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Welcome in everybody to Bangor Management, the Fantasy Hockey
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Yes today we're gonna be doing our Week 2 male bag episode.
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Yeah, exactly. So yeah, you could give us some
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little tidbits about this mailbag episode and then we will
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dive in with the first question. Yes, Sir.
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So if you're new here, mail back episode, we try to answer a lot
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of your questions every week, so we can give you those timely
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answers. Obviously, not everything is
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going to be super time sensitive.
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So if you have anything super time sensitive like a trade
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request or you know, pickups or drops, like obviously those
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should be asked in a Discord and will give you an answer right
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away. But for your more general
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questions or less time sensitive ones, we'll cover them here.
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We can answer everything on the podcast, but we're gonna try to
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cover the ones that we can give the most value to the most
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people. So that's why we selected these
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questions. But if you haven't heard your
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question on the podcast, we probably answered it.
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You're on Reddit or Instagram DMS or or a Discord wherever you
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asked it. So yeah, let's get into it.
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Alright, let's dive right in. So Allens among us on Reddit
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asked Zetterlund or Jenner in a 16 team Cats league regular
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scoring. I think this is an obvious
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gender. For sure that one has been good
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for hits and maybe with the Brady injury he gets a little
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more more looks, but I feel like General is just already too
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cemented in that lineup. You gotta go, Jenner.
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Yeah, it's no brainer, especially with the power play.
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1 and face off wins if your league counts those.
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Absolutely. Yep.
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Alright, why Swan 7934 on Reddit asked in a Bangor Cats league?
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Who are some commonly drafted D that you would drop to pick up
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Klingberg for example? I just dropped the Angelo for
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him. So I've got actually a nice list
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of highly rostered defensemen that I think are pretty much
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unrestorable. Not all of them unrestorable.
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I don't wanna hurt Dickey's feelings with the but but these
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are guys that that I'm not a big fan of.
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And I did realize in a previous episode that some of the reason
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the reason some of these guys might be so highly rostered is
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because of plus minus, but that's a garbage stat, so I'm
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not gonna count it. So here we go.
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We've got the number one on this list always is Devon Taves.
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He does absolutely nothing for fantasy other than plus minus.
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So definitely would take Klingberg over him.
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Gus Forsling Solid for shots, but not much to write home
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about. This name might have said
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Jackie, but Cam Fowler. St.
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Louis is off to a really slow start.
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He doesn't get back cats and they're split power play.
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I saw Falk takeover power play one for a bit, so I'll take
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Klingberg. Thomas Shabad definitely
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Sanderson's the man there. So Shabbat's got nothing going
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on. Hannafin He's day-to-day, but
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even when he's healthy, Brock Faber amazing real life
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defensemen, terrible fantasy defensemen.
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Sane Perec getting scratched half the games.
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Rasmus Andersson unless you really want the blocks.
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Country Miller. I think that's a big trap.
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People are falling and start the season.
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He had one good game. He's a he's not a fantasy
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relevant guy. Mike Matheson.
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Now he's #3 defenseman on the Habs not getting either power
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play Tony D'Angelo. I think it's only a matter of
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time before Schaefer takes power.
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Play one from him and Dreamy Drysdale.
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He's the exact same type of player as Klingberg, except I
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think San Jose has a better power play than Philly.
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Yeah, I think all these. Other rapid fire.
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No doubt that was honestly amazing.
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I feel like all these guys are are too high roster than they
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should be. That's not to say that these
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guys can have like the odd week where they provide value for
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your fantasy team. Like let's you want to stream A4
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game week for specific categories, but in concept, like
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you want guys that are exposed to the elite players on your
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roster. Clean work is one of those guys
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that even though he doesn't have the category coverage, he's
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exposed to the top power play on that roster, playing with guys
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like celebrity Oakland to Foley. So you want you'd rather get the
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power play points from him than the middle ink coverage going to
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get from all these other guys that don't have that deployment
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on the power play? Yeah, I can't wait for Fowler to
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prove you all wrong. He could be there, Klingberg.
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He's just. Climbing already coming back.
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So no Klingberg to me, even though I agree with a lot of
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these. Like I, I'm, I'm totally on the
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side of Fowler over over Klingberg, but I get the.
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OK but Gigi is neither of them gets any back hats right?
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Fowler is on a power play where it's a split power play, whereas
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Cling Briggs on a power play where there's only one power
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play unit and Fowler is more at risk of losing his properly once
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brought to folk and Klingberg has no one in competition for
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him. So why are you going Fowler over
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Klingberg? Because Klingberg's Klingberg
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has played a total of 43 games in the last three years combined
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on three different teams. So, yeah, I mean, I, I like the
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name Klingberg. And I think where a lot of your
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names were really good, it Davantes, buried, Thomas Abbott.
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You know, these are all guys that I don't think I have any
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real chance to make the first power play.
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And I don't really know what's up with D'Angelo, but Shavers
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looking really good, actually. So I'm with you there.
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But Fowler himself, like we're reacting way too quickly to a
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Saint Louis team that's underperforming so high.
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I would not draw Klingberg. OK, so that was Jake's take,
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just following his fantasy team but no rest the rest.
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Last year, he got 10 points in seven games in the playoffs.
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Yeah, but the power was out of this whole list.
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You know, this whole list, I'll tell you Fowler's like the one
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I'd least likely drop for Klingberg, and that's the
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closest, so I'll give you that. That I'll leave to the to the
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listener to decide. But any of these other players
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on the list is a no brainer. And I still prefer climbing to
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Fowler, but that one, I'll say it's close.
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Yeah, alright. Yeah, he's no, he's, he's
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anyway, whatever. Yeah.
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Go go. OK dingus boy on Reddit Last,
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how many streamer spots do you guys keep on your team?
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Just one. I think honestly this depends on
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you know how deep your leak is. Like in in our league, it's
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you're we're starting, what is it like 20 guys or or 18 guys on
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a on a weekly basis, 16 skaters maybe and 14 teams deep.
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I think early we usually have like 2-1 to two streaming spots.
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I think in most leagues, even the shallow ones, you should
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keep one streaming spot because yeah, you can fill up that last
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spot with a quality guy, but it's never going to be quality
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enough that you can't outweigh that production by just
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maximizing games played with what's good on the waiver wire.
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So I would say at least one, if you're in a really deep league,
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you can go up to like 2:00 to 3:00.
