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Barbara about Bow Bangor management Fantasy hockey
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podcast Whoa. Wow.
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Alright, you know what? I'll do it.
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Wow. You're.
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Welcome. Was that you or was that tea?
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That was not always hard. That was me.
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I'm pretty sure I I just heard my girlfriend from the other
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room say are you yelling? You can say.
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Yes. She doesn't know that we do a
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standard meow before each episode.
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It wasn't a meow, it was a. Well, yeah, that's true.
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It was like a very high pitched Owen Wilson.
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Wow, somehow. Wow.
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I don't know. Did she corrected me to say, are
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you meowing? No.
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So I mean, yeah, actually, in fact heard correctly.
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Anyway, welcome in one and all. It's a banger Management, The
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Fantasy Hockey Podcast with Jake, Josh and big Time Meow
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over there, Kevin. Yes.
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Wait what are you guys favorite Owen Wilson movies?
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Wedding Crashers for. Sure, when it crashes gonna be
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number. One or or Zoolander.
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Pause 1 is pretty good too. I think he's brilliant and meet
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the parents. Oh my God, you know that's a
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good one. Yeah, man, that's tough.
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Those are my top 3 for sure. Until you name another one.
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Those are my top 3 for sure. Guilty pleasure movie.
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I don't think this is actually a good movie, but like, I really
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love the internship with with Vince Vaughn.
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Yeah, I feel like, I mean not as good as the one that we just
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mentioned, but like like one has a soft spot for me.
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Yeah, well, that was like the whole thing was like Vince
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Vaughn and Owen Wilson haven't been in a movie together since
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Wedding Crashers, and now they're doing the internship, so
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it's like super hyped at the time.
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Yeah, yeah. No, they're they're they're a
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good duo. He he's great.
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Owen Wilson's great. And there's.
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Been fun movie. Oh, wait one more for Owen
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Wilson. Sorry, Night in Paris.
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I haven't seen that. That's a great really God.
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You know what? Yeah, Yeah.
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So I've seen a wicked yet either jigsaw.
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Yeah, I know. But but that's that's I.
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Don't know, I haven't seen. It favorite Vince Vaughn movie.
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Wait, did we say? Did we say what our episode is
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or what? No, we haven't showed you.
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OK, let's see. Yeah yeah, that's it that's it
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today, our week 14 buy low sell high episode more Vince Vaughn
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and Owen Wilson coming soon. But before we dive into that and
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are the actual the actual meat of the episode, the bilateral
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The episodes are are really where where it's at.
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And then honestly though, like because we, we don't put out one
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every second of every day. Not that we're available every
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second of every day, but we're pretty available all like around
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the clock. Yeah, 2:22 AM Kevin over there.
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It's a it's great because you know, we, we can, we're
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answering your questions pretty much all day and definitely
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there that I've had the Hawkeyes around the clock.
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So it's it's really. Important and never sleeps.
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For yeah, exactly, exactly. And I know that first hand
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because I wake up to text from Josh.
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Oh my God, I can't believe this guy flees me in this trade.
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Oh my God my team sucks and then lo.
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And behold, been getting a lot of the my team sucks lately so.
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Yeah, it's all good. We're having.
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Fun things get scary. All these socials are in the
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podcast description as well. Should we begin with our two
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weeks ago update? And then perhaps between the
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bylaws and the cell highs, we talked about our favorite Vince
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Vaughn movie. Yeah, but I mean, I just gotta
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say I I've got old school, if we're talking, you know, old
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school. And then I've also got 4
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Christmases. We watch it.
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Every 4 Christmas. Yeah, so good.
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The scene with like they're playing like taboo with.
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Like caught up with Jon Favreau. Yeah.
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Or like the part where they're making out on the beach.
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Screensaver actually. Never seen it.
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Oht My God. You know, I I have.
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Yeah, I know. I will watch.
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For and then my best friend dates his mother.
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Yeah, he's cold. My gosh.
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OK, I have mine. It's it's couples retreat.
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Oh my God, that's a good. One really good too.
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Younger years. That guy is like what?
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The funniest one hit wonder in the movie ever.
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So encouraging a word with When he was doing the yoga scene, he
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kept saying a word. What's the word you guys
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remember? Encouragement.
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Oh yes, how could I forget? That's a banger.
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That was a banger of a movie. You are.
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Braver than certified. Yeah, alright.
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Should we dive into the actual episode?
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Yeah, let's do it. I guess we can.
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Alright, let's start with our two weeks ago update where we
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brag about how good we are at this because once again we hit
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it out of the park. So our bylaws from 2 weeks ago,
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we had Clayton Keller. Since then, four games played,
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two goals, 4 assists, 6 points. I would easily say that this
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window has closed. Being over a point per game will
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do that to you. Then we had Kirill Marchenko, 5
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games played, four goals, Genesis 5 points again.
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If you remember when we recommended him, he was at like
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.2 over the past month and now he's at a point per game again,
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He's shooting again, it's again, that window probably has closed
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as well. And then we had Dylan Strome.
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We got some, I got some hate for this one actually.
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People were saying she's a drop, you're an idiot, I hate you.
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That was all in my head, but you know, I like it.
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Imagine I imagined that was a some of the reactions.
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And since then, seven games played, three goals, 6 assists,
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9 points. We were right as usual.
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This is another window is closed strong.
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This was such a crazy Bylo. Like you could have got him for
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peanuts. And I hope you did because yeah,
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because now he's over a point per game again.
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So huge wins for our bylaws, then our sell highs.
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We had area Carlson since then, six games played, zero goals, 5
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assists, 5 points. And I'm highlighting 2 power
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play points in six games because at the time the recommendation
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he was at .5 power play points per game.
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Now he's at .3 over the past two weeks, which is still great.
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But if you remember, I preferred him as he still going to be
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someone you're happy to have on your team.
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He's just not gonna be doing what he was doing at the time.
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So that one still you can still sell high on him.
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I don't think the window was closed on that.
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He's still playing well, but also it's not a desperate move.
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But these, this other one, we love, this huge one.
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Thatcher Demko. Four games played, zero wins,
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3.99 goals against average .88 save percentage.
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I don't know if our fans remember this, but two weeks ago
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with Thatcher Demko was the best goalie in the NHL.
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He had, you know, just come back from injury.
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He was winning all his games. Like the numbers were insane and
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we. Were saying he won three.
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He had played four games coming back from injury.
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He won three out of four of them.
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He had a 1.35 goals against average and a .9388 percentage.
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And people were just like, Oh yes, Stem goes back.
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Yeah. I was like, no.
