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Barbara Bound Bound Banger Management Fantasy Hockey
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podcast. Woo woo Hoo nice welcome in one
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and all the Bangor management. The Fantasy Hockey Podcast with
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your esteemed host Jake, Josh and Kevin.
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Y'all are doing good. Doing fantastic.
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Great success. If I were any better, it'd be
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illegal. Whoa.
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So today we are going to be doing our first mail bag episode
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of the 202526 fantasy hockey season.
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Exciting stuff. We're going to be doing these
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almost every week. So we are.
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This is our inaugural inaugural. Anyway, this is our first one.
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Yeah. And we're also going to be
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adding some spicy Would you rathers to this another banger
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management staple for all those who were listening last year.
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Josh started us off with our first question from this week's
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mailbag. All right, Karah on Discord
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asked what do you think of the trade rumors involving Brady
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Kuchuk, Rasmus Anderson and Nazem Kadri?
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Are any of them legit? And how would that impact
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fantasy value? Alright, first First off, love
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you Kara. Thanks for being popping off in
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the. Discord.
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But to answer this question, I think the Calgary guys are, are
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I think Anderson's gone? He is for sure 100, his bags
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already packed. His bags already packed.
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It's just like how late in the season do we wait until like
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close to trade deadline to make it happen or not?
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Brady could Chuck is not leaving Ottawa.
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I think last year we saw with the with I guess the lack of
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high-end success, where auto people were starting to talk
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about it being like, does he want to be here for a long time
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if Ottawa can't win like. Meanwhile every turn he's like,
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I love being here, please stop. Asking me, Yeah, yeah.
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And also I think it's also up to him to, you know, take a step up
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in terms of points if he wants to, if this team needs to hit
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higher ceilings. But I don't see him like he's
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the captain of the team. Like he's not leaving unless
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traded, unless they get like a Bedard level prospect or
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celebrity or something in return.
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And they're like, alright, let's rethink.
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He wants to be traded. He's not gonna get.
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He doesn't want to. No, so that's not happening.
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Anderson is getting traded. Kadri Spicy though, because I
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feel like he'll be a prime candidate for other teams to
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fill that like 2C roll come, you know, teams trying to load up
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for the playoffs. I like him a lot in Calgary in
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terms of like he's always been a guy that has a high shot volume,
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maybe doesn't have the highest point ceiling anymore, but he's
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getting a lot of shots and that's why it makes them
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valuable in fantasy, especially in deeper leagues.
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He'll be, he'll be a nice asset to to to have in fantasy,
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especially if he gets traded. I think like he'll be one of
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those guys that you wanna see traded because he can go to an
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exciting destination. I actually disagree with that.
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OK, probably enough. So first of all for Anderson,
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he's pretty much his only value on Calgary is blocks.
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He's an elite blocker but doesn't really do much else,
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especially with we are having power play 1 and then project
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possibly having probably power play 1.
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Essentially Anderson has no chance at it.
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He's most likely to leave. If he goes to the team where he
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can be the power play, you're back.
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He becomes a guy I immediately want to pick up.
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But other than that, I don't see him having the most fancy
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relevance. In terms of Kadri, who is the
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second most likely to get traded again?
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He would be. Anderson could get traded
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anytime of the year. Cadre's going to be closer to
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the deadline if it happens. And yeah, it's going to be a
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playoff team looking to boost their 2C in Calgary.
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Calgary's the guy. He's the best forward to own on
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Calgary in terms of fantasy and probably just the best forward
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they have. If he gets traded to another
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team, it's a team that's already pretty deep probably and trying
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to make a push to the playoffs. Look at like Brock Nelson last
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year going to Colorado, right? Nelson was a great asset to own
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in fantasy before the trade. He was always underrated, always
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putting up shots. He was one of the main point
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guys on Islanders. He got traded to Colorado,
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becomes the two seat power play 2 and all of a sudden you have 0
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interest in owning him in fantasy.
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So it's obviously it's a pen situation.
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You never know what team is going to go to.
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But the way I see it most like there's no way he's going to be
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as talismanic as we like to say on the demonstrated to as a as
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on Calgary. So it could only go down to me.
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The only upside I could see is let's say somehow he goes back
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to like Colorado or he goes to like Edmonton and they have an
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empty. That would be the worst place to
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put him in fantasy value. But.
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Yeah, fire production would be better in Carolina than it would
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be in in in Calgary. I think Caroline is a black
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hole, but and it would be horrible for him.
