cast, which actually we are doing a

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to check out. It's one of the best fun leagues

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to join and have that camardwie with other people in

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your division and move up the ranks and picture dynasty's

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skills to the test. So it's a good time. Definitely

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recommend checking that out and including all the other content

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Speaker 2: You're right back to talk some Sharks. Joining us once

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again today to talk San Jose Sharks from San Jose

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Hockey Now from NBC Sharks. It's Shang Pang. How you

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doing today? Shang, Hey, how's it got good? Sir? Good.

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We're excited to talk about the Sharks. This is a

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fascinating team. It was really last year not was it

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a good outcome, which was exactly according to plan. It

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seems to me you were building up around one guy.

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He was the main story of the season, that number

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one overall pick who we will be getting to here

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pretty shortly on the episode. But they were also last

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in the standings points by nine points. That big of

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a gap hadn't happened in last five seasons between second

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to last and last. It was also the Shark's second

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straight year at the bottom, but no accident. They scored

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the fewest goals and allowed the most. That's what's going

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to get you into last place. But they're building for

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the future, there's no question about that. They traded almost

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anybody with positive value and old enough to rent a

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car as far as I can tell, including Michael Backland,

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Fabian zeterlind Tristan Robbins, Luke Cunnen, Mackenzie Blackwood, Jake Wallman,

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Cody CC and Nico sterm. In other words, we could

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have done an entire team preview of just those players.

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Had we had they all still remained Sharks today. It's

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too many blows to sort out. In terms of the

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guys who've all went away, we can't cover every one

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of those, But just overall, what's the verdict. Are we

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at the rock bottom now and it's time to start

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climbing with the prospects who are coming in or did

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the Sharks suspect that this is going to be going

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Speaker 4: One big thing is the plan didn't go quite according

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to plan because the Shark's got the number two pick

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and not the number one pick in the twenty twenty

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five drafts, So I think that's one critical distinction. But

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I think that it is definitely time to start getting better,

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especially if you have a guy like a Maclin Celabrini,

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a foundational piece. If you did not have a piece

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like that, you're still looking for that, then I get

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taking maybe taking your time, maybe tanking a little longer.

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do that to Macklin because that's a guy who wants

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to win, and when it is his time to become

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a free agent, it's not going to reflect well if

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you're if you waste the first two three years of

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his career saying that the Sharks need to make the

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playoffs next year, of course, but I do think they

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need to take some very meaningful steps of progress and

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start keeping some players instead of just like you mentioned,

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selling anybody that can rent a car.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're gonna start with one of those guys who

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can definitely not rent a car yet because he's still

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a teenager. That's Macklin celebrating. Of course we're gonna start

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with him, and he, I would say, lived up to

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the hype of being a number one pick sixty three

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points in seventy games as an eighteen year old, seventy

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four point pace match Nathan McKinnon's rookie year total, but

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in fewer games. Not saying that he's going to have

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the career McKinnon has had so far, but I think

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it certainly seems like the sky's the limit here. Looking

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at some of his underlying numbers, he was pretty good

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offensively sixty second percentile according to Evolving Hockey. His defense

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was rated at thirtieth percentile. But frankly, I think that

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was a more reflection on the team than it was

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on Maclin individually, and I think that there's definitely, with

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more talent around him, huge room for improvement. Shang, what

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did you see from your perspective and what do you

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think we can expect from Maclin next season and beyond

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Speaker 4: You said, the sky is the limit, and actually I

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think that he exceeded expectations. I don't know if going

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to the season people thought that Macklin would be reframing

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or really setting the celebrating Badard argument. There wasn't really

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a celebrating Bdard argument so much during the twenty twenty

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fourth draft and after that, but with how good Macklin

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was at both ends of the ice, and with Badard

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and the Blockhawks maybe not taking more of a step that. Now,

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that is a legitimate conversation, and actually I think the

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majority of people you would ask now, and I'm talking

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about people in the industry, they would probably take Macklin

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over Badard. And so, like you mentioned, the sky is

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the limit. You do mention a great cautionary tale though

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in McKinnon. There that McKinnon obviously had a tremendous rookie year,

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but then it to he scuffled for a couple of

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years there before he found his form as a hard

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trophy candidate. And so I only mentioned that not because

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I think that's going to happen to Macklin, but because

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you knew how to be careful about putting too much

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on the shoulders of one player. But again, the sky

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is the limit, and that is you can't say that

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about a lot of players in this league, but you

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can't say that about Macklin's Librini.

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Speaker 2: Well, another player who is continuing to be on the rises,

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He jumped to fifty eight points, about three quarters of

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a point per game because He played seventy seven over

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two shots and over half a black and half a

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hit per game. This was his second full season of

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in Eckland's NHL career. Really, Celebrini was his most common

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line mate, although it wasn't even half his five on

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five minutes. So there's a lot more opportunity to get

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those guys together if that's what the Sharks want to do.

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will he take another step or maybe a big step

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as this team continues to coalesce around him.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a good chance of that with Ecklin. With Ecklynn,

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you saw just little improvements, right, Maybe there wasn't any outstanding,

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just really like eye catching improvement. But he just got

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a little better with his proct protection, a little better

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with his pace, a little better with his decisions, a

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little better defensively, a little better shot, just a little

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better in a lot of areas. That shows that he

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worked hard on his game or he did a lot

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and over the summer to get better. And so I

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think with William, I think that there is a potential

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there too. Maybe he does have that point per game potential.

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I wasn't really sure if he would get there, but

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in the sixty seventy Rangers. Is still very okay, that's

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a very valuable player to have. So I think that

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we're still waiting to see what the absolute ceiling for

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he improves defensively and he adds more of that to

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his game, and so there's a value to that. But

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I think that he is also I wouldn't quite say

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this guy is quite the limit like it is with Macklin,

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but definitely though that we don't know what his end

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is yet, and so in terms of fantasy pick or whatnot,

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he's an exciting sleeper pick.

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Speaker 2: Also, Tyler to Folly is next up your team expected

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goals ABUB replacement leader. Fully was the veteran of the

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group obviously this year. Of the guys who remained on

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the team all the way through the year, he played

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a lot of minutes with the young budding stars too.

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He wears an alternate captain A for the team. There

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is no there is no captain right now for the Sharks,

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and the now thirty three year old was not traded

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with all those other veterans, presumably because he's got a

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full no move clause. That's that's what's going to keep

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you on the team, even though you're driving them cars,

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those rent up cars six million dollars for three more years.

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respectability to the lineup, good veteran presence, that type of stuff.

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he produced a near photocopy of his prior year, which

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was split between the Devils and the Jets, which were

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teams that can score a bit. What do you expect

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for Tyler to Foley in the new season. Is going

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to be bumped to lower minutes, maybe by the emergency

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more young guys, or is he gonna remain in a

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primo role with the Sharks.

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Speaker 4: I would expect them to still be in a top

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role for the Sharks unless they make a big splash

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this offseason. I'm not sure who would that be, and

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I don't expect too big a splash from them, so

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I think there's a good chance that I won't come

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training camp that Tyler t to Foley is their top

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shooting option on the power play like he was this

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past season, and in that scenario, I would expect the

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Follie to keep putting up what exactly he's been doing

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just thirty goal seasons. And it's the one thing that's

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very impressive about Tyler. He has four thirty goal seasons.

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Three of those four to thirty goal seasons have been

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in the last three seasons, so I think he's figured

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out really something in his game too. And the Sharks

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need to add more guys like that too. But unless

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they add a guy much better than at the folly,

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and there's not a lot of guys out there in

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terms of just being a peer scorer of pier sniper

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that he looks likely to still be the go to

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shooting option on the power play.

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Speaker 1: Indeed, one of the guys who might help with that

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long term is Will Smith will cover him next. He

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definitely struggled a bit in the first half thirty seven

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games played, six goals, eight assists for fourteen points, which

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was a thirty one point pace, But then the second

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half took a huge step forward thirty seven games played

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and ended up at a sixty nine point pace. I

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will say defensively, it didn't look great a lot of

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the times. He ended up at just third percent centile

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according to Evolving Hockey in terms of its defensive metrics,

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although offensively rated out at seventieth percentile, so certainly very

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good there. Part of it might have been his time

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initially playing with guys like Luke Kuonan and Barklay Goodrow,

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and then eventually towards the end of the season earning

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I would say, his way up the lineup to play

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with Celebrini, which definitely looked a lot better. And those

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two seem to just get along so well off and

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on the ice, so that seems like it might be

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a good partnership moving forward. I've long thought that Smith

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would be better as a winger, Shank, so I want

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to hear your thoughts on that, but also what you

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think of what you thought of Smith's season and whether

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he'll play with celebraty long term or maybe do they

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really want him to drive his own line down the

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middle in the coming years.

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Speaker 5: Well.

