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Speaker 1: I'm doing awesome, Jesse. It's exciting to be back again
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Spring has sprung and the fantasy hockey player's heart now
turns to championships hopefully, Stanley Cup, playoffs maybe and all
those good things. Are you? I know we're still in
a final of a fantasy hockey league, the one we're
doing together. I'm still alive in a league which insanely
goes to the very last day of the season, so
I'm anticipating a buy in playoffs that have not even begun.
How about you, Victor, do you have anything else that's
still kicking out there in fantasy hockey.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do have a couple ones in the original
FHL dynasty the El Nino League. I finally made it
to the finals after we've had one champ this entire
go for and hats off to the Toronto I Storm
for doing that. It's been an incredible run. And I
finally beat him in the semis to make it to
the finals, just to probably lose in the final to
our new one of our top competitors. But that's been fun,
and so that's been a big accomplishment. I've been pushing
Card to get in there because it's still early in
the matchup. I might be able to turn it around.
And I'm in the final of another dynasty, the Crazy
Joe Dynasty, as some of the patrons are in, and
that's been a fun one, one that Cam Robinson's in,
and so that's been fun because I think I finished
like seventh or eighth and I made it to the finals,
so that's fun. And then yeah, are Common League, which
we so three final that's pretty good. And then I'm
in the semis of another league that we're in together,
which is probably gonna end poorly thanks to our buddy
Braden who's just killing me every day. You know that
thing where every day you just get farther and farther behind.
That's what's been happening to me in that league.
Speaker 2: But I know it well, Victor. I know it well,
at least from this season. Sometimes the breaks come, man,
Sometimes you're the windshields. Sometimes you're the bug. That's what
I have to say. But yeah, Victor, but I think
it's time for people. We should have a humble break
thread in the Fantasy Hockey Life forum and then people
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to see them. But everybody has that outlet in social
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that in new existence, but I think that people should
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Let's just say, our Fantasy Hockey Discord is a place
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Speaker 2: And we'll come right back with the episode after this
scouts out. This is another Victor and Jesse episode, but
in spirit, we're joined by a bunch of our excellent
Fantasy Hockey Life scouts who put in the work. They
go down, they breakdown video of certain prospects of interest
to our community, and they provide reports and I am
going to be reading those reports as well as we're
gonna be going through some of Victor's takes on these
prospects and whether you want them in Fantasy hockey. And
it's a good list we have today starts with Will Zeller's,
a five to eleven Minnesotan forward playing up in USHL's
Green Bay, which frankly is probably painful for a Minnesota
kid to be in Green Bay. I know as a
Minnesota fan living here in Wisconsin. He went in the
third round to Colorado last year, but he now reports
to the Boston Bruins due to a trade we covered
last week. In fact, we talked a little about sellers
last week as a part of the return for Charlie Coyle.
It's been a very successful first full season in the USHL.
For Zeller's thirty nine goals, that's eleven better at last
check than the second highest goal scorer in the USHL.
His sixty one points are all so tied for second
in the USHL, but given he's only played forty three
games compared to the mid fifties the other leaders have played,
points per game is a route he is the top
scorer in the USAHL. Here's leed scout Tony's take. He says,
obviously Zeller's wing. He seems to be a good skater,
uses his quickness to get around opponents, passing or in handling.
He handles the puck very well. Is also deft at
passing the puck, even to himself. For shooting a variety
of shots, snapshot, wristslap, He's able to get them off
by himself or pass or off a pass from a teammate.
Will has good vision and anticipation a Q. He seems
to be able to pass either a puck through the
defenseman and get the pass on the other side. And
for checking. Zeller's exhibited a will to for check and
was able to turn plays around and keep in the
O zone. On defense, the defense is mostly for checking
and keeping the puck away from the other team, not
a lot of standard type defense observed by Tony. The
best asset, then, is the skating quickness, the anticipation, and
his ability to get around defense. The biggest concern smaller
stature and not being the most fluid skater could limit
his playing time. The top tier outcome for will Zeller's
maybe a Tier two player first or second line and
some power play time, and that's because his unique set
of willingness to fore check, get him around defenseman and
having a really good variety of shots could carry him far.
The median outcome for Zeller's Tier three bottom six defensive
role with no power play time, that's if his quickness
is not fast enough and he can't get around any
chell defenseman, not a lot of bash in any event.
Stylistic comparable, We're gonna let because Tony's our lead scout,
We're gonna let him use Brad marsh on that's normally
a band on our band list for comps my personal bandless.
Maybe not our bandless, but he says less feisty, Brad
marchand and overall, he thinks Zeller's has a good chance
at making a name for himself in the NHL with
a unique set of skills and work ethic. I'm pretty
excited here, despite a little bit of cold water from
the very direct and to the point mister Tony Bruins
could use the score even especially, I think it's around
him with a little bit of talent. But Victor, what's
the upside here?
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty high, and I think you're reasonable
to be pretty excited here. What he's done in the
USHL this year is nothing to sneeze at. It's true
that a lot of the very very top players don't
play after their draft season in the USHL, but I
think it is worth noting, as I mentioned last week,
that Zeller is a little bit young for this draft class.
He's been April fourth birthday, so he's been he was
seventeen pretty much all of last season. He's been eighteen
pretty much all this season and to this point, so
looking at players who've accomplished what he's done in the USHL.
I sort of this over on Elite Prospects, and there's
a pretty interesting list of guys in the last twenty
years who have accomplished what he has, and he's pretty
high up there on this list. He's ahead of Adam
van Tilly who did it as a seventeen year old,
and Johnny Goodro who did it as a seventeen year old.