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I actually like, I was thinking the opposite.
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I was thinking the deeper your league, the less streamer spots
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you should have. Because I was thinking when it's
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a shallower league, there's such good guys available on free
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agency that maximizing the gameplay is so much more
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important. Whereas like in a really deep
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league, like you can have really just like a bear, like dead,
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like, like free agency. So I think it's good direction.
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I think it's like a parabola. So like the shallower league is
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the least streaming spots you have and then you're as your
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league gets deeper goes up and then it really gets too deep, it
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goes back to being less yeah spots.
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I could see that. Then there's also like other
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factors that are important as in how many bench spots you have,
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how many players of each position start each week, right?
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Because if you know certain formats in certain ways of
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setting it up, the streaming spot won't even get you that
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many more games per week. And then at that point, there's
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no point in really having extra ones more than one.
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And another big, big thing is if your league has a Max moves, Max
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moves per week, Max moves per year, there's a certain point
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where too many streaming spots just doesn't make sense because
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you can't even maximize it if you don't have enough moves to
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do so. I tend to lean towards it's
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always one to two. I'm never gonna have, I never
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wanna have zero and I don't really ever want to have more
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than two. But our league has three Max ads
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per week. So that definitely adds to it.
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So I'm always looking at 1:00 to 2:00.
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And in our type of league, I lean towards one.
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But again, it also depends on how well you drafted, right.
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If you if you hit on all your late round dart throws, there's
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just might not be guys you want to drop right.
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But we have. Was gonna say it also depends on
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like I feel even within the streaming spots on your raw, so
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you have like certain archetypes of streaming spots.
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Like you can have one spot where you're consistently streaming
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Bangor category production from a defenseman.
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Like your forwards are kind of set, but you can have that
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rotating spot for defenseman where you plug it in and plug
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them in every week. Or you know, the same kind of
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thing for your forwards where I feel like more in the shallow
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relief playing a Yahoo default league.
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Like you need a fantasy. You're in your first banger
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league and you you joined like a public Yahoo league.
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Like there's a lot of good quality guys on the waiver wire.
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I would not like hold up my roster like set and not drop
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anybody just because it's still big names.
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So you can get production from forwards on waivers and deeper
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leak is the more the better forwards are rostered and the
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more it becomes that you're more streaming defensive production
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for the category of coverage as opposed to points.
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So. Yeah, I thought of this thought
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the same way Kevin did initially.
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And then I I kind of know what you mean Josh that the less like
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the shallower the league is more important to maximize.
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But for me, I'd say just at the beginning of the year like I
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have 3-4 guys on my roster or expendable, not even necessarily
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looking to stream right away. I'm kind of just looking for
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value in a deeply like ours, but at the end of the day, I'd say
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my like sweet spot is 3 dwindled down to 2 and then like you
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know, that extra pickup like we used to said, we have 3 pickups
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there an injury. But the important thing is
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always at least one. Yeah, yeah, especially,
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especially especially in a cat's league because point is like,
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OK, like you just want to maximize like games played,
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whatever. But in a cats league, it's so
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important to see which categories you can flip in a
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given week. If you know, going in, let's say
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you predict that you're going to be down by like 2 blocks and two
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hits. Then by streaming a specific
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hits blocks guy, you can flip 2 categories that week just there.
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And then you might not necessarily need the next week.
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It just so, so strategic to have that flexibility in a categories
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league that I think that's where it's extra, extra.
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Yeah, agreed. All right.
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Next question. Jock nerd 5 on Reddit asked is
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Zadorov for real? He's been racking up hits.
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I think, I think Fedorov is he, he's cementing himself as the
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type of guy that has the reputation to be like in the the
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classic banger guys like the. Losing.
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The true buzz, the goodies like Trump's kind of really fell off
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at this point in his career. I think Buddhist and those are
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still kind of in that category. But still, Zadorov is another
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one of those guys where he's getting you hits, Pimms blocks
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like that's kind of like the the order in which he contributes
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and he's pretty elite, although so there's not many guys that
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can get you over five hits in any single game.
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He's one of them, so. Yeah, I don't, I wouldn't say
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don't expect him to keep up an almost six hits per game
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average. There's very, very few players
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who do that. But I could easily see him doing
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like three hits, two blocks, 1.5 Pimms over the season.
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And that's like, that's a goodest level type of
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production, which is a guy you love in bangers leagues.
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And we're starting 4 defensemen and he's one of them Like, and
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you're getting more offensive production.
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Like you have people want quarterbacks as your other
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defensive guys on your roster. Like that's a great a great way
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to sell, solidify your defensive core.
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And Boston has a 444 weeks, 21 to 23.
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So yeah, great. It's awesome to have that for
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for mangers guys. He could he could win you that
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those banger categories exclusively on his own in the
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come playoff time. So you definitely want to keep
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it on your on your team. Yeah.
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Yeah, I mean, he hasn't really done it yet, guys, but that's
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the honest truth. He's he's 30 years old and he
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hasn't really been an elite hitter in his entire career.
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So I think there's a reason for skepticism.
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But you're not losing anything by keeping this around and
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riding the wave. So I definitely don't drop him
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when I say he's for real. Like, not yet.
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Frankly, we're still way too early.
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And it's not like this is a 25 year old guy coming out of
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nowhere. I think it's for real fast,
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Yeah. I was gonna say he's been good
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in the past and we saw him like good, Yeah, close to this level
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with Boston last year. What did you predict?
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No like for the hits. Way offline.
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I mean, he's not gonna. I said he said he could be two
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to three hits. He's yeah, that's that's
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reasonable. Two to three hits with the Pimms
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for sure. But like 3 plus hits?
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No I wouldn't. Put them.
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No, no, for sure, yeah. Yeah, Pimm's great.
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The hits are good and the blocks, I think even if it gets
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three hits and 1.5 plus Pimms, that's awesome.
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I just, yeah, I mean, pick him up, ride the wave and like, you
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know, you could keep him around cause you could do worse.
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He's very dynamic. I just, yeah, this pace is going
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to slow down a lot. Yeah.
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And maybe you could even flip him.
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You know that looks really. Good the other type of guy that
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holds a lot of value in a trade unless you're a team like is
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really looking for those like pure banger guys but.
