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Bob it about bow banger management fantasy hockey
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podcast Whoa. Kevin says woo woo, welcome in
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podcast with Jake and Josh. Kevin is still hanging out
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I don't know what the weather's like in Mexico at this time of
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year, but. He's in.
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He's in Kokomo. Alright, OK, today, our Week 21
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waivers episode. Very exciting.
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Many of you are playing in, you know, fantasy leagues where your
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playoffs are weeks 21 to 23. So this is the first week of
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your playoffs. We've been speaking about this
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all year, good playoff schedule, and now the time has come.
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So it's a really good time to kind of hone in on those players
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with good playoff schedules. And we're definitely going to
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talk about them a lot over the next three to four weeks,
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depending on your playoffs are. And yeah, it's going to be a lot
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real good stuff this past week of, you know, I have to go back
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to Suddenlink for more of Kevin when he gets back.
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That's a pretty brutal roast. I mean, I, I had to throw
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something out there. You know, Kevin's always the one
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who says the two best hosts are here when someone's missing, so
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you gotta give him a taste of his own medicine.
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About I love it. I love it.
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OK, let's let's review our Week 20 choices.
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Yeah, so week 20 we had Charlie Coyle.
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He played four games, zero goals, 4 assists, 4 points.
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Big W. We had Alex Laferriere, 3 games
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played, one goals. Years this one point I'm
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counting it as an L, but his back cats are unreal.
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To keep us accountable, I'll just say we should have put him
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on the in the other category as opposed to not recommending him
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at all. I still have been happy with
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that pickup. Along Alex laugh.
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We did, yeah. No, just fudged the numbers and
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say that. You know.
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And then we had put the plural of Matt, which is Matts
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Zuccarello. 3 games played, only one assist, counting that as an
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L Yeah, honestly, that one kind of surprised me.
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I thought we were gonna be able to ride that Zook wave for the
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rest of the season because he's always under 40% owned.
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But he let us down. And for that reason and that
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reason alone, he will not be on our list this week.
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Actually, that's not why. It's because he only has three
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games. But I'm going to pretend that
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we, we don't forgive and we don't forget.
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So that brings our season record to 34 and 20.
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Still very solid record and honestly, we're kicking it up a
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gear for this because this is playoffs.
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No more messing around. You know, I feel like a lot of
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times a lot of the L's, quote UN quote L's in these
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recommendations as guys who in my head, when I recommend them,
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I'm like, they may not have the best week this week, but I think
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the rest of season there are really solid pickup, but that's
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not going to be a thing anymore because we're in playoffs.
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I don't there's no such thing as rest of the season.
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You're fighting for your life. You got to pick up a guy who's
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gonna be good this week. So without further preface,
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let's dive into week 21. Two game teams.
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There is only Saint Louis. Quick, another preface on that.
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Saint Louis plays Vancouver and Calgary, so even though it's a
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two game week for them, that's a pretty solid two games to get.
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I'm not necessarily like I have following my team.
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I'm not dropping him even if it's playoffs.
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Zetterlund don't know Zetterlund either and he sorry, I need to
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vent. Just give me like one second.
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I'm gonna keep at it. And you also have a celebrity
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and I don't have Matthews. Why, you may ask, is Radko Gudas
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decided to go just destroy what should have been one of my best
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players? His hits have been dog awful,
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but he decides to get 15 Pimms and take Matthews out for the
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season. What the bleep is that?
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It's actually. Did you see the replay?
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He literally like his it was like, you know what was an elbow
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and it's like and it's like they lead with their elbow.
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That was him, but with his knee. I've never seen someone so like
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clearly like me out just go skating like like skating like
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just picture with his knee, like you know, like fully like out,
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like from like 2 feet away fully like going.
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It was it was disgusting. Honestly.
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I can't believe like he's getting like a phone like
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hearing, which means it's a maximum of five game suspension.
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That should honestly like that's BS.
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Like this has been suspended like 4 times already.
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He's clearly a repeat offender. No one likes him.
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Even Ducks fans don't like him. They don't want him.
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They don't claim him as their captain.
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You know, it's a, it's really, I mean he did this to Crosby in
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the in the Olympics and how he did it to Matthews here.
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It sucks and obviously it sucks in the case of our trade.
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But I will say there's no way I could have known this would
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happen when we made the trade. So yeah, it's not my fault.
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Clairvoyance last time, Yeah. Talking about foreshadowing.
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You know what kind of space-time continuum you know, we're we're
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working in right now, but you had some sort of crystal ball
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and decided to screw me with. A crystal ball here.
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OK, cool. That was nice.
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That was nice. So that's the two game team for
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the week. Yeah, the only two game team for
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the week. There are a lot of four-game
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teams. I'm not gonna list them all out
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because there's almost half the league place for games.
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The busy nights are Thursday and Saturday and almost half the
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league or most of the league has multiple off night games.
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So we won't get into the list of names we did in our playoff
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primer. But when we get into the names
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of our guys, I will say privacy on this top ten points guys
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list. I only chose guys that have 4
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game weeks because at this point in the season, it's playoffs.
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There's always someone like, there's very rare, I feel like
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these days that like, you know, everyone has, however shallow,
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however deep your league is, there's a, there's a very rare,
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there's one standout guy on waivers.
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There's usually a couple of guys of a similar level and you're
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like, which one do I pick up in the playoffs?
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You pick up the one with four games.
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So for that reason, we're not recommending any three-game
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guys. It's all four gamers.
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I'm really psyched about this list.
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I think there's a really, I mean, I think all ten of these
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guys are really sick. So I'm excited to get into it.
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All right, let's begin with who says it.
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Who's going to say it? Um, I could try.
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I could see it OK. That's OK you.
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You will take turns. Yeah, exactly.
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Sounds good. Let's start with #10 nice #10 we
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have Cole Perfetti of the Winnipeg Jets line 2 power play
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1, four-game week and he's got about .7 close to .8 points per
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game over the past month. So he's been solid.
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He's #10 because he's not the most exciting of the guys on
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this list, but a four-game week guy with on power play 1.
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And I always, I love these young guys on teams that don't really
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care anymore because towards the end of the season because they
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get a lot more ice time and a lot more opportunity to to grow
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and show their stuff. You know, I like Perfetti for
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those reasons. Yeah, Jake's never wrong, just
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early were 14th overall pick. I I just could not hold on to
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during the season. But you're right, he's been very
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solid over the past month. And yeah, he should be available
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in most standard leagues unless you're in like a deep league.