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So yeah, the only the only chance I see him improving with
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the trade is going to lie Colorado and they decide we're
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gonna put him on power play one. But most places that trade for a
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guy that late in the season, they're just looking to shore up
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their 2C power play too. So I think he would lose value
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in a trade. You could go to Minnesota.
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Oh, that'd be cool actually. But I do I do still believe that
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it's not great to have players who go to different teams during
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the season. That being said to.
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Answer disproven likes like multiple times last year even if
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anything. It just depends on the
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destination. Yeah, but it's not really
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something that I would rely on. Nature got worse.
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You know, and they just actually was unreal to start the year.
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He was still just really good that that, yeah, it's not like
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he was like a Rantanen after trade, you know?
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Right. But you're adding Kadri because
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you want to bolster your lines. Like he's not going to a team
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where he's gonna be the number 1C.
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He's gonna take his role like. Josh, but he's not getting
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traded to a team that is wants to use them as there are three
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C. No, it's gonna be line 2 power
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play to wherever he gets traded to.
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I think he gets traded to a place that is to be line 2,
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partly 1 and that's why I feel like.
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What if it comes to the Habs? Yeah, he's not cracking
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powerfully on the hubs. Right.
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I don't think they have the trading for him though.
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I don't think that's. It's tough to find a great
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situation for him to. Go to but I hear you guys.
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I hear you guys definitely. I'm not, I'm not saying it's
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gonna be a stud if he gets traded like.
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Anywhere. No.
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No team that's acquiring him at the deadline has a hole at 1C
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because no team that has a hole at 1C is making the playoffs.
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So wherever he gets traded to is he's going to be the 2C.
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Obviously there's some situations where he could crack
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power play one, but a 2C is much less likely to crack.
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And then when he's in Calgary and guaranteed having all the
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touches and all the in the main centre.
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Of The thing is, I just think Calgary sucks and their power,
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their power play is not gonna be good.
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I think his ceiling on Calgary is like 65 points.
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Like he's gonna get the shots and maybe the shots go down no
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matter where he goes because nobody else takes shots on
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Calgary. But I think he could go to a
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place that has a better power play if he's involved in PP1 and
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averaged more points per game for like whatever it is a 30
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games remaining in the season. To answer the second part of
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cars question, I'm not changing my valuation on these guys based
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on where they're gonna get traded, except Anderson.
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For Anderson, I guess it's like, I just know he's gonna go
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somewhere else and the landing spot is hugely like the
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dependent on how he's going to do.
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I mean, I have no idea how that's going to happen.
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I don't really want him in any of my leagues anyways.
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That being said, I'm valuing Brady to Chuck as a senator for
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this year, and I'm valuing Kadri as a flame for this year.
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I'm not considering putting too much stock in the trade rumor so
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far. I think it's too.
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Early. It's definitely too early, but
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good to keep in mind. Yeah, let's move on to the
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second. Alright Nate G Oz on discord
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asked Will Cool will will Cooley will will will Cooley stick on
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the Rangers top line and Will Laugh stick on P1.
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How do you value these guys based on these questions?
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I think we'll Cooley is, you know, he there's no chance he's
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outside of the top six in my opinion this this season for the
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Rangers. I think no matter what you're
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looking at on like daily face off or what not, the line that
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has Panera is going to be line one.
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In my opinion, he's the best player.
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Whether it's I mean, it's most likely going to be true.
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Check JT is going to be playing with.
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I mean, we, we saw recently it's, it's Zip and Cooley,
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right, which I would love that for Cooley if that sticks.
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Either way, I like Cooley a lot. I think his point ceiling is
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obviously Kathy is not the type of player that's going to be
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putting up a lot of points or shots.
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And he's not, but he's. Actually one no, he's not
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touching power play one either, but he's gonna be a good guy to
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round out your squad and bangers League is very valuable,
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obviously, because he's one of the best hitters in the league
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and he has an amazing playoff schedule.
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He he's the type of guy that you know you you reach on around
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earlier or to to make sure you get on your roster for Major
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League. But besides that, I think his
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point ceiling feels better than it is given who he's playing
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with and the team done. Yeah, I really really like
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Cooley for this year and I'm super happy to to pick him.
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Even in the in the bottom 6 role last year he was awesome.
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They have no wingers that I think are a decent bet at all to
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overtake him unless Gabriel Perot is quietly insane.
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Stop mentioning Gabriel Perot. Trying to make fetch happen.
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It's not gonna happen. Is there anybody else though?
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Like no, it's there's no translating like that.
