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Thank God at least the two best hosts are here for today.
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Today's episode. I'm so scared to miss another
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episode. OK, today is our week 10 waivers
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slash streamers episode where we recommend the best players to
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pick up for the next few weeks. Well, this week, next week, and
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It's very disappointing, but let's say this morning we move
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on, fantasy moves on and he's in a better place, so.
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He's very much alive just to be. Clear.
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I did not say that, but I know, I know, I know.
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We give the spiel every time in the beginning.
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But listen guys, it's like 6070% of you guys that are listening
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to this right now are not currently following the podcast.
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the new episode comes out, it'll tell you and then win, win.
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And yeah. So what do we get into our
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exactly Week 9 choices? Yes, these are our Week 9 top
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three choices. So we had an L weather alert,
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but we need to go. Pretty nice.
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We Yeah. So our loss from this last week
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was Zach Bolduc, 3 games played, zero points.
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Sad he was poised to do well. Listen, but yeah, we followed
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the process. Listen, you got bumped up line
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1P1 was playing 50 minutes a night was had got five points in
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two games and it was like, OK, all systems go.
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And then literally we recommended him for the stream
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on a four-game week and like took I think a game and 1/2 for
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him to just like completely fall off.
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And he had a game where he played like less than 10
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minutes. It's honestly just like I, I
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feel really bad recommending him.
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But listen, if you follow the process, nothing is absolute
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things like this are gonna happen.
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So this just happened to be a pretty bad one.
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So hope hoping to make some better, better recommendations
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this upcoming week. But if you picked up the other
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guys, we got what Darren Radish. Yeah, three games played, five
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assists. Awesome guys, amazing pickup.
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Yeah, his minutes have been crazy too.
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With Hedman coming back, it's a question mark, but that was
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definitely a great pick for last week.
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And Anton Lindell, in two games played since then, he's had one
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assist and that was a shorthanded point.
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He wasn't bumped off power play 1 and that is a W from last
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week. It's going to be weird to see
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what they're going to do with the power play, but he's been
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really decent all year and if you stream them last week,
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you're quite happy. The was it a good pickup record
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so far this season? We are 16 and five.
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Pretty darn good. Yeah, and look into looking to
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make more strides this upcoming week.
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So do you want to get into the games?
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Yeah, for the upcoming week, we have two teams playing two
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games. There are the there's the New
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York Rangers and the Washington Capitals.
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Capitals have been on fire so it's going to be kind of tough.
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But anyways, then a bunch of four-game teams, we're going to
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get into that. The busy nights as per usual are
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Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and there are off night teams as
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well. Buffalo, Calgary, Chicago,
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Detroit, Los Angeles, Kings, Minnesota, Seattle, Utah,
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Vancouver. We're going to talk about those
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guys mainly. Give us little proface before we
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dive into our top ten points, guys.
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Yep, So just a small profile Che.
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I feel like people are only listening to recent episodes.
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They have no idea who profile means, but we're just prefacing.
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So giving a little bit of a little memo out there before we
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get into the bulk of the streamers for this week.
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But I just wanted to put it out there that listen, the guys that
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were covering on this episode are less than 40% owned.
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So we're going a little bit super into like if you're in a
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12 team league, these are usually guys that could be
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relevant and some guys are recommending are 5 percent, 10%
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owned, so more of your deeper cuts.
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So we can, you know, cover all our bases.
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But if you're in A10 team league, I feel there's most
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likely options on your waiver wire that are you gonna be
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better streams than the guys that were recommending today
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just because we're trying to go a little bit more niche and a
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little bit deeper. But yeah, I just wanted to put
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it out there, like if Zach Bolduc is on your waiver wire,
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but you can pick up William Eckland or other guys that are
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like, you know, Jason Zucker or something.
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And just wanna put it out there that if you're the shallow
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enough league, make sure you look at your waivers and might
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be guys that are better than the guys were recommending.
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But keep in mind that these guys 12 leagues deeper, we're going
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to be relevant names for you. Yeah, for sure.
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I mean, like there are, you know, guys hovering around like
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the 60% range you got. You got like a Sam Bennett, he
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could be available. And sometimes team leagues, you
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know, he's been pretty good recently.
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So you know, Tyler Bertuzzi, 64%, he's also been on fire and
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Chicago's got two off nights this week.
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So stuff like that, you know, we're not going to talk about
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them because that's not really relevant in deeper leagues.
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But keep an eye out on that. If you are in a more shallow
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leak, as Kevin said, let's get into our top 10 points guys.
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Yep, so these are guys that most of you are streaming for points
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and some of them have some good bangers.
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So let's get into #10. Of the Buffalo Sabres line 3 But
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power play, one on a power play, one that's been pretty strong
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lately. We have Josh done, son of Shane
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Doan. I'm gonna do that for every
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player. What is Person's dad?
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So yeah, shot Josh done four games this upcoming Week 3, the
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week after. He's been averaging around 15
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minutes of ice time. Pretty great shots on goal, I
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will say. And yeah, I mean, it's power
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play points have been awesome, so.
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I like it, yeah. You're hoping you would hope for
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a better 5V5 deployment, but the fact that he's on PP1 is the
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main reason why he's on this list.
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Ever since Josh Norris came back, the power play has been
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clicking a lot more and he's we thought that maybe Benson would
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keep this but ahead of Josh Stone, but it seems like Josh
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Stone has got that spot secured right now.
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So as long as that sticks, he's a viable streamer.
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This upcoming week they got four games, SO4 games of a guy on PS1
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that is starting to click. Good option.
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Yep, next we have Shaw. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa at
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#9 Son of Sean. Done, you know.
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This. Go on my hand.
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A lot happened, yeah. A.
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Lot so much happened. A lot just happened, OK.
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Every time it was almost always skip over my little.
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I know, I know. I'm not used to it.
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I'm not used to it. OK.
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Sean Monahan of the CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets Line 2 power play,
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1.6 points per game. He's been, look, I mean, I, I, I
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think Chantilly is kind of the main offensive guy there.
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But three games this week, three games the next 1, and especially
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in a faceoffs league, you could do worse.
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Yeah, you're not, you're not. This is not a pickup that is
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necessarily optimizing for games played.
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But like Sean Monahan, we thought his value was cooked
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after fan till he took that P1 spot on that line, one spot.
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I mean they're both on power play one, which is a great,
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which is why Sean Monahan still has the value that he does.
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But he still honestly a good player and that top line is
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getting tougher matchups. He's playing on that second
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line. And listen, you just had a game,
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we got 3 assists. So we know he's still in this
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bag that he can produce offensively.