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So I think in most like 12 team leagues for example, even
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probably a good majority of 14, especially Bangor leagues, he
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doesn't do much for hits at all. Yeah.
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I guess it hits are actually like they're OK, but you're not
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picking them up for that. All this to say, he's probably
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around and I wish he had the power play Kroger.
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But he does. He's on probably 1.
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He's on power play one. OK, well, he just maybe just is
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allergic to getting power. Play points, right?
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Yeah. It could be it.
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Wow OK yeah he hasn't gone 1 / a month and then before that
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doesn't scroll. It doesn't scroll that far
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exactly, but he's on there exactly.
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All right. I just like, I can't help but
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think about end of last year and like the playoffs last year when
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he finally got more opportunity and he was just killing it.
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And that's the reason why you drafted him in the 14th round
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this year, wanted a draft of this year like he had.
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Especially with healers being shipped out, there's a lot of
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potential. So I think you can have a really
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solid week here. Yep, that's a good.
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That's definitely a good one. OK, let's go to the next one at
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#9 That's tough, man. It's tough, like it's an it's an
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art form that it is. Literally mass why they call it
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the throat goat. But they we mean us.
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No. Would you like one day you just
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like walking on the street? And so I was like, throat cut
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was like with his parents. He's like, it's cause I'm really
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good at saying numbers I swear. Exactly.
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Mom, have you heard me say #2? That's the best.
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Alright, OK. Alright, at #9 we've got it's
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turbo time Toyobo Teravainen of the Chicago Blackhawks Line 2
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power play 1 four-game week this week, 4 game week the week
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after. If you're thinking for two weeks
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in advance and you know Connor Bedard, we mentioned it, he was
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going to pick it up after the Olympics.
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He's turned it back on and his surrounding cast all gets to
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benefit from that turbine and doesn't do anything for bad
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cats. But points wise, he's been
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really solid over the past month.
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So if you need some of those points for game week for first
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quarters and semis, I like him as a pickup.
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Yeah, this is basically exactly what you said, totally
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contingent on Bedard doing well, which he has been.
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His points will be there. He's one of those guys that you
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pick up and every time you pick him up, he starts not doing
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strange. Heroes.
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Exactly. But with the four and four and
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Chicago kind of being a fun team these days, I like it.
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And I would say for this coming week, would you rather him or
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Perfetti? I know it's like, you know, like
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because of the four four, I'd rather retire.
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I'd rather Turbo. Yeah, I still, I just think he's
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been hot. Yeah, exactly.
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Like I I don't do you like, I know like we're talking about
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like, you know, quality of player and future of their
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career. Obviously Perfetti, but in terms
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of like this week, I just think Turbo's been hotter and he has
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that extra game the week after, so I'll just go with him.
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Yeah, OK. That's a good one have.
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At #8 We've got another one of Jake's number wrong just early.
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Alexander Nikishin of the Carolina Hurricanes, currently
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linked to power, play one big. OK.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, big.
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Sorry, finish your sentence and then I'll I'll dive into why
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this is an abomination. So please break it.
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Big asterisk here is you only want to grab Nikishin while
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Ghost is out. There's a chance you could come
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back at any moment. So this makes it a risky pick up
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because if you grab him and then goes just comes back, then it's
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just he's just nothing. But while Ghost is out, he's a
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very solid pickup. And last I saw the coach said,
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you know, it was kind of mixed messages.
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It was like he's not going to be back for the next couple games
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and it's not good news. But it also made it sound like
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he could be back sometime next week.
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So this is one that you pick up if you're in.
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I wanted to toss a defenseman on here because we often have a
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list of like 10 forwards. And so if someone needs a
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defenseman who plays four games with that upside, I like
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animation. But yeah, just I wanted to
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mention that big asterisk of of ghosts and yeah, go ahead,
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cheeky. Yeah, just so everyone knows,
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Josh also traded me Ghost Whisperer this year and now
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picked up Nikishin. So this is great.
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This is great. What a nice person you are.
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I hate everything. That's simply all I can add to
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this. I didn't injure these guys.
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I I'm starting to think, I'm starting to think, well, what's
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your basement looking like these days?
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No, it's actually kind of crazy because I also traded away
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Crosby and then he's out for like the season.
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I traded away JT Miller. I mean, he's coming back.
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He's coming back this like tomorrow, but he was out for
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awhile. Um, yeah, I don't know.
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I feel like maybe everyone who leaves my team is cursed.
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You're like bad luck, Chuck. Yeah, exactly.
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Absolutely crazy. Yeah, OK.
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I don't know. It's been a crazy, a crazy
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couple quintet inks. But yeah, anyways, I like
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Nikisha. Like the least mad I am right
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now is that you said cool winky dink So you know that's how you
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know this is horrible. OK, let's move on to the next
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one. Finally someone on my team at
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#7. At #7 we've got the Zuck Jason
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Zucker of the Buffalo Sabres line. 2 power play 1, four-game
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week this week. He also has a three-game week
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the week after, but it's kind of like a four-game week because
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Buffalo is one of only two teams who don't play on that Tuesday.
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So he's good for the next two weeks.
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And you know, we always on these lists, we always have the option
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of Zucker, Don Norris. It's all we're always kind of
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talking about all them in the same conversation.
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The reason at this point I would go Zucker is just he's been the
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most consistent over the past couple of weeks.
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And I don't think he, like we've talked about this a million
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times. Like I don't think necessarily
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has the upside of of Don and Norris.
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But at the end of the day, in the playoffs, like
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quarterfinals, I just want the guy who I'm most like who's most
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likely to not put up straight zeros and I think suckers that
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guy. So that's why we put him on the
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list as opposed to the others. So just to clarify, when you
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said the choose day, you meant March 24th, which is like the
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week 22? Choose yes exactly.
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So this is like, you're really planning two weeks ahead for
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that. And yeah, there's literally only
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two NHL teams that aren't playing them.
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So owning someone from Buffalo or New York, that's where
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they're playing. The Rangers, that's actually
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quite valuable going into week 22.
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And yeah, we've been speaking about kind of pick a player from
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Buffalo for the past few weeks. And what you said about Zucker
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makes a lot of sense. He's been the most reliable, not
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to mention the fact that he's coming off a three shot, five
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hit game, which I do not expect to stay unless he feels really
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bad for me that you traded me Matthew using ghost bear, who
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are now perma injured. And maybe he's just like, all
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right, yeah, I got you, man, let's do this.
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But I doubt that that's gonna be the case, unfortunately.
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So decent for points. And Buffalo's got a good, good
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next two weeks, so makes a lot of sense, all right?