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Yeah, and we said, we said that this was unlike the Eric Carlson
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one. This is the category of get him
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off your team while he's hot. And I really hope that everyone
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did because he has plummeted Bocos so down become submarine.
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That's how far he has plummeted. OK, a little something.
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I don't think anyone's taking him in a trade now.
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So that door has firmly closed. I hope you guys got off on that.
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You made that trade when you were able to.
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And then lastly, we have Matt Boldy since then, seven games
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played, five goals, one assist, 6 points.
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Again, buddy was like the Carlson boat where it was like
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you're still going to be super happy to have him.
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He's still an elite player. But under a point per game
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versus when we recommended him two weeks ago, he was at almost
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2 points per game. We were saying you can target a
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top five player in the league for him.
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Jacques. Yeah, exactly.
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Like, I don't think I don't think the window is closed, but
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this is more what you would. I mean, this is actually less
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than you would expect from expecting to be over a point per
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game, but it's definitely more in line with what you'd expect
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as opposed to close to two points.
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So again, I hope people were able to pull off some crazy
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trades since then. But let's dive into our this
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week, week 14 buy low sell high. I will start with my Bilo, which
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is Leo Carlson. He was a cell high for the
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longest time at the start of the season.
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Jake mentioned it and it broke his heart.
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And now we've got Carlson, who's been pretty awful lately.
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He's averaging .46 points per game, .15 power play points over
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the past month, .2 points per game and .2 points over the past
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two weeks. So all his points in the past
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two weeks have been PowerPoints. And it's like one point.
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And compared to the start of the season when he was the best
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player in the NHL, he was literally ranked number one in
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most fantasy leagues. So we know he has that dog in
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him or that duck in him, but he's not.
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He's not doing it lately. So.
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So the Ducks as a whole are in a tailspin, having won only two of
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their last 10 games. The coaches shuffling around the
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even strength and power play lines trying to fix the problem
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and nobody has been safe from this line blender, not even
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Carlson. There were times when he got
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bumped off line one, got bumped off power play one, but for now
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he's back there. His linemates have also been
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constantly changing, with him currently playing with Cutter
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Gautier and Alex Killorn on the first line.
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The power play is also a mess, having only scored three out of
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27 in the past 10 games. Despite all of this, the Ducks
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are still third in their division and they still have
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their sights on the playoffs. We mentioned the Ducks huge over
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performers at the start of the year including Leo Carlson, but
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now they've overcorrected and they should not be this bad.
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If you can get Carlson for cheap it could be huge when he turns
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it around. I'd still expect him to be point
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per game rest this season or at least .9.
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Here's some good one for one targets.
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I'm looking at Dylan Strome, Sam Bennett, Ryan O'Reilly, Brock
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Nelson. So I think we need to introduce
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a new terminology to this episode.
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There is the Bangor management Cinderella story where they go
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from a bylo to a cell high and I think we could call it the
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reverse Cinderella story here post from reversal high to a buy
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low. That's that's sad stuff to be
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honest. I mean, it's and.
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Then you've got like the cheap Sanderson where he goes like buy
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low, sell high, but you got the yo-yo you.
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Know exactly the Cinderella roller coaster?
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Cinderella is involved. Yeah, that's it.
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That's it. She she like Jake Sanderson
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basically turned into a pumpkin at this point because that's how
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the movie goes. But yeah, but yeah, so this is
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great. I don't wanna dive too much into
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it with my answer cuz this kind of leads into what mines gonna
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be for my bi lo. The main thing I kind of want to
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focus on is that I think your targets are fantastic.
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Sam Bennett he is. He's really, really done well.
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And then if the Chuck comes back in the next week or two, I I
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mean, I think he's just gonna get better and better, like
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like, sorry, not better. My bad.
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He's going to not regress as much as I think he is without to
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Chuck. So considering his really safer
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shots and hits, like I still really like him.
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But yes, if someone offered me Carlson for Bennett, I would
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take it. It's tight though.
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The other ones though, slam dunk, easy, huge win.
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Slam dunk, really like it. You know, it's not exactly a
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Cinderella story cause it's technically not an official cell
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hide, but Dylan Strome, like as we can see, you know, he's been
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on fire lately and then he was a Bilo 2 weeks ago, right?
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So something like that. Nelson O'Reilly, if you can make
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that trade. I I love it and I'm gonna get
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more into my opinion on the ducks soon, but I agree with
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everything you said. Yeah, I mean, listen, I I love
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Lil Carlson as as a buy low. I think for everything you
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highlighted, if you want to talk about the targets, I love Leo
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Carlson over all of these guys rest of season.
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I do think you might have a hard time selling these guys because
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some of them are are names that the production is there, but the
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name value doesn't match. Whereas I think Leo Carlson, I
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think he built up his name value throughout the season.
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I think the start of the season was so hot that people are
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putting him out like that level of like pedigree of like he's in
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the top three or four round pick type of thing, right?
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And even though lately has been really bad, I think he still
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holds a lot of that value even though it's production has been
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bad. So you might have a hard time
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with like Ryan O'reilly's and Brock Nelson, who are like guys
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that are like slightly better than waiver wire.
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It feels like even though the production is way better than
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that. But I think Dylan Stroman, Sam
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Bennett, you can probably pull off.
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And like we say, we always say like we're trying to give you
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one for one targets that we think are feasible, but you
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never really want to be pulling off A1 for one trade.
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And all of these things are way more digestible in A2 for two or
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a bigger package. So, and I think all of these
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guys in a package are very feasible, so I like it.
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Yeah, I I honestly think Sam Bennett can get done one for
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one. Yeah, with what he's been doing
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and with the ketchup. Coming back and he has name
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value 2. That's it exactly.
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So he was the one that I was like, I wasn't sure if I was
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going too high with that or if if like, you know, that was
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going too low with the others. But he's definitely the one I
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think is the most realistic and I'd be happy with the with
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Carlson. Yeah, it'd be really tough to
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get rid of him based on how good he's been, but yeah.
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I see you thinking about it though, I think.
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I think. If you never want to sell high,
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I don't think I've ever seen Jake do sell high.
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Why he sold high on Macklin? Did he?
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I. Mean there's no way gonna get
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better than what he's been doing.
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What is he gonna get worse? I hope not.
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Can I ask one more, especially after what he did last night?
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What about Zibanejad? Yeah, that's a good one,
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especially because the Manchester playoff schedule, I
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think I'm still taking Carlson over him.
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I don't know about you guys. Yeah, I mean, five, he got five
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points. I know Winter Classic, like,
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that's crazy. Yeah, you know what I mean?
