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Babbitt about Bow Bangor management fantasy hockey
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Welcome in one and all. It's a Bangor management.
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The fantasy hockey podcast with Jake, Josh and Kevin today, our
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week 19 waivers episode. This is going to be a good one.
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Can't believe that we are two weeks away from the fantasy
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OK, did everybody see the Team USA party at 11 Miami?
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That crazy video? No, you didn't see that.
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JT Miller started singing like a Toby Keith song and Charlie
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McAvoy was in a Mike Carusone jersey.
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For all you cultured fans who have seen Miracle on Ice, that
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was pretty hype. I'm still sad Canada lost.
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That's it. You gotta go.
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To your credit where it's due it that that was kind of cool to to
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see him in that jersey. Nothing talks Miracle on Ice for
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GQ. One day you 2 you'll see what
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all the hype is about. And by all the hype I mean I am
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like, please watch the movie. I'm gonna watch it, but I'm not
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gonna watch the Disney version just to spite you.
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I'm gonna be like, oh, I watch. It watch my version if you can
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get through it, I'll be impressed.
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Honestly, it. Was put it on the other one the
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other one is so great I I still that memory of us discussing it
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and then we realize it what was it 3 weeks later you were like
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alright I have something to tell you I.
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Didn't watch the right? Miracle and that's gonna live
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rent free in my head forever. I honestly like it I only said
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it a few weeks later cause I only realized a few weeks later.
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Like I, I just thought it was the movie and I was like, wait,
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there's a Disney version? That makes so much sense.
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Yeah, alright. Wonder Shoes.
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One, let's let's get started with our week 18 picks.
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This is a bit of a rough one. I think we went a bit too hard
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on a team that is actually garbage.
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So look at it right into it. We recommended it Jordan Eberly.
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Since then he played four games. One goal, 061 point.
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That's an L Yeah, Seattle sucks. We also recommended Mattie
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Beers. Four games played his zero
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points. Another Li think my new rule for
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rest of season and barring some crazy trade, I'm no longer
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recommending Seattle guys in in our top three.
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I think it's, I think. It was a little ambitious.
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They're not good. Yeah, they had a little hot.
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Team. Right now, but they're close.
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Yeah, I'm with you. But we also recommended Matt's
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the plural of Matt Zuccarello and three games played, one
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goal, one assist, 2 points. That's a big W So yeah, I mean,
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he's he's our new Ryan O'Reilly. He's going to be in like every
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recommendation. Actually today he might be
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number, he might be a he might not be in the top three, but
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definitely on the episode, he's going to be in every episode
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until he gets to 40% because that's just too low rostered for
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a guy of his deployment and skill.
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So that brings us to 3117 on the season.
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I'm hoping we can bump this number up between now and rest
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this season. So, uh, and I think we will this
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week. I'm really excited about our
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list. I mean, I always am, but this is
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a really good one. Some weeks it's easier than
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others, so let's get into. Look at the standings.
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Yes, Seattle has the last wild card spot with 60 points, a 61
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points, 63 points, and Nashville is right behind them.
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It's 61 points Nashville and then as LA with 60.
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Yeah, it's. All the same amount of games
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played. Even San Jose is at 58, but they
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have two games in hand. Two games in hand.
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Yeah, Now there's all wide open and then you look at like the
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top three in that division, like the Pacific, like Edmonton at
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like 66, they they're not a lock for top three in their division.
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I mean, they kind of are because they're just so much like
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they're better than they should be, you know, but but points
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wise they're not. And then Anaheim also is not
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that much further ahead or Vegas even.
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It's just that they're both playing well and they're
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actually good teams. So but yeah, it's going to be a
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really interesting finish for for both East and West.
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It's been a while since like both conferences have an
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interesting race. I feel like the last couple of
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years it's been one of them is really high and the other ones
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like super like done like weeks in advance.
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So I think. It's still in like they're
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they're further ahead definitely, but they have the
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quality to like win more like when a string of games over
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these other teams. I don't know.
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I'm not a Winnipeg believer. I know, I know.
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But I'm just saying like if they, if they, if things go
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right, like, you know, in five games, they could be in the
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picture type of thing. For sure like Pier numbers wise
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I agree that's how close it is, but they're not gonna do it.
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But anyways, let's get into the week 19 schedule.
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So this week there's only 1-2 game team that is Washington.
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Before Kevin has to preface or rewind me, who are some guys to
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drop on Washington on a 2? Game influence on you now.
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Are you dropping PLD? I'm dropping this. 3 point game
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last last night. I don't, I don't, I don't have
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him in any league. So it's like tough for me to be
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like, yeah, just drop him off to three-point game, you know, but.
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I think I'd hold him like I yeah, yeah, I would hold PLD
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unless you have to, like if you. Put yourself in a situation like
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you need to win the match up, you need to make the playoffs.
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Like if you lose this match, you're not making the playoffs.
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That's kind of like what's at risk.
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Yeah, I mean. OK, yeah.
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Like and compare it to like without spoiling it, but just
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like for yourself. Like, look at our list, look at
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like the top three guys who all have, I think, four games this
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coming week. Like, would you drop PLD for any
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of those guys without naming them just to give you the idea
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of whether he's worth dropping? I would, I don't.
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Know I would drop for the top three.
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Yeah. The top three I I don't think I
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would draw for number 3, but maybe the others.
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I think if it's a must win week for you, then it's a no-brainer
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do that to do that flip. But.
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Give us versus four games so we. Already gave away six shots, 3
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points in his most recent game that.
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He played nobody, still power play 2.
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He's line 2, power play 2. So like, yeah, I think this is
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sustainable. I don't it was probably 1.
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I'd feel a lot more upset about dropping him and like if it
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wasn't A2 game week, I wouldn't be dropping him.
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But I think if you're in one of those must win matchups, then
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then I think he's droppable. Obviously based, you know, every
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situation is different, but I wouldn't you know, I wouldn't
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say he's undroppable. I would drop John Carlson hot
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take you. I mean he's he's also injured
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right now, But if he comes back and you have to like drop some
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to bring him off IR like honestly I'm fine dropping him
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if you're fighting for playoff spot.
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And then other everybody traded him when we set the trade him we
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we give so many opportunities like so many windows would be
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like right now, please. I know.
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I really hope that everyone got rid of him and then all their
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top guys. You're not dropping.
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You're not gonna drop Ovechkin or Strome or Chikurin Wilson or
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Wilson, obviously, but. Like Ryan Leonard out.
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Yeah, I'll drop him. For sort of out McMichael, out
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produce, yeah. No, drop him, you guys are
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crazy. I'm honestly like I wouldn't
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even roster products like. Listen and listen.
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In his past six games, he's not gotten a point in one of those,
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and in three of them he's gotten 2 points.
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What's his average points per game on the season?
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.72 But in the last month I know obviously Olympics, big
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asteroids, it's 1.14. OK, I'm I'm looking at the
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season starts. Yeah.
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So you're you're sooner to keep PLD over produce.
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Yeah. So and.
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And I'll drop, yeah. And are you that confident you'd
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like keep both of those guys over strong?
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No, it takes trouble for both. Throw them over them, Yeah, I
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mean, OK, interesting. I wouldn't, I wouldn't say easy,
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especially considering Strom doesn't shoot and mostly don't
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have face off. I don't have a strum taking
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protests out of the equations. I yeah, I feel like PLD could
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have easily as good of a week next week as as strong.
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Sure and A2 game week like tiny sample size sure, but rest of
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season easily taking strong like it's not clothes.
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If you're ever justified picking up like this, line one power
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play, one guy that plays with like good deployment and has
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four games over this line 2 power play, 2 guy or line 2 no
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power play that plays two games. It's just kind of like when you
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put it like that, it feels like a no brainer.
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If by the time you're listening to this, Leonard is bumped off
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for BLD, then I think I'm feeling much better about
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keeping PLD. So I think we could all agree
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there. Like I mean.
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They put him there. They put him there the first
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game back, he did it well. And then they were like,
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alright, well, let's bumping back.
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Then yeah, that's why I like if I see him on power play one, I'm
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not assuming he's power play one rest of season.
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Like I think it's super like not like not stronghold.
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And I also think they're gonna hire someone and pop them on
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power play one in that last spot.
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So I'm fine dropping PLT for A2 game week.
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I think that's I think that covers most of the most of the
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guys. And then yeah, I think that
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covers most watched. And then in terms of four-game
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teams, there's actually a ton. So I'm not going to list all of
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them. The busy nights are Tuesday and
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Saturday and two off night teams.
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Again, that's almost the whole league, so often it shouldn't be
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too big of an issue for you guys this week.
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So let's get into our top ten points.
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Guys. As always, under 40% owned.
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As always, prefetching before Kevin gets to it.
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If you're in a league that has guys who are higher than 40%
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available on waivers, there are probably better options
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available to you than who we've got on here.
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So you know, just shoot us a message in the Discord and we'll
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help you out. Thank you, Josh.
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I really. Appreciate that.
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We have a few over 40 percenters in our league, but like one of
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them is Devontae's so like that doesn't count.
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He's finally on waivers feel like they're my every year were
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like why is this guy? Ross yeah, but also he was like
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#1 most added for the past, like, week.
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And I'm like, why? Why?
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Just for years, the Olympics. This is literally like one of
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the things that pisses me off the most in fantasy for some
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reason. Like this specifically Devanti's
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ownership percentage. For years this has been
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upsetting me. I just don't understand.
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The only thing I could think of is plus minus leagues and we
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kind of, you know, tune those out because they're a joke.
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But like, OK, that's the only thing I think he does nothing
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else. Why is he being?
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Why is he always so high rostered?
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Why are people adding him? I don't get it.
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I feel like 20% of his roster percentage is like people that
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drafted him off name value and then like checked out.
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So it's just like dead teams are not even relevant to fantasy
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anymore. And then the other, the other
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20% is like or 15% is like people that play in plus minus
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leagues and then the last 5% of people that are just making bad
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decisions. OK. 5 to 7%.
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You know, I'm good. I'm good with that breakdown.
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In past years he's been like 70. Their own.
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Yeah. It's just it's.
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Just the name value. Yeah, yeah, Forsling and and
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taxes are the biggest anomalies. For all yeah, unfortunately used
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to shoot like I mean he doesn't anymore but like at least he had
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that going for him for like a season or two but yeah still
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like I fully agree those. 2 drill say though, like Yahoo
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every year I played a lot of like random Yahoo public leagues
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just so I can keep a pulse on like the rest of the league and
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how like the general public situation is.
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And every year the system changes like some years, points,
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years, it's cats. So I think years have definitely
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benefits him more when it's plus minus or whatever.
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But like some years there's no plus minus, there's more points
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and blah, blah. And changes the roster
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percentage. Anyways, let's move on.
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Yeah, so let's get into our top ten points guys for this so I
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can go off on this topic way too long.
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Kevin, why don't you start us off with?
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#10. Alright, at #10 we've got the
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only defenseman on the list, but I love having a ad option on
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here for you guys. So we've got Sam Rinzel of the
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Chicago Blackhawks, only three games this week and next week,
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but he is the new power play one quarterback for Chicago.
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He was the power one quarterback leading into the Olympics.
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So this is not a brand new thing.
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I think he's going to have a decent leash on it.
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So I don't expect him to get demoted in the near future.
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And we've all been hyping up how good Bedard is going to be rest
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this season. And I think he makes he's the
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type of player who makes everyone around him better.
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So I think the power play, one quarterback on his team has a
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lot of potential results. Been averaging like three shots
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a game over the past like 5 games, which is super, super
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useful. Hits and blocks I expect to be
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more inconsistent, but like it's not straight zeros, which is
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nice to see. And yeah, I think it's a high,
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high potential pickup for sure. I just picked them up.
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So I'm I'm invested, but I did my due diligence before.
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I mean this, we all remember when Love Shannon was like the
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main guy here and everybody was picking him up and streamed him
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and then he kind of like kind of fell off.
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He got scratched, he got sent down.
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They brought Rinzel back up. So like, he's not, he's not
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oblivious to being able to be sent down either, but he's kind
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of run away with this little bit.
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Like he's had what? Not oblivious.
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Oblivious. Oblivious to being.
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Immune to be. No, but that's not the word
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there's. There's another word that sounds
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more like oblivious. Anyways, I'll keep going.
