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It's absolutely something else. Welcome in everybody to Bangor
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Management, the fantasy Hockey Podcast with your esteemed hosts
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Today is our Week 9 Hot Topics and Mailbag episode.
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help you helping us. Exactly, exactly, exactly what
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you said. He's been saying it forever.
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Yeah. He's been saying it as long as
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So if you know, you know if you listen to one of those recent
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episodes. Yes, you can come here for the
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hockey, stay for the IQ points that's.
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Exactly the topography. That's a good word, actually.
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Yeah, yeah, I'm impressed. Josh.
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Thank you. I think it means what I think it
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means. OK, let's get into our hot
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topics. So these are topics that are hot
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around the league. I kind of just try and
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internalize what everyone seems to be talking about and then
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spit it out into our hot topics so that in case if we got a
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question about it, then I don't put it on here.
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So I try to cover more topics. Anyways, let's get into it.
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Firstly, this has been a hot topic all season.
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Luke Hughes slash Dougie Hamilton.
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Or should I put another slash and mention Simonich because
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what the heck is going on here? I know Hughes owners aren't
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happy. I know Hamilton owners aren't
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happy. Owners aren't nobody's.
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Nobody's running away with this spot and anyone who has this
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spot is doing nothing with it. What is going on with supposedly
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what should be one of the hottest power play one
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quarterback spots in the league? I mean, in my opinion, I think
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first of all, the loss of Jack Hughes definitely, definitely
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impedes on the success of this, you know, power play unit.
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We talked about, you know, featuring Brett getting more
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success out of this situation because they end up playing
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together. And I think we've already seen
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that, you know, them playing together has made both of their
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fantasy values go up. We've seen and and Timo as well,
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like the fact that they stacked the top line.
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Everybody there is is really growing in value.
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And I mean, he's sure we hollered and has a buy low and a
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continued little even after it didn't pop off right away.
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So I hope you were able to do that because right now you're
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reaping the rewards. But nonetheless, I think the
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fact that this power play is less good means that the power
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play defence on this are also less good.
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And the fact that they're already splitting adds to that
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as well. If I had to pick one guy rest of
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season, I'm think I'm still leaning Dougie just because he
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has the shot volume that, you know, Luke doesn't necessarily
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always have damage, not even putting in the conversation.
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I think that was just like a a little blip for for a moment
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when he scored a hat trick and they were like, alright, what
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can this guy do? Um, I'm waiting for.
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I'm waiting for the trade that gets them.
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Queen used to be honest, I feel that's gonna happen.
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I think either damage is going to be the way or Dougie or both.
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And Quinn Hughes will be the future power play one
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quarterback for the New Jersey Devils, putting that into the
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into the universe. Not that that's a feel like a
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hot take at this point, but yeah, I don't know if.
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That happens. I think Luke becomes better in a
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way because I think it's like, and it never would say that
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because I'm just gonna put them both on Power Play 1 probably
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one. I'm the because they're like a
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trio of brothers. I think it's like they're gonna
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do. Don't forget, we're gonna.
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Head guilt themselves into putting Luke on P1 and bumped
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off. Like who are you gonna jump off?
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It's gonna be a Mercer or Timo. Yeah, I think that's not the
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bump off is not the crazy part. I think it's more like I feel
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like teams don't like having two defensemen, but I don't think
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there's any actual player stopping that from happening.
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But anyway, we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves with this.
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Do you if that if this Quinn Hughes trade does happen, is
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this an off season thing or you think it could happen
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mid-season? I think it's most likely
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offseason could happen during the season depending on how sale
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happy Vancouver gets. Like we talked about in the
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previous episode that sure what is probably getting traded.
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I could see Garland getting traded.
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So all of those assets, I think only Peterson and potentially
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best are the guys that are safe on this team.
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Don't forget when he uses the captain to like the fact that
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it's just that we've already seen the reports and the rumors
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for years before that he wants to play with his brothers and
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they're not gonna play in Vancouver.
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So the only logical thing is he's going to play for New
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Jersey and his contract has what, two or three more years
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left? So I think they know that if
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they wait longer, they'll they might get nothing for him
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because at the end of the contract, he'll just sign with
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them for free. So might as well try to trade
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him now. And the volume might not even be
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100% because they know that the impending free agency.
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So I but this question is not about Queen Hughes and what he's
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going to do on New Jersey. So Luke used Doggy.
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I think Luke uses I don't wanna say a drop, but when he's on
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People one, he's a drop. The fact is he's on there every
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other game it feels like. So it's a tough situation to be
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if I had to own one of them. I want to own Dougie, but I'm
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not really happy. He's also been awful.
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Yeah, that's that's the thing. But I think better head for
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Dougie, especially when Jack comes back.
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Yeah, I'd characterize it as Nemeth is not restorable.
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I know he's been one of the most popular ads lately.
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Shoots and he blocked sometimes. Yeah, yeah, OK.
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He's he's streamable, but he's not Holsworthy.
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Luke Hughes is someone that I'm really not happy having on my
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team. Like it feels bad dropping him.
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It depends who's available, but like, you know, Brandon Clark
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getting reps at power play one. I would drop Hughes for Clark in
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a second. And then drops used for like
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aeronet BLOB. No, because I don't think that's
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worth rostering either. So it may as well go with the
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one who actually has some P1 exposure.
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But there's a lot of guys lower roster than Hughes that I would
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that would take for him. And then Dougie is like he's
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kind of in somewhere Vote for me with my team as Switch was at
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the start of the year where he's just absolutely awful straights
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EUR. But there's some guys you just
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don't drop, you waited. Like if you drop you, you lose
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all the value if you wait. I mean, you need to have the
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luxury to be able to wait it out and have essentially a dead
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roster spot, but he's still putting up some shots and some
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trickling of back cats. So it's not completely dead and
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brighter days have to be ahead because he's gotten almost 0
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points so it can only go up from here.
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I'm think I'm going to go Dougie, Luke and then a distance
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later, Simonovich. However, however, I'm not
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totally out on Luke. I think the way you guys are
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because like, look, this is this is still a Hughes brother who
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they drafted super high that they want to get going.
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So if there's no like on this team's winning, like they're not
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losing, right? And they're, they're winning.
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Battles though. Yeah, you're amalgamation of
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like, Power Player 1. So like, yes, for fancy, we want
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there to be OK. Hell, here we go.
