1 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life presented by fan Tracks. 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 2: Here's ship Kiss. 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,839 Speaker 1: Your source of information and analysis to help you win 4 00:00:14,919 --> 00:00:18,199 your fantasy hockey league. Block off hot A step hit on, 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:23,800 stay Lock. Here's your host, Jesse Sevier and Victor Nuno 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:25,519 Leanna C Hockey. 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 3: Live once again. 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: Jesse Severe, Victor Nunio in the place to be at 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,679 about this time, Victor, how you doing today? 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: I am doing awesome, Jesse, except I recently suffered a 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,840 really terrible loss in one of my leagues. You probably 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,679 experienced this before, and actually it just it kind of 13 00:00:43,719 --> 00:00:47,280 leads me into shouting out one of our sponsors of 14 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:50,560 fan Tracks for the show, because in one of my leagues, 15 00:00:50,799 --> 00:00:55,359 I got the second most amount of points by about 16 00:00:55,399 --> 00:01:00,000 thirty and I lost to the team who did even 17 00:01:00,439 --> 00:01:03,799 like we both absolutely destroyed the rest of the league, 18 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:06,760 but happened to be playing against each other. And I'm 19 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,400 sure people have experiences. It's not fun, but I wanted 20 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,319 to mention and you have a league, you designed the 21 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:16,439 league that has this. The Decel League has a cool 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,079 feature where you play against another team but also against 23 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:22,480 the league median, which I think is a really good 24 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:24,799 way to correct for this. Because if you have, like 25 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,079 for me, if I had this really good week, but 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,480 I happen to be losing to the team that's just 27 00:01:29,519 --> 00:01:32,400 slightly better the only team. At least I get a 28 00:01:32,439 --> 00:01:35,079 win against the league median, and I think that helps 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,040 correct for some of these lucky wins. Like there were 30 00:01:37,079 --> 00:01:39,640 times in this same league where I lucked out a 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,400 win that I probably shouldn't have had, and we were 32 00:01:42,439 --> 00:01:44,599 both under the league median, So in that case, I 33 00:01:44,599 --> 00:01:47,120 would have been one and one. In this case where 34 00:01:47,159 --> 00:01:49,239 I lost but beat the league median, I would have 35 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:51,079 been one and one, And I think that helps overall 36 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:52,879 even out the standings in terms of who are the 37 00:01:52,959 --> 00:01:56,840 actual good teams and who aren't. So that's how I'm doing, 38 00:01:56,959 --> 00:02:00,480 Jesse struggling with being at peace with that, but also 39 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,200 I'm happy that a lot of these other leagues have 40 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:05,680 some good solutions that I think. 41 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: Well, when you started by saying you recently suffered a loss, 42 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:10,639 I was like, well, Victor, are we gonna have real 43 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:15,479 world tragedy here? I was concerned, I'm lucky luckily it 44 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,759 was a fantasy loss, And yeah, I agree. Actually, as 45 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:24,919 we sit here, it's I'm playing the top team in 46 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,520 Diesel Hockey this week, and you know, no big deal. 47 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,120 We're the top two scoring teams in this matchup. I 48 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:33,039 think I'm going to win, just barely, but it is 49 00:02:33,159 --> 00:02:35,840 kind of nice to know the top two scores for 50 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,159 the week are happening in one matchup, and either way, 51 00:02:39,719 --> 00:02:42,159 we're both gonna get at least, you know, at least 52 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:46,080 the loser point out of this thing. So yeah, it's 53 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,639 good stuff. I like that feature. I like that you 54 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,439 can play multiple matchups at once. But you know, I 55 00:02:51,439 --> 00:02:54,240 could go on about fan tracks all day, Victor. Instead, 56 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,840 I think we should go on about prospects all day 57 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:57,639 and right. 58 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:07,599 Speaker 3: After this, it's exactly what we're gonna do, Victor. 59 00:03:07,879 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 2: We are recapped with some of the guys you've recently 60 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,599 covered in your excellent column, award winning column. Maybe not yet, 61 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,759 but eventually it will be the journey, which today we're 62 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,039 going to talk about some guys over in Sweden, over 63 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,840 in Russia who are off to some hot starts and 64 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,599 what you're seeing there. The first guy up, we've name 65 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:30,159 checked him on recent episodes, but Anton belle Or maybe 66 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:32,080 we haven't real recently, but he was one of the 67 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,280 hotness in last year's draft he was taken number three. 68 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,120 He was taken out of Chicago. He was kind of 69 00:03:39,159 --> 00:03:42,319 the centerman that was desired right there at the top 70 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,360 of the draft. And he is up in the Swedish 71 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,680 Hockey League BIGS the full SHL from Hockey all Svenskin. 72 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,360 He's part of that Jury Gardens system and you know, 73 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:56,719 nine goals in twenty three games with fourteen total points 74 00:03:57,319 --> 00:04:02,000 is a pretty respectable performance so far. Anton Frondell, we're 75 00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:06,520 going with the Mason Black NHL rinking poles is the 76 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,400 number three pick from last year, who is going up 77 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:14,360 against Jake O'Brien of the Branford Bulldogs Juggernaut that's happening 78 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:19,120 there in the OHL this year. Jake O'Brien centerman for 79 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:24,120 the Seattle Kraken, and Frontell is winning this one pretty 80 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,279 considerably in the poll, a lot of votes and Frondell 81 00:04:27,439 --> 00:04:31,279 comes out ahead seventy nine to twenty one percent. Brondell 82 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:37,360 definitely a highly touted prospect and apparently not forgotten over 83 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,519 Big Jake. What do you think of this one? 84 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, both these guys are guys that you want, 85 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,959 and there will be some polls later where that isn't 86 00:04:44,959 --> 00:04:49,680 the case. And If you remember hockey prospecting, Byron famously 87 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,079 ended with Frondell as his top player in last year's draft, 88 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,639 and at the time it was it was pretty spicy. 