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Let's go to #6 number six, we have Gabe Perot of the New York
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Rangers. I had to change this last second
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to line one power play 2 instead of line one power play one
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because much to my dismay, stupid JT Miller is back
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tomorrow. So he's pumping for off power
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play one. But Rangers, we've talked about
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this all through the season. They've got a 444 the next three
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weeks. So it's a great schedule.
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And for Perot, he's been on fire lately.
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He's got 3 multipoint games in a row.
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And I just most of it, I think almost all those points, if not
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all of them were even strength. So I'm curious, like obviously
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losing power play 1 is a Big L, but I'm curious to see if he
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could keep up the really strong even strength play even while
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without having that power play and still be worth the ad for
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the week. So the nice thing is this, you
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know, by the time this comes out, you'll have a bit more data
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because the Rangers are going to play on Saturday.
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And you can see what it looks like with JT and the lineup and
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how Perot kind of does like how his ice time looks and all that.
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But I picked him up and he's been really good for me.
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And like with that schedule, I think that it's worth holding on
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to for the rest of the playoffs. Yeah, I mean, in the minutes,
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that's just like super encouraging, right?
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He's played basically only one of his last five games he's
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played under 16 minutes. Now, I, I can't give a specific
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answer on this, obviously, but if I'm looking at the Rangers
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and their landscape and everything, this is a guy who
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they want to be part of their quote UN quote rebuild, which is
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kind of interesting. And I think that even with JT
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coming back, they'll give him the opportunity.
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So that's how I see things playing out.
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Other than that, you're getting very solid points with not, you
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know, horrible shots either. I mean, over two, yeah.
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So. So yeah.
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It can. Really be a strong one.
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He honestly like he would be higher up if it wasn't for the
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JT like of it all, like if JT was out for the season, he was
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keeping the line on power play one.
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I would bump him higher, but I didn't wanna like wait and see
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kind of what happens with the with JT coming back in the
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lineup. So there's a bit of an asterisk
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there, but he's been really, really good.
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Yeah, definitely, definitely. OK, let's go to the next one,
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the alliteration king of the Columbus Blue Jackets at #5.
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OK. But I think we've talked about
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this in the past, like does it count as alliteration if it's a
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Ch and AC? Charlie Choil.
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OK, there you go. Or Carly Coyle.
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OK. Oh, yeah.
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I, I don't know. I we, we, we gotta like.
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We actually had like, like I think like someone weighed in on
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the discord and was like, yeah, English degree and this is the
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actual and I think it was that it doesn't count as alliteration
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if it doesn't sound the same. I don't think it's about the
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letter, but don't quote me on that.
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I don't know like two different. Letters that sound the.
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Same, Yeah. What would be an example of
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that? Well, like AC and decay.
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Yeah, OK. Right.
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Like, yeah. If it was Carly Coyle, but yeah.
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Exactly, exactly. I don't know.
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I mean like, I don't. Know I, I wonder actually if AC
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and AK, if it's a hard C&AK, do they count as alliteration?
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OK, it's all our fans, all our English major fans out there.
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Leave a comment telling us if we're stupid or if alliteration
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really is this. Complicated.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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See. Honestly please, This is why
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everyone should join the discord community.
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Amongst other things you also learn we we talk like the real
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intellectual stuff. Especially based on the way I
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just phrased that. Yes, we are real intellectuals.
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OK, so back to Carly Coyle of the Columbus Blue Jackets Line 3
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power play 1, four-game week this week, 4 game week the week
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after and he's just been on fire.
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We spoke about it early on that he was our one of our top three
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choices last week, got 4 points in four games.
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Ever since Rick Bonus took over, Coil just skyrocketed in value
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and somehow has just maintained it.
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So he's very, very valuable and with two four-game weeks coming
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up, I love him as a pickup. Yeah, yeah, honestly, I agree.
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All the good things. I'm actually, I kind of want to
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segue into the next one cause I'm I'm surprised, I'm surprised
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that you that you got him. Over I had to throw in this list
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to the press the matter. It means a lot.
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We also got this next one on my team and let's dive into it
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because I want to kind of compare and see.
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OK, so #4 we've got Igor. No, why?
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Chikov of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Last I checked, he is line one power play 1, four-game week
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this week, three games the week after, but then five in the
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finals. Unreal playoff schedule and he's
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just been on fire. I honestly, I was surprised
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because in my head it was, I was gonna, I was ready to put Mantha
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on this list. I was like, OK, he's keep power
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play online with Crosby out and then I go and look and it's no,
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it's Chikov and it's Novak. But obviously once Malkin
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suspension is up, then he'll bump Novak off.
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But it seems like China's the guy and he's been running with
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it. He's been doing great.
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I think he's at like, oh, like over .75 like points per game
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over the past couple of weeks. He's shooting a lot, right?
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He's like hovering around like 2.7 something shots like that
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again. And I'm just really impressed
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with what I've seen from him. I've always had this suspicions
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that he has this in him. He was always hammered in
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Columbus and and I just didn't expect.
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I like when Pittsburgh made the trade, I wasn't that hyped about
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it because I thought he'd get buried in the lineup.
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But when he's given the opportunity alignment, power
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play one, he's clearly got the skills necessary to be valuable.
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So as long as Crosby's out, I think that China and China's
21:25
line on power play 1, I think he's a fantastic pickup.
21:28
So first of all, thank you. It does help lessen the blow
21:34
ever so slightly. But I will say I still think
21:39
like, look, I mean, cuz, you know, we, we gave a preface
21:44
about how like, it's kind of like here and now we gotta plan
21:47
for this week for the playoffs. I I'm kind of a little bit like,
21:51
I feel Coil is a safer pick. Doesn't necessarily mean the
21:54
ceiling is not higher, by the way.
21:55
Like there's a very solid chance that China Kov gets more points.
21:59
And if we're looking over the grand scheme of things, I mean,
22:02
the five games in the finals is just off the charts.
22:05
So if you if you're in a position where like you're
22:08
you're really confident in your chances over the next two weeks,
22:11
then yeah, chemicals great, great choice.
22:14
But look, in a bangers league, like the shots that hits and
22:17
even the blogs from coil. I've just been so good over the
22:19
last month. Yeah, that it's plus it's one
22:22
extra game the next week, although it is that Tuesday,
22:25
right. So depending on your needs.
22:27
And now you're right, I could see preferring coil over
22:30
Tinkoff, but. Yeah, if they're both available,
22:32
but I mean like, hey, I like them both.
