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Bit of outbound Bangor management fantasy hockey
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podcast. Woo woo no for Jake.
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Just like that, he was gone again.
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He had a quick, uh, karaoke gig, but he'll, he'll be joining us
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for the next episode. Yeah, he's a, it's a it's a
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local one this time he's doing karaoke in Toronto.
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So Freddie, Toronto locals hit up your local bar and JQ
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probably be there doing some karaoke.
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Not well, but everybody to Bangor management, the Fantasy
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Hockey Podcast with Kevin and Josh.
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Today we are going to go over our week 15 waiver wire targets,
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streamers, all that good stuff who you need to pick up your
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roster to win your fantasy matchup.
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Um, Josh and I, this is funny. Josh and I in week 15 are
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playing against each other in League of record.
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So yeah, we're gonna have to take our own advice to see we're
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streaming against each other and whatnot.
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So, well, Josh and I play each other.
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It's always, it's always a mess in the group chat because it's
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always just like back and forth chaos.
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I feel like it's just like depression, chaos back and
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forth. It's like, who has the worst
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luck out of the two of us that it's just like completely like,
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oh, I'm gonna lose this week. No, I'm gonna lose this week.
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And then it usually ends up like 7-6 or something.
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Yeah. I mean, I feel like you feel
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like you've pretty beat me pretty hard in recent recent
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years maybe. That's fair.
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I mean, the most recent matchup we had, your whole team was
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injured, so that was this past year.
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But I feel like, yeah, I usually come out on top, but like, it's
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usually pretty close. Yeah, The thing is with Joshua
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is like he makes trade specifically for our matchup,
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like Josh traded for McDavid 4 dry side all day.
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Happened to have a 5 game week against me this week.
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This year I'm making trades for the playoffs.
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So that's what it counts. I'll see you then.
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It just so happens that it works out.
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It's not specifically for the matchup, but I do look a couple
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of weeks ahead so make sure I'm ready.
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I mean, it's important to look ahead.
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That's how you get the you build a good team.
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Oh yeah, alright. Did you tell everyone to check
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out all our all our stuff? Before getting right into it
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though, if you're listening to this and you haven't listened to
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the last episode, we recorded 3 episodes in person.
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Josh came to Montreal to visit, so super fun.
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We were able to record for like the first time All in all
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together in person this year, so that was really cool.
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The audio was a little shake here on those episodes because
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like we're all in the same room and like the feedback on the mic
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and everything like that. But I hope the content still
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good. And the last episode we did was
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it was a bonus episode, not not fantasy hockey related.
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We kind of just asked each other some questions how to how our
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girlfriends write some questions for us and then some spicy
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answers. So I think that was really cool.
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So if you haven't checked out and looking for some extra
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I hope you like what you see. Make sure you subscribe,
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Let us know who you're thinking about picking up all that good
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I think it's a really cool time there.
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If you're looking for, you know, a community where you could talk
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The banker management community discord is where you need to be.
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So all those links are in the description, so make sure you
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check that out. And without further ado, let's
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get into it. Nice.
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Yeah, let's get right into it. So we'll start with our week 14
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choices. So this was a bit of a bit of a
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rough one, but not really our fault.
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We'll get into it. So first we had Igor Chernyshov.
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Since then, since last week, he has zero points.
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That's a big Li Went against my better judgment in recommending
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him because I usually hate recommending guys who are not on
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power play one. But what he was doing was just
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to to amazing. It was too good to not mention.
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And he had a great schedule this week with the four games.
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Look, they still have two more games this week.
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It could still end up working out as a solid stream, but for
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now it's looking like an L. So we keep ourselves accountable
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there. Next, we had Mason Marchment, 2
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games played one goal 061 point and then he got injured.
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So unfortunately, I think we have to count that as an L, even
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though I think this is a really good pickup.
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And so it's it's tough. That's how it works out
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sometimes with the injuries. But like if you have them and
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you stashed him, I'm still super happy with how that worked out.
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If you didn't have the R space and had to drop him, then that's
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all we're counting it as an L And then we had Ryan Riley, who
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we recommended, I think this four or five weeks in A.
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Row 5 weeks. Yeah, still some under 40% and
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three games played two goal zero says 2 points, another W like
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we're gonna keep recommending him because he keeps sending us
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W our way right and he keeps being like point per game.
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So we'll see if that ever if he ever goes above 40% and gets
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kicked off our show. But that brings us to 25 and 11
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on the season. Still pretty sick, but we'll
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have to come back at you with some some more wins to get that
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number even better. Let's dive in to week 15.
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So 2 game teams, there's Colorado and San Jose, then
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there's 15 game team and that's Edmonton.
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And then there's a bunch of four-game teams.
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I'm not go through all of them. The busy nights are Tuesday,
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Thursday, Saturday and there's a bunch of teams that play on
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multiple off nights. So let's dive in to.
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Our wait. Yep.
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I was gonna say whatever, we have two game weeks.
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I feel like it's always important to ask like, alright,
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if I have a guy on this roster, like who's worth dropping?
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Who's worth keeping through a week like this?
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OK. So for Colorado, obviously like
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the fringe. Guys, we're gonna talk about 12
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team league. So like if you're gonna
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shallower league, I feel like OK, let's start Oht mention
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shallow league. I draw don't normal league is
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like 12 league, 12 standard teams league ish.
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I cannot articulate anymore. You know what I mean?
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Yeah. OK, so Colorado like the fringe
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guys, normally my my go to every time Colorados 2 game week is to
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tell people to drop Devon Taves, but he's week to week, so he's
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probably already been dropped in terms of four.
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So pretty much any defenseman who's not my car, you don't need
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to keep him. Like if you have Brent Burns,
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I'm fine dropping him in a 2. Josh Manson, the GOAT who just
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dropped four points against me in my match with 7 Pimms and
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like two shots to his two blocks.
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The best game ever. You could drop him, yeah.
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Honestly any defence is not Macari is droppable on A2 game
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week for this team. And then forwards wise obviously
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other than McKinnon, Natus. Yep, it's like the mechanisms
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look looking in the Trushkin like are you dropping those two
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game week or or you're holding? I mean, I'm not dropping shoe
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skin, but like, and I'm not dropping Nelson either with how
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crazy like like the hot streak he's been on.
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OK, lacking in I think I'd I'd be willing to drop, although I
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think it might be his turn on power play 1.
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Last practice he was on P1. That's it.
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So it's tough because I mean we've talked about this a lot
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like it's so like, you know, it goes up and down the
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fluctuations like you know it switches so much they're
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probably not even that good. So that really depends like how
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deep your league is, right? If you have like.
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The highest rhino, Riley. Yeah.
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And no rain or easy. OK.
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So, so that type of players available then I'm very
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comfortable dropping like a lock in or something like that.
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So that's where Colorado, San Jose, I think it's a bit easier
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if your name is not like Maclin celebrity or.
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I mean, honestly. Any any defenseman, yeah, any
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defenseman on San Jose can be dropped, honestly, like other
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than Pellegrini, like I know Eckland's like the second best
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guy there, but like pretty much anyone on this team is droppable
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in A2 game week other than celebrating.
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Even even at 12, like I have Ekland in league of record, I'm
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really happy with him. Like he's actually been on fire
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lately. He's shooting volume is really
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high and everything. But if I'm in a 12 team leader,
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our league is, you know, 14 teams and it's 22 roster spots
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deep. I'm not gonna drop Echlin.
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But if you're in a 12 team standard league, you could
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probably pick up better than Echlin on a week like this.
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So I would I would drop him and the goalies though, ask her if
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they played back-to-back this week.
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So he's only getting one start. If Askerov is your second or
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third goalie and you could pick up like, I mean, we'll talk
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about some names later, but like, you know, the classics
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that on the waivers, like the Jet Grieves or the Gibsons or
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all that, and you need to start off for either of those guys.
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And it's crazy because he was such a cell high like a month
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ago and. We're talking ago.
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Maybe like 2 months ago. But eight or something, so yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. So hopefully people got him off
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their teams, but now because now he's droppable into one game
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week. But yeah, and then for.
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Colorado goalies normal. Yeah, for Colorado goalies,
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you're holding both of them obviously, even if they only
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play one game this week. But who knows if if Blackwood's
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even gonna be back? So OK, now let's let's dive into
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our top 10. Thanks guys for this week.
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Let's start with. #10. At #10 we have Oliver Cabin of
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the Montreal Canadiens 4 game week this week.