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Typography. Amalgamation.
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Exactly. We know words.
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We know the best words. And because of that, I'm
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thinking that Luke's gonna get a bit more looks moving forward.
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I don't think anyone's gonna necessarily beat out anybody to
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the point that you're happy to own any of these guys.
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That being said, I still think Dougie's safer.
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Therefore, I would choose him first.
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Let's go to the next Hot TOPIC. Let's do it.
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Next, we've got UC Sara of the Nashville Predators.
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I think people who grabbed him this year were banking on him
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dropping in the draft because of how awful he was last year.
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And they're like, national can't possibly be as bad as they were
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last year. And then Nashville's like, hold
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my beer. We're going to be even worse.
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So people are wondering, is Sara's droppable?
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I, I mean, listen, I feel like he's been one of the guys that
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I've had the most questions about in the discord lately
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because they're owning sorrows. It's one of those situations
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that you feel bad dropping, but every week you just taking your
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goalie category. So what do you even do is like
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all Mark earlier in the season and all Mark a couple nights
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ago. So it's it's it's really tough
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when you're in the situation where this team is bad guys like
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Nashville is bad. They're gonna be running for the
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lottery again. They're going to be selling
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assets at the deadline. And Cyrus is like the only like
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speculation about Cyrus's value going up, I feel like is if he
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gets traded, which is a long shot at this point, so.
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I don't see it happening. No, so I, I think honestly, like
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you're, you're kind of stuck with him and you're gonna feel a
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huge sense of relief if you drop him and you just end up
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streaming from that from that, from that position.
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It really depends. If you're in a points league, I
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don't feel bad dropping at all because most likely he's getting
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a lot of negatives. If you're in a categories
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leagues, like he can ruin your categories with one bad game.
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So I'm, I want to sell if you can, but obviously know who's
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gonna be buying those at this point he's just throwing in the
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trade at best. And I'm thinking like if there's
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guys like Jet grieves on your on your waivers.
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Was gonna say let's like quickly before we, I mean Jake will say
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his piece but also like then we'll move on.
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But let's why don't we try and come up with the threshold of
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goalie that you would drop sparrows for?
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OK, Stuart Skinner. Yeah, I think it's Skinner has
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more upside than Soros. Does I'd rather have Skinner?
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What about PPL? That's tough.
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I feel like I'd rather sorrows than UPL.
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I think I'd rather UPL. What about you, Jakey?
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Probably Saros. Saros is the clear starter you
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know UPS has to fight with, like Colton Ellis.
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I just want to say one thing about this and just like there
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are people who are still not rostered in over 10% of leagues
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this year, goalies that I guarantee you by the end of the
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year will be 40 plus. We don't know them yet.
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We don't know who they are, but we'll also tells one of them.
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Yeah, that came out of nowhere and has been amazing.
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Like it's not over. Like it's always happens like
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around January. That's like when it's gets
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really difficult. But this is year after year
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after year. And look, perhaps this is the
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one year where I'm wrong about this.
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But like right now, had I missed out on picking up Walstead for
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Saros as an example, like I'd be pretty sad.
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So if you see there's like exactly Oscar all, maybe even
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Wedgewood. I'm in another league right now
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and I know we're getting off topic.
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Just one of the kind of hammer this point.
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I've Skinner chest circuit and Vladar and that's like I would
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have dropped Skinner and Vladar in a heartbeat knowing what
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Wallace this was going to do. So this is to say that my
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perspective don't drop Saros for you may think drop in for a
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streamer and I get that. But I think it's like if you see
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even a blip of potential future of your goalie being a starter,
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and it's not always easy to tell, but if you see that plus
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he's a good streamer, that's where I'm doing it for.
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Sure. The biggest question is
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obviously like your league format when it comes the
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goalies, it really influences a lot.
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If he's your third goalie and you can safely run 2 goalies,
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I've just cut them and move on. I'd pick up an extra D or an
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extra forward. But let's say he's your second
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goalie and you need 2 goalies. Then you have to make the
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decision of OK, am I cutting him to like stream log Devin Cooley
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and then you know whoever else gets hot after that like the The
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Who sows or the whatever. Like would you rather do that,
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put yourself in that situation or just hold sorrows through the
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downs right now? Because I think right now
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probably just cut them and then stream better production.
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And yeah, you have to, you have to dedicate the ads on your
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weekly basis to get production from the goalie position.
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But it's still gonna be more productive than holding sorrows
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and just getting negative numbers or just bad goalie
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categories. So you drop them for Jerry I.
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Would, Yeah, yes, See, that's exactly what I was going to say
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because it's like not high, super high roster.
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You know, Jerry on Yahoo is rusted and 39% of leagues and
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there is a potential for him to be the top goalie there.
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Another one, maybe, maybe Brandon Bussey, because there is
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a chance that he's the top goalie there, but like, dismiss.
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The coolness situation is like you have to make it.
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You have to make a decision on are you streaming it for the for
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multiple weeks or? That's what I'm saying, though,
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is like, Boosie has the power to be their guy.
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Coolly, I don't think there you go.
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That's overtaking from Wolf. So that's kind of where I'm at
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is if you see like potential for more longevity, that's when I'm
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doing it and I'm like moving on. Would you drop her for the
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Anderson though? No, no, because and because
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Freddy's had such bad injury history and like at least with
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pussy, it's like there's an unknown of how how good.
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Pussy can be potential there, yeah.
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Exactly. Recovery or Schmid at this
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point? No, no, no, because they have
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like a time horizon that's guaranteed.
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So exactly that's where I'm at, the longevity part.
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Our next hot topic that we've also kind of talked about, Devin
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Cooley, Dustin Wolf, do you have any worry as a wolf owner that
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coolly stealing starts or is it just a temporary thing and it'll
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wolf will get it back soon? In my head, this is simple.
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It's a temporary thing. Like we saw Wolf be amazing for
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them last season, like he he single handedly kept them in
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games and almost made a playoff push for them.
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I think the the amount of games that he's played is catching up
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to him a little bit and the team in front of him is is just not
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good. So I I think he's definitely
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susceptible to bad performances and Cooley has been a bright
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spot for them. So that's that's nice, but I
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don't expect this to last more than a week or two until he's
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back to getting all the stats. Yeah, you know, if Devin Cooley
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was like a high drafted pick, 22 years old, like I'd be scared.
