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Week 20 News & Updates + Trade Deadline! + Marchenko back?? | Fantasy Hockey Podcast · Banger Management - Fantasy Hockey Podcast

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Button in it now. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Not again. Are you guys ready?
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Yes. Is there Barbara bound bound
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Woo. It's been so long I almost
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forgot how to woo. Even look me in the eye.
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Look at him while he woos. All right, welcome.
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And everyone at Bangor Management, the Fantasy Hockey
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Podcast. Did you miss us?
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It's taking a week off feels. I missed everyone, really,
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listeners. Yeah, me too, Kevin.
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Did you? I didn't miss the listeners.
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No. Wow.
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My God. Wow.
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Public Enemy numero Uno. I know who's not.
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Seriously. Yeah.
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Four Nations we didn't record last week.
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Pretty crazy. Brother nations, but only one
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true North. Yeah, Yeah.
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We didn't touch on that is true. I mean, go Canada, yeah.
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It was. It was awesome.
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Great. Didn't text at all the night of
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the game. Were you watching it?
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Yeah, it was in the zone. You didn't even say go Canada
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when we won. Yeah.
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Go Canada, it's too late. I was happy.
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It was really. Cool Canada won't forget.
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So much better than the All Star game.
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So ohta billion percent. They're never doing another
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All-Star and I've heard. This in the All Star game next
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year. Well, really, the Allstar game
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next year. Yeah.
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Everyone's gonna be so mad about it.
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Well, they. Think the World Cup.
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There's the Olympics next year anyways.
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That's why. They can't do this every year.
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Also it would take away a bit from the hype I think.
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But I think the World Cup is the year after they're doing another
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World Cup. 28 Latinos 2028 or not in Kansas anymore 20 is the
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World Cup and next year the Olympics.
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That's gonna be fun. That's gonna be really fun,
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yeah. Cool, let's watch best numbers
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hockey again. Yeah, so today we're doing our
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Week 20 News and updates episode.
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A lot of maybe a few tidbits as well.
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And yeah, you can find the link to our socials in the podcast
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description. Tidbit number one for week 20.
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Shea Theodore injured at the Four Nations.
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Speaking of which, a segue. Unintended.
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Hannafin took over Power play one.
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This is what we thought was going to happen at the beginning
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of the year, and then it was totally not what ended up
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inspiring. Hanifin has been pretty much a
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bust, but now it's his time to shine.
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Yeah. And it seems like the door is
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going to be Mark Stone. So I think, I think since the
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guy for the rest of the season, yeah, unless the crazy
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acquisition that Vegas does is for a defenseman, but I I doubt
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it. I think they're go forward.
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I love how we're not even saying unless they make a crazy
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acquisition, it's like bound to happen.
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I think we're gonna make. I think they're gonna make like
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a middle 6 forward acquisition basically, yeah.
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Or the top six forward acquisition is gonna be a winger
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I think. For sure.
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Alex Tuck, Yeah. Exactly.
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Yeah, I mean, Alex Tucker be. Perfect.
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You imagine what he would look like in a Vegas, this sweater.
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That real quick. Let me pull up a mock up real.
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Amazing rendering. How do I do that?
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OK, but how much do you guys like Hannafin?
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Because he gets like no peripherals.
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I don't like it very much. He's even worse than Theodore
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for peripherals, it seems like and.
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I don't know. It's good on the power play.
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He's definitely worth rostering. I think anyone who's power play
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on a quarterback on Vegas is worth rostering.
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Would you rather know one Hannifin or or Brent Burns?
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Who's quarterbacking? Yeah.
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Who's quarterbacking the Carolina PowerPoint?
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Rather a free roster spot than red.
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I think Hannifin but you're right is peripherals are garbage
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would probably he's probably more relevant than a points
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league worth the pick up but I don't know I don't like.
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It at all on the lower end of power play one quarterbacks I.
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Guess we can agree Harley over Hannafin.
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Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
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What about Mason Lowri? I take Hannafin over Lori.
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Really. Yeah, I mean.
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Just I wish Laura instead of Brent Burns.
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Vegas has a good power play like they have the goat Jack Eichel
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there. He can make anyone look good.
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It's true. And Mark Stone the goat.
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That's close for me. If you would see that.
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I think I'd probably go Lori just cuz at least there's he's
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younger and who knows, maybe there's more potential.
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Yeah, Mac could come back whenever this infection goes
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away. It's true.
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These are pretty much like confirmed out until playoffs.
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Really. OK, like the real playoffs Not
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Yeah, OK, yeah, yeah, yeah, OK. In that case, I go Hanafin.
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Cool. Next we have Marchenko is back
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to line 1. The thrill through us for a loop
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because it was like, oh, he's probably out for the year and
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then, Oh no, Four Nations face off, he's back.
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I'm so annoyed. I sent so many offers for him,
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like the second heat, they were like, he's out indefinitely.
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I'm like, I'm gonna send like some like lowball offers for him
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and he's gonna come back and I'm gonna be a genius.
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But then they all got rejected and then he came back.
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I think I'm still a genius. They've got them for for cheap,
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too, because they were really showing that like, OK, it's
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gonna be a long term. Like he might not come back.
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Oscar, he's not coming back this year, right?
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Like Columbus not getting in the playoffs.
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Yeah. So why would they even rush him
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back? But then he comes back and he's
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already it's been two games. He's since he's back and he's
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already. Yeah, and it's great for anyone
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who's been holding on to Veronica.
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I think you guys hate, how would I say it wrong, you did it.
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But but yeah, no, it's, it's huge for for him and for
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Fantilli as well. Yeah, it was great for one, one
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and good for everybody on Columbus.
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That he's back. Everyone in Ohio, rejoice.
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Yeah. Yeah, sure.
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Since he's come back, two big wins, five and six goals, it's
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amazing. And he was probably the pick of
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of the year in most leagues because he was likely not
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drafted. Literally played like a first
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round pick. Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, it's really nice to to see Kaprizov out longer than
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expected. Probably means that LTR is
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coming up. Yep.
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You think they make like a big acquisition?
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Yeah. I mean, what do they need?
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They're getting injured right now, right?
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So they just lost Joel Ericsson. Ek we'll talk about shortly, but
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yeah. And they need a lot of their
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team is in shambles, like with the injuries, they're just
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getting wrecked. So I'd be if they can put in.
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Multiple gonna make a move. Yeah, they gotta make a move.
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Cuz already could result was the earliest you could come back was
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kind of early March mid March ish.
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Now they're saying he had a setback or it'll be like longer
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than anticipated. Like I think over 90% chance of
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getting LTR then he's out until the playoffs pretty much.
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I know they're pretty committed to Brock Faber, but do you think
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he's a proper power play one? Defensemen.
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No, I don't think they needed defence.
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I don't. That's the move they would make,
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I think, just so injured at. Forward.
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You need to forward. For sure.
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Centre, honestly, they're #1 centre is Rossi.
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And Dylan Cousins. Their second centre is like
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Freddie Goodrow. Right now, yeah, that could be
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really. Fun Dylan Cousins to Minnesota,
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I think. We would love that.
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Brian's not coming back. I would love.
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That Loki married Country Club is a sick player.
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He's electric. I, I saw him in real life and he
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was, Yeah, we saw, yeah, that was, he was the invite.
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We had one more ticket. Crickets.
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But yeah, anyway, he's where you at the P WHL game.
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Doesn't matter what. He was free that night, game
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tonight, the night. Before OK I feel bad anyway.
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Married country gold was was the second biggest thing other than
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Flurry. Shutting out the Habs was
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pretty. Electric retirement tour.
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But yeah, all kidding aside, Centre would be good for them,
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so we'll see. What?
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Happens Yeah, Kaprizov, I mean, if you.
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I'm still buying low on him if I can for the week 2324, but like
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it's really low because there's a chance he just doesn't come
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back for the rest of the season. Just got traded in early.
