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

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your source of information and analysis to help you win

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your fantasy hockey league.

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Speaker 2: Block off hot a, step hit on, stay lock.

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Speaker 1: Here's your hosts, Jesse Silvier and Victor Nuno.

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Speaker 2: Fantasy Hockey Live, Minnesota Wild. I am Jesse Severe Fan Tracks.

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That's Victor Nuno, the Fantasy Hockey Doctor. Victor. How you doing.

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Speaker 3: I am doing awesome, Jesse. I'm excited to talk about

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this interesting team. How you doing, my friend, I'm doing great.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great. Keeping it up, Victor. We're making it through.

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We're making it through. It's it's been wet and rainy

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where I am. That's interesting. You gotta have a few

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you gotta have a few storms over the center, or

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you don't know what's going on. A lot fewer storms

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in Wisconsin than their work. Growing up in Iowa, Man,

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we had the tornadoes rolling through the trailer park every

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other week the day. Do you get nasty thunderstorms in California, Victory?

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I continue to be fascinated by your lack of weather state.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: No, we don't really get that, and very much. It's

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sometimes in the winter. What we get is just a

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lot of rain and more than that we're used to.

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So there's there tends to be some flooding and landslides

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and stuff, but it we don't usually get the thunderstorms.

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That's pretty rare. Every once in a while you'll see that.

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But no, that's why people love California because the weather

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isn't so dramatic. And actually, like I always say, we

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have all four seasons. They just happen all on one day.

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It gets cold ish in the morning, and then it

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warms up a little bit, and then sometimes it can

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get pretty hot in the afternoon, and then it cools

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off again. That's not truly all four seasons, but we

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do get the variety. I was actually back east recently

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and drove me crazy because it stayed the same temperature

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the entire day. It was like seventy to eighty five

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degrees and it didn't matter what time of day it was.

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Is it just never really cooled off and never really

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got that much harder. And that was a challenge. And

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people comment on that in California is that when they

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come here they don't realize that. Yeah, I'd dress in

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layers because it does change throughout the day.

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Speaker 2: All right, all right, Victor. One place where they know

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about some weather, some cold weather is down there in Minnesota,

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if you would like to talk about it. I keep

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threatening to have a weather room. It's a weather an

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interesting opening topic. I can't help it. It's my farmer roots.

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We have to talk about the weather. But you don't

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Speaker 2: Right after this, we'll be talking minute a little while.

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Welcome back to a man who loves to talk about

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the Minnesota Wild, Dylan Loux of The Hockey News. How

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you doing today, Dylan.

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Speaker 4: I'm doing good. Thank thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 2: Oh we love having you on, love talking wild with you.

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And this was quite a season to talk about my

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operating theory here Dylan is that there were two Minnesota

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Wild seasons. There was opening night to Christmas, and then

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there was everything from Christmas and after. And it's because

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on December twenty three they lost the franchise cornerstone. At

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the time, they were twenty one, ten and four before

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Caprizof went out, and then after a short aborted return

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in late January, he was out until the last few

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days of the season, where a three to one run

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with him back on the ice kept the Wild in

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the playoffs. Now we're going to get into caprice Off

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the player. Momentarily we'll get to actually the player. But

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it wasn't all about that one player.

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Speaker 4: Here.

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Speaker 2: From the overall team perspective of the Wild, they took

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a beating on the penalty kill top five, top five

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penalty kill percentage and among the top five most goals

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allowed on the power play. They also allowed some of

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the most shots against. But the positive side, they had

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a great say percentage nine oh three was the number

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five overall, and they threw a scare into the Golden

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Knights in Round one. Man that it looked like they

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were gonna do it, and I was fired up, Dylan.

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It could have happened but hey, they got to the

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playoffs from the darn Central Division, which is the bracket

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of death in today's NHL. If you ask me, was

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this season just a mulligan for the Wild at this

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point and they can come back maybe try to get

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a higher seed, or is this kind of where this

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core is going to get them? What do you expect

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for the coming.

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Speaker 5: Year, Yeah, I would expect it. It'll probably be around

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the same. They've got a bunch of young guys that

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they're really hoping take a big step this season. But

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when you look at it, it's really the first season

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they're entering without these freezy and suitors huge contracts that

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they're still paying. So it was the first real summer

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that this team could really do something, and they are

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playing it a little bit safe in terms of handing

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out money and things like that. But they brought in

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a few guys Nico Sturm and vlad Tarasenko, and both

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of them they hope can add a boost. Stem obviously

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is a good penalty kill guy, so the hope is

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that he can improve that penalty kill, which has been

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pretty bad the last few years and it kind of

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hurt them a lot at key times. But I would

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expect it. It's probably the same team, probably going to

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make the playoffs again. It's just hard to believe they

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can't with guys like Carill and guys like Boldie. But

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in terms of the result, it's probably going to be

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the same. They'll probably be third or fourth in the

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Central and maybe get a wild card spot, things like that.

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But in terms of last season to this season, it'll

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likely be about the same.

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Speaker 2: I don't mean to make the whole season where the

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whole team about one player, but we got to talk

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about that player, capriz Off. He had fifty points in

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thirty six games before that lower body injury that wrecked everything.

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He still finished top ten in scoring rate in the

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NHL last year at twenty two to twenty eight average

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time on ice. And this is the guy who came

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back and played after he was hurt. Only Nathan McKinnon

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had a higher average time on ice four forward in

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the NHL last year. He was good in the playoffs.

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He actually garnered hart votes, which is weird for a

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guy who played forty one out of eighty two games.

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But okay, there's talk his next contract could be the

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biggest in the history of the league that's been some

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buzz for a while, that's coming up in about a year.

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What do you see with the twenty eight year old

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capriz Off now and into the future.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I just saw a stat the other day that

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he's sixth in the NHL in the last three seasons

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in most points per game. So you're talking about a

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guy who's up there with the McDavid's and the mckinnons,

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Kooch roughed or I said, those are the guys that

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are ahead of him in terms of points per games.

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So we know that he is a super star type player.

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And you mentioned the start that he had the season.

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People in Minnesota and US media members were like, this

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guy deserves the MVP at this point. And then obviously

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he has the injuries and derails things. But if you

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look at the way the wild were playing, they were

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eighteen four and four at the start of the season.

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They were one of the best teams in the league.

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They were first in the NHL at one point it

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was them in the Jets, and then, yeah, Carell gets

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hurt and the rest of the team goes in a

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bit of a row. They have other injuries too, But

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the type of player that Caprizov is honestly insane, and

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I think last year, at the start of the year,

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a lot of people started realizing more and more how

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good this guy is. And then when he got hurt

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and you watch the Wild play, I think people then

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realize again how good this player is. But yeah, you

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mentioned the contract. The Wild don't seem like they're worried

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that they can't get this done. Obviously, it's gonna be

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one of the biggest contracts probably in all of NHL,

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and he deserves it. But he's also the type of

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player that the Wild need to keep. They've never really

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had anyone like him, and it's just a guy that

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you have to be. You have to be willing to

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do something to keep this guy, and I would expect

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that that's exactly what the Wild will do.

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Speaker 3: All Right, We're going to talk about the next best

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guy on this team, and he's a guy who I

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absolutely love, and that's Matt Boldie.

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Speaker 4: He is spent.

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Speaker 3: He spent a little less time with caprisof this season,

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but still put up his another seventy point pay season

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after doing that last season. For the first time, he

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played over twenty minutes per night and put up career

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highs in shots per game, though ended up a career

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low shooting percentage at ten percent. Makes you feel like

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maybe there's a little bit more that he could do there.

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He did finish short of his second thirty goal season

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with twenty seven, but he also started blocking more shots

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up to sixty nine from a previous of thirty nine

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and cracked the top one hundred for BASH at four

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point seven to seven per game. That's pretty solid and

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ranking him the eighty third best basher in the game

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for skaters, that's pretty fantastic. So, Dylan, what do you

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think we can expect from Bolding next season when we

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go back over thirty goals and maybe hit the point

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per game mark.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I would expect.

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Speaker 5: So I think last year I was thinking that would

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be the year that he's a thirty goal scorer, eighty

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point guy.

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Speaker 4: And then.

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Speaker 5: Obviously he is a pretty streaky player, like a leve

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times throughout the season where he might go nine to

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ten games without a goal, and I know, as a

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fantasy owner of him, that might be a little complicated

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and frustrating, but he is a star player and if

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you look at what he did towards the end of

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the season and into the playoffs. He proved that he

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can be a thirty goal scorer in this league and

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an eighty point guy. And I know the Wild have

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all the confidence in him and to really break out.

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And you mentioned the block shots and things like that.

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He took a bigger role. He was getting some PK time,

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and honestly, when they started putting him on the penalty kill,

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it did get better.

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Speaker 4: He's just a type of player.

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Speaker 5: That wants the puck, he wants to make plays, he

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wants to help his team as much as he can.

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And I do think that next year will be more

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of a breakout season. He's covered around the sixty seventy points.

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I think next year you can see him as a

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eighty to ninety point guy for sure.