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Look, I don't, I don't love recommending non power play one
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guys. But it's the bottom of the list.
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So it's OK. You know, I'm not gonna make the
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same mistake. We're not recommending non
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powerful one guys in our top three again.
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I'm not gonna fall for it again. But but as the 10th best, like
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what he's been doing has been really noticeably good.
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If you watch the Habs, it honestly looks like airlines the
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first line, which is crazy to say when you've got like Suzuki
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and Cofield on the first line. But like Slaugh, Cappin and
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Demidov have looked unbelievable out there and they're
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capitalizing on a lot of chances.
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So on a four-game week, I like taking a shot at cap and if you
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need, he's also really good at face off, wins face offs and
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he's good at blocking as well from a forward.
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So those are some nice advantages as well.
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Yeah, I mean he'll play like 15 to 17 minutes a night and he'll
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get you. This is either zero shots, one
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shot or three shots, it feels like.
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So he he's hovering in that in that direction with like 7
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faceoff wins. But the points are really
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sticking out there like scoring a lot of goals as we record
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this. He's got four goals in the last
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five games. So he's on a heater.
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Do we think he's gonna score every game like that?
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No. But when you ask chemistry on
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the second line to have a good schedule this upcoming week,
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their power play is clicking like he's on PS1.
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But it doesn't mean that he won't get opportunities on P2.
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You know, when the unit comes out.
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So I'm not saying he's gonna get a PowerPoint this week, but I'm
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just saying he's informal. When guys are informed like
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this, you want exposure to them. If you're in a deep enough
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league, like we did a pache, but these are all guys that are less
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than 40% owned. I mean, Captain's 8% owned.
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So realistically, like there's probably 9 guys ahead on this
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list that are better pickups for for your league.
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There might be guys that are not on this list that are also
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better pickups for your league if they're more than 40% owned.
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So do your due diligence, check your waiver wire, who's
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available. But I like happening.
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Yeah, yeah, these are deep cuts for sure.
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And if you're in a shallower league, hop in the discord and
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we'll help you out on who to pick up.
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All right, let's go to. #9. At #9 we have Andre Kuzmenko of
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the LA Kings, another four-game week.
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And this is the type of guy that like normally I don't really
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want to pick up for long term at least because he will get you
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straight zeros if he's not getting you points.
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But it's a four-game week. He's on power play 1.
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I know Ellie's a mess right now, but he's still getting that good
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deployment. And honestly, like a lot of it
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was. I just, I don't know if you saw
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his goal this past week where I saw someone describe it as like
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here, like you playing like NHL like 14 or something, you know,
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and he just like went through the entire team, like did like a
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couple spins, whatever and scored.
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And I was just like, he's got, you know, he's got a couple of
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multi point games in this last like 5 games.
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He's he's been a point per game over the past week and 1/2.
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So again, this is very much not a long term one, but short term
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he can definitely provide you some value for this week.
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And we're recording this before the before Saturday, like the
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Saturday games happen. So.
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So it's ready to go up Sunday morning and the last two games
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because who has been close to 1920 minutes a night, which
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usually like before this, his deployment was making him play
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like, you know, 1314 minutes. So that's just strong and
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encouraging. Minutes are always good for
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players value. He hasn't had a point in these
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last two games, but that means he's getting the good minutes
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playing, you know, alongside quality players and is giving
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him the best chance to succeed. So on a four-game week, the guy
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is supposed to be a scorer or or you know, special offensive
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talent. I'll take the chance.
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Yeah, for sure. OK, let's go to. #8.
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At #8 we've got Boone Jenner of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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He only has three games this week, but he's been playing well
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enough that he still cracked the list.
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It was a, he's the type of guy who's always like, do I put him
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under the bangers? Do we put him under the points
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guys? But his points have been there.
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The bangers have really been there.
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He's a guy that you're going to pick up in a, you know, bangers
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league. And even if he doesn't put up
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points, you're still super happy having him because he's been
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shooting, hitting, blocking in a tiny bit of face off wins and
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then also getting points. So.
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So yeah, no, I love the genre as a pickup.
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He's he's just like a darling, especially for for Bangor
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management. I think he's been a guy that
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we've all liked having on our teams when possible.
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I think Jake has had him on on his team the the most.
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He has the notorious year, what was it was last year where he
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was last year like the 10th or 11th round and then out for the
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season. So and then he caught him and
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somebody picked him up and he ended up coming back and that
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guy won the league. So yeah, exactly.
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But he he's just always solid. If you're the bangers, like
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especially one with face off wins like Boone Jenner is always
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it's it's like a must roster name, it feels like.
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So yeah, he's still available in your league and you play one of
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those leagues, please pick them up this week.
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Yeah. OK, let's go to. #7.
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At #7 we have Ryan Leonard of the Washington Capitals again,
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A3 game week, but he plays four times the week after.
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Leonard's been popping off that whole second line of Leonard
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sordid. And McMichael is just having one
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of the most insane weeks that that we've seen recently, you
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know, especially from a second line, not even the first line.
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And Leonard is a guy we talked about previously, the fact that
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he cracked Power Play 1 and was keeping holding on to it.
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So it's not really surprising to see him pop off, but it's
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surprising to see him pop off this much.
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See how right we were? So this is definitely a long
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term pickup. Yep, you'll notice that he's
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pretty hard on the list for something that only has three
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games. But listen, if you listen to the
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earlier episodes of behavior management, like a week and a
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half ago ish, Jakey said he was taking the chance on the on sort
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if and it was like an honorable mention on our waiver wire show
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that week because we talked about Ryan Leonard and we were
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like, hey, listen, don't forget this guy like he looks like he's
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getting some good deployment now.
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And if you picked them up, I know we saw a couple people in
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discord chat let us know that they took Jake's advice and they
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were pretty happy picking him up.
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I'm not saying it's going to continue like this forever, but
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while while hot right now and you know, things are clicking,
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you ride the hot wave and Leonard, I feel like it's just
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developing himself still. He's getting more experience.
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He's banging a little bit, he's getting points, he's playing
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good minutes. So you want to explore the guys
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like this that are growing talent throughout the season.
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And rookies always take a jump in the second-half of the year
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as well. Like, you know, they get
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acclimated to the situation. I'm, I'm really, I'm really
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hyper and I feel like he could have a really strong end of year
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and the people 1 is like the cherry on top.
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That's what makes him so valuable when you're getting
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exposed to like, the best players on the team.
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Yeah, absolutely. And he's got a bit of a banger
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upside down. I think we've been, we've been
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seeing it that much lately with all the points.
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It hasn't really been an issue, but but the possibility is still
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there. Yeah.
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OK. Let's get 2 numbers 6.
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At #6 We have Kojirou of the Ottawa Senators 4 game week this
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week and four-game week next week.
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He's been putting up points again.
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This is one that I like. I don't usually go for the non
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power play one guys. Also auto was a mess lately.
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I don't know if we should dive into everything that's been
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going on with Ottawa, but. I mean the rumors.
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Yeah, I don't know if I want to, you know, be first of all, you
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know. I, I, I we love it.
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Elliot Friedman, great reporter, always has the great insights,
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but I listen to his take on on 32 tot 32 thoughts and I, I, I
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don't know, I just disagreed with it.
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They were like, yeah, maybe he has some inside information that
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like he can't say that makes him really lean that way.
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But he basically said like, if I'm all morning and people are
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saying this stuff about me, like I'm going to the team and I'm
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saying Get Me Out of here, I think that's a crazy reaction
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like. Yeah, it's like this, the teams
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fault, no. I'm just like, I, I feel like a
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professional sports, people are gonna say stuff about you,
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right? Like, you know, in soccer it
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happens all the time. In football it happens all the
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time. Like imagine like somebody
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starts a rumor about you. You're like, alright, like trade
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me. Then somebody somewhere and
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somebody some rumor about you there.
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Like, what are you gonna do? Just keep jumping around team
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and people starting rumors. So I thought that was a little
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bit of exaggeration of being like, alright, like whatever.
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Like the team backed him too. They were like, there's no
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ability to anything here. Like stop trying to mess with
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our team basically. Like, I don't know, I thought
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that was a weird reaction to have to basically rumors, but.
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I think the whole situation is very strange and I don't wanna
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like, like, it's all guesswork, right?
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But I just feel the reactions make it seem like there's
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definitely some level of truth to what's been going on, what's
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been said. Something definitely.
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I mean, the fact is he's on a leave of absence that nobody
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knows why. I mean not to get too into it
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but Batherson's like girlfriend unfollowed him on Instagram and
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then deleted all the photos of them together.