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Coolies dropping out of the top 6.
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I mean, the coaches literally said that he loves he really
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likes Cooley and is excited to see him take a step up this
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year. So it's.
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Not going to happen, but if there is anybody, it's him and
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he may not even stay in the NHL. So.
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Basically it's not happening. He's gonna be top 6, which is
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great. And as far as laugh on power
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play one goes, I am pretty 5050 on this but I still think it's
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worth taking laugh where like like I eagles recently.
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The coach recently said that life is gonna get some looks on
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power play 1. He didn't commit to like life is
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gonna be power play 1 all year, but at the very least he's
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getting some shots at it. What I read into it was he's I
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feel like 80% chance laugh is on PP1 because he said like this is
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a player that is in the future of our team.
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They just paid him. And if you want a guide to have
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the best opportunity to succeed, he has to give him the best
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opportunity to succeed, right? And that's giving him the top
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end deployment. That's why he's going to be
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playing with a Panarin or JT Miller and be on that P1.
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I think you can't expect a guy to be, you know, have a breakout
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season if you're not even putting him on the top power
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play on the team. I think he's cemented on that
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top power play. I think it's between Zip and
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Trocheck now. Obviously, Trocheck might be the
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odd man out then. Yeah, it's definitely looking
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like Trojan is going to be the Ottoman out, which goes against
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what we've said throughout the off season of being so low on
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ZIB, still pretty low on ZIB, but it looks like he he's at
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least safe for now on that PP one spot unless he gets traded
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or something so. Yeah, well, that that is
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something that can happen. Zip could get traded and then
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both Trocheck and Laugh and powerfully 1.
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Yeah, or Cajun. Sure.
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Plot twist. There.
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That's a great. I'll, I'll tell you that he his
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value will increase, OK? Thank you.
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But I think I'm going to really late in drafts actually, if
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you're looking at Yahoo ADP like he's getting taken in a double
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digit rounds and this is a guy that's not getting priced in for
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being on the P1. So I think if your drafts have
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just happened, he's already in your squad or you're going into
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your drafts, I think you could be really excited if laugh is
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one of the last picks that you made.
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For sure, for sure. Alright, Koraga 2962 on Discord
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asked Lane. Hudson put up five shots on goal
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and two periods of the last preseason game.
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If he becomes a consistent shooter this year, how highly
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would he rank him among defensemen and what round would
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he take him in? To be fair, I, I, you know, he
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made more of a comment on Hudson and I was like, let's turn that
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into a question. But I think I think something
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interesting to talk about. Absolutely.
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I, I listen, if you watched this last preseason game, how can you
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not be excited about Lane Hudson and what he can do for your
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fantasy teams this year? The big question with him
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obviously is his category coverage is low.
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But you know, the talent that this kid has and last year, you
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know, we were disappointed with his shots because he wasn't
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really putting them on net, but he was like an assistant machine
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and a power play machine. I think he can do that again.
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It's only going to get better if he can start getting shots on
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net and just having that high, that high.
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We saw him do it in two periods last last night.
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If he can do that more consistently, he will be like a
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top five fantasy defenseman. He has like the macar ceiling in
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his range of outcomes. I'm not saying he's going to be
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the next Kalakar, but this is not.
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Necessarily this year, but yeah. Yeah, yeah, but he can do it
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like if he's getting 2.5 shots and .4 power play points and he
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can be the next item Fox, which is already a.
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High 2.5 shots here, better than Adam Fox.
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He was like 1.8 shots. No, honestly, that's such a huge
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thing, right? Let's say he never becomes this
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shooter because last year he didn't seem to be.
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Let's say he's one of those zero back cats guys.
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And even if he's like one of those points per game .4 power
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play points per game defenseman, it's such a cap on his value in
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bangors leagues because it's just hard to have a defenseman
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who doesn't touch any back categories in any significant
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way. If I mean, if he gets a 2.5 plus
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shots, then even without the hits and blocks, he becomes that
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archetype of like a Bouchard or Werenski or Hughes.
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Obviously in those cases, like with Bucharest, they're actually
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elite at shots. So it's less, you know, being
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just slightly good. I didn't actually.
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That's one of their pros. But yeah, like Quinn Hughes at
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2.8 shots and point per game .4 power play points.
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That's that's the difference maker really is is can you
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combine being a points, a huge point stealing defenseman with
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having any sort of back at relevance And that's what turns
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you into one of those top five defensemen.