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Speaker 2: Matt Zucarello, I feel like I do a version of

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the exact same talk on him every year, but I

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can't help it. Five eight thirty eight year olds who

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have taken the kind of where and tear and beating

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that Zukerrello has in his career are not supposed to

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have this type of career. Still, the cooling wins of

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the Minnesota of a Minnesota have sustained Norwegians for more

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than a century, and Zucarello continues to age well. Fifty

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four points in sixty nine games is a slightly slower

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pace than the past, but then again, there were some

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guys missing, as we've discussed, Zucarella was one of them missing.

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He missed about a month for lower body injury. Back

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in the first half, he played a ton with Marco

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Rossi and Matt Boldi and was quite effective in that time.

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And so overall fifty four points in sixty nine games played.

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By the time it was all said and done, is

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Zucarello going to play with caprizof again? And can we

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get another late Zucarello season or is this the one

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where finally Peter's out and takes him out of that

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top six?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: I think every year we go into it thinking is

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this the year that he finally takes a dip? And

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is the wild got Tarasenko? They basically said that he's

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going to be on the second line. So if you

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start to look at things, he's probably Tarasenko would be

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playing with either Rossi or Boldi, or he would be

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playing with Rossi or Zucarello, and then you'd have the

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first line of caprizov, Ek and Boldie or you. In

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my opinion, I think maybe they should go back to

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the Zucare with Caprizov just because towards the end of

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the season Zucarella's points dipped even in the playoffs, he

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was away from capriz Off and didn't really.

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Speaker 4: Look like himself.

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Speaker 5: You mentioned the age, but he still is a quality,

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playmaking kind of guy and you can always bet on

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him putting up power play points as well, especially with

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the healthy capriz Off. So I don't think this is

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the year he takes a huge dip. I do think

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there's going to be a chance for Zukurel to get

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back to that and be the kind of guy that

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can compliment and play with Caprizo.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. Let's talk about the next guy, Marco Rossi.

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And it's been an interesting offseason. The Dominion of Austrian

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had a breakout season, earning a bigger role on the

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team and increasing his production from forty to sixty points.

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He played in all eighty two games for the second

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straight season, and the underlying metrics were pretty excellent. Above

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average defensively, above average offensively looking pretty good. The bash

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is low at two point ninety three per game, doesn't

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really hit, block, or shoot enough, so he ranks in

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the five hundreds in terms of bash and there have

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been a lot of rumors about him. Keep refreshing to

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see if he's signed yet, what are they doing. There's

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been rumors about whether they might trade him or what

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is going on. And I guess the question is will

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he still be on the team next year? And if so,

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what do you think kill contract will be and what

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kind of production do you think we can expect from

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Marco ross.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's a very fair question, and it's

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one that I keep asking myself sometimes. But I do

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think he'll be on this team at the start of

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the season, and the type of contract, I don't believe

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it's going to be as long as what maybe Rossi's

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camp wants. But either way, I would say there's a

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good chance that he is on this team next year,

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and the type of production that you'll see out of

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him is probably even more than what he did last year,

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and he's a big part of it.

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Speaker 4: Being at his age.

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Speaker 5: To put up sixty points as a twenty three year

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old is pretty good, especially to play back to back

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eighty two game seasons. When this team has struggled with

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injuries at time. He is an important player to this team,

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so I know that they want to keep him, but

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obviously they view him at one price and maybe Rossi

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and his can't view him at a different price, and

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that's why he's not signed right now. But the type

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of player he is, it's too hard to just ignore

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the fact that he is who he is, and it

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would be hard to just move on from him. And

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if you look at all the centers that have been

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traded and signed recently, I think the Wild would probably

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be dumb to move on from him. So he's an

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important piece and definitely a guy that can play in

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the top six again.

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Speaker 4: Like he proved.

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Speaker 5: I know obviously he played fourth line in the playoffs,

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but in terms of regular season I do think there's

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a role for him in the top six for sure,

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and the point production will probably take an uptick of

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sixty from last year.

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Speaker 2: Joel Erickson Eck had a bit of a starcross season.

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He missed long stretches to injury, and now he's undergoing,

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if I read it, offseason core surgery. He's generally in

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his career have been very consistent and He's a very

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physical player. The scoring pace, to the extent you want

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to read into it was down from the established norm.

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Again forty six games and April ninth, four goal tally

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versus the Sharks actually inflates. The goals he had for

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the year was fourteen. Four of them came against sufficing

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to say subpar team in kind of a mop up

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game near the end. I've always thought of Eric Sinak

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as a better real life player than a fantasy player

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in some ways. His defense always provides some value. What

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do you think will be Joel erksin K's performance last year?

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Will he be healthy? Should we expect the types of stats,

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those mid sixty type scoring years like he had the

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two years prior to last, or more like a fifty

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points second line, do everything type role on this team. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: You mentioned the surgery and there shouldn't be any complications

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to start the season. It seems like he'll be ready

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to go on that front. And the type of player

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he is, it's hard to stay healthy just the way

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that he plays, and he has proven that he can

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stay healthy before. Obviously last season was I think he

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had four separate injuries them out of the lineup, so

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it was hard on that front. But the type of player,

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he is a NetFront guy and he's going to pick

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up a lot of his goals net front and things

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like that. But I could definitely see him being a

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sixty point guy again, and getting back to that, I

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know the wild think heavily of him, and towards the

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end of the season they were playing him with Boldi

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and capriz Off and it was one of the best

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lines in the league. And if he's starting with those

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two again, you would have to imagine that he will

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put up points, and he has proven to do that before.

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So we could see another thirty goals sixty point season

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for Eric Sinek, and he might not be the quote

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unquote first line center because he might not put up

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seventy eighty ninety points. But you mentioned the defense and

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the type of player he is extremely valuable. But yeah,

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he's likely going to be another sixty point guy. But

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he has the ability to put points up on the

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power play as well, and he's such a good net

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front player, so definitely has a ton of value.

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Speaker 4: For sure.

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Speaker 2: We'll put a couple wildly vets up against each other

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here in a bit of a pick them Marcus Johansson,

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Frederick Gudrou Johansson just signed himself an extension there. Ol

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Mojo had, let's see, thirty four points last year in

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seventy two games. Freddy Gudroau, of course, occasionally has found

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his way up to that top line on the Wild

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and thrived there when he has thirty seven points only

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last year in eighty two games, Gadrou Johansson. Which one

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of them would you expect to be the better producer

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next year?

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Speaker 4: I would just go.

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Speaker 5: I would go with Johansson for sure, just the type

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of player he is. Like ever since he's been with

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the Wild, he's played in the top six role. I

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don't think heading into next season he's a top six

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player because of the addition of Tarasenko. Obviously you still

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have Boldie, Zukurello, capriz Off in Tarasenko, those are your

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top six wingers. But if there's a time Tarasenko struggled

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last season, so there's no guarantees and be a top

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six player the entire year. So if you think of

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it that way, there's a chance that Johansson can sneak

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back into the top six, whether that's with Rossi, whether

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that's with Zucarello, Boldie things like that. So in terms

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of point production, I would go with him. Obviously, he's

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playing second powerplay unit as well. The only thing that

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might scare me a little bit is the emergence of

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Liam Ogrin and Daniel You're off. These are two young

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guys that if they produce, they're going to play, and

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that would probably diminish Johansson's minutes. But if I had

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to decide that between the two, I would go with Johansson.

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Speaker 3: Speaking of Ogram, let's talk about him next. Yeah, he's

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been an exciting player. He came over to North America

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last season eighty one AHL games, thirty seven points. That's

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pretty fantastic production for your first stint in the AHL.

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He did get into twenty four NHL games too, definitely

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played more of a depth role at five points. Looking

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at some predicted lines for this upcome season, Daily Faceoff

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seems to suggest that he'll be on a third line

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with Hartman and maybe You're off. That I'm sure is

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very much up.

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Speaker 4: In the air.

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Speaker 3: But what do you think Ogren's role will be with

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the Wild and what do you think we can expect

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from him in terms of points in production?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I worry about his role, but I know that

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if he plays, he's a quality player, Like he's proven

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it in the AHL that he can score goals, he

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can play in the top six role. It's just the

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wild of never they've never really given him a full

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chance in the top six like he's played, but usually.

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Speaker 4: It's been third line or fourth line role.

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Speaker 5: And I just think back last year he came in

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because Johansson was hurt for a game.

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Speaker 4: I believe it was Johanson.

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Speaker 5: It's either Johansson or Felino, and they played Ogren and

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he scored immediately, and then they sent him down again.

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It's like he's proven that he can be a player

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in the NHL that can produce. He's still young, and

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obviously they're not just going to throw him into a

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top six role immediately, So starting him on the third

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line or maybe even the fourth line is probably likely,

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and then it's just up to him to decide to

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push the needle for John Hines in the wild to

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move him up the lineup. If he plays well on

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the fourth line, he moves up to the third line.

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If he plays well there, then he'll move up to

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the second line. It's just up to him to decide

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his role this season, But Garan's talked about before the

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year that they need a lot from these young guys,

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and Ogrin is definitely one of them.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to ask you since you mentioned about You're

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Off and we've been thinking and talking about him as well,

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and he certainly seems like he's in line for an

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NHL role after playing in the KHL for several years.

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Do you think he's gonna have the same treatment, start

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in the bottom six and maybe have to work himself

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up and what do you think we can expect from him?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I would assume.