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So it's a maybe that's skewing his stats, but I would take
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Carlson as well. And I think it's not impossible
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because there's a lot of name value there.
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I think that can also really get done, especially after the night
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he just had like that's that's perfect timing to try and pull
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that off. I will say again, they have a
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great playoff schedule. So it always sucks to kind of
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downgrade playoff schedule, but if the values there, it's still
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worth it. So I would definitely do that.
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It's wonderful. Kevin, you got for us.
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Neil Carlson always having Leo Carson is better than Savannah,
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but I wanna do a different trade.
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If that makes sense. That's fair.
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All right, my trade, my Bilo. I wonder if it's going to be a
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surprise for some people If you have them on your team, it's not
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gonna be surprise, but maybe you'll be happy.
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I'm talking about him. But listen, I got some goalie
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whisper to me. I'm talking.
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I'm telling you guys, I feel like the stars since and the
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trade targets. I feel like I'm always the one
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mentioning the goalies and it's always some crazy stats, but I'm
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going to talk about the one and only Connor Hellebuyck of the
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Winnipeg Jets. Now listen, Alibek, I feel like
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has been on this list before as a bi lo when he was injured and
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he was more easily acquirable because he was going to be out
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for four to six weeks. Because right at this moment,
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the Winnipeg Jets are the worst team in the league.
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Like in the NHL, they are 32 out of 32.
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They have no points. I think they have 34 points on
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the season. It's the worst out of the whole
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league. Would you going into the season
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believe that the Winnipeg Jets, the President's Trophy winners
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of last year, Connor Hellebuyck won everything last year and now
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they are last place in the whole NHL, not going to make the
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playoffs and he's playing like one of the worst goalies in the
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league? Does that mean yes I yes, yes
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it? Does actually, yeah.
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There's only one person who had them ranked so low and even
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doing it another. Hole do you had them ranked at a
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controversial spot and it was fifth.
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Yeah. So that's all that going all
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that to to say the projections are not lining up with what we
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expect from this team, the quality we know that they have
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and the players that we know that they have.
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And I think right now like I'm setting the stage for the team
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is this bad. They won't be this bad forever
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when they they are not this bad forever.
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Connor Hellebuyck will bounce back.
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Like right now, if you look at his stats over the last month,
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he has one win. That's one singular Uno Uno for
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playing. No, the percentage is at 894.
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I don't think it's normal to see Connor Hellebuyck below 960
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percentage on on the season. He's at 9:07 last year.
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He's at 9:25 this year, at 894 over this last stretch.
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So already you're saying like, OK, like the numbers are backing
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up the fact that like, he's not really playing well right now.
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He's still one of the best goalies in the league.
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He's finding his footing after his injury.
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Like everybody people were worried about, OK, like, am I
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worried buying low on Connor Hellebuyck while he's injured
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like the knee and everything? Like, is that a worry?
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In my mind? I was not worried about the
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injury, but I also didn't expect Winnipeg to become the worst
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team in the league after he comes back from injury too.
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And I think that gives you a bigger window of opportunity
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right now to buy Connor Hellebuyck again, and you could
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potentially get the best goalie and fantasy on your roster for
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cheap right now. Um, listen, I'm not saying he's
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going to do what he did last year.
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I think on this podcast, even in the preseason, we were saying we
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don't expect him to do what he was gonna do last year.
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It was an exceptional year. He's never gonna have a year
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like that again. But he's also not gonna have a
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year like what he's been doing over the last month.
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So if you're in the league where the helbock owner is struggling
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in the standings, I think you have a prime opportunity right
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now to get him on your roster. And if you have goalies like
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Ilya Sorokin, who is just coming back from injury.
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But before that, it was really strong.
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Dustin Wolfe was on a really hot stretch and like a little bit of
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a Sahai himself right now with Calgary actually getting some
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good performances. Or if you have UC Saros, who we
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highlighted as a sell high in recent weeks as well, Joseph
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Wall. I feel like right now with
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Toronto, like, you know, Matthews clicking, maybe it's
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gonna win more games, but Anthony sores on the horizon.
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If you have the opportunity to sell any of these guys, it might
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maybe not one for one because Connor help just has too much of
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that name value, but of like a maybe a Saros plus a player gets
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it done and I would strongly consider that.
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What do you guys think? Yeah, I, I was the lowest easily
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on Winnipeg and I, I still, I mean, now if they end up fifth,
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like you know, it's, it's it means that they performed well
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between now and the end of the season.
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And I still think they're going to make a push for the playoffs
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like they they're, I did not predict them to be.
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This this bad, obviously. And what what I think is that in
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the years past, they've relied on Hellebuyck tremendously to be
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their saving grace. And sometimes you just can't do
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that. Every single year in the past
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three or four years, I remember owning him one year in a
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different league where he was abysmal and.
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Looked like COVID year. Maybe it was the COVID year.
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Yeah. And other than that, he's been
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great. So, so to me it's, it's kind of
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like I still think he's a top five to seven goalie and you can
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pay less than that. You can pay like in a top 15
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guy, like the guys you named, you know, So that's that's where
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I see it. Do you think you still like the
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top three though? I feel like top five is probably
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fair. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I mean, I'm not putting him above like I'm putting him above
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just Durkin or Ottinger. Vasilevsky.
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Vasilevsky yeah, Like those, those three are easily above him
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at this point. But like, yeah, are you, are you
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taking him over? Like Colorado's goalies,
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probably, with their Internet history and the fact they're
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splitting. One of the targets that I had
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was was Gustafson of Minnesota, because he's also been on fire
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right now. So I'm like he's a little bit of
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a cell high, but I didn't wanna put.
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I think if you're giving Gustafson halibut right now,
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like you make that A2 for two trade like you should be getting
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a better player in. Return yeah.
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So I think my OneNote like I agree with everything you said,
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I think it looks great by low. I do think your targets are a
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bit too low. Like I don't think there's any
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world where Sorokin hasn't even played yet in like 2 weeks.
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So I don't think there's that's getting done.
20:16
Wolf and wool, I don't see any chance of that getting done.
20:19
Saros is the only one where I'm like, OK, you could do Syros
20:21
plus for halibut with how he's been playing.
20:23
Like I could see that happening. But the other ones I think
20:25
you're aiming too low. Like I'm even wondering.
20:27
I'm like, I'm a Kemper owner. I'm like, should I be sending,
20:29
you know, like some sort of overthinking Kemper for halibut.
