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Barbara Bound Bound Banger Management Fantasy Hockey
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podcast. Woo.
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Sound like a gargoyle noise I I. Was trying to do my woo in a
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normal fashion and then I heard what you sound, the sound you
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made and I was just confused. I just made a little wow.
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It was more that. He's done a lot crazier than
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that, honestly. I have, I'm have.
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I'm surprised. I'm.
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It's it's these unique, unique pitches that he's able to.
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They don't comment through go for nothing.
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Ohhhhh my God. Alright, let's let's dive in.
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We've got a lot to cover today. Yeah, so today we gonna be doing
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our Week 2 news and updates episode along with some would
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you rathers at the end, which is always a nice spicy segment.
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It's a favorite. On into the season.
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This is like Week 1 and Week 2. It's our first news episode.
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Like kind of both. Yeah, exactly.
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First one of the season, which is cool.
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Basically, these are news stories from around the league
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and we're going to kind of dive into the fantasy ramifications
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that each one of them has. Could be something that seems
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small that could end up having like, you know, a lot of
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significance further down. So we're going to dissect that
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some contracts, extensions, etc, and what that can actually mean
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for deployment. There's a lot of value in this,
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so stay. Tuned and yeah, lots of
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hundreds. But.
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Not to be confused with Timbits. I don't think anyone was, but
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good, good, good point, Kevin. It's.
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Pretty out there. All right, so we dive into some
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tidbits. Yes, all right, bits we shall
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have. I don't know if this is a
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tidbit, this is like a gigantic bit, but Connor McDavid, the
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second best Connor Mick in the league, reassigns with Edmonton.
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Two years, 12.5 million. What a crazy, crazy underpay.
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He clearly only cares about winning super huge respective.
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Every team wishes that their star player would do this.
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But the two years is very interesting, right?
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He's like, I'll take the pay cut, but we have to win in the
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next two years. Obviously kicks in after this
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year. So it's really three-year
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window. But he's telling them, look,
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I'll use that money to build us a winning team.
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But I saw a funny quote by him actually, he was like, he was
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like, Lenny's not going to go hungry with the few with the
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with that money. So I'm not worried.
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Lenny's dog so. I was toward the waiver wire for
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Leddy I couldn't find. It.
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Yeah, it's lady, calls Leon. I don't know, would be the worst
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nickname, but yeah, I mean I. Just go ahead.
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Why would you take this amount of money?
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That's like the suspicious thing.
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Obviously it's pretty good. He could have made more of a
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12.5. It's still a lot like.
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I mean he's not gonna take a mil like he's.
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Still no, obviously, but. Like bug but.
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You're saying you're taking 10? Yeah, 910.
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Why not? I mean, it's 2 1/2.
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Two years, that's all. I mean, he's also like, it's his
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life and he only has so many playing years in him, right?
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He's got to maximize his earnings and he's already taking
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a pay cut. So you can't be like, why do you
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take more of a pay cut? He's probably like, weird.
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Balance. Illinois, the last in the league
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and he's taking 12.5 and we. Took 16 mil right?
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No Westerville 16 or 17 mil. 16 1/2.
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OK so McDavid taking 4 mil less than Kaprizov is a ridiculous
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pay cut. I don't think anyone anyone what
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about trying to take a bigger pay cut?
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Yeah, Crosby's obviously massive, but it's not the same.
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But Crosby was doing it in an era where the cap was lower as
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well. Yeah, so.
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Yeah, he's also like 38. Yeah, I know.
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I don't know. I just feel like it's like a
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weird balance. At the end of the day, it's a
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really great thing that he did this.
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Just I don't know if it's. The needle really good, 6 to $8
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million. You could have asked for 20 mil,
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yeah. Yeah, but what, what are they
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going to do with this extra money as my.
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Sign somebody? Yeah, get a goalie.
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Maybe. That's you don't think the other
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two and a half million would have worked?
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I don't know. To me, it's still, it's a great
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move. It's noble.
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It's a good. Idea.
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You hear this, Connor McDavid? You should think less money.
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It's like like 10 versus 12 1/2 would could make the difference
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between signing like a really good player and like a mix
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player. I don't know.
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I think they. Still running really good player
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with the savings or making the 12.5, especially given the cap
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is gonna go up significantly in the next couple of years as
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well. Like I just think it skills
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really well. The biggest honestly the fantasy
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ramifications from this deal like whether you think it's
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direct or indirect, but this shows me more about like the
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mindset of McDavid this season and it's win at all costs pretty
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much like these next three years.
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All he cares about is winning. I I, if you follow us on TikTok
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like I made a post about this, but like I can really see
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McDavid dropping like his career year this year if it's in the
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cards if he's healthy like that just kind of seems what he's
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determined to do. Does that sway me from taking
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him second overall instead of a McKinnon?
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Like I don't think so. I still think like the the
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playoff schedule edges me out there, but yeah, I just.
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He's going to be a beast this year.
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He's going to be a beast this year.
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I'm I really want exposure to the power play now and I don't
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have any so. Yeah, same good year to have dry
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slightly, Jakey. Yes, it's gonna be nice.
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Yeah, we'll see how it goes. It's just the the length of the
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contract is really the glaring elements of him being able to
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have an insane year. It doesn't mean that he's not
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gonna be signed in two years. It just means that he's gonna
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get what he's worth in two years.
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Yeah, might take. That point, it could have just
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taken 2 1/2 less, but whatever. Alright.
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OK, let's go to #2. Alright, Mackenzie Blackwood is
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day-to-day and missed the first game of the season, but he's
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back to practicing with the main group and should be back soon.
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In the meantime, look at Scott Wedgewood to take the load.
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He definitely taking the load but.
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Oh my God, I knew right? When I said it, you set me up on
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me. You set me up.
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But I mean, listen, Wedgwood is one of the better backups in the
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league. I feel like you can be confident
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that when Blackwood is coming back on the ice because they're
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fully confident in his health, because they're they're very
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happy with Wedgwood guarding the crease in his absence.
