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Welcome in to Bangor Management, the fantasy hockey podcast with
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your hosts Jake, Josh and Kevin. I'm Kevin.
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How y'all doing? I'm Kevin.
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That's all folks. I mean, I'm feeling, I'm feeling
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stressed, but nice. We'll, we'll we're gonna answer
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my questions today. We're also gonna touch on, you
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know, our fantasy playoffs as we get into it.
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We're all three of us in the same league.
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We're in different situations. So I guess we'll go into that.
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But I'm I should finish in 2nd place.
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Yeah, with a bye week. Of your daughters, your last.
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Shake and bake. Yeah, or you're I'm.
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Feeling barely 6 then. Anyways, we'll get into it soon.
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Yes, OK, Yes, it's crunch time. Ask your questions, baby.
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It's playoffs. Crunch time so.
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Alright, yeah, let's dive into some questions.
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So we've got a Skyline 1427 asked for a Bangor Cats League,
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including faceoff wins. Would you take Linton or Zaca
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for week 22? OHS.
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You go first. Because it's a categories that
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including face offs, I'm leaning went home.
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I think Zaca probably gets more points, but is it so much more
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than Lindholm to, you know, compensate for all the category
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coverage lines going to give you?
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I don't think so. So I leaned there, especially in
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a four-game week. I'm giving the volume of what
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Lynn Home can give you still on PP 1.
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So he can still get some points there.
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Though the line 3 deployment obviously is not ideal, but as
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long as you're not line one with playing with Pasta like 55
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points is obviously not anything to write home about anyways.
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But still give me land home. I think he's just a better
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player than Zaka right now. I love you playing with Pasta,
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but he's not. But still, he's shots hit some
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blocks have been surprisingly better than you would
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anticipate. I mean, his shots have been low
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throughout the season, but it's hit some blocks for a pure C.
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I've been honestly nice. Yeah, they have.
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I'm gonna go with Lynn home as well.
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Especially if this league has blocks and we don't really know
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how things are going to shake out without Marshall.
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I'm not saying that. They have good players to fill
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out the P1 though. That's the.
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Thing yeah, the power player 1's gonna stay there I think yeah
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absolutely they're both but you know like.
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Let's do some crazy stuff. Yeah, I just mean that for the
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5V over the lines, I wouldn't be surprised if Lindholm ends up
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line 1 instead of Zaka. I don't think it's.
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Impossible. I mean he's like a has been
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there for like a large part of the season at this point.
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So I would I would be surprised to change that up or if right
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now. Or if middle stack goes there.
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But is there a big difference between him being line 2 line 3?
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No. But rather line means there I'd
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rather. Lindholm line 3 over Zaka line 2
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for sure. So I'm saying if Sacha gets
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bumped off for whatever reason, either 4 middle stat or
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obviously 4 Lynn home, then at that point I just I would rather
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Lynn home for sure. Zach has because he's playing
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with Pasternak on the line 1. You know what I'm saying, I
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think. Some noise though, yeah,
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regardless of all this jumbling around or whatever happens,
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here's why I don't think they're mixing up their first line.
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I think it's been together for too long and they like it so I
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think they're keeping it. But I think Despite that, I
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think it's easily lend home just the back.
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That's difference is so much bigger than I think the points
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difference is gonna be like it's gonna get like one to two more
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points than home this week. It's not going to be like some
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crazy lopsided thing. You know, they've got they're
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both on power play one and even strength.
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Boston's not getting that many points anyways.
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So I think there's the, you know, stability and consistency
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of lint homes back cats makes some of the easy choice.
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Yep. Alright, so we all agree on
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Lindholm. Alright, next we've got Bushman.
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YYZ asked would you drop Skinner or Markstrom from Miss Lykins,
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Dostal or night? The cats are whilst not cats as
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a points league wins are worth nine goals against our -3 saves
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our .6 and shutouts are five. And they also said includes the
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question, but they also mentioned how they're just
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frustrated with Skinner and Markstrom.
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They haven't been very. Good.
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I just think that even though you're frustrated with these
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guys, like those are still the two best goalies here terms of
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getting wins for your team, which is gonna be huge value
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with how your scoring system is. I don't think you can drop in
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either of those guys. Obviously.
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I think, listen, am I surprised on a week to week basis that one
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of these other goals is gonna score more points?
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Like, it wouldn't shock me, but I don't think you can make that
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gamble when dropping one of these studs that's, you know, on
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a really good team that is gonna be your favorite.
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And most games they play. Yeah, I just, I you can't drop
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it in these guys. Yeah, I mean, clearly what this
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scoring system wins is what matters.
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Like, it's really like, wins, wins, wins.
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Obviously the goals against hurt.
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Yeah, but I mean, it's not even like those other guys are
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letting in not much fewer goals than, you know, better,
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Markstrom. So like you gotta go with the
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ones that get the most wins. Skinner, Markstrom I'm not too
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happy with either lately either, but they're still firing like
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far and away better than the options you have left.
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So. On playoff teams, right, like
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these other you know, Columbus is a fringe team, but Anaheim is
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not and Chicago is not so. Yeah, I would.
