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Week 17 Buy Low & Sell High + Detroit Regression?? + Top 10 Defencemen to Buy? | Fantasy Hockey Podcast · Banger Management - Fantasy Hockey Podcast

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man. I just haven't seen it.
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I haven't seen it. Alright, let's get it.
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But at an outbound banger management fantasy hockey
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podcast, Woo woo, Josh says woo somewhere else.
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Not here I. Didn't harmonize like we did.
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management Ill Podcastle Fantasy Hockey Connie Padroni di Casa
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Jake, Josh, Kevin. Guess what language that was?
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Italian. Actually, yes.
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Yeah, yeah, it's on is just classic Italian.
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You know you gotta. You know it, you recognize it.
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Maybe I'm wrong. If there's any Italian listeners
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please correct me if I am or let me.
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Know in the vowel. I think it's like a thing
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though. No, I think they all end in
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vowels. But, but we'll see.
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Please comment and let us know if I'm right or not.
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But yeah, as far as Bangor management goes, that is just so
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English that it can't be, it can't be italicized.
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But yeah, so welcoming everyone to our Week 17 Buy Low, Sell
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High Trade targets episode. As always, the link to all of
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Let's start with Joshua's Buy low.
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And he's not here. So Jake and I are going to be
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sharing Josh duties today, yes, but if you're upset with the
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pigs, take it up with him because it's not our fault.
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Yeah, yeah. And let's see his bylaws.
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Decent. She still has.
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Pretty good, yeah, he has a good pics he has a good.
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Picture he's got a good pics but if you do have a problem with
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it, it's not ours and if you don't like any of ours, it's
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also Josh's fault so. I agree.
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Cool. So yeah, Josh is Bilo.
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We've got Brayden Point. He has been very underwhelming
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the past month after being on fire to start the year.
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In the past month, he's only got .64 point per game, points per
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game, .21 power play, points per game.
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Meanwhile is Buddy Couch over there on Kevin's team is at 1.33
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power play, 1.33 points per. Game not power play points.
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Yeah, sorry that. .53 power play points I I sorry I thought it
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was power play goals. It was like well what could have
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been amazing point has been not great point was one of our cell
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highs two months ago, so it's not surprising to us that he
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slowed down. But this slowdown is way too big
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and he should definitely bounce back to being a point per game
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player soon, pun intended. This decrease in production
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could also be related to the Lightning shifting, um, their
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power play units around into A1A1B.
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But point is still playing on a unit with Kucherov and Gensel,
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and the Lightning are on the 4th best power play, the 4th best
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power play team in the league. So his power play points should
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go up a bit. I also wouldn't be surprised.
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OK, Josh, wouldn't be surprised to see them go back to their
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normal power play one unit in the next few weeks.
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So now could be a great time by low on the premise that point
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has been demoted to power play 2.
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It's air quotes for power play 2.
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You know it is one A1B, but it does look bad when you see it.
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And so some good one for one targets are Matt Duchene, Wyatt
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Johnson, Thomas Hurdle. Personally, I think point is way
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out of reach for all these guys. Hurdle and Johnston have been
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actually, you know what they've all been.
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Amazed some strong takes on this as well.
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Yeah, they've all been amazing, but I just think that point is
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significantly too good to be. You can't sell just them, but
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maybe them plus isn't a good idea.
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I mean, listen, I really agree with Josh's by low.
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I think Brayden Point is in a great place right now where he's
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attainable in a trade for a lot of players.
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The only thing is I kind of disagree with a little bit with
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Josh's targets, especially even for A1, For one targets, I
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think, I think these guys just don't have the name value and
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the pedigree that that Britain Point has.
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Like Britain Point is a top three fantasy centre for for
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fantasy lucky. I don't think Duchene Johnson or
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Hurdle gets it done. I think Johnson has a lot of
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pull because he's like a a great player and exciting to have on
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your fantasy team. And he's also just been insane.
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But I don't think Shannon Hurdle have like the the name value or
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the consistent production year after year to be able to get
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that done. So I don't think managers gonna
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be training brilliant point for one of these guys on really hot
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streak right now. But I'd give you a lot of other
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names that I'd trade for for Brayden Point, Like if you have,
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if you have Bull Horvat, I think right now who's really hot, I
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try to flip him for a Britain point.
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If you could get Dylan Larkin for written point.
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Yeah, these are these are names that you could probably do.