20:33
Well, listen, I did definitely go lower on the names because I
20:37
think that these are obviously one for one and never gonna
20:40
happen. Yeah, but if you're doing these
20:41
names plus a player for Hello Bug, I think that's a better
20:45
trade in my mind than doing a camper and a worse player for a
20:51
Halibut or a gust of Sun in the worst player for Illibuck or a
20:56
Bobrovsky in a worst player. Hell of a type of thing.
20:58
You know, like these guys are way closer to the hell of a tier
21:00
right now with how he's playing and where we expect to bounce
21:02
back to be that I feel like the you're not gaining as much if
21:07
you're in a doing a trade like that as opposed to getting this
21:11
tier of goalie to Hellebaut. Obviously you have to give to
21:14
receive as well. So you have to make sure that
21:16
The thing is realistic. It's just he was a lot of
21:18
people. It was pretty much anyone who
21:20
has helped on their team was probably their first round pick.
21:22
So absolutely, I think that yeah, unless you give them
21:26
someone with enough upside them where they're like, OK, like,
21:29
you know, I wanna get out of hell a buck, but like I'm
21:31
actually getting something return.
21:32
Otherwise they'll be like, I'd rather just hold hello Buck and
21:34
just pray that he becomes back to where he's he's at, you know.
21:37
So I think you have to you have to give more than than the
21:39
targets you listed. But I also get not wanting to
21:42
give too much because when it affects sucks right now.
21:44
So. This is the worst team in the
21:46
league. So I feel like I feel like,
21:47
yeah, you probably have to give more, but you shouldn't have to
21:51
give that much more given the situation right now, like you're
21:55
playing the market as well. And right now in the market of
21:57
goalies like Hello Bug is just he's a he's a nuisance to your
22:01
team every. Week.
22:02
Yeah. What about like he's just what
22:03
about Jeremy Swagman? I feel like that's a good
22:05
target. He's also, but he's not doing
22:07
that hot right now. You know that like it's like
22:09
might as well just hold hella buck at that point.
22:11
That's like I looked at the. Guys like there's any, it could
22:16
be a a piece or anything that's too low.
22:18
I think Seattle doesn't have the pull.
22:20
That's very, yeah. I'd rather have hella buck, but
22:23
it's so if you can swing it the cord for for for halibut in a
22:27
package like a A2 for one or something like I would do that
22:30
slam dunk to me. But I also think it might be too
22:33
low to get it done. Has been actually really, really
22:37
solid. That's very, yeah.
22:40
But I don't mind giving like a player for Hella Buck to someone
22:44
you know, who was drafted like kind of high and is under.
22:47
Well, I wouldn't say underperforming, as we said,
22:50
he's been pretty decent lately. But would you give like a
22:52
Clayton Keller for a Hella Buck? I think I'd rather have been
22:57
killer. I'd rather have colour, yeah.
22:59
What about? What about like a?
23:01
No, I'd rather have cancel. No, I'd rather have cancel.
23:03
What about like Patrick Kane? Yeah, that's what I was
23:06
thinking. I mean, I have pain, but like, I
23:08
just don't see that like, happening, right?
23:10
Like, I mean, like you think Kane plus the cord could get
23:12
done? Like, I just don't see that
23:14
happening. I think it's feasible, honestly.
23:17
I think you have to give a third or fourth round guy who's been
23:19
somewhat inconsistent or underperforming.
23:21
I don't, but I don't need to. I don't think I'd want to give
23:23
up because I think celebration seen in this probably a third or
23:25
fourth wrong guy. Yeah.
23:29
So I'm buying my ceiling. So that's the that's the kind of
23:31
like hard thing with this because I think we all agree
23:33
that helps a big buy low. The question is, how much do you
23:35
believe in gonna bounce back? And then you have to like send
23:39
someone accordingly. And it's also just with such
23:41
tremendous name value like hello fuck does.
23:44
You don't want to get in the position where you have to
23:46
overpay for this by low right? But at the same time if.
23:48
You don't know. Yeah, yeah.
23:50
It's paying for hella bucket full price and he doesn't go
23:52
back to full price. Then yeah, just making
23:54
available. For your fantasy team.
23:55
Right, exactly. So you need to be paying a low
23:57
enough price, but also it has to be high enough it could actually
24:00
get done, which is just tough with this level of player.
24:02
So it's A and you throw in the fact that it's a goalie and
24:04
there's there's always it's always a bit more complicated
24:07
with goalie trades. You know, people are very
24:08
attached to their goalies, but at the same time people can hate
24:11
their goals when they underperform.
24:12
So it's tough. I all your targets would be big
24:15
wins. It's just I'm not sure if
24:17
they're actually feasible. But look, you the worst thing
24:19
you can do is do your due diligence and see if the helbock
24:21
owner in your league is kind of desperate to get out of.
24:25
I think, I think from what I noticed about like us talking
24:28
about trades for our League of record and like just between us
24:31
and on the podcast, and then seeing the type of trades that
24:34
people are able to pull off in the Discord, I think that we're
24:36
being a lot more strict than what the sentiment is on these
24:40
players in general. So I've noticed that too, Yeah.
24:44
I think essentially other things are much like easier to trade,
24:47
yeah, than our league. Somebody, somebody I was helping
24:50
somebody in the discord literally last night make a
24:53
trade and they I was like, oh man, if you could send this 2
24:56
for one, it'd be great. He ended up sending a one for
24:59
one. So not even the full package of
25:00
what I suggested. He traded Leo Carlson for Jack
25:03
Hughes. That's crazy.
25:06
Because a lot of people on this, it's not, there's no one
25:09
practice better than the other. But if you're looking at season
25:11
stats and just like the season totals, like a lot of the
25:13
numbers can be misleading, right?
25:14
People miss time or like they go through cold stretches.
25:17
We like to look at like, you know, the last 30 days average
25:20
or 14 days average just to get a sense of like how well the
25:22
player has been performing as of late and using that as like, OK,
25:26
like which direction are you going to go as a value supposed
25:28
to be going up in the near future or down.
25:31
But some people just look at the numbers and they look at the
25:33
numbers on the season as a whole.
25:35
You really get that early season production baked into their
25:38
their live value, even if they're not performing at that
25:42
level, so. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's it's very
25:45
interesting one. JQ What do you?
25:47
Got it is for sure. So I have a little pop quiz
25:51
before I get into mine. Who in the NHL has the most
25:54
shots on goal this year? Is it your guy?
25:57
That's why. No, no.
25:58
OK. OK.
26:01
Only. Thing.
26:01
Wait actually wanna guess most shots on goal?
26:04
Is it celebrity? No, no, come on.
26:10
Do you like come on like that? I got it, yes.
26:15
Second most. As always, right, OK.