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I would hold you want to try not to get too frustrated and just
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hope they show up for you in the playoffs.
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Yeah, exactly. That's the best you can do.
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It kind of feels counterintuitive when you're not
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making moves and these guys are doing bad, but at some point you
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just gotta stay to your guns and see how it goes.
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Yeah, not for these guys. I wouldn't necessarily be
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absolutely opposed to partying with them, but these three?
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Are not exactly, it's just very. Rare, and these are.
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Like, yeah, it's rare that you're gonna find better
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goalies. On either of them.
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That's what I was gonna say, actually.
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I feel like if he was available in this league you would have
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mentioned it, but. I just.
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Potentially cause the saves, like the saves is a lot.
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You know, I still think wins you're not gonna get better than
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Skinner, Markstrom, like Milk is not gonna get more wins than
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those guys. And like the way they're scoring
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system is like Wade, wins are so heavy.
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But we're looking at next week. You know what they play?
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It's Oilers play Utah, Winnipeg, Seattle.
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Like they can win those two, two out of three games.
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Skinner probably plays most of those games, if not all of them.
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Yeah. That's a really.
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I'm holding tight with Skinner. And Markstrom plays Columbus,
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Calgary, Ottawa, all those games.
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He could win all those, you could lose all those.
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Games. Yeah.
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And which one of these would you rather hold, Skinner or
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Markstrom? I'd keep Skinner over.
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Marketing Skinner as well. Yeah, I like Edmonton better
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than New Jersey. Yeah, that's.
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I think New Jersey is in a bit of a free fall, honestly.
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I still think. They're gonna make the playoffs,
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but I don't like them right now. I mean, they lose 2 of their
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best players. It's tough.
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No, that's it. I'm not saying their fault, but.
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Yeah, I mean, it is their fault so.
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Yeah, don't get interesting, nerds.
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And some we're going to keep Skinner and Markstrom.
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Exactly. Yeah, alright, playing on my
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mind 1975 asked Bangor Cats league that ends week 23, so
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week 23 is the championship. Would you take Strome or Cousins
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for week 22 and 23? Give me cousins.
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For Bangor cats. It's a banger.
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Cats leaving like you. Strong gets zero hits, zero
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blocks, basically zero shots. I'm going with Cousins as well.
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I think it's he also has an extra game in week 23 exact room
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and yeah, it's just the back ends have been absolutely absurd
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and like you know, Cousins on Buffalo versus Strome now there
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there's a question, you know for Cousins on Ottawa versus Strong.
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I think it's an easy Cousins. It's only been a few games right
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now, but we've already seen that, you know, he's settling in
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pretty, pretty quickly. Yeah.
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And you know Washington has a four-game Week 24 don't even
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getting. That right, Yeah, right.
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So, yeah, and The thing is, like, obviously I don't think
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you know any of us expect him to keep hitting nine times per
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game. No, but I like a lot about
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Cousins is he's gonna keep hitting because he's doing it
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all season, even if it's not this crazy.
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But he also just got put into Power Play 1, so he's got the
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deployment to go with it. So I really like Cousins.
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Same. Yeah.
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So we're all on Cousins on that one.
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Like, just put yourself in this guy's shoes.
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Like Stroman carried him probably to the playoffs.
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Yeah. You know, we've been touting
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Dylan Strome the whole season. Love strong, but he's really
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good at getting points, playing with obviously break the record,
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like all these all these things. But in a bangers cast league, I
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don't I feel like it's, I don't know that's strongly is worse.
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Centre and Cousins is 40% on his waiver rides.
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It's. Like, very counterintuitive.
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Like it would be a scary move to make doing that.
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Like, you know, let's say you have Strong and you want like,
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dropping him for Cousins. Yeah, it feels wrong, especially
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you look at those roster percentages, stuff like that.
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But I think it's the right. Move.
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You wanna make moves when your league?
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Yeah, yeah. I mean, like it's every year.
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If you look at like our rosters by the last week of the season,
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you know, there's years where I've dropped like Ottinger, I've
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dropped, you know, like literally like these crazy
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players because like you drop them once, they like they only
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have one game left for the rest of the week or something like
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that, you know, like, so at the end it's about, you know,
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doesn't matter what your roster looks like at the end of day
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when it's getting the win. Yeah, yeah.
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So alright, next year, next we've got.
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I just wanna cause like, I just want to make sure we like
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finalize, yeah, move on to the next one, but yeah.
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Yeah. Soulja, 42, asked in a Cat's
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league. The Cats are goals, assists,
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power play, points, plus, minus and hits.
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Plus minus. Yeah, I know.
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Would you drop any of the following guys for Luke Hughes
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or Lacombe? Here's a list of like 8-10 guys.
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Carlson, Sanderson. Connect Any Zuccarello, Jenner
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Speech, Raquel, Denado, Hurdle. OK, let's.
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OK, so I'm doing this by process of elimination.
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Should we just say not dropping more look home though I guess
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that was a would you rather? Yeah, it was.
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If you listen to previous episodes this week, we asked
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Luke Jackson Lacombe. Season news, I think.
