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So let's start with our hot topics #1 we got Dougie
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Hamilton. He was scratched.
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There are trade rumors. We touched on this a bit in our
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previous 15 news and update episode.
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And would you rather? Of course, my thing, I wanted
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to, I didn't want to dive too much into it because I wanted to
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sort of leave some time here. I knew we were going to talk
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about this because it is a quite hot topic, but imagine, imagine
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for a second. And I don't know if the timing
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necessarily lines up. So don't Fact Check on this, but
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if Dougie Hamilton listened to Bangor management, the Fantasy
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hockey podcast and realize that halfway through the season, a
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little more than halfway through the season actually, that the
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Sharks would have 49 points and the Devils would be at 48.
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So he waived a, he didn't want to get traded to the Sharks
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essentially. He said, Nope, I'm not going
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there. And it basically, I think that
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would have been such an amazing fit for him.
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Klingberg has been on and off all year and I really think he's
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way past his prime. He's not a solid power play 1
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defenseman. And I mean, we talk about
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talismanic all the time. Celebrity is just on another
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level. I think you should be in the
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trophy conversation. Very sad because I think that
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way. But that's yeah, he's been
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unbelievable. If they make the playoffs, I
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really think you should be the guy.
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But hey, anyways, all this to say, that would have been a
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great landing spot for him. As far as the current situation
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at hand goes, it's tough. It's really brutal if you're a
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doggie owner. I don't know what kind of value
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he has for fantasy if he remains on the Devils.
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I don't think, I don't think any really.
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I think he could be dropped in most leagues, but wherever he
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gets traded, hopefully he does. I actually think that it can't
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get worse than this, so things will be looking up for him.
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Yeah, I mean the situation right now is he got scratched for
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game, then they brought him back for the game after and he got 2
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assists. So he actually looked pretty
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good on the ice. The issue has never been like,
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you know, his on ice player I think that often has definitely
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slowed down, but his defence has gotten better.
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So I think it was just kind of like he changed his game a
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little bit to suit the team and what they wanted.
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But I'm not saying he's getting scapegoated here.
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He's not the same player that he's always been.
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But this New Jersey situation is really bad and I think it trade
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feels inevitable at this point. And he he's got a no move clause
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and I think there's only 10 teams on the list that he can go
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to. But it looks like on those ten
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teams, there's not many teams that are right now.
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We don't know what teams are obviously, but something it's
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not easy right around something would have happened already, it
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feels like. But as the situation gets more
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dire, it feels like he's widening the list of teams that
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he'd be willing to go for. Maybe the Sharks end up being a
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team that he gives the OK for. Maybe he just doesn't want to be
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on the West Coast. Who knows.
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But if you go to the shorts, they'll be easy situation
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because I think you would be sick there.
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Him and celebrity on the power play would be nuts.
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Other potential destinations, I mean, if you listen on some of
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the recent episodes, Josh said that he had a dream that Dougie
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got traded to the Saint Louis Blues.
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So maybe that's in the cards. They could definitely use him,
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but he's going to go to a team that needs a power play
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quarterback. So I feel no matter where he
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gets treated, his value will go up or it can get worse.
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What is right now? So if you have Dougie, I'm I'm
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trying to hold and be patient. I haven't been the league and
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I've held all year through the major lows that he's been
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through. Hopefully he doesn't keep
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getting scratched, but if he does, hopefully you can R Plus.
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Lots of me got scratched. They didn't even give him out
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designation on Yahoo so you couldn't R Plus in which was
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crazy. But I trade feels inevitable
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before the Olympic break is my guess.
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I'm just very curious to see which which team he goes to.
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But the value can only go up it feels like.
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So both going up for Dougie Hamilton, it feels like.
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Yeah, if I say it. Feels like one more time just do
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something to me that I can't say on the podcast.
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To be fair, I didn't think that the Sharks would be better than
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the Devils, but I had the Sharks not finishing bottom of their
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division. So that's why I said that Dougie
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should have listened to our podcast and then maybe he would
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have had a different outlook on this.
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They've been so popular playoff convo like that's why they can
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still actually make moves for this season and off the roster.
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Yeah, the Devils, the East is so wide open, so they're not out of
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it yet. And I feel like either coaching
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changes that happen or major trade and let's make things
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happen though. Yeah, yeah.
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All right. Next we got John Gibson.
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We touched on that a little bit in the Would You rather section
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of the last episode, but kind of to reiterate that he's been on
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absolute fire. His percentages are off the
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charts. Detroit's a very good team.
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I think that it's a great opportunity to sell high if you
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can, because you know, you you said it right.
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He's been squishy in the past. He's had some injury issues.
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That's probably why it took him so long to get traded from
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Anaheim. That being said, it's obviously
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encouraging to see. I think Detroit's going to make
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the playoffs. And I think as time goes on, I
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mean, I'm just basically reiterating what I was saying,
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but he's going to get less and less playing time once they
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secure a playoff spot. So that's my concern, in
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addition to the fact that this is just a ridiculous stretch.
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Yeah, I mean, I think, listen, Detroit is a good team, not
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listed the most amazing team, but the ease is pretty, I was it
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pretty weak right now. There's a lot of teams that are
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not playing at their full potential and Detroit is taking
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advantage of that. Like, we've seen them be a team
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in the past that starts hot and kind of falters off and they
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don't make the playoffs. So maybe this is the year that
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they finally are able to capitalize on the situation
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around them being weaker, right. And John Gibson, we know,
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listen, he's older than he was in the past.
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I feel like he was the guy that was supposed to be traded every
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year for the last five years. Never happened until the
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offseason. Anticlimactic.
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But right now he's playing out of his mind, guys, he's playing,
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he's playing like an insane person and for fantasy it's
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amazing. He's won like 80% of his games.
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The percentages have been great. It'll get you a shout out, but
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do I think this is a sustainable no.
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If any goal we were performing at this level, I'd recommend
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them as a sell high. I did in fact do this with like
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Soros recently, with Demco recently and those paid off.
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I think John Gibson right now is the next goalie up.
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Sell them while you can. I don't think he's going to fall
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off like the other guys did. But you know what, John Gibson,
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it's always an injury in the back of your mind.
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Mind is potential and you can maybe get a great, great goal
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the rest of season if you trade him.
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So that's kind of my take on him.
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I I still like him as a top 15 goalie rest of season if
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healthy. And if you pick them up off
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waivers, you're happy right now you're getting great production,
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but capitalize on that. Get another guy.
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Yeah, yeah. Well said, Well said.
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And there is the name value, right?
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Like that's also something John Gibson has been an elite goalie.
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So I really think you can sell them and should.
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Then we got the Artemi Panarin trade rumors.
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Yeah, yeah, this is, uh, this is an interesting one.
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I mean, Rangers have a great playoff schedule.
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Josh, Kevin and I were talking about this and when Josh and met
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first mentioned the trade rumors, you were like, if he
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gets traded, I'm cooked Now, I get it.
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But we we kind of speak about different tiers of guys who gets
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treated, who get treated and like are gonna guarantee for
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success barring the Carolina destination.
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That changes everything in the equation.
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I really don't think. And Panera's been pretty decent
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as of late, but I really don't think that he's going to be
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horrible if he goes to another team.
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You know, like if he comes, if he goes to the ABS.
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He could be. Great, goes to.
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Detroit delete the last month. Yeah, and now I don't think the
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elite stats that he's had would necessarily keep up if he goes
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elsewhere. That being said, I don't think
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he's the type of guy that like no, I can't believe he got
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traded to another team. Now I'm.
