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Said that. OK, I'm gonna leave now, but
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before I do, welcome into Bangor management of the Fantasy Hockey
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Podcast with Jake, Josh and Kevin Today, Week 17, Bilo sell
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Let's get into our two weeks ago update for the buy lows.
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Let's do it. So our buy lows from two weeks
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ago, we had Dylan Larkin. Since then, seven games played,
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three goals, 4 assists, 7 points point per game.
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Dylan Larkin. I set it when I recommended this
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two weeks ago. It was just one of those slumps
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everyone goes through for the most part.
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Even the best players have them. McDavid hasn't had a point in
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two games and I'm losing my mind.
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But no, this is a very clear he was going to immediately bounce
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back and I think the window is pretty much closed on that one.
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We then had Morgan Geekie since then, one goal, 3 assists, 4
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points. He's actually lighting it up
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this week. I'll let you guys guess who's
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playing against. And yeah, this one, I think the
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window still open for the buy low because it's four points in
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six games is not something nothing necessarily anything to
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write home about, but it's looking like he's turning it
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around. And also Boston's just been on a
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really hot tear right now, so he's definitely benefiting from
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that. And then lastly, we had Jake
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Ottinger was a great one. Since then, five games played,
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three wins, 2.04 goals against, average .915 save percentage.
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If anyone bought low on Aldinger you are laughing right now.
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Yeah, you're coasting. Like, yeah, They're like the
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Smith was outplaying him like crazy at the time that we
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recommended him. So I really hope you bought on
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anger when you had the chance. Yeah, now these were all another
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classic win for the banker management by Lowe's to get at
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these. This is like, you know, like I
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see this every time. I'm like, you know, waivers were
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2814, which is still really good here.
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I feel like we're like 95%. Like I feel like we're like just
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non-stop sniping. Lisa Bilo sell highs.
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It's no wonder no one wants to trade with us in our leagues.
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Can't blame them. It's alright.
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Next we have our cell highs from 2 weeks ago we had Lane Hudson.
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Since then, seven games played, one goal, 7 cyst, eight points.
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So you probably like oh he's over a point per game since he
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had to sell high, you're an idiot, blah blah blah.
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And I mean yes that's true, but at the same time he was doing
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like 1.5 points per game at the time.
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Now he's only slightly over a point per game.
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Look, you could still sell high on that and he's not gonna
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finish over a point per game rest of season.
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That just doesn't happen. I mean he could finish like
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point per game you know, But like we were talking about like
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2 weeks ago. He was 1.4 weeks ago.
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Yeah, he's at 1.4. That's not that's not a thing.
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Yeah, that's not a thing that happens for defensemen, any
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defensemen. So like we I was comparing it to
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Makar who was the best point for him defence when last year and
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and it was way higher than that. So yes, he is still a sell high.
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I still believe in that and I still love him because he's on
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the haves and he's great. .15 just like last year 1.15 and
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that's that's the elite of the elite defensemen don't go over
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1.2 that's not really. That's it.
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I love looking at that as like a kind of metric.
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You go same with how we always do that with power play points,
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right? We'll look at what did McDavid
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and McKinnon do last year for PowerPoints.
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Like what did the top player in the league last year do for that
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category? Is this something that can
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happen? And then you're like, OK, the
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top player didn't like in this case, 1.15 from a car and he's
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doing 1.4. Do I believe that Hudson is
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going to have a .25 points per game winter season than Kyle
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Mccarter last year? If you believe that, then go
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ahead and you know, don't believe in the cell high, but at
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least you're doing it with like you know, an educated like
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here's my I think he's better than the best defence in from
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last year. So that's why I like looking at
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that. Then we had Kiefer Sherwood
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since then, one game played, zero goals, 060 points, got
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injured, got traded very eventful 2 weeks for key for
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sure. I'd say not a lot of hockey
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played, but I got a lot of stuff going on.
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So look, I don't know, I think you could probably still sell,
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pay off the trade hype and the fact that he's coming back soon.
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I don't think the windows closed.
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We talked about this when we're doing the news about the trade.
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Definitely not as high as he was two weeks ago when we
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recommended trading him because he was killing it.
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So hopefully people were able to sell then.
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I still think you could potentially do it, but probably
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not for as high of a target. And lastly, we have Brock
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Nelson. Since then, six teams played,
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three goals, 2 assists, 5 points, like 5 points in six
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games is nothing. Not too shabby, but what was he
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doing JQ 1-2 weeks ago when we. Recommended.
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Yeah. So, so right now let's say his
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last two coverage is a .83 points per game.
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At the time that we recommended him the previous two weeks, it
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was at 1.71. Yeah.
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So I'd say that's a pretty big dip, Yeah.
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So I hope people are able to sell when he was.
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Absolutely insane. Yeah, His points have halved.
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So you're not unhappy with this? This is what we said.
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You know, it's like, hey, you'll be you'll be happy with this guy
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on your team. But no, that was a ridiculous,
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ridiculous pace. And I really hope you sold the
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guy. Larkin was one of my targets.
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That would have been a great flip, I think.
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I think that the the cell high window has closed.
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But like we said, you know, you're not if you're at left
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holding the bag. There could be worse bags to
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hold. Yeah, but this, there's no,
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Yeah, that was a crazy. Stretch, yeah, it's tough
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because he still doing decent, right.
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So you could still sell him. It's just you can't tell him as
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high as you could have two weeks ago.
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So I would say the windows should be closed, but like the
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targets we were talking about last last time, I think you
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probably have a bit lower. But let's get into this week's
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bilos. I'll get us started.
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There's a guy who we don't usually recommend.
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He was a cell high. Another one of those Cinderella
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yoyos, I guess we're calling it at this.
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Point No. This is this is a reverse
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Cinderella. As I'm calling it, because it
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was OK, this is just a reverse Cinderella.
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It's not the yo-yo, like so hard.
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Yeah. So you're reverse, yes, reverse
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Cinderella story. Exactly.
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Yeah. So yeah, we've got Miro
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Heiskanen at the Dallas Stars and the last month he's
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averaging .45 points per game and .09 power play points and he
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missed two games for personal reasons.
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Dallas as a whole have lost eleven of their last fourteen
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games and their power play has been very slow, scoring only 5
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out of 22 in their last 10 games.
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Now quick caveat on all that stuff I just said, I wrote that
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before last night's game where they got 2 power play goals.
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So the numbers might be a little different, but that's just to
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come up starting you know like it's still you can still buy,
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but like it's it's starting so um just shows that I was right,
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but but we need to record this a bit earlier.