Joe Pavelski who did it as an eighteen year old,
and Sasha Boavert in white Law are also guys who
are a little bit lower than him in terms of
their scoring. Those last two Boavert and white Law were
also seventeen year olds. But some other guys to compare
Matt Coronado at the same age. Coronado had a one
point sixty seven goal points per game and Zeller's is
at one point four two. There was also Tomashvanik who
was one point seventy two points per game. And there's
some other guys on this list, Matt veg Gridden who
are still trying to figure out what he is. He's
similar to Zeller's. I think if you just organize, if
you just sort this by goal scoring, he is He's
seventh in the last twenty five years in terms of
goals per game in the USHL. That's pretty amazing. That's
nothing to sneeze at. So I think there's some pretty
decent upside here. There are some guys on this list,
I should say, who never really made it or didn't
really do much. Kevin wah is one of those, round Pittlick,
Noah Powell, Austin Bernevic who still we don't know about
him yet. There's some other guys too, like Kayden Shahan.
So some of these we don't know. Some of them
didn't quite work out, and some were stars in the league.
So there's a big range here. I think that Zeller's
probably falls in that Coronado Tavannic range, which is pretty great.
That's a pretty valuable upside for a player, especially someone
who has gotten in the third round and instantly becomes
one of the top prospects in Boston who does not
have a very good prospect pool. I don't think that
Zeller's is the next Johnny Goodroau or Adam van Hilly,
to be fair, but I think that's the Coronado Devanic
range is where I would put him now.
Speaker 2: And our friend Mason Black put out the poll as
we always do for these gentlemen. William Zeller's versus Camille Bennarik,
who is drafted half around prior to Zeller's in last
year's draft in New York Islanders prospect Zeller's in a
route seventy four to twenty six percent victory. Is that
how you rack and stack these two?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I definitely want Zeller's here. His production in the USHL,
as I mentioned, pretty incredible. It will most likely drop
next season when he's at the NCUBLA at Nodak, North Dakota.
Bennarik is already in the NCUBLEA, and so that's part
of why his numbers maybe look a little bit more modest,
especially if you're looking at the pole that with the
pnhle that Mason always puts out, it looks like he's
regressed quite a bit. But remember nc doublea much harder
league than the USHL, so harder to be impressive. But
Bennarick is part of that super impressive Boston University team
who's doing really well as we speak in the NCAA tournament,
and seventeen points in thirty six games is nothing to
sneeze that as a freshman, but it's more of a
two way type of game. He's a much better all
around player, and I think Benark in terms of who
you would want for your actual team, it'd probably be him,
But in terms of fantasy, I think Zeller's has a
lot more upside, so I would definitely take him. Just
looking at the hockey prospecting between these two, they actually
are similar now with Zeller's increasing his star potential and
Bannarik's going down after his draft season, But overall, both
these guys look like long shots to be anything more
than a bottom of the roster kind of a guy,
although I think Zeller is trending up and hasn't more
of a chance to be an average too slightly above
average fantasy contributor Jesse.
Speaker 2: That's awesome. Yeah, Zeller's definitely is a guy in whom
I have interest. Anything else we need to know about him? Victor,
do you think where does he ultimately fall out fantasy?
You think?
Speaker 1: I think he's probably in that forty to fifty point range.
It really depends on how he is able to translate
his scoring too the NHL, which I'm not super confident
about him you see what Cornado is doing now, and
he's I think he's he probably can be that fifty
ish point guy. So I think that Zeller's can be
that too. Is that something that's super exciting. I'm not sure,
but it really is going to depend on the team
context too. I think him going to Boston is helpful though,
so I think that there should be a little bit
more optimism to him getting playing time a little bit
sooner and hopefully making a name for himself. But yeah,
I think that's where we're at with him right now.
Speaker 2: Let's move on to our second candidate of today, Colin Graft.
This twenty three year old Quinnipiac University former players two
years being removed from being the leading scorer for an
NCAA championship Quinnipiac University squad. That's not bad. He had
a cup of coffee for the NHL's San Jose Sharks
last year. He's closed in on thirty more games this year.
And you know how I like to look at the
goals above replacement stats, and Colin Graff actually relative to
the other Sharks is performing very well in advanced stats
this year. He's probably at about the seventieth percentile for Sharks,
so he's holding up his end of the deal. Obviously,
he's probably not facing the same level of competition, but
that is very encouraging to me. So what does Jeremy,
our co lead scout, think of his performance so far?
Colin Graff right winger. He has average speed, not a burner,
not a standout scale, but one holding back, passing and
handling graph is adept at controlling the puck and putting
passes on sticks. He can thread needles, feathers, saucer passes,
and Jeremy was really impressed with his finesse with the puck.
Shooting the shot is okay, but not his calling card.
Jeremy suspects he's going to be a high efficiency, low
volume shooter between his past first attitude and willingness to
go to the net. He'll probably only shoot on rebounds
and wide open slat shots, which is fine as he
doesn't have the shooting skill to score from range. IQ
vision is one of his best assets. Always has his
head up with the puck can slow the game down
in a Patrick Kane type way. He also works to
find release valves for teammates and often help maintain possession defensively,
he anticipates well and often gets his stick into lanes.
Graf is a hard worker on the fore check. As
mentioned above, he often gets his stick into lanes. It
isn't afraid of the corner battles. He's never going to
be a bruiser or overpowering four checker, but Jeremy says
he's got a bit of sneakiness to his pressure that
may catch opponents off guard. Defense positionally responsible to the
point where he'd be a good fit at center. It
does seem to be played there in college, but San
Jose's crowded down the middle, and Jeremy's not quite sure
where he's going to fit in long term. So the
best asset vision watch his work on the power play
to see that the biggest concern. A jack of all trades,
a master of none. Jeremy feels he's slightly about average
and just about everything, but it doesn't have that one
calling card skill that he's head and shoulders above his
peers in. So the top tier outcome a secondary scoring winger,
a third wheel, a line one power play one guy,
or a comfortable line two power play two guy. That's
because he's got some offensive talent, some skills corner work,
speed vision that would play up well with skill players.
He'll never be a top one to two offensive driver
on a team, but could help elevate guys around him
and the median outcome a bottom six utility knife type guy.
