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Speaker 2: Here's your hosts, Jesse Sovier and Victor Nuno.

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Speaker 3: Fantasy Hockey Live once again. Jesse Severe, Victor Nuno joining

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Speaker 2: I'm doing awesome, Jesse. Yeah, definitely looking forward to talking

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some predators. Hey doing my friend?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm doing good. I'm doing good. This is the summer,

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But first you can sip back, relax and enjoyed the

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Speaker 2: The National Predator.

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Speaker 3: Mike to welcome a first time guest WUR show, Emma

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Lincoln of The Hockey News, Ready to talk some Nashville Predators.

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How you doing today, Emma.

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Speaker 4: I'm good.

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Speaker 5: How are you guys good?

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Speaker 3: We're excited to have you heart today. We do our

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team previews in the off season. We have to start

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early because there's so many dang teams and we go

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in order of the teams that have their seasons done

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earlier in the process. So it's unfortunate that we're getting

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to Nashville back in May. But I'll try not to

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be too negative. I'll try not to be too negative

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because I like the Predators, but we have questions in

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the first one being what happened? I think that's my

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question for today. Famously, the Predators were the winners the offseason.

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They brought in a lot of talent. We'll talk about

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some of those players and how their performances varied this year.

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And they've got one of my all time favorite hockey guys,

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Barry Trotz, coaching for him. My first game was at

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the Bridgetone and I saw the Predators back in the

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Paul Korea era, and that was all the way back there,

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and then Barry took my Washington Capitals to the championship

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before going back. But anyway, the pred season started zero

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to five and in a lot of ways, it just

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never really seemed to get on track. They were thirtieth

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and standing points. By the end. They were thirty first

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in goals scored, ninth, most shots taken, but the worst

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shooting percentage goals against six most on the fourth, worst

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save percentage. Boy, in the old days, we would have

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said the Pdo monster is going to come and help

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them in the future. They played in the deadly Central Division,

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but that doesn't really fully explain things. They had a

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nine and eleven record in the division and a twenty

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one thirty three and eight record outside of the division,

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so it wasn't really just the Central, although that was

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a good way to get buried in the standings. They

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very wisely sold to the deadline, so you have to

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take that into account and some of these final standings

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as they weren't going forward at the end, they'd moved

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some players, but it doesn't explain the big signings. I'm

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back to Emma, can you explain what happened and how

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are they going to fix it?

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Speaker 5: Well, that's the million dollar question, right or the one

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hundred million dollar question. I guess after the the off

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season signings last year, it is something we here in

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Nashville have been racking our brains about. No one knows, like,

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no one can point to one thing or one or

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two things and be like, ah, yes, that was the problem.

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of those seasons where everything that could have gone wrong

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did And you look at the roster and the pieces

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eighty two goals to their roster between Stamco's marcius o'sha.

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I think that when you look at the roster, it's

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not a lack of talent. It's not that there's not

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scoring talent on that roster, but they couldn't score goals.

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almost psychological in a way, because I think that the

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pieces they added in the off season, they weren't just

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adding depth players. These are guys that you like build

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a system around, and I think that there was this

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sort of level of whether it was conscious or not,

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I think guys were maybe just deferring to each other

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both on and off the ice, that there was just

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this sort of a lot of walking on eggshells. Maybe

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if you're Roman Yosi, you're looking at Steven Stamcost and saying, oh,

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he's the big guy, I'm going to take a step back.

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the new guy. I'm going to take the back seat

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things that just created this just the worst possible outcome

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I think for Nashville this year. And as far as

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what went wrong, how long do you have? I think

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there's just the defense was absolutely not there at all.

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defense and goaltending. Neither of those things were there this year.

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additions to the roster, but like you mentioned, the deadline,

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and even before the deadline, trades that were getting made

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and different injuries causing issues, a lot of guys making

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their NHL debuts. There was just so many moving parts.

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It was just the entire season. It seemed like they

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were trying to catch a moving train and just never

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Speaker 3: Yeah, let's go to some of these individual performances, and

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we started with Philip Forsberg and Forestbrin's year was a

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step back from that career year he had in twenty

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three to twenty four, but not a huge step back.

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He didn't have a bad season at all. Really. His

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overall goals above replacement dwarfed his teammates, although his even

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strength defense was not all that great. He did have

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thirty one goals forty five assists for seventy six points

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in a second straight eighty two game campaign. That's excellent.

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His assistant was only one back of his career high

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coming into his thirty one year old year. Forresburg is

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going to be getting direct deposits from the Broadway and

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the Preds into the twenty thirties. He signed for a

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very long time into the future and he's still playing

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at a very high level. What are you expecting from

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Philip Wursburg in the coming year.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that just because of how bad collectively

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the season was for Nashville. I think that Forsburg season

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gets overlooked a lot. Like you said, he still put

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up seventy six points, and that is on par with

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what you would expect from him. I think that he

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is as far as what to expect from him. He's

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taken some steps forward in the last couple of years.

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bit is the fact that he's been healthy and he's

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played all eighty two games for each of the last

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two seasons. That's huge for him because he had some

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injury issues, some health issues leading up to that. So

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the fact that he's been able to stay healthy, stay

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in games, obviously that's going to improve his chances his numbers.

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I think that he is still one of the most

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steady performers on this team. He has taken steps forward

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in terms of his style of play. I think his

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game he used to be just a finisher. He was

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scoring goals and that was his job and he was

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very good at it. In the last couple of seasons,

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as a playmaker as well. So increasing his chances there.

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I think that he in terms of what to expect

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from him for next year, I think that he is

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going to be exactly what he has been for the

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He has so much potential. I think there's a lot

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of I get the question a lot of is Philip

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Forsberg an elite winger and elite forward? And my answer

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to that is usually he can be. I think he

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can be. I think he needs the right situation, he

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needs the right circumstances, he needs the right players around him.

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and I think that we have no reason to doubt

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that he'll show that next year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a great point about him staying healthy, because that

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was the bugaboo there for a while with Forrestburg. Jonathan

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marshisso now we're getting into, to some extent the rougher time.

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Marsh is getting older just like the rest of us.

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His season was actually not all that different from a

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couple of the years he had in Vegas in the

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early misfit days in terms of his surface stats twenty

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one goals, thirty six as sis fifty seven points. That's

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the same number of points he had two years ago

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in Vegas. That's well over the number of points he

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had during most of his earlier seasons, and it's one

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of his top career totals. But it certainly wasn't the

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expectation that we had from Marcius coming on to a

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five year deal off some really exciting years with the

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Elite Knights team to meet the hopes of the Preds.

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to be the ideal player for Rebeling Club. If that's

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going to be the case, and that's going to be

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probably a running theme here. I know that was some

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todd that Trotz wasn't just going to trade off guys

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who had just signed there. He wanted to make sure

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that they were okay or that they wanted to move on,

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if they were going to move on. But what do

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you think of Marciuso's trajectory? Was this what we should expect?

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Is there something much better coming down the road? Is

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a guy who's still going to be in the long

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term plans the Predators if they're needing to take a

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step back, what do you think of Marciuso's future in Nashville.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's an interesting one because when he was signed,

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when all those guys were signed in the off season, Stamcost,

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Marcus and Shay, My immediate thought was that Marcius so

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was the most obvious fit for Andrew Brunette's system, in

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his style of hockey. I said, that's a perfect fit.

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He is a he's a puck hunter, he is a pest.

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He's also skilled. Obviously he scores goals, but he can

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get under the opposition's skin and he can knock guys

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off of pucks. Small, but he's strong, and I think

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that all of that speaks to the Andrew Brunette system.

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to be the one. And I think this is more

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of just a personality thing, but he was I would say,

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the most vocal about wanting to see changes in the system,

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in the coaching, and I think not that he didn't

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do anything horrible, not like throwing his coach under the

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bus or anything like that, but he did make some

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comments about how there are adjustments that could be made,

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and you could see it too. The eye test tells

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you everything you need to know. These guys would get

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never met before, and it was like passes were going

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past each other, behind each other, in front of each other.

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They weren't finding the other guy's tape. It was just

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a mess. And I think a big part of that

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is coaching system, and you want to see adjustments there,

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and Barry Trotz is going to give Andrew Burnette chance

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to make those adjustments. But I think if they can

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get into a groove there, Marcius is a good fit

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for this system when it's played correctly. And as far

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as him being part of the long term future part

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of a team that's rebuilding, I think if you ask

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Barry Trotz, this team has no intention of rebuilding, like

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doing a total tear down right now. Quite frankly, their

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roster just isn't built for it. There's so much trade protection,

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movement protection in those contracts on the roster. They want

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to build a team. He's been very vocal about wanting

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to build a team around Ucsorrow's Philip Forsberg and Roman

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Yosi still plans to do that again.

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Speaker 4: I think.

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Speaker 5: The reason that Marcius's name gets brought up a lot

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in terms of, oh, could we see a trade in

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the near future, is because he is the one of

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those three big signings in the offseason who doesn't have

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trade protection in his contract. That being said, I think

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that at this stage in his career, he and he's

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said this too, he didn't move his family across the

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country to play for a rebuilding team, and at this

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point they have no intention of being a rebuilding team.

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Now it's looking like they're being more of a retool

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on the fly sort of situation. I think if you

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look at maybe what Washington did this past season around Novchkin,

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that's an example of how to do that well. I

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think Nashville, in terms of a rebuild, is going to

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be doing something that looks a little bit more like

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that as opposed to a complete teardown. I think March's

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can be a really important piece of this sort of

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He helps the team right now and he can help

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them in the future. I don't see unless he explicitly

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demands a trade, which I don't see him doing, at

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least not in the immediate term. I don't see him

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moving on from Nashville yet. Now, well, if we have

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another season that was similar to the one that just passed.

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I don't think anyone is really ready to throw in

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the towel after what was just an absolute dog of

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a season that nobody saw coming. I think at this

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point everyone is still so shell shocked by it. The

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players included that they're like letting it sink in and saying,

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all right, let's just chalk that up as an outlier,

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because until next year, we have no reason to believe

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it's not.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, let's talk about another one of the players who

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didn't have a great season. That was Ryan O'Reilly. His

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second season wasn't quite as productive points wise. He had

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went down from a sixty nine point pace to a

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fifty five point pace. His even strength tim and ice

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and power play tim and ice both slid a little bit.

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Two more years in contract, and it was clear kle

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Line and from discussions with him that I heard that

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he wants to stick around, that he didn't really want

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to be moved. Looking at his metrics on evolving Hockey,

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he's still a very impactful player. His defense rted out

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is more average, which might be more of a team effect,

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but his offense still seventy seven percentile. Jay Fresh has

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him as an overall wins above replacement at eighty three percent,

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so still a very effective player, even though he's getting

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a little bit older. Emma, what do you think we

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can expect from Ryan O'Reilly next season?

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Speaker 5: I think Ryan O'Reilly is a huge piece of this team.

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He's been their one seed when Stamkos is not their

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one seed. At at the least he's a two s

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and I think that's probably the best fit for Ryan

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O'Reilly is as a two seed. But we saw him

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have that amazing year last year as the one CEE

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with Philip Forsberg and Gus Nyquist on the top line,

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and those three were just electric together, and so I

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think part of that was that line got broken up

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pretty early in the season this year. Again, That's where

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I go back to that maybe there's this sort of

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knee to force it with these guys, these star power

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guys coming in Stamcost and Marches. Oh, we gotta make

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them fit, so we gotta change everything and scrap all

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the lines that we have. So I think that may

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have been part of it. But Ryan O'Reilly is first

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and foremost like his value to this team is as

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a leader both on and off the ice. It's a

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huge part of why Barry Trotz brought him into the organization.