26:19
Yeah. Second was Jason Robertson.
26:23
OK, I was gonna say. Third most is my guy, one behind
26:28
Jason Robertson. So that is crazy.
26:31
I'm gonna keep with Josh Josh's theme of the Ducks over here and
26:34
I'm going with Cutter Gautier. Third highest shots on goal in
26:38
the NHL. Crazy.
26:39
I don't want to dive too much into the teams recent
26:42
performance because Josh already gave a really good overview, but
26:45
one stark difference between Gautier and Carlson is that
26:48
Gautier is 3.8 shots on goal per game over the last 10 and
26:52
Carlson's at 2.1. This is in line with the game I
26:55
played generally, but this does make Gotye owners a little bit
26:59
less bummed than Carlson owners. Nevertheless, over the last 10
27:04
games, Gautier has a 7.9 shooting percentage and on this
27:07
season he's at a 12.2 shooting percentage.
27:10
So that's brought down his averages tremendously the the
27:13
most recent 10 games. It's a massive difference and
27:17
I've been in. I've been a believer in the
27:19
Ducks since the beginning, but they're not going to be
27:21
consistent this year, even though I do think that they're
27:23
going to edge into the playoffs. And it's very encouraging for me
27:28
that even through ups and downs, Gautier has the confidence to
27:32
shoot the puck a lot. The Ducks are happy to let him
27:35
shoot the puck a lot and this is gonna just be really, really
27:39
great for when he starts scoring again.
27:42
So my targets over here, I got Steven Stamkos, Brian Rust,
27:49
Alexi the GOAT protists, look at the numbers, Kevin and Pavel
27:54
inferior to protest, Dora Phev and one more is Ivan Demidov.
28:00
But that one was really tough to put.
28:02
But I still think it's it's fair to to have it.
28:05
What do y'all think? I think this.
28:07
Is true the targets just to to make fun of me.
28:13
I know I I I I put them both there.
28:17
So products and Dorothea V are are big time beer.
28:21
Bet that's that was. Married to the.
28:23
Other. Yeah.
28:24
What? You said one was inferior to the
28:26
other. He is inferior to.
28:29
Anyways, talking about Cutter produces a monster.
28:34
Although you might actually like.
28:35
This camera is gonna cut out. Exactly, but like look like
28:40
obviously it seems crazy to think about this because of how
28:43
hard Gautier was, but produces a 1.43 over the past two weeks,
28:47
right? Demidov also insane stats.
28:50
He's at a 1.5 points per game over the last two weeks.
28:53
And all these guys are doing it with like, I mean, I don't want
28:57
to say it's it's lucky, but their teams are just performing
29:01
way better than the Ducks have been.
29:03
When the Ducks get back into form, I think that Gautier is
29:06
going to be a huge part of it, like Carlson, and for now, the
29:10
floor of having great shots is super nice to have so.
29:14
Yeah, I think for me, I. Like what you're saying?
29:17
Now you go, you go. I agree with the with the the
29:21
category by though, obviously I think he's a great buy low right
29:23
now, but I do think that he started the season so hot that
29:27
if you're buying low, expecting him to get back to that level,
29:30
it's like little Carlson. I don't think it's going to be
29:32
what you were doing early season, right.
29:34
I do think that there's a realm here where my expectation for
29:37
him is like he ends around like a .85 points points per game
29:40
player. I think it's very realistic your
29:43
targets, though. I is it crazy for me to think I
29:47
want Brian Rust or go to the rest of the season like I think
29:51
I want out of these names. I want Rust and Durfee of over
29:54
go to rest of season and to me it's because I think yeah, Gotti
29:58
has insane shots, but in the points are gonna be pretty
30:01
close. I think Russ gets close to a
30:02
point per game, which I think he does almost every year.
30:05
His shots are going to be around 3 which got you will beat that
30:08
which is still exceptional, but the power play I like it more as
30:11
well. So more points, more power play
30:13
points there a favor. I feel like it is in the same
30:15
boat, like you might get slightly less points but way
30:17
more power play points and the shots are still leave for their
30:21
favorite hovering around 3 that I'm still happy with that over
30:24
to him So but Stamkos I would flip in a heartbeat, Produce I
30:28
would slip in a heartbeat, Demonoid flip in a heartbeat.
30:30
So if those can get the deal done, then I'm laughing.
30:35
Yeah, so for again, fully agree with the with the buy low in
30:39
terms of the targets, definitely Stamkos produce, Demidov are the
30:43
easy ones. Demanov actually at first I was
30:45
like, but he's been so good. But I'm like, no, that's exactly
30:47
why it's a great sell high buy low.
30:48
So so no, those are great in terms of Dora Phev, I'm taking
30:53
Gautier over him. I like this.
30:55
I think that like I think Garfield will get significantly
30:58
more power play points, but I think the points are going to be
31:01
similar and I think the shots difference is just like Dorff,
31:04
let's say he gets 3.1 thoughts like that like go take getting
31:08
almost four shots a game. It's just so elite at that level
31:10
that if their points are similar, I'm willing to take
31:13
that, even if the power play points aren't necessarily the.
31:16
Same taking an extra .3 power play points or extra .25 power
31:20
play points over like .89 shots. I mean, if you think that
31:25
they're ending at the same amount of points, then I could
31:27
see that. I think Gotee is getting more
31:28
points than Dorff as well. So I think that and I also think
31:31
the shots gonna be like a full shot difference.
31:33
I'm like that or like .8 shots. So for all those reasons, I'm
31:36
taking go to Overdorff. But I can see, I can see your
31:39
point of view on that one. And then Rust, an interesting
31:41
one where he's such a clear cell high right now.
31:43
And the question is, can you aim higher than Gautier or is this a
31:46
good one? And in terms of points, I see
31:48
Russ standing at like .9 to .95 and then power play points.
31:53
Rust obviously will have the edge and then shots go.
31:55
It has the huge edge. So I'm still leaning with
31:58
goatee. I also think rust is super
31:59
squishy, so I kind of want him off my team at this point, like
32:03
especially with how well he's been doing.
32:04
Obviously Penguins have a great playoff schedule, something to
32:07
keep in mind, but I like all the targets.
32:09
The two I'm I agree with Kevin that the two I'm most wary of
32:12
our Rust and Dora Fev like you may be able to get honestly,
32:15
Dorff. I think like that this is like a
32:17
perfect buy low sell high. Like I think like it doesn't
32:19
feel great right now, but I think it would be great.
32:21
Russ, I think you may just be able to get more for him, but
32:23
I'm still happier. Got you.
32:24
So I like all the targets. Yeah, yeah, it's OK.