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I'm trying to think of that but I couldn't get there.
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What she's immune to being sent down on.
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Now I'm thinking about it too. You just keep going.
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I'm looking it up hours. Thank.
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You. And so his shot volume is really
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high. Like Josh said, he's played four
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games at the top, like at the top level with this first power
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play unit, he's averaged three shots a game, three shots
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literally every game. He's not gonna hit though, Like
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he's gonna get you 0 hits or maybe one or two every odd game.
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But I'm not banking on it. But the blogs, honestly, like
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I'm encouraged that they could be part of this game, but it's
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not like a main thing. But at the end of the you just
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want the exposure to economic art on this power play one with
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the higher points upside there. And I think she I think she
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provides that and the fact you're able to pick up a
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powerful one defenseman this late into the season leading
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into the fantasy players if you're in a deeper league.
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He's currently only 8% owned. So he's still widely available.
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Are we saying this is sustainable for long term?
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Like is he? Is he oblivious to getting sent
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down? No, but what were you thinking?
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Like insusceptible maybe, I don't know.
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I don't know what I was thinking.
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It's too early in the morning, but yeah.
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So I I agree it's a short term hold with a decent amount of
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potential there. Lesnar really fell off when
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Bedard got hurt. The whole team started being
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horrible with the injury and with him there back now being
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able to take face offs, alluding to the fact that he's almost
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fully healthy, it could be a really good opportunity for
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Rinzel to benefit from being power play one there.
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Yeah, so we'll see, but the shots is very, very promising.
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Alright, let's go to number 9 #9 he keeps popping up on this list
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despite not actually performing that greatly.
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But it's it's Josh Stone of the Buffalo Sabres.
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He's currently line 3, power play 1.
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I view that line more as line 2. It's him, Norris and Oslin.
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But I mean, him and Norris are both way better than their
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current line 2 of like McLeod and and Zucker and and I think
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Quinn maybe I don't know, but but yeah, no.
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So anyways, length three with an asterisk power play one.
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They have a four-game week, which is the main reason that
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he's being recommended and like he still has such high
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potential. We saw him get paid this season
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and they want him to succeed. Buffalo is the 6th best team in
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the league right now. I was looking at the standings
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earlier because like 6th best in the entire league and their
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power plays like been solid this year like and he's kind of
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locked on to it. They kind of figured out what
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they like. They like having Darlene.
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Obviously then you've got Tage Norris done and Zucker and that
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they have not messed with that at all.
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Though I think anyone on that Power play 1 is worth a look,
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especially on a four-game week, and especially with how well
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this team is rolling and don't have a ton of potential as a
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young guy who could just pop out of nowhere.
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I have a few questions. Do you want to go first, Dickey?
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Yeah, just just to just to say, I mean, this is like a really
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boom or bust 1. I don't think by any means
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there's any safety picking him up like he has and may honestly
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continue to just not do much of anything.
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I guess like the slight encouraging element to his game
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is that there are games that even if he doesn't get points,
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it could get hits. So yes, this is the points
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category. That's what we're hoping for
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here. But there's sort of can do one
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thing a game, it seems I'll either get you points or he'll
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get you hits, so. Yeah.
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So hopefully if you pick him up, he does the one that you need
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for this week. That's all I'm saying.
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Just looking at his most recent trends.
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But like, I'm not saying I don't necessarily like this one.
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I don't disagree with him being there.
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It's closer to the bottom of the list.
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But look, the deployment line 3 is discouraging with the
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Powerplay 1. Something should happen, but it
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hasn't for like the past little bit.
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But. Yeah, I was gonna say like, so
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how because I like Dome and we've we've recommended him a
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lot in the past. I know he's on your fantasy
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team. Do you think this is like we're
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still the process was there or we were we a little bit too
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biased because we have exposure to him in our, in our main
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circle, let's say? Yeah, I think like I stand by
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the process. I mean, I was looking at like I
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was looking into it a lot like during the Olympic break, pre
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Olympic break, he had like some hot stretches, but definitely
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inconsistent, which is makes sense with the young player,
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right. And like a lot of the underlying
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metrics just had him as the best Buffalo Sabre this whole like
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year and which is crazy when tech is having like one of his
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best seasons ever. Dolly is obviously amazing, all
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that. But like all the like underlying
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like metrics were kind of like saying like this guy's really
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good and I mean he got paid, right.
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Like they were seeing that too. The fans love him, like team
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loves him, you know, like I'm really surprised by the that
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he's stuck on line when like, as far as I can tell, everyone
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inside and out of the organization is a huge fan of
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his. So all that with the fact that
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he's kind of like that lottery ticket of being a young guy who
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just got traded to a new team that's finally doing well.
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He's got power play one like he's got solid like power play
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deployment. So I think the process was
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there, but I think at the end of the day, like I feel like I
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always kind of like framed it as like it's a very high upside
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pick, but like the downside is he could be putting up zeros,
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which is kind of what he's done the last like a week.
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Honestly, if he wasn't didn't have a four-game week this week,
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I probably wouldn't have. We wouldn't have included him in
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this list. But I think on a four-game week,
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he's worth taking a shot on. I mean, once we're doing this,
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let's just also talk about the next one #8 and #8 we've got
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Jason Zucker also Buffalo Line 2 Power Play 1 and not on the
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list, but also should be mentioned as Josh Norris of
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Buffalo Line 3 Power Play one. That whole kind of cluster.
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We've talked about them a lot. And look, I put I put Zucker
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higher just because I feel like at this point, like just having
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like his floor, I feel like higher than those.
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Yeah, exactly. So it's like safer like like for
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this week, I think soccer is probably better pick up for rest
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of season. I'd rather take Dylan just on
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the off chance he pops off. But and then Norris some like he
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just hasn't been as good as I expected going into this season,
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but he still has also that potential of having been really
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good in the past. So I think that whole cluster of
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players is definitely worth taking a look on.
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I think most likely to pop up like the highest ceiling.
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I think is is done though, like highest floor is Zucker and then
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like Norris is like in the middle of both if that makes
19:44
sense. I think Norris of the highest
19:46
ceiling because his ceiling is he plays line 1 and tages his
19:49
right wing and then yeah, I think that would be the highest
19:53
feeling. I think that's the least likely
19:54
outcome at this point with the sample size that we.
19:56
Have yeah, I think Don's more likely to get bumped up to line
19:58
one with TH then Norris is because I think they kind of
20:01
just like Tages Centre right now so.
20:04
But anyways, like that whole that whole cluster, like I feel
20:06
like if you have OK, if we have to, you know, give recommended,
20:09
if the listeners have all three available in their leagues, how
20:12
are we ranking the three of them?
20:13
I think we did this last week also.
20:14
But it's good to keep tabs on it and let people know because I
20:17
think in most leagues all three guys should probably be
20:19
available. I think Zucker still my favorite
20:22
and then probably it's close between Don and Norris, but I
20:25
think don't, like you said, has like the better chance to hit
20:29
his potential, even though I think Doris has a higher
20:31
ceiling. Yeah, I think I'm going sucker
20:34
down Norris, but I mean like I just it also depends like like
20:39
for me, I'm taking don't over sugar just because I want that
20:42
high upside, you know. But if you want the more
20:44
consistence then you go sucker. Good, but if you're streaming
20:47
that means you're probably dropping this guy like the week
20:49
after something right so it's. Like it's ranked higher.
20:52
Yeah. But my question for these go
20:54
ahead. No.
20:55
I also think that if you're in a league where all three of these
20:59
guys are rostered, you should just maybe go for a better
21:04
option that's going to be later on the list because it's 28%
21:07
owned. Like that's like not nothing,
21:08
you know, And I know it's this evening because it's more like
21:10
10 and 11%. But yeah, I agree.
21:13
Suckers safer. So if you're in a position where
21:15
you're streaming for, you need the home run, I would say maybe
21:19
Norris has the highest ceiling like Kevin was saying and then
21:21
Zucker best floor. We have to move on from these
21:24
Buffalo guys, but also I just want to say like last thing, are
21:28
you worried at all with like how they're performing And you know,
21:32
Zach Benson is soon to return And also we've heard like that
21:36
Buffalo wants to buy like are you aware that they might buy
21:38
somebody that bumps one of these guys off power play 1 not.
21:41
For this week. Not for this week, not this
21:43
week. We talked about the streaming
21:46
option. Yeah, yeah, for long term, like
21:48
if they pick a guy and then one of them gets bumped off Power
21:51
Play 1 and I think Zucker is the least likely to be bumped off
21:54
Star Blue one that's kind of like my Quadri.
21:58
Yeah, let me know. People doing something like
22:01
that, I'm not thinking that they should make, but I feel like
22:04
that's something that's everything that they would do.
22:06
Yeah, maybe put Norris in a bad spot.
22:08
Actually they could cuz then yeah, I would say in general
22:12
Norris is a bit safer on the power play one over done.
22:14
But if they get Kadri. Yeah, I will say I'm not worried
22:17
about Benson bumping off any of them from power play.
22:19
One we've seen him when he was healthy, he wasn't on there.
22:21
So that aspect of it I'm not worried about.
22:23
But in terms of a trade, I think absolutely if they're trading
22:25
for a top tier like a like forward, they're going to put
22:28
him on play one and one of the three guys we listed is going to
22:31
be the one who gets bumped. So definitely something to keep
22:33
an eye out on. But the ones who don't get
22:34
bumped are going to get a better forward to play with in this
22:37
situation. So a lot of upside, but also
22:40
risk. Yeah, but again, this would be
22:42
on this week. Yeah, right.
22:45
Let's go to #7 at #7 he hasn't been on here in a while, but
22:50
four-game week and he's power play one.
22:52
At the moment we've got Patrick Kane of the Detroit Red Wings.
22:56
He's started shooting again, which is nice, and he's kind of
23:00
back on that. Like I said, back on that power
23:01
play one. Shooting VR is a thing of the
23:03
past. So thankfully this is another
23:07
one of those situations, though, where like for this week, I like
23:09
it, especially it's for like Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
23:11
Sunday, which is like a great schedule, But I think Detroit
23:15
definitely buying and they are probably looking for a second
23:19
line centre. I think that's their their main
23:21
goal. Like let's say like a track,
23:22
something like that. And there's a chance that
23:25
whoever gets acquired bumps Kane off power play 1.
23:28
So that's something to monitor. But if they do get a truck and
23:31
he doesn't bump came off power play 1, then that just makes his
23:34
even strength even better and keeps his power plays good.
23:36
So I think he has a high upside to finish the season strong.
23:39
I feel like also like he was kind of dealing with injuries
23:41
for awhile and maybe this like Olympic break did some good for
23:44
him. It's we talked about how the
23:46
Olympic break could be good with the young guys because they're
23:48
not used to the rigors of the NHL season.
23:50
It could also be good for the old guys who, you know, maybe
23:52
are a bit like sore and stuff and a bit past their, their
23:56
young spry days. So a nice break like that could
23:59
help them out and help them get rid of some nagging injuries.
24:02
So we were talking before about Buffalo if they acquire someone,
24:06
same with Detroit as you mentioned.
24:08
Now the trade deadline is March 6th, that's this coming Friday.
24:12
And then honestly, I still think that for a stream, for a good
24:17
schedule like Detroit or Buffalo, you're fine to take any
24:20
one of these guys for this week. I don't think that the
24:23
transition of getting that new player is going to bump or
24:27
change these players deployment at all.
24:29
Would you agree if they get tricked?
24:31
You think Kane is playing this Sunday on Power Play 1?
24:34
No, I think if they get TRO trick he might bump Kane off.
24:37
That day like, that day like he may not even like.
24:40
Play as well there's. No visa issues because he's
24:42
already in new. York yeah, happens sometimes.
24:45
It doesn't have to be like you just traded on the Friday, like
24:47
he could get traded on Wednesday and then yeah, you know, he's
24:50
got a date of practice or whatever.
24:52
But I think in in concept, like if if they sign like a project
24:56
or something, I think Kane would probably be bumped off unless
24:59
it's like a God's gonna be like their bottom six or something,
25:01
then I don't think the guy has to pull.
25:03
But if they're probably. The check Kane is the one to go
25:08
like on this. Absolutely.
25:10
Yeah, it depends who they go for it.