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And again, his name came up a lot around the

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trade deadline, and like you said, Barry Trotz treated him

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as if he had trade protection in his contract even

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though he doesn't, so he wasn't getting traded anywhere unless

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he signed off on it. And he, as you said,

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came out and said, I want to be here. I

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think that we have the tools here. I think that

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we can win as a team. And so in terms

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of what to expect from him, I think that his

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buy in. What you need from all of these guys

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is buy in, and his by is probably the most

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important you can have, and I think that you have

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it from him. He said it, He's been vocal about it.

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He's a leader on this team. He's huge on five

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on five, on special teams. Again, I really have a

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hard time looking at numbers from this last season for

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anybody on this team and making any kind of sweeping

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generalizations about them, because this was just such an offlier

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or an outlier season for everyone. And so I think

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that as far as Ryan O'Reilly. He's still he's going

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to be a key part of this team's top six

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next year. He's going to be getting big minutes no

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matter where he's playing, because he's playing on special teams

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as well. He's a guy that you can put in

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all situations, and I see them continuing to use him

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that way.

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Speaker 3: Another one whose season we're trying to make some sense

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of right now is Steven stamcos he's arguably had the

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low he had not arguably the lowest the scoring type

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year of his Hall of Fame career. His points per

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sixty was the lowest that he's had, amounting to twenty

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seven goals, twenty six assists fifty three points in a

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full eighty two games. His sniper skills are not gone.

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He maintained a Stephen stamkost ish fifteen point five percent shooting,

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but he dropped from over three shots a game to

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just over two shots a game. Is this a fluke

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down season? Is this a sign of eleven hundred and

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sixty four regular season and one hundred and twenty eight

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postseason games of NHL ware and tear hockey? Was it

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just a context change? Those those pucks not hitting the

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sticks that they're still trying to work out that you

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were talking about that they can improve upon, and then

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what if the improvements don't come, what is the future?

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Was Steven stampcost do you think?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: In terms of his production, same with everybody. I think

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that the biggest issue that I could see was just chemistry.

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And that's not to say that these guys don't get

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along or there's drama in the locker room or anything

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like that. I think it's just Stephen Stamco's played what

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seventeen years with the same team in the same system,

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and now he's being asked to change. That's huge. And

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he's still a Hall of Famer, he's still one of

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the best goal scorers in the league, but he's he's

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going to take some time to adjust. You add in

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the fact that he's learning a very new system under

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Andrew Burnett, and I've talked to him, I've talked to

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a Stammer about this, where he said, it's not the

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system in itself is not difficult. It's not inherently crazy

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what they're asking us to do, but it is.

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Speaker 4: It's different.

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Speaker 5: It's forward thinking, it's different, and so it's really fast.

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Getting pucks hunting pucks, getting through the neutral zone, getting

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up the ice, and it's not a again, it's all

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very very fast paced, and so I think that when

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you add in the speed of the system, the fact

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that he's playing with all new teammates, he's playing in

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a new role. He's played some time at wing, sometime

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at center, he's got like I said, most of the

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time he's out on the ice, there's different guys playing

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with him every time, and that's a coaching thing, that's

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a system thing. Part of that, too is things like

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trades and injuries that you can't really control. But it

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just there were so many moving parts this year, and

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I think that looking at what Steven Stamcos did given

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the circumstances, I think that's still People look at his

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numbers from this year compared to the rest of his

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career and say, oh, like you said, oh, he's washed,

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he's over the hill, he's old, he's not playing with

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Koucherov anymore, so now he's terrible. I really don't think

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any of that is true. I think that this season

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was just such a hard season for everyone. I do

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think the biggest thing is going to be mystery, and

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I think that is only going to come with time,

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and REPS have every reason to believe that will improve

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this year if we see some adjustments in the coaching

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and the system and in the way he's used. But yeah,

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I don't think that Steven stamcos numbers from this past

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season or any sort of indication of just that he's

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hit a bump in his career and he's just on

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the downturn.

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Speaker 3: Now, all right, I'm all in on the stamp Coast rebound.

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Let's make that happen next up. Just the simple points.

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Pick them between two other players. We won't go into

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real in depth. Luke Evangelista Michael Bunning, a little bit

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of new blood. In terms of a guy moving up

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and a guy coming in, who do you think is

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likely to have the better year those two next year?

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna go with Bunting. I think that Evangelista has

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the potential to But for him, it depends very much

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on where he's used and how he's used. I think

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we saw him improved tremendously towards the end of the

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season when he started getting a more regular look in

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the top six. He's a really he's got really good hands,

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he's a really skilled playmaker. Not the fastest guy, but

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he can distribute the puck really well and he thinks

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the game really well. So I think if we were

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guaranteed to see Luke Evangelista in a top six role

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more regularly, then I'd say that's more of a debate,

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I think between those two guys. But knowing now based

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on what we saw from last season, again admittedly small

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sample size. For Michael Bunning, he came in at the

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trade deadline, but just seeing what he can do. He

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was getting to the hard areas, getting to the net,

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punching in kind of those ugly, greasy goals, and that

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was something that this team had desperately needed and he

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provided that. That sparked to the offense, and I think

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we're more likely to see Bunting in a more regular

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top six role for the Reds next year. So that's

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why I'll go with him, all right.

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Speaker 2: The next guy we want to ask you about is

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Zach LaRue. One of the bright spots I would say,

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at least from a fantasy perspective in Nashville. He burst

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onto the scene after a strong HL season last season,

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and fantasy gms immediately noticed him because he was throwing

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three hits a game and that'll get you noticed in

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our circles only had a twenty point pace. I'm not

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sure whether he will actually translate more scoring than that.

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Maybe certainly possible. He's still young, but if his time

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on ice goes up just a little bit, he could

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even crest the four hits per game, which was pretty outstanding.

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His time on ice was only at twelve three and

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looking at his Ramvom charts in his player card at

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Evolving Hockey, his defensive game was actually pretty exceptional seventy

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seven percentile there. His offense was a little bit below average,

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but overall, he certainly didn't seem like he was a

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liability out there defensively, which which is saying something on

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that Nashville Predators team. So, Emma, what do you think

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we can see from LARU next season?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that is saying something when almost everybody finished in

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the minus. But I think that Zach LaRue is as

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you said he was. He really burst onto the scene

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as a goal scorer in his last season in the AHL.

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We saw that offensive upside he has when he was

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in Milwaukee. Of course, comes up to Nashville, he finds

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himself in this bottom six role again, and so credit

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to him that he has been able to lean into

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that physical side of his game. In terms of the hits,

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he again not the biggest guy, but he's strong and

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he can throw guys off of pucks, and he's, as

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you said, very sound defensively, which is great to have

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in a strong two way forward on the bottom six.

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But I do worry. I mean, I'm not totally worried

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yet because it's only been one season, but I would

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say I have I'm watching with an eyebrow raised because

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I think that I don't want to see Zach LaRue

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get pigeonholed into that sort of bottom six bruiser role,

478
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,119
because I think he can provide more than that long

479
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,119
term for the Predators. But in terms of what we

480
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,839
see from him next year, I do think that it's

481
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,440
gonna be You're gonna see him more in the bottom six.

482
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,160
You're gonna see him. I would like to see him

483
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,880
get some more ice time, but I just don't know.

484
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,200
I think that's one of the areas where Andrew Burnett personally,

485
00:26:28,279 --> 00:26:32,039
I think needs to improve in giving these guys, giving

486
00:26:32,039 --> 00:26:34,839
these younger guys some more chances to show what they

487
00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:37,480
can do. But at the end of the day, when

488
00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:40,880
you're playing most of your minutes on the fourth line

489
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,440
with guys like Michael McCarn and Cole Smith, and there's

490
00:26:43,799 --> 00:26:46,160
you don't really have a ton of skill on that line.

491
00:26:46,319 --> 00:26:48,359
You've got a lot of size, a lot of physicality,

492
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,039
and they do a lot of good things. But there's

493
00:26:50,079 --> 00:26:53,799
not a lot of skilled playmakers that he's playing with

494
00:26:53,839 --> 00:26:57,000
in that bottom six, and so that's gonna reduce his

495
00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,720
scoring potential. I think if you see him in the

496
00:26:59,759 --> 00:27:02,559
top and you see him with more skilled linemates, you're

497
00:27:02,599 --> 00:27:06,200
going to see more of that that scoring potential. The

498
00:27:06,279 --> 00:27:08,960
problem is, I just don't know if the Predators have

499
00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:13,119
skilled enough linemates to put him with in the bottom six.

500
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:14,480
Who are going to make that happen?

501
00:27:16,599 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. One guy that may work Jokim Kemmel.

502
00:27:20,279 --> 00:27:21,880
He's the next guy I wanted to ask you about.

503
00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:25,880
He did finally make his NHL debut this season, two games,

504
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:30,880
no points, limited opportunity. He did have another strong AHL season.

505
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,880
This is his second full although third season where he

506
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,920
has appeared in the AHL. He has two more years

507
00:27:37,319 --> 00:27:40,920
seasons on his ELC, but he's already played one hundred

508
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,119
and forty six HL games, It feels to me like

509
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,359
he needs more of an opportunity. Maybe it's just that

510
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,119
he hasn't demanded it, or his play hasn't been up

511
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,960
to stuff. I'm not quite sure, but it sure seems

512
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,519
like we've got an inflection point of where he needs

513
00:27:54,559 --> 00:27:56,759
to take more control of this situation. What do you

514
00:27:56,759 --> 00:27:58,519
think we're gonna see from Kemmel? Are we going to

515
00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:00,720
see him in the NHL for an extended next season?

516
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 5: I hope so. I think that when we did see

517
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,559
him for that very limited sample size this past season,

518
00:28:09,799 --> 00:28:12,519
he struggled. He struggled. It was only two games, yes,

519
00:28:12,599 --> 00:28:16,160
but he definitely looked like he was in over his

520
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,720
head a little bit, which is okay for a guy.

521
00:28:18,759 --> 00:28:22,960
That's normal to for your first NHL game, first two

522
00:28:23,079 --> 00:28:26,079
NHL games, especially coming into the situation that he was

523
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,599
coming into in Nashville. Nobody was playing well, the team

524
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:34,000
was doing poorly. It's hard to really stand out and

525
00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:37,799
really burst onto the scene coming into that situation. He

526
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:42,559
looked like he needed more time. But again, he's a

527
00:28:42,599 --> 00:28:45,880
first round pick. He's got that lethal slap shot that

528
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,039
I think will play very well. Almost stamcos esque at

529
00:28:50,039 --> 00:28:53,480
the NHL level, I think that he has a lot

530
00:28:53,519 --> 00:28:58,039
of potential. I do think that he could stand to

531
00:28:58,119 --> 00:29:02,079
improve a little bit defensively in taking care of the

532
00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:05,119
pucket a little bit better. But he's fast, and he's skilled,

533
00:29:05,319 --> 00:29:08,799
and he's a really good goal scorer. I see no

534
00:29:09,079 --> 00:29:13,000
reason that the Predators don't give him more of an

535
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,960
extended look at the NHL level this coming season. Does

536
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,880
he start the team, does he make the opening night roster?

537
00:29:20,079 --> 00:29:23,680
I don't know, but I think that he's a guy again,

538
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,519
with the way he profiles and his skill, you want

539
00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,599
him in a top six role, but he was not.

540
00:29:30,599 --> 00:29:33,000
He did not look ready for a top six role

541
00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:38,039
in the NHL. Now he's had another season of playoff

542
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:41,279
experience with Milwaukee and he's been a big contributor for

543
00:29:41,359 --> 00:29:44,599
them in the AHL. I would just like to see

544
00:29:44,759 --> 00:29:48,079
him maybe get a little bit stronger, a little bit

545
00:29:48,079 --> 00:29:51,119
better defensively, and that way I think you can trust

546
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,079
him a little bit more at the NHL level.

547
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,519
Speaker 2: All very fair. Let's move over to Romannoci on the defense.

548
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,680
And it was his worst point pace in five years,

549
00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:07,160
fifty nine point pace, very fitting for him. A big

550
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,880
part of it was that they're just I don't know.

