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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented by fan Tracks. Here sits.

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Speaker 2: Your source of information and analysis to help you win

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your fantasy hockey league.

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Speaker 3: Talk off hot, a step hit on, stay lock.

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Speaker 4: Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier and Victor Nuno Fantasy.

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Speaker 1: Hockey Hive back once he's into talk fantasy hockey. You

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know who we are. It just said so in the

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song Jesse Severe from Fan Tracks, Victor Nuno of ep

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rinks side Victor, how you doing today?

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Speaker 5: I'm doing well, Jesse. We are recording several episodes today.

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I'm a little tired, but I'm still ready to bring

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the heat for this very interesting franchise, I guess is

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one way of putting it. I'm excited to see what happens.

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Are you excited for Utah Hockey?

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Speaker 1: Utah Hockey why not? Yeah? Maybe that should be their motto,

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Utah why not. We'll see how things go. But yeah,

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this one is definitely up in the air and will

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be an interesting thing to follow this year, or I'll

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be doing it. I'm going to stop by the Fantasy

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Hockey Life discord. That's where you can follow some Utah hockey.

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I imagine, if not all the other Hockey's and you

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can get in there for free by email in Fantasyhockeylife

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Speaker 1: Right after this we'll be talking Utah Hockey. We'd like

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to welcome back to the show a man formerly covered

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for the Arizona Coyotes. Now he's got his own hockey substack,

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but he is the man to talk to about Utah

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hockey right now. It is Patrick Brown. How you doing, Patrick?

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Speaker 4: I'm back? How could I be bad? I love it.

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to talk a little bit. Thank you guys

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for having me back. We've had some fun over the years,

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and that's always an entertaining time sitting down and talking

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some hockey with you guys.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, and you were the man on the scene

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to talk about this team. Boy, where do we even start?

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There were years of drama that have presumably now wrapped

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up as the franchise is getting a new start a

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few hundred miles north. In all this two bolt, we

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should probably remember there's an actual team that we're talking

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about here. It's not just the drama. It's not just

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the side story. From January twenty three until March one,

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the Coyotes did not win a game. They were twelve

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and two. The team flip Jason Zucker and Matt Dumba

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at the deadline and retrenched for this coming year. That said,

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there were also some good things that happened last year

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on the ice. They were seventh in the NHL and

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shooting on the sixth fewest shots. Whether or not a

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new owner, budget, fan environment, combined with oodles of cap

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space will change this team is yet to be determined,

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and we'll talk about the individual players will be a

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part of this team. But how do you think this

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team is? Are they getting close maybe to returning to

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the playoffs. Where do you see their trajectory right now?

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Speaker 4: Patrick?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely think they're getting closed. I would stop

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short of saying they're a playoff team this season.

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Speaker 4: They certainly could be. I think, just like.

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Speaker 3: Heading into last year when they were the Coyotes, they

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were a sexy pick to surprise some people who make

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the and they were right there up until that fourteen

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game losing streak that you previously mentioned that was just

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brutal in every way, shape or form. But I do

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think they are approaching a point where they're going to

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start playing in those types of games. They've got the

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goaltending to at least get them into the playoffs. I

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think they certainly have some offensive firepower coming up, and

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their biggest weakness the blue line with China.

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Speaker 4: We'll talk about in a little bit.

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Speaker 3: Bill Armstrong has done some things to address the blue

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line as well. They're an up and coming team, not

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to mention a cupboard stocked full of promising young prospects.

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I don't know if this is the year. It's going

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to be an interesting season with all of the changes

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they've gone through as an organization, playing in the Delta

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Center for the first time in front of Utah fans,

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and yet you've still got that brutal travel schedule because

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you're still out West, and all the teams out West,

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it's always really tough on them in terms of those

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Speaker 4: So all of those.

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Speaker 3: Things combined, it's they're gonna be a fun team to watch.

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You're gonna see flashes of what they can be, and

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they are trending in the right direction. But we'll see

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what happens in terms of the playoff picture.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you all out west kind of look into that.

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Being so far apart from each other, we hear in

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the Midwest. At least we got that going for us. Well, yeah,

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let's talk about some of the players. Clayton Keller first up.

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He continues to compete with Dylan Markin among others, as

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the best player whose prime is being really obscured by

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a rough team context. For the third straight year, he

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circled that point per game mark. He was actually down

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a minute and a half an average time on ice

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this year, but remained the team's leading scorer by a

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long ways. His peripherals are typically poor except for his

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three shots per game. The rising tide of this team

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maybe leads to something like a ninety point season this year.

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Do you expect Keller to be status quo or even

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regress a little bit from where he's been.

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't expect any regression out of him. He went

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from eighty six to what was eighty six to seventy

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six points in a season. I wouldn't even count that

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as regression. I think the Dylan Larkin comparison is fascinating

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in fact, in terms of the players around him, because

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the biggest inconsistency in Keller's game has been the center

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on his line. They have gone through so many centers.

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probably most people, what two three years ago Travis Boyd

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was centering the top line between Clayton Keller and Nick

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schmalt who, by the way, Schmaltz a true center. They

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games that didn't pan out, and Barrett Hayden fell in line.

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battled injuries and he's battled in consistencies, and so it's

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been Alex Kerfoot I think ultimately found the best chemistry there.

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had on that line with him and not Schmaltz. Him

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and Schmaltz have great chemistry, but there's never really been

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that true top line center, and that I think has

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keyed that inconsistent play or that, like you said, it's

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getting lost in the shuffle. But I would not expect

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any sort of regression out of Keller. I think he's

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proven in his ability to both make plays, set up plays,

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and finish plays, and he's certainly capable of the ninety

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point in plateau. I think it just depends on whether

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or not he can settle in with a true top

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line center, and that's another question heading into the season

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for the Utah Hockey Club.

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Speaker 5: Yes, indeed, let's talk about maybe this is surprising for

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some people, but we're going to go to Dylan Gunther next.

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Over two seasons, we saw growth from fifteen points in

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thirty three games to thirty five points and forty five games.

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This season. He tripled his goals from six to eighteen,

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albeit in twelve more games, but still nine power play goals,

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one short handed goal, four game winning goals. That was

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pretty fantastic stuff. Gunther finished his sophomore season strong, with

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seventeen points in his last sixteen games, including a four

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point nine on his twenty first birthday. He's a confident

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shooter who can shoot in a lot of different ways,

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all off balance, and he also knows when to pass

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instead of shoot. And despite having a quick snapper and wristshot,

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he doesn't always rely on shot velocity. He can get

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the puck to the ned to beat goalies with placement

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and timing. So Patrick, with a team continuing to give

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him a key power play role, you think Gunther can

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beat thirty goals this season? And what kind of point

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pace do you think he can get.

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Speaker 3: He's definitely capable of topping thirty goals just with that

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shot alone. Thirty five points and forty five games last year,

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he was supposed to have a cup of coffee and

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when he was called up from the Tucson Roadrunners.

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Speaker 4: He gave Bill Armstrong no choice.

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Speaker 3: But to keep him up there, especially because and again

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we'll talk about it a little bit, but the chemistry

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that he has with Logan Cooley is just watching those

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two players, I can't tell you there's probably nine or

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ten times on X last year where I would post

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Cooley to Gunther to Cooley. The chemistry that they have

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established is only going to continue to grow. And then

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you start throwing Josh done in the mix. So, Dylan Gunther,

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you mentioned his shot, Victor unbelievable shot. The kid's the

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real deal. And remember he was the pick that resulted

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from the Oe L. Connor Garland trade to Vancouver. That

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was ultimately the pick that they made with him ninth overall,

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I believe it was, and looking more and more like

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a steal points wise, I'm so bad at this game, guys,

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should I'm so bad. I shouldn't admit that, But I

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could very easily see him eclipsing fifty, maybe sixty points.

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He's got the talent, the skill, and if he continues

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to stay healthy and slide up like he's the real

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deal and he's a budding star, he's gonna have a

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lot of ability to make plays and have a huge

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impact on this team moving forwards, of anybody on this

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entire roster not named Logan Cooley, I would say I'm

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extremely high on Dylan Gunther and I think his ceiling

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might be the highest of any player on the team.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned already how Nick Schmaltz plays well with Keller.

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He was absolutely locked Keller all year, and like you

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said that centerman varied a lot and it was tough

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to get that locked in. Schwaltz was the second leading

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scorer on the team and in terms of peripherals two

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shots and only one hit every fifth game with a

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forty one percent face off percentage. Not so much on

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the other categories. His year, though, featured a red hot

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march if you missed it, five goals sixteen assists for

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twenty one points in fifteen games that got him up

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to a career high sixty one points. He missed nineteen

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games per year the prior to years, but this year

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he got seventy nine in so much better situation of health.

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Going into his age twenty eight year, do you expect

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Schmaltz to maintain the same level he showed last year

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or could he switch into another gear maybe with some centerman.

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think in some regards, but to your point, he can

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absolutely It comes down to health. Like you mentioned, he

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managed to get into seventy nine games last season, which

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was the first time since twenty nineteen twenty twenty that

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he played seventy or more. It all comes down to

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Schmaltz's health. He and Keller having credit chemistry, which we

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already talked about. They're great friends off the ice, they golf,

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they're amazing, They're very compatible as line mates. So it's

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going to come down to health for Schmaltz. If he

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can stay healthy, if he can get in the seventy

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plus games again, he's going to.