25:12
I mean I I do think Trocheck in all likelihood will bump them
25:15
off, although it's not 100% because Trocheck also brings a
25:17
lot many other things to the game and they have the other
25:20
four are a complete lock and it would be weird to see either
25:24
Larkin or project an odd place centre just because that's so
25:27
stable. That that, but it's always good
25:30
to have two guys that go in face off because if one guy gets
25:31
bumped, you don't want your whole power to fall apart
25:34
because you use a face off and lose the offensive zone.
25:36
So that's. True.
25:37
Yeah, Yeah. So something to keep an eye on,
25:39
especially with this week being the trade deadline.
25:41
But like we said, like the trade deadline is Friday.
25:44
And if someone gets traded on the Friday, then most likely
25:46
they're not playing until the Saturday or Sunday, something
25:48
like that. So it is, you know, less likely
25:51
to affect the bulk of this week as opposed to moving forward for
25:54
the rest of the season. By the way, Yahoo, if you're
25:57
listening, can you like give an option to make the fantasy trade
26:00
deadline on the same day as the actual trade deadline next?
26:03
Year please. Yeah, just.
26:05
Wanna put that out? There, Yeah.
26:07
It sucks that other deadlines were set for Feb 25 when like,
26:11
there's still so much craziness that could happen and so much.
26:13
Fun. You could customize it, but not
26:14
to make it on the 6th. Yeah. 4th it feels like.
26:19
Why? If it was possible, it wasn't
26:21
possible for us for whatever reason.
26:23
It was like you could pick any of these days but not the actual
26:25
trade deadline. It's weird.
26:26
Yeah, who knows? Anyways, let's move on to the
26:29
next one. Alright, at #6.
26:32
And number six, we have Charlie Coyle of the Columbus Blue
26:35
Jackets. He has a four-game week this
26:38
week and next week. And fun facts about the Blue
26:39
Jackets. They've got 4 game weeks every
26:41
week until week 23. So I've got Monahan on my team.
26:45
I really want to drop him, but it's just nonstop for game weeks
26:48
and we have face off wins as a category.
26:49
So I'm like, I'm just going to hold them pretty much rest of
26:52
this season because it's just a nonstop great streaming
26:54
schedule. So Coil I'd way rather than
26:57
Monahan with all those four-game weeks coming up.
26:59
He's on power play one bonus really likes him there.
27:02
He's been performing really well.
27:03
So I had I was between Coil and Marchman's recommendation, but
27:07
Marchman got bumped down off of power play one recently for Ken
27:10
Johnson. So I'm taking Coil as the as the
27:13
kind of available guy. Obviously your top 2 forwards
27:16
are Marchenko and Fantilli, but those guys are more owned.
27:19
So next to my next pick. I will say I was looking at
27:23
practice lines like this morning I was recording.
27:25
Ken Johnson looks like he's a scratch.
27:27
Really. Yep.
27:29
Why are they just gonna trade him already?
27:30
Honestly, I feel like he's just not fitting there.
27:33
He had like a great end of season, like was it last season
27:35
or two seasons ago? And then I feel like since then
27:37
he's been getting scratched and just like fourth line and
27:40
whatever, like feeling they can get something back for him if
27:42
they're not willing to play him. I don't know, but I think it's
27:44
definitely disappointing. I feel like it's been multiple
27:46
coaches now that are giving him the opportunity and maybe it's
27:49
just not doing something they're looking for because it hasn't
27:52
really worked out. But I think Charlie Coyle, the
27:55
fact that he's line 3 doesn't even scare me because playing
27:57
with Matthew Olivia the GOAT, if you if you know, you know, but
28:01
and if I know I'm depressed, which I am.
28:04
But the wait, Josh, you play Matthew Olivier this upcoming
28:08
week, right? Unfortunately, I do, but we'll
28:11
get to that in the finger section.
28:14
But yeah, we can move on. But I like Charlie Coyle.
28:17
Yeah. OK, let's go to #5 and #5.
28:22
We have my boy, my signature pick.
28:24
I was never in doubt, ever, Dylan Holloway of the Saint
28:28
Louis Blues. I'm putting big quotation marks
28:30
over line 3, power play 2 because their lines are
28:32
meaningless. They kind of roll both even
28:34
strength and power play lines, Whichever they make no sense,
28:40
gets three goals and an assist and then they decide to just
28:43
completely switch up that line. Like in practice.
28:45
I'm like, what you doing? Why would you do that?
28:48
I don't know anyways, only three games this week, but he just did
28:52
so well his first game back that and obviously we're all pretty
28:55
hype about him. So and a four-game week
28:57
following that. So he's still in the top half of
28:59
this list and I just think that his potential is super high.
29:02
He's a double double who also has that high points potential.
29:05
We saw how he ended the season last season, right?
29:07
And like we're at this point in the season, right?
29:10
Obviously he's had it pointing time leading up to this, but the
29:13
past is the past. It's over.
29:14
You know, although we're doing is looking forward rest of
29:16
season and there's no reason to me he can't be like a .8 points
29:20
per game guy over double double, which I'm like you can pick that
29:22
up for free means like 37% owned, especially after that hat
29:25
trick. Like I feel like his percent is
29:27
going to like jump up a bit, but if he's still available in your
29:29
league, I love him as a pickup. He has, and I know this is kind
29:34
of in the playoffs, there are two 3-4 weeks, 21 to 23.
29:38
But of anybody on this list, he is the best player to own in
29:42
bangors leagues for the quote UN quote, long term.
29:45
Not that there's many weeks left in the season, but yeah, he can
29:50
really be a huge difference maker.
29:52
He's one of those guys that's in the points category.
29:55
Easily also could be in the bangers category, although he
29:57
doesn't have a hit over the last month, but he has five shots and
30:00
four points average. OK over that one Razer game.
30:03
It's still salty that I traded him.
30:05
Overall, it makes sense where you have him.
30:09
I also there will be volatility to his game like no doubt about
30:12
it. Just coming back from a big
30:13
injury and on the Saint Louis team that is super volatile
30:16
inherently that, yeah. I mean, if you're looking for,
30:20
if you're already comfortable in a playoff position, I'd say he's
30:23
probably the best person to pick up on this team.
30:25
If you don't need the win this week, he's the guy that I would
30:28
go for #1. And I will say for the playoff
30:32
schedule quickly and then sorry, even though there are two 3-4,
30:35
first of all, they have a ton of off nights and that two game
30:37
week the teams are playing in Vancouver and Calgary.
30:39
So that's almost like a four-game week, you know, with
30:42
how bad those are you. Get 3 points in both of those.
30:44
Games for sure, so just something to note.
30:48
OK, wait, just the Columbus power play lines came out.
30:52
Power play 1 is Werenski, Marchenko, Fantilli, Marchman,
30:55
Coyle. So marching back up there
30:57
instead of Ken Johnson? I'm still taking coil over over
31:00
my friend. But I guess you could say that
31:02
it's like a coil or marchman type.
31:04
Thing coil like guys. Coil you prefer but like
31:06
Marchman if he's available you can definitely cause he was not
31:08
on this list because he wasn't power play 1 right?
31:11
Yeah, that's fair. The thing with Coil that I like
31:13
a lot is that the coach trusts him with important minutes.
31:17
Like he's playing Lionel, he's playing line 3, which is like a
31:20
defensive line, let's say, But he's getting good matchups on
31:22
the ice to take advantage of those offensively and then power
31:25
play 1 and then PK one. So you know that he's just
31:28
trying to get like so many minutes and he's out there just
31:30
getting the peripherals and everything.
31:32
So I like coil on Holloway. I will say if they trade pieces,
31:37
I expect him to be the first name up on that power play
31:39
because I do think right now it's like a power play one,
31:41
power play 2. If you look at the names on
31:42
there, kind of like, OK, if I had to pick one, you need to be
31:44
way better than the other. It's gonna be this one.
31:47
But I could see them trading Kyrie.
31:48
I can see them trading Buchnevich, like Brayden Schenn,
31:52
like all of these guys, their names are in trade right now.
31:54
So maybe Thomas, maybe so I'd smile, but I think the hallway
31:59
that we said double, double, that means two hits, two shots.
32:02
I think that's super valuable in bangers league.
32:04
So if he's available, keep an eye out.
32:06
Yeah, alright, let's go to #4 at #4 We have our boy who will be
32:13
on every episode until he hits 40%, Mats Zuccarello of the
32:17
Minnesota Wild Line 1 powerfully one.
32:19
He's not in the top three just because of his three-game week.
32:21
If he had a four-game week, he would be in there and he's got
32:23
four games the week after. So spoiler for next week's
32:25
episode. But if he's if you guys don't
32:27
make it 40%, he will probably be in that top part most week.
32:31
Yeah, but yeah, I know. I mean, this is just we don't
32:34
have to go over it. We talk about it every week, but
32:36
he's playing with these are even strength, power play that since
32:39
Quinn Hughes came to the like, came to Minnesota, their whole
32:42
offence has been completely rejuvenated.
32:45
And I mean they were already really good, but now they're
32:47
like topping the league. So this is really a no brainer
32:49
and I'm still shocked that he's so low owned.
32:52
It's it's crazy. I think he's like the the worst,
32:55
best player on everybody's team. It's like everybody that has
32:58
Zuccarello, he's like the first man out if they need to cut for
33:00
somebody else. But then he just ends up being
33:02
better than like most of the waiver options because he's so
33:05
consistent with his point production.
33:06
Like I look at his game, like look at this averages and I'm
33:09
just like, if you put this on yes for Brad this season, I'd be
33:12
so happy. Yeah.
33:13
Exactly like point 9.9 points .35 power play points, two shots
33:18
a game like you know, I would. I drafted Brad to be higher, but
33:22
I'm not getting that. I'm not getting this Brad.
33:24
Brad was you know, supposed to be a first round like not a
33:27
first round People like over point per game player.
33:29
So. Yeah.
33:31
Yeah, Yeah. I think there's always that.
33:33
He's loved by every team that he plays on it.
33:35
It's like Grantland vibes in that sense.
33:37
Yeah. So he's gonna yeah.
33:41
I think this deployment for him is pretty safe.
33:43
It's been like this for a while. At this point I just want 22
33:46
shots on crazy. I wish she had two shots per
33:49
game on the season. That would just look like a
33:51
little bit better. That being said, I feel like if
33:54
he had that, that's like the psychological barrier for people
33:56
picked to people picking him up and pumping him over 40% so we
33:59
could keep having stellar recommendations because he's
34:02
followed 2. Actually, honestly, that's the
34:05
one thing that looks quote UN quote bad on his statute.
34:08
Otherwise, it's great. 1.95 is as close as you can get, I know.
34:14
Not #2 no. Alright, let's go to our top
34:21
ones. Right at #3.
34:25
And #3 big bumps since we mentioned him like less than a
34:29
week ago on the 18.5 waivers episode.
34:31
We've got Anthony Mantha of the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 game
34:34
week, line, 2 power play one. Like the big difference between
34:38
this week and last week is we are now confirmed that Crosby's
34:40
out for at least four weeks. I mean, now I'm seeing like
34:43
maybe it's whatever around 4 weeks, something like that.
34:45
He's going to get pretty much, I expect to be done for the
34:48
fantasy season and back for the real playoffs.
34:50
It's kind of where I'm seeing maybe a few games before just to
34:53
get back into things. Um, but Matt is going to be the
34:56
power play. One guy who takes over for
34:57
Crosby and now obviously that power play gets a lot worse
34:59
without Crosby, but you know, they were like fourth in the
35:02
league, so you get a lot worse. You can still drop to like 14th
35:05
and still be a super nice power play to be on.
35:07
We've seen him be successful in the past with this deployment
35:10
and A4 game week just makes it all a no brainer.
35:12
They have a great playoff schedule.
35:14
Honestly Mantha for me is a hold as long as Crosby's out and if
35:17
Crosby out rest of fantasy season then I'm holding on to
35:19
the rest of the fantasy season. Yeah.
35:22
And so the the scary part here, it's like a double edged sword
35:26
in a way, like they're just gonna be worse and score less
35:28
goals. So I think that's kind of tough.
35:31
I guess the silver lining to what I just said is that they're
35:35
gonna be fighting for the playoffs.
35:37
So they're going to kind of have to score and that actually may
35:39
benefit hopefully Stuart Skinner if they have to consolidate
35:43
notice that just putting it out there.