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Speaker 1: So.

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Speaker 5: Garan's talked about that they want him to be a center,

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and that's the path that they have. So if you

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just start thinking about it, they just signed Nico Sturm,

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he's your fourth line center, and then obviously you have

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Eric Sinek and Marko Rossi. Now I guess it's still

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up in the air with Rossi, but if you think

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of it that way, you have two, you have three

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guys that are not moving, and then you have Ryan

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Hartman who can play center but can also play wing.

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So if you think of it that way, You're Off

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is probably the third line center. Now maybe you want

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Hartman there, so now you might have to move year

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off to wing, or he's just a scratch. I don't

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think that they would completely healthy scratch him, but he's

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probably going to start the year in a little bit

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of a smaller role. But they do believe in you're

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off a lot, and he's he's a bigger guy, bigger center,

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and has proven to be to pick up points in

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the KHL. He even broke Tarasenko's KHL record. I think

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he was for twenty one year old. So he's proven

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that he can pick up points in that league. And

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I know that they're they're definitely going to give him

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a chance to show his game at the NHL level,

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but it's probably going to start in a little bit

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of a lesser role.

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Speaker 2: The shift of the blue line. And it's a fascinating

479
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,759
mix here because there's the young guys, there's the older

480
00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:15,839
guys who maybe aren't quite the stars anymore. We'll start

481
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,960
with Jared Spurgeon, though if you were in this year's

482
00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:20,240
NHL draft, it seems like he would have had a

483
00:23:20,279 --> 00:23:22,240
hard time. You have to go to the end of

484
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,880
the third round with Cam Schmidt to find a defenseman

485
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,960
drafted who is as short as Spurgeon is listed five

486
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,480
to nine. Of course, the first time Spurgeon went in

487
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,640
the sixth round, so he has beaten the odds before.

488
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,000
I guess you wouldn't want to count him out. But

489
00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:37,839
this krusty Vett, who was born in the nineteen eighties,

490
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,559
which I can't believe is now old in this society

491
00:23:41,599 --> 00:23:43,960
since I was born in the seventies. He remains a

492
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,119
steady presence for the team. The toughness is there. My

493
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,720
guy took a puck to the throat in April, and

494
00:23:49,799 --> 00:23:51,559
while he missed a little time, he was back in

495
00:23:51,599 --> 00:23:54,599
the playoffs in April, playing over twenty eight minutes one game.

496
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,400
Is Jared Spurgeon, who scored thirty two points this year

497
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,359
in sixty six games on a unch minutes next year

498
00:24:01,559 --> 00:24:04,400
and could he bounce back to a full season of

499
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:05,759
half point per game type.

500
00:24:05,599 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 4: Production, Yeah, I think so.

501
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,359
Speaker 5: If you look at right shot defenseman on this team,

502
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:17,359
you obviously have Spurgeon favor Bogosian in your check. I

503
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,559
know they're going to give your check a chance and

504
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,480
want him like you're off to or like Ogren to

505
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,400
decide the minutes. He's making and playing. But if you

506
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,160
look at Spurgeon, it's hard not to continue to play

507
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,839
him as much as they have. Like, he's proven every

508
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,359
year to be one of the best defensive defenders in

509
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,839
the entire NHL, and he battled the injuries again after

510
00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:41,200
a really injury riddled season two years ago. But the

511
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,799
type of player he is, I know he'll warrant the

512
00:24:43,839 --> 00:24:46,759
amount of minutes that he had last year again this year.

513
00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:50,839
He even got shifted to top power play towards the

514
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,160
end of the season just because the Wild felt they

515
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,160
wanted someone with a little more experience in Spurgeon instead

516
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,160
of favor with Buyam coming in, that top power play

517
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,160
spot is probably up for grabs between the three of them,

518
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,400
but I would say spurgeon minutes will likely still be

519
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,160
around the same, So you're looking at him being probably

520
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,079
another thirty to forty points defense went for the Wild

521
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,720
on the second pair, first pair, whatever it is. So

522
00:25:15,319 --> 00:25:17,720
he'll continue to be the Jared Spurgeon that he is

523
00:25:17,799 --> 00:25:20,759
every single season. And the only way that isn't the

524
00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:24,680
case is if his injuries. Yeah, I would expect more

525
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,200
of the same from the Wild captain.

526
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 3: All right, And I get to ask you about one

527
00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:33,079
of my favorite players, the guy I think who should

528
00:25:33,079 --> 00:25:36,039
have been the first defenseman taken in the draft last year,

529
00:25:36,039 --> 00:25:39,440
but Zebe William did go twelfth overall. The Wild signed

530
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,119
him after completing his season with Denver and went straight

531
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from the Frozen Four to the inn HL Playoffs, which

532
00:25:46,079 --> 00:25:48,039
is a pretty big leap. He had one assist in

533
00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:51,279
four games. There were definitely moments where he showed some

534
00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:54,160
great skill and poise, and then there were definitely times

535
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,119
where it didn't look so great. In the series against Vegas,

536
00:25:57,519 --> 00:25:59,680
he was definitely playing a limited role, but he did

537
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,359
have some time on the power play, which was nice

538
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,960
to see. So, Dylan, what do you think is William's

539
00:26:04,039 --> 00:26:06,039
role is going to be next season? And will he

540
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,799
managed to hold some top power play time with Minnesota

541
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,640
And can he come anywhere close to what Lane Hudson

542
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:13,599
did this past season.

543
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think in terms of a role, he's going

544
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,880
to start on the bottom pair, whether that's with Bogosion

545
00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:24,000
or with your check. But Jonas Brodein might miss some

546
00:26:24,039 --> 00:26:26,160
time to start the season, and if that's the case,

547
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,480
then Bulliam is likely going to get an elevated rule

548
00:26:28,559 --> 00:26:31,480
to start the year. And if he takes that and

549
00:26:31,599 --> 00:26:34,400
runs with it, then maybe he sticks in more minutes

550
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,720
this for the next season. But he's definitely in the

551
00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:40,920
running to run the power play and I know, playing

552
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,720
third pair, his minutes might be a little lower, but

553
00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:47,160
if he's playing power play time, that's extremely valuable. And

554
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,119
he even played power play time in the playoffs, so

555
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,559
that just shows that they trust him there. They trust

556
00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,319
his offensive ability, and he obviously proved to have those

557
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,480
flashes and his assist came on the power play his

558
00:26:58,559 --> 00:27:02,200
only point in the playoffs. So he's an important player

559
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,359
for this team to take a stride and help push them.

560
00:27:05,519 --> 00:27:08,839
He's definitely a fantasy player that I would want to have.

561
00:27:09,319 --> 00:27:11,559
I would say that it's a big year for him.

562
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,920
It's his first year. I don't know if he's going

563
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,440
to put up sixty points like Lane Hudson, the type

564
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,240
of player he is.

565
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,640
Speaker 4: It also wouldn't shock me if he proves to do that.

566
00:27:21,759 --> 00:27:24,039
Speaker 3: Nice all right, let me give you a points pick

567
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,920
him now between the other defensemen, maybe a bit surprising,

568
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,839
but Jonas Burdein and brock Favor. Some people might be

569
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,079
surprised to learn that Jonas burdeen had a better point

570
00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:35,960
pace than brock Favor did last season. He also had

571
00:27:36,039 --> 00:27:39,839
much better defensive and offensive metrics. In favor, Favor played

572
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,000
twenty eight more games against tougher competition, so there has

573
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:45,880
to be that caveat. But Craver's underlying metrics took a

574
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,240
nose dive of this season. They were really quite poor defensively,

575
00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:52,359
and his offensive metrics were they expected. Numbers were good,

576
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,720
but the results weren't that great. And so what do

577
00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:59,160
you think, Dylan, between these two depth defensive scorers, but

578
00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:02,599
who do you think will get more between Rodein in Favor.

579
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,759
Speaker 5: I would go back to Favor. He admitted at the

580
00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:07,839
end of the season that he wants to be better.

581
00:28:08,079 --> 00:28:10,279
He had obviously such a great rookie season, and I

582
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,920
think there's a lot of pressure on him coming into

583
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,400
the season. But he also his minutes jumped. The Wild

584
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,640
were playing him and in an extremely important role, like

585
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,799
he was playing against everyone's best. He was on the

586
00:28:20,839 --> 00:28:24,240
ice all the time, and there was a time during

587
00:28:24,319 --> 00:28:26,839
last year that you could see fatigue catch up to him.

588
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,400
But the Wild obviously saw that and they know that

589
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,480
next year they might have to be a little more

590
00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:35,559
careful with him. But he's still such a good young defenseman,

591
00:28:36,079 --> 00:28:39,519
and in terms of the offensive ability between the two,

592
00:28:39,599 --> 00:28:43,640
Favor obviously has that over Brodein. You mentioned the analytics,

593
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,400
they did take a huge nose dive, But if you

594
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,039
think back to his rookie season and just the pedigree

595
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,200
of this player and what he's done before, it would

596
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,640
not surprise me if he can get back to being

597
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,480
a forty point defenseman. And obviously there's still a chance

598
00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:00,799
for him to run the power play. They don't really

599
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:04,839
have a full number one guy consensus to run the

600
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,160
power play. There's a lot of guys that'll be in

601
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,359
the mix the season, and favors one of them because

602
00:29:09,359 --> 00:29:12,119
he's done it before. So if you just look at

603
00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:15,680
those sides of things, I would take Favor over Brodin.