89 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,920 A lot of people were like, whoa really, that seems 90 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,560 like a bit of a stretch, and he ended up 91 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,879 going a little higher than maybe some people thought. But 92 00:05:03,519 --> 00:05:06,879 so far this season, Frondell is doing everything he can 93 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:10,759 to prove that. You know, he was definitely someone that 94 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,160 maybe should have gone that early. He was often a 95 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:15,439 little bit more of a hot pace at the beginning 96 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,639 of the season. And I think you also had to 97 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:21,120 take an account that Drew Garden's got promoted and so 98 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:24,360 now in the SHL compared to hockey Eels Fenskin, all 99 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:27,000 of that is something to think about. But he is 100 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,399 a goal scorer. I think these players are just fundamentally 101 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,519 very different. So in terms of what you want, Frondell 102 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,279 is going to be someone who probably scores more. He's 103 00:05:36,319 --> 00:05:38,319 got a really good shot, he's got a quick release 104 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,360 and all that. He's not someone who is going to 105 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:44,639 bash a terribly large amount, but he's going to get 106 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,000 a lot more than Jacobrien, who basically doesn't do anything. 107 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,160 He doesn't shoot hit block. What he does is mostly 108 00:05:52,199 --> 00:05:55,959 good assists and so think of like Alex Weinberg, but 109 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,720 like a lot more scoring than that, And that's basically 110 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:02,240 what you can have with Jacobrien. You know, maybe like 111 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,680 a Dylan Strom at his best, someone who doesn't really 112 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,839 bash a lot, but could get you know, point per game. 113 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:09,160 So I think it depends on what you want there. 114 00:06:09,319 --> 00:06:12,720 I do think that the points upside is higher for Jacobrien, 115 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:18,120 but the all around upside for Frondell in terms of 116 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,560 in your fantasy league, is probably going to be a 117 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,879 little bit higher depending on what categories you choose. If 118 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,120 your points only league, then I think you take Jacobrien 119 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:29,240 and it's not even a question. But if you count 120 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:30,839 a lot of peripheral stats, I think they're going to 121 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,800 be pretty close. But I would probably lean Frondell just 122 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,600 because I think he does a lot more to stay 123 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,959 engaged and unless it really works out for O'Brien, he 124 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:44,279 becomes that top, you know, playmaker all situations kind of thing. 125 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,720 I think it's going to be tough for him to 126 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,759 have the value that is going to make him worth 127 00:06:48,759 --> 00:06:51,480 it on your roster. Plus, we see Berkeley Cadden already 128 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,319 breaking into the League. I think Berkeley Cadden is probably 129 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,000 a slightly better similar version to Jacobrien who shoots a 130 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,920 little bit, who shoots more, but it's still an excellent playmakers. 131 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,560 So the other issue is at Seattle needs finishers. They 132 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,920 have some pretty good playmakers now, but they don't really 133 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:11,519 have finishers. So Jared McCann can't finish everything, and you know, 134 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,560 not Johnny Newman who has a really good shot but 135 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,959 struggles to move like. They just need some some guys 136 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:17,639 who can finish a little bit better, and so that's 137 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,160 a bit of a concern. I try not to think 138 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:21,279 about the whole context in terms of these players, but 139 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,439 it clearly is going to matter here for the Kraken 140 00:07:23,519 --> 00:07:26,399 because I don't see them making a lot of changes 141 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:27,759 in that way, and I don't really know how they 142 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,120 can with all these free agents being locked up before 143 00:07:30,199 --> 00:07:32,439 we even get to the free agency of twenty twenty six, 144 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:36,279 so it might be hard for them to improve much. Jesse, 145 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:38,639 but this one's pretty close. I think I would take 146 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,399 Frondell just based on the all around production. But O'Brien 147 00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:44,639 if it's some points only kind. 148 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,319 Speaker 2: Of well, next Victor. I know we name checked this 149 00:07:47,399 --> 00:07:50,560 guy last week. As a competition in a vote with 150 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:52,639 one of our players, and that was the var Stenberg, 151 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,040 who is really moving up in the talk about the 152 00:07:57,079 --> 00:08:01,040 twenty twenty six an Echell Draft. He's definitely a consensus 153 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,199 top three pick. I mean, wouldn't be surprised at this 154 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,000 point if people are talking about him as a number 155 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,120 one pick at some point. And yeah, he's certainly also 156 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,439 having an excellent season this year. As you said, these 157 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:16,040 are the hot starters, and there's nothing better than showing 158 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:18,439 up in for Londa in the FHL and having almost 159 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:20,480 a point per game in your draft year, which is 160 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,000 kind of unheard of. So he's playing over for Londa 161 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:29,120 twenty two points in twenty three games, and up against 162 00:08:29,199 --> 00:08:33,720 Keaton Verhoff in this one, who's moved from the WHL 163 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:38,559 to play for the NCAA's North Dakota team this year 164 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,600 and will also be part of the twenty twenty six 165 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:46,240 entry draft. Right now, really a tight one, Victor ivar 166 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,360 Stenberg versus Keaton Verhoff. Verhoff is just a little bit behind. 167 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:51,360 I know he's also one of the top prospects here, 168 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,840 but I'm kind of surprised that this one is so 169 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,960 close given what the buzz is around Stenberg. What do 170 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,559 you think of this poll and what do you think 171 00:08:59,600 --> 00:08:59,840 of these. 172 00:08:59,799 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: Play I think I would like one of each of them, 173 00:09:02,879 --> 00:09:06,639 actually is what I think they're They're both really strong, 174 00:09:06,639 --> 00:09:08,559 as you said, so it depends on what you want. 175 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,080 I think that Stenberg is probably going to be the 176 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,399 first or second best winger available, and Verhoff is probably 177 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,480 the best defenseman available, So, you know, depends on what 178 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:23,440 you want. You know, you could probably just decide based 179 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,039 on that they're both elite. I think Verhoff is good, 180 00:09:27,159 --> 00:09:31,279 is you know, clearly a really good real life defenseman. 181 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,679 Is he going to be an elite fantasy asset? It's 182 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,159 hard to say, but he's looking great already in his 183 00:09:36,279 --> 00:09:39,879 NC DOUBLEA to debut a lot of his transition data. 184 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,399 It looks really good. Some of his play driving doesn't 185 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,000 look amazing, but again, difficult league that he's jumping into. 186 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,799 He's also a really young for his draft class at 187 00:09:49,879 --> 00:09:53,320 June nineteenth, so he'll be eighteen just before the draft. 