22:35
I just find it's like was a floor play and chemicals the
22:39
ceiling play and like if if you need if you go for the home run.
22:42
I like the China club choice. I kind of view them as like very
22:47
equal for different. Reasons.
22:49
So yeah, no, I fully agree. I think that's a good point.
22:52
Yeah, all right, let's get to the next one at #3 former first
23:00
overall pick sometimes in fantasy, Hart.
23:03
Trophy winner. Art Ross, I mean, like, he just
23:08
did it all. He.
23:09
He yeah, Oh yeah, it was the art was my bad.
23:12
Yeah, no, it's A and a guy who Kevin outbid me on by $1.00.
23:18
So very, very annoyed about that, that he got him and I
23:22
didn't. We've got Jamie Benn of the
23:24
Dallas Stars line. 2 power play, 1, four-game week this week, 4
23:27
game week the week after. And the big story here is that
23:31
both Mikko Rantanen and Rupe hints are out for a prolonged
23:34
period of time. I don't expect either of them
23:36
back for the fantasy season. So essentially Jamie Benn is
23:40
power play one on the Dallas Stars for the rest of the
23:42
fantasy season, making him a no brainer pickup.
23:44
Dallas has the 4th best power play in the league.
23:47
No, sorry, they have the second best power play in the league.
23:49
It used to be 4th, but they just keep getting better and anyone
23:53
it's the same thing as if there were a couple injuries on the on
23:55
the Oilers and and all of a sudden there was a spot freed up
23:58
there, right. You always go and grab that guy.
24:00
So and the fact that it's been essentially like it's been
24:02
confirmed that this is a long term thing.
24:04
It's not like you don't have to be worried that ranting in or or
24:07
hints are gonna come back any day.
24:09
So I think this is Ben Pickup is a no brainer.
24:12
So I like it I I definitely do the he's got two first names
24:17
like Ricky Bobby or important anecdote to mention.
24:22
Is there any chance Maverick Bork takes it Is there?
24:26
I hate all the wins I could get. You need to understand that.
24:28
OK, I think these only. Work.
24:32
I think the only chance before it gets it is if there's another
24:35
injury. So and we got called out in the
24:38
discord for speaking that Jamie Benn could get injured into the
24:43
putting that into the world from a from a star span now who
24:45
wasn't happy with us. So we won't say that we're
24:48
hoping for any injuries or anything like that, but I think
24:51
that sports only chance of getting a spot there.
24:53
Yeah, yeah. I mean, this is a process thing,
24:56
right? I think kinda Coil and China KOB
24:59
in their own right of sort of played their way into into the
25:03
success and that's why they're on this list.
25:05
Whereas Ben, it's a circumstance thing.
25:07
I mean, he's he really hasn't been fantasy relevant for that
25:11
long, for a long time, the opposite of what I said.
25:16
And but yeah, I mean, as of late, like he's at a point per
25:20
game over the last two weeks, pointed it over the past month.
25:24
I mean, it's because of the opportunity they're giving him.
25:25
That's it. Now I will say also his what's
25:30
weird is that he's like his averages aren't so good, but he
25:33
does have those games where he'll get you like a double
25:36
double. So that's also kind of.
25:37
Nice. Yeah, I feel like his points
25:39
hover around. I mean, his backs are like 1.8
25:42
shots, 1.8 hits like that. Yeah, it's even lower.
25:45
On the slots. So yeah, you're right, like 1.31
25:48
point 8, something like that. So the shots are not much to
25:50
write home about, but it's nice to have the him chip in for the
25:53
hits as well. And you're mainly picking him up
25:55
for that power play 1 exposure. Exactly.
25:58
Exactly. And I think that it does make
26:00
sense to sort of keep him there. You could see, I mean, his power
26:04
play, power play points have been amazing.
26:07
Like the vast majority of his, well, not the one in the league
26:11
exactly. And that's where he's producing
26:14
cause we look at power play points as an opportunity for
26:16
players to get that category or, you know, actually points for if
26:21
you're in a fantasy points league, but also to give them
26:24
more opportunity and more ice time.
26:25
Whereas Jamie Benn's like pretty much mainly just kind of doing
26:28
good stuff on the power play. Yeah, exactly.
26:30
A little bit more outside of that, but that's really where
26:34
he's shining as of late. So yeah, I can see that.
26:38
OK, next we have. Number two, yeah, we've got
26:43
Frank Nazar of the Chicago Blackhawks Line 2 power play, 1,
26:47
four-game week this week, 4 game week the next week.
26:50
And this is another one of those good schedules where instead of
26:54
the Tuesday, it's I think the Saturday.
26:56
They're one of two teams that don't play on that day and it's
27:00
Chicago and Rangers again. So this is another one of those,
27:03
another one of those good schedules.
27:05
And these are, I feel like this is like full circle because
27:07
it's, I remember first week or two, you know, we had him on our
27:10
waiver show and he was blowing up and then he did like a whole
27:13
lot of nothing and getting injured in the middle of the
27:15
season. And now he's back to producing
27:16
then. And as usual, it has everything
27:18
to do with Connor Bedard and just how, you know, hit the team
27:21
runs through him and and he's been on fire and ASARS got that
27:25
power play 1 exposure to him. So he's been killing it as well.
27:28
And it's just those, those end of season young guys on teams
27:31
that aren't competing anymore. It's every year it's a huge
27:34
opportunity to pick up like essentially a couple points per
27:37
game guys for like the playoffs, like they're not going to
27:40
maintain it over the course of a season, but all when you pick
27:42
them up right before playoffs, all you need is for them to do
27:44
it for like 2-3 weeks. And there's just a lot of
27:46
opportunities as you see like from this list, we're saying,
27:49
and these are probably one of the biggest ones.
27:52
Yeah, You know, I think that even though Chicago is not gonna
27:56
be playing any for anything this year, it does say something
28:00
that, you know, putting out a competitive team that actually
28:03
has a chance to to impress the league, it'll make good players
28:08
want to go play there and be enthusiastic about going to play
28:11
there. You know, yeah.
28:12
So unfortunately, I mean, celebrity was doing this all
28:16
year and like, San Jose is looking like a fantastic
28:19
destination for people to want to go to in the offseason.
28:23
Like, I don't think Dougie Hamilton would be having no move
28:26
clause to go to her, not a no move clause, You know what I
28:29
mean? Like, yeah.
28:30
Yeah, can't get traded to San Jose if this is what San Jose is
28:35
looking like or was when they were.