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Speaker 4: Be a big producer.

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Speaker 3: He's got Keller to feed and then he's got Keller

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to feed him, and those two together play very well.

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Speaker 4: It's going to.

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Speaker 3: Come down to health for Nick Schmaltz and if he

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can stay healthy. He does get streaky at times. You

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mentioned his march, but he's a little more consistent than

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some of the lost and Kraus is a very streaky player.

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Schmaltz is a little more consistent than that.

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Speaker 4: He's got the potential.

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Speaker 3: I think he's going to be able to maintain that

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production so long as he stays healthy, which is has

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been not his strong suit up until last year.

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Speaker 5: Next is Matchias Mitchelli, and I've long been a big

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fan of this guy. The past season he held steady

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around sixty points with slightly more time on ice about

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thirty seconds or so. And I wonder if there's still

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a spot for Minchelli on power Play one with all

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the grave fowards I have. Now you mentioned we talked

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about Keller Small's gun through already coolly seems like he

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might be ahead of him. So Patrick, what do you think.

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Speaker 4: Michelli will be able to do?

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Speaker 5: Will he be around a sixty point pace again, or

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is there a room for more or potentially a backslide here?

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Speaker 4: No, I wouldn't.

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Speaker 3: I feel like I'm saying this about everybody, and there

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are going to people who there will be people who regress.

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But what was impressive about mcchelly's game last season is

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that he started shooting the puck more and he didn't

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like you saw some progress. If you go back to

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two seasons ago when he finished fourth and called her voting,

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everybody knew he was going to pass the puck. He

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just wasn't shooting the puck, and so you could see

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is he at least started putting the puck on net

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a little bit more. They had to at least respect

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the shot, giving him a little more options. That's where

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he is more lethal on the power play if he

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can maintain time on either of those two units, because

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he has the ability to have that vision and slide

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it through the slot find the open man. Now that

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other teams have to respect the shot, I would expect

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him to maintain his pace. I don't think he would regress.

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He's just got too much talent. He's underrated. I think

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in the league he's got too much talent on to regress.

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But I also don't see him going much further past

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the sixty point pace that he's been.

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Speaker 1: On on to Barrett Hayden, boy, it was the last

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year for Hayden. He scored ten points in thirty three games.

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He had a sixteen game streak to start the year.

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Then he was out three months, seventeen games in last month.

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He was out. Really unfortunate. After Hayton got through a

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full healthy season for the first time the year before

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that said, the team was better on offense and defense

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when he was on the ice despite the low box

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score total. What do you think we're going to see

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from a full Hayden year next year? And I guess

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will that year come next year?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: He just signed I think it was a two year

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deal in the offseason, which was good for him. He's

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not in a contract year, so there won't be much

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pressure on him in that regard. The key to him

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has been consistency.

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Speaker 4: He started to.

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Speaker 3: Find that towards the end of the twenty twenty two

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to twenty three reseason. Expectations who are a little bit

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higher heading into this past year, and he was unable

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to stay healthy. One of the big parts of Barrett

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Hayton's game is he's the best face off.

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Speaker 4: Guy on the team.

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Speaker 3: He is a near fifty percent career mark in the dot.

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He's led the team the past two seasons in face

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off percentage and that's where he's.

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Speaker 4: True, truly effective.

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Speaker 3: He goes in during those critical times, it doesn't matter

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offensive zone, defensive zone. He's able to win those critical draws.

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The only other two players that were close to him,

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Nick Bukestad and Alex Kerfoot also dependable but Barrett Hayton

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is the one you want in there taking those face offs,

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and that's where he makes a big difference. So health

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is going to be key, which you touched on, and

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I do think that I'm optimistic he'll be able to

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stay healthy. He's gone through so much adversity in a

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young career. I think he's twenty five, and he still

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has just a great attitude, great hat on his shoulders,

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and he works hard. But he's also inconsistent with his

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offensive production kind of always has been. I think being

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healthy will help fix that. But he's out there mainly.

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I'd say I shouldn't say it like that, but his

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biggest asset is his face off ability and winning in

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the dot.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna do the old points, pick them that we

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tend to do, throw a couple more of the forwards

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etche from real life. These guys will probably have a

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big impact from fantasy perspective. Probably not as much maybe,

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But you tell me three of them, well, I'll give

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to you here as the last fowards. Nick Bukestad, Alex Kerkfoot,

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Logan Cooley. They've all come up Coolly of course, the

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hot prospect Kerfoot and Bukestad, the grizzled veterans who have

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produced a little bit over the years. Who do you

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like in how do you look at these guys?

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Speaker 3: Out of those three, I would take Cooley, I love

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Bukestad and Kerfoot. Just talked about them obviously just a

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couple of minutes ago. Great leadership, Alex Kerkfoot can do

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whatever you ask him to do on the ice. He

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can play up, he can play down, power play penalty, kill, wins, draws,

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he can do whatever you want. He produces as well,

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and as I mentioned, he actually found pretty good chemistry

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with Keller and Schmaltz, so there's potential there. But with

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Barrett Hayton back, I would guess Hayton would probably anchor

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that top line at least heading into the season. But

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Kerfoot is a wildcard there because he does have the

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potential and he does have the talent being getting up

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there in age and feel bad saying that as a

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forty year old because he's much younger than I am,

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but just with the way the league is structured. But again,

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a dependable faceoff guy. Had an incredible season. I think

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it was twenty two goals. I was so happy for him.

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I would not necessarily expect to see that repeated this

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upcoming season, but again, you never know. He's a great

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veteran guy to have around the team. And you just

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look at what Logan Cooley did to finish off the season.

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There was so much hype coming into the year, and

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I don't want to say there was disappointment because he

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played well, but that second half, even the final third

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of the season, especially when he started clicking with Dylan Gunther,

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you saw what Logan Cooley is capable of doing and

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why he was arguably the top pick in the twenty

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twenty two NHL Draft by top pick, obviously the best overall.

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He was taken third, but I've been very impressed with

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what he has done, how he has matured.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 3: He needs to work on his faceoff game, for sure,

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and he knows it, but his offensive numbers are good,

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his talents is out of this world. And being on

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a line with Dylan gun throw the two feet off

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of each other out of the three, I hate this

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game because I'm a people pleaser, but I would pick

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Logan Cooley.

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Speaker 1: I should say Logan Cooley had the by Ron numbers

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second worst face off differential in the NHL last year

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he was down one hundred and sixty five. But I

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do believe the person who had the worst was Connor Bedard,

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So I guess that doesn't roll out Logan Cooley for

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the future.

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Speaker 3: All Rookie team Logan Cooley too. He really made a

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nice push there the second half of the season. Was

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happy for him because you started seeing that hard work

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paying off. People don't respect enough either the badards the

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coolies coming in from, whether it's Major junior or whether

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it's NCAA and you don't play a lick of HL

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hockey and you just jump right into the NHL. I

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don't feel like people respect that enough with just how

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difficult it is, and it's why you don't see it done.

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And the way both of them performed I think was

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was truly impressive last season.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but Arden Cooley noted bums at hockey. All right,

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let's move on to the last fullward we're gonna talk about,

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and that is Josh Don. I was definitely one of

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the skeptical ones when Coyotes picked Don with a second

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round pick. He really has done nothing to nothing but

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flourish ever since that time, both in the NCAA and

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in the AHL, his production just off the charts. You know,

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definitely Kudo's on that pick after all they and this season,

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the NHL debut for him went swimmingly. Nine points in

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eleven games, a bunch of hits, a bunch of blocks too.

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Looks like he might be a peripherals beast with considerable

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points upside. Patrick, what kind of role do you think

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Josh Done is going to get and what do you

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think his points upside can be.

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Speaker 3: Josh Done's going to be an interesting storyline to follow

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at CAMP. I don't necessarily think he has earned a

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full time roster spot. He'll probably be the first one

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to tell you he hasn't earned that. It needs to

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prove it. But what's really interesting is, like you mentioned,

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what he did during his eleven games in the NHL

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gave me, by far, the most memorable game I have

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ever covered to this point in my career, which was

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his NHL debut.

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Speaker 4: Two goals at his NHL.

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Speaker 3: Debut in front of his father, Shane Doone, who obviously

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is an Arizona hockey icon.

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Speaker 4: I'm getting goosebumps talking about it.

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Speaker 3: It was probably the last good memory that anyone has

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of hockey in Arizona before things changed. But what was

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interesting was then he came back and he did it again.