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Except he's 28 and like. He's older than I.
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Thought yeah, and Wolf is 24. Like this is their goalie of the
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future. Like they're not gonna make him
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irrelevant, You know what I mean?
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Yeah, 100% fully agree. OK, moving on to our next one,
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John Carlson, Jacob Chicken. Has Chicken officially taken
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that power play one spot? Is Carlson cooked?
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What do you guys think? So when you went into the Upside
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Down last episode, you dove into this a little bit, Kevin and I
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about how what I think is kind of suss here in general is that
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both defensemen have been able to be so elite offensively.
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I don't see that sticking around to answer your question
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directly, I think chickering is the much safer place to stay on
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power play one whether or not Carlson is there.
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I think chickens got a concrete spot now.
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I also think that their combined point totals over 1.1 points per
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game over the last few weeks. Each player's not going to stick
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around. So you can expect regression for
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both. Kevin mentioned that chickens to
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sell high. I kind of agree on that, but I
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still think Chickens one of my top 7 or 8 defensemen I want to
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own in Carlson's on in that territory.
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Yeah, I fully agree at this point.
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Chickens at top tops here, defenseman and Carlson.
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I'm, I mean, I don't like to sell low, but I don't have, I
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don't have much hopes of him getting a passing chicken in the
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depth chart at this point. Yeah, I think the main take away
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from this is, is chicken is guaranteed that people one spot
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and whether Carlson is the second D on it or not is up for
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debate. But chicken is gonna be there no
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matter what. And I think he's just like
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easily a top seven top 8 defenseman rest of season.
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And right now if I have John Carlson on my team, I'm trying
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to trade him absolutely because his production right now is not
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going to be representative of what his production will be
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moving forward because right now his if you look at his averages,
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they've been nuts recently. So try to trade him right now
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before the average started doing his value goes when the London
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doing so yeah, that's that's my take on it.
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Fully agree, sell Carlson while he still has value.
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And the last hot topic is Robert Thomas of the Saint Louis Blues.
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The whole Blues team has been awful.
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Thomas is a guy who's been 1.1 points per game.
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In the past he's been an elite points guy even though he
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doesn't have much coverage other than faceoff wins.
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But now he's not doing the points.
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So people are like why am I holding this guy?
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Especially a pure C and a lot of leagues there's a lot of really
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good ones available. So do you think that he's worth
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holding on to? Is he a potential drop?
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Is he a sell low on? Is he a hold?
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And he's gonna turn it around? So what do you think?
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I think he's, I think he's in the bylaw territory more than
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anything. Like I totally get why people
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are scared. Saint Louis has been absolutely,
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absolutely awful. I'm very excited to round up how
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our divisional breakdowns are going because this was a
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catastrophic mistake by me, it's looking like.
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But I've had some other good ones, like The Jets not being as
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good, the Sharks being better than we thought.
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Yeah, Toronto. Exactly.
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But this is bad. And I'm like, and I'm not really
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thinking they're gonna get much better.
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But his point production right now under .8 points per game,
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like I think that will improve. So I, I don't believe in him as
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you know, as elite of a centre as I thought at the beginning of
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the year, but I still actually be looking to buy as opposed to
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a. Single can be point per game
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rest of season. Yeah, I don't see that out of
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the cards for him. I mean, I guess the difference
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is that he's been on better Saint Louis teams and he's on
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now, but like 1.16 last year, like .16 points per game
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difference, you know, or even .95.
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I think that that's kind of where he's gonna be hovering
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around. Like however many games he plays
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this season, let's say play 70 games, he'll get between 60, 6
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to 74 points. Alright, what do you think,
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Kevin? I mean, I think there's
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definitely better days ahead. I just don't want him on my
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team. I think he's already won
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one-dimensional enough that he's not the not the type of player
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that I usually draft in my fantasy leagues.
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But I do observe the value of him getting a point per game or
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more. But I just don't want him on my
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team. And the fact that he's not even
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close to that production right now is just a guy that is on
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waivers and a lot of leagues. And if you own him, you're not
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happy with him, especially where you drafted him.
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So like what I what I drop Robert Thomas or Josh Norris?
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I think I would enough that feels crazy, but if you're a
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shallow enough league like I and the replacement value is high
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that I know that even if N gets hurt, I can just pick up
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somebody else. That's like somewhat good as
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well. I would do that.
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So that's kind of where my mind is at.
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But do I think there's better days ahead for the Blues in
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general? Yes.
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When that happens, is that a month or two down the line?
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I don't know. And right now, like if you can
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afford to just wait along on your fantasy teams.
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And yes, but I don't usually want to wait a long so I'm
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either trying to trade or or make a a pickup.
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Yeah, it's they're. They're bad.
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I don't think they'll be this bad.
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Like I think they will get better and like.
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It for two months into the season.
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So it's like a a certain point. You have a sample size that you
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can use as a point of reference for moving forward.
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So. Yeah, but I mean, look at them
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literally last year, right? They were off until look at them
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the year they won the Stanley Cup.
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So it's not out of the question that they turn it around.
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I mean, usually there's a catalyst, right?
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Last year there was. I mean, both times it was a new
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coach, right? And they're not gonna fire
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Monty. So if they want some sort of
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catalyst to get them going, they're gonna have to find it
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internally or maybe make a trade or something.
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But yeah, he could only better, but he's also not like they
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don't have a great playoff schedule.
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He's not a great cat coverage guy.
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So it's not a guy I'm rushing to go try and buy it low on pretty
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much. But if you have him, would
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expect better stuff moving forward.
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With your example, Kevin, of dropping for Norris, I think
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that objectively, I'd rather have Norris on my team, but I
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don't know if I'd have the balls to make the move.
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So that's that's kind of where where I'm at.
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But but I think that it definitely Norris is going to be
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more productive for you as long as he's healthy.
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I would exercise every possible power inside me to try to trade
19:30
before dropping him. But yeah, if I was back against
19:34
the wall like I'm making that swap.
19:36
Yeah, OK, so that was our hot topic.
19:38
So let's do the mail bag. We're gonna kind of rapid fire
19:40
some of these and let's just do it.
19:43
Let's dive right in. So sedated sleeper on Reddit
19:45
asked who is the habs #1 goalie for the rest of the year.
19:49
By showing my jersey. Nice Superman jersey on.
19:53
Yeah, I'm going, Monty. I think I'm gonna go Monty.