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Speaker 4: According to the end of the season interviews, they want

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him to be a center. Mike Rows said that they

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planned to put Smith back at center next year and

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that they may start with that from training camp on,

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so I will see if that last or not. Like

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you mentioned, there is some argument or thought that Smith

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may be better suited for the wing long term. But

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it is worth noting though that he is still learning

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to play wing and he hasn't done that much in

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the past, and so some of that experience did come

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to the forefront last year, but he also did well

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with the two, especially in the second half of the season,

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like you mentioned, and so I think it's a little

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bit of a wait and see also too. What might

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change things to is if the Sharks draft of Michael

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Misa and Michael Mesa is also projected to be a

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center of the future, and so you can roll three

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strong centers down the middle. But there's also the idea

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of you have an ideal kind of one C in

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Macklin cel Brini future one C in Macklin, cel A Brinie,

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two C and maybe a Mesa, and then you put

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Smith on the wing, and so that could come to fruition.

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So still wait and see there, but his offensive capability,

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his production, there's a little bit of Maclin that there is.

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We don't know what he's going to be yet. There's

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some thought that he's going to end up being an

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eighty nine, maybe even one hundred point player. He's so clever,

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so smart, even if his physical attributes don't jump off

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the table when you watch him, and that's what we

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saw also in the first half of the season when

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he was struggling a little bit. But the second half

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of it, though, we saw that brain at work, even

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though physically he didn't get that much faster or that

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much stronger. A little bit, but not that much. So

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he's another exciting guy. You don't know what you'll get

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from the next year. I think that it might be

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a little more of a gradual thing, though I don't

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expect him to necessarily, Like if you told me next

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year macklin celebrating HA scored one hundred points, it wouldn't

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shock me. It wouldn't expect it, but it wouldn't shock me.

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I think Will might be a little bit more of

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a slow grow a little bit like William mcklin to

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some degree, but that offensive potential is significant with Will Smith.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm glad you brought up me said, because I

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was going to bring that up too, because it certainly

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seems like that's probably where they're headed. And I don't

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remember any NHL team complaining about having three excellent centers

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down the head. Absolutely, it's a great problem to have,

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and especially if one of them not celebrating. So I

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would imagine one of the other two, if it does

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go that way, slides to the wing here and there,

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or they just roll out them three down the middle.

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That would be quite the luxury to have, I would

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say for a long time. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, And I think that the only position that you

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don't want a repeat of is number one goalie. In

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this league, you can never have too many good defensemen,

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or too many good wingers, or too many good centers,

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or if you happen to then you can trade them

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for a lot. The only problematic position to have too

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much of is goaltending, and that's not a problem with drafting.

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Speaker 1: Misa.

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Speaker 2: We're a little further down the depth of the lineup now, Shane,

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we're going to talk about Alex Windberg, another veteran pivot.

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His smooth ice time, actually, if you look at a

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hockey viz was the highest among forwards by the end

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of the season. His other guys maybe got unhealthy and

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or traded away. He got a healthy dose of power

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play timonized, which is not always the case for Winberg.

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He's not a shooter. Let's face it, one shot a

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game is remarkably low for a player who gets this

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kind of minutes. I actually ran a query two hundred

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and forty one forwards played at least one thousand minutes

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last year, and of those two hundred and forty one,

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in terms of rate shots per sixty he was two

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hundred and thirty eight, So he was dang near the

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bottom in the league. Only really only Chandler Stevenson of

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guys who played a ton at five on five shot

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less than him. What is Winberg's role with the team

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next year? In is he probably going to produce the

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same kind of half point per game results that he

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did this year?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he.

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Speaker 4: Under that query or wen Berg pretty much is his game.

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And anyway, in terms of what he does with the

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Sharks this coming season, I think that there is a

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chance with Smith going back to two see. If Smith

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really takes to that quickly, then Weinberg goes down to

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three see. And actually Weinberg is a very good three C.

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I think even for a playoff team, Weinberg can play

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three C. He's a strong two way pivot. He can

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stand to shoot more, obviously, but he's a good playmaker,

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good passer, very responsible defensively, can help you on both

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the power play and penalty kill. This is why he

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led to Sharks, like you mentioned in minutes at the ender,

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just because he is a Swiss army knife kind of player.

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He can really use them use him anywhere. And so

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in terms of his production, it's hard to say if

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it will match quite where he's at because if he

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has a lower role, then he may not get as

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many offensive opportunities, and also his wingers, because the Sharks

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aren't as deep, won't be as strong. Weinberg found a

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lot of success this past season when he was with

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Tyler Tafoli, for example, and there's a natural kind of

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passer shooter combo there. But Shreks don't have a lot

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of Tafolis, and so if Weinberg is on a third line,

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he's not going to be playing with anybody that can

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finish quite like Tafoli can, which is going to make

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his counting stats suffer. And so there is also a

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chance with Wenberg though, that because he is so multi

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faceted in his game, that he's a guy that can

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move to wing and help you there, and so that

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can help with his production. And he is a useful

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power play player. He's not obviously going to be like

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the focal point of your power play, but he is

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big enough that you can use some kind of net

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front behind a net he can have impact there, and

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that's a kind of area that the Strucks use them.

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That he may not be the ideal kind of net

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frontish guy, but that he is smart and he's big,

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and so there's some value there. And yeah, I think

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at all he's just a good how do you say,

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a good utility player for any lineup the Sharks fancy lineup.

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I guess too that he can help him a lot

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of ways.

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Speaker 1: We know that there might be some changes or in

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the next between now and when the next season happens,

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and so we don't need to get into too many

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other players. But frankly, it wasn't really sure who else

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to bring up, because I'm not sure who else would

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be fantasy relevant. Do you have any hidden gems or

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surprises for us that you think could get above a

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fifty point pace next season?

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Speaker 4: Forward Man fifty points, Jesus.

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Speaker 1: And I know we're asking a lot.

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Speaker 4: You're saying, yeah, you're asking me to dig deep. I'm

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gonna have to pull up the roster for this one,

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I think. I mean, they definitely need a power play

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defenseman right and they don't have a clear put one

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right now. Jake Wollman did a decent kind of standing

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job when he was there before the Sharks traded into

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the Oilers. So whoever the Sharks acquire for that, if

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they acquire anybody, will have a shot at maybe not

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fifty points, but a shot at some pretty good production.

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And so if they decide, hey, we're gonna give Shakim

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milkomdool and that that spot, I don't know if they will.

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I don't think they will, but but he's a guy

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that can that might be able to produce. If Sam

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Dickinson they just say, hey, they they take the training

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wheels off of him and let him go as a

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power play, a power play guy, a power play triggerman

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kind of guy, then that's a guy that can put

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up some points. At least he's shown that at in London.

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If they make if they are free agent signing, maybe

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I think a guy like Mat Grizzlick it would fit

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well in San Jose. For example, he had a really

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good season with Pittsburgh on the power play, So if

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the Sharks did happen to acquire him, we look at

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the kind of the production jump that Jake Walman had

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when he joined the Sharks, right, and so whoever the

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Sharks acquire for that spot, or whoever they try to

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force feed into that spot might have a chance for

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a kind of that similar kind of production spike. So

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definitely a sleeper there. Whoever ends up being the projected

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number one quarterback for the Sharks of start season, even

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Luca ken Yoni, who had a terrific season in AHL,

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he's probably still a little raw for to have the

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number one power play spot and the angel team, But

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nonetheless stuff he does have legitimate power play talent. He

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showed out in the AHL, and so he's a guy

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that if he earns the job during camp, then that's

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a guy that might be a good, good sleeper pickup.

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I think. Besides that, if we're talking about other sleeper guys,

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I'm literally looking at the roster now just to remind

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myself and if we're not counting guys that they might sign,

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because I guess that's not fair for his exercise if

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they keep a Nikolai Covilanko and he may be going

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back to the KHL for all we know at this moment.

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But he has some offensive talent. He showed a little

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bit the end of the season. They put him with

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Will Smith and mckleinzell bringing and he showed offensively. It's

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still a lot to work on that defensive side of

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the game. But if he gets a full year on

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the wing, on a top six line, can he score

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you forty points something like that. I think that's possible.

477
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I don't know if that helps you win too many games,

478
00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:44,519
but he does have some offensive talent. And then if

479
00:23:44,519 --> 00:23:47,440
we go dig a little deeper into the prospects, there's

480
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,920
Calling Graft, there's Cam One. I don't know if those

481
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:55,200
guys are ready to be fantasy relevant producers at this level,

482
00:23:55,319 --> 00:24:00,480
but those are guys that might get a look. And yeah,

483
00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:01,440
maybe that's it. Zeah.