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It wasn't a two goal performance, but I think he

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had a goal and a couple of assists his next game,

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something like that. And I remember Greg Powers, the NCAA,

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the Arizona State Sun Devil's head coach. Obviously the Coyotes

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played at Maltarino, which for the Sun Devils played, and

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I remember Greg Powers saying, he just keeps surprising, and

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you know what he's gonna do. He's gonna do it again,

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and then he's gonna do it again until people actually

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start believing in him. He's got this US against me

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against the world, not mentality, but almost stigma hanging over

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his head because, like you said, Victor, everybody I think

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was skeptical he was taking thirty seventh overall and he

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thought that was a reach. But he's done it at

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every single level. You go to Chicago Steel, the USAHL,

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then obviously Arizona State, he excelled. He was an AHL

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All Star with the Tucson Roadrunners, and then he in

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his cup of coffee with the NHL nine points in

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eleven games. I think he will continue to surprise people,

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because that is what he does. One of the best

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human beings you'll ever meet. No surprise there considering who

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his father is. But I just think there is definitely

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some development in his game that needs to continue. I

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would not be surprised to see him start the year

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in Tucson. There's gonna be a lot of competition with

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healthy bodies, bear at hat and back.

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Speaker 4: Things like that.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be interesting to see where he falls

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in the fold. But he could in the end creep

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up and become one of your very dependable role players

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bottom six players and become one of those key players

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on championship teams that you look to as a role player.

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So I don't know if this is the year. I

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would certainly not be surprised to see things take a

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step back, because it's tough for anybody to continue scoring

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at that pace, let alone a second rounder. But you

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gotta be happy for him in the story that he's

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carved out for himself.

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Speaker 5: Indeed, plus all those peripheral hits block shots are pretty

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nice too. Let's move over to the defense now. Miguil

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Sergachev is the first one we're going to talk about.

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He was drafted by the Canadians, traded to the Lightning

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in twenty seventeen, a deal that sent back Jonathan Drew

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and won some cups there in Florida and even earned

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an eight year extension with Tampa. However, he finds himself

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traded again. That horn that blared at the sphere when

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that trade went down was pretty startling, and then was

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more startling is the actual trade was like Wow, Okay,

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this is a big deal that's happening. Sergachev a young,

477
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experienced defenseman, including lots of playoff time. I'm sure he

478
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brings even though he's young, he brings some pretty good

479
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,880
veteran presence to this team. He's twenty six, and they

480
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,559
got some other Russian, good Russian prospects. In fact, some

481
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would say they would they were only drafting Russians there

482
00:23:19,079 --> 00:23:22,279
for a minute. But simaschev boot he certainly can play

483
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a mentoring role for those guys. We have seen Sergichev

484
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put up nearly thirty power play points when given top deployment,

485
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,000
but I'm not sure if that's gonna happen with Thursey around. So, Patrick,

486
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what do you think we can expect from Sergachev this season?

487
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In terms of roll points pace, Will he be the

488
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go to power play guy or maybe split that with Jersey.

489
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great question heading into the year that

490
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I don't know the answer to because I've gone back

491
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and forth to it. In my mind, if the first

492
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thing was, oh man, did Jersey lose his kind of

493
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,039
quarter like quarterbacking type key element on the power play?

494
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But I don't think so, because Jersey has proven his value,

495
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which we'll talk about in a minute. Quick side note

496
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when that Horn Blair it ruined a story I had

497
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set to come out in five days on highlighting Connor

498
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Geeky on the Utah Hockey team.

499
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Speaker 4: That changed a lot in my world too.

500
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Speaker 3: Very stunning trade, blockbuster trade, and it's what I alluded

501
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to before, though definitely addressed the blue line, especially from

502
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a points production standpoint. You've got championship caliber talent. Much

503
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like a couple of other players we've talked about that

504
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he's going to be health. He was not healthy last year.

505
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He worked so hard to come back for the playoffs

506
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for the Lightning, which was admirable. You see the hard

507
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work he put in to be able to return before

508
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the end of the season and prior to that, he

509
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was maybe not an iron man, but very dependable player,

510
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daily player, especially when you consider how deep Tampa went

511
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into the playoffs time and time again. He's going to

512
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be an important player on the Utah Hockey Clubs excuse me,

513
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blue line. I do think he would have the first

514
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right of refusal in those powerplay situations over Sean Jersey.

515
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I think he's earned that. I think he has the

516
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championship pedigree to prove that. But I do think him

517
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and Jersey will split some time because Sean Dursey is

518
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an incredibly talented defenseman who I think is still learning

519
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a lot and you see him growing right before your eyes.

520
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So Sergachev a great ad, really addresses a lot of

521
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the issues that.

522
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Speaker 4: The club had on the blue line.

523
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Speaker 3: And the last point I'll make on that victor not

524
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that it is terribly relevant, but you pointed it out.

525
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It's a huge git for the purposes of getting Simyshev

526
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and boot over from Russia. That is a huge git.

527
00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:32,960
I don't know if that type of logic goes into

528
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it when you acquire a player like that, because you

529
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just know the talent that he has as well, So

530
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I'm not sure if that goes into your thought process

531
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as a GM. But whether or not it does, it's

532
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a huge git for that reason as well, because they're.

533
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Speaker 4: Going to be very eager to be able to come

534
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over and play with him too.

535
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Speaker 1: You said we were about to talk about him in

536
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the future, is now because Shawn Dursey is our next

537
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,440
item up for discussion. Right after the draft, Utah re

538
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upped him for four more years to the NHL. Took

539
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a few years, and he had two years in LA

540
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,440
before last year he jumped to twenty two forty three

541
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average time on ice, leading all Zona skaters in tom

542
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,599
on ice and average time on ice. He led the

543
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defenseman in power play toime on ice. He provides reasonable

544
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,839
bash for us, so with the hits, the shots, the blocks.

545
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,559
He actually had a very good advanced metrics for the

546
00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:25,319
team second and expected goals of of replacement behind Dylan Gunther.

547
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You just talked about the other side of this with

548
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Cergi Chef coming in, But what are you expecting on

549
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the Jersey side of the equation. As he is in

550
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his second year age twenty six with the Utah Hockey Club.

551
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Speaker 4: He's going to continue to grow.

552
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Speaker 3: He's shown amazing progress from year to year. And I

553
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think he has a little bit of playoff experience too

554
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,440
with the Kings. It was very early in his career,

555
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but he does have He does have that crunch time experience,

556
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and like you mentioned, he's a proverbial minutes muncture right,

557
00:26:55,799 --> 00:26:58,039
which coaches love to have. He can get out there.

558
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,920
He's not afraid to play any role. I'm afraid to

559
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,319
maybe get a little bit more defensive if he needs

560
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to in a situation. A lot of times you see

561
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these offensive minded defensemen, and not that he's afraid to shoot,

562
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because he's not. He puts up good numbers, but he's

563
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just going to continue to grow. There were a few

564
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,839
times last season I think that you could still tell

565
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just how young he is and how much he continued

566
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,359
to develop. It was a great year for him personally.

567
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I think he and Sergachev will learn a lot from

568
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each other. I think they will have potentially that being

569
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the top two defenseman on the team, develop a good

570
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,480
rapport and that'll be great for the team. But I

571
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think the wild card is that Sergachev acquisition. It was

572
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clearly Drzy and Moser before and now with Moser in

573
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Tampa and Sergychev in the fold, there is a little

574
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bit more debate on that power play time. There may

575
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be a little bit of that time on ice sacrificed

576
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,240
that Jersey knew he was going to get, So it'll

577
00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:53,200
be interesting to see how that unfolds. But he goes

578
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,839
about things the right way. He does everything coach Andrey

579
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,880
Tourni asked of him. He's not afraid to give up

580
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,400
his body, block shots, lay ahead if he needs to,

581
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and he's a smart pick. He's a smart guy, So

582
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all good things. It's just becoming a little bit more

583
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,680
crowded in the talent aspect, which the team hasn't sing

584
00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:12,480
a little bit. It's when I'm the best team, when

585
00:28:12,519 --> 00:28:15,200
I'm the best player on the softball team a that's

586
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,519
when we only win one game every year, and then

587
00:28:17,559 --> 00:28:19,839
when we start getting better players on the softball team,

588
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I'd have to get a little challenge for that cleanup spot.

589
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Speaker 4: We'll see how it unfolds, but it'll be fun to watch.

590
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Speaker 1: Awesome. Now the rest of the defensemen are going to

591
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once again throw him in a bucket with the points

592
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,240
pick him. You got John Marino, the other big siren

593
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:38,039
causer at the draft. You've got Michael kessel Ring and

594
00:28:38,079 --> 00:28:42,359
you got Uso Vallamachi, all three of them also playing

595
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,279
on the blue line, presumably be behind the two we've

596
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already discussed. Who do you like most in terms of

597
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,279
their anticipated production for next year?

598
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Speaker 3: Patrick, What's funny is when I was looking at the numbers. Initially,

599
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before I looked at the numbers, I thought Marino hands down.

600
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Just in my mind, I had Marino in my head.

601
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And man if Michael kessel Ring didn't quietly have a

602
00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:09,480
pretty darn solid year for the Coyotes last season. He's

603
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a kid, he's still finding his way, and I always

604
00:29:13,759 --> 00:29:18,079
thought of him as more of a defensively minded blue liner.

605
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,079
I'd never really thought too much of his offensive production.

606
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But twenty one points in sixty five games actually outpaces

607
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,960
marinos twenty five in seventy five games, So I think

608
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,880
that's interesting. Now again, I would almost stick with my gut.