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If you want to prioritize players with better schedules, I
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understand it. But I just want to put it out
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there that for pure sees, you're getting a guy that's on a, on a
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high flying offence. Their power play is starting to
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get better. He's playing close to 20 minutes
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a night. Like there's definitely worse
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people you can stream. And I think he has a lot of
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categories and especially in face off leagues, if you're in a
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in a banger league that has those, like he's one of the
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better options. Yeah, this next player has been
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crazy good this year. I I will get into it very
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shortly, but at. #8 son of Shane Done.
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No. OK Shannon, OK, disclaimer, he's
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actually not all those players, fathers only Josh down.
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Anyway, over the Boston Bruins we have line one power play 1
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Elias Lindholm who is just insane this year, especially for
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faceoff leagues. If you are in a faceoff league,
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he should actually be rostered already, but he's only rostered
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in 28% of leagues. 3 games this week.
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For the next week, he's at .84 points per game on the season,
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but over the last, you know, basically since he's become
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healthy, it was a six games ago at the time of this recording,
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1.17 points per game. So that's that's just insane.
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Is PowerPoint points at .33. I love it.
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And Pasternak been dealing with a bit of an injury now, but when
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he's back, I mean, he's gonna be playing with Lindholm in all
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likelihood. Bless you.
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And all of this to say, I think that this is a fantastic pickup
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for this week and in a faceless league like it's nearing long
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term hold. Yeah.
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I mean the main thing with Lindholm though, is that if you
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look at his averages, so he missed sometimes, so the
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averages are kind of skewed. And the power play was just so
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insane to start the year. It felt like almost all his
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production was power play points, which is not
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sustainable. Only three games this week.
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So it's kind of like Monahan that we just recommended.
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But Boston has actually been scoring a lot of goals despite
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the fact that Pasternak is currently not healthy.
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So in week 10, we're looking for password to be back in the
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lineup. I mean, listen, even though
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password is gone, it looks like Steve has taken that spot and
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has been insane in his in his in his absence.
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So and he's still playing with the GOAT Morgan Geekie.
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So it feels like nothing, nothing can go wrong for for
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Allison home. He's surrounded by guys who
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score a lot of goals. His category coverage is kind of
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sneaky, like he'll get you hit some block, some shots.
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Like Jackie said, Allied for faceoff wins, but you're
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streaming a guy that's on the 5th best power play in the
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league right now. If that continues, he's going to
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be an option for your fantasy leagues every week, especially
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in deeper leagues. I think he's on waivers a lot
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because he was injured and people had to have to drop him
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to make room. So now is your opportunity to
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strike and stream in this upcoming week.
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Yeah, totally, totally agree there.
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OK love this one too at. #7. We've got Jason Zucker of the
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Buffalo Sabres line to power play one absolutely on fire as
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of late. His whole season good.
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He's got .79 points per game. His power play points are .32,
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which is ridiculous. Like, ever since he came back
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from injury, the Buffalo Sabres have had a better power play and
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you know, as of late, his reduction has been .86 points
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per game over the last two weeks.
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It's really, really like he's on fire.
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And I really think that you're going to be very happy with his
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four games this week. So he's a great choice.
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Only 10% owned somehow, but this is one of those things that we
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know we gave the little OK, sorry Profaci earlier about how,
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you know, even in deeper leagues, like you can do better
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to look at the higher roster guys.
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But I think that the low roster names outside of our top three
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this week, like I like it. I really do like it as a pickup.
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I'm not gonna say he's gonna absolutely perform the way he's
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been performing. There's some risk there.
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But considering the four-game week, I really, really do like
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this. Yeah, I agree.
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He's a he's he's in my head is higher on this list just because
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I feel like I have a bias towards him since I had him on
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my roster last season. And he's one of those guys that
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it's not flashy, but he gets the job done For your team.
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We play in a deep league where our league of record is, you
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know, you're starting like 20 guys every night.
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So you already have to make start sit decisions just
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starting everybody on your team. And he's part of that group that
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you know, he might be one of the lower guys on your team, but
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four games this upcoming week, he shoots, he scores and he's on
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one of the better power plays right now.
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Like I keep saying, one of the better plays on the season.
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They're 21st, but ever since Josh Norris team back, it's been
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three games and they've scored every single game on the power
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play. So you know, some positive
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regression there. And I think Zucker is one of
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those names that he's gonna be stable that P1 like no matter
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what his line, his deployment is 5V5, whether it's line one, line
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2 or line 3, he's going to be P1 and that's where most of his
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value comes from. And he's just he's good at
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scoring those greasy goals. So I like Jason Zucker a lot.
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He's only left wing eligible. So you have to make sure you can
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fill fit him in your lineup this upcoming week.
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But four games, I think it's a great pick.
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Yeah, and and like like you said, he's he's also been higher
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on this list for face off wins. There are other guys we're going
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to mention that especially the next one that are really elite.
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But taking that out of the equation, I really think that
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he's a fantastic choice and super sneaky.
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As Kevin mentioned, he can be a much longer term hold than even
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just this week, but. Depends how deep.
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Yeah, but with the four, yeah, exactly.
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Like in an 8 team 10 team league, Probably not.
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But for the stream, four games love it.
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Let's get to the next one. All right, at #6.
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We have of the Nashville Predators Ryan O'Reilly also
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been insane lately. This is especially relevant for
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faceoff wins because he's not super great in the back hats.
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Over the last month, he's only a 1.67 points shots per game, zero
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power play points, but still averaging a point per game.
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So I yeah, I mean, playing with the surrounding talent, like
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they should have a slight uptick in power play points.
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Philip Forsberg, who was my Bilo in Week 9, was still, they're
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not scoring what they what they at the pace that they they like.
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He's been bad basically is what I'm getting at Forsberg.
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So O'reilly's been OK and I really do like it for this week
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as well. Yeah, you just have to know when
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you're picking up O'Reilly if you want more category coverage.
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This is not the guy that pick up.
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So yeah, we have them number six on this list right now, but it's
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just because if you look at over the last two weeks, he's
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averaging almost 1.2 points per game over point per game the
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last two weeks and no power play points.
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So he's on line one, he's on P1. He's playing all the important
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minutes for this team. He's also kind of trade bait
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right now. Like Nashville is the worst team
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in the league. All the guys that are veterans
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on this team that might necessarily not benefit them
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right now, but would be more beneficial for contenders are
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are getting looks right now to potentially be traded.
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I think Riley is one of the main names right there.
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She'll get you shots. He won't get you hits, he won't
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get you blocks, but he can get you points.