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I think Larkin Larkins like the perfect one.
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Horvat. I actually still don't think it
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gets done, but. He's also just been nuts and he
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has some name value as well. Obviously with the Islanders
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it's less so, but people know that he's been solid for years
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when he was on Vancouver as well.
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So I think the the name kind of definitely stronger than Duchane
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Johnson and Hurdle, I think, yeah.
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But I think Larkin is a great name to put that if you can flip
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for Britain point, which I think is very possible, I would look
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to to do that. Yeah, no point.
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Point is like an elite, elite talent and it just not been it
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for him as of late. But I mean look like if you can
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pull it off with. These, yeah, obviously we just
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want to give you some realistic targets as well.
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Yeah, same with Horvat. But I just think that at the end
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of the day, like it's just point is, yeah, he's.
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Either way, obviously trying to get the best deal as we can, we
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just want to give you some names that would be willing to give
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like the the highest, the best name possible that would be
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willing to give in a trade. I think Larkin is probably that
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guy. Yeah, I agree.
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And actually one other quick one on that.
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What about Jack Hughes, given the fact that the Ranger, sorry,
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the Devils playoff schedule isn't that good?
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Yeah, if you're looking to optimize your playoff schedule,
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I think Jack Hughes. I think Jack Hughes for for
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Britain point maybe. I feel like you're overpaying,
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like maybe you can get point. Plus, if the other person
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especially doesn't realize that the devil's play two games in
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Week 24. I think that'd be a great trade
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if you're a savvy manager. But even one for one, if it
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really comes down to it, I'd probably take Brayden Point rest
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of the season. Yeah, it feels like an overpay
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as you said, but it it could workout for you in the long run.
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Cool. So let's move on to your buy
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low, Kevin. Alright, my buy low is a guy
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that I think I'm clearly higher on than both of my Co hosts, but
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it is Mikhael Sergachev, former Montreal Canadian.
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I mean, listen, he's been hurt since January 16th.
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So it's one of those opportunities where he hasn't
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really been on the ice lately. And maybe the manager is
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frustrated because even before he got hurt he wasn't doing
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super hot. And we've seen as of late, the
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Utah have been nuts and their power play is honestly a really
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good power play. So the fact that he's been dated
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day for two weeks, I think increases the frustration in the
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managers gonna have because you're like, OK, he's not on my
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IR. And every night you kind of
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think he's gonna play and he's not playing.
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And it's just like, it's been 2 weeks of that, right?
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So the frustration is building up their manager's head where
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maybe just is undervaluing him right now given that he's been
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so frustrating. And rest of the season, I think
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Sergachev is a fringe top 10 fantasy defenseman.
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There's not many other defensemen that are going to
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contribute in shots and blocks and also be on a top, top power
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play in the league and that have no, no, you know, somebody
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behind them trying to fight for their spot as well.
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I think he's on a great power play.
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He's going to get you 2 blocks a game, two shots a game and then
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some exposure to some high flying assets.
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I think it's a great opportunity to buy a little before he comes
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back and gets up and running again.
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And I think you can probably get it for cheaper than expected.
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I'm giving you some names like Seth Jones, Dougie Hamilton,
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Jacob Chikurin, who I'd swap all one for one for Michael
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Sergachev, but you can maybe even get him for guys that are a
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little worse than that. And like we're seeing in the
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financial landscape right now, like guys like Haskin are
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getting hurt, guys like no adopts are getting hurt.
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So there's not really as many of these, you know, top one's on
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their team that are power play quarterbacks on a great power
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play anymore that are still healthy and attainable.
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Yeah, I agree. And one thing that you didn't
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mention is with Dylan Gunther coming back, that Utah power
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play is only going to get better.
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So hopefully that nicely coincides with the circuit she's
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returned as well. It's crazy to me because for
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some reason thinking that circuit has a top 10 fantasy
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defenseman rest of season does not compute in my head.
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Like I'm just like. There's so many names that you
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take ahead of. But if you look more into it,
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yeah, he really is there. Dougie Hamilton is the one I'm
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most scared of as far as the target goes.
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But I do think you. Think you'd be overpaying giving
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Dougie? I just think that like there is
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a chance that Dougie is better than Sergachev, but I'm not
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convinced by any means, whereas Jones I.