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Do we want to talk about that? It was a pretty just.
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Mention what happened. For the type of thing that you
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could move, yeah, I guess it's worth.
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It to so the team in first place just treated 4 Kaprizov.
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They got Kaprizov, Jake Sanderson and Michael Marco
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Rossi and they gave away honestly, I think too.
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Much pencils have managed in. Montour Gensel is a manager at
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in Montour, so Montour is kind of like feel like the weakest
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player in this whole. Trade for sure.
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But Gensel and manager at right now are really high quality
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assets leading up to the fantasy playoffs.
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Obviously the manager has a bad fantasy playoff schedule, but I
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mean, I think Denzel's like a top 2530 player.
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I think it really depends. On the banjos, playing really
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well or not, like, I don't know. I feel like that's too much to
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give up for Kaprizov, who at this point is coming back maybe
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for your semifinal matchup at the earliest.
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But I mean the first place player has a buy in the first
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round so he only needs him back in the semis I think if price.
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Comes back for the Resolve or Zibanejad and Gensel.
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Yeah, but Rossi Anderson is not nothing.
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It's true. I'd rather have the three that
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he got over those two, especially with their playoff
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schedules. So you might not first though
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after this trade. I think he'll finish first.
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He's pretty comfortable and in first.
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You're honest till. I don't know.
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We'll see. I.
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Think Ross is a really good person to trade for now
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actually. Hill Rossi, I think he's a good.
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Person I was gonna put him as a bylaw, but I think it's too
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obvious. Yeah, I think everyone knows
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Erickson next injured. They literally has no other
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centres. So I think if the person you
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know you're trading him for like with like for him to realize
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that. Can we expect more than what was
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already done? No, but I think what he's
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already done is really good. I think more just secures his
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spot on that first power play because when they're fully
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healthy, he's not on that probably.
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Really not as good when cap cap is not there anyways.
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Sure, but I mean better deployments.
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Better deployment regardless. Also, if Ericson's healthy then
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all it takes is Caprice off coming back for for Rosie to get
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bumped. But now with Erickson Eck out,
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Caprice could come back and Rossi would get to play with him
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on the power play, so it increases his value.
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I mean, I definitely like Rossi, but.
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Yeah, I don't think, I don't think it's a crazy buy low
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opportunity. I think he's gonna keep doing
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what he's doing, it just more secured his spot.
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Moral of the story, I think I'm going to name my first born
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Creel, so he could be the best player in the NHL.
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Yeah, Marchenko and Kaprizov, I should have said.
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Speaking of Krill, alright, next we have Noah Dobson returning
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tomorrow. Very positive news because we
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thought he was gonna be out for the whole season.
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Yeah, crazy. Yeah.
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This is why I always target these guys who are like out
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indefinitely because sometimes they just show up like 2 weeks
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later and it's like, well, indefinitely ended and we're
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here now, you know? He's definitely not indefinitely
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out. Yeah, exactly.
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Pretty absurd. Not a great playoff schedule for
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the Islanders. It's not bad.
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It's 343 from week 22 to 24 and I think will take he wasn't
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great this season anyways, so it's not like we're hoping he
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when he comes back, he would maybe like turn over a new leaf
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and start over. I think this is a Big L for
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D'Angelo. He's gonna lose power, play 1.
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I don't see him holding it over. I mean he was bad beforehand, he
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got like no Barbie ones. Yeah, that's fair.
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But I mean. He's scored his own net.
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True, but any value he had I think is now.
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Gone on daily face off at the moment they have the option on
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PowerPoint 2 and the Angela. Still, yeah, I don't think that.
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Sticks. I don't yeah, I think that's
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like probably like a ramp up, but yeah.
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And then pull. It also returned recently so I'm
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a bit nervous as a Romanov owner that is.
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Ice times gonna go down, but I guess we'll have to wait and see
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how that shakes out with all the defence.
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There, Dobson's the guy there, so this is big news if you're a
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Dobson owner. We thought he was gone for the
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whole season, to be honest. And with everything they were
11:04
telling us, that was the right deduction to make have
11:06
surprises, like randomly. Oh, like he's skating in
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practice. Oht he's gonna be back next
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game. He was kind of like, really
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nowhere. Yeah.
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But yeah, I think, I think Dobson, obviously, he was
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probably dragging a lot of leagues that that he was owned
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in. So you could maybe even have the
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chance to scoop him up for free. Yep, I agree.
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OK Joel Ericsson, Ek potentially out rest of season after he was
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injured at practice. We did an update but they said
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it's going to be long term. Josh.
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Sucks if you're a Jewel Erickson owner, someone who drafted him
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this year. He's been one of the most
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frustrating players to own all year.
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He's just been mixed between injured and terrible for the
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entire year. He'll come back and be terrible
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and he'll be like OK, but he'll start turning things around and
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then he'll get injured and he'll be out for a couple weeks.
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He'll come back and be terrible again.
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So anyways, I hate him but but no, this really, really sucks,
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especially with like if you were an Eric's neck holder this whole
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time, one of the main reasons you're holding him is because
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the Wild have one of the best playoff schedules.
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So you're really hoping he comes back.
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They labeled him as week to week with a lower body injury.
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So it's still possible he comes back for the semis.
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This is just a stash. And honestly, even though he's
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been pretty brutal for for the season and like it's kind of up
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in the air with his injury, I would view him as a pretty good
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by low right now. I.
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Think. How much were you paying for
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him? Well, that's I think you get him
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for pretty cheap because he's kind of like Kaprizov, but like
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much lower stakes, right? It's you're hoping he comes back
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for semis. He has a great week 2324
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schedule, but he's also just been brutal all year.
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So I I like him a lot as a bi lo.
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So like do you think Mctavish sending him is a realistic?
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Thing, no, I think that's. A No, you wouldn't do it, but
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you don't think it's like a realistic Mccomas has been good.
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You have to send a real roster player to get him, you know, But
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it could be a guy who's, like, went home, like, yeah.
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OK, that's what I was. I don't know if I valued
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Mctavish necessarily worth less than Lynn Home, but fair enough.
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I think Mactavish is a fringe like streamer guy, like he's on
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a hot streak right now. But like this is like the same
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thing like you like you can't offer a guy who's just on like 1
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little hot. Speaker thing, right?
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Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
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I would definitely looking at buying low on him.
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And if you have him, I think you just got to hold on and hope he
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comes back for the great playoff schedule.
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Yep. Yeah, yeah.
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It's tough. It's tough.
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Anything out of that, Kevin? No, we touched on ramifications.
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We talked about Marco Rossi earlier, true.
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But yeah, I think I think this is just a big blow for tough
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season already for Ericsson, Connors.
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At this point, like for the Wild, there's only three
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forwards worth owning, and that's their new top line of
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multi Rossi and Zuccarello. Suelo has not been very good
13:42
either lately. But yeah, they're really, really
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like, banged up, right? Now we're hoping that they turn
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it up for the. Playoffs, yeah.
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Yeah, OK. Next we have.
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Speaking of banged up, Yoshi was banged up on Tuesday.
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Another one of Josh's players? He's doing the opposite of
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rejoicing. Right now, this is brutal.
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Honestly, like it's. An upper body injury is
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currently being evaluated. Yeah, From what I'm seeing, I
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watched the hit, it didn't look too, too bad.
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And what I'm kind of like hearing rumors is that it seems
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to be like a concussion. So those could.
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And then the coach came out and said it could be day-to-day.
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But sometimes that turns into week to week.
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Sometimes it turns into season ending.
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You know you never want to hear. The words definitely, but it
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ends up being like a. Week.
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Exactly so. I think it's like a, I think
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it's a minor injury to be honest.
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I think just nationalists so out of it that do they really want
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to risk their best? Player yeah.
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So that's pretty much it. It's a rough spot.