604
00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:21,599
Speaker 3: Sounds good. Let's move over to the goalies. The Wilder

605
00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:24,559
ranked third and expected goals against per sixty, but conceded

606
00:29:24,599 --> 00:29:29,519
the fifteenth rank actual goals per sixty. Definitely affected, definitely

607
00:29:29,519 --> 00:29:33,720
influenced by their main goalie and also their backups. Flurry

608
00:29:33,799 --> 00:29:36,200
is not going to be back this season as he's retired.

609
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,799
He was definitely quite a bit below expected, But focusing

610
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,759
on Gustavsen, he had ten point eight five goals save

611
00:29:42,799 --> 00:29:45,240
above expected in a delta Fenwick of point four two,

612
00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:48,599
which was really quite good overall. And he's in the

613
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,240
last year of a three point seventy five million dollars contract,

614
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,400
and as I can far as I can tell, they

615
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,640
don't have another option right now other than having j

616
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,799
justper Walsaid as their option. So do you think that's

617
00:29:58,839 --> 00:30:00,839
how they're going to roll with Gus getting most of

618
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,839
the starts, in Walstead maybe getting twenty to thirty, And

619
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,759
how do you think they can perform this season?

620
00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:10,799
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's going to be heavily favored for Gus Lison

621
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:14,039
this season. He played in fifty eight last year and

622
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,240
you're talking about a guy that's likely going to get

623
00:30:16,519 --> 00:30:20,119
over sixty this season. But Walstead is the backup. I

624
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,559
know he struggled a lot last year in the AHL,

625
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,160
obviously not the numbers that he wanted, but the wild

626
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,799
Still they still do believe in him.

627
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 4: And they want to give him a chance.

628
00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:33,039
Speaker 5: So I think you're going to start the season with

629
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Gus as the starter and Walstead's there to be the backup.

630
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And they also signed Cal Peterson, a guy who's played

631
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,039
in the NHL before and has had decent numbers. He

632
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,000
struggled the last few years, but he's there as an

633
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,759
insurance whether one of the two gets hurt or Walstead struggles.

634
00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:52,039
But they're definitely entering the season with those two. And

635
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,720
it's important for Gus to be the goalie that he

636
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,160
was last year, because what he was two years ago

637
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,480
was not very good. The season before or that he

638
00:31:00,599 --> 00:31:03,079
was phenomenal as well, the type of goalie he is,

639
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,480
the Wild need him to get back to being consistent,

640
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,920
and if he is, it'll propel this team to the playoffs.

641
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,799
Last year, we were talking about him being the MVP

642
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,200
of this Wild team just because the way he played,

643
00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:18,000
he was stealing games. He was getting back to the

644
00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:21,279
goalie that they saw two years ago. He obviously struggled,

645
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,680
and then he bounced back last year and was fantastic again.

646
00:31:25,799 --> 00:31:28,960
So I know there's no doubt that he can do

647
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,880
it again, and I know the Wild believe in him,

648
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,039
just like they do in Lawstead. But they do feel

649
00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:36,519
that they have a good young goalie tandem, and Gus

650
00:31:36,559 --> 00:31:38,119
is in the last year of his deal as well,

651
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,039
so there's something to prove that he can get back

652
00:31:41,079 --> 00:31:43,960
to being that guy and being a consistent goalie and

653
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,240
putting back to back good seasons together. So I would

654
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,920
expect another really good season for Gustison.

655
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 2: This has been a great tour around the Minnesota Wild. Dylan,

656
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,640
why didn't you let us know how people should keep

657
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up with your work?

658
00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, I appreciate it.

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00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,119
Speaker 5: I guess just Twitter at Dylan Luks for as the

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handle and then the Hockey News Minnesota Wild page.

661
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,559
Speaker 4: You can find all news and stories over there.

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Speaker 2: Awesome. Thanks so much for coming on and talking with

663
00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:15,480
us about the Wild.

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Speaker 4: Dylan appreciate it. Thank you guys, Victor.

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Speaker 2: Now it's your wingley goalie talk with Kat Silverman, Kat's Instincts.

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Speaker 6: Time once again for Kat's Instincts.

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Speaker 3: With Kat's Silverman and ngol mag we're talking Minnesota Wild goalie,

686
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,640
which means we get to talk about one of our

687
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,559
favorite goalies. And that's just for Walstett. Wilstett was taken

688
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,920
twentieth overall back in twenty twenty one. I famously said

689
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,759
he should have gone earlier, but he did go fairly early.

690
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,079
First round six three two h fourteen pounds is where

691
00:33:49,079 --> 00:33:52,160
he's at. Two decent HL seasons, although this past season

692
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,039
wasn't that great in the AHL, and he did get

693
00:33:55,079 --> 00:33:59,759
into two NHL games which went pretty poorly. I'm starting

694
00:33:59,759 --> 00:34:02,000
to get officially a little bit worried about him, Kat,

695
00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:05,200
but he's still my guy and I still believe in him.

696
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:06,920
It seems like the Wild believe in him a bit too.

697
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,920
Because it seems like he's going to see some NHL

698
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,400
action this season. What are you thinking about Whilstet, What

699
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,920
do your instincts tell you about Jasper.

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00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 7: Uh I think he's probably going to be the most

701
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:22,360
important goaltender to watch this year, specifically because, like you said,

702
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,079
he had really good numbers his first couple of years there,

703
00:34:25,119 --> 00:34:28,400
he looked like a guy who was ready to jump

704
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,280
directly into North American pro hockey, and then he just

705
00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:38,320
really struggled last year, and it didn't seem it was

706
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,000
necessarily exclusively related to injuries or just their depth charts

707
00:34:42,039 --> 00:34:44,960
a little wonky, just because of their kind of transition.

708
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,800
They're not using only old goalies, they're not using just

709
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,719
their young crop. But Whilst that was one of the

710
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:59,039
few goaltenders who spoke really candidly about for lack of

711
00:34:59,079 --> 00:35:02,000
a way to say without mincing words like I sucked.

712
00:35:03,159 --> 00:35:06,320
He did some interviews last year where he said it like,

713
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,199
when I was looking up his highlights, I was trying

714
00:35:08,199 --> 00:35:10,679
to figure out what went wrong, because it looked like

715
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,159
everything was off by a half second, and it looked

716
00:35:14,159 --> 00:35:16,960
like his technique hadn't just completely blown itself up. He

717
00:35:17,079 --> 00:35:20,880
just everything looked a little wrong, and I found an

718
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,159
interview with him where he said that it was like

719
00:35:24,199 --> 00:35:27,960
he'd forgotten how to play hockey and something had just

720
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,920
misfired for him with his technique, and that he got

721
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,199
a chance to be set and climb his way back,

722
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:37,920
and that he's looking forward to getting a chance to

723
00:35:38,119 --> 00:35:42,039
take this sort of reset to his game and build

724
00:35:42,119 --> 00:35:44,639
upon it. And that's something that obviously no player is

725
00:35:44,679 --> 00:35:46,960
going to be like I forgot how to play hockey

726
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,119
and I still don't really remember. So it's not like

727
00:35:50,159 --> 00:35:55,840
I think he's our most exciting guaranteed prospect for next year.

728
00:35:56,559 --> 00:35:59,039
But I do think that if he did manage to

729
00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:02,960
identify whether was working with like an off ice sports psychologist,

730
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,119
if it was working with the conditioning trainers, even if

731
00:36:06,159 --> 00:36:09,320
it was working with the goalie coach and just almost

732
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,480
stripping away what he was working on and then rebuilding

733
00:36:12,519 --> 00:36:16,000
it back, clearly he identified as well and acknowledged that

734
00:36:16,079 --> 00:36:21,320
something went very wrong, and that's usually a reassuring.

735
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 2: Do or die if that makes sense.

736
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:27,079
Speaker 7: Where if he identified that something went wrong, he's able

737
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:30,320
to really identify that he needed to work on his

738
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,599
technique a little bit, he needed to work on his timing,

739
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,920
and if he was able to do that, then I

740
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,239
think we're in good shape. If he was not able

741
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,960
to do that, I think we're in big trouble because

742
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,519
that can be really hard for a guy to shake

743
00:36:44,559 --> 00:36:46,599
when they don't have the chance to do it without

744
00:36:46,599 --> 00:36:50,000
any pressure. And for all intents and purposes, he is

745
00:36:50,039 --> 00:36:53,320
who the Wild have pinned a lot of their future

746
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,519
hopes on. So for him, he needs to start this year,

747
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,639
needs to hit the ground running because in the past

748
00:37:01,679 --> 00:37:04,880
he's been just so consistent and solid where you watched

749
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,519
him play and you knew that he was going to

750
00:37:08,599 --> 00:37:10,960
hit his marks, he wasn't going to over commit to things,

751
00:37:11,039 --> 00:37:15,119
he wasn't going to be too slow, and seeing his

752
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:20,000
timing off just felt really weird. So I think if

753
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,360
we see more of that to start the season, and

754
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,719
we're in trouble. But I think we'll know within the

755
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,280
first month if he's going to be okay. And if

756
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:28,760
he is okay, I think he's going to be ready

757
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,119
for full time NHL action.