That's because his well rounded game should see him getting
NHL minutes regardless. He could see coaches deploying him on
a wide range of situations, up and down the lineup,
on the power play, on the PK. His role may
depend on his team context, but Jeremy thinks he can
be an important part of a playoff team, probably not
an offensive capacity, but the most likely outcome a guy
who plays eighteen to twenty minutes a night but somehow
isn't fantasy relevant Chandler Stevenson or all Winberg, two guys
that are mentioned here. I guess we got to send
him north to the Seattle Kraken Martin Nachas light like
really light, says Jeremy. Maybe Victor, where do you see
Colin Graft's outcome being.
Speaker 1: I definitely agree with the sentiment of the jack of
all trades. You watch him and he is really good
at a lot of things. I think his vision and
processing in the game is probably the best. I'm not
sure that it's elite, but I certainly think it's good
enough to be in the NHL as we've seen so far.
Most likely, I would say Colin Graff ends up being
a bottom six winger on a good team. Right now,
he's getting top six looks, including time with Celebrini. I
think he's smart enough and he moves well enough to
play with elite players like that. And I think maybe
his saving grace for being an NHLer and getting more
offensive opportunities is the fact that his defense has actually
been quite good in his or at least NFA NHL
average has been that's pretty decent for a young player,
and I think that's a lot on this really bad
Sharks team. So I think he ends up more in
the middle, especially with a lot of the top talent
that the Sharks have coming and some other guys that
they might sign. I think it's going to push graph
down a little bit, but he certainly thinks. He's certainly
been good in the AHL this year and pretty decent
in his limited action. I scored the other day he
had a couple of goals which was pretty nice and
there's just not a lot to play with right now
in San Jose, so that makes it a little bit difficult.
But he's getting good opportunities with good players, and I
think he can He's showing that he can play with them,
which I think is a really positive sign for Graph.
Speaker 2: Well, very good and Mason Black the NHL ranking gave
us the poll Colin Graft versus Hendricks, Lapierre, Lapierre, come on,
man get it in Gear LaPier still coming out ahead
of Graph. Maybe it's the name recognition. Sixty two to
thirty eight percent victory. Is that how you see it?
Because LaPier sometimes frustrates me a little.
Speaker 1: Oh, I think he's more than a little frustrating. Yeah.
I thought this was interesting and it probably has a
little bit to do with just looking at some of
the numbers here. Although both have really strong HL numbers
and similar and to poor NHL numbers, and so they're
in the same boat. I think the big difference here
is that Lapierre has had a lot more NHL games
than Graph has, and so I think when you look
at it that way, I would definitely take Graph just
because the opportunity has been less for Graph, and I
think they've both kind of been similar. On the other hand,
Graf is pretty good defensively. Lapierre has not been good defensively.
If you look at his time this year, has expected
goals against for sixty is in the bottom five to
ten percent of all NHL all the thousands of NHL
sort of played this year, So that's really bad. Even
though neither has shown much offense. I think the results
are similar there, and I would take the guy who
is better defensively and the guy who hasn't had as
much opportunity, because to this point Graf has had pretty
limited opportunity. I mean, he had seven games last year
with the Sharks, twenty five this year, so you know,
that's not really a whole lot. I think that they'll
give him more opportunity and he may actually be able
to grow and show a little bit more of what
he can do. The hockey prospecting between the two also
shows Graf having much more of a star potential, and
so that is one feather in his cap, and I
think just the fact that he's not as far along
in the funnel as we talk about the funnel, as
you get down and get longer in your opportunity have
more opportunity, the range of outcomes diminishes, and I think
the range of outcomes for Lapierre is much more diminished
at this point. Frankly, I'm not even sure he's an
NHL R at this point. He might just be one
of those twinyers. So that's going to be challenging. Especially
with how good Washington is now and they have some
pretty elite prospects coming along. He might get pushed down
or off the team, and so that might make it
challenging for him. Yeah, I'm taking Graph, Jesse, what do
you think about that? You've watched the Lapierre.
Speaker 2: I'll take the chance on Graph right now. I'm hopeful again.
Connor McMichael was slow starter in the NHL and Lapierre's
only twenty three, but let's hope that he is it
to break through a bit. Yeah, anything else we need
to know about Graph? Is this a guy? Is there
some Robert Thomas in this game? Victor Thomas obviously is
a super scar scorer, but when I hear he's not
going to shoot much, but he's going to be able
to score a little bit and have a lot of talent.
Although Thomas is a center and all those types of things.
Speaker 1: But he's like Thomas in those ways that he doesn't
shoot or do peripherals. But I think a better comp
would probably be Alex Wenberg as a guy who doesn't
do very much but can get some points every now
and then. But it's just going to be frustrating and
all but a points only and a deep points on
the league at that?
Speaker 2: Is he going to be adored by the thirsty Seattle
fans to the point that his wife has to go
on social media to say, calm it down a little
bit about the Alex Weinberg love. Is that going to happen?
I need to see a picture here. Maybe nobody wants not.
I don't think so.
Speaker 1: He's nowhere near the track as Alex Weinberg.
Speaker 2: I must say, all right, that's good to know. That's good.
That's important scouting information that we're giving out here. Let's
move on to our next guy, and it's archamlev Shunoff
of the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the prizes of last
year's draft. The big Michigan State d man from Betta
Russ made the move to pro hockey in the AHL
and NHL this year. He's already made it to the
NHL because it's the Blackhawks, and why the heck not.
In his first four games that are on record here,
he played over twenty minutes per game and already has
two assists. So they're not easing him in. They're Korchinski
and him into that lineup and let him roll. That's assists,
by the way, on two of the six that goals
that Chicago scored across those four games. So two assists
sounds a little more impressive when you consider that he scored.
He had a point on a third of the goals.
So what does our scouts say? In our scout this
time is Grant Campbell? He says this archim Lov Shoonoff
can certainly turn it up if he wants, with his
explosive to first two or three strides. Needs to remember
to move his feet in his own end, as he
can be passive, reactive at times and stop moving. He's
an excellent skater when he turns that switch on a
few times per game, passing and handling, very good hands
whether receiving or giving passes. He can stick handle well
for a defender and protects the puck very well. Love
Shoonoff is one of those players in the offensive zone
who you expect good things to happen when he touches
the puck. Love Shootonoff has a very good one timer
and a good quick snapshot that he likes to bring
to the middle of the ice. It's a heavy shot
that can beat goalies without a screen or tip from distance.