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Screwed. The main issue is I mean I was
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being hyperbolic in the group chat because I definitely won't
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be cooked if he gets traded, but I drafted Panera with the
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intention of having among Rossford playoffs because that
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Rangers playoff schedule is just so elite.
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So I'll be disappointed that he doesn't have that 444 anymore.
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But what type of player could succeed no matter where he goes?
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And this trade rumors, like honestly, like the situation has
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not really changed. It's just what further into the
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season. And the Rangers have not shown
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themselves to be a capable team yet.
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So he's he's the biggest name on the free agent market going into
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next year. So either they lock him down or
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they trade him. And they're not going to lock
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him down because he wants term. So they're not going to lock him
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down if they're not in the playoff picture.
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And as we get further through the trade deadline, they're
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gonna have decisions to make. It's really going to be if they
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have conviction on being a playoff them or not.
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And right now, listen, it's not looking good for them, but it's
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the East. So anything can happen.
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If I have Panarin and I do have Panarin, I'm trying to shop him
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right now because he's been, you know, he's been elite.
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He's going to be elite. He's an amazing player.
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But if you could capitalize on his recent production cause he's
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been like 2 points per game over the last month, almost like
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you're not selling on the fact that he's gonna fall off the
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face of the earth. But maybe you get another player
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that is lateral that has a safer playoff schedule if you really
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want to do that. But also, like, I'm probably not
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going to sell them. I'm probably gonna keep him and
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then hope the Rangers make the playoffs and he ends up on the
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Rangers for that playoff schedule because I think he'll
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be great. And it's just like if he gets
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traded, just hoping it's not Carolina and that's that.
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Would you trade Panarin for JT? No, I'd much rather have
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Panarin. I get it.
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I feel like it's worth asking because like, GT should be on
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the Rangers. But JT will definitely be on the
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Rangers, that's for sure. At the inner Bangaly.
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I can get it at Panera. We'll just he he'll get too many
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more points than JT to to make that swap in my opinion.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I you pick, you pick
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Banaron mid second round and like at this point like you're
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probably wanting to upgrade to like a first round type guy,
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which he has been in the past. It's funny you used to hate him
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but like it's interesting how like the would you trade him for
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Scalabrini? I mean, if I can make that
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happen, yeah. I mean, this celebrity owner
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would do that. No, we know the celebrity owner
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won't do it. Yeah, But anyway, I like it.
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I think it's it's a cell in its own right.
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I wouldn't read too much into the trade rumors as factoring
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into the cell, but it's sort of like a nice cherry on top.
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So if you are, the value goes to 0 if he gets traded.
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That's why I'm not like desperate to get him off.
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But a change of situation brings up a lot of volatility, and
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volatility could go either way. So it becomes a riskier
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situation. But listen, he's doing what he's
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doing right now on the Rangers, who are a subpar team it feels
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like. So there's a chance that he goes
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to another team that's better. The the the rumors that I'm
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seeing are like Florida is in the mix, Washington is in the
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mix, Carolina is in the mix. So these teams are looking to
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bolster their attack. And if you went to like Florida,
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I'd be psyched, to be honest. Like, yeah, the playoff schedule
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is worse, but he's playing with star talent there.
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And he could be one of the main guys to go to Washington.
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The same thing like playing with Ovechkin like that, honestly be
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pretty sick. So amazing.
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So. And we heard Elliott Friedman
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say, you know, Washington is a team that Russians like to go
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play for. So.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hang it out there.
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And last but not least, like like the the selling part of it,
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I mean 1.83 points per game in the last two weeks.
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Yeah, he's insane. That's wild.
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Like you're super happy. But yeah, I mean it's.
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Interesting to do that, like he's a phenomenal player and
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that's why you drafted him so high.
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Yeah, absolutely. All right, next, Lena Sellmark.
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There's been a lot of insane rumors from the Senators.
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I mean, yeah, it's your Bilo. Is he in a void?
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I'm leaning A void. I just like there's so many
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other than zetterling everything.
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A love affair with Zetterling. Like he he got him in the
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celebrity trade and he's been trying to hold on for dear life.
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And every, every time Jake is about to drop off, he scores a
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goal, he gets points or something and he's like, he's
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making me come back for more. It's like I never doubted you,
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Fabio, legislator straight zeros.
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It's like alright, drop down, four hits, four hits a goal, two
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shots like so So keep up the good work, Fabian, but stop with
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the emotional roller coasters. As far as the rest of this goes,
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I mean, I think this sends are in, as you said, the east is
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wide open and so far as like even though they're the bottom
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of the Atlantic, I mean, it's not horrible, it's not
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insurmountable. I mean look at The Jets, trying
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to get to the top of the central is basically impossible and same
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with the Canucks. And whereas for the Senators,
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there's only 15 points that separate the top team from the
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bottom team in the sense of played like 3 less games than
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the Red Wings were sitting on top.
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So it's totally wide open. I'm definitely not counting them
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out. That being said, like if you buy
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low, you gotta buy like real low here.
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I, I don't like it. I don't like the send situation.
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I still think they're top players are their top players
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and you're happy with it. Great playoff schedule.
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But him, particularly Almark, even before all the issues, like
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he was not having a good season. So I'm on the avoid train.
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I I'm definitely still interested, but as a bylaw,
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obviously, and like he, he's, he has little to no trade value as
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we speak. So if you're trading anybody,
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like that's the the highest I would trade is a guy that's like
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slightly above waiver wire value in your league just because the
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other manager probably, if they're still holding on,
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probably not trading him for a guy that is just as valuable as
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a guy on waivers. So at the bare minimum is
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basically what I would trade for him because I do think that auto
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has better days ahead. You know, the tumultuous Ness of
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this situation doesn't do well for the players heads off the
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ice and it affects their plate on the ice.
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But once this whole Shabaka L is behind them, I think they start
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playing better. They have a they have a talented
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team and also rumors are that they're looking to bolster their
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attack as well. Imagine they get Panarin.
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That'd be pretty sick. I once again have 4 Ottawa
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Senators on my team. Do I think that's the most
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likely destination? No.
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But the big issue now is like all marked.
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Yeah, he's had roller coaster of a year and yet like he's still
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by far their best. Usually they don't have anybody
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like they're trying a 37 year old James Reimer coming out of
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retirement to help them right now.
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So the last reports that I've been seeing is Almark is in the
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arena, like he's in the ring, he's around the game.
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So I think his return is, you know, around the corners.
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I want to put it out there, but I don't want to bet my house on
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it. So if I could get him for cheap,
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I would do it and then just see like I, I think the sense bounce
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back when he comes back. So yeah, that's, that's my take
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on it. But I, I don't hate avoiding him
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too. And I'm not giving any kind of
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substantial illness to him if that's what it's gonna take, you
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know? Yeah.
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Like I'm taking him over. I'm taking him over Bennington.
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Yeah, I'm gonna take him over LinkedIn.
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I'll probably take him over anyway.
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Spoiler alert, I won't say the last name that's on our list,
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but you. Know like a, you know, maybe you
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have it a Kurish meet or something and you're like, OK,
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yeah, here's the biggest starter for the moment.
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All stash all mark until he comes back type of thing.
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I'll take him on over one of the Canadians trios, you know what I
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mean? Like that not to, but like then
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when you're like, I'm taking. Jet grieves over him for sure.
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Close Sorokin Hofer I would take.
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I would. Take all, Take all Mark over any
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single schooling. But the I would take pussy over
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overall mark. Yeah, for sure.