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But despite this slump, Dallas still has the number 2 power
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play in the entire league this year and he's getting his lock
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for that top spot. I know people thought Harley may
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have a shot this year, but it's condensed for the rest of the
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year and with only .09 performance last month versus
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this season average of .31. He has a lot of room to bounce
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back points wise. He doesn't offer much in terms
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of prices, so owners may be happy to get him off their
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teams. All these guys who don't offer
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much in terms of cats when they're going through a stretch
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of not points that's almost straight zeros they're getting.
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Owners are all like when you have a guy who's like this, I
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mean, I feel like I keep mentioning this, but when we had
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the debate with the Philip Forsberg Bilo, right, one of the
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like Kevin's point was like, oh, he's still putting up sick bad
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cats. So like the owners not desperate
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to get him off their team, even though the points will, you
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know, progress positively. One of these types of guys, the
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owner is like, unless they really believe in them bouncing
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back to like, I gotta get this guy off.
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My team is doing absolutely nothing.
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So that's where we come in and we try and pounce.
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So here's some targets. Um, I think I have a bit of a
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range here, so you can tell me if you think I if you think
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these are reasonable or if you think I am too low and that no
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one would actually do these trades.
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So I had shade Theodore, he's been really hot lately.
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Brock Faber as well, Vince Dunn, John Carlson, Jackson Lacombe.
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I know I would take Heskin over these guys on.
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My main question is do you think that anyone would actually trade
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he's going in for any of these guys?
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Hmm, I think one for one, I don't think any of these get it
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done. I think you would need to need a
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little bit of a plus. I think he's gonna like body of
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work. This season is too high and his
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name is too valuable, even if they're like his name is always
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like fake valuable. It's more valuable than his
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actual production is. But this year he has the
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production earlier in the season to back it up.
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But I think in in a package you could definitely make these
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things happen. Like shadow was almost my cell
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high because he's like .75 points per game for like the
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last few weeks and I do not think that stays even close.
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He has not going to sniff power player 1.
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So like he's a get it off your roster type of player, but I
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think Vince Dunn, I think Jackson Lacombe, they also hold
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some name value too. John Carlson as well.
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That in a package and A2 for two.
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You make it like a a deal there. I think those could happen for
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sure. Even Brock Faber, his back cats
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are pretty nuts. He just doesn't have the points
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exposure. So.
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If somebody knew all these guys over the past month have have
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really solid points per game. Yeah, that's kind of how I like
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like picked them. But it is tough with like the
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Theodore and Faber and and Carlson like if they don't have
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power play one. It's hard to convince someone to
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trade a power play one guy from a non power play one guy.
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But with how they've been performing, I thought that it
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can get your foot in the. Door, I think you can treat us
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Sergachev for he's going to and I might like to do that.
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I was looking at that, I just wasn't sure if that was if that
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was feasible because I didn't feel like circuit has been that
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hot lately. Yeah, but he has more quote, UN
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quote pulled than these other guys think.
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So you could probably get that done.
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Let me ask you, would you do? Would you trade Dougie Hamilton
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for Haskin? Dougie Hamilton has been so
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good. Finally, finally finally.
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I held him all year like an insane person and he is 7
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straight games with a point. He is an apple orchard just
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dishing left and right time to catch it.
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And I mean, I probably I probably should be shooting out
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offers. I don't think I I feel like
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nobody's buying it. So and also no one likes trading
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with me anymore after my friends at the start of the season.
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But yeah, and also I've been a bit checked out honestly,
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because it has not been going well for the past couple weeks.
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So so, but no, if I if I do get back into the trading, I would
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take He's going overdue you for sure.
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I think that's a trade you can probably make happen like
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because of how hard these points have been in the last like 7
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games. I think it's going back to plus
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the Luke, Luke's injury helps him a lot, right?
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Like he was like, yeah, about to get shipped out down there.
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Like they're stuck with him. We need him, yeah.
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You might have the. Rest of season, but I think I
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like. I think John Carlson can do it
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one for one of the list. And also, I mean, Lacombe has a
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lot of name value, even though I don't necessarily think, yeah,
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they really do well, I think I. Don't realize is that he used to
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be a forward. Show.
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Other people love him. Yeah, he's on Team USA ahead of
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Lynn Hudson. I don't know how that makes any
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sense, but we don't have to go. Into that they they pretty, they
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pretty much said we already have a short over point per game
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defenseman, so we don't need to. Crazy logic, but yeah,
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Hamilton's a good a good addition to this list to get it
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done one for one. I agree.
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I don't think the other ones can.
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Look, Haskin is someone who when he was a cell high, part of the
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the idea there is that we don't necessarily believe in him long
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term. The Harley situation was also a
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question mark. So but now I firmly believe that
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he'll be .75 to .8 points per game rest of season, which is
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pretty decent. His blocks are always good and
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he should have comment himself on the power play.
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Yeah. So yeah, it's a great
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recommendation. I don't know how much of A plus
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I would add to Theodore Weber and done, but I think if you add
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in someone not too hot but also reasonable it could be a really
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good return. Yeah, alright, Kevin, who do you
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got for us? Alright, I'm actually really
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excited to talk about this player.
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I don't know why, but I actually love him so much.
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In my mind, this is this is what I drafted Josh Norris to be,
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except Josh Norris is on IR and this guy is I feel like about to
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pop off even more, but I'm about to talk about Adam Fantilli of
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the Columbus Blue Jackets guys. I think this season I'm turning
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into like the biggest Columbus fan.
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Not. Only do I have their goal and
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also hater. Through hitting of one player,
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Matthew Olivier. But listen, we we go way back,
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you know, there's, there's beef, there's drama, there's.
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There's a history there for sure.
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There's, there's a big history, but I'm hoping to have a future
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with Adam Chantilly because I, I think he's a phenomenal player.
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Guys, his backyard, I don't know if you've been looking at it
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like we talked about backs, we talk about shots, hits, blogs,
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throw face off wins in there for the leaves that have face off
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wins. But over the last month he's had
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three shots a game, 8 faceoff wins, 2.3 hits, and .8 blocks.
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Like this is crazy. Elite category coverage from a
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pure C. He's only averaging .5 points
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per game over the last month. The power play is is is still
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solid. He's a point to power play
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points over the last month, but that's his monthly production.
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The the the points are significantly worse than the
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banger Cats and the points have been even worse as of late.
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No points over the last week .4 Over the last two weeks with the
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new coach, his role is even more important.
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I think we saw Monahan take a step back after a bonus came in
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and I think Chantilly has had more responsibility.
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He's playing 20 minutes a night more consistently than we had
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games before in the past. He's playing like 2122, but
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usually around 18 things consistently playing over 20
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minutes a night. Right now.
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I think he's the future of this team.
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He's cemented line one. He's playing with Marchenko.
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I think there's way better days ahead.