28:37
Constructing. Contract All this to say, the
28:39
reason Chicago is so bad now is because Bedard was injured and
28:43
it's, you know, they couldn't do much without him, but now they
28:47
do want to finish the season strong.
28:49
So in addition to the fact that he's a young player trying to
28:51
showcase his talent, I think this is a fantastic opportunity
28:54
for Nasar. Yep, yeah.
28:57
And it's like, it's like it's just the mix of opportunity and
29:00
skill. So it's a good combination.
29:02
But let's go to. Before we do, before we do, did
29:05
saying #2 pack as much of it? Was it?
29:08
Was it as impactful? Changed my life for.
29:10
Kevin Yeah, OK. I'm.
29:12
Not giving it back to Kevin when he's back still saying.
29:14
Next time I have the opportunity I will be saying it because if
29:18
it's not transformative, I gotta.
29:19
Know which? Honestly, there's no going back.
29:23
All right, all right, fine, now I'm stuck with this boring old
29:27
one. OK, at #1 that was like just
29:32
start ending with #2. Yeah, exactly.
29:38
All right, let's at #1 we've got Alexi Lafreniere.
29:44
Wow crazy. So I'll give like this like a
29:48
weird weird like note to it, but I feel like the Yahoo app was
29:53
glitching on me cuz every time I checked it kept saying he was at
29:56
18% owned, but I could have sworn he was like like over 40.
30:00
So I'm going off of what the Yahoo app showed me.
30:04
There's a chance people are listening to this like what are
30:06
you talking about? Laugh is like 50% owned and I
30:08
don't know what to tell you yeah blame Yahoo.
30:10
Their app is super glitchy. I don't know if you've noticed,
30:12
Jackie, like over the past couple of weeks, it's been like
30:15
more garbage than usual. Like they're honestly awful, but
30:18
it's still somehow like one of the better options as a
30:21
platform. It's nuts.
30:23
But anyways, that's my little ranting at Yahoo.
30:25
But yeah, so don't blame me if he's actually over 40% owned.
30:28
Yahoo would have lied to me in that case anyways about the
30:31
player Alexi Lafreniere line one power play one on the Rangers,
30:34
who mentioned the Rangers have the best playoff schedule for
30:36
week 21 to 23 of anyone. So that gives a big boost to
30:39
where he makes on the ranking. And also the fact that he's been
30:42
probably the best player in the NHL over the past two weeks.
30:45
It's actually absurd. I drafted him.
30:47
This is this is a case of Josh is never wrong just early maybe
30:51
yeah now I know how it feels it was absolutely correct and
30:55
dropping him months ago because he was garbage.
30:57
Little did I know that he would get grabbed by like the bottom
31:00
team in our league who then just does not did not check their
31:03
like you know team for months like he should be on waivers,
31:07
but he wasn't anyways it's fine and he's been a monster he's
31:11
been actually a beast JT coming back doesn't affect him he's
31:14
still on power play one. That's what makes them mean
31:16
differentiating thing between him and Perot, because pro's
31:19
been like just his, you know, right hand man on this this
31:22
journey of awesomeness. But but now period gets bumped
31:25
offline. But laugh doesn't.
31:27
And you know, we joked about all year how the other Alex
31:30
Laferriere is the better laugh, but I think laugh is he took it
31:34
personally and and he's now showing that he can play like a
31:38
first overall pick. All it took was for the stakes
31:40
to be literally nonexistent. I mean, honestly, young players
31:45
don't usually thrive in New York the way they've had success in
31:48
recent years that they've traded for guys.
31:50
So maybe just with this, the coaching change and everything,
31:54
you could have Gabe Perot and Lafreniere having good, strong
31:57
finishes to the season. Additionally, he did have a
32:01
really solid playoff run with them, you know, three years ago.
32:07
Two years ago, Yeah. Anyway, all this to say, yeah,
32:11
because I was like, wait, no, no, they definitely made the
32:13
playoffs. Yeah.
32:13
So it was two years ago, and he can succeed now.
32:18
It's a weird one. It's like, does he have to be
32:21
kind of the centerpiece? Is it a pressure thing?
32:24
I don't know why it's happening necessarily.
32:26
Could be the planning trade. It could be.
32:29
It could be like, OK, like, you know, this is on you now, right?
32:33
I mean, like Panera and coming in is such a tremendously
32:35
skilled player. It kind of has to a lot of us
32:37
run through him, but maybe if the whole dynamic changes and
32:40
like this is now their plan moving forward, I mean, who
32:42
knows? He could be sick.
32:43
I feel like I've said that 1000 times so far in his career
32:48
because there wasn't he was supposed to be like the next big
32:51
thing at one point. Maybe maybe this is really like
32:55
the mark of his turn around in his career and for the rest of
32:58
the season. I do love it because like you
33:01
said, it's young player on team. It was nothing to play for.
33:03
Just crazy to say that about the Rangers, but hey, that's where
33:06
we are. Honestly, I'm curious see where
33:09
he gets drafted next year in fantasy leagues.
33:12
I think there's gonna be a lot of if he finishes off the season
33:15
as strong as we think he's going to based on what he's been
33:17
doing, then I think there's going to be a lot of goodwill
33:20
towards him going into the offseason.
33:22
And I could see, I could see him getting drafted pretty highly.
33:26
And it's it's tough because with guys like this, like the, the
33:30
main way you take advantage of like a break out like that is by
33:32
drafting them, you know, lower and then they break out, you
33:36
know, but a lot of times people anticipate the breakout and then
33:39
draft too highly. Anyways, I'm overthinking for
33:41
next year. Let's just talk about this
33:42
layoffs, unreal playoff schedule.
33:43
He's playing like the first overall and this is a no brainer
33:47
pickup. And again, if he's over 40%
33:49
owned, I'm sorry, blame Yahoo. Can I ask a crazy question?
33:53
And you would love to hear a crazy.
33:55
Question you're telling me because I know this is gonna hit
33:57
home. So if you are going into next
34:02
week and let's just say he's there, he's the best player you
34:05
have on free agency. Yeah.
34:07
Dylan Holloway with two games. You got left in here with four.
34:10
Glad you're gonna drop Dylan Holloway for Lafreniere.
34:14
Unfortunately with with the playoff schedule and just how
34:17
well Laugh has been playing, I think you have to.
34:20
And OK, look, I'm not panic dropping Holly because of the
34:24
two game week, but if you have a guy who's performing as well, if
34:27
not better with that better schedule, then I think you got
34:30
to take it. I think it's a good question to
34:32
ask. Yeah, yeah, especially to you
34:34
because I know how much you love him and he's he's your Yeah.