484
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely not a long list when you're looking

485
00:24:06,759 --> 00:24:09,079
at that. I mainly wanted to focus on the fowards,

486
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,519
but you did a good rundown of the defense. I

487
00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:14,680
did want to circle back to Cagnoni because yeah, I

488
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,119
think he's worth discussing a little bit more, and certainly

489
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,480
has a ton of upside. As you mentioned, not a

490
00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:22,920
whole lot of NHL experience, and remains to be seen

491
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,920
whether they'll give him a full opportunity next year. But

492
00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:28,920
I thought he looked pretty decent in the six games

493
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,880
he played towards the end of the season, this after

494
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,920
a super strong AHL season. But we're going to focus

495
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,079
on the NHL time. He was a little bit below

496
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,559
average according to Evolving Hockey in terms of his rate stats,

497
00:24:40,599 --> 00:24:43,200
but you were talking about under ninety minutes of total

498
00:24:43,519 --> 00:24:45,640
even strength time on ice, so not a whole lot

499
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,400
to write home about. But when I saw him on

500
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,599
the power play, I thought he looked pretty effective, and

501
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,359
I think if he could hang and at least tread

502
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,799
water off defensively, that he could probably have that role

503
00:24:55,839 --> 00:24:57,640
as early as next season. But you bring up a

504
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,440
good point that they may just bring someone else in

505
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,880
to do it if it is Cagnoni. What do you

506
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,119
think of his chances next year and maybe to the future,

507
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,640
because I know there's Sam Dickinson who may be in

508
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,359
that role. But let's focus on Kegnoni for a minute,

509
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,319
and what do you think, and what does the organization

510
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,960
think of his progress and where he stands now.

511
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,079
Speaker 4: I think they're thrilled with his progress. I don't think

512
00:25:19,079 --> 00:25:22,759
anybody expected him to come into the HL. Houston was

513
00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:25,359
a candidate at the during training camp to go back

514
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,480
to they wasn't likely, but to go back to WHL

515
00:25:28,519 --> 00:25:31,079
for his overage season, and so I don't think anybody

516
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,000
expected him to take the HL by storm the way

517
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,640
he did and to basically be the I think the

518
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,039
only Tristan Luneau. Those are the most productive rookie defenseman

519
00:25:41,079 --> 00:25:43,319
in the league, and both those guys ended up. I

520
00:25:43,319 --> 00:25:46,000
think it was the top five, maybe top ten in

521
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,880
HL scoring for all defensemen. So super impressive, super impressive

522
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,640
rookie pro season in terms of just his actual HL time,

523
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,680
though I'm not sure if I saw quite enough. There

524
00:25:57,759 --> 00:26:01,160
were thought that the defense will is very raw and

525
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,720
even in the power play just okay. I don't know

526
00:26:03,839 --> 00:26:06,880
if I would say that in my view that he

527
00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:10,400
necessarily shown he on the power play in his time

528
00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:12,319
in the NHL, or he might have stayed up a

529
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,920
little longer because that is his bread and butter. But

530
00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:17,279
it doesn't mean though that he can't have a great

531
00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:20,960
summer and kind of come back, kind of surprise people

532
00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:24,000
like he did coming from twenty twenty three twenty four

533
00:26:24,039 --> 00:26:26,359
into his first pro season and opening a lot of eyes.

534
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,119
So he has a great summer this summer and then

535
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,319
and it surprises people next training camp. And I do

536
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,160
think you hit it on the head in terms of

537
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,759
he's got to be okay defensively at five on five

538
00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:40,680
at least, and he is a willing defender. He's not

539
00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:43,519
lazy or anything like that, so that helps. He is willing,

540
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,839
he's chippy, and so that helps even though he's really small.

541
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,240
And then on the power play he has, that has

542
00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:51,279
to be a plus thing for him, because if he's

543
00:26:51,319 --> 00:26:53,480
just okay defensively on five on five and he's just

544
00:26:53,519 --> 00:26:56,240
okay on the power play, then that's not a really

545
00:26:56,279 --> 00:26:59,240
impactful defenseman, and then he might be better serve being

546
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,920
an HO for a little bit longer. But right now

547
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,839
for the Sharks, he's as good a candidate as anybody

548
00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:07,880
to be their PP one. But I would expect they

549
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,839
add somebody, whether it's through free agency I mentioned Grizzlick

550
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,720
or by trade, because I again I do think that

551
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,039
when you have this foundational piece of Macklin that you

552
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,279
cannot just let the young player just throw them to

553
00:27:22,319 --> 00:27:24,119
the wolves and just say let's see what the young

554
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,240
players can do and let's aim for Gavin McKenna and

555
00:27:27,319 --> 00:27:30,480
don't worry about it. I really think that is not

556
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:35,039
not good for the development of Macklin, of will Smith,

557
00:27:35,319 --> 00:27:38,000
William Macklin and all that. So I would expect they

558
00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:42,319
would add somebody to move ahead of, to move ahead

559
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:46,920
of Muku Madoolin ken Yoni Dickinson on their power play

560
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:47,440
death chart.

561
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, I had a couple more questions about that. I

562
00:27:51,799 --> 00:27:55,319
know some fans have been saying, oh, this is Ryan

563
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,039
Murkley all over again, and I would I have said

564
00:27:58,039 --> 00:27:59,519
to them, and I want to hear what you think.

565
00:27:59,559 --> 00:28:02,319
That's not the same at all, because as we as

566
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,039
looking at Kegnoni and his willingness to engage defensively, it's

567
00:28:06,039 --> 00:28:08,839
something that took Murkley a lot longer, and I'm not

568
00:28:08,839 --> 00:28:11,599
sure he even got to that point ever. Frankly, so

569
00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:13,759
to me, that seems a little bit different, and maybe

570
00:28:13,799 --> 00:28:16,559
the offense isn't as plused as it was for Merkley

571
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,400
in the junior days, but doing this at the AHL level,

572
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,720
at his age has been pretty impressive to me.

573
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 2: Absolutely.

574
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,160
Speaker 4: Now that's a reletely unfair comparison, that's just honestly a

575
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:30,559
lazy one, because they're both smallish, offensively gifted defenseman and

576
00:28:30,599 --> 00:28:34,000
that's about all they have in common. Murkeley never came

577
00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:37,960
close to Kennoni's production in an HL, and not just

578
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,400
because Murkley's in Merkley's defense. Merkeley's Barracuda teams weren't quite

579
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,079
as talented. But you can just see on the power

580
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,920
play Canyone legitimately runs the power play for the Barrakuda.

581
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,640
He's not just some passenger building accumulating points because he's

582
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,480
on the same team with say Andrew Potowski. It's actually

583
00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,279
really another part of what was impressive about what what

584
00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:03,119
Kanyoni did this season is that he took control of

585
00:29:03,119 --> 00:29:05,279
the power play from guys that He took it from

586
00:29:05,359 --> 00:29:08,319
Lucas Carlson's guy who scored twenty goals as a defenseman

587
00:29:08,359 --> 00:29:11,519
in AHL. He took it from Shakim Michle Macdooen, who

588
00:29:11,559 --> 00:29:15,119
at the time was considered the and still is really

589
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:19,440
besides Dickinson, he's the top pro defensive prospect for the

590
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,000
Sharks and still is but he yeah, and he's yeah,

591
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,720
he's Dickie at Dickinson also wasn't isn't playing pro yet too,

592
00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:28,279
So yeah, so he took that spot on the number

593
00:29:28,319 --> 00:29:32,039
one PP from both those guys. When Carlos Carlson started

594
00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:34,839
the season hurt. Carlson came back, he still wasn't PP one.

595
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,559
M mcdolan was hurt the beginning season. He came back,

596
00:29:37,599 --> 00:29:39,680
he still wasn't PP one. It's because of how good

597
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,319
Kangnoni was, Kangyoni was on that power play. Then that

598
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,960
Berkley the power play was the number one in the AHL.

599
00:29:46,519 --> 00:29:48,720
Merkeley never did anything close to that. Murkley had plenty

600
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,279
of opportunities to take the PP one job from his

601
00:29:52,359 --> 00:29:54,680
teammates on the Barracuda. I think we go back to

602
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,680
remember some of the namers very underwhelming who had that

603
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,440
job over Ryan Berkeley. And yeah, so that's that's not

604
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,480
a good comparison at all. And of course you mentioned

605
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,920
a willingness on defense. Canyoni too is also even though

606
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,400
he's shorter than Murkeley, he's how do you say, he's

607
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,119
stocky and he's strong, and I don't think Murkley as

608
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,599
body ever developed in that way that you would ever

609
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,000
say that Murkley had a kind of underrated strength.

610
00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:21,799
Speaker 2: He never did.

611
00:30:22,279 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 4: Also, to Kenyoni has what a scout has told me

612
00:30:25,079 --> 00:30:27,839
called it a dirty stick, just a willingness used that

613
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,680
stick as a defensive weapon, and Murkeley never quite got

614
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,200
the hang of that at any pro level. I'm not

615
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,559
saying that Canyoni is going to be an ANHL success,

616
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,359
but that's a bad comparison. So yeah, we can put

617
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:41,720
that the rest there, all right.

