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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life presented by fan Tracks. Here's shits,

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Speaker 2: Block off hot a step hit on, stay locked block.

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Speaker 3: Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier and Victor Nunyoe.

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Speaker 4: Fantasy Hockey Live back once again. Jesse Severe Fan Tracks

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and Victor Nunnoe the Fantasy Hockey Doctor. How are you

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doing today, Victor?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing awesome. Jesse, Hey, happy to be here. How

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are you doing, my friend? I'm doing good.

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Speaker 4: I'm doing good. It's such summer. I'm thinking about hockey.

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I'm thinking about the good folks who are getting out

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there and enjoying a little bit of warm weather victory.

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Do you think we'll ever have more countries get into

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hockey that aren't into it now? Will China ever get

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hard into hockey? With with with mister jesus a Shang

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or Wang who just came in to how she Wang? Yeah,

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who just came into the NHL? Or is France gonna

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get past Texia who was here for a hot minute

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and disappeared? Are they're gonna be some more countries that

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get hard into hockey like Germany and Eastern Europe and

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US and Russia.

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Speaker 3: Are I hope, so that would be fun. On One

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of my favorite things about hockey and fantasy hockey is

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how multinational it is. Certainly it is heavy North American,

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but it is cool to see all the different flags

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and all the different places people play, and how it

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can bring us together. It's always a nice thing for me.

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And I will say that if China ever really gets

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really into this worst grade, because they just have so

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many options, that might take them a while, but they

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could probably ruin US over eventually if they really wanted to.

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Speaker 4: They had. I thought they when they've posted an Olympics

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and a Winter Olympics, I thought that they geared up

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for these things and really spent years getting some elite

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athletes in some of these sports, and they didn't really

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do it on hockey. So I don't know what the

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deal is there, but yeah, eventually one would think those things.

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But like in basketball, France was nowhere and now suddenly

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all the players are French and it's very difficult. It's

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very confusing. Like a fifth of the sixth of the

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first round or something was Refrenchmen this year, so it's

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gotten out of control. In any event, Victor. Something that's

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in control is our Fantasy Hockey Life discord. We keep

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it in control. We keep it. We want it to

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be a fun place. People have fun in there, and honestly,

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cool down a little bit. Generally, it's a fun place

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for people to be in talk fantasy hockey with other

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people who really like it, Like somebody who's listening to

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a fantasy hockey podcast in the middle of August, which

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Speaker 5: We'll be right back with arms interview. Welcome me to

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the show, Colin Stevenson of news Day, ready to talk

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New York Rangers.

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Speaker 4: How you doing today, Colin?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm doing great. It's the middle of the summer

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and training camp doesn't start for a little while yet,

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and I'm getting my rest in on my relaxation time

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in and I'll deal with the grind when it starts

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back up again. How are you guys?

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Speaker 4: It's August. There's no time better to think about cold

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places like hockey than August, as far as I'm concerned.

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Let me say just introducing this team boy, the Rangers.

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I didn't see it coming. I don't know if anybody

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else did. The Rangers went from two games from the

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Stanley Cup Finals to fifth in the Metro in one year.

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The afternoon of November twenty first, they were twelve four

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and one this year, but by New Year's Day they

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were sixteen nineteen and one, and about two weeks into

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that run, captain Jacob Truba was sent to the West Coast.

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They bought in the second hal half of anything and

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called up some good prospects, but the special teams were

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below average. They gave up a lot of shots against

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and just generally things did not end well for the Rangers.

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Correct me if I'm wrong. I don't see a ton

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of games missed to injury, so that's not really it.

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They add some players for the coming season we'll discuss,

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and significantly a Stanley Cup winning coach, which is a

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great coupe for this team. What happened with the Rangers

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last year and will it happen again or is this

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team ready to come back and play well again?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? What happened? Indeed, the simplest thing I can say

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is two seasons ago they had a dream season where

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everything went right, and last season they had a nightmare

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season where it seemed like not a lot went right.

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Two seasons ago you had, you had a new coach

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in Peter Loviolette coming in and they bought into everything

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he said and everything worked. Our Timmy Finair and had

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a career year one hundred and twenty points playing with

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Alexis Lafrenier. It looked like he had unlocked Lafrenier and

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everything just went hunky dory. The only they didn't have

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a couple of injuries they missed out and they lost

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Fox missed ten games, title missed. The rest of the

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seasons they did have. It's not like they didn't have adversity.

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They had some adversity, but it seemed like just everything

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went right. Their power play was off the charts good,

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not just statistically putting up numbers, but timing of it,

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huge goals. Many times they were down a goal late

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in the third, they'd get a power play, they'd score,

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they'd tie, they went in overtime, that kind of thing.

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last year. It was almost the opposite. They were down

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a goal late in the third, they get a power play,

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and you say, okay, here we go. The power play

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is going to bail them out, and it did. Things

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went wrong. Now you have to remember too that I

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think you mentioned Jacob Truba going and that was the

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beginning of the dismantling of the team. And as they

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were trying to do that, as Chris Drewy, the general manager,

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was trying to remake the team on the fly during

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the season. Maybe some didn't quite work out. But I

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not to say it's all Drewry's fault or anything like that.

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I just think that they had a dream season one

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year and the next year they had a nightmare season,

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and now we're going into a season that you would

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think would be something coming back to the norm, and

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they should be, especially with as you mentioned, Mike Sullivan

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as their new coach. They should get a new coach

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bump out of that. He's a great coach, and I

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would think that they'll be They'll have a better season

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than they did last year. I doubt that they'll have

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as good as season as they did two years ago.

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I don't know where they're headed, but i'd say that

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they should be somewhere in between last year and the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Let's talk about that.

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Aforementioned are Timmy Panair, and he was obviously unable to

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replicate that one hundred and twenty point season he had

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a couple of years ago, but given his surroundings and

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everything that happens, still quite productive. His eighth straight point

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per game plus season thirty seven goals, second best of

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his career. The Rangers' power play was not great. They

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finished fifth worst seventeen point six percent, which led to

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an eighteen point drop in his power play production, and

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that's that almost explains all of it right there, But

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of course there's a little dip beyond that. The bash

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has never really been Paneren stayings the block shots and hits.

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He only gets about three point three one per game,

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ranks four hundred and tenth. But Colin, heading into his

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age thirty four season, do you think Paneren can continue

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above point per game and any chance he can get

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back too close to one hundred?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, as a matter of fact, I do.

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I do think that he'll He's been consistent since he

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got here. The one hundred and twenty point season obviously

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was a peak, but generally he's He's a ninety ninety

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plus point guy. Last season eighty nine and eighty games,

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maybe a little bit off that around that, and I

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would expect him to be the same kind of player.

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He is not the player stylistically, He's not like a

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guy that relies on super speed or anything like that.

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He's a guy. He's a cerebral player, and I think

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that he sees things, he sees the ice in a

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certain way, and if he has players to play with,

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good players to play with, I think he'll be fine.

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is that this is a contract year for him. This

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is the final year of his contract, so he will

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be incentivized I think to have a good year because

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he's gonna have to sign a new contract for next

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year and he's going to be incentivized. Not that I

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think he's the kind of guy that would, you know,

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one hundred and twenty points. I think I don't expect

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him to get back to that, but but I think

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he should be as you say, should be ninety plus points,

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maybe mid nineties points. I think he's gonna I think

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he's gonna be as good as he always is. I

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really do.

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Speaker 3: JT.

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Speaker 4: Miller is the next guy to discuss. The Rangers brought

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back a familiar face to the team at the end

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of January from a Vancouver team that also had a

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bit of a backslide last year. Miller topped a point

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per game with thirteen goals, twenty two assists thirty five

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points in his thirty two games in blue, two shots

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a game, over two hits per game, and stats loved

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to see even strength offense, but as we said, penalty

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kill not so much. Miller's got several years to go

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at eight million per but seems like a great guy

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to have on your side. Fantasy types tend to value

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his mix of stats very highly because he can produce

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in all kinds of stat categories. Last year, it appears

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he was going to be second line minutes wise with

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Zabanijad rather than on the top minutes line. But what

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is Miller going to be on the twenty five to

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twenty six Rangers.

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Speaker 2: I think that I think he'll be in the first

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line center, and the question will be not so much

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about him, it'll be Zavanajad and where he ends up playing.

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As you remember when they got Miller, they got him

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on January thirty. First, they played a game the next

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day and Laviolette decided he wanted to put zavantage Add.

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Rather than put zavantage Add on the third line, he

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put him on a movement the right wing and played

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him with JT. Miller, And that seemed to work out

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really well actually, And so that's led to look, the

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question all summer has been where is the Vantajead gonna play?

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Is he gonna play right wing with J. T. Miller

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or is he gonna center his own line? And with

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center savanaja Ads make a eight point five million. Can

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drops down to third line center. I don't know necessarily

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how that's gonna play out. We'll see what happens when

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training camp starts, and we'll see how Mike Sullivan chooses

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to deploy them. I suspect that Savana Jad's gonna move

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back to center just based on the moves that Chris

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Drury did or didn't make in the summer in terms

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of players that he acquired. He went out and got

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got a right wing or I'm sorry, he got a

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winger in Taylor Radish and he didn't get a centerman.

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But if he didn't get a centerman, and if Savanahjad's

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a winger, then that means Savanajad is playing on the

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right wing. JT. Miller and Vincent Trochik, you're a top

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two centers, and then you're looking at somebody along the

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lines of Parsonen as your third line center. And I'm

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not sure that the Rangers are necessarily going to be

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a better team with Parson as the third lines and

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or Johnny Brodzinski. Right, these guys are guys that we're

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not necessarily sure that you want them to be your

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full time third line center. So based on who he drewid,

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did or didn't get, my suspicion is we'll seez the

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vantage add start out at least as a centerman, and

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they'll go with those three centers in some order, Miller's advantage,

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Ad and Trocheck. But of course we don't know that

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until training camp starts and we see probably he's gonna

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look at both possibilities, I would imagine, and we'll figure

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that out. But as far as J. T. Miller goes

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he'll be the number one center, He'll do what he does,

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which is he'll be, as you say, a point of

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game or a point of game plus player. And he

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adds not from a fantasy perspective, I mean, it's all

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about the numbers. In terms of the actual team. He

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adds a little bit of a different personality to that

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locker room than they had previously had. He's a bit

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of a prickly guys. It was just not necessarily the

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Kumbaya kind of guy in the locker room. You need

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all kinds, and you need all kinds of a mix

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and such, and you gotta remember too, the Rangers lineup

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has changed, has changed drastically since that game six of

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against Florida, which wasn't that long ago. It was June

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first of twenty twenty four, which is what fourteen months now.