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Unfold like 12 people from Instagram and they were all
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girls. So I don't know if listen, maybe
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something happened there and almost spilled the beans out of
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the rumors. But yeah, some something
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definitely happened and in general, I feel like it could
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only be bad for the Senators because if players are dealing
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with this stuff in their heads, they can't be focusing as much
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on playing good hockey. Colorado, like the players, were
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not focused at all so. Yeah, that was a spanking for
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sure. At least it was against
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Colorado. So like, you can just say, oh,
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it's the best team in the league.
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So, but we'll see what happens against the more normal team
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that's not literally the best in the league.
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But all I have to say is you've been playing super well.
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He's not involved in any of this stuff.
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Yeah, exactly. Happily married.
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I don't even know he's married. He assumes.
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I guess I'm gonna. Guess he's married yeah and he's
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either way, yeah, he's he's not involved in all this stuff.
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So hopefully you know, it won't mess with his head and he could
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keep up what he's been doing because he's been doing really
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solid points wise. So yeah, it's a it's a good pick
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up again, two straight 4 game weeks.
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So picking up an Ottawa guy is a good two week stream at least.
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Yep. Alright, let's get to. #5
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Alright, at #5 we have Josh done of the Buffalo Sabres again.
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four-game week this week and four-game week the week after.
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He's line one power play one this slot.
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Honestly, I couldn't decide. I don't want to put multiple
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guys from the same team on the list because there's a lot of
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guys to talk about. This could have been Josh Stone,
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it could have been Josh Norris, could have been Jason Zucker,
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could have been by him. You know, like there's a lot of
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interesting Buffalo guys right now because of how well they've
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been playing. I went with Don because he is
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the best employment, the line one power play one, but I
19:25
wouldn't be surprised if nor is or Zucker.
19:28
For me the one that kind of like seems like he's been doing the
19:30
best but I'm the most aware of picking up is Byram because
19:34
without the power play 1 I just don't see how it's sustainable.
19:37
Yeah, exactly. So that's like, for me, I feel
19:40
like, look, if you need a defenseman who's gonna get you
19:42
points, he's probably still the best available one on the wire.
19:45
But like, it feels a bit like a trap.
19:47
It feels like it's the type of pickup.
19:48
You pick him up and then he dries up immediately and you're
19:51
like, where did all the points go?
19:52
So if we're looking for guys who should get you points on
19:55
Buffalo, how would you rank the three other guys like Donora
19:58
Sucker? I think it goes.
20:00
At least for this week. Yeah, I think it goes right now.
20:06
Don't. Nor a sucker, Yeah, because I
20:10
mean I've been Josh Doris fan. I love him like I drafted him in
20:14
the tenth round, high expectations.
20:15
But he's not playing like he's I think he's on line 2 but with
20:19
line 3 minutes. So it's just kind of like one of
20:22
those situations where he's playing like 1314 minutes a
20:24
night, which is not enough to be like super valuable for fantasy,
20:27
but he still producing. I feel like every game is
20:28
getting an assist. He's just not getting any
20:30
category coverage and the minutes are not there.
20:32
So if the minutes take up, if you end up playing like top 6
20:36
where you know he's the second line centre and playing 18
20:39
minutes a night or he's centering tage bumps in, I think
20:42
he blows up. Like honestly I think it's just
20:44
a ticking time bomb for him to like explode in value.
20:47
He'll get like two or three shots a game, he'll get you like
20:49
the 7-8 face off wins. I don't think the hats are going
20:52
to be part of his game. Like last year we saw him
20:53
average 2.4 hits a game, which is tremendous for a pure C,
20:56
especially in Bangor leagues. This year he's not hitting at
20:59
all. I think he's just he's too
21:00
squishy. He's been hurt so many times.
21:02
I think he's just being careful for his body.
21:04
So I don't think it's part of his game anymore, which is
21:06
unfortunate, but he's still on that power play 1 and he's a
21:09
talented goal scorer. So I just really just think he
21:11
needs to be on the ice more to get those opportunities.
21:13
But the Senator, the Sabres just won like 10 games in a row.
21:17
They're they're still winning games now even this win streak
21:20
is over. So I don't think they're
21:21
motivated to change things up when that starts happening.
21:24
I can see Noah's getting a bump up and I think he has the most
21:26
long term potential out of all these guys.
21:29
But Josh don't seems like the clear cut guide to be like line
21:32
one power play 1. I basically held Zach Benson the
21:35
whole season while he was hurt so he could be Josh done.
21:38
Yeah. Josh done ends up being the guy
21:41
is taking his spot after the injury so.
21:43
Yeah, and I will say also look more too.
21:46
I looked into some more of the deeper stats for this team and
21:50
done is like top of the list on all the things like play driving
21:54
like expected goals for like all that stuff.
21:56
So and then he was on a pretty cold stretch for a bit, but now
21:59
the last three games he has four points goals in three straight
22:02
and it just seems like he was kind of like getting unlucky,
22:05
but the points were ready to come.
22:07
So and then on the other side, the suckers like at the bottom
22:11
for all that stuff like this, he's been like over performing
22:13
like crazy, you know, so like. That's the lady is though, even
22:16
last year the same thing like he was getting so he doesn't get as
22:18
many chances, but he converts them at a higher rate because of
22:21
like the player that he is in the silo play that he has.
22:23
So I wouldn't say this out of the normal, but it's definitely
22:25
not consistent. Let's say like.
22:27
Yeah, like he can, he can have. I'd say he's the most likely to
22:31
get you the most power play points in any given week.
22:33
Is also the most likely to give you straight zeros on any given
22:35
week. I like the high upside but low
22:37
floor. Classic Jason Zucker week is
22:39
like you'll play three games. One of them will be straight
22:41
zeros. The next one will be like two
22:43
goals, one assist the power play .4 shots and then the next one
22:46
will be like one assist one shot, nothing else.
22:49
Everything like that's just you. You get the whole range of dog
22:53
water to like amazing. Tell us like normal exactly.
22:58
Yeah, so anyways, there's a lot of interesting Buffalo guys to
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pick up, and with two four-game weeks in a row, I don't think
23:03
you could go wrong with any of them.
23:04
But we're gonna go with Josh Stone as our main
23:06
recommendation. Yep, all right, getting into my
23:11
favorite player ever at #4. At #4 we've got Jake Debrusk of
23:17
the Vancouver Canucks. They have a four-game week this
23:19
week, 4 game week next week. He's been popping off lately.
23:22
I mean, he's leading their team in power play goals.
23:24
I think he's pretty high up in the league in power play goals
23:26
because that's all he does. He doesn't get assists.
23:28
He doesn't even strength goals. He just gets power play goals.
23:30
But I mean, we're not complaining.
23:31
He like, yeah, we're not complaining about those power
23:34
play goals, right? Most leagues count those as more
23:36
valuable than any other type of point.
23:37
So so we take those. His shooting volume is really
23:40
high for a guy this low rot like rostered, he can throw in a hit,
23:44
like one hit per game, something like that.
23:46
Um, he's just really streaky. I think he's been known for that
23:48
his whole career where when he's hot he's popping off, but when
23:52
he's cold he can just do nothing.
23:54
He even got scratched like at the start of last week.
23:56
Those crazy though, I don't know why that happened then.
23:59
There's not make any sense to stretch guy like this.
24:03
Exactly. Now it's crazy.
24:04
He's also being involved in like a lot of trade rumors.
24:07
So it's a very interesting. Trade rumors with the brusque.
24:11
Yeah, I've been seeing like the Canucks are pretty much like
24:13
we're open for business. There's no one who's safe.
24:15
Like, I mean, obviously like guys like bully him or whatever,
24:18
like our safe. But like, you know, for the most
24:19
part, like, like they're like anyone, you know, like even
24:22
Debrusk, like so I don't think anything's going to happen
24:25
because of his contract, but they're saying like we're we're
24:28
open to it. So I don't think that's gonna
24:30
happen either way this week or next week or anything like that.
24:32
I wouldn't consider it in our recommendation, but it's just
24:35
something to throw out there. I feel like he's a very
24:37
interesting player this year. But like I said, he's so streaky
24:39
that when he's on one of his hot streaks, you want him on your
24:41
team, especially with two, four-game weeks coming up and
24:44
he's on his cold streaks, you just drop him and then grab.
24:46
I mean, I've picked him up and dropped him like 3 times this
24:48
year. You know, Kevin has him and he's
24:49
playing against next week, so you know he's gonna pop off.