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Let's play a little game. Who had more blocks per game
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last year, Lane Hudson or Thomas Harley Hudson?
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Yeah, I mean, if if you're asking the question, I feel like
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it's, but if it be in based ignoring context, I would have
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guessed Harley. Alright, Hudson, Hudson or
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Bouchard? About the blocks.
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Yeah, more blocks per game. Bouchard.
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Yeah, Bouchard. Hudson.
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I'm gonna lean into this cause obviously you're only asking
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these cause of Hudson, but I'll go with.
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Hudson News. OK.
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I would go Hudson. I feel like he's does nothing.
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Fair, fair. Fine, fine.
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OK, now this one's obvious. Hudson or Dolly and.
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Daleen. Kevin.
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The way it's Hudson. 1.5 for Hudson, 1.34 for Julian.
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That's actually unreal. I think we just had the other
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guys are are block left and I expected yeah, but that just
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goes to show that the blocks are not one needs to change.
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It's the shots. It's the shots for him.
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So. Exactly.
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So that's part of it. Part of the comment question
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here is can he hit those four shots, five shots per game?
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No. But if he hovers around 2.5 with
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a 1.5 blocks, if it stays the same as last year .85 points.
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I mean this is this is serious business.
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He basically becomes. Top three rounds.
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For Bouchard Warenski combo, yeah he does.
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I would take him over Head men. I would definitely take him over
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to Chicken Adam Fox, Anderson. So it would become Kyle
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Mccarter, Queen Hughes, prolly Bouchard Warenski and then he's
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the 5th defenseman off the board.
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No, Dulling was ahead of him as well.
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You think so? It's just a different archetype.
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And maybe who knows if, if, if, if he's getting the shots,
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that's the that's the. But I will say, just because he
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put up five shots in a preseason game, don't expect that to.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. For sure, for sure.
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But if you're all expecting to get more points or higher point
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per game pace than he did last year?
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Yeah, yeah, he's gonna be an unreal points guy.
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It's just if you can gain some relevance in the back hats, he
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becomes just so much more valuable.
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Yeah, Also six goals last year, that's nothing.
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It was 60 assists, but with how good the short look, that's very
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encouraging. If you have, you scored a goal.
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I was gonna say of those six goals like they were sick.
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Yeah, yeah, they were cool. But let's not forget he wasn't
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on P1 for the start of the season either.
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Yeah. Yeah, listen, he was never used
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as the one timer guy on the right side because he's a lefty,
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right? It was always about passing
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another line or Caulfield if he becomes the guy to take those
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shots, I mean. That is awesome.
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That's. So fun.
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And that could be a ridiculous, ridiculous pick this year.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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All right, let's fire off from some of our would you rathers.
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And with some, yeah, would you rather have pending try to do a
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cross position a little bit. And I picked some guys that have
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some context to them with some recent changes and whatnot.
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So I think it will be very valuable this part in the
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offseason when you're, you know, the regular season is about to
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start. But let's start off with the
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goalies. Would you rather Mackenzie
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Blackwood or Anthony Stolarz? OK, I will say that if you ask
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this a week ago, they would be so much further.
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Apart, I know. That's why I'm asking you,
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right? Now for the listeners who may
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not know the context, here's a bit of context on both sides.
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In terms of Blackwood, he's been kind of day-to-day, hasn't fully
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been playing, and there's a Wedgwood behind him who we know
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can take starts if he's injured. So that's the kind of questions
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with Blackwood. On the Stolar side, Wall has
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taken an indefinite leave of leave of absence.
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So indefinite could mean he's back by season start or can mean
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he's out for half the season. I don't know.
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Yeah, but still ours is definitely the guy.
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Wawa is gone and then still artist signed a what was it, 4
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year 3.75 mil contract. Exactly.
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And first of all, that's a huge deal.
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That's yeah, it is a certified leaves hater.
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I hate to see that, but you gotta put props where it's due.
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That's a really, really good contract for them.
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They just got shelled by the Canadians though in preseason.
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Yeah, pre season is like just for fun, but he was the same
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percentage leader I think of the past two seasons and you got to
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follow that money. I think that I've always said
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and always believe, despite all that, despite scholars rising in
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my rankings, like shooting up and black would drop me down a
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bit, I still think I have to go Blackwood.
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I think the loss of Marner makes Toronto not that 50 plus win
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team that we've seen in the past years.