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So definitely monitor that. Does this make me somewhat
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concerned about Blackwood's, you know, his potential health
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throughout the whole season? It definitely gives me like an
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asterisk next to him being like, well, you might see this be
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something that lingers. He had surgery in May.
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Like nobody knew about that. But that's kind of why this
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process has been longer than anticipated.
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And he's been known for being an injury riddled goalie in the
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past. So just having to keep an eye on
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it. I know I'm more, my eyes are
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kind of glued to the situation because I have Scott Wedgewood
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and I got good value on him. But Blackwood, when he's
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healthy, he should be the guy. Yeah, he got the money for it
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and it. Was that money?
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Being here. Yeah, exactly.
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George had him. I mean, you could speak to him
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more than me, but no, he's. Unreal.
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If he's healthy, there's no question in my mind that he's
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easily the one and not in one age.
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Just a full 1 goalie. I wouldn't be surprised if
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Wedgewood gets more starts this year than you did last though.
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The only reason my mind Wedgwood getting more starts is if
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they're trying to load managed Blackwood because he's not full
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yield. That's the only reason.
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Injury aside, Blackwood's the clear number one and no question
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about that. And he would get a full full #1
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load but. But why do you keep doing?
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That I don't know. It's just I can't think of one
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other. Word you say workload OK.
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Yeah. I'm sorry I didn't get that load
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baby. Sorry.
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Anyways. No, I just said our.
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Viewers aren't as dirty minded as you Kevin.
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And that they knew what I meant. Oh, they should hear you guys
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talk about off the pod so. Yeah, so, so Scott is giving
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them all the wood they need and that's basically it.
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Oh my God. OK, moving on #3 GOAT of all
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time drop offs in players. I don't know if that makes
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sense. Anyways, Jonathan Hooper dough
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is on IR. Yeah, I don't know what people
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expect from this year, but an injured start is not the
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resurgence people are hoping for.
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Expect Farabee to take his spot on power play one in his
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absence. Yes, Jackie, I know you
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mentioned Farabee and we laughed at you, so you can revel in it
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for a little. Bit reveling that was the.
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Anyway, here's Wonderwall of of transitions.
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That was the way that you described those funny, sad.
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Yeah, yeah, it's it's like a massive drop off.
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Obviously he was one at one point.
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Amazing. And now Huberdeau was really
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just like a nothing asset for fantasy.
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I'm not super high by any means on Farabi.
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I don't know how great this power play specifically is going
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to be, but it's a nice thing to know that he's there, that
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there's not much. There.
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Yeah, it's like it makes him. Wrong.
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He has a warm, super warm. Present It's your emotional
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support therapy. This really doesn't change too
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much for me, like about Calgary and the fantasy outlook there.
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Do you, do you guys see anything significant here at all?
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No, no, I I think this Calgary team has a lot of young guys
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that are kind of like on waivers in your leagues that could have
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some values like the fair bees, the frost sharing Govich, like
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those type of guys that I'm sure some of them will be fantasy
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relevant this season, mostly in your deeper leagues.
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But as well, while Humberto was out like he's the line 1P1 kind
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of guy. That's a lot of minutes to go
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around. Whoever's gonna get that spot.
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You gotta take a look. So.
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Yep, Yep, just go to the next. Alright, UPL, UCO, Pekka
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Lucanian 6K is week to week with an injury.
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Alex Lyon should be the starter in his absence.
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Georgiev got picked up to be the backup while UPL was injured.
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And then when you have the chance to grab Colton Ellis off
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waivers, you just gotta take it. And so gone.
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And Colton Ellis is the backup. But yeah, Alex Line should be
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the starter until UPL comes back.
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And Kevin drafted UPL as his only healthy goalie this year.
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And then like 2 days after the traffic got hurt so.
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So we're all having a good time. Last preseason game he got hurt.
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Lions not a bad backup. He'll be serviceable.
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Not gonna win a lot of games. I don't know how much this
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actually changes and I would say he's roster able in the meantime
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you could do. Worse.
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Yeah. I mean, while UPS out, he'll
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have the lions share the starts. Were you sitting on that one?
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I just came to me and I was like, gotta get that in there.
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Deepened puns. Yeah.
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I was gonna make a load joke when he taught when he said he
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just came to him, but anyways. I moving on.
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Actually, first of all, I will say if you can stash UPL on your
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IR, I would highly consider doing that.
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I feel like Buffalo is one of those sneaky teams that people
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are either like projecting lots into division or like a fringe
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playoff team. So in this early season window
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where we're not really sure where they're going to land,
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like getting a golden like QPL who has some potential to be
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actually a good goalie and just stash him on your IR is not the
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worst move. Yep.
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Yep. Alright, so you were asking
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where that Connor McDavid money goes and this next piece of news
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should tell you. Edmonton resigned Jake Walman to
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a 7 * 7 mil contract and people's reactions were like oh
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that's a good deal. In my mind I'm like this is a
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huge overpay and I like Walman but I don't know what you guys
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think of this. I think that if he took the
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extra 2 and a half million off they could have gone Luke
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Hughes. So literally, so that's what I
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think that's almost Jackson Company exactly.
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Exactly. Yeah, sorry Kevin, I just
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needed. To you had some valuable input.
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What I was going to say is I feel like this is a if you're
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looking at Jake Walman and like his underlying metrics, like
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he's actually like a really good NHL defenseman.
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So I'm not surprised. I mean, could he have gone like
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between 5:00 and 6:00? Like, yeah, but seven years?
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I think they're just like locking down a top 4 defenseman
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on their roster. And I think it's good for them,
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for them as a team. I think also one thing to note
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is the whole rising cap thing. So a lot of these contracts that
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are getting signed this year might seem kind of crazy, but
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then with the rising cap, they're not going to look that
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yet. So that is one thing to say
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about that. So I don't think it's as bad as
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my first reaction to it, but I saw 7 * 7 for Wallman, who's
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like your 4th D and I'm like or third, yeah, 4th.
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And I'm like, whoa, what's going on?