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And I looked it up and if you look at

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the lineup from that night, of the twenty players that

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were dressed that night, ten of them are no longer

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on the team. And Jimmy VC wasn't dressed that night

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because he was injured. He's gone too, so it's really

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eleven of twenty one. And you can even drill down

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even further. Both goalies are back, so it's really ten

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of eighteen skaters that are no longer on the team

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from that night. They've changed the team pretty significantly, and

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that I think is what kind of makes them interesting

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because I don't necessarily know exactly what to expect. I

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think they'll be pretty good, but it's a new group

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really to me.

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Speaker 4: Let's dig a little bit further into a couple of

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those depth centers, those that amazing depth of centerman that

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this team has with Meka's Abanajad. He did play, as

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you said, with Miller late in the season, and that

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was great news for Zabanajad when he did before that,

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it was a lot of him and Riley Smith together

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for a lot of a season, but that wasn't nearly

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as productive. He had twelve points in a twenty twenty

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seven games span between December and January, which is very

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unusual for Mica. Other than that, he was roughly his

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accustomed point per game pace for the season sixty two

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points in eighty two overall, when you go start to

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finish on the season, that was a real drop from

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his normal pace overall. Is there a hope that with

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these changes, the possibility he could play a wing or

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who knows where he's going to end up, that he

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could have a bit of a bounce back this year,

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or what are you really expecting from Mika's Abanachad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, again, I would leave towards some kind of a

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bounce back season, but I don't know, because again from

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a numbers perspective, there's more than just a numbers perspective.

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You remember, his closest friend on the team was Chris Crider,

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and I think to a degree, he had some bad luck.

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He had some shots that hit posts and shots on

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the power play that they set him up for that

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went wide that normally you'd expect that to be on goal.

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So I think he had some bad luck. There were

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Knights when he had big minus. He was a minus player,

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a heavy minus player. But most of his career with

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the Rangers, he's played with Chris Crider when those two

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have been best friends. And Crider was battling injuries all

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season long and wasn't the player that you expected him

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to be. That would have an effect to on on Zavantage.

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Add if his primary winger is not doing not living

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up to expectations. Crider had a back thing early in

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the season, he had I think he said he had

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vertigo at some point, and then he had a wrist

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injury either ended up requiring surgery in the offseason. So

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he was not himself, and if he's not himself, that's

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gonna affect the managad And you mentioned that his numbers

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at the end were almost not too far off what

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you'd expect, but a lot of that was because he

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had a great second half of the season when he

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was playing with J. T. Miller. So we'll have to

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see whether the loss of his best friend Chris Crider

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is traded over the summer, does that affect him mentally?

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He's he is locked in. He's here for a long time.

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I believe he's got five years left on his contract

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and he's got a full no move or he's here.

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So I would think that I would expect him to

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bounce back at least somewhat. But again it also depends

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on to certain degree how he's used. Is he a

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third line center, Because if he's a third line center,

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he's probably not going to be eighty five or eighty

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seven points. I don't know. It also depends on does

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the power play come back? The power play is going

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to be different. Now if you don't have Criders standing

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in front of the net, somebody else is going to

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have to do. Probably gonna be Will Cooley. Maybe you

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now have J. T. Miller playing on that right half boards,

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probably or somewhere. I don't know where he's gonna play.

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Where is a Banajad gonna play? Is he gonna be

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on the first power play? So you know, we don't

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know what. I can't promise you that he's gonna bounce

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all the way back to what he was two seasons

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ago or three seasons ago. But I do expect that

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he's not gonna have expect as a strong word. I

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would guess that he probably will be better at the

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start of the season than he was for the first

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half of last season. Just I have to believe that

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he's a good enough player that he's gonna be better

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than he was the first half of last season. So

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from that standpoint, yes, but I'm not one hundred percent

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confident in all that. It just can't I can't. I

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can't guarantee anything.

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Speaker 3: Another guy that we hope is better than he was

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last season Vincent Trochek. He's the next guy we're going

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to talk about, and he had He was another one

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who couldn't quite maintain its coin pace from the previous season.

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He dropped from a career high seventy seven points to

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fifty nine this past season in eighty two games. Both

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his offensive and defensive metrics took a hit this past year,

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definitely not looking so great. One thing that is for

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sure is that his bash, his block shots and hits

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have always been elite. He finished thirteenth best in terms

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of all skaters with six point oh one block shots

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in hit per game. That's pretty amazing, including a career

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high two hundred thirteen hits. I guess it helps when

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you don't have the puck as much, you can go

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around hitting people a little bit more.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is part of it, right, Yeah, he's But

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I think to a degree, seventy seven points is probably,

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as you say, a career high for him. It's I

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don't know that's who he is, right, I think fifty

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nine points is probably closer to who he is. Right.

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He's a two way guy. He's a great face off man.

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He's a gritty player, but he is gonna block shots

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and he is gonna hit people. I've seen him fight.

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He is gonna do a lot of those gritty things.

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A lot of those quote unquote don't show up in

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the box score type things. In terms off, you're looking

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for a guy who's a point producer. I don't know

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that he's necessarily a guy that you should expect to

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produce a ton of points. The other thing that I

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would point out is the year he had seventy seven points.

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Remember he spent most of that season the last seventy

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two games of that season playing with our Temmi Panaren,

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who had one hundred and twenty points, So there was

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a lot of points generated by that whole line. Panaren

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had one hundred and twenty points, Alexi Lafrenier had twenty

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eight goals, which is a career high, and I think

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fifty five points or something like that if I recall correctly.

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So that line just worked, and I think a lot

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of it was driven by Panaren. So if Panaren comes

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back to normal, it goes from one hundred and twenty

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points to eighty nine points, you got to figure that

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his linemate's numbers are gonna come down a little bit too,

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So I mean that would be Lafrenier, that would be

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Trocheck for the most part. And again the power play,

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right if the power play I think was third in

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the league in twenty three twenty four, and it was

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up there for the first half of the season or so,

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and it really was the last I don't know, the

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last couple of months where it just seemed to fall

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off a cliff and stop working. And I don't know

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why that is. It may have to do with the

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fact that they were trying to fit JT. Miller in

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and that kind of messed up the chemistry. I don't know.

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You would think that a power play, the power play

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would be better with JT. Miller because you have he's

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a lefty shot. He can go on the right boards

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as a VANGI can go on a left boards, is

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a right shot, and you would think that would give

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them better balance. But maybe it just messed up the chemistry.

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Trying to put a new guy in mid season. I

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don't know. But if the power play bounces back a

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little bit, then everybody will bounce back right. So we'll

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just have to wait and see how that plays out.

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Speaker 4: Let's talk about Alexis La Frenier, because after climbing to

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fifty seven points in his fourth season, his production slid

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a bit back to forty five last year. He's missed

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the only four games in his five year career. That's

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pretty remarkable, pretty remarkable stamina reliability for the young man

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takes under two shots per game, although he throws hits.

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He throws one and a half hits a game too.

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Advanced stats actually like him quite a bit, enough to

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be the team's third best forward and goals above replacement.

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Feel like maybe this is a bad come from an

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exact personality of the player or whatever. But he's on

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the Ryan NuGen Hopkins actually really good, but never feels

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like in number one overall pick and people hold that

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against him. Track. I don't know. The Rangers have invested

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in Lafrange long term as a central piece of this team.

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Now what do you make of his development so far?

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And where is this guy headed?

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Speaker 2: It's it's the biggest mystery on the team, isn't it.

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Look he had timing and work against you or in

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your favor. You got to remember that he was drafted

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in twenty twenty. His rookie year was that weird what

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was it? Fifty six game season of that twenty twenty

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one they had. It wasn't a normal season by any

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of the imagination. They had like road trips where you

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would go in and play Pittsburgh three times or whatever.

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COVID was a thing. People would be out of the

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lineup for five games or whatever. It was just a

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weird year and that's how his career started off. He

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didn't get to walk across on the stage in his

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hometown of Montreal to get drafted number one overall. It

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was done over zoom. He lived in an apartment, but

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they couldn't go anywhere. Really, the whole place was kind

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of locked down a little bit. He kind of I

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don't It seems like a long time ago, but that

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was his first his entry into the league. I don't

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think that Gerard Galant necessarily knew what to do with

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him when he took over as coach. He seemed to

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have a I don't know if I want to see

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a love hate relationship with him, but he just didn't

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seem to really know how to develop him or didn't

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care to develop him. There was a whole thing about

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he was playing left wing and he didn't want to

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switch the right wing or he couldn't adjust to the

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right wing. And David Quinn was his first coach. He

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tried him at right wing early on, didn't like it,

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put him back a third line left wing. He played

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00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,640
right wing the last two years under Laviolette. Gerard Glant

479
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,480
wasn't interested in developing Lafrenier at all. He just he

480
00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:10,039
liked him as a third line left wing. He liked

481
00:23:10,039 --> 00:23:13,640
that line. It was a great line with Coco and Heatl.

482
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,839
So I don't know, we thought in the first year

483
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,599
under Laviolette, playing in the top six on right wing,

484
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,839
with Panaren scoring twenty eight goals. We thought, okay, this

485
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,039
is the real La Frinier. And he got off to

486
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,960
a great start last season, great start. Then they signed

487
00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:30,799
him to a contract, and it seemed once he signed

488
00:23:30,799 --> 00:23:32,920
a contract, he was not the same player after that.

489
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,359
So this is the guy that nobody really can predict

490
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,920
with any degree of certainty what you're going to get

491
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,359
from him. I can tell you that from a personality standpoint,

492
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:49,319
he was more open last season than more approachable and

493
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,200
at ease around in the locker room, around the media

494
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,880
than he had been in his first three or three

495
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,240
years or whatever. So I don't know if that change

496
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,279
in personality had something to do with his dipping numbers.