19:59
We're gonna ride the hot hand, but I think at certain point
20:01
Monty just is going to be the hot hand for a long period.
20:04
So I remember like 2 weeks ago I was arguing with you guys.
20:07
I was like, it's even when Dobish was on his hot streak,
20:09
I'm like, they're gonna, they're gonna keep going back deferring
20:11
to Montalbo. And you know, look, even when
20:14
Dobish was playing hot, I still had a feeling that it was going
20:16
to be Monbo. So I think even if he has his
20:19
ups and downs, it's going to be him.
20:22
Yeah, but I think it's gonna really be like A1A1B at the end
20:25
of the like when it's all said and done.
20:27
Like, I don't think I really thought money was one of the
20:29
best zero guys. I don't believe that at all
20:30
anymore. It's gonna be volatile and the
20:33
hubs are missing irrelevant fantasy pieces, but very
20:35
important IRL pieces. So I'm not expecting it to be
20:38
smooth sailing at all over the next little bit for their
20:40
goalies. So kind of going to be, yes,
20:42
Monty, slight edge, but it's gonna be a pain in the behind to
20:45
own both. Well, either.
20:47
One Yeah, yeah, All right. Overthinking freedom on Reddit
20:50
asked is Yan Kuznetsov going to be sticking with the club?
20:53
Is he worth holding in dynasty for hits, blocks with some shots
20:56
on goal and points upside? So this is a pretty deep cut
20:59
question. So I dove into it and yeah,
21:02
Kuznetsov was drafted by Calgary in the second round, 50th
21:04
overall in the 2020 NHL Draft. And then I was looking at stats.
21:08
He's putting up really solid hits and blocks and he's played
21:12
kind of, he's played kind of every single game for the past
21:16
month. I think he's definitely sticking
21:18
with the big club. He's actually surpassed 2 of
21:20
their defensemen on the depth chart.
21:22
He's now their fourth most time on ice defenseman.
21:24
So yes, he's going to stick with the team in terms of dynasty.
21:28
I mean, I don't think this guys got much points upside or
21:32
necessarily shots upside, but hits and blocks.
21:35
He seems to be solid. I don't know.
21:36
I'm not like he's not like a must hold or anything.
21:38
Dynasty. You hold him as long as his his
21:40
bangers are good and then he's just a streamer pretty much.
21:44
Yeah, I mean, I know that this guy just got hurt, but I think
21:49
it could be like Leanne Bichel vibes.
21:52
Yeah, exactly. You know what I mean?
21:54
So nothing, nothing too crazy. It depends how deep your dynasty
21:57
league is, I suppose. But you're gonna get heights and
21:59
blocks and that's about it. He's no Afghani who's nuts off.
22:02
Let's move on to the next one. Intelligent Invite 3 on Reddit
22:05
asked. My goalies right now are
22:06
Markstrom and Alan, and the best goalies available on waivers are
22:09
Jerry and Devin Cooley. Should I drop a player for one
22:12
of those goalies? OK, so my take on this, I hate
22:16
owning 2 goalies on the same team in general, especially when
22:21
it's like a battle of like who's gonna be less bad that day?
22:24
And that's kind of what it's shaping up to be in New Jersey.
22:28
Even though they're still winning games, it's the goalies
22:30
are totally all over the place there.
22:33
I would actually just simply rather drop Jake Allen and pick
22:36
up one of like probably Jerry. That's how I would handle.
22:39
Things. That's exactly what I would do.
22:41
Yeah, just drop Alan for Jerry. I think it's the clear answer,
22:45
Yeah. OK, Gross, Buster.
22:47
Hun. Reddit asked what are your
22:48
thoughts on Jamie Benn and Josh Norris rest of season?
22:51
Josh Morris we've spoken about in depth already.
22:53
He's as long as he's healthy, he's the GOAT.
22:56
Jamie Bennett don't have Yeah, Jamie, then I don't have much
23:01
interest in. I know he's putting up solid
23:03
numbers so far, but he has no chance of power play one.
23:05
Look, I mean, it's enough league, you know, you keep him
23:08
to round out your roster, but I don't have, I don't think he's
23:10
gonna be anything special. Yeah, yeah.
23:12
And, and Josh Norris, if you want more insight on him, I
23:15
would go back and listen to some of the previous episodes where
23:18
we touched on him a lot, especially the last episode.
23:20
But I I think he's .8 points per game, double, double.
23:24
We'll get you 6-7 face off wins. And I think he can be very
23:28
valuable for Fantasy 1 healthy. Yep.
23:31
OK poultry boot on Reddit asks. I have decent goalies, Walstead
23:35
from Alcan Valdar. But with my league settings
23:37
which are wins are worth 5, shutouts are worth five, goals
23:39
against are -1 and saves are only worth one, they seem to get
23:43
me more negative than positive points.
23:44
Why am I holding 3 goalies? Should I just drop one or two to
23:47
pick up skaters who can get me more points instead?
23:49
So I think the biggest question with this is does your league
23:52
have minimum goalie starts? Right, Because that'll depend
23:56
how much that'll affect how many goalies.
23:58
Like if you find that your goalies are not getting you
23:59
points and you don't need to have them and you think you can
24:01
get more points from skaters and another thing if you have like
24:05
util or like you're gonna have to bench skaters essentially,
24:07
then yeah, I would definitely drop at least one goalie,
24:10
possibly two. There were, there was before we
24:11
adjusted our league settings in our league of record, we only
24:14
had two minimum goalie starts. And I think it was my first year
24:17
of Kevin and I realized that like why are we holding?
24:20
Why is every team holding like 3 goalies, even 2 goalies?
24:22
And like I think we went up against each other in the
24:24
playoffs. Each of us had one goalie and we
24:27
were like. We literally changed the meta.
24:30
Yeah, exactly. And then we had to change the
24:31
rule to have more recommended required goalie.
24:34
It's because it was just there was no reason to hold goalies.
24:36
So it definitely depends on your league settings.
24:38
But with what it sounds like, whilst that's the only one you
24:41
have to keep, the other ones I think are dispensable.
24:44
Yeah, the problem with this is that, like, I mean, when you
24:47
think about it, it's pretty brutal to own goalies in this
24:49
league. You have to get above like he
24:53
has to get 11 saves to break even.