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But honestly, it's it's pretty solid, tidy piece of work as
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they say. And then you'll be saying.
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That woman. Yeah, you.
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Know Jake Walman the way I do, and by that I mean I played
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basketball with him randomly outside.
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One day by chance you'll know that he's a nice guy that has a
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really good locker room presence.
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And yeah, I obviously think that this is like an overpay on
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paper, but he's one of those irrelevant for most fantasy
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leagues, but very solid IRL defenseman.
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So yeah, I don't, I don't hate that he's there, but I guess
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they probably could have probably paid him 5 1/2.
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Just also just goes to show like Eiserman, like paying to get him
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off the team, he looks worse and worse every single moment.
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So the big question mark, so true.
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All right, next one. Alright, Drake Batherson was
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placed on IR but has been skating.
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Expect Shane Pinto to take his spot on P1 until he returns.
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I don't think this is a long term thing by any means.
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I think it's a week or two Max, but in the meantime if you need
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a streamer, Shane Pinto bet. On as as we as we record this
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like he's she'd been told bet on it needs to be like I don't
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think we can. That just feels wrong to say
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anyways, don't bet on the chain. Don't do it.
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But yeah, Batherson, I feel like he's just they have two games in
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Week 1. He missed the first one.
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He's probably going to play the second one as a record this like
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that hasn't happened yet. So I I think Batherson this
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season is going to be sick and I have the bathrooms in Dillon
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cousin stack so I'm hyped. About that, no, you have the
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Batherson, Dylan Cousins, Brady Kuchuk, Jake Sanderson, Stack I.
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Got 4 out of five without P1. Maybe that's the only one that I
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don't have is getting all those power plays so.
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Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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So this might be nothing, but if Batherson still out when you
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hear this then Pinto could be a good replacement.
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Short term I actually like Pinto a lot and he gets shorties so.
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He's a good player. It's because of the.
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I mean, he bet on this. Yeah, exactly.
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He misses a large portion of his career that he hasn't been able
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to develop properly, but just. Can't get P1 which is why.
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He's not exactly. He's also.
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Doing High School Musical. That's actually what I was
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thinking when I. Said yeah, me too.
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OK, I'm glad we are on the same page.
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Yeah, yeah. So, so Cousins and Bothersome
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are probably gonna be the ones to play together, but there's a
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chance that Pinto may play with Batherson.
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Who knows? Nevertheless, I actually like
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Pinto and I think he can. He's not gonna stay power play
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one over Batherson, but he can make a name for himself to get
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good Einstein all year. So this could be a good
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opportunity to pick him up and potentially hold her long hold
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longer term. Yeah, if you're in a really
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deeply like, he's definitely worth looking at.
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It's really deep. Alright.
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Next we've got JT Miller and Artemi Panarin, missed training
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camp, but they're back and healthy to start the season.
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But they had a slow start their first game and the coach said
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that they're gonna have to get ramped up to get back up to game
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speed. If you have them, I would say
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even though I can't listen to my own advice, I wouldn't freak out
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after one bad game and I'll get back up to speed within a week
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or two, I think. But it's easier said than done.
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JT was my first pick, was Kevin's second pick, and I think
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we were both very unenthused with how that first game for
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them. If your name is Josh and you're
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in a league with someone named Jake, that's the only time that
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you should panic sell JT Miller. I will sell them to you for a
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tricycle. No Bugs Bunny meme.
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OK, good. I wouldn't.
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I wouldn't. That's where negotiations
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ceased. But I yeah, obviously both of
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these guys are gonna be studs. There's nothing to worry about
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here. I'm Artemin Panarin owner for
17:18
the first time, so definitely not off to a great start in my
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fantasy week with him on my team.
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But I'm not worried about either of these guys.
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Like these guys are too important to the success of this
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Rangers team. Like they're not going to let
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what happened last year happen again this year.
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I believe in Mike Sullivan. I just think that this team may
17:35
have made, it may take a week or two for them to get the, well,
17:39
they said the ball rolling, but maybe the puck rolling.
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And yeah, and once that happened, I feel like it's gonna
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be all systems go. Like they just need to get some
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more, get some more time under the legs.
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On the other side of things, though, if you're not the JT
17:51
Miller owner or Tommy Finneran owner and they have a couple
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more slow games, I'd be all over those bylaws, yeah.
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Absolutely. And then next week we'll do our
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first policy iteration of buy low, sell high.
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So those are always the spiciest ones the beginning of the season
18:05
because people are quick to overreact to what's happening.
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So it's. Josh.
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Killed himself for those who. Can't.
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Can't you see? Not because you're blind, but
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mostly because we don't have video for this podcast.
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Yeah, mostly because you might be like this, we don't know.
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Alright, let's go to the next one.
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This one is close to Jake's heart.
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Cole Perfetti is out week to week with an ankle injury.
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Expect Alex I follow to take his P1 spot in his absence.
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Jakey, who did you curse to get all these injuries before the
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season even starts? This one is last real bull
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bleep, OK. And.
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I don't know why. I mean, last year I had horrible
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injury. Look too.
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This year, I have him and Hagel, who are both experiencing some
18:54
injury issues. I'm not worried about Perfetti's
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production when he comes back. I'm excited about it.
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In fact, it's just like, yeah, this sucks.
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Yeah, it really sucks. We were all excited about him
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coming in and like. This right into that power play
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1. Yeah, it's I'm not necessarily
19:13
thinking that he's a young guy, and it's not like this is gonna
19:17
make me like he's someone I really want to keep.
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So unless my IR gets flooded with absolute studs, I'm not
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dropping him week to week. Does suck, though.
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Do you know what kind of exactly Yeah, that was?
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You dropped them and then the guy wanted to lead picked them
19:32
up. But I couldn't hold them for
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like 6 months. Like I remember you dropped him
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instead of somebody else though if I was called, yeah.
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Sure, but you ended up dropping both.
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Yeah, cause. It's as long as injury was more
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like what? What's Perfetti's timeline do
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you know? It's just week to week so I I
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feel like it's like at least two weeks.