32:30
It's a fun one. The Ducks.
32:31
It is a fun one. Two weeks from now, I, I, I'm
32:33
really excited for the, the, the review because where the ducks
32:36
are at and for sure gonna be really.
32:38
Really. Yeah, I would love to have
32:40
Gotti. Would be targeting him in trades
32:41
for sure. But yeah, yeah.
32:44
Anyways, let's go to our cell highs.
32:47
My cell high for this week is big Val Nichushkin of the
32:52
Colorado Avalanche. So over the past month,
32:56
Nichushkin is averaging 1.08 points per game with 0 power
33:00
play points for most of the year in Tuscan has been kept off
33:03
power play one. But now he's finally getting the
33:05
chance. So why am I recommending to sell
33:07
him now when he's finally getting the shot and he's shown
33:09
that he could get over a point per game without the power place
33:12
so he should only be going up. Well firstly the apps have the
33:15
31st ranked power play in the league.
33:17
It's baffling with all their star power how they could be so
33:20
bad but it's been an issue for them for a while.
33:22
Because of these struggles the coach has been swapping players
33:24
on and off all season with nobody being safe other than
33:26
McKinnon. My car even natures got bumped
33:28
off in the current iteration. Nature has not power play one.
33:31
Nobody is safe other than McKenna car.
33:34
I don't trust anyone other than those two players to hold on to
33:36
power play one rest of season. And even with the deployment
33:38
their play is not even very good.
33:39
So I think people are putting a lot of stock and whose power
33:42
play one on Colorado? Who gets to play on that unit?
33:44
Oh, someone's probably gonna have to grab him, you know.
33:46
But like, it's not even a good power play if it's like people
33:49
getting excited because someone on, you know, power play one of
33:52
Calgary, right? Like it's just, it's not an
33:54
exciting CarPlay, which is very counterintuitive based on the
33:57
players who are there. So if you can sell in Tustin,
34:00
while he has elite deployment and has been putting up great
34:02
numbers, he has enough name value that should be able to get
34:04
someone solidly on a much stronger power play 1 unit.
34:07
So some targets I'm looking at Adrian Kempe.
34:10
We've been talking about him as a bio for a while.
34:12
He's looking like he's honestly power play right now, but I
34:15
don't expect that to stick long term.
34:17
Yes for Brad is the bias low of the by laws and the existence of
34:21
buy lows. If he wasn't on Kevin's team, I
34:23
would be sending daily offers to the rat owner with every player
34:27
on my team who I think is worse than rat, which is a lot but but
34:31
yeah, so Brad would be a huge one.
34:32
Ovechkin we highlighted as a bi lo last week.
34:35
He's been turning it up a bit, but I still think it's
34:37
potentially get done. Seth Jarvis is an interesting
34:40
one. I think he it seems like you
34:42
might not be out as long as people expected.
34:44
But honestly, if you have the room for the our stash, I would
34:46
much prefer Jarvis over in Tustin.
34:47
So these are kind of targets I'm looking.
34:51
Yeah, I I actually really like the way that that we're looking
34:54
at this now because we always target power play one overall.
34:58
And and it's just shocking to me that a team this elite has had
35:02
such a horrible power play. And I don't think there's any
35:05
way that Nichushkin supplants natures with McKinnon, even
35:09
strength, and they're usually both right wing.
35:12
I know nutrition could kind of go to the other side, but
35:15
Landeskog, McKinnon and nature seems like it's like a pretty
35:20
solid line. And that to me is clearly more
35:22
meaningful than the power play where 31, that's just nuts.
35:27
I can't believe that's actually the case.
35:28
So I really like this is a suggestion and I agree with all
35:32
the targets as well and I think they're attainable.
35:36
Yeah, I think also he's the perfect player to try to send
35:40
for those IR stashes. Like I'm thinking even JT Miller
35:44
I think is a good target because I'd much rather have J Miller
35:47
the rest of season, especially in the Bangers league.
35:49
And when that playoff schedule and Nichushkin, like The thing
35:53
is, it's tough too, because what if Nichushkin on people you want
35:57
is what solves the power play? And then that becomes like the
36:00
floor was value, right? Is that in the back of your mind
36:03
that like not that this could be making a mistake or like you're
36:06
not worried about that risk at all of letting the trust can
36:09
actually gets the good deployment and it sticks Do
36:14
soccer not renewed. About that, first of all, not.
36:17
Compared to the targets. First of all, yeah, compared to
36:19
the targets you're aiming high enough that I'm happier with
36:21
them even if they sticks and I I really see like I'm willing to
36:25
beer. But anyone that Nichushkin
36:27
within let's say 3 weeks, he won't be power play 1.
36:31
If either of you will feel confident that he's sticking on
36:33
the power play, I'll take that bet because I've been watching
36:35
those lines all season and in one week to the next one day to
36:38
the next. Look about last week, you guys
36:40
were roasting me for taking Troy Terry over Gabe Landeskog
36:42
because I said Landis's not going to be power play 1 within
36:45
two weeks. And what happens two days later?
36:47
Landis's not on powerfully one. There's no one who's safe other
36:51
and I honestly, I didn't even see coming the nature bump off.
36:54
I didn't realize it was that bad.
36:56
But there's literally no one safe on that unit, other
36:58
mechanic car. So I'm putting 0 stock into
37:01
that, but I think a lot of people just look at daily
37:02
faceoff, they check, they see who's on power play 1, they're
37:04
like, oh, who's in power play 1 / a point per game.
37:06
In the past month only upside was 0 power play points.
37:09
Like it's such a good story to sell that you can definitely get
37:13
a big a big step up in return. Because I think I'm just putting
37:17
myself in the shoes of like the listeners who have the shooting
37:19
on their team. They're like, they've been
37:21
holding, they've been, you know, reaping the rewards for the last
37:24
month. He just scored a hat trick, you
37:26
know, and he had people wondering like game, even though
37:28
the goal on the power play. So you're like, OK, like
37:31
finally, like the deployment is here.
37:33
So even better for my guy. And now we're telling them like,
37:37
no, he got it for one game. He succeeded, but it's not going
37:39
to last. So I just like, I, I, I agree
37:42
with you, but I'm just trying to put myself in the shoes like the
37:44
people listening to this and being like.
37:46
Sometimes are. Never.
37:47
Never comfortable, you know, like if you're feeling super
37:50
comfortable in a cell high, then that probably means that
37:52
everyone else can see from a mile away that he's a cell high
37:54
and you're not gonna get anyone for him.
37:56
If like if you're kind of wary about it, that means that he's
37:58
gonna have name value and pull in a trade.
