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Speaker 4: I'm doing awesome, Jesse. Yeah, definitely excited to be wrapping

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Speaker 2: And in just a moment we will be back to

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talk New York Rangers. We are pleased to welcome to

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the show. Remy Masty, the managing editor of Rangers content

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at the Hockey News. How you doing today, Remy.

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Speaker 5: I'm pretty good. Thank you for having me on today.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's a pleasure. It's a pleasure to talk about

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the New York Rangers. This is going to be a

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fun discussion because this is a fun, strong Rangers team.

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You're defending President's Trophy winners for the second time in

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three years. They made it to the Eastern Conference Finals

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this year, following to the event falling to the eventual

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Cup champs in six games, they were seventh. They're better

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in the league in just so many categories as an

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arbitrary seventh, but goals for fewest, goals against, power play percentage,

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penalty kill percentage, save percentage. This is some pretty good

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things to be good at.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 2: Later we'll get to the goalie who's building a Hall

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of Fame resume behind this team, and that's a very

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deep team. Seems unlikely to be going anywhere. I suppose

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one thing to worry about is natural injury regression. A

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lot of teams would covet having eight different forwards play

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eighty plus games in a season, But overall, I guess

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my question for you, Remias, are the Rangers and championship

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contention next year, and how did the followers of the

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team react to the postseason results not quite coming out

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as desired.

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Speaker 5: Again, I think that the Rangers will definitely be in

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the Stanley Cup conversation for sure. They obviously won the

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President's Trophy, so there's no doubt they'll be right back

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in that hunt. I think that the main issue that

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really played the Rangers was their offense got a little

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bit cold, especially disadvantage add and Crider line, So finding

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a good linematee for them. I think It's pretty critical

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to balance out their top six and I think that

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Riley Smith could be that player. And the other issue

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is that Florida just banged them up. I think overall

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the Panthers were just a better team, more physically equipped,

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and play better playoff hockey. So I think the Rangers

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need to get that physical edge going up. And I

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think that in the playoffs is a much different game

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and the Panthers are more prepared to that than them

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for the moment. So I think the Panthers are still

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the team to be, but the Rangers have the talent

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for sure, is just maybe change up their style play

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Speaker 2: Team starts with our Timmy panerin the offensive start of

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the team was fourth in the National Hockey League in

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points with let's see one hundred and twenty Oh, no

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big deal. He broke his own career high by remarkable

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twenty four points, and amazingly, his assists weren't even a

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career high in that situation. His seventy one assists. He

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has hopped that in in the past. His leap in

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scoring was driven by goals. His recent two point five

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shots per game in past year has jumped to nearly

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three point five shots a game. This year, thirty two

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goals was a career best before this year's forty nine goals.

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and should we expect this goal scoring to keep up?

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Speaker 5: Remy, I think one hundred and twenty points might be

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a little bit far fetch. I don't know if he's

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going to reach it out again, because that's really a

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once in a lifetime type thing for even some of

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the star players in this league. But there's no doubt

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that our Timmy Peneren should be at least up there.

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He should be the leading point getter for the Rangers,

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especially on a line with Alexis Lafrenier. I'm sure we'll

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talk about later, who's really now emerging into a star

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caliber player. And Vincent Troschek, who's a newcomer from last

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year and really plays a gritty kind of game with

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and he has a high offensive touch as well. So

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his linemates are there. Ar Chimy Penerin is still the

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leader on that first year of the power play, and

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he's their best player and he should be up there

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in the one hundred point mark about.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely. Of course we're going to talk about Vinnie

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Trocheck now, and he's seen Trocheck is on this plan

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where every three seasons he has a seventy five ish

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point base and in between he's closer to fifty, although

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last season he was at sixty three. But if you

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look at his point base, it's funny he's got fifty seven,

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fifty four, seventy five, fifty one, fifty seventy five, fifty two,

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sixty three, and then seventy seven. I'm not sure if

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that's a pattern that's repeatable, but it is interesting. He

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hits high He hit highs in time on ice, points

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power pulay time on ice. It was a really great season,

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and obviously he's a really important part of the team.

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We have a league that we run called the Tier Dynasty,

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and he's a top forty asset in that league because

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of all of his perferle content. But Remy, do you

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think Trochick can finally break that trend of every few

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years and being above seventy and stay seventy plus this

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upcoming season or do you think he's going to fall

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back below that mark.

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Speaker 5: I do think he'll be around the seventy point mark,

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but it's unclear exactly if he's going to be a

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little bit lower a little bit higher. First off, he's

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playing with two extremely talented players and Panderin and La Frenier,

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who are explosive. They know how to find their teammates,

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they have great vision, So that's first off. And what

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impressed me about Vincent trocheck the most is that he

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always He's a hustler, He four checks hard, and he

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always comes to play every night. In the playoffs, when

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a lot of the Rangers forwards are struggling, I found

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that Vincent Trochek was one of their more consistent forwards

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in that aspect, and I think that he shall only

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continue that now, going to a second year with the Rangers,

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he's obviously more accustomed to their system and playing on

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that top six. I think there's no doubt who reached

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that point mark, if not go higher.

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Speaker 2: On to Chris Krider. He had well almost the point

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per game last year, over hit per game, three shots

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per game. Criid is just a fantasy favorite for some

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of us. He likes to get points from his points

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from goals as well. That's always nice to see. Last

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year was a career high in total points. He scored

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more goals than assists for the last six straight years,

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so again that's the emphasis of his scoring profile. Last year,

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though an increase to his assists to a career high

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thirty six definitely helped his team's efforts. Krider's creeping into

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his mid thirties that age when I start to worry

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about a guy with his physical game remaining productive, but

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he shows no signs of slowing. Do you expect another

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seventy point year resembling last year again in this coming campaign, Remy.

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Speaker 5: I think that Chris Krider is one of the more

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interesting situations on the Rangers because early on in his

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career he had that offensive upside, but he wasn't the

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offensive player that we all know now where he's producing

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over seventy points season. He was more of a physical

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present with some offensive touch. But now it's as age

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goes on, as he gets older, it seems like he's

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only getting better in that aspect of his game. And

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obviously he had seventy five points last year, so I

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think that he should stay around that. The interesting thing

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about him though, in the playoffs, aside from that Hurricane

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series where he scored the famous hat trick to send

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the Rangers to the Eastern Conference Final, he was a

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little bit slow in that Panther series and it was

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pretty noticeable, I would say, so, I think that he

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should still produce at a high level. He'll still play

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top six minutes, He'll still be playing on the power play.

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If Riley Smith pans down on their line as well,

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I think that Riley Smith's Avantajad and Crider could be

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a really lethal line. But I still think that has

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a couple of years in him.

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Speaker 2: Very cool. Mika zabana Jad is another guy we we

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think might have a couple years with him, and another

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guy who played with Krider Looted at the hip to Krider.