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OK, I can. Live with not month to month, so
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it's not the end of. The world, The thing is like
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week to week, it's always like day-to-day or week to week.
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So it's like or indefinitely. But whenever it's week to week,
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like it could realistically be like 6 weeks.
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Like it's just, I wouldn't say that's the most likely scenario,
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but like there would still say week.
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Even if he was like over a month away.
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Yeah, but I think, I don't think they say week to week for like
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longer than six weeks. I.
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Think I don't know because everything some injuries like
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they're reevaluating in a couple weeks.
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So it's just like week to week. It's just like, Oh yeah, we'll
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check next week and see how he's progressing and then.
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He'll sure like it could end up happening, but if they knew like
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from the get go that it was gonna be longer than that, I
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don't think they would call it week to week.
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I. Think no, no cooked coming out.
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Day-to-day, week to week and you got cooked and I don't know if
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IR plus takes cooked but. Who should upper body quits
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hockey to become a chef? Yeah.
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Is it officially cooked? His ankle is al dente.
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God, alright, let's move on to a couple of resignings.
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So Nashville signed Luke Evangelista to a 2 * 3 mil
21:03
contract extension. I don't know why this took so
21:06
freaking long. Yeah, slots.
21:07
It's just being very silly as a GM Don't ruin the relationship
21:12
with a young guy like this. Over .5 million a year where
21:16
your team isn't even competing. I think it's a no brainer.
21:18
Because he just overpaid everybody on free agency last
21:20
year, so he has to penny pinch with his young his young
21:23
players. This year, which is the exact
21:24
opposite thing you want to be. Doing exactly, yeah, that's a
21:27
natural part. Would be awful this year again.
21:29
It would have been a great addition to Edmonton if they
21:31
were able to afford it. Anyway, yeah, not all, but
21:36
realistically. Realistically.
21:39
Take 9 1/2 instead of 12 1/2 so you can look.
21:42
Eventually I'm saying there could have been Luke Evangelista
21:46
and the Oilers, but he's actually Evangelista.
21:49
Very good. Play.
21:51
Yeah, I'm actually excited. He's a watchlist.
21:52
Guy yeah, I know it doesn't seem like he could crack power play
21:55
one, but he he can like they're not.
21:58
This is not a sudden stone power play 1, even though the roster
22:01
seems like it should be he's good.
22:03
He always performs well and I'd be surprised if you're rostering
22:09
him now, but watch this for sure like Kevin said.
22:12
Yeah, listen, he has better deployment than Jonathan
22:14
Marshall, so, so. Yeah.
22:17
Marshall is playing line three with Holland Bunting and
22:20
Evangelista is playing with a sketch Gov and Stamkos online
22:23
too. So listen, anything can happen,
22:26
yeah. Alright, we've got a big one
22:30
here. Minnesota signed Philip
22:31
Gustafson to A5 year 6.8 million contract extension.
22:35
As bad as the Kaprizov contract is, this is an amazing contract.
22:40
Obviously, first of all, Capri soft contract, you gotta give
22:43
him what he wants. He's your star player and he's
22:44
that good of a player. Obviously just held them for.
22:46
Him. That's it exactly.
22:48
But yeah, no, this is a really good contract for a goalie of
22:51
his caliber. Yeah, he's a a bona fide starter
22:55
on a very good team. And this just speaks to like
22:59
this, this money, this term, et cetera, just speaks to the fact
23:03
that Walstead is gonna be the backup for the next few years,
23:07
which is very interesting because when you drop the goalie
23:10
that high, I mean, this is not as glaringly questionable as
23:14
what Florida did with Spencer Knight and Sergey Barowski.
23:18
But I'm still kind of confused as to what they're thinking
23:21
they're going to do with Walstad.
23:24
This is just a score of 2.0 to me to be honest.
23:26
Yeah, what do you mean with with Saros?
23:29
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, similar idea with
23:32
literally the exact same probably exactly.
23:35
Yeah, I just, I don't know why you're gonna drop the gully so
23:37
high and then do this, I guess. Whatever thing is, when you have
23:41
a goal that's performing like you don't wanna, they're so
23:44
volatile and anything can happen that when you have a good one,
23:47
like, you don't wanna mess it up.
23:48
So like, yeah, well said is a highly touted prospect, but why
23:50
take the chance? Unlike that potential.
23:53
Yeah, Well, you know, Gus is good.
23:55
And like he can. Turn into anything.
23:56
He can even turn into Gustafson. Yeah, exactly.
24:01
Yeah, yeah, it's like it's a great IRL move and it means he's
24:05
gonna be the number one guy this year for sure.
24:07
So yeah, yeah, all right, this is the next one.
24:11
Sucks for me, but seriously signs Luke Hughes to a 7 * 9 mil
24:16
contract extension and he seems to be taking over Power Play 1.
24:21
I think this, I don't think this is just to follow that money
24:23
situation because Hamilton has the same contract.
24:25
I think this is a my brother is Jackie situation and he wants me
24:29
on Power Play 1. So put me there.
24:32
I don't know if that's the case because last year it wasn't.
24:35
I think it's the case. Because like he was, he was P1.
24:39
Everything was nice in the world.
24:40
And then like this contract got signed and instantly Luke Hughes
24:43
became P1 so. Yeah, I mean.
24:47
Honestly, it doesn't make much sense in the World is hilarious.
24:50
It doesn't make much sense to me because how good the power play
24:54
was last year and how bad the power play was the year before
24:56
that. So and Hamilton is a power play
25:00
quarterback. That's what he does.
25:02
I get they want to develop like uses the futures, they want to
25:04
develop him I guess, but why are you keeping Hamilton if you're
25:08
not gonna play on Power Play 1? I don't know.
25:10
At this point. Salty because I.
25:12
Checked Yeah, in Quinn Hughes career, it was his fourth year
25:15
that he really had like a true proper breakout.
25:18
Even though to date like in their first three years, Quinn
25:22
was significantly better than Luke.