38:01
And like I will also. Say my favorite target.
38:03
Yeah, I will also say one more thing for Nichushkin is there's
38:06
also always the question mark of like, will he get injured?
38:10
Will he do something stupid and end up, you know, suspended or
38:13
something like that? Like just disappear?
38:15
Like, when was the last time this guy played a full season,
38:17
right? So that's an added risk that I'm
38:19
just happy to get off my team, yeah.
38:22
Yep, yeah, I think just for Brad is like we haven't highlighted
38:25
him this episode. So because we we always try to
38:27
change the names every episode so that we're highlighting new
38:30
players that have opportunities to be traded for.
38:32
But if you've been listening, guys, we talked about, yes,
38:34
Brett so much like he's a Britton point of early season
38:37
where we were just like, listen week after week after week
38:40
buying low. I think Nichushkin freeze bread
38:42
is a slam dunk trade if you can pull that off.
38:44
And I think it's really feasible, right?
38:45
Now, yeah, that would be amazing.
38:48
Yeah, in a way it seems like the most, well, I guess Jarvis has
38:52
been hurt so. So I'll kind of take him out of
38:54
the equation. But between Kempe, Brat and
38:56
Ovechkin, I feel like Brad's the most attainable and can have the
38:59
best reward, so I also think it's the best target.
39:02
Yeah, alright, Kevin, who do you got for us on your cell high?
39:07
All right, my cell hides my favorite player.
39:10
Like, no, I'm gonna talk about Mackenzie Weigher of the Calgary
39:16
Flames. I listen, it feels crazy to talk
39:19
about Wigger in this category because of how bad he's been
39:21
this year. Last season, he was averaging
39:23
0.58 points per game. This season, he's averaging 0.35
39:27
points per game. However, over the last month,
39:30
he's at 0.75 and 1.2 points per game over the last two weeks.
39:35
So on the season he's at .35 and we're the last two weeks 1.2.
39:39
So it kind of just shows that like a lot of his production
39:41
this year has been over like the last month.
39:45
And yes, his bangers are still elite, although his hits are, I
39:48
would say over the last few weeks less than you would
39:51
expect, but that happens even with the best banger guys.
39:53
But I wanted to highlight because I think Calgary is a bad
39:56
team, is offensive capabilities this year are cooked.
40:00
And I just don't think that he's going to live up to the
40:04
reputation that he had before the year started.
40:06
Like he was a top five draft pick for defenseman.
40:09
And I think he was considered the biggest bust of the season
40:13
because you thought you were getting like basically a most
40:15
sider type of player where the bangs are elite.
40:17
He's got power play 1 and maybe not the most points, but still
40:20
something there. You got 0 points the whole
40:22
season, no power play and the banks are still great.
40:25
So I think Mackenzie Weegar right now is just like he's
40:29
finally living up to, let's say, the name value that he had and
40:32
the draft category that he had. But this 2-3 week sample size is
40:36
not convincing me that I want him on my roster rest of season.
40:39
And I think it's giving you a window to trade him and
40:43
capitalize on, you know, the perceived value of what he was
40:46
supposed to be and get somebody actually consistent on your
40:50
roster. I think I, I put this very
40:52
similar to like the Thatcher Demko trade that I suggested a
40:54
few weeks ago. We just talked about on the
40:56
podcast where you know Vancouver was is a bad team.
41:00
He is not the same guy he used to be.
41:02
He had a stretch of like 2 weeks where he performed exceptionally
41:06
and people were like alright, he's got the name value.
41:07
We know we saw it in the past like he's back guys and then it
41:10
becomes abysmal again. I'm not saying we gotta go
41:13
straight back to zeros, but I don't think it's going to be
41:15
nearly good as this like last year was probably an amazing
41:20
year for Uyghur. He didn't get .6 points per
41:22
game. Now he's doubling down over the
41:23
last two weeks. Guys, get him off your roster
41:26
right now. Capitalize on it.
41:27
I think you can get star talent on your team if you can still
41:31
get Quinn Hughes. You just had a four point game.
41:33
So I feel bad mentioning him, but like it.
41:36
I still think if you look at the averages, it's somewhat feasible
41:38
and if that team needs bangers, then that's maybe even better.
41:42
Sanderson I think is the perfect target right now.
41:44
Guys like he's he's my favorite defenseman at Target as a buy
41:47
low right now. I think Jake Sanderson has way
41:49
better days ahead of him. We talked about the
41:50
inconsistencies, but I'm super confident that I want him over
41:53
my in my roster over McKenzie Wigger.
41:55
I think you can get McAvoy plus right now.
41:57
I think you can get chicken plus right now.
41:59
I think you can get more C right now.
42:01
All these guys, Wigger was drafted ahead of them in the
42:03
draft. Now, these guys have been better
42:06
than him for most of the season, but right now he's better than
42:08
all of them. So I think there's a rare
42:11
opportunity to capitalize on a guy that you almost dropped
42:14
earlier in the season. Yeah, like this, this is the
42:18
Bangor management Cinderella story that I was referring to
42:20
earlier. It's it's and Kevin and I
42:24
checked he was your choice in week five, OK.
42:27
And at the time the. Targets that you sell high.
42:29
To buy low and now he's a sell high so it's.
42:32
Like. Well, exactly.
42:35
But but the the targets at the time, you had Lacombe, Miro,
42:39
Heiskanen, Trueba and like Morgan Riley and Darnell Nurse.
42:44
And now we're talking about and that made sense at the time and
42:47
it also makes sense at this time right now that you're thinking
42:51
of. I mean, Quinn Hughes is a bit
42:53
tough, but Sanderson, McAvoy, Chickering, Morrissey, all of
42:56
these guys are like so much more elite than the ones that you
43:01
were talking about. And it's like, this is really
43:03
tough for the Uighur owner because, you know, you, you were
43:05
just talking about this, like similarly with Nichushkin, you
43:08
held them all year, You drafted him high.
43:10
And now it's like finally time He's producing.
43:14
Wow. I can't believe I've waited so
43:15
long for this and like to actually to get over the hump,
43:19
the mental hump and just being like, OK, yeah, now I got to
43:21
sell him. It sucks, but you can get way
43:25
better return. And I mean, it's, it's nice to
43:29
see that he's done well, but it's just the the crux of all of
43:31
this is that Calgary sucks and he's not going to be what he was
43:35
last year. And I think there's a huge
43:36
opportunity. So I really like this choice.
43:40
Yeah, I, I fully agree with it. I love the targets.