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Yeah, he can convince someone he's gonna maintain that 6 plus
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hits per game and I don't think much value in shape, but maybe
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someone will believe in it. If he does it for like one or
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two more games you might be able to pull that off.
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Yeah. Alright, Guild City USA on
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Reddit asked in a league with goals, assists, shots, probably
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points, face off, win, hits, blocks.
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Rank these guys in terms of best long term hold for specifically
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faceoff wins plus bangers, but also in general, but
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specifically those ones. So we've got Brayden Schenn,
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Mikael Granlund and Barrett Hayton.
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This is an easy one for me. I think if you're in with all
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those categories that you mentioned, face off wins, hits
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and blocks especially. I think it's Britain.
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She's the most valuable guy. Dan Grantland and Hayden.
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Hayden has like almost 0 legal coverage.
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He may have like the the biggest potential upside for points with
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the deployment that he has, but Shannon?
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Shannon has elite category coverage for Centre.
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Even though he's points upside, his cap and ground is kind of
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just like a mix of both but prefer him overheating.
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Yeah. I don't agree.
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I don't like when people don't have a secret category for
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points. It makes it less fun cause that
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like in that conversation, I would have Grandland versus
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Shen. Like that could be a reasonable
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to me. But in this format where it's
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like a goal is just a goal and this is an assist and it doesn't
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also contribute to points, then yes, this is a no brainer shed
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and Grantland Hayden for sure. Yeah.
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Like I played in leagues like this, like it's it's kind of
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cool. It's got its dynamic, but it's
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way more bangers heavy and I find them you add like a little
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premium for points. It's nice so.
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Yeah, at the end of the day, I feel like points is the most
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important. Like adding bangers is super fun
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because it makes it so it's not just A1 dimensional, but one
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should have that extra weight. Exactly.
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And that's what this is. It's like this one-dimensional
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change and is easily, easily the most valuable guy.
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Yeah, fully agree. All right, Aisles Guy 1983 on
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Reddit asked in a Bangor Cats league, is it worth dropping Sam
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Bennett or Marco Rossi for Frank Nazar or should I just hold?
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So I'm going to start this off by saying never all caps, never
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ever, ever for any reason to anyone or for anything for any
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reason ever, no matter where you are or who you are with never
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drop Sam Bennett in a Bangor Cats league, especially with
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Barkov out for the season. So let's get that out of the way
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right away. The real question here is Rossi
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versus is it Nazar Nazar? I don't know, but I don't.
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Know his reference, Josh. Yes, it was, yeah.
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So the real question here is Rossi versus Nisar.
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Honestly, I think it would be OK.
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I know Rossi started off super hot.
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I know he has two power play points already, but I don't
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believe in that power plants at all.
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He's power play 2, non power play 1.
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The fact that these are has that power play on deployment over
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Rossi is enough for me to take a shot at and he's our over Rossi,
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but it's I think it's close. This is an easy Nazar for me.
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I think he's playing with better better linemates than where Ross
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is if Ross is not playing. With Rossi, even strength is
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playing with body and Kaprizov. Last time I checked it was Eric
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Connect there so. OK, so my.
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At the time of this recording, check, check, check your the
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most recent line updates. But even then, I just feel like
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Nasar is cemented in that deployment that he has and I
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really like what we've seen from this far.
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I feel like the hype can get a little carried away with Nazr.
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Everybody's kind of like get them now while you can type of
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thing and I think you will be good, But I don't think he's
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going to be played on breaks fantasy for you.
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But I really like his season season long value whereas Ross.
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Yeah. He'll be where you don't want on
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your roster. Yeah, yeah.
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So I would I would also go Nisar for Rossi.
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Rossi still a young player, but for sure to me, I would take
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Nazar because he's like really, really unknown and performing
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very well. He's going to be a huge part of
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this Blackhawks team. He's not gonna lose that power
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play 1. They're just trying to get their
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young guys to perform better and he's clearly a part of their
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future. So I really, really like Nazar
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over Rossi. But like you said, I don't know.
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I don't know why. Bennett also in the
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conversation. Must have a pretty stacked.
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Process yeah, but but yeah, for me really the Nazar power the
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PowerPoint 1 is what makes the difference If Rossi was power
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play one I'd take him over Nazar, but since he's.
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Not doesn't stick with him, you know.
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Yeah, exactly. So with news.
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Or it will. Yeah, Limestone Kitten on Reddit
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ask are there any really low roster demon you see moving up
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and playing big minutes as things shift in the coming
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weeks? Klingberg is already taken.
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So I've got a couple a couple ideas here for possibilities of
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low rostered guys who might have a shot at it.
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Kevin's not going to like this, but I think if Toronto keeps
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sucking on the power play, I could see OEL taking Riley spot
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there. They're over.
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They've scored zero power play goals, power play goals in their
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last in their first four games. And we saw Riley lose the spot
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last year and OEL has had the spot at times.
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So I think that's something you keep an eye on.
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Also, as we speak, he's putting up a three-point game.
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So definitely something to keep an eye on.
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This is even more of a long shot than that, but Mason Lori on
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Boston, if their power play doesn't click, maybe he bumps
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Macavoy, but I think that's a pretty big long shot.
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And I think it's also worth monitoring what's going on in
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Saint Louis. For now it's Fowler and Falk,
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but I could see Bromberger Mayu getting a look on one of those
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power play units at some point. I think the Saint Louis guys you
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mentioned are my favorites. I also like Lol.
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I feel like he can potentially have some standalone value even
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without being on the power play. And that's a really nice upside
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that he could get. Like you mentioned.
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Like obviously I'm I'm high on Riley and I think he's having
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kind of like a resurgence year, but I would not be surprised if
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you know, the power play struggles and they all yell up
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there because he's kind of had that specialist game in his bag
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before. So I like all these names.
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There and the Saint, The Saint Louis guys are good.
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They are my youth to me more so than Broberg, even though
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Broberg did perform pretty well on the power play last year.
19:54
They've got a lot of offensive defensemen that like, yeah, just
19:57
as a team. I mean you don't like when I say
20:01
this, but I mean maybe maybe love Chanel, but probably not
20:06
and. We never know.
20:08
Yeah, yeah, that, that's like an interesting name to just keep an
20:12
eye on. And there's also, yeah, I mean,
20:17
the other guys like pretty much just buried it.
20:18
It's tough to find a low roster defenseman frankly, but.