497
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,359
I don't know. But again, it's three guys, right. You

498
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,640
can't just say it's not just his numbers that went down.

499
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,839
It's not just Trocheck's numbers that went down. It's his

500
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,119
numbers and Trocheck's and Banaras. So I don't know. I

501
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,279
fully expect that I have great confidence in that that

502
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,839
he's going to be him. I have Trocheck, great confidence

503
00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:21,200
in tro Check that I know what Trocheck is. With

504
00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:24,480
LAFERNI I really, I don't know. I can't tell you

505
00:24:24,519 --> 00:24:26,440
what he is yet. And it's a long time now, right,

506
00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:30,079
He's played a long time, he's played, he's played now,

507
00:24:30,279 --> 00:24:32,599
He's played under three different coaches. He's going to be

508
00:24:32,599 --> 00:24:35,160
playing under his fourth coach. He had a year of

509
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,039
David Quaney, had two years of Gland, two years of Laviolette.

510
00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:39,839
Now he's going to play under Mike Sullivan. So I

511
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,119
don't know what to expect from this guy. What is

512
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,319
his potential? I think his potential is that of a

513
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:50,279
thirty goal guy if everything goes right. But I can't

514
00:24:50,599 --> 00:24:53,400
I can't vouch for the fact that's gonna happen this year.

515
00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:58,799
Speaker 4: Several things went wrong last year, but don't blame Will Cooley.

516
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,279
He has to be surprise. Yeah, he's up to fifteen

517
00:25:02,279 --> 00:25:04,880
to oh five irishamman Ice in his second full season,

518
00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:08,359
forty five points, steady rolling that middle six, sometimes flexing

519
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,920
up to the big lines. He hits like gangbusters nearly

520
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,160
for a game, two shots, third best goals of a

521
00:25:15,279 --> 00:25:18,279
replacement on the team. Really great stuff. I feel like

522
00:25:18,319 --> 00:25:21,079
there should be a stat for clean bashers, that is,

523
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,039
guys who get a lot of hits but not many

524
00:25:23,079 --> 00:25:25,720
pims and this guy had a seven to one hit

525
00:25:25,799 --> 00:25:27,759
per pim ratio. That's got to be one of the

526
00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:28,720
best in the league.

527
00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 2: That's good.

528
00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 4: So that's got to be good. Don't yeah, don't be stupid,

529
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,960
don't get in the box, but inflict pain. That's good.

530
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,519
What's going on with the breakout of Will Cooley? And

531
00:25:36,559 --> 00:25:37,480
how far could this go?

532
00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:41,359
Speaker 2: I tell you, this is a guy who well was

533
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,759
drafted to be a power forward second round pick. He's

534
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:46,480
a guy that they I think he the pick that

535
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,160
they used to draft him was the one they got

536
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,240
from la and when they traded LEAs Anderson, so he's

537
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,200
a bonus pick for them in effect totally makes up

538
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,000
for the fact that LEAs Anderson was a washout for them.

539
00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,359
So they knew he was going to be good. But

540
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:04,400
I think he got good faster than they expected he would.

541
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,920
I don't think his first year, I don't think he

542
00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:09,079
was expected to make the team, and he forced his

543
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,279
way onto the team. He made the team first year

544
00:26:11,319 --> 00:26:14,279
and had a great year. Last year had a step up,

545
00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:17,039
as you pointed out, started killing penalties and things like

546
00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:19,640
that as ice time went up, and this year it's

547
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,920
gonna go up even more. Because now that Chris Crider

548
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,400
is gone, then will Cooley's gonna be in that top

549
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,160
six more or less every night. And not only is

550
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,920
he gonna be in the top six, but he's gonna

551
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,599
be the guy that replaces Crider on the power play.

552
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,640
In all likelihood is a NetFront guy. I would assume

553
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,799
right now we got a new coach, and guys have

554
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,880
to play, and guys have to earn their spots and

555
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,559
everything like that. But I'm guessing I would. I would guess,

556
00:26:43,559 --> 00:26:46,400
and I would predict that he's gonna take another step forward.

557
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,079
Even I played in the World Championships for Team Canada.

558
00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,559
That was a good experience for him. And I think

559
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,200
the additional life time that he's gonna get playing on

560
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,480
one of the top two lines and in front of

561
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,440
the net on the power play, I think is gonna

562
00:26:58,559 --> 00:27:00,880
lead to his numbers going up even further than they

563
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,759
were last year. So that's a guy that I feel

564
00:27:02,799 --> 00:27:04,039
really good about.

565
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,319
Speaker 3: I'm wondering how you feel about this other guy. We

566
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,480
have been tracking, obviously gay pro for many years and

567
00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:14,359
thinking that he has tremendous upside. I'm wondering if you

568
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,400
think he'll make the team. I know he played a

569
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,680
little bit at the end of the season and clearly

570
00:27:18,759 --> 00:27:21,160
has a ton of upside, but he also might need

571
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,039
some HL seasoning. So do you think it's Gay Borrow

572
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,359
season is? Are you ready for that or anyone else?

573
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,079
Do you think that can be super Fantasy relevant here,

574
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,920
like squeak sneak into the top six.

575
00:27:32,799 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know if he's gonna make

576
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,160
the team, right. I think right now I'm looking at

577
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:43,640
pro Brett Burrard, Brennan Afman, those three guys, and depending

578
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,880
on where Mika's a manager that plays, there's gonna be

579
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,319
room for one or two of those guys. I don't

580
00:27:49,319 --> 00:27:51,880
think all three of them will make the team. Pro

581
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,519
those two guys would be ahead of Paro in terms

582
00:27:54,519 --> 00:27:56,839
of seniority, So I don't know. I think he's gonna

583
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,559
have to have a really good camp and preseason in

584
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,200
order to make the team. That said got pedigree, right,

585
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,680
like if dad played in the league for a number

586
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,920
of years. He played on a great Boston college team

587
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,519
for the last two years and had lots of success there.

588
00:28:12,039 --> 00:28:14,440
So I think he's ready and I think he can

589
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:18,559
add to this team. But is he my pick to

590
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,519
make the team out of those three guys that I mentioned,

591
00:28:21,799 --> 00:28:24,640
I don't know that I'm ready to do that personally

592
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,279
from what I've seen. I like Brett Barrard, and I

593
00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:31,640
think Berard's gonna make the team barring something unforeseen. That

594
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,319
would be my thinking. And then if there's a second spot,

595
00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:36,240
if it's Avantage that plays center, and then there's a

596
00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:39,000
second spot open on the wing, then there's a chance.

597
00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:41,240
I think that Pero would make the team here off,

598
00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:43,599
but I can't promise you that he's going to make

599
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,400
the team. That's to be earned. He played last after

600
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:50,440
this college season was over, he signed and he came

601
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,039
in and he played and he was okay. I thought

602
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,519
perhaps his best game might have been his first game. Remember,

603
00:28:56,599 --> 00:29:00,319
he's set up Lafronier with a pass that should have

604
00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:04,119
been a goal and Lafrenier wasn't expecting it and completely

605
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,160
flubbed it and stuff. But so he is not He's

606
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,880
a different player than the other two guys. He's a

607
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,200
little bit more cerebral, more of a playmaker type guy,

608
00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:15,640
I think, whereas Berard, I think is a straight up

609
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,559
shooter and I think Tuffman plays a little bit more

610
00:29:18,599 --> 00:29:21,240
all around. He can shoot some he'll hit, he'll drop

611
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,880
the gloves, and maybe he can make some plays too.

612
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,920
But I can't tell you for sure that Pio's gonna

613
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,039
be on the team at the start. I wouldn't be

614
00:29:29,079 --> 00:29:30,799
surprised if he's on the team at some point, but

615
00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:32,720
I can't promise you it's going to be opening night.

616
00:29:33,319 --> 00:29:35,960
So you got me there. I'm just gonna wait and see,

617
00:29:36,039 --> 00:29:37,000
like everybody else.

618
00:29:36,839 --> 00:29:40,519
Speaker 4: All right over to the blue line, Colin Adam Fox.

619
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,559
I don't know what to say here. He seems to

620
00:29:43,559 --> 00:29:46,440
have a little less juice behind him than he used to,

621
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,559
which is not fair. The guy had sixty one points

622
00:29:49,559 --> 00:29:52,359
in seventy four games, and yet this is what happens

623
00:29:52,359 --> 00:29:54,920
when you win a Norris Trophy at twenty two is

624
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,880
people are always gonna think there's something you're supposed to

625
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,680
be doing. But he did miss a couple weeks in

626
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,519
March with an upper body injury. He continues to be

627
00:30:04,599 --> 00:30:09,000
a defensive mainstay on In fact, he's the only returning

628
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,440
defenseman on the team who had even a minute a

629
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,960
power play time last year. When I looked it up,

630
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,440
what do you think? What do you make of Fox's

631
00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:20,359
year last year? And what do you think is coming

632
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,079
next for him.

633
00:30:22,599 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 2: He's interesting. I think he's a good players. He's a

634
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:29,279
fabulous point man on the power play. And then that said,

635
00:30:29,319 --> 00:30:31,640
the power play wasn't good toward the end of the season.

636
00:30:31,759 --> 00:30:35,079
He's got to take some responsibility for that. But I

637
00:30:35,119 --> 00:30:38,559
think he probably was a little banged up. Guys will

638
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,680
not necessarily want to tell you that they're banged up.

639
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,480
But you mentioned the fact that he did miss some

640
00:30:42,559 --> 00:30:45,799
time in March with nupper body injury. I think so.

641
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,319
I think he probably was a little banged up too.

642
00:30:48,359 --> 00:30:52,359
But then you also have to understand, like he didn't

643
00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:57,240
have his longtime defense partner Ryan Lingren with him for

644
00:30:57,279 --> 00:31:00,400
the entire year. Lingeran, as you recall, missed of the

645
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,400
season because he got a broken jaw in the preseason

646
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,680
in a fight against the Islanders, and then so he

647
00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:09,880
started he missed the first five games. I think he

648
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,200
came in, they played him on the third pair, and

649
00:31:12,279 --> 00:31:14,240
so it took a while before he actually got back

650
00:31:14,279 --> 00:31:16,480
to playing with Fox. I don't know that lynn Gren

651
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,440
was the same player that he always was toward the

652
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,839
end of the year. Obviously, Linron got traded at the

653
00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:25,599
trade deadline, so I think it was I don't know.

