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Bubba bound bound bank or management fantasy hockey
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Oh, really? Yeah, they're they're in Seoul
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right now. Oh, wow.
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By day I mean Jackie and his girlfriend.
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Because yeah, I mean, listen, guys, for the next two or three
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weeks, it's going to be a duel on the Bangor management team.
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Jackie has a band that does. He's pursuing a karaoke career
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back. But no, he's visiting a friend
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for a wedding and then they're having a little vacation there.
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So in the meantime, you got the two best anger management hosts
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here to keep you company. And as that is said, welcome to
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Bangor Management, the Fantasy Hockey Podcast with Kevin and
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Josh and Jakey. In spirit.
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In spirit, but not forgotten. And today we're going to be
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covering our week 11 waiver wire targets and streamers.
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It's going to be a great episode.
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Um, listen guys, we've had some we're recording this the weekend
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of the Quinn Hughes trade. So we're going to go in depth in
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that on the episodes that could be coming out this upcoming week
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in the news and the hot topics and everything.
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But Stuart Skinner getting traded and Queen?
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He was getting traded on the same day in December.
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Friday in December, it's crazy. Well, I mean, I was reading
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about it and I think it's because there's like a roster
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freeze coming up for the for the Olympic Brazil roster for the
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holidays, I guess. And then there's also the
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Olympic break and all that stuff.
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And I think that's why like GMOs are like panicking, like I can't
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make any moves for. So it's like a mini trade
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deadline. I think this is gonna be another
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one of those years where the trade deadline is disappointing
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because all the trades get done beforehand, which sucks because
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I used to love, you know, like tuning in for the trade deadline
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and you watch all the trades come in and that was all just
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like this 4th liner got traded for a sixth round pick and
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you're like, OK, cool. You know, how's this gonna
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affect my fantasy team, you know?
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But yeah, so. So this is crazy.
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I don't want to get into it too much, unfortunately, because we
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have a news episode just for that, so we'll leave it at that.
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But some crazy, crazy stuff happened last night, and it
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definitely has the hockey and fantasy hockey world Jarred.
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I mean, if I might. Oh, that's.
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Good. I just have to give my immediate
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quick thoughts. Yeah, feel like anybody exposed
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to that, you know, Minnesota Power Player 1 gets better.
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Like off the bat, that's like. Kaprizov, Ericsson Neck,
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Zuccarello when healthy, Boldy and now Quinn Hughes.
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It just feels like that's gonna be, they were already a top five
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unit performing that way as of late.
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So I feel like now it's just they're going to be cemented,
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Um, for Rockstar sucks. Vancouver is bad guys for Rossi.
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I feel like his deployment. I was answering a couple
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questions. The discord is like, I feel like
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he's gonna be like a line to see PP one most likely, and people
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wanna feel like it's not even guaranteed.
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But I feel like you're most likely ends there because he's
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kind of like the main piece that they traded for and this boolean
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get P1 off the bat. I'm not sure, like they've had
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Veronic there before, like he's, you know, replaced walk Quinn
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Hughes has been hurt in the past, so I would not be
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surprised if they just roll with him there.
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Like William wasn't even guaranteed people one on
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Minnesota and they needed a power back back as well, so.
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Yeah, I'm not. Rushing still young?
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Yeah, yeah. So we'll see if he gets people
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one I'll be interested but I can't imagine how good that PPL
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probably points unit is going to be moving forward so.
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For sure. And also it's just a way worse
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power play than Minnesota's and he was power play one
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quarterback on Minnesota for on and off throughout the season
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and didn't do much with it. So I don't know why people are,
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you know, I mean, any change of scenery, you, you know, you jump
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on that. But I don't know why people are
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super excited. But I'd love for him to prove me
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wrong. No, not super excited, but like
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intrigued as the good, yeah, I think.
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Yeah, that is a great word. And quick, quick thoughts on
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Steward Skinner and Tristan Jarry, because this was, I mean,
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this one bothered me because it was like they kept telling us
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something. They were like, we're not making
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a trade unless it's a clear upgrade, Yeah, and whatever,
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blah, blah. And then he made the only trade.
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That's like, not a clear upgrade.
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It's crazy. I mean first initial thoughts in
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terms of real hockey is Penguins fleeced.
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Edmonton makes absolutely no sense in terms of the one for
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one. Like Edmonton traded A goalie
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who's pretty much the same skill but as higher upside, He's
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younger and he's paid less. They traded for Yeah, they trade
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him for a guy who has two more years on his contract, paid
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more, was on waivers a few weeks ago and has a huge injury risk.
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Mr. Yeah, and in addition to that, in addition to that, they
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had to throw in Brett Kulak, who's a very solid defenseman,
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and they had to throw in what was the second round, second
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round pick. That's absolutely absurd.
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Like, honestly, like someone take the phone away from Bowman
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and put him in a retirement home.
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Honestly. Like it's disgusting.
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It's actually just unbelievable. And yeah, so it sucks.
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And but look, all that to be said, I could see, I could see
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Jerry doing well in Edmonton. And we lost Kevin for a second
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to technical issues, and this is a lot worse than when it's the
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three of us. And I could at least keep
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talking with Jake because Kevin tips it's just me.
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But anyways, I could see, I could see Jari actually doing
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so. I mean, he's been solid, right?