551
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,720
There wasn't that much offense happening for the Predators and

552
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,400
they had the lowest goals for sixty at all strength.

553
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,079
That's pretty incredible considering the offensive weapons they had. Even

554
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,440
Yosi's ipp and powerplay Appy please shows him that he

555
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,880
shows that he wasn't as involved in the scoring as

556
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,400
he has been in the past. I guess one big

557
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,240
consolation is that it was pretty unlucky. His PDO was

558
00:30:29,359 --> 00:30:32,480
nine to sixty, which is definitely the worst he's had, so,

559
00:30:32,839 --> 00:30:34,759
you know, looking at some of his other numbers, it

560
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,720
certainly seems like he was generating some but not converting

561
00:30:37,759 --> 00:30:41,920
or his teammates weren't. Jemmaz do you think Yosi can

562
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,240
get back to the seventy plus point defender we've come

563
00:30:44,279 --> 00:30:45,400
to know and love.

564
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 4: If he stays healthy. Yes.

565
00:30:48,599 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 5: I think that was obviously a big thing for him.

566
00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:54,640
He only played fifty three games this year, missed most

567
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,839
of the tail end of the season with a head injury.

568
00:30:59,079 --> 00:31:01,640
He got cross checked by Sam Bennett that kind of

569
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,440
sidelined him for the rest of the year. That's something

570
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,599
he does have a history with, so a little bit

571
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,279
concerning there that wanting to take care of that and

572
00:31:10,319 --> 00:31:12,599
making sure that he's fully healthy. We did talk to

573
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,960
him at the end of the season. He said he's

574
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,920
good to go, and he will be ready to go

575
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,480
by spring training camp next year. So I think that

576
00:31:21,799 --> 00:31:25,000
he'll be fine at least to start the season in

577
00:31:25,119 --> 00:31:29,559
terms of his production and his not being involved as

578
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,759
much in the offense. Again, I go back to that

579
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:37,079
sort of subconscious deference that these guys had to each other,

580
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,119
and I think that.

581
00:31:39,599 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 2: That's part of it.

582
00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:44,079
Speaker 5: I think that there were some pretty big changes on

583
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:49,960
the defense. Of course, his primary defensive partner was Dante Fabreau,

584
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,400
who got put on waivers and claimed by Columbus, and

585
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,160
so he's gone. Now you bring in Brady Shay. Those

586
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,559
two guys, Shay and Yosi on the same pair didn't

587
00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:03,160
really work that well. I didn't really expect it to.

588
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,240
And plus, I think when you have that much talent

589
00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:08,240
on your back end, you want them spread out a

590
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,000
little bit more. If you have Yosi on the top

591
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:14,480
pairing Shay on the second pairing. But then he's playing

592
00:32:14,559 --> 00:32:17,480
with different guys, He's playing on different sides. At one

593
00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:21,079
point he's playing with Alex Carrier. Then Alex Carrier gets

594
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,759
traded and then he's playing with Jeremy Lozan and Loazan

595
00:32:23,839 --> 00:32:26,880
gets injured, and so it's there were just a lot

596
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,640
of moving parts on the back end. I think that

597
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,640
he Roman Yosi is so good at what he does,

598
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,480
and he's not only is he an excellent offensive defenceman,

599
00:32:39,559 --> 00:32:42,839
but I think unlike a lot of other what we

600
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,440
would consider offensive defenceman, he's incredibly sound in his own

601
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:51,039
zone as well. He's very good defensively. But I think

602
00:32:51,119 --> 00:32:53,720
that again with all of the moving parts on the

603
00:32:53,759 --> 00:32:57,720
back end this year for him, the addition of the

604
00:32:57,799 --> 00:33:00,519
goal scorers, because that was the biggest thing that it

605
00:33:00,559 --> 00:33:02,839
looked like they needed, right it was like, this team

606
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,279
needs more goals. Barry Trotz went and in theory added

607
00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:09,680
more goals, added eighty two of them, and they just

608
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,480
didn't translate. And in theory, you don't want to be

609
00:33:12,559 --> 00:33:15,279
relying on Roman Yosi to be one of your top

610
00:33:15,559 --> 00:33:19,480
point getters. He has been that for them, he wasn't

611
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,799
this year between injuries and all the other factors that

612
00:33:22,839 --> 00:33:26,319
I just mentioned. I just don't think that this is

613
00:33:26,359 --> 00:33:28,559
a good season to judge him on. But I think

614
00:33:28,599 --> 00:33:32,039
as long as he can stay healthy, stay in a

615
00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:36,119
good consistent situation on the back end with a regular

616
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,240
defensive partner, and that's something that Barry Trotz has said

617
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,920
is a priority this offseason is to go out and

618
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,519
get a veteran right shot defenseman to play with Roman Yosi.

619
00:33:48,759 --> 00:33:51,839
If he can do that, if he can accomplish that successfully,

620
00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:54,880
then I think that we're going to see the Roman

621
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,240
Yosi that we all know and love.

622
00:33:58,279 --> 00:34:02,279
Speaker 3: Let's talk Brady Shay and season in the eye of

623
00:34:02,279 --> 00:34:04,960
the beholder, Maybe it depends where you get your stats.

624
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,239
He certainly didn't hit the sizzle of that hype from

625
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,840
the last offseason and his career year in Carolina that

626
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,800
earned him a seven by seven contract, which all will

627
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,880
be served in his eight was age thirty decade. What

628
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,760
happened on Broadway did not really see his skills shine

629
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,880
a big drop from prior years, but some of his

630
00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:30,199
deeper stats show he was on our defensive decent offensive year.

631
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,760
He was on the ice for more minutes than any

632
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,119
other pread, which that's not going to help your stats

633
00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:37,719
when the whole team is letting in a lot of goals.

634
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,000
He also took a significant power play role, especially after

635
00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:43,440
Roman Yosi went out, so he was moving into that

636
00:34:44,119 --> 00:34:48,360
was finishing definitely was down his defense in expected goals

637
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,320
per sixty against. It was one of the worst of

638
00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:56,360
his career the Nator of his overall, but the power play,

639
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,719
some of that stuff was not bad. What do you

640
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,639
make of Brady Shasey and what do you see coming next?

641
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 5: Brady Shae, I will say, was honestly one of the

642
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,679
guys I was most excited about coming into this year

643
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,800
because the Predators needed someone like him on the back end.

644
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:17,039
I actually got my start in hockey covering the Carolina Hurricanes,

645
00:35:17,079 --> 00:35:20,119
and so I had seen Brady up close for a

646
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:23,159
couple seasons before I came to Nashville. I know what

647
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,599
he's capable of doing. I also know that Carolina under

648
00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:30,880
Rod Brindamore plays a very different defensive system than the

649
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,760
Predators do under Andrew Brunette. In Carolina, they're much more

650
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,599
man on man, which is pretty self explanatory. In Nashville,

651
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,840
it's a little bit more focus on hunting pucks than

652
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,440
it is on defending your man, and so I think

653
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,000
that was an adjustment for Brady say. I also think

654
00:35:48,039 --> 00:35:51,440
if you look at Brady SHA's career, as a whole.

655
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,400
So far, the worst seasons statistically of his career have

656
00:35:56,559 --> 00:36:00,639
been his first season in a new organization. The first

657
00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:04,199
season he came to Carolina, he saw a dip in

658
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,679
production before he started creeping back up. I think we

659
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,800
have no reason to believe at this point that this

660
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,599
is not what this is in Nashville, that comes to

661
00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:17,000
a new organization with all the factors working against him,

662
00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:20,400
working against everyone this year. Again, this is a guy

663
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:25,679
who joined the team in July and by March he

664
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,519
was the most tenured defenceman on the ice for the

665
00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:33,760
Nashville Predators, which is shocking, and I think that says

666
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,519
a lot about the situation that he was thrown into.

667
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,519
He was playing top pairing defensive, top defensive pairing minutes

668
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,960
with Nick Blankenberg, who was not even supposed to be

669
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,280
in the NHL this year, but those two became the

670
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,679
regular top d pair for the Predators down the stretch,

671
00:36:50,039 --> 00:36:52,920
which I mean no disrespect to Nick Blankenberg, but that's

672
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,280
not how this was supposed to go. That's not how

673
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,880
things were supposed to go this year. And I think

674
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,559
that when he's on the back again, the new guy,

675
00:37:01,639 --> 00:37:04,639
the guy who just got here in July, Brady Shae

676
00:37:05,079 --> 00:37:09,400
is now the most tenured leader on the back end,

677
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,599
because again you're playing with guys like Blankenberg, Justin Barron,

678
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,679
Mark del Gaizo, and then Jordan Osterly who they got

679
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,639
at off waivers right around the deadline. It's really just

680
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:26,000
a hodgepodge of bodies back there defensively, and so I

681
00:37:26,039 --> 00:37:29,199
think that looking at the hand that Brady Shay was dealt,

682
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,000
I think that he did the best he could. There

683
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:36,800
were a lot of concerns I think about him, at

684
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,360
least from the fan base. Early in the season. He

685
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,000
was looking like a little bit of a liability defensively,

686
00:37:43,519 --> 00:37:45,760
was not taking care of the puck very well. But again,

687
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,800
the same could be said for a lot of the team.

688
00:37:49,119 --> 00:37:52,880
I do think just watching Brady Shay, he improved as

689
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,840
the season went on, I felt much better about him

690
00:37:56,119 --> 00:37:58,079
and his ability to take care of the puck. By

691
00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:00,519
the end of the season, you really could see that

692
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,719
he was getting it. The system was new and it

693
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,599
was challenging for him at first, but really as the

694
00:38:06,639 --> 00:38:10,039
season went on, you could see that he was getting

695
00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:13,440
it and he was improving. So I am very optimistic

696
00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:17,239
about his contributions in his production next year.

697
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,039
Speaker 2: I have to ask you about Ryan Ufkoh. He's been

698
00:38:22,039 --> 00:38:23,760
one of my guys for years. Not a lot of

699
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,880
people were talking about him until he played for the

700
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,320
U twenty World Junior Championship team in twenty twenty three

701
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:32,159
and had a really stellar NCAA career. Then he had

702
00:38:32,159 --> 00:38:35,039
his first real AHL season with the Admirals. He got

703
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:37,320
one game in with the Preds. I'm wondering what you

704
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,400
think the organization thinks of him, how they view him,

705
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,199
and whether he'll get a full time shot in the

706
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,280
NHL this season or maybe the following.

707
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,039
Speaker 5: I think the organization is very high on him.

708
00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:49,679
Speaker 4: We saw him.

709
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 5: He got a one game cup of coffee down the

710
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,000
stretch here, didn't obviously no points, didn't have a ton

711
00:38:56,039 --> 00:38:59,079
to show for it, But even in that one game

712
00:38:59,159 --> 00:39:02,400
he got I think he got over fifteen minutes of

713
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,360
ice time. I think that's pretty big for a guy

714
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,360
who has never played in the NHL. I think that

715
00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:12,920
he is again he's a smaller guy. He's not the

716
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:17,280
biggest guy, but he's very talented defensively. In terms of

717
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,000
his role on this team moving forward, I think that

718
00:39:21,199 --> 00:39:25,599
is going to depend a lot on what happens with

719
00:39:25,639 --> 00:39:28,840
the roster around him. You've got guys like Spencer Stassny,

720
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,599
who I think was supposed to get obviously a more

721
00:39:31,639 --> 00:39:34,559
extended look at the NHL level this year. That didn't

722
00:39:34,599 --> 00:39:38,079
happen when he missed all of training camp and dealt

723
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:42,159
with some other issues that kept him from even joining

724
00:39:43,159 --> 00:39:47,360
Milwaukee until December, so that kind of threw wrench in things.