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Think that you will for sure get more points, not points are
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shots, but I think circuitry will get more points blocks and
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has a better playoff schedule. Whereas you know you don't
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really want to be training for Dougie and if you can flip them
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for somebody else too. Given that 22 game week that
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we've spoken about, I think it's something to consider.
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No, it's a fairpoint. Yeah, honestly, but especially
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Chicken and Jones. Honestly probably Doug with the
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playoff schedule you mentioned. Like I think that Sergachev is
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just he doesn't have the elite name value yet.
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Yeah, he doesn't, but he's performing at that level and I
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think the fact that he's hurt and guys don't associate, like
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you just said, the name value to him, he's really going under the
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radar. I think I'd trade Josh Morrissey
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for circuit shows. That's another name I put.
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Yeah, that feels to me also like that feels crazy, but you know
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what I mean? Numbers don't lie at the end of
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the day. Like you're getting an elite
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defenseman in Sergiev. It's just that he's not as
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appreciated as the other one. So I really like it and by low,
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I don't know if this will get it done, but if you can trade, Drew
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Dowdy just came back from injury this week, I think that that
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could be a nice option as well. Do you think that there is a
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shot that you can do that? Yeah, I think it's definitely
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possible Drew Brody has some weight to him and the fact that
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by the time you're listening to this that it will have played
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his first NHL game. So if he pops off, he may be
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able to do it. If he doesn't popped off yet,
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maybe you can still sell them on the name value.
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But yeah, I I like that a lot. I think Daddy is going to be
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obviously somebody that a lot of people are have been stashing
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for a while or who just picked up and are excited that they got
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him for free. But I would flip him for
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searches. You just called Drew Dowdy fat.
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Did I say that? He's got some weight to him.
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I said I say wait. I said wait like wait like name,
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value, weight. OK.
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Drew Daddy, you are a skinny legend.
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Just to clarify. OK no no shit, no fat shaming
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Mitchell players. We're all in way better shape
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than we are. Even Phil Kessel who is an
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absolute beast and both hot dog eating and playing hockey.
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Eating on that. So sure, you give him a run for
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his money. I I I think I would.
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Yeah, he probably would. I think he'd probably win.
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Yeah, I know, but cool. So let's move on to my buy low.
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For this week's Buy Low, I have Matchbox 20 lead singer Robert
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Thomas ha ha ha, smooth transition on my.
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Right. I, I, I think last time you made
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that joke, I didn't know who it was.
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So. OK, you need this.
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Time around I also still don't know who it is they are.
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Such a good band. Like they were super popular in
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the early 2000s. I'm gonna play a few songs for
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you after. Do they have more slaps than The
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Beatles? Kit now anyway.
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So you know. Ohk gosh.
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OK, Anyway, no, they're not The Beatles, but they're they're
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elite. Cool.
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So yeah, as far as Robert Thomas goes, the NHL hockey player, I
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think I'm probably the highest on him of all of us.
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And he has really slowed down from how good he was at the
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beginning of the year. But he has exceeded one point
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per game over two of the last three years, and I can easily
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see that happening again. Over the last month.
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Thomas's average .57 points per game, which makes him tied 6th
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on the Blues over that stretch. It strains to see the best
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player on a good team negatively regressed with the coaching
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change, especially because that coaching change bought so many
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of the blue scores success. But yeah, that seems to be the
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case that for some reason this coaching change is not helping
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Thomas out the Kevin move your mouse.
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Thank you. The demotion to power play too
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is clearly hurt his value. But nonetheless, he's still
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playing line 1 and short handed line one with big minutes.
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So I still think he's poised for some positive points regression
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and if he gets promoted to probably 1 again, I think that
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this is going to tremendously help his value.
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So some good one for one targets.
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If you have Gabe Vilardi, Nikolai Elers or cross position
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Shea Theodore, I think that you could definitely try to send
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those for Robert Thomas and you'll be really happy when it's
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at the end of the season. Yep.
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I mean, I agree with a lot of what you said.
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I think the fact that he's kind of underperforming right now
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compared to other Blues assets when he's technically supposed
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to be maybe the best Blues asset kind of shows you that there's a
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there's a window here to buy him.
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If you need a pure CI think he's a great option in terms of buy
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lows. He's not the guy that's gonna, I
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think when you you're not like beat the game breaker to win
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your fantasy league. But I think it's gonna be like a
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really big important roster contributor for your team,
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especially if you can give guys like Vilardi, Euler's or
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Theodore. I think would Theodore is
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probably close given the the cross position and and how
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valuable, you know, defensive points are.