609
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I think Marino will have a more prominent role than

610
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he has in years past, as being in being acquired

611
00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:41,039
in the offseason by Bill Armstrong. I think when given

612
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the three, I would look at Marino, but kessel Ring

613
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,039
quietly had a really good year, and you so of

614
00:29:46,079 --> 00:29:50,000
Vlamaki is just very consistent sorry, inconsistent.

615
00:29:50,079 --> 00:29:50,599
Speaker 4: Excuse me.

616
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Speaker 3: There were some times last year that he was held

617
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out of the lineup, and I know he wasn't happy

618
00:29:54,319 --> 00:29:56,839
about it. Who would be, But then he does everything

619
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,839
that's asked of him to get back on track. I

620
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,079
just think there's a little too inconsistency in Vallamache's game

621
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to depend on him, So I would go John Marino,

622
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,640
but Michael Kesselring is right there. It's going to be

623
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a big year for him to prove himself and show

624
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that he can build upon what he said last season.

625
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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's good stuff. So let's move on to the

626
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,920
goalies now, and the Arizona Coyotes were ranked twenty six

627
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,720
and expected goals against per sixty last season, but conceided

628
00:30:23,759 --> 00:30:27,640
the twenty first actual goals against per sixty at five

629
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y five. That math means that they did better than expected.

630
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A big reason for this was clearly Connor Ingraham, who

631
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,880
had a fantastic breakout season. He won the Masterton Trophy,

632
00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:40,880
which recognizes the player who best exempt flies of qualities

633
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,319
of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication. Anyone who listens to this

634
00:30:44,359 --> 00:30:47,000
show knows I've been a huge fan of Ingram since

635
00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:49,720
his Tampa days. I'm very happy to see this finally

636
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,640
work out for him. On the ice, Ingram clearly passed

637
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,319
fill Meca. In my eyes, he appeared in fifty to

638
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,240
the thirty eight games. Compared to Amelca, Ingram had a

639
00:30:58,279 --> 00:31:01,559
fifteen point four to one goals I've expected. That's incredible,

640
00:31:01,599 --> 00:31:04,279
and vill Melka had negative four point five to one.

641
00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:06,519
Ingram has two more years at one point nine to five.

642
00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:09,240
Oll Meca makes a little bit more at two point

643
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,680
seventy twenty five, but only as one more year. That

644
00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:14,039
I don't think is much of a difference to dictate

645
00:31:14,079 --> 00:31:16,960
stars for Vill Melka. But Patrick, tell us what you

646
00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:19,079
think is going to go is going to happen next

647
00:31:19,119 --> 00:31:21,279
season for the Utah Hockey Club goalies. Will it be

648
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,359
Ingram as the de facto starter or do you think

649
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,720
this will be a pretty clear one way, one B situation.

650
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 3: It is hard to call that. I granted I'm a

651
00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:34,119
horrible Beer League GM, but in my eyes, Ingram has

652
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,519
earned being the starter I think he had. I don't

653
00:31:37,519 --> 00:31:39,720
even have to say I think everything that you read

654
00:31:39,759 --> 00:31:42,240
off right there, Victor shows he had an incredible season.

655
00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:46,160
Obviously won the Masterton two because he was inspirational and

656
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,200
how he was open with his OCD and mental health

657
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,440
struggles and how he addressed those and wanted to share

658
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,079
his story. But on the ice, he was lights out,

659
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,880
tied for the league lead with six shutouts. I think

660
00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,119
with four other goalies it was jam packed up there,

661
00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:05,000
but I think Ingram has earned the starter role. That said,

662
00:32:06,359 --> 00:32:10,240
Andre Tourny and goalie coach Corey Schwab were very insistent,

663
00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:12,839
especially when last season kicked off, that they were going

664
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alternating no matter what happened.

665
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,799
Speaker 4: They were alternating.

666
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 3: Goalies one A, one B and they stayed with that

667
00:32:19,599 --> 00:32:23,640
logic for quite some time until Ingram gave them no choice,

668
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,599
and I think there was a lot of consecutive minutes

669
00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:30,519
of shutout hockey there. Vimalca has proved to perform for

670
00:32:30,599 --> 00:32:32,799
this team in the past, didn't have the best season

671
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,519
last year, but he did also show flashes. In my eyes,

672
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,000
Ingram's the starter. Vimalka is the backup. Vemalka is a

673
00:32:40,119 --> 00:32:42,599
very dependable backup that you can call upon because he's

674
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,359
a borderline starter there, at least on this club. But

675
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,079
based on how Andre Torrini and goaltending Corey Schwab approached

676
00:32:50,119 --> 00:32:53,880
last year, It would not be unthinkable to think of

677
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,920
it as another one A one B at least to

678
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,200
start the year, to see who separates themselves. But Ingram's

679
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,640
numbers for themselves last season he was incredible. The team

680
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,880
won so many games because of the way he played,

681
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,960
and he was a really good, feel good story on

682
00:33:07,039 --> 00:33:08,680
top of that, which we all loved. We'll see how

683
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,440
it folds out, but I think personally Ingram's a starter.

684
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,799
But it wouldn't surprise me to see Turney at least

685
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,400
start the season one A one B.

686
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Speaker 1: Tree Mendus Patrick, why don't you let people know how

687
00:33:23,839 --> 00:33:25,640
they can keep up with all the work you got

688
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:26,039
going on?

689
00:33:26,759 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 3: Sure, so obviously on X at Peter Brown Hockey, and

690
00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:31,559
then as I mentioned, or as you mentioned to start

691
00:33:31,559 --> 00:33:33,559
the show, I did start up my own substack. It's

692
00:33:33,599 --> 00:33:36,839
just p Brown Hockey dot substack dot com right now

693
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,200
keeping up with everything Utah related, just because there's not

694
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,920
a ton of coverage out there for them, and I

695
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,400
still have obviously some connections within the organization, so I'm

696
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,240
enjoying putting that out there. There are plans to grow

697
00:33:48,279 --> 00:33:50,960
that eventually and grow those aren't but you got to

698
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,640
start with what you know and where your connections lie.

699
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 4: So that's what I'm doing.

700
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:59,119
Speaker 3: But on ex pe Brown Hockey on Instagram, Peter Brown

701
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:03,240
Hockey d's p Brown Hockey, substack, pe Brown Hockey does

702
00:34:03,319 --> 00:34:06,039
substick dot com. There's a pattern there, fellas in great

703
00:34:06,119 --> 00:34:06,759
you can't tell.

704
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Speaker 1: That's right. I think even I could follow along with

705
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,079
that pattern. Thank you so much for coming on Patrick

706
00:34:13,119 --> 00:34:15,159
and talking to Utah Hockey Club.

707
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:26,199
Speaker 4: Appreciate you guys having me on. It's always fun. Thank you.

708
00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:30,159
That's good fired.

709
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Speaker 5: Past, Oh my goodness, with a cat grab.

710
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Speaker 1: Now it's your weekly goalie talk. But Kats Silverman, cats instincts.

711
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:47,679
Speaker 5: Time for cats instincts. With Cat Silverman ngole mag Utah.

712
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:53,159
We're talking Utah Hockey Kat who hockey in Utah?

713
00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:53,519
Speaker 4: What a thing?

714
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 5: So obviously this is he franchised to move from Arizona.

715
00:34:57,039 --> 00:34:59,760
So they had a really interesting pick last year. We're

716
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,519
gonna talk first about Michael Krabble twenty twenty three, thirty

717
00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:05,800
eighth overall pick. He was the second goalie taken after

718
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,000
Adam Guyan. I thought the Guyan pick was interesting. I

719
00:35:09,039 --> 00:35:11,639
definitely would have gone guy Rabble or maybe one of

720
00:35:11,679 --> 00:35:13,800
the other guys. But I think they did a good

721
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,880
job here with that pick. He was in the USHL

722
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,719
for his draft season, then he transitioned to UMass where

723
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,000
he did it really quite well, nine to twelve save

724
00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:24,119
percentage in thirty games, one sixteen, lost twelve. He also

725
00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:26,960
appeared for check yet the World Junior Championships. LA Ron

726
00:35:27,039 --> 00:35:29,320
numbers didn't look so kind, but he looked pretty good

727
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,920
from what I remember from the eye test there. Looking

728
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,840
at his hockey prospecting, he's up to a forty four

729
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,840
percent chance of being in NHL are and just his

730
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,599
d plus one season. Funny that one of his main

731
00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:42,360
comps here is Aiden Hill, who was also drafted by

732
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,239
the Arizona Coyotes and obviously now is a Stanley Cup champ.

733
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,000
So I guess Michael Rabble is going to be a

734
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,920
Stanley Cup champ. That's what I'm getting at here, Kat,

735
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,119
tell us what your instincts tell you about Michael Krabble.

736
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,079
Speaker 6: I think it's really interesting that Aiden Hill is a

737
00:35:57,119 --> 00:36:01,079
comp for him, because the thing that both of them

738
00:36:01,199 --> 00:36:05,119
have in their favor, their number one asset is how

739
00:36:05,159 --> 00:36:05,760
tall they are.

740
00:36:06,679 --> 00:36:09,119
Speaker 7: And I know that Aiden Hill.