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So it's just it's bad. That's terrible world market and
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Askerov has been not great. People are dropping in which
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understandable, but like I would rather have ask her how overall
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Mark. Yeah, yes, I agree.
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One more name Ingram. I'd rather have all marked for
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sure just got activated. So he's he's healthy and he's
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listening to this. He's already played at least a
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game. So Ingram, Ingram may get turn
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down the keys. I mean, they were recording
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this. The Oilers have a few days to
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send him down before it would take him going through waivers
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to be sent down. And I don't think they want to
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do that. So I think they're gonna send
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them down before that and then I'll just end up being Jerry and
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Picard. But yeah, anyways.
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Alright. And then the last name, this is
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the one that I was going to mention, Stuart Skinner, just to
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open with that, would you rather all Mark or Skinner?
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Um, hmm. I mean, honestly, that's close.
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Because I think Skinner is kind of like he's, he's actually
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playing pretty well. Let's start, let's start with
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Skinner. Yeah.
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Just the fact that like, you know, he had an awful start to
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his Penguins career. And the only thing that saved
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the trade was that Jerry was literally hurt.
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So he was not literally not playing hockey.
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But now it feels like, you know, Skinner is getting some good
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performances under his belt and the Penguins are actually
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winning games again and he's looking good out there.
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So I'm optimistic for his production rest of season.
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I'm curious to see how the split gold between him and she loves
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because they're kind of rotating right now.
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But I think he has he has good games in him right now.
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And I feel like the less the less pressure on his shoulders,
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the better he plays. So I'm happy for him as, you
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know, a human being and, you know, maybe less criticism.
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But do I rather him over all Mark rest of season?
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I feel like I take the chance on the ceiling that comes with
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Almark as like a more cemented starter because doesn't have
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shelves behind him putting starts with him.
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But are the Penguins better than the Ottawa Senators rest of the
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season? Like it's in the realm of
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outcomes, right? Like it's kind of like giving up
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on the sure thing for the potential of a slightly better
20:22
thing. So just depends on how you play
20:24
and what you're comfortability is with risk.
20:26
What about you? I'm probably going to take all
20:28
mark here because I think that they're going to be committed to
20:31
the to the to the tandem. I think Pittsburgh is gonna do
20:37
an auto 1A1B. Although if you look like
20:41
Skinner had a pretty fantastic year in 2223 and that's when he
20:47
played 50 games and Campbell played around 30.
20:53
So Jack Campbell. Yeah.
20:56
So so that's one of those things where I think that I think that
21:01
Skinner could be a really solid tandem goalie.
21:05
That being said, I mean, a full mark comes back and and
21:08
actually, you know, really ignites the Senators to be good.
21:12
Then then he could be great. Now it's just with the rumors,
21:15
we haven't really gotten into that side of it yet.
21:17
I mean, I just there are crazy rumors.
21:21
You could look it up about the Senators.
21:22
I don't think any of it's true. We don't need to start talking
21:24
about it. But when it comes down to it
21:27
with all mark, it's going to be like if it is bad vibes, like in
21:31
the locker room, even the best players can't really make it
21:34
past that. So that's what I'm worried.
21:37
Stuart Skinner, it seems like it's a really good situation for
21:41
him bouncing back. I actually like the like right
21:44
now. I got 3 goalies, I got busy, I
21:46
got wall set and I got Skinner. To me I, I think, I think like
21:52
Skinner's not the one I'm dropping next.
21:54
It feels if I have to drop one, I'm gonna kind of ride it out
21:58
while things are decent. And yeah, I mean, for that
22:02
reason, I would still say it's a really close conversation
22:05
between the two, which is nice because I just picked up in our
22:08
deep leagues Skinner off free agency.
22:10
So it goes to your point. I know they're kind of
22:13
intertwined, but hey, this is 2 goalies with pretty opposite
22:16
situations right now. I actually will say it think
22:21
Skinner is good now. I think it's going to be nice.
22:23
I don't think it's gonna he's gonna fall off and just be
22:25
horrible. But I still think it's gonna be
22:27
a possibility. It totally is.
22:30
But I'm actually, yeah, he's not gonna be as good as he's been
22:33
over the last three or four games, but I still think he
22:35
could hover around like a 995, which is way better than he's
22:39
been for over the past two years.
22:41
And what's that's looking like the Penguins best goalie start
22:45
right now? For me, I think interesting is a
22:48
very fluid situation and that he could go from being really good
22:51
to really bad. And while it's good, you write
22:54
it or you try to sell them for more consistent option.
22:56
And that kind of might take was towards Skinner right now, but
22:59
I'm I'm happy for the guy. Yeah, for sure.
23:01
OK, let's get into the mailbag questions.
23:06
We got a lot of questions guys, so let's try to blow through
23:09
these. Yes, sedated sleeper on Reddit
23:12
asked what's going on with Anaheim and specifically
23:14
Dostall. There's been some hope that he'd
23:17
be a good second goalie for your fantasy team.
23:19
He started off strong, but he's been terrible since returning
23:22
from injury. Is there any point in holding on
23:24
to him in a 12 team league with the goalie, catsup, win and
23:27
goals against wins, goals against, average save percentage
23:30
and shutouts. Very similar to what we've got,
23:33
but we have a 14 man league and he's rostered but not really
23:37
roster able. Look like the Ducks are going to
23:40
bounce back. That's just kind of like what I
23:42
will say. It doesn't necessarily mean he's
23:43
going to be good. I think you'll just score a lot
23:46
more. So in a 12 league, I don't know,
23:48
What do you think? I think when we touched on this
23:51
on the a recent hot topics episode with just the ducks in
23:54
general, I think most of them are bylaws right now.
23:57
They're not gonna be as good as they were earlier in the season
23:58
when we were telling you to sell high on them.
24:00
They're not going to be as bad as they they've been over the
24:02
last month. They'll style himself in a 12
24:05
team league. I feel like there's the odds are
24:07
there's probably a better goalie on waivers or I'd use that spot
24:09
to stream. So if it's me, I'm I'm cutting
24:11
bait and I'm streaming. Like if you can pick up a jet
24:14
grease or John Gibson or I mean stream the matchups, I feel
24:19
adept at this point, it's probably better to do that.
24:22
He's lost tremendous trade value and I wouldn't feel bad.
24:25
It just depends on the alternatives are on waivers.
24:27
Like if your teams are all hoarding goalies and there's
24:29
only like backups on waivers, clearly not cutting them.
24:32
So if you have, if you want to know like actual names, you can
24:35
message us on the discord and we'll answer that.
24:36
But in general, like at this point, I want guys are
24:40
contributing to my fantasy team and even though I think the
24:42
Ducks will bounce back, I don't feel bad about cutting the
24:44
goalie if there's alternatives. Yes, well said.
24:47
I agree Intelligent invite 3 on Reddit asked and a categories
24:52
league. Does Heineman still have value
24:54
or should I drop him? But Colson is available and I'm
24:56
wondering if I should make the swap.
24:58
So right there, if put Kohl's kind of the guy you're thinking
25:02
about, it means that you're in like a somewhat deep league.
25:04
OK, so that's sort of the context I'm taking away from
25:06
this. If you'd like, you could join
25:08
the discord and maybe provide a little bit more context to the
25:12
amount of teams and roster guys. But look, for me, the way I see
25:16
this, I would way rather Heineman than put coals in.
25:19
The shots have been consistent all year.