725
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:52,440
You've got guys like Adam Willsby, who is expected to

726
00:39:52,519 --> 00:39:55,119
be a much bigger role player for Nashville next year.

727
00:39:55,519 --> 00:39:57,719
Then he got injured, so we didn't really get to

728
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,079
see a ton of him. You have Mark del Guizo,

729
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,599
who is now after his contract is up. It's looking

730
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:08,880
after the Predators signed Andreas England to a one year deal,

731
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,440
it's looking like del Guizo's not going to be back.

732
00:40:11,559 --> 00:40:13,719
So I think that a lot of it is going

733
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,320
to depend on what they end up doing on the

734
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,079
trade and free agent market. In terms of defenseman, I

735
00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:22,920
think they are looking to get some more size on

736
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,280
the back end. Unfortunately, Ryan off Coo does not really

737
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,280
fit that bill in terms of size, but he does

738
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,480
have a lot to offer, so I think that he's

739
00:40:32,519 --> 00:40:35,400
a guy that they're committed to as being a part

740
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,159
of this organization being a part of the future. But

741
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,360
in terms of what that looks like and how quickly

742
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,639
it happens, I think is going to depend a lot

743
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,079
on what the team does this offseason.

744
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,679
Speaker 2: That's fair, it makes sense. Let's move over to the goalies,

745
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,719
and yes, we do have to talk about the goalies.

746
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,239
The Predators were ranked eighteenth in expected goals against per

747
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,480
sixty two point five four, but they conceded the twenty

748
00:40:59,519 --> 00:41:02,559
eighth ranked actual goals against per game at five to

749
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:07,119
five and at all strengths, it wasn't great. Sorrows has

750
00:41:07,159 --> 00:41:10,199
been a guy who consistently tends to outperform the protection

751
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,679
he's given, and he's been the champion for this small

752
00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:15,360
guy goalie, which there aren't a whole lot of in

753
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,199
the league. Although it was nice to see Dustin Wolfe

754
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,920
join that club this season, but this season for Sorrows

755
00:41:22,039 --> 00:41:26,199
was pretty disappointing. He had negative sixteen point zero six

756
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,880
goal save above expected at even strength at all strengths.

757
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,800
He was a little bit better, but he was not

758
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,280
able to outperform the protection that was offered him was

759
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,760
which was actually a little bit above average at even strength.

760
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,719
For Sorrows Annin certainly wasn't any better he when he

761
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,719
came in. He also struggled quite a bit. So, Emma,

762
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,440
what do you think we can expect from the Nashville

763
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,639
goalies next season. I have been telling people that this

764
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:50,920
is a good bi Low opportunity for Sorrows. I think

765
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,440
he's still a good goalie and as we've been talking about,

766
00:41:54,519 --> 00:41:56,880
everything just went sideways for Nashville this season. But I'm

767
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,079
wondering what your thoughts.

768
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 5: Are one thousand per a great Bilo opportunity for UC

769
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:07,719
Sorrows his contract extension kicks in this year. I think

770
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:13,039
that he is. He is still an exceptional goaltender. He

771
00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:15,480
is the kind of goaltender that, as you said, has

772
00:42:15,519 --> 00:42:19,360
outperformed the protection in front of him in the past. Finally,

773
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,639
after years of doing that, he didn't do it this year,

774
00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:25,239
and so I am willing to give him that. I'm

775
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,719
willing to be like, you know what, you had a

776
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,480
down year and off year. Look at what this team

777
00:42:30,599 --> 00:42:32,880
did or didn't do around him. I think he has

778
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,320
more than earned that. But this is a guy who

779
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:40,800
is capable of stealing games. He in the limited experience

780
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,480
he has had in the playoffs, He's performed very well.

781
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:48,719
I just think that any it really bothered me a

782
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,440
lot of the blame that I saw being placed on

783
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:56,079
sorrows and goaltending for all of the Nashville Predators problems

784
00:42:56,119 --> 00:42:59,559
this year. Does he deserve some of the blame. Of course,

785
00:42:59,639 --> 00:43:01,840
the goalie is the last line of defense. You need

786
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,280
him to be stopping pucks. But I think if you

787
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:08,599
look at just how abysmal the defense was, and even

788
00:43:08,639 --> 00:43:11,039
the defensive play of the forwards. When I say defense,

789
00:43:11,079 --> 00:43:13,800
I mean everybody in front of him, it was so

790
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:18,639
poor this year. When everyone is struggling with the system,

791
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,920
everyone is struggling with chemistry, there's that changes the way

792
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,920
the goaltender sees the game unfold in front of him.

793
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,039
When are guys going to be passing to each other?

794
00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:30,400
When our guys going to be screening? When is this

795
00:43:30,559 --> 00:43:36,360
going to happen? And I just think that he I've

796
00:43:36,559 --> 00:43:39,400
gotten to know Juice very well over the last couple

797
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:44,039
of years, and this was the first year I saw him.

798
00:43:44,199 --> 00:43:47,199
He was the most visibly frustrated I have ever seen him,

799
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,719
which is saying a lot because he is He's a

800
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,519
man of few words, and he's not a super emotional guy.

801
00:43:53,079 --> 00:43:55,679
And I think you saw that from him this year,

802
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,559
which quite honestly, I think was a good thing because

803
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,840
I think that the rest of the team sees that

804
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:02,960
they see this guy who has stood on his head

805
00:44:03,039 --> 00:44:06,880
for them for years and finally now he's starting to

806
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,840
see the struggles. I think it was just a product

807
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:14,679
of the team's overall struggles this year. Goalie stats don't

808
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:18,519
tell you everything. I hate the goalie wins stat. I

809
00:44:18,559 --> 00:44:21,719
think that it means it should mean nothing. I think

810
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:27,639
that looking at everything that went wrong for Nashville this year,

811
00:44:28,119 --> 00:44:31,880
we have no reason to believe that this was a

812
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,440
sign of Of course, people are panicking, Oh no, they've

813
00:44:35,519 --> 00:44:39,280
just signed him to this massive contract extension and now

814
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,079
he's terrible. What have we done? And I really don't

815
00:44:42,119 --> 00:44:45,079
think that's it. I think that he's still he's a

816
00:44:45,079 --> 00:44:50,639
tremendous competitor. He is exceptional. He's explosive, he's so athletic.

817
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,599
He has to be for his size. As you said,

818
00:44:53,639 --> 00:44:56,599
he doesn't cover the net with his body alone. So

819
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,840
he's exceptional at what he does. And I think bringing

820
00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:04,400
and Eustace on and and again, what do you expect

821
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,559
from the way the team played in front of him.

822
00:45:06,599 --> 00:45:08,880
Neither of those guys are going to have exceptional stats

823
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,559
after this year. But I think that the goaltending situation

824
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,119
is in really good shape in Nashville. I personally do

825
00:45:16,199 --> 00:45:19,119
not think it's any more than just a down year

826
00:45:19,199 --> 00:45:22,719
for the entire team. I think that if you look

827
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:28,000
at Sorrows and he's a guy who normally has slower

828
00:45:28,079 --> 00:45:31,239
starts to the season, he actually didn't have that this year.

829
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,199
He actually started very strong, and we thought it's the

830
00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:36,159
rest of the team that's having a slow start, and

831
00:45:36,199 --> 00:45:38,960
then that slow start lasted for eighty two games, but

832
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:43,320
it was I think what you're seeing from the team

833
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:47,679
as a whole, it affected the goaltending. How could it not.

834
00:45:48,159 --> 00:45:51,480
I really don't see. When I'm looking at the biggest

835
00:45:51,519 --> 00:45:54,760
problems facing the Predators right now, and there are a

836
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:57,679
lot of them. Goaltending not even in my top three,

837
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,840
maybe not even in my top five. It's something I'm

838
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:01,760
just not worried about with this team.

839
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 3: All right, Emma, this has been some really great stuff

840
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,800
on the Nashville Predators. I feel more edified and more

841
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,800
optimistic perhaps and more ready I think things will be

842
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,440
bouncing back. And when they do, where should people read

843
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,519
the great coverage that you're going to provide on this

844
00:46:19,599 --> 00:46:20,519
team going forward.

845
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:22,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can.

846
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:27,039
Speaker 5: You can follow me on Twitter Emma Underscore Lingen and

847
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,920
I'll post all my work there, But all my Preds

848
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:33,639
coverage is going to be at the Hockey News Nashville

849
00:46:33,679 --> 00:46:36,119
Predators team site, so you can check it out there

850
00:46:36,159 --> 00:46:36,480
as well.

851
00:46:37,199 --> 00:46:40,679
Speaker 3: Awesome. Thank you so much for coming on and look

852
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:42,280
forward to your coverage in the coming year.

853
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:55,639
Speaker 5: Thank you, Wilson. That's good fired my goodness.

854
00:46:54,920 --> 00:47:02,079
Speaker 3: With a quick grab. Now it's your wingley goalie talk.

855
00:47:02,159 --> 00:47:05,199
But Kat Silverman, Kat's instincts.

856
00:47:04,679 --> 00:47:07,519
Speaker 2: Once again, with Kat's instincts. With Kat Silverman in Gold

857
00:47:07,519 --> 00:47:13,239
mag we're talking Nashville Predator goalies and it's not great here, Kat,

858
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:16,000
it's not great. We gotta be real here and we're

859
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,039
gonna start with Matt Murray. No, not that one, the

860
00:47:18,079 --> 00:47:21,480
other one who is twenty seven years old. This was

861
00:47:21,559 --> 00:47:24,119
the goalie who six one and ninety four pounds. He

862
00:47:24,159 --> 00:47:28,000
was in the Dallas system. He was playing at UMass

863
00:47:28,039 --> 00:47:29,960
In College for a few years. He was playing mainly

864
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,079
with the Texas Stars and then he got a couple

865
00:47:33,079 --> 00:47:34,880
of games with the Dallas Stars. But then this past

866
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,280
season he's been in the Nashville Predators organization. Great numbers,

867
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,400
forty three games with the Milwaukee aard Moerals, nine thirty

868
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:46,599
two say percentage two point seven GAA pretty decent, pretty

869
00:47:46,639 --> 00:47:49,760
decent there. Obviously, they lost the scar off in their

870
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,800
pool now and Sorrows just had not the best year.

871
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:57,599
So I don't know how realistic this Matt Murray project

872
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:59,440
is for them. But what do you think about? What

873
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,400
are your instincts tell us about Matthew Murray.

874
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,039
Speaker 4: I don't really know what's going on there. I thought

875
00:48:04,039 --> 00:48:06,880
he looked really good. I watched a little bit of

876
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:13,480
their overall sort of I don't know. I was watching

877
00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:15,760
some of his highlights. I was watching some of his games,

878
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:21,039
and he looks good. I have no idea what Nashville's doing. They,

879
00:48:21,199 --> 00:48:23,519
like you said, they ended their They're a scar Off

880
00:48:23,519 --> 00:48:27,320
project before it got started. They decided to bring in

881
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,000
Justice A Noonan, who I was really excited to see

882
00:48:31,039 --> 00:48:34,480
getting a fresh start. He is not having a great year.

883
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,800
Desorrows did not have a great year. Scott Wedgewood, who

884
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,719
got a couple of games for them, who seems to

885
00:48:41,039 --> 00:48:43,960
travel with Matt Murray there because they both moved from Dallas.

886
00:48:44,679 --> 00:48:49,119
He also did not have a great year, So I

887
00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:52,000
don't know. Matt Murray. Do we refer to him as

888
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:57,280
Matthew Murray to differentiate him from the other Matt Murray,

889
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:01,239
but we could just say Matthew m Stanley cup the

890
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:04,039
non Stanley Matthew Murray there. Yeah, he looked good at

891
00:49:04,039 --> 00:49:07,599
the AHL level, but there's no real spot for him

892
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:11,480
at the NHL level unless they think that Anunan did

893
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:15,280
not do well enough to warrant continue being Sarros' backup.