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This year, he slid almost twenty points from that tremendous

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prior campaign and finished fifth on the team in points

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this year thirty one. Other teams would really love to

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have a guy with seventy two points be their fifth

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best scorer. I think the good news is he had

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sixteen points and sixteen playoff games. The bad news only

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two assists of that game in the six game loss

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to the Cats in the Semis. Meca's got a good

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contract and no move clause, an established role on a

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top team. Do you expect more the seventy point campaign

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we had last year, the ninety point season that we

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had the year before, or door see Meeka's advantage.

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Speaker 5: That had a great regular season, obviously getting over seventy points,

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but in the playoffs he took a lot of heat.

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But I don't know, his play wasn't quite there. He

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looked a little bit slower. But he's still playing again,

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like Chris Crider top six minutes, he'll still most likely

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be on the top, you know of the power play,

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so it's hard not to imagine him having a high

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point season. And I had to repeat myself again, but

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they gotta find a linemate that fits with Clyde and

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Zabanajad because those two guys are there, but they really

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mixed and match last year and couldn't find the right

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fit on that line with them. So if Riley Smith

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pans out, I think Sabanajad's upside goes higher. He should

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have another good regular season, but he's getting up there

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in age, so you never know.

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Speaker 4: We already referenced Alexis Lafrenier and we're going to talk

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about him now. And it seems like the breakout we've

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been waiting for from Lafrenier finally came closer to the

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three hundred games played than what some people like to

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assume is usually closer to the two hundred games played.

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Fifty seven points in seventeen sixteen average time on ice

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and just one seventeen on the power play wasn't a

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whole lot of opportunity, but he did well with it.

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Only six of those fifty seven points that he scored

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this season were on the power play. That's pretty incredible

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even strength production. I'm not sure if he gets more

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power play time at least on the top unit this

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year unless there's an injury, but maybe he can get

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even more with more even strength time on ice. As

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you mentioned, he was clicking on the top unit towards

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the end and playing with tro Check or playing with

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tro Check and Peneren anyways are pretty great company. So

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what do you think we can expect from Lafrenier this

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upcoming season. Do you think he can take another step

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forward or is he going to be that fifty to

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sixty point guy.

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Speaker 5: Alexis Lavarnier is a player that I'm extremely a high

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on personally going into this year. When he was drafted

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back in twenty twenty, he was a generational prospect and

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it took a couple of years for him to really

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get to the level that he is now. But last

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year was a breakout season for him. But I think

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that this year, this upcoming season, will be his true

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breakout year. You saw in the playoffs where he was

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just electric with the puck on his stick. He's really

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a magician similar to and I think that he takes

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that leap this year to potential superstar in the NHL,

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especially playing with a guy like Paner, and he's going

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to produce. But I think that there's a chance that

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Lafnier becomes the Rangers' best player within the next two years.

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He has the talent. He's going into a contract year

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as well where he needs a big extension, and I

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think that this is the year where people really start

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to notice Alexis Lnier.

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Speaker 2: All Right, there's so many relevant Rangers skaters that we

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have to switch some of them together and do a

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little points pick them between them to rapid fire. Philip Heel,

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Riley Smith. You've mentioned Smith as maybe a hope to

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fit in on the line there and complement some of

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the existing top sixers. He last year got himself forty

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points in seventy six games. And Philip Peel a guy

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who's been the fringe, the fringe whole prospect here for

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a little bit, but last year only got ten games

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in and made six assists. What do you think, Phillip

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pel Riley Smith, which one you think will have the

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better year coming up.

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Speaker 5: It's a tough call, because Philip Heetel really has the

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talent to be a great player in this league. But

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as you guys probably know, he's been suffering with a

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lot of injuries. He suffered about already four concussions last year.

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That concussion basically kept it out for the entire regular season,

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and he played a couple of games in the playoffs,

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but they have to be careful with his health. Obviously

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he's a huge health risk right now, but if he

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stays healthy, he'll have a role as most likely that

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third line center, maybe playing some power play. He's a

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good penalty killer as well. But I think as far

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as points go, Riley Smith has more potential just because

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he'll be playing, most likely on a line with the

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vantage add crider, and I think that his minutes will

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most likely be higher and he has a higher upside

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in terms of offense production because he'll be playing a

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top six rowle as opposed to Philip Hido who be

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playing that third line more shutdown rule and mostly the

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penalty kill as well.

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Speaker 2: And the other one you got Capocaco, who is another

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one of these guys who's what He was such a

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number two overall pick but hasn't quite broke through, but

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lots of talent there. He only got a one year deal.

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He's got he'll be a restricted free agent, and then

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will Kyle. He is another guy who had seen not

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many points last year, twenty one in eighty one games.

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Who do you like in this matchup?

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Speaker 5: I think that in his first season, Will Cooley really

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he had an impressive year. He showed some flashes of

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what he could do. Obviously, it was just his first

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full season with the team, so he's still trying to

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break through. Copocaco is an interesting situation because he just

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signed his qualifying offer. This is most likely his last

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chance to prove that he belongs with the Rangers and

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with these within these few years that he's been with

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the team, still as yet to break through, and I

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don't know if he's going to break out. This is

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his last chance. I think that Will Cooley has a

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higher upside, but Cobocaco was drafted second overall. He drafted

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second overall for a reason, so he still has that potential,

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but it's just yet to be seen.

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Speaker 2: Right now, Let's move to the blue line, and we're

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going to start obviously with Adam Fox. Despite missing ten

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games last year basically most of November, Fox still ranked

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sixth in scoring from all defenseman in the NHL. Last

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year was his fourth straight as a top five Norris nominee,

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and he won actually in the COVID fifty six game season.

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Fox is already twenty six, which startles me a little

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it seems like he was just Rookie of the Year.

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He's just such a big prospect, But that's what happens

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when a guy goes to Harvard before coming to the

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NHL that he's going to come in a couple of

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years further in. And Fox is a little bit light

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on those peripherals that we sometimes craved the block shots

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hit that's not necessarily the main stay of his game.

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But he's good in blocks, just not big on hits

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or shots. Is Adam Fox coming into this year going

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to run back last year's performance as an elite defenseman

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in the NHL?

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Speaker 5: If he stays healthy, I say yes, because he is

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clearly the rangers number one defenseman. He picked up a

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lot of criticism during the playoffs, but he was laboring

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through an injury, and I think that was pretty clear

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in watching his game. He didn't have that same mobility

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that he usually does. So if he stays healthy, I

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don't see a reason why he won't be a top defenseman.

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He led the Rangers with over twenty three minutes a game,

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and he also produced a good amount of points. He

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produced seventy three points, So with his role with the team,

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I don't really see it getting limited, and he should

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be a top defenseman, I think.

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Speaker 2: And next up another killer comparison of two guys. You

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got ke Andre Miller, who is the young whippers snap

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who's coming up thirty points in eighty games, all kinds

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of talent, the former Wisconsin Badger, and you got Jacob Truba.

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Jacob Trupa is a mainstay of this team eight million

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per year. He isn't a big scorer necessarily, but he

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puts up a lot of the peripheral stats and he's

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just a hugely important part of the success of this team.