34:36
Listen to our our most recent episode.
34:38
He's like one of your favorite players in the league, so. 100%
34:40
yeah. So it's it's that's just how
34:43
much it's just this is the type of situation that wins
34:47
championships is with how unreal the Rangers playoff schedule is.
34:50
And then Lafreniere being like former first overall pick,
34:54
getting that line, one power play on deployment, seeming to
34:56
have a breakout. Like at this point in time, you
34:58
don't care if this is a real breakout if it's a flash in the
35:00
pan for the rest of the season, it's a great way to finish the
35:02
season. So yeah, you gotta grab them.
35:05
That's a great list. It's a great list.
35:07
So yeah. And you know what I like and
35:09
then move on to the next section.
35:10
A lot of volatility. I mean there there's like a gay
35:12
pros 1% owned, you know what I mean?
35:15
So this is a lot of to take from this and I'm sure you'll have a
35:20
decent majority for anyone listening or watching on
35:23
YouTube, you'll have a lot of these guys available in your
35:26
league and it could really make a difference.
35:27
So yeah, yeah, definitely this is the time you gotta take those
35:32
big swings and it could pay off. And yeah, it's going to be, it's
35:37
going to be a really great next few weeks.
35:38
So let's dive into the bangers section.
35:42
Bangers Capital B Alright, so so we'll just quickly list the five
35:48
guys and then kind of talk about them.
35:50
So we've got Jack McBain, my boy Mendoza, Scott Lawton, Brayden
35:56
McNabb, Brayden Shen and Jeremy Lauzon again, all four-game
36:00
weeks. We're only talking 4 game weeks.
36:01
It's playoff time. You got to maximize those games
36:03
played. And and yeah, I mean, we could
36:06
briefly talk about all of them. So for McBain, he actually has
36:10
gotten a bit worse in face off win leagues because he's no
36:12
longer playing centre. So he's he's not one of those
36:16
off for you, but he's still banging.
36:17
He's getting decent shots. He just put up 10 hits last game
36:20
against me. I had dropped him and then my
36:22
phone picked him up and then he put up a monster game so that
36:26
you get out. That shows me for dropping it.
36:28
But honestly, without the faceoff wins, I feel like it was
36:32
harder to hold. But yeah, in terms of bang shots
36:34
and hits, he's really solid. The next one is a guy that you
36:39
picked up and I was like, that's a really good pickup and I
36:42
really like what he's been doing.
36:43
We got. Scott Man, doesn't change
36:47
anything. I appreciate the positive
36:51
feedback. Again, for everyone out there, I
36:55
did not injure Matthews. It was radical Buddhist.
36:58
OK, that's. Exactly what someone who entered
37:00
Matthews was. It's me Radko OHP man.
37:07
But yeah, he he's been, he's been really good, you know,
37:10
getting getting a few points here and there, but that's not
37:12
why I picked him up. Frankly, we are in a faceoff
37:15
leagues in a faceoff wins league.
37:16
So having the left wing eligible eligibility for the faceoffs is
37:20
nice. But the bank accounts have been
37:21
great. I mean, in three of the four
37:23
games that he's had with LA, he's gotten 4 plus hits.
37:27
So that's great. And yeah, I mean, if he can
37:30
hover around the yeah, exactly. If you could hover around 1.8
37:34
shots and three hits for the next few weeks, that's great.
37:38
I'm really happy with. It and again with the face off
37:40
wins and leads that count that from the left wing 4 game week.
37:44
Yeah, I really like he's and he's been chipping in points
37:46
like you said. So I really like that pick up
37:49
then McNabb and Lozar more kind of just classic bangers do on
37:53
four-game weeks. We've talked about losing a
37:56
million times. Mcnabs actually having a solid
37:58
solid couple weeks to back it up.
38:01
So I like both of them, but there's not much to say there.
38:03
And then Brandon sends an interesting 1.
38:05
He almost made it onto my top ten points list and I was like
38:09
we love guys like that right. Who could make it onto either
38:11
list. He's out since the trade to the
38:12
Islanders. He's been really good.
38:13
He's on power play one over there.
38:15
He's been almost a double double with face off wins from the
38:18
winger position. So I really like what he's been
38:20
doing on the Islanders and Eddie at like I said, he could have
38:24
been on either list. So if you if you're looking for
38:26
a guy who's kind of like like on this list, the guy was most
38:28
likely to get you points is Brayden Shen.
38:30
So if you're looking for that guy who can, you know, give you
38:33
bangs but also has points upside, then he's the he's the
38:35
guy. Yeah, I really like it.
38:37
I mean, obviously these are kind of two distinct categories going
38:40
into next week. Would you rather him or Charlie
38:42
Coyle? I think I should go coil because
38:45
he's just been like for like for a longer period of time, like
38:48
doing so well. But I I like both of them.
38:51
I think it's very very similar honestly.
38:53
What I what I really like about this is like they brought in
38:56
there for the specific purpose that they're using him for, you
39:01
know what I mean? Like a lot of teams, it's like,
39:03
OK, let's get a good player because we know he's good and
39:05
then kind of figuring it out later.
39:06
I think that they did they're doing exactly what they planned
39:10
for and that's why it's working. Doesn't necessarily mean his
39:13
points or anything are going to be tremendous, but it means that
39:16
he'll get the ice time and if the power play opportunity and
39:20
honestly, they Schafer, Schafer is just a magician.
39:22
So I feel like they're there's a lot of potential for him to
39:26
succeed in in the shots, hits and maybe even the points.
39:29
So I really, really like this one.
39:31
Yeah, no, it makes and that makes a lot of sense.
39:33
Really good point. You know, if like why don't you
39:35
have a team either like just collecting Infinity stones of
39:40
like skill and they're like, wait, what do I do with all
39:42
this? You know, or you have guys who
39:43
like we have this whole in our lineup.
39:45
They specifically wanted a 2C so that they wouldn't have to play
39:48
Barzel at centre, right. They could play on wing with
39:50
Horvat. And so they went out and got the
39:52
guy who they thought was the ideal to see for them could also
39:55
slot into their power play one everything that you said
39:57
essentially. And it's it is really a
40:00
different kind of like vibe with that and the player.
40:02
It's a much more defined role, and when that role is a big one
40:05
like what they have here for Shen, it's a really a really
40:07
good sign. Yep.
40:09
Exactly right, let's get into the goalies.