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Yeah, exactly. I'd be I'm really hoping he
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comes back within a week and I wouldn't be surprised if he
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does. But this also the thing could be
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because they're so out of it that they kind of like make it
14:42
take a bit longer. He should still be back for
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fantasy playoffs though. Yep.
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Well, Nationals just so out of the operates it's.
14:49
Crazy. And then while he's gone, you
14:51
know, they they seem to be running A5 forwarding unit.
14:53
It seems like they put Nyquist in his spot, but honestly
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Nashville so bad lately that I'm not really looking to pick up
14:59
anyone who like jumped into his spot.
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You know Nashville is 13 points behind Saint Louis in the
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standings. That's crazy.
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Is that now? That is crazy.
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That's really. Really, they're only six points
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ahead of Chicago Wild. Yeah, that's, that's shocking.
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It's so surprising. The Habs have 12 more points
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than. Oh my God, I did not know that.
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That was the biggest, the third worst team in the league right
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now in points wise. That's just.
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In terms of vibes, I think they're the bottom of the
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league. The worst vibe honestly.
15:36
Like Chicago, Buffalo has more points than Nashville.
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That's brutal. That's actually, I can't believe
15:44
this. OK, alright, next week on Adam
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Fox and Keandre Miller, but were both hurt on Thursday.
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No immediate updates, but it is another big blow that we're
15:54
talking about today to the Rangers.
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I just saw so no update yet on Kandre Miller lower body injury
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for Adam Fox. They said he's going on IR.
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I think it's LTIR they said not season ending but long term.
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So this to me means that he's not coming back.
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Board fantasy playoffs most likely.
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He'll come back. I think probably around the
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semis is my estimate. But I'm not a doctor either.
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But that's kind of just what a what I'd be thinking.
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Yeah, and I was looking at. The controller would be to pick
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up. Yeah, exactly.
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If Fox was out, that's it. Now he's also out.
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Who did putting? I don't know.
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Is that Schneider? Probably, yeah.
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Buchanan like, no, they probably make a trade for somebody, to be
16:35
honest. They have cap room.
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If they're if they're putting Fox on the IR, do they get Seth
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Jones? That would be.
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Cool out of nowhere. That would be really cool.
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I think Seth Jones on that first power play unit would be a
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really, really strong fantasy asset that obviously Rangers
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have the worst playoff schedule. But not thrilled about that.
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I'd much rather Jones go to Florida or Dallas.
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It's not like Florida has a great playoff.
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Schedule better than Rangers? Yeah, that's true.
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But like one game. But yeah, I mean, Dallas would
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be the ideal situation, but I'm pretty much said that's not
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happening. Yeah, that's exciting though.
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I, I, I think for the time being though, it would if Miller's
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healthy. You're right, Tim.
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Other than that, maybe 5 forwards.
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Yeah, Power Player just bring up Trocheck.
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Back, Yeah, yeah, actually probably the most likely
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scenario that you mentioned. I think that's what would
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happen. If Kelly Miller healthy, I think
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they put him. Though Yeah, agreed.
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Yeah, or like Will Cooley or JK, unlucky.
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Streams. I mean, Crater hasn't played, so
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that's true. Is that a segue opportunity?
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Are you trying to? OK, well noted.
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Noted. Let's bookmark that in the
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meantime. Logan Cooley.
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Cooley. Cooley.
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Sorry, different spelling anyways.
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Yeah, but noted. Noted for what Kevin just said.
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Logan Cooley is back. Not Power player one, but he
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already has a point in both games since his return.
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He's sick. Yes, he is.
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They may just be wrapping him up.
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Alright. You had such a straight face.
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I was like, what did we do wrong?
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I wish you guys saw his delivery.
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On that was that was impeccable. No, he's great.
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Should we have picked him over slave coffee?
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No second-half Slappy. We'll talk about that in our in
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our next episode. But yeah, no.
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But one thing that's interesting is that he didn't immediately
18:31
slot in on Power Play 1. He was obviously going to, but
18:34
then Barrett heating randomly got a hat trick and.
18:36
Like. You can't take him off.
18:38
I think two of those goals on the power, like you can't take
18:40
someone off who's doing that hot.
18:41
But I would be very surprised if within the next week or two cool
18:45
he doesn't bump enough power play.
18:46
One significantly better than Hayden as a player.
18:48
So I just think rest of the season, honestly, his outlook is
18:51
pretty nice. They don't have like a crazy
18:53
playoff schedule either way, but I think it's just a good guy to
18:55
have on your team. Yeah, he's not really that
18:57
roster either. He's been on our shows like as a
18:59
as a sell high before. At this point I feel like if
19:01
you're not able to sell them, you know, trade deadlines are
19:03
either this blah blah blah. Print the letter either today or
19:08
next week depending on your league when your fantasy
19:11
championship is. So I mean if you can deadline is
19:16
past, why cannot say trade? Deadline.
19:18
What's happening? Having some.
19:19
Trouble I'd love to have all my team is basically what.
19:20
I'm probably yeah, yeah, yeah. For the trade deadline.
19:24
Yeah, you got it. Yeah, he's a good target for the
19:29
Dread Ted line, but he's really good.
19:34
He's just like a tremendously skilled player, I think much
19:37
more relevant for fantasy points, but at this point his.
19:40
Points are good shots and you know he's face offs and.
19:42
Facts are OK, but yeah, he's really restorable in most
19:46
leagues at this point. Huge upside.
19:49
Don't know what you could get from though.
19:50
As you said, yeah, I just. Don't tell him before.
19:52
So hopefully if you would come on your team before you would do
19:55
that. Would you trade him for Rossi?
19:57
I'll take cooling over Aussie. Yeah, yeah, even with the.
20:00
Doesn't get any peripherals. He has like a shot of game and
20:03
probably in his sister too. The playoff schedule is not that
20:05
different. Ross, he's a 344 and Cooley is a
20:07
343. OK, Yeah.
20:09
So it's only one game in the finals.
20:10
I would take Cooley for sure. OK, next Matthew to Chuck
20:14
ambiguous injury. Are they going to just let him
20:18
rest since they're basically playoff bound?
20:21
That would suck for it to Chuck owners.
20:23
Big time. I think.
20:24
I don't see him coming back for a couple of weeks for sure.
20:26
Like the way it's been sounding, everything coach has been
20:29
saying, it really seems like like they might Mark Stoneham,
20:31
you know, every. Team wants an opportunity to
20:33
mark Stone. Yeah, their themselves into the
20:35
playoffs, yeah. So.
20:37
Yeah, if we're calling it that, right?
20:39
So funniest verb. The resolvers in Kichak we're.
20:44
Seems wanna get. Stoned, no box, so I would not
20:48
be surprised if that happens. But from what I'm hearing, like
20:51
the injury, they're like being ambiguous about it, but they're
20:53
making it seem like it's like not super serious, but like they
20:56
wanna let him rest and like they wanna rush anything, which is
20:59
like they're star player too. Yeah, one of their star players.
21:01
Not second best player on that team, yeah, but daddy, I miss.
21:06
You. Oh no.
21:07
Daddy Marco, what the heck is that?
21:11
Any chill? Thought this again.
21:16
If you know, you know. But yeah, no, Matthew could
21:19
Chuck. I mean, we just thought he was
21:21
involved in trading one of our leagues.
21:22
Yeah, I didn't like it, but. Mark Stoning is like a homonym
21:28
for teams cheating in the playoffs.
21:30
Or like really really wronging one of your best friends.
21:35
True management circle. We hate Mark Stone because all
21:39
he doesn't score shorthanded. Points.
21:40
Yeah, exactly synonymous with Adam lowering.
21:46
Oh my God. In this household, we don't.
21:48
Mention that. Although we still have a
21:51
household, stay tuned for our waivers episode.
21:54
Don't talk about out of love or Fight Club.