758
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:33,159
Speaker 6: I am ready for it.

759
00:37:33,199 --> 00:37:36,079
Speaker 3: I think the Wild are too, because they have Gustavsson

760
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,639
and Whilstead as their tandem, so I'm sure Gustin Sin

761
00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:41,679
will get most of the starts and hopefully they'll ease

762
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,400
in Wilstead and not.

763
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,320
Speaker 6: Throw him to the wolves. So it seems like a

764
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,159
pretty good situation.

765
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 3: They can speak the same language, and hopefully Gusts can

766
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,679
be a bit of a mentor to him.

767
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 6: So I'm optimistic.

768
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,559
Speaker 7: Kat I do think that I was going to say,

769
00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:58,920
I do think that Gustosen is someone who is able

770
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,480
to really talk with him about that's a good goaltender

771
00:38:02,519 --> 00:38:05,039
to have in your corner as your sort of quote

772
00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:08,119
unquote senior tandem partner if you are going through a

773
00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,519
little bit of a aggression slump, because we have seen

774
00:38:10,559 --> 00:38:14,480
gust Offson statistically at least take a few ups and downs,

775
00:38:15,119 --> 00:38:17,440
so that is someone who's able to help him bounce back.

776
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,440
Because I do think that Gustavsen in the past has

777
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,719
been able to take a little slump, take a little

778
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:27,559
bit of a technical anomaly where you watch him play

779
00:38:27,559 --> 00:38:29,840
and you're like, that's not what you look like, and

780
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,679
shake it off pretty consistently, and having someone in the

781
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:37,840
tandem who's able to do that, I think is extremely valuable.

782
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:45,039
Speaker 3: Indeed, let's talk about their other young goalie, Chase what Ski,

783
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,760
which might be one of the best last name for

784
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,679
any hockey player like what Upski?

785
00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:50,559
Speaker 6: I don't know.

786
00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 3: It just seems like there's plenty of plenty of good

787
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,840
vibes there. I don't know the kid at all, but

788
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,920
he's sixty to two hundred and sixty one pounds draft

789
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,000
in the fifth round in twenty twenty four, finish his

790
00:38:59,039 --> 00:39:01,760
second WHL season with the Red Deal Rebels, and his

791
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:06,199
numb get a little worse. His hockey prospecting equivalency is

792
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,679
stagnant at twenty four percent. There aren't a whole lot

793
00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:11,280
of great comps at this level other than guys that

794
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,480
completely defied the odds like Corey Crawford and cam Ward.

795
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,840
But Lauren brossois someone he might look a little bit alike.

796
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,360
Wo ended up being an average starter. So, Kat, what

797
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,960
are you interstincts? Tell us about what Ski?

798
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 7: I think it's really fun seeing Lauren besois. Is that

799
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:29,480
one of the top comps for him, just because sometimes

800
00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:32,280
when we see the comps from a statistical standpoint, you're like,

801
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,159
those are two guys who look and play nothing like

802
00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:38,079
each other. But I do think that what Ski is

803
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:43,199
on paper, he's much lighter than Lauren Buswah, but he

804
00:39:44,159 --> 00:39:48,079
plays a very similar game where he relies on, at

805
00:39:48,199 --> 00:39:50,000
least at the moment, because he is still pretty young.

806
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:54,639
He relies on using his extremities, using his limbs to

807
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,599
really make sure that he's covering as much space as

808
00:39:58,599 --> 00:40:03,480
possible without over committing mobility wise, he doesn't come out

809
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,079
to challenge too far, he doesn't overslide past his posts.

810
00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:09,760
He's got really good angles when he's down in reverse

811
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:13,280
VH when he's sliding across the net. I've enjoyed watching

812
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,559
what I've seen of him so far, but he also

813
00:40:16,679 --> 00:40:19,320
looks really really young, Like when I mentioned that he

814
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:25,480
is smaller than Lauren Besois. Obviously, every heightened weight statistic

815
00:40:25,559 --> 00:40:29,159
that we see on the internet for professional hockey players

816
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:33,280
is totally fake. There is a fifteen to twenty pound

817
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,599
window that we sometimes see for these guys. But he

818
00:40:35,639 --> 00:40:38,519
is listed at sixty two and one sixty one. Laurynbasa

819
00:40:38,639 --> 00:40:40,400
is sixty three. That's only an inch taller than two

820
00:40:40,519 --> 00:40:43,960
hundred pounds. I think, what Ski. I don't know if

821
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,400
he's missing forty pounds of muscle, but he is missing

822
00:40:48,639 --> 00:40:51,760
a significant chunk. So for him, biggest thing is going

823
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,599
to be that physical development, and I think that's what

824
00:40:54,639 --> 00:40:56,599
we saw last year when we saw his numbers take

825
00:40:56,599 --> 00:40:59,679
a dip, when he almost doubled his workload. Because he did,

826
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,719
he went from playing I think it was thirty something

827
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,440
games for Red Deer two. Yeah, I was thirty six

828
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,280
in his first full season of WHL hockey. Second year

829
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:12,800
he played fifty And so I think that we saw it.

830
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,960
We saw that conditioning level when a player just doesn't

831
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,360
have that physical strength to get through it stamina wi

832
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,639
That's that's what we saw from him. So this will

833
00:41:21,639 --> 00:41:23,519
be a year where we see if he manages to

834
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,760
do a little bit more of the physical conditioning without

835
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,400
losing that kind of fun spark that he has to

836
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,159
his game. Right now, he's not my favorite prospect to watch, like,

837
00:41:34,199 --> 00:41:37,360
He's not someone that I would start edging wall Set

838
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,760
out of the way for. But he is a good

839
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,360
player for them to have waiting in the wings, which

840
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,760
I don't like that they need to have someone waiting

841
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,559
in the wings, but I think maybe they do. So

842
00:41:49,559 --> 00:41:51,159
it's nice to know that he's there and that he's

843
00:41:51,199 --> 00:41:53,719
not a long term project for them, per se.

844
00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:59,199
Speaker 6: It's Wall said, or we're all going down with this ship.

845
00:41:59,199 --> 00:42:01,960
That's what I'm saying. Sorry, Chase. No, that's good.

846
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 3: Thanks kath Giving forgive me as your instincts on the

847
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,360
Minnesota Wild goalies.

848
00:42:06,679 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 2: Will be back right after this Dig the Dynasty Dig

849
00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:29,599
Minnesota Edition, Victor. These guys are your number four system

850
00:42:29,639 --> 00:42:32,039
in the NHL. Not too bad, not too shabby for

851
00:42:32,119 --> 00:42:34,440
a playoff team, and we're going to talk about some

852
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,960
real cool players today. Starts with your no brainer.

853
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,079
Speaker 3: This is a true no brainer. Some of these teams

854
00:42:41,159 --> 00:42:43,760
have a sort of soft no brainer or like a

855
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,360
week the best of what's there but not here. Minnesota

856
00:42:47,639 --> 00:42:51,199
zeb Buyam is our no brainer. He is an elite

857
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:56,039
defenseman and definitely one that I'm super excited about to

858
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,360
already have seen some NHL action. If I just want

859
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,400
to look up my defenseman ranks, I have him number

860
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,519
four as all prospect defenders, So that's pretty awesome. Twenty

861
00:43:06,519 --> 00:43:09,840
twenty four to twelfth overall pick. I still maintained that

862
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,760
he should have been the first defense went off the board.

863
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,400
Speaker 6: He was the last of the main.

864
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,079
Speaker 3: Six in that draft. Six foot, one hundred and eighty

865
00:43:16,119 --> 00:43:21,800
five pounds, he had his second straight strong season at Denver.

866
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,639
He was well over a point per game, as he

867
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,039
was in the previous season.

868
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 6: The guy's just a stud.

869
00:43:27,559 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 3: He also was on that back to back World Junior

870
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,239
winning gold winning team for the US six points in

871
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,679
seven games. He also went over to the World Championship

872
00:43:36,679 --> 00:43:39,920
and played with men, and he joined the Wild at

873
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,920
the in their playoff series, which was hit miss and

874
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,800
there were some really good moments. There were some nots

875
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,159
of good moments, but you would expect that coming from

876
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,719
the Frozen Fours, a pretty high level of competition, but

877
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:54,360
the NHL playoffs are several steps above that, so it

878
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,599
was a bit. It was a bit rough, but he

879
00:43:57,599 --> 00:44:00,199
did get his first NHL assist, so that's cool. Looking

880
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,480
at the tracking data for zeb William, you can see

881
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,239
that all it's all blue like he's just pretty much

882
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,480
good at everything. The only thing that's maybe a little

883
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:11,280
bit lower is he's not the biggest shooter, and some

884
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,280
of his retrievals aren't as good, and some of his

885
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:17,159
physicality could be improved, but all in all, he's fantastic.

886
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,159
His FHL player card eight point sixty five is what

887
00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:22,800
I have him at. You can see from the BASH

888
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:26,920
data and the FHL player cards that he doesn't really

889
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,960
shoot that much. He also doesn't really hit that much.