618
00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:45,279
Speaker 1: One other fun thing about Kegnoni is I have heard

619
00:30:45,759 --> 00:30:48,960
that for the Italy Olympic Games they're looking at anyone

620
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,920
with Italian heritage. I don't know. I couldn't confirm this,

621
00:30:53,079 --> 00:30:55,720
maybe you can, but his name sure sounds Italian, and

622
00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:57,680
I know that he's Canadian. But I wonder if that's

623
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,000
something that could be in the works for him, because

624
00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:01,680
I think Italy is gonna have a little bit of

625
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,440
a hard time filling out the roster with a competitive

626
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:05,000
team that is.

627
00:31:05,079 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know what, I'm pretty sure he is. I

628
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,720
remind me, I'll ask him closer closer to camp. I

629
00:31:10,759 --> 00:31:12,519
think that that would be fun him and him in

630
00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:13,359
Amerio Ferraro.

631
00:31:13,559 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: So there you go.

632
00:31:16,279 --> 00:31:16,839
Speaker 2: Sounds like.

633
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be it'll be a Shark's pairing on the

634
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:21,599
blue line there.

635
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,079
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, so yeah, it sounds sounds sounds sound sounds

636
00:31:25,079 --> 00:31:27,240
like a like a like a great I don't know.

637
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm glad we got some winery or something. Yeah,

638
00:31:32,519 --> 00:31:35,000
there you go. I'm glad we got some laughs in

639
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,799
because now we have to talk about the goalies, which

640
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,079
was which was not as fun. But the Sharks did

641
00:31:39,119 --> 00:31:41,799
rank thirty first and expected goals against per sixty per

642
00:31:41,799 --> 00:31:44,920
Evolving Hockey last season and conceded the thirty second ranked

643
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,880
actual goals, so it was not good. Blackwood was in

644
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,319
there initially as a starter, and I think he did

645
00:31:50,359 --> 00:31:52,359
really well considering what was in front of him, and

646
00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:53,960
that was well enough to earn him a trip to

647
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,160
a trade to Colorado with georgiaev Coming back, Georgia certainly

648
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,880
battled but had a bit of a rough in terms

649
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,480
of his goal save above expected negative four point eight two,

650
00:32:03,519 --> 00:32:06,279
which frankly, being only negative four point eight two is

651
00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:08,400
probably when based on what was in front of him

652
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,839
at times the delta. Fenwick was a little bit negative overall,

653
00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:15,599
as you would expect losing record, and he was in

654
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:19,279
the third year of that contract, and I've heard rumors

655
00:32:19,319 --> 00:32:22,240
that he's probably not continuing next season, but you can

656
00:32:22,279 --> 00:32:24,480
certainly confirm that or not, and it's going to be

657
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,519
interesting to see where they go from here. Of course,

658
00:32:26,799 --> 00:32:29,799
the Arslava scar Off was the big story, and he

659
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,559
was excellent in the AHL, and when he did come

660
00:32:32,599 --> 00:32:35,359
up to the NHL, some of the numbers didn't look

661
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,119
great overall, but he was able to outperform the protection

662
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,599
in front of him a delta. Fenwick was very positive,

663
00:32:41,599 --> 00:32:44,480
his goal save was expected, was positive four point eight,

664
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,240
all of that looking really good. And he was completed

665
00:32:47,279 --> 00:32:49,240
as ELC and on the first of a two year,

666
00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:52,200
two million dollar contract. So I think people want to know,

667
00:32:52,359 --> 00:32:54,319
is it full time a scar off time? Is he

668
00:32:54,359 --> 00:32:56,480
going to get forty plus starts? Are they going to

669
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,480
bring someone into tandem with him? I don't really think

670
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,319
that Georgia Romanov is ready to be in a tandem

671
00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:04,359
with him at the NHL level, although he certainly has

672
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,119
looked good at times. It seems most likely they'll bring

673
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,559
in someone to time share with him. But Shang, tell

674
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:10,799
us your thoughts on what do you think they'll do

675
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:11,759
with the goalies next year?

676
00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, Micro has been pretty clear about it. Your

677
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,079
give actually told us himself that the Sharks weren't bringing

678
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,200
him back, So it's not gonna make him. It's not

679
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:24,000
going to be romanof. That'd be crazy to do that too. Again,

680
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,400
you have to put a good environment around you, around

681
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,279
your cornerstone guys. We mentioned Macklin. Ascaroff is a very

682
00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:34,640
bit The cornerstone guy that's celebrating is number one goalie

683
00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:37,920
that's just as important as your number one center. And

684
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,200
so they're not I don't think that they're going to

685
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,799
do that to ask Off, that they're going to put

686
00:33:41,839 --> 00:33:46,160
him thrown to the wolves. Hey, good luck, your defense

687
00:33:46,279 --> 00:33:48,599
is Mayor farl is your number one defenseman. So yeah,

688
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,400
So I think that they're going to try to help

689
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,319
out mac macklin and Ascaroff in kind of this the

690
00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:56,920
same way anyway, though, in terms of who they bring in,

691
00:33:57,039 --> 00:33:59,240
I think that there's a this is a great spot

692
00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:01,440
to bring in a guy like a Jake Allen, maybe

693
00:34:01,559 --> 00:34:05,000
a guy that can play you thirty forty games, no problem,

694
00:34:05,079 --> 00:34:08,360
and if Askaroff falters, then maybe Allen plays more.

695
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 2: I think the hope.

696
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:14,639
Speaker 4: Is that Askaroff does sees the starting job, that he's

697
00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,559
so good that he plays fifty. Maybe he's that good

698
00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:21,440
blame sixty. I'm thinking that the Sharks ideally want Askaroff

699
00:34:21,519 --> 00:34:23,840
at a good fifty. He's good enough to be the

700
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,199
number one guy, but you have a number two there

701
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,920
that can play a lot of the load and if

702
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,000
ascarof Falters can be a credible kind of number one,

703
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,239
and so Jake Allen is ideal for that. Maybe sam

704
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,079
Son off Vegas somebody liked that though, And yeah, I

705
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,880
think that in terms of the fantasy aspect, you're not

706
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,239
probably can get a lot of wins out of Askarof,

707
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,039
but he is a guy that I again I think

708
00:34:48,039 --> 00:34:51,239
they're hoping takes the number one job. And whoever they

709
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,800
pick up as their backup should be a good sleeper

710
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,840
kind of guy in so far as he is going

711
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:01,000
to get probably more of a shot than.

712
00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:01,039
Speaker 2: The typical backup.

713
00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:04,599
Speaker 4: Ascrov hasn't quite taken a number one job yet, and Sharks,

714
00:35:04,599 --> 00:35:06,159
I think, don't want to just give it to him,

715
00:35:06,159 --> 00:35:08,119
They want him to take it first.

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00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 2: Tremendous stuff here, Shang. We're really looking forward to seeing

717
00:35:14,039 --> 00:35:16,960
what happens with this team of intrigue next year, and

718
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,519
I'm sure people will be following what you have to

719
00:35:19,559 --> 00:35:21,280
say about the Sharks, why don't you let people know

720
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,559
how to do it? Sure?

721
00:35:22,679 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, just find me on Twitter Shang Underscore, Pang Blue Sky,

722
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,480
Shang Peng. Also have my podcast with my co host

723
00:35:30,519 --> 00:35:33,400
Keke and mcnauley San Jose, the San Jose Hockey Now

724
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:37,320
Podcast and elsewhere. Like I mentioned, Yeah, just San Jose

725
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,599
Hockey Now, NBC Sharks outstanding.

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00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 2: Everybody go do that follow the Sharks this year? Thanks

727
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,840
so much for coming back to a Shang.

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00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, anytime, guys.

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00:35:52,440 --> 00:36:03,199
Speaker 3: Will since then, that's good fired Panph, My goodness, quick Gram.

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Speaker 2: Now it's your wingley goalie talk. But Kat Silverman Kat's Instinct.

731
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Speaker 1: Time once again for Kat's Instinct with Kat Silverman of

732
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:14,559
Ingold Mag we're talking Sharks goalies, and at least for

733
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,480
now and for probably the last time, we're gonna start

734
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,639
with Yaroslav a scar Off and he's twenty two years

735
00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:24,039
old now, six three hundred and seventy nine pounds. He

736
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:29,440
was traded famously and the last offseason over to the Sharks,

737
00:36:29,639 --> 00:36:33,920
and he actually got into thirteen NHL games. I wouldn't

738
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,599
say they went terribly great, although I watched some of

739
00:36:36,599 --> 00:36:38,400
those games and the team in front of him was

740
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,239
just painful, so you certainly can't plain him for all that.