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Cheeky and I went Lacombe and. Yeah, I'm just making on the
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power play points. Yeah, I guess also like here
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like looking at their specific categories.
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Yeah, if they have plus minus then I might go use over.
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The same. So, so yeah, so let's say in
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their league, you go, he's overcome.
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And now the question is which one would you drop?
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OK, well, you can cancel out like the obvious no drops.
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You're not dropping Sanderson, you're not dropping connect any.
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No, you're not dropping. Sketch you're not dropping.
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Connect me. Wait, was it?
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Did he say for? No, no, this was he.
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Didn't say any week. No, Yeah, exactly.
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OK, Yeah, You're not driving, connecting, not dropping Sketch,
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I don't think dropping Raquel. Special but you can IR.
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Yeah, exactly. You're not dropping hurdle.
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In a bangers league, I'm open to dropping.
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Jenner. I'm open to dropping.
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I mean, is it crazy to drop zoo? I think it really depends on the
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week of the Playhouse. Minnesota has a really good
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schedule. I know.
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So like, not that he's been very good, but I like the schedule a
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lot more than I like Times or New Jersey.
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Yeah. So for that reason, I wouldn't
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that ones like definitely closer.
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So that leaves us with Carlson, Jenner and Donado.
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So any of those. Guys, I think then I'd rather
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hues over Carlson, OK, I think. I'd rather use over a lot of
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these guys just cause he's good at click on the power play and.
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Especially with their with their cats.
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Yeah, exactly. And you know, he's got four
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games in Week 23, which is really nice as well.
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Yeah, obviously two games in Week 24, but.
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Yeah, but you just browse. So, OK, the remaining three guys
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of Carlson, Jenner and Senado are you?
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I dropped, I dropped Anado. I think I dropped Carlson, I I
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would even drop Zuke if I really wanted, if I needed a DI.
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Just think Hughes gets more points and more probably points
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like I, I don't think that's crazy.
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Yeah. For sure I dropped Jenner.
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Yeah, OK, cool. So there's the there's the ones
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that you would drop. OK, And now how about OK, so we
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said we would drop Carlson, Zuke, Jenner and Donado.
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What would be your? Which one would?
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You would rather four games Luke Hughes than A2 game connect me.
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Which week? I guess it's week.
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It's week week 22. The Connect Me has two games.
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OK, I'd rather three games of Luke's and two games of Connect
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Me, I think. I don't agree.
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I think if it was like a four versus, if it was a four versus
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2, I could see that. But about 3 versus 2, I don't
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think it's enough to warrant such a change.
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But yeah, so if you had to choose one of these guys to
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drop, which would be your, which would be your top drop for Luke
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Hughes? I think that NATO.
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Same because of the plus minus also.
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Right. Yeah, that's true.
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Plus minus is big. Yeah, that really, Yeah, they're
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gonna probably get scored on the most.
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Yeah, that's a really good point.
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Yeah. OK, cool.
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So Luke is really come. We choose Luke cues based on
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your cats and then which of these guys to drop for him.
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We would do Donato. The one thing is this next
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coming week Donato's four games. Excuse us three.
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You guys still OK with that move?
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For plus minus. OK.
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Like the L by picking up hues for Donato regarding hits,
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sorry, yeah, probably goals just because, like, hard for
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defenseman to score, but more PowerPoints and plus minus, you
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know? So you're winning three of the
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two categories there, I think. All right, cool.
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So Luke cues for Denado is our final answer.
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Yes, Gates next we've got Noah on Instagram, says Sasala Coop,
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which I don't know what this is doing.
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According to AI translates roughly to it smells like the
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cup in English. In sports, especially hockey in
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Quebec, this phrase is used to express excitement or confidence
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that a team is on track to win a championship.
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It's similar to saying we're going all the way or
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championship vibes. Thank.
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You know what part of these was a question?
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Listen to the doctor. Because like session, like
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whoop. There wasn't even a discuss
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after. It was just This is what it.
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Means this is. For all of you, though, for all
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of you guys ask you what Lasala could mean, Yeah, you know.
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I I guess the way that I interpreted this is do.
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That does it sound like. Is the coop something?
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Do the Do the Canadians have a chance to win the Stanley Cup?
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No. Do they have a chance to make
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the playoffs? Yes.
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Are they going to make you feel? Like, that could just be like,
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discussed because does it change the fact that they're making the
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playoffs? How they're gonna deploy these
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young guys? You know what?
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I mean, for sure. And the way that, you know, we
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talk about all season how we really like guys on like these,
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really like bad teams, like the young guys on bad teams, because
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when they have nothing to play for, they just start playing
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their young guys to help develop them.
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Yes, so Montreal's and in that category so yeah, exactly.
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So like I don't even know who Montreal has as a young guy,
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though they would like, you know, possibly like bring in to
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like play big minutes. Cause like a lot of our young
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guys are kind of key pieces already, you know, or aren't
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ready to crack, aren't like ready to crack the roster.
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But but yeah, no, definitely they're going to be relying
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heavily on their top line of Suzuki, Caulfield and Silkowski.