20:22
There's like he's asking for really low roster defenseman
20:25
specifically. So that's why I really, I was
20:27
looking at like under 10% exactly.
20:30
Because I was thinking Brad Clark, frankly.
20:32
I was looking at that, but he's 20% but and also like the Kings
20:35
have actually had a solid power play to start.
20:37
So I don't see them necessarily moving off the five forwards,
20:40
but I like that one also. Even without the power play
20:43
though, 2 points in four games is really nothing to scoff out
20:46
for defence. I like it, actually.
20:48
Maybe I'll. Pick he definitely, he
20:50
definitely is one of the defensemen that's that's low
20:52
roster that has a shot at. I mean, I'm really I'm not
20:55
taking any of these guys. They don't play 1.
20:57
So that for me, that's really the biggest thing.
20:59
And I could see Clark, I could see him getting it at some point
21:01
this season. So, but the only reason to
21:03
include him is he's 20% rostered and I think they were targeting
21:07
really, really low rosters. That's why I went with the ones
21:10
I went with. Yeah.
21:12
Alright, next question Tom G Davey on Reddit asked, is it
21:16
risky taking guys on the same line?
21:18
So the classic stack discussion, but in this case he said, I've
21:21
got PLD, Protus and Wilson, but I'm tempted to draw PLD.
21:24
So this is like not just a stack.
21:26
This is a three person stack and of kind of mid tier guys.
21:29
So so if you guys want to get into the stack discussion and
21:33
what the best way to optimize it?
21:35
I mean, this is this is almost like a roster construction
21:39
theory question. And we've talked about this, if
21:42
you were listening the offseason, we talked about how
21:44
you can, I don't mind stacks because I feel like it can
21:48
really raise the ceiling when the whole line pops off.
21:50
You really get a lot of points for your week.
21:52
And obviously when you know if your stack has A2 game week,
21:55
that's trouble for your fantasy team or if you know they go
21:59
stale, then that's also trouble. So obviously it's always better
22:01
to stack when you have elite guys, but I don't try to avoid
22:05
them personally. I don't like if I fall into one
22:08
grade. I don't try to target them
22:09
necessarily when they're middle level guys, but it doesn't scare
22:14
me away from having a certain player on my fantasy team if I
22:17
want him for his value individually.
22:21
Yeah, I don't, I personally don't really believe in the
22:24
three person stock because lines changed so frequently.
22:28
If you're planning on doing that for the volatility and upside
22:31
that it comes with, like it's not really reliable to stay.
22:35
Take the Bruins for example, right, Everyone thought it was
22:41
geeky and Pasternak. Those were going to be kind of
22:43
like the 1-2 and then now it seems like it may be past your
22:46
neckline home. I don't think he's necessarily
22:48
getting bumped off, but that seems more of like the stack
22:51
this year. Or, you know, another team would
22:54
be Colorado. Is it McKinnon like in in
22:58
natures? Like that's a realistic thing
23:00
that some teams may have right now, but that line is
23:03
specifically not gonna stay all year.
23:04
It just doesn't happen that way. So I don't like the concept of
23:08
having three for one. The concept, like Kevin said,
23:12
could go real bad and then you're kind of screwed,
23:15
especially if they're all in the same line.
23:16
And then the next week, for instance, when they move them
23:19
off that line and maybe even drop one of them, right, Take a
23:22
whole thing. So I like the 1-2 stack if it's
23:25
a real reliable 1/2, but I don't really consider the three
23:28
involved. Yeah, I think, I think people
23:32
often overthink the stacks. I think also it could make a
23:34
difference again, your league settings, right?
23:37
If you're like have to bench players a lot because of off
23:40
nights and stuff like that. And having a lot of players on
23:42
the same team kind of screw you over in that sense because
23:45
they'll be playing on the same night.
23:46
So it makes it more likely you'll have to bench players.
23:48
But taking that out of it, I just don't really believe in
23:51
having a stack of mid tier players at least targeting it.
23:53
Like Kevin said, if the value is there in the draft, I'm not
23:56
going to avoid a guy who I think is the best player available
23:58
just because I happen to have other guys already on that team.
24:01
But I'm not targeting and I'm not necessarily excited about
24:05
having multiple guys on a second line of Washington, which is not
24:08
even a team I think is gonna do particularly well this year.
24:11
Right? At the end of the day, A-Team as
24:13
a whole is only going to score so many goals and a line is only
24:17
going to score, you know, let's say 30% or 40% of a team's goals
24:22
and not necessarily everyone on the lines touching every, every
24:24
goal. So I just think you're limiting
24:26
your upside. I like it a lot better when it's
24:28
high end players because they're really like amplifying you're
24:31
upside, but when it's middle of the pack players I'm not too
24:34
enthused by it. As time goes on throughout the
24:36
year, it's good to pick up players that are seemingly
24:39
forming a stack as opposed to drafting for the stack.
24:42
That's the way I would like to kind of look at it.
24:44
I mean, nobody knew who Protest was last year and now everyone
24:46
knows about him. He still doesn't get nearly
24:48
enough respect, but that's a whole other thing.
24:50
But yeah, he's really tall. That's the word on the street,
24:54
yeah. But that's what I think is like,
24:56
you pick up players who are playing with good players and
24:58
that's subject to change and all over the place.
25:01
Would you do in his situation? Do I want to kind of give him a
25:03
direct answer? Like he has got Protis, Wilson
25:05
and PLD, PLD's heart first of all.
25:08
So hopefully you can maybe IR plus him.
25:10
Wilson is the guy you want on your offer no matter what
25:12
product also has his own individual value.
25:14
So I can see PLD being quote UN quote the worst guy in this
25:17
stack. He's on PS1 though, like when
25:19
he's healthy. So he has some innate value
25:21
there. Well, I try to get one off my
25:23
roster. Like if you can get a good deal
25:25
done, even a lateral move, I would not be against it.
25:29
Yeah, that's it. If you can get a lateral move
25:31
done where you get rid of one of these guys, I'd be very happy to
25:33
do that because I'm not too happy about having all three of
25:36
them. But it's also not like a dire
25:38
situation where you need to lose value to get rid of one of them.