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Marchman just came back. I think there's an influx of
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talent on the top 6. I think the the bonus honeymoon
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phase, Listen, we're gonna ride it and hopefully it sticks, but
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I think there's a really high ceiling for Adam Fan Tilly and I
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wanna get in right now because if you play in a league where
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you know, you're able to trade somebody that's been hotter for
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points and then, you know, chantily matches the points,
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enter getting the banger cats from it.
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I think it's a no-brainer, honestly.
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Like I, I've been trying to acquire him and hasn't been
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going well, but I've been trying to get a good deal on it.
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So we'll see if something can happen.
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But in a lot of leagues, I think he's easily acquirable because
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his percentage is not even that high.
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Like he's only roughed in 47% of Yahoo leagues.
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Like in my opinion, it should be like 60 plus.
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But I understand not not every league is deep, but I think when
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he hits his stride, everybody's gonna want him on their team.
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And I'm trying to get in right now.
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If you can trade guys like, I mean, this might be a hot take.
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Honestly, I had trouble with with evaluating what the level
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of player to send because I think I value him more than most
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people value him. But if you could send Ryan
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O'Reilly, who has been insane, right?
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Like he's been one of the best fantasy receives over the last
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two months it feels like. So it feels risky to give him
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for fantasy. You could get Chantilly Plus,
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and I would absolutely try to do that.
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Brock Nelson, I feel like it's perfect.
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Like Jake, you just talked about the two week update.
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His production has got cut in half over the last two weeks.
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I still think he's done enough that you could send them
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preferentially one for one and get that done and I would do
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that. I think Slough might be a a
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tricky one, but Slough has been super hot.
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We talked about him being a cell high.
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I think his points come down a little bit.
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I think the points sealing for both of those guys is is
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similar. But look at Fantilli's back cats
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compared to Slough. I think it's a no brainer And I
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think Zuccarello, he's been really hot as of late.
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You know, the resurgence of this Minnesota power play and and the
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top 6 just going off. I think this is a guy that you
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could sell like he's been a streamer in a lot of teams.
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You're able to sell him for a Adam Fantilli think it's a no
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brainer. Tried to give some better guys,
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some worse. What do you think?
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Yeah. So yeah, you gotta go ahead.
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So I was just gonna say. Now you have this.
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This feels this to me is very similar to like the Forsberg one
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that you would you would reference Josh where I was.
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Saying before the second round pick.
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Yeah, but Fantilli was a third overall pick and they didn't do
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this to have him be like a shots hits decent forward.
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So the fact that he's doing this with the actual points upside of
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being able to be truly elite and we've seen him go through
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stretches. He's young, it's going to come
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in streaks. But the fact that his floor now
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is a banger league stud with the shot hit combo and then faceoffs
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is just even better. Makes this an incredible,
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incredible buy low opportunity. I think he could be one of those
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if you make the swap or pick not be if you're not in a deep
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league, could be like a league winner in bangers leagues.
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It's really, really amazing to see.
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I also think the surrounding cast, if he does play with
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Marchenko, who could be a point per game player, that's just
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more reason to believe that he'll be amazing.
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And finally, for your targets, I, I, I don't wanna dive too far
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into it, but to, to focus on, on Sloth and Zuccarello.
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Look, if I have Fantilli and someone offers me these guys,
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like, I don't think I'm taking it to be honest, but I
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definitely don't think it's insulting and I think it's
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worthwhile and I think a lot of people will go for it.
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I'm even thinking I have slop right now.
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I'm just sending that offer. I think if you sense for pencil
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you could get done one for one. I actually think you could get
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done too, and I think I do believe this last points.
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Sorry, you just said you didn't. I said if I had Gentilly and
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someone offered me Slav I wouldn't trade him.
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OK. So.
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So you think off and someone offered me Van Tilly.
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So I'm saying like as the Fantilli owner, I think that
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especially in a faceoff wins league, he's almost too valuable
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that like I wouldn't want to get rid of him.
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But I think you know, like you look at the own discrepancy, you
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look at like how good slot has been for points.
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I really, really like that swap a lot.
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Zuccarello may be underpaying a bit because they especially if
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you look at only 25% off. So I don't know if that one can
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get it done and Nelson on O'Reilly, I think those ones are
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slam dunks and absolutely you can.
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And if you of course those roll Riley particularly, you could
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add the plus defensively and I think it's possible.
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Yeah, so I I love the Bilo. I'm a big fan of Fantilli.
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I didn't realize his back. That's where that nuts.
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I knew I was teamed. The shots were really nice and
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the face off wins were nice. I didn't realize he had been
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hitting like that. So that's A and I also believe
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in the points outside. So all of that I agree with for
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the targets. Zuccarelli slam dunk.
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I don't think, I mean actually it could get done if he keeps up
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the points and Chantilly has another like slow week.
19:03
I think it could get done. But that's the least likely and
19:05
the most yeah, that's the most no brainer for me.
19:09
Like I'm absolutely Chantilly overtook.
19:11
The other ones are tough actually, because like for like
19:15
looking at the centres, right, O'Reilly and Nelson, like
19:17
they've been doing so well. I'm not trading them unless I
19:21
get Chantilly plus. Now that doesn't mean that I
19:23
don't think Chantilly is better rest of season, but I just think
19:27
you're not making the most of your value.
19:29
Like I think if you're trading O'Reilly or Nelson, like you can
19:33
aim higher. So, so that's that's kind of my,
19:36
my view on those and I kind of you slap the same way.
19:38
Like I don't even know which one I would rather rest this season.
19:40
I didn't maybe I'm out of touch with with Slough, but like I I
19:44
like like I said, I haven't been like following every single
19:46
player stats as much as I normally do the past couple
19:48
days, but but I've been insane, right and and he's like supposed
19:54
to be insane. I know his back hats haven't
19:55
been there this year, but like I don't see why why you guys are
20:00
so like ventually slam dunk over slapped.
20:02
To me, that's a that's a real thinker and with how slaps
20:05
doing, I think if you're doing that, you should get fatally
20:07
plus. Yeah, I think you said that.
20:09
You get it, Get it. Like I think anyone who has
20:12
Chantilly, if someone offers them slap one for one, they
20:14
accept slap in a second, yeah. I think the peripheral
20:18
categories are crazy to me. That's why I think it's such a
20:21
good offer. And look, we've seen slot go
20:24
through, go through stretches in the past, you know?
20:26
Absolutely. And Slot, what is a cell high?
20:28
Like there's not out there. I think maybe it's just kind of
20:31
the same thing with O'Reilly and Nelson where they're also sell
20:34
highs, but like, I just think you could get more for them.
20:37
Last season Chantilly with a .66 points per game and he didn't
20:41
have the role that he had this season.
20:42
This year on the season is at .6.