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And I expect the power play to at least get one point this
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season, this this season, this upcoming week where they have
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four games. Hopefully the rest of the season
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they get at least one more PowerPoint.
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Yeah, I think this is the week that it happens.
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Like Nashville, honestly, it feels really bad, but there's
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still some valuable guys on there.
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And I think O'Reilly specifically if you're pointing,
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is more valuable if you play in a categories league, like he's
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one of the better options that's available under 40% that can at
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least get you points. So.
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Yep. OK, let's get to. #5.
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Nice. We're flowing.
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We're flowing now since I ever since #9 things have been boat
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goes up and big time. The plural of Matthew.
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On Minnesota Wild, we have Mats Zuccarello line 2 power play
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one. He's at .77 points on the
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season, but that's been with a moderate cold streak as of late.
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He his shots have been really good.
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He's at 2.67 over the last two weeks, which is nice.
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So I think that we can expect some goals in coming Ten shots
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over the last 10 games over the last two games.
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So yeah, with 0 points there, I'd expect that to turn around
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relatively quickly. And yeah, I mean, I really,
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really like him. As for the next two weeks
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especially, he's got four games this week, four games next week.
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So this is the type of guy that you pick up and hold for the two
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weeks 22% on. So also kind of a deeper play
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there. But Minnesota has been winning
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because of their insane goaltending and I think that
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that's bound to, you know, regress a little bit just cause
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it's so crazy with Walstad and goes to Simba.
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Walstad is doing so they should be scoring more in Zuccarello is
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going to be a part of that. Yeah, I mean, listen, this is a
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team that's high flying right now.
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And Zuccarello is a guy that first of all, less than 40%
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owned, has four games this week, has four games next week.
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And he's the type of guy that has a little bit of name poll
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where in previous seasons he's been the one of those guys that
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is at the at the end of your Ross or not a flash enable
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producers for your fantasy team. The thing right now is he's not
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exposed to Kaprizov at 5V5, which, yeah, it's a tick against
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him, but he's still producing. He's on that power play that's
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clicking right now going crazy. And one thing to note, his
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shooting percentage is really low right now.
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It's at 4%. We expect it to be higher.
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It's going to be at like 1012% it already.
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That would be doubling what is currently doing.
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So he's due for some goals basically is what I'm saying.
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He's exposed to one of the best power plays right now on a team
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that's winning a lot of games. And also like in the back of my
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mind, what I have is he's playing important minutes for
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this team. He's the 6th best forward, if
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you put it that way. And I'm mentioning that because
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when the teams winning a lot of games, they're usually playing
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against teams that are giving them a lot of empty Nets at the
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end of the game. Well, that's extra incentive to
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get points because it's going to be on the ice for those minutes.
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So just in the back of my mind is like a little bit of a
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tiebreaker there. You can hold them for the next
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two weeks. I think Zuko is one of the guys
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that has the highest upside on this top ten list.
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Yeah, since returning from injury, he's played 12 games and
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he has one goal. Yeah.
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So that's like pretty. For some year he's got he needs
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to get a two or three. Yeah, Any shots like as
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mentioned, they've been good. So he's doing all the right
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things. It's just bound to boat goes up
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very soon. Boat goes up.
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Yep. OK, let's get to the next one.
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#4. We have Jared McCann of the
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Seattle released the Kraken. OK, his power play points are
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nonexistent this year, another good sign for things to turn up
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lately. He was hurt for a long part,
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yes, I know, but still noteworthy that that's like an
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interesting stat. He hasn't played too much this
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year. He had a brief stint at the
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beginning and then got hurt, and now he's been back for a few
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games. This we've spoken about is
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probably the best player on Seattle, so I think this is an
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awesome pickup, especially because his hits are surprising
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to the upside and this is a point section, but it's nice to
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have that little bonus. Four games this week, great ice
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time and yeah, I really, really like it and I'm quite surprised
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he's under 30% owned. Yeah, I mean, listen, this is a
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guy that we talked about in recent recent podcast episodes.
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We, we made some social media content about him as well
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because he was coming back from injury and people didn't really
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know what to expect. And when healthy, he is arguably
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the best forward on the Seattle Kraken.
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And you're able to stream him on a week where he plays four games
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and is widely available, which is pretty crazy when you think
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about it. He's basically a double double
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right now. He's shooting two shots a game.
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At least he's hitting two, two hits a game, which I don't
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expect to to stay consistent there, but it's a nice bonus
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right now and he has the best deployment on his team.
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He's playing line 1P1, so he's exposed to the best players and
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he's a guy that can really drive the offence.
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So his averages right now look a little wonky because he hasn't
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really played many games this season thus far.
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But I expect way better days ahead.
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And this might be the perfect opportunity to get on the get on
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the train while it's the train is about to go up, get on the
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boat while the boat is going up. Yeah, yeah, it's, it's been a
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bad power play all year. And it can definitely you can
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attribute that to the missing basically their best.
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Players, they also split their power players because that's
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really dumb, but it is what it is.
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Yeah, that's that's rough for fantasy, but nevertheless, I
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expect better things from McCann moving forward.
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Bless you again. OK, let's get into our top
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three. #3. Ah sad because I traded this guy
21:25
away but gotta gotta stick true to to give him the best advice
21:30
we can we have of the Philadelphia Flyers.
21:33
Owen Tippett, another guy with great shot hit combinations.
21:38
He is at .7 points per game on the season.
21:41
His PowerPoint points are abysmal absolutely, but not not
21:46
mechanic abysmal. But you know, it's not great
21:49
power play points per game and it's surprising because the team
21:53
is ranked pretty, pretty hot. Like they're they're basically
21:56
middle of the pack. So he's just kind of missing out
21:58
on those power play points. Shooting percentage is decent at
22:01
14. He's got four games this week.
22:04
Owen tip. It's a great guy to hold on to
22:06
in Bangor leagues. I think that this is one of
22:09
those that I look in an 8 team league that's pretty darn
22:14
shallow. But in A10 team league, even you
22:16
know, like for on a four-game week I would pick him up.
22:19
Yeah, Owen Tip It is one of those guys that when he's on
22:22
this list, I'm very interested because first of all, Philly has
22:25
four games this upcoming week and Jake was hinting at this
22:28
like their power play is average and spring 17th on the season
22:31
right now and he's got basically no power play points.
22:34
Now. One of the main reasons for that
22:35
is that Philly is one of those teams that Rick talk it is low
22:39
key fantasy terrorists as well. And then he doesn't always put
22:43
his best players on the PP1. Like we've had stretches where
22:46
connect these on technically the P2 and it's just crazy.