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Between Miller and Truba, who do you think is going

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to have maybe the better scoring year. But to say

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what you will about these two guys, I.

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Speaker 5: Would say, scoring wise, I think that KeAndre Miller has

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a higher offensive ceiling. He just a faster skater he has.

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He just has more of the offensive touch. Get head

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to Truba, who's more of a stay at home physical defenseman.

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KeAndre Miller had thirty points to Jacob trup as twenty

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two this past year. And Truba is getting up there

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in age as well, and with all the all thisest

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drama that went on with him this summer, I don't

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really know how big his role will be this upcoming season.

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With KeAndre Miller still emerging and improving as a defenseman,

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I say that KeAndre Miller has the higher offensive upside,

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but Jacob Truba defensively is really good. Obviously, hits and

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blogs do count, indeed.

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Speaker 4: And there's another guy we want to ask you about,

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and that's Zach Jones. Last year before he's an RFA,

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the twenty nineteen second round pick, only has sixty nine

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NHL games to his name, though nearly half of them

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came last season, so that's nice to see. Remy. Do

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you think what kind of role do you think Jones

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is going to get next season and is there any

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hope still that he fulfills his upside of a high

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point getting defender.

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Speaker 5: I think that he has that potential for sure. Last

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year when he came in for the limited amount of

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times because of injuries that were going on with the team,

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I think that Peter Lobulette was pretty impressed with the

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way that he played, and he said that he's going

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to give him a full shot to compete this year

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at training camp. So if he makes the team, I

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could see him rising up in the depth chart pretty quickly.

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He adds a good sense of youth to that defensive

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core that seems to be a little bit older. And

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I think that they definitely need reinforcements defensively, so I

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could definitely see him coming in and making an immediate impact.

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Speaker 4: All right, that's great to hear. I still holding out

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some hope for Zach Jones. Let's move over to the goalies.

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The Rangers were ranked twentieth and expected goals against per sixty,

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but conceded the twelfth ranked actual goals per game. They

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were not the best defensively, but having Igor Schusterkin certainly

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can make up for that. But also Egor seter the

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net too quick for twenty seven games, and quick posted

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overall pretty good numbers. There were some ups and downs

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there a little bit, but nine to eleven save percentage

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three seven to two goals save above expected was pretty great.

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Shasterkin had twelve goals save above expected and better run numbers,

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but I think fantasy gms were hoping for a little

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bit more than fifty five games played from Shasturkin. So, remy,

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how do you think the net is going to break

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down for the Rangers next season? Do you think the

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plan is to give Igor a break to have fifty

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to sixty starts. Is he going to be more of

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a volume starter? What do you think we can expect.

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Speaker 5: I think it's going to be a pretty similar situation

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to last year where Quick did eat up a lot

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of games. In today's NHL, backup goaltenders are a lot

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more important than they were back in the day. You

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don't want to be starting a goalie seventy plus games

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and then a risk their injury rich their house. Later

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on in the season. You could see that Igor Schisterkin

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come playoff time because of some of the rest that

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he got and Jonathan Quick taking out that low during

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the regular season. He was fresh, he was energized, and

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he played basically at his vest in the trophy level

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that he did a couple of years ago. So there's

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no reason to overplay Igor Schusterkin. With the team that

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they have, they're going to make the playoffs. It's pretty clear,

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and I think that resting Ego Schusterkin ensuring that he's

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healthy for their playoff run is pretty critical. So I

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see it obviously Ewor Schusterkin is the guy. He's a

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start A little bit. I think going to the season.

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Speaker 2: All right, this has been some great information on the

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New York Rangers, Remy. Why don't you let people know

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how they can follow all your work.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, The Hockey News has all these different team sites

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right now. It's really growing. If you just go to

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n dot com slash New York Rangers you could find it.

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And my Twitter is up as well, So feel fine,

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right the content.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you. Everybody should follow Remy on the Hockey

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News and everywhere you can out there. So thank you

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so much for coming on today, Remy, Yeah, thank.

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Speaker 3: You, and that's good myers past. Oh my goodness, long

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quick gram.

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Speaker 2: Now it's your wingler goalie talk. But Kat Silverman Cat's Instincts.

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Speaker 4: Time once again for Kats instincts. With Kat Silverman and

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in Gold mag we're talking Rangers prospects. There's some really

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interesting ones here that I can't wait to get your

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take on. Dylan Grand is the first one we're going

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to talk about. Twenty twenty fourth round pick six foot,

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zero hundred seventy two pounds. This was his second full

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HL season in his second straight season under a nine

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hundred say percentage in the regular season, though like last season,

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he was much better in the playoffs, so under nine

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hundred and the regular season nine to twenty two and

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nine games in the playoffs. Maybe he just needs more

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pressure or a big moment. Not really sure. I think

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we all remember how he stepped up for Cosa and

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helped Canada win gold at the U twenty World Junior

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Championship a couple of years ago. And I know in

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the past you've said he had a soft spot for

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him because he is that undersize. He's listed at six foot,

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which we always know could mean five eight, could mean

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five to eleven. Who knows, he's not five eight, but

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he's definitely undersized. Looking at hockey prospecting, he's been consistently

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in the high twenties low thirties in terms of NHL

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er probability and some decent comps here. Ben Scrivens is

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one that maybe he looks a little bit alike, who

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is a backup goalie with some potential there, Kat, What

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do your instincts tell us about Dylan Grand Like you.

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Speaker 1: Said, I have a bit of a soft spot for him.

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I thought, from a technical standpoint, once again undersized goaltender

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who looked really structurally sound. I thought he had a

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little bit more speed to his game than Sebastiankosa and

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saved Kosa's bacon there by stepping in for Team Canada.

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You really don't know what to do with the New

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York Rangers and their prospects, because I think they're a

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team that has really good goaltending coaching. They've had really

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good goaltending coaching. They're one of the Alayer teams, and

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they just, for whatever reason, their AHEL team never really

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seems to shine when it comes to goaltender performance, and

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so I want to say that lower numbers aren't necessarily

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a bad thing. It's like looking at goaltenders in the QMJJL.

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For whatever reason, they tend not to have as high

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of a safe percentage as some of their counterparts in

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the OHL on the WHL. But I also watch some

477
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,240
of his games and it looked like the communication between

478
00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:16,440
him and his defense wasn't always there, which is something

479
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,880
that I think we would need to see change if

480
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:23,000
he is to step up and essentially become their next

481
00:25:23,079 --> 00:25:26,640
era apparent to serve as at least a tandemer a

482
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:31,839
backup with Schistricken, which obviously they don't need an air

483
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,720
apparent as a star starter at the moment, which is

484
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,200
good because I don't think that's what he is. But

485
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:44,160
he could potentially become their next NHL tandem goaltender. I

486
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,160
don't know if he needs more time in the AHL

487
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,160
or not, just because it's hard to read how much

488
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,279
development he's getting at the AHL level. So that's a

489
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:53,039
tough one for me.