25:24
Nevertheless, it could be a decent sign, especially after
25:28
getting paid. I don't really believe that he's
25:35
like I think a big portion of why you got the money because
25:38
who Quinn is more than jog because Queens also defenseman.
25:41
Yeah, and I wouldn't be I wouldn't be panicking on Dougie
25:44
the way you are because he could still be pretty useful.
25:48
Yeah, yeah. Listen, we'll see.
25:50
I. Know lots.
25:53
Yeah, I'm not super dumb. This makes me just more high on
25:56
Luke, which obviously means I'm less high on Dougie, but not
26:01
like in a detrimental manner. Like you can go in hindsight and
26:05
not have picked him, but I'm sure if he stays healthy all
26:07
year you're gonna be happy with the production.
26:09
This is exactly what's going to happen like 2 years ago when
26:13
Luke Hughes started off on PP1 and all the doggie owners which
26:18
I was one of those like that year he still put up the same
26:22
peripherals that he always does. Like he hovers around 3:00 lots
26:25
of game, he gets you like one hit, he gets you one block and
26:28
he'll chip in points here and there.
26:30
And he's actually like a very good defenseman.
26:32
And that you're Luke Hughes was horrible on the power play and
26:34
they still kept him there. Then the following year they put
26:37
Dougie on there, which was last year and they're extremely
26:39
successful. But at the end of the season
26:41
last year when we saw Dougie was hurt, Luke, he's had that spot
26:43
and he was very successful with it.
26:45
So I'm not honest, I'm not not surprised that they're going
26:48
with him. It just feels like right now
26:50
Doug is probably still better. It's just like a preference
26:52
thing I guess and a Jack Hughes thing maybe if you still have
26:56
Dougie. I'm not panicking, panicking off
27:00
the bat. I'm definitely trying to send
27:01
some feeler offers and try to get them off your roster.
27:05
Maybe a lateral move or honestly like a slight slight upgrade in
27:10
the package and just not deal with that headache this year.
27:16
Yep, yeah. Josh is the banging his head
27:19
against the wall as I say this. Yeah, yeah.
27:22
It's moving on, Yeah. Moving on, I love.
27:27
Yeah, this is great. So Anaheim signed the former
27:31
forward Jackson Lacombe to. Which used to be a forward.
27:35
Yeah, that's a lot of people don't know that actually, but
27:39
they signed him to an 8 * 9 mil contract extension.
27:43
This is a clear follow that money situation.
27:45
I mean, not that it was in doubt that he was the power play one
27:47
QB for for Anaheim, but there were a lot of like potential
27:51
ones nipping at his heels, right?
27:53
People were talking about Zellweger Michkov.
27:55
Now if there was ever any doubt, it's gone.
27:57
Like is the guy he's there #1 defenseman for the next 8 years
28:01
and and honestly he deserves it. Yeah, he played really well.
28:05
Honestly, it kind of feels like they're they're paying him like
28:07
with a projection in mind as well.
28:09
Like he, yeah, I wouldn't say he, he's done enough on the ice
28:12
to warrant the contract like this, but they're like banking
28:14
on this kid like taking multiple steps up and also like the fact
28:18
that the cap is going to go up and this number will just like
28:20
age gracefully. Yeah 100%.
28:23
That's what you gotta do if you really want to win the cup.
28:26
You gotta lock down your young guys before they fully prove it.
28:29
And I mean, it's kind of like Habs did with Slash, right?
28:31
Was like an 8 * 8, like definitely wasn't worth it at
28:34
the time. You hope that overtime it
28:37
becomes worth it and it could become a huge deal.
28:39
So I think that's definitely the right move to do, and I think
28:42
it's gonna pay off with Become. The biggest question to me after
28:44
these lawsuit names is Luke Hughes gets 7 * 9, Jackson
28:47
Lacombe gets 8 * 9. What does Lane Hudson get?
28:49
That is. The and we are, we are Montreal
28:51
Canadiens fans, Montreal natives.
28:53
So like big, big talking point right now.
28:56
But I heard Ken Hughes not worried about it.
28:58
So I'm not worried about it. Yeah, we trust.
29:03
Yeah, I think it's gonna be a good contract in hindsight, even
29:09
though obviously it does seem like an overpay.
29:12
And he was great. I loved owning him last year.
29:16
I, I, I wonder if because he used to be a forward, they'll be
29:22
thinking that the, the career trajectory for him can be
29:27
similar to like that of Brent Burns.
29:29
You know what I mean? Like that's, that's like the
29:32
most direct comp that I can think about for him.
29:36
I would say they're betting on it, but.
29:40
It's just like that could be like inspiration for that's
29:46
funny, but that that could be like the inspiration for like
29:49
where their their heads are out. It's like, oh, this guy could
29:51
turn into doing something like that.
29:53
Because not many have transitioned from forward to
29:55
defenseman so successfully as we know.
29:58
Jackson come to that. But yeah, I love it.
30:01
I love the Ducks this year. I'm really excited.
30:02
And Elaine Hudson, question mark.
30:04
You're right, Kevin. I mean, who knows?
30:06
Does he get 10? Very doesn't have to get at
30:08
least 10. She should.
30:10
He definitely would deserve that based on the the contracts we're
30:14
seeing now. I guess we shall see.
30:17
And when he does get something, it will be in our news episode,
30:19
don't you worry. All right, next we got Winnipeg
30:23
signed Kyle Connor to an 8 * 12 mil contract extension.
30:29
That's like a huge. Resigning, yeah, this is well
30:32
deserved to me. I think he's one of the most
30:34
underrated superstars in the NHL and I do think he's deserving of
30:37
that title. He's really, really good and has
30:40
been the number one scoring threat on this Winnipeg team,
30:44
which has been amazing. And they're not gonna be as good
30:45
if you listen to our Central Division rankings.
30:49
This is my, that was my take. But all kidding aside, like,
30:51
he's really, really great. And I'm very excited to that he
30:55
got the money and what they can actually do with him leading
30:59
them. Yeah, yeah.