22:50
But as of this recording, the last two games or couple few
22:55
practices, they've kind of consolidated their power play
22:58
into one main unit. It's been connecting, it's been
23:01
Zagreus, it's been Michkov, Tippett and Sanheim.
23:05
So the fact that they're putting all their chips into finally one
23:07
power play, it's like, oh, how about we just put our best
23:10
players on PS1 and roll that way?
23:11
Like it's just like, it feels crazy to think about, but some
23:14
coaches don't do it. Yeah.
23:16
So, but now the fact that they've done that, I expect
23:19
Tippet to get way more exposure to power play points.
23:23
O you might be getting in at the perfect time before the boat
23:25
really takes off and becomes a rocket ship.
23:27
So sometimes it goes up, sometimes both because rocket
23:29
ship. This is one of the situations
23:31
that could be rocket ship. And if you're in a category
23:33
bangers leagues like he also is, he's one of those low key power
23:37
forwards where he'll be a double double, he'll shoot, he'll hit,
23:41
he'll get you points. Power play exposure right now,
23:43
like I I really like tip at this upcoming week, four games like
23:46
it. It just feels like everything is
23:47
is right for this to go really well.
23:50
Yeah, I'm, I'm loving this, this boat turning into a rocket ship
23:54
thing. Yeah.
23:55
Podcasters by day, scientists by night.
23:57
Or the opposite. But yeah, I mean, Owen Tippett
24:04
kid can really contribute to advances in science.
24:10
Jessica. OK, let's get into the next one.
24:14
At #2. You know, while Barkov is out, I
24:19
think this guy may be turning into Kevin's literal father sees
24:23
him because he talked about him all the time of the Buffalo
24:28
Sabres. We have Josh Norris 1.34 points
24:34
per game on the season. Small sample size because he's
24:38
had. Some issues Played four games
24:42
given the season, but the his last three games in his last
24:46
three games since coming back, he's got five points 3 power
24:48
play crazy so. Crazy.
24:50
He yeah, he's like extremely effective.
24:53
He's now at 35% owned. Before this little stretch over
24:58
the last week, he was at 14%. So he just, yeah, increased 21
25:04
percentage owned. So people are clearly catching
25:07
on. I know he's going under the
25:10
radar and I think he's super valuable for points, but also
25:13
the Bangor cats, especially when your face off, if you're in a
25:15
face off league is awesome. So there's so much to like here.
25:19
I think that obviously this is he's gonna slow down, but with
25:23
four games this week, no offence, sorry.
25:25
I don't you look upset at me saying that's.
25:28
Not gonna score 120 points. No, seriously, it's that that
25:33
you know what though? I will say slight tangent here.
25:35
Cousins for Norris dot trade I feel like is really gonna bring
25:39
out the most of the best in them for their careers.
25:41
I think they both needed just a change of scenery, to be honest.
25:44
Yeah. The only thing is Josh Norris,
25:46
the main question is, is health. And that's really one of the
25:48
reasons why he was 14% only last week because people drafted him
25:52
first of all late because he was injured a lot last season when
25:55
he gets hurt at the last literally the last face off of
25:58
the first game of the season. So yeah, listen, I held Norris
26:01
the whole year I drafted him. He was my tenth round pick in a
26:04
deep Manger category league. So I was pretty hyped.
26:07
I'm able to get the process. Is there right line one power
26:10
play one on a Buffalo team that was supposed to make some moves
26:15
this year playing with Tage Thompson, like he's surrounded
26:17
by talent, Rasmus Dahlin. And then he got hurt.
26:20
And that's literally the main question with Josh Norris is his
26:22
health. The the on ice product has never
26:25
been a a worry for us. But right now I feel like,
26:29
listen, he's 35% and we might not be able to talk about him in
26:32
future waiver episodes because he'll be over that 40% cutoff.
26:35
But this could be a a league changing pickup if you're in a
26:38
deeper league and he's still available.
26:40
I'm trying to scoop up there's most definitely a guy on your
26:43
roster you can cut for Josh Norris.
26:45
I'm putting a blanket statement out there that there's always a
26:48
guy you need to have him on your team.
26:50
But I'm going to say unless you're in a 10 or 12 team league
26:52
and your team is pretty stacked as most like guy, you can cut
26:54
for Josh Norris because he's gonna hit you.
26:56
He's gonna get you with hits, get you with software is you
26:58
would shots and he's a goal scorer.
27:00
You can score some goals. The power play is clicking since
27:02
he's coming back. Like there's just so many
27:04
positives with Josh Norris right now and it's low risk.
27:08
You pick him up if he gets hurt again, that's the main question.
27:10
Like I'm gonna pick him up and then he's going to be out for
27:12
the season or something. Like listen, I'm not saying it's
27:14
not in the realm of possibilities.
27:15
We won't get caught like last time, my first waiver.
27:17
So we recommend that Josh Norris and he literally got hurt one
27:19
game into the season. So bad luck there.
27:22
And if that happens, listen, you cut him.
27:24
But right now I feel this is the type of guy that it's like, it's
27:26
like Adam Fantilli, we said that really change the dynamic of
27:29
your team and be a season altering pickup.
27:32
Josh Norris is in the same tier as Adam Fantilli.
27:34
And my opinion like this could be a guy that the the the talent
27:38
is there, the deployment is there, the opportunity is there.
27:42
As long as the health is there, he's going to be productive.
27:44
I want him on my fantasy team. I have him on my fantasy team
27:46
and I'm pretty happy. Yeah.
27:48
Like would you rather own a Josh Norris right now or and I'm
27:54
going to go like pretty high ranked here, OK.
27:57
Like if you have. Like, I really like Chuck
28:01
Norris. I'm hoping.
28:02
I don't. Yeah, I know you.
28:03
Do crazy advice here. I know you do like so, so try to
28:06
be as as objective as possible, but would you rather own Josh
28:10
Norris or Timo Meyer? Probably just that has a.
28:16
Probably Timo because of the new deployment that he has, but when
28:21
if Teemo gets bummed out of P2 when Jack uses back like you'll
28:24
be happier with Josh Norris. The names that I was thinking of
28:26
is like I'd rather Josh Norris over Erickson Eck.
28:30
Yeah, I mean, that's fair. I mean, look, you got you have
28:33
someone like a Tyler Bertuzzi. I'm. 64 banger category leagues,
28:36
like if you're just at a point that obviously it's it's more
28:40
more one-dimensional, you have to think about it differently.