490
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly, And we'll see. They have some guys ahead

491
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:02,279
of him. Obviously, Quick seemed good, really good at times

492
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,640
last year. Obviously he's still there and better. On how

493
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,960
much this Stirkin plays, he might not have any need

494
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,680
for anyone else, so it'll be interesting to see. They

495
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,880
also have Deming down there playing in the minors as well.

496
00:26:15,039 --> 00:26:17,079
Let's move on to what I'm gonna call the six

497
00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:20,440
foot eight crew, because they have two other goalies that

498
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,319
are six foot eight and yeah, they're massive. So the

499
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,960
first one we're going to talk about is Talon Buinco.

500
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:30,279
Just a great name, first of all, twenty twenty one

501
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,440
fourth round pick, six foot eight, two hundred and one pounds.

502
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,880
His first professional season, when I would say not great,

503
00:26:37,279 --> 00:26:40,839
he was primarily in the ACECHL. As we mentioned, they

504
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,880
have a couple goalies ahead of him in the AHL

505
00:26:43,279 --> 00:26:45,480
eight eighty eight save percentage three point four to two

506
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:50,039
GAA for the Cincinnati Cyclones. He did get one game,

507
00:26:50,079 --> 00:26:52,680
one playoff game with the Hartford wolf Pack, which went

508
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,960
real bad, so we won't talk about that. But wait,

509
00:26:56,039 --> 00:26:59,200
there's more. His expected goal per goal conceded in Cincinnati

510
00:26:59,279 --> 00:27:02,759
was one point five, which is pretty astoundingly good. Maybe

511
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:04,799
it was actually the best of his career in terms

512
00:27:04,839 --> 00:27:06,720
of the other seasons that he's played, So maybe there's

513
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,400
more to the story there. Looking at his hockey prospecting

514
00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:12,920
his equivalents, he trended down with that ECHL number, but again,

515
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,920
maybe there was more to that story. In terms of

516
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,880
some other comps for him, there weren't a whole lot

517
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,799
of good ones. But Archur she loves is one, and

518
00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:22,440
we obviously saw she loves last year step into the

519
00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:26,160
NHL and do Admiral Bleget. I would say, so, Kat,

520
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,759
what are your interestincts? Tell us about Buenco.

521
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 1: He's I don't mind him. I think he looks like

522
00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:38,559
a big goaltender sometimes. Once he reached that size, it's

523
00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:44,359
hard to really gauge comparable just because of movement. Is

524
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,039
nowhere near as agile as any of the other goaltenders

525
00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:52,160
that are in New York system outside of their other

526
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,160
six foot eight goaltender obviously, But that's something that I

527
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,000
don't know if he needs to be that quick, just

528
00:27:58,039 --> 00:28:00,279
because he takes up so much space in the net

529
00:28:00,759 --> 00:28:03,440
and it looks like his tracking is decent. He just

530
00:28:04,319 --> 00:28:07,200
I think once you reach a certain size as a goaltender,

531
00:28:08,319 --> 00:28:11,440
it almost becomes a hindrance versus a help, just because

532
00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:13,200
the amount of time it takes to get down to

533
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:18,680
the ice to seal along the goal line, the ability

534
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,599
to engage your muscles as quickly to make lateral shifts

535
00:28:21,599 --> 00:28:24,440
and moves and sealing the post becomes just a little

536
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,079
bit harder because there is so much to move. And

537
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,079
that's not a week comment, that is a high comment.

538
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,160
I don't know. I think he's oh. I feel like

539
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,119
New York loves to draft a couple really small skilled

540
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,839
guys in net and then a couple really big guys

541
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:44,240
in net and then essentially cast off whoever doesn't work

542
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,359
out and keep their system consistent with a certain size.

543
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:53,000
So I don't know if we're going to see Dylan

544
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,319
Grand on the way out while they move towards big boys.

545
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,000
But right now, the system is set up to play

546
00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:03,000
with slightly smaller goaltenders, especially now that they added Jonathan

547
00:29:03,079 --> 00:29:06,200
Quick at the NHL level. He's not a super big guy.

548
00:29:06,839 --> 00:29:10,240
I think he's maybe listed at six to one six

549
00:29:10,319 --> 00:29:13,720
y two, but he's maybe not that tall. Yeah, I

550
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,160
don't know. I think he looks. He's fun to watch

551
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,200
play because he's so big. Some goaltenders you can't really

552
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,079
tell how big they are out on the ice. Some

553
00:29:22,119 --> 00:29:25,319
of them you really can, and he's one of those.

554
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:31,319
But I don't see anything about his game that really

555
00:29:31,359 --> 00:29:34,519
makes me think that he's who they need to move

556
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,759
up to the AHL level next year. And like you said,

557
00:29:36,759 --> 00:29:39,599
they have a pretty sacked depth chart ahead of him,

558
00:29:39,599 --> 00:29:41,359
so I don't know if they will be moving him up.

559
00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 4: So we'll see, you will see. And now time for

560
00:29:46,079 --> 00:29:49,599
the other six foot eight guy. Hugo OLA's to twenty

561
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:54,039
twenty seventh round pick and the year before Boiko was

562
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,960
drafted six foot eight, two hundred and thirty eight pounds.

563
00:29:57,079 --> 00:30:00,519
He's quite a bit heavier than Boyco. Came up in

564
00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:04,160
the linkoping system in Sweden. Has been in North America

565
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,759
for the last three seasons, primarily at Merrimack college of

566
00:30:06,759 --> 00:30:10,279
the ncublea where he's done really well. He had one

567
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,799
HL game this season and it really did not go

568
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,119
well for him. So most of this is based on

569
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,759
his play in college. I would imagine his hockey prospecting

570
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,680
has him up to thirty seven percent chance of being

571
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,759
an NHL or based on that NC doublea time. There's

572
00:30:27,839 --> 00:30:30,079
a few decent comps in here, a bunch of NHL

573
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,519
is actually the best Swede comp I probably, I would say,

574
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:38,039
is Philip Gustafson, who we've seen have some success at

575
00:30:38,039 --> 00:30:40,720
the NHL level, have some inconsistency. Okay, what do you

576
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,480
instincts tell us about Google owl Us?

577
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,359
Speaker 1: I know this sounds crazy after saying that I don't

578
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,920
necessarily love the movement from a lot of bigger goaltenders.

579
00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:54,400
But for someone who is six foot eight and almost

580
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,480
two hundred and forty pounds, wh who o us can move?

581
00:30:58,319 --> 00:31:01,160
He's a lot faster on his skate, then, oh, he

582
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,640
really good at tracking. He stands a little more aggressively

583
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,440
than I would expect for someone of his size. Reminds

584
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,559
me of how Darcy Kemper plays sometimes. Some of those

585
00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:15,799
bigger guys who in Mike Smith to a degree, guys who,

586
00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:18,720
even though they could spend the whole game parked on

587
00:31:18,759 --> 00:31:21,640
the goal line, really not hinge out much, not do

588
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,960
a ton with their depth and be just fine. Could

589
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,480
they take up the whole net. He seems to like

590
00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:27,960
to spend his time up at the top of the

591
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,440
blue paint, and that's exciting to see. Maybe a little

592
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:35,480
nerve wracking for fans, but it's exciting. And my biggest

593
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,240
concern with him is because he loves to move so much,

594
00:31:38,519 --> 00:31:41,599
I think he becomes, not unlike Mike Smith and Darcy Kemper,

595
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,880
a little bit of a target for injury, just because

596
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,480
when you see those bigger goaltenders who really like to

597
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,079
almost over extend themselves, they like to really hinge out,

598
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,240
sometimes challenge the shooter, which they don't need to do.