21:56
Yeah, but anyway, so with Chuck out, Bennett takes his spot on
22:00
power play one. This is just massive for
22:02
Bennett, who's already really solid in bangers leagues, but
22:04
this is just a huge addition. So if he's not already owned
22:08
then go grab him. And he's been underperforming a
22:12
lot actually, so I think he could be a really good buy.
22:15
Low. Good opportunity for him, yeah,
22:16
really. Before he probably inevitably
22:19
gets a couple of power play points, yeah.
22:21
Yeah, next. Speaking of which, Kevin?
22:24
Segue time. Cry critters missing two
22:27
straight games. Is he trade made at this point?
22:31
I think so. I mean.
22:32
You know I traded. I think.
22:34
So he just played at the Four Nations face off, right?
22:36
Like they they scratched him for some games, but he he played in
22:40
the final instead of Kyle Connor.
22:41
So that tells you, yeah. What do you think about him?
22:44
I guess. So did Kashuk even an injured
22:46
Matt conjugate instead of Connor?
22:48
Yep, that's terrible. I mean, they're gonna rue the
22:51
day, yeah. Exactly.
22:53
Yeah, Crider, I feel like he's been in trade rumors.
22:55
They just don't want him on the team anymore.
22:56
Feels like they already got they've seen how much that's
22:59
done for the team, what they can get more criterion in exchange
23:02
for somebody else. Now with the extra cap room 2 S
23:05
Jones. Would you rather have Crowder,
23:07
Seth Jones? I don't.
23:08
Know like like in fantasy, Seth Jones for sure in real life, I
23:12
think. That if I was talking in real
23:13
life, but yeah, I mean they need a defence at this point since
23:16
Fox is. Out, but I think that could make
23:17
sense because. They could make so many moves.
23:19
How are the Rangers gonna make so many?
23:20
Moves well, they just have so much flexibility since like
23:22
getting rid of Truba for free. Yep.
23:24
They opened up so much money and then I don't think they took on
23:26
that much money in the Miller trade, right.
23:28
I don't think so either. So.
23:30
Does it trade away critters contract?
23:32
That's massive as well. Put Fox on LTIR.
23:34
Yeah, and they already had so much room with.
23:36
The true, but a lot of possibilities.
23:37
I think they're definitely gonna make a.
23:38
Big they can make 2. Moves, it's kind of scary
23:40
because they have such a bad fantasy playoff schedule, but
23:43
it's like if one if one of your team, if one of your players
23:45
like goes there, you know, you like get a guy who has a great
23:47
playoff schedule and then he gets sent to the Rangers.
23:49
And also they're gonna make a couple moves.
23:51
There's gonna be some guys who are like fringe power play one
23:54
on your team and they're get traded to the Rangers and be
23:56
power play 2 and lose like all their values.
23:58
So it's scary, you know, trade deadline looms.
24:00
But yeah, in the meantime, do you think Crider could be trade
24:03
bait? I do think he's also probably a
24:04
bit banged up from the Four Nations.
24:06
Yeah. So they're just keeping him out
24:08
to be safe. My guess is Rangers get a winger
24:11
and D. No, that'd be my.
24:12
Guess yeah. But in the meantime with the
24:14
power play unit, you know, we were saying that with both Fox
24:17
and Miller out, it was gonna be Trocheck who comes up if
24:19
critters out. Also then I don't know if they
24:22
bring in another forward for A5 forward or if they go with one
24:25
of their other D will cool. It you know what I'm saying?
24:27
Jake is just knocking guys out. Try to get other.
24:31
People one. Ask me about my business.
24:36
We don't talk about that. Nice.
24:40
Yeah, it's it's a tough situation, like regarding how
24:45
it's gonna go, but I think on Chicago he would make a lot of
24:48
sense just to have someone play with the card.
24:50
That would. Make you seen that video of like
24:52
just like super depressed and like.
24:55
They saw that and they were like, whoa.
24:56
There, I mean, that whole team is just like brutal, like Seth
24:59
Jones came out and said like, you know, like this team like
25:01
sucks, like we haven't improved at all, you know, like it's just
25:04
it's crazy. Like the South Jones.
25:07
Yeah, for sure. But he knows it's hard.
25:09
That's right. Yeah.
25:10
Yeah, all right. The Carolina Hurricanes are
25:13
shuffling lines like crazy to find something that works.
25:17
Rod has said that the team needs a spark.
25:19
They just got shut out by the Montreal Canadians.
25:23
Yeah. Did you see his quote like a
25:26
rod? No, he he basically was just
25:29
like, yeah, no doubt. We're kind of sucking right now.
25:31
We need like a spark. So he's like, we haven't found
25:34
any good chemistry yet, so we're just trying to shuffle.
25:35
Everything around and find that works.
25:37
The best move they can make is firing Rod.
25:39
I think at this point, I think at this point he's done so much
25:42
for the team and obviously he's a great guy, but like he just
25:45
cannot. I saw like some people online
25:47
saying this and I think it's true.
25:49
He's really good at getting the most out of like, you know, like
25:51
third fourth line players and making them play like a lot
25:54
higher to their level. But he does not know how to
25:55
handle like superstars, like how Jakey loves saying how Ranton is
25:58
gonna suck because nobody's ever been over a point per game under
26:01
Rod for like the past, like who knows how many years, you know?
26:03
So like, I think that's just it. Like he just does not know how
26:06
to handle having this much like this much like star power.
26:09
And he is like his system is very rigid and does not help
26:12
stars be better. Big time.
26:14
If you look at the comments on that post of like, you know the
26:16
report that was posting the Rod quote, they were just like, is
26:19
it that hard to just put your 6 best players on the top 2 lines
26:22
like crazy? Just do it already.
26:24
It's crazy. And he's just like, no, it must
26:26
be. Reservice needs to be on line 3.
26:29
I mean Swedish Jarvis, they all crazy.
26:32
Yeah, as long as Jackson Blakes on line one, that's all that
26:34
matters, yeah. They put they put rent in with
26:39
Stretch. It was stretching Roslovic,
26:41
Yeah. And then Jordan Staal was
26:43
playing Jarvis, and then Taylor Hall was playing with Sebastian
26:47
Aho. What's?
26:49
Happening it's just tough though right because like for fantasy,
26:51
obviously we want to get the most out of the players and it
26:54
doesn't make sense to trade for a superstar like rant and have
26:57
him suck but at the same time they.
26:59
Give him a contract that's gonna be like 14 mil for like 8 years
27:03
resident. Yeah, who do you think?
27:06
That they offered him that. It was 14 or. 13 but I think it
27:09
was close to 100 mil basically total.
27:11
Yeah, that's like already the worst contract in the NHL
27:14
because he's just not going to succeed with Rod.
27:16
This is what I'm saying. It's Rod what's important.
27:18
Yeah, I think they don't. They don't do anything in the
27:21
playoffs if they don't make the Stanley Cup Final.
27:23
I think they probably fire him, really.
27:24
Not because he's bad, but because I don't.
27:25
Stand on the don't think the state like the.
27:27
I don't think the thresholds that high if you think the
27:29
conference finals. I think they lost.
27:30
If they lose second round, they're firing him.
27:32
I could see that too. I don't know.
27:34
I think if they lose first round, I could see it.
27:35
I mean, The thing is in general, I don't know if they would have
27:38
the balls to fire him. Like he's just, he's such like a
27:40
key part of. That, that's like a Sheldon
27:42
Keefe. It's the same thing.
27:43
You've just, we've been through this so many times.
27:45
At some point it's just better to part ways.
27:46
Children Keith lasted way longer than he should.
27:48
Have yeah, exactly right is kind of doing the same boat.
27:50
Yeah, but raw. Couple more years of being
27:52
before people are like oh man how is he still here?
27:54
You know, Rod also was the captain when they won the
27:56
Stanley Cup. Yeah.
27:57
Or Sheldon Keefe they found like where?