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They'll be relying a lot on Hudson so.
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Like take like a Matheson versus a Hudson.
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Matheson gets way more minutes. If the houses were not in a good
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spot, I could see that's an eating into his time on ice.
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Yeah, a little bit. I know what.
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You're saying, yeah, where is that at this point?
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Concerning? They're so close, like they're
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probably just gonna keep doing what they're doing because they
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wanna. Make yeah, but Hudson gets all
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the offensive minutes and matzah.
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Defensive ones, yeah, for sure. That's not going to change.
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Yeah. I just mean there's like a
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little bit of a nuance. Maybe Hudson would have had a
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bit of a higher ceiling if the hubs were out of it, which
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sounds counterintuitive. Yeah.
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You know what I mean? Yeah.
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Whereas the Sulkowski's of the world, I don't think it really
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changes much. Caulfield, you mentioned
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podcast. Yeah, Race for 40.
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So they may just even. That's always.
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Fun having huge. Yeah, and Montem Bo is gonna get
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the lion share as he's been getting.
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Yeah. So I think like this wasn't
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exactly a question, but now. We have something to.
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Talk. Yeah.
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We just, we just taught our listeners a bit of French.
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So that's yeah. And yeah, I mean.
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I do think they definitely have a shot.
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They're only two points behind Columbus.
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I really like Columbus this year, but I.
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Think it's other Columbus? Yeah, I agree.
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I think New Jersey, I don't think they slip out of a playoff
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spot, despite me not really liking them after their
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injuries. I think the sense of just
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playing way too well. I don't think they're I think
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they're going to be solidly in first wild card.
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So I really think it comes down to Columbus, Montreal and also
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the Rangers are still in it. You know, obviously there's a
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bunch of other teams that are still within like one or two
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points. Like you look at like Boston
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Islanders even I think Philly like, but I don't see any of
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them really like having a shot. I don't think there's good
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teams, Detroit. Also, yeah, Detroit at the
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beginning of the season, I said, battling for the wild card
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packets and the Rangers. Yeah, what a concept.
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The Big Three. That's crazy.
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Yeah, No, it's not. I thought you were gonna bring
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up how at the beginning you predicted that the house will
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finish out of. Boston.
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And yeah, I, I yeah, I did. Well, yeah, I did.
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Well, let's not forget all the other terrible takes, you know.
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Finishing first, Whatever the way you literally got the
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complete opposite. So much more confident about
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that one than the Canadians, but.
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You know what we a lot of us were.
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That's not just on you. Yeah.
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Yeah. Thanks, Josh.
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Kevin. Subtle 1 high on the avalanche.
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That's not true. We all had them in like the top
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three. Well, high I had them.
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Second, it was the. Highest and they're in 3rd right
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now. Ohhhhh yeah cool.
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So Kevin had a bad take. Also thanks for coming.
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I was ambitious. It's not over yet.
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No, definitely not alright Island knucklehead on X asked.
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I was offered Jackson Lacombe in exchange for Adam Fantilli and
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my dynasty league. My decor is weak and I could use
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a boost, but I'm worried about Lacoma viability.
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What should I do? I would keep unopened.
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Definitely keep. Do not trade and eventually in a
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dynasty league. Yeah, I I like Lacombe rest this
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season. Used to be a forward.
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Have we talked about that more than people already?
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Lowkey though. Since I traded away Velardi,
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he's not been as big a topic of conversation.
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Yeah, yeah, it's almost as if he was the bane of your existence.
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Yeah, While he. Was so good too.
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Yeah, you just don't know how. OK, I know you.
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Brought I actually like Lacombe and Dynasty.
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I think he really, I think he really played himself into
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having an actual role. So many defensemen who can
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become the power play on. Defence, he's developed to be
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that guy before the other guy. Yeah, but you have no idea.
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How they've got, they've got. Because if they got.
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I mean he completely replacement Jacob already.
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But I mean, you know, that's this year.
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Who knows what happens next year?
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Yeah, for sure, for sure. But I think he's done improved
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himself well enough that he was having a rough spot while
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Zellweger and Michael getting scratched.
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Yeah, but that's also because those guys are young, right?
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Not that he's not young too, but like like Zellweger, I think is
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the highest prospect out of the three of them by.
18:55
Far, I think. I think they got a gem when they
18:57
didn't expect with Jackson Macomb.
18:58
It's really nice. I think he's going to be really
19:00
good, but I don't. Think that eventually.
19:02
I don't think he's a lock for this deployment for.
19:04
Years I would I would like my house.
19:06
Easily next year he cannot be power play.
19:08
One, that's what I. Mean I think odds are he is, but
19:11
I think I would bet my. House on Yeah, exactly.
19:13
Yeah. Whereas Van Dilly is, he got an
19:16
opportunity here with the Monaghan's injury and he's run
19:19
away with it. He's shown he can be that guy.
19:21
He's only going to get better. He was number three overall or
19:24
number two overall? Number three overall, right?
19:25
Yeah. Carlson.
19:26
Yeah, exactly. So yeah.
19:29
No, this, you don't trade fantasy in a dynasty league.