741
00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 6: Was particularly funny because it seems like he kept growing

742
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,320
even after he got drafted. I feel like every season

743
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,000
when I had to do a scatting report on him,

744
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,159
I had to double check and see what height was

745
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,239
listed for him, and I thought he was eventually just

746
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,039
gonna head up to shack proportions there.

747
00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 7: But Michael Frabble is.

748
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 6: Another goaltender who does a really good job of using

749
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:39,320
his height, not necessarily to take up the entirety of

750
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,000
the net, but to be able to use his lower

751
00:36:44,039 --> 00:36:46,920
body and move a little bit more efficiently.

752
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:49,760
Speaker 7: He's a pretty decent.

753
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,199
Speaker 6: Skater, but he's much better when it comes to actually

754
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,159
sealing the ice, and then he uses the fact that

755
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:01,679
he is taller to close off as much of the

756
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,159
upper half of the net as he can while remaining

757
00:37:05,199 --> 00:37:09,360
on his knees, and does a pretty decent job of tracking,

758
00:37:09,639 --> 00:37:13,800
even though some of our taller goaltenders have a little

759
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,800
bit of trouble seeing well. It almost I think from

760
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,360
a depth perspective, does not remind me of Mike Smith's,

761
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,760
but something that we saw from Mike Smiths sometimes, even

762
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,039
though a little bit on the taller side, would drop

763
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:26,800
to his knees and be able to see through traffick

764
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:35,119
a little bit more efficiently. I don't think Utah is

765
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,400
finished figuring out what their final roster will be, so

766
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,800
I don't know if he is set to be number one.

767
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,039
He's still in college, but I don't know where they

768
00:37:45,079 --> 00:37:48,039
have him in their long term plans. I do think

769
00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:51,280
that he looks like a promising long term option for

770
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:58,400
an NHL team, whether it's them or someone else. I

771
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:04,559
would love to see if while he's a UMass, they

772
00:38:04,599 --> 00:38:07,960
have any down years. I'd love to see what would

773
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,599
happen if he plays behind a poor defense, because I

774
00:38:12,599 --> 00:38:15,280
do think that there's going to be a point where

775
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,079
he is playing behind some struggling defense in the Utah

776
00:38:18,519 --> 00:38:21,360
slash Tucson systems. And I don't think that he looks

777
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,280
necessarily not unlike Aiden Hill. I think he looks like

778
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,079
he does need some seasoning at the miners level when

779
00:38:28,119 --> 00:38:31,079
he does go pro, just because he does rely so

780
00:38:31,159 --> 00:38:34,159
much on his size. I was looking at some overall

781
00:38:34,199 --> 00:38:37,519
statistics for where he is allowing goals and where he's

782
00:38:37,639 --> 00:38:39,960
making saves, and he does a really good job of

783
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,920
positioning himself and then seems to struggle a little bit

784
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:48,599
with his hands. So it'll be interesting to see when

785
00:38:48,599 --> 00:38:51,039
he plays against more creative shooters. How that works for

786
00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:53,639
him since he does like to play from his knees.

787
00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 7: But we'll see how that goes. And Aiden Hill is

788
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,320
a Stanley Cup chip so if he can pull that

789
00:38:58,360 --> 00:38:59,599
off too, that would be wonderful.

790
00:39:00,639 --> 00:39:02,760
Speaker 5: Yes, I think I would have fell out of my

791
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,719
chair if you told me that Aiden Hill was a

792
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,440
Stanley Cup champ three or four years ago.

793
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 7: I think Aiden Hill would have fallen out of his chair.

794
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 5: If you've toiled that, it could happen to anybody, and

795
00:39:12,039 --> 00:39:14,440
good for him. Let's move on to the other guy

796
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:17,880
in this system, and that's Matt Vilalta six four, two

797
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:19,880
hundred and seventeen pounds. They're round pick by the King,

798
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:20,960
signed by the Coyotes.

799
00:39:21,039 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 4: Last year.

800
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 5: You talked about how he's the guy to keep your

801
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,039
eye on and how they needed a guy for their

802
00:39:25,039 --> 00:39:27,679
AHL club and they got him play fifty one games

803
00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:29,840
for two Sunrare runners of the AHL had really good

804
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,480
numbers two five four GA, ninety seventeen save percentage, three shutouts.

805
00:39:33,679 --> 00:39:35,679
He even got into two NHL games, but we don't

806
00:39:35,679 --> 00:39:37,480
want to talk about that because they did not go well.

807
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:41,880
But overall, his equivalency is low. It's covering in the

808
00:39:42,039 --> 00:39:46,199
high teens low twenties. Tommy Salo is probably his best comp.

809
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 7: That's a tough comp, no offense.

810
00:39:49,159 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 6: I think he looks like a good tweiner to have

811
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,159
in your system, like a spent it to Martin type.

812
00:39:53,679 --> 00:39:56,280
I wanted to see what would happen when he got

813
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,519
out of the King system, because he'd gotten trapped there

814
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:02,000
for a little bit. And and I wanted to see

815
00:40:02,039 --> 00:40:06,440
if the Coyotes have or now Utah. But at the time,

816
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,679
the Coyotes had some really good goaltending developments when it

817
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,239
came to their coaching staff, and they had really consistent

818
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,639
coaching at the NHL and AHL level, and that seemed

819
00:40:17,639 --> 00:40:22,199
like a good place for him to potentially see his

820
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:23,760
game rebound.

821
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:23,800
Speaker 1: A little bit.

822
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,599
Speaker 7: And I think he looked fine at the AHL level,

823
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:32,320
but he looked like from an overall decision making standpoint,

824
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,440
like he was just missing that last little bit. So

825
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,480
you could maybe use him on a stronger NHL team

826
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,880
at the NHL level a couple of times, almost like

827
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,000
a Richard Bachman, But I don't think that he looked

828
00:40:48,039 --> 00:40:52,519
like someone who his poor NHL games were, Oh these

829
00:40:52,519 --> 00:40:55,199
are let's just forget about these. He'll be much better

830
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:55,639
next time.

831
00:40:55,679 --> 00:40:59,039
Speaker 6: He looked like someone who probably is going to carve

832
00:40:59,039 --> 00:41:00,920
out a really good career for himself at.

833
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 7: The minor league level and then maybe make his way

834
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,159
to the NHL for partial seasons.

835
00:41:07,199 --> 00:41:10,320
Speaker 6: But didn't really look like someone at this point that

836
00:41:11,559 --> 00:41:16,519
I necessarily saw being the top of their the top

837
00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:20,159
of any team's deep start anytime soon. So no offense

838
00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:23,039
to him. I think it's tough to be a really

839
00:41:23,039 --> 00:41:25,800
good age all starter in all honesty, and I think

840
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,679
that's maybe where he is right now.

841
00:41:28,679 --> 00:41:31,079
Speaker 5: You're too kind, Cat, I'll just tell everyone, don't have

842
00:41:31,199 --> 00:41:33,480
mapl alta on your team. I'm sure you're a great guy,

843
00:41:33,639 --> 00:41:35,679
good goalie, but I don't think it's going to happen

844
00:41:35,679 --> 00:41:38,559
at the NHL level. Thanks for giving us your instincts

845
00:41:38,599 --> 00:41:41,599
on the Utah Hockey Club goalies, Cat.

846
00:41:49,199 --> 00:41:59,360
Speaker 2: Dig the dynasty dig big for the Utah Hockey Club

847
00:42:00,159 --> 00:42:02,760
is you don't like them quite as much as other

848
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:03,280
people do.

849
00:42:03,519 --> 00:42:05,760
Speaker 1: You have them right around the middle of your rankings

850
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,480
around sixty. A lot of other people have him higher.

851
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,320
They've had a lot of high picks. They've been paying

852
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:12,679
for some of those picks in the last couple of

853
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,639
years because they had a whole lot of them. Nonetheless, Victor,

854
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,599
we need to start out with your no brainer. Who

855
00:42:17,679 --> 00:42:18,880
is it that's going to be?

856
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,039
Speaker 5: Dimitri Simaschev twenty twenty three, sixth overall pick, six foot five,

857
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:24,800
two hundred and three pounds, left handed d After eighteen

858
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,760
KHL games in his draft season and zero points, he

859
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,079
put up ten in his sixty three games this season,

860
00:42:31,199 --> 00:42:33,400
so there you go, much better. He had one assist

861
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,920
in seventeen playoff games for locomotive. Scoring is not really

862
00:42:37,039 --> 00:42:38,679
the big thing for him though, and that's a bit

863
00:42:38,679 --> 00:42:40,199
of the worry. But you look at some of the

864
00:42:40,199 --> 00:42:43,039
other things, and he is playing in a very difficult

865
00:42:43,079 --> 00:42:44,840
league at a young age, so you have to give

866
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,840
him some props for that. And if you look at

867
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,840
his FHL player card, you can see that some of

868
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,920
the other priffs aren't necessarily there. His hits, blocks, and

869
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,119
shots per six year all pretty low. He looks like

870
00:42:56,199 --> 00:42:59,119
he might be a perferal vacuum. So that's scary. It

871
00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:01,840
might only be more of a points kind of option,

872
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,599
and I think there's maybe even some question marks about

873
00:43:04,639 --> 00:43:06,840
how good the points are. He is someone who's a

874
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,920
very strong likelihood to make the NHL but I'm not

875
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,199
sure how much the points are going to be there.