599
00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:58,799
They can just stand up. You sometimes see growing tweaks,

600
00:31:58,839 --> 00:32:03,200
growing polls, lower body, day to day maintenance needed here

601
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,799
and there. That's something that I would maybe look for

602
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:10,000
with him, but I don't want to put that evil

603
00:32:10,039 --> 00:32:12,440
on him per se. So we haven't necessarily seen that

604
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,440
as an issue so far. It might be working a

605
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,559
lot with a movement coach to make sure that's not

606
00:32:18,599 --> 00:32:22,319
an issue, but yeah, I think he's the more fun

607
00:32:22,359 --> 00:32:26,079
big goaltender to watch for sure. I just don't Once again,

608
00:32:26,119 --> 00:32:29,279
I don't know how much height New York needs. I

609
00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:31,880
don't know what they're doing, so he's fun to watch.

610
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,400
Don't know what he's doing in the system.

611
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,759
Speaker 4: They need all the height, clearly they hate all of it.

612
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,039
That's fun. So two six per day goalies pretty different.

613
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,920
Thanks so much for giving us your instincts on the

614
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:52,680
Rangers goalies. Cut, dig.

615
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,839
Speaker 2: The dynasty, dig your brain.

616
00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 5: Yes.

617
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,759
Speaker 2: In addition, the system that Victor rank number twenty one

618
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,519
a bit back, probably before the draft. But there are

619
00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:09,799
some big old names in here, and it starts with

620
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,200
the no brainer. Who is it Victor?

621
00:33:11,759 --> 00:33:14,559
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's Gay Parro. Gay Parros are no brainer for

622
00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:17,119
the Rangers. Twenty twenty three, twenty third overall pick by

623
00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:20,319
the Rangers, five to eleven hundred and sixty five pounds,

624
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,839
left shot, right wing, May seventh birthday. It's a pretty

625
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,279
young for the draft cycle, which means still pretty young

626
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,680
for playing college last season. He's Yannick Paro's son and

627
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,640
Jako Perro's brother. His first season in the n C

628
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,799
DOUAA sixty points in thirty six games was pretty incredible.

629
00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:40,039
Only teammate Will Smith and some guy named maclan Celebrini

630
00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:43,200
had better points per game than gay Pro. He bested

631
00:33:43,319 --> 00:33:48,400
Cutter Gotier, his teammate Ruger McGorty, Jackson Blake, Maxim, Messimo Rizzo. Well,

632
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,880
those guys getting Calder votes or Hobe Baker votes and

633
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,400
so maybe Calder later. Ten points in seven U twenty

634
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,440
World Junior games en route to the gold medal was

635
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,440
pretty spell full for gay Pro. Looking at his tracking

636
00:34:02,519 --> 00:34:05,599
data for Mitch Brown, you can see that his offense

637
00:34:05,759 --> 00:34:09,280
in the past couple seasons has been elite ninety eight

638
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,960
and ninety ninth percentile. His transition game also excellent. It's

639
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,360
the defensive game where things are a little bit lower.

640
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,239
Last season twenty two to twenty three, he was thirteenth

641
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,800
percentile for defense. This season he bumped that up to

642
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,840
thirty seventh percentile for defense, So that's pretty great. It's

643
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:30,519
good to see that improvement overall in his game, So

644
00:34:30,599 --> 00:34:32,960
that's good to see. Love to see that. Looking at

645
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,920
his FHL player card, you can see that the offense

646
00:34:36,039 --> 00:34:38,920
is one hundred percentile, essentially ten out of ten for

647
00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:42,320
off goals an assist per sixty. His shots are in

648
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,519
eight and hits are pretty low at three. Blocks are

649
00:34:45,519 --> 00:34:47,800
at seven though, so overall his bash is a seventy

650
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,639
percent tile, so not bad. He has an average number

651
00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:52,679
of pins too. In case you're wondering, let's hear a

652
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,199
little bit more about gay pro from our FHL scout.

653
00:34:57,159 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 2: FHL scout is Craig in this case, and here there's

654
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,239
what Craig has to say. Skating average to below average.

655
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,840
Gabe isn't the fastest skater, but it doesn't hinder his

656
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,880
game at the NCAA level. This could change with tougher competition,

657
00:35:11,079 --> 00:35:14,360
but we've seen guys like j Rob be successful finding

658
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,639
open ice at the pro level. Passing and handling above average,

659
00:35:18,679 --> 00:35:21,119
Gabe's got great vision. One play looked like he was

660
00:35:21,159 --> 00:35:23,559
going for a light dump in between the two defenders

661
00:35:23,559 --> 00:35:26,719
and out of nowhere, Smith came flying through to accept

662
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:31,239
the pass, setting him on a breakaway. Shooting above average,

663
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,639
Gabe showed he could score in multiple fashions. He showed

664
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,119
some nice tip redirection goals and was able to finish

665
00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:42,360
on most chances close to the net. Craig says the

666
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,559
IQ is above average. He's able to find the open

667
00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:47,679
ice and capitalize on it. He did show a few turnovers,

668
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,039
but this was due to creativeness rather than any sort

669
00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:54,960
of panic for checking average minimal heads. However, he is

670
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,320
a turnover beast. A quick stick and high compete level

671
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,679
allows Gabe to steal the puck off defenders, resulting in

672
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:06,440
offensive zone chances defense average nothing really to highlight, per Craig,

673
00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:10,920
The best asset Gabe's ability to finish. With Will Smith

674
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,880
and Ryan Leonard feeding in pucks, Gabe was able to

675
00:36:14,599 --> 00:36:17,199
get the majority of scoring chances that came his way.

676
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,440
The biggest concern Will Smith and Cutter Gotier gone next year,

677
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:23,920
so we may see a different points for Gabe as

678
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,760
this was a stacked Boston College team. The tier one

679
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,519
outcome point per game player with average bash. That's say,

680
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,800
if Gabe can land a top six role, the points

681
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,639
upsides there average bash from the shot in block totals,

682
00:36:36,679 --> 00:36:40,280
not from the hits. Median outcome the sixty five to

683
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,039
seventy five points, says Craig. If the offense doesn't translate

684
00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:46,559
to the extreme level at the pros, we could still

685
00:36:46,599 --> 00:36:51,639
see a very good fantasy asset stylistic comparable as Zach

686
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,159
Hyman went around the net and has that kind of

687
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,280
ability to finish. Gabe Perro up against one of the

688
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,239
top picks in this year draft, Beckett, Senec and Paro

689
00:37:02,639 --> 00:37:05,039
with the win fifty two to forty eight Victor, what

690
00:37:05,079 --> 00:37:05,719
do you have to say?