25:40
So I would say send out some feelers that you think are
25:43
pretty even moves to get rid of. And if you get rid of one of the
25:45
three, I'm not sure what the league settings are, if you
25:49
count faceoff wins or whatever, obviously Wilson's the one you
25:51
keep. No questions ask of the other
25:53
two. I mean, like having said PLD is
25:55
power play 11 healthy Produce probably gets more points
25:58
overall. So I think they're both solid,
26:01
but I would definitely try and get rid of one of them for a
26:03
lateral move. He's looking at dropping PLD.
26:06
I wouldn't draw PLD if it's like.
26:09
Little League, even in the shadow league I would consider
26:11
dropping him but if you're in the liver produces roster your
26:14
league can be super shallow. Yeah, don't drop him just
26:18
because you have three of these guys on the line, essentially.
26:21
It's not a dire situation You need to get rid of and lose
26:23
value on. If it's the right move
26:25
regardless, or you can make a lateral move, then I like it
26:28
because I'm not the biggest fan of having all three.
26:30
But all that to be said, don't use up value just to try and get
26:34
out of this situation because it's not that bad of a
26:35
situation. Yeah, OK, CJ Volney, 12 on
26:40
Reddit asked should I pick up Andrew Miller or John Klingberg.
26:44
So I think I, I briefly mentioned this in one of the
26:46
previous answers for one of the previous questions about the
26:49
defensemen. I think Miller is such an early
26:51
season trap. Guys literally has one good
26:53
game. I don't want to, I don't wanna
26:56
poo poo on potential competition, but I saw like
26:58
other fantasy platforms be like Kendra Miller is a must add in
27:03
fantasy. Literally had one good game.
27:07
They were talking about like not even like in the most deeply
27:10
either. Like they were just like, this
27:11
guy is a must roster defenseman and I'm just like, I do not see
27:15
it. Like yeah, he had a great game,
27:17
but it was literally one game. You can't you?
27:19
He'll never have a game like that the rest of the season.
27:21
Literally now he's he's not particularly elite at back cats.
27:26
He doesn't have power play one. He's a classic, you know, a call
27:29
like a tweener defenseman where he'll be like a power play 2
27:32
defenseman who doesn't really get that many back cats.
27:35
So it's just a classic like early season on a new team.
27:38
People see him put up ridiculous first game.
27:40
They're like, oh, maybe this is the new country Miller on
27:42
Carolina. No, that's not going to happen.
27:44
I would easily take Klingberg over Miller.
27:46
Not that I'm particularly enthused by Klingberg either,
27:49
but he is a powerful one quarterback on an exciting
27:52
offensive team in San Jose. So I actually think he has some
27:55
upside, whereas Miller I just think is a fad that's gonna get
27:57
dropped in within a week or two. Yeah, you're the fall of the
28:02
money guy, So for you to say that, you know what I mean?
28:06
Sometimes people get the money because they're a good defensive
28:08
defenseman. Yeah, this.
28:10
Is like Jacob Slavin. Exactly these those two really,
28:13
I mean they're both on the same team.
28:15
Perfect examples of good IRL doesn't translate for fantasy.
28:19
This happens in fantasy sports all the time.
28:21
Football, hockey, a lot. And this is with defensemen in
28:24
hockey. That's the most clear example.
28:27
I am not in any way, shape or form considering Miller must add
28:31
Yeah, by any means. I really.
28:33
And I think Klingberg could be fun, Especially like, it's gonna
28:36
come in waves. Klingberg.
28:37
Actually has outside. Yeah, I think it's way better
28:40
than Fowler. You suck at everything.
28:45
Keep your bad Klingberg. Better Fowler, more points by
28:48
the end of the season. Oh, and this is an all points
28:54
per game, by the way. This is more points.
28:55
And this is really come on, man. OK, think about it.
29:02
We'll revisit it in a few questions from now, but we'll
29:05
get back. Yeah.
29:06
Just to get on the topic of the canes in general, it's also
29:10
compounded with the raw element of it all, you know what I mean?
29:13
Whereas for Klingberg, his assignment is that he's kind of
29:17
like a temporary fix on an unbecoming channels.
29:19
A team that it's not would be super great this year, but
29:22
they're going to need offensive output to just and that's why
29:25
he's there. So yeah, he's gonna continuously
29:27
be used unless there's someone else who comes along and is
29:29
better, but I don't really see that happening.
29:31
Miller is not getting the power play one over Nikishin or
29:35
Gostisbehere. This would be shocked.
29:38
So yeah, there's there's no pathway for him to be that guy.
29:43
Yeah, OK, the Maple Leaf 6 on Reddit asked what do you think
29:48
about Chantilly? I was very low on Chantilly
29:53
going into this season. I was gonna say like we were all
29:57
people were really hyped about Chantilly because they thought
29:59
he was just going to be like the the 1C on this team and
30:02
everybody kind of forgot about Sean Monahan.
30:03
I don't know how people could look at last season and think
30:06
Chantilly was gonna be the one see.
30:07
That's what I'm saying. Like I feel like everybody has
30:09
the too much of the upside in their head and they're
30:12
forgetting what the realistic situation is because Monaghan
30:15
and that top Russian line has been elite.
30:17
Last year they were great, This year they're also great.
30:19
Like we're seeing Marchenko and even Voronkov start off the
30:23
season super hot and it's because Monahan is centering
30:26
line. I think he definitely has upside
30:28
in case there's an injury, but until he gets that first line
30:31
deployment, his ceiling is absolutely capped.
30:34
Yeah, honestly, like I'm not surprised at all about the not
30:38
line 1 deployment. There's no way he was gonna bump
30:40
Monahan. I'm a little surprised they're
30:41
going with Jenner over Fantilli on power play one, but the fact
30:45
is that they are. And as long as that's the case,
30:48
what is mentally doing for you? He's lying to power play 2 on.
30:51
I know Columbus is a fun team and they're going to, you know,
30:54
maybe outdo expectations a bit, but it's still not like they're
30:57
top ten team. Right?
30:58
So line 2 power play 2 on a not 1010 team.
31:01
Why are you grabbing him? Obviously he has the talent, he
31:04
has the draft degree and he will break out in, you know, the next
31:08
couple of years. He's gonna break out and be an
31:10
elite player and I think he's gonna be great fantasy asset.
31:12
I just don't think it's the year yet, as long as Monahan's there
31:14
to kind of cap his ceiling. Yeah, I totally agree.
31:19
He's roster able in a deep league.
31:20
So if like the general idea is like what I think of him, it's
31:23
not like he should be sitting on your waivers and you know, 200
31:27
to 20 plus man league. You know what I mean?