876
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,760
He might end up being in that thirty five to

877
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,960
forty five point range, but he is a really strong

878
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,079
prospect in a lot of other areas. Jesse to hear

879
00:43:20,119 --> 00:43:23,039
a little bit more about Dmitri Simychev and what makes

880
00:43:23,079 --> 00:43:24,960
him tick. Let's hear from our FHL scout.

881
00:43:25,159 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: Chill Scout Craig has this to say about Dmitri Simashev

882
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,440
above average skating. Rarely ever see him at top speed,

883
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,199
but when he decides to rush the push, he can

884
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:38,039
fly down the ice. For such a big guy, He's

885
00:43:38,079 --> 00:43:40,800
also able to use his edges quite well, helping him

886
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,800
in transition as the play evolves. Passing and handling average.

887
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,159
When given the chance in the offensive zone, he did

888
00:43:47,199 --> 00:43:49,480
show he was able to find the open man and

889
00:43:49,559 --> 00:43:53,559
create scoring chances. However, playing limited minutes in the KHL,

890
00:43:53,639 --> 00:43:55,519
we weren't able to see more of this side of

891
00:43:55,559 --> 00:44:00,760
SIMASHEV shooting below average, very limited shots, and the chances

892
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,519
he did get were usually into the shin pads of

893
00:44:03,639 --> 00:44:06,639
the defender. When given the choice of passer shot, he

894
00:44:06,679 --> 00:44:11,440
will pass nine times out of ten IQ average. Craig's

895
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:12,800
going to give him the better for the doubt. From

896
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,159
the games, Craig saw he had a high panic meter,

897
00:44:15,639 --> 00:44:19,280
many times holding under the puck too long. When under pressure,

898
00:44:19,599 --> 00:44:21,880
he would either fumble the puck or turn it over.

899
00:44:22,039 --> 00:44:24,760
Playing in the KHL as an eighteen year old, he

900
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:26,880
might just need a season or two to adjust to

901
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,519
the quicker pace of play. Something to watch next season, though,

902
00:44:31,079 --> 00:44:33,079
for checking for such a big body, Craig would have

903
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:35,840
hoped he would have had some better bash. He closes

904
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,639
the gap so well that he often causes turnovers and

905
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,440
doesn't need to play the body defense above average. This

906
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,920
is where Simashev excels. He's an in your face type

907
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,960
of defender, not allowing the offense to gain any momentum.

908
00:44:49,199 --> 00:44:52,480
He pinches in the offensive zone and those are top notch,

909
00:44:52,599 --> 00:44:55,159
always reading the play and knowing when to pinch up

910
00:44:55,199 --> 00:44:58,280
or pull back. So the best asset, it's the defense

911
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,559
that will be his ticket to the NHL. The biggest

912
00:45:00,559 --> 00:45:04,360
concern lack of offense. While he's shown flashes of playmaking,

913
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,320
this side of his game is still unproven. In addition

914
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,599
to his limited bash, he may not be a fantasy

915
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,760
worthy option, so the top tier outcome let's go with

916
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,119
high tier two, a thirty five to forty five point

917
00:45:17,159 --> 00:45:20,400
guy with average bash. That is, if he's able to

918
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,159
find an offensive game, that would be what it would

919
00:45:23,159 --> 00:45:26,440
take to get to a forty point season. But the

920
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:28,760
median outcome a little bit lower than that, may be

921
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,559
closer to thirty points. And that's if he can't really

922
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,559
get his offensive game going. His defensive ability will still

923
00:45:35,599 --> 00:45:38,039
give him the twenty two minutes a night to luck

924
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:42,320
into thirty points from assists per year. Stylistic comparable going

925
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:46,079
on a limb, Craig would say, maybe a TJ. Brody type.

926
00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:51,480
All right, our friend Mason Black the NHL ranking put

927
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:55,920
out the poll, Dmitri Simyshev versus Philip Broberg, the post

928
00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:00,880
hype sleeper up there in Edmonton. Dmitri Simyshev wins this one,

929
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,840
sixty one to thirty nine pretty decisively. Victor, Is that

930
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:05,599
how you see it?

931
00:46:06,119 --> 00:46:09,559
Speaker 5: I don't know about that. Broberg has been someone who's

932
00:46:09,599 --> 00:46:12,960
been much maligned ever since that draft. When I know

933
00:46:13,039 --> 00:46:15,239
Oiler fans were screaming into the void that they wanted

934
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,559
Trevor Zegris, which who knows how Ziegers's career could have

935
00:46:18,639 --> 00:46:21,199
been playing alongside McDavid in Drysidle. I think it could

936
00:46:21,199 --> 00:46:23,679
have been pretty good so far, but they wanted the

937
00:46:23,679 --> 00:46:26,840
big right hand, the big left handed d Big Mobile

938
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,519
had a lot of really good upside, but he had

939
00:46:29,559 --> 00:46:32,559
a hard time hitting his potential until this year where

940
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,360
he finally seems like he broke in a little bit.

941
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:38,280
We'll hear a little bit more of that in our

942
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:42,320
Edmonton episode. But he looked awesome in the playoffs when

943
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,480
they finally went to him and they started giving him

944
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,920
more of an opportunity. He was a really important part

945
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:50,480
of that Stanley Cup final team. And I wrote an

946
00:46:50,559 --> 00:46:53,880
article a couple months ago about Brobergarni b Ringside. I

947
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,360
definitely recommend you go checking that out because I do

948
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,519
think that there's some untapped upside here, and I would

949
00:46:59,559 --> 00:47:02,880
actually take Broberg between these two because I think he's

950
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,760
on the up and up. I think he's done his

951
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,639
time in the AHL. I think he's ready for a

952
00:47:06,639 --> 00:47:09,519
full time role, and I think there's some untapped offense

953
00:47:09,559 --> 00:47:14,440
here and I am skeptical about the bee Tree Simashev's offense.

954
00:47:14,519 --> 00:47:17,519
I think he's a really strong player in general, and

955
00:47:17,559 --> 00:47:19,719
I think he's one of these guys who might just

956
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,599
play a lot of minutes but not score a ton

957
00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:25,239
of points, and that is going to be frustrating in fantasy.

958
00:47:25,599 --> 00:47:28,639
So I would take bro Berg, even though some of

959
00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:31,000
his bash you know right now, maybe doesn't look too good,

960
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,159
but I think he has that chance to round out

961
00:47:34,199 --> 00:47:35,840
some of that, and we have seen some of that

962
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:38,320
in his limited NHL action this year. Looking at the

963
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,800
hockey prospecting between these two, they're actually both pretty low

964
00:47:42,599 --> 00:47:44,599
five and then three percent chance of being a star

965
00:47:44,679 --> 00:47:48,360
for Simashev, Broberg graduated the model at four percent, about

966
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:50,519
up to fifty percent chance of being an NHL that's

967
00:47:50,519 --> 00:47:53,400
obviously much higher now looking at some other comps for

968
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,559
Simashev as someone that might have been successful with his

969
00:47:56,679 --> 00:47:59,480
low equivalencies he has, there's not a whole lot of

970
00:47:59,519 --> 00:48:02,079
good options. Devin Taves is one of them, but I

971
00:48:02,159 --> 00:48:04,920
think Caves has a lot more upside. Jake Walman is

972
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,079
someone who he might end up looking a little bit

973
00:48:07,119 --> 00:48:10,079
like more like an average producer in terms of fantasy. Yeah,

974
00:48:10,119 --> 00:48:12,760
maybe there's some potential there. The j Fresh card has

975
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:16,400
him at just one percent chance of being and a

976
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:18,519
start and thirty nine percent chance of being an NHL

977
00:48:18,519 --> 00:48:21,880
are so pretty pessimistic there from Jfresh as we tend

978
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:22,599
to expect.

979
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,840
Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, Victor second up, who is your need to

980
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:27,840
know prospect?

981
00:48:28,159 --> 00:48:31,559
Speaker 5: As they went in the draft last year, we're gonna

982
00:48:31,599 --> 00:48:34,639
go Russian and we're gonna go Daniel Boot with our

983
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,719
need to know and he was the twenty twenty three

984
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:40,079
twelfth overall pick, the second of their first rounders last year.

985
00:48:40,159 --> 00:48:42,880
Six two hundred and sixteen pound right shot left wing.

986
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:45,639
In his draft season, he played mostly in the NHL

987
00:48:46,039 --> 00:48:48,719
did Boot with fifteen KHL games. This season, he played

988
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:51,639
all but three games in the KHL, so a lot more.