24:55
On a goal, yeah. Pretty much or sorry, you just
24:59
get 10 saves. So essentially like once he's at
25:01
a 90 save percentage, then he doesn't have any negative that
25:03
game and then you have to hope for a win.
25:05
So to me this is a recipe for I, this is a recipe for just simply
25:12
having two goalies or even 1 and a stream against good matchups.
25:17
To me, whilst at by the countries of country miles.
25:20
Nobody commented how many city miles are in a country mall and
25:25
I did my own research. It's not a real thing.
25:27
But anyways, all this to say, if somebody does know the answer,
25:30
somebody does know the pop culture answer there, please do
25:34
let us know. So well said for for me, but
25:38
like, this is almost just like depending on how many, like if
25:41
you got a certain amount of ads, you can do that.
25:44
That's a way to make it work. I would just try to stream the
25:47
game for the second goalie almost, because this is brutal.
25:51
I'm in points leagues where it's really goalie heavy and I have 3
25:54
and I'm happy with that. This is a very punishing setting
25:59
that you guys have. So yeah, I mean, I'm scared
26:03
telling 3 bullies here. I would simply want to ride with
26:05
two. Yeah, OK, Next we've got AOL on
26:09
Discord asked who has the higher upside when they return from
26:11
injury, Matt Duchene or Josh Norris.
26:13
Josh Norris, Josh North by far, by far.
26:17
Literally, it's always Josh Norris had healthy.
26:20
I'm not I'm not a shame find at all.
26:22
I know what he did last year. If you like an anomaly, like he
26:24
was a point per game and somehow like nothing else.
26:28
So I I'm not understanding all this season.
26:30
I think Josh Norris like blow them out of the water.
26:32
Do you agree that in appointing though?
26:34
Because I don't know if he identified in a bangers or
26:36
points league. It doesn't matter.
26:38
She doesn't have play 1 so I have no.
26:40
Interest fair, but that gap is a lot smaller and if it is a
26:44
bangers league then I would say absolutely Josh Norris.
26:50
If it's a points league, I'd say Josh Norris.
26:52
Yeah, it's OK. It's a slam dunk for me in both.
26:56
Yeah, Joshua Furon on Discord asked are there any pics you
26:59
made in the draft where you definitely should have the guy
27:01
who was taken right after? So I actually, I went through
27:04
the draft ahead of time to look at my big blunders and there
27:08
were actually only four. We're talking like the immediate
27:10
pick right after, not like if there something later.
27:12
So here are my my 4 big immediate after blunders.
27:15
First round I took JT Miller instead of Krill Kaprizov.
27:18
Massive blunder. Luckily I've traded my way out
27:20
of it. Next I took in the sixth round I
27:23
took Sketch Nikov over Marchenko, another huge blunder.
27:26
Seventh round I took Hamilton over Heiskanen, another huge
27:28
blunder. And then 11th round I took
27:30
Evander Kane over Mark Stone. So those are my BIG4 that I had
27:34
ready for that one. The rest on the best.
27:38
So I'm going to name 3. Should have taken your Erickson
27:41
neck over your eyes, Lefkofsky. I probably at this point I think
27:46
I could say I should have taken Matthew to Chuck over Dylan
27:48
Holloway. We'll see how that shakes out.
27:51
And I believe in not that I'm super happy, who would have
27:58
would have been super happy here.
28:00
But had I taken, had I taken Tyler to Foley over Cam Fowler,
28:05
there's a slight chance he would still be on my team.
28:08
I still I suppose that that counts as well.
28:11
I'll see if I could come. Oh, Dora fave over Perfetti.
28:15
Wow, this is so depressing. Joshua Ferron, why would you do
28:19
this to us? This is borrible.
28:22
Yeah. So I looked at my draft and I
28:26
actually don't have any any big guys that I was like Dang I
28:29
really missed out. But if I Scroll down to like
28:32
around 14, I took Romanov instead of Gus.
28:35
Gus went 2 picks after. So that feels like a pretty big
28:37
deal given what Romanov was doing and now that he's out for
28:40
the season. And then if I Scroll down to
28:42
round, where is it? Round seventeen I drafted UPL
28:46
with pick #230 and then a few picks later later in the round
28:51
where Spencer Knight in Jet Grieves, who?
28:54
I mean now I have Jet drives on my team, but Spencer Night looks
28:57
like he would have been a stud if I drafted him instead of PO.
29:00
And then round 20, So last round I drafted Joseph Wall, who is
29:07
good now, but I didn't have the luxury of keeping on keeping him
29:10
on my arm because I lost Brady Trocheck, Josh Norris, everybody
29:13
else. And Emil Heineman went one pick
29:15
later. So that could have been nice.
29:18
That's crazy. Yeah.
29:19
So pretty much what Kevin saying is his draft was perfect and he
29:21
doesn't make mistakes until. 7th.
29:23
Round but I. Also don't have a first round
29:25
pick, some three first round picks on my team like Josh so
29:28
you know you. Want me some?
29:30
Yeah, there you. Go.
29:33
Alright, Frank on discord asked what's going on with Saros and
29:36
Hyman. Will they turn things around?
29:37
We already discussed Saros, a hot topic for Hymen.
29:40
I'm not worried at all. He's power play one with McDavid
29:44
and Draisaitl on Edmonton. He's banging so you gotta
29:47
remember that he's coming back from a long term injury.
29:49
He missed camp and all that. You got to give him some time to
29:51
marinate. Yep, I will.
29:53
I will say though, I feel like the the take that I gave on Zach
29:55
climbing when he first came back and we had only one game of
29:58
sample size and everybody. Was just like 11.
30:00
Hits. He's the next big thing, like
30:02
he's an executor. Surewood and I kind of said it
30:04
was gonna be more like one to two hits.
30:05
The game seems like it's gonna be way more accurate than what
30:08
we saw in that first game. So yeah, don't expect the 11
30:13
hits, but I think you can expect a lot of better days ahead in
30:15
terms of points and and shots and just power play production.
30:18
Yeah, when we're also gonna tell.
30:20
Us, we covered him, but like, get him off your roster, Hyman.
30:23
I don't actually wanna get off my roster.
30:25
Yeah, with Roslovic coming back when that happens, I I still
30:29
think Heinen's deployment on the power play safe.
30:31
So definitely could be a decent buy low opportunity.
30:34
But as Kevin said, the hits Nope, 11 that was.
30:37
That's not going to be a thing regularly.