654
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,400
It was not a smooth season necessarily for Fox, and

655
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,240
I think that is now we're going back to what

656
00:31:34,319 --> 00:31:36,640
we talked about before. Matter how much turnover there's been

657
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,880
on the roster. Ten of eighteen skaters from that game,

658
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,759
six are gone, and four of the six defensemen who

659
00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:46,839
were dressed that night are gone. Right, Fox and Branden

660
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,519
Schneider are the only two remaining. Or Gustafson played that night.

661
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,720
He was a one and done player with the Rangers

662
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,799
who didn't come back. But Truba got traded in the

663
00:31:55,839 --> 00:31:58,480
middle of last season, Lyndron got traded at the deadline

664
00:31:58,559 --> 00:32:01,279
last season, and KeAndre Miller got traded in the offseason.

665
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,319
It's a whole different defense score And now you're wondering.

666
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,240
You look at the guys that came in, right and

667
00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:10,960
Carson Susi came in at the deadline. I don't think

668
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,039
he necessarily impressed a ton of people with the way

669
00:32:14,079 --> 00:32:17,279
he played, but he played with Adam Fox for a time.

670
00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:20,440
Now they've gone out and they've gotten last lab Gavrikov

671
00:32:20,519 --> 00:32:23,359
and I would suspect that he's gonna step in and

672
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,839
be Fox's partner, and maybe that stability will help Adam Fox.

673
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,559
If Adam Fox is healthy, if he's got a stable

674
00:32:29,599 --> 00:32:31,960
defense partner who is going to take care of the

675
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,400
defensive end and allow him a little bit more freedom

676
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,400
to go forward, maybe his numbers will come back to

677
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,039
where you want him to be. And so I expect

678
00:32:40,079 --> 00:32:42,279
that Adam Fox will have a better year this year

679
00:32:42,319 --> 00:32:45,880
than he did last. But you never know, right, It's

680
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,000
just and especially with the power play, I don't know.

681
00:32:48,039 --> 00:32:51,480
I can't quite put a finger on what was the

682
00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:53,839
reason why the power play fell off the end of

683
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,880
last season and until they fixed that. If they don't

684
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,079
fix that, then you know, then that's a problem. But

685
00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:01,799
if they fix it, then everybody's numbers go back to

686
00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:03,880
where you expect them to be, right, and Aaron's numbers

687
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,839
go up, and Savantagezz numbers go up, and Trocheck's numbers

688
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,599
go up, and Fox's numbers will go up too.

689
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,279
Speaker 3: All Right, I'm excited to ask you about this next guy.

690
00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:14,599
Scott Morrow, the twenty two year old defenseman who was

691
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,880
traded from Carolina to the Rangers in the offseason as

692
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:20,359
part of that Calendra Miller deal. He got fourteen regular

693
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,519
seasons with the Hurricanes last year six points, and he

694
00:33:23,559 --> 00:33:27,200
also played five playoff games. His underlying offensive metrics were good,

695
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,640
but the struggles defensively were a little bit apparent. He

696
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,960
should be in line to play some significant minutes this season,

697
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:38,279
thinking maybe even some second power play time. If he did,

698
00:33:38,279 --> 00:33:41,880
that would be some pretty good contributions in fantasy. This

699
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,039
guy I've been pretty excited about for a while, Colin,

700
00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:46,279
what do you think Morow can contribute this season?

701
00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 2: It sounds like more about Morow than I do. Quite frankly,

702
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,519
I don't. I'm a little until I see him personally,

703
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,799
I don't feel necessarily all that comfortable telling you what

704
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,279
I think he can do. What I know is right

705
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:03,559
handed shot, and Fox is a right handed shot, and

706
00:34:03,599 --> 00:34:05,880
Branden Schneider's a right handed shot, and Will Borgan's a

707
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,159
right handed shot. So that's four right handed shots. And

708
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,840
you only play six guys in a lineup, which would

709
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,239
mean one of those gay all four of them are

710
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,760
in the lineup, one of them is playing on the

711
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,280
left side. Now that very well could be Braden Schneider.

712
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,199
He played on the left side a little bit last year,

713
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,679
I think, at least at the early part of the season,

714
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,320
So maybe that'll sort itself out. I don't know, but yes,

715
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,079
on the surface of it, yeah, he's a guy that

716
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,159
absolutely would look like a candidate to run that second

717
00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:36,119
power play, because I don't know that they see Schneider

718
00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:39,039
as a power play point guy, and certainly I don't

719
00:34:39,039 --> 00:34:43,119
see Sussie or Borgan's a straight up defensive defenseman, so

720
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,280
that's not gonna happen. This seems like a guy who

721
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,880
would be a great candidate to be the point man

722
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,199
on that second power play. And if that's the case,

723
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,559
then yeah, that's an important role that he would fill

724
00:34:55,559 --> 00:34:58,800
on the Rangers and should lead from a fantasy perspective,

725
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,920
we should get some points out of that. But I

726
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,239
would caution that what I've seen in the past few

727
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,800
years is that when admittedly this is a different coach,

728
00:35:07,519 --> 00:35:09,519
it's a new coach, but I've seen a number of

729
00:35:09,519 --> 00:35:12,960
coaches go through the same thing where the second power

730
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,400
play unit really doesn't play a lot. So I don't

731
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,880
know how much of a factor to expect him to

732
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,239
be even if he is running that second power play,

733
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,199
because every coach tried to tell oh, we're going to

734
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,000
play the second power play more and give him some

735
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,079
more minutes than they and none of them did I'll

736
00:35:28,079 --> 00:35:29,639
believe it when I see it as far as a

737
00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:33,360
second power play being a contributing factor. But if it is,

738
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,039
then he's a guy that you would think would be

739
00:35:36,639 --> 00:35:40,039
the guy to run that unit. From the point, I

740
00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:42,280
would only caution that four right handed shots in the

741
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,239
lineup is tricky.

742
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 4: The other defenseman that you mentioned, Vladislav Gaberkov, certainly a

743
00:35:48,519 --> 00:35:51,000
big investment to come in into New York this year.

744
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:54,360
They went out and said, we're going to get ourselves

745
00:35:54,599 --> 00:35:57,679
a big, old d man who has had success in

746
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:02,800
the defensive side of the puck. Seven for contract. He

747
00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:06,280
is thirty points under a shot in a half, close

748
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,119
to two blocks per game. Pretty modest on the score sheet,

749
00:36:09,199 --> 00:36:12,239
but that's not really his game. What are you expecting

750
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:16,000
for him in the blue line of the Rangers? You said,

751
00:36:16,079 --> 00:36:19,239
maybe playing with Fox or could he even work into

752
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,840
a power play two role. What is Ladeslaw Gaberkop gonna

753
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:23,880
do for the Rangers.

754
00:36:24,559 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 2: I think what they want him to do is play

755
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,960
defense right and helps stabilize the back end like they've

756
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,760
they've had so much trouble in the last few years

757
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,519
and especially this past season with turning the puck over,

758
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:42,000
giving the puck away and in neutral z old and

759
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,239
giving up rush chances and things like that. They need

760
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,320
a guy that's gonna solidify that back end, clear the

761
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,360
crease and cut down the angles, intercept passes and just

762
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,480
play defense. And if he can do that, then I

763
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,960
don't know, by the way, if he's gonna be Adam

764
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,960
Fox's partner. What I do know is that he's gonna

765
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
he had a lot of ice time wherever he plays,

766
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:06,280
whether he's Fox's partner or whether perhaps he plays. There's

767
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,760
been some speculation that maybe you play him on a

768
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,760
matchup depair with Will Morgan, which is a possibility as well.

769
00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:16,960
But either way he's gonna be Fox is gonna probably

770
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,599
lead the team in ice time, and Gavrikov is gonna

771
00:37:19,639 --> 00:37:21,320
be second on the team in ice time, is what

772
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,800
I would imagine. He was second on the team of

773
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,559
ice time in LA. And he didn't play any power

774
00:37:26,559 --> 00:37:28,760
play in LA, right. I don't know that he played

775
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,239
a shift on the power play there. I don't necessarily

776
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:34,599
see him factoring in on the power play here. But again,

777
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,079
is Maro gonna make the team? Is Marrow gonna be

778
00:37:38,199 --> 00:37:39,480
that second power play point?

779
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:39,679
Speaker 6: Man?

780
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 2: I don't know. And if it's not Marrow, then it's

781
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,280
got to be somebody else. Right, So I suppose it's possible,

782
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,400
But I think from a so again, from a fantasy standpoint,

783
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,400
in terms of the numbers, I'm not sure what numbers

784
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,559
he's gonna give you. It's probably his defensive metrics are

785
00:37:53,599 --> 00:37:55,599
gonna be great, but I don't know if his points

786
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,159
per game and is gonna win you a league. But

787
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,880
I think for from the Rangers standpoint, what they want

788
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,159
is for him to be solid at the back end

789
00:38:04,679 --> 00:38:07,760
and be stable if he partners with Fox so that

790
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,039
Fox can do his thing. His contribution therefore would be

791
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,159
if he can stabilize the back end and allow Fox

792
00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:17,239
to freedom to be a little bit more offensive, then

793
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,840
that'll work for the team. But I think, to be fair,

794
00:38:21,039 --> 00:38:24,800
I think, certainly based on last season, he'll be an

795
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,880
upgrade over KeAndre Miller. Right, ca Andre Miller struggled last

796
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,320
year in a lot of ways. They had more goals

797
00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:35,320
than did Gabrikov. But and I think DeAndre Miller did

798
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:38,000
not have quite as bad a year as the fans

799
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,599
maybe put on him. I think he was fine. Yes,

800
00:38:41,679 --> 00:38:44,880
he had some horrendous mistakes and a lot of times

801
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,760
where he's turning the puck over and it leads directly

802
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,320
to a goal, and so he did not have a

803
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:54,559
good year. I do expect that KeAndre Miller, who's twenty

804
00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,719
five and entering his prime, is going to do well

805
00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,880
in Carolina, and good for him. But Gabrikov, who's twenty

806
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,159
nine and going to be thirty in November, I think

807
00:39:03,559 --> 00:39:06,320
represents an upgrade. I believe at that position he should

808
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,559
help the Rangers from a team perspective, be a better

809
00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:11,519
defensive team, and if they're a better defensive team, then

810
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:13,519
they'll win more games. And if they win more games

811
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:14,440
than everybody will.