Whether that translates to the NHL, we still have to see.
He has excellent vision in the offensive zone, finds open
teammates and open seams to get shot through to the net.
The IQ the anticipation makes up for some of his
defensive deficiencies and lack of urgency without the puck. Livshunoff
appears to be in control of the situation when he's
on the ice, but his passiveness can get him into
trouble at times. We need to remind ourselves that this
kid is just nineteen years old playing in pro hockey
for the first time, or checking strong on the puck
along the boards, but could use his body more than
just a strong stick to win the puck. He's not
a very physical player, even though he has the size.
He prefers to wait for the situation to come to
him rather than initiate any contact. He'll need to improve
this aspect of his game in the NHL for defense,
very good gap control, very good stick that he uses
to disrupt passes in lanes. He's reactive instead of proactive
at this stage and will need to improve on that.
And he can be beat to the outside and or
one one at times. He does get caught up ice,
so sometimes he'll need to choose his spots better. He
has the potential to be a much better to defender
than he is right now, so the best asset passing,
shot stick handling, and poise. As a coach or teammate,
you want the puck on Lef Schuna's stick in most
areas of the ice. The biggest concern can appear to
coast at times not play with a sense of urgency,
especially in his own end. It might just be his
calm style, but Grant would like to see him turn
the switch more than a few times per game. So
the top tier outcome. Top two defender quarterback one duties
on the power play and the justification. He reminds Grant
of a young Drew Dowdy, but with less physicality and
shot blocking. A bit of Brent Burns in him as well,
just in a slightly smaller package. The median outcome top
four defender, power play two quarterback, and that's if his
defensive shortcomings, lack of elite quarterbacking abilities and motor hold
him back from reaching that full potential. The stylistic comparable
We've mentioned Brent Burns, We've mentioned Drew Dowdy. John Carlson
also gets a mention from Grant here, and great doesn't
see him dropping to the floor of Erasmus ristal line
and boy fantasy would love him to have Rasmus ristal lining,
but sometimes that's even better for our prist leagues. The
final outcome here some aspects of his game to improve,
but it is positive. Should translate into a player who
can play at least twenty minutes per game produce thirty
five to forty five points on the NHL level, just
don't expect hits or black shots as well. What do
you think of this assessment by our guy Grant Victor.
Speaker 1: Well, I think Grant's pretty spot on as usual. I
love the assessment, and yeah, looking at the bash, it's
a very sad five out of ten for Alef shootonof
and almost all of that is driven by his shots.
He does shoot a lot, but he doesn't really do
much else, and I don't think that's going to change
as he gets more of an NHL role, But I
definitely think his upside is high. I think he can
be a top pair defender, depends on how the rest
of the organization works out. They just traded recently traded
Seth Jones, so there's there's really no one blocking him
at this point of being a top pair guy. Alex
Flastic is pretty awesome. I don't know that he's like
top top pair material. He's an excellent middle pair guy,
so yeah, I think that's the opportunity there. So far,
his early NHL games are pretty mixed in terms of
his review as you might expect. I wouldn't expect him
to come in and blow the doors off, although he
has been excellent in the AHL and so you like
to see that. I think it's exciting that he's getting
the opportunity. He's running the top power play in Chicago
for whatever that's worth, not very much right now, athletes.
I'm not even sure he's worth it right now, especially
because it's low periff. But I think when he gets
to and reaches his full potential, I think he could
be an Adam Fox type doesn't do a ton of
in terms of the periffs, should be able to get
a decent amount of scoring. I think there's certainly forty
to fifty point upside if he's running the power play
pretty good. He's not the most amazing or dynamic, but yeah,
I definitely there's another comp to put in there. I
don't Yeah, without I don't mind those other ones, but
without the Bash, I would definitely say more. I don't
think if Fox, I think is a better comp in
term than the lack of priffs.
Speaker 2: Nice Mason Black put this out to the people. Our
chem lev Shoonoff versus Simon Nemech another number two overall drafty,
albeit two years earlier than Love shoot Off, and Lev
Shoenoff comes out hand lay ahead of the man who's
at low tide, mister nemoch lef Shoonoff sixty six percent
thirty four percent Victor. Is that how you stack it?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think so. I definitely like Lifshoonoff here.
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: I think people probably know. I was never the biggest
Nemach fan, especially for fantasy. I thought that he'd be
pretty good in real life, but it turns out he
actually hasn't been that good there either. He's an awesome skater,
but he's struggled with some of the decision making and
some of the reeds in the NHL. In fact, I
pulled up a rampum chart here between these two and
left Shoon off, as I mentioned, with very limited total
time on ice. Right now, he's clocking in at around
or just below average in terms of all of your
expected and actual numbers. But Nemich has been deeply, deeply
poor in his course he against expected goals against. In fact,
his expected goals against is about statistically the worst you
could have for a skater, and so that's just really bad.
And actually I looked at his three year numbers and
they're really not much better. So in all the games
he's played so far, it really has not worked for Nimitch.
I don't think this is just something that's happening in
Jersey or the role he's been in. I think he's
really struggling to adjust. And I mean he's just eighty
games into his NHL career, So I don't think we
can call him a bust or anything like that. I
think we might just need to readjust our expectations of him,
and I think he could maybe with a lesser role,
maybe he's like a third pairing guy, and I think
that's probably reasonable. But I don't think Nemich is going
to play as high in the lineup as we thought
and lift you and off. I think still there's still
very much wide open that he can do that, and
so yeah, I would definitely take him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Nmitch is through the funnel, and again he's at
low tide if you want to believe in him. But
it's maybe gonna be a little bit tough. All right, Victor,
let's take a break, come back. We've got some more
prospects to discuss.
Speaker 1: Selfish shot that's right, selfish, break it down, skate the fuck,
don't battles.
Speaker 2: Hey, it's still gonna be there when he's got jump one,
taking coast to coast, talking for angles. Still shot bad, bounced,
that's a good breakaway.