24:52
So that's I honestly should put him in the top three just for
24:54
that reason. But yeah, this is a great pick
24:57
up. He was just on your roster,
24:59
Josh, and then you cut him and then I picked him up like as
25:01
soon as he cleared waivers, pretty much, yeah.
25:03
So and I dropped some fab on him.
25:05
I was the only one that that bit on him, which was surprising to
25:07
me because our waivers are like pretty, pretty dry.
25:10
Like there's not really anybody of value.
25:11
So a power play, one guy that shoots this much like can shoot
25:14
over three shots a game, I thought was very valuable.
25:16
Nobody else just like, so it's just like he'll shoot like he'll
25:19
have a game like 7 shots, three shots, four shots and then he'll
25:22
go like 3 games with zero shots and then he'll go back to, you
25:24
know, like the averages are still really high, but like he's
25:27
just how streaky he is, you know, and he got scratched and
25:29
and so yeah, like it's the consistency is not there, but
25:32
we're talking about one week to two weeks stream.
25:34
So that's why it's a great pickup.
25:36
He he got scratch. He's played six games since
25:38
then. He's got 6 points, 4 power play
25:41
points, a lot of three goals. So listen, he's he's hot right
25:45
now, he's shooting a lot. He's actually hitting a lot more
25:47
than you would expect as well as of late.
25:49
So I'm excited to have him on my roster for this four-game week
25:52
against trash and then keep in mind roster after then.
25:54
So hopefully this gets scratched.
25:56
I just spoke it into existence. He's gonna be the worst player
25:58
in fantasy this week. So you heard it here first.
26:00
Yeah, but I've spoken into existence.
26:01
That's gonna be the best so. Look, it's gonna.
26:04
It's gonna win out. Yeah, I see, guys.
26:06
It's already starting. This is what the group's gonna
26:08
be like for the next week. I I'm looking forward to it.
26:13
Yeah, OK, let's go to break into.
26:17
Top three at #3. We've got Jared McCann of the
26:22
Seattle Crackin, so he's on line one power play 1, four-game week
26:26
this week and next week another one of those good two week
26:29
streams and he's just been super hot.
26:31
Like, I mean, did you know I was just looking at the standings
26:34
today? Seattle.
26:36
Seattle in general. Look, do you know what Seattle's
26:38
record is in their last 10 games?
26:39
In the last 10 games they have like eight wins, 2 losses. 8 O
26:43
and two, they have not lost a single regulation game in their
26:47
last 10 games. They are popping off on all
26:50
cylinders. Obviously group powers been a
26:51
big story. The courts been sick.
26:53
Also. It's like goaltending been great
26:54
but the offence has been there, which is like never happened
26:57
before for Seattle. Vince Dunn is popping off.
27:00
I'm sure you're happy about that, Kevin.
27:01
Thrilled So they're benching Pavel Durov like it's, it's a
27:07
Saturday. There's so many games.
27:09
We never have to bench anybody in our league cause it's so
27:11
deep. I, I have to actually have to
27:13
bench somebody this week and I'm watching Dora fail because he's
27:16
getting fourth line minutes and not shooting anything.
27:18
So I wish I had done because I traded Vince done four years
27:21
earlier in this season. It was done and done in
27:24
pulmonary right before the ACL tear.
27:26
Literally like a couple days before it.
27:27
Feels like crazy. Felicia venture out.
27:30
So that's all that matters. But yeah, so Seattle just been
27:34
popping And again, this is another one of those could have
27:36
been a couple different names, but I wanted to put who I
27:38
thought was the best one. And then also, I don't want to
27:40
clog up the list with too many guys who are kind of similar.
27:43
But you've also got there's also release day-to-day, which is why
27:48
I didn't put him. Otherwise, I like if healthy, I
27:51
think I take him over McCann. I don't know if that's crazy.
27:53
I don't, I don't think right now, I think you take it.
27:56
You think we can just cause like maybe OK, maybe because the
27:58
day-to-day and him coming back and all that, but like
28:00
everybody's been like consistent over the past month, like
28:02
killing it, but honestly makes the bigger name and he's popping
28:04
off like we kind of expected. So now you're right.
28:07
That's why we have McKenna here. Not at really.
28:08
Also and then the other name. Last year we did the opposite,
28:11
though not last year, last week. Yeah.
28:13
Exactly. We had everybody on the list and
28:15
we, we specifically said like you would expect it to be Jared
28:18
McCann, but like everyone's been significantly better.
28:21
McCann was hurt on and off the waiver wire like the, the, I
28:24
like the whole year. So it's kind of like you're
28:26
frustrated with him. He's like 30% owned.
28:29
And then but we said, like, when healthy, he's supposed to be the
28:32
best forward on this team. Absolutely.
28:34
And I feel like recently he's been proving we said that take.
28:38
Yeah, 100%. So I think this is a no brainer
28:41
great pickup. I'm happy to have him in our top
28:43
three. I think it's going to be a big W
28:45
for for this week. And yeah, if he's not available
28:48
in Eberly is and Eberly gets cleared to play, I'm happy
28:51
grabbing him as well. And then I'll save the other the
28:54
other main guy for our bingers list.
28:56
Yes, alright, at #2. I at #2 we've got Showtime
29:04
Patrick Kane of the Detroit Red Wings.
29:06
He was actually like fluctuating between power play 1 and power
29:09
play 2. So I wasn't sure like what you
29:12
would think of putting in our top three.
29:13
But he's got a four-game week and in fact is just compared to
29:16
guys available on waivers. He's still like, you know, on
29:19
the season he's like around like .8 points per game.
29:22
His power play points have been sick.
29:24
He is kind of powerfully merchant.
29:25
So if he's on power play too, that is definitely a big loss.
29:28
But then in his last game he got a power play goal, he reached
29:31
500, which is pretty huge milestone.
29:33
Yeah, um, yeah, I just, I, he just seems like a tier above a
29:37
lot of waiver guys. You know, he doesn't feel like a
29:39
waiver guy. So I feel like we still have to
29:40
recommend him as a top one on a four-game week.
29:43
But obviously the the recent line shuffling has been not
29:47
enjoyable as a cane owner. I mean, I have, we, we play in
29:51
the league or I manage a team in a league where we play with
29:54
other fantasy hockey experts from The Hockey News and team is
30:00
on my roster there. I ended up picking you up off
30:02
waivers like 2 months ago. I was like crazy that he's on
30:05
waivers to be honest. And he's been very solid.
30:08
But like the recent deployment, honestly, it is, it is
30:11
concerning because if he's on a power play 1, he loses a lot of
30:14
value because a big part of his value is that .4 power play
30:17
points and like the shot threshold, right?
30:19
Some power play too. He's not gonna average close to
30:20
.4 power play points. So it's kind of in the back of
30:24
my mind, like would I rather take the safety option of like
30:27
Debrusk or a Dome this week, not having to worry about it?
30:30
Like I gotta get bumped off power play 1.
30:32
I might, I'm a, I'm a low risk tolerance person.
30:35
Like I, I kind of want the sure thing and then build around
30:38
that. But if you're a higher risk,
30:40
higher risk tolerance manager where you're going for the
30:43
bigger swings. And I think Kane is the guy for
30:45
you because I think he has the most upside if he has a good
30:47
deployment and he should have the good deployment.
30:49
It's like, it's like a 75% chance, maybe 60 to 70 that he
30:53
keeps that power play 1 and just like moves forward with it.
30:56
So I really like him. I think he's a special player,
30:59
high shot volume. We love that he can score a goal
31:02
and still Patrick Kane, even though he's older, um, it's
31:05
really just a power play 1 exposure.
31:07
That shouldn't have been an issue the whole year, but now
31:09
we're seeing it kind of be a little bit more inconsistent.
31:11
So you keep that in the back of your mind because deployment is
31:13
like the foundation for everybody's fantasy value.
31:16
Like I think that's the thing we preached the most here.
31:18
It's like always like deployment, deployment,
31:19
deployment because deployment leads to who are you playing
31:22
with? How many, how much time you are
31:23
on the ice, and what are the high danger chances are getting
31:26
exposed to so? Yeah, no, absolutely.
31:29
And it's just like the guy who's replacing him on Power Play 1
31:31
really is James Van Reims. Like the, you know, you're
31:34
talking about old, you know, like it just it, I mean, he's
31:37
been doing well with it, but like, I just, that's not a
31:40
sustainable situation. Like whether the guys gonna get
31:42
injured or scratch. I mean, he's been scratched a
31:43
bunch of times, like. It is sustainable for this week,
31:46
that's exactly What's your fantasy plans?