25:22
Perhaps it's nice to get like caught up in the hype that he's
25:25
playing with Dry Sidle, but I still don't think that's gonna
25:28
really reflect so amazingly. I'm going to say that if you're
25:33
in a deep enough league that put Coals in as the guy that you're
25:35
thinking to replace Heineman with, then I would just rather
25:39
keep Heineman and enjoy the shots hits combo even though the
25:41
points have definitely gone down.
25:44
Yeah, I mean, similar take. I think this just makes me think
25:47
like you're asking basically, is Heineman worth a streaming spot
25:51
or not? And I think I think there's
25:53
better days ahead for Heyman when Bull Horvat comes back,
25:56
like he's been missing time. And I mean, that's that's a huge
26:00
crucial loss of that. And I under top 6.
26:03
And I think Heineman really would benefit from Horbatt's
26:06
presence. And he's just been a beast in
26:08
the shots and hits like he's been one of the best power
26:11
forward archetypes. The points have been scarce,
26:14
right? But like if you're dropping Eric
26:16
podcasts and I'm not expecting podcast on the points either.
26:19
So at that point, I just rather hold the way better banger and
26:21
Heinemann. Does that mean he's, you know,
26:24
above any kind of streamer guy? Doesn't mean that.
26:28
It just means that for Pickles and I'd rather Heineman and it
26:32
depends on who's available, like if the next waiver wire hotness,
26:34
like if Ryan Leonard isn't available, like would I take the
26:36
chance on Ryan Leonard with the power play one production there?
26:39
II potentially would. So depends who's available in
26:42
your league. But I think Heineman is a great
26:44
hold for the moment. And yeah, the points may not be
26:46
here right now when Horvat comes back, I think they take up.
26:49
Yeah, it's absolutely league dependent.
26:52
That's it though. I mean, look, if Leonard's
26:54
there, pick him up, but if Bud Coleson is sort of, you know,
26:57
one of your top options. I that's pretty deeply like I'm
27:01
keeping him in there because the shots combo and also importing
27:05
contacts bangers league. Not that I value.
27:08
Support Bangers League. Yeah, not that I value, but
27:10
calls him tremendously in a points league, but it's somewhat
27:13
of a conversation perhaps. But in a bangers league to me,
27:16
Heineman easy hate this one. That's not actually it's it's a
27:22
very good question. But still Ninja Bob dog on
27:26
discord asked what are the second-half expectations for
27:30
Maclin celebrity? Can he continue on this
27:32
ridiculous pace? OK, first of all, love the guy.
27:36
Hate the guy. Love the guy because he was so
27:39
good for me all year and I traded him with this exact same
27:42
thought process in mind. I'm thinking I'm like, look, can
27:44
he really keep this up now for contacts?
27:48
I think just to quickly touch on the trade, the crux of it was
27:51
Matthews Celebrity. Obviously Matthews has this
27:54
elite pedigree of being an incredible player for years in
27:56
the NHL and Celebrity is just performing out of his absolute
28:00
mind. My worry here for celebrity is
28:03
that he can't necessarily do this without the surrounding
28:08
cast all year and not to mention the fact my trade happened
28:12
before the Olympics before he got named to the roster.
28:15
If he can do this as a 19 year old and go to the Olympics and
28:19
come back and be, you know, 1.1 point per game player, that's
28:22
like truly, truly generational stuff, which is hard to bet on.
28:26
So my take on the season, he's at 1.56 points per game.
28:33
I think it's gonna end up in the one point.
28:35
You know, he'll go forward. Moving forward, he'll be 1.1 to
28:39
1.3. So it is going to go down, which
28:43
is not saying much because if he hits 1.3, it's still really
28:48
incredible. So my take is that it's going to
28:51
regress but, and you'll still end up with 95 to 100 points.
28:57
But I don't think he's gonna end up, you know, with, uh, 140.
29:02
Yeah. Which I think is a fair point to
29:05
to say. So I mean, I think the the crux
29:08
of the question is was answered, there's just like, do I think
29:11
he's gonna slow down? Yes.
29:12
So I think he's still going to be elite, yes.
29:14
Do I think you should try to trade him at the absolute high
29:16
right now and get like a phenomenal first round talent?
29:19
Yes. If you can get like a Kucherov,
29:21
a McDavid, a dry saddle, a McKinnon, even a Macar with the
29:26
cross position for the Dean, how valuable that is.
29:28
I would consider all those trades like that for Matthews is
29:33
definitely closer. You're not giving yourself as
29:35
much leeway, right? Like I think there's other guys
29:37
are like definitely better with Matthews.
29:39
It's he could be better, but it's definitely closer.
29:42
So if you're if you have celebrity right now, do your due
29:45
diligence and try to get one of those guys.
29:47
It might not be the one for one, obviously, because those guys
29:49
are also extremely good. So it might be a 242 package
29:53
where you're paying a little bit of an addition there, but the
29:56
fact they're able to reach that level is great.
30:00
I just think that it's very ambitious for a player like this
30:04
on a team like this to sustain this level of production for the
30:08
rest of the season. Do I think he's going to get
30:11
close to 100 points or over 100 points?
30:13
Yes. So I I would not trying to ship
30:17
him off my roster, absolutely, but I'm definitely knowing that
30:20
he's going to slow down inevitably.
30:23
Yeah, I mean, like, look, if he continues on this pace, he's
30:26
basically getting like 125 points.
30:28
Like, that's that's just very likely not gonna happen.
30:32
But even if he ends up with 100, you're happy.
30:34
It's still a great pace. So yeah, that is the really math
30:39
uses the low end of what I would consider selling them for.
30:42
And even at that, the Sharks have a better playoff schedule.
30:45
It's nice in the week 21 to 23 that they have four games in the
30:48
Finals, so that's also worth mentioning.
30:51
Anyway, hopefully, hopefully Matthews keeps it up and does
30:55
what celebrities been doing. OK, next question.
30:58
Late night Pasta 617 on Discord asks.
31:01
I just traded Mark Stone for JT Miller because of his unreal
31:04
playoff schedule. Did I overpay?
31:06
I like the JT side of this. I know you're a Stone fan.
31:09
I know you're a Stone guy. I think that we've been talking
31:13
about the Rangers a lot. I feel like the New York Rangers
31:15
just in general are all topic. But JT, you're still getting
31:20
super reliable peripheral categories with the points
31:23
upside, I think. I think it's a good trade.
31:26
If doesn't change your mind if it's not like a bangers league
31:29
with hits. You mean it's just a points
31:32
league? Yeah.
31:33
Maybe, maybe I'd. I'd take Stone there.
31:36
Yeah, I think. Because if I recall, I think I
31:39
think late night Pasta, he's been super active in Discord, so
31:41
shout out, but I think this was a points league.
31:44
I do understand the concept of of of training for the playoff
31:47
schedule. And JT was the guy that we've
31:49
been saying to target. I do believe, though, however,
31:52
that Marstone is also really good and like he's, he's on my
31:55
own #1 villain list. Like he's done so much harm to
31:57
my fantasy team over the years. That is the type of player that
32:00
I wanted my team and not against my team.
32:02
So I do think there's a realistic possibility that JT is
32:05
better, especially come playoff time.
32:08
Who are you rather have on your team is super close, But I do
32:11
think that you paid on, you gave yourself little little margin of
32:15
error to, you know, lose this trade.
32:18
I feel like it could easily go wrong with how good Stone is and
32:21
how sustainable his production has been the whole year.