35:45
But overall, I mean, this is an opportunity for him and he has
35:49
done really, really well with it.
35:51
I I'm liking what I'm seeing from Pittsburgh and I really
35:54
hope that they can actually push through and make the playoffs.
35:57
And if they do, this is a huge opportunity for Matthew to be
36:01
probably 1 of, if not their best.
36:03
Points or honestly, I mean, I wouldn't say to be their best
36:07
point scorer, but not the one I think Malkin or Rust probably.
36:14
But yeah, my conversation like for you can be good.
36:18
The one thing that I have a few thoughts on Pittsburgh in
36:20
general, My general thoughts are I don't think Pittsburgh is
36:23
expecting to make the playoffs and I think I don't think they
36:26
were expecting to make the playoffs.
36:27
This was done their goal this season, right?
36:29
I think Gus has done a phenomenal job acquiring assets
36:32
and like having his team be competitive.
36:34
I think he's made like a lot of tremendous moves this season.
36:36
The Stuart Skinner trade honestly was like phenomenal.
36:38
Look at Jerry right now, The guy just every game getting pulled,
36:41
it's like embarrassing. I don't know what Edmonton's
36:43
gonna do, but they messed. Up Kevin's about to go back into
36:46
the Tick Tock. So it's so crazy to be how
36:49
vindicated I feel like I just bring me so much joy to think
36:52
back on, like how good, how right we were and how wrong
36:55
other people were. But first 12.
36:57
Appearances with the Edmonton Oilers, Tristan Jarry has posted
37:00
a 3.85 goals against average and .8648 percentage.
37:04
Like just just put in the ebug at that point but.
37:08
Honestly. The other thing I wanted to say
37:11
was that like, I'm a little bit worried that because of the
37:15
Crosby injury, now they start selling assets.
37:18
Like, you know, I think I think Dubus can capitalize on Stewart
37:20
Skinner too. And like, you know, flip them
37:22
again on to somebody else. Wouldn't be shocked because
37:25
given all the a lot of teams need goalies, but last game
37:29
meant to play line 3 power play 1 and you saw his minutes take
37:32
down below 14 minutes. So that's something to keep an
37:35
eye on because I think they for something they were putting
37:38
think it's Avery Hayes on line 2 instead of him.
37:41
And then they kind of put milk in line 1.
37:43
So the lines kind of got jumbled up last game.
37:45
So I'm curious to see how that plays out.
37:47
So just keep an eye out. Think line 3 power play 1 is
37:49
definitely less valuable than top 6IN power play 1.
37:53
So just yeah, just keep an eye out there and I'm curious to see
37:57
how this Pittsburgh team goes. Like realistically like would
38:00
you make a move for them to trade for a piece?
38:03
I'm not, if I'm them, I'm not making any moves like any big
38:06
splashes. I'm not making a big buy, but
38:08
I'm also not selling like it's like Crosby's last or second
38:11
last year or something like that.
38:13
They they earned the right to play in the playoffs.
38:16
Like how does what kind of message that is sent to your
38:18
team when they're like second in the division and you start
38:20
selling, right? And Crosby, they're saying he's
38:22
going to be back for playoffs. So like, look, if he was out for
38:24
the season, then I could be like, or they could be like
38:26
right, or cooked like let's let's sell.
38:28
But he's going to be back and he's choosing to stay there and
38:31
play there, right? So like, and I think he has a
38:33
lot of sway and I don't think he's going to be happy she comes
38:35
back, you know, like. The playoff picture anymore?
38:39
Yeah, I mean, the community more like Troy walks back in with the
38:41
pizza, everything on fire and he's like, what happened?
38:44
You know, not like, I mean, they're so like they're second
38:47
in their division. I think they have enough of a
38:48
buffer that they're still gonna be fine for playoffs even even
38:52
without Crosby. But I do.
38:53
So I don't see them selling, like not going to sell their
38:56
Carlson. They're Raquel, like the guys
38:57
who like originally, like if they were doing terribly, they
39:00
would have sold this season. I don't think they're selling,
39:02
but I also don't think they're buying.
39:04
Like with the uncertainty around Crosby, don't think they're
39:06
confident enough to like, I think they make some small moves
39:09
like they've been doing, you know, just like.
39:10
Gerard or whatever, Yeah, that's more on their part, like. 100%
39:14
it was great, great low, low stakes kind of moves you know
39:17
they're gonna make a big splash from.
39:18
Because they have so many second round picks now.
39:20
Like they could use a couple of those to make a depth move or
39:23
middle. 60 turns like Jerry into Skinner Gerard in like 2
39:27
seconds. Yeah, that's insane.
39:31
Admit to the chances for playoffs.
39:32
Yeah, Jerry was on waivers last. Year, yeah, I actually, I, I
39:37
think if anything they, they're more likely to buy than to sell.
39:41
The thing is how can you buy because you know your window is
39:43
this year and then who knows after that type of thing.
39:46
Well by like you send pics or for a player if you.
39:49
Guys don't see them making any big splashes.
39:52
Yeah, I don't think it's a big splash situation either, but I'm
39:54
just saying like if I have to choose either buy or sell, I
39:57
think they're more likely to. Buy yeah and also I think I'm
40:00
seeing is that there's a lot of sellers this year and there's a
40:04
lot of players available and I think that's making it a kind of
40:06
like buyers market or you'll be able to get guys for cheaper so
40:09
I could see them getting some you know someone who in the.
40:12
Like if it was a worse, you know, season for buyers, they
40:14
might not have acquired, but like, you know, toss one of
40:16
those second rounders that they just got for like, you know, a
40:18
top 6 like forward, like a second, like, you know,
40:20
something like that, like a second line winger, winger.
40:23
I could see them doing something like that, but it's not gonna be
40:25
anything crazy. And I will say last thing on
40:29
Pittsburgh that when Crosby misses time, usually Malkin
40:32
steps up. So I think he's known to win.
40:34
Crosby's not there. He like UPS his game a little
40:37
bit and he becomes more talismanic for this team.
40:39
And I think if you have Malkin, I know we're past trade
40:42
deadlines in most leagues, but if you have multi, probably be
40:43
happy holding at this point. Like we've been like sell high,
40:46
sell high, sell high. If you can sell high on the
40:48
production, then then great. But I'm really happy to have on
40:50
my team, especially leading into the playoffs with the schedule
40:52
that they. Have.
40:53
Yeah, for sure. All right, let's go to Kevin's
40:56
favorite number. #2. It really #2 it's different.
41:05
I wish I was just saying that because we're Canadian, but
41:11
yeah, at #2 we've got Gabe Landeskog of the Colorado
41:14
Avalanche 4 game week. He's on line one power play 1,
41:18
super volatile, right with the deployment.
41:20
So he could easily not be there next week.
41:22
But it's hard not to recommend a guy of his potential with that
41:27
deployment on A4 game week. So just everything is lining up
41:30
for him to be a great stream for the week.
41:32
And if you can keep that deployment, if you keep either
41:35
line one or power play 1, ideally both, then he's a
41:38
phenomenal pickup. Like rest of again, like I said,
41:41
it's super volatile. I wouldn't bank on him keeping
41:43
that deployment, but as long as he's on there, it's a great
41:45
pickup. We talked about what was called.
41:48
Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, I I cannot believe you got
41:50
two shots, 9 face offs and four heads.
41:51
And I was just about to say and four.
41:53
Penalty player that yeah 4 pins too like that 21 minutes of ice
41:58
time like that's healthy player to like you know and Lana's
42:03
calling the issues always been staying healthy so it's a weird
42:08
one here because the power play one should mean something on the
42:12
best team in the league. It doesn't mean anything, but it
42:15
does mean more minutes, so higher chance of potentially
42:18
scoring. I guess that's kind of the crux
42:19
of all of it anyways. But with how bad they've been on
42:21
the power play, I wouldn't put too much stock into it.
42:23
What I will say is that this Landeskog, MacKinnon and used to
42:29
be Rantanen line was the line that they that they use in went
42:33
to the Stanley Cup and won. So I would think that if he is
42:38
fully healthy, they're going to try that, but with natures now
42:40
obviously instead of. Random better version of Renton,
42:43
Yeah. Exactly.
42:45
I really, I really think that there's a decent chance that
42:49
this deployment is more more stable than we're thinking.
42:53
Obviously this year has been completely all over the place,
42:56
but kind of turning the page after the Olympics now you may
42:59
be almost 100% health. If that is the case and he does
43:03
stay line 1, even if he gets bumped off power play one, I'm
43:06
still very interested and I think he could have a tremendous
43:08
finish. Yeah, not too much to add.
43:10
I just think that the question has always been his deployment.
43:13
If he has a deployment, he's always been a great fantasy
43:15
pick. It's just like the risk, the
43:16
reward when you don't know if it's there.
43:19
Now we know it's there. He's available to stream.
43:21
I think is a phenomenal pickup, especially in bangers leagues.
43:24
Yeah, all right, let's go to number one.
43:29
Number one, we have my boy Elias Lindholm of the Boston Bruins
43:33
line one power play on centre playing with pasta.
43:36
He has four-game week. The week after he has a
43:38
three-game week and then all four-game.
43:40
So this is a great rest of season pickup.
43:43
Obviously deployments already and like how he's been playing
43:45
all year is is really sick. But but just pretty much 4 game
43:48
weeks for the rest of the way is is really nice to see.
43:51
So he's gonna when you face off, he'll get you like one shot, one
43:54
hit, one block and then he'll get you like a power play
43:57
assist. That's a classic Elias Lindholm
43:59
stat line and four games a week for the rest of the season.
44:02
I'm pretty happy with that. Yeah, this is just a scheduled
44:05
pickup and was very encouraging also is that I don't think any
44:10
of us expected Boston to still be so close in the playoff race
44:13
at this point in the season. So the fact that they are means
44:16
that it's within reach for them. That means they're still gonna
44:18
try hard. So whether they like it or not,
44:20
that's a different question. I think a lot of us have them
44:22
being bumped out for somebody else that's outside of the
44:24
playoff picture currently. But the fact that they're in the
44:27
race is very encouraging. They have one of the best power
44:29
plays in the league, which is so shocking to me to be honest.
44:32
But listen, he's like the clear one line seat line 1C on this
44:35
team. I think you're exposing the best
44:38
players. He has good category coverage,
44:40
even though it's not like elite numbers at either of them.
44:43
I think it's a great pick. Does #1 for a reason.
44:45
I think it's just I think we put him #1 because of how valuable
44:49
he can be for you rest of season.
44:51
Like, yeah, this week 4 game week is great, but if you can
44:55
hold them all the way until the end of the playoffs, like that's
44:57
super valuable. Yeah, alright.
45:00
Should we move on to our top five bangers, Capital B?
45:04
These are under 20% owned. New change we made recently
45:07
because the 40% was too high for bankers.
45:09
So we're seeing some more interesting names with the under
45:12
20%. And honestly, we'll see how it
45:14
goes. But if we feel we're still
45:14
repeating ourselves, we might even drop lower for next season.
45:18
Um, yes, absolutely. I do have a few profile Ches
45:22
because I do think they're definitely worth mentioning
45:24
here. Like there's two names that I
45:25
think are glaring that people are asking a lot of questions
45:27
about. Do you wanna talk about them
45:30
after? Should I talk about?
45:31
Them. No.
45:32
Let's do them like honorable mentions.
45:33
Yeah, OK. Honorable mentions to me it's
45:36
Simon Edmondson and Connor Clifton.
45:39
Yeah. I think two big.
45:40
Names so well let's start with Clifton.
45:43
I think that's that's a more kind of like clear cut one He's
45:46
been all season an elite banger, but he just keeps getting
45:49
scratched every couple of games I tried picking him up at some
45:52
point this year and then he got scratched.
45:53
I got burned by it. I was like a high risk high
45:55
reward I know was getting into to me.
45:58
You can't hold a guy who can be scratched any game.
46:00
I just don't think it's a viable.
46:02
I'm seeing that, you know, people like Penguins fans want
46:05
to trade for defenseman so that they don't have to play Clifton.
46:07
Like he's just not like the coach.
46:10
I don't think anyone likes him on the team, honestly.
46:12
Like like, like it's it's rough. So so I'm not interested in
46:15
Clifton despite his elite hits and solid blocks.
46:19
So I think that's a pretty, yeah.