27:59
I know, I know. Roaming like rural Ontario like
28:04
you could go. Talking no no, I got really good
28:07
for. Like things, it was hot rod
28:11
exaggeration, but still no. But the thing the thing with
28:13
this is that what's more important, like winning and
28:16
getting decently far in the playoffs or having your star
28:19
player perform well? No making fun of either.
28:24
Consistently so, actually, and then losing.
28:25
I think it may be right then in the most.
28:27
Important is the guys on my fantasy team doing.
28:29
Well, yeah, that's because rode the worst for that e-mail.
28:34
Yeah, Renton indeed. Yeah.
28:36
Whereas like, at least we're Tortorella.
28:38
Like, they're also not that great, you know what I mean?
28:41
That's it. Like she doesn't have it,
28:43
doesn't have the same pieces that Rod has to work with right
28:45
now. You know he doesn't have her,
28:46
Antonin. Yeah, that's it.
28:47
And like his. Orphanage or Ohio or Jarvis?
28:50
Yeah, his players Slavin at least the team isn't that good.
28:55
Whereas for Rod the team is sick.
28:57
The players are sick but they're bad for fantasy and they never
28:59
make the sound like fun So what the heck.
29:01
So yeah, I agree. I think they maybe could.
29:03
Get I don't think I don't think this is the year, but I think I
29:07
think is like the rope is definitely, you know, fraying or
29:10
whatever the. Saying we should trade Lioneye
29:12
for Antonin so that they can resurrect the 2016 Finland.
29:17
Remember that line? Pull your RV Ranson and line,
29:20
They were like, they tore up the world because it was crazy and
29:22
like him back. And that'll be kind of cool, you
29:25
know? But yeah, we'll see.
29:27
We'll see. Next we have Nielander, who did
29:30
not play in overtime versus Boston, and his day-to-day with
29:34
an undisclosed injury. Yeah, I think this was more just
29:37
a precautionary thing than like something that's gonna actually
29:39
keep him out of game action, but something to keep an eye on.
29:42
I think if he's out then Riley will slap back in on power play
29:44
one, but I don't think it's that big of a deal.
29:48
Just monitor it. That's it.
29:52
Yeah. Alright, do you have anything
29:54
else you want to? Another I just.
29:55
Wanna terrible segue? Yeah.
29:58
Speaking of terrible. Nice.
30:06
We didn't rehearse that, but it worked really well.
30:09
I could always out indefinitely. Due to a shoulder injury, Lori
30:13
is taking his spot on power. Play one in the meantime.
30:15
It's I don't even it's a shoulder injury that got
30:17
infected. Yeah, that and people were.
30:21
Did you see the the conspiracy theories about the Wild, like
30:23
Minnesota medical stuff, just like keep messing up everybody
30:26
else's teams whenever they get a chance?
30:30
Yeah. But yeah, kind of ambiguous.
30:32
Already know what it is, but. They said like his timeline.
30:36
And definitely just scary. But I feel like with indefinite,
30:39
like if they just pop back in at the most random time, there's no
30:42
real ramp up. It's like, oh, he's healed, he's
30:44
back. I don't know what his shoulder
30:45
injury was in the 1st. Place.
30:46
That's true, yeah. Yeah, so there's that.
30:48
But I feel like the main issue was the infection.
30:50
Like that was a scary part because that can be.
30:53
Seriously said recently that he's out of the hospital.
30:55
He's doing OK, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's like,
30:58
going to be back in action soon. Gotta love McAvoy.
31:00
Like did you see he was naming? He did the starting lineup for
31:02
the USA in the dressing room. Like he was there and he like
31:05
listing off the names and everybody and everything and
31:06
they all went up to him. Like yeah, sorry you can't play
31:08
type of. Thing Yeah, he's a very good
31:10
player, yeah, he he just does not having a good fantasy.
31:13
Or yeah, it happens. Yeah, also I I wonder if when
31:18
he's back, will he take power? Play one for sure.
31:20
Yeah, this happened like a couple of weeks ago, right?
31:22
He went out. So kind of injury though.
31:24
It wasn't the same kind of injury, but like it was the same
31:27
vibe. It was like he left, he was out.
31:28
You know, we were talking about it were like, oh, maybe like he
31:30
was power play one if he does well with it and then back away
31:32
immediately, like didn't even. Like for sure, I'm just thinking
31:35
with like a shoulder injury specifically.
31:37
Maybe it's more complicated if you can't shoot.
31:39
I think if you can't shoot, then he's not gonna be playing.
31:41
Yeah, yeah. OK, yeah, I wonder.
31:43
The coach said just like MacBook, because he has really
31:45
good zone entries apparently. Yeah, they need that, so.
31:48
Yeah, he's definitely their best defence in overall, so you're
31:50
right. Home is Alfred season so.
31:54
Yeah. He's not fancy relevant.
31:57
Yeah, yeah. But.
31:58
Boston relevant, easier for the announcers, I guess.
32:00
Just one line Hometown talked about OK, next we have Brady to
32:04
Chuck, who still has not played since the Four Nations, but the
32:07
coach said it's not too serious. I think everybody is expecting a
32:10
really big, people are saying second-half of the season, but
32:12
at this point, like second, like last quarter of the season.
32:16
Yeah. But I mean, I'm also expecting
32:19
that out of Brady. So hopefully he's not out too
32:21
long. They haven't really given us any
32:23
info on the injury. They just kind of said, like,
32:24
you know, he's banged up. He played a lot of hockey.
32:26
Like very like day-to-day, like I feel like every game he's a
32:28
game time decision. So I.
32:29
Think he almost played as we record this, Yeah.
32:31
So probably as you're hearing, this is already back on.
32:34
You could be a great target for a buy low.
32:36
I mean, I tried buying them. Low as I think he's a great
32:39
target in theory. The thing is that anyone who
32:41
owns Chuck is not gonna want to sell him, even if he's not
32:44
going. Exactly.
32:45
Yeah. So you know, it's a good
32:47
thought, but it's hard to do in practice.
32:49
He really went all out at the Four Nations.
32:50
He did. Yeah, like he just, he tried
32:54
harder than. Everybody he's best, Lefkofsky
32:56
impressed. Yeah, all right.
33:01
John Gibson has missed two straight games with an injury.
33:04
As usual, there's plenty of rumors about him potentially
33:07
being traded. We're hearing about Edmonton a
33:09
lot, which would be sick every year.
33:12
Would be so fun. There's John Gibson trade
33:14
rumors. It's not happening.
33:15
I think the guy probably got drafted and they were like, oh I
33:18
wonder if he's getting traded. Yeah, I know it's crazy and it
33:24
happens every year. Also, I feel like he always gets
33:26
injured around the trade deadline, which is always great.
33:29
You can just get him as a free pickup and stash will be wait
33:31
and see if he gets. Traded and will drop him when he
33:33
doesn't because teams are most like, well, teams.
33:35
Anaheim is always kind of like, maybe if we hold them out long
33:38
enough we'll actually get a trade for him.
33:39
Exactly. And then it doesn't happen.
33:41
He's like he's magically healthy after the.
33:42
Deadline, yeah. So this could be just the boy
33:44
who cried wolf situation where just another year, another John
33:47
Gibson rumors or this could finally be the year, you know,
33:49
So with him being finally the year with them being injured, I
33:52
think it's an easy stash and like, you know, wait until the
33:54
trade deadline and who knows what's gonna happen.
33:57
You know, like I said, I think I think Edmonton is the name I'm
34:01
hearing the most rumored. Kevin, you mentioned possibly.
34:03
Carolina, Carolina, from what I've heard from the insiders
34:05
that Carolina has always been interested in John Gibson.
34:08
Yeah, they probably think he's better than both goals that they
34:10
have, so that's probably why. But.
34:13
It would be it would be nice to see how he does with an actual
34:15
good team in. Front of you I think he wants to
34:17
chance that's what it is I mean he got he got paid a.