Speaker 1: Gotta get the bounced boys.
Speaker 3: Mac klint a Detroit twenty twenty four second rounder Plant
is a five to eleven forward planing at Yudeluth managed
a couple of points in minimal minutes on the lower
lines for the USA team at the World Juniors, and
he has a point per game in college.
Speaker 2: He's also an alum of the US national team development program,
so he knew some of those guys he was with
in Ottawa. What's our scout have to say? Craig talks
about Planet, Who's a left winger by the way, slightly
above average skating, but the top speed may not be there,
but his first few steps are quick passing and handling,
slightly above average, able to find seams laid into open
areas for his teammates. Excels at finding teammates for long
cross eyes passes. The shooting is slightly below average. Plant
does not shoot very often. When it does, the goalie
is usually able to stop it with ease. The IQ
average nothing really stood out for Craig. There was able
to move the puck when he felt pressure, but being
a skilled passer caused a few turnovers that could have
otherwise been easy dumpings for checking. Above average plants quick
first few steps allowed him to pressure defenders and cause
turnover mostly stick checks. Do not expect him to throw
a bunch of hits the defense average. Nothing stood out
up for him as a winger, and the best asset
is the vision. Could make him fantasy relevant. The biggest
concern the lack of bash. If he's not scoring points,
he's not going to be doing much else on your
fantasy team. So tier three sixty points below average bash
is where Craig sees him coming out. That's because you've
got potential to be a middle six guy and put
up some points, but the bash is just not going
to be there, and the media outcome also probably a
Tier three, but more like fifty points with below average
bash and the stylistic comparable Jonathan drew On hopefully twenty
twenty three, twenty four drawn rather than the years we
suffered through in Montreal. What do you think, Victor, what's
the upside for Max Plant.
Speaker 1: I definitely think he's most likely a middle six winger
with not too much in terms of points upside. I
like what we've seen from him so far this year,
and so maybe he can break that mold. He's having
a pretty outstanding season at University of Minnesota Duluth, and
so you love to see that. I'm just not sure
that means top top of the lineup, middle six, maybe
second line. I think he's a pretty good two way
guy as well, and so that all can help push
him up. Maybe a little bit higher in the lineup.
I think Juanne is probably a reasonable comp I think
maybe he's a little bit better defensively. Reminds me a
little bit of like an Alex Klorne in his prime,
where he's decent, but he never gets you, like super excited.
That might be same for Juanne. And similar to Juanne.
If Plant gets into a really good spot with some
of the top players there in the chorice, then you
can bump that up a little bit. But I would
be a little I think this pnh Ley of seventy
three is probably a little bit inflated right now in
terms of what a realistic outcome is going to be.
Speaker 2: Plant went up against Carrie Terrence of the Anaheim Ducks
draft a year earlier and a couple of picks or
a couple of picks later, actually that he went, and
the outcome a Plant versus Terrence, was decisively in favor
of Max Plant eighty two to eighteen percent. Victor. This
is a whitewash. Is that the way you would consider
these two players? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think so, And I believe he pronounces it arrants,
which I don't understand why, But I would think it's
Terrence as well. But anyways, I don't think that there's
a huge upside here for either of these players. But
I'm going Max Plant be strong production that he has
this year, and I think there's a little bit more
offense there. I think it's more just average to an
NHL average at best, which for fantasy isn't super exciting.
More of that fifty ish point guy. Terrance is a
really good real life player and he's someone I would
want on my team. Fits that dux Mule two is
really hard to play against, but I'm not sure that
he's going to score a lot of points. So both
these guys are similar in that way that the points
upside aren't huge. But I think there's a lot more
with Plants, so I would definitely take him in this comparison,
and his hockey prospecting has him at a thirty four
percent chance of being a star, whereas Terrance is down
in the two percent range. So definitely lead leaning Max Plant.
Speaker 2: Jesse very good Victor. Next, we've got Roman concerov Is
Chicago twenty twenty three second round pick. Concerov is an
undersized twenty year old winger with offensive chops. He's still
over in the KHL. Now last year he got action
for the Gagarin Cup champ smell alert Magneta Goresk in
a bigger role for his KHL team. This year, his
scoring is approaching a point per game once again, these
twenty year olds in the KHL scoring like crazy. Ep
says there's another year on his KHL contract for what
that's worth. And Jeremy, our lead scout co lead scout,
talks about Kencerra, the left winger. He is a smooth skater,
not flashing in terms of straight line speed. He's got
good edgework, able to make quick turns and pivots, which
should increase his lethality. On offense. His passing has crisp
and on the market. He's got good puck control skills
of anything. He may hold onto the puck a tad
too long at times because his size lets him easily
be bumped off the puck. Cansarov has a good risks shot,
especially likes to use it after doing a little curl
coming down his strong side on the power play Allah
Jared McCann Jeremy didn't seem much of an indicator of
a one timer or slap shot. Prowess in his looks.
Jeremy really likes his vision in IQ, and it especially
shines on the power play, both with and without the puck.
He's good at getting to the right places releasing pressure
for his teammates. I think he may struggle. Jeremy thinks
he may struggle, that is, to create offense out of
thin air, but with a skilled finisher he could be
very dangerous. Not the most aggressive of vard checkers, he
can properly apply pressure when necessary. Don't expect any big
hits or created turnovers. Cancer Off is a surprisingly defensively
responsible player for a young offensive Russian winger. In the
games Jeremy watched, he broke up multiple passes in the
D zone collapsed down to the top of the circles
to help the defense when needed. The fact that his
team trusts him for eighteen minutes a night and pk
two times shows the value that he brings. So the
best asset was the vision with the puck is great,
but actually Jeremy wants to talk about vision without the putt.
Two quite a depth for young Ford is can saraf
At slowing down, reading the play and finding the soft
spots in the d a bit like a skilled striker
in soccer. I'm going to call it soccer Victor. I
think that's a rare skill set. Or Jeremy thinks it's
a rare skill set and is excited to see how
it translates to the NHL. And the biggest concern obviously
being five to nine size is always going to be concerned.