812
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,760
Speaker 3: Score good stuff. Let's move on to the goalies. The

813
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:21,519
Rangers ranked twenty eighth and expected goals against P sixty,

814
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,920
but conceded the nineteenth ranked actual goals and it was

815
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:30,360
definitely a mixed bag between Shasturkin and Jonathan Quick had

816
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,320
negative almost four goals to save above expected with the

817
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,440
negative delta. Fenwick, even though he won more games than

818
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,119
he lost, and the Shasterkin. I heard a lot of

819
00:39:40,559 --> 00:39:42,320
rumblings coming out of New York, and I know that

820
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,000
there was a lot of pressure put on him, But

821
00:39:44,039 --> 00:39:45,960
the reality is that they would have lost by a

822
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,400
lot more and more games if it went for Shaskirkin,

823
00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:51,760
because he saved almost thirty goals save above expected his

824
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,000
delta Fenwick was one point z nine. Just incredible stuff.

825
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,840
And he's in year one of an eight year contract,

826
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,360
paying him as it should, one of the best goalies

827
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,320
in the league, and he was outperforming the protection offered

828
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,280
to him. I think the biggest question I have about

829
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,440
the goalies next year is can they offer their goalies

830
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,039
a little bit better protection, because I think if they

831
00:40:11,039 --> 00:40:13,679
can be fine, if they continue to be in the

832
00:40:13,679 --> 00:40:18,639
bottom five of expected goals against their protection, then I

833
00:40:18,679 --> 00:40:20,880
think that they're going to be underwater the whole season.

834
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,400
So what do you think we can expect from their

835
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,599
two goalies and their defensive structure next season?

836
00:40:24,639 --> 00:40:28,559
Speaker 2: Gone, Yeah, I think that the goalies. I'm not necessarily

837
00:40:28,599 --> 00:40:31,599
worried about e Roshusterkins and his prime, but got paid.

838
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,480
I think we know what he is. He's, if not

839
00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:36,320
the best goalie in the league, certainly on the short

840
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:40,159
list of best goalies in the league. And he you know,

841
00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:43,119
there was a time, I think probably two or three

842
00:40:43,199 --> 00:40:45,840
years ago, where they probably relied on him too much,

843
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,400
right and he probably masked a lot of a lot

844
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,000
of their problems, and last season he wasn't able to

845
00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:54,800
cover up for their defensive problems as well as he

846
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,840
had done on previous years. But they seem by swapping out,

847
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:04,400
by getting Gabrikov and replacing swapping out KeAndre Miller, they

848
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,800
believe that their defense should be better in some ways. Now,

849
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:13,079
I'm Will Borgan is a pretty good defensive defenseman. They

850
00:41:13,159 --> 00:41:15,000
liked what he did for them after he came over

851
00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:18,960
from Seattle. If it's not a one for one because

852
00:41:19,039 --> 00:41:22,360
they weren't traded for each other, but if he replaces Truba,

853
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,400
then he's an upgrade over what Truball was in his

854
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:29,119
final year or so with the team. Gabrikov, as that

855
00:41:29,159 --> 00:41:31,920
I already said, is probably an upgrade over KeAndre Miller.

856
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:37,559
So I think that their defense on paper should be

857
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,880
a little bit better. And again there's a there's a

858
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,639
new coach factor too, right, you know what, not just

859
00:41:43,679 --> 00:41:46,800
a head coach, but but the assistant coaches as well.

860
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:50,360
Maybe the head coach and the assistant coach can help

861
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,559
the defense be better. David Quinn is back. He was

862
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:55,920
the head coach a few years ago and now he's

863
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,239
back as an assistant to Mike Sullivan, and I believe

864
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:03,079
he's gonna he's gonna run defense. We'll see what sort

865
00:42:03,119 --> 00:42:06,079
of changes they're able to make. But defensively, I think

866
00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:10,480
that's gonna be an area of emphasis for them, because, yes,

867
00:42:10,599 --> 00:42:12,480
you want to have the best goalie in the league

868
00:42:12,639 --> 00:42:14,559
if you can, and I think they feel pretty good

869
00:42:14,599 --> 00:42:19,079
about Igor, but you don't want your goalie winning games

870
00:42:19,079 --> 00:42:21,840
for you by himself, and in spite of a leaky

871
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,840
defense every night, so they knew they had to shore

872
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,840
up their defense. I think they've made efforts to do that,

873
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,880
and we'll see if it plays out on the ice.

874
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,800
Carson Susi, as I mentioned, didn't necessarily have a wonderful

875
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,079
showing when he came over after the trade deadline. We'd

876
00:42:36,119 --> 00:42:39,159
like to see if he can be better than he was.

877
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:43,480
There's a chain he played he partnered with wilborgon I

878
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,880
think in Seattle's is a chance that those two are

879
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,119
put back together and maybe maybe they have a good,

880
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:51,320
solid partnership again. If Cabricov and Fox play, and then

881
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,079
we'll see. Brian Schneider's been on the team for a

882
00:42:54,159 --> 00:42:56,840
number of years and he's shown flashes of being a

883
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,320
good player and stuff, and yet he still seems stuck

884
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,800
in that third role. So we'll see what you get

885
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,440
out of him, and who that sixth defenseman is going

886
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,320
to be, if it's going to bemorrow or if not,

887
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,840
then who these are unknowns? I can say that I

888
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,480
do think that Gavricova and Morgan are upgrades over the

889
00:43:13,559 --> 00:43:17,719
guys that they essentially replaced. But is the group going

890
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,320
to be better? I don't know, but it had better

891
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:21,840
be if they're going to go anywhere.

892
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 4: We're all going to be tuned in. This is going

893
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,639
to be a fascinating one. Colin. How do people, because

894
00:43:27,679 --> 00:43:29,760
they're going to want to follow the Ranges this year,

895
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,000
how should they do it by following you and all

896
00:43:32,039 --> 00:43:33,519
the great input you're gonna put out there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to follow me on x formerly Twitter,

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Speaker 3: Outstanding.

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Speaker 4: All right, thank you for coming on today, Colin, and

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good luck following the Rangers this year.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me. It's a lot of fun to

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Speaker 3: Cat's Instincts done once again for cats and staincts with

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Cassoveman and gold mag. We're talking Rangers goalies and Dylan Grand.

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So we're gonna start with twenty three years old six

935
00:45:32,679 --> 00:45:35,239
foot oh one hundred and seventy two pounds, drafted one

936
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hundred and third overall back in twenty twenty. This was

937
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,480
his second season with a Hartford wolf Pack, and when

938
00:45:39,519 --> 00:45:41,480
a lot better than his first. He improved his goal save,

939
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,320
goals against average, and save percentage. Looking at some hockey

940
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,880
prospecting comps, he looks a bit like Mussam Montemba, which

941
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,679
has turned out pretty well. It wasn't always so exciting,

942
00:45:51,679 --> 00:45:54,119
but not looking too bad. Now, Okay, what are interestings

943
00:45:54,159 --> 00:45:55,320
tell us about Dylan Grand.

944
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 6: I'm excited to see that things finally clicked in Hartford

945
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,599
for him. I was a little worried. He's an undersized

946
00:46:01,639 --> 00:46:07,079
goaltender who plays such a precise, calm, controlled game, but

947
00:46:07,599 --> 00:46:10,880
doesn't really like to get aggressive and over challenge things.

948
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,400
He's not an Alex staylock for better or for worse,

949
00:46:13,639 --> 00:46:16,440
and I was a little worried that he was going

950
00:46:16,519 --> 00:46:18,920
to stay a little too calm and he wasn't going

951
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,360
to gain that sense of urgency. But it looks like

952
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,679
things turned around for him. It looks like Hockey Canada's

953
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:27,960
started to respect him. I do feel vindicated there. I

954
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,800
think he's I'm going to stick with what I've been saying.

955
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,719
I think he's a promising starter for them. I don't

956
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:36,320
know if they need him as a starter right now,

957
00:46:36,559 --> 00:46:38,519
but I think he's a promising starter for them, and

958
00:46:38,559 --> 00:46:41,559
I think it's time to start giving him some NHL games.

959
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 3: I think we would all love that too, those of

960
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:48,679
us who roster him, so that would be great. Let's

961
00:46:48,679 --> 00:46:51,360
talk about another guy that have in their system. Callum Tungue.

962
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,239
He's twenty one years old, six three hundred ninety eight

963
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:57,440
pounds undrafted, went from the BCHL to the NCAA and

964
00:46:57,559 --> 00:47:00,239
was great for the University of Connecticut this season. He

965
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,679
saw some really good numbers. He also got into two

966
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:04,920
HL games for the Hartford wolf Pack, which did not

967
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:08,079
go super well, but Kat what Inkston's tell us about

968
00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:08,800
Kalum Tongue.

969
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 6: I think he's a good backup to have in their system.

970
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:17,039
I don't think he's anything overly remarkable at the moment,

971
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:21,719
but he's a player that they got to watch, obviously

972
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,719
very closely. Last year he was playing in excuse me,

973
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:28,039
he was playing in Connecticut, so easy for their scouts

974
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:30,800
to keep an eye on, and did really well. I

975
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:35,320
don't think he's their next top prospect or anything, but

976
00:47:36,119 --> 00:47:39,719
I think his technique looks he looks like a reliable

977
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:44,280
collegiate goalie, so I think that's probably what they need

978
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,079
in their system, is someone who's at the very least

979
00:47:47,119 --> 00:47:49,760
can be a reliable tweener in the future and at

980
00:47:50,519 --> 00:47:54,480
best could end up being a backup. So we'll see

981
00:47:54,519 --> 00:47:55,320
how that goes for them.

982
00:47:56,119 --> 00:47:57,039
Speaker 4: I'm not out on him.

983
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,280
Speaker 6: I thought he looked really good in college. We'll see

984
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:03,639
if he's able to train that to the pros.