20:44
He also did not have the role the whole year, but he has a
20:47
decent have worked. I think the point threshold
20:49
should be higher. I think his floor is like .66
20:52
like .7. I think that's his floor and I
20:54
think he'll probably he has in his range of outcomes for rest
20:58
of season to average I think .75 point eight points per game and
21:01
with the back categories like attached to that, I think he's
21:04
be a phenomenal player so. Yeah, anything that was bad.
21:07
Cats are like sustainable. Like the shots I'm not worried
21:10
about, the ones I'm not worried about.
21:12
You think that hits? You don't think that's a flash
21:13
in the pan? You.
21:13
That's part of his game. Because he was hitting last
21:16
season, so last season it was hovering around 25.
21:19
This season he's ticked more up and the shots as well.
21:21
Last season the shots were like at 2.2.
21:23
I can see him ending around 2.73.
21:26
And I think the difference maker there to make up the the
21:28
increased production is a time on ice.
21:30
He's on the ice for 20 plus minutes a night.
21:32
He's going to be doing more of the category coverage, right?
21:34
So I think those are pretty consistent.
21:36
We saw it like last year that it was an element to his game.
21:39
It's just a proportions are higher because that is the time
21:41
on ice is higher. Absolutely no, I, I, I love it.
21:44
I just think like, like I said, with those targets, I think you
21:47
can get mentally plus and if you could do it, we love talking
21:49
about this. You do that too for two where
21:51
you give like O'Reilly plus a guy for Chantilly.
21:54
And then the other guy you get is like an upgrade on your
21:56
second guy. And in your mind you're like, I
21:58
actually already prefer Fantilli, but I'm also getting
22:01
an upgrade elsewhere. That's kind of how I would I
22:03
would use these kind of targets. It's tough because interface off
22:05
wins league. I also think that it's harder to
22:08
trade guys that offer faceoff wins when you're not giving one
22:12
back. So it like limits the way you're
22:15
able to do trades unless the other team has like an abundance
22:17
and they're they're OK getting rid of some.
22:19
But it, it's it's tough because that's why it's been hard for me
22:23
to get a deal done because I want to overpay.
22:26
I don't think I should overpay, but I do really believe in the
22:30
plan. I really want them.
22:31
So it's something like the desperateness of like, me
22:33
wanting to get him before he blows up, and also like not
22:35
overpaying and just buying somebody that's at a ceiling.
22:38
Yeah, no, that's, that's super fair.
22:40
I mean, honestly, I was gonna start going to look at at
22:42
Fantilli offers also. So we'll see if any of us can
22:45
get something done. But I mean, also it's a huge red
22:47
flag to the owner, right? If he starts getting offers from
22:49
like all of us, he's gonna be like, maybe I should hold on to
22:52
this guy. I just sent one but actually is
22:55
really fair. What did someone that I think is
22:57
really fair? It's a it's a 3 for three.
23:01
I don't know if I'm just getting caught up in the hype, but.
23:04
Don't you just talking about it right now and you're setting it
23:07
off right now exactly Forsberg he just reduced so for exactly
23:13
he saw Jake's offer coming in and he saw his other offer.
23:16
He just rejected mine SO. Alright, Forsberg, Slough,
23:18
Sergachev for Fantilli, Wilson, Radish.
23:21
Forsberg wait, Jake, you might be getting cooked.
23:24
No, I don't think so. Forsberg off and and who
23:28
Sergachev OK Achev for for. Wilson, Tom Wilson, Tom Wilson
23:32
and Radish. That's tough.
23:37
I think I'm taking Forsberg over Wilson here.
23:40
I think I'm. Taking I don't think.
23:42
It's taking forever, Wilson. I'm taking like slap over
23:45
Chantilly. But like, at least like in terms
23:47
of like trade perception. And that's crazy that he
23:49
rejected that. That's a really good offer.
23:51
OK, I'm not even going to bother sending an offer if that gets
23:53
rejected. I was not going to send anywhere
23:54
near that. Was not anything near that.
23:57
Either Yeah, that's crazy. All right, Jake, why don't you
24:00
take us to yours and then you can get back to sending trades
24:03
all. Right.
24:04
So quickly, quick disclaimer on this one, he was also a Bilo in
24:08
Week 1. But I think that enough time has
24:10
passed. We can definitely talk about.
24:12
The limitations, yeah. Crazy crazy.
24:15
There's literally like 4 weeks left in the regular.
24:17
Season. Imagine owning a chump was on
24:19
the Bilo episode twice in one season.
24:21
Like imagine being the loser who drafted this guy.
24:25
Yeah, it would be rough out. There.
24:27
Yeah, that's me. Of the Los Angeles Kings we have
24:31
Darcy Kemper. So my esteemed co-host Josh over
24:36
here has made a resolution to not be so down on his luck in
24:40
the group chat with me and Kevin.
24:41
But there's been a mention here and there about Mr. Kember over
24:45
over the last little. Bit if you pulled this, I'm
24:47
going to lose my mind. No, no, no, no.
24:51
One thing I've learned is that when Josh gets super sorrowful
24:55
about his players, you know the turnaround is coming soon.
25:00
All kidding aside, Kemper has been really not it.
25:03
Over the last month, and especially since coming back
25:06
from injury in 2026, he's played nine games and only two of them
25:11
he's gotten over a 90 save percentage.
25:13
Last year, for comparison purposes, he finished with a 9
25:16
to 1 and was one of the best found singles to own.
25:19
This year, things have been rocky for sure, but despite this
25:23
brutal stretch on the season, he still had a 904.
25:26
So, you know, between a 904 and you know, consistently being
25:30
under a 90 over the last over the last few weeks, you could
25:34
definitely see that there's an uptick over there and it's a
25:37
clear buy low. Then you add on the fact that
25:40
Kopitar has been injured for the last two weeks and may be coming
25:43
back very soon over their upcoming road trip.
25:45
They stand 6 in the Pacific, but there are only two points away
25:48
from 3rd place. So clearly this is a turnaround
25:51
point for the Kings and camper. Yeah, it's like you got the top
25:54
three teams and then other than that, it's like really wide open
25:57
for the for the 4th place over there.
26:00
And last but definitely not least, and this is totally
26:04
statistically, but Corey Perry is on this team, meaning that
26:06
they're definitely going to be making the playoffs and losing
26:08
in the finals. So if everything I said before
26:11
wasn't convincing enough, the last part should definitely do
26:13
the trick and there should be a turnaround for Camper and this
26:18
team in the very near future. I think these are very
26:22
reasonable recommendations. So if I had any of these guys,
26:28
I'm trading them for Kemper and I really think it could get
26:30
done. John Gibson, Jeremy Swagman,
26:33
Joseph Woll and Carl Jamalca. I OK, I'll jump in as the
26:39
resident Kemper owner and holder all season to say, first of all,
26:43
I absolutely hope you're right because this has been a brutal
26:47
stretch. And look, you know, it's a good
26:50
buy low and even like I'm panicking, not panicking, but
26:53
even I'm like, man, should I be like trying to get rid of him?