188 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,279 But playing as a seventeen year old in the NC 189 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,120 double A. We've seen a few do it, but it's 190 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,279 really hard. It's even harder for defensemen, and so that's 191 00:10:00,879 --> 00:10:02,840 asking a lot and I think he's more than holding 192 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,200 his head above water right now with ten points in 193 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,519 fourteen games for North Dakota and a lot of his 194 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,679 underlying numbers look good. Some of them look a little 195 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:14,240 bit underwater, but that's okay considering the context. I think 196 00:10:14,279 --> 00:10:16,519 he has all the potential in the world. He's probably 197 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,039 probably going to make the U twenty World Unior Championship 198 00:10:20,039 --> 00:10:23,080 team for Canada, depends on who else gets released from 199 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,080 their NHL teams. But that's a pretty big feather in 200 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,480 his cap. You know, we saw Schaeffer recently do that, 201 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,480 but Stenberg, as we talked about last week, he has 202 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,039 just tremendous points upside, rivaling Gavin McKenna. I think there's 203 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:40,960 going to be a situation where we look at this 204 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,320 five years down the road and we say, actually, ever 205 00:10:43,399 --> 00:10:45,639 stenbar was better, and he might even be a better 206 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,240 fantasy asset. His bash is not really great though, he 207 00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:52,440 doesn't really do that much in terms of hits, blocks 208 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,399 and shots, but he's driving a lot of really excellent 209 00:10:56,399 --> 00:11:00,759 play in the SHL, especially with his Fenwick and expected goals, 210 00:11:00,759 --> 00:11:02,919 which is no small task. And his play away from 211 00:11:02,919 --> 00:11:05,679 the puck I think has been really impressive, especially as 212 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,639 those questions continue to be asked about Gavin McKenna. So 213 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,759 I think the answer is both of these. Who has 214 00:11:12,799 --> 00:11:15,240 the more pure upside? I think it's probably of our Stenberg, 215 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,039 you know. But if you're staring at this decision come 216 00:11:18,279 --> 00:11:21,200 next Fantasy draft, and you really need a high end defenseman, 217 00:11:21,279 --> 00:11:24,200 then I think it's perfectly within reason to go with 218 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:26,919 Kean Verhoff here, because I don't think they're that far apart. 219 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: All right, mixed up, we're gonna go. Let's go back 220 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,039 to the old days, way back in the past, to 221 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:33,960 twenty twenty five. 222 00:11:34,039 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 3: That drive. 223 00:11:34,639 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 2: Victor Eckland was a first round steal for the Aisles 224 00:11:38,639 --> 00:11:41,639 in twenty twenty five, taken in the mid round when 225 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,480 a lot of guys had kind of slipped. He's playing 226 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:48,519 with Stenberg now over in the Chure Gardens, I do believe, 227 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,519 and so he's getting some good experience in there. He's 228 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:56,440 a left winger nineteen years old. And let's see right now, 229 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,200 this year, so far Victor Ecklund has he's got eleven 230 00:12:01,519 --> 00:12:04,159 goals in twenty three games or eleven points to twenty 231 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,000 three games, and he's definitely playing for the international U 232 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:12,120 twenty games for the for Sweden. He's going up against 233 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,279 the guy who has taking three picks in front of 234 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,360 him in last year's draft, Carter Bhar. And despite the vact, 235 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,679 Carter Bher was picked first by the Red Wings, Victor 236 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,039 Ecklund is being picked first by most of our respondents 237 00:12:24,519 --> 00:12:27,919 seventy six percent of them, to be specific to twenty 238 00:12:27,919 --> 00:12:30,639 four percent for Carter Bhar. Victor, what are your thoughts 239 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,240 on Victor Eckland Carter Bhar. 240 00:12:33,399 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a good one. I mean I like 241 00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:38,559 both these guys. I think Eckland has more scoring upside. 242 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,000 Although Bear did do really well in WTL last season, 243 00:12:43,279 --> 00:12:48,360 but this season he also, you know, he was injured 244 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,480 late last season and so that affected his return to play, 245 00:12:51,519 --> 00:12:55,320 which he's now back with Everett. But he apparently he 246 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,759 hasn't quite looked himself, although he's doing fine in terms 247 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:01,320 of his scoring twenty four points in twenty games, though 248 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,679 he was well over a point per game in his 249 00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:05,759 draft season, so this represents a little bit of a 250 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:08,960 dip in his equivalency, which is represented in hockey prospecting. 251 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:12,600 I think Eckland's numbers were a little bit depressed last 252 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,919 season too, based on the hockey else Finskin, and he 253 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,440 was generating a lot more chances and he got credit 254 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,279 for but because of the low equivalency of that league, 255 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,279 his thirty one points in forty two games didn't look 256 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:25,120 that impressive. This season, he's right around half point per 257 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,679 game in the SHL. I think he just has a 258 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,240 lot more to give than maybe what some people realize. 259 00:13:31,279 --> 00:13:33,399 I think Victor Eckland's upside is a little bit more. 260 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,240 Both these guys actually bash a lot. You know, they're 261 00:13:36,279 --> 00:13:39,919 both in the well Carter bar is in the ninety 262 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:42,600 six percentile for bash, Eckland in the eighty fifth percentile. 263 00:13:42,759 --> 00:13:45,799 So we mentioned that at the draft last season. He's 264 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,200 a bit more bashy than his older brother William is Victor. 265 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,559 So that's something that you get a little bit more 266 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,039 of a perferal floor. Plus, I think the scoring is similar, 267 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,720 if not maybe even a little better for a Victor, 268 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,879 So that's kind of interesting. I do I would take 269 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,600 Victor in this case, though, I think that he has 270 00:14:02,639 --> 00:14:04,440 a little bit more scoring upside, and he's got that 271 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,399 strong peripheral floor. I think Bear is clearly, you know, 272 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,399 tenacious and aggressive enough to play in the NHL, But 273 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,159 I think he might be more of like a middle 274 00:14:14,159 --> 00:14:16,399 six kind of option, where I think Victor Eckland has 275 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:19,919 more top six upside, So I think I would lean 276 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,240 Eckland in this case, but they're somewhat close. 