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So that just depends on the makeup of your team.
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But I really like the cross position offer.
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Velardi I would trade for Robert Thomas and Ellers as well.
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I think. I think Thomas is just a really
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well-rounded fantasy asset. And right now you have the
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opportunity to buy a little. So Yep, degree.
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Yeah. Do you have like a name that
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comes to mind that kind of just like?
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It's Robert. Thomas, yeah, pushes the
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boundaries because to me, I was looking to this and I think
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these are three really great names.
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Yep. I don't know if you could offer
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any less. Like what about Bo Horvat, who
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as you mentioned has been super good?
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I think I'd rather have Boho Arvat.
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The knock on Thomas is that the power play is probably not going
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to be the best. So if you can give guys a have
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lesser power play production, I think that's something to take
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note of. But I would give if you can give
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like I think right now you might be even able to give like a
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maybe a Jonathan Drouin, like if you're a leader doesn't have
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face off wins. I think that can possibly get it
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done cause he hasn't really been super solid.
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Right? But would you do Josh Norris for
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Yeah, Thomas I? Don't know if that necessarily
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gets it. Done.
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You don't think Ryan O'Reilly who's actually available?
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That's a good option, yeah. Yeah, because.
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The manager did. Yeah.
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Also, I mean the manager has been up and down at the end of
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the day, like I really like Thomas for us to season.
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I would happily pay up for him. And I think he's just kind of
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like a step above most of these names that we mentioned.
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But even Horvat I would probably give Horvat for Thomas
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personally. I like Thomas a lot have and
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Brayden Schenn is now on that Power play 1, so that's kind of
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why things have. Yeah, they're kind of mixing and
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matching there, which has definitely hindered his value.
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Ultimately, if they end up consolidating and 11 serious
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power play unit, you'll see his value like really take a step
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up. But until then, the power
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production is just gonna be kind of scarce in the fact that he's
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on that less favored unit right now.
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But that's why you have a buy window right now and that's why
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you know, you're you're banking on him getting back to where you
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should be because he's the best centre on that team.
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Yep, absolutely. Cool.
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So Kevin, why don't you start us off with the sell highs and
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we'll do Josh's first. All right, so if you're upset
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with me, take it up with Josh, but his cell high for this week
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is Lucas Raymond. He says it's not surprising to
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see Raymond have a breakout year this year as he's Detroit's best
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young player who was drafted 4th overall in the 2020 draft.
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What is surprising is just how much he's broken out this year,
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but also in the past months since the coaching change.
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He's had incredible production in the last month.
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He has 1.47 points per game with 0.67 power play points and three
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shots on goal, which is just insane production.
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It's like elite elite level. This is a certain amount of
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points and power play points there will definitely regress.
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Josh expects him to finish around one point per game and
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0.3 power play points, so now is the time to sell high on him.
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I think those are very reasonable numbers.
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He's also shooting more than he usually does with three shots on
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goal where he's usually close to two shots on goal normally.
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So shooting at least one shot on goal over a expected as of right
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now. And the whole team is benefiting
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from the new coach bump and the power play has been one of the
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top in the league since they changed was 0.67 is just
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completely unsustainable and a major sign of regression to
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come. With how well Raymond has been
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playing, you could probably get a serious elite player in
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return. Josh, listen, some names that
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you can probably aim for like Jack Hughes, Jake Guentzel,
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William Nielander, Matthew Kuchuk.
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So obviously these are really elite talents.
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And I really agree with Josh in terms of selling him high.
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Like averaging almost 1.5 points per game over a month is just
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insane, right? Like that's like McKinnon,
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McDavid, Kucherov level numbers, right?
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And those guys aren't even hitting that recently.
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So obviously you know that the value is going to come down and
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0.7 power play points is not. The Detroit power play should
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not be anywhere close to that. Obviously the new coach bump is
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great, but like Josh said, if that gets cut down to from by
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0.4, back down to 0.3, which is already a serious power play,
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that already brings it down to a point per game.
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And if he regresses anymore, he'll be right below that level.
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If you could get Jack Hughes, that would be insane.
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Obviously the two game playoff schedule, like we mentioned
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earlier in the episode is is not ideal.
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But if you're flipping a guy like Lucas Raymond forum, it's
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obviously worth it. Jake Guentzel I love I would do
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that slip in a heartbeat. Matthew could Chuck as well and
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William Nylander, who also has A2 game playoff week.