26:55
Whatever. But like, no, everything is that
26:57
the reason I haven't and haven't been like selling low on him is
27:00
because I agree with everything you're saying.
27:02
There's no reason for, you know, him to be as bad as he's been.
27:06
I think also, like you could kind of see it exactly with his
27:09
injury, right? He was playing really well
27:10
before he got injured and then he comes back and has been
27:12
horrible. So like, I think maybe like I
27:15
was gonna say maybe the Olympic break will help him, but he's
27:17
not getting a break. He's going to he's playing for
27:18
Team Canada, but maybe he'll get held back up and he gets a
27:21
little to relax a bit, you know, but but no, So I I'm hoping and
27:25
believe in the turnaround for Kemper And in terms of your
27:28
targets, I think they're all amazing targets.
27:30
I think that they're the perfect level of like performing well.
27:34
They're not like some like waiver pickup that you're trying
27:36
to trick your opponent into grabbing their guys who like,
27:39
you know, actually have some pull in a trade and are playing
27:41
well. And I would rather have camper.
27:43
So it's kind of like the perfect targets for for all of them.
27:45
Yeah. Thank you.
27:48
I I also liked it a lot. I think.
27:50
I think Kemper rest of season like people, people do not
27:53
people do not like him for like I'm seeing it in a discord.
27:56
A lot of people are asking they can drop him.
27:57
People are asking if they can trade him.
27:59
Trade him for for. People, yeah.
28:04
So it's tough because I feel that we're here and we're
28:05
telling people I don't panic like he's still because in my
28:08
mind, like temper has top five rest of season, like like
28:12
upside, like he's on a team that is strong defensively, that
28:16
should be winning more games that are losing.
28:17
And he's a good goalie in himself.
28:19
He just has he squishiness to him, which is not always fun.
28:24
But I, I definitely think that all of these deals that you're,
28:28
that you mentioned, like all these guys, I would definitely
28:30
trade for Kemper and I'd be really happy about it.
28:33
Yeah, I think it could get done. I wanna actually this is this is
28:36
a fun one. Kevin, would you trade Jet
28:39
grieves for Kemper? Yeah, come on.
28:43
Well, I said top five, but those other four spots, yeah, No, I
28:49
probably know Brainer. I probably should.
28:53
Because there was no one. There that he would he just
28:56
gotta million yeah you 1,000,000% straight trackies and
28:59
I would toss that in that list though I think that could
29:01
possibly get I mean it's tough because people have seen that
29:03
Elvis started a couple games recently so they might be
29:05
wearing that. Include him, yeah, Wedgwood
29:07
didn't start three games in a row and he came back and, well,
29:10
so. No, I mean, I don't think it's
29:13
an issue. I think his trade value may be
29:15
affected by that. But yeah, now you should
29:17
absolutely trade Grieves, for example, if you have the chance,
29:21
despite Kevin's bias of who's on his team.
29:24
And this is like anti bias from my part because I've had the
29:26
displeasure of having Kemper for this long, but I would not do
29:29
that trade. OK, let's go to our sell highs.
29:32
I'm excited for mine because I love grabbing sell highs from
29:36
Kevin's team. This is him off so but it's a
29:40
good thing if you have a solo on your team, it means your team
29:42
has been doing well so you know you should be happy like.
29:44
You gonna get worse. That's true, but it's not
29:49
necessarily get worse. It's more like he's, yeah, I
29:51
guess a little get worse, but you just have the opportunity
29:53
here to do something big. So my cell high for this week is
29:55
Artemy Panarin of the New York Rangers.
29:58
For now, he's over the past month averaging 1.5 points per
30:03
game .75 powerfully points and three shots on goal.
30:07
On the season, he's at 1.12 points per game .34 power play
30:10
points and three shots, which is almost identical to his stats
30:13
from last year. So his season stats this year
30:15
are almost identical season stats last year.
30:18
I've seen enough that I think that's around where he should
30:20
end up in terms of like like 1.15 points per game, .35 power
30:24
play points, three shots, which obviously is someone you're
30:26
super happy to have. But when you have the chance to
30:28
tear up with how he's been doing, you gotta take it.
30:30
His PowerPoint pace is completely unsustainable and
30:33
should drop by at least .35 points and he's almost
30:37
guaranteed to get traded, which means you're losing his elite
30:40
playoff schedule and you don't know where he's going to end up.
30:42
No matter where he ends up, he can't possibly do better than
30:45
he's been doing now like he can do.
30:47
He can maintain his his like normal levels, but he's not
30:50
going to do better than 1.5 and .75.
30:52
I can tell you that I hope so. I bet, I bet you his life on it,
30:54
you know, so So yeah, he's he's not gonna do better than he's
31:02
been doing. At best, you can do the same.
31:03
And there are definitely some destinations that can hurt his
31:06
value significantly, like Carolina.
31:08
So now is a great time to trade him and not have to worry about
31:11
it, get the guaranteed guy instead of having to worry about
31:13
the, you know, variable guy, especially when the variable
31:16
could only be downwards. So some targets I'm looking at
31:19
Kyle Mccarr. He's been under a point per game
31:21
for the past month. And with how how parents been
31:24
doing, I think it's attainable in a lot of leagues.
31:26
Mikko Rantanen, uh, the Kocher said he lost a bunch of weight
31:29
cause he's sick. So, uh, you know, he's been kind
31:32
of out if it's on a team who is struggling to make the playoffs,
31:35
they're gonna want the guy who's performing now.
31:37
Um, so that's definitely a good one.
31:39
Brady could Chuck, he's been, he's always solid for bangers
31:42
obviously, but the points aren't necessarily there.
31:44
And I think we're at a point where parents points are just
31:47
high. I mean look, they're the .93
31:49
whatever. Like that's way more than you
31:51
expect. You're super happy with that as
31:52
a check owner. But I think the points
31:54
difference between what parents been doing and what could Chuck
31:56
is doing is enough that you can bridge gap and then I think you
32:00
can get Connor Bidard plus right now.
32:02
I think you get Jack Hughes plus right now.
32:04
So I think these are all great targets.
32:07
So I, I love this as a cell high for for the, the the idea that
32:11
he's just performing super duper well and like this is probably
32:15
the the pinnacle of sell him. And if you can't, then he'll
32:18
still be an incredible asset on your team as the OK outside
32:24
looking in. OK, Kevin has Panera, so I
32:26
definitely want him to take take the lead on this one.
32:29
But I just wanna say that from my perspective, Macar Ranton
32:34
into Chuck for sure. And then Bedard.
32:38
I just I want to take the plus out of the equation.
32:40
Bedard and Hughes. I think I'm taking Hughes one
32:44
for one. I don't think I'm taking Bedard.