894
00:49:16,199 --> 00:49:18,639
And it seems like Sorrows likes to be in an

895
00:49:18,679 --> 00:49:22,079
all finished tandem, so I don't know if that's what

896
00:49:22,119 --> 00:49:25,880
they're trying to do there. So I don't know. We

897
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:27,400
will see with that one.

898
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think that an Nan did much too

899
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,280
engender any kind of confidence with continuing with him, So

900
00:49:36,519 --> 00:49:38,599
maybe they do give Murray a little bit of a shot.

901
00:49:38,599 --> 00:49:41,719
We'll have to wait and see. But let's move on

902
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,480
to the other guy we're going to talk about, and

903
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,960
this is Magnus Crona. He was great back at the

904
00:49:46,039 --> 00:49:48,719
University of Denver, won a national title. There was really

905
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:51,199
strong program. He was drafted by the Lightning, never signed,

906
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,679
and then went to the San Jose organization of the

907
00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:56,519
last couple of season, and now he's with Nashville, and

908
00:49:56,559 --> 00:49:59,360
he was decent with the Milwaukee Admirals. He is a

909
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,800
big goalies six two hundred and sixteen pounds. The Hockey

910
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:06,719
Prospecting Model has him up to a thirty percent chance

911
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,159
of being an NHLer, but it also listened as a bust.

912
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:11,960
So how do you reconcile all that you tell us, Kat?

913
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:13,639
What do your instincts tell us about Corona?

914
00:50:14,559 --> 00:50:19,559
Speaker 4: I obviously I will never see Magnus Crona without hearing

915
00:50:20,159 --> 00:50:24,119
Magnus Crona with the Humagnus five hole, which was said

916
00:50:24,159 --> 00:50:31,280
by his at least drafty buddy in a Tampa Bay

917
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,039
at one of their one of their development camps. But

918
00:50:35,119 --> 00:50:38,800
I don't know. I thought the Sharks gave up on

919
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,159
him a little early because they do need to have

920
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:43,840
bodies in their system. And I don't really know where

921
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:47,480
he fits within the Nashville system because I really don't

922
00:50:47,519 --> 00:50:51,559
know what Nashville's doing there. I think he looks a

923
00:50:51,639 --> 00:50:57,079
little slow. I think Matthew Murray is a little bit

924
00:50:57,480 --> 00:50:59,559
more concise with his movements. I think he's a little

925
00:50:59,559 --> 00:51:02,639
bit Chris. I think he's got slightly better reads. But

926
00:51:02,679 --> 00:51:05,559
Magnus Crona is really big, so I'm sure he will

927
00:51:05,599 --> 00:51:11,159
continue to get chances. And he's young, he really that

928
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:13,920
was only his second year of playing pro hockey, and

929
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,480
the first year was within the San Jose system. And

930
00:51:16,519 --> 00:51:19,280
they're not a team that's having a lot of fun

931
00:51:20,039 --> 00:51:22,079
over the last couple of years, although I would say

932
00:51:22,119 --> 00:51:26,800
they're out of the darkest of it. Maybe we'll see.

933
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:30,000
I don't know. I think Magnus Crono is not a

934
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:32,840
blue chip prospect by any stretch, but I don't think

935
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,960
anyone in the Nashville system is. So I think they're

936
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,159
a team that needs to draft a goalie, but they

937
00:51:38,199 --> 00:51:39,639
did that in the last couple of years and then

938
00:51:39,639 --> 00:51:42,360
they traded him away, so we'll see how that goes.

939
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,840
Speaker 2: I was gonna say, I know a big blue chip

940
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:50,880
goalie that they had system, But all right, we will

941
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,519
start harping on that decision. Predator's fans, thanks so much,

942
00:51:54,599 --> 00:51:58,440
Kat for giving us your instincts on the Nashville Predator goalies.

943
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 3: Of course, will be back right after this digs the

944
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:23,639
Dynasty DIGSDYO. It is the Nashville Predators edition of the

945
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,880
Dynasty dig. The Preds, as you heard in the first segment,

946
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:29,760
are loading up for this year. Didn't have much lottery look,

947
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:32,639
but they'll be drafted five, twenty three, and twenty six

948
00:52:32,679 --> 00:52:36,960
in that first round, and those prospects will be added

949
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:38,639
to are no brainer. Who is it.

950
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:44,920
Speaker 2: No brainer is matthew Wood. Matthew would twenty twenty three,

951
00:52:45,079 --> 00:52:49,000
fifteenth overall pick, sixty four, two and five pounds. He's

952
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:52,400
had a bit of an interesting trajectory. He has been

953
00:52:52,679 --> 00:52:55,360
in the NCAA since his draft season. He had a

954
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,440
really good draft season at University Connecticut and he stayed

955
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,519
there for the following year went down little bit, so

956
00:53:00,519 --> 00:53:02,239
it took a little bit of dip in his development,

957
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:05,119
and then he transferred the University of Minnesota, where he

958
00:53:05,159 --> 00:53:08,519
had a pretty fantastic season. Again, point per game thirty

959
00:53:08,599 --> 00:53:12,920
nine points and thirty nine games was pretty awesome, and

960
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,039
he did get into a few NHL games half a dozen,

961
00:53:16,159 --> 00:53:18,960
got one assist at the end of the season, so

962
00:53:19,079 --> 00:53:23,400
that was cool. His evolving hockey metrics look pretty neutral,

963
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:26,320
pretty average, what you would expect for someone with sixty

964
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:31,000
three even strength minutes, very limited sample size. Looking at

965
00:53:31,039 --> 00:53:35,719
his Mitch Brown tracking data, it looks pretty awesome at Minnesota.

966
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:40,039
He overall looks like a really solid player. Transition good, excellent,

967
00:53:40,119 --> 00:53:43,280
ninety fourth percentile offense, eighty eight, defense just sixty one.

968
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,400
But that's not necessarily his calling card. Looking at his

969
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:49,880
Fantasy Hockey Life player card, I have him hat a

970
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,719
twenty four percent chance of being a six out of ten,

971
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:57,079
where his shots are excellent one hundred percentile his hits.

972
00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:58,679
Even though he's known as a bit of a his

973
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:01,760
physical player, he's only fifth two percentile for hits and

974
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,440
seventy percent out for blocks. But overall his bash should

975
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,559
be quite excellent at ninetieth percentile. But we want to

976
00:54:08,639 --> 00:54:10,599
learn a little bit more about Matthew Woods, so we're

977
00:54:10,599 --> 00:54:13,519
going to turn this over to our Fantasy Hockey Life Scout.

978
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 3: And our FHL Scout this edition is Chris Collier. Here's

979
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:22,119
what he has to say about Matthew Wood. The skating, Well,

980
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:24,840
it doesn't have a great take on that. I thinks

981
00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:28,280
it's a bit poor lumbering skating stance, lack speed, particularly

982
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,840
for a winger, prefers gliding while digging rather than handling

983
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,960
the pocket full speed. He takes wide looping turns when

984
00:54:35,079 --> 00:54:38,920
changing direction, which often delays his back checking efforts. But

985
00:54:39,079 --> 00:54:42,400
despite the overall skating limitations, Wood is effective in the

986
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:47,719
backcheck and demonstrates solid backwards skating ability. Says Collier, below

987
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:51,440
average passing and handling attempts too many week passes resulting

988
00:54:51,639 --> 00:54:54,480
in turnovers. Rarely makes the final high risk pass that

989
00:54:54,559 --> 00:54:58,239
leads to a goal. He favors safer possession, maintaining plays

990
00:54:58,679 --> 00:55:03,079
on the upside, good buck handler those skating limits his effectiveness.

991
00:55:03,119 --> 00:55:06,239
He recovers well from poorly placed passes e g. Into

992
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:10,239
his skates and quickly corrals rebounds for shots. He uses

993
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,519
his size effectively to shield the puck, keeps defenders at

994
00:55:13,519 --> 00:55:17,320
bay and Matthew Wood is a strong backhand passer for

995
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:21,039
shooting good better as an instinctual shooter than a calculated one.

996
00:55:21,119 --> 00:55:25,360
Quicker releases yield better results. Wood is ineffective as a

997
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:29,159
transition shooter, but dangerous when trailing the play. He lacks power,

998
00:55:29,199 --> 00:55:32,480
but compensates with a quick release and ability to shoot

999
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:37,559
from unconventional angles. His hesitation leads to blocked or missshots,

1000
00:55:38,199 --> 00:55:41,199
but on the other hand, Wood excels at smashing rebounds

1001
00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:43,320
and deflecting pucks in front of the net. He's a

1002
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:46,480
strong backhand shooter, and he frequently scores on one timers

1003
00:55:46,519 --> 00:55:49,400
with one knee on the ice, a signature move for Wood.

1004
00:55:50,199 --> 00:55:52,719
The IQ Chris is going to put it at about average.

1005
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:55,599
He prefers simple, safe passes over high risk plays. He's

1006
00:55:55,599 --> 00:55:59,079
willing to attempt crosscrease passes on the power play, but

1007
00:55:59,119 --> 00:56:02,639
avoids high risks passes at even strength on the upside,

1008
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,519
excellent at drifting into soft spots behind a play or

1009
00:56:05,519 --> 00:56:09,320
in transition for one timer opportunities. He's a strong net

1010
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:12,840
front presence, though his lack of physicality despite his size

1011
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,400
could hinder him in the NHL, and he thrives on

1012
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:18,440
the power play, leveraging extra time and space to make

1013
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:23,480
decisive plays for checking below averager limited lack of speed

1014
00:56:23,519 --> 00:56:27,440
and agility severely limits his fore checking potential, likely best

1015
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:30,320
suited as an F three on the four check, but

1016
00:56:30,599 --> 00:56:36,159
the strong instincts for triggering his presses effectively on defense

1017
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:38,599
sheltered as an offensive winger thus far in his career.

1018
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:42,119
Skating and lack of physicality may expose him defensively against

1019
00:56:42,199 --> 00:56:46,880
NHL caliber opponents slow recovery from turnovers. On the other hand,

1020
00:56:47,199 --> 00:56:50,320
he's safe and positionally sound. Chris says he rarely makes

1021
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:54,320
glaring mistakes, uses his size to reach to and reach

1022
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:57,559
the clogg laying stick check in disrupt puck carriers. He's

1023
00:56:57,599 --> 00:57:01,159
reliable in coverage, filling gaps when needed. The best asset

1024
00:57:01,159 --> 00:57:04,480
for matthew Wood shot in size. The biggest concern lack

1025
00:57:04,599 --> 00:57:08,119
of play driving ability. The top tier outcome that Chris

1026
00:57:08,159 --> 00:57:11,199
can foresee is a fringe tier two forward, a first

1027
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:13,840
or second line winger on the power Play one thirty

1028
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:16,119
five goals thirty five assists with low heads and blocks

1029
00:57:16,159 --> 00:57:18,800
but high shot volume. That's because the shot and frame

1030
00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:21,599
give him immediate offensive upside, and if he improves his

1031
00:57:21,599 --> 00:57:23,679
skating and learns how to use his size, he could

1032
00:57:23,679 --> 00:57:27,760
become a top six power play specialist. The median outcome

1033
00:57:28,239 --> 00:57:30,480
about a tier three forward or a little less middle

1034
00:57:30,519 --> 00:57:33,239
six winger on the power Play two projection would be

1035
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:37,119
twenty five goals twenty assists that type of thing, and

1036
00:57:37,159 --> 00:57:40,159
that's even without significant improvement. If he can just be

1037
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:43,400
what he is now is powerplay proficiency ensures a decent

1038
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:46,480
scoring floor could rotate between Powerplay one as a secondary

1039
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,239
option or fourth forward and power Play two in the

1040
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:54,000
stylistic comparable. James Van Riemsdyke the overall thoughts. Chris has

1041
00:57:54,159 --> 00:57:57,039
is a high floor, high ceiling prospect, as Matthew Would.