31:00
I don't think this has any fantasy impact though, because
31:03
it's very unsurprising. He was always there best player
31:06
going into the season and he's still their best player.
31:09
Yep. Great deal, yeah.
31:12
Moving on, Edmonton signed Matthias Ecome to a 3 * 4 mill
31:15
contract extension. Is that maybe some of them make
31:20
deep in money? I think it is we're seeing a
31:23
term on these deals. I mean, I mean woman got 7 but
31:27
Echo for three years like that's pretty close to the timeline
31:30
that they're going for for their win now mode.
31:33
So that's surprising. 4 million for him I think is a good deal
31:36
as well. Yeah, nothing crazy here, seems
31:39
just a very solid deal. Yeah, totally IRL, nothing to do
31:42
with fantasy. Yeah, and lastly, Vegas signed
31:46
Jack Eichel to an 8 * 13.5. Million Another blockbuster.
31:50
Yeah, these are huge. This is supposed to be such an
31:53
lighting free agency, like it towards the end of the year and
31:57
just all the big names are just getting resigned, which I mean,
31:59
makes perfect sense because most teams don't let their massive
32:02
names go. But still, it's a bit of a let
32:05
down for fans of free agency. But for fans of the Golden
32:08
Knights, it's a huge win because Eichel is that guy.
32:12
So that's a big contract. I like it a lot.
32:15
Yeah, I actually really, really think that Eichel is is also one
32:20
of the most underrated superstars in the league.
32:22
You know, like, they don't. You don't talk about him in that
32:24
conversation. I don't know if he's ever
32:26
actually cracked 100 points, but it easily could be a year where
32:31
he gets there. And for the first time since
32:34
he's been in Vegas, he's playing with a fellow superstar and
32:36
Mitch Marner. So yeah, last year was his
32:38
record for 94. That's why yeah, Yeah, I was.
32:44
And I was gonna say like, I feel like Jack Eichel this year
32:47
playing with Marner, like he could realistically have, like
32:50
they could together have an over 100 point season each.
32:54
Like it's in the realm of outcome, so.
32:55
The only like kind of L in terms of fantasy, like stealing wise
33:00
is that Michael broke out last year.
33:03
So he's already getting priced in for not broke out, but you
33:06
know what I mean? He took that big step last.
33:08
You dropped him the fourth round last year, getting him in like
33:10
1-2 turn. Exactly.
33:12
So it's like if he had waited until this year to have that
33:15
breakout with Marner, it could have been a mega breakout and
33:18
people could have gotten him like, you know, like for like I
33:22
got last year. Either way, I still think he's
33:24
gonna be sick. But I'm just saying it's a it's
33:25
kind of funny how that worked out where he already had the
33:27
breakout this year. So, so yeah, it's already priced
33:30
in even with the Mariner edition.
33:32
Alright, should we move on to our would you Rathers?
33:35
Yes, we absolutely should and I hope you guys did not look at
33:38
them before. I didn't peak, I didn't peak.
33:40
And I'm thinking definitely peaked.
33:43
I can see your face like you're lying.
33:44
I swear I didn't break. I always go right off, give it
33:49
to me live and I give my live reaction for the fans.
33:52
All right, So this is a popular segment that we've been doing
33:55
for the last year where I prepare would you rathers
33:59
usually same position, try to cover multiple positions and off
34:03
the top of the Dome will see what my Co hosts think.
34:06
But number one, we're starting off spicy.
34:08
Would you rather Sam Reinhart or Elias Peterson?
34:13
Wow, I mean, you gotta go Reinhart.
34:16
I I totally get why you're putting this because Reinhart
34:19
just lost Barkov. Every sign points to him having
34:22
a worse year than last year and could Chuck is injured as well.
34:26
And then Peterson, we all think he's gonna have a big bounce
34:29
back year this year. He had a pretty awful year last
34:31
year, but I think the gap was too big, especially if your
34:35
league counts short handed points and hits and shots and
34:39
all that, all that good stuff. I mean, the category coverage.
34:42
I feel like Elias Pettersson is underrated.
34:44
They're like, I like that. I like Patterson a lot.
34:47
He'll he'll be like a I mean last year, which was a bad year
34:50
for him in the back that he was what like one point something
34:52
shots, which is not great, but then like 7 faceoff wins and
34:55
then over a hidden over a block. Yeah, forward is actually
34:58
really, really good. So with the points I love better
35:01
than this year. I really wanted him in the
35:02
fourth round. He got taken 3 picks before me.
35:04
He was going to be my number one choice in the 4th.
35:06
But Reinhardt is a second rounder.
35:09
I would take Reinhart. But as Reinhardt little second
35:11
rounder even after all these injuries.
35:13
After the injuries, I had Reinhart as an early third
35:16
round, but I had Peterson as an early 4th rounder, so I still
35:19
think I prefer Reinhart. Yeah, I like Ron Hearts floor a
35:23
lot and he's proven to be super elite.
35:25
I I don't know what to expect from the Canucks, whereas I
35:28
think that Florida is at least gonna be solid.
35:32
I mean, of course I don't rank them as high as I did after the
35:35
injuries. I have since changed my mind,
35:38
very understandably. Nevertheless, Reinhart is now
35:41
their best player and he succeeds in this system.
35:46
It's going to probably not be as reliable as it has been because
35:50
he's not playing with Barkov right now.
35:52
But you know, I I'd, I'd still take it.
35:56
It's a safer bed to me and I feel like they have similar
35:58
ceilings, just Reinhard as a higher floor.
36:00
If Reinhardt averaged one point per game last season with bar
36:03
code, what is the average this year without barcode?
36:06
Because Sam Bennett or Anton Lundell are not the playmaker
36:10
that Bark Off is. I.
36:11
Think 29 like he. Isn't he's also a really good.
36:14
Better. Yeah.
36:15
He's also a really good player in his own right, right?
36:20
Yeah, exactly that. Yeah, you could kinda thought.
36:28
Yeah, yeah. But anyways, final answer
36:30
Reinhart for me. Same here.