890
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,320
He's eightieth percentile for shots, fiftieth for hits, and twentieth

891
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,599
for blocks, so that gives him a bash of fortieth percentile.

892
00:44:36,199 --> 00:44:38,239
He actually does take a fair amount of penalties, though,

893
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:40,280
so if you like that sort of thing, that does

894
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:44,079
help you. I guess let's hear a little bit more

895
00:44:44,119 --> 00:44:46,719
about what makes Zee William the player he is from

896
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:47,920
reftel Scout.

897
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 2: Well Victor FHL Scout Jeremy has this to say. William

898
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,000
is a very slick skater. Moves at a high pace,

899
00:44:55,199 --> 00:44:58,880
great lateral mobility, great opening up lanes with head or

900
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,719
shoulder fakes. Elusive skating. Can get himself into trouble at

901
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,719
times defensively because he's always on the move even if

902
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,280
drifts him out of position a bit. Passing and handling

903
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,960
top notch not great hand eye can do so at

904
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,920
high speed though This will be a strength of his

905
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:18,039
game when combined with his skating ability. Shooting well, jeremy'ld

906
00:45:18,039 --> 00:45:20,559
like to see William shoot the puck more really watched

907
00:45:20,639 --> 00:45:24,119
him pass up opportunities. In the NHL website only has

908
00:45:24,199 --> 00:45:26,880
him with two shots and four games played. Granted those

909
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,519
were thirteen minutes a night in a playoff environment. As

910
00:45:30,559 --> 00:45:32,840
with many pass versus d adding a shot to his

911
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,679
arsenal could make his passing more effective. His offensive IQ

912
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,480
is quite positive, able to see plays develop, create opportunities,

913
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:46,320
great power play one and quarterback skill set. Defensively, Jeremy

914
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,039
finds him puck watching and drifting a bit much. There

915
00:45:49,039 --> 00:45:51,719
were definitely multiple instances of what is he doing there

916
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,960
in the defensive zone and in transition. He's also almost

917
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,599
too aggressive at trying to skate the puck. He has

918
00:45:57,679 --> 00:45:59,840
the skills to beat guys one on one often, but

919
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,679
the risk of exposing his team to an odd man

920
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:06,559
break should temper this habit. Defense stick on puck defense

921
00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:09,840
quite good, plays the body well for a smaller, younger guy.

922
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,159
Still has room to improve, so the best asset was

923
00:46:13,199 --> 00:46:16,519
the footwork agility. The biggest concern overlay aggressive on the

924
00:46:16,559 --> 00:46:20,519
offensive side. Top tier outcome, top five D in the league.

925
00:46:20,639 --> 00:46:23,599
If he improves his offense defensive game, he'll be rewarded

926
00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:26,039
with twenty five plus minutes a night, and then the

927
00:46:26,119 --> 00:46:29,119
offense will really shine. He has all the skill sets

928
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:33,840
of the top tier young defenseman today the median outcome

929
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,440
top four power play D. He could lose minutes if

930
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:40,400
he can't be trusted defensively, Jeremy thinks his offense will

931
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,840
keep him on a team for a long time, like Klingberg,

932
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,800
Barry or Ghost of Spare. He's got more skills than

933
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:48,719
those guys, plenty of opportunities to prove his defense. So

934
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:53,119
the stylistic comparable Lane Hudson and overall, Jeremy wuld love

935
00:46:53,119 --> 00:46:55,199
to see Minnesota hand in power Play one in top

936
00:46:55,199 --> 00:46:57,239
four minutes next year to iron out the Kings in

937
00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,480
his game. Doesn't think he has anything to learn or

938
00:46:59,599 --> 00:47:02,960
prove at the E level. Mason Black put out the

939
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:08,280
poll and it's the Z squad Ze Bulliam, Zane Perrek Boom.

940
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:12,280
That's a heavyweight matchup, and Bullyum comes out ahead fifty

941
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,159
two to forty eight percent victor.

942
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:15,039
Speaker 6: What do you think?

943
00:47:16,599 --> 00:47:19,559
Speaker 3: I think Mason's I'm messing around, that's for sure. He's

944
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,360
putting these two together. This is a heavyweight out. Obviously

945
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,639
you want both of these guys. I think who you

946
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:28,760
choose might depend a little bit on the what league

947
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,559
you're in and what are the stats that are counted,

948
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,119
because there is a little bit of difference here in

949
00:47:33,199 --> 00:47:36,679
terms of Bullam. If it's a league like the Tidy

950
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:40,199
where you're counting time on ice, you're counting takeaways, you're

951
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:44,599
counting play driving and all of that, and I'll getting

952
00:47:44,599 --> 00:47:47,599
all the minutes and the priffs is going to be valuable,

953
00:47:47,639 --> 00:47:49,639
then I'm taking Billiam for sure. I think he's the

954
00:47:49,639 --> 00:47:52,639
better real life player. PreK has more points upside, I

955
00:47:52,639 --> 00:47:54,920
think his defense is going to be good enough, and

956
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,119
he's definitely going to run the power play. The question

957
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,559
is is he a top line number one d I

958
00:47:59,559 --> 00:48:03,320
don't think so. So then is he a second pairing

959
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,800
or maybe a worse third pairing, top power play kind

960
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,480
of guy. So his value is a little bit more

961
00:48:08,559 --> 00:48:11,679
tenuous there in that sense. But if you're mainly just

962
00:48:11,679 --> 00:48:15,079
looking at points, then you're forst I think you're taking Perek.

963
00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:18,079
The bash isn't is better for Prerek, but not that

964
00:48:18,199 --> 00:48:20,440
much better. He just shoots a little bit more than Bullyam,

965
00:48:20,519 --> 00:48:22,840
but the rest of it isn't really there. He does

966
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,000
probably take more pims than Bullium, but the hits and

967
00:48:26,039 --> 00:48:28,679
blocks are also pretty minimal. So yeah, I don't think

968
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:30,480
you can go wrong. I think it might depend slightly

969
00:48:30,519 --> 00:48:33,639
on your league. I prefer Bulliam as an all around

970
00:48:33,679 --> 00:48:35,639
complete player. But if I'm playing in a league that's

971
00:48:35,679 --> 00:48:38,840
more points heavy than I'm taking PreK and also thinking

972
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:43,280
like contract wise, Bulliam's type tends to get paid more

973
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,199
just in terms of being number one all around kind

974
00:48:46,199 --> 00:48:50,039
of guy, whereas Perk's player type probably a little less

975
00:48:50,519 --> 00:48:53,239
expensive on the market. So there there might be a

976
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,480
little bit of a bargain there in terms of fantasy leagues.

977
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,320
Looking at the hockey prospecting between these two, it's pretty

978
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:06,480
fantastic in terms of the percentage. Is eighty six percent

979
00:49:06,519 --> 00:49:10,519
for Billiam, Perrek ninety two percent, So you're splitting hairs

980
00:49:10,519 --> 00:49:12,880
there in terms of who's more valuable. Both pretty much

981
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:16,079
locks to be NHL ers. Looking at the FHL player

982
00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:18,639
card for Perrek, eight point eight nine is what I

983
00:49:18,679 --> 00:49:21,000
have him at and I have Billiam at eight point

984
00:49:21,079 --> 00:49:22,800
sixty five. But again it might just depend a little

985
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:26,679
bit on the type of league that you're in. And

986
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:30,119
I went over some of his bachel already William's other comps.

987
00:49:30,159 --> 00:49:32,239
I mean, he actually looks a heck of a lot

988
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:34,719
like Quinn Hughes in this model, which obviously would be

989
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:38,039
an amazing outcome. Brian Leach, Brian Barrard Chris Pronger, are

990
00:49:38,039 --> 00:49:42,079
other guys. Basically all of his comps are like superstars

991
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,960
in Hall of Famers, So it's pretty likely he's going

992
00:49:45,039 --> 00:49:47,719
to be up there looking at the top down hockey

993
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:50,039
model seventy five percent chance of being a star, one

994
00:49:50,159 --> 00:49:53,960
hundred percent chance of being an NHLer. So yeah, I

995
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,480
think he's pretty looking, pretty amazing.

996
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 2: And Victor next the need to know prospect? Who is it?

997
00:50:03,599 --> 00:50:06,400
Speaker 3: This would be none other than Danila. You're off the

998
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,800
man who famously allowed me to make the pun Jesse

999
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,159
or off your rocker. But it turns out that you

1000
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,599
had a good idea that he was going to be good,

1001
00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:18,760
because he has turned out to be pretty productive in

1002
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,760
the KHL. He was a twenty twenty two to twenty

1003
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,480
fourth overall pick six one hundred and seventy six pounds.

1004
00:50:24,039 --> 00:50:27,760
The production took a small step back this year, but

1005
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:31,079
part of that is because he said that this was

1006
00:50:31,079 --> 00:50:33,840
going to be his last year in the KHL, and

1007
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,559
oftentimes we know that when players do that, they get

1008
00:50:37,599 --> 00:50:40,599
their ice time and opportunity limited, and that's what happened.