31:30
If there's a there, there is the upside.
31:33
But Monahan's a really good player, super duper underrated
31:37
and he fits well and really like this team.
31:40
Runs through Marchenko's offensive output and Warenski,
31:43
of course, but that's kind of like where they get the value
31:47
and I don't see why they're going to screw with that line if
31:49
it's so good already. So totally on the same page as
31:53
you guys. Alright G0, Leafs G0 on discord
31:59
last. Sorry, I refuse to say the
32:00
actual Yeah actually. As a husband, we refuse.
32:06
Yeah, exactly. Nice try, but not gonna get one
32:11
by me that easily anyways, he asked, is Elias Pettersson
32:14
cooked or her? Goodbye Low.
32:17
I think he's somewhere in the middle because listen, I think
32:20
we've seen, I think we've seen the highest of highs behind him,
32:23
Patterson. Was out dude.
32:24
He's not like, completely cooked.
32:25
Yeah, yeah, he's, he's. Only yeah.
32:27
He's, I don't think he hits 90 or 100 points.
32:30
I don't know if that's in his back anymore.
32:31
While Vancouver is no start for talent around him, it's
32:35
basically just him and Quinn Hughes being like the elite guys
32:38
on this roster. But I don't think he's like the
32:40
guy that falls to like the 5060 point range.
32:42
I think he's a guy that hovers between 70 to 80.
32:45
He has he has great blocks and heads for a centre eligible guy.
32:50
He's centre left wing. So if you're playing a face off
32:52
win league, he's like a cheat code and leagues like that
32:54
because there's not many guys that are eligible like get close
32:57
to 10 face off wins the game. His shots have always been mid
33:01
and his points, I think that's, like I said, between 70 to 80
33:06
points in the season and I think is what you can expect.
33:09
But I think there's better days ahead than what you're seeing
33:11
right now. For sure.
33:12
And that's far from cooked right where I think that.
33:16
But he was like a second round pick last year with you thought
33:19
you could. Get like, I hope people lost.
33:21
The people learned their lesson after last year and got him
33:24
fourth, fifth round this year. Yeah, I would just sell them to
33:28
the Vancouver owner frankly. Like if if you have.
33:31
What does no Vancouver owner in your team?
33:34
If there's no big. There.
33:36
Everywhere. He means like a Vancouver fan.
33:40
You're awesome. Not like the actual owner of the
33:42
Vancouver Canucks. Like that guy?
33:43
Probably not in. Your family that loves Vancouver
33:46
because like he was drafted 4th in our league.
33:49
Deep Bangor. Court round.
33:52
Yeah. Yeah.
33:54
Thank you. Fourth round by the owner of the
33:58
Vancouver Canucks. Anyway, Gigi's so good at words
34:03
today. Yeah, exactly.
34:05
So anyways, all this to say, I don't believe he's cooked by any
34:10
means, and 70 to 80 points with the peripheral categories is
34:14
quite good. It's just that the days of him
34:18
being elite are not there this year because they're just not
34:21
going to be as good. So that's simply what it is.
34:25
I mean, you, you can't. There's few players that are
34:27
gonna be super, super elite on a not good team.
34:31
Pasternak's the one that comes to mind last year.
34:34
He's just not in that category. And you're still happy with 70
34:37
to 80 points. He's rostered everywhere, but
34:39
he's not. He's not what he was, at least.
34:42
This year, and I will say like, not that it's necessarily
34:44
comparable because one of them is way better than the other,
34:46
but it's not like Quinn Hughes has started off the season crazy
34:49
hot either, right? And nobody's even remotely
34:52
worried about him. So obviously it's not the same
34:54
thing because Peterson has a lot of reasons why people would be
34:56
worried about him. But assuming you got him in a
34:59
reasonable place in your draft, I would not be panicking.
35:01
And if someone else has him and you think they're they're
35:04
freaking out and think it's a repeat of last year, then I
35:06
would definitely try and buy low on him.
35:09
Agreed. Exactly.
35:10
OK, Jodari on discord asked what are your thoughts on hurdles,
35:14
deployment and power play on outlook?
35:16
It's only been a week, but the stats are underwhelming.
35:19
I am not worried about Hurdle. I'm actually trying to buy low
35:22
on Hurdle. Yeah, I think, yeah, I think if
35:26
he, if he keeps that people like spot, obviously his value has
35:30
always a certain threshold of like eliteness to it because
35:34
he's one of the best power plays.
35:35
If you look at the, if you look at this game, you had a great
35:37
first game. In the few games after that,
35:39
we're not the best, but I think he's still the second best
35:43
centre on this team and I think it's just about finding the
35:46
perfect linemates for him as of this recording.
35:49
Like he might be playing with Marner tonight.
35:51
So I think the buy low window for him might be closed after
35:54
you hear this episode if he if he plays on Marner and he
35:57
thrives. So we'll see how that goes.
35:59
But I'm not too worried about her at all.
36:01
I think you'll lack the consistency of maybe what he's
36:05
had in the past, but I still think he's a valuable asset for
36:08
your fantasy team. Yeah, he's always a great
36:11
bangers guy, specifically in face off when leaks cause he's
36:14
got that, that winger eligibility for the face off
36:16
wins. He hits, he shoots, and I don't
36:18
think they're messing with them. Would they mess with their play
36:20
on right now? And it's firing on all
36:22
cylinders. I will say it doesn't seem like
36:24
hurdles the main piece on that power play, right?
36:27
It seems like it's very much a goal to Marner, to Stone and
36:31
then just get it, get it to Dora Phev snipes it.
36:34
So it seems like hurdles, definitely.
36:37
I think the fifth guy on the totem pill in terms of touches
36:40
on the power play. But when you have a power play
36:42
that good, he's gonna touch the puck and it's gonna go in.
36:46
So I'm definitely not worried about him at all.
36:47
I love the Bylo. It's a great buy low and just
36:51
look, we're a few games into the season.
36:53
This is an addition of a superstar and Mitch Marner to
36:57
the Vegas Golden Knights. They're still figuring things
36:59
out. So it's not going to be where
37:01
it's going to be in a few months.
37:03
And I think that hurdle should be there all season.
37:08
And he's really good. So it's a good buy low window
37:11
really. Alright, Jordan on Discord asked
37:15
another question. Do you think Beckett Seneca is
37:18
here to stay? Yes, he is.