1042
00:57:57,079 --> 00:58:00,159
A twenty is already debuted, showcasing a six four, two

1043
00:58:00,199 --> 00:58:03,760
hundred five pound frame. He's still growing into trajectory mirrors.

1044
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:07,920
Jvrs a goalscoring NetFront power play specialist who may need

1045
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:13,599
defensive sheltering if his skating doesn't progress. Our friend Mason Black,

1046
00:58:13,639 --> 00:58:17,599
the NHL Rank King, an Ultimate Tidy champion, put himself

1047
00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:23,639
out this poll Matthew Wood versus Colby Barlow Winnipeg Jets,

1048
00:58:24,039 --> 00:58:29,159
and Matthew Would sixty to forty percent is judged the

1049
00:58:29,199 --> 00:58:32,400
winner in this victor. Are you awarding Matthew Wood the

1050
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,239
crown over Colby Barlow?

1051
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so. I think that's pretty accurate. Actually,

1052
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:42,199
I would rather have Wood. Barlow has been interesting. He

1053
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:45,400
was taken back in the first round, same draft, just

1054
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:48,960
a few spots later, and he's been good for Oshua.

1055
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,519
He was traded there this year after playing for Owen

1056
00:58:52,599 --> 00:58:55,880
Sound last couple and he was really solid in the

1057
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:58,360
playoffs again, helped them get all the way to the

1058
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:01,159
OHL Final. As a they were already a strong team,

1059
00:59:01,519 --> 00:59:03,880
but I just haven't. You haven't seen a lot of

1060
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:06,840
the growth in the scoring from Barlow. You've seen a

1061
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:10,679
stagnation or even regression, as it may be, even though

1062
00:59:10,679 --> 00:59:13,760
his playoffs were pretty incredible. I'm just not sure that

1063
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:16,400
all that scoring is going to translate. I have some

1064
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:18,840
similar concerns about Wood, but I think I have more

1065
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:21,239
faith in that. I really like the JVR comp The

1066
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:23,679
thing you still see when you watch Matthew Wood is

1067
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:29,280
he looks around the ice, but in those corners, in

1068
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:33,559
those NetFront battles, in those certain situations, when he has good,

1069
00:59:33,559 --> 00:59:36,519
complimentary pieces around him, he can be really excellent. So

1070
00:59:36,599 --> 00:59:38,880
I like the thought of being the F three. I

1071
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:40,920
don't think he's not going to be the burner for checker.

1072
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:42,960
He's not going to be the one pressing for turnovers.

1073
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:45,079
But he's got a really long reach and a good

1074
00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:47,559
stick and a good and a big body, so he

1075
00:59:47,599 --> 00:59:49,920
can do some of those things really well. He just

1076
00:59:50,119 --> 00:59:52,079
is not going to be able to do all of

1077
00:59:52,119 --> 00:59:54,599
the for checking things, and he doesn't have the speed

1078
00:59:55,079 --> 00:59:58,039
or separation to usually get breakaways those kinds of things.

1079
00:59:58,039 --> 00:59:59,679
But I think i'd much rather have him. I like

1080
00:59:59,719 --> 01:00:02,519
the boring upside. I like what he's continued to do

1081
01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:06,280
in college. He should get a good shot at the

1082
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:08,880
NHL next year, but most likely it'll be in the AHL,

1083
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:11,480
and then we'll see how well he can do this

1084
01:00:11,599 --> 01:00:16,000
against bigger, stronger, faster competition, because he's always been much

1085
01:00:16,039 --> 01:00:18,800
bigger than the competition, but it will be less so

1086
01:00:19,239 --> 01:00:22,599
in the AHL, so that'll be a good test for him.

1087
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,599
It's interesting looking at the hockey prospecting between these two.

1088
01:00:25,599 --> 01:00:30,320
They're pretty darn similar actually, and Matthew Wood just had

1089
01:00:30,360 --> 01:00:33,679
a little bit stronger D plus two, which is the

1090
01:00:33,679 --> 01:00:37,639
season they're both in right now production, but the draft

1091
01:00:37,639 --> 01:00:40,800
season the D plus zero were actually exactly the same

1092
01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:44,559
in terms of both star potential and NHL are probability.

1093
01:00:44,599 --> 01:00:48,199
It was just this last season where they both decline,

1094
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:51,440
but would decline a little bit less, and so that

1095
01:00:53,039 --> 01:00:56,440
kind of fits with what I'm saying. I did mention

1096
01:00:56,519 --> 01:00:58,840
earlier that I have Wood at a six point twenty four.

1097
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,119
I have Barlow out a five point five, so just

1098
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:04,480
very small percentage chance of being just an average player

1099
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:08,559
on your roster. So he's pretty you could read that

1100
01:01:08,599 --> 01:01:11,719
as he's also pretty likely to be below that and

1101
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:14,239
his bash is actually pretty good too, a lot of shots,

1102
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:16,519
a bit more hits than would which is surprising, but

1103
01:01:16,599 --> 01:01:19,360
not as many blocks. So the bash is going to

1104
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:23,679
be comparable most likely. I mentioned I like the Jbar.

1105
01:01:24,119 --> 01:01:26,119
The other comps that is in here in the hockey

1106
01:01:26,199 --> 01:01:30,199
prospecting model is Dustin Mercer. Just in terms of the

1107
01:01:30,239 --> 01:01:33,480
probability of being an NHL er and star and what

1108
01:01:33,519 --> 01:01:36,119
the production might be like, I think he probably has

1109
01:01:36,159 --> 01:01:38,239
the upside to score a little more and be more

1110
01:01:38,239 --> 01:01:42,199
offensive than Mercer. He'll probably be used in a different situation.

1111
01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:44,559
We've mentioned on the show before that Mercer is almost

1112
01:01:44,559 --> 01:01:46,960
too versatile for his own good because he can be

1113
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,440
moved up and down the lineup and put in different situations.

1114
01:01:50,039 --> 01:01:51,960
I don't really think that's the case for Wood. He's

1115
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:55,400
going to have to have a very specific situation. Chris

1116
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,840
mentioned first or second line winger. I think that's where

1117
01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:00,199
he needs to live. He's got all the tools, he

1118
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:03,679
just needs someone else to open up space and get

1119
01:02:03,719 --> 01:02:06,239
the passes. And Mercer is the kind of guy who

1120
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:08,360
can do a lot of those things himself and doesn't

1121
01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:11,760
need to be in an isolated role. So in fantasy

1122
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:14,920
that might work much better for Wood, but the production

1123
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:19,039
is where that might be comparable. Looking at the top

1124
01:02:19,039 --> 01:02:21,960
down hockey model, Wood is a fourteen percent chance being

1125
01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:24,079
a star, sixty two percent chance of being an NHL

1126
01:02:24,079 --> 01:02:28,159
are so pretty strong stats there. He's fortieth in that

1127
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:32,320
data set. So overall, things are still looking pretty good

1128
01:02:32,360 --> 01:02:35,039
for Wood and it'll be interesting to see what his

1129
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:40,920
a HL professional transition looks like. And overall, definitely someone

1130
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:42,000
I'd like to have on my team.

1131
01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:47,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, very good. I've never been accused of being

1132
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:50,079
two versatile for my own good, but I'm glad that

1133
01:02:50,199 --> 01:02:52,800
Matthew Wood is in that position. Victor, who's next? Who's

1134
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:55,599
our need to know prospect need to know?

1135
01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:59,360
Speaker 2: Is Yoakum Kimmel twenty twenty two to seventeenth overall pick five,

1136
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:02,960
eleven hundred eighty three pounds. Forty points in fifty six

1137
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:06,400
games with Milwaukee this year, and then he's almost a

1138
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:09,159
point per game. In the playoffs, he had eight points

1139
01:03:09,159 --> 01:03:12,639
in ten games. This was his second HL season. He

1140
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:16,840
had pretty similar numbers last year and also had another

1141
01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:20,639
strong playoffs, so overall he's had some really we heard

1142
01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:24,360
a little discussion with him above from Emma because he

1143
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:27,519
did have two NHL games really seems like he's ready

1144
01:03:27,559 --> 01:03:30,159
to make the next step, get the opportunity. I don't

1145
01:03:30,199 --> 01:03:32,760
quite understand why he didn't play more. As bad as

1146
01:03:32,840 --> 01:03:35,519
Nashville was, there wasn't too much reason I didn't think

1147
01:03:35,559 --> 01:03:38,199
to give him more of an opportunity. But he did

1148
01:03:38,239 --> 01:03:41,239
get two games. In his very minimal number of games

1149
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,679
or minutes in the NHL, he had a pretty minimal

1150
01:03:43,719 --> 01:03:47,760
impact in terms of his underlying stats. Looking at the

1151
01:03:47,840 --> 01:03:50,079
FHL player card, I have him at a six point

1152
01:03:50,119 --> 01:03:52,760
twenty five twenty five percent chance of being a six

1153
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:58,360
out of ten, and that's decent, not the biggest percentage.

1154
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:03,039
Looking at his bash, it's actually seventieth percentile overall, and

1155
01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:05,360
all of them are just a little bit above average.

1156
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:08,000
The shots, hits, and blocks are all above average, but

1157
01:04:08,039 --> 01:04:10,159
none of them are exceptional. His hits are actually his

1158
01:04:10,239 --> 01:04:12,960
best part at eightieth percentile. Now, I remember this is

1159
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:15,719
in the AHL, so a lot of times guys look

1160
01:04:16,039 --> 01:04:18,119
exceptional in junior and then they get to the HL

1161
01:04:18,199 --> 01:04:20,559
and all of these numbers completely crater out. So it's

1162
01:04:20,599 --> 01:04:26,280
actually pretty solid projection that kim Al has these good

1163
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:28,159
of numbers in the AHL. So I think a lot

1164
01:04:28,159 --> 01:04:30,639
of that can probably continue. But let's hear a little

1165
01:04:30,639 --> 01:04:33,119
bit more about you can Kimmel from AVHL.

1166
01:04:32,639 --> 01:04:36,880
Speaker 3: Scout Jokim Kimmel. Chris has this to say for the

1167
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:41,320
skating good strong edgework acceleration allow him to create separation

1168
01:04:41,639 --> 01:04:45,480
Andy's agile and small spaces. On the minus side, he

1169
01:04:45,559 --> 01:04:48,880
lacks the top end speed. Passing and handling average very

1170
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:52,159
good hand eye coordination, often using to stick to bat

1171
01:04:52,199 --> 01:04:54,719
the puck down for a shot or pass Andy the

1172
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:58,840
spray displayed some impressive deaking ability. On the other hand,

1173
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,480
he lacks creativity is passer tends to opt for load

1174
01:05:01,559 --> 01:05:06,559
danger shots instead of distributing effectively. For shooting an elite

1175
01:05:06,599 --> 01:05:09,840
one timer with scoring threat from nearly any distance, excellent

1176
01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:12,679
shot off the tow drag, hard, powerful wrist shots with

1177
01:05:12,719 --> 01:05:15,719
fluid release, but he takes some low percentage shots that

1178
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:19,559
may not translate well against NHL goaltending. The overall verdict

1179
01:05:19,599 --> 01:05:24,480
from Chris very good in this category. IQ like vision, anticipation,

1180
01:05:24,599 --> 01:05:28,280
panic poise is good. He's got a strong off puck presence.

1181
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:31,320
He stays in open ice and crashes the net selectively

1182
01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:36,039
rebound scrumps, and when a teammate has possession behind the net.

1183
01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:39,159
He skates with his head up, maintaining awareness. He uses

1184
01:05:39,239 --> 01:05:42,960
shot threat to manipulate defenders and create passing lines. He's

1185
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:45,679
good at shooting for rebounds and deflections. A large number

1186
01:05:45,679 --> 01:05:48,679
of his assists come in this manner. He's excellent at

1187
01:05:48,719 --> 01:05:53,719
drawing penalties for ford checking, above average effective when engaging

1188
01:05:53,760 --> 01:05:58,119
in board battles. High motor, but he lacks explosive closing speed.