31:48
That's exactly it. So I I'm expecting Kane to be
31:52
power play one at least halfway through this week.
31:55
But but if you're more like, like I haven't said, if you're
31:58
more, you know, you want to guarantee, then you can go with
32:00
the donor to brush over him. All right, let's go to our top.
32:05
You know, it's getting boring. It's getting with steel, but
32:08
it's still it's still the right thing to do.
32:09
I'm actually disappointing that we're going this direction
32:11
again. I'm gonna say because I just
32:13
feel like I think this is the week he's gonna let us down.
32:16
Really talking #1. Ryan O'Reilly of the Nashville
32:22
Predators, like 1 powerfully one only three-game week.
32:25
I mean, it's tough cause yeah, like in all our Bilo Cell high
32:29
episodes, we're saying Nashville is not for real.
32:31
They're not going to sustain this like, you know, sell high.
32:33
But at the same time you have this guy who's under 40% owned
32:36
who's just doing it day in and day out and he's just getting
32:39
points per game over the past month.
32:40
Like he's it's just tough to not recommend him in the top three
32:44
when, you know, we, we only recommend under 40% on guys.
32:47
How often do you find a guy who's like over a point per game
32:49
for like 2 months? On on the season he's at .86
32:53
points per game, .19 power play points, 1.7 shots, like 9 face
32:58
off wins. Over the last month he's at 1.07
33:03
points, .36 power play points, 1.9 shots.
33:07
So it's just kind of like he's he's at .2 ish points per game
33:11
more than his season average and his season average is already
33:14
higher than we all expected I think.
33:15
So that's kind of where we're like, OK, you know, what is this
33:19
sustainable? Is this the new the new norm for
33:22
him? Like what are we what are we
33:23
thinking here? And it's also Nashville.
33:25
And we see Nashville. Like I think the closer we get
33:27
the trade deadline, the closer things loom to not going well.
33:32
But I don't know, it's just first of all, three-game week.
33:36
So the number guy, number one guy that we're recommending only
33:38
has three games when, you know, four guys, five guys before him
33:41
have four games. So if you really want to
33:43
prioritize schedule, you can choose one of the other names.
33:46
But like, listen guys, he's over point per game over the last
33:49
month and you know almost like .4 power play points.
33:53
He's a pure see. So you might not be able to fit
33:55
him in your in your lineup, but at the end of the day he still
33:57
producing at this rate and he's still less than 40% owned.
34:00
So like, what do you want us to do?
34:01
Yeah, that's like I really like I'm like we're all getting tired
34:06
of it, right? We like I literally I checked we
34:08
have we keep track of our, you know, recommendations for all
34:10
the weeks. I think this is the 5th or 6th
34:11
week in a row that he's been in our top three and like I don't
34:15
want to be doing that. Just own him over 40% and we'll
34:18
never mention him again. You know, we have to we have to
34:21
do the correct thing and want to guys performing like this.
34:24
You not mention him. And he can be like, first of
34:27
all, a fantastic trade piece depending how deep your league
34:30
is. Like, if you're able to pick him
34:31
up, maybe he's not as valuable because, you know, he's still
34:34
got the waivers thing to him. But if you're somebody that
34:36
picked up Ryan O'Reilly, like when we first recommended him,
34:38
like, you know, six weeks ago, first of all, you've been
34:41
thrilled with it since then, like he's only been delivering.
34:43
That's why he's still on the list every week.
34:45
But you could do some in a trade piece and I would absolutely be
34:48
trying to do that. Like we talked about, you know,
34:50
a few episodes ago, we talked about the Nashville guys that
34:52
sell highs. Most of them are still in the
34:53
same boat. If you can use him as like the
34:55
extra piece to get you in like a 2 for one to like the next
34:57
level, like you pick a player, like boat goes up type of thing,
35:01
I think that's a fantastic option.
35:03
And listen, if you need a stream for this week you need points.
35:06
This is the guy for you. But definitely agree that using
35:10
him in a 2 for one is the best way to get full value on him
35:13
because both will come crashing down any day now.
35:15
So let's hope it's not this week.
35:17
So he keeps giving us our wins. But yeah, let's go to our top
35:21
five bangers with a capital B for the week.
35:24
Yeah, so these are guys that can give you points, but we're
35:27
focusing on, you know, like the archetype of bangers.
35:31
We are banger management after all.
35:33
So we gotta touch on these names and I feel like this is the
35:35
first time that we have a, I love this list.
35:37
Actually, Josh, this is, I feel like it's not the classic guys
35:39
you would expect. We got a lot more forwards in
35:41
here than you would anticipate. Cause usually it's just like the
35:43
banger D like and it's spoiler alert, no radical good is this
35:47
week. So I'm excited to get into it.
35:50
But listen, this is basically radical good is on steroids
35:52
right now because we're talking about #5.
35:55
At #5 we have Jeremy Lozanne of the Vegas Golden Knights, only
35:59
three games this week, but he has four games the week after
36:02
averaging 3.7 hits, 1.8 blocks and over a penalty minute per
36:06
game. He's just been killing it lately
36:08
at the bangs. It's funny because last week we
36:10
were discussing who would you rather go to solos all and I
36:12
said lose all. You guys said Gus.
36:13
You guys convinced me. Now are you convinced back to
36:15
Lowe's on side or is it still too small a sample size and long
36:18
term you'd rather do this? I think long term, I'm still
36:20
taking the safety net of goodies just because I know like she has
36:23
0% ability to get scratched or or whatnot, but Lauzon has just
36:28
been like ramping up, it feels like.
36:29
So if you have to give me one for this week, give me lasagna.
36:32
Have give me one for next week, give me lasagna.
36:34
If you have to give me one for like the fantasy playoffs that
36:36
have to pick right now, probably goodies just kind of like where
36:38
my head is at. But I mean, listen, he's hitting
36:42
an insane amount, almost four hits a game.
36:44
He's his blocks are up as well, like almost two blocks a game.
36:47
Like that was not part of his game before.
36:48
It was kind of just like you get him for the hits and that's it.
36:51
But like if he's able to block closer to a game like that's
36:53
hovering over like elite banger deterred story.
36:56
So really, really happy with this.
36:58
It's only a three-game week and he can still win the category on
37:01
his own, so. Yeah, for sure.
37:03
Love, love me some lows on. Alright, here's a fun one.
37:06
Let's go to #4 at #4 We've got vastly Pod Coles in of the
37:12
Edmonton Oilers 5 games this week.
37:15
I was like, I have to mention someone on the Oilers who's a
37:18
solid banker because five game weeks don't grow on trees and
37:20
you gotta take advantage. He's got 1.5 shots per game,
37:24
three hits per game .6 blocks and he's playing align 2 with
37:28
the Leondre side. Like he could get points here
37:30
and there like he's not a complete, you know, bum at
37:33
points pure Bangor guy. So on A5 game week I love
37:36
picking up a pod calls and and I think he could win you one to
37:40
two categories on his own. SO55 game week.
37:43
First of all, you're getting all the volume possible.
37:46
He's the type of guy that will get you one shot three hits and
37:50
then you're hoping for a point over the last two games.
37:53
You got 3 points in the last two games are like, Oh my God, he's
37:55
hot. And the eight games part that he
37:57
had straight zeros for points. So you're not picking him up
38:00
hoping that you know, line 2 with dry saddle he's gonna get
38:02
points here and there is very inconsistent.
38:05
I feel like it's you know, point 4.45 points per game, so
38:08
slightly over one point every two games.
38:11
But the bangs like if he, if he averages 3 three hits a game,
38:15
depending on what you're scoring format, if it's a points or
38:18
whatnot, and then he's like 5 games, that's 15 hits right
38:21
there for your for your hits category.
38:23
That's massive. So I, I think he's the type of
38:26
guy that you pick up and it really sways one that one
38:29
category for you your whole matchup.
38:31
And then the icing on the cake is playing with Leon Russell on
38:33
your more likely than not to lock into a few points here and
38:36
there. Yeah, exactly.
38:39
OK, let's go to. #3 number. Two, we've got Kevin's best
38:44
friend who he picked up and is popping off, Matthias Samuelson
38:48
of the Buffalo Sabres. 4 game week this week, 4 game week, the
38:51
week after. 1.5 shots, 1.5 hits, 2.2 blocks over 22 minutes, a
38:57
night of ice time, and apparently the shorthanded GOAT
39:01
because he has two shorthanded points this week.