34:19
Lot the guy who's stocking rumors every year.
34:22
He's like on Gibson guy, you know, you get treated like a
34:25
couple burgers, like John Gibson.
34:28
Trade rumors gone Gibson John Gibson guys really funny.
34:37
Honey, it didn't work again. No, I.
34:42
Always see a goalie injury and then he comes in and saves the
34:46
day. Yeah, I just don't think he'd be
34:48
such a difference maker on Carolina for his.
34:50
Like this is an NHL thing as opposed to fantasy.
34:52
He would like his. Value was way in like 4 goals on
34:56
like no shots. Yeah, but at the same time, like
35:00
Carolina doesn't score a lot and they don't lend in a lot of
35:02
goals. Usually should score more than
35:04
they do. Right.
35:04
Yeah, they're in a slump, whereas Edmonton scores a lot of
35:06
goals and they let in a lot of goals.
35:08
Yeah, so I've got Gibson, could be even decent.
35:10
Thing with the thing with Edmonton though, they just had
35:12
Skinner who just wanted to Stanley Cup Final was like a
35:14
game away from winning it all, right?
35:16
So they know that he can get them there and they're better
35:19
teams than they. Were, but they get there
35:21
despite. It wasn't, it wasn't definitely
35:23
wasn't because of him, although he did have some solid games.
35:25
Yeah, I don't. Know I've seen Skinner.
35:27
Like really on a railroader season 2, right?
35:29
So I don't think the trade happens because it's like this
35:32
every year and every year, like I pick him up and then it
35:34
doesn't happen. So at this point I've been burnt
35:35
out of John Gibson trade rumors. But I do think he picked him up.
35:38
Yeah, I do think Edmonton makes them.
35:39
Makes a lot more sense than Carolina.
35:40
Yeah, I agree it makes more sense.
35:42
I just think it's not. I just don't think Edmonton
35:44
wants to give up, like put that much stock into another goalie.
35:48
Yeah, that's fair. They learned their lesson from
35:50
Jack Campbell. Yeah, pretty much.
35:52
Yeah, that was bad. That was a bad thing.
35:54
OK. Tyler Sanga has resumed skating.
35:58
Which roster immediately gets picked?
36:00
Up. He is expected to be out for the
36:02
rest of the season since the injury on December 5th when he
36:07
had surgery, but he could possibly be back for your
36:10
semifinals at Week 23. I mean, Josh put that because
36:13
being optimistic, but. Yeah, yeah, I mean, he was
36:15
supposed to be out for the season and then I saw an update
36:18
that he's skating again and Dallas has just a really, really
36:21
good week 23 and 24 schedule. So it felt like an easy pickup
36:26
and stash if you have a free IR spot and you're doing pretty
36:29
well and like in terms of like your playoffs.
36:31
Like if standing, if they bring back signing though they can't
36:35
trade for a Seth Jones or something or whatever.
36:38
So that's kind of I just. Think it's unlikely, but.
36:42
I think there's. Actually resumed skating so soon
36:44
is The thing is they haven't they haven't gone in yet.
36:48
So I think it's still make a big trade even if they bring back
36:50
Sagan. And from what I saw, they said
36:52
that Sagan could possibly be back earlier than he's going.
36:55
So if. The ambiguity we're not.
36:58
For sure either but but it's something to keep an eye out on.
37:01
Some people around this relevant before he got.
37:03
Hurt he was over a point per game on the season.
37:05
A lot of people I know are looking out for, you know,
37:07
people in comfortably in playoff positions are looking for some R
37:10
stashes this time of year. So this is a really good.
37:12
One very good one, Yeah, and last but not.
37:16
Least this one. Valerie Nichushkin is finally
37:19
back today. What started out as day-to-day
37:21
became 7 to 10 days became week to week became definitely back
37:26
after the Four Nations break became he's not making the road
37:29
trip became he's finally back. If he could stay healthy, which
37:34
is a big if, he should be a huge boost to the ABS and to your
37:36
fantasy team. Expecting to slot into the top
37:38
six and power play one. And then Josh came.
37:42
Joyce. You have to believe it out.
37:48
Dot org. Well.
37:54
So rejoice for Valerie and Ruskin back on my penis.
37:58
I swear, Valerie, just a guy. Oh, my, Valerie, that's happened
38:05
to you, right? I'm not making this up.
38:07
That has happened here. Last time we talked about, yeah.
38:10
Yeah, well, like, for some reason, whenever I'm like I'm
38:13
looking at my team and I see him and then I'll start singing.
38:15
Like, why don't you come on over Valerie?
38:20
It was why do you keep thinking about Valerie?
38:22
And I'm like, oh, it's on my fantasy team, not a.
38:24
Girl child next month. Who's Valerie?
38:26
Yeah. Yeah.
38:28
So Valerie, Valerie, also known as Valerie.
38:35
So yeah, this is this is huge for the Avalanche.
38:39
Do we think he's going to be the line one with Nazis, McKinnon?
38:42
I don't think so. I don't think so.
38:44
Definitely not to start. He's not slotted in on that
38:46
first line to start. I think line two people, one is
38:48
yeah. That's exactly it.
38:51
That first line has been doing too well, so I don't think they
38:53
want to shake it up. And also I know Bednar has said
38:55
that he's pretty unhappy with his anything other than the
38:58
first line scoring. That's the only reason I might
39:00
see them break it up actually. So they're like even after
39:03
Neuken coming back, if they still aren't getting any scoring
39:05
on the second line, they might shuffle up line on into because
39:08
you just can't win with only one line that scores.
39:10
You need at least the top six. So, so yeah.
39:12
So we'll see what happens with Justin.
39:14
I know a lot of experts and fans and even I think Ben are himself
39:19
like the team without intrusion in the lineup and with him in
39:21
the lineup are really just night and day.
39:23
He makes such a big difference. Their team and their power play.
39:25
I mean, he like makes the second line viable because I just don't
39:28
have anybody of talent. Yeah, and I think he's huge for
39:30
their power play as well. So I think if you have any of
39:32
the other, you know, big power play guys who aren't worried
39:34
about getting bumped off. So if you have like McKinnon
39:36
natches a car and then whichever of lacking in Andrew doesn't get
39:41
bumped off power play one, I think that's a big boost for
39:42
you. And I think actually the person
39:44
who might get booted from this the most is Mackenzie Blackwood.
39:47
I think if they can start winning more games, obviously
39:49
that's best for the goalie. You know, the more they score
39:51
goals, the less pressure it puts on him.
39:52
So So yeah, I think this is good for the whole Avalanche team.
39:55
The big question will be can he stay healthy because he hasn't
39:57
been able to do it this year. Yeah, they need a second line
39:59
centre so badly. They'd be so good.
40:03
Just come on. Down.
40:04
Imagine they trade middle snap back there.
40:06
Like, what are they gonna do? Yeah, Honestly, I don't know.
40:13
They need that because they could be a serious, serious
40:16
force. Maybe.
40:16
Players on the on the block. From what I'm seeing, it's like.
40:19
Jake Evans, but he's not gonna be there.
40:21
Scott London, I think. A lot of teams are interested on
40:24
yeah. Yeah.
40:25
I think he's your prototypical Line 3 centre, Line 2 centre.
40:30
Yeah. Like the only line 2 centre I
40:34
could think of off the top of my head is Cousins.
40:35
That's like on the chopping, like on the trade block, Yeah,
40:39
but you never know. But I think I'd be very
40:40
surprised if the apps don't make a move.
40:42
Yeah, they need to. But they also cleared up a ton
40:44
of cap space with the ranting and trade, right?
40:46
So yeah. And they had said after that
40:47
trade, they're like, we're not done, dot dot, dot, you know?
40:49
So I thought something was coming, right?
40:51
But something is definitely. Coming.
40:53
So who's fault is it gonna take on power play one?
40:55
We've been speculating about this, but what do you think?