46:21
To me, the the main question is that like, I completely agree
46:24
with you, but I think right now they're kind of forced into
46:27
playing him more because they're losing healthy bodies.
46:29
So if he's on this roster like this guys gonna average like
46:32
over five hits a game, it feels like.
46:34
And if he's getting decent minutes, like he can get the
46:36
blocks too. And I just feel like that's
46:38
something that's in bangers leagues category.
46:39
Bangers league specifically. I think that's pretty like
46:42
somebody pick him up in our league.
46:43
I'm absolutely certain, especially with the Pittsburgh
46:45
Playhouse schedule. I don't know I I still I think
46:48
it's just too risky with the with the fact that he can get
46:50
scratched any game or other like that.
46:52
Just me look like I like the. Obstructing him for he's also on
46:55
their PK one unit right now. And if somebody on PK 1, I feel
46:59
like that's not a guy that's like probably going to get
47:01
scratched. I don't know, I've been
47:03
wondering all season because he has been super interesting for
47:06
bangers and just they're willing to play the randomness names
47:09
over him like you're saying. Who will replace him?
47:11
I don't know, but they'll find someone you know, like and also
47:14
like they just got Gerard so losing him is not the biggest
47:16
thing because they literally just got him and like.
47:20
The coolest? Guy like, yeah, but they had
47:21
just gotten cool like also, yeah like even before Gerard or Kulak
47:24
were there, Clifton was getting scratched.
47:26
So like them not being there, it doesn't make me think that he's
47:29
less likely to get scratched, but that's.
47:30
The thing people ask about Connor Clifton and I definitely
47:33
think it's worth a conversation. Because I think it's worth
47:35
mentioning. He could be like a type of thing
47:37
if he's playing games. It's a big if, yeah.
47:41
Right now it's it's it's happening.
47:43
Yeah. And for for Edmondson, I was, I
47:45
was debating putting him here. I ended up putting someone else
47:47
on that team instead I think. He's better.
47:50
In terms of like less leagues half blocks than hits, so, but
47:55
in terms of blocks, he's probably you might.
47:57
Think the opposite actually. A lot of standard leagues have
47:59
blocks and hits. Find that surprising?
48:02
I thought blocks is more rare, but yeah, so then in blocks
48:05
leagues, I I love Edmonds and he's been a monster for that.
48:08
That's, I think the main asset, but he does it at such a high
48:11
level that he's definitely worth mentioning.
48:13
He could have easily been on this list.
48:15
Yeah, I, I, I'm, I mean, between the two, obviously they
48:18
completely different things. Clifton's hits, Edmonton's
48:20
blocks, I think, I think the deployment even on Buffalo, I'm
48:24
pretty sure I remember Clifton kinda getting scratched here and
48:27
there. So it's one of those things that
48:29
he's not a mainstay in the lineup.
48:31
But yeah, if he plays and Pittsburgh does that schedule,
48:35
the volume combined with the sheer amount of hits that he
48:37
gets in a game, like he could finish the year with the most
48:40
hits in the league at this rate. It's not, but I also agree
48:45
Edmondson is a much safer pick for what he does.
48:48
He's gonna he's gonna pay dividends there.
48:50
And also like he's a pretty big part of the actual team.
48:54
He's probably like their second most important defence when?
48:56
He plays with slider, he plays with cider.
48:58
Now it will show up before, but now it's cider.
49:01
Yeah. So now it's Edmondson.
49:04
Yeah, I'm also pretty sure he was like a really high pick a
49:06
few years ago. And we know I love looking and
49:08
looking at that. Looks like we can get into the
49:11
top five. Six overall, 2021.
49:15
How tall is he though? Actually, it's extremely tall,
49:21
66. 6 quotas, get outta here. Literally.
49:25
Yeah, no, I love the, I love the Edmonton mention, but yeah,
49:29
that's that's mainly a blocks, AA blocks pickup.
49:32
Alright, let's get into #5. At #5 we've got Mark Kastelic of
49:38
the Boston Bruins averaging 1.3 shots per game, 2.8 hits, face
49:43
off wins and Pimms. He has a four-game week this
49:45
week, but like we mentioned with Lindholm, other than the
49:48
three-game week next week, he's got all four gamers rest of the
49:50
season. So I like him as a lot as like
49:53
the kind of guy you just plug in to your lineup and you just hold
49:56
him rest of season because four games of those like shots, Pimms
49:59
hits, face off wins from a winger is a really nice way to
50:02
round out your roster. Blocks aren't irrelevant either
50:04
for him. Yeah that's true .83 on the
50:07
season is is not really relevant from a forward.
50:09
Yeah, Noel Achari Light, light. Yeah, exactly.
50:12
But still. I was gonna say I think he was
50:14
like the OG Jack McBain but with a less cool nickname.
50:20
Exactly. But I I know a lot of people in
50:22
the score were holding him like throughout the season for that
50:26
specific, you know, playoff push because of all the categories he
50:29
can touch and Bangers league. So yeah.
50:31
Yeah, alright, let's go to #4 at #4 we have Jake's best friend
50:38
Bobby McMahon of the Toronto Maple Leafs for.
50:41
Now Toronto Maple. Yeah, exactly.
50:43
So like he's got a four-game week this week and next week
50:45
that could change if he gets traded.
50:47
But I'm seeing this possibilities of a of a
50:49
extension as well. So I don't think, I don't think
50:51
it's a foregone conclusion that he's getting traded.
50:54
He's over a double double with points potential.
50:56
He's been playing line 1. So kind of we had made the
50:59
comparison of previous week to like Dylan Holloway, I think
51:02
always better points wise, but but McMahon, you know, could
51:04
easily be like a .5 points with the over double, double, which I
51:07
feel is really solid pickup, especially for two four-game
51:09
weeks. Yeah.
51:12
I like him a lot, he gets treated.
51:13
Exactly what I think about it. Too so.
51:16
I hope this week he gets traded because I feel like he could
51:18
have a really good opportunity wherever he goes.
51:20
Like he could be the perfect like line to winger that's
51:22
getting you a double double like a mini did on Holloway type of
51:24
thing. I see that in his range of
51:26
outcomes. For sure, I play him next week
51:28
though so I'm hoping for not that but maybe get straight to
51:31
Washington which is A2 game week and that would be nice for me.
51:34
You just spoke it into existence.
51:36
Yeah, that'd be sick. All right, let's go to #3 #3 my
51:43
wife's crush, who she definitely didn't name our son after.
51:46
We've got Ben Sharot of the Detroit Red Wings.
51:53
He's got a A4 game week this week, 3 game next week.
51:58
He's got averaging 1.2 shots over two hits over 2 blocks.
52:01
I mean, hovering around both, 2 for both, but still two and two
52:05
on hits and blocks is kind of exactly what you want out of a
52:07
bangers defenseman, especially with the four-game week.
52:10
We had mentioned Edmondson, Sharat, like which one do you
52:12
want? I mean, I view Sharad as more
52:14
balanced, like you're going to get hits and blocks.
52:16
I've viewed Vincent is like a high, high blocks upside, but I
52:19
don't expect to get as many hits.
52:20
So it really is what you need in your in your match up but but
52:24
shorts been maintaining around 2 of each all season which is
52:27
really nice to see. The only thing which shot is a
52:30
Shrot owner, I've noticed that his ice time really fluctuates.
52:32
Like some games will play 25 minutes, some games play 16
52:35
minutes. No rhyme or reason is just kind
52:37
of I guess how the game flow is going and how they decide to
52:39
jumble the lines. But I think leading into this
52:42
end of season push, I think both him and Edmondson are gonna be
52:45
really, really high, highly mentioned Bangers League guys
52:49
like Stream. I think there's just gonna be
52:51
names that are in the circle. When you Stream hits and blocks,
52:53
these are two of the names are gonna be there.
52:55
Yeah, yeah. The only reason I I said that
52:58
once the second was important on this team is because he has such
53:01
good ice time. And you're right, it fluctuates
53:02
with Sarah, so Edmondson's a bit safer.
53:05
But fair enough that he's here on this list, Sharat, because he
53:08
does have the hits. And both of them are pretty good
53:10
for pins if you need that extra upside when you're trying to
53:13
decide. Between from his Habs days,
53:15
Sharat was the king of delay of game penalties when you like at
53:18
least like I'm getting tired. I'm just gonna watch this over
53:22
the. Class Josh Josh at the Olympics
53:25
trying to get some ice time and just like, exactly.
53:30
That's literally, you know, I bet Matt Mitchell listens to our
53:33
podcast because he did exactly what I said I was gonna do.
53:35
He got a penalty so that he had to get ice time in overtime and
53:38
then he scored the OT winner coming out-of-the-box.
53:40
He knew that the only way to that that that was his name
53:44
talking was going to was going to play him in overtime was him
53:47
coming out of the penalty box. So look, you know you guys
53:50
laughed at me for that strategy, but it clearly works.
53:54
Alright, let's go to Kevin's favorite number and least
53:57
favorite player. I was gonna say I, I feel like
54:00
you should have put him like #1 But I also think it makes sense
54:06
that he's at the best number here because at #2.
54:11
We've got Matthew Olivier of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the much
54:17
fabled the man, the myth, the legend.
54:20
He's got, as we mentioned with the with the Columbus guys
54:23
earlier, 4 game weeks, every week until week 23.
54:26
So this is a huge pickup and just plug onto your roster for
54:30
the next 4 weeks. He's got averaging 1.4 shots,
54:34
3.7 hits, .7 blocks which is not nothing and obviously the pins
54:38
are huge and guaranteed 3-4 point games next week for sure
54:42
because he's playing against me and when he plays me or Kevin I
54:45
don't get it because Kevin roasts him so I get the revenge
54:47
there. I've only shown respect him at
54:49
the Olivier but I guess he just likes just bullying me for fun.
54:53
But yeah so I'm not looking forward to playing some next
54:55
week. But if you guys want to get look
54:57
last time you guys got in on the memes everyone was so happy like
55:00
when he was playing Kevin to like 2 weeks ago, everyone in
55:02
the chat was like Oh my God I only picked him up for the memes
55:05
cause he's playing Kevin. He's putting up like these multi
55:07
point games, you know? I was losing my mind, guys.
55:09
I don't think I've ever been. I think the Olympics finals was
55:13
like more detrimental to my mental health.
55:15
But playing against Matthew Olivia, after I talked and then
55:18
he came and yeah, talk, talk, bleep.
55:21
And then he came and did what he did to me.
55:25
And had his way with you. Yeah, he did.
55:27
For. Sure, he did unspeakable things
55:29
to my fantasy team. Yeah, so I'm I'm hoping to
55:33
survive. I mean, Kevin got lucky.
55:34
It was like a four-game week when you played Olivier and one
55:36
of those games got postponed. So like.
55:37
Yeah, he still went off. So like, even if you had four
55:40
games. Yeah, some of these scared for
55:43
this for this coming week, but I definitely think he's a very
55:46
strong pick up, like I said, for the next month.
55:48
I think I'm just like strategically not saying
55:51
anything about him because he has not come for me yet every
55:54
time I play him, like it's not noticeable how brutal it is.
55:58
So I think my strategy and just let him do his thing, you know?
56:02
Five shots, three hits last game.
56:04
I know I saw that and I'm like no.
56:09
And then his last, his last points he had January 28th,
56:14
January 30th, he had two, two point games back-to-back and
56:18
those are things you thought. You that's what happened last
56:21
time and then put up 0 points for two weeks and then he played
56:23
me and then did the same thing. So literally. 2-3 rough two
56:28
games later guys on February 3rd he had two goals and he only had
56:32
one shot that game so. That's a 200% shooting
56:39
percentage seen. Wait, what actually happened?
56:44
Do you remember? I don't know you.
56:45
Probably like an owl or something, yeah.
56:50
Well, of course, had to be Matthew Olivier feel.
56:52
Like. Gives the puck to the other
56:54
team. He's like, you know what to do
56:56
and. Then the guy just puts it in
56:57
the. Yeah, he's like, I'm playing
57:01
against Kevin this week, so and the other guys like saying say
57:03
less. Also, what Sean is actually.
57:07
So funny. I can't wait to see what he does
57:10
against your team, Josh, if if something, if he actually does
57:13
go off like guys like. This is it.