43:42
Obviously the queen who's 4.9 I think kind of puts the, yeah,
43:46
you know, the end to that one cause he has been really bad.
43:49
But now then now there's no way. I just don't see it.
43:52
Sanderson is the perfect target, as you said, I think that can
43:54
get done. And then all these other ones,
43:56
I'd rather them over weaker. So if you can get them plus
43:58
that's just a bonus. But even one for one, I would
44:00
take them. Yeah, totally.
44:04
All right, Jake, take us home. Yes, OK.
44:08
So I'm not just choosing this one to prove to the listeners
44:13
that we're not we're not homers, although it is a nice bonus.
44:18
I'm going with Noah Dobson of the Montreal Canadiens, which I
44:22
still like to hear because he is a good player, but there are
44:24
reasons that he's a sell high in fantasy and here we go.
44:29
Dobson has been on absolute fire lately and this coincides with
44:32
the Canadians being a very high scoring team in the month of
44:35
December. Over the last month, the Habs
44:38
have been scoring at 3.44 goals per game pace, whereas in the
44:42
previous month they were at 3.16 goals per game.
44:46
They also sit at second in the NHL in shooting percentage at
44:50
13.1. That's basically double cutter
44:53
goutieres by the way. I'm just saying so right there
44:58
we can see some team wide potential for regression.
45:01
I'm signaling out Dobson here because there's no clear path
45:04
for him to hit power play one unless there's a huts and injury
45:08
who? Also I think Layton Hudson is a
45:10
cell high because he's even better than Dobson, but it'll
45:13
least Hudson has the power play 1.
45:16
Additionally, we have a very similar case to look at from
45:19
this year which is Chickering and Carlson in Washington who
45:22
were performing at an elite level and we said at the time
45:25
that one if not both were bound to regress and both of them have
45:30
particularly Carlson whose power play to at least with the
45:34
Washington example, both D men were on power play one at the
45:37
time that they were performing really well.
45:39
But for the Habs, it seems to be censored on them being a super
45:43
high scoring team as of late and Dobson benefiting greatly from
45:46
that. Even though these power played
45:49
to the entire time. There are many selling points
45:52
for this, such as the Habs have a lot of injuries.
45:55
So they're slump in December. Sorry that they're slump from
45:58
November was normal. And also, you know, now that
46:04
basically they they paid Dobson more money than Hudson.
46:07
So they're going to be giving him top minutes and
46:09
opportunities for success. However, with all that, as we
46:13
like to say on the podcast, the lack of power play one,
46:16
especially for defensemen, is really going to hinder his
46:21
potential. If there were ever an injury to
46:24
Hudson, God forbid, then Dobson becomes a top 10 fantasy
46:28
defenseman. But at the time of this
46:30
recording, Hudson has yet to miss a game in his entire NHL
46:33
career. Cool sunglasses emoji and Dobson
46:35
is air quotes. Unfortunately, being relegated
46:39
to being a top tier IRL D man, that makes a real positive
46:44
difference for the Canadians, but he's simply overperforming.
46:48
1.33 points per game over the last two weeks and .5 power play
46:52
points in that span on power play 2.
46:55
What makes no sense. So some good targets here.
47:01
There's probably gonna be some overlap with the Wieger choice,
47:05
but there's they're they're good choice overall.
47:09
Yeah. Jacob Chikurin, Matthew
47:12
Schaefer, Shane Goss, The spirit if healthy by the time you hear
47:16
this because I do think he's going to overtake Nikishin on
47:18
the power play one when he comes back, I hope Josh Morrissey and
47:22
just to sprinkle in a forward over here, Adam Fantilli.
47:25
What do y'all think? Yeah, this is this is a great
47:29
one. I will say 2 notes. 1 is you're
47:33
probably not going to find a power play 2 defenseman who gets
47:36
more power play time than Dobson in the league.
47:38
But I still agree with all this. But I'm just saying he does get
47:41
a surprising amount of power play time for a power play
47:43
defenseman again, still fully agree.
47:45
And then also the fact that have been injured may be being what's
47:49
boosting Dobson because you have a guy like Kaden Gully out.
47:52
That's just way more minutes that have to be spread around to
47:54
the other defensemen. Guli should be back within the
47:56
next few weeks, which should bring Dobson down in terms of
47:58
the back cats at least, because he'll be playing less of those,
48:01
you know, minutes where he would be blocking shots type of thing.
48:03
So definitely fully agree with all this.
48:06
All these targets I would take over him.
48:08
I think chickens, probably the best chicken or Morrissey are
48:11
the two best ones and I think they you can get those done.
48:14
But yeah, I'll take, I'll take all these guys over Dobson.
48:16
So I like it a lot. I knew Dobson was going to be a
48:20
cell high when I think he played Josh like 2 weeks ago.
48:23
And Josh? I saw that.
48:24
Don't happen in the group chat. And the guy put up.
48:26
How do you get rid of the same amount of points as McDavid?
48:31
McDavid was 5 point game and Dobson put up the same amount of
48:35
points. Him over that week is ridiculous
48:37
but I'm over it. Yeah.
48:38
So I knew this was coming and I'm happy that Jackie got to
48:42
talk about it on the podcast. Unless yes, guys, we are having
48:45
friends, but it's always fantasy over over everything, right?
48:47
So I, I love this pic. I think your targets are are
48:51
great. I yeah, I was saying my
48:54
favorites are also like, I think chicken right now and Josh
48:56
Morris here are the ones that I would love to target because
48:58
they're a little bit of bylaws in their own right.
49:01
So, yeah, not just nothing else to add, but I, I, I'm, I love
49:06
this pic, Jackie. Yeah, you.
49:08
Thank you, Jake. Schaefer is the one I was like,
49:11
I kinda want him the least because the Islanders I don't
49:16
even. Know this but he's gonna he was
49:18
very popping off early season and it's.
49:20
Yeah, but he's also gonna be the toughest to acquire, so he's
49:22
like the last resort here. He's the toughest to acquire.
49:27
Like, I still think Chicken Morris, you're harder to.
49:29
Acquire RC yeah for. Sure.
49:30
Yeah, OK. Listen, like those are the top
49:34
names to go for, I would say, and Goss Aspire also.
49:37
It's like it's kind of annoying, especially with the injury.
49:41
But I think it's very feasible. Yeah, it could be a really good
49:45
swap and I feel like the Dobson owner would be even like
49:49
hesitant to do that. But don't be like you should and
49:53
you'll get back a power play one guy who's been really decent all
49:55
year so. Yeah.
49:57
OK love this episode. This is the first one since I've
50:01
been back so. I was gonna say.
50:03
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