19:31
Like, if ever there was a time for them to send you that
19:33
periods before the Monahan injury, you know, and then,
19:36
like, maybe you could have like, done it and then you would be
19:38
regretting it. But now Chantilly showing you
19:39
what he can do. Yeah.
19:40
Even if you have a weak decor. You know better.
19:42
You don't make a bad trade just to help a position.
19:44
You could flu people for a better defensive.
19:46
Yeah, you need look home. Plus for sure you could do like
19:49
Chantilly for Luke Hughes and I'd feel much better.
19:51
Than that. Yeah, yeah.
19:54
Yeah, doesn't look use owner do that?
19:56
Probably not. No, just cause of the.
19:58
Name. So I think Chantilly's a bigger
20:00
name than he really. And Dynasty?
20:03
I don't think so. I think so.
20:05
I think because of the name, it's gonna.
20:06
Be I think he's just has the name value like Luke Hughes and
20:10
the higher. I would rather frantically
20:13
overlook cues, I think because I think until he's like.
20:15
Sick. I think he's like, he was touted
20:17
as like gonna be like the guy and he's playing like it.
20:19
Yeah, I know. But how hard is it to point
20:20
defence with that I don't know how much of.
20:21
That level though, I don't know much longer.
20:23
Hamilton's contract is, but Luke is not getting power.
20:25
Play one as long as Hamilton's healthy.
20:26
I don't believe that though. We already saw it last.
20:28
Night that I think is going to happen sooner than later.
20:30
I think time, Hamilton. Been healthy Luke Hughes hasn't
20:33
had. For sure, but he's young enough
20:34
though. Yeah, I I really believe in
20:36
Hughes, but I agree that I think Fantilli is like a notch above.
20:39
Nonetheless, I would take Hughes over Lacombe because for sure,
20:43
yeah. So yeah, I think you could just
20:45
aim higher than this if you get little come plus.
20:47
Something. Nice.
20:49
I would take Sanderson. Sanderson's gonna be.
20:51
You take Sanderson over Fantilli.
20:55
Sanderson, I'm blown away by him, honestly.
20:57
I think he's gonna be so good for years to come.
20:58
I also think Ottawa as a team is going to be really good for
21:01
years to come and he's. Gonna even if Brady Truck
21:03
leaves. I don't think Chuck's leaving,
21:04
but even if he does, I think they'll get something for him in
21:06
return. So.
21:07
JT Miller. They're already in the same
21:11
group chat I think, so it's like.
21:14
I go for them though. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:16
But anyway, so definitely do not trade fantasy for Lacombe.
21:19
If you have to trade for AD, you know aim higher.
21:21
Yeah, for sure. That's right.
21:23
Who's a good name though? I'm trying to think.
21:25
Yeah, and dynasty, it's a little complex obviously, but maybe T
21:30
Momyer those home. No, no, we're talking about.
21:34
Like a defenseman. Yeah.
21:35
You can. Trade OHS not he's one.
21:38
Clearly willing to flip Chantilly for a defenseman.
21:40
What about Hudson? I would do that.
21:42
I would take Hudson. Yeah, I would take Hudson.
21:44
I think he's gonna be really good for years to come.
21:45
You know, maybe we're being too homerism here, but.
21:48
We are Montreal fans. Get back Guy, but points wise I
21:52
think he's gonna be a monster. But he's not necessarily
21:54
backcast guy either. That's.
21:55
True, I don't hate the essence of it, I would just rather take
21:59
someone else like another forward another.
22:01
Good form, but he's specifically is asking that his decor is
22:03
weak. No, no, no, sorry.
22:05
Like Lacombe plus a forward. You'd rather do it 2 for.
22:08
One I'd rather I'd rather get another player of equal value or
22:11
better. I don't know, because like
22:12
Hudson, it's tough right there. Is that sophomore slump?
22:15
You know what I mean? Like next year this time I can
22:17
see. But dynasty not just asking for
22:20
one year. Yes, exactly as their career
22:22
you. Know, and The thing is in
22:23
dynasty with these defensemen like you either get them in the
22:26
draft, you're not picking them off waivers, right like these
22:28
guys. Are gonna be available.
22:29
Look OK have been picked up. And that guys almost flipped him
22:33
preventive. Yeah, exactly.
22:35
No, you gotta hold Fantilli in this situation.
22:37
I just think, I just think apparently one defenseman that
22:40
has like a really bright future is gonna be very rare in the
22:42
dynasty league that you probably gotta pay up for it, right?
22:45
So yeah. Fair, fair Sergachev.
22:47
That's right. That's that's a close one.
22:50
I think I would take Sergachev. I'd probably take Chantilly, but
22:53
that's. Close.
22:53
He just got treated there. I just think Utah can only go up
22:57
from here, and he's already having a pretty Yeah, so.
23:00
Hmm, that's a close one to me. I think that's only clothing.
23:03
Utah's gonna get a lot better over the coming years.
23:05
They have a lot of young talent, too.
23:06
Yeah, I think Circuit has the guy too.
23:08
Like look at the year Gunther and Cooley had you.