37:23
Yeah. He is absolutely here to stay.
37:30
I will say to to to to just, you know, tamper your expectations a
37:34
bit with Jake's hype because he has been really unreal to start
37:37
the season and and a really fun pickup for Jakey.
37:40
The ducks GM did say they'll be giving him the same treatment as
37:42
Leo Carlson's first season and that means they probably won't
37:45
play on back-to-back games. So that is a bit annoying in
37:48
terms of a long term hold. But if he keeps performing at
37:51
the level he's performing, then you're like, you know, it's
37:54
fine. Take the day off.
37:55
Another thing to note is that Strome has been injured, so
37:59
we'll see how Seneca's appointment is affected when he
38:01
returns. But overall, he's a high upside
38:03
pickup because of his talent and how he started the year.
38:05
But don't be surprised if he gets scratched here and there on
38:07
back to backs. Think the biggest thing with him
38:09
that's surprised me is his category coverage.
38:11
Like, yeah, definitely peaked your interest off the bat when
38:14
there's a guy that's shooting over 3A game and also hitting
38:17
around two or three a game and scoring.
38:20
Yeah. And so listen, that might be
38:22
another banger kind of power forward to keep our eyes on.
38:26
The thing is like, he looks like he's 15 years old.
38:28
So it's just I can't imagine he keeps up these these like three
38:31
hit games, but he's playing like 1719 minutes a night.
38:35
I don't know if that holds like I don't know if you wanna go on
38:38
your Roth, if that's going to be scratch every other game.
38:40
It's tough to to kind of like rationalize that maybe you keep
38:44
him until. Someone comes back if it was me
38:48
or Jake or both of us who were on and off holding Leo Carlson
38:51
that year where he was getting scratched on back to backs.
38:54
But it was, it was so frustrating, honestly.
38:56
Like it was, it was really annoying.
38:58
You never knew if he was gonna get scratched game or not.
39:00
But The thing is, when he would, he would put up great numbers,
39:02
not even. And Seneca putting better
39:04
numbers than Carlson did that year.
39:05
So yeah, it's it's definitely tough, but it's hard to hold
39:08
someone who might get scratched. We haven't seen it happen yet,
39:10
right? Like the GM said that, but he
39:12
didn't specifically say we're gonna scratch him one
39:14
back-to-back. So he just said we're gonna give
39:16
him the same treatment as Carlson is first year.
39:18
That's kind of the extrapolation from that.
39:21
So hold them for now and enjoy the games.
39:24
And then if he gets scratched then then reassess if the value
39:28
for when he plays is strong enough.
39:29
To hold he's a rookie that we don't really know what is true
39:32
value is going to be in fantasy. So we don't know if like this is
39:35
his archetype where he's going to be shooting and hitting a lot
39:37
or if it's gonna be end up being more one-dimensional or, or.
39:41
Something the sample size is tiny.
39:43
But two games that's been great. I think if you're in a deep
39:46
league and you made the pick up, like you can be excited about
39:48
it, but I wouldn't get ahead of myself.
39:50
Let me tell you about my boy Beckett.
39:52
OK. Oh God.
39:55
You know, I I will say one thing like on a serious note, that
39:59
sick about this is that he was so shocked when he got drafted
40:02
third. Overall that the classic meme I
40:04
love. It yeah, his face.
40:05
Yeah, the what? The duck meme.
40:07
Yeah, exactly. And, and I, I think that if you
40:12
look at his deployment or rather his performance last year in the
40:17
OHL, what was it like? He killed it.
40:20
He was coming out and just like had an amazing start and he
40:24
looked super good. He also has an NHL frame.
40:26
He's a big, big guy and. That's all. 4.
40:32
Classes he taught in the kitchen.
40:36
Yeah, same height. Jackie, do you have anyone on
40:38
your team that's like under 6/2 over this?
40:41
Yeah. I'm like, literally the Lord
40:44
Farquaad of fantasy. Yeah, no, but, but all kidding
40:51
aside, the fact that that when Carlson came to the Ducks, they
40:56
were in like a bad spot. And if he's there really helping
40:59
them win, I don't think there's scratching him.
41:02
You know, same treatment can mean a lot of things.
41:05
Carlson was great loss here and they still scratched him so.
41:08
Yeah, but the Ducks weren't great.
41:09
The Ducks can have an opportunity to be a playoff
41:11
team. I know you shows aren't as high
41:13
on them as me but. Definitely have the opportunity.
41:15
Yeah, I mean, at this point, like teams, this is not a
41:19
rebuild and hoping for a top three overall pick anymore.
41:22
Team like Chicago is in a wayward spot than they are.
41:25
So are the Sharks. This team I really think can
41:29
make a push and if he's playing the way he's playing, it's not
41:32
sustainable. It's going to slow down.
41:34
But he could have like swings like this and definitely would
41:39
Rona roster him for now. So here to stay question mark.
41:43
I would say yes. Now the rookie contract, it's 10
41:47
games, right? So if he makes it past the 10
41:49
games and he sticks around, that's the idea.
41:52
So yeah, I mean, they they can't send them down if he's doing
41:56
this. Yeah, in that sense I do agree.
41:58
It's for me, it's more just that scratching on back to backs that
42:00
I'm keeping an eye on. But I'd be very shocked if they
42:03
send him down before the nine games is up.
42:05
Yeah, exactly. All right, Camino on Discord
42:10
asked rank the following did Dmitri Orlov, John Klingberg,
42:13
Country Miller and Justin Faulk. All right, so last Kendra
42:18
Miller. Yeah, top.
42:20
I think I would go Justin Folk and then I'd have Klingberg and
42:24
or love. That's kind of how I would rank
42:27
them. Klingberg has the explorer that
42:28
people once. I prefer them over Orlov.
42:30
Orlov is just like that, like notorious, but like, he's just a
42:34
guy who's dream for banger categories on a weekly basis
42:37
depending on the schedule. We had that one like end of
42:41
season when he got traded to Boston like 2 years ago where he
42:44
was just a beast. They put him on power play.
42:45
One always has that in the back of their mind.
42:47
Like he can do it if they give him the chance.
42:49
But now I fully agree. Falkenberg, Orloff, Miller.
42:52
Folks you exposed to like the best power play.