30:40
So yeah, yeah, OK, Joshua, if you're on Discord asked are you
30:44
more inclined to pick up players on teams you're a fan of?
30:47
What about teams you don't like? Or does fantasy value Trump?
30:50
This is absolutely your burner account.
30:52
This is 100% your burner account like last week too Joshua Fearon
31:01
asked a question. Our long term injured players
31:03
were at the same amount as when they were healthy and like this
31:07
is tall players like stone to Chuck headman.
31:09
This is you like stop this I. Mean it's actually, it is a bit
31:12
uncanny that it's all stuff that I'm just like so known for.
31:16
But to answer the question, I main thing is fantasy value
31:20
Trump's all. Definitely.
31:21
I don't avoid players on teams I don't like.
31:23
Like I've had Matthews, my team most years and I'm a Habs fan.
31:27
But I will say I am actually, I do try and avoid players on the
31:31
teams I do like, especially the Habs.
31:33
But that's mostly because we haven't been good for years.
31:36
And I'm always like, I'm so emotionally invested in the
31:38
haves and I'm like, I don't wanna let them disappoint me on
31:41
the ice and also on my phone. So, so that's the only, the only
31:44
reason. But at the end of the day, it's
31:45
still fantasy. Value Trump's all.
31:47
Yeah, I don't look at this at all.
31:49
I have like this unbiased, complete unbiased opinion when
31:53
I'm talking fantasy. When I'm talking fantasy, I want
31:55
to win fantasy, so whether that's guys on my team are all
31:58
my favorite team or guys on my team that I hate the most, like
32:00
doesn't make a difference to me. I'm just trying to do what's
32:02
best for my fantasy team so. Yeah.
32:04
However, Joshua Furon, if for example, you're a Habs fan and
32:10
you're in league with a bunch of other Habs fans, the best thing
32:12
you could do is know that someone's paying a premium for
32:15
those players. Like I speak about this a bit,
32:17
It's about knowing your league mates.
32:18
If you know someone's gonna buy because they're a fan of that
32:21
team. And a lot of people do do that.
32:23
So it's a very good question. That's kind of like a thing that
32:26
I look for when creating two people.
32:28
Yeah. So, OK, Genome on Discord asked
32:32
you guys talk about points percentage, which is a players
32:34
points over teams goals. Why do you look at that stat as
32:37
opposed to IPP percentage, which is player points over teams
32:40
goals while they're on the ice? And I think for me mainly it's
32:43
that I want to know how talismanic player is to their
32:48
team. And I find that their points
32:50
over the total points is more indicative of that as opposed to
32:54
just when they're on the ice. The when they're on the ice,
32:56
it's how you know, are they the best there on?
32:58
The right of a player, are they? Yeah, exactly.
33:00
But in general, it's how important are they to their
33:03
team. And I find that that's a more
33:05
useful stat. Yeah, that that's kind of like a
33:08
bit too plus minus E for me in a sense, you know what I mean?
33:12
So it's like when it's all said and done, like like yes, when
33:16
the players on the ice and things are happening like that
33:18
does that does mean a lot. But in general, if like the team
33:22
is able to score a lot of goals, like it could be a thing to look
33:24
at Nashville we spoke on or would you rather like the
33:28
previous would your others? It was Karl Capresso versus Mika
33:32
Rotten and I'm pretty confident Dallas is going to score more
33:34
goals, you know what I mean? So the pie is bigger.
33:36
How much bigger is rather than or is Caprice of slice as
33:40
opposed to round, You know, I mean, so this is kind of where
33:42
things come into play and that's why I think we look at it this
33:45
way. Yeah, OK.
33:47
Jodari on Discord asked if you could be any archetype of player
33:50
in the NHL, what would you choose?
33:52
And examples are like power forward, skilled winger, goal
33:54
scorer, that kind of fun stuff. I'd be a goalie and when I was
33:58
younger I wanted to be a hockey goalie.
33:59
So it's crazy. When I used to tell.
34:01
My friends are. Crazy like always be, always be
34:03
a goalie. When I was when I used to play
34:06
NHL, I used to my be a pro, used to be a goalie and it was really
34:10
boring because like you're just sitting there photo with it.
34:14
So yeah. That's actually one of the most
34:16
insane things I've ever heard, so that's awesome.
34:18
I. Know yeah, I so so I I played
34:24
goalie and that that was not great when when when meeting
34:31
girls when I was younger because the whole thing was like oh if
34:33
his name starts with AJ and he's a goalie run girl so so that was
34:36
fun but I swear I'm normal anyways.
34:42
You're not normal. Point taken.
34:47
I I've always liked the whole power forward vibe.
34:50
I was a pretty big Rick Nash fan when I was younger and I thought
34:54
that he was like a cool, cool player to model my game after
34:57
when I played street hockey. So I always liked the power
35:00
forward vibes. And then that would be coupled
35:04
with Playmaker because Josh and I used to play some street
35:07
hockey together and it would always be him scoring and me
35:09
passing. So we played ice hockey
35:11
together, too. We played.
35:12
In we did. We did.
35:13
It's true. It's true.
35:15
The glory. So yeah, that would mean right
35:17
now, like just on the other side of the eyes with my goalie, just
35:21
like standing there, not happening.
35:26
Yeah, I, I currently play play beer league and I've been
35:30
playing my whole life and I'm very much the the skilled
35:33
winger. I, I like to dipsy doodle and
35:36
make dangles. I don't have the best shot, so
35:38
it's mostly mostly dangling. I'm not the best at
35:40
backchecking. So it's very much, very much.
35:44
Like move my stick around, but that's pretty much it.
35:46
I like to score goals. Look, I'm averaging like two
35:48
goals a game in my in my beer league.
35:50
And I always say after a game, I'm like, man, if I just had
35:53
myself in fantasy, then you know, I'd be putting up crazy
35:55
points. Look at my plus minus or my any
35:58
category coverage. But you know, other than that.
36:00
So definitely, definitely undersized skilled winger is
36:03
what I would go with. You never make it on Dickey's
36:05
fantasy team, but a loss, no. Yeah, no chance.
36:08
No. Chance, very, very Maxim shop
36:10
and all of you. Yeah, exactly.
36:13
All right, Alexander on Discord asked, are the days of McDavid
36:17
being way better than everyone else in points over or are there
36:20
other guys closing the gap on him?