32:45
I really think you need the plus there.
32:47
So try the plus for Hughes both, but I would still settle for the
32:52
one. And last but not least, if
32:56
you're, I mean, Kevin who you have Brady.
32:59
So that's kind of a fun one. So who are you actually willing
33:03
to trade Panera in for on this list?
33:07
I think the only one that's out of reach is Brady, in my
33:09
opinion, cause if you're, if you want Brady because you're in a
33:11
bangers league and if you're in a bangers league, I think Brady
33:13
is just you're not bridging the gap.
33:15
I think Brady is at over a point per game over the last two weeks
33:19
and he's hovering around a point per game on the season and he's
33:21
got the crazy shots hits always. So I think that that's you need
33:24
something to bridge the gap because the.
33:26
Gaping like doesn't make the shots are also great.
33:29
Like they're not that far off from Brady.
33:31
So it's really just the hits. And like I think the PIM, I mean
33:35
I think the like points and power play points difference is
33:39
high enough that it could get done.
33:41
I just, I just think in a bangers league, Brady is too
33:45
all-encompassing that she was probably a first round pick as
33:48
well. Panera was drafted after so and
33:51
he's doing better than he did last season.
33:52
So I think, I think personally he's too valuable that I would
33:55
not accept that I need Panarin plus.
33:58
But if you're gonna get it done in a bankers, they could be
34:00
thrilled. I think all the other ones are
34:02
very realistic. I have not tried to trade for
34:05
Karmakar. I have tried to trade for the
34:07
other guys. But with Renton it's kind of
34:10
close though Honestly I feel like maybe I'm just too.
34:12
I don't know if I'm too low on Rantanen, but he started the
34:15
season super hot. I think it's just with the
34:18
ambiguity of the trade. You probably do that, but you're
34:20
probably just getting what Panera's doing right now or like
34:24
what he's doing on the season type of thing because I do think
34:27
parents more in Renton and so. The shots for sure and then
34:31
randomly is a goat at Pimms though if.
34:33
You're but it was like 3 games in like 2 weeks and that was it
34:37
Pretty much like he's been testing on those.
34:39
I feel like he's also been pinning other than that insane
34:42
week that was against me. I feel like he's just getting a
34:45
bunch of like minor penalties, keeps crashing into goalies,
34:47
stuff like I think I feel like he's just doing a lot this year.
34:51
Either either yeah, that yeah, Philly has that.
34:53
But either way, I I do love the Panarin trade like we talked
34:56
about Zeb last week being a cell high because, you know, we don't
34:58
know who's gonna be on this Rangers team who's getting
35:01
traded where they're getting traded.
35:02
So ambiguity increases risk. Risk means values fluctuate so
35:06
you don't really know what you're going to get.
35:08
And I think right now parents been so hot that if you can cash
35:11
in for even a lateral move in a safer, safer place than you do
35:17
that. And I think all these names are
35:18
perfect for. Yeah, yeah.
35:20
But by no means though, like, is it the end of the world if you
35:23
can't? Like, I think right now, right
35:26
now you can trade him for these guys.
35:28
And if he does get traded somewhere else, you know, the
35:32
targets become more like a, a Stotler who I think is a tier
35:36
below the ones that you mentioned, or a Kyle Connor
35:39
right around sort of where Panarin got got picked actually.
35:42
Like that's where he I just think that belonged.
35:44
But now he's playing round one. Yeah, I just think with how he's
35:47
been doing, there's no one out of reach.
35:50
Like I mean and one for one there are obviously, but I think
35:53
if you toss his name in there with, you know, you sometimes
35:57
have to throw in a plus. But like, I think him plus, not
36:00
necessarily the biggest plus can get you pretty much any player
36:03
in the league with how he's been playing.
36:05
That's how I feel so. Batherson and Panarin for Yeah,
36:09
David. Yeah, I.
36:10
Look good. So like, I mean, I wouldn't
36:14
because I don't. Wanna big playoff boost for?
36:18
You, but that is a big. Player games in a row without
36:20
McDavid getting a point, you know.
36:23
That if we project his last two game pace over the season, he's
36:28
getting a point. Never getting a point again.
36:31
You know, you guys laugh about that, but that's how my mind
36:33
works, you know, like that happens to me and I'm like never
36:36
getting a point again and again. My team is screwed.
36:38
You know, like I treated away my entire team for these like two
36:42
players and they could have done nothing this week, man, It's
36:46
still. Bothers.
36:48
It's always the perfect addition.
36:49
It's so fun, so funny. Alright, It's just too Kevin,
36:54
Sorry. Kevin, what do you?
36:55
Got all right, I'm really excited to talk about this
36:59
player because not only is he on a team with a bad playoff
37:03
schedule that I'm trying to move off of, but he's also been
37:06
insanely productive and he goes through stretches like this
37:09
early season he was a league winner, then he was a drop.
37:12
Now he's a guy that you should have on your roster and sell.
37:15
I'm talking about Nick Schmaltz of the Utah Mammoth.
37:19
Over the last month, Nick Schmaltz is averaging 1.27
37:23
points per game point, 2.27 power play points, almost three
37:28
shots a game and he's averaging 9 faceoff wins a game.
37:31
This is a right wing eligible player.
37:33
He has fully taken over the Logan Cooley spot and he's
37:36
thriving with it right now. He's getting a lot of ice time.
37:39
He's consistently averaging 19 to 20 minutes a night.
37:42
I think right now, you know, Utahs lines are working.
37:45
We're seeing guys like Jack McBain and they don't run
37:47
through on line 3 succeed. And I think, I think Nick
37:50
Schmaltz right now is playing with Clayton Keller and they're
37:52
doing crazy work. And Nick Schmaltz is a guy that
37:55
early season 2, I think he had a stretch.
37:57
He's like 1.5 points per game. And people were like he's the
37:59
pick up of the season. And that lasted for like 3-4
38:01
weeks. And then he like when zeros for
38:04
a month and we were like. We still have mentioned Schultz
38:07
earlier this season. Is he?
38:08
Is he a Cinderella? Story probably top five top like
38:11
first five weeks or something Like yeah, it feels inevitable.
38:14
Yeah. No, I don't think it was like, I
38:16
don't think it was ever a buy low.
38:20
He's always just so high, you know, cause nobody wants to buy
38:23
him when he's low. Yeah.
38:26
But either way, and I also have playoffs in mind, if you're
38:29
fantasy fantasy championship is in week 23 and your playoffs for
38:32
week 21 or 23, like you should be right now trying to move off
38:35
of your Utah Mammoth players and either get a lateral move or
38:39
tear up. And I'm always trying to tear up
38:41
if I can because they have two games in the championship.