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Jake had them ranked five. I think that's a bit low, but I
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don't think it's crazy. Whereas Colorado is easily
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finishing top three in their division and both goalies I like
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skillwise. So I'm still going Blackwood,
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but it's a lot closer. What are you not worried about
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Blackwoods? You know, injury history given
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he's already starting the season a little banged up.
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Like, are you not worried that he's?
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I'm dead crushed under worried about that.
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But I mean, it's not like scholars is the picture of
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health, right? He missed him like most of the
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season last year due to an injury.
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Yeah. And the same way that an injury
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can happen, antenna Blackwood wall could come back at anytime
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and turn stars into a tandem again.
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So I think I still go Blackwood, but like I said, it's a lot
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closer than it was a week ago. Yeah, there's also the the
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playoff schedule of it all that Colorado does have two more
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games than Toronto weeks 21 to 23, so I'm gonna go with
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Blackwood. However, these are all very
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interesting points that my burner account persona
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definitely appreciates. No, no, but but all kidding
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aside, it's a very it's a very discouraging thing if you're
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going to go 0G strategy, which all of us aspire to do to pick.
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Even though it worked really well for you to pick like a
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tandem guy where you can get based on the injury, based on
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the fact that wolves gone now these guys neck and neck almost,
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I would think right. Maybe the news won't catch up
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for when you're draft times are. Maybe if you're drafting in a
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week plus from now, it's gonna be a situation where you'll
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actually be able to get these guys other part value.
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But if I have, if I need a goalie, they're both on the
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board, I'm going Blackwood. I just think it's safer.
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And yeah, nothing wrong with taking strollers.
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I'm just more confident with Lockwood.
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How about you, Kevin? Give me give me solars.
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Wow. Give me a little scared of the
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injuries. That's gotta be the.
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I'm scared of the injuries and I think, I think just dollars
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still gonna ride him and I'm not as low on as other people as are
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on this Toronto team. So that's the end of the next 1
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though. My next one, let's talk about
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pure seeds cause I'm going Sam Bennett versus Nazem Kadri.
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Easy to meet. Easy, easy bad.
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Yeah, OK. Given the bar code for you guys
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are yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Now, he's never really proven to be like an amazing #1 see, on a
20:09
team, but what he did in the playoffs is just so crazy.
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And it's not like Florida is going to be bad, but they may
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just be more in contention for the playoffs as opposed to a
20:18
shoe in which I really like. Does it, if I, if I put like
20:22
Dylan Larkin, was that closer for you guys?
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Yeah. That's definitely a closer.
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I still think Bennett, Barca. The only person I think benefits
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really from Barkov being injured is Bennett.
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I think it makes the rest of the team so much worse.
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Like I'm looking like a guy like Reinhart way, way lower on him
20:39
after that, Bobrovsky lower on him after that.
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Anyone else on that power play 1 lower?
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But Bennett I don't think was going to make power play 1.
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And now to me he's almost a lock on power play 1.
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Even though Florida's been a bit key, they haven't really
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released a their stuff in the first season yet so we're not
20:53
sure. But I don't see how he's not
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when he's now the number 1C he gets to play with Reinhart.
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He was already a bangers beast and Pimm's shots hits face off
21:01
wins. So I'm super high on him.
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I definitely I definitely could see taking him above ADP.
21:06
I was going to say, I think at this point he's going to go
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above ADP in almost every league that hasn't drafted yet, so it's
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gonna be interesting to see who's willing to take him where.
21:15
Yeah, exactly. Who's gonna Who's willing to
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bite the bullet on him the earliest?
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Alright, so let's get into the next one.
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Carter Verhaeghe or Pavel Dora Afev.
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That's a really good one cause they're like such similar
21:27
situations. Both of them are question mark
21:29
on power play 1 and a lot of their value is tied into that
21:33
power play spot. I'm going to go with I think
21:35
Verhage has a clearer shot to power play one because of all
21:39
the entries. But Despite that I'm still going
21:41
to receive over him. I think Florida just the
21:43
management just hates for Hagie. I don't know why.
21:45
I don't know what he did to them, but I would not be
21:48
surprised if even with these injuries he's not power play 1
21:50
and Dorff has elite shots and I think even if he doesn't start
21:54
the season partly one at some point he'll crack it.
21:56
He put up 35 goals last year. I'm I'm going to our fav.
21:59
Because we saw barbershop kind of get a crack at that line of
22:02
one people, one for the moment while Dorothy, I think it has a
22:04
nagging injury. Yeah, he's day-to-day with some
22:06
tweak or something. So interesting to see how the
22:09
deployment shakes out. Rahegi though, given, you know,
22:12
no contract, no Barkov, there's, you know, the mouths to feed
22:16
kind of rise up in the on the depth chart, right.