57:15
That's this what we're gonna start making like at the start
57:18
of the season. We'll post the weeks that we're
57:19
playing against Matthew Olivier, just so you know in advance when
57:22
you need to have him. Yeah, alright, let's go to.
57:27
I'm surprised this guy is still less than 20% owned, but at #1.
57:32
Alright, it might be cheating cause he's at 20% so I don't
57:34
know if we were going like less than or equal or.
57:37
Last week or less than or equal. Yeah, but you know what, if you
57:40
still at exactly 20 next week, I won't mention him because it's
57:43
good to get some variety in here.
57:45
But for now, we've got Jeremy loss of the Vegas Golden Knights
57:47
of four-game week again and he's just he's doing everything you
57:50
want from a bangers. Do you know he's getting one
57:52
shot, 3.8 hits, 1.6 blocks, penalty minutes as well,
57:56
averaging like over 17 minutes a night.
57:59
I think you know, this is just a no brainer.
58:01
But again, maybe the 20% on the nose was a bit a bit of a cop
58:06
out. So next week I won't mention him
58:08
again. I mean 20% he's definitely still
58:09
worth mentioning. Basically Connor Clifton if
58:11
Connor Clifton paid like 20 to 24 minutes a night.
58:13
To be honest, like Connor, Connor Clifton wishes.
58:16
Last game you got 10 hits against me.
58:18
So very happy about that. And you know, 2-2 blocks, 5
58:24
pins. You know, it's good when you're
58:26
looking at his game log and a four hit game is like.
58:31
You know, yeah, exactly how. It feels you've seen a lot of
58:35
five hits, six hits, 10 is nuts, but it happened.
58:40
Plus 5 Pimms. Oh, God, poor you, Kevin.
58:42
Yeah, thanks. Geez.
58:45
Yeah. So this is this is like the the
58:48
easy number one there. And I will say, I mean on the
58:51
season, his blocks are not bad, but.
58:56
Purging lately? Yeah, it's it's it's wrapping up
58:59
a bit if he ends up in the two block territory.
59:02
I mean, that's that's incredible.
59:03
So in a bangers league should be rostered everywhere.
59:05
Yeah, I think it's just that comes with the ice time.
59:08
Yeah, for sure. Yeah.
59:10
All right, let's get into the goalie section on Week 18.5.
59:14
We didn't have any quantity guys for you, but we are back and
59:17
better than ever. I think we got a great list of
59:19
names here. So let's get into our quantity
59:21
goalies top three. These are guys we should get you
59:23
2 plus starts under 40% owned as always and let's get started
59:28
with. #3. And #3 we have our Latvian King
59:33
Arthur's Sheloves of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
59:36
They're playing Boston Buffalo and then a back-to-back Philly
59:39
and Boston. And it just seems like at this
59:41
point it's fully a 5050 split with Stuart Skinner.
59:44
And, and she loves, I mean, the coach came out and said it.
59:46
He was asked like, why are you playing?
59:47
She loves to get, you know, like, and he was like, look,
59:50
they're both playing. Well, it's working for us.
59:52
So we're just going to keep doing it.
59:53
And she laughs at a great game. So I'm pretty confident he's
59:56
gonna get two of these four starts.
59:58
And like these aren't like the easiest matchups, but I'm not
1:00:01
like terrified or scared of like any of them.
1:00:05
So earlier in the episode, I said with the Crosby injury,
1:00:07
maybe they're going to have to consolidate it and give it to
1:00:09
one of the goalies, Skinner, assuming Skinner was clearly the
1:00:13
better one. But honestly, I'm looking more
1:00:15
into this. And in the last five games he's
1:00:18
played, she loves hasn't gotten below A-90 save percentage.
1:00:21
He's gotten like a 93896619. Like, that's really good stuff.
1:00:26
So if he's, if this is kind of the pattern that we see, it will
1:00:31
be a 5050. And for a, yeah, I mean, I know
1:00:35
you said quantity start, but it may actually even be a quality
1:00:39
start as well. Yeah.
1:00:41
I mean, the goal is always to recommend both, but we focus on
1:00:43
the quantity in this section. Yeah.
1:00:46
Yeah, we need to have a word that's like the.
1:00:48
We know we always talk about alliteration kings, but like
1:00:51
alliteration, where's the last letter of the name is that of
1:00:53
the 1st letter of. The name?
1:00:54
Yeah, that's just Latvian. If the letter is S, then it's
1:00:59
everyone other than Teddy Blueger.
1:01:01
He's the only Latvian to not have the's.
1:01:08
Alright, alright, let's go to. #2.
1:01:13
I hope everyone heard that, Kevin.
1:01:15
Like gearing up for that. Yeah, you gotta get into it for
1:01:17
those number twos, but we've got Elvis Mursley kinds of the
1:01:21
Columbus Blue Jackets. Lots for them.
1:01:24
Yeah. I mean, it's kind of implied
1:01:27
with the names, but you know, it's worth mentioning. 2
1:01:31
Latvians out of three, three recommendations.
1:01:33
Very fun. Actually, all are all three guys
1:01:36
listed here Olympians. Yeah, cuz I mean, look, selected
1:01:40
for the Olympics, not all played Andrew, but yeah.
1:01:43
But anyway, so they're playing Rangers in Nashville and
1:01:45
back-to-back. Love that.
1:01:46
And then Florida and Utah both winnable games as well.
1:01:50
Columbus is pushing hard for playoff spot and they're
1:01:54
splitting starts between Elvis and and grieves.
1:01:56
So I expect Elvis to get two of these starts.
1:01:58
I really, I'm really interested in that, that first back-to-back
1:02:01
because I think especially if you get the Rangers.
1:02:02
Oh, that's sick. But even Nashville, like, look,
1:02:05
they're not as bad as we expected, but they're still not
1:02:06
super scary. And honestly, Florida's worse
1:02:08
than we expected. So and Utah, you know, is fine.
1:02:12
How do you do you like, I think we can agree that Grieves is
1:02:16
like the better goalie out of the two.
1:02:18
Do you, do you still anticipate this being a split moving
1:02:22
forward? Do you think one guy kind of
1:02:23
pulls away at some point either way?
1:02:26
Honestly I view it as pretty much a split the rest of the way
1:02:29
If for some reason I think Bonus prefers Elvis, but I think
1:02:33
Reeves is good enough that he's forcing Bonus to keep splitting
1:02:36
the starts. So don't ask me why, but that
1:02:39
just like look like. Presidents or something?
1:02:42
Yeah, I mean playing every single game including back to
1:02:44
backs, right. And then bonus comes in and
1:02:48
Elvis starts playing all the games and then Elvis like got
1:02:51
injured a bit. So Grieves got in there.
1:02:52
Grieves played well because he's actually a very good goalie.
1:02:55
And so bonus like alright, fine, I'll play you guys 5050.
1:02:58
So I think I'm. Just going into the Olympics.
1:03:01
Yeah, it's hard to see one of them.
1:03:03
Like if one of them starts playing like garbage, then I
1:03:06
think we're gonna play the other one.
1:03:07
They have to win games, but I just don't see that happening.
1:03:10
So I think it's gonna be a 5050 moving forward unless somehow
1:03:13
all this gets traded at the deadline.
1:03:15
If I had to bet on one of them becoming garbage, it's Elvis
1:03:19
because I think Greece has enough of a sample size.
1:03:21
He's he's better. And I think he just has better
1:03:23
quality in him. And but and I also think if one
1:03:27
of them were to run away with it, it would be grieves.
1:03:29
Do I think that's a highlight you had right now?
1:03:31
We can't say that because of what we've seen on the ice.
1:03:34
So I think both are likely worthless.
1:03:36
That's for sure. Yeah, alright.
1:03:40
Yeah, yeah. Go for another one.
1:03:42
I have thoughts on on this one. I mean, OK, the next one,
1:03:45
whatever that may be. All right, at #1.
1:03:51
At #1 we have 6K, also known as UPL, also known as Pekka
1:03:56
Luukkonen of the Buffalo Sabres. They've got a four-game week
1:03:59
coming up. Vegas, Pittsburgh, Nashville,
1:04:01
Tampa, I don't know why, but they're alternating starts in
1:04:06
Buffalo. It's annoying to me as a lion
1:04:08
owner because lions been unreal. But thing is that URL slash 6K
1:04:12
slash Ukkonen has also been unreal.
1:04:15
So it's hard to be like, oh, you're so dumb when they're
1:04:17
still winning games. So this is another one of those
1:04:19
situations. I mean all three of these
1:04:20
situations are like these 50 fifties, right?
1:04:22
And, and based on the the back and forth, I expect expect 6K to
1:04:29
get Pittsburgh and Tampa, which I'd rather get Vegas in
1:04:32
Nashville. But yeah, but I'm still like
1:04:35
Buffalo, 6th place in the league, 6th in the league.
1:04:37
Yeah. And crazy.
1:04:38
They're just really good. So, and both guys are playing
1:04:41
unbelievable. So I'm super happy to grab him
1:04:43
for for two games this week. So totally fair with regards to
1:04:49
the actual team being the best. Like I am crazy to say, but
1:04:54
Buffalo maybe without Crosby on Pittsburgh there, I think
1:04:57
Buffalo may be the best, the best team that we we have the
1:05:02
goalies to choose from, you know, between Pittsburgh,
1:05:04
Columbus and Buffalo. I will say, because of the
1:05:08
matchups, I may actually prefer Mrs. Lakins.
1:05:13
Whoa. Yeah, I, I just, I mean just
1:05:18
because like. I think the first like a much
1:05:21
better team. Yeah, but top like tables gonna
1:05:23
win and all likelihood Nashville.
1:05:25
Great game. These are all really tough
1:05:27
matchups actually, You know what I mean?
1:05:29
That's the only thing. So I agree, like situationally
1:05:33
and also because none of them are two back-to-back, so there
1:05:36
is a chance that like for some reason Grieves could get all
1:05:40
three games, something like that.
1:05:42
That could happen more likely saying I'd say then Lion getting
1:05:46
it. So there there is that element
1:05:48
in the analysis as well. But overall, I just really don't
1:05:51
like these matchups for Buffalo. There's a chance that they lose
1:05:53
all four, but that being said, Buffalo is the best team.
1:05:56
So it's a really tough one here Between the three goalies this
1:06:00
week. This is one of the strongest
1:06:02
quantity goalie weeks I think we've ever had guys over over
1:06:08
the quality guys any day if they're if these guys are
1:06:11
available for sure so. Yeah, but no, I think it's a
1:06:15
good point. It is hard to decide when you
1:06:17
have harder opponent, but the goal is on a better team.
1:06:20
So you both are raised. It's hard to decide like what's
1:06:23
more important to you like the the opponent or the team itself.
1:06:26
I was thinking like, I guess one way I think about it is since,
1:06:29
you know, we're always we always like that possibility of like
1:06:32
season long hold. So I prefer to go with the one
1:06:34
who's on the better team because even though you have better
1:06:36
phones this week, in future you might not.
1:06:38
And so just being on the better team will be better off.
1:06:40
But I think you can definitely be right that Elvis could have a
1:06:43
better week than UPL just because of the of the matchups
1:06:46
like that. We should game should be a slam
1:06:48
dunk. Yeah, yeah, she loves.
1:06:49
Yeah, sure, the Rangers game is like a big one it.
1:06:51
Should be. Yeah, same.
1:06:52
She loves it. He gets Philly, you know, like,
1:06:54
so they're like they have like some of those like really easy
1:06:57
matchups, whereas Buffalo doesn't.
1:06:58
So that's something to keep in mind.
1:07:00
I still think I would go 6K and I would stand by this order, but
1:07:03
I think these are all great options.
1:07:05
Yeah, yeah, this. I don't want to open like a huge
1:07:09
can of worms here. I just you can see that like a
1:07:12
huge portion of the league is going towards the tandem.
1:07:14
I've been on the do not pick two goalies on the same team train
1:07:17
for a long time. I wonder if I have to revisit
1:07:19
that going into next year. But there's just so many
1:07:22
talents, like imagine owning and Lion right now, like.
1:07:26
The team, the team, the teams that do tandems don't have like
1:07:30
a guided they're paying a lot of money to.
1:07:31
It's just like teams that are just like maybe they don't have
1:07:34
the ability to have like that clear starter and so they to
1:07:37
rather just mix and match and put 2 medium guys in there and
1:07:41
because they're both maybe not having crazy workloads are able
1:07:44
to be more fresh and have better performances for sure.