38:44
And you can definitely get a guy that's better with a three or
38:47
four-game schedule in that week. So right now, I think as the
38:49
prime opportunity to trade, this does not mean that next in two
38:53
weeks and we're talking about it, he completely falls off.
38:56
This just means now is the time to capitalize on a guy that is
39:00
not playoff optimized, is playing over over his expected
39:04
production. And with Logan Cooley comes
39:06
back, it will significantly affect his value negativity,
39:10
right? That's not in the immediate
39:11
future, but after the after the Olympic break, it's going to be
39:15
a dicey situation. And I'm trying to cash in right
39:18
now, especially with the production.
39:19
He's doing like almost 1.3 points per game.
39:21
Nuts. And he has the deployment and
39:24
the body of work to be able to capitalize on that, in my
39:27
opinion. So if you can get a guy like
39:30
Drake Batherson, I would love that.
39:32
If you can get Jasper Brat, you guys are gonna hate me.
39:34
We keep talking about Jasper Brat.
39:36
He is still a billow, guys. I know it's hard to believe he's
39:39
been so bad for so long. I still believe if he doesn't
39:43
end up turning around at all, listen, we'll take
39:45
accountability when that happens.
39:46
But right now, I still think you need to buy low.
39:49
I think Connor Bird was in reach.
39:50
Like he got injured, his value was a little dicey right before
39:54
he came back as a popping like he was before.
39:56
I think in a package, most definitely you can get Connor
39:58
Bedard, Matt Boldy as we speak, he has yet to come back from
40:01
injury. It's right around the corner.
40:02
So you might be listening to this, might have played his
40:04
first game. I still think Matt body is
40:06
within reach. You're not getting the craziest
40:08
playoff bump, but I think you're getting a crazy bump in value
40:12
and I think in a package you could absolutely do that as
40:14
well. When Nichols.
40:16
So I love this as a recommendation.
40:19
He's notoriously streaky and he's not a bad player by any
40:22
means, but he's, he ends up hovering, you know, in the .9
40:27
points per game. And those come in like 10 games
40:29
of insane insanity and then just falling off the face of the
40:32
earth. And that's a real pain in the
40:34
behind for fantasy, I'm sure. Meaning that Daniel Booth, Yes.
40:41
And so hilarious. So as far as your targets go,
40:45
Batherson and Brat for sure attainable.
40:48
I think you could do that. But Dard I I just think the
40:52
owner is going to be too hyped up on what he did at the
40:54
beginning of the year that they're not gonna be willing to
40:56
trade. And then and then Boldy.
40:59
I just think that I think that the tier break may be too two
41:05
significant thing was like, yeah, I think you're aiming a
41:09
bit too high with. Body.
41:10
But what if the dark if it's a package like what if you're
41:13
doing? I'm trying to think but like
41:15
bath or something. Yeah.
41:18
Honestly, I think that'd be too much.
41:21
Maybe. Now tabled easily.
41:24
Because I like Ricard, Raquel and and schmaltz for Boldy.
41:30
I would take Boldy for sure. But I think that that's more
41:33
feasible, right? I don't know, I'm kind of with
41:36
the I'm with you on this one. I'm in I'm with Kevin and the
41:38
fact that Nick Schmaltz is a huge cell high.
41:40
Love everything he said about that in terms of the target and
41:42
I'm with Jake in terms of this target analysis.
41:44
I think Batherson and Brat both attainable Brat, this would be a
41:48
slam dunk one for one. I mean, I think we're all in
41:51
agreement. It's not just Kevin, you know,
41:52
putting his name on the line here.
41:54
We all think Brad to bounce back even.
41:55
Though life on the line. OK.
41:58
Nobody asked him to, by the way, but he's putting his life on the
42:00
line. Yeah.
42:02
So I think those are great ones. I just think there's no way
42:05
anyone treats with Garter Boldy for Nick Schmaltz.
42:07
I don't even think that. Like I think you have to give a
42:10
significant plus to to get it done.
42:13
I don't know. I think baldies like no, but I
42:16
know. Obviously I prefaced it, there's
42:18
not one for one in a package, but I'm trying to use schmaltz
42:21
value right now to tear up to a guy at that level.
42:24
I don't think schmaltz plus like a lesser plus is enough to get
42:27
this done. Look, if it is, then I mean like
42:32
a lot of times people in do pull off trades that were like, I
42:35
don't know how you pulled that off right.
42:36
So I think that can get like that.
42:37
It happens, but I just don't see any way that you can get.
42:41
I think it's a tear break. Like Jackie said with Darden
42:43
Boldy are just like we were talking earlier this season
42:45
before Bedard injury that he was going to be like a first round
42:47
pick next year. He was at like 1.4 points per
42:49
game. Bully 2 should be like a top 2
42:52
rounds, top three round pick with like how usually does
42:55
especially he's gonna bounce, he's going to come back and he's
42:57
going on that Minnesota power play.
42:58
That's just insane. So yeah, I don't know.
43:02
I just don't see it happening with those ones.
43:03
I think have a pretty significant plus.
43:05
But I love the cell high and if you can make it work then do it
43:08
because it would be sick. Can I give you some other names?
43:10
You tell me your name like if it's realistic in your mind,
43:13
like Nicole Hesher. I think you can do that and I
43:16
would. Do Yeah, OK.
43:17
What about Tempe? I think that can get done.
43:20
Bohora. Yeah, I'll do it.
43:22
Um, horror. That's tough because he just
43:24
came back from injury. But I would take Corvette over
43:25
Smoltz if you can and I think it could get done.
43:27
OK, so these are other names that I was, I was.
43:29
Like, I like those better. I think they're more realistic.
43:31
OK, yeah, it's dark out the name value and coffee on like an
43:35
absolute terror. I mean, I don't, I don't know if
43:38
you can get Cofield for Schmaltz, but if you can, I
43:40
definitely prefer Cofield, yeah. OK, you can not like, not from a
43:43
Habs fan, but yeah, exactly. No.
43:47
Alright, JQ, why don't you take us home?
43:49
Country roads. Yes, so they don't make
43:54
Cinderella UR stories than this. I'm going to talk about Ryan
43:58
O'Reilly. Manns was on our waiver show as
44:02
the top choice for like a month straight, and then last week he
44:06
finally cracked the Top 40 percent, 40%, so we could
44:09
imagine him anymore. But this last month has been
44:12
absolutely bananas. What's great for O'Reilly owners
44:16
is that the production has been consistent, and the 11 games
44:19
he's played since in January, he has scored in nine of those 11
44:24
games. Truly, if you picked them up,
44:26
you're probably coasting right now.
44:28
So I really hope that no one skipped out on our waiver show
44:31
from weeks 10 to 16 where we kept pleading with our listeners
44:34
to pick them up. Consistency goes beyond January,
44:38
and he's really been on fire since December.