741
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,280
And the Delta Fenwick save percentage, he well outperformed the

742
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,159
protection offer to him by the skaters in front of him,

743
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:52,159
particularly on the penalty kill, which was pretty awful what

744
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,360
they were doing in front of him, So you know

745
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,239
that's to be said. And I did get to catch

746
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,519
some of his time in the AHL, and he looked

747
00:36:59,559 --> 00:37:02,800
awesome in the HL, and including his playoff run, which

748
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,679
I believe is still ongoing as we're recording this, So

749
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,440
it was a really successful season over all. The futures Bright.

750
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,079
We're talking about him here because I want to get

751
00:37:11,119 --> 00:37:14,880
your instincts or yours take on him. Looking at the

752
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,119
hockey prospecting, it's been up and down for him a

753
00:37:17,119 --> 00:37:19,239
little bit. There was a little bit of a dip

754
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,599
last season based on his AHL time with the INDHL,

755
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,920
and he's back up to having really strong comps, guys

756
00:37:27,039 --> 00:37:30,519
like Lucas Deerstal Tukarask is probably one of the big

757
00:37:30,559 --> 00:37:32,800
ones that he has here. So, Kat, what do your

758
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,480
instincts tell us about Arslava scar Off.

759
00:37:37,079 --> 00:37:39,559
Speaker 5: I do think it's really fun that he has a

760
00:37:39,599 --> 00:37:44,679
comp of Lucas Jostaal because to me, they are contemporaries

761
00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:50,280
and it's I think it speaks to with no offense

762
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,679
to Nashville, bit just like a wild mismanagement of a

763
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:58,440
top tier prospect that he is not currently being looked

764
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,760
at as a contemporary of Lukastoshtaal because they really should

765
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:08,599
have kind of reached the league together. And I love

766
00:38:08,639 --> 00:38:11,880
watching all of his game footage. I like watching his

767
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,000
AHL game footage. I maybe don't like watching his NHL

768
00:38:15,039 --> 00:38:17,519
game footage just because watching the Sharks is really tough.

769
00:38:18,119 --> 00:38:22,480
That is a chore, I would say, but one that

770
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,719
he he stays so in control of, not just his

771
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,199
own movement in his positioning, but of the play. He

772
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,639
does a really good job with his rebound control. He

773
00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:34,719
does a really good job of deciding when he needs

774
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,039
to release a rebound and when he needs to kind

775
00:38:38,039 --> 00:38:38,920
of hold onto the puck.

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00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:40,679
Speaker 1: I think.

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00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,760
Speaker 5: The only thing that might work against him is that

778
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,280
the defense in front of him, because he is very

779
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:53,639
clearly nhlready. I think the Sharks they have to like.

780
00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:55,679
It would be a disservice to them and to him

781
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,639
to leave him in the AHL next year. So I

782
00:38:57,639 --> 00:39:00,800
think he's probably going to be their starter, if not

783
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,800
their tandem. I think they should probably give him a

784
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,440
good defense to work with. That would be really fun

785
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,800
to watch and getting to see him play for a

786
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,239
good team. I know that's probably not going to happen,

787
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,519
but I think he is the type of goaltender that

788
00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:17,000
you can build your team around because his game is

789
00:39:17,039 --> 00:39:21,880
easy to identify, it's really well communicated. His transitions are great,

790
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,719
it's fairly adaptable. He does a good job of kind

791
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,199
of adapting to the defense he's playing with, which is

792
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,800
something that when he was playing for Milwaukee, he were

793
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,000
able to see that in terms of how he transitioned

794
00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:36,719
his game because sometimes their defense changed up how they

795
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:41,599
were playing throughout the game, and sometimes it was based

796
00:39:41,639 --> 00:39:43,960
on protecting a lead, sometimes it was based on pushing

797
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,519
while they were from behind, coming from behind, And I

798
00:39:46,559 --> 00:39:49,320
think he does a good job of adapting his game

799
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,320
to match what the defense is wanting from him. But yeah,

800
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,280
I think it's a shame that we don't get to

801
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,599
see him playing for a clear cut playoff team. But

802
00:39:57,679 --> 00:39:59,559
I'm hoping that we will get to in the future,

803
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,440
which would be fun for Sharks fans too, And I

804
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,880
think that's a good environment for him. I don't think

805
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,039
that Nashville was a bad one. They're a pretty good

806
00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:12,440
fan base. They don't necessarily pull the fish bowl situation.

807
00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:14,679
I think San Jose is also a really good one, though,

808
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,880
where that's a fan base that's loyal, they're fun, they're passionate,

809
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,199
but they're not going to call for his head if

810
00:40:21,199 --> 00:40:25,840
he has some growing pains, which behind the defense that

811
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,639
they have, I think there's probably going to be some,

812
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,320
at least statistical growing pains, but I don't think from

813
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:31,800
a technique standpoint, there will be.

814
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,760
Speaker 1: Absolutely If you look at the quality of the Sharks

815
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,239
prospect pool, it sure looks like they should be good

816
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,679
in at least a couple of years, and it sure

817
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:45,880
seems like a Scarf can be that star starter on

818
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,199
a great team if they do bill around him. Wouldn't

819
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:49,519
you say?

820
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,320
Speaker 5: I would say so for sure.

821
00:40:53,559 --> 00:40:55,199
Speaker 1: All Right, thanks for giving us your instinct. Some of

822
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,119
the Sharks who's goalies.

823
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Speaker 2: Will be back right after this dig The Dynasty did

824
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San Jose Sharks edition. Here's the good news. This has

825
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,320
been a rough episode for Sharks followers, but this is

826
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,119
ranked as your number one system Victor, and if I'm

827
00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:29,360
reading it, that's number one without Maclin Celebrini in the fold.

828
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,480
So we got some guys to talk about here, and

829
00:41:32,559 --> 00:41:34,239
they will add to it with the number two and

830
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,639
the number thirty picks in this year's draft. Let's start

831
00:41:37,679 --> 00:41:41,039
with this year's no brainer, Yeah are.

832
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 1: No brainer is Luca Cagnoni, which might be a bit

833
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:47,199
surprising to some, but he was a twenty twenty three

834
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,800
fourth round pick, one hundred and twenty third overall five

835
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,760
to nine, one hundred and eighty one pounds. He's still

836
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,480
five to nine. He was five nine when he was drafted,

837
00:41:54,559 --> 00:41:58,599
hasn't really grown much, but he lit up the WHL

838
00:41:58,679 --> 00:42:01,320
and his draft plus one season and then last season

839
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,960
he was primarily in the AHL. Fifty two points and

840
00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:09,000
sixty four games lit that league up. Amazing transition to

841
00:42:09,039 --> 00:42:12,239
the professional ranks. He also got into six NHL games,

842
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:15,079
and I would say he did not look out of place.

843
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,360
Certainly running the power play, he did not look out

844
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,840
of place. He definitely looked a little out out of

845
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:23,000
place at times with some of the fast forwards bearing

846
00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:25,519
down on him, but that's what you would expect from

847
00:42:26,599 --> 00:42:30,800
a young player just stepping into the NHL. Overall, it

848
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,400
was a super successful season for Cagnoni, and I think

849
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,800
a completely shifted perspectives on him based on from the organization,

850
00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:41,039
and I have him in my FHL player card at

851
00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:43,800
seven point five seven fifty seven percent chance of being

852
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,440
a seven out of ten. That's pretty high praise for

853
00:42:46,519 --> 00:42:51,159
a fourth round pick. Looking at his bash, overall, his

854
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,599
shots are going to be seven out of ten. The

855
00:42:53,639 --> 00:42:56,079
rest of his bash though pretty weak, three out of

856
00:42:56,079 --> 00:43:00,679
ten for hits and blocks, and overall the is probably

857
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:02,960
going to be pretty weak. Only if he gets enough

858
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,280
shots will it be valuable. So that's the sort of

859
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,440
unfortunate part. But let's hear a little bit more about

860
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,000
what makes Cagnoni unique from our FHL.

861
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:17,119
Speaker 2: Scout report, brought to you by the estimable Patrick Block.

862
00:43:17,159 --> 00:43:21,800
Our FHL scout Luca Kagnoni defenceman San Jose Sharks. He

863
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,280
has above average skating. The footwork and mobility are excellent,

864
00:43:25,519 --> 00:43:28,679
the speed is somewhat lacking. Luca is a pretty good

865
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:32,000
passer and handler. He's able to handle well in tight spaces,

866
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,880
make smart and accurate passes. For shooting, he has an

867
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,639
accurate risk shot that he can guide through traffic from

868
00:43:38,679 --> 00:43:42,400
the point. Luca also has a high hockey IQ, able

869
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,079
to read the play do a good job of predicting

870
00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:49,320
what is coming plans. Accordingly, he's smart about when he

871
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,039
holds onto the puck and make sure he passes or

872
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,039
just his play rather than making too risky of a play.