39:03
If your league counts that, you're pretty excited about
39:06
that. Also, you're probably annoyed
39:08
that they happened in the same week and didn't spread out.
39:10
You know, because like usually 1 short enough to win you the
39:14
categories you're like do it. Separately for few days apart
39:17
please. I could use that against you.
39:19
Exactly. But no, he's been someone who's
39:21
been on my watch list all year. He's been on and off of people's
39:23
rosters. I've definitely, I'm definitely
39:25
jealous you grabbed him, but he's just really solid for
39:29
bangs. And he's also having these once
39:31
in a while he'll have these like 3 point games, which you know,
39:34
there's not like Jeremy Lowe's will never get you a three-point
39:36
game. You know, like I love the guy,
39:38
but that's just not. Happen.
39:42
I'm speaking it into existence, but it just doesn't happen.
39:44
You know, Samuelson, I feel like he's had like multiple this
39:46
year. Yeah, I know he beat his like
39:48
goal total from last year in like the 1st 15 games of the
39:51
season. Something crazy.
39:52
Like he's just, I mean, the Buffalo just seems a lot better
39:54
this year and he's taking a step up.
39:56
He's playing first line minutes and he's taking full advantage
39:59
of his opportunity. So I think this is a great pick
40:01
up for the next two weeks at least.
40:02
And he can last on your roster longer than that.
40:05
So my league of record team, I have Samuelson.
40:08
I picked him up last week in preparation for, you know, the
40:11
upcoming weeks. Plus my match up with Josh is
40:13
Buffalo plays four times. But he was also just like, in my
40:17
opinion, arguably the best banger videos available in our
40:20
league on waivers. So I went, I was really happy to
40:23
get him on my team because first of all, let me talk about
40:25
Samuels in a little bit. The guy last year had 14 points
40:28
on the season. He's already at 22.
40:31
He had four goals last year. He's already at 7.
40:33
Now he has two shorthanded points on the season.
40:36
They happen both in the in the span of two days.
40:39
Respectively picked him up. Last season he has 00
40:43
shorthanded points. So this is the classic that
40:45
usually happens to me where my opponent just has this guy that
40:48
has like 0 shorthanded points exposure randomly gets one in
40:52
the first game for the first time ever against me in this
40:54
matchup, which is pretty crazy. But also like he's assistant
40:58
captain on this team. That means he's important the
41:00
team, the team, you know, likes him a lot.
41:02
He's playing 2223 minutes a night.
41:04
He's playing the big minutes. I think he's a phenomenal,
41:08
honestly banger. Do you like if you need a guy
41:09
that's gonna average you, like you need a guy that cements the
41:12
block position for your team, will get you shots, we'll get
41:15
you hits at a decent rate. That's like better than the
41:17
other guys because there's a lot of bangers either just like I'll
41:19
get you hits, no blocks, no shots, I'll get you blocks, no
41:23
hits, no shots. So a guy that's able to like
41:26
touch all the categories a little bit and be a leader in
41:28
one of them is really valuable. And it's going to be the points
41:31
upside. Did you see the short handed
41:32
goal? I did.
41:33
That was insane, the sharp angle.
41:36
Yeah, I was watching that live and I was just like, Oh my God.
41:39
Oh my God, Oh my. God, that's so high.
41:43
But uh, yeah. So I think I think just listen,
41:45
the Buffalo Sabres are hot right now.
41:47
I think you want exposure to this team in some way.
41:49
Doesn't doesn't need to be like their star players, but they
41:52
have a lot of valuable guys that are low percent rosters.
41:54
So take Samuelson is like a really top name there nothing
41:57
the second coming of Rasmus Dahlin or anything like that.
42:00
But on a week like this, you need to stream in a deeper
42:02
league. You need to round out your
42:03
bigger categories like he's one of the perfect names.
42:05
Yeah, I love it. OK, I mean, I don't love it, I'm
42:08
playing against it, but it's a great pick up.
42:10
I'm looking forward to him getting his third shorthanded
42:12
point ever. Again, thank God I will crash
42:14
out so hard. You will.
42:17
You'll hear it here first. Yeah.
42:19
OK, let's go to. #2. At #2 the previously alluded to
42:25
third guy on Seattle that we'll be recommending and that is
42:27
Ellie Tolvanen. He has again four-game week this
42:30
week and next week averaging 1.8 shots, 2.6 hits, 1.1 blocks.
42:35
He kind of just does it all Jack of all trades.
42:38
Like you don't get this type of backup production from a
42:41
forward, specifically the blocks.
42:43
Like you can get a forward who hits, you can get a forward who
42:45
shoots, but forwards who block are very rare And for the other
42:48
stuff as well and who are on power play 1 and have that up
42:51
the points upside. So he's a great bangers for this
42:54
week that also has the points upside.
42:57
I love it. I mean, he's been a guy that
42:58
we've been talking about a lot lately and people are asking us
43:01
like, is this sustainable? Like do I just drop?
43:03
Like what's what are we doing here?
43:05
And honestly, I really like 12 and I would love to have them on
43:07
my team. Guys, if you look at this game
43:09
log, the shots, hits, blocks, combo is nuts right now.
43:13
Like this is this reminds me of of like when Heineman first
43:16
started becoming like valuable and you look at his game long
43:19
and it's just like five hits, five hits, five hits, three
43:21
shots, two shots. Now Hyman has significantly
43:23
slowed down, but one is the same archetype of player where it's
43:26
just like he'll give you the power forward.
43:28
You could type, but he's hitting all those banger categories.
43:30
And Josh mentioned it like from the forward position, it's so
43:33
rare to have somebody that blocks that's also valuable in
43:35
other stuff. And listen to the point that
43:38
slowed down for Tolvanen, but he's still like a good enough
43:42
bet that I wouldn't be shocked if he gets you.
43:44
Like, you know, they play four games, you get you 2 points and
43:46
I'd be happy with that. Yeah, absolutely.
43:49
But yeah, in terms of people talking about like is he going
43:51
to slow down whatever, Like it's like having said like I wouldn't
43:53
bank on the points season long the back cats.
43:56
He showed that he can do this before, but he's doing a pretty
43:59
elite level right now, so I wouldn't mind selling high on
44:02
him if you can. Otherwise you just otherwise you
44:04
just hold on and enjoy the ride and then if he slows down, then
44:07
you could drop him. But for now, he's really hot, so
44:09
definitely a good pick up. All right, and let's go to.
44:12
Number one. Number one, we have Alex
44:16
Laferriere of the LA Kings. It's just he's 4 game week and
44:21
that shot hits combo is just so appealing. 2.4 shots, 2.7 hits.
44:25
Now he's winning faceoffs. He's the line 1 centre.
44:27
I don't know if you noticed that.
44:28
Yeah, he's the line 1C for the Kings right now because Kopitar
44:32
is out. And so you add face off wins to
44:35
his repertoire and then look, the Kings are kind of in a
44:38
tailspin. But he's he's got as good a shot
44:40
as anyone on that team to get points, which is a pretty low
44:42
shot cause they suck. But like he's a he's in there.
44:44
But honestly, it's really just the shot hits.
44:46
Like you look at that and you're like, over the past month, he's
44:48
averaging over a triple, triple. That's nuts.
44:51
That's insane. Three shots 3.
44:53
Hits again. Double.
44:54
Triple. A AA triple, double, double,
44:57
triple. Yeah, exactly.
44:58
Double, AAA, double, triple. Yeah, and it's just insane.
45:01
Like you look at those numbers, you look at his game log and
45:03
you're like, I wish I had that guy on my team.
45:05
So A4 game week, it's an easy pickup.
45:07
They do have a two game week the week after, so there's a chance
45:10
you'll end up dropping him after that.
45:11
But at least for this week, it's a no brainer.
45:13
And I want to be shocked if they give him centre eligibility on
45:16
Yahoo or their financial platform because he's playing
45:18
Line 1C right now. If Kopitar is missing any, you
45:21
know, more time that he's already missing, he might play
45:25
enough games that he gets centre eligibility and he'll be triple
45:27
eligible at that point. Centre, left wing, right wing.
45:28
So a lot of leagues that's very valuable.
45:31
But guys, right now I feel like he's like a glaring name of like
45:34
not a big name, not hugely rostered, but has massive
45:38
deployment right now and is delivering and I feel like
45:40
nobody's really talking about him that much.