277 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: I would say Jesse, well, very good. Next, we're going 278 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:30,840 to move on to Milton Gastron, a Washington Capitals. The 279 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,440 Washington's been kind of sneaky in that second round. Wasn't 280 00:14:33,679 --> 00:14:35,679 Wasn't Hudson a second round pick for them a couple 281 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,159 of years ago. Well, anyway, this is the number thirty 282 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:42,000 seven pick for the Caps just last year in twenty 283 00:14:42,039 --> 00:14:45,679 twenty five. He is known for his playmaking. He didn't 284 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,720 do much in a few games in the SHL last year, 285 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:52,519 but he's an all Svenskin now and we'll see it 286 00:14:52,519 --> 00:14:55,440 should be should be a good year from him. He's 287 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,519 already producing a bit here early on. He's up against 288 00:15:00,159 --> 00:15:03,240 David Edstrom in our NHL rank King Pole, who was 289 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,000 drafted by the Vegas Golden Knights and then traded, of 290 00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:11,120 course to Nashville some time back, and Gastrin apparently is 291 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,879 appreciated more than Edstrom. A. Gastron of course also forward. 292 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:20,039 He is the winner of our poll sixty to forty percent. 293 00:15:20,679 --> 00:15:23,720 Victor tell us a little bit more about Milton Gastrine 294 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,480 and whether this is an accurate way for us to 295 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:26,919 view him. 296 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, I like Gastrin a lot. I think that 297 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,360 he was one last season who we said, you know, 298 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,000 looked looked really good in his role and at the 299 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,159 JA twenty and we'll see what he does when he 300 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,960 plays in the next level. And so far, so good. 301 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,799 He's been pretty good. He's raised his star potential from 302 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,879 two to seven percent in the hockey prospecting and you know, 303 00:15:48,919 --> 00:15:51,320 he's someone who I could definitely see raising that even more. 304 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,679 He's a June second birthdate, so he played all last 305 00:15:53,679 --> 00:15:55,600 season as a seventeen year old, this season as an 306 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,440 eighteen year old, and so I think he's got a 307 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,360 little bit more to give. He's an extremely creative player. 308 00:16:01,519 --> 00:16:04,559 But both these guys probably have limited upside just in general. 309 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,360 I think they're kind of more depth options. But I 310 00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:11,399 like the trajectory that Gastron is on and I think 311 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,879 that he has a little bit more upside. Edstrom, you 312 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:17,279 may recall, was part of the package that was sent 313 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,360 to Nashville for yao Arslava Scaroff, which is looking worse 314 00:16:21,399 --> 00:16:24,399 and worse for Nashville as we go along. They got 315 00:16:25,399 --> 00:16:28,799 Magnus Crona who doesn't even seem like an NHLer. They 316 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,759 got David Edstrom, who will talk about in a sec, 317 00:16:31,799 --> 00:16:34,120 and a twenty twenty five first round pick who they 318 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,159 got Riker Lee with which I think is, you know, 319 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,840 he's certainly a guy who has some potential, but a 320 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:44,360 scar off being a volume starter for the Sharks looking 321 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,320 pretty good is looking good for them anyhow. David Edstrom 322 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:50,519 is someone who he's kind of looking like a tweener, 323 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,080 like I'm not even sure he's gonna be an NHL 324 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,559 or he's looking like someone who might not even you know, 325 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,600 provide them much support in the middle. His AHL production 326 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,920 so far six points in sixteen games. He was loaned 327 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,440 over to the SHL all last season, so he didn't 328 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,519 get any He got into a FEWHL games at the 329 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:13,200 end of the season, didn't do much, and he was 330 00:17:13,519 --> 00:17:15,480 right around half point per game in the SHL. So 331 00:17:16,039 --> 00:17:18,559 a fine, but he you know, he's that's fine, But 332 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:21,039 it's just he looks like he's kind of a tweiner, 333 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:24,640 Like he's probably good enough to play low level pro, 334 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:26,160 but I'm not sure that he's going to be an 335 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,559 impact in the NHL at which means he's not going 336 00:17:28,599 --> 00:17:30,960 to be an impact for your fantasy league. So I 337 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,880 would definitely take Milton Gastron in this poll. But again, 338 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,279 these guys, both of them probably not shame. 339 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 2: Edstrom was a guy I really liked when he came 340 00:17:39,519 --> 00:17:41,319 over to Nashville, I know when I was doing some 341 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,400 Nashville scouting, but it sounds like it's not working out 342 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,279 right now. Moving on to the next prospect up for 343 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:54,160 discussion today, Herman Traff of the Anaheim Ducks is was 344 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,559 the number ninety one overall pick in the third round 345 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,880 back in twenty twenty four for the Ducks. He's a 346 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,720 big winger. He's blowing up in the ALLSVENSKN this year 347 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,559 with twenty three points in twenty two games. Of course, 348 00:18:06,599 --> 00:18:08,400 playing a little bit lower level, a little bit older 349 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,359 than some of the guys that we're talking about, but 350 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,720 that is some that's some fancy cooking. We like that 351 00:18:13,839 --> 00:18:16,559 from a nineteen year old who is coming into his 352 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,400 own over there. Of course, Anaheim definitely a franchise on 353 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,359 the rise. He is going up in the NHL ranking 354 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,039 poll against Kieran Walton, who is a Sudbury Wolf and 355 00:18:26,079 --> 00:18:29,720 who is completely blow enough his point scoring. He was 356 00:18:29,759 --> 00:18:34,640 taken three rounds later than Traff in the same draft, 357 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,440 so Kieran Walton is he's got the attention of the voters. 358 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,440 There's a little bit of a smaller sample of votes 359 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,119 on this one, but Walton wins sixty three to thirty 360 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:46,759 seven percent in this poll. 361 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: Victor, what do you think both of these guys are 362 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,720 more depth options? I don't think either one of them 363 00:18:51,759 --> 00:18:55,960 are super exciting. Walton was doing really well the last 364 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,400 couple of seasons, really kind of coming out of nowhere 365 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,400 as a six round pick to have some cachet, even 366 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,640 got some HL games this season. They put an a 367 00:19:04,759 --> 00:19:08,880 on his sweater in Sudbury and he's been still really good. 368 00:19:09,039 --> 00:19:12,079 But his equivalence, he actually has tracked down a little 369 00:19:12,079 --> 00:19:15,200 bit based on not being quite as dominant as he 370 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,440 had been. It's still going to be a super long 371 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:19,960 road for both of these guys. At least Walton has 372 00:19:20,319 --> 00:19:23,160 a the size figured out, you know, six six two 373 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,720 and twelve pounds like, he's not gonna he's on inter size. 374 00:19:25,759 --> 00:19:27,759 He's not gonna have an issue with that. And Traff 375 00:19:27,759 --> 00:19:30,799 has good size too, so that shouldn't be a huge issue. 