873
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,559
Patrick says that Kegnoni maintains good discipline in the offensive

874
00:43:59,639 --> 00:44:02,639
zone by staying near the point, but will pinch along

875
00:44:02,679 --> 00:44:05,719
the boards or go down low when the right situations arise.

876
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:10,000
For defense, solid holds decent position in front of the net,

877
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,880
able to break up rushes, win board battles. The stick

878
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,639
work on the board battles is an area to strengthen,

879
00:44:16,199 --> 00:44:18,440
as sometimes he wins the puck but then has trouble

880
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,599
moving it, so the best asset was the hockey IQ.

881
00:44:22,119 --> 00:44:25,679
Patrick was impressed by the decision making and anticipation and

882
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,880
rarely saw a bad decision. The biggest concern in that

883
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,079
defensive play, although he doesn't think it's as much of

884
00:44:32,119 --> 00:44:35,639
a problem as in the past. So the top tier

885
00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:40,400
outcome for Cagnoni a top four defenseman quarterbacking power play one.

886
00:44:40,519 --> 00:44:43,599
Because of the lack of size and strength of defensive play,

887
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,639
he's probably going to top out as a second pair defenseman,

888
00:44:47,039 --> 00:44:49,440
but the top power play would be quite a prize.

889
00:44:49,599 --> 00:44:53,480
His offensive game has subtlety that can be somewhat overlooked.

890
00:44:54,079 --> 00:44:58,119
The median outcome for Cagnoni bottom pair defenseman on power

891
00:44:58,199 --> 00:45:01,800
play two. To be effective, Cagnoni's role should include some

892
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:04,599
power play time. If the defense stays at current levels

893
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,960
or with somewhat of a liability, he will be in

894
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,760
a sheltered third D pair role, possibly only get power

895
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:15,920
play too. Sam Gerard is Patrick's chosen comp He isn't

896
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,480
a good offensive or he is a good offensive D

897
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,480
whose defense isn't great, isn't quite in the range of

898
00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:26,440
a Fox, Quinn Hughes or Lane Hudson, And overall Patrick's opinion,

899
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:30,519
he isn't flashy, but Cagnoni is subtly good and fun

900
00:45:30,559 --> 00:45:34,559
to watch. And Mason Black, the NHL rank King and

901
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,519
the tidy Champion, put out the poll Luca Cagnoni versus

902
00:45:38,519 --> 00:45:43,840
Sam Renzel, as expected after the scouting report you heard from, Victor,

903
00:45:44,119 --> 00:45:47,400
Cagnoni runs away with this one sixty three to thirty

904
00:45:47,639 --> 00:45:52,039
seven percent. Victor, I assume you will agree with this comparison.

905
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm definitely going Cagnoni here, But Renzel is also

906
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,079
a very strong prospect. I think this is one of

907
00:45:59,079 --> 00:46:00,760
those where you would like both of them. I know

908
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:04,840
that there's more competition in Chicago with for Renzel, but

909
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,119
I think that he has He is an awesome player,

910
00:46:07,159 --> 00:46:10,400
and I don't think it's enough respect for how strong

911
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,079
he's gonna be. He's got the size, he's got the mobility,

912
00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:17,760
he's got some pretty hidden some pretty strong upside for

913
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,280
scoring that I don't think a lot of people realize.

914
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,000
So I really like Renzel. He also has a pretty

915
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,519
decent bash based on his NC doualea time his shots

916
00:46:27,639 --> 00:46:32,079
ninetieth percentile, hits seventieth percentile, so overall his bash ninetieth percentile.

917
00:46:32,159 --> 00:46:33,800
So I think you're going to have a strong peripheral

918
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:37,400
floor for Renzel. You don't have the size and skating concerns,

919
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,000
and I think that there's some hidden offense. So of

920
00:46:40,039 --> 00:46:42,119
all the guys who could run that power play, he's

921
00:46:42,159 --> 00:46:44,159
certainly one of them, and I think he's a dark horse.

922
00:46:44,599 --> 00:46:47,000
So I like Renzel a lot, but I'm taking Cognoni.

923
00:46:47,079 --> 00:46:50,079
I think the points upside is pretty huge for Cagnoni.

924
00:46:50,119 --> 00:46:51,599
I think he's the kind of guy who can put

925
00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:56,000
up seventy sixty to seventy points as a defenseman, which

926
00:46:56,039 --> 00:46:59,079
is pretty rare, especially years down the line when that

927
00:46:59,159 --> 00:47:01,599
San Jose power play is good again and all these

928
00:47:01,639 --> 00:47:05,159
young prospects have graduated. That's what we're looking at. So, yeah,

929
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:10,000
Cagnoni's awesome. Looking at the hockey prospecting between the two,

930
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,559
you have Cagnoni up at fifty one percent chance of

931
00:47:12,559 --> 00:47:14,239
being a star. You don't see this very often, but

932
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,800
he increased his star potential from fifteen to thirty one

933
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,400
to fifty one. That just doesn't happen in this model.

934
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,360
It's very rare, so I think you have to pay

935
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,960
attention when those kinds of things happen. Renzel stagnated between

936
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:26,880
five and eight percent chance of being a star, so

937
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,159
that was a little bit unfortunate. I think that model

938
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:32,440
underestimates some of his time because he started out in

939
00:47:32,519 --> 00:47:35,119
high school. So I think that there's more upside there

940
00:47:35,159 --> 00:47:38,079
than what you face value. And looking at some other

941
00:47:38,119 --> 00:47:42,440
comps from Cagnoni, wouldn't he looks almost identical to Adam

942
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,239
Fox in this model, and he's pretty much the same height,

943
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,679
maybe just a little bit shorter, And I do think

944
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,400
that's an accurate comp for what Cagnoni can be. I

945
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,039
don't know if he can get all the way to

946
00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:54,840
being a top defender, but I think the points upside

947
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,760
is realistic. What of what Adam Fox can do? So

948
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,159
there you go, time to get excited looking at the

949
00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:03,880
top down hockey model for Luca Kagnoni. Ten percent chance

950
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,840
of being a start, ninety two percent chance of being

951
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:09,159
an NHL are not super not as positive as we

952
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:10,719
would like it to be. But a little bit more

953
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:12,639
optimism there from j Fresh Jesse.

954
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 2: Love it. Victor, who's our need to know prospect for

955
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:18,599
the Sharks?

956
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:21,320
Speaker 1: Well, a lot of people thought Sam Dickinson would be

957
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,400
our no brainer, but he's not. He's our need to know,

958
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,559
he's our next guy. And yeah, he had a really

959
00:48:25,599 --> 00:48:29,199
strong season. Memorial Cup Champ twenty twenty four, first round pick,

960
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,960
eleventh overall, sixty three, two nine pounds, Sam Dickinson took

961
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,920
a pretty big step forward this season in his production.

962
00:48:36,039 --> 00:48:38,440
Last season, he was just overpoint per game at seventy

963
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,400
points in sixty eight games. This season ninety one points

964
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:44,400
in fifty five games, including another thirty one and seventeen

965
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,199
playoff games. Just pretty awesome stuff there for Dickinson. And

966
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:50,480
there were definitely moments on that playoff journey where he

967
00:48:50,639 --> 00:48:53,519
took control of the situation and got an important goal

968
00:48:53,559 --> 00:48:57,000
and important stop and important zone exit. So you love

969
00:48:57,039 --> 00:49:00,920
to see that from the man looking at his Mitch

970
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:05,280
Brown tracking data. Ninety fourth percentile. Overall, basically, there's just

971
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,440
a whole lot of blue on this card, from passing

972
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:11,400
to shooting to transition. The couple areas that weren't so

973
00:49:11,599 --> 00:49:17,039
good retrieval success proactive contact for sixty, borge battle for sixty.

974
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:19,320
Some of the physicality there wasn't quite as good as

975
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:21,679
you would like, But overall it is pretty stellar season

976
00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:24,880
for Dickinson. I have him just under Cagnoni at a

977
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,280
seven point three five, so thirty five percent chance of

978
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,039
being a seven. Both these guys look like they're going

979
00:49:29,119 --> 00:49:31,840
to be great defenseman for a long time for the Sharks.

980
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,639
Dickinson shoots a lot. His shots are one hundred percentile,

981
00:49:36,119 --> 00:49:40,159
his blocks sixtieth percentile, so overall his bash should be

982
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:43,159
really good. His hits are close to average, so a

983
00:49:43,199 --> 00:49:46,719
stronger peripheral floor. But also remember this is the OHL.

984
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:48,480
A lot of times when they get to the HL,

985
00:49:48,679 --> 00:49:51,960
some of their bash tends to go away, and so

986
00:49:52,039 --> 00:49:54,199
we might see a little bit of that with Dickinson,

987
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:56,000
but I think he'll still probably be at least an

988
00:49:56,039 --> 00:49:58,840
average basher. But let's hear a little bit more about

989
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:00,639
Dickinson from marf scout Jesse.