1009
00:50:40,639 --> 00:50:45,000
So he did have some pretty fantastic production the year before,

1010
00:50:45,079 --> 00:50:46,519
and I do think he can get back to that

1011
00:50:46,639 --> 00:50:49,639
level once he gets the right opportunity, and he is

1012
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:52,280
expected to be in the NHL this upcoming season, so

1013
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,039
that'll be really fun to see. Looking at his FHL

1014
00:50:56,039 --> 00:50:57,840
player card, I have him at a six point five

1015
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:00,599
to five, so just over that fifty percent thresh mark

1016
00:51:00,599 --> 00:51:05,079
of being a six, and the shots are pretty high

1017
00:51:05,079 --> 00:51:08,320
one hundred percentile. The hits and blocks are also above average,

1018
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,719
so his bash should be really strong. So even if

1019
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:15,159
you don't have all that opportunity given to him and

1020
00:51:15,199 --> 00:51:18,559
all the production immediately in the NHL, you have a

1021
00:51:18,639 --> 00:51:22,679
nice peripheral floor to go from, which is always super

1022
00:51:22,719 --> 00:51:26,000
super helpful when you're waiting on these prospects to develop.

1023
00:51:26,119 --> 00:51:28,679
So I think he's most likely going to be on

1024
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:30,880
the third line, but maybe he gets a second line

1025
00:51:31,519 --> 00:51:33,880
opportunity and he might be able to run with it.

1026
00:51:34,119 --> 00:51:36,679
There's not there's huge names blocking him. Certainly he's not

1027
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:41,360
going to take capriceoff Rossi or Boldie's spot. Maybe Tershenko

1028
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:43,159
goes down to the third line and maybe he gets

1029
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,599
pumped up there. So we'll see exactly what happens. But

1030
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:50,079
I'm really excited for You're off now that he's going

1031
00:51:50,119 --> 00:51:52,119
to be in the NHL, and we'll see what else

1032
00:51:52,199 --> 00:51:54,840
is exciting about. You're off from our FHL scout Jesse.

1033
00:51:55,599 --> 00:51:58,880
Speaker 2: And it's Jeremy. He says, you're off. Skating is average

1034
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:03,159
low wide, great for strength and on the puck and edgework,

1035
00:52:03,199 --> 00:52:07,480
but acceleration and agility isn't great. Passing and handling, Smart's

1036
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:10,840
passer and stickhandler likes to simplify the game. Doesn't go

1037
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,360
after defenders one on one, but he can slow the

1038
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,960
tempo and find openings with his vision, impatience the shooting.

1039
00:52:17,039 --> 00:52:19,960
It's a high end shot, quick release, strong one timer.

1040
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,599
Jeremy thinks he'll be dangerous from all areas in the

1041
00:52:23,639 --> 00:52:28,199
offensive zone. The vision and anticipation is the best trade here.

1042
00:52:28,519 --> 00:52:30,840
Seems to always find the right place to be on

1043
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:34,320
both offense and defense. One of the most mature prospects

1044
00:52:34,679 --> 00:52:38,480
and positionally sound prospects, Jeremy says he's ever watched, although

1045
00:52:38,559 --> 00:52:40,480
he sees him more as a wing than a center

1046
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,840
for checking. Not particularly aggressive in that area, but strong

1047
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,519
on his skates, can create chances when put in the position.

1048
00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:52,480
Defense responsible defensively, too, has good positioning instincts, strong on

1049
00:52:52,559 --> 00:52:55,480
his stick and with his body, Jeremy prefer to see

1050
00:52:55,559 --> 00:52:58,400
him deployed it in a more offensive minded role, but

1051
00:52:58,559 --> 00:53:01,320
he can do the dirty work if so. The best

1052
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:04,360
asset was that hockey iq. The biggest concern not a

1053
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:08,519
lot of offensive flash, good vision, handles, above average shot,

1054
00:53:08,599 --> 00:53:12,360
but not dynamic the way today's superstars are. Big tier

1055
00:53:13,079 --> 00:53:16,239
the top tier potential here, top line forward point per game.

1056
00:53:16,679 --> 00:53:18,599
That's because he's got all the talent in the world

1057
00:53:18,679 --> 00:53:21,000
and could evolve into a force with a bit more time,

1058
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:25,239
the median outcome, middle six secondary scorer with some power

1059
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,440
play one time. That's because if he doesn't show elite skills,

1060
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,960
he may be more of a secondary player in the NHL,

1061
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:35,000
reliant on good line mates or relegated to more defensive roles.

1062
00:53:35,199 --> 00:53:39,440
Stylistic comparable Austin Matthews with less offensive talent, Victor, I

1063
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:44,440
am also Austin Matthews with less defensive talent. Just significantly Yeah,

1064
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:47,199
it's just significantly less than Danilla eurof You and I

1065
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:52,840
did it, Victor, we did it. Oh and Mason Black,

1066
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:57,800
the NHL rank King made a comparison Danilla Europ versus

1067
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:01,320
Cole Eiserman. I profer to be a little bit surprised.

1068
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:04,800
Eure Off wins only fifty four to forty six percent

1069
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:08,079
over Isserman. It's that US bias. What do you think

1070
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:09,480
about that comparison.

1071
00:54:10,639 --> 00:54:13,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a little surprised by that too. I think

1072
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:17,119
that yes, Cole Eiserman has had more fanfare, more talked about.

1073
00:54:17,199 --> 00:54:21,159
He's scored a lot of goals, He's starred internationally for

1074
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:24,039
Team USA, all of that. But I could not agree

1075
00:54:24,079 --> 00:54:27,480
more with what Jeremy said. All of the questions that

1076
00:54:27,559 --> 00:54:30,199
surround Iserman's off puck play are not going to be

1077
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:32,519
the case for year off. I also agree with him

1078
00:54:32,519 --> 00:54:35,079
that he's more of a winger than a center, even

1079
00:54:35,119 --> 00:54:38,320
though a two way center like Matt Boldie who probably

1080
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,760
could drive his own line and doesn't require the same

1081
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,280
kind of center. But I don't know that he'll be

1082
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,239
able to be a center. They sounds like they're going

1083
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:47,320
to try him down the middle and maybe he'll be

1084
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:48,679
able to do it, But I think that's too much

1085
00:54:48,679 --> 00:54:50,960
pressure for the young man jumping into the NHL. So

1086
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:52,480
I hope they give him a shot on the wing.

1087
00:54:53,159 --> 00:54:56,159
But all of those things that you're Off is good at,

1088
00:54:56,239 --> 00:55:00,679
Iserman struggles and I would definitely rather take your I'm

1089
00:55:01,159 --> 00:55:03,880
I agree It probably should be a little bit more

1090
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:08,000
separation there, because even though Izerman's an excellent scorer, there's

1091
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,960
all those other things about his game, and I don't

1092
00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:12,079
think that You're off scoring is that far off. He's

1093
00:55:12,119 --> 00:55:14,760
a much better playmaker than Iserman. Of course his shot

1094
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:18,000
and is good, but then who's is But he creates

1095
00:55:18,039 --> 00:55:22,960
offense in better, more sustainable NHL quality ways than does Iiserman.

1096
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:26,480
So I'm definitely taking You're off. Looking at the hockey

1097
00:55:26,559 --> 00:55:29,159
prospecting between the two year, off started at sixty one percent.

1098
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,320
He's trended down a little bit, but I also explained

1099
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:34,320
why this year's production was so much lower. I think

1100
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:37,440
he definitely deserves more than that. It was just a

1101
00:55:37,519 --> 00:55:41,239
construct of the situation there in Russia for him. Ierman

1102
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:43,320
started at seventy two percent chance of being a star,

1103
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:46,920
as trended down to fifty eight percent, so still very high.

1104
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:52,159
Looking at the FHL player card for Cole Eiserman, six

1105
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:54,559
point sixty three is what I have him at, which

1106
00:55:54,599 --> 00:55:57,760
is a little bit higher than then You're off. But

1107
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,800
again context and nuance is important here, and I do

1108
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:04,840
think that You're Off is a little bit more well rounded,

1109
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:08,679
and I just like that security of him being able

1110
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:11,400
to integrate into the lineup and stay in the lineup

1111
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:13,599
and stay in the coaches good graces, a little bit

1112
00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:16,199
better looking at some other comps fer a year off,

1113
00:56:16,559 --> 00:56:19,920
there's one here where he looks somewhat like Alexis Lafarnier.

1114
00:56:20,039 --> 00:56:23,039
Not necessarily play style, but I think that upside that

1115
00:56:23,079 --> 00:56:25,559
we've seen from Lafarrenier is at least what you're off

1116
00:56:25,599 --> 00:56:29,079
can get to. So I like that looking at the

1117
00:56:29,159 --> 00:56:31,280
j fresh Car thirteen percent chance of being a star,

1118
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:34,440
ninety four percent chance of being an NHLer, So that's

1119
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,519
pretty pretty much a lot, and we're going to see it.

1120
00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:37,400
We're going to see it this year.

1121
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:38,320
Speaker 6: Jesse. I can't wait.

1122
00:56:40,159 --> 00:56:42,800
Speaker 2: Outstanding and Victor. This has got to be one of

1123
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:46,239
the better keep your eye on prospects that we're going

1124
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:47,800
to discuss in this season. Who is it?