1189
01:05:58,159 --> 01:06:02,559
He needs positioning advantage to pressure his opposition for defense.

1190
01:06:03,039 --> 01:06:06,719
Slightly below average physical for his size, delivers explosive hits

1191
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:10,079
along the boards, but relies on stick checks in open ice.

1192
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,599
He's strong and puck battles along the boards. Anticipation helps

1193
01:06:13,679 --> 01:06:17,880
him intercept passes and disrupt crosscrease plays. He can get

1194
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:21,039
caught flat footed and slow to react, struggles against bigger

1195
01:06:21,039 --> 01:06:24,360
players when defending the crease, and occasionally loses defensive focus,

1196
01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:28,239
sometimes cheating toward the neutral zone to jumpstart the rush.

1197
01:06:28,440 --> 01:06:31,159
So the best asset here for Kemmel is the shot

1198
01:06:31,239 --> 01:06:33,760
and Chris is. The biggest concern is defense. While not

1199
01:06:33,800 --> 01:06:37,079
outright poor, his defensive game lacks the refinement needed for

1200
01:06:37,159 --> 01:06:41,679
consistent NHL success. The top tier outcome that Chris can

1201
01:06:41,719 --> 01:06:44,320
see is tier two a top line winger power play one,

1202
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:48,519
thirty five goals, forty assists on high shot and hit volume.

1203
01:06:49,119 --> 01:06:52,039
That's because he's already a consistent offensive contributor and a

1204
01:06:52,079 --> 01:06:55,519
goal scorer. With defensive improvements and a slight playmaking growth,

1205
01:06:55,519 --> 01:06:57,719
he can become a bona fide top line winger and

1206
01:06:57,800 --> 01:07:01,719
consistent goal scoring threat. The media outcome tier three middle

1207
01:07:01,719 --> 01:07:05,079
six winger like Powerplay one or two with twenty five goals,

1208
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:09,800
thirty assis, high shot in average hit volume. That would

1209
01:07:09,840 --> 01:07:13,519
be if defensive issues persist, it could lead to him

1210
01:07:13,519 --> 01:07:16,599
becoming a sheltered wing score and power play specialist. The

1211
01:07:16,679 --> 01:07:21,440
stylistic comparable, Chris chooses Victor Arbitson, a tenacious, shoot first

1212
01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:25,360
winger with powerplay upside. Chris's final thoughts here. The elite

1213
01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:29,559
shooting and offensive instincts give Kemmel top six upside, but

1214
01:07:29,599 --> 01:07:32,480
his defensive game needs polished to avoid a specialist role.

1215
01:07:32,800 --> 01:07:35,199
His floor is a middle six power play weapon, while

1216
01:07:35,239 --> 01:07:37,559
his ceiling is a thirty five plus goal score. If

1217
01:07:37,599 --> 01:07:41,920
he rounds out Play and Mason Black, The NHL ranking

1218
01:07:42,239 --> 01:07:46,840
put Jokin Kemmel versus Nate Danielson and Kemmel comes out

1219
01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:51,400
on top fifty eight to forty two percent. Victor. Seems

1220
01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:54,119
like last year after the draft was the last year

1221
01:07:54,119 --> 01:07:56,719
after the draft whenever he was drafted. We talked about

1222
01:07:56,760 --> 01:08:00,400
Daniels on like five straight episodes, But now kem is

1223
01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:02,840
coming out ahead of him. At this point, what do

1224
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,719
you think of him as the winner over Danielson.

1225
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:09,559
Speaker 2: We sure did talk about Danielson a lot, the karate

1226
01:08:09,679 --> 01:08:14,199
kid Danielle Son. It was, it was really fun. I

1227
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:16,079
do think I would agree with the way that this

1228
01:08:16,159 --> 01:08:18,640
came out fifty eight percent. I think it's relatively close.

1229
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:21,520
That might surprise some people. I was always a bit

1230
01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:25,079
low on Nay Danielson, just because not because I thought

1231
01:08:25,079 --> 01:08:26,560
he was a bad player, just because I thought that

1232
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:29,880
he'd be a good player that was just middle to

1233
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:33,079
bottom six and not necessarily a huge score. But I

1234
01:08:33,079 --> 01:08:34,880
have to say I was pretty impressed with his pro

1235
01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:37,319
transition this year. I'm sure we'll talk about him in

1236
01:08:37,319 --> 01:08:39,840
the Detroit episode, but thirty nine points in seventy one

1237
01:08:39,880 --> 01:08:42,560
AHL games is nothing to sneeze at. Over half point

1238
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:45,800
per game in his first NHL season. I remember he

1239
01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:49,720
is a very early birthday, so he's been twenty. This

1240
01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:53,600
entire season turns twenty one on September twenty seven, so

1241
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:57,640
it's a bit easier to manage that first HL season

1242
01:08:57,680 --> 01:08:59,560
when you're a bit on the older side. But don't

1243
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:01,359
take any away from him. I think it's still a

1244
01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:04,680
really strong performance and it did open my eyes a

1245
01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:06,760
little bit to maybe he does have a little bit

1246
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:08,560
more to get. Sometimes these guys that are just so

1247
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:12,119
solid overall for all them to leverage that into a

1248
01:09:12,159 --> 01:09:15,319
bit more scoring than you would have expected. Overall, though,

1249
01:09:15,560 --> 01:09:18,880
I still think that I would want Kemmel because I

1250
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:22,520
think he has a little bit more scoring and in

1251
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:27,279
his first full AHL season he outscored Danielson by a

1252
01:09:27,279 --> 01:09:30,640
decent margin, so I still think that boswell for him.

1253
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,720
And he was similar age but younger on the twenty side,

1254
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,159
and his first Agel action was as a teenager, So

1255
01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:40,279
I do think that all this points to Kamal being

1256
01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:42,479
someone that you want a little bit more. Plus I

1257
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:46,039
think that he it's really time for Kamal. He needs

1258
01:09:46,039 --> 01:09:49,720
to show now that he's an NHLer, he's had enough

1259
01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:54,279
AHL time, and so I definitely would lean that way,

1260
01:09:54,479 --> 01:09:57,399
although I wouldn't be upset with having Danielsen with that

1261
01:09:57,479 --> 01:10:02,279
he showed this past season. Looking at the hockey prospecting

1262
01:10:02,319 --> 01:10:06,800
between the two, it's pretty interesting that they both Famel

1263
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,439
has a pretty big up and down. He was drafted

1264
01:10:09,479 --> 01:10:12,960
the year before Danielson and he's peaked at his draft

1265
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:15,520
plus one season and with his lego production, he's trying

1266
01:10:15,520 --> 01:10:17,960
to down since then. But he finished. He graduated the

1267
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:20,199
model this year at eighteen percent chance of being a star,

1268
01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:23,399
so that's pretty solid fifty to fifty coin flip of

1269
01:10:23,399 --> 01:10:25,840
being an NHLer. But I think that there's probably more

1270
01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:28,479
chance than not that he will stick in the NHL,

1271
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:32,800
especially with the options that Nashville has, and Danielsen has

1272
01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:35,319
really just trended down since twenty two percent chance of

1273
01:10:35,319 --> 01:10:37,600
being a star as a draft eligible all the way

1274
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:40,239
down to five percent, so even with that pretty good

1275
01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:44,159
HL production, so it's a little bit more pessimistic on Danielson.

1276
01:10:44,279 --> 01:10:47,319
So the Hockey Prospecting definitely agrees with that. I have

1277
01:10:47,439 --> 01:10:49,960
Danielson at a five point two two twenty two percent

1278
01:10:50,039 --> 01:10:53,880
chance of being at five in my model, and Kimmel

1279
01:10:54,039 --> 01:10:57,039
was six point twenty five, So definitely a bit more

1280
01:10:57,119 --> 01:10:59,960
optimistic that Kimmel is going to be a strong conjurer

1281
01:11:00,359 --> 01:11:03,680
to your leagues, and I mentioned that he had pretty

1282
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:07,600
average bash. Danielsen never was the biggest basher and his

1283
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:11,680
hits blocks are all pretty low. They're well below average,

1284
01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:15,359
and his shots are just average. So overall Danielson's probably

1285
01:11:15,399 --> 01:11:18,720
gonna be average to below average in terms of their bash.

1286
01:11:19,319 --> 01:11:23,960
You mentioned that Arvidson could be a good comp for Kamal.

1287
01:11:24,039 --> 01:11:26,039
I don't hate that. I think that's pretty reasonable. He

1288
01:11:26,079 --> 01:11:28,640
definitely is a shoot first kind of winger. I think

1289
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:30,920
he's got some similar attributes to in terms of the

1290
01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:34,640
speed and tenacity he's They're both a little bit undersized.

1291
01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:37,880
Kamel's a little bit bigger, but overall I think that's

1292
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:40,479
a good comp. Another comp in the hockey prospecting model

1293
01:11:40,520 --> 01:11:43,479
is Toyvo Teravinan. They're both fins. Terre Vinen took a

1294
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:47,840
little bit to become highly valuable in fantasy and then

1295
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:49,600
he's been up and down since then, and I feel

1296
01:11:49,640 --> 01:11:52,840
like Kimel might have a similar trajectory to terra Vinen,

1297
01:11:52,920 --> 01:11:55,119
So I think that kind of fits as well. And

1298
01:11:55,199 --> 01:11:57,600
it depends a lot on the deployment, which is true

1299
01:11:57,600 --> 01:12:00,560
for a lot of people, but some star prospers they're

1300
01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:02,239
the guy you want, doesn't matter who they're playing with.

1301
01:12:02,319 --> 01:12:04,399
I don't think Kamel is going to be quite like that.

1302
01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:06,800
I think he'll need a little bit more support, which

1303
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:08,520
is okay, we all need a little support every now

1304
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:11,680
and then, Jesse. And in terms of the Top Down

1305
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:14,600
Hockey Model, nine percent chance of being a star for Kamel,

1306
01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:18,560
sixty percent chance of being an NHLer, So not super exciting.

1307
01:12:18,640 --> 01:12:21,640
He ranked sixty first in this data set and not

1308
01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:25,000
the biggest endorsement, but also could be worse. This model

1309
01:12:25,039 --> 01:12:28,079
tends to be pretty pessimistic on guys, So I'm really

1310
01:12:28,119 --> 01:12:29,880
excited to see what happens with the Kamal this year.

1311
01:12:29,880 --> 01:12:32,359
I really think he should get a shot and it's

1312
01:12:32,399 --> 01:12:34,119
time for him to take hold of it. And so

1313
01:12:34,479 --> 01:12:36,159
he's the kind of guy that if you're in a

1314
01:12:36,239 --> 01:12:38,960
league where you're competing, having him on your roster when

1315
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:40,439
you can flex him up and down, like now is

1316
01:12:40,479 --> 01:12:42,479
the time. He should really get that opportunity now, and

1317
01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:43,520
so I'm excited to see that.

1318
01:12:44,720 --> 01:12:48,079
Speaker 3: And another guy who already made his debut in the

1319
01:12:48,239 --> 01:12:50,840
NHL last year, They keep your eye prospect Victor Who

1320
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:51,119
is it?

1321
01:12:52,279 --> 01:12:55,520
Speaker 2: Ryan Ufko? Listeners of this podcast for a while well, no,

1322
01:12:55,640 --> 01:12:58,720
I'm a big fan of UFCO and I couldn't help

1323
01:12:58,760 --> 01:13:01,640
myself but ask him about him, because I really want

1324
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:04,760
to know what the hex call with someone who I've

1325
01:13:05,199 --> 01:13:09,760
really wanted to get a shot earlier. He has been

1326
01:13:10,560 --> 01:13:13,600
someone who has been really good in the NCAA level.