990
00:50:03,679 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 2: Once again, Patrick on the case for Sam Dickinson, and

991
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,360
he says of the skating, an above average skater able

992
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:15,480
to accelerate, maneuver and position well passing and handling, skilled

993
00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:19,239
passer and handler, deft at handling the puck, can make

994
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,599
accurate passes, and for the shooting, Dickinson has a heavy

995
00:50:22,639 --> 00:50:25,039
shot from the point, but is also able to sneak

996
00:50:25,079 --> 00:50:29,400
in use his wrist shot to score goals. IQ. Sam

997
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:33,719
has about average hockey IQ. Sometimes poise vision and anticipation,

998
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,440
but other times he might send a pass to a

999
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,800
teammate that's well covered or to an area and have

1000
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,360
a puck come right back in the d zone for

1001
00:50:42,599 --> 00:50:45,559
checking pitches down low when appropriate to keep the cycle

1002
00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:49,559
going or get a good scoring opportunity. Defense a solid,

1003
00:50:49,599 --> 00:50:53,000
if not great defender, able to maintain his gap somewhat

1004
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,519
and do well on NetFront. D doesn't hit a lot,

1005
00:50:56,559 --> 00:50:59,360
but uses his size to keep players to the outside

1006
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:03,280
and occasionally throws a hit in. However, sometimes he throws

1007
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,800
pucks away when pressure loses board battles to smaller players.

1008
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:10,880
So the biggest asset here the passing and handling, and

1009
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:15,320
the biggest concern the inconsistency of the hockey IQ. Top

1010
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,800
tier outcome for Dickinson a top pair power play one

1011
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:22,920
or power play two, and that's because the impressive offensive toolkit,

1012
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,440
along with a good defense with room for improvement on

1013
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,719
the defense and hockey sense create a clear path to

1014
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:32,320
become a top pair D. The median outcome would be

1015
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:36,679
something more like a second pair defenseman. The offense along

1016
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:39,159
with the current skill on the D provide a baseline

1017
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:43,679
highly likely. Noah hand event is the comparable for Patrick

1018
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:48,440
with his offensive ability and solid defense. And the last thought,

1019
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,119
Dickinson played a lot of minutes with time on the

1020
00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:54,519
power play and penalty kill, got some penal some weaknesses,

1021
00:51:54,559 --> 00:51:56,800
but they aren't glaring and he has plenty of time

1022
00:51:56,840 --> 00:52:00,480
to refine and minimize him as he only turned nineteen

1023
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:05,639
on June seventh, and the NHL Rank King Poll whoa

1024
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,880
Mason's not screwing around this time? Sam Dickinson up against Zee,

1025
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:14,000
Bullyam and Bullyam in a route for this one. He's

1026
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,480
he wins this one. I believe sixty nine to thirty

1027
00:52:17,559 --> 00:52:22,199
one percent. Bulliam is the name brand. Victor Dickinson is

1028
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:26,880
certainly a prospect who we talk about in very high circles.

1029
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:30,280
Is bullyam still by far the superior prospect.

1030
00:52:32,039 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: I said it at the time, and I'll say it again.

1031
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:36,960
I think Zee William was the best defenseman in last

1032
00:52:37,039 --> 00:52:39,800
year's draft. I would have taken him much earlier than

1033
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:43,559
he went at twelfth. Overall, the Sharks had had an

1034
00:52:43,559 --> 00:52:45,840
opportunity to take him at eleventh. They didn't. They took

1035
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:48,000
Dickinson instead. I think that was a mistake, and I

1036
00:52:48,079 --> 00:52:50,280
still think that was a mistake. I don't think they're

1037
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:52,320
going to be super unhappy with Dickinson. I think they'll

1038
00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:54,519
be I think he'll be fine and they'll be happy

1039
00:52:54,519 --> 00:52:58,599
with him. But I still, yes, I still would want Billiam,

1040
00:52:59,079 --> 00:53:02,039
especially considering look at what's happening with Luca Cagnonia. This

1041
00:53:02,119 --> 00:53:04,800
guy is just taken off. So I think in terms

1042
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:07,159
of team context, I certainly think Cagnoni is going to

1043
00:53:07,199 --> 00:53:08,920
give Dickinson a run for his money. In terms of

1044
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,239
running that power play, I'm not sure that anyone truly

1045
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:16,480
will for Bulliam. I think that he probably should, certainly

1046
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:18,440
brock Favor can, but I think Favor is more of

1047
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:19,800
an all around guy, and I think it's going to

1048
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:23,239
be Bulliam, and I think Bulliam is just in a

1049
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,360
class of his own in terms of all around play.

1050
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:29,079
So I definitely am liking Bulliam here. I think he

1051
00:53:29,199 --> 00:53:31,960
has what it takes to be a number one defenseman,

1052
00:53:32,079 --> 00:53:34,599
so I'm pretty excited to see what he can do

1053
00:53:35,599 --> 00:53:37,280
long term. We've got to see a glimpse of him

1054
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:39,559
at the end of the season this year, and I

1055
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:41,679
think that we're going to see him probably closer to

1056
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:44,239
full time pretty soon here. I have William as an

1057
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:47,760
eight point six y five on my ranks, which is

1058
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:51,280
rare to see someone in an eight, especially with high

1059
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:53,599
percentage of being an eight. So I think the world

1060
00:53:53,599 --> 00:53:55,320
of him. I think that's pretty obvious in my ranks.

1061
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:57,599
Looking at his bash in the NCAA was a little

1062
00:53:57,599 --> 00:53:59,760
bit low. The hits and blocks were on the lower side,

1063
00:54:00,039 --> 00:54:02,199
and the shots were only seventy percentile, so you might

1064
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,840
not get as much in terms of bash. That's probably

1065
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:06,559
going to be similar to brock Favor, but I think

1066
00:54:06,559 --> 00:54:10,119
you're going to be rewarded with more points for Billiam.

1067
00:54:10,559 --> 00:54:13,519
Looking at the hockey prospecting between these two, Dickinson went

1068
00:54:13,519 --> 00:54:15,639
from thirty seven to fifty eight percent chance of being

1069
00:54:15,679 --> 00:54:18,199
a star and Billiam went from seventy three to eighty

1070
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:20,320
six percent chance of being a star. So both of

1071
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:24,000
them raise their star potential. I'm still sticking with Billiam.

1072
00:54:24,039 --> 00:54:27,159
As I mentioned before. Looking at some other comps for Dickinson,

1073
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:30,760
Darryl Sedoor seems to be a pretty reasonable comp maybe

1074
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,440
more of an average producer. If he does really pop off,

1075
00:54:34,039 --> 00:54:37,960
maybe he can get to the heights of Zach Warinsky,

1076
00:54:38,519 --> 00:54:40,400
Rasmus Dolling. Those are some of the guys that he

1077
00:54:40,519 --> 00:54:43,119
comps favorably to in the model. I don't know that

1078
00:54:43,159 --> 00:54:48,800
he reaches those heights. Jesse yep.

1079
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:52,039
Speaker 2: And lastly, we had to keep your eye on prospect Victor.

1080
00:54:52,039 --> 00:54:52,519
Who's that.

1081
00:54:54,199 --> 00:54:56,920
Speaker 1: Keep your eye is going to be Igor SCHERNISHEV twenty

1082
00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:00,480
twenty four, second round pick, thirty third overall, two hundred

1083
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:04,559
and five pounds. Pretty awesome production this year in the

1084
00:55:04,599 --> 00:55:09,320
OHL for Saginaw. He did start more thinking he might

1085
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,239
have a chance with the Sharks and then with the Barracuda,

1086
00:55:14,519 --> 00:55:17,039
but eventually he was returned to the OHL, where he

1087
00:55:17,119 --> 00:55:20,480
had pretty awesome production. It was his first North American season,

1088
00:55:20,559 --> 00:55:22,480
so it was just great to see him and how

1089
00:55:22,519 --> 00:55:24,960
he adjusted to the pace and to the game. And

1090
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:28,440
I would say pretty good with those numbers. Fifty five points,

1091
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:31,440
twenty three games all in all, looking really strong. He

1092
00:55:32,199 --> 00:55:36,760
often played with top prospect and potential future teammate Michael

1093
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,360
Misa from the twenty twenty five draft, so that may

1094
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:44,119
be a reason to be interested in drafting him. All

1095
00:55:44,119 --> 00:55:46,840
the plenty of reasons to be interested in drafting Michael Misa,

1096
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:49,000
not the least of which is that he can play

1097
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,199
with the TURNERSHOV. I'm sure misaid can't play with anyone,

1098
00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:52,880
so I wouldn't worry too much about that, but it

1099
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,840
is fun to know that they had some strong chemistry.