22:18
So he definitely gets a better opportunity now at some success
22:22
and some production, yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna go Dora, FEV, a
22:26
lot more volatility there, but I do think the ceiling is higher.
22:28
I think I like pair I I've seen him do it in the past.
22:33
I think now he's set up for success like he has the
22:35
opportunity to deployment. He could even be trade bait too,
22:37
like they consider trading him. So all right, next one, let's
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talk about right wingers Jonathan Marchessault or Brock
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Besser. I'm going to go better.
22:49
Nice. Yeah, it's very fair.
22:52
I think the reason Besser is because Vancouver has a real
22:57
solid possibility for a bounce back much more clearly that I
23:01
can see in my mind than Nashville.
23:03
So it's just a simple case of a team that's going to score more,
23:08
whereas I think there are similar archetype.
23:10
I'm more confident so shots. I don't really particularly want
23:13
Besser on my team. That being said, he's kind of
23:16
their second best forward now. So if they're gonna score, it's
23:19
huge. Patterson and Besser that are
23:22
gonna have a huge chunk of happy.
23:24
Yeah, for me, I'm going March. So mainly because of the back
23:27
cats. Like I'm confident Marshall can
23:29
get three shots and a hit per game, whereas best I don't see
23:32
him getting anything in the hits department and I see him more as
23:35
a two shots guy. So I think that's a big
23:36
difference. And then I think both teams are
23:39
in similar spots. They both are in do for some
23:42
sort of positive regression. That's definitely more
23:44
talismanic for Vancouver than Marsha, so is for Nashville.
23:48
But I think the back hatch makes me more comfortable.
23:50
Like if better is not putting up points, I don't want him on my
23:52
team. But if Marcel is not putting up
23:53
points, we still doing three shots in a hit, then it's not as
23:56
desperate to drop him. I'm also leaning kind of better
23:59
just because I feel like there's more upside there.
24:02
I feel like Vancouver as a whole, we can see a bounce back
24:04
and then not be as bad as we all think.
24:06
Obviously that's still a possibility for Nashville as
24:08
well, but you kind of feel they're more of like a known
24:11
commodity in terms of like they're stealing being capped.
24:13
Whereas, you know, if Peterson bounces back on Vancouver and
24:17
Besser is tied to him, I can see them both having like prolific
24:20
seasons much more over like ADP projections than what Nashville
24:24
is expected. So I think I'm leaning better
24:26
but it's pretty close to me. Yeah, that's a good one.
24:28
Alright, what's the last one? Last one talking defenseman.
24:31
You're our boy Lane Hudson or Josh Morrissey.
24:36
Wow, that's a that's kind of a spicy one.
24:39
I'm just gonna go, I'm gonna go home or I'm going to my boy
24:41
Lane. Especially after Jake, you
24:42
mentioned those blocks. I'm like, OK, blocks.
24:45
Potentially you could improve his shots.
24:47
His team around him just got way better.
24:49
Morrissey, in my mind last season was his ceiling, right?
24:51
Because that was the best. Thing in PowerPoint.
24:54
Yeah, they they have only down to go and Hudson has only up to
24:57
go. So Jimmy Hudson.
24:59
Yeah, he also had more blocks than Morrissey, by the way.
25:02
So there's that and the there, there's just a it's it's the
25:07
team and it's also the player. Hudson is so young and has
25:09
already been so incredible that I think that there's a certain
25:14
tier that Hudson is going to reach this year that Morrissey
25:17
is just not good enough to get to.
25:19
I know it's bold to say because he has been really great.
25:21
I mean, he's 76 and 78 games two years ago was sick, but I think
25:26
Hudson's just a better player in the hubs are going to be
25:29
amazing, so I'm gonna go outside.
25:31
I'm also going to Hudson. I think comparing these two kind
25:34
of gives you more of like a what does it burden the hand and the
25:38
stone? What is it?
25:40
You're just spitting feathers at this point.
25:43
Yeah, I did it on purpose. But yeah, I think Morrissey, we
25:46
saw like, you know, known, known commodity on a Winnipeg power
25:50
play that was, you know, amazing last year.
25:52
The best some would say. And the Hudson kind of up and
25:56
coming we know has a high ceiling.
25:58
I I'm going Hudson as well. It's just too exciting.
26:00
And I think for where you're where you can draft them, I give
26:02
me the upside. I like it.
26:04
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