23:10
Know you can get surf plus? Probably not.
23:14
I don't think so. Honestly, I think even Sergachev
23:17
might be a stretch. I I would aim for Sergachev or
23:19
Hudson. I like those too.
23:21
I would try to show you. Around I like I would take
23:23
Hudson over Sergachev, yeah. Yeah, try to aim higher.
23:27
Like Hudson could kill Makar. Yeah, that's his ceiling,
23:30
whether hits it or not. I don't know that.
23:32
Would be pretty. That'd be.
23:32
Pretty rad. I would.
23:33
I'd be OK. With you surrounded by some good
23:35
talent, yeah. Yeah, that would be super cool,
23:37
actually. Yeah.
23:38
So yeah, let's move on and talk about our playoff picture.
23:43
Yeah. So we've got three, obviously
23:45
three of us here, three different teams, all in three
23:48
different positions heading into our next for us playoffs is week
23:51
22 to 24, so this coming week. And yeah, so little bit of an
23:56
overview and then you guys could dive into, you know, we could
23:58
dive into where our team stands. But we've got Kevin's currently
24:01
in second place in our league. It's looking like he's gonna
24:03
lock that down. He first two, only six teams of
24:07
our twelve team league make the playoffs and the top two get a
24:10
bye week. So he's looking at having a bye
24:12
week next week and preparing for the semis.
24:14
Then you've got I'm in 3rd. I'm like just out of reach of
24:18
Kevin, I think. And I could kind of decide if I
24:21
want to punt this week to kind of drop to 4th or 5th to kind of
24:25
help myself decide which match up I'm going to go against in
24:27
the playoffs in the first round. And then you've got Jakey, who
24:31
is in 6th and there's a guy right behind him in 7th.
24:35
But it's looking pretty good for him this week.
24:36
But he's got a battle it out to make sure he secures a playoff
24:39
spot. So he wants to start with what I
24:42
think is going through their head, right?
24:43
Now as the second place team right now and my current matchup
24:47
is pretty tight, honestly, it's not you.
24:48
You would have to have a 12 or 13 win category win out of 15
24:53
categories. So you have to win like 12:00 to
24:55
2:00 to pretty much, you know, overtaking me in 2nd place,
24:59
which I feel like is a pretty good safety net to have.
25:01
Yeah. But my metric is not going great
25:05
and your metric is going great for right now.
25:08
So but I'm in in a holding this bye week.
25:12
I'm right now looking at making moves for the semifinals.
25:14
I'm looking at the teams have the best playoff schedule there.
25:17
I'm already trying to prepare for for what my team is gonna
25:19
look like. I'm preparing for who I think my
25:21
opponents are gonna be and picking up guys that are going
25:24
to help me in the categories that I need.
25:27
In terms of you guys. I mean, I think Jakey as of
25:29
tonight probably locked up the 66 pot.
25:32
Yeah, I think so as well. And then between 3-4 and five,
25:34
there's a three-point difference.
25:36
So anything can happen, yeah. It's OK, there's a few things
25:41
here. If you're in a position where,
25:44
let's say if your league actually like if you win any
25:46
prize for whatever reason, one or two, I like the idea of
25:50
aiming to try to get. There.
25:52
Yeah, that's a good point. Too, Unless it's totally out of
25:54
reach. Like Josh, your situation is a
25:56
bit a bit unstable right now because like Kevin.
26:00
Will you guys may play other in the first round of Josh is third
26:02
and you finished. 6th exactly so it really just depends but if
26:05
you have a chance at second, especially if second has a bye
26:09
week, 1st and 2nd it's a no. Brainer.
26:11
It's a really small chance, but it is a chance.
26:13
Yeah, I should just go for it, I would say.
26:15
But anyway, now let's say in our league, 6 plays three and five
26:19
plays four, yeah, OK. And.
26:21
There's tiebreakers for the higher seed.
26:23
Yeah, I'm a scary team right now.
26:25
I'm only in this situation because I had such bad injury
26:26
luck all year and basically Josh is trying to avoid playing me
26:31
perhaps. The other teams I could play in
26:34
the quarterfinals year my. Words.
26:35
The team in fourth and 5th, yeah, right now have their teams
26:38
have kind of been on the downward.
26:40
Trends too. Yeah, they have injuries too,
26:42
and they're not the, I would say out of the three strongest
26:46
playoff teams overall. I don't think my team right now,
26:49
I'm also dealing with a ton of injuries, so I don't think I'm
26:51
in the. We're all dealing with injuries
26:53
except Jake. Yeah, finally.
26:55
So at the best time I might add, but for me the situation is
27:00
interesting because I'm going thinking about this right now
27:04
like do I save my pickups because I have no chance of
27:07
winning prize money by any means for the regular season.
27:09
I'm like. Unless you win the.
27:10
Playoffs maybe? Maybe making 6 playoffs are my
27:12
only chance. So all this to say, at this
27:15
stage I'm in a situation where, OK, do I wait this week and then
27:20
aim for to use all my pickups for next week?
27:22
Or do I really, really ensure that I get 6th?