28:42
But The thing is there's not many pure sees that hit the
28:45
shots, the hits at a high level that also get goals and
28:49
production. So like to me, I drafted in my
28:53
draft, I drafted Dylan Cousins and Josh Norris back-to-back in
28:55
the 9th and 10th round. I was, yeah, I was really happy
28:58
with that. Yeah, selection I went, I went
29:00
Logan Cooley, Logan Cooley, Dylan Cousins, Josh Norris.
29:02
Like that was my centre that we started 4 centres every day.
29:05
So yeah. You know another one is like a
29:07
Mason Mctavish. That's not even a question.
29:09
I want Josh Norris. There you go.
29:11
And Mason rostered in 64% of leagues and he's been good this
29:16
year. This is not to say, you know,
29:17
it's not to say drop Mctavish or anything like that, but I think
29:21
like the owned discrepancy in a week or two from now, provided
29:26
the Norris stays healthy is not going to be, you know this like
29:28
almost 30%. Difference.
29:30
I'd rather just forward Dylan Strome.
29:33
Yeah. And we spoke about that one that
29:35
that's, that's interesting to me especially.
29:37
Because like, Trump is probably safer bet to get more points and
29:39
maybe maybe more power play points, but you're getting way
29:42
more shots and hits from Josh Norris.
29:43
And I think that makes up for the difference in points.
29:46
Yeah. So I think that this is it comes
29:49
with the injury risk, but if healthy it's an amazing, amazing
29:53
pick and in a 12 plus team league season long hold.
29:56
And if you're listening to this on Sunday morning and Josh
29:58
Norris got hurt in practice before, like obviously we take
30:01
we take it back, don't pick him up.
30:03
But I can't. And it happens twice in one
30:05
season to us so. Yeah, exactly.
30:08
OK. And then we have.
30:10
Number one. Patrick Kane of the Detroit Red
30:15
Wings. Whoa.
30:17
This is a crazy thing to talk about in a waiver episode if
30:21
you've been playing fantasy for a long time where Patrick Kane
30:23
was like a top three pick in some years.
30:27
I mean you know the the the truth of the matter is that
30:31
since he's come back from injury over like the past month or so,
30:36
he's he's not been like a top ten pick or anything, but he's
30:40
been like a second round pick pedigree.
30:42
He's been crazy, 3.43 shots, .93 points .43 power play points
30:48
like honestly, it sounds insane to say that this is the type of
30:54
guy that should have been drafted in the top five rounds
30:57
because like you know, he's old and he hasn't been like his true
31:00
like what old school Patrick Kane has been for years.
31:03
But I mean, this is nuts. This is absolutely crazy and we
31:07
know he can do this because he's such an elite pedigree of
31:10
player. So to me, the fact that he's
31:13
only rostered in 39% of leagues like our threshold is 40.
31:16
So it's really lucky we get to talk about him.
31:18
But I think that this is the type of guy that can do.
31:23
I mean, we know this. We know this how amazing he is.
31:25
He hasn't been on such a great team like, you know, for a full
31:29
season since the elite Chicago years are right.
31:32
He got traded. He was on New York and it's it's
31:35
tough to go to a new team mid-season.
31:37
But now that he's had like an offseason with Detroit, who's
31:41
been a pretty high flying offence this year, he's going to
31:43
be a huge part of that. And I love this four games this
31:46
upcoming week, four games in the next.
31:48
If this continues this pace, he's probably gonna be like 60%
31:51
owned sooner than later because he's relevant for both bangers
31:53
on points leagues. So now is a great time to pick
31:56
him up if you haven't already. Yeah, honestly, the fact that
32:00
we're able to talk about him on this episode with how good he's
32:02
been recently is is blasphemy. Let me put it out there.
32:06
It's glassy. Yeah, there you go.
32:08
By the time you're listening to this, maybe over 40 by.
32:10
The way, yeah. But either way, like go check
32:12
your waiver wire if he's available like those guys that
32:14
are 60% on that. I'd rather have Patrick Kane.
32:17
Listen, let me go over all of it.
32:19
Last season. Last season on the season he was
32:21
at .82 points per game .4 power play points and 2.4 shots.
32:27
That's I'm not talking about the face of hits and blocks.
32:30
You're not gonna get any of those, but 2.4 shots for you got
32:32
us. You know, producing on the power
32:34
play like that is great. Now this season he's averaging
32:37
three shots .95 points .4 power play points over the last two
32:43
weeks. He's at 1.3 points per game the
32:47
last two weeks. That's still decent sample size.
32:49
It just goes to show that like I'm telling you, he's been hot.
32:52
He's shooting. The power play is great.
32:54
They have the 7th ranked power play.
32:55
Last season they were top five. Like this is a power play.
32:58
I think at this point that we can we can have confidence in
33:00
that it's actually good and the players on this and the system,
33:03
it works well. They have four games this week,
33:05
four games next week. I picked him up in the league
33:09
that I was shocked he was available and I've I've held him
33:12
and I've been super happy. So he's the type of guy that is
33:16
good to stay on your roster the whole season.
33:17
I feel like because first of all, the power play exposure is
33:20
incredible. The points threshold is high.
33:23
I'm not saying he's gonna finish with a point per game, but could
33:25
anyone .9 that's very realistic, honestly, for the way he's
33:28
producing right now and his shooting percentage is only 7%
33:31
right now. So you know that he's going to
33:32
get more goals in the near future.
33:35
I think honestly, there's like you can't go wrong with this
33:37
pickup. I'd be shocked and even if let's
33:40
say I recommend it to I recommend Patrick Kane to you
33:42
four games. He gets you like one point.
33:44
Somehow he ends up with no points.
33:46
Upcoming week is going to be an you're not going to be happy
33:48
with the pickup. But I'm still gonna keep Patrick
33:50
Kane on my roster for the for the upcoming upcoming weeks
33:53
because I just think that he's he's set up for so much success
33:56
that even if, you know, bad weeks happen, I'm still
33:59
confident that I want him on my team for the long term.
34:01
So if he's available, I really want to pick him up.
34:04
Yeah, absolutely. This is this is a great
34:07
opportunity to to turn your team around with with picking them
34:11
up. You should not be this this
34:13
widely available. So really this is a great
34:16
choice. So the top three, you know, was
34:19
it a good pickup choices for this week?
34:21
Owen Tippett, Josh Norris, Patrick Kane.
34:23
I really love it. And I wanna ask you out of after
34:26
the top three we just listed, Tippit Norris came.
34:29
Our main guys, like they all have four games this week, want
34:32
you to pick them up. Who's your favorite guy outside
34:35
of that top three that you would like to pick up for your fantasy
34:37
team? Jason's Locker.
34:40
Are you biased on your team right now?