691
00:37:06,119 --> 00:37:08,599
Speaker 4: I do think this is pretty close. Actually, Pro with

692
00:37:08,639 --> 00:37:11,840
the massive upside, and he's already shown in college that

693
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,880
he's been pretty great. Although we have not seen that

694
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,679
much of Beckett, he was a big riser and I

695
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,559
think he's still his potential is still just being scratched.

696
00:37:22,599 --> 00:37:24,519
I think he has a ton of upside and his

697
00:37:25,199 --> 00:37:28,920
size and skill combination could make him a pretty unique player.

698
00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:31,880
So I think that I probably would go Seneca just

699
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:36,159
because of the high draft pedigree as well, and the

700
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,360
system there in Anaheim seems to do a little bit

701
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,559
better with their prospects, and I think he's still on

702
00:37:40,639 --> 00:37:42,760
trending up. I think there's more potential there than what

703
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,719
we've seen. Although I really do love Pro and I

704
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,880
do think that he's going to be great. I'm just

705
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,800
not very convinced that the Rangers are good development system

706
00:37:53,519 --> 00:37:55,679
for anyone, so that makes me a little bit worried.

707
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,360
But I think both these guys, I think it's actually

708
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,039
pretty even between the two just a year apart, and

709
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,880
the trajectory both seem pretty high, so you love to

710
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,400
see that. Looking at the hockey prospecting between these two,

711
00:38:07,079 --> 00:38:10,039
it's definitely Pero forty five and forty five percent chance

712
00:38:10,119 --> 00:38:12,480
of being a star, and then Seneca down at thirteen.

713
00:38:12,679 --> 00:38:15,079
And that's partly because he just had a monster end

714
00:38:15,119 --> 00:38:16,840
of the season, but before that it was a little

715
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,360
bit more modest on a Oshawa general team that wasn't

716
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,559
really going anywhere until things turned around, So you love

717
00:38:23,599 --> 00:38:26,199
to see that. Looking at Perro's other comps, there's a

718
00:38:26,199 --> 00:38:28,679
lot of interesting comps in here. He's got Yuri Hudler

719
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,039
Sam Gane who are pretty good players, and then Pavel

720
00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:34,719
Burrey and Yarma Yager, who knows. I don't know that

721
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,039
he has quite that upside, but that would be pretty

722
00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:40,119
incredible if he could reach those superstar heights. Looking at

723
00:38:40,119 --> 00:38:42,800
the j Fresh card for pro, forty eight percent chance

724
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,039
of being a star ninety seven percent chance of being

725
00:38:45,039 --> 00:38:49,440
an NHL are crazy high numbers for the Jay Fresh model,

726
00:38:49,519 --> 00:38:52,039
which is usually pretty pessimistic, so you love to see

727
00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:54,960
that for Proro, and he's definitely an exciting prospect. I

728
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,920
just think that some of the all around game might

729
00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,960
be a bit of a question for him, and we'll

730
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,000
be interesting to see how he plays away from Will

731
00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,800
Smith and his transition to pro hockey when it does happen,

732
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,719
probably next season, will be pretty important as well.

733
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,559
Speaker 2: Who's next Jesse Victor Next is going to be the

734
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,239
need to know prospect. Who is it that's going to be?

735
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 4: Brennan Othman twenty twenty one, sixteenth overall pick by the Rangers,

736
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,880
six foot zero, one hundred and eighty one pounds, left shot,

737
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,199
left wing. It was his first professional season after a

738
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,000
strong OHL career, and he had forty nine points in

739
00:39:27,079 --> 00:39:31,719
sixty seven games for the Hartford wolf Pack of the AHL,

740
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,239
five points to ten HL playoff games, and he did

741
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,840
get into three NHL games this season. I think he

742
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:43,719
will be competing for a job in the NHL during

743
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,079
training camp. We'll have to see. Not sure that he

744
00:39:46,159 --> 00:39:48,239
will make it, probably be back in the AHL, but

745
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,079
it's possible that he earns a role. Looking at his

746
00:39:51,159 --> 00:39:53,400
FHL player card, you can clearly tell that one of

747
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,800
the biggest things for Authman is his hits. His hits

748
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,480
per sixty are elite ninetieth percentile. He also shoots a

749
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,519
lot about the the same amount ninetieth percentile. His blocks

750
00:40:02,519 --> 00:40:05,599
are average, so overall his bash gives him a super

751
00:40:05,679 --> 00:40:08,599
high floor at ninetieth percentile. He also takes a lot

752
00:40:08,599 --> 00:40:10,239
of pymns if you're into that kind of thing, which

753
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,639
show up as negative on our card. Looking at goals

754
00:40:13,679 --> 00:40:16,199
and assists, he's more in the seventieth and eightieh percentile

755
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,159
on the AHL, which is pretty good considering he was

756
00:40:19,199 --> 00:40:21,480
twenty for most of the season or part of the season.

757
00:40:22,599 --> 00:40:25,800
It's overall pretty good there for benan Authman. But let's

758
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,360
hear a little bit more about Benan Authman from our

759
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,280
rigial scout at.

760
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,320
Speaker 2: HL Scout, Tim says this of Brendan Authen. The skating

761
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,960
is generally a strong component of his game, with speed

762
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,239
and agility being standout attributes. Needs to work on the

763
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,280
explosiveness of the first step to get to the next level.

764
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,480
Passing accuracy as Offman's significant strength, whether it's short, quick

765
00:40:48,519 --> 00:40:51,840
passes in tight spaces or long, cross eyed speeds. He

766
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,840
consistently puts the puck where it needs to be. Stick

767
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,599
handling is impressive, particularly in one on one situations. He

768
00:40:58,679 --> 00:41:02,760
can beat defenders with skilled moves at times, though he

769
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,039
can try to do too much on his own rather

770
00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:09,079
than making the simpler play. Shooting, Affman has a large

771
00:41:09,199 --> 00:41:12,079
arsenal of shots that he can use effectively. Slap shot

772
00:41:12,119 --> 00:41:15,159
and wrist shot are powerful and accurate. He excels at

773
00:41:15,159 --> 00:41:18,159
shooting in stride. He can fire off either foot, using

774
00:41:18,159 --> 00:41:22,800
his speed and release to create deceptive, high danger scoring opportunities.

775
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:28,400
IQ revision. Aufman's ability to anticipate plays, makes smart decisions,

776
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,679
and adapt to different situations makes him a well rounded

777
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,320
and dangerous forward. He sees the ice well, he anticipates

778
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,119
the play. At times, he can rush the play instead

779
00:41:38,159 --> 00:41:41,039
of slowing it down and waiting for a better opportunity.