40:12
So this is huge, right, So in the mean it's always huge, but
40:17
playoffs right again, just to keep hammering at home this
40:20
week, like you cannot afford to make a bad pick up right, you
40:23
can't afford to pick up a guy, especially with goalies worker
40:26
who's going to like tank your tank your season.
40:27
So I tried to be extra careful with who I put on this week.
40:31
I really don't want to include anyone that I wouldn't pick up
40:33
myself. So let's get into it.
40:36
We've got top three quantity goalies.
40:38
I'll see all of them and who they're playing and get into it.
40:41
So we've got Alex and Delkevic, Elvis Presley, Akins and Yakub
40:45
Dobish. So Ned is playing Edmonton,
40:48
Buffalo, Philly, Elvis is playing Carolina Rangers and
40:52
then back-to-back Seattle and Islanders and then Dobish is
40:55
playing Boston, Detroit and the Islanders.
40:57
So starting with Ned, the reason he's on here for quantity is
41:01
because Askarov's injured and it's looking like it's going to
41:04
be possibly longer term entry. Like I wouldn't be surprised if
41:07
Askarov's out for at least like like a week or two, maybe the
41:10
rest of the fantasy season. And so net is going to be the
41:13
starter and against Edmonton, Buffalo, Philly, Buffalo is a
41:16
scary team. Edmonton scary in terms of they
41:17
can score, but they also let in a ton of goals.
41:19
So like you can still get the win and then Phillies.
41:22
Also, that's how we're speaking about those two.
41:25
It was scary. Edmonton.
41:27
Yeah. Edmond Scott is scary.
41:28
Yeah, it's, it's crazy. Still in shock?
41:31
Like. I know we're almost in the like,
41:34
real, the real NHL playoffs and it's still just crazy.
41:38
I know I'm still like, not really because I believed in
41:41
them for a couple months now, but I'm still in the back of my
41:43
head. I'm like, are they gonna somehow
41:44
find a way to drop out of the playoffs even though like I feel
41:46
like it's mathematically impossible at this point?
41:48
But but no, I'm super psyched for them.
41:50
I think it's it's really cool that you're finally breaking
41:53
with that like 15 year playoff drought.
41:55
But yeah, for Ned has been solid with San Jose like it's it's
41:58
gonna be the games could be hit or miss, but he's gonna get you
42:00
the quantity for sure. Yeah, So we moving on to Jet
42:05
grieves, you don't think he gets 2 of?
42:07
Those stars, Elvis just got back-to-back starts, not in
42:12
back-to-back, but he got back-to-back games in a row and
42:15
it's kind of been weird like all season with the two of them
42:17
especially. Like actually it hasn't been
42:19
weird. It wasn't weird before bonus.
42:21
It was just Jack Russells the guy 100%.
42:23
But ever since bonus came, it's been really weird on terms like
42:26
it hasn't been, it's been a 5050, but in a weird way.
42:29
It'll be like you got two games, you get 2 games, you get one,
42:31
then one. Like it hasn't been a
42:32
predictable 1. And with a four-game week, I'd
42:35
be really surprised if they don't each get 2.
42:37
But if you had to ask me which one I think is more likely to
42:40
get like 3 if they go three in one, I feel like it's got to be
42:44
Elvis just because he had multiple starts in a row now.
42:47
So but that like that's it's super random both ways it feels
42:51
like. So I thought I'm feeling pretty
42:53
confident they'll both get to. Yeah, I mean, that'd be cool
42:58
That that that, that I guess that's like if he gets 3, that's
43:02
good. I mean, I, I just hope it
43:03
doesn't go the other way and that like, grieves to catch.
43:05
That's highly unlikely. Yeah.
43:07
Whereas the dog I'm kind of more confident gets more games.
43:14
Yeah, network get either 2, possibly even all three With
43:16
Askerov out, Elvis is probably getting you like is it one to
43:22
three with tubing the most likely.
43:24
Yeah, exactly, exactly. There's definitely some
43:27
volatility baked in there. And then, you know, look, I
43:30
personally think that Dobesh is the best bet for the Habs.
43:33
Clearly it's not mountable anymore.
43:35
No matter who's done. Yeah.
43:37
And I think that if anybody follows the Canadians media,
43:43
whatever, they get way too hyped way too quickly and way too
43:46
angry way too quickly. So I saw like I was, I heard
43:51
something about how Fowler's definitely gonna be the goalie
43:53
for the playoffs. And I'm just like, hold your
43:56
horses, you know, like. I said I never know people who
44:00
say that like genuinely believe it or if they're trying to get
44:02
clicks, but I think it's such a clear situation here.
44:06
Essentially what happened was the haves had two back to backs
44:09
this week, so they couldn't just play Dobish for all the starts.
44:13
They have lost all faith in Montebello, rightfully so,
44:15
because he's been awful all season.
44:17
And so they're like we're going to call up Fowler and play him
44:19
on the back end of the back-to-back.
44:20
He plays unreal against Ottawa. That was a massive game for us.
44:24
And so they're like, OK, he's going to get another one of the
44:26
back to backs this coming weekend.
44:28
It's really that simple. It's not like they called up
44:30
Fowler because like Domish has been unreal.
44:32
Why would they, you know, bump him?
44:33
There's no reason for that. Like it like people like someone
44:36
in our league like just picked up Fowler for like like 12 fab
44:39
or whatever, right, And it's like he's not going to be the
44:42
starter. It's Dobesh who is the starter.
44:44
If you you know, Dobesh is pretty low roster to all these
44:46
have goalies are multiple is actually the highest roster to
44:49
have goalies still somehow. So if you're looking for who the
44:52
have starter is going to be, it's going to be dobish Fowler.
44:54
Fowler will get like he'll be the 1B or backup but and Monty's
44:59
not going to get any more starts as far as as far as I'm
45:02
concerned. I think Dobesh is definitely the
45:04
guy as well. So I think that I mean.
45:07
I think he'll get big games. Yeah.
45:10
Like, yeah, what are the two wild card teams, right?
45:13
Who that's who's trying to like pass the haves and the
45:15
standings? Like those are big, big games.
45:17
I could see them being played like playoff games.
45:19
You know what playoff games are notorious for being Low scoring,
45:22
tight checking, good defence, which is great for goalies.
45:25
Yeah, that's definitely a very good point to add in there.
45:30
I think you think you'll get 3. I think it's possible.
45:34
He's getting 2:00 to 3:00. Yeah, yeah, I agree.
45:38
And if if it is Fowler who gets the other game, does that kind
45:44
of this is kind of a segue? Does that make him quality
45:46
goalie worthy as pertaining to our next section?