36:21
If so, would you trade him in a dynasty league for an emerging
36:24
superstar plus while he's still the biggest name out there?
36:27
So kind of the vibe is like, obviously McDavid just has that
36:29
name value. Like, I mean, over the last
36:31
couple of years, Mckinnon's up there with him, right.
36:33
And like in terms of pure points, Kucherov too.
36:35
But like there's that like, you know, McDavid in this right,
36:37
where he's like such a tier above everyone else.
36:40
And I think Alexander asking like, can you get some value out
36:42
of that by like flipping McDavid for like a Bedard plus or like a
36:46
celebrating plus where the McDavid to one of those guys
36:50
downgrade is not actually that big of a downgrade.
36:53
I would do that trade like I would.
36:55
I would rather Bedard plus like the plus is gonna be good like
36:59
in my mind. It would.
37:00
Oh sorry, I was gonna give you 1.
37:02
I was gonna say celebrity and Ecklund for.
37:04
McDavid that's not enough. No, for me it would be like,
37:07
would you do like celebrating? Plus Lucas Raymond for McDavid
37:10
and we're talking to dynasty league.
37:12
Right. Talking dynasty, yeah.
37:13
So like, I have no doubt that the readings gonna be a stud for
37:17
like the next decade, but McDavid could also be a stud for
37:19
the next decade. So like what's?
37:21
And I don't look across the world.
37:23
Yeah, exactly. I don't see a world where
37:24
McDavid is like on the on the ice, playing healthy and not
37:28
scoring like 120 points. You know what I mean?
37:30
Like, I just don't see that. I do think there's a couple guys
37:33
that we mentioned that are in the same tier as him, but we're
37:36
at the point where in dynasty league and you're guaranteed
37:39
that McDavid on your roster every year.
37:41
Like that's just so valuable. If you could trade him for it,
37:44
would it would need to be like celebrity or Bedard?
37:47
Like that's the next category of like next superstars.
37:50
If you can get one of those plus another like no top 30 player,
37:54
then I'd consider it. But I'm not doing it for one and
37:58
like an extra average guy, you know what I mean?
38:01
Would you do McDavid for Bedard and Demidov?
38:06
Now you gotta call your shot on that one.
38:08
That's I was gonna say demand has proven nothing yet in the
38:10
NHL. So I would say again, I'm taking
38:13
Bedard and Demidov and I think like just alone Badas ate more
38:18
years than McDavid. Theoretically they retire at the
38:21
same, you know what I mean? But was drafted in 2023, McDavid
38:25
in 2015. Like that's a big difference,
38:27
guys. Just to I wanna.
38:30
Give it could be sick. Could be sick.
38:32
I want to give a a small tangent for the people on that are
38:36
listening that all Hulu fantasy football in 2023 I traded away.
38:41
I was I I took over a squad and dynasty and the squad was in
38:44
shambles. So I traded away my quarterback
38:47
in a super flex league. I traded with Jared Goff and
38:50
like Deonte Johnson, who was like a wide receiver to that
38:53
year and I traded for Devon HN and Jackson Smith and JBA before
38:59
they were basically these are guys that were like drafted
39:01
really high. And then there were.
39:03
Any of these names and. They were drafted really high
39:06
then they were basically not good their first rookie season.
39:10
So it's kind of just like, OK, we they were highly talented
39:12
prospects, but they didn't like pop like immediately.
39:16
And so their value like kind of like the window throughout the
39:18
season in terms of like what we expect from them.
39:19
But then I called my shot. I was just like, I do still
39:22
believe in these prospects. And now Jackson Smith and Jake
39:24
was like the most he's like the wide receiver one in dynasty
39:27
right now. So it's like it's like trading
39:29
for Demidov and then he becomes like McDavid level kind of
39:31
thing. So I guess some point, if you
39:33
have anything, you gotta call your shot and I think I would do
39:36
that trade for Demidov and Bedard.
39:38
I think you guys call. Yourself.
39:39
That's the idea question, right is like if you feel like the
39:43
Bedard McDavid gap is not that big that and like in dynasty,
39:46
then you can take that type of shot to get an extra player.
39:49
So definitely, I definitely. Would you do it for garden image
39:52
Kov, who was supposed to be the next generational talent there
39:54
like that's I would not. Probably so.
39:57
I think, I think Mitch, cops just having it down here, I
39:59
still think he's gonna be really, really good.
40:01
I don't think he's that far off from them at all.
40:04
I would move on so we can talk about this forever.
40:06
Quick thing, first part of the question.
40:08
Yes, the days of McDavid being better than everybody else are
40:10
over. That's what they've been over
40:12
for a few years now. Like McKinnon is doing the same
40:14
in Gujarat too. So.
40:16
Yeah, yeah, 100%. OK Genome on Discord asked would
40:20
you guys be interested in running a Bangor management
40:23
fantasy league next year with fans from the Discord?
40:25
That is a great question. We will be doing that next year.
40:28
So Kevin, if you want to go into that.
40:31
I was going to say like we're working on this actively, but we
40:34
will during the offseason. We're gonna put a lot of a lot
40:37
of time and effort into establishing like what we want
40:40
the manager management lease to look like.
40:42
In my, in my opinion, in my head, how we run this is I want
40:44
to have multiple leagues out there that are basically it's
40:48
the same settings as our our league of record.
40:51
So that you guys can see what it's like to play in a league
40:53
that we play in, in terms of like the same settings and
40:56
everything like that. And we'll just see how many
40:58
people are interested in the discord have had a lot of people
41:00
already say that they really want bigger management leagues
41:03
out there. And then maybe we'll see if we
41:05
have enough leagues that we can make, maybe we'll create like a
41:08
relegation system and a tiered based league standings where,
41:11
you know, the top players in every league move up and down
41:14
and, and we could have some fun with it.
41:16
Like we're going to, we're going to hypothesize what works best
41:19
and see how many people are interested.
41:21
But next year, absolutely, we will be having banker management
41:24
Listener League. So stay tuned and listen, if
41:27
you're interested in that, join the discord right now because
41:30
we're going to remember who are the OG's in there in the
41:32
beginning and who were rocking with us.
41:34
And then we'll see how it goes in the off season.
41:37
But yeah, join the community. A lot of big stuff ahead,
41:41
especially listener League. Yeah, we got, we got big plans
41:45
for this. We we really love doing this and
41:48
like it's kind of fun to be saying this, but but really like
41:52
your support keeps us going and means a lot.