1:07:47
I think that it like. I think they had absolutely.
1:07:49
They'd be happy running Vasilevsky and not.
1:07:52
For sure, but it's just that archetype, the Sorokin
1:07:55
Vasilevski. I mean even Ottinger, he's
1:07:58
taking a backseat to Dismiss at certain points this season.
1:08:01
Hellebuyck was like a pure #1 like they're rare.
1:08:06
It's not as common as it used to be.
1:08:08
Brother used to play like 75 games.
1:08:10
This. Yeah, what?
1:08:11
You know it's also a. Hall of Famer.
1:08:14
Yeah, yeah. I'm just saying I think.
1:08:15
It's, I think it's definitely worth pointing out, it's an
1:08:18
interesting dynamic in the league like that they're
1:08:20
shifting more towards that. And I think the way like you
1:08:22
look, I look at it like in terms of like future seasons, like how
1:08:25
to draft, how to go 0G, stuff like that.
1:08:27
I think it makes those volume starters way more valuable, like
1:08:31
the guaranteed ones, but also it makes 0G away more viable
1:08:34
strategy because there's like, it's just impossible.
1:08:37
Like when every team has one starter, there's 32 goalies,
1:08:40
right? Half the teams have a tandem,
1:08:43
there are now 50 goalies, right? And there's just, you're playing
1:08:46
in a 10/12/14 team league, everyone holds two to three
1:08:48
goalies. There's going to be some of
1:08:50
those guys available. And every year there's a team or
1:08:52
a goalie, you know, that comes out of nowhere and is really
1:08:55
good. And so, but I think there's so
1:08:57
many of those options. Look at both your teams, Jake,
1:08:59
you're holding Bussy and Skinner and Kevin you're holding Ask
1:09:02
Robin Grieves. None of those got like Jake, you
1:09:05
drive, you drive this car, but then you dropped him.
1:09:06
Like you guys picked up your entire goalies.
1:09:08
Yeah, I picked up Alex Lyon is probably my best goalie compared
1:09:11
to my like, garbage tandem that I drafted.
1:09:12
Like why would you ever drafted? Garbage tandem.
1:09:15
Yeah, exactly. Like so I don't know, I think
1:09:18
that and things like it's you go like volume versus quality,
1:09:23
right. So Ideal has got both, but that
1:09:25
seems really hard to get. Like you look at Helbock, right?
1:09:27
He's got the volume, but he's not the quality of this year.
1:09:30
So and you can get, that's why you don't really high.
1:09:32
You just can't guarantee it, even if you can guarantee the
1:09:34
volume. All that to say, I think like,
1:09:36
you know, moving forward for me, like I as the season like winds
1:09:39
down, I start taking notes for myself to remind myself for like
1:09:41
next season ahead of the draft. And I'm not drafting A goalie.
1:09:44
I'm doing what you guys did this year.
1:09:45
But like I'm, I'm going like like all the way.
1:09:47
Like I'm going to pick up, you know, I'm gonna draft 2 injured
1:09:50
guys and then I'll pick up two goals in the first week or
1:09:52
something. And that's what I'm going to do.
1:09:53
And we'll go from there because there's just why would you ever
1:09:57
drop your bully? I don't know.
1:10:00
Kevin, would you pick up Merlins given that you own Grieves?
1:10:04
I'm most likely going to drop Askerov.
1:10:07
Yeah. And I've been tempted to pick up
1:10:08
Elvis. I think what I'm gonna do is I'm
1:10:10
just gonna hold grieves. And The thing is, like, my
1:10:12
roster is really set in a place where I have three ads that
1:10:17
every week, and I'm always trying to maximize them.
1:10:19
And I don't always have the opportunity to maximize them
1:10:21
properly with all my forwards and defensemen.
1:10:23
So at this point, I might just be like, oh, I'm still whole
1:10:25
grease and stream. Like my goalie starts after
1:10:27
that. Like there's enough backups on
1:10:28
the waiver wire that I can stream like back-to-back and.
1:10:31
I will say, like for your situation specifically, because
1:10:35
Columbus has four-game weeks, pretty much rest this season, it
1:10:37
makes a lot of sense if you wanted to pick up Elvis because
1:10:39
you're getting two starts out of both your goalies rest, that's
1:10:42
two starters, that's two. Most starters get 2 starts in a
1:10:44
week. So for you, it actually I think
1:10:46
makes a lot of sense. To situation with Sheila's on
1:10:50
waivers, right? 2 Yeah, like I got you don't
1:10:54
unless you want a third, but like you're not in the same
1:10:56
predicament I am. Cause ask her so.
1:10:58
It's worth talking about cause I'm sure other people have like
1:11:00
a similar situation like to us, you know what I mean?
1:11:02
Yeah, but so in this scenario, would you rather pick up
1:11:06
Sheila's or Mercer Lykins given that you have Grieves?
1:11:10
Hmm, it's an interesting one. I mean like I I guess that this
1:11:13
could just be. Like if I pick up, if I pick up
1:11:15
she loves, if I pick up she loves it's a higher ceiling and
1:11:19
if I pick up Elvis it's a higher floor because Elvis kinda likes
1:11:23
you. He solidifies my goalie stats.
1:11:25
But I do think she loves a better goalie than Elvis.
1:11:28
And also like I have the opportunity to get 2 starters
1:11:31
and I feel like to win championships have to play for
1:11:33
the upside. But if goalie is like my only
1:11:36
bad part of my roster, then I feel like just stabilizing that
1:11:39
situation also has a lot of value there.
1:11:41
So it's like definitely worth the conversation.
1:11:43
I'm going to be frank, I think. I think I'm dropping ask Rob
1:11:45
like later today to activate Edwinson and then I'm just going
1:11:49
to see what to do and then going into next week, I'll pick up one
1:11:53
of the two of them, unless you guys are outbidding me, but.
1:11:55
No, I have. Not grabbing.
1:11:57
I won't I won't be picked a couple of.
1:11:58
Borski and Maverick Bork, who I would be remiss if I did not say
1:12:02
his name on this after the the great game that he had last time
1:12:07
he played. So just pointing it out.
1:12:09
Google. Yeah, thank you.
1:12:11
But yeah, no, it's, it's worth it to talk about this because I
1:12:15
feel like other people are in a similar situation.
1:12:18
All right, let's go to our three quality goalies.
1:12:21
This is these are guys who will get you, you know, one good
1:12:23
match up again, under 40% owned. These are usually Backus on a
1:12:28
who play a back-to-back with two easy opponents.
1:12:30
So let's get into it. Can I just just give a prophage,
1:12:34
like, I mean, we'll get into the names.
1:12:35
Like I feel like the other three, it's quantity and
1:12:37
quality. I just want to reiterate that.
1:12:39
And I feel like if those are options, like I'm pretty much
1:12:42
prioritizing those over these for sure, right?
1:12:47
I mean, it really depends because I think that a lot of
1:12:49
times the quality ones are gonna be better quality.
1:12:53
Like quantity, you have less options.
1:12:54
Sometimes it lines up where you can get both right.
1:12:56
And like the goalies themselves, in the quality ones are gonna be
1:12:59
in the quantity ones are going to be better quality goalies,
1:13:02
whereas in the quality ones, it's just gonna be guys who are
1:13:04
guaranteed having a weak opponent.
1:13:06
So it's really depends. Like this week?
1:13:08
This week. This week I like all three of
1:13:10
the quantity ones so. I think she loves, like if he
1:13:14
plays Philly, I think that's a good spot start if he's
1:13:16
available. Um, and like Elvis, if he plays
1:13:19
New York Rangers, like I'd probably be happy with that.
1:13:21
Yeah. But yeah, alright, let's get
1:13:23
into these, yeah #3. And #3 we have the guy who
1:13:27
should be the starter for San Jose, but they're thinking about
1:13:30
the future, not this year. So we've got Alex and Delkevic
1:13:33
of the San Jose Sharks. They're playing back-to-back
1:13:35
Saint Louis and Islanders. I know the Islanders are low key
1:13:38
on like a four-game winning streak, but I still don't find
1:13:40
them a scary opponent as a goalie.
1:13:42
And Saint Louis is obviously a joke, so Dylan Hallways
1:13:45
guaranteed like three goals a game for the rest of the season.
1:13:46
So that's going to be a pretty rough but, but no.
1:13:50
Don't forget the our boy Dalibor.
1:13:53
Yeah, Dalibor, of course. But yeah, like, I think, I think
1:13:56
these are both great matchups. I think San Jose is still making
1:13:58
a push for for the playoffs. Sobranie didn't get a point last
1:14:02
game, so I'm expecting an explosion, you know, next week.
1:14:06
But but yeah. And honestly, if you look at the
1:14:07
game log, Ned has been a much better goalie than asker of the
1:14:10
reason they're going with Askerov.
1:14:12
There's their goalie of the of the future.
1:14:14
Sure. Yeah.
1:14:14
I mean, they're getting an easy matchup this week, so so we know
1:14:17
he can do well with it. So I like it as a spot start a
1:14:19
lot. I'm gonna drop, ask her off, and
1:14:22
then we're going to trade for like Dougie Hamilton or
1:14:25
something. I am praying for a Dougie
1:14:27
Hamilton to San Jose. Tree where you either Myers
1:14:29
gonna be. Let's beef up the defence
1:14:31
finally, yeah, Nothing's off Kevin's team.
1:14:33
Yeah, exactly. Honestly, like the trade
1:14:37
deadline makes dropping guys so much scarier because you don't
1:14:40
wanna drop someone right before their whole situation changes,
1:14:42
right. So I'm in that position with
1:14:44
some of my guys as well. And that's why it's like you
1:14:47
want to kind of be a bit played a bit safer leading up to trade
1:14:49
deadline, you know, you wanna drop your more your lower
1:14:52
ceiling guys. I've been holding Askerov so
1:14:54
long because I think he's obviously, I think he's a good
1:14:56
goalie. I think he's on a team that's
1:14:58
like pushing for the playoffs and also the strength of
1:15:01
schedule for San Jose leading into the end of the season is
1:15:03
like very good for goalies. Like they're not playing always
1:15:05
the best teams. So like all of that is like very
1:15:08
encouraging for Askerov owners or just like San Jose goalies.
1:15:11
And yet like the performance are still bad.
1:15:13
Like he was playing so well into two periods were winning 10 and
1:15:16
then the game ends, they lost 31 and he has like just right below
1:15:19
900. So it's like a cycle that is at
1:15:22
this point I need to actually make some moves because if I
1:15:25
don't show up my goalie situation, then playoffs is
1:15:27
gonna be really difficult for me.
1:15:29
But I still have a lot of hope for him.
1:15:31
Yeah, anyways, and that is a good pick up, yes.
1:15:34
But I also don't think there is a solution.
1:15:36
Like I think if you give him more games, he's gonna show you
1:15:38
who he really is type of thing. So that's.
1:15:39
Just, I mean that's fair. I just feel like he's only
1:15:42
putting up good numbers so he deserves to be getting more
1:15:44
starts than Askerov does. It's just that ask if their goal
1:15:47
of their future, so it makes sense why they're doing it, but
1:15:50
I think that deserves it more based on his recent play.
1:15:53
The next one's exciting. Yeah, let's go to the next one.
1:15:57
#2. At #2 we've got Yakub Dobesh of
1:16:02
the Montreal Canadiens. They're playing a back-to-back
1:16:04
Anaheim and LA. And honestly, I wasn't sure
1:16:07
whether to put because both Montalvo and Dobish are under
1:16:09
40% owned. I could have put either one.
1:16:11
And all season I've been saying I think Monty has the edge as
1:16:14
the starter, but I don't know. Dobich has been playing better.
1:16:18
We're heading to crunch time. They have to play the guy who's
1:16:21
getting them the better numbers. So either way.
1:16:24
Every goalie as well. It's just scary to me.
1:16:27
Yeah, I mean either way, one like Dobish is getting one of
1:16:29
these starts, but you could be picking up the starter of the
1:16:32
Habs out with this one and Anaheim and LA like Anaheim
1:16:36
actually rolling but I still, you know, not terrified of, of
1:16:40
playing against them as a goalie.
1:16:41
And LA even with Panarin sucks, especially Kempers.