Jeremy doesn't think it's a huge one to cancer off,
but certainly won't help him. The top tier outcome eighty
plus point, top line winger, the paneren to Badard's cane
oof what Chicago wanted Lucas Reichel to be. I think
he's got a perfect or Jeremy, he's got a perfect
skill set to compliment Badard hopes to get a chance
together starting in twenty twenty six, twenty seven, and the
justification the offensive talent and the IQ to play with
the leade players. The median outcome middle six powerplay Merchant.
That's because his patient and vision really shines him the
power play. Jeremy'd be surprised if he's not a consistent
figure on one of the units in his prime. If
the size and speed don't translate, he may not get
a full compliment of even strength minutes though the stylistic
comparable Jack Hughes. And finally, it's worth noting his teammates
with Danilla. Your r is highly touted a year older,
but Conzerov is getting two more minutes of time on
ice per game, more power play time, and has scored
more points than our beloved Danilla Eua, Victor, what do
you make of the scouting report? I love this. Chicagos
have to be drooling at this point.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great Scott report and of course great
job by Jeremy. I think it's pretty obvious when you
look at the contract situation what's going on here. You're
Off has said I am leaving the KHL after this season,
and what did cancer Off do but extend for the
following season. So what happens based on that? He gets
more opportunity, as Jeremy noted, and we've seen You're Off
really pop off last year even with limited a time
on ice, and it has he hasn't been able to
quite replicate that, especially after indicating that he's going to leave.
But cancerof has gotten a lot more of those opportunities
and has really thrived in it. So it seems like
a lot of that has shifted towards him this year.
He's really he was on the team last year but
had a more limited role, and he's really popped off
this year. So you love to see it. The upside
I think here is top six for sure, but the
size is of course the issue with CANCERA. It's interesting
though he doesn't really play to his size. Some of
these smaller forwards almost seem like they play bigger, and
I think that's true for him. His corsi in the
KHL has been fifty nine percent, and I think he
actually mixes it up and plays physical. He's getting point
seven to eight hits per game right now, so you
love to see that. You love to see when the
smaller players don't let themselves be limited by that. And
so I think there's a pretty decent upside here for Kencer.
I'm not sure if I would go if I can
get all the way to Jack Hughes, but I think
that it's pretty high.
Speaker 2: Before we get past Jack Hughes, we're gonna have to
get past Dmitri Butchellnikoff, who is the competition for cancerof
in the Mason Black NHL Rankking Pole. Now, if you're
not familiar with butchell Nikoff, he was drafted one year
earlier and at a similar pick to buy the Detroit
Red Wings, and also has played his time over in Russia.
And the result of the vote on this one victor
is a dead heat fifty to fifty. So either people
really like bouchell Nikoff or they aren't quite this excited
about cancer Off yet. What do you make of this?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I don't think we've ever seen this before.
We've had really close forty nine to fifty one, but
I don't know that we've had fifty to fifty, and
they's not that I can remember, So I think it's
funny that there's a tie. I think these guys are
similar in so many ways. I think they're smaller Russian
forwards who are one of them's actually really young for
his draft class. That's Pikelnikoff, and Kancerov is actually really
old for his draft class. They're born on either side
of that September fifteenth cutoff, which is funny. So they're
actually probably more similar. They are more similar based on age,
but just because of their or less similarly because their age,
and more similar because of their draft class Anyways, all
that to say they're more similar than not. I would
actually go Cancerov here because because he's a little bit
younger in terms of his production, and he just had
that first season last year in the KHL which didn't
go super well, but this year popping off at still
a very young age. You really, I like Pikilnikov. I
think he's probably more of a middle to the bottom
six guy at this point based on how he's trended,
but I still like him and I think he can
be a contributor. Ken Seroff, though, as you heard Jeremy
talk about, has the potential still to be special and
has considerable upside considering what he's been doing so far.
So yeah, I like it. I think that he has
really fit in nicely with that top team, and I
think that he certainly I think people should be pretty
excited about what he can do in Chicago. They need
some help pretty soon. I think Badard is getting pretty
frustrated and I think they need to bring some talent
over and I think Ken Seraff can be that guy.
And obviously the potential to play with Badard is pretty
pretty tantalizing.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, but Dard's getting tossed out of games man,
All right, moving on to the next guy, Zam Perrek.
Let's check back into a guy who has not been
a stranger to the FHL airwaves. A top ten pick
from last year's draft. Calgary has a six foot defenseman
whose offensive skill is on display for saganaw of the
OHL to the tune of thirty three goals sixty nine
assists for one hundred and two points in fifty nine games.
That's sixth in the OHL in scoring, the leading scorer
on the highest scoring team in the league. And may
I remind you all he is a defenseman. So here's
what our FHL Scout Grant has to say about Perrek.
He is a fantastic skater. First two or three steps
are elite, great mobility, balance, creates space on a whim.
Zem Perek is an above average passer in the offensive
zone and finds open teammates easily. His breakout passing or
is averaged, if not slightly above average, needs to be improved.
Perrek's passes are crisp some times his teammates can't receive them,
but as he progresses the higher levels, better players will
keep him there. His hand lane almost keeps up to
with skating, but not quite at times, can mishandled the
puck at the blue line at times and overhandle of
puck in his own end as well. Having said that,
still very much above average per grant shooting, excellent wrist
snapshot gets in, he shoots often, his good accuracy gets
a shot off from prime locations in the ice. His
ability to get wide open looks from between the face
off circles and the power play will disappear at higher levels,
but he should still be able to get off to
the center of the ice to get his shots off
iq When he has the puck. He sees the ice
very well at high speed, finds space or teammates at will.
It seems his offensive awareness is quite high and he
finds soft spots better than anyone else on his team.
Very low panic threshold, quite confident. Defensive awareness in his
own zone can be shocking at times for checking. Not
a very physical player, he will lose far more board
battles than he wins, will rely on his stick or
feet rather than a body, and on defense recovers well
when he makes a bad pinch or a turnover in
the other team's end, not a bad one on one
when he can rely on his own mobility. His awareness
in his own end is below average as he struggles
to pick up open players, he struggles to box out
in front of his own net, blows the defensive zone
sometimes as a defender, a lot of work to do there.