780
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,960
The fore checking relentless fore checking is a key component

781
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,920
of Aufman's game, characterized by speed, aggressiveness, and smart positioning,

782
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:55,400
and the defense defensive game solid shows potential, particularly given

783
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:59,199
that strong hockey IQ work ethic willingness to contribute in

784
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,519
all areas of the ice, While there are areas for improvement,

785
00:42:02,559 --> 00:42:05,960
particularly in terms of physical strength, consistency and risk management.

786
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,679
Best asset, his combination of a quick release, accuracy, and

787
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:13,360
the power behind his shots makes him a natural score.

788
00:42:14,519 --> 00:42:17,599
The biggest concern risk management. He needs to slow down

789
00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:21,840
the play at times. Top tier outcome sixty to seventy

790
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:25,159
points with elite bash. The elite shots keep him high

791
00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:28,360
in the lineup, help him put up respectable points, while

792
00:42:28,559 --> 00:42:30,880
high number of hits and shots will keep his bash high.

793
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,639
Tier three fifty to sixty points with average above average

794
00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:38,280
bash that's his rush game could suffer the top levels,

795
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,840
which would limit his point output and stylistic comparable Brandon

796
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,400
side Aufman is a highly promising young forward with a

797
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:49,239
well rounded skill set and significant potential. Yeah, Tim, I'm

798
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,159
ready to run through a wall for this guy. This

799
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:55,559
sounds like a great prospect. Brandan Aufman versus Demitri Vveronkov,

800
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,840
a guy who made an impact for the Columbus Blue

801
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,760
Jackets last year, off way out in the lead fifty

802
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,559
nine to forty one. What do you say, Victor, Yeah.

803
00:43:05,599 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 4: I think it's interesting. Obviously, you have a guy playing

804
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,199
in the NHL versus a guy trying to break in,

805
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,280
so that always makes it a little bit tricky. I

806
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,639
think that I probably would go with Vronkoff. Frankly, I

807
00:43:14,679 --> 00:43:16,320
think if you had asked me last year, it would

808
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,559
have been easily Othman, but what we've seen from Vronkov

809
00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:22,360
and the potential to maybe build on that strong season

810
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,960
in the NHL, I think that I would have to

811
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,639
go him. I'm also a little concerned about Athman in

812
00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:30,079
the sense that Will Cooley basically passed him on the

813
00:43:30,119 --> 00:43:33,840
depth chart, and they provide a similar style of play, physical, hard,

814
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,039
nos can provide some scoring, but tough kind of guy,

815
00:43:37,519 --> 00:43:39,840
and obviously we have Matt Rempi there too to just

816
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,199
fight everybody. So I'm not sure how much the Rangers

817
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:45,920
need his skill set, and that worries me a little bit.

818
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,159
But I do still like Authman, and I think that

819
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,000
he can provide a little bit more scoring than either

820
00:43:51,039 --> 00:43:53,320
of those two guys I just mentioned. I think it

821
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,400
remains to be seen if he can do more than Vronkov.

822
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,239
He'd have to show me a lot in the next

823
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,519
season or two to prove that, so I would go

824
00:43:59,559 --> 00:44:02,440
verronkof for the security. I'm not sure that the upside

825
00:44:02,599 --> 00:44:04,639
is super high for Varon Copp. I think he just

826
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,719
might end up being a forty to fifty point guy.

827
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,760
But I'm also not sure that Haffman can do better

828
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,079
than that, So it's similar in that range, and we've

829
00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:14,519
seen the priffs be pretty decent for Varonkoff as well,

830
00:44:14,599 --> 00:44:17,880
so there's a there's some floor there that's decent. He

831
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,599
just needs a little bit more ice time. Looking at

832
00:44:20,599 --> 00:44:23,599
the hockey prospecting between these two, it's pretty pessimistic. They

833
00:44:23,639 --> 00:44:26,440
both graduated the model at zero percent chance of being

834
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,880
a star, which is pretty awful. The NHLer probability is

835
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,480
also in the twenty to thirties for these two. We've

836
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,239
already seen Varonkov in the NHL, so obviously that's not

837
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:39,280
always one hundred percent. Looking at Authman's f J fresh card,

838
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,840
two percent chance of being a star, twenty five percent

839
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,480
chance of being an NHLer, So there's very little optimism

840
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,840
here for Authman. I still think that he can carve

841
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,800
out a role. I just think that New York's a

842
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,199
really good team and they need specific roles and they

843
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:54,960
you have to really fight to earn your ice time,

844
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,000
and I'm not sure that he does it. So that

845
00:44:57,079 --> 00:44:59,920
makes me a little bit worried. So that's it on Authman.

846
00:45:00,519 --> 00:45:03,599
Speaker 2: Jesse, next victor, who is your keep your eye on prospect?

847
00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 4: Let's keep our eye on Adam Shakora and He's a

848
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,440
twenty twenty two second round pick by the Rangers. Five

849
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,519
to eleven hundred and seventy two pounds left shot, left

850
00:45:13,519 --> 00:45:17,960
wing center. September seventh birthday, so super young for that draft.

851
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,639
And he is still, as we're recording this in August,

852
00:45:20,679 --> 00:45:23,000
only nineteen years old. So he's played the last two

853
00:45:23,079 --> 00:45:25,840
seeds every season basically he's played has been super young.

854
00:45:26,199 --> 00:45:28,760
Eventually that will even out and catch up, but so far,

855
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,880
I still think it's worth mentioning he was nineteen all

856
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,800
season this past season in the AHL, which is a

857
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,920
really difficult league for a nineteen year old. He was

858
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,880
in Slovakia the year before that, also a difficult professional league.

859
00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:44,360
Twenty three points in sixty six AHL games, again as

860
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,199
a nineteen year old. Did I mention that, Yeah, that

861
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:49,280
he is a teenager anyways, three points in ten HL

862
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,480
playoff games was pretty nice. Two points in five U

863
00:45:51,519 --> 00:45:55,199
twenty World Junior Championship games, and I just wanted to

864
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,199
pull up to make the point. Nineteen year olds in

865
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:01,039
the AHL this past season, who who were they? How

866
00:46:01,039 --> 00:46:02,719
well do they do? Shane right at the top of

867
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,239
the list, forty seven points in fifty nine games. Yuriy

868
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,519
Kulik forty five points in fifty seven games, Jokim Kamel

869
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:12,239
forty one points in sixty seven games, Marco Casper thirty

870
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:16,760
five points in seventy one games, Yvon Moroschnashenko twenty five

871
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,280
points in forty seven games, and then we have Shakhora

872
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,880
at twenty three points in sixty six games. And those

873
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,719
are organized in terms of points per game. In case

874
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,199
we're wondering, there's some other guys below that, nmech bestet

875
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,960
Oscar Peter certain Liam Bickley. He's in pretty good company.

876
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,719
All those guys above that are pretty highly rated prospects

877
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,880
who have the teams are invested in them and should

878
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:38,719
have a pretty big impact on the team. I'm not

879
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:41,159
sure that Shakhor is exactly in that same conversation, but

880
00:46:41,199 --> 00:46:43,880
it's still pretty impressive what he's done. Looking at his

881
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,760
FHL player card, we see that his blocks per sixty

882
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:51,079
are really high for a forward eightieth percentile, and his

883
00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:53,280
minor penalties are low, which is good in this model.