45:50
Like, I know it's, I know it's. Way too.
45:51
Unpredictable, but like if you have some sort of inkling or
45:53
like knowledge that like. Finding perfect.
45:56
If I knew for a fact Fowler was getting one of those starts, I
45:59
would rank him second, outrank him above the bottom two guys
46:02
that were about to talk about. Fair enough.
46:05
So let's use that as a segue and jump into the quality guys.
46:10
Was the intention. Yeah.
46:11
Paul Blart over here. You know, I've actually, I don't
46:14
think I've ever seen that movie. I just always honest segue.
46:19
You've never seen it. That's crazy.
46:21
I may have seen it once like a years ago.
46:25
Every time I think of segue there go ahead, it makes me.
46:28
Laugh. I saw it in theatres and I'm
46:29
very proud. Cool.
46:35
OK, let's get into the top three quality goalies.
46:38
So I will provide you this by saying that this was a bit
46:41
harder to find. There weren't any of those clear
46:43
back to backs where there's like easy matchups to for me to just
46:46
like, you know, hand pick and be like, oh, here's an easy one,
46:48
here's an easy 1. So other than the first one, the
46:52
other two are like a bit more if it'll depend on if they get the
46:55
easier the two matchups. But anyway, let me just stop
46:56
prefetching and just start talking about it.
46:58
We've got Eric Comrie, Yonas Johansson and Joel Hofer.
47:03
So comedy's getting either Pittsburgh or the Rangers,
47:06
Johansen's getting either Edmonton or Calgary, and then
47:09
Hofer could possibly get both of those starts.
47:11
This is not a back-to-back, but I'm certain he's getting at
47:13
least one. And it's Calgary and Vancouver,
47:15
which are both amazing matchups. So how far is my favorite one?
47:19
Um, even though it's not a back-to-back, like I said, he
47:22
has the chance of getting both. I'm not sure what they're doing
47:24
with him in Bennington. It seems to be kind of a like 2
47:27
for hope for one for Bennington type of thing, which would give
47:29
hope for, I think only one of these two, but they're both
47:31
unreal matchups. That's why I put them in the
47:33
quality. And then for the other two, like
47:35
I said, it was slim pickings on on back to backs where we can
47:37
guarantee a start. Obviously with like Johansson,
47:39
right, you'd way rather Calgary over Edmonton as the match up,
47:42
but we won't know that until until closer to then.
47:45
And then same with comma. You'd rather the Rangers in
47:47
Pittsburgh, even the Ranges have started scoring a bit.
47:50
So I'd say like, I'd rather take a shot at like 4.
47:54
Like we said. If Fowler is getting a start
47:56
next week, I would take him over both Carmony and Johansson.
47:59
But I think I would still take home for over Fowler just
48:01
because of how easy his matchups are.
48:03
This is a tough section, right? Because really all we could do
48:07
is predict on the back to backs more or less.
48:09
I mean hover sort of, you know, kind of getting a lot of starts
48:13
there. So I guess that's kind of safe
48:15
one. But in general, like they're
48:18
probably will be other goalies that.
48:20
Will. Get a game.
48:22
So for instance, if Dobesh starts Boston and Detroit and
48:27
they win both, maybe they're feeling kind of good and they'll
48:30
play Fowler versus the Islanders.
48:33
I mean, still a tough matchup, but just because it's a better
48:35
goalie and Habs are a better team than either actually
48:39
Northern Tampo. Sorry but Johansson doesn't
48:41
really do that well. Even despite how Tampa has been
48:44
like, I'd still rather play Fowler versus the Islanders.
48:47
So at the end of the day, I mean, yes, this is our
48:50
recommendation based on the evidence we have at this time.
48:52
But definitely if you see a better option goalie on a better
48:59
team or even a better goalie like a Camry and Johansson are
49:02
not very good, Yeah, on a worse team that you just think is a
49:05
higher probability of winning. Don't be like banger management
49:08
said. These two are the best quality.
49:09
Yes, and also go. For the other guys, if you.
49:12
Have an yeah, it's important to note whether you're in the type
49:15
of league where you can make a pick up the same day or if it's
49:18
like next day, right? Because if it's same day pickup,
49:20
then you could just wait and see who gets announced as the
49:21
starter. And that gives you a lot more
49:23
flexibility on this. We're kind of running on the
49:25
assumption that you have to make the pick up ahead of time, and
49:27
so that's why I could only you we can only predict the back to
49:29
backs as guaranteed starts for for these guys.
49:32
So there's definitely off like opportunity to have better
49:35
pickups in those two. Hopefully I'm very happy with
49:37
though regardless, like like with those matchups and also
49:39
just he's been playing unreal regardless of the easy matchups.
49:42
So I really like that. But yeah, so that's that wraps
49:46
up all our recommendations and I'm excited for all our viewers
49:50
slash listeners to be getting into the yeah, well, honestly.
49:54
Week in the playoffs. You know, there's a, there's a
49:59
very, I say where, where we stand right now, there's a 95%
50:04
chance that me and Kevin play each other in the first round of
50:07
the playoffs. So.
50:09
Honestly, the silver lining to all of this is that is just
50:11
going to be so entertaining to sit back and watch.
50:16
Watch the complain off. We're definitely gonna, we're
50:21
gonna be talking about it like all throughout the episodes over
50:23
the course of the next like week because it's gonna be going
50:26
crazy. So we'll see what happens.
50:28
I'm excited. Maybe I'll drop Matthews or
50:30
whatever you could pick him up for good luck.
50:31
I won't do that. Don't do that on the off off
50:34
chance that he's sort of plays at some point to end the season.
50:37
But like they said, he's done for the season.
50:38
So Wamp, Wamp. Very sad way to end the episode,
50:43
but I wish everyone knew going into the playoffs if they're in
50:49
week 21. Good luck.
50:51
Thank you for listening to this episode and for listening to us
50:54
all year. It's going to be a really great
50:57
next few weeks. A lot of fun heartbreak.
51:00
But you know what, if like, I mean, I think I'm just, I'm just
51:04
sad because of what's happening with my team.
51:06
But I have one fantasy leagues in the past and that glory feels
51:09
really good. So even if you think you're down
51:11
and out like I do right now, you gotta go out with a bang and
51:16
just keep trying. And even if you feel like you're
51:18
coasting, don't take it for granted because I've seen the
51:21
8th place team beat the 1st and then go on to win the league.
51:24
Anything could happen, you know, if the Flint, MI Tropics could
51:28
win the Mega Bowl. Anything is possible.
51:34
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