32:24
I feel like you traded him at the absolute Max and probably
32:27
could have got T for cheaper. But I'm not going to say it's an
32:32
L. I'm just saying it's probably
32:33
true that I wouldn't have done or I would have tried to get JT
32:35
plus. Yeah, they're gonna point, so I
32:38
guess it changes it, but I still don't think you're gonna be
32:41
like, upset about this. It's definitely not like you got
32:44
ripped off by any means, but it's, yeah, it's tough.
32:49
I mean right now. Stones, it's super close. 96
32:51
points. So yeah, it's super close.
32:53
There's no clear winner right now, but I think you definitely
32:55
gave up the the better player in the moment hoping for the bounce
32:59
back. And the bounce back is super
33:00
ambiguous right now. That's why I think even with the
33:02
better playoff schedule, it might not have been worth it.
33:05
Yeah, all right. Next JD Whale on Discord asked
33:08
what's the deal with Dalene? Should I avoid him in trades?
33:12
I like buying Low and Dolly and I think you do too, right?
33:15
Yeah, definitely buy low. Still look at top five
33:18
defensemen In my mind, there's very few names I'd rather ahead
33:20
of him. It's like Macar, Bouchard,
33:23
Werenski and probably Quinn Hughes.
33:26
And those are the only names that I 100% want over Darlene
33:28
rest of season. Then it's probably closed
33:30
between him and Sider, But besides that I'm holding.
33:33
And yeah, not much more to say for for Dolly.
33:35
And I know it hasn't been an exceptional, but I think it's a
33:38
by law. Yeah, I I agree.
33:40
It's it's tough because he's done badly when he's done really
33:44
well in the past when Buffalo has done not well.
33:46
Now Buffalo's doing better than they have been in engineers and
33:49
he's not doing so well, but I think he's definitely still a
33:51
target and trace Shepard, commander on discord asked in a
33:55
categories lead with two goalie slots.
33:57
How many goalies do you hold? If your goalie tanks your rate
34:00
stats early in the week, do you stream more starts to go out for
34:05
the volume categories? I hold 2 usually.
34:09
I hate holding three. I currently have three and it's
34:12
not fun. And then I mean it really
34:15
depends like what you can win here.
34:18
But oftentimes if I need the goalie start, I try to hold my
34:22
last AD for Saturday and pick up someone playing on the Sunday.
34:26
Yeah, in the two goalie slots I usually hold 2, sometimes 3, but
34:30
it's never permanent. And if my goalie takes my
34:33
goalie, that's early in the week.
34:35
I think I just have to evaluate the situation like does my
34:37
opponent have already 3 goalies and I know I'm not going to
34:40
good. You know, I'm not gonna win the
34:41
volume sets anyways. I'm not gonna try to win a
34:44
battle that's futile, right? Like you gotta, you gotta take
34:46
your losses and move on and maybe try to win more of the
34:49
skitter cats and stream there. But also like one game early in
34:53
the week doesn't necessarily cook your stats for the whole
34:55
week, right? Like you can make it up with
34:57
better play after that. So I don't hate picking up a
35:00
goalie to try to make up the difference after.
35:02
It just depends on how your opponent situation is.
35:04
Like maybe they also have a goalie that that pooped the bed
35:07
in the early in the early in the week or they only have two goals
35:09
and you really can make a difference with volume.
35:11
It's contextual, but I don't I don't hate the process.
35:14
Yeah, there's no real right answer to this.
35:17
It's totally situational. But I like what you said, Kevin,
35:20
that like a really bad game to start off, really doesn't cook
35:24
you for the. Week you could still help out.
35:26
The game is, but with enough volume you can make up for it.
35:29
Yeah alright FV town 714X on discord asked how many D man
35:36
should I be holding? Only as many as the D slots I
35:40
have or more? I also think this is sort of
35:45
depending on how you build your team.
35:47
If y'all face off, like let's say you're in a face off wins
35:51
league, it's understandable that let's say you're extra guys
35:53
would be guys to get your face off.
35:55
That's the situation with us. Um, but more or less I would say
35:59
that you should be holding one extra D than the amount that you
36:02
have in. And the reason being is I find
36:04
that oftentimes your forwards are almost full, yet you can do
36:08
you still have an open D slot. So I like holding one extra dman
36:12
Then there are to play. If you have a util that also
36:15
creates a whole other thing, but let's just keep it simple.
36:17
You have 4D slots. I like to hold 5 defensemen.
36:20
Depends on shallow. Your leagues are held deep your
36:22
league is. But in general I agree with
36:24
Jackie. I think if you have 4 slots, I'm
36:26
holding 4D and just see how deep your league is.
36:29
Like our league is so deep that you never have any issues
36:31
starting all your forwards. But I know a lot of leagues out
36:34
there, depending on the size of them, like oftentimes your
36:36
forwards will be full and your defence will be empty.
36:38
So I think having an extra deep slot get you more games
36:40
throughout the week and probably better value as well.
36:43
That's why in leagues like that I usually tend to to try to get
36:46
better defensemen on my team early in the draft because I
36:49
know I'll be happy with the the forward depth that's available
36:52
on waivers compared to the defence in depth.
36:54
Yeah, absolutely. It's like really hard to pick up
36:56
a defenseman right now. So if you actually are, if you
36:59
right now hold 5D and they're all restorable, I wouldn't be
37:02
trying to necessarily flip one for a forward of similar
37:05
caliber. Like it's very valuable because
37:07
it gets super dry as the season goes on.
37:11
JD Whale on Discord asked when you have two goalies playing
37:15
each other, do you always play both to guarantee the win or do
37:18
you sit one? Good question.
37:20
What? Do you think I mean I can I have
37:22
a clear answer for this one. I do not always play the two
37:26
lowest playing each other that's you're playing a game.
37:29
I mean, obviously with goalies, it's always contextual,
37:31
situational. But in general, if you have 3
37:34
goalies and two of them are playing each other, I will tend
37:37
to depends where we are in a match as well.
37:39
But I will tend to play the two goalies that are not playing
37:41
each other because you have the opportunity to get two wins as
37:45
opposed to, you know, you're only going to get one win Max
37:48
with playing two games play each other.
37:49
So it's a it's an upside play. You kind of always want to play
37:52
for that upside. Now, if you're in your matchup
37:53
and you're leading and it's a Saturday and you only need to
37:57
need one way to like Summit category, then you play the two
38:01
goals. I play each other, right?
38:02
But in general, I like playing for the upside and and the
38:05
optimal scenario. But I like evaluating goalie
38:08
situations as they come. And usually I'm playing the two
38:10
goals that do not play each other.
38:12
Yeah, there's like 3 goalies playing.
38:15
Two of them are playing each other and then one playing
38:16
another team. Look if if the other third
38:19
goalie is playing Colorado. Yeah.
38:22
I mean, then I'm probably just playing the two guys playing
38:25
each other, right? But barring that situation, I
38:29
would definitely like to try to just play the one, the one that
38:33
I think is gonna win. And then the other guy.
38:36
Francis on Discord asks, what are your thoughts on gatekeeping
38:39
fantasy hockey resources? If you find a great resource
38:42
like Bangor Management, do you avoid telling league mates so
38:44
you have an edge? No, tell everybody only about
38:48
anger management, though. OK.
38:51
So I think that when it comes down to this, and I know you'll
38:57
have a lot of thoughts on this too, but I will say that a good,
39:02
a good way to think about this is like, I like to think of our
39:05
Football League where everyone listens to to podcasts, you
39:09
know? Yeah.