44:41
But just to focus on the most recent insane surge, in his
44:45
eleven games of 2026 so far, he has 16 points, and 12 of those
44:50
came in the last five games. Now we all love O'Reilly, but
44:55
this is not something young prospect going on an insane
44:58
surge where we're asking ourselves OK, can this finally
45:01
be the year O'reilly's 34? We have enough of a sample size
45:06
of him being an excellent addition to teams in real life,
45:08
a solid fantasy player disregarding last year, and
45:12
someone who is a good addition to add depth to your lineup.
45:16
However, he's never scored a point per game, which is on pace
45:20
to do this year. What I really like here is that
45:23
he does carry a solid amount of name value, so I think you can
45:27
peak a lot of your league mates interest if you send them in a
45:29
trade. And then the last quick points
45:31
is that the Preds have been doing way better than we all
45:34
thought this year. But the battle for the wild card
45:36
spot is pretty wide open and I don't think that they're going
45:40
to have a very strong finish regardless.
45:43
I'm suspecting some negative regression for Ryan O'Reilly,
45:46
But if the preds do start falling out of the playoff race
45:49
and he gets traded, which is tough with the Olympic break but
45:52
still worth mentioning, then there is that's going to be a
45:55
massive catalyst for a huge dropoff in value and I don't
45:59
think there's a non zero chance that gets moved at all.
46:02
I think you may even be able to aim higher than the guys I'm
46:05
about to mention. But I think that these are
46:07
reasonable offers and I'm might be worth getting them in return.
46:10
So for trading O'Reilly, I think you can get back Nico Hischer,
46:15
Drake Batherson, Zach Hyman, Joel Ericsson, Ek and Kevin's
46:20
aforementioned Bilo, Adam Fantilli.
46:23
Yeah, this is this is a great one.
46:25
I mean, it's like it's true. We pumped, we pumped him every
46:28
single week we possibly could. He was our number one, not just
46:31
mentioned on our on our way to our show.
46:32
He was the number one for like 6 weeks straight.
46:35
Somehow just would not crack 40% and he just kept being point per
46:38
game and were like, when is this going to happen?
46:40
And so we finally can't mention him Angies like no, but we gotta
46:43
find a way. He's like, it's like how the the
46:46
turnip from earlier on this season, you know, like just like
46:49
every episode found a way to like mention him.
46:51
So so now this is a fantastic cell.
46:54
Um, look, I think it's like Kevin mentioned earlier.
46:57
Also, I don't remember this that was this episode or the waiver
47:00
episode. I think it was the labour
47:01
episode, but Kevin mentioned that like we do have to probably
47:03
readjust our expectations of Nashville.
47:05
I don't think they're as much of A dumpster fire as we all
47:08
initially thought and thought they were going to go back to
47:10
immediately. That being said, I don't think
47:12
they're as good as they've been doing either.
47:14
I don't think any of us think that.
47:15
So let's say somewhere in the middle.
47:17
So no, I fully agree with everything you said in terms of
47:19
the targets. He sure, I love definitely
47:21
attainable and I would take him Batherson.
47:23
I love, I would take him. I think it's attainable.
47:25
Same with Heyman, same with Ericsson, Ek Chantilly, again,
47:28
this is like a bit more money. Kevin was saying, I think you
47:30
get Chantilly plus and I think you should because I I
47:33
definitely, I definitely like Fantilli as an acquisition.
47:36
So again, another, another five stars for Jakey.
47:39
No, no issues on my end. No issues on my end either
47:43
Jakey. We've got a long way.
47:47
Yeah, seriously, it was a rough stretch there for a bit, but.
47:50
Yeah, that's it. That's it.
47:52
I and I think you know what the fan Tilly one it's it's a really
47:55
it's a really great buy low recommendation.
47:57
I I know you could get plus I'm certain of it.
48:00
But if the manager says no, I'm absolutely not doing that one
48:02
for one is the best. I still think I take that
48:04
return. Just getting Fantilli back, you
48:07
know you want to aim higher. I mean, you're definitely
48:09
getting a boost in the bangers. That's absolutely for sure.
48:12
It's just is the points difference of what they're both
48:15
going to be doing the rest of the season worth that?
48:16
Yeah, Well, there's no way. Well, final Riley five, I know.
48:20
There's just no way O'Reilly keeps up this pace.
48:23
And even if we do reevaluate Nashville as a whole and things
48:26
like, yeah, maybe there guys are not just like that.
48:28
I get straight zeros everywhere, right?
48:30
I don't know if they're going to be doing this.
48:32
So I, I think if anything, the Olympic break may hinder them
48:36
because it slows down their momentum.
48:37
And, yeah, and, you know, they gonna start from scratch and
48:40
maybe we get close to the trade deadline and then teams start
48:42
inquiring. Like, listen, like, do you guys
48:44
think winning the Stanley Cup this year?
48:45
Do you think you're set up for the future?
48:47
No, Let us get a Ryan O'Reilly or Steven Stamkos from your
48:51
team. Right.
48:51
And if that happens, these guys definitely take a hidden value
48:55
for what they're doing right now, so.
48:57
Yeah, yeah, I, I just want to say that this is probably, you
49:00
know, one of the most, most consequential bylaws.
49:03
How high is because you got the Olympics in two weeks basically,
49:07
and then not long after that is the trade deadline.
49:11
So a lot of these, we mentioned Panera and we mentioned
49:14
O'Reilly, these are guys on teams that should have a lot of
49:20
question marks coming up. So I think like blanket
49:23
statements is that they're both sell highs in their own right.
49:26
And then if they get moved, it's going to be even more.
49:29
So way more worried about Ryan O'Reilly than Panera after
49:32
getting moved. Yeah, like Panera could still be
49:34
what he's doing. Or Rhino Rally.
49:35
Yeah, you could completely. Follow up Panera could go to
49:37
like a 1.2 and like which is or 1.11.2.
49:41
You're not bummed with that at all but O'Reilly it could be
49:44
like a .5 points per game. He could literally like.
49:47
You know, the PowerPoint disappear if he goes somewhere
49:50
that he's not powerfully one, which is a lot of places.
49:52
So no, definitely fully agree on that one.
49:54
Exactly. No buying team is going to want
49:56
them to be line 1C power play one and then like doing this.
49:59
And he is an amazing depth player in real life.
50:02
Like that's like what he's like, that's what he's amazing for,
50:05
so. He's a middle 16.
50:07
I actually on most other teams. Yeah, and like the best
50:10
Middlesex centre you can have, but still a Middlesex centre.
50:14
So this is just. There's no way this continues.
50:16
Yeah. All right, I love this.
50:19
I love this. Let's see, it's two week update.
50:21
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50:53
That's a That's a pretty sick half sweater.
50:55
Vint vintage sweater. I like drinking shirt better,
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