1:16:44
Guaranteed to let in like 5 goals the other way so you'll
1:16:46
get the win regardless. Kevin, if you would be so kind
1:16:49
to allow me to bet your house on this, I would bet Kevin's house
1:16:55
that Dobesh plays San Jose. So he gets two of the games.
1:17:01
So I think he's gonna get San Jose and probably a LA, but
1:17:04
maybe San Jose and Anaheim. Obviously you'd rather San Jose,
1:17:07
LA, which is funny to say. But anyways, yeah, yeah.
1:17:10
So that's what I think. I think is going to get two
1:17:12
games next week. And I think that whichever
1:17:16
opponent they play, it's a winnable game for the Canadians.
1:17:20
Caveat, it is an away game, always a little bit tougher, but
1:17:24
the Habs should have a reasonable chance to at least
1:17:28
keep the game close. And I think Dobesh is a really
1:17:30
good pick up and I think I, I really do believe he's getting
1:17:33
two games. Yeah.
1:17:35
I think he's the maintenance should be.
1:17:37
On that after what happened in the past, but.
1:17:40
Yeah, after what happened with the Islanders the other day,
1:17:44
like, I mean, look, you can't blame it all on Montalbo.
1:17:47
He he changed his equipment and it looks kind of cool.
1:17:50
New math he's trying, but yeah, I saw this on the last on the
1:17:56
mail bag and hot topics episode. I really think that this is
1:17:58
gonna be the guy moving forward. And also this has nothing to do
1:18:02
with anything but Matthew Shafer.
1:18:03
So sick. He's so.
1:18:04
Good. I'm playing against them this
1:18:06
week. He's got two goals against me.
1:18:08
Yeah, he should have been on Team Canada.
1:18:10
Like I'm not saying that would have been the difference, but
1:18:11
like throw away, dowdy or sad. Difference for us and the.
1:18:16
Other yeah. So like, it's it's crazy, like
1:18:19
you looked at our defence in the Olympics again, we're getting on
1:18:22
tangents here. We look at our defence in the
1:18:23
Olympics like this is like an awful defence.
1:18:25
Like, oh, Canada I guess, just doesn't have any good defenders.
1:18:27
And you're like, oh, wait, there's Matthew Shaver, there's
1:18:29
Evan Bouchard, there's, you know, like they had options.
1:18:32
They're just terrible GM. I don't know.
1:18:34
A loophole for them to take Lane Hudson as well.
1:18:37
I remember seeing like his dad wanted to get him on to Canada.
1:18:41
So anyway. Yeah, I will say as we are Habs
1:18:43
fans, I do need to address I'm seeing a lot of rumors.
1:18:46
I'm seeing Bobrowski rumors. We do Benning.
1:18:49
I don't think that like. I'm seeing Bobrovsky rumors,
1:18:52
flowers out of the out of the playoff picture.
1:18:53
He's a free agent after this year I think.
1:18:55
So they're like. Yeah, let's treat for the guy
1:18:58
who's having like the worst season of his career and is like
1:19:00
37 years old. Yeah, he's a big top hit too,
1:19:03
but. I trust, I trust Hughes and
1:19:05
Gorton, and I think those are both terrible moves, so I'm not
1:19:08
reading into the rumors. I don't think they do something
1:19:10
stupid. Which will be stupider.
1:19:14
Bob would be stupider. Yeah, even though you think I'm.
1:19:17
Although at least probably. One year on, it's gonna say he's
1:19:20
like, it's just this year. It's like a.
1:19:21
Rental. I mean both are stupid moves but
1:19:24
I guess Bennington would hurt us more because it would last more
1:19:27
years. I guess the only defence to
1:19:29
Bennington is that maybe in front of a good team he actually
1:19:32
could be a good goalie. He has.
1:19:34
Been like that's, that's it. So like, I still think that
1:19:37
would be the worst move. Yeah, yeah.
1:19:41
It's just this is like is like, I mean, I don't think he has any
1:19:44
more years in his career, whereas Bennington could be
1:19:48
like, they wanted him to be a franchise goalie.
1:19:50
It's just that, yeah, they like that was not good.
1:19:53
I do like trading for a guy at his all time low value, so I
1:19:57
feel like Saint Louis might even have to give something up to get
1:19:59
rid of Bennington. I don't know, maybe I'm like
1:20:01
pushing it too far, but I feel like they really want to get rid
1:20:03
of him, so if we can do it that way then maybe it's actually not
1:20:08
the dumbest thing. The more time passes, the more
1:20:10
I'm like, it might not be like the worst thing.
1:20:12
I just I feel like we have a good decor and we have a good
1:20:14
team in front of them. Like we can make some noise in
1:20:16
the playoffs, guys, we can win a round or two.
1:20:18
But I don't think so with our goalies.
1:20:20
I mean maybe can step up but Monty just not the guy.
1:20:23
I think they just need to stop playing Montalbo and give
1:20:25
Dublish a chance, but then the risky to do so less than a week
1:20:29
to the trade deadline. So.
1:20:32
It's going to be interesting. I'm so excited for the trade
1:20:35
deadline. I think that this could be one
1:20:36
of the best trade deadline weeks.
1:20:38
Obviously it's they never like the deadline itself has gotten
1:20:40
less exciting. A lot of trades happen like
1:20:41
leading up to it, but so far there hasn't been like anything
1:20:45
right? And I think there's a lot of
1:20:47
names out there. I think it's gonna be really
1:20:48
exciting. I'm gonna be super just
1:20:51
refreshing nonstop. I can't wait.
1:20:53
Would you? Would you rather Stuart Skinner
1:20:54
instead of browser Bennington? Yes, yeah.
1:20:57
Wow. I.
1:20:59
Didn't make a tick. Tock about that.
1:21:00
The more the more that we're talking about it.
1:21:03
Like my initial reaction was like Pennington would be so
1:21:05
dumb. But like never thinking about
1:21:07
like I actually don't hate that. Like we if we barely have to
1:21:10
give up anything to get him, which I think we shouldn't have
1:21:13
to like if they retain, it's a no brainer.
1:21:15
I think it's a great move, but I don't.
1:21:16
Think the other way. You don't think we should?
1:21:18
I don't think we should trade for a goalie, period.
1:21:21
I think Power is going to be like good in his career and.
1:21:24
A few years until until he like becomes that guy though.
1:21:27
Don't hold down the Fort. My initial reaction was F
1:21:31
Pennington. He sucks and I hate him but like
1:21:34
the more I'm thinking about it I'm like maybe it's not a bad
1:21:36
move. Anyways, let's let's go to.
1:21:38
Let's say the last one. Yeah, alright, at #1 at #1 we've
1:21:45
got, he's like the classic number one guy on our quality
1:21:48
goalies recommendation every time he's available.
1:21:52
And it's Casey Smith of the Dallas Stars.
1:21:54
They're playing Vancouver and Calgary back-to-back.
1:21:56
Can you ask for a better matchup Dallas versus Vancouver, Calgary
1:22:00
like especially like trade deadline week, like they might
1:22:03
trade away more assets. Vancouver's holding out their
1:22:05
best player because of trade reasons.
1:22:07
That's Tyler Myers, in case you guys didn't know was talking
1:22:10
about. And you know what?
1:22:11
It is a sad state of affairs when he genuinely might is one
1:22:14
of their like best players. Like this team is garbage.
1:22:17
So anyways, watch them light up my Joey Decor tonight.
1:22:20
But but but yeah, so so yeah, I love this.
1:22:23
I mean, every time they have a back-to-back, I'm pretty
1:22:26
confident. But when it's a back-to-back of
1:22:28
this caliber of garbage opponent, then I'm pretty happy
1:22:30
with it. Yeah, like this.
1:22:32
So this fits the definition, like for quality goalies,
1:22:36
obviously he's #1 and it's a very, it's a very good reason.
1:22:42
That being said, with Dobesh, like getting the extra start,
1:22:44
you know? It's close, it's just the best
1:22:47
start though if you want to start this whole week.
1:22:49
Less than 40%. I'm going Casey Smith against
1:22:53
Vancouver, Calgary. They're so bad, it's easy.
1:22:58
Both those teams are so bad. Yeah, man, Crazy.
1:23:03
Now OK. One, yeah, I think, I think
1:23:08
really spicy. It's gonna be an exciting week.
1:23:10
It's gonna be a very. Exciting week, I'm so excited.
1:23:13
Yeah, I just hope the Habs trade for not a goalie like we have
1:23:17
other parts in the lineup that we can get better at.
1:23:20
I like Kapanen, he's my boy. But we do.
1:23:22
We can definitely bolster our second line centre.
1:23:24
I mean, I'm curious to see where Line ends up.
1:23:26
I don't think he's gonna have by the end of the week, although
1:23:29
I'm seeing stuff that he really likes Montreal.
1:23:31
But like, I don't think he has a no move or anything like that
1:23:33
and I don't think it doesn't fit him.
1:23:36
Yeah. So I'm curious where he'll end
1:23:38
up. There's just so much.
1:23:40
I mean, there's like the whole there's the haves aspect,
1:23:41
there's general NHL aspect and there's my personal fantasy team
1:23:45
aspect. I've got some players names out
1:23:46
there, you know, there's also how it affects your players if
1:23:48
other guys get traded. It's the most exciting week of
1:23:51
honestly. Is it?
1:23:52
It's like trade deadline. Like I find it up there with
1:23:54
like the playoffs obviously. Like I get so excited.
1:23:57
Like it's great. Honestly, we have some big too.
1:24:01
The best thing for Line is if he went to Carolina.
1:24:05
If you. Please, are you joking?
1:24:06
Or. Rudd would literally murder him.
1:24:09
Rob would. Stress but by that Finland
1:24:13
connection with with Oho from the World Juniors 2016.
1:24:17
Destination. He'll be playing with Aho and
1:24:22
that that was the best he's ever been was in the World Juniors
1:24:24
when that line Pulley Arvey Oho and Lynne and Pulley RV and went
1:24:30
like 2 and four overall. And how was the second round
1:24:33
pick And he's by far the best player there.
1:24:36
I just don't think, I don't see where he's going to succeed, but
1:24:39
I get it. He was like, he's gonna be.
1:24:43
You know, be crazy if he went to like San Jose and they just
1:24:46
like, I mean, their defence already sucks, so they're
1:24:48
definitely not gonna do it. But like, imagine.
1:24:49
Did you guys see the room? OK, we're getting on tangents
1:24:51
here we should be having. But did you guys see the rumors
1:24:53
that San Jose shopping Sherwood? I saw the I mean I like people
1:24:57
that started though, but. Like essentially they traded for
1:25:00
him. And then what I'm seeing is that
1:25:01
they just can't come to an agreement on a contract
1:25:03
extension. Like apparently he wants like 6
1:25:06
years at 5 mil or five years, 6, he wants 30 mil in five or six
1:25:09
years. And they just think that's too
1:25:10
high of a price. And so now they're like maybe
1:25:14
like I also saw people saying maybe they're just leaking that
1:25:16
they're willing to trade him to help negotiations because I
1:25:18
don't know if it's like real, but it's interesting for sure.
1:25:23
That's a piece that you could use in like A to get another
1:25:26
player in return and happy. About it.
1:25:30
If Dougie goes to San Jose, I'm gonna lose my mind.
1:25:32
I'm gonna have the Dougie celebrity stack.
1:25:33
I'm disgusting. I think that would actually be
1:25:36
the best ever like trade to somewhere else mid season for
1:25:40
fantasy purposes. Yeah, like I would that I can't
1:25:43
think of anything better like Sam Bennett.
1:25:45
Florida was pretty high, high, high level when?
1:25:47
Apple canceled the Carolina was good actually too.
1:25:51
But like for what? Like for for fantasy and for
1:25:54
what the team actually needs. This is like this is huge.
1:25:57
Hopefully it. Actually, all it all hinges on
1:25:59
Ducky just waving his no move like they're both teams are
1:26:02
willing to do it. There's a reason why he's put
1:26:05
his team on his newly doesn't wanna play in the West Coast for
1:26:07
sure. It's gonna be an exciting news
1:26:10
episode this week and next week, so be sure to to keep an eye out
1:26:13
for those. I mean, our news is gonna come
1:26:15
out like, like we're gonna record like Tuesday.
1:26:17
So I think next week might be more exciting because most of
1:26:20
the trades might happen after it.
1:26:21
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1:26:24
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