36:32
All right #2 I've got 4 defensemen looking at Roman Yosi
36:39
or Lane Hudson. Ooh, baby.
36:43
Lynn. You know what, I'm going, I'm
36:46
going Hudson. And I know it's crazy, but
36:49
there's so many question marks around Yoshi and honestly, I
36:54
think Lane is going to take a step up in terms of shots on
36:56
goal this year. That's the biggest thing that
36:58
would make me lean Yoshi is the shots.
37:01
But I'm pretty confident and comfortable saying that Hudson's
37:04
going to get more points and more power play points and it's
37:08
just the back hats which are unexciting, whereas the OC has
37:11
great shots. But I think that the points
37:13
difference will be enough. Also, I think Yoshi is going to
37:15
miss a decent chunk of time throughout the year.
37:17
If I could guarantee you Roman Yosi plays 70 games this season,
37:21
does that change your thought process?
37:23
70 versus like 82 of of Hudson. I'm still going hot and 12 games
37:29
a lot. If you give me tell me that
37:33
Yoshi will play the full season or as many games as Hudson, then
37:37
then I think I would take you actually.
37:40
So the games played question then?
37:42
Yeah, I think there's a huge question mark with that injury
37:44
and I just don't see him with his age and the injury history,
37:47
I don't see him playing the full year.
37:50
Basically same answer for me, except 70 games guaranteed it.
37:57
It just depends. Is this Yoshi of old or is this,
38:00
you know what I mean? Like it's exactly cause even
38:03
within a game, if you like plays the game, like maybe he'll be
38:06
the T Higgins of hockey where he's just not gonna finish the
38:09
game and play properly, right? Like he's still gonna be impeded
38:13
by the injury. So I would still take Hudson, I
38:15
guess in all of the scenarios because I believe in the hubs
38:18
and he's going to be the centerpiece on that blue line
38:21
for them. Even with the fact that you know
38:25
who's been better shots blocks in his career than I think
38:27
Hudson's going to achieve this specific year, I'd still rather
38:31
take that healthy Lane Hudson over the questionable Roman Yoc.
38:37
And this sounds I go Hudson, but if you guarantee healthy OC OC.
38:41
Yeah, alright. Well, I can't guarantee healthy.
38:43
So Hudson, it is. It is #3 you're talking about
38:47
goalies. Would you rather Thatcher, Demko
38:50
or UC Saros? Give me the juice.
38:54
This is really, I mean, there's just a question of of a tandem
38:59
versus a starter. I don't think Vancouver's gonna
39:01
be enough better than Nashville to make it worth having a 50%
39:05
goalie over and 100% goalie. This is a really good one,
39:09
actually. I actually think because I think
39:11
both teams are bad and they're both good goalies, but because
39:16
of Demko's injury issues I would take Cyrus as well.
39:20
Sarah was going so late in drafts and then you kind of like
39:23
put him up against like all these other guys and you're just
39:25
like, would you rather this guy, this guy that just comes back to
39:28
like, Sarah's gonna play a lot of games?
39:29
He's still a good goalie And will they be as bad as last
39:32
year? And then you just kind of keep
39:34
bumping them up a little bit. So I'm also on team sorrows, but
39:37
I think if Demco kind of, you know, put the bed, his injury
39:42
issues, like he has a higher ceiling potentially cause I
39:44
actually think this Vancouver team can low key be like
39:46
competitive. Yeah, I mean, you've got our
39:49
steep pains. Well said.
39:55
Well said. Alright, next one is a fun one,
39:59
Alexander Ovechkin or Jason Robertson.
40:03
Wow, I'm going with the Ovi on this one.
40:08
It's oh, it's the the back cats for me are just, I mean, I don't
40:12
think Robertson is a guaranteed three shots on goal get guy.
40:15
Last year I think it was like 2.9.
40:17
And I mean, I think it'll hover around 3:00, but he's not
40:21
guaranteed. That doesn't do anything else
40:23
for back cats. Ovi should get you 3 plus shots,
40:27
one plus hits. And then the points difference I
40:29
don't think is going to be enough.
40:30
I do think Robertson gets more points, but I don't think it's
40:32
going to be enough of a difference to make up for the
40:34
back cuts. Yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna agree
40:38
with Josh again on this one. I I know you.
40:42
I'm actually kind of, you know, surprise because I know you're
40:46
not as low on Robertson as Kevin is, and I also know you're not
40:48
as high on Washington as I am. So I am kind of like, you know,
40:54
in a way, like I'd say, I guess I'm with you on Robertson, but I
40:59
also think that Washington's still gonna be decent.
41:01
So I I like OHV better. I mean, you know, you know my
41:07
answer is going to be. Yeah, for sure, Kevin would take
41:10
our steep aides over. I wanna go that far, I wanna go
41:14
that deep, but yeah. Yeah, there's there's a personal
41:18
vendetta against Robertson. If you want to get the
41:21
reference, you gotta listen to our Ice and Fire episode because
41:25
I am not the biggest Jason Robertson fan, but nonetheless,
41:28
I still, I still think he's obviously going to be good.
41:30
It's just like he's getting he's getting drafted away too early
41:32
anyways, for sure. Last one, talk about centres
41:36
here. So Brayden Point or Mark
41:38
Shifley? Wow, I like that one a lot.
41:42
That's a good one. I think I gotta go with the with
41:44
point. I think I trust the I trust the
41:48
Kucherov run power play. I know Winnipeg was number one
41:51
last year but but I mean they lost dealers propheties week to
41:56
week and I don't know, there's just coaches the goat and Point
42:00
gets to play with him. So I just trust Tampa more than
42:02
Winnipeg to to have a better year this year.
42:05
Yeah. And one other thing on that, I
42:08
mean, he had kind of like a bit of a down year last year point
42:13
if you look at it, he did. He did, but chiefly had a career
42:17
year last year. Most points he's ever had in a
42:20
season with 87 and 82 games, whereas Brayden Point had 42
42:24
goals, which is awesome, 82 points, but the year before he
42:28
had 90 and 95 points. So I just think that because
42:31
like, you know, Kucherov is there with him and obviously
42:34
Kyle O'Connor is a stud, but he's not Kucherov level elite.