1100
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:59,119
Looking at the Mitch Brown tracking data for Turnershov, he

1101
00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:03,199
clocked in an eighty nine percent overall offense was eighty one,

1102
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:06,679
transition eighty six, defense eighty five, all of us looking

1103
00:56:06,719 --> 00:56:09,320
really good. He shoots a lot, his expected goals were high.

1104
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:12,760
Pretty decent playmaker, though too is expected. Primary cists were

1105
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:15,000
above average. There were a couple of things that weren't

1106
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,760
so great like controlled xes, per sixty cross lane plays

1107
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:20,280
and off puck assists. But overall you're pretty happy with

1108
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:24,199
what you're seeing from Turnishov and stop me if you

1109
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:26,480
heard this before. But I have a shark's prospect rated

1110
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:29,239
in the seven. So I have Turnershof at seven point

1111
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:32,639
three five thirty five percent chance of being a seven.

1112
00:56:32,679 --> 00:56:35,239
I think this guy has the potential be a top

1113
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:38,599
line player, at least at a top six player. His

1114
00:56:38,679 --> 00:56:41,559
shots are one hundred percentile. He doesn't hit a whole lot,

1115
00:56:41,559 --> 00:56:43,280
which is interesting. Some people think of him as a

1116
00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:46,800
physical player. He's really not. His blocks, though, are really high,

1117
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,360
so overall his bash is ninetyeight percentile, but it's almost

1118
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,599
entirely shots and blocks, which is weird for a forward.

1119
00:56:53,079 --> 00:56:54,960
Let's see if there any other weird things about Turner

1120
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,760
shot from our effort till scout Jesse.

1121
00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:04,599
Speaker 2: Checking in on Patrick's take on Igor chernishof a right

1122
00:57:04,639 --> 00:57:09,079
winger skating above average skater with an excellent stride, capable

1123
00:57:09,119 --> 00:57:12,440
of high end speed, passing and handling. Mostly inclined to

1124
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:16,199
make short in sure passes, but able to make longer

1125
00:57:16,239 --> 00:57:19,920
passes less often. He handles the puck well, especially in

1126
00:57:20,119 --> 00:57:24,320
type spaces and is also capable of transporting the puck

1127
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:28,079
up the ice. Shooting Chernashop possesses a shot he can

1128
00:57:28,119 --> 00:57:32,239
locate with accuracy and get off quickly. Hockey iq very high,

1129
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:36,480
anticipates openings and goes to the key areas, preferring give

1130
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:40,519
and goes when he can for checking excellent, skates hard,

1131
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:45,199
positioning himself well, and chernishev uses his size and stickwork

1132
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:49,360
to work winning board battles and cycle a puck. Patrick

1133
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:51,480
says to the defense, Cherna Shop is a very good

1134
00:57:51,559 --> 00:57:54,599
two way forward. Skates back hard on defense, make sure

1135
00:57:55,079 --> 00:57:58,119
there aren't odd man breaks, and he covers his man.

1136
00:57:58,679 --> 00:58:02,239
So the best asset strengths are good, but he will

1137
00:58:02,239 --> 00:58:06,119
give the edge to the puck. Skills biggest concern. While

1138
00:58:06,119 --> 00:58:08,480
he does skate back hard and does try to get

1139
00:58:08,519 --> 00:58:11,239
in good position, his defensive game still needs some work

1140
00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:14,039
to become more of a two way player. The top

1141
00:58:14,079 --> 00:58:17,199
tier outcome here the most potential to be a Tier

1142
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:20,599
one player. He may not have the most points, but

1143
00:58:20,639 --> 00:58:22,719
could have good peripherals to bump him up there at

1144
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:29,320
a Tier one. That's be the justification for him being

1145
00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:32,360
a Tier two player. However, more of a middle sixer.

1146
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,320
That's more of a fifty percent outcome for Patrick, as

1147
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:39,719
he's lacking somewhat in dynamicism and his Nor South game,

1148
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:42,880
along with some deficiencies on defense which may limit him.

1149
00:58:43,199 --> 00:58:49,039
The stylistic comparable Valerie Nishkushkin based on their size, skating ability,

1150
00:58:49,199 --> 00:58:54,639
and rush offense, and the NHL ranking polls. Not screwing around,

1151
00:58:54,679 --> 00:58:57,920
We're gonna put Cherina Shop up against Isaac Howard of

1152
00:58:58,079 --> 00:59:01,320
the Tampa Bay Lightning and and what do you know,

1153
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:05,559
Chernishoff comes out very favorably in that comparison, sixty eight

1154
00:59:05,599 --> 00:59:09,400
to thirty two percent. Victor. Sounds like a stopping and

1155
00:59:09,559 --> 00:59:10,840
I'm guessing you agree with that.

1156
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 1: Like Gyasac Howard, I think you did mention he's his

1157
00:59:16,599 --> 00:59:19,199
rights are retained by the Lightning, but after this they

1158
00:59:19,199 --> 00:59:22,119
didn't sign him. So after this next college season he

1159
00:59:22,199 --> 00:59:25,199
can go anywhere, and sounds like he probably will, so

1160
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:27,440
I'm not sure that he will end up play for

1161
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:29,960
the Lightning. I think he was disappointed, hoping they'd sign

1162
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,559
him and bring him into the NHL right away, but

1163
00:59:32,639 --> 00:59:35,320
that did not happen. But yeah, I think that it's

1164
00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:39,599
probably close between these two. I think iSER Howard had

1165
00:59:39,639 --> 00:59:43,639
an awesome season this year overall was really strong. He

1166
00:59:43,719 --> 00:59:47,079
ended up winning the Hobe Baker Award as the top

1167
00:59:47,119 --> 00:59:50,480
collegiate player. And he's a little bit older though now

1168
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:54,199
he's twenty one, and you'd expect a little bit strong

1169
00:59:54,239 --> 00:59:56,440
production from an older player, and he got it fifty

1170
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:59,000
two points in thirty seven games, so he didn't disappoint.

1171
01:00:00,199 --> 01:00:02,400
Back to Michigan State for his senior season and hoping

1172
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,480
they can win. I'm sure that's what he's focused on.

1173
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:08,400
But I think that Turnershov probably has more upside what

1174
01:00:08,519 --> 01:00:11,840
he's shown in such a at a young age. The

1175
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:14,760
Hockey prospecting agrees with me, sixty eight percent chance of

1176
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:17,239
being a star for Turnershof. He increased that from forty two,

1177
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,719
so forty two up to sixty eight, whereas Howard is

1178
01:00:19,719 --> 01:00:21,599
trended down and he's now an eight percent chance of

1179
01:00:21,639 --> 01:00:24,639
being a star. So the Hockey prospect team model agrees

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with me. I would take Tchernishov. I do think that

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he has more upside. Looking at some other comps for Turnershov,

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he looks a lot like Oly Jokinen and Nick Baxtrom.

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Those are the two main comps here of course, there's

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a pretty wide range there, and I think that you'd

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be happy with anywhere in between there. But I think

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that you're really happy with where he is now, and

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I think he can get up to be a top

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six player and maybe even that top liner, which would

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be pretty great, because that top six in San Jose

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is going to look pretty good in a few years.

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That's all for the San Jose Sharks dig. If you

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want to hear more about all their top prospects, you

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can in my top ten prospects recap on Patreon. And

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if you're interested in doing any scouting or helping with

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the show, shoot me a DM on Twitter, Discord, or

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emailing us.

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Speaker 2: Be right back, of course, off the show. Our show

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Just try it. I don't know, Uh no, maybe don't,

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but you could. And that's the point. Rookie drafts, slow drafts,

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can kind of keep an eye on what everybody else

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is doing. But when you go in your waivers, the

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standings that pop up, they're gonna be yours by default.

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have such a good team there. The scouting reports you

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hear here don't happen on accident. Tony and Patrick are

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co lead scouts. They get people involved. Mike, Steven and

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into preparing these episodes. Brandon helps with the website, prospect

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ranks visualizations. I know Victor's working on the draft ranks.

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There's going to be new material in that vicinity soon.

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And if you have skills you'd like to lend the show.

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Victor would love to hear from you in the discord,

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email or social media. We're brought to you by Daber

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that has all sorts of information on every prospect you'd

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want to know. I do a show Dynasty Sports Life,

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multiple different Dynasty Sports. This week it was about some

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Dynasty Football risers coming into the year. Social media follow

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on x Victor Nuinia twelve Fan Hockey Life or on

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Blue Sky Jesse Severe or the One Victor. I'll let

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you guess which one of those belongs to which of us.

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And we're looking forward to the draft, folks, there's draft

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content going to be coming on this channel. Stay tuned.

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Victor is going down to the draft. Lots of excitement

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will follow. You should rate and review us on Apple Pods,

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two team previews, free agency, and the drafter upon us.

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