34:42
Probably I'm I'm noticing it because he's on my team.
34:45
That's the truth. Like it's like, you know, as as
34:48
much as we like to analyze the league and and make sure we're
34:51
on top of everything, like you pay more attention to your team
34:54
and just the way it is. That's normal, realistic.
34:57
Yeah. But realistically why I'm
34:59
choosing that is firstly, the four games this week, 3 next
35:03
week, but still 4 this week is awesome.
35:06
Matt Zuccarello would probably, that's my other choice, even
35:13
though I do love Jared McCann. I think that like longevity
35:16
between Jared McCann, Zuccarello and Zucker, I'd probably want
35:20
that. But like we're talking, we're
35:22
talking. The next spitting feathers here.
35:24
Yeah, exactly. But Jason Zucker has just been
35:27
so good. And with Norris back, if he
35:30
stays healthy, like that whole Buffalo power play is just good
35:33
and they're going to be good. So I really, really like it.
35:36
And he's the most low key name and he's owned in the least
35:39
amount of leagues. So, so yeah, but exciting week
35:44
ahead. Yeah, very, very exciting.
35:47
OK, let's do our top five bangers.
35:50
Yeah. So of the Pittsburgh Penguins at
35:54
#5 we have Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon.
35:58
That's a joke. Yeah.
36:01
Parker Wotherspoon, son of Shane Doe.
36:07
Absolute nonsense. OK, he's had one shot, two hits
36:11
and 1.5 blocks per game this season.
36:13
Decent, decent numbers playing good minutes, though he's got
36:18
the top minutes of anybody on this list at 21 minutes a night.
36:22
The main thing here, though, four games this week, four games
36:26
next week for Pittsburgh. So if you need to bolster your
36:29
your peripheral banger categories, this is a great
36:31
choice. Yeah, he.
36:34
He he is a type of guy that I feel he just came out of
36:38
nowhere. Like at the start of the season
36:39
he was not on my radar and suddenly I'm looking at, you
36:42
know, who's available on waivers and everything.
36:43
And listen, he's only 5% owned right now and he's basically
36:47
doing Connor Clifton numbers, who we always hope is healthy
36:51
because or playing in the lineup because when he plays, he's a
36:54
banger, big beast. But he's scratched every other
36:56
game but Witherspoon over the last two weeks.
37:00
He's almost four hits a game, 1.7 blocks a game.
37:05
So you're getting exposure to those two banger categories.
37:07
He'll throw in a shot here and there like you can't go wrong.
37:10
He's got four games this week, four games next week.
37:12
So you can plan ahead in terms of like getting your banger
37:14
league exposure there. He's he's a great option.
37:18
Yeah, yeah, it's a great choice. Next at #4 of the New Jersey
37:23
Devils, we have Brendan Dillon, who's been a kind of like a
37:27
mainstay on this list. 2.48 hits, 1.59 blocks.
37:31
Yeah, he's a he. He's not really a shots guy.
37:35
And I honestly, personally, I would prefer Wetherspoon over
37:38
Dylan for this upcoming week. I just feel like the hits are
37:41
have a higher threshold. Like if you look at the over the
37:44
season, Dylan has been hitting more, but as of late Witherspoon
37:47
has been hitting more. The blocks are basically
37:49
identical. Witherspoon has the extra game
37:51
in the week 11. So I would prefer that.
37:54
But honestly, like, you can't go wrong with these two guys.
37:57
Yeah, pretty pretty much split in feathers, as we like to say,
38:01
between the two. OK #3 Radko Gudas of the Anaheim
38:06
Ducks. Honestly, I mean, you said this
38:10
last week, it's pretty crazy to have to recommend him in a
38:12
bangers league. Yeah, we are doing this based on
38:14
percentages. He's under 40% owned, but 3.6,
38:17
three hits, 2, two blocks a game, crazy low minute 16, like
38:22
he's on a mission every time he's on the ice with three games
38:25
this week, in four, next week. If you haven't picked him up in
38:27
a bangers league yet, now is the time.
38:29
He has a lot of opportunity over the next two weeks to do to
38:34
really bolster your peripheral categories.
38:36
So this is a good time. To do not much to say guys, it's
38:39
radical goodness. He's only 27% owned so we have
38:42
to mention him like if you're in a serious banger league is most
38:44
likely rostered. But if you're in a banger league
38:47
category specifically and you look at your waivers and he's
38:50
there somehow like his minutes have not necessarily been there.
38:52
He's only got 3 three games this week.
38:54
But this type of guy that you add because you want to have
38:57
that banger position solidified on your roster for like the
39:00
foreseeable future and you could pick him up this.
39:01
We can just hold them and that's the goal here.
39:04
One of the best shots, not shots, one of the best hits.
39:08
Blocks guys any also, yeah, out of all the guys were coming
39:11
today, he shoots the most. Not saying is a lot, but he
39:13
shoots the most, yeah. Yeah, and why it's not
39:17
irrelevant. I mean, 1.63 shots per game,
39:19
like that's, that's something that's on, especially with the
39:21
banger categories. What a fantasy asset.
39:23
For more than Elias Lindholm, so.
39:26
Yeah, it's true. Wow, cancer gets a good way to
39:29
put it. OK then next from the Utah
39:33
mammoth, we have Jack Mcbean. Only forward on this list.
39:36
So nice to include a forward over here. 1.32 Shaw, so still
39:40
less than Radko Gudas, but 3.0 four hits, which is awesome.
39:43
The blocks for a forward of .82 is not irrelevant at all.
39:46
Four games this week, four games next week.
39:49
Josh said the other day jokingly because he has he has four of
39:52
the best players in the league on his team, but he was like
39:55
Jack Mcbean is the best you're on my team.
39:57
So indeed banger leagues, especially like he can do a he
40:01
can do a lot of good things and his face offs are pretty decent
40:04
too. 6.5 over the last two weeks, not nothing.
40:08
And his points are .63 over the last two weeks.
40:10
So I would not expect the points at all.
40:13
But for Bangor leagues with face offs, it's a it's a pretty
40:16
decent player to roster. Yeah, the faceoffs honestly are
40:19
are an extra bonus. He's centre left wing eligible.
40:22
So if you want to get your banger status this upcoming week
40:24
from a forward position, like there's literally nobody better
40:26
than Jack McBain. He's honestly like been
40:28
contributing in points to as we record this.
40:30
He's got three points in his last two games, not relying on
40:33
that, but the four games this upcoming week, four games the
40:37
week after and there might not be a better forward that's gonna
40:40
get you face offs, hits and blocks.