39:10
That being said, you know we we consistently have good teams,
39:17
right? It's not because you necessarily
39:20
listen more or listen less. It's just like it doesn't really
39:24
give your opponent that much more of an advantage if you just
39:26
tell them about the podcasts, you know what I'm saying?
39:31
Like it definitely helps, but some people just think of
39:34
fantasy differently. Like you can tell your, you
39:36
know, your league mates about it, but maybe they're not going
39:39
to be as active listeners as you are, right?
39:42
It really all depends on how you actually approach it.
39:45
We give a lot of value on the podcast, I hope, and also
39:51
through the Discord. It's great communicating with
39:52
you guys. I've old league mates though, in
39:55
the past, let's say about the Fantasy Footballers and I've
39:59
still done better than they have because like I listen to it,
40:03
let's say, more rigorously and I pay more attention.
40:06
So that's kind of my take is that you can definitely tell
40:09
your league mates about the resources that you use and it
40:12
doesn't necessarily mean that you're cooked if you do that.
40:18
Yeah, I mean, listen, obviously you want to always have an edge.
40:21
And by finding podcasts and people that you trust and
40:23
reliable information, you're giving yourself edge in fantasy
40:26
hockey. But we also want to have fun
40:28
too. And to me, like, I know that,
40:30
you know, I've shared resources with Jake in the past.
40:32
We complete each other in football and like every year,
40:34
right? Like, you know, fancy
40:36
footballers, late round fantasy with judges, IRESON and all
40:40
these good guys that we love consulting.
40:42
So and it's super fun to talk about.
40:44
Like, Hey, did you listen to this recent episode?
40:46
What do you think? And like having that discussion.
40:48
So I think you can add an element of fun to your league
40:51
into your, you know, fantasy hockey life with being able to
40:54
talk about it with with your friends.
40:56
But also, I completely understand, also wanted to keep
40:58
the edge for yourself. If you're really in a tough
41:00
league and you know, you don't have that camaraderie with your
41:02
with your league mates as well already that you know, But if
41:06
you want, if you're asking the questions, you have people you
41:08
want to share it with, but you don't want to lose your edge.
41:10
And I'd say like, honestly, like, I don't feel bad either
41:12
way. If you want to tell them about
41:13
it in the off season, go ahead, but we'll be happy if the
41:16
community grows throughout the year.
41:18
Yeah, that's it I and that's actually a really good point.
41:20
It adds to it a lot like when we started talking about listening
41:24
to the footballers and there are times and even here, like to
41:29
give a good example, like basically Brandon Hagel was your
41:33
signature pick and that got me super high on Brandon Hagel.
41:36
And then I picked Brandon Hagel and he's done super duper well
41:39
for me. But you're well ahead of me in
41:41
the standings right now. You're like 3 spots ahead of me.
41:43
So it's not as if like like I took your advice, which was good
41:47
advice and then you know, you still had to pivot because you
41:50
had conviction of other guys that we spoke about on the
41:52
podcast. Pick them.
41:53
And now you're doing very well and I'm doing well too.
41:57
It's just to say that there's no like exact recipe for success.
42:00
And if you tell other people in your league about us or about
42:04
other resources you use it, it's gonna enhance the experience
42:09
overall. I would say yeah, it's just fun.
42:13
Yeah, exactly. Alright, Joshua Fearon on
42:16
Discord asks how often do people use the wrong Discord channel to
42:20
ask questions, which doesn't annoy you guys.
42:22
I'll let you answer this. One yeah, I'm in this for 24/7.
42:26
I will say the biggest thing that I see in the discord is
42:28
that like almost nobody uses the keeper channels and the dynasty
42:32
channels. Like people just ask the keeper
42:33
question, dynasty questions and like the regular in season
42:36
channels. So I mean, doesn't frustrate me
42:39
at all. It's just about like I'm, I'm a
42:42
little bit of an OCD person, so I like things to be organized,
42:45
but I also just also love answering questions, interacting
42:48
with everybody. So I don't hate it.
42:49
But I, I saw this question come in the mail back and I was, it
42:53
gave you a little chuckle because it's funny that other
42:55
people are noticing when people ask questions in the wrong
42:57
channel. But if you do that, don't, don't
43:00
feel bad at all. Like, but it's, it's just funny.
43:05
Alright, Genome on discord asks what are your way too early
43:10
first round predictions for next year in a 12 team league?
43:13
Does Macklin celebrity crack the top 12?
43:16
Are Kaprizov, Brady to Chuck, Rantanen, Matthew still first
43:21
round guys? All right, I think he cracks the
43:24
top 12. I think he's done enough already
43:27
to solidify that. I mean, McDavid, Dry Seidel,
43:34
McKinnon should be the top three and pretty much any league.
43:37
And then I think which Rob is, should be 4th and in points
43:41
leagues, maybe even top three, but in Bangers league, let's say
43:45
4th. So that's pretty much the top
43:47
four. And then in our league it was
43:49
Matthews when 5th and then Brady went 6th.
43:51
So that's I guess where things start being interesting, what
43:54
it's going to look like. I can tell you it's going to
43:57
look like, alright, it's 40. It's gonna be McDavid McKinnon 1
44:02
and 2 dry Seidel Kucherov 3-4. Then it's gonna be Matthews 5.
44:07
Pasta will be 6, Mccarr will be 7, Caprisa will be 8.
44:11
And then after that we get into, you know, probably renting in
44:14
celebrity like they were going to be there.
44:16
That's like top 9:00-ish there. I think Jack Hughes will be in
44:20
the conversation if people but on the on the lower end, like I
44:24
think people will value more highly will be scared.
44:27
There's usually always a goalie that it's up.
44:29
There will be Hella Buck again, Probably not.
44:31
Might be Vasilevski again next year.
44:34
And then we're talking about, you know, the guys like Quinn
44:36
Hughes. And I think it's gonna be like a
44:38
top ten and then a cusp of other guys.
44:41
Maybe Crosby sneaks back in there.
44:44
Yeah. So you do think that?
44:46
I think celebrities get picked. The order I said is subject to
44:53
change, obviously, but the names are going to be there
44:56
nonetheless, in my opinion. Yeah, I think that's fair.
44:59
I mean if there are any other like celebrities, definitely the
45:02
guy that comes to mind that ends up in that top 12 and depending
45:05
on how he does rest of season Bedard before the injury kind of
45:09
earned is. Earning that spot and I didn't
45:11
mention Brady because if it's a banger league, if Joey gets his,
45:15
Brady will be a first round pick.
45:16
He deserves it really doesn't have a hits then he's not a
45:18
first round pick. I think that's kind of where I
45:20
where I land, but there's there's like I think 10 or 11
45:24
guys that are a tier ahead of everybody else.
45:27
And I would hate to have that 12th pick.
45:30
Yeah, and celebrity is definitely.
45:32
Definitely, yeah. Celebrity for sure in there.
45:34
So and you said Capris office too?
45:36
Yeah, Caprisa for sure. Alright, it's alright.
45:38
Cool. So not too much change, but
45:40
celebrities definitely. And really, I would not be
45:43
surprised if Bedard is the 12th. Honestly, yeah, with how much,
45:47
how well he's played this season and if maybe they make a big
45:49
move in the off season. Absolutely.
45:52
OK AOL it's 93 on Discord asked with Robertson sign and trade
45:59
rumors going around. Would you guys as Habs fans do,
46:03
You're asleep. Kovsky plus a first round pick
46:05
for Robertson. OK.