40:57
What's your final answer for this?
40:59
It's between Lebanon and Druid I think.
41:04
Crosby to the Avalanche. Imagine that would be insane.
41:08
That would be the only other so great.
41:13
I yeah, I, I honestly, I don't know between.
41:14
Looking and I think they're keeping Drew on there.
41:16
I think so. I think keeping drawing there as
41:18
well. He's also like their face off
41:20
guy because McKinnon plays the point.
41:21
I know that they can switch that up easily.
41:23
Yeah, but Mckinnon's the one time or there, so I think it
41:26
makes more sense. That's fine.
41:29
I just thought of this. You know who?
41:30
You know who Vegas is gonna get? Ricard Raquel.
41:33
Ohe yeah, that that's. That's for sure.
41:35
Happening. Oh, that's brilliant.
41:37
Yeah. Nice.
41:39
It's recording it. All right, you're Ricard Rock.
41:46
Sorry. Redman practically bankrupt
41:50
because, you know, he was a record.
41:57
Alright, cool pop culture references for all of you Card.
41:59
Yeah. You never go full retard.
42:04
Alright, alright. Time for business.
42:06
I'm glad you brought it up. Go for it.
42:09
I don't know if we're gonna keep doing it.
42:10
Would you rather after the trade deadline closes?
42:13
As you guys are listening to this, I feel most of your
42:15
deadlines are over, but maybe half of your leagues or less
42:19
than half are are still open. But yeah, let's just enjoy this
42:23
last one. Wow, Have you guys seen the
42:25
names? Jogging now.
42:27
OK. Don't only looking one at a
42:29
time. Ready for the first one?
42:32
We're going back to the well baby, Mikko Rantanen rest of
42:36
season or Mark Stone. It's crazy.
42:40
Stone. You guys are.
42:41
Crazy. I keep lowering the bar now.
42:43
For Internet, yeah. What is it, Jake?
42:46
Stone Yeah. Of course, that's crazy.
42:47
What do you think, Kevin? You go first, OK.
42:51
Obviously random and you guys are.
42:53
You guys are so low on ranting and I can't.
42:54
I've never. Seen more those No, No Shab
42:57
yeah. Say that.
42:58
No, Shab. No, not yeah.
43:09
Something great this year, don't get me wrong, but Rantanen's
43:13
like a top ten pick. Stone was picked in like round
43:16
like. 9 or 10 the only reason this is a conversation because
43:18
Renton. Yeah, I've never seen people
43:20
over react so quickly to like someone having a rough couple
43:23
games. This is your fault that I'm so
43:25
low on him because you've been talking about Rod being and no,
43:27
yeah, coach, don't draft any players.
43:30
It's really bad. Seven to five points per game.
43:34
Rest of the. Season what?
43:34
No, he's getting over a point per game.
43:36
Over point per game rest of season, yeah.
43:38
I, I I'm at the point where I'm saying no, that's crazy.
43:41
Beer about. I think he's gonna be over a
43:44
point per game. Russell season point per game
43:45
are over. Beer.
43:47
But as of right now for restless, yeah, wow.
43:49
I mean I. Would take your best taking
43:50
that? Writing it down.
43:52
With me and Kevin. Yeah, I'm like way too low on
43:55
him that I would be like I would take.
43:56
I'm taking the under on that. Yeah, OK.
43:59
Sure, I would need odds at under .5, but this is different.
44:04
Not under .5 right now for the last.
44:06
Month, yeah, no, I think he's gonna get over .5, but I think
44:08
it's gonna be like around .7 to .85.
44:13
I think .7 looks better than actually is when you look at.
44:17
Yeah. You know how many points that.
44:19
Is yeah, it's very decent for 1/6 round pick.
44:23
No Creamer. You know, like, yeah.
44:27
Well, no shots. It's honestly like, I think you.
44:30
Guys are top of my head, like Buchnevich is like a career like
44:33
point a guy, like you get him in like double digit round, yeah.
44:36
So like .7 is really like, you pick up a guy off waivers who's
44:39
hot, Yeah. Anyways, I think they're gonna
44:42
figure it out. I think at the end of the day it
44:44
is the Canes coached by Rod. So he's not gonna be anywhere
44:46
near what he was on Colorado. I'm not.
44:48
Like I think he just started because there's the power play
44:50
goes back to what it was at the start of.
44:51
The year, yeah, and I think the power play is gonna be a lot
44:54
better than it has been since he got rated there.
44:56
They just. Need sometimes better shake
44:57
things up there. Yeah, no, I think they're gonna
44:59
post this very back eventually. But yeah, no, I think, I think
45:03
Rob just messing around right now, but eventually he's gonna
45:06
find something that sort of works.
45:08
And Randy's too good of a player to not be not play this far
45:12
lower than his his normal style of play.
45:16
So I'm going with Brandon. I'm I think I'm going Renton in
45:21
over Mark Stone rest of season. Magic.
45:24
He fell for his trap. No, I mean I put the bar, I
45:28
lowered it from last time, I think last time.
45:29
What was it? It was rented or was it
45:31
Forsberg? What did I say last?
45:33
Time sounds familiar anyways, but like you said, mark stones
45:36
no shab. Good job.
45:39
That's so true. That actually works pretty well.
45:42
When you say it like, it feels like it makes sense.
45:43
You don't feel like I'm gonna start using it?
45:47
How to start using? Gonna want to see if people are
45:48
gonna call me out on it actually.
45:50
Let's just look at you weird like.
45:53
Give me like, wait, do you listen to anger management?
45:56
Yeah. All right.
46:00
Next one. So I feel like this is going to
46:03
be easy choice for you guys. So if it is, I'll just up the
46:05
name. But it is Brandon Hagel, who is
46:08
I think everybody's favorite player right now.
46:10
Yeah, or Clayton Keller, rest of season.
46:14
Hagel for sure. Yeah, I'm going Hegel.
46:16
Because I feel like, you know, he's at 1.5 points per game.
46:19
Obviously he's a sell high. I think we're all, we're all, we
46:22
all know that he's going to come back down.
46:24
Keller is a point per game guy. You're gonna get a point per
46:27
game basically. And he shoots.
46:28
He's one of the best shooters in the league over 4/4.
46:30
Shots of shooting more No, I'm looking at season average OHS
46:34
the last 30 days average is kind of weirdly skewed right now
46:36
because of the. Break.
46:37
So I've been looking at season averages.
46:39
Fair. But yeah, I think it's
46:43
definitely close on the season. I'm leaning Hagel as well.
46:47
What if I give you a different name instead of?
46:49
What about ranting and or Hagel? Hagel.
46:52
Me too, Josh. Obviously you're Antonin.
46:55
Really. Really.
46:56
Yeah. He goes insane.
46:59
Good one too. You guys are just so lonely.
47:02
I wish one of you guys had ranted in so I could trade it
47:04
for him. I honestly fair.
47:07
I would, yeah, I would actually do that trade.
47:09
If anyone else in our league owned Rantanen, then who has
47:12
him, I would be so hard. You could try to send for.
47:18
Him. No, he's we have 4 hours before
47:21
I trade deadline. He's not gonna check.
47:23
You don't know what Hegel or Kempe?
47:28
OK. I would take Hegel.
47:30
I still think Google. OK, that's a good one.
47:33
Hegel or Sebastian, Ohio. Yahoo, I think he goes like the
47:42
clearest self and I think he's a really good player, but you're
47:45
naming other really good players, you know?
47:48
Hagel or. The one thing I really like
47:51
about English is a shorthand point stutzel.
47:54
Excel too. Oh.
47:58
That's the virus. Wow.
48:00
But without excuse me, whether. Natures.
48:05
You heard that too. Nature, nature, nature.
48:09
I love natures though. OK.
48:11
Sorry. I'll take.
48:12
Over again, I'll take Angel go to the next one, but next.
48:14
One Yeah. Defenseman time busy.