985
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,679
Speaker 3: Awesome. That's good to hear. Thanks so much, Kevireg. Giv

986
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,320
meus your instincts on the Rangers goalies.

987
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:29,639
Speaker 4: Will be back right after this Dig The Dynasty Dig

988
00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:34,800
New York Rangers Edition Victor this Ranger system, what can

989
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,360
you say it's right in the middle. I guess it

990
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,360
could be worse for a team that you just don't

991
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,920
know which way they're going up or down. Number sixteen

992
00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:45,840
and it starts with our no brainer. We've been talking

993
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,760
about him for a few years because he's been playing

994
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,639
with some prominent prospects. Who is it?

995
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 3: The New York Rangers no brainer is Gabe Perro. That's right,

996
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,880
Gabe pro He was a twenty twenty three twenty third

997
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,440
overall pick. I personally thought much later than he should

998
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:05,159
have gone, but Rangers got him at twenty third, five

999
00:49:05,199 --> 00:49:08,639
eleven hundred and seventy nine pounds. His scoring at Boston

1000
00:49:08,679 --> 00:49:10,519
College took a little bit of a step back. He

1001
00:49:10,599 --> 00:49:13,679
had sixty points in thirty six games in his d

1002
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,719
plus one season there in twenty three twenty four, and

1003
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,079
then last season he had forty eight points in thirty

1004
00:49:19,079 --> 00:49:23,760
seven games. Still incredible, but a little bit decreased. And

1005
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:25,679
then at the end of the season, I think, I

1006
00:49:25,679 --> 00:49:27,599
don't know how many people notice. I actually didn't even

1007
00:49:27,679 --> 00:49:29,719
really realize it. He got these five games because the

1008
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,920
Rangers were irrelevant at the end of the season, but

1009
00:49:32,079 --> 00:49:34,760
he got five games with the Rangers. Didn't score any

1010
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:38,960
points didn't look great, but also the whole team just

1011
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:40,880
looked like they were ready to be done with the season.

1012
00:49:41,639 --> 00:49:43,280
If we rewind a little bit and look at the

1013
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:46,119
World Junior Championships, he was awesome there, ten points in

1014
00:49:46,199 --> 00:49:48,880
seven games, same as he did the previous season, ten

1015
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,679
points in seven games. It seems every time he puts

1016
00:49:51,679 --> 00:49:55,239
on that USA sweater he has a pretty awesome performance,

1017
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:58,920
and hopefully he'll carry that into the next season. It

1018
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,840
does seem like he's to be in competition for an

1019
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,199
NHL roster spot, and at the very least he'll be

1020
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:08,119
in the AHL this season. Looking at the Fantasy Hockey

1021
00:50:08,119 --> 00:50:10,639
Life player card, you see a lot of really good

1022
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,639
things for Gabe pro. His transition game is pretty excellent,

1023
00:50:13,679 --> 00:50:16,039
except when he decides to dump it in or out.

1024
00:50:16,639 --> 00:50:19,239
His net expected goals in Fenwick is pretty awesome. His

1025
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:22,079
loose puck recovery and puck battles were also pretty decent,

1026
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:24,280
considering his off puck play was always a bit of

1027
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:26,559
a question mark. But I think the thing that stands

1028
00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:29,400
out the most is his bash just twenty two percentile

1029
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:32,239
for blocks, fifteen percentile for hits. His shots are pretty good,

1030
00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:35,800
but overall his bash appears to be much lower than average,

1031
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:37,360
and he's going to be more of a points only

1032
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,559
kind of guy, although he does get a fair amount

1033
00:50:39,559 --> 00:50:41,920
of pims, which is interesting since he doesn't really do

1034
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,880
anything else but scoring. His best attributes definitely his playmaking.

1035
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:48,719
You would see his pass attempts, accurate passes, passes the

1036
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:51,239
slot all that is elite. His goals are actually pretty

1037
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:55,079
good too, but not as good as his playmaking. So

1038
00:50:55,159 --> 00:50:56,800
overall I have him at a seven point four to

1039
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:58,519
three four to three percent chance of being a seven.

1040
00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:02,480
He's definitely one of the top prospect forwards in my ranks.

1041
00:51:02,599 --> 00:51:04,800
Let's hear a little bit more about gay pro from

1042
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:05,679
our Fahl scout.

1043
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:10,480
Speaker 4: Jesse FHL scout Patrick has this to say about Pero.

1044
00:51:11,039 --> 00:51:13,760
Skating is average, not the fastest, but keeps up well

1045
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:17,320
with play. The east and west movement is positive. Parole

1046
00:51:17,599 --> 00:51:20,639
is above average and passing and handling. Doesn't often keep

1047
00:51:20,679 --> 00:51:23,559
the puck on his stick long enough to display the handling.

1048
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:27,119
The passing is imaginative and precise, and he makes good

1049
00:51:27,199 --> 00:51:30,679
passes even in bad situations. For shooting, Pero has a

1050
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,400
high quality shot. He has good hands in close, can

1051
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:37,320
find holes and place pucks there IQ high HOCKEYIQ from

1052
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,400
gay Paro. Even under pressure, he makes good plays that

1053
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:42,679
show his awareness of where his teammates and the other

1054
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,280
team are ford checking. Can contribute on the ford check

1055
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,079
by stealing pucks, staying in motion, and cycling the puck,

1056
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,679
and he's committed to defense. Patrick says he skates back

1057
00:51:52,679 --> 00:51:55,719
hard and covers his man. So the best overall asset

1058
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,960
was the hockey IQ. It boosts every other skill and

1059
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:03,239
the biggest concern still that skating. The top tier outcome

1060
00:52:03,519 --> 00:52:06,719
potential for Parro is line one power play one eighty

1061
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:09,280
plus points. That's because he has the high end skills

1062
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,400
in most facets of his game and has made improvements

1063
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,840
in his skating that will help him reach his top

1064
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:18,920
end potential the median outcome second liner, top end third

1065
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:22,760
liner power play two sixty to seventy points. Perhaps the

1066
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,920
skating will hold him back and higher level of play

1067
00:52:25,039 --> 00:52:27,559
is more than he can process, which limits him and

1068
00:52:27,679 --> 00:52:32,079
the stylistic comparable We're gonna go with Johnny Gudrou and

1069
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:36,639
Mason Black are tidy champion and NHL rank King has

1070
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:40,920
this to say. He put gay Parole up against the

1071
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,719
hotness of a couple of years ago, who's been all

1072
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,920
call about discussion for a long time and also taking

1073
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,960
a little bit of time to break into the pro

1074
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:53,679
excellence ranks. Shane Wright. Anyway, fifty eight to forty two,

1075
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:58,280
Shane Wright comes out ahead of Gabe perro One in

1076
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,559
the hand burd in the hand, Burden the Bush victor

1077
00:53:00,599 --> 00:53:01,920
Who do you like Right or Proro?

1078
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:04,960
Speaker 3: Well, I think that's the right way to frame it.

1079
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,679
I think it depends on where your team is at.

1080
00:53:08,039 --> 00:53:10,480
I think that if you're ready to compete and you

1081
00:53:10,519 --> 00:53:13,159
want someone who's NHL ready, then I would take I

1082
00:53:13,159 --> 00:53:15,320
probably would take Right because he's certainly going to make

1083
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:17,760
an impact this year. But I think the reality is

1084
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:19,840
that they're not that far off. I think that pro

1085
00:53:20,119 --> 00:53:22,239
he might take a little bit longer to adjust, but

1086
00:53:22,519 --> 00:53:24,960
as a winger it's a lot easier. As a center,

1087
00:53:25,199 --> 00:53:27,360
you have a lot more responsibilities, and the way that

1088
00:53:27,599 --> 00:53:29,519
Seattle distributes your ice time, I think it's just been

1089
00:53:29,559 --> 00:53:31,440
a little bit harder on Shaine Wright. I still really

1090
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:35,920
believe in him being a above average contributor, but I

1091
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,719
think he's because of the nature of his all around game.

1092
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,719
It's just taking a little bit longer Perro, I could

1093
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,800
see having a pretty strong rookie season. He couldn't end

1094
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:47,920
up being in the Calder conversation, and certainly next year

1095
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,000
I think he will be a strong impact. The following

1096
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,760
season twenty six to twenty seven, he will be a

1097
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:58,039
pretty impactful fantasy player. So I think if it were me,

1098
00:53:58,159 --> 00:54:02,239
I'm taking Parro probably regardless, unless I'm really just looking

1099
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,760
at this year than I think Shane Wright interesting that

1100
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,760
the votes were pretty much the opposite. I think people

1101
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:10,400
continue to discount gay pro and you should do so

1102
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,880
at your own peril, is my opinion. The p and

1103
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,000
ch elite is still higher for Proro, which is interesting.

1104
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,400
And you look at the hockey prospecting between the two

1105
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,840
and Wright has definitely trended down from fifty five, fifty six,

1106
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,239
forty one to thirty six percent chance of being a star.

1107
00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:29,039
He graduated the model this past season, and Paro holding

1108
00:54:29,039 --> 00:54:31,280
steady at forty percent chance of being a star still

1109
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:36,119
really high. He's got some pretty interesting comps. Gury Hurdler

1110
00:54:36,159 --> 00:54:38,519
is one. There's just not a whole lot of guys

1111
00:54:38,559 --> 00:54:40,800
who hold their star potential steady like that, so it's

1112
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,400
been interesting. But I think that would be a good

1113
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:48,159
outcome certainly, and in terms of his underlying analytics have

1114
00:54:48,199 --> 00:54:50,519
been so interesting. They just show that he has more

1115
00:54:50,559 --> 00:54:53,360
to give and I definitely still believe in him. If

1116
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,400
you look at the jfreshcard for pro, nineteen percent chance

1117
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:58,400
of being a star, eighty six percent chance of being

1118
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:01,119
in NHL, are so pretty confident there, and his ability

1119
00:55:01,159 --> 00:55:03,280
to translate Victor.

1120
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 4: There's mister Wright, and there's mister right now, and that's

1121
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,840
what we're talking about here. Who is your need to

1122
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,159
know prospect.