46:07
Does it? Real question, not a fantasy
46:09
question. Yeah, yeah, this is this is an
46:13
interesting one. I would say that I'd rather have
46:16
Slough in a first over Robertson because even though I think
46:21
Robertson's got. First of all, I'm excited to
46:23
hear what our Dallas Stars fans have to say in the Discord.
46:25
About really fun. We have a lot of Dallas fans.
46:29
Shout out shout out Jodari. Yes, yes, this is good.
46:32
So I think first of all, if you gotta pay the 1st in addition to
46:37
that, that's gonna be really, really tough for me to think
46:40
about. I think that Sloth has done so
46:43
well this year. He's made real strides.
46:44
Now is he has a lead of a player as Robertson?
46:47
No, he brings a new like a dynamic though to the Canadians
46:51
that I think would be, is, is almost as valuable as what
46:54
Robertson could bring. Not to mention the fact that
46:56
he's still super young. So to me, I'm keeping Sloth on a
46:59
first over Robertson for sure. Same for me.
47:03
Yeah, what about if it's just slow for Robertson?
47:07
Slaughter Robertson, probably, yeah.
47:09
Robertson, You're taking Robertson?
47:11
I think so. I get it, I get it.
47:14
It's just. You have a Robertson in like a
47:18
Caulfield, so Slave is kind of like a different type of player
47:21
that can bring maybe a different dynamic that is maybe more
47:23
valuable. But yeah, I think Robertson is a
47:26
safer play for Got. It can contribute to points on
47:28
the team so. Yes, which I I definitely think
47:31
for their whole careers like slots and not gonna get 100
47:33
points I Robertson can, but they're you know, this is just
47:37
this is just specific for the Habs.
47:38
I think I'd rather just keep slave.
47:40
But if I'm starting A-Team from scratch.
47:42
If I'm starting A-Team from scratch, I'm picking Robertson.
47:44
Let me very clear. But I think that they're
47:47
building the system well and slow fits into its own.
47:49
That's my answer. Joshua, if you're on Discord,
47:52
asked what are realistic NHL trades you think will happen
47:55
before the deadline and how will that impact fantasy value?
47:58
Include both sides of the trade if you can.
48:01
I can zoom through these if you want.
48:04
Both sides of the trade will be difficult.
48:06
I don't want to project that much.
48:07
We could spend the whole podcast episode talking about that.
48:10
But the guys that I feel like are almost assuredly getting
48:13
treated or or maybe get treated, I think the big ones are going
48:17
to be not some Kadri keys on the Calgary Flames right now and
48:20
he's out of form. I think he does get traded to a
48:24
team that needs a centre come trade deadline.
48:25
I think Calgary is a seller and I think his value goes up.
48:29
I don't think, I mean, right now his deployment is really good on
48:32
Calgary, but the production is not there.
48:33
I think he might go to a better situation on Calgary as well.
48:37
Rasmus Anderson, his name has been in trade talks the whole
48:39
year. Now as Calgary falls out of the
48:41
picture, I think he's going to be a coveted asset for a team
48:44
that's competing. He can be a power play
48:46
quarterback, but he's also just a really good defence.
48:48
I think his value, honestly, I'm his value has potential to go
48:52
down depending on the team, but it could also go up if he's the
48:55
main power play quarterback on the team that he goes to.
48:58
Dougie Hamilton. We talked about it Panera and if
49:00
the Rangers really fall out, he would be like maybe the spiciest
49:03
guy getting treated and we talked about key for sure what
49:06
he feels like he's on the way out.
49:08
Absolutely. They're holding him out of games
49:09
right now because it feels like a trade is is inevitable and his
49:14
value absolutely goes down once he gets traded and that's why he
49:17
was a a sell high target on a recent but also high up.
49:19
Some stamp goes through. Stamp goes, I think Marshall
49:23
Marshall for sure is getting traded to yeah and his value I
49:26
feel like can't can't go down. So whatever team he goes to, he
49:29
hopefully ends up at the top six with a power play one spot.
49:32
I think it's most likely top 6 power play 2, depending where he
49:35
goes. Like he might go to the Habs if
49:36
he goes to have these on power play 1.
49:38
So there's just so many names we could talk about.
49:41
I think those are the main ones. Yep.
49:43
OK Waffle 5 Tomber on discord asked if your league goes until
49:48
the last week of the season, is it worth it?
49:50
Is it worth avoiding tall players on top teams since they
49:54
may get rested? Are you Like, I think it's one
49:57
of those things that definitely wouldn't avoid if you're talking
50:01
about the draft, like I'm still taking, you know, the McDavid
50:03
and McKinnon to the one and two type thing.
50:05
But as the season goes on, like what I wanna trade for, I can
50:12
trade away those guys if I'm getting like an incredible,
50:17
let's say, return on a team that may be on the cusp of competing.
50:20
Like if you could trade away McDavid for this is without
50:25
knowing the week 24 schedule off my heart.
50:27
But for like a like a Matthews plus Jarvis, it could be kind of
50:35
interesting, you know, And I don't think it's impossible to
50:37
do a deal like that. What do you think?
50:41
Yeah. I mean, I think absolutely the
50:43
guys that first of all don't already have the a great week 24
50:47
schedule. If I can make a lateral move to
50:49
a team that I know is going to be competing that there's less
50:51
chances of those guys getting arrested, I would make the moves
50:55
because we see we see it every year.
50:56
There's a reason why playoffs in most competitive leagues and in
51:01
week 23 is because that week 24 is is crazy like is first of all
51:07
week and 1/2. So we have like teams that play
51:09
like 6-7 games and then 6-7 and then we also.
51:13
Really open your gloss over. I say that I have to do it and
51:19
these guys get arrested every year we see it like we saw last
51:21
year, we saw the dry saddles get arrested.
51:23
So it's it's really tough and I would be I would definitely be
51:27
looking to to make a a move, but I think you also never know.
51:30
So it's such an ambiguous situation.
51:32
First of all, in the future, save yourself, make your weak
51:35
championship week, though before last week of this season.
51:38
But to answer your question as well, yes I'm definitely taking
51:41
it into account and definitely trying to move off, but I'm not
51:44
trying to take a huge discount just to avoid the guy
51:47
potentially getting arrested. If I do lateral move to a safer
51:50
option I would do it though. Yeah, a lateral move, like, I
51:54
mean, it's, it's tough like depends because like the ones
51:56
that are gonna get seated, said Sat.
51:58
Sat yeah, it would be the top guy.
52:02
So it is a little bit tricky, I would say, but yeah, I mean,
52:04
that's the ideal. Or if you can just get some
52:07
value that's gonna be similar, maybe a little low key like the
52:10
one I mentioned. Like I think is a different
52:12
thing where it's like you're training a lower tier first
52:15
round pick guy for your trading away a higher tier one for a
52:18
lower tier one and getting a really, really amazing plus.
52:21
That could be an option. But definitely moving forward
52:23
and your leagues in week 23. Waffle 5 Topper also on Distort
52:27
asked how much value do you give up for a better playoff
52:31
schedule? Are you willing to trade down to
52:33
improve your schedule? For example, Caprisa versus
52:36
Brat? Like, to me, that's way too big
52:38
of a discrepancy. I'll just I answered this in the
52:41
discord, so I'm I feel like waffles number already has his
52:46
answer. But yeah, so quickly on this
52:49
one. I definitely would be willing to
52:51
take a discount, but it's always there's there's tears in this
52:54
thresholds and like capris off the bra would be too big of a
52:56
threshold. I think three games of Kaprizov
52:59
is worth just as much as four games of Brat, and he could be
53:03
even better, right? So definitely looking to
53:05
improve. And it's one of those like
53:07
middle guys that I'm looking to make the tear down to for the
53:11
better playoff schedule because that's when you know, guys are
53:13
more comparable statistics and the quantity can really make a
53:16
difference. But with the Super elite guys, I
53:18
don't really. I don't really like doing that
53:21
in general. Yeah, OK.