48:18
Wow. Drew Dowdy or Josh Morrissey.
48:22
What's how is this even a hard Morrissey?
48:24
It's obviously Morrissey. Come on, Kevin, you're better
48:27
than that. I mean, it might be only one
48:30
that's like this is this is obviously in anticipation of
48:32
what you know Dowdy will be when it's fully ramped up, you know
48:36
back. To now he's like 50 years old.
48:39
No Morris Morris's. You were the one that was
48:41
desperately wanted to stash Drew Dowdy.
48:43
Yeah, as a free, as a free last year for draft like, yeah, no,
48:46
I'll take him. For free.
48:47
Josh Morrissey has been less good than you think, though.
48:50
It doesn't matter because Daddy hasn't been good.
48:52
But I think Daddy can be good and the great playoff schedule,
48:55
too. Yeah, but I'd rather I'd rather
48:58
the power play quarterback on Winnipeg than on LA any day of
49:01
the week, even with a red hot Kevin Fiala.
49:05
I don't. I don't like.
49:07
Dogs Drew Drew Doughty or or Noah Dobson.
49:09
Rest of season Dobson. Easy.
49:10
Really. Yeah.
49:11
OK. You're really low on Dowdy.
49:12
Yeah, I don't think he's, I don't think he's my top like 30
49:16
defensemen, maybe top 25. Or Hamilton.
49:20
Hamilton. Easy.
49:21
Hamilton Wow, that. Doesn't get much peripheral and
49:26
he's not doing much with his power play one.
49:27
Position or Hudson. Hudson.
49:29
Hudson. OK, so I I just completely.
49:32
I think you misjudged how much? How?
49:34
Daddy or Sanheim? Dowdy.
49:36
There you go. We're going all the way to.
49:38
The line, That's the line. Yeah, I know it's.
49:40
The line No Jake Waldman or Dowdy.
49:42
Woman. Woman OK, so just doubt he's on
49:45
waivers then? Monitor.
49:47
I'll take Doughty over month. That's a close one, Morgan,
49:50
right, The closest. I'll take Dowdy over.
49:52
Riley. I'll take Riley over.
49:53
Jackson Lacombe. OK bro, welcome's the.
49:56
Best. OK, let's move on to the next.
49:59
One shocking. Wait, no, Jackson, look over do
50:01
that. But no, I take Daddy.
50:05
No. Come on, come, go.
50:06
Forward turn. He loves saying that.
50:09
Yeah. Jackie loves look home so much
50:11
that he dropped him and then treated for him.
50:15
Yeah, I feel like that the background story matters a tad,
50:19
but like, it's not fair. That's the biggest part of that.
50:22
Trade Alright, this is this is a good.
50:24
One OK goalie time Joey Decord or Jeremy Swagman.
50:28
This is this is a thinker. I'm going with Joey, OK?
50:33
Woo. Yeah, yeah, I.
50:35
So you're tricked out on Boston. Yeah.
50:37
I mean, I'm pretty sure I saw a quote from them pretty much
50:39
saying we're sellers and we're like giving up on the season.
50:41
So that's not a good. Sign was not necessarily.
50:45
The questions team wise, I think they're kind of like the same.
50:49
I don't like either of their teams.
50:50
I just think having a really off year and records, having an
50:53
unreal year. Imagine if the senator is never
50:56
traded to Cord or Gustafson. There's no way Boston the
51:00
seller. Right there, really fun.
51:01
Yeah, had to buy all Mark. Two points out of a playoff
51:05
spot. Yeah, how many teams behind?
51:08
There's they they are even on points where they have Columbus
51:12
has last wild card spot at 64 points, then it's Ottawa 62,
51:15
Rangers 62. But I don't.
51:16
Think they're out of it, but I think this is a quote that I
51:19
saw. That was why I remember.
51:20
I remember. It was more games in hand.
51:22
I'm surprised that they would give up this early like this
51:25
close to being in the playoffs, but that's what they said.
51:29
I think I'm going to go swimming in the anticipation that they
51:33
don't do that. I figure I'd rather swim in, but
51:35
like, just because like I feel like the ceiling for women's
51:39
higher, you know? I feel like.
51:41
There should they could. Boston could go on a run and
51:44
make the playoffs. Like that's not out of the
51:46
question, yeah, either. Like everybody expected them to
51:48
be a top four team in the playoff team.
51:49
Where is like I don't know, maybe it's just vibes wise.
51:52
I feel like Seattle. Was awful.
51:55
They're really. Yeah, they're just not.
51:57
Really good. Yeah, I would say swimming.
52:00
I just think the ceiling is there.
52:01
Really. You too, Josh?
52:05
Yeah, that's very close. Yeah, Kevin and I are the court
52:08
on this one. Little bit of French French
52:11
buffoonery there. OK, I have no shot.
52:16
This is really good to actually. Last one, maybe the last.
52:20
Would you rather ever understand?
52:23
Of the season, Obviously of the season.
52:27
Works out otherwise. Dylan Strome or Nick Suzuki.
52:32
OK, let me put it this way. Yeah, if my girl and my Suzuki
52:36
are both drowning, you could the big deal Nick at my girls
52:41
funeral because it's a big nick over any.
52:45
Chick OK. You had that rehearse.
52:52
Where did that come from? All the journey, OK, OK.
52:57
When was Suzuki? Um, I think he is the the like
53:04
Homer here, like yeah, he's the best player in.
53:06
The league, but still I still think I'm gonna go Suzuki.
53:10
I just, yeah, I'm just gonna go Suzuki Luke Zuke cuz.
53:17
Let me just put it this way. You should have gone to the
53:24
hospital yet. Well, well, I don't know.
53:29
I mean realistically like. Who gets more points rest of
53:32
season? I could say strong, but like, I
53:35
just feel as if like, you know, this is so cool.
53:40
OK, here's here's how you could put it.
53:42
Yeah, I'm gonna do it. There's no.
53:52
One thing I like to look at with like when you have two guys with
53:55
like such similar numbers as this is you look at who's more
53:59
crucial to their team. Yeah, and Suzuki is the guy on
54:02
Montreal. He's the captain.
54:03
He's like the central point Strome is.
54:06
He may be the number one centre on Ovechkins line, but he's not,
54:08
you know, I don't think he's the top like 2, like most important
54:11
pieces on that team. Yeah.
54:15
Well, you're really great. So it's like, you could say the
54:18
Washington's going to score a lot more, but Strome's going to
54:21
be. Involved in less.
54:22
Yeah, he's gonna have a lower percentage of his team's points
54:27
than Suzuki will. And I happen to think that the
54:30
Habs, who had a crazy streak and then decided to be horrible and
54:34
they are going to finish the season strong, maybe not as far
54:37
as winning, but as far as goal scoring, it's gonna be better
54:39
than it was. So because he's such an integral
54:41
part of the Canadian team, the best player on the team.
54:44
Yeah, and he's on the same line as second-half slash.
54:47
Yeah, there we go. Now I'm gonna go with Suzuki.
54:52
You too. Yeah, well.
54:54
Put it this way. OK, we last.
55:01
Would you rather bonus? Would you?
55:03
Rather, who's your answer? Yeah, Suzuki, would you rather?
55:08
Who would you save off a Cliff? Nick Suzuki or your wife?
55:14
Let me put it this way, if my girl and Suzuki are both
55:18
drowning. No problem, something just made
55:22
it. Up it was just like meme on the
55:24
half subreddit from like a couple years ago, and I just
55:28
like added stuck in my head. So I'd be I would say it to like
55:30
my wife all the time and actually for my birthday cards,
55:33
like she wrote like that the entire like thing.
55:36
That's really funny. Let me put it this way.
55:43
Oh, that's so funny. OK.
55:45
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55:47
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56:26
Yeah, right. Like if you were on a Cliff.
56:32
Let me put it in a turn you could understand.
56:35
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56:38
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