So the best asset by a mile is the skating
per Grant, he'd be in the top thirty in skating
right now in the NHL. And the biggest concern the defense,
the durability. There's a pile of defenders who lit it
up offensively in junior or college hockey couldn't transition to
the pro game because of defense. He's got a slight build,
does take some big hits at time, so Grant's a
little concerned about what's going to happen at the pro level.
The top tier outcome first unit power play quarterback twenty
minutes a game, sixty five to seventy five points. The
justification Grant says he's got as much offensive ability as
Cale mccarr or Quinn Hughes, but he's well behind either
of those players in his overall game. The median outcome,
second unit power play quarterback fifteen to seventeen minutes a
night while being sheltered twenty five to thirty five points.
If it's this scenario, healthy scratch at times up and
down to the ahl. Think Kail and Addison or similar
the justification a player who struggles defensively is only worth
playing if they can produce at a high rate. Bret
could struggle the bridge that gap at times as he
moves up and down stylistic comparable then Cale mccarr at
the ceiling, Kialan Addison at the floor. Well, that settles
it for the final thoughts, per cand be phenomenal at times,
takes over the games offensively. After seeing a few games,
Grant can see why there were some reservations about including
him on Canada at the World Juniors. But the offense
he brings is extraordinary. Boom or bust guy for sure. Victor,
what is the upside of this fella?
Speaker 1: I didn't even actually look at Grant's description, and my
sense has always been that he is a very likely
candidate to be Cale mccarr esque. That's where I think
the upside is. And as Grant mentioned, he has a
lot of work to do defensively. I don't think it's
come along as far as we would have all hoped,
And if you remember mccarr, a lot of these same
things were said about him. He's small, he's not physical,
he sometimes doesn't gap up or defend well, but that
all changed as he went through college and he progressed,
and obviously he's become one of the best defenders in
the NHL, and he's out there in all situations. He's
not a liability defensively, he's a strength. I still think
Prik can get there. I still think he makes a
lot of good plays. He makes a lot of good
stick plays and reads, and he can do some of
those things that you need defensively. He can also not
do them, and he can also make poor decisions and
poor reads, and so I don't really know what's happening there,
whether it's a lack of engagement or whether he's just bored,
or what the issue is. I definitely think he's the
kind of guy that, in the right situation, with the
right partner, can absolutely just be incredible. The hope, though,
is that he doesn't need that, and I definitely understand
the Kayalen Addison. I don't think he's anywhere near as
bad as Kaylen Addison. I think PreK is already about
as good as Kaylan was at his peak in terms
of defensively, and I think PreK is much more dynamic offensively,
much more. I definitely think he still has that number
one d upside, but I definitely hear the concerns, and
he certainly could be more of a middle pairing defensive
liability type that makes you a little bit worried, like
a Tyson Barry esque, and I think that would be concerning.
Although he still had significant fantasy upside, even though to
his team it wasn't as helpful.
Speaker 2: We're going to put him up in the NHL ranking
poll against the guy who has talked about in the
same breath of him a lot during last year's draft,
covered Zee Bullyam, of course, went three picks later to
the Minnesota Wild, and the people have spoken. Zane Perrek
remains ahead of see Bullyam in their hearts fifty four
point five to forty five point five, Victor Park or Bullyam.
Speaker 1: I think everyone knows I've been a big Bullyam fan,
So if it came to who I'm picking for my
real life team, there's no question I'm taking Billiam. I
said he was the best defender in the draft, and
he's the one that I would have wanted, and I
stand by that. Even though he was the sort of
the last of that big group taken. I think that
was a mistake by NHL teams, and I think he's
going to prove that. In terms of fantasy, though, I
definitely am going to take PreK. I think he has
that higher upside, and his defense does need to come aways,
but I don't think it needs to come that far
for him to be just an incredible asset. So I'm
taking Perek, even though I know I love Zeve and
I would like him in real life, and I think
that in fantasy it's probably not much not that far apart,
And if you're someone who's a little risk averse, I
would say just take Bulliam, especially because the cost to
get Billiam is probably going to be a lot less
because people aren't necessarily as excited about him. He's doing
really well at Denver, but he's not maybe grabbing as
many headlines as he did previously. Forty two points in
thirty six games as opposed to fifty points in forty
two games last year. Pretty similar in terms of production
and impact and everything he's incredible. I don't think this
is a downside at all, but because maybe there's a
little less buzz, then maybe you could get a little
bit of a discount on Bulliam.
Speaker 2: Last guy for us to talk about today, Victor. We've
talked about multiple of those top defensemen taken in the
twenty four draft, so why don't we talk about the
highest drafted not yet discussed. Carter Kimchuk of the Ottawa Senators,
picked two spots ahead of Perrek last year. The native
Alberton Yeah, Kimchuk is in his fourth straight year playing
for the WHL's Calgary. He's continuing his normal pace of
about a point per game, of the couple of decimals
below last year, but again as a defenseman a point
per game. So Patrick FHL Scout has this to say.
Kimchuk skating is above average. He has a good stride
that allows him to get back quickly on defense and
crossovers that help him with his activation in the offensive zone.
He is a very good passer and handler, can stick
handle around other players, usually makes accurate passes to teammates.
Shooting is evidenced by the amount of goals he scored
as a defenseman his shot is very good. The IQ
hockey IQ is just average. Doesn't panic, but the anticipation
is lacking. He often doesn't seem to have a plan
and can go for home run passes rather than creating
an attack ford checking. Not afraid to sneak down load
to keep the four check going or get in position
for a scoring opportunity at Kemchuk's defense still needs work.
Sometimes forwards will walk around him, and despite his size
and long stick, he loses battles for the puck on
the boards or loses leverage. He's good on puck retrieval
in the defensive zone, able to corral the puck and
distribute it. He also seems to have trouble reading forwards.