27:26
You know what I mean? So that's kind of what I.
27:28
Think I think your 6th place is pretty much in the bag because
27:31
the guy is right behind you losing 11/3.
27:33
Yeah, So that's the two schools of thought is like get into the
27:36
playoffs and anything could happen or prepare for the
27:39
playoffs already. That's where my head is at.
27:42
I think I'm gonna make it. I'm fairly confident.
27:45
I'd say if you're over 50% confident you're going to do.
27:47
It like 95% chance to. Play then in that case I'm gonna
27:50
just probably save my ads and mainly plan for a playoff
27:53
schedule that's kind of where my.
27:55
Head, I was in your shoes. That's what I would do as well,
27:57
yeah. I think that makes the most
27:58
sense. And if any of the listeners are
28:00
in this situation as well, whether it, you know, top eight
28:03
teams or whatever it is, or even if your playoffs finished week
28:05
25, like if you know you're gonna make the playoffs but not
28:08
be rewarded for the season, I would aim for the playoff
28:10
schedule. And that's partially why we've.
28:12
Given this one, you. Have to be really certain
28:14
though, like I think you're a bit jumping the ball.
28:17
I know the guy you're fighting against for the spot is doing
28:21
really bad this week, but that can flip like that.
28:23
You have to pay attention. Like, yeah, there's really, you
28:26
know, I would say also, how many pickups are you making?
28:30
Like how many spots do you have on your roster that you can
28:32
drop? You know, so that's another
28:34
factor I would save like I definitely save like one ad for
28:37
the next week, but like you gotta focus on.
28:40
Would use at least one for your matchup this week and then
28:43
potentially a second, but I don't think you might think you
28:45
need to use a. 2nd, I'm just saying whatever I'm doing, I
28:48
really don't want to sacrifice my playoff chances for this so I
28:52
can find a way that I can maximize.
28:54
You're right. Using one of the three Ads this
28:56
week. That's cool.
28:57
Yeah, makes sense. But do I?
29:01
I mean, yeah, you got to just be in a situation where you know
29:04
that you're gonna make the playoffs.
29:05
Then you can do that. You don't wanna be the guy who
29:07
like perhaps for the playoffs and then misses the.
29:09
Yeah, I mean, who are you gonna drop the?
29:12
I don't know. We'll figure out the team
29:13
specifics. Well, that's.
29:16
Right, that's tough because he's got a good playoff.
29:18
Schedule. You know what I mean?
29:19
But. Semifinals, final, it really
29:20
just depends. And now the last thing I'll add
29:22
to this is like where I'm seeing this is like I'm probably if I'm
29:26
going into next week where, you know, I would have to win three
29:29
straight weeks in order to win the championship, I'm going to
29:32
take it week by week thing. Yeah, I'm probably going to do
29:35
that as opposed to like, you know, jumping the gun.
29:37
If I had any Red Wings or any any Sharks for next week, I
29:40
would probably consider dropping those guys rather.
29:44
Even though like, what is it for Detroit?
29:47
It's like 24. Three, yeah.
29:49
So even though there are 4 is sick, I'd rather take my
29:52
chances. I mean, there's some things you
29:53
just can't. Draw for sure, obviously.
29:55
Unless you're coming down to the barrel, and if you don't drop
29:57
them, you're not even gonna win your quarter finals, then
29:59
obviously you make a call. But yeah, exactly like Dylan
30:02
Larkin and Lucas Raymond. Yeah, we spoke about this on the
30:04
previous episode. So you gotta do what you gotta
30:06
do to win that week at the end of the day, you know, like, but
30:09
that's it. If it's a guy with that high
30:10
caliber, you can't drop them in the quarterfinals because then
30:13
even if you win that week, you're screwed for the rest of
30:15
the playoffs. No, but like if it's a more like
30:17
kind of fringe. Guy Marco Casper.
30:19
Yeah. We just put up a three-point
30:21
night. Yeah, you know, 2 two game.
30:23
Win Patrick Kane, I'd be willing to draw.
30:25
You just put up a 5 point. 9:00 But I still you.
30:27
Know like like. It's scary stuff to do, but I
30:29
got it. Yeah, I got.
30:30
It yeah so especially if we're talking just a choice
30:33
specifically mentioned this already in the previous episode
30:35
but they play Tuesday Saturday you keep them for the Tuesday
30:37
and then you. Drop them getting them for half
30:39
the games of the week. Exactly.
30:41
Yeah, no, so, So yeah, I agree with that.
30:44
My situation is a bit. We talked about it a bit like
30:47
it's I'm like kind of like super far reach from second, but
30:51
there's like a 2% chance of it happening, you know, and at the
30:55
same time tiebreakers do go to the higher seed, so I don't.
31:00
Wanna like all the tides happen in this in this league?
31:02
Because you have 15 categories and two of them.
31:05
Are, yeah. Which are categories that don't
31:08
usually that usually end in a tie.
31:10
Yeah. So pretty much I want the
31:12
tiebreaker, I guess. There's pretty much no chance of
31:14
catching up the second at this point.
31:15
So it's like, do I try and punt it?