40:43
Like it's actually what he's been doing recently.
40:45
I love this pic. I'm really sad that Josh has
40:47
them because Josh traded all his guys to get like the four best
40:50
players in the league almost. So he's getting so much points
40:54
production there. He just pick up a Jack McBain to
40:56
make up for all the category coverage she lost.
40:58
So pretty unfair if you ask me. But alas, Josh is not here to
41:02
defend himself. Josh, I hate you.
41:07
Yeah, OK, let's get to #1. Yeah #1 is a favorite of the
41:12
Montreal Canadians camera crew and Josh's wife.
41:15
We have Ben Sharat of the Detroit Red Wings, who's been an
41:20
absolute monster for Kevin over the past week. 2.36 hits 2.
41:26
Just yeah, good point. I stand corrected. 2 weeks, 2.36
41:29
hits, 2.29 blocks. This is wild.
41:33
And I feel like that's on the season.
41:36
Over the past two weeks, he's been even better.
41:38
He's had a few games with points too, which is not a thing that's
41:42
going to stay, but really, really nice cherry on top to the
41:46
insane production. I mean, like just crazy.
41:49
Two shots over the past two weeks, 2.5 seven hits, three
41:53
blocks. The Pimms to like, I mean, I I
41:57
think he's gonna obviously regress, but at 23% owned and
42:01
Yahoo really like this is for four games this week, four games
42:05
next week and awesome pickup. Yep, He's one of the best
42:08
defenseman out there for Bangor leagues that is balanced and
42:11
hits and blocks. Because usually what you'll have
42:13
is you'll have one guy that's like he'll get you a four hits,
42:15
but like one block type of thing.
42:17
Whereas he'll get you the blocks, which are a little more
42:20
rare this season in terms of like having guys that are
42:22
actually useful on their team be good at blocks and other stuff.
42:25
And he's getting you close to three hits a game.
42:27
I Ben Scroll is and I got him and I traded a throw in two
42:30
weeks ago. It was a throw in for the other
42:32
manager, but I kind of knew what I was doing.
42:33
And yeah, so now I have been short on my team and I'm pretty
42:37
happy with it. He's gonna be on my team for the
42:38
foreseeable future. Detroit's got four games in week
42:41
10, four games a week 11. So you're not worried about
42:43
that. You know, you're optimizing the
42:45
schedule. I I think he's a phenomenal
42:47
defenseman. I drafted Alexander Romanov and
42:50
like round 12, hoping that I would get this kind of
42:52
production. That was a disappointment.
42:54
Then he got hurt out for the season, so the fact that I was
42:56
able to just make a straight swap with Ben Sherrod and kind
42:58
of like get what I'm looking for was kind of lucky, but
43:01
nonetheless really happy about it.
43:03
I put him in. He's getting closer to that tier
43:05
of like, the the Goodies, the Lawsons, the guys that, you
43:09
know, are just always good at bangers.
43:12
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, he's a he's really
43:16
good and he he has like the like the shots are not horrible as
43:19
the last two weeks too. Yeah.
43:20
So I I really like it. Detroit's like a pretty insane
43:24
offensive team, like really underrated.
43:26
So I obviously that's not his Forte.
43:29
But if the whole mandate of the team is like shoot the puck,
43:32
like just having that as a plus as well.
43:35
I really like Ben Tarot. OK, now we're going to get to
43:39
into our top three quantity goalies.
43:41
These are goalies that we think are going to get 2 plus starts,
43:44
barring injury of course. So I'm just going to list all
43:47
three and we're going to dive into it and we'll see who your
43:49
favorite is. We have Elvis Presley, Guns of
43:52
the Columbus Blue Jackets, Cam Talbot of the Detroit Red Wings,
43:55
and UPL Ukkonen. I know I mispronounced that for
43:59
all. Of you.
44:02
Exactly. That's six KB.
44:03
That's the authentic pronunciation of the Buffalo
44:06
Sabres. So they, Talbot and UPL have
44:10
four games, none of the only one back-to-back for each team.
44:16
But I will say that my favorite here because like, it's it's not
44:22
gonna be Elvis. And I know, I know why you know,
44:26
he's on this list is because he has been playing like the stars
44:30
have been kind of like all over the place there.
44:32
I don't I don't think that he's gonna take the starting job from
44:37
Grieves. And I think there's a chance
44:39
that Grieves gets to the games. Do you agree?
44:41
Yeah, I think pretty much So we're talking.
44:44
We're at the end of Week 9 right now and Columbus had four games.
44:48
Elvis started the 1st 2:00 and then the last two are Saturdays
44:51
and then back-to-back and he's playing the first one on the
44:53
back-to-back on the Saturday. So he's basically getting three
44:55
games in a row now. I used to have Elvis on my
44:57
roster and then there was one week they were splitting 5050
45:01
every week. It was 11 game Elvis, one game
45:04
Jet and then I held Elvis and he got 0 games.
45:07
When they had four games they played Jet every game even on
45:09
the back-to-back. Now it seems like, OK I'll so I
45:12
dropped Elvis for Jet and now Jet has got 0 games this week
45:15
and Elvis has got all the games. So it's one of those things that
45:18
it feels hard to predict. Jet was in a little bit of a
45:20
rough stretch where they lost, I think they lost like six games
45:23
in overtime in a row and they were just like choking leagues
45:26
in third period. It was honestly bad, but I don't
45:28
expect Elvis to be the starter moving forward.
45:30
Maybe he's getting running games because he's a little bit of a
45:32
trade bait too, but I expect Jet to start the Sunday game and
45:36
then probably the Carolina game and he's getting at least two of
45:38
those games. I think, uh, yeah.
45:42
So, so that's, that's a risk with Nurse Lakins there.
45:45
They're also tough opponents. So he's kind of like easily #3
45:50
for me there and. Then you have the shots, we'll
45:53
say the most shots against. So he's the only one that these
45:56
guys that are gonna average close to 30 saves.
45:58
So if you're if you're league count saves, it does give a
46:01
little bit of a safe blanket there if you pick up Elvis.
46:05
Yeah. And then the next two over here,
46:08
it's honestly interchangeable for me because I feel like
46:11
they're both playing great opponents.
46:14
So this is a really tough week for the for the the quantity
46:19
goalie starts to be honest, I guess.
46:21
Yep. I'll just say to me like it's
46:23
UPL is the clear guy to pick up because first of all, they start
46:29
the week with a back-to-back Calgary, Edmonton.
46:31
Now Edmonton is obviously super scary, but Calgary's not so
46:34
scary. So I'm hoping he gets the
46:37
Calgary game, you play him, then somebody else plays the Edmonton
46:41
game and then they got Vancouver and Seattle.