884
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:56,199
Other than that, it doesn't look super promising. His scoring

885
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,719
is pretty low, his shots, his hits are pretty low,

886
00:46:59,079 --> 00:47:03,559
his bashes on fiftieth percentile not super exciting. Jesse, But

887
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:05,599
let's hear a little bit more about what makes Adam

888
00:47:05,599 --> 00:47:09,360
traquor tick by his fatil for'm ofa tel.

889
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 2: Scout port courtesy of Fahil Scout Jacob Adam Sikora skating

890
00:47:14,519 --> 00:47:17,199
has a high motor with decent strides moving up the ice.

891
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,840
While not high end, he generates enough speed to maneuver

892
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,000
his way through the middle of the ice during transition.

893
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:25,639
He needs improvements on his acceleration and edgework, but has

894
00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:29,320
shown flashes of decent cuts to make himself affectable down

895
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:33,360
low along the boards. Passing and handling a smart puck distributor,

896
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:37,159
he often makes successful breakout passes and transition. Moving the

897
00:47:37,199 --> 00:47:41,119
puck quickly taped to tape, decent hands creates open space

898
00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:44,480
for himself to generate scoring chances. Score is going to

899
00:47:44,559 --> 00:47:46,519
need to get stronger, as there were times where he'd

900
00:47:46,519 --> 00:47:49,360
get knocked off the puck easily. He can continue rounding

901
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,400
out his puck skills, but might have some untapped potential

902
00:47:52,559 --> 00:47:56,760
offensively for shooting. Jacob says the Score has a quick

903
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,119
wrist shot, but didn't see much of his slap shot.

904
00:47:59,199 --> 00:48:01,320
Scores a lot of goals by going to the net

905
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:05,719
looking for tips and rebounds. IQ sees the ice decently well,

906
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:07,920
but as a tendency to find himself trapped and will

907
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,960
turn the puck over. However, he shows flashes of great

908
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:15,159
anticipation and can read plays really well, especially when defending

909
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:19,000
for checking is relentless. He uses his stick effectively to

910
00:48:19,079 --> 00:48:21,519
break up plays and isn't afraid to play physical to

911
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:24,000
knock his opponents off the puck. He'll need to become

912
00:48:24,039 --> 00:48:27,840
stronger as he continues to play against bigger opponents. Defense,

913
00:48:28,119 --> 00:48:31,719
this is where he succeeds best. He positions himself extremely well,

914
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:35,000
covering up gaps, blocks a ton of shots, creates turnovers

915
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:38,280
by using his stick to take away passing and shooting lanes.

916
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,199
So that's the best asset the defensive game. The biggest

917
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:44,719
concern the offensive upside. He really needs to continue to

918
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,719
work on rounding out that offensive game. So the top

919
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,840
tier outcome is going to be a middle sixth center.

920
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,119
The bottom outcome maybe something more like a bottom six

921
00:48:54,360 --> 00:49:00,840
forward and the stylistic comparable Arturi Alechanin is Jacob's choice.

922
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,679
Our friend Mason Black the NHL ranking put out the poll.

923
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:09,000
Adam's Adam here is versed up against Riger Lawrence and

924
00:49:09,159 --> 00:49:13,920
Adam Skora wins that one sixty one to thirty nine

925
00:49:14,039 --> 00:49:17,679
percent Victor. Is that the way you stack them?

926
00:49:18,159 --> 00:49:20,920
Speaker 4: I think so Regular lorenz In. Neither of these guys

927
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,920
I think are super exciting. But I think that I

928
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,599
would take the guy playing professional regular Wrens in case

929
00:49:26,639 --> 00:49:29,119
you're wondering. Twenty twenty two second round pick, so similar

930
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:33,280
range as Shakora. He's a six foot two, one hundred

931
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,079
and ninety four pound left wing and he was playing

932
00:49:36,119 --> 00:49:38,280
at the University of Denver this past season. His production

933
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,039
looks pretty outstanding. This past season, of course, the whole

934
00:49:41,039 --> 00:49:43,079
team was great. They won the national title. They had

935
00:49:43,119 --> 00:49:46,280
an amazing team thirty points in forty four games. I

936
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,239
don't know. I didn't watch enough games to know whether

937
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,199
that was really him or him just getting points by Osmosis.

938
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:53,519
I have a feeling there was certainly some him just

939
00:49:53,559 --> 00:49:56,360
getting points for being on a good team, although I

940
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,800
don't want to penalize him for that. But the PNHL

941
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,639
for these two was pretty simil But I'm going to

942
00:50:00,679 --> 00:50:02,679
go with the guy playing in the AHL as a

943
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,679
nineteen year old, So I'm going to go Shakora. I'm

944
00:50:05,679 --> 00:50:08,199
going to go with the people here, and I think

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that's that's a better bet, although neither of them I

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think are super exciting and none of them are league winners.

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Looking at the hockey prospecting between the two, Shakora started

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at thirty three percent chance of being a star. He's

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trended down to just four percent chance, and Lorenz at

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zero percent. Essentially, both these guys have trended down. Looking

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at some other comps for Shakora, there aren't a whole

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lot that looks super exciting. I did pull up a

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recard Raquel, who actually looked pretty similar. Quel had pretty

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low equivalency. People probably don't remember that, but he did

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not look like he was going to be a pretty

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competent NHL or that he's turned out to be. So

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maybe Shaquora can be that that would be a good

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outcome for him. Looking at the j fresh card, one

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percent chance of being a star, six percent chance of

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being an NHL are all pretty pessimistic, and he's someone

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in a deep league that I'd be interested in. But

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beyond that, I'm super excited about Shakor. If you're a patron,

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you can listen to my top ten recaps on Patreon

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the New York Rangers.

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Speaker 2: Diag be right back to close up the show. A

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couple of things to mention as we take you out today.

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A reminder our shows pride to by fan Tracks. You

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can play all kinds of leagues there. You can move

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your leagus over, start new leagues. There's all kinds of

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crazy things you could do over there. Just about every

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customization you could think of. There's a free product, there

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hundred scoring settings that you could use even in the freebie.

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And yeah, you should definitely move your legs. If you

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want to move your league over, you're worried about the

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premium thing, hit me up. We'll see what we can do.

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They've got the most options for scoring salaries, all those things.

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Fan Tracks, HQ, lots of fantasy content. The Fantasy Hockey Crew,

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I've seen them in the slack. They're gearing up. They're

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getting ready to put out a whole bunch of stuff here.

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FAHL is a team. We'd like to thank our FAHL crew.

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Content curator Kevin Adams puts together a lot of our

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show notes. Our tidy leagues are a whole thing. Ryan Shimone,

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Kraftzer and Tim are the commission team who are doing

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a ton of work getting those together. Jeremy Viz are

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lead scout wrangling all these scouting reports you hear in

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the dig. Jason helps with our prospect ranks. Brandon is

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have skills you'd like to lend the show, check out

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