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So you have to keep that in mind if your team is already stacked.
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But we're gonna get so much value rest of season and already
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he's such a high level player that you're getting in exchange.
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It would be a great options. Yeah, I really like this as a
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sell high as well. I think like, you know, the
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whole Red Wings team has kind of been a sell high for the past
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little bit, but mainly Raymond and Larkin have been the main
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beneficiaries of this. So yeah, to me, I think it's
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fantastic. It's just that the targets seem
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a little bit unrealistic personally, only because they
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have such tremendous name value. Yeah.
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I mean, if you can pull it off, that's fantastic.
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It's just that I'm, I think you could even aim a little bit
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lower and still be pretty happy. Like if you were to trade him
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for like, I don't know what Matt Boldy that would feel.
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Good, honestly, one of the names I had in mind.
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I think if you get boldy, if you can get Marsha so who has a
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great playoff schedule as well. Body has a great playoff
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schedule like those are great guys.
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Maybe even get Jason Robertson who was a good playoff schedule
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in Dallas. Like that's what the kind of
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names that have in mind try to capitalize on on the tier up and
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also optimize the playoff schedule.
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Yeah, how about, that's an interesting one.
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How about Wyatt Johnston? I think I'd rather have Lucas
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Raymond, but that's close. Like the deal breaker may be the
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the playoff schedule. Like if you're in a position
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where you know you're on a team that's going to be for sure in
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the playoffs and you want to get a better schedule, I think I
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think Johnson would be good. The issue is if you're a playoff
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starting Week 22, which is, you know, the first round of the
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playoffs in leagues that you have to your championship match
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in the Week 24, Detroit only has two games.
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So that's going to be tough if you have Raymond for that week,
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if you can flip it for somebody that has a better week.
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Then then great, but then Detroit has a four-game week in
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the championship I believe. So then obviously it pays
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dividends. So you just gotta see how your
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team fits. But I think you can probably get
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higher than Johnston. Yeah, yeah, without good
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Raymond. That's true.
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Cool. So then for my sell high this
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week, I have someone who has been on an absolute surge
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recently. It's been really something to
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watch. It's Thomas Hurdle of the Vegas
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Golden Knights. For a while.
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He was really slumping so much and he was actually my week 14
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hold on our AD drop hold episode.
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Add, hold, drop, whatever you wanna call it.
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But yeah, I really hope you held on to him because since then
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he's been an absolute stud. He's currently averaging 1.4
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points per game over the last two weeks, as well as .5 power
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play points, 3.3 shots, one hit, and 1.4 blocks, which is absurd
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for forward. And at the time I recommended
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him as a hold with the Golden Knights, they they were trying
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him out as the on with the wing. But as you can see, he's able to
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be much more productive as a centre.
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This is simply beyond what we can expect from him rest of
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season though it's not gonna continue with this insane pace.
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I expect this points to regress to about point 8.9, which still
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outpaces the scoring from last year.
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And I also expect to shots to be around 2 to 2.5.
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So it's pretty tremendous regression.
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There's nothing wrong with keeping them on your team,
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especially in a bangers leagues and especially in one with
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faceoff wins. But this is going to be as high
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as value on the season. So I chop them around.
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Now if I could, some targets I'm looking at are celebrity on the
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sharks. I think Robert Thomas Thomas my
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aforementioned buy low that could be a pretty good one.
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Tim Stutzel on the Senators and William Nylander and I actually
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think that I would aim for Nature's Plus if you can do that
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and if not plus then I think I would just rather Natures than
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Hurdle rest of season. So to me Natures is a pretty
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good target if you can sell Hurdle for him.
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Yep, I agree with everything you're saying.
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Like he's producing an absurd rate right now so now's the time
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to capitalize. I think some of the targets are
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great. I think Nylander is maybe tough
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unless they're doing a package due to as well as those are like
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guys that you know, have been drafted high and are gonna hold
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a lot of weight and managers are not gonna want to part ways with
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the too easily. Nature is a great name.
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I think I also rather natures. I just feel like that's hard to
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trade for him now because people obviously are going to consider
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his value to have gone up since the trade.