46:43
I'm not super intimidated by any of those teams to be honest.
46:45
Like I feel like Buffalo could win those games.
46:47
So you could realistically get 3 quality starts.
46:50
Also UPL, like this is a guy they drafted to be the goalie of
46:52
the future on this team. Like and then he kind of got
46:55
hurt, wasn't playing well. He basically also said like he's
46:59
not really happy if he's not playing because he wants to make
47:01
a he want. I think it's team Sweden.
47:03
Like he wants to be the goalie that that goes to the Olympics.
47:05
One of the goals that goes to the Olympics, Finland, sorry.
47:09
And. You just pronounced his name.
47:13
My bad PPL. But so he's basically saying
47:17
like, listen, if I'm not playing like I wanna go somewhere I'm
47:19
gonna play cause I wanna be in the Olympics team.
47:21
So I think they have incentive to actually play him most of
47:24
these games. He's also supposed to be the
47:26
best goalie on this team right now.
47:29
So I think the cards are there that he's going to be the guy
47:32
whether they want to trade him or not and that's why they give
47:34
him the games. But I I think he's the best pick
47:36
up this week for a. Quantity, I do agree.
47:39
I do agree it's just both goalies.
47:41
It's a road trip. All four games are away both.
47:44
So that's a caveat to say that it's like not that easy.
47:47
But I agree if you're in a pinch, not even in the boys are
47:49
hard. It's not a bad pickup.
47:51
Yeah, it's not a bad pickup. There's a chance that he gets
47:53
three of the games and I would say less likely the Talbot gets
47:57
the three. So yeah, UPL is the choice for
47:59
us here then. Top three quality goalie starts.
48:04
OK, this is a fun one. Brandon Bussey, Jake Allen,
48:09
Yonas Johansson or Johansson. We can't go one game without not
48:13
mentioning Brandon Bussey, it feels like.
48:15
We can't we. Can't buy one game.
48:18
I mean one episode. Yeah, seriously.
48:21
So Brandon Bussey is OK. I think that he should be the
48:28
best guy on this list, but it's super up in the air because he
48:32
may play they play three games, he may play one game or he may
48:38
play zero. Yeah, right.
48:40
Very ambiguous. Super ambiguous if he plays a
48:43
game. Like the idea for the top three
48:46
quality goalies is that he gets one good matchup, and I think
48:51
that he's the best choice here because they have a back-to-back
48:54
with Philly, so they could beat Philly twice.
48:56
Yeah, they play 5. Both came on the back-to-back.
48:59
Exactly. But like, he also just may not
49:02
play. So it's really scary.
49:05
Easily the most polarizing there.
49:07
And then Vasilevski's been dealing with some injury issues.
49:11
So if Johansson does actually get 2 of their four games next
49:16
week for Tampa Bay, even though they're all away games, top is
49:20
just so good. I mean the the back-to-back is
49:22
Toronto, Montreal. Tampa could win either and then
49:25
the Devils, they could win ever. They could beat any team
49:29
basically. So he's the safest bet.
49:32
Yep, I think just to talk on, you know, Jake Allen, did he
49:36
have a New Jersey, has a back-to-back with Anaheim and
49:39
Vancouver feels like 2 beatable teams.
49:41
I'd rather he play Vancouver because that's more of a a bleep
49:44
show right now. But Jonas Johansson as we speak
49:47
right now, Vasilevsky is not playing the Saturday game in in
49:52
week 9. So he's two games in a row.
49:55
We are told that it's not long term, but maybe listen as you
49:58
listen to this episode, maybe you have more recent knowledge.
50:01
So keep a monitor that situation to see if he's missing any sort
50:04
of time on prioritizing Yonus Johansen.
50:06
Yeah, but you won't be able to listen to this podcast before
50:09
having that information already. So it'll probably be a timely
50:11
situation. But nonetheless, he's gonna get
50:13
one of the games on the back-to-back.
50:14
Toronto, Montreal. I think both are valuable games.
50:18
And yeah, I think Brandon Bussey, though just a caveat
50:22
because we have to talk about Kochetkov like Loki, little hot
50:25
topic here, but the, the the the trainers basically cleared him
50:29
to play. They were like, this guy is high
50:31
enough time off, like he's ready to play.
50:33
And he's basically said like he does not feel ready to play.
50:36
So first of all, I think that's not a good look for him in terms
50:39
of the team. Like they got guys like Anderson
50:41
and Busy going to going to battle like every week trying to
50:44
play while he's out and the trainers have cleared him to
50:48
play. And he's like, no, I'm not
50:50
ready. So I told the coaching staff is
50:51
more going to prioritize the guys that are actually playing
50:53
right now. And I think this just gives an
50:55
opportunity to busy to like, you know, cement his spot and play
50:58
more. Like, why would they go back to
51:00
Kochetkov after you left them high and dry after being
51:02
cleared? Obviously a lot more context and
51:04
information we don't have. But I just think, like, the
51:06
sentiment overall, Like the guy in the locker room that are
51:09
fighting for you on a nightly basis are the guys that you
51:11
wanna, like, get rather, like, gather behind.
51:14
Yeah. But he's been really good when
51:16
he's playing. So I feel like out of all the
51:17
guys, he has the most upside. But if Kochetkov comes back in
51:21
Week 10 and he's no he's gonna be playing if he's back, that's
51:25
when you probably have to monitor the situation.
51:27
And A3 goalie rotation when they have four games in a week is is
51:32
not a good situation. So that's why both season #3 and
51:34
not higher. Yeah, like there's there's no
51:37
good. Like if Kochetkov actually
51:39
doesn't feel right and their trainers have cleared him to
51:42
play, that means that it's it's a very weird injury.
51:46
And that could be really bad. Or if he actually just like
51:50
having said it, just leaving the Hurricanes high, high and dry, I
51:53
mean. Jake wants it to happen because
51:55
he's busy on his fantasy team, but.
51:57
No, no. But like I've said all year that
52:00
I think could Chekov is actually a really good goalie.
52:02
Like truthfully, he is, I think. I've been able to push back on
52:04
that. Yeah, like I'm, I, I look, I
52:09
just think the Hurricanes are great.
52:10
Anderson is is way past his prime and also injury prone.
52:14
So you have a few outs having busy on your team.
52:17
But realistically, if healthy and normally playing Kochetkov
52:22
is I think the best guide on we'll see how it shakes out as a
52:25
three headed monster, that's bad.
52:27
But if he does get that game busy next week, I expect them to
52:30
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