989
00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:54,360
Twenty one points and fifty five KHL games was pretty good,

990
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:57,519
and another two and nineteen playoff games for Locomotive. Both

991
00:48:57,559 --> 00:48:59,360
these guys play on the same team, which is maybe

992
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,159
that was part of they both got drafted by the

993
00:49:01,199 --> 00:49:03,079
same team. It was easy to see the views on

994
00:49:03,119 --> 00:49:07,880
the guys and overall, really strong season for a very

995
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:11,960
good KHL team. Looking at the FHL player card, there's

996
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:14,599
some pretty good proofs here in terms of the shots

997
00:49:14,639 --> 00:49:17,559
eightieth percentile, block sixtieth percentile. The hits though are a

998
00:49:17,639 --> 00:49:19,599
little bit low for Boot, and that's One of the

999
00:49:19,639 --> 00:49:21,800
issues with him is that he has the big frame

1000
00:49:22,079 --> 00:49:24,280
and you just want him to use it more, but

1001
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,239
he is a little reluctant to that. His hits are

1002
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,960
just thirtieth percentile, but overall his bash looks like it'll

1003
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,079
be a little bit, either a little bit or a

1004
00:49:31,079 --> 00:49:34,320
lot above average, but not elite at least not yet.

1005
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,079
There's potential for that though. The goals and assists are

1006
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:40,599
in the seventieth and sixtieth percentile overall, so overall looks

1007
00:49:40,639 --> 00:49:42,480
pretty good for being a young guy in such a

1008
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:45,639
difficult league. Some of the transition and underlying metrics for

1009
00:49:45,679 --> 00:49:48,639
Boot are excellent. He looks like he's driving play really well,

1010
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,159
great transition game, gets to the high danger areas and

1011
00:49:52,199 --> 00:49:54,760
does a lot of strong puck work. It maybe hasn't

1012
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,519
resulted in as many goals as some points as some

1013
00:49:57,559 --> 00:50:00,519
would like, but overall looks really strong. But let's hear

1014
00:50:00,519 --> 00:50:02,599
a little bit more about Daniel Boot from our everytael

1015
00:50:02,639 --> 00:50:03,320
scout Jesse.

1016
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: Our scout Craig has this to say, skating above average.

1017
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,480
Danil utilizes his long stride to create the separation but

1018
00:50:11,599 --> 00:50:15,039
also is able to win short puck races and how

1019
00:50:15,079 --> 00:50:17,800
quick his first few strides are helps him out a

1020
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,880
lot For such a big body. He's able to utilize

1021
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:24,000
his edges and maintain speed with quick little pivots while

1022
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,440
trying to catch a pass or get around a defender.

1023
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,800
Craig says the passing and handling his average. Nothing on

1024
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,840
the passing set out, and Craig doesn't think Danil will

1025
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:36,400
be known for playmaking abilities. As for the puck handling

1026
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,719
average to above average, soft hands, able to beat defenders

1027
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,760
one on one with nifty moves through his legs. He

1028
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,519
shields the puck well with his big frame, winding corners.

1029
00:50:46,599 --> 00:50:50,440
Shooting below average. Danil is a powerful shot, however, very

1030
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,360
limited shots and when he did usually missed the net

1031
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:57,159
IQ average no panic on the boards. When clearing his

1032
00:50:57,199 --> 00:50:59,760
own zone, usually finds an open pass or takes a

1033
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,760
few strides until he needs to move the puck. Able

1034
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,559
to find open ice and create space between him and

1035
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,639
defenders that will hopefully allow him to get a few

1036
00:51:08,679 --> 00:51:10,760
more shots off as he gets more minutes and better

1037
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:14,320
line mates. Forward checking above average it turning pucks over,

1038
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,800
using his big frame to win battles, and a quick

1039
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,559
stick to catch defenders off guard. This was one of

1040
00:51:20,559 --> 00:51:23,639
the things that stood out the most to Craig. However,

1041
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,800
when you hear above average at four checking and big frame,

1042
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,559
you might think bash potential, but that's not the case,

1043
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,320
Craig says. Danil does not use his big frame for

1044
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,920
any sort of physicality, and he shies away from hits

1045
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,400
defense average being a winger. There were no signs of

1046
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,360
cheating along the boards, and he was able to cover

1047
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,559
in front when the center was like coming back into

1048
00:51:44,559 --> 00:51:47,199
the play a few times. And the best asset Daniel's

1049
00:51:47,199 --> 00:51:51,360
for checking causing turnovers is the best. Biggest concern lack

1050
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,400
of offense and limited bash. If Daniel isn't scoring, he

1051
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:58,199
won't bring much else to the table fantasy wise. The

1052
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:00,880
top tier outcome that Craig you can see here would

1053
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,480
be a second line complimentary player. Maybe he gets to

1054
00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:08,079
sixty to seventy points at peak with below average bash.

1055
00:52:08,159 --> 00:52:10,280
He does have some level of puck possession In that

1056
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,760
right situation, he might be able to find some offense,

1057
00:52:13,239 --> 00:52:16,199
but the lack of shots and hits hurts the bash.

1058
00:52:16,599 --> 00:52:20,119
Fiftieth percentile middle six guy fifty to sixty points, again

1059
00:52:20,199 --> 00:52:24,199
below average bash, and Craig does think Daniel should be

1060
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,559
able to transition to the HL, but more so on

1061
00:52:26,599 --> 00:52:28,920
a shut down line where he can be trusted defensively

1062
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:33,760
and maintain puck possession to kill the clock. Michael Rasmussen

1063
00:52:34,039 --> 00:52:39,880
is the stylistic comparable victor the NHL ranking Mason Black

1064
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:43,760
put out the poll Daniel Boots versus Liam Ogrin, our

1065
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:47,039
old buddy from the Minnesota Wild prospect system. Ogren wins

1066
00:52:47,079 --> 00:52:50,639
this one, fifty three to forty seven. You're an ogrend Man?

1067
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:53,199
Is that your choice over Danil Boot?

1068
00:52:54,519 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 5: I am definitely an ogrend Man over a boot Man,

1069
00:52:57,079 --> 00:53:00,840
for sure. I like Ogrin a lot. He's Yeah, these

1070
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,199
guys are a bit different, and I can still see

1071
00:53:03,199 --> 00:53:05,960
the appeal of Boot. He's massive, and if he learns

1072
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,000
how to use his body more and if he really

1073
00:53:08,039 --> 00:53:11,400
fills his absolute top potential, I guess it could be higher.

1074
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:14,360
He could be that big power forward with soft hands

1075
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:17,199
around the net being a menace. But we haven't seen

1076
00:53:17,239 --> 00:53:19,039
too many signs of that yet. And I just think

1077
00:53:19,079 --> 00:53:22,519
Ogren is such an amazing all around player. He's just

1078
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:24,760
he does everything you want in a player. He was

1079
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,840
a captain of that U twenty team in Sweden that

1080
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:30,119
went almost all the way if it weren't for those

1081
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:34,239
silly pesky Americans who knocked them off in the final.

1082
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,360
That was a great game though, and he was everything

1083
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,360
for Sweden. He didn't maybe score a ton of points,

1084
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,840
and that's maybe part of the rub against Liam Ogren

1085
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:43,519
is that he isn't maybe going to be the biggest

1086
00:53:43,559 --> 00:53:46,559
score but he can just do anything the team needs.

1087
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:48,679
But that's going to give him a ton of opportunity

1088
00:53:48,679 --> 00:53:50,920
in time on ice. And so you love that about

1089
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:54,280
Ogren and his pinchilli is still seventy based on his

1090
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,079
strong SHL performance. He had a really good bounce back season.

1091
00:53:57,119 --> 00:53:59,360
We talked about that on the Minnesota Show. Yeah, I

1092
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,280
definitely like Ogren over Boot. Here the pnch le is

1093
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:06,719
a little bit lower based on based on what they've done.

1094
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,119
Actually it's a little bit better than Boots so far.

1095
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:11,440
You like to see that. When you're looking at the

1096
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:15,159
finacy hockey life or fantasy, sorry, the hockey prospecting between

1097
00:54:15,159 --> 00:54:17,480
these two, you can see that Bot has trended down

1098
00:54:17,519 --> 00:54:19,480
a little bit from thirteen to six percent chance of

1099
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:22,400
being star. Ogren has bounced back from twenty five to

1100
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,880
ten and not back up to twelve. Overall, it has

1101
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:29,000
looked pretty a lot better for Ogren and a little

1102
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:33,280
bit pessimistic for Boot. Looking at some other comps for Boot,

1103
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,760
there's some that are not great. Not a lot of

1104
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:38,960
great producers end up looking like him in the model.

1105
00:54:39,559 --> 00:54:42,239
So the one I picked out is tj Oshi, who

1106
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,519
is a bit smaller than Boot but has some similar

1107
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:50,480
production that's at least star potential. That looks could be

1108
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,760
someone that Boot ends up being like. And Ocean ended

1109
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:56,000
up being a fringe star in this model and has

1110
00:54:56,039 --> 00:55:00,559
certainly had some relevance in the fantasy realm, so that's

1111
00:55:00,599 --> 00:55:02,400
the hope. Maybe he can end up like that. Looking

1112
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,239
out the j Fresh card, Boot ends up looking like

1113
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,559
thirty percent chance of being a star and ninety seven

1114
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:10,360
percent chance of being in NHLer, so that all looks

1115
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:13,519
pretty good. He's actually the twenty second best in this

1116
00:55:13,639 --> 00:55:16,480
data set, so that's pretty high. And maybe there's a

1117
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:20,119
little bit more room for optimism there about Daniel Boot, Jesse.

1118
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,760
Speaker 1: Yes indeed, and Victor, who is to keep your eye

1119
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:25,679
on prospect.