376 00:19:30,799 --> 00:19:32,359 But I think that I would take Traff here just 377 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,000 because he has he's younger and has a little bit 378 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,119 well actually their their similar age. But Walton, you know, 379 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,319 playing in the OHL, he can't really do anything about 380 00:19:42,319 --> 00:19:46,240 that because he's still in the bound by the CHL 381 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,640 NHL agreement. But Traff doing what he's doing already at 382 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,960 the hockey heals Fensken level is pretty impressive, going over 383 00:19:53,039 --> 00:19:57,400 point per game, and his improvement has been relatively recently 384 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,480 after being just drafted last season. So I think that 385 00:20:01,519 --> 00:20:04,680 both these guys are They're gonna be a long ways away, 386 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,279 but I would probably take Traff here. I also just 387 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,720 kind of believe in the Ducks drafting and developing a 388 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:14,200 little bit better than the Winnipeg Jets. But that's, you know, 389 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,279 maybe a minor point. Looking at the Fantasy Hockey Life 390 00:20:17,279 --> 00:20:20,559 player card between the two, there's some pretty good tracking 391 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,119 data for Traft. He Also, both these guys actually have 392 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,240 really good bash block shots and hits, so that should 393 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,839 be a pretty nice peripheral floor for the two of them. 394 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,920 But yeah, this one's closed. I think I would lean Traft, 395 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:31,640 though Jesse. 396 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 2: Well very good Victor. That is mister traff. We'll see 397 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,759 what comes of him, but for right now, let's take 398 00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:40,880 a quick break, come back on the other side and 399 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:53,920 talk more prospects. 400 00:20:54,799 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 3: Victor, we're moving. 401 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 2: From Sweden to Russia in this part of our discussion, 402 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,359 but before we do, you have some things to tell 403 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:01,799 the people. 404 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 1: I sure do. 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He's twenty one. He's 416 00:21:42,559 --> 00:21:45,440 already in this fourth year in the KHL if you can, 417 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:48,759 if you can believe that, and he is a third 418 00:21:48,759 --> 00:21:50,960 full time. He had a cameo before that. He's up 419 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,960 over a point per game this year and it's wearing 420 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,599 an A on his chest in the KHL. That's pretty 421 00:21:55,599 --> 00:21:59,079 impressive for a guy who there's some threat to him 422 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:00,000 going to the NHL. 423 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: Well. 424 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:03,279 Speaker 2: Now, on the other hand, for cancer Off, he is 425 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:05,880 on the smaller side. He's only five to nine, so 426 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,519 you got to worry a little bit about translation to 427 00:22:08,599 --> 00:22:12,200 the North American game. But hey, he is thirty enough 428 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,559 in the KHL, He's played over twenty minutes multiple times 429 00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:18,559 in recent games, and the NHL ranking pole is going 430 00:22:18,599 --> 00:22:22,079 to put him up against Billy Coyvenan, who is NHL 431 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:28,319 contributor and right now, Roman cancerrov the unknown is much 432 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:31,960 more highly loved than the known of coiven In, as 433 00:22:32,079 --> 00:22:36,119 cancerov In a pretty heavily voted pole is seventy eight 434 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,640 to twenty two percent ahead of coiven In. Victor, what 435 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,799 do you think of this comparison between prospects. 436 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: Well, as you mentioned, coiven In is playing in the NHL, 437 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,519 getting NHL games right now, So if that matters to you, 438 00:22:49,559 --> 00:22:51,119 if you're a competitive team and you want to be 439 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,279 able to get them get him in your lineup, then 440 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,960 maybe you lean that way just based on NHL proximity. 441 00:22:59,079 --> 00:23:03,480 I do think Cancerah has a better opportunity to be 442 00:23:03,519 --> 00:23:08,720 a pretty significant contributor. He's someone who has, as you mentioned, 443 00:23:08,799 --> 00:23:13,359 absolutely killing it in the KHL, and he has been undersized. 444 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,400 But if you look at this is why I like 445 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,960 having the vetas yaka Life Skater cards, because you can 446 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,680 see that he's actually winning seventy two percent of his 447 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,920 puck battles. That's not something that a small winger who's 448 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,960 shy of contact is going to do. He also is 449 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,319 hitting fifty six percent for the KHL, which is great. 450 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,240 His shots and blockso aren't that good, So his bash 451 00:23:34,319 --> 00:23:36,440 is actually a little bit low. But he's driving play 452 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,079 really well. He's got really good, pretty good transition data. 453 00:23:40,759 --> 00:23:44,359 His loose puck recovery and takeaways all look really good. 454 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,119 So it's not like he's just on the perimeter. He's 455 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,279 actually getting to the dirty eras he's actually separating people 456 00:23:52,279 --> 00:23:55,039 from the puck and winning puck battles. All that matters 457 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,759 a ton. So I think he has some pretty good upside, 458 00:23:58,839 --> 00:24:03,559 especially with Chicago, you know, advancing their rebuild window and 459 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:05,880 some of their younger players taking big steps right now. 460 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,240 I think he could be part of that conversation. So 461 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,640 I think it's going to be he's going to be 462 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,480 one of the players you definitely want to be adding, 463 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:17,240 and just based on upside, I'm definitely going with Roman 464 00:24:17,319 --> 00:24:22,119 cantcerf here, but I could see a situation where you 465 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,480 want to take kaven End just because of the proximity 466 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,519 to the NHL, So I think that's something to be considered. 467 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:35,079 You mentioned you mentioned the situation with him potentially leaving, 468 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,039 and he is under contract at least through this season, 469 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,440 so he could come over at the end of the season. 470 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,200 And we tend to see ice time get monkeyed with 471 00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:49,039 opportunity when players potentially could leave. So we'll see if 472 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:51,920 that happens. Right now, we don't know. We haven't had 473 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,319 any formal announcement of where he's playing next year, but 474 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,200 I think it's reasonable to suspect he might come over, 475 00:24:57,279 --> 00:24:59,759 and that way, the proximity is pretty similar for both 476 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:01,799 of them, but being over a point per game in 477 00:25:01,839 --> 00:25:02,440 the KHL. 478 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 2: Another fellow who's over there there, Swing of the Nashville Predators. 