1123
00:55:11,519 --> 00:55:15,400
Speaker 3: Need to know is none other than Scott Morrow, the

1124
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:18,760
twenty twenty one to fortieth overall pick by Carolina, who

1125
00:55:19,079 --> 00:55:22,880
was moved at this offseason for Candra Miller to New

1126
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:24,920
York sixty two hundred ninety four pounds. He had a

1127
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:29,639
good first pro season after his productive career at UMass.

1128
00:55:30,079 --> 00:55:32,159
He played fifty two games for the Chicago Wolves of

1129
00:55:32,199 --> 00:55:34,519
the AHL thirty nine points, so that was pretty stellar.

1130
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:38,599
He got into fourteen games for Carolina and ended up

1131
00:55:38,639 --> 00:55:44,719
with with six points there, so that overall looks pretty good.

1132
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:47,199
If you look at his FHL player card, you can

1133
00:55:47,239 --> 00:55:49,480
see that there's actually a whole lot of red and

1134
00:55:49,599 --> 00:55:53,280
orange from his AHL time. Some of his transition game

1135
00:55:53,559 --> 00:55:55,360
left a little bit to be desired, so did some

1136
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,760
of his play driving. His then expected goals was low.

1137
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:01,800
Puck battles and puck recovery or lower. The priiffs aren't

1138
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:03,719
really there, the hits and blocks are low. The shots

1139
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,239
are good, but the hits and blocks are low, and

1140
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,360
some of his playmaking, passing and past attempts were really

1141
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:12,239
not ideal. So overall, there's some issues here. His scoring

1142
00:56:12,239 --> 00:56:14,559
and shooting looks really good, and he takes a lot

1143
00:56:14,559 --> 00:56:17,440
of pims, but overall he had under the hood. He

1144
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,440
had a little bit of tough time transitioning, but I

1145
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:23,079
think that he's ready for the NHL. He showed that

1146
00:56:23,159 --> 00:56:25,639
he's pretty ready and he should be on the team

1147
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,880
or at least fighting for a spot this upcoming year.

1148
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:30,639
I have him had a seven point thirty five, which

1149
00:56:30,679 --> 00:56:33,679
is pretty awesome that they were able to snatch such

1150
00:56:33,719 --> 00:56:39,360
a high upside guy for a similar productive player that

1151
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,280
they didn't want to pay a lot of money too.

1152
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,039
So I think that ended up working out pretty well

1153
00:56:43,559 --> 00:56:46,760
for the Rangers. We'll see, I believe in Moro. Let's

1154
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:48,400
hear a little bit more about him though. From our

1155
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:49,679
FHL scout Jesse.

1156
00:56:51,039 --> 00:56:54,440
Speaker 4: Patrick says this is Scott Morrow an above average skater, smooth,

1157
00:56:54,599 --> 00:56:57,639
able to get side to side, pivot and has speedy

1158
00:56:57,719 --> 00:57:00,519
uses to get back on defense. It plays break down

1159
00:57:01,119 --> 00:57:04,599
passing and handling. Scott is a skill manipulator for the puck,

1160
00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:07,719
able to maneuver the pucket, tight spaces, adjusted to get

1161
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:10,920
the right angle on passes. The passing has zip and

1162
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:12,400
it has accuracy.

1163
00:57:12,519 --> 00:57:12,960
Speaker 2: Shooting.

1164
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:15,880
Speaker 4: Marrow shoots often, but can use some refinement on his

1165
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:19,039
shot selection so not as many will get blocked. His

1166
00:57:19,079 --> 00:57:21,079
wrist shot has snapped, but most of his goals come

1167
00:57:21,079 --> 00:57:24,880
from his soft hands. IQ above average. Has the vision

1168
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,920
to see the play well on defense and offense. He's

1169
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:31,400
able to see and execute highly effective passes, doesn't panic

1170
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,920
the ford checking. Marrow can often be seen participating on

1171
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,599
the rush when there's an opportunity and helping to maintain

1172
00:57:37,679 --> 00:57:42,840
possession in the zone defense. Several good qualities Formorrow smart positioning,

1173
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:45,679
ability to maintain gaps. He uses his stick to poke

1174
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:48,360
the puck and check when it's appropriate. There are some

1175
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:53,039
areas for refinement, including consistency, but overall it looked up

1176
00:57:53,039 --> 00:57:55,880
to the level. The biggest asset then was the overall

1177
00:57:55,920 --> 00:58:00,199
offensive toolkit, and the biggest concern the defensive consistency. The

1178
00:58:00,239 --> 00:58:03,159
top tier outcome here probably a top four defenseman with

1179
00:58:03,199 --> 00:58:06,599
powerplay one scoring fifty plus points. That's because he has

1180
00:58:06,639 --> 00:58:09,440
a high end offensive toolkit, maybe able to iron out

1181
00:58:09,519 --> 00:58:14,039
his defensive inconsistencies. The median outcome though, bottom pair defenseman

1182
00:58:14,079 --> 00:58:18,199
power play two scoring around forty points. The toolkit on

1183
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,840
the offense is indisputable, but it could be limited if

1184
00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:25,800
his defense doesn't improve to an NHL level. Stylistic comparable

1185
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:30,880
Patrick will say maybe a John Carlson type archetype and

1186
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:35,079
the NHL King Mason black He put Marrow up in

1187
00:58:35,119 --> 00:58:39,039
a poll and he did it against Kevin Korchinski of

1188
00:58:39,079 --> 00:58:41,880
the Chicago Blackhawks. We certainly talked about him in a while.

1189
00:58:42,119 --> 00:58:44,119
A while, he made it up, he went back down.

1190
00:58:44,239 --> 00:58:47,639
He were waiting to see him get established, and what

1191
00:58:47,679 --> 00:58:50,079
do you know, it's a dead on fifty to fifty

1192
00:58:50,159 --> 00:58:55,800
Scott Marrow Kevin Korchinski fifty fifty victor break the tie.

1193
00:58:56,119 --> 00:58:58,519
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is so hard. I think I'm gonna have

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00:58:58,599 --> 00:59:02,239
to go Moro. Really, I think that I've been banging

1195
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:04,440
the drum for him for a long time, and I

1196
00:59:04,559 --> 00:59:08,119
do feel like they rushed Korchinsky. That wasn't really his fault,

1197
00:59:08,119 --> 00:59:10,239
but he did play a lot more NHL games right

1198
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:12,519
off the bat than maybe he should have, and then

1199
00:59:12,599 --> 00:59:16,440
he struggled with confidence in some of his some of

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00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:20,400
his movements and positioning. So you go back to the HL,

1201
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:22,760
and I think that he's ready to make the jump. Now,

1202
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:25,320
Moro hasn't had much of an issue, and he stepped

1203
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:28,800
right in and at least was pretty serviceable in a

1204
00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:31,519
lot of his and some of his metrics. Anyways, the

1205
00:59:31,519 --> 00:59:34,559
PNHL is still higher for Morow got that going for him.

1206
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:36,760
If you look at the Hockey prospecting though, it clearly

1207
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:40,920
favors Korchinski, who have graduated the model at sixty two

1208
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:43,360
percent chance of being a star wars more thirty four.

1209
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:45,599
But I think a lot of that was driven by

1210
00:59:45,639 --> 00:59:49,119
some of his early high upside potential when he was

1211
00:59:49,159 --> 00:59:52,760
in the WHL. If you look at Korchinsky's FHL player card,

1212
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,320
you see a whole lot of red as well, including

1213
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:59,599
a very difficult and subpar play driving instremd just a

1214
00:59:59,719 --> 01:00:03,440
number His priffs were also extremely low ten percent bash.

1215
01:00:03,519 --> 01:00:06,719
I don't know, that's an extremely low number so not

1216
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:09,360
going to be a super contributory there based on his

1217
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:13,119
AHL time, and the scoring wasn't really that great either,

1218
01:00:13,239 --> 01:00:15,079
So overall it was a really rough season in the

1219
01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:18,440
AHL for Korchinski. So if you thought that Moro's card

1220
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,239
look bad, if you look at Koorcchinsky's, it looks a

1221
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:23,400
lot worse. And I have him at a six point

1222
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,320
seventy four is quote Korchinski, and I have Moro at

1223
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:29,079
seven point thirty five. So my ranks reflect that I

1224
01:00:29,159 --> 01:00:31,400
definitely like more a little bit better. If you look

1225
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,800
at some other comps for Moro. One of the interesting

1226
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,280
ones here, there's two I think that it probably fit

1227
01:00:36,599 --> 01:00:40,440
somewhat is Mike Green and Josh Morrissey. So it's in

1228
01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,679
between those two that's the upside there, And maybe he

1229
01:00:43,719 --> 01:00:45,920
doesn't quite hit that, but I definitely think that he can.

1230
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,559
Of course he's got Adam Fox in his way, but

1231
01:00:48,639 --> 01:00:50,760
I think he can get some paraplay two time, and

1232
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:52,800
I think that he'll be a steadying force back there.

1233
01:00:53,559 --> 01:00:56,679
Looking at the j freshcard, just four percent chance of

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01:00:56,679 --> 01:00:59,320
being a star, seventy six percent chance of being in NHLer.

1235
01:00:59,559 --> 01:01:03,519
That's pretty good. The NHL our probability, the star potential. Yeah,

1236
01:01:03,559 --> 01:01:06,159
maybe not so much, but that's what we know and

1237
01:01:06,199 --> 01:01:07,320
expect from j Fresh.

1238
01:01:07,199 --> 01:01:12,960
Speaker 4: Jesse Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in its petty pays

1239
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,039
from day to day. No, never mind, I'll break out

1240
01:01:15,039 --> 01:01:17,239
of that to keep your eye on prospect, Victor. Who

1241
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:17,519
is it?

1242
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:22,920
Speaker 3: That would be Brendan Athman. Brendan Othman, twenty one, sixteenth

1243
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:25,159
overall pick six, ver h one hundred ninety two pounds.

1244
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:28,199
He split this year between the HL, where he had

1245
01:01:28,519 --> 01:01:31,159
twelve goals and twenty points in twenty seven games, and

1246
01:01:31,199 --> 01:01:33,280
in the NHL he struggled to score with just two

1247
01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:36,559
assists in twenty two games. He brings plenty of physicality

1248
01:01:36,559 --> 01:01:38,639
though nearly two hits per game at the NHL level.