42:38
I would just take points. I think it's a it's a better
42:41
floor for points, ironically, as is in the name.
42:46
So yeah, point is my choice there.
42:50
I also bring in point. I just feel like the point
42:52
ceiling is too, too high. And yeah, I don't expect trade
42:55
you to do as good as he did last year.
42:57
So. So that's my answer.
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Kevin, I think you you gotta do better for next week.
43:02
You can have ones where we all agree on all of them.
43:04
Yeah, I know. Well, how about have a?
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I have a, a bonus round. I put a.
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Bonus. Round lucky number six I put
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Drake Batherson or Dylan Holloway.
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Oh I'm going with Dylan Holloway.
43:23
Surprising absolutely no one. Yeah, I think Holloway
43:26
definitely has the back cats edge on a bathroom.
43:29
Not the bathroom to bad back hats guy but I think they'll
43:31
have similar shots and Holloway will get more hits.
43:34
And then in terms of the points I don't see it being different
43:36
enough for the extra Holloway hits to do not outweigh it.
43:40
I do think Jason gets more power play points though, I'll give
43:42
you. That do not many PowerPoints
43:43
browser single last season. I should because I had him but.
43:47
I should .38. Yeah, that's unreal.
43:51
Yeah. It's very solid.
43:56
He's almost a .4. That's like, that's like
43:58
McKinnon, McKinnon. Like you're the you're the king
44:01
of sing, sing that and being like, it's gotta regress.
44:04
That's like your whole thing, you see.
44:05
That's A season average. That's not like looking that
44:08
over a month. OK, Esper Brat, the entire year
44:11
last year, including towards the end of the season was putting up
44:14
crazy numbers and you're like, look at this power play
44:17
production. There's no way this last he's
44:18
cooked. I didn't say that.
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Does that does that reconcile to you?
44:25
Mention that it should regress, but listen.
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They end up being a top five power play.
44:28
So no, I love passing likes that he will get more power play
44:30
points. I like the back cats of Holloway
44:33
better and I think the points are not gonna be that that
44:36
different, but I don't think you could go wrong either way.
44:38
I will say auto has a better playoff schedule, so you can
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lean in that sense. This one I like this is there
44:44
you go. That's.
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Think. Kevin, would you Rathers?
44:47
That's actually the other ones were all kind of instant for me,
44:49
but this one's a tough one. This is a points versus banger
44:53
preference for me cuz I think, I think the shots would be
44:56
similar. I think Holloway should average
44:59
around the hit more, yeah, which obviously is valuable when you
45:02
getting from a forward. Batherson has the better playoff
45:05
schedule and I think he'll get significantly more power play
45:09
points and I think he'll get more points.
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So to me, does that outweigh the extra hit a game?
45:16
Yes. So that was my logic.
45:19
That's fair. What about?
45:20
You it's it is fair. I'm gonna go haul away and I
45:23
also. Always.
45:24
Always gonna get get more points just I don't necessarily believe
45:29
that it's gonna outweigh it. That's kind of where we differ,
45:32
Kevin, where you think that the points are gonna make the
45:34
difference. And I just think.
45:35
It's points are harder to get than one hit though.
45:39
For sure. The question is how much of A
45:41
points difference are you getting?
45:43
Yeah, exactly. Like, do you think it's gonna be
45:45
more than 10 points? If Batherson stays healthy for
45:50
most of the season, like now, he's obviously has some injury
45:53
concerns to go into the year. But like, yeah, I think it'll be
45:56
more than 10 points. I just think the power play is
45:58
going to be too good. I think that they can easily be
46:00
a top five power play. Yeah.
46:02
I mean, I hope you think that you have four or five of those.
46:04
Yeah. Yeah, which is better for
46:07
fantasy, but I also like the Blues power play and always
46:10
gonna be on one of the two, you know what I mean?
46:13
They're both gonna is on the one that is the.
46:15
One exactly so it's gonna be way less volatile and annoying I'm
46:19
honestly taking I have to take power play out of the equation
46:22
for me to truly believe in Holloway more because I think
46:26
that the factor of Batherson PowerPoints are awesome.
46:29
I just like the fact that I'm going to rely on Holloway for
46:33
more of a dimensional addition to my team.
46:35
I would. Say, but the power play is
46:37
integral to the players value because yes.
46:40
No Yes, Eagles into. Multiple categories and it's the
46:43
hardest thing to get. I know, but it's it's like it's
46:48
it doesn't outweigh what he's going to be able to do in the
46:50
Charlotte hits. So that's that's kind of it.
46:53
Like, I think there's other guys I could think of like, you know,
46:57
Clayton Keller, would you rather?
46:58
Or Batherson, you know, it's like.
47:00
Another Keller. Keller will get more shots,
47:02
endpoints. Yeah.
47:03
Yeah, see. That also rather Keller over
47:06
Holloway. Would you rather OVV or
47:09
bothersome? Ovi.
47:11
Ovi. So are we convinced that the
47:17
like points, not power play points that the OV hallway is
47:20
gonna be a huge difference power play side?
47:24
Yeah, I think Ovi gets more points than Holloway.
47:27
OK, OK. Look at the end of the day, it's
47:29
like what's great about Matherson is that he is on that
47:32
staple power play one. But I still think that Holloway
47:34
is gonna have like a big role. And if they do consolidate and
47:37
Holloway ends up there, then I'm very confident about it.
47:39
Nevertheless, I like the floor of what always gonna bring me
47:42
this year. Josh had both last year and we
47:45
now have one each of this year. So it's kind of like.
47:48
A bonus bonus choice. Yeah, this was the hardest one,
47:51
but I love both, honestly. I think they're both fantastic
47:54
and he's a decent hitter. It's just the double double
47:57
element and if it's 2.5 was for each for hallway I'm super super
48:01
high on that. Yeah.
48:03
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