31:17
So I avoid playing Jakey in the first round, but then I could
31:20
end up dropping a fifth and then I lose?
31:22
Pretty much I lose the tiebreaker for the entire
31:25
playoffs unless I end up playing Jake in the finals, Yeah.
31:28
Or do I just, you know, go for it, you know, play this week out
31:32
how it should be, probably guarantee myself 3rd place and
31:35
then have to face the hardest catch up for myself and how I.
31:38
See, it is the tiebreaker really comes into play because we have
31:40
an odd number of categories and two of them are also like, you
31:43
know, very volatile, let's say. So we're playing like 13
31:46
protections exactly. Getting a shutout or a short
31:48
handed. Point exactly.
31:49
It's like if they get a shutout or short handed point, then you
31:52
like it, just cancel it. Just like a Mulligan.
31:54
Yeah, exactly what I mean. So which is really nice to have
31:58
because losing your week because your point out a short handed
32:01
point is like devastating. Happens to me every week.
32:05
So yeah, definitely nice to have, but I wouldn't like, you
32:08
know, sacrifice my season for that, if that makes sense.
32:11
I don't know, like I'd much rather play a favorable matchup
32:15
without the tiebreaker. Does that make sense?
32:16
Yeah, like, honestly, like I think after today it seems like
32:19
I really do have a shot of catching up to you.
32:21
So I think like I might just punt it to avoid playing Jake in
32:24
the first round. Because then you play me in the
32:26
second round because Jake would played would play a first place
32:30
team since he has the lowest seed, yeah.
32:32
But then yeah, the end of the day, it's just like.
32:34
A man, then you might end up having the tiebreaker over Jake
32:37
in the finals. Yeah, yeah.
32:38
So honestly it maths out. And this matters a lot more for
32:42
Bangor leagues, by the way. I got tie and a points league is
32:45
virtually impossible. I've seen it happen like once in
32:47
like 10 years. But like, yeah, so mainly this
32:51
is a category like I'm not. Talking a lot of categories,
32:53
We're talking 15. Categories and for the
32:54
listeners, if you're in an active, very active bangers
32:58
league like we are, I mean, that tiebreaker could be immense.
33:01
Yeah, yeah. So be really careful if you do
33:03
this just to try to like skew your match.
33:05
I mean my ideal scenario is I thread the needle and then 4th.
33:08
But like the 4th good earth is so.
33:11
We're all like 3 points apart from each other, so it would be
33:15
really tough to do that, but I'm gonna try.
33:16
I think that's my goal for the week.
33:18
I've decided now so. 2nd is the best for you and then 4th I
33:22
guess. Yeah, this is not gonna happen
33:23
now that My pony got too short ended points on the week.
33:25
Like it's pretty much. Done.
33:26
Yeah, it's interesting. Yeah, it's.
33:29
Interesting. But The thing is Jake isn't in
33:32
6th right now and he's the 7th place team is not overtaking
33:36
him, but he's playing the 5th place team, Yeah.
33:38
So he's taking points away from them and you're trying to finish
33:43
behind. This I need the 4th place team
33:45
to have a decent. Week and the fourth place.
33:49
Please do, yeah. I really this is maybe beyond
33:52
the the like predictability level at this point.
33:55
We're still we're halfway through the week, basically.
33:57
But the main thing I guess look, if you are going to do it like
34:00
opt to do this strategy to try to predict who you're gonna
34:03
play, you gotta keep track of like every team and whatever
34:06
everyone's going like. I mean, most of these, I think
34:09
it'll be pretty set in stone going into the playoffs, like
34:11
where everybody's seeing. Yeah, like unless, you know,
34:13
there's one or two teams are in the playoffs, Costa, you don't
34:15
know who's making it in our situation.
34:17
Lazy. Like 1-2 and six are pretty much
34:20
determined and 345 are, yeah, basically interchangeable.
34:23
And another thing like obviously this goes without saying, but
34:25
make sure you make pickups that are relevant for the matchup as
34:29
well as opposed to just like good players, like with good big
34:31
games. Like if you know your opponent
34:33
only has like 2 flimsy goalies like get someone else, you could
34:37
at least win the volume categories right?
34:39
Like me, unfortunately. Anyways.
34:44
Charlie Lindgren, but, but yeah, that's.
34:48
That's that's a good a good summary of what we're.
34:51
Dealing with yeah, if you guys are interested in hearing more
34:53
about our league, like let us know and we can make another
34:55
episode during the playoffs. It's always kind of fun to talk
34:58
about our own teams and. Yeah, for sure.
34:59
And let us know we're gonna. Be interesting these episodes,
35:03
you know? Yeah.
35:03
And if you guys have questions for us as well based on what's
35:07
going on with your situation or something of the sort, like
35:10
we've been really going through it, so you have someone to talk
35:13
to and we could help. And yeah, I think it could add a
35:16
lot of value. Yep.
35:19
All right, take it away or any. Yeah, you could do that.
35:26
That wraps it up for this week. Mailbag plus playoff talk
35:31
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35:33
I'll put it in the title playoff talk situation.
35:36
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