1249
01:01:38,679 --> 01:01:40,960
You love to see that. And you look at some

1250
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:45,800
of his underlying numbers with the Rampom chart at Evolving Hockey,

1251
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:48,480
and he's either above average or well above average, and

1252
01:01:48,519 --> 01:01:51,079
a lot of the metrics of expected goals against goals

1253
01:01:51,119 --> 01:01:55,119
for COURSEI four so you know, shows that he's driving play.

1254
01:01:55,199 --> 01:01:57,639
And remember that was a really bad Rangers team. So

1255
01:01:58,079 --> 01:02:00,280
the fact that he was able to keep his head

1256
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:02,320
above water and drive play the other way, I think

1257
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:06,519
says a lot about his potential. So I really like that. Really,

1258
01:02:06,639 --> 01:02:08,519
I've liked Othman for a while. I thought that he

1259
01:02:08,639 --> 01:02:12,119
had more to give, and we're starting to see it

1260
01:02:12,119 --> 01:02:14,039
a little bit. If you look at the FHL player

1261
01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:19,280
card for Authman, he has a pretty decent amount of

1262
01:02:19,519 --> 01:02:23,599
pims and the shots, blocks and hits all that looks

1263
01:02:23,639 --> 01:02:25,719
really good. He looks like a bash master. His blocks

1264
01:02:25,719 --> 01:02:29,079
are actually the best of his prifs, which is interesting.

1265
01:02:29,159 --> 01:02:30,960
You don't tend to get a lot of blocks for forwards,

1266
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:33,239
but based on his AHL time, he was doing a

1267
01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:35,920
lot of that and getting pretty decent time on ice.

1268
01:02:36,039 --> 01:02:38,119
Some of the other play driving numbers aren't so good

1269
01:02:38,159 --> 01:02:40,960
for Authman. He has more of that physical presence third

1270
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:43,400
line checker, which the question is how much offense can

1271
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:46,719
he contribute, But that high peripheral floor should help. Six

1272
01:02:46,719 --> 01:02:48,599
point thirty five is what I have him at, thirty

1273
01:02:48,599 --> 01:02:51,840
five percent chance of being just above average on your roster.

1274
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:54,840
Let's hear a little bit more about Authman from refgl scout, Jesse.

1275
01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:00,599
Speaker 4: Patrick says this about Brendan Oathman, a fast oo skater

1276
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,800
can and does get up and down as well as

1277
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:07,679
East and West with ease passing and handling, simple obvious

1278
01:03:07,679 --> 01:03:10,800
passes that are as effective as they keep play going.

1279
01:03:11,039 --> 01:03:13,840
The handling is average. Generally he doesn't hold the puck long,

1280
01:03:14,159 --> 01:03:17,840
but he can transport it when he does. Oathman has

1281
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:20,159
a hard shot with quick release, but often shoots from

1282
01:03:20,199 --> 01:03:22,559
bad angles and can use some work in regards to

1283
01:03:22,599 --> 01:03:25,280
picking his spots. He will need to adjust at some

1284
01:03:25,639 --> 01:03:29,280
for it to be effective. In the nhl IQ average

1285
01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:32,280
vision isn't exceptional, but he can follow the play well

1286
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:36,199
enough and maintains his poise for checking good presence on

1287
01:03:36,239 --> 01:03:39,039
the fore check. He uses his body effectively to steal

1288
01:03:39,079 --> 01:03:43,079
the puck or make checks. Defense, Oathman shows a commitment

1289
01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:46,320
to defense. He skates back hard when needed and shifts

1290
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:50,880
his cover his man or zone. The best asset. Oathman's

1291
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:54,360
best asset is his skating. The biggest concern higher end

1292
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:57,880
talent lacks, especially in the passing and handling and in

1293
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:02,280
the Hockey IQ top tier role or potential middle six

1294
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,639
maybe some power play one time in fifty to fifty

1295
01:04:04,679 --> 01:04:08,360
five points justification, the skating, compete and shot are there,

1296
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:10,239
which can endear him to a coach and lead to

1297
01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:13,639
time higher in the lineup. The median outcome bottom six

1298
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:16,920
power play two and forty to forty five points. If

1299
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,639
he can't improve his shot selection, along with the lack

1300
01:04:19,679 --> 01:04:22,719
of better vision and above average passing, he will be

1301
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:26,519
limited to a lesser role. The stylistic of parable Brendan

1302
01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:30,320
Morrow and the final thoughts could be a very effective player,

1303
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:33,880
says Patrick, if his skating, vision, tenacity and shooting only

1304
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:38,519
the lack of physicality should hold him back. Well, Victor

1305
01:04:38,639 --> 01:04:43,480
Offman is up against William Horkoff of the Pittsburgh Penguins,

1306
01:04:43,639 --> 01:04:47,599
and like many Penguins prospects, he is no match for

1307
01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:51,559
Brennan Aufman. Sorry, now, I come on, that's a that's

1308
01:04:51,599 --> 01:04:54,519
a stray caught by William Horcoff. He doesn't deserve it.

1309
01:04:54,760 --> 01:04:58,559
But Brendan Aufman, nonetheless, seventy five to twenty five percent

1310
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:02,880
is the victor here, Victor Should he be Victor?

1311
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, I'm taking Othman for sure in this one.

1312
01:05:07,039 --> 01:05:09,280
We I talked a little bit about Horcoff in the

1313
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:12,320
draft show Who's twenty two? He was? After the draft,

1314
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:14,920
Shane and Peteon, a bunch of us went over to

1315
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,760
a bar and Horcoff and his whole crew were celebrating

1316
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:19,679
right next to us, which was fun just watching them,

1317
01:05:20,039 --> 01:05:21,920
And I'm happy for the young man. I just don't

1318
01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:24,000
really think that he's going to score a lot. I

1319
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:27,159
do think he's gonna be an NHL er, So if

1320
01:05:27,199 --> 01:05:29,440
you want for sure NHL R, then that's great. He

1321
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:31,760
is a little bit younger, and in terms of the

1322
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:34,079
funnel theory, he's further down the He's not as far

1323
01:05:34,119 --> 01:05:36,400
down the funnel his Horcoff, so you know, maybe he

1324
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:39,559
can develop more scoring. He didn't do that much of

1325
01:05:39,559 --> 01:05:41,800
it at Michigan, but maybe there's more to be seen there.

1326
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,079
He's got great size, He's six' five two hundred three,

1327
01:05:44,119 --> 01:05:47,280
pounds a good, skater so the bass should be good

1328
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:50,239
there as. Well BUT i believe An athman a little

1329
01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:52,920
bit more in terms of, discovering rediscovering some more of

1330
01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:55,320
that points. Upside so that's WHY i would take. Him,

1331
01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:58,239
yeah definitely. Easily and the fact that he's already. THERE

1332
01:05:58,360 --> 01:06:00,480
i guess it depends if you want someone who's now Than.

1333
01:06:00,559 --> 01:06:03,400
Authman if you want someone who maybe can develop more

1334
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:07,000
offense and could get, there then sure Take. Horkoff BUT

1335
01:06:07,079 --> 01:06:09,800
i Think horcoff is going to be more of a bottom,

1336
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:13,079
sixer and so looking at the hockey prospect between the,

1337
01:06:13,079 --> 01:06:16,760
two they actually both similarly have really terrible. Equivalents He's

1338
01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:19,679
amen who finished at zero, percent but that's partly because

1339
01:06:19,679 --> 01:06:21,840
he missed a whole year of THE ohl in twenty twenty,

1340
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:24,320
one so that wasn't really fair to. Him that messed

1341
01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:28,559
up his numbers quite a. Bit horkoff started this year

1342
01:06:28,599 --> 01:06:30,320
in the model at three percent chance of being a,

1343
01:06:30,320 --> 01:06:33,159
star so pretty. Low if you look At horcoff's player,

1344
01:06:33,199 --> 01:06:36,320
card there's a lot of orange and some bread hit

1345
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:38,519
and miss what things are good and. Bad the bash

1346
01:06:38,639 --> 01:06:41,159
is clearly good and the pims are above, average so

1347
01:06:41,719 --> 01:06:44,639
all that looks pretty. Good some of his play driving is.

1348
01:06:45,159 --> 01:06:47,320
Mixed his play driving and transition are both in the

1349
01:06:47,360 --> 01:06:52,400
fifty ish, percentile so all in all not super. POSITIVE

1350
01:06:52,440 --> 01:06:54,039
i actually have a card for him both on HIS

1351
01:06:54,159 --> 01:06:56,679
NC doublea time and HIS ushl, time so you can

1352
01:06:56,719 --> 01:06:58,559
see the difference, there and clearly some of the things

1353
01:06:58,599 --> 01:07:00,920
are a little bit better in THE ushl well. Time

1354
01:07:02,519 --> 01:07:04,679
if you look at some other comps For, OTHMAN i

1355
01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:06,800
was just trying to figure out someone who might look

1356
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,239
similar that he could, emulate And Josh done is actually

1357
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:11,599
someone he looks a bit, alike who also had zero

1358
01:07:11,679 --> 01:07:14,559
percent chance of being a, star but has at least

1359
01:07:14,679 --> 01:07:17,639
somewhat made. It they've played a similar number OF nhl.

1360
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:20,480
GAMES i think that he could have a similar trajectory

1361
01:07:20,519 --> 01:07:22,880
and have a high peripheral floor with maybe some. Scoring

1362
01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:25,480
that's what we're hoping, For. Athman if you look at

1363
01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:28,440
the sorry The jfresh player, card one percent chance of

1364
01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:30,280
being a star and twelve percent chance of being AN.

1365
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:35,599
NHLer so not as excited as usual From. Jfresh and

1366
01:07:35,599 --> 01:07:38,599
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1370
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near in the end of the. Show that MEANS i

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01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:01,960
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1373
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my happiness to do. So Fan tracks is a place

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to play fantasy sports. Period you have not but a

1375
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couple more months until the hockey season is. Upon it's

1376
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1377
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new league on fan tracks right? Now they've got everything

1378
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1379
01:08:22,039 --> 01:08:24,359
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1380
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1386
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1387
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keep living that fantasy hockey. Life