479 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,480 I remember again, I was following Nashville Predators prospects pretty 480 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,640 closely for Dabra a couple of years ago, and this 481 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,519 guy showed up at the Predators camp and just blew 482 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,799 up and really impressed some people, but unfortunately is still 483 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,440 over there at KHL playing under contract. He's big, he's 484 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,680 got a motor, he's getting full time minutes. Over in 485 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,119 the KHL this year is Surin, and yeah, he's he's 486 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,119 sixty two, one hundred and ninety eight pounds. That's that's solid. 487 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,279 That's some solid, solid winger right there. And over at 488 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,839 Locomotive Yaroslav he has got forty twenty four points in 489 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,480 thirty three games. That's a big jump over what he 490 00:25:48,559 --> 00:25:50,559 was able to do in the KHL last year. So 491 00:25:50,599 --> 00:25:56,240 the progress is moving unabated. Surin is in this poll 492 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,359 up against the guy who was drafted much earlier. Surin 493 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,440 was was a first round pick in twenty twenty four 494 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,640 of the Preds and Carter Maser was a third round 495 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,799 pick of the Detroit Red Wings back in twenty twenty one. 496 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:13,279 Is playing in the AHL and doing a reasonable job 497 00:26:13,319 --> 00:26:15,599 for a guy who's already coming up on twenty four. 498 00:26:16,079 --> 00:26:18,920 So his time to impact is, you know, the funnel 499 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:20,960 is he's further down that funnel. Let's put it that way, 500 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,000 and your sorin goes up against major in an NHL 501 00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:28,880 ranking pool. Surin wins this one in a landslide eighty 502 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,519 four to sixteen percent Victor. What do you think? 503 00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm definitely taking sur In here. I think he 504 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,200 has a lot more skill, a lot more upside to him, 505 00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:41,279 and the fact that he's doing so well in the 506 00:26:41,319 --> 00:26:44,880 KHL right now as a nineteen year old, it's extremely impressive, 507 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,880 especially as a young birthdate. His contract situation is a 508 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,200 little bit different. He has this season and next, so 509 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:55,680 he won't be eligible to join the Predators or the 510 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,960 AHL until the twenty seven to twenty eight season, so 511 00:26:59,519 --> 00:27:01,920 a little bit longer wait, but he probably needs it. 512 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,799 He he has a little bit still to round out 513 00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:10,559 with his game and hopefully improve his scoring a little bit. 514 00:27:10,599 --> 00:27:13,039 But overall, right now, it all looks really green in 515 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,599 terms of his player card, because the transition data, the 516 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,079 play driving, all of it looks excellent. Even his bash 517 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,359 he hits a lot, He shoots a lot. His blocks 518 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,000 are a little bit on the low side, but overall, 519 00:27:24,039 --> 00:27:27,480 eighty nine percentile for bash is pretty impressive. So you 520 00:27:27,599 --> 00:27:30,599 love to see all of that. And I think his 521 00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:32,920 you know, I have him at a six point sixty five. 522 00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:35,640 His puck stud rating. Haven't talked about that too much, 523 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,319 but that's above average player and I think that he 524 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,359 could get there. His fantasy hockey er, sorry, his hockey 525 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,160 prospecting star potential is at forty six percent, way higher 526 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,519 than Carter Mazer's, and I think that, you know, that's 527 00:27:47,559 --> 00:27:49,839 a that's a pretty healthy star potential based on his 528 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,720 KHEL time, and I think that he has a reasonable 529 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:54,920 chance of hitting it. His NHLO probability is eighty one 530 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,880 percent there, Maser. You know, he's someone who has some 531 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:04,119 decent production as an HL scorer. Last season, he's had 532 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,559 some injuries that's limited him. He had just twenty games 533 00:28:06,599 --> 00:28:09,440 last season, fifteen points in those twenty games, he had 534 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,119 one NHL game, and right now he's looks like he's 535 00:28:13,319 --> 00:28:16,079 coming back six points in five HL games, So that's 536 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,759 good to see. But I still think he's going to 537 00:28:18,799 --> 00:28:20,440 be in a more of a depth score, maybe a 538 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,599 third or fourth liner who chips in some points here there, 539 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,880 But I don't know they he'll be more than you know, 540 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,960 a thirty point kind of guy, a real depth score. 541 00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:31,839 So I definitely taken yegor sir in here, Jesse, and 542 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,319 I don't think it's that exact. 543 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:35,079 Speaker 2: So he'reing that. 544 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: I kind of agree with the. 545 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 2: Pollar here in our Diesel league. Next, we've got Alexander Zarovski, 546 00:28:42,759 --> 00:28:45,640 who is a prospect for the Montreal Canadians, who was 547 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,240 drafted early in the second round last year, a puck 548 00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:53,000 handling savant from Russia who had a very is having 549 00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:55,400 a very strong first year as a full timer in 550 00:28:55,519 --> 00:28:59,599 the KHL. So I'm sure the Canadians fans are excited 551 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,440 about that. When have the Canadians ever had luck with 552 00:29:02,599 --> 00:29:06,880 Russian prospects? Oh, that's right, Ivan Dematov. He is up 553 00:29:07,039 --> 00:29:10,079 in the NHL ranking poll against Braden Kots of the 554 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,880 Vancouver Canucks. And I don't know about this one, Victor Nucks. 555 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:18,240 The Canucks are starcross this year. Man, They're they're having 556 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,519 a rough year. And Kots, I mean, Kots is good, 557 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,000 He's even had some time in the NHL, but he 558 00:29:24,319 --> 00:29:27,279 does not come out ahead in this poll against the 559 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:33,160 as yet unseen in North America Djerovsky and wins. Djurowski 560 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,160 does Overcoots sixty seven to thirty three percent. 561 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: Victor, What say you too? Passionate fan base is here 562 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,359 who always think their prospect is the best of anyone else, 563 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,000 So how could you How could you not upset one 564 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:49,960 of them. I'm sure someone's going to be upset with 565 00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:52,400 whatever I say here, but the reality is I think 566 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,359 I would take Zorovsky. I do think that what he's 567 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,160 done has been really impressive. He's increased his star potential 568 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,359 from nineteen to fifty percent, which is incredible based on 569 00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:06,039 his KHL performance so far this season, and eighteen points 570 00:30:06,079 --> 00:30:08,359 in twenty two games is record. This for Salavat you 571 00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:12,000 love pretty great. I got to see bradon Kots play recently, 572 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,640 and I think he's great. I mean, he's hard nosed. 