42:54
I would say on this because he's being exposed to either don't
42:57
want air to 1B of Saint Louis and yeah you want.
43:00
To test dollar spot, he thinks Fowler spot for good then he
43:05
definitely has the highest upside.
43:08
I'm going to leave Fowler out of this.
43:10
I would still maybe put Klingberg over over Faulk.
43:16
Cause if you want Klingberg over fault, you have to put Klingberg
43:19
over Fowler. No, Fowler, No.
43:22
Anyways, I'm. Holocaust category coverage and
43:25
the same power deployment as Fowler.
43:27
Yeah. OK, that you have.
43:31
Cannot talk about compiler again.
43:33
Yeah. She wasn't going to.
43:36
You have my you, you have Broberg and these are guys that
43:39
I think are just as likely to play on some sort of the power
43:41
play as some of the power play on Saint Louis as Walk.
43:46
I think it's Fowler has the best chance and then the other ones
43:50
have equally as good of a chance.
43:52
Folk is not necessarily a staple there.
43:54
He's been in the doghouse with a coach many times, whereas
43:57
Klingberg, like we spoke about, is just there to bring out the
44:00
offensive prowess of the young guys on the Sharks.
44:03
So that's why I would put him over folk.
44:05
I mean I think clearly the top 2 is Folk Klingberg like by a tear
44:08
break, even though it tears in such low roster guys.
44:11
But anyways, yeah, Falcon Keeper are the clear one too.
44:14
And then I think you can go either way.
44:16
I think Kevin and Eileen Falk, Jelene Klingberg, but I think
44:19
either one could be good. Yeah, for sure.
44:22
OK Perry on Discord asked is Seth Jones worth holding on to
44:25
or am I better off streaming? OK big.
44:29
Obviously the biggest F is how shallow is your league right?
44:32
Shout out zooming. It's I I remember helping Perry
44:35
with his entire draft in the discord.
44:38
Right before it. Started it's his first season
44:40
doing a fantasy hockey. He's a big football guy.
44:43
And I know for his league it was it was pretty shallow.
44:46
It was like 6-4 words, 4D and 1 goalie and he kind of punted.
44:51
Not punted, but like Seth Jones is I think the worst of his
44:54
defensemen. Yeah.
44:57
But I still think that the payment is there and like you
44:59
gotta he's. Still, yeah, he's definitely
45:01
been underwhelming. I won't, I won't disagree with
45:04
that. I mean, I have Seth Jones in our
45:06
league, so so I definitely feel that two points in four games,
45:08
which isn't actually awful, but that's nothing it's right home
45:11
about. And then the back cats have just
45:13
been nonexistent. And that's kind.
45:15
Of what's so exciting about when you draft a guy like you're
45:18
like, I'm getting the points upside with the back hats
45:19
guaranteed. So honestly, I'm kind of in a
45:22
pig hole with I've got Jones and Slider on my team.
45:24
Both guys were supposed to be back cats, beasts, and they both
45:27
kind of have sucked. But it's it's way, way, way too
45:29
early to be dropping a guy of this of this potential.
45:33
Again, I don't know what defensemen are available in your
45:36
specific league. I know it's a show on the
45:38
shallower side. I still think, I still think you
45:41
gotta hold Jones for for a bit longer and see what he can do.
45:44
Yeah, I will say like knowing your league, Perry, like you
45:46
still gotta hold. You still got a whole Seth Jones
45:49
for the moment. But in a league of your size, I
45:52
would not be surprised if eventually there's a guy that
45:54
pops up that is worth more holding more so we could talk
45:59
about it after. Alright, last question.
46:04
Yeah, it's not gonna stay too, too defence when all year I
46:07
don't believe, I don't. Think if there's only one
46:10
depends, it's gonna be Seth Jones.
46:12
That's it. And once that happens, I just
46:14
think it makes them better. Yeah, like when Chuck gets back,
46:16
let's say. Yeah, or even before that.
46:20
I mean, Thomas cabbage is. Gonna say when he wants Mackie
46:23
bum sack flat off. And if it is Jones, look,
46:26
they're winning games guys like it's there are three and one at
46:29
the time of this recording. It's very solid.
46:32
But at the end of the day, I mean this, I don't believe that
46:36
this is the best way that they can optimize their power play.
46:39
So yeah, OK, last question for this, for this long mail bag,
46:44
Camino on Discord asked what's your podcast set up?
46:47
Are you all virtual or do you have all podcast in the same
46:50
room? Wouldn't you like to know,
46:52
Camino? Also, what is your address and
46:54
Social Security number? With that, alright everybody,
46:58
Yeah. I like this question.
47:00
It's nice. It's nice.
47:03
Some interest in us Yeah, I could take this one since I, I
47:08
broke up the band. But yeah, last year we were all
47:12
in person, all living in Montreal and had a nice routine
47:15
going. We'd ordered dinner, but you
47:16
know, do all our recordings. Was a great time.
47:19
This year I moved to the States with my wife and baby, and so we
47:25
are now virtual, but I'm still visiting Montreal every couple
47:28
of months and we've already visited a few weeks ago.
47:31
And so every time I'm in town we're doing all in person.
47:34
And those are definitely, I think, more fun to do in person.
47:38
But it's always fun. And also like RE are set up and
47:42
everything like that. Like obviously right now we're
47:44
audio only, but we're going to be starting, we're gonna start
47:47
doing video and uploading YouTube videos probably in the
47:52
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Like the intro and outro is now going to include YouTube and
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48:12
All that stuff. But yeah, you too.
48:16
We're not there. Yet it works soon, yeah.
48:19
Yeah, that what what they said for this Josh.
48:25
Josh basically pulled a Yoko Ono.
48:28
Wait, no, I wouldn't be the Yoko.
48:30
Yeah, Ohno. Yeah, exactly.
48:36
Eva would be the Yoko if we're throwing accusations.
48:42
Jacques. I don't know.
48:46
It's the band is still together. And on the note of that, you
48:49
know, we're because it's virtual, we will be recording
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49:22
I'm at other. Times.
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I know words. I know the best words.
49:28
Do you know the words to wrapping us up?
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Oh, what a segue. I love that.
49:37
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49:41
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And yeah, Kevin, anything to add in over there?
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Not just really excited to get some guys healthy back on my
50:15
roster. Won't be for a while.
50:17
So I'm gonna be put my head down and be a little trooper for
50:20
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