1327
01:13:13,720 --> 01:13:17,920
When he last season when he joined the Admirals after

1328
01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:22,239
a solid NCUBLEA career, he looked not out of place.

1329
01:13:22,359 --> 01:13:25,520
He was really good in the playoffs, and this season

1330
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:27,760
he had his first full HL season three points in

1331
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:31,720
seventy two games, also had another strong playoffs. Just really

1332
01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:33,720
a solid guy. He's a fourth round pick, but he

1333
01:13:34,119 --> 01:13:36,359
going back to that draft season, there was some reasons

1334
01:13:36,439 --> 01:13:39,199
why in terms of his decision making and in terms

1335
01:13:39,199 --> 01:13:41,439
of his skating, but a lot of that has come

1336
01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:44,960
such a long way since twenty twenty one. And they

1337
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:46,640
gave him one game at the end of the season

1338
01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:49,039
in the NHL and can't really read much from that,

1339
01:13:49,079 --> 01:13:51,600
but it was cool to see and maybe there's more

1340
01:13:51,640 --> 01:13:54,880
to come with that. They definitely have roster spots and

1341
01:13:55,000 --> 01:13:57,560
things that they can they could do for him if

1342
01:13:57,600 --> 01:13:59,680
he made team. If he forces their hand. I'm not

1343
01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:02,600
sure he will do that, but I'm really excited about him.

1344
01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:07,119
See where it goes and the FHL player card for

1345
01:14:07,239 --> 01:14:09,600
UFCO having my forty three percent chance of being a five.

1346
01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:12,640
So try not to get too over excited. But I

1347
01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:14,680
do think that he has a pretty decent shot of

1348
01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:18,560
being average, maybe even slightly above average, depending on where

1349
01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:21,039
he goes from here. His bash isn't going to be

1350
01:14:21,159 --> 01:14:24,439
huge though. His bash in the HL was just subpar,

1351
01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:28,359
just under average, and his hit shots and blocks are

1352
01:14:28,359 --> 01:14:32,119
all fiftieth percentile, so add that all together and it

1353
01:14:32,199 --> 01:14:35,600
ends up being forty percentile total. So not the best

1354
01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:38,279
in terms of bash. Maybe there's some opportunity for secondary

1355
01:14:38,319 --> 01:14:41,119
power play time or secondary scoring if the Nashville Preyers

1356
01:14:41,239 --> 01:14:43,399
learn how to score again, Jesse. But let's hear a

1357
01:14:43,399 --> 01:14:45,560
little bit more about OOFC from our FHL scout.

1358
01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:51,359
Speaker 3: Chris leads us off with Ryan Ufkoh's skating good positive

1359
01:14:51,439 --> 01:14:54,720
is a smooth, sufficient skater with strong four way mobility,

1360
01:14:55,079 --> 01:14:59,279
excellent edgework, lateral agility, quick acceleration aids in transition and

1361
01:14:59,319 --> 01:15:02,399
gap control. On the negative side, a little slow to

1362
01:15:02,399 --> 01:15:05,680
transition from backward to forward skating when beaten one on one,

1363
01:15:05,960 --> 01:15:09,600
and he lacks elite top end speed passing and handling.

1364
01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:13,560
Great positives, high end vision, executes, stretch passes and breaks

1365
01:15:13,600 --> 01:15:17,680
pressure effectively, soft hands poison under duress. Excels as a

1366
01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:22,279
powerplay distributor, great puck moving ability with crisp accurate passes,

1367
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:25,359
excellent puck handling at full speed. Likes to curl around

1368
01:15:25,399 --> 01:15:28,359
the net for wrap around attempts or slot passes. On

1369
01:15:28,399 --> 01:15:31,079
the other hand, some of that he does force high

1370
01:15:31,159 --> 01:15:34,279
risk passes into traffic a little too often for Chris's taste.

1371
01:15:35,079 --> 01:15:38,479
On shooting average a quick, accurate rist shot with a

1372
01:15:38,479 --> 01:15:41,479
good release, effective at getting pucks through traffic from the point.

1373
01:15:41,680 --> 01:15:45,560
He specializes in top corner shots. On the negative side,

1374
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:47,760
not an elite shooter, lacks a true bomb of a

1375
01:15:47,800 --> 01:15:52,159
slap shot for IQ. He reads plays at an advanced level,

1376
01:15:52,279 --> 01:15:56,279
anticipates developing threats well in all three zones. He rarely panics.

1377
01:15:56,399 --> 01:15:59,960
He maintains composure under pressure, and he excels in control

1378
01:16:00,119 --> 01:16:03,520
breakouts and can stick handle into controlled zone entries when

1379
01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:07,399
given the opportunity. Overall great, although a one negative that

1380
01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:10,159
Chris would note he occasionally over handles the puck, leading

1381
01:16:10,159 --> 01:16:15,239
to turnovers. Defense that's a little below average. The positives

1382
01:16:15,239 --> 01:16:19,039
are his active stick disrupts passing lanes. His strong stick

1383
01:16:19,079 --> 01:16:23,039
positioning and gap control help his efforts. Andy Reids plays

1384
01:16:23,039 --> 01:16:27,039
well breaking up cycles with anticipation, but the negative he

1385
01:16:27,079 --> 01:16:29,840
gets beaten too often in one on one situations. He

1386
01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:32,680
can be out and muscled by bigger forwards and board battles,

1387
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:35,600
and the NetFront coverage needs improvement. Too many goals are

1388
01:16:35,640 --> 01:16:38,520
conceded due to a lack of engagement by off code.

1389
01:16:38,960 --> 01:16:41,520
The best asset, then, is that vision and puck moving.

1390
01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:45,399
The vision poison distribution make him a dynamic transition defenceman,

1391
01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:47,880
but the biggest concern is the defense and the size

1392
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:51,399
struggles against heavier forward and may need to add strength

1393
01:16:51,439 --> 01:16:55,000
to handle the NHL competition. While his defense isn't terrific,

1394
01:16:55,239 --> 01:16:59,479
his mistakes and efficiencies will be exploited by strong NHL teams.

1395
01:17:00,039 --> 01:17:03,039
The top tier outcome tier two, top four offensive defenseman

1396
01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:06,640
and a power play one quarterback ten goals, forty assists,

1397
01:17:06,680 --> 01:17:10,479
but low bash. His excellent vision, passing and transitional play

1398
01:17:10,680 --> 01:17:14,520
would solidify that top outcome and give him top four upside.

1399
01:17:14,600 --> 01:17:16,920
If he add strength and refines his defensive game, he

1400
01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:20,520
could thrive as a second pairing stable with powerplay duties,

1401
01:17:21,079 --> 01:17:25,359
the fiftieth percent tile outcome Tier three bottom four offensive defenseman,

1402
01:17:25,399 --> 01:17:29,239
power play specialist, fifty or five goals, thirty assists, and

1403
01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:34,439
low bash that would happen if defensive limitations persist, and

1404
01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:36,920
therefore he would still carve out a role as a

1405
01:17:36,920 --> 01:17:40,680
sheltered puck mover and powerplay contributor, but struggle for consistent

1406
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:45,760
even strength ice time. The stylistic comparable Samuel Gerard, and

1407
01:17:46,039 --> 01:17:49,840
the overall thought he projects as a high IQ transitional

1408
01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:53,079
defenseman who could thrive on an NHL power play, but

1409
01:17:53,199 --> 01:17:56,399
the lack of bash may cap a ceiling. Offensive instincts

1410
01:17:56,399 --> 01:17:59,439
and playmaking ability are what give him a strong chance

1411
01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:02,720
to become an NHL regular. And Ryan Ufko goes up

1412
01:18:02,720 --> 01:18:06,600
against Michael Benning in the head to head NHL Rank

1413
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King poll and Ryan Ufko comes comfortably ahead of Benning

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sixty eight percent to thirty two percent. Victor, is that

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the way that you would rank up Goo versus the

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Florida prospect Benning?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so, definitely would rather have oofgo. Benning

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is an interesting guy. He's Matt Benning's brother, but he

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is quite a bit shorter. He's only five nine. He

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was five nine when he was drafted and he's still

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five to nine, And unfortunately that matters a lot, and

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he hasn't really progressed a lot. In my opinion, Benning

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hasn't in terms of his physicality and able to help

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with that. You just it's a really big hill to

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climb when you're that short to get to play successful,

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meaningful minutes in the NHL. And so I even though

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he has had a couple of decent seasons in the AHL,

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I mean, he had two points and fifty four games

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this year, but I just don't know that there's enough

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with Benning to really carve out a long, meaningful career

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at that size, and so that for that reason alone,

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pretty much I would definitely I would takeof Go is

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not that much bigger, but he's five to eleven, he's

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a little bit thicker. He does need to get stronger,

1435
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but his skating and his even strength defense is a

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little bit better. So between those two I would want

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Oof Go. Plus he's had it hasn't had as long

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in the AHL, so I think that he can improve

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a little bit. But I think both these guys size

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is going to be an issue, and so I just

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am a little bit more confident that uf Go, as

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a more well rounded defender, can can get there. But

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both of these guys are going to have the decks

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decked against them a little bit for sure. In terms

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of the hockey prospecting, Benning has an incredible percentage just

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because his scoring was always pretty exceptional in the NCAA.

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So he graduated the model at fourty three percent chance

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01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:58,119
of being a star. But he's one of those outliers

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where there's a big asterix, and because of all the

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things I just said, it's probably not realistically that high,

1451
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and I'm sure Byron would say the same thing. Ufko

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has kept himself at forty three percent chance of being

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a star since his draft plus one season since he

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01:20:11,159 --> 01:20:13,399
was in the NCAA, and so he's graduated at that

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01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:16,920
point as well, and I think it's unlikely that he

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01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:19,600
hits that highest star potential, but I think it does

1457
01:20:19,640 --> 01:20:23,920
bode well for his future projection. I have Michael Benning

1458
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:27,079
at a five point zero zero, so just a really

1459
01:20:27,159 --> 01:20:30,600
low percent chance of being an average player on your roster.

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Ufko was just a five point four to three. So anyways,

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neither is super exciting. In terms of other comps for

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01:20:37,520 --> 01:20:39,680
uf GOO, I mean, there aren't a whole lot of

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01:20:40,199 --> 01:20:42,880
reasonable ones, I would say in the hockey prospecting model,

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because they all kind of discount that hat that height issue.

1465
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But Heath the handle is one that I think is

1466
01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:51,880
reasonable and the Yandle was never the best defensive guy,

1467
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:53,640
and I think Ufko is in that vein, although I'm

1468
01:20:53,680 --> 01:20:57,239
not sure that he struggles quite that much. Yandal struggle

1469
01:20:57,279 --> 01:21:01,239
for other reasons he was didn't have the height issues.

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And looking at the top down hockey model, oofqua has

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just two percent chance of being a start in thirty

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01:21:05,960 --> 01:21:08,399
seven percent sanch being an NHL or so a little

1473
01:21:08,439 --> 01:21:12,119
more pessimistic there. But that's all for the Nashville Predator's dig.

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If you're a patreon you can listen to my top

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Speaker 3: Be right back post a reminder of our shows brought

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Speaker 6: You can play all kinds at different sports on the

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currently count up there, and they've get the most options

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Speaker 3: You can do slow drafts. You can do slow drafts

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with like a five day window or a thirty three

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01:21:53,039 --> 01:21:56,640
minute window for picks. Just it doesn't matter. You want

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to change in the middle of the draft, go ahead,

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It's all there. Key drafts are going to start this

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summer and I can customize that window to just the

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rookie pools, and that is something I'm looking forward to. Also,

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a lot of fantasy content over there on fantracs HQ.

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Just look over in the right hand column. If you

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haven't unhidden annual see articles on all the fantasy sports.

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skills that you'd like to help us take it to

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