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So people may be excited and not really want to get rid of them,
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but maybe when they look at what hurdles been doing, it really
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moves the needle because I would also take nature's rest of
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season. And yeah, I agree with
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everything else you said. I I think it's a great time to
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trade him right now and capitalize on on the absurd
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production. Yeah, and I won't like try to
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divert too much and with the natures element of it, but the
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reason I think that people would maybe be willing to do the
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nature swap, maybe natures plus even is because people may be
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low on natures now that he's on the avalanche and he's not
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ranting in. So given the fact that I.
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Don't know you have to play your league that way and see where
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your managers thinking another head is up.
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Exactly. That's exactly it.
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But yeah, Hurdle is just over performing simply and I think
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you could sell them for a tier up for sure.
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Alright, I'll end it with my cell high this week.
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It is a player that I almost never roster in fantasy because
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of his category coverage, but it is defenseman Adam Fox of the
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New York Rangers. So the Rangers have been better
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as of late because they were atrocious for what, like two
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months? But Fox is notoriously one of
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the defensemen that gets the most points with no category
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coverage. So if you're paying playing a
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bangers league or league that does value hits, shots, blocks,
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he's not really going to help you complete there, even though
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he is one of the more elite than reliable point producing
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defensemen. So that being paired with the
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fact that the Rangers played two games that week 24 of the of the
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fantasy season, which is the championship weekend most weeks,
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I'd be looking to flip them for guys that have better playoff
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schedule and also better well-rounded players overall,
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because I think if you can trade them for a guy like, you know,
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Mackenzie Weeger, who is his PowerPoint production has not
24:33
been, you know, up to par, but it's category coverage is
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insane. One of the most elite in the
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whole league if you can get Evan Bouchard, who maybe isn't
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playing to his top producing a potential right now, or if you
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can get Sergachev plus like ice straight up prefers circuit chip
24:47
over Adam Fox rest of season. I know that a lot of people may
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think that's a hot take, but yeah, that's how I feel.
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So you can get surf plus that would be a great trade.
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You just really want to take advantage of the Rangers recent
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resurgence and you know, get a guy that does have a 2 game
25:02
playoff championship week off your roster for a guy that's,
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you know, better overall as well.
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Because I don't know about you, but if you're playing a guy,
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he's not getting a point and he's also getting zeros across
25:12
the board, it's not really fun to have on your team.
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I really like building my team where guys are, you know,
25:17
contributing in multiple categories at the same time that
25:19
also have points upside. So I think that's really why I
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don't usually have Adam Fox on my rosters.
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But if you do and you're looking to capitalize on this last month
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of production, there's almost a point per game.
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I think it's a great time. Yeah, agreed.
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And I actually think that these are fantastic targets.
25:36
Pretty much. Weaker is different archetype
25:40
and so is searched to a certain degree, but Bouchard is and Fox
25:45
are similar I guess. And I mean I think Boucher gets
25:49
more points than him for sure rest of season and Bush shoots a
25:51
lot more. Also Edmonton is a is a great
25:53
power play. Not that the Rangers aren't, but
25:55
the Rangers, the Oilers don't have two games in the
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championship week right? I also think if you compare Fox
26:01
with maybe somebody else and tear up to a Dalene who hasn't
26:04
been playing to the best of his abilities lately like that might
26:07
be also a good option. Yeah, I really like that idea.
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I'm, I'm with you here for sure. It's on a previous episode, we
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kind of were talking about Shea Theodore and Adam Fox.
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And like, these are two players who don't have much for
26:22
backyards going on, but they're really good with points.
26:24
And it's depending on the makeup of your league.
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In a points league, you're happy having Adam Fox, but I still
26:29
think that you could trade him for something more reliable as
26:32
people. Love Adam Fox like he has a
26:34
name, values a former Norris Trophy winner.
26:37
He has pull. People know that he's a good,
26:39
good points defenseman and that carries a lot of weight.
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Yeah, yeah. And the only thing I got is that
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maybe you can, I don't know how much you have to add to the
26:49
trade if you want to get Darlene.
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I think in Bangers league, like there's a sizeable difference,
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but I would try to just send folks for deleting straight up.
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And if you can't get that, then I would add something modest.
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But you don't have to go too crazy with it because I think
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that's a very attainable trade right now.
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So yeah, I really like it, Kevin.
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It's good. I.
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Love that. Cool.
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So yeah, that wraps it up for our Week 17 buy low and sell
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high episode. Sorry, I forgot he.
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Doesn't have enough fingers. That Council takes him a while.
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Yeah, that was mean. Anyway, I'm just gonna do this
27:26
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