1120
00:55:26,199 --> 00:55:28,119
Speaker 5: We all need to keep our eye on Tach Againla

1121
00:55:28,159 --> 00:55:30,519
And how could you not want to because he's such

1122
00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:34,239
a fun player. Fun story twenty twenty four to sixth

1123
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:37,960
overall by Utah. Just a great story and was great

1124
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,360
to see him get drafted so high. Six foot er,

1125
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:42,639
one hundred and ninety two pound left shot left wing,

1126
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,119
really young for this draft class. He was seventeen this

1127
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:48,000
entire season. In fact, as we're recording this, he is

1128
00:55:48,039 --> 00:55:51,960
still only seventeen. He turns on the first of August.

1129
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,960
Had quite the insane increase from last season. His ascent

1130
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:59,199
and long draft boards and everything has just been really crazy.

1131
00:55:59,559 --> 00:56:02,159
He went for eighteen points in forty eight games to

1132
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:05,360
eighty four points in sixty four games, just an unreal

1133
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:08,119
increase and from you to year in the WHL, and

1134
00:56:08,119 --> 00:56:10,719
of course that included a change of teams from Seattle

1135
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,880
to Kelowna and a very different role on Kelowna. And

1136
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:17,920
he was really an important part of that playoff push

1137
00:56:18,039 --> 00:56:20,840
for Klowna fifteen points in eleven games, one of their

1138
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,199
best players, and that certainly was a huge part of

1139
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,440
him rising up draft boards. And the other part was

1140
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,199
his incredible twelve points in seven games leading Canada to

1141
00:56:28,199 --> 00:56:31,719
the gold medal in at the U eighteens. And maybe

1142
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,679
he wasn't their best player, but he was one of

1143
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,000
their most reliable players and he was the player that

1144
00:56:36,159 --> 00:56:38,360
seemed like help shift the momentum for them when they

1145
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:41,519
really needed it. So he was awesome, really fun to watch,

1146
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:45,599
and obviously I think there's a lot more upside here

1147
00:56:45,639 --> 00:56:48,599
being so young, in doing so well in his age

1148
00:56:48,639 --> 00:56:51,920
seventeen season, what are his age eighteen, nineteen, twenty twenty two,

1149
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:53,639
twenty three season is going to look like. I think

1150
00:56:53,679 --> 00:56:56,960
the upside is really huge for tga Ginla. Potentially. You

1151
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,960
look at his tracking data and you see the defensive

1152
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:03,320
last year he was really good, but offensively in transition

1153
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:05,800
he was pretty average, and then this year he flipped

1154
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:09,159
that completely and everything went off the charts. Offense, transition,

1155
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:14,360
defense was all outstanding. Expected goals, primary assists, his transition data,

1156
00:57:14,679 --> 00:57:17,559
his defense, his boards to the middle, his advantages created

1157
00:57:17,639 --> 00:57:21,920
all practically off the charts. He was just awesome for Colonna.

1158
00:57:22,159 --> 00:57:25,079
Looking at his FHL player card, his shots are really

1159
00:57:25,159 --> 00:57:27,920
high for sixty, but his hits and blocks are below average.

1160
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,679
That might help his shots alone, though, might help his

1161
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:33,559
bash be borderline elite just because the other ones are

1162
00:57:33,679 --> 00:57:37,079
close to average, and that could end up being really strong.

1163
00:57:38,599 --> 00:57:42,239
The rest of his underlying metrics look pretty good, as

1164
00:57:42,239 --> 00:57:44,639
we kind of already talked about in Mitch's data. But

1165
00:57:44,679 --> 00:57:46,960
let's hear a little bit more about tj Ginlet from

1166
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:48,239
our FHL scout Jesse.

1167
00:57:49,079 --> 00:57:53,440
Speaker 1: It's FHL scout Jeremy who says this of Titchiginla. He

1168
00:57:53,559 --> 00:57:56,079
is a speedy skater but gets pushed off pucks easily.

1169
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:58,840
This is something that's more noticeable for him than other

1170
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:02,039
prospects because of his willingness to play the hard nose game.

1171
00:58:02,159 --> 00:58:04,119
If he puts on some muscle, this should be a

1172
00:58:04,159 --> 00:58:07,639
non issue. Passing and handling high end stick handling and

1173
00:58:07,719 --> 00:58:11,199
passing skills. He's shifty and could be defenders one on one,

1174
00:58:11,239 --> 00:58:14,239
and also knows how to find the open guy. Aginla

1175
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,880
has an accurate shot from close in, but isn't a

1176
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:20,519
huge one timer or long range threat. Given his other skills,

1177
00:58:20,519 --> 00:58:23,639
he'll have plenty of opportunities to use his close range

1178
00:58:23,679 --> 00:58:29,039
shot the IQ. Againla's vision and defensive anticipation are strong.

1179
00:58:29,199 --> 00:58:31,880
He knows the game well, is willing to show slow

1180
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:35,280
the game down to create space for checking. Great at

1181
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:39,079
creating turnovers via pressure, can often turn those into shots

1182
00:58:39,119 --> 00:58:43,920
on goal. Defense, Aginla has strong attention to detail. Defensively,

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He's good at disrupting plays with his stick or by

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applying pressure on the boards, so the best asset the

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fore checking very highly disruptive. Additionally, he plays a very

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mature NHL ready game. The biggest concern will lack of

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a standout offensive skill. Jeremy could definitely see him getting

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lost in the middle six of a strong team. He'll

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be a good pro regardless, but doesn't have the same

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sealing as other top prospects. The top tier outcome a

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point per game all situations center. That's if he gets

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the right line mates, he improves on the offense a bit.

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He could be a team leader on both ends of

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the ice. The median outcome though hard nosed middle sixer

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with the ability to finish the classic guy the teams

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add before a playoff run on reputation. As Jeremy mentioned above,

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while the offensive talent is good, it's not standout, so

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this median outcome is explained by the fact that he

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could get outshined on the offensive end on a good team,

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so he likely won't be guaranteed first line minutes. Stylistic comparable,

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we're going with Dylan Larkin and the Mason Black NHL

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ranking pole tag again. Love versus Shane Wright. Tell the

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Mighty have fallen and Tiage make them fall even further.

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Shane Wright defeated soundly, sixty one to thirty nine percent.

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I suspect you're gonna tidge it up here, Victor, But

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is that the case tigg over Shane Wright.

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Speaker 4: I don't know. I Shane right here.

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Speaker 5: I just mentioned how excited I am about Teach, and

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that is not a lie I am. But I also

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wonder if again La is gonna be just a really

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excellent real life player and maybe not as exciting in fantasy.

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I think he Obviously we've seen what his dad could

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do and there was definitely some high end output, and

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I think Teach can get there. I'm just not sure

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about some of the things. I wouldn't necessarily want to

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bet against the young man. But I think also the

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people have really underestimated what Shane Wright has done, and

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I think his production this year has been really outstanding

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and Coachella and when he's gotten the opportunity at different

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times for the Kraken, he has looked much different lately

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and I think he could have a massive season this

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upcoming season, and I think the points upside is still

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really high with Shane right, you see a lot of

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things he does, and he's got high end skill. So

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I don't want to bet against either of these guys.

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But I think right now, if I had to choose,

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especially if I was a team getting ready to produce

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sooner than I would take right if I had to

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bet on the long term upside and I was willing

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to be patient, I guess I might choose Againla, but

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I think I'm going to lean right here. His hockey

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prospecting looks a lot higher forty one percent now it

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started at fifty seven, and Againla's just twenty one. Both

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these guys look very likely to make the NHL. Looking

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at some other comps for Againla, it certainly looks like

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Nick Suzuki could be a similar comp. I'm not sure

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that Againla is really a center. Sounds like they're going

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to try him this year, but I think in terms

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of production wise, I think that's pretty similar to what

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we might expect from Againla, more like a six sixty

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to seventy consistent guy with upside for more. I think

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they're still upside for more from Suzuki, but that's the floor.

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Looking at the j Fresh card fourteen percent chance of

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being a star for AGAINLA sixty seven percent chance of

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being an NHL are so some pretty good percentages there.

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From Jay Fresh attends be a little bit more pessimistic overall.

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I think this Utah system is really interesting and they

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had some more interesting picks this year. I think Boudouin

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is another one that is worth thinking about. But we

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don't have time for all those guys. If you want

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to listen to some of them, you can listen to

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my top ten recap on Patreon. And if you're inesting

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to do some skyning with us, you can shoot me

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a damn on Twitter, Discord, or email us.

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these scouting reports in. Jason helps with prospect ranks. Brandon

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is our website guru. A scout helps with prospect ranks

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and visualizations. If you've got skills you'd like to lend

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the show, Victor would love to hear from you. Hit

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is an editor. Followers work there as well as his

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other podcast, Abert Prospects Report with Peter Harling. Check out

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Victor's articles that he'd be ringside where he's part of

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do a solo show, Dynasty Sports Life. I talk different

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Dynasty sports on that one, sometimes even cross cutting episodes.

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This week, I believe we'll be having an episode previewing

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some of the teams for the upcoming Dynasty Fantasy Basketball season.

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