Best asset then generally the offensive toolkit, But of those parts,
Patrick says the passing in handling is best and the
biggest concern remains the defense. The stick work and time
in of checks needs a lot of work, so the
top tier role or outcome. Lack of high end defense
will limit him to a third or fourth defenseman who
is often on power play one, and that's because the
offensive toolkit is undeniable, but the inadequacies on defense needs
a lot of work. Those are going to limit the upside.
Regardless the median outcome, he could top out as a
fifth or six D who runs powerplay two. That's because
the defensive shortcomings will limit his time on ice. Coaches
won't trust him enough to give him more offensive opportunity unities.
One possible comparison to you, Kemp Chuck is Brent Burns,
because there's a lot of offensive ability and a physical game.
That would be a nice little outcome there doesn't sound
like maybe sounds more stylistic than upside ish. But Victor,
what do you think the upside is here?
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's funny, he said, Burns. That makes sense. I
think that I was thinking Carlson, and I think a
lot of people have mentioned that. A lot of think
a lot of Senators fans have been thinking Eric Carlson.
Obviously not quite to that extent, but I think the
similarities are there. I think Burns had some defensive liabilities,
but I think he was also always a bit better
defensively than Carlson was. Carlson, just even at his peak,
had a pension for making some really bonehead defensive plays
and not always being amable. Though he could play in
all situations. Right he was out there, he drove offense
well enough to push the team back on their heels
and to not have to insulate him in any significant way,
although some argue that maybe they should have insulated him more,
but with a really strong defensive partner. Both Burns and
Carlson were elite, and obviously they played together at times,
which was awkward and never really worked. But in terms
of what I think for Yakamchuk, I think he's more
similar to Carlson in that way, who he's pretty high event.
When he's out there, things happen one way or another.
He tends to make really highlight reel plays. Offensively, he
can drive play, push the puck, push the pace forward.
But also defensively, sometimes he just makes some really egregious mistakes.
But overall, I think some of those, some of the
defensive liability issues are a bit overblown, just because when
he does make mistakes, they're usually really bad and really obvious,
like letting guys walk him, turning him inside out, those
kinds of things that just optically really bad. But if
you look at the whole of the game and how
he did, it's usually nowhere near that bad. So I
think he can get up there. I think he can
get up there to be maybe seventy eighty percent eric
Carlson was in terms of being an elite talent. I
think he has the offense to be similar, and I
think the defensive game can come up enough. And I
think that part of the reason why the Autawa Center
has picked him so high is and ahead of some
of the other guys, is that he does have that frame.
He is big, he is physical. He can protect the
net a little bit better, even if his offense maybe
isn't his dynamic as someone like PreK. He has the
physicality to clear guys out in front, and he likes
to do that. I think that there's definitely a pretty
high upside here.
Speaker 2: Man. What is seventy percent of Eric Carlson? What is that,
Vince done? What? I'm trying to figure that out? A
seventy percent of Eric Carlson's real? Dang good man? All right,
Let's put him up against a competition of another very
highly drafted defenseman by a Canadian team from the year
before you Kempchuk went, and that's David Reinbacker, who went
to the Montreal Canadians with the fifth pick of the
twenty twenty three draft and you kin chok how to
defeats Ryan Backer sixty one to thirty nine percent victor.
Is that the way you'd rank these two?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I think the hate that Ryhan Backer,
or the frustration or whatever he's gotten has been really overblown.
I think he's going to be a really solid player.
I don't think he's going to be a super awesome
fantasy asset. He's also been he hasn't been. He hasn't
played that much this year because of injuries, so it's
really hard to say how he's progressed. But I think overall,
from what we've seen of him, he looks like he's
going to be fine. Like he's gonna be probably a mivring,
maybe he compower play, maybe not die, but just a
good setting force for the team. Not necessarily someone you're
gonna want in fantasy. Yakamchucks is definitely more exciting in
all sorts of ways. He's exciting for your team and
exciting for the offense I can bring, also exciting for
the other team because when he's out there, there's opportunities
to score and to things for things to happen. One way,
or another, and so there's just more high events happening
with the Yakhamchuk. But I definitely would take him between
the two, just because the upside is so much higher.
And right now his pench ley is clucking in at seventy.
I think that's actually possible for him. I think he
can get to that fifty five sixty plus with the
right situation, the right power play. Things are trending up
in Ottawa, and I think that he's looking like he
could be that power play quarterback of the future. They
definitely like Jake Sanderson in that role too. He's one
of those can do everything kind of guy. I think
if you have Yakamchuk on the team, he needs to
run the power play. That's what he has. There's not
much out there if he's not in an offensive role,
So I would imagine he takes that from Sanderson when
the time comes. So I wouldn't worry about that if
you're worried about that as a as someone who has Yakamchuck.
If you're someone who has Sanderson, I would be worried
about that because it does seem like he might not
be long for that role. But yeah, I definitely like Yakamchuk.
He's definitely a bit risky in terms of his hitting
his full potential, but there's also a pretty big upside there.
Speaker 2: Hey, who doesn't like seeing things happen? Who doesn't like
seeing things happen? Victor, let's chere for that, Ictor. That
is the group of prospects that we have to talk about.
What else do you want to let people know before
we get out of here?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Jesse, we're coming up on our team preview series
that's going to start in May, and one of the
things that we always do related to that is we
scout some of the players, some of the prospects related
to that. So if you're interested in being a scout,
shoot me a DM on Twitter, discord er email us.
There's a pretty it's not too difficult. Usually you take
all the players from one team and we spread it
out amongst all the scouts, so amongst all thirty two teams.
Usually you do a couple of those for the whole season,
for the whole summer series, and so it's usually not
too much work. It's a lot of fun and you
get your reports read on the show, so it's a
good time. So yeah, definitely reach out if you're interested
in that and looking forward to the team preview series.
It's always amountain of work, Jesse, but it's pre rewarding
and hopefully people enjoy that.
Speaker 2: We'll be right back to close out of the show.
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those you'll be hearing more about the results in coming weeks.
Jeremy V and Tony thank goodness for them. There are
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He's a scout. He helps with prospect ranks and visualizations.
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