53:24
Brian on Discord asks. I just acquired Item Fox.
53:28
Would you choose him as a keeper for the next year over Reinhart,
53:30
Daleen, Bouchard or Gunther? I guess small caveat, it really
53:35
depends, like if it's like a round to round thing, you know
53:38
what I mean? Like I don't think it's round to
53:39
round thing. So it's just simple keeper so.
53:41
Simple keeper. I'm probably taking all of these
53:44
guys over on Fox. I think for me, the only one
53:47
that's close is Gunther. I think we expect a lot of good
53:51
things for Gunther this year and next year.
53:54
And but the valuable, the value from having the defensemen that
53:58
gives you that amount of points is also up there.
54:01
So for me for sure, Reinhart, Darling, Bouchard cemented as my
54:04
keepers and then it's close between Gunter and Fox.
54:06
If you don't have 3 defensemen keepers, maybe that gives you
54:09
the edge to Gunther, but I think that's where the value is
54:11
closest. I do like Fox better though.
54:13
I think just the defenseman and the production from that
54:16
position is just, yeah, too good.
54:18
Either Gunther could be a super good the shots.
54:20
Are great clips. Yeah, he's, he could be.
54:22
Elite Yeah, Pantaloni on Discord asks how do you guys plan on
54:26
dealing with answering questions such giving advice when it comes
54:29
to the upcoming community leagues?
54:33
Well, this this kind of ties into the to, you know, Francis
54:37
question, you know, about gatekeeping fantasy hockey
54:40
resources. We're definitely gonna continue
54:42
the podcast, be active in the Discord.
54:45
And when it comes down to it, it's, I think it's what Kevin
54:48
said, is that it's really just about having a good time.
54:52
I mean, listen to community leagues are going to be exactly
54:55
like the Manure management league of record that we've been
54:57
playing for over a decade. It's it's going to be the same
54:59
setting. So it's going to be fun to see
55:01
everybody else competing those leagues and we're going to be in
55:03
those these two. And we're still finding out the
55:07
structure of how we wanna make the community league because we
55:09
definitely wanted to be like a a tier based system and like
55:12
relegation moving up and down. I think it could be really cool.
55:15
Nothing is set in stone as of right now, but still going to be
55:18
giving advice to everybody in the evening, the playing field.
55:23
Obviously everybody will know what our opinion is and
55:25
hopefully that helps a lot of you guys out in the community,
55:28
but nothing is changing on our end.
55:29
Everybody's getting the same advice, and may the best man
55:32
win. I'm excited.
55:34
Or woman or man. Yeah, I'm excited to see how
55:39
this is gonna go with the mailbag questions next year,
55:43
when you know what I mean? It's like.
55:46
Maybe also like next season, we're most likely going to have
55:49
a patron that we have a lot of requests for that.
55:53
And maybe that's where we're able to give more personalized
55:57
content specific to the major leagues where, you know, you're
55:59
asking a question and you know, everybody else in your league is
56:01
also listening. And that's maybe maybe that's,
56:04
you know, the crux of your question right here.
56:06
So if you maybe we'll figure out a system that works best, but
56:10
we're going to do our best to keep some of the information
56:13
private. Obviously, we can't answer
56:14
everything in the DMS, so we'll have to see what's the best way
56:17
to go about that. But everybody's getting advice
56:19
if you want it. Yeah, yeah.
56:21
So Jordan likes asking these type of questions.
56:25
So Jordan Dairy on Discord ask would you rather have to drive
56:29
Ryan Reeves with the first overall pick or Matt Rampant?
56:32
Let me just preface this with saying that last week he asked
56:36
if the first overall pick would you rather Stuart Skinner or
56:39
Tristan Jarry. So he's making us ask the answer
56:44
these tough questions. Probably for me like this, it's
56:51
just, I don't even know, maybe Ryan Reeves, I guess.
56:56
But the playoff schedule though on the Rangers.
56:59
Alright, alright, fine. Thanks George area for this
57:02
question, but it's gotta be Ryan Reeves for me just because I
57:04
think he's just in the lineup like Rempe is not always in the
57:07
lineup and I want consistent production.
57:09
I don't want my first round pick to be scratched every other game
57:11
so. Yeah, that's it.
57:12
I'm gonna think we're both going.
57:14
Ryan Reeves and the alliteration can't go wrong.
57:18
Last but not least, Sheridan on Discord asked What are we
57:22
thinking with that? What are we thinking with Hedman
57:25
when he comes back with the way Radish is playing?
57:29
My admin yeah, Hedman has been a topic of conversation to say the
57:32
least over the last couple months.
57:34
Radish is on fire guys, this this guy is playing out of his
57:39
mind, first of all. And it's so funny because he's
57:40
playing out of his mind and the team doesn't want to pay him
57:42
because even them they know it might just be a one hit wonder.
57:47
So my take is that I think he's playing so well and they don't
57:50
want to mess things up that even when Headman comes back, like
57:53
Radish had power play 1 before had been left injured, right?
57:56
But maybe he had it because it had been was banged up and knew
57:59
he couldn't play his full potential.
58:01
I'm still of the mind that if if Hedman wants power play one,
58:03
he'll get power play one. Like if he's just like, you
58:05
know, I want it, I'm gonna have it.
58:08
They'll probably have to do that for him.
58:10
But Radish is playing so well that I think if the team has any
58:13
say in it, they're going to lead with the guy that's been
58:15
producing for them while he's been out.
58:17
So if I've had mine, he has little to no trade value right
58:19
now. He's just an IR stash.
58:21
I do like acquiring him as an IR stash.
58:23
But if you're playing, if you're paying, you know, similar value,
58:26
right? Like he's I'm not giving
58:27
anything of consequence that get him on my roster.
58:29
And if I'm having, I'm pretty worried.
58:31
I think the sentiment is negative.
58:32
I think the odds that radish keeps the job or high.
58:36
But if you have conviction that you think that human is is gonna
58:38
take it when it comes back, then this is an opportunity to truly,
58:41
truly buy low. And I would, and I don't hate
58:43
that. I think radish keeps it, but
58:47
obviously like it's still kind of so well, yeah, I know.
58:51
I I, I think Rajesh just gonna keep it and I I still think that
58:54
it is a buy low for Hedman. I mean he'll have way less value
58:58
on power play too. If he's on P2 I don't want on my
59:01
roster. Period.
59:02
Like at all. It's just like, I don't know
59:04
how. Consistent.
59:06
Yeah. I just don't know how consistent
59:09
it's necessarily gonna be though, you know what I mean?
59:11
So it's like, yes, route is going to be power play one.
59:15
It could still be somewhat fluid though.
59:16
Therefore, if you can trade away really not much for Hedman,
59:20
cool. But I still think radish is
59:22
going to keep it. Yeah, yeah, it's, it's tough.
59:26
It's it's tough. But we give our best projection.
59:29
But at the end of the day, like Tampa is a team that is also
59:31
very secretive, so we won't know until he comes back and we see
59:34
what happens. But we give our best guess and I
59:36
think both of our best guesses are reddish.
59:39
Probably keeps the job. That's it.
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