45:42
So I mean, I picked them up in the the, the expert league that
45:45
we play in and I'm very happy with him.
45:47
And listen, I might, I might like him on my roster more than
45:51
like Patrick Kane, Troy Terry, which I also have on my team.
45:54
Like I'm quicker to drop those guys in Liberia right now given
45:57
how much categories he's touching.
45:59
It's just like three shots, three hits a game for for over a
46:02
month. That's disgusting.
46:04
You can destroy possible. Yeah, you can stream points
46:07
easier than that, which is weird to say, but like, like, and you
46:11
can stream like just the hits, you know, better or whatever.
46:14
But like that combo of shots, hits at that high level is just
46:16
something that's not, you know, most of the guys in your roster
46:19
if you drafted are not doing that.
46:21
So the fact that you can get a guy under 40% on who's doing
46:23
that is kind of crazy. We always want Unicorn players,
46:26
guys that are very rare in terms of like what they're able to
46:29
give for your fantasy team. Like Brady's one of those guys
46:31
where he's getting you like four shots a game, three hits a game.
46:33
Like, yeah, you can make up those numbers on the aggregate
46:36
with like 2-3 players and like, balance your balance the
46:39
production around. But having one guy able to
46:42
produce that is just like so valuable because of the
46:45
flexibility gives you and the rest of your team.
46:46
And left area is if he's averaging a double, triple,
46:50
three hits, three blocks, three hits, three shots.
46:53
Like, that's just Unicorn territory.
46:55
I mean, that's what I'm hoping Hollow is going to do for my
46:57
team once he comes back. So let's see.
47:01
But yeah, no, that's a great one.
47:02
Let's dive into our goalies, our top three quantity goalies.
47:06
These are guys who should get you 2 plus starts this week.
47:08
Again, under 40% owned. As always, let's start with. #3.
47:13
At #3 we've got Jonathan Quick of the New York Rangers, your
47:17
starter for the New York Rangers because Igor Chesterton is out.
47:21
Justin, we don't know the timeline yet, but there's no way
47:24
he's coming back this week. I mean, look, I just jinxed it
47:26
probably. But like, it doesn't seem like
47:28
there's any come back this week. So they're playing Seattle,
47:33
Ottawa, Philly. Look, Seattle and Philly are
47:35
both high in the standings, but I'm not particularly scared of
47:37
either of them as a as an opponent so quick and get all
47:40
three of these matchups. More like he'll get 2 just
47:42
because he's old. But like if they don't trust the
47:45
backup, then quick we'll get all three.
47:46
So yeah, he's been solid all year.
47:48
So it's a, it's a solid pickup for sure.
47:50
He's been solid all year since coming into the starting
47:52
position. I feel like he hasn't been super
47:54
impressive, like the numbers haven't been impressive.
47:56
But if I've been watching the games because I have a lot of
47:58
Rangers guys and I feel like the team is more letting him down.
48:01
And so as opposed to it's kind of giving me Jed Grieves where
48:04
like, you know, he's doing his best and he's playing really
48:07
well, but the team around him is like letting him down and giving
48:09
up bad chances. So I think better days ahead for
48:12
Jonathan Quick. But if he's a starter for the
48:13
New York Rangers, like you have to be interested in that most
48:16
likely. I feel like if you're in the
48:17
league and you have just like any scooped him, like you're
48:20
gonna hold that until she turns back healthy.
48:22
But as a as a starter for the Rangers, I feel like it's a no
48:26
brainer pickup. Yeah, absolutely.
48:29
But I will say like, I feel like we've this happened a few times
48:32
this year, right, where like the starter goes down and then like
48:35
the backups like gets scooped up a ton and then he ends up being
48:39
like look at Ericom, really look at Levi Mariline and you look at
48:42
like it's happened a few times. So I do think Quick is higher
48:47
than these those other guys. I mean look at like Anton
48:49
Forsberg and Kemper went down like so.
48:52
So I think Quick is more valuable than those other guys
48:55
were because he's been, he's just a better goalie.
48:58
And I mean, I won't say this team is necessarily better
49:00
because they're kind of a mess this year, but they have the
49:02
potential to be better. Yeah.
49:04
But yeah, so just something to keep in mind.
49:06
Like I don't think these are necessarily like season winning
49:08
pickups, but this is just like if you need a goalie for a few
49:10
weeks until Christian comes back, he will get reaction.
49:13
He should be solid. Yeah, exactly.
49:15
Alright, let's go to. #2. At #2 honestly like he was going
49:20
to be #1 but #1 which is too much of A no Rainer with the
49:23
schedule, but so #2 is Phillip Grubauer, the Seattle Kraken.
49:27
He's been insane lately. Like actually where did this
49:30
come from? You know, like channeling his
49:32
inner like Carrie Price or something.
49:33
But they've got a four-game week.
49:36
They seem to be alternating like 5050 starts for now.
49:38
Like it's the court is still the clear starter, but group hours
49:42
playing too well to not get 50% of the share.
49:45
So right now it's very much a split and he's just been crazy.
49:48
Like I think he has maybe one game in the last like 2 weeks, 3
49:52
weeks where he let in more than two goals.
49:54
Yeah, like I said earlier, Seattle 80 and two in their last
49:57
10 games. And a large part of that is, is
49:58
group hour. I mean, he's responsible for
50:00
exactly half of that. So no, he's been, he's been
50:03
amazing. This is gonna get you quantity
50:04
and quality. And I definitely want to be
50:07
riding that wave, you know, while it's still going.
50:10
Yeah, I mean, listen, like he's got the sample size now to be
50:13
able to say like he's actually putting some good play on the
50:16
ice right now. Seattle is winning games.
50:19
Listen, I I would not be afraid from streaming.
50:23
Phillip Grubauer and yeah, like, I'm trying to think like, what
50:27
is his value rest of season? Like, is this projectable?
50:30
Like, is it gonna be a split moving forward?
50:32
I feel like as long as he's playing this well, he's gonna
50:34
get starts. It's gonna be 5050 until one of
50:36
them really falters and the other one, like, doesn't falter.
50:38
So As for the moment right now, like you don't wanna be left
50:42
holding the bag, but I think you got some runway here, so.
50:46
Yeah, I think that it's 100% of 5050 as long as they keep like,
50:50
chugging along like they have been.
50:52
I think that Decor definitely has more leash than Grubauer
50:55
does because the cord is their starter and goalie of the
50:58
future. Like, Gruber's not gonna be
51:00
around for like for that many more years with with Seattle.
51:03
But his career was over last year.
51:04
Yeah, exactly. So this is kind of coming out of
51:06
nowhere. So look, if you tell me like,
51:08
like, am I picking up group hour?
51:09
And then he's gonna, you know, be on my team for the rest of
51:12
the season and help me in the playoffs?
51:13
Like, I don't think so, but I think for the next few weeks,
51:17
like while this hot streak stays up, then he's getting 50% of
51:20
starts. And look at these matchups too,
51:22
right? You look at like the Rangers,
51:23
they're in a tailspin. New Jersey is a mess, but
51:26
Austin's a mess. Utah is actually been pretty
51:28
solid lately, but again, not the scariest team.
51:30
So like getting two of those four, he should get the Rangers
51:32
in Boston. I think that's how the the
51:34
rotation is going to shake out. So ranges in Boston.
51:37
I'm I'm happy with both of those matchups.
51:39
Absolutely. OK, and let's go to number one
51:44
at #1 we've got Connor Ingram of the Edmonton Oilers.
51:49
Look, Grover has been way better than Ingram, but if you look at
51:52
this schedule for the Oilers, it's probably the best one week
51:55
schedule I've ever seen a team have in terms of quantity and
51:58
quality. So they're playing Chicago and
52:00
Nashville back-to-back, then they're playing the Islanders
52:02
and then playing Vancouver and Saint Louis back-to-back.
52:05
You couldn't pick up A5 easier teams to play in the span of one
52:09
week, right? And look, Ingram and Pickard are
52:12
guaranteed 2 starts each and then who's going to get the
52:14
third one of Islanders? I think Ingram has the edge
52:16
there. So that's why I put him in the
52:17
here in the quantity. So three starts against 3 teams,
52:21
like if he gets Islanders, then he's probably getting Chicago
52:23
Islanders and Saint Louis. That's an insane, that's an
52:26
insane week. You know, like that's, that's
52:28
pretty nice. So, so yeah, no, I definitely
52:31
like Ingram as a pickup for for this week.