573 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,720 You know, he's not the biggest guy, but he plays 574 00:30:16,759 --> 00:30:19,160 really tough and hard and I think he's got some 575 00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:21,480 skill there too. He's got a really good one timer. 576 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,960 He had an incredible one time goal from the OVI 577 00:30:24,079 --> 00:30:26,720 spot that was pretty impressive. But he also scored in 578 00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:29,359 different ways. He made everyone around him better and so 579 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,839 you like to see that. Seattle isn't the most dominant 580 00:30:32,839 --> 00:30:35,519 team last year, but we saw him power as a 581 00:30:35,599 --> 00:30:39,599 draft eligible his team to you know, a playoff spot 582 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,400 which they really had no business being in. So I 583 00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:44,759 really like him. We saw him get some NHL games 584 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:47,920 already this season did kots when they were really starved 585 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:53,599 for some players, and so he has increased his star 586 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,160 potential from twelve to eighteen percent. But overall, I still 587 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:02,160 think that Zorowsky has a much better potential to score. 588 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,799 Kotso is going to have bash for days. His bash 589 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,920 is clucking in at ninety two percent, and the main 590 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000 thing he doesn't do that much is hit, But he 591 00:31:13,319 --> 00:31:15,400 shoots and he blocks a lot. He hits a fair amount. 592 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:20,559 He's pretty physical. But Zerovski a little bit lower fifty 593 00:31:20,599 --> 00:31:22,440 percent out for bash. But I just think his scoring 594 00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:24,400 upside is much much more and what he's doing in 595 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,160 the KHL is just super impressive. So I would definitely 596 00:31:27,799 --> 00:31:29,559 like to have Zeroski on my team. 597 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 2: Could never never try to pride something away from your 598 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,519 neighborhood ABS fan, my friends. That's that's not going to 599 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:40,160 end well. Moving on, our next prospect up mkill Ilion 600 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,799 of the Pittsburgh peng Whenever I hear it Ilion, I 601 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,359 think it's like something the Beastie Boys would say, you'd 602 00:31:46,359 --> 00:31:50,279 be Illion man. So Mikhail is over there playing for 603 00:31:50,519 --> 00:31:54,720 the Pittsburgh Penguins, but not really because like the prospects, 604 00:31:54,759 --> 00:31:57,400 we're talking about in this half of this episode. He's 605 00:31:57,559 --> 00:32:01,079 actually in Russia. He's playing in the case DHL on 606 00:32:01,279 --> 00:32:03,519 his fourth year there. He was a twenty twenty three 607 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,880 pick and is doing doing very well on the KHL 608 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,519 loaned up from below. He's got twenty four points in 609 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,079 thirty two games up in Severn Stop and actually last 610 00:32:15,079 --> 00:32:18,079 summer signed his entry level contract for the NHL, so 611 00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:21,880 that would suggest he's maybe not that far from coming 612 00:32:22,039 --> 00:32:26,559 over to North America. He is forward and not yet 613 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,559 twenty one years old. He's going up against Brendan Oathman 614 00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:31,640 of the New York Ranges. I think we just talked 615 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,799 about Oathman a couple of weeks ago. Either that or 616 00:32:33,839 --> 00:32:36,799 Perro My mind blurs, but anyway, one of these good 617 00:32:37,359 --> 00:32:40,880 Rangers winger prospects. I think in Openland's case, maybe it's 618 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,200 time for him to move and try something else. But 619 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:48,440 Ilian Oathman is the matchup. Ilion comes out ahead again. 620 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,400 The unknown mystery man comes out ahead of the guy 621 00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:53,799 who we've been watching a little more closely in the AHL, 622 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:56,119 who hasn't seemed to break through yet and is a 623 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:01,319 little bit older. Ilian fifty six percent, forty four percent Victor. 624 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,240 What do you have to say, well, I. 625 00:33:04,319 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 1: Really hope they do move on from Brenan Authman because 626 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,680 he's not getting the opportunity that he needs to. We've 627 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,960 talked about how the Rangers have really struggled to develop 628 00:33:14,119 --> 00:33:16,960 their prospects and give them the right opportunity, and I 629 00:33:17,039 --> 00:33:19,960 think Authman is a pretty clear example of that. You know, 630 00:33:20,039 --> 00:33:22,759 we did see Will Cooley pass him on the depth chart. 631 00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:25,079 I think there's a similar player. I've talked about that before. 632 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,720 He had a really Authman had a really excellent first 633 00:33:28,839 --> 00:33:31,319 season in the AHL, and then they kind of brought 634 00:33:31,359 --> 00:33:32,920 him up and didn't really give him the right role, 635 00:33:33,119 --> 00:33:36,240 kind of regress his development a bit. Last season, he 636 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,519 had some injuries and was mostly in the NHL or 637 00:33:40,599 --> 00:33:43,640 sorry AHL. This season, he just got one NHL game 638 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,319 and he's been back in the minors, and I just 639 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:47,599 think he needs to get a different opportunity. I think 640 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,680 he could be a Will Cooley type for a different team. 641 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,200 So we'll just have to wait and see if that happens. 642 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,279 I do think that Mikhail Illen probably has more scoring 643 00:33:57,359 --> 00:34:01,640 potential than does Authman at this point, you know, he's 644 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,680 doing pretty well in the KHL. It'll be interesting to 645 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,400 see when he comes over. But I for just the 646 00:34:08,599 --> 00:34:11,360 actual point scoring, I would take Illen. But you know, 647 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,360 in terms of the bash, which Othman is pretty great at, 648 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,599 I think that you would like to see that, and 649 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,800 if he can get the right opportunity on a different team, 650 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,079 it may end up working out really well for Othman. 651 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:25,599 And he is like he could get traded to a 652 00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:27,599 different team and be in the NHL right away and 653 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,519 actually be producing for your fantasy team. So that's something 654 00:34:30,599 --> 00:34:32,920 to consider. It just takes the right move. Maybe it's 655 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,079 the kind of thing where you keep him on your 656 00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:36,880 watch list and if he gets traded, you add him 657 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,719 right away because he might be in free agency, or 658 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,719 he might be just languishing on someone's roster right now 659 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,760 because they don't know what to do with him. So 660 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,440 it might be a decent, low key speculative ad to 661 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,760 get Othman. But if you're in a team that in 662 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,920 a situation that just favors upside, I'd probably go with Ellen. 