41:55
So I've like Tinkerbell heard, yeah.
41:59
You go as long as you believe. Sure.
42:02
Exactly. So would it make it on Shakey's
42:05
fantasy team? Yeah, true, too small.
42:07
So keep keep, you know, just give us a like on the videos and
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subscribe to the channel if you're listening.
42:13
It really does help. So just to say, we really wanna
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keep the community growing and just keep putting out content
42:19
for years to come. Yep, next we've got Mitch J on
42:22
discord ask. There's a team in my 3 keeper
42:24
league that's already selling players for next year's draft
42:27
picks. Is it too early to start buying
42:28
if I'm in a playoff spot? How do you value future draft
42:31
picks? OK, this is really a great
42:34
question. I two years ago was in a spot
42:39
where I was competitive and then all the top teams started
42:41
buying. You don't want to be the first
42:44
buyer, OK? You also don't want to be the
42:47
last buyer. If you could time it in such a
42:49
way where I'm assuming January is going to be like after the
42:53
fire sale starts and people are like, OK, I'm not competitive
42:56
anymore. I've got to get people off my
42:58
team to prepare for next year. That's the sweet spot.
43:01
So if you're the first guy and you're kind of like setting the
43:04
standard for the market, and then as time goes on and people
43:08
reason they realize their season is futile.
43:11
What you're gonna wanna do is trade with that team or two of
43:14
those teams. And then at the end of it, it's
43:16
like, well, the seller is going to basically just like it's
43:20
gonna be like you're gonna have to buy and probably overpay.
43:22
That's at least the way I saw it working out.
43:24
So my opinion, do not be first. Wait for a few transactions to
43:28
happen and then dive in. I actually feel differently like
43:31
and maybe this is just I mean, I just save.
43:33
Me for it. No, but I so I do a lot of
43:38
negotiating, especially like, you know, we're in peak season
43:41
for fantasy football dynasty leagues where you know, you're
43:44
trying to make the playoffs or both your team if you're a
43:46
contender. And I like being first because I
43:50
like having my my pick of the litter in terms of like who I
43:52
want to target to bolster my team, because the longer you
43:55
wait, the less options there are.
43:56
And it's not like half the league is tanking usually.
43:58
Usually you have like, you know, four teams that are guaranteed
44:01
the playoffs, four teams that are like trying to make the
44:03
playoffs. And you have like one team
44:05
that's like been out of it for weeks.
44:06
And then a couple of teams that are like still have hope, but
44:08
reluctant and in denial that their team sucks and they need
44:11
to rebuild. So I you.
44:13
Wanted. He's talking about me.
44:16
No, Do you actually make the playoffs?
44:18
So listen, you're in the middle, in the middle there.
44:20
But I, I want to be able to target the players on the worst
44:23
teams that I want the most. And if I wait for other teams to
44:26
make deals, then I don't have that opportunity anymore.
44:30
So I value my opinion and like how I value these guys and I
44:35
don't want to overpay for guys either.
44:37
So obviously have to know your manager and know your league
44:39
and, and who's hard to trade with and who's who's able to get
44:42
a good deal done. But I'm trying to target the
44:45
guys that I want as soon as possible.
44:46
If I know I'm going to be the playoff contender.
44:48
And if I'm a seller, then I usually want to wait because
44:51
then that's when people get desperate and you can get more
44:53
lopsided deals. Where OK is the week before the
44:56
championship and dynasty league. If you trade window is still
44:58
open, then sell your guys for extra picks because this guy
45:01
might it might put him the edge over for the championship type
45:03
of thing. But if I'm a buyer, I usually
45:05
like to be early. Yeah, I think I don't.
45:08
I haven't played in keeper slash dynasty yet, so I'll defer to
45:12
you guys on this one. Let's move on to the last
45:14
question Frank on Discord asked. Is it too early to panic on
45:16
Clayton Keller? He's been doing nothing the past
45:18
few weeks. I feel like we covered this a
45:20
bit in our last mail bag, but just the Utah in general.
45:23
I'm not click Keller, out of everyone in Utah is the one of
45:25
the least panicked about. I know that you have higher
45:27
expectations of him and Utah will turn it around.
45:29
They should be one of the top power plays and offences in the
45:32
league. And Keller, I'm, I would easily
45:34
say he's going to point per game for the rest of the season.
45:37
Yeah, and and like, OK, not the not to be a downer on this.
45:42
And then the episode on the side, no, but his dad did just
45:44
pass away, which is obviously very sad.
45:46
And it's gonna I mean, the fact that he's playing right now is
45:49
kind of surprising, to be honest.
45:52
So I would expect it to be like, in addition to Utah just being
45:56
not necessarily good over the past few weeks, it's also going
46:00
to definitely weigh on him. But like as the season goes on,
46:03
there are a very good team that's going to figure it out.
46:06
And he's the top offensive player there, so I think it's
46:08
like whether the Storm for a little bit longer and then
46:11
things are going to look up for the whole team and he'll be at
46:12
the forefront. OK, Rapid fire 2 Would you
46:15
rather just clean colour? Would you rather?
46:16
Three make 3 OK. Or is that climbing?
46:19
Kelly. Keller really.
46:21
I feel that's a spicy one because Hyman hasn't pitched hit
46:23
his peak yet either. OK, so now I have to go up.
46:26
I thought he was. Already high, easily overheated,
46:29
and actually I think that's closed.
46:30
OK, Keller or Batherson? I think.
46:36
Getting a lot of power play from Batherson.
46:38
Yeah, I just, I really believe in the Utah offence to turn it
46:41
on. OK, what about the Caulfield?
46:48
Yeah, I think I go at this point I probably go Caulfield over
46:51
colour. I'm going Caulfield as well.
46:54
But maybe, maybe we're just homers.
46:56
I think I'd go bathroom as well if I'm if I'm in the category
46:59
bangers league as well, mostly because I think confidently I
47:02
can say about this will get more power play points and I think
47:05
more hits so. Yeah, I could see that.
47:09
I just do a thing. That colour is performing way
47:12
below his. He's a phenomenal player and at
47:13
a certain point he will average a point per game per season is
47:16
just like his average is at the end of the year will look wonky
47:19
because he's had a bad stretch so.
47:22
Yeah, alright, let's wrap this thing up.
47:25
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