52:33
I mean, you're getting a guy that's gonna start a lot of
52:36
games for the Oilers against the worst team in the league.
52:40
Guys like we we foreshadowed the match up from me and Josh this
52:44
week like it's it's not even going to be close because Josh
52:47
is dry. Sital and McDavid playing five
52:50
games each, 55 games each against the worst teams in the
52:55
league. I think they're going to combine
52:56
for 30 points against me. I'm going to lose points.
52:58
I'm going to lose assist goals, power play, points, shots.
53:02
It's gonna it's gonna be close. So.
53:06
OK, well, we're not mentioning that Auto has four games this
53:08
week and you have like their entire team.
53:10
So don't play the worst guys in the league.
53:12
Yeah. No, it's there.
53:13
Yeah. So it's there.
53:15
Yeah, and they're also not. The Ottawa guys are good, but
53:17
they're not big dry so. Yeah, no, that's fair.
53:20
So it's, it should be a good week, hopefully.
53:22
But regardless, yeah, as the goalies like, I mean, when do
53:25
you ever get to pick up a goalie who's gonna get you 3 starts at
53:28
all? First of all, right, three
53:29
starts in a week from a pickup. Even most goalies drafted don't
53:32
get 3 starts in a week. And then the fact that it's this
53:34
quality of opponent and you're on that body of team like it's,
53:37
it's a no brainer. Yep.
53:39
OK, let's go to our top three quality goalies.
53:42
These are guys who should get you one good matchup start
53:44
usually on back-to-back again under 40% owned.
53:47
Let's start with. #3. At #3 we have Akira Schmid of
53:52
the Vegas Golden Knights. They have a back-to-back against
53:55
LA and Toronto. LA's in a tailspin.
53:57
Toronto actually been solid lately, but they haven't been as
53:59
scary as they have been in the past.
54:01
So I'm happy with either of these matchups.
54:02
Also of note, Carter Hart got injured recently, but but Aiden
54:07
Hill is back at practice. So I would have put Schmidt in
54:10
the quantity guys, but first, I like all the other ones better,
54:12
I think. And he's not guaranteed to get
54:15
the two starts if Hill comes back by the end of the week.
54:18
Yep, I have something really funny to mention.
54:21
OK, man, I wish I remembered who it was, but I want to say it was
54:30
then it might have been during the discord.
54:33
But if, if, if I forget who you are, I'm really sorry.
54:36
But the but remember that when we were having this
54:39
conversation, I was laughing because going into a few days
54:43
ago, they had Carter Hart and Jet grieves and they were
54:45
playing against each other and they were like, Oh well, at
54:48
least I'm guaranteed to win. Like they were trying to see who
54:50
do I start or whatever. Let him behold, like Vegas wins
54:53
the game. Jet Greaves has like his worst
54:55
game in a while and Carter Hart didn't even stay in the game
54:58
because he got he landed the first shot goals.
55:01
He was overweight and they got hurt on that on that play.
55:03
So he he went over 1 and then got taken out.
55:07
Then the backup came in and won the game.
55:09
Adjectives listed a bad game. So it was just like the worst
55:12
case scenario and it was like that's cracked himself because
55:14
he said he was because he had both starters going into the
55:18
matchup. So he thought it was really
55:20
funny. I'm really sorry I forgot who it
55:21
was, but shout out if I had more time.
55:24
I just scroll on my phone and see who said it.
55:25
But. Yeah, no, that's, I saw that.
55:27
That was that's like the opposite of the you know, when
55:30
you get the double shutout, like you always playing and they just
55:32
to shoot out. And so once you know, like,
55:35
yeah, I don't think it's ever happened to me either, but like
55:37
it it happens to someone because those games happen once in a
55:40
while and usually, you know, most goalies are own.
55:42
So so that's like the opposite of that, right, getting both
55:45
your goalies playing and you somehow don't end up with the
55:47
win at least, and that's brutal. But yeah, anyway, security
55:50
Schmid solid pickup for the weekend and you he's definitely
55:54
guaranteeing you want start, but he could get you 2 of hills not
55:56
ready to come back yet. Yeah, exactly.
55:58
And I will say, like the Hill injury does not look good.
56:02
It looked like his knee bent in a way that it's not supposed to
56:05
bend. You're not gonna get any
56:06
information from Vegas because it's.
56:07
Vegas hell entry or the OR the? Heart, the heart injury sorry.
56:10
So Ashvin might have some runaway here to be like the guys
56:14
getting almost all the starts until Hill comes back which is
56:17
still ambiguous. Can be next week could be in a
56:19
month. Like they just never going to
56:20
give us any information. But it seems like it's getting
56:23
on the closer end. So monitoring the situation.
56:25
But Shamin might be more valuable in the near future.
56:29
Yeah, and that's what we keep talking about when we talk to
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the about the goalie section, right?
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We're always like, oh, like, you know, this is a good pick up for
56:36
this week and he has the upside of potentially being a pickup
56:38
for a for a bit. So should we definitely fits
56:40
that bill. Let's go to. #2.
56:44
And #2 we have Anton Forsberg of the LA Kings back-to-back two
56:49
games against Anaheim. So he's guaranteed a game
56:51
against Anaheim. Look, Ellie is a mess right now.
56:53
Anaheim is a bigger mess. So if you're telling me that my
56:56
goal is playing against Anaheim, I'm very happy with that
56:59
matchup. So I'm taking that any the other
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week as a spot start. Yeah, I mean, listen, this
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section is all about spot starts.
57:07
You want 1 matchup and you want to stream a win.
57:09
They're playing Anaheim both games.
57:11
I think Ellie, listen, even though they haven't been the
57:14
best, they could still win games, especially against
57:16
Anaheim who has not had been at their best either.
57:19
So. Yeah, and let's go to number one
57:25
at #1 we have Calvin Pickard of the Edmonton Oilers, the back to
57:29
backs of Chicago, Nashville and Vancouver St.
57:31
Louis. Both these goalies.
57:33
Ingram was our number one for quantity.
57:34
Pickards are #1 for quality. But Edmonton's getting both this
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week, right? One of them getting the three
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stars. We learned with Ingram, if we
57:41
had to guess. But but both of them are getting
57:44
multiple starts against bottom of the barrel teams and Edmonton
57:47
just killing it. Especially McDavid has been on
57:50
fire. He and McDavid alone can
57:52
outscore any of these teams, so it's a.
57:56
I wonder who's playing against McDavid this week.
57:58
Yeah. Yeah, it should be.
58:01
It should be a fun time, but yeah.
58:03
But yeah, I'm happy with an Ingram Ora Pickard pickup.
58:07
So yeah, definitely a big fan of Edmonton schedule this week.
58:10
Crazy that both guys on this team are are available on
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waivers now so. Well that's cause Tristan Jarry
58:16
will come back eventually and save the day.
58:19
Hopefully it's not back this week, but yeah, you monitor the
58:22
situation because I feel like he is nearing a return.
58:25
So if he does come back, it definitely foils the plans for
58:28
one of these two goalies getting less starts, and I'm in.
58:32
Calvin Pickard would be the odd man out, I think.
58:34
So we're recommending him as a spot start.
58:36
So when you need that start, make sure you see who played on
58:40
the back-to-back and whatnot. Yeah, I think I agree that like
58:44
when Jerry comes back getting engrams, the backup and Pickett
58:47
will be sent down. And so their first back-to-back
58:50
Monday, Tuesday. So I don't see Jerry coming back
58:53
that soon. He could come back sometime this
58:54
week, but I don't see it being like in two days.
58:57
So Picard should be good to get you at least one of those back
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to backs specifically. Yeah exactly.
59:03
So I think I think we're still safe to put him as a spot start
59:06
guy, but he's not guaranteed the multiple stars even with the 2
59:08
back to backs. Yeah.
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continue to do so. I don't know what can stop us.
1:00:02
Maybe take injuring everybody. Maybe I just don't come back
1:00:04
after what McDavid and Draisaitl do to me this week.
1:00:06
Just like, just don't come back. They better deliver for me.
1:00:11
I don't think there's any world where they.
1:00:13
So you're trying to jinx it so hard.
1:00:15
I love that. There's nothing I could say that
1:00:17
could change the result. I I'm not superstitious like
1:00:20
that, but just a little stitious.
1:00:22
And yeah, I guess we'll see how it goes, but I might be crying
1:00:24
on the next episode. I hope so.
1:00:27
Yes. All right.
1:00:29
Well, on that note, take it away, Ernie.
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