1125
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:51,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is going to be Riley Heyite twenty twenty three,

1126
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,039
sixty fourth overall pick five to eleven, one hundred and

1127
00:56:54,039 --> 00:56:58,480
seventy nine pounds. He had his third straight dominant WHL

1128
00:56:58,559 --> 00:57:01,880
season for the Prince Ku Prince George Couger's He's the

1129
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,880
captain this year after wearing an a the last two seasons,

1130
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,280
and his production went down a little bit from the

1131
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:10,000
previous season. The Cougars weren't exactly as good as they

1132
00:57:10,039 --> 00:57:12,599
were last season, but he still had ninety points in

1133
00:57:12,679 --> 00:57:16,400
sixty games, which is pretty fantastic. Looking at Mitch Brown's

1134
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:19,400
tracking data, you can see that what Height is really

1135
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:22,280
good at is his expected primary assists, his shot assists,

1136
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:25,599
his slot passes, his playmaking, essentially his elite A lot

1137
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:28,360
of his transition numbers are also really good. The one

1138
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,320
area that still continues to be not great is his defense,

1139
00:57:31,519 --> 00:57:34,440
and that continues to be a problem and will affect

1140
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:38,519
his translatability. I would say, looking at the FHL player card,

1141
00:57:38,639 --> 00:57:40,559
six point seven eight is what I have him at.

1142
00:57:41,039 --> 00:57:44,280
The scoring is elite for the WHL the shots he

1143
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,239
doesn't shoot that much. That's a big problem. I guess

1144
00:57:46,239 --> 00:57:48,559
I didn't mention that his expected goals and shots per

1145
00:57:48,599 --> 00:57:51,559
sixty are very low in Mitch's tracking data, and you

1146
00:57:51,559 --> 00:57:54,039
can see that in our metrics as well. Seventy eight

1147
00:57:54,119 --> 00:57:57,679
percent tile, which is really for an elite prospect. You

1148
00:57:57,719 --> 00:58:00,000
want that should be a ten, It should be one hundred.

1149
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,400
Hits for Height are fortieth percentile blocks or sixties percent out,

1150
00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:06,639
so his bash figures to be just average. He does

1151
00:58:06,679 --> 00:58:08,239
take a lot of penalties, so if you like that,

1152
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:10,679
there you go. Let's hear a little bit more about

1153
00:58:10,719 --> 00:58:12,239
height though. From our Rachel scout.

1154
00:58:12,039 --> 00:58:15,639
Speaker 2: Jesse Jeremy has this to say, an average to above

1155
00:58:15,719 --> 00:58:18,599
average skater, not going to blow anyone away, but it

1156
00:58:18,639 --> 00:58:22,320
won't hold him back passing and handling, very good patients

1157
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:24,440
with the puck as well. Has the tools to be

1158
00:58:24,519 --> 00:58:28,840
a good playmaking center. Shooting the SHOT's fine, but nothing impressive.

1159
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,719
Jeremy'd like to see him use it more. Suspects he'll

1160
00:58:31,719 --> 00:58:35,119
be more of a playmaker and opportunity opportune finisher than

1161
00:58:35,119 --> 00:58:39,440
a goal scorer. The IQ is high end good positionally

1162
00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:41,559
on both sides of the puck, uses that to create

1163
00:58:41,639 --> 00:58:45,079
space or break up plays strong four checker for someone

1164
00:58:45,159 --> 00:58:49,000
his age. He tirelessly chases down guys and creates chaos

1165
00:58:49,039 --> 00:58:51,840
with a body's check or a stick lift. The defense

1166
00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:54,000
is very good too, strong on his man in front

1167
00:58:54,039 --> 00:58:56,960
of the net and in corners despite his smaller stature.

1168
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,880
So the best asset was the hockey IQ and envision.

1169
00:59:00,159 --> 00:59:03,960
The biggest concernless offensive skills. They're not eye popping the

1170
00:59:04,039 --> 00:59:07,639
top tier outcome two s secondary power play one piece.

1171
00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:10,880
If that offense blossoms, he could be a nice secondary scorer.

1172
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,519
But he thinks he'll take the hard minutes, so Jeremy

1173
00:59:14,519 --> 00:59:17,280
thinks that might cap his upside. He should see ice

1174
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:20,360
in all situations. Expects him to be playing twenty plus

1175
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,840
minutes a night in his prime if he develops well.

1176
00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:27,320
The median outcome bottom six center, PK, face off defensive

1177
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:30,559
specialist because his head and his work great will keep

1178
00:59:30,639 --> 00:59:33,159
him on teams for a long time. He's a near

1179
00:59:33,239 --> 00:59:35,360
lock to have an NHL career, but it may not

1180
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:39,039
be offensively impressive or fantasy relevant in the average case

1181
00:59:39,079 --> 00:59:43,400
outcome stylistic comparable Yanni Gord with better hands, maybe Braden

1182
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:47,119
Sheen with a higher end outcome. And the final thoughts,

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Jeremy likes him a lot, just has a hard time

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seeing a star there. He does think has got a

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really good hockey IQ instinct's work ethic, so it'll probably

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be a valuable glue piece on many teams. The NHL

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Rankking put out the pole Riley height versus Nikita Artemanov,

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and it looks to me like Artamanov wins fifty three

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to forty seven percent, Victor, how about for you?

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Speaker 3: I do agree with Artamanov. I think that he's the

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guy that I would want. I definitely still like the

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appeal of height, and I think that he can probably

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hit those heights that Jeremy mentioned, but I'm just not convinced.

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I do have Artamanov as a much higher rank in

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my puck stud list. I have him at a seven

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point seven zero where I had Height at a six

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point seven eight. So both very likely to hit their threshold.

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But I like Artamanov more, as you can tell, and

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part of that is because look at what Artamanov's done.

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He's been in the KHL producing for the last two

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seasons as a teenager, which is super impressive in a

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professional league, meeting professional goalies standing up against that physicality.

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He's got the high motor, he doesn't have as many

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holes and other aspects of his game. So yeah, I

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definitely just like him better. But I would certainly want

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both these guys on my team. It's not like I

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wouldn't want height or anything like that. Looking at the

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p andhle between the two heights has gone down to

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about sixty, whereas ur Toamanov has moved up to almost eighty,

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so there's definitely a little bit of a difference there.

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Height is started in the Hockey Prospecting Model at forty

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two percent chance of being a star. He's trended down

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to twenty eight percent. Or Tamanov started at forty two percent,

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but it has gone up to sixty eight percent, So

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definitely favors Ur Tamanof there. Looking at some other comps

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for height, there's some interesting ones here, like Nazem Kadri

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is one. I think a more reasonable one is Dylan Cousins,

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who is also a WHL player. Some of his equivalencies

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looked similar. Heights are actually a bit higher, but I

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think there's similar concerns with the defensive effort. Cousins was

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actually probably a step to ahead of Height in that area,

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so I could see a somewhat similar outcome there to

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Dylan Cousins and the Jay Fresh model eight percent chance

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of being a star for h forty nine percent chance

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of being an NHL aer, So I always a little

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bit more pessimistic there. That's it for the Minnesota Wild

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dig If you're a patroon, you can listen to my

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top ten prospect recaps per team on Patreon, and if

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you're interested in doing any scouting with us, shoot me

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a DM on Twitter, Discord, or email us.

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Speaker 2: Victor. We will be right back. A reminder that our

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show's brought to you by fan Tracks. You can move

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leagues over there, start new leagues, nine different sports to play.

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Every option you could ever want is in there. I

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dare you, Well, I don't dare you. People are gonna think,

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you know, my computer spits out cookies or something when

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I try to play the league. They're trying to think

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of something that will stump me. But frankly, any reasonable

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option for a fantasy league things way beyond on what

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the big boys are offering you, is there for you.

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And fan Tracks also a lot of fantasy content. There's articles,

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there's writers over there. They're doing fantasy hockey, sometimes they're

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doing other sports as well. Fahl has a team and

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We got Tim Ay just cranking out tidy league stuff

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of the crew as well, and we've got leagues filling up.

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We got the Lidstrom League that is still looking I

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think it's almost full, so you definitely want to get

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with us quick if you want to be a part

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of the tiered dynasty this year and other dispersals are done.

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It's just there's madness involved in this thing. Lead scouts

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Tony and Patrick keep our scouting reports on track. Mike,

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for our use. Branded helps with the website, prospect ranks,

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and some of the cool stuff you see, like the

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Fantasy Hockey Life player cards that you get with certain

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like to lend the show you want to get with us,

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hit Victor up in the discord, email or social media.

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If you had a rookie draft and there's an ADP,

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there's a list you can break down. If you send

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it into Victor, he will incorporate that into the list

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we have going and share with you results some ADP

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of a lot of rookie drafts going on. That's not

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something that's really easy to get out there. So if

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you're fantasy player and you're about to do your rookie draft,

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time I do a social called Dynasty Sports Life. I

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talk multiple different Dynasty sports. This past a week was

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all about baseball prospects. This coming Tuesday, when the new

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episode rolls out, will be about college football and some

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of the important running backs and wide receivers for the

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twenty to twenty six NFL Draft class. Follow Victor and

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Speaker 6: Yeah hm m mmmm

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Speaker 3: Mm hmm