663 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,559 But I still think he's probably a bit of a 664 00:34:55,639 --> 00:34:59,039 long shot at this point. So a fifth rounder who 665 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,480 is doing pretty we well in Russia but not well 666 00:35:01,519 --> 00:35:04,480 in the doors opportunity for the definitely a lower key 667 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:05,519 will probably be able to. 668 00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 2: Tell how much they value him, how much leeway they'll 669 00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:12,119 give him if he comes over. The last guy we're 670 00:35:12,159 --> 00:35:15,599 going to discuss today matt Vey Karake of the Saint 671 00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:19,079 Louis Blues. He was a late twenty twenty four pick. 672 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,199 Kind of a pretty pretty exciting the fact that we've 673 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,320 got somebody who we're talking about in these kind of 674 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,760 terms who was drafted as low as the seventh round. 675 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,599 You're near the end of the twenty twenty four draft. 676 00:35:31,039 --> 00:35:33,760 He's putting up great numbers in the KHL this year. 677 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,679 He's got fifteen points in his first twenty games. However, 678 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,840 I will say he is now injured in you know, 679 00:35:40,079 --> 00:35:42,920 there's there's a mysterious Russian cover up of his of 680 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,199 his injury, well, I don't know. It's a lower body injury, 681 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,400 so say the Blues people, But we don't know exactly 682 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,159 what's going on there. Hopefully he's not far from coming 683 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,800 back and playing some more games. But Karake is up 684 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,679 against Nathan Bame of the Chicago Blackhawks, who was drafted 685 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,199 in the third round last year. Playing out in cam Loops, 686 00:36:01,199 --> 00:36:03,159 a little bit easier place to get into and watch 687 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,440 some games, I imagine that's Scott Saint Pete right now 688 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,480 and Bame is he wins pretty handily in the NHL 689 00:36:10,559 --> 00:36:13,880 ranking poll, seventy one to twenty nine percent. 690 00:36:14,079 --> 00:36:14,360 Speaker 1: Victor. 691 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,039 Speaker 2: It's a Blackhawk against the Blue. You know, let's let's 692 00:36:18,039 --> 00:36:20,039 get every let's get the hatfields and McCoy's on this 693 00:36:20,119 --> 00:36:22,400 one because it's going to be a rivalry. But which 694 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:23,599 one of these guys you like better? 695 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 1: Yeah? I think I like Bem better, but I think 696 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,960 that they're pretty similar. Both are raising their stock and 697 00:36:31,079 --> 00:36:35,199 so you love to see that. Karake definitely has a 698 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,280 ways more to go as a as a really late pick, 699 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,480 seventh rounder, and you know, he has gotten pretty good 700 00:36:43,679 --> 00:36:46,639 production this season fifteen points in twenty games before that injury. 701 00:36:46,679 --> 00:36:50,880 As you mentioned, that is just one season, though at 702 00:36:51,039 --> 00:36:53,960 decent production. The previous season he played a lot in 703 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,800 the MHL but did get some KHL time. He just 704 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,159 had nine points, So we're talking about small sample size. 705 00:36:59,199 --> 00:37:03,719 I think I trust the what Bem has done. I mean, 706 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,320 he was drafted in twenty twenty five after a pretty 707 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,239 strong draft season, just over point per game. In fact, 708 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,519 I think we talked about him on one of the 709 00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:15,559 draft episodes as someone who I thought could take another 710 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,559 big step. And of all the guys after round two, 711 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000 who is someone who I had most interested? And he 712 00:37:21,159 --> 00:37:23,480 was definitely one of them. I like what he's done. 713 00:37:23,519 --> 00:37:28,400 He's improved his point scoring even more with the kamalospracers. 714 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,599 I mean he's at about one point five points per game, 715 00:37:30,679 --> 00:37:33,440 so you like to see that increased his his NHL 716 00:37:33,519 --> 00:37:36,360 equivalency in hockey prospecting and looking at his player card 717 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,159 on Fantasy Hockey Life, he's got really good transition data. 718 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,360 His play driving is pretty good. Some of it is 719 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,519 a little bit leaves a little bit to be desired, 720 00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:49,000 but he's winning more battles than he's losing. He's pretty 721 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,719 good on puck recovery and takeaways. And his bash is 722 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,440 pretty good mostly based on his shots, but his hits 723 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,440 are a little bit above average. So he's got a 724 00:37:57,559 --> 00:38:01,119 decent peripheral floor at seventy seven seventy eight percent bash, 725 00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:03,800 which is nice to see. Karake also has pretty good bash. 726 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,039 I just worry a little bit more about that being 727 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:10,719 a small sample size. Propping up KARAKEI definitely something I 728 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,079 noticed when I was looking around the leagues and writing 729 00:38:13,159 --> 00:38:16,480 about who was being propped up in Russia. So you know, 730 00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:18,880 if Karaki is someone who you can add, as you 731 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,239 pointed out, you know, probably available in a lot of leagues. 732 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,280 So if he's someone you could just grab for free, 733 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,000 then that's probably worth it. But you know, if you're 734 00:38:27,159 --> 00:38:28,960 having to spend an asset for one of these two 735 00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:31,199 and having to choose, and I would probably yeah, that 736 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,119 seems to be how it goes both of them. 737 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, guys, whoul d the NHL draft, it's always interesting 738 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:41,360 to see how long they perform in lower levels before 739 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,000 or not even lower levels KHL, how much performance they 740 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,920 can get before they get snapped up in an open 741 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:52,039 open free agent ads league. Victor, before we get out 742 00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:55,000 of here, anything you want to any other words of 743 00:38:55,039 --> 00:38:59,400 wisdom you have for the people, Well, I hope. 744 00:38:59,199 --> 00:39:03,280 Speaker 1: You're reading and enjoying the articles at the Journey via Daber. 745 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,400 If there's something you want me to write about, let 746 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,679 me not sing. As we get closer to Wild Juniors, 747 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:09,960 we'll cover a lot of that content and we'll certainly 748 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,679 be discussing that on the show. But if there's something 749 00:39:11,679 --> 00:39:14,519 in particular you're interested in, or have an interesting topic 750 00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:17,559 that you would like me to write about, then let 751 00:39:17,639 --> 00:39:20,360 me know, always open to ideas and definitely check it out. 752 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,480 It's a free article at dauber, so no even. 753 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,400 Speaker 2: Make you request people. That's good stuff. Thank you, Victor, 754 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:38,000 and we'll be right back, you know. Before we get 755 00:39:38,039 --> 00:39:40,440 out of here, I want to remind you are shows 756 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,679 brought to you by fantracks dot com. That's where you 757 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,639 play fantasy sports. That's where we play all of our leaks. 758 00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:50,239 Frankly that we can you know, talk people into because 759 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,760 it's got all the options. 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