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So it feels like an inevitable one of the wheels gonna fall
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off. But if the wheels can get you to
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the finish line and then they fall off for the next two years,
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then everyone's happy. So look, I think it's a bad
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trade for Edmonton. I don't really see why they did
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it, especially because Skinner actually was playing well
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lately. But we'll see what happens for
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both goalies. I don't think they're fantasy
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value has changed that much. I think Edmondson's a team that
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should get more wins than Pittsburgh, but as worse
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defence. So it's kind of like, you know,
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which one do you prefer? Like do you prefer getting the
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Dubs but getting more goals against?
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Like who knows? So I'm not rushing to
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necessarily pick up either of these goalies.
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I mean, The thing is like, Jerry's been good, so.
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But I feel like you should already be taken at this point.
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So yeah, I don't know. It's the intrigue, like you
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said, with the other one, right? It's change of scenery.
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Maybe that makes these both these guys better.
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We'll see what happens. It's too early to tell, but it
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feels kind of like a lateral move for in terms of actual like
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this year product. I like both are both are worth
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picking up because of the new situation and like you know when
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you acquire player from trade, it's you wanna play them, Yeah.
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So sorry there was picking up, but like I wouldn't drop an
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established guy on your team. Yeah, makes sense.
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Like I know like like in a popular one who everyone wants
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to drop these days to cord because he's been absolutely
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awful. Mark, I'm not dropping.
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Yeah, that's tough. That's the cord.
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I'm not dropping for either of these guys.
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But Markstrom and I know New Jersey is supposed to be a way
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better team than Seattle, but they've been so bad and Alan
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like stealing some starts. I could see, actually I could
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see dropping marks from for these guys.
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Yeah, I just feel like that's a similar theory enough that even
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when Marshall's playing on all cylinders, like he'll just be
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maybe be just as good as one of these guys that's healthy.
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Yeah. So, yeah.
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All right, let's get into the Week 11 streamers.
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We're going to talk about our Week 10 choices 1st.
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And right before we get into it, if you've made it this far, we
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people don't do it. It's not like it's not like a
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malicious thing or anything like that.
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It's just like you don't think of it right.
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And like, no, not the like the likes and the and the scribe,
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you know, because like it's actually kind of embarrassing,
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but like I'll watch like our our videos right on like my personal
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YouTube account. And only recently I was like,
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wait, I should be like, so you know what, I fully understand.
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I fully understand if the viewers haven't been.
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But like, if you make the conscious effort, you know, you
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just get into the video, you just press that like button
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super easy. And it does, you know, help us a
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lot. So.
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So yeah, but I totally get why people don't do it.
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I know I wasn't doing it for a bit.
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It's just you don't think about it, you know?
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Two, enthralled with the fantasy content.
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Honestly, I'm just like, let's get into this, you know, I don't
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wanna waste time pressing that like button.
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But yeah, no, it's, it's great. And last thing, if you're not in
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the discord community, you should be.
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If you don't know what words is, just like it's like an app, like
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a platform where the anger management community is.
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So if you wanna join the community, there's a link in
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you're set up. Then you get to talk with
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everybody else that's in the community there.
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We're approaching 200 people in there.
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So that's pretty cool. And we're talking trade start,
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Sid questions, roster construction questions.
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It's actually not. All that good fun, all that good
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stuff. Before we started this pod right
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and I was looking for don't like, you know, fantasy like
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contents to to have. I would have killed for like a
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discord like this, like it's actually so valuable, like it's
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just you're getting immediate answers to your trade questions,
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getting immediate answers to like your sit start like
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everything we're sharing like people are actually turning on
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notifications for our breaking news channel because we share
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stuff like right as it happens and you know and that's a big
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deal when you're like almost 200 person Lena discord usually mute
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that chat and then you just check it on your own time.
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But the fact that people have notifications on for that is
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like, you know, it's a big deal. Anyways, it's a great place to
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be. But let's get into our what the
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people want to hear. You know, let's get into the
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Week 11 streamers. Josh, give us a quick rundown
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about the Week 10 choices from last.
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Week. So let's get into the week 10
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choices. Last week we started with
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Patrick Kane. It's actually crazy like I don't
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know how much pull we have right, but I own Patrick Kane in
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our league. Before we released our episode
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recommending Patrick Kane, he was I think 36% rostered and now
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he's like 51% rostered. I'm not saying that was all us,
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but but like, it's, you know, either we caused it or we're
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geniuses and predicted it or both.
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I think both. But yeah, exactly.
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Anyways, this is a huge W mean. Anyone could have seen that
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coming. One goal to assist, 3 points and
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still has more hockey to play this week.
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I will say it's a bit like for for our 1L this week that I'll
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get to in a second. It's a bit tough because we
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record on Saturdays and so I take it from the last Saturday
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we recorded to when we're recording now, but there's still
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some hockey we played this week. So but anyway, I'll get into
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that like so Patrick Kane, Big W and we had Josh Norris zero
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goals, 2 assists, 2 points injured unsurprisingly, but it's
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only an illness so he'll be back for a couple games before the
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next. One, that's super misleading.
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He was, he was sick, guys. He was sick.
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OK, probably sick of being healthy You.
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Know he's still sick. Yeah, no, so, but I mean, he got
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2 points in the game, see that he's played so far.
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So that's still at W and, uh, and it's only day-to-day so.
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But I think we might have to stop recommending Norris in our
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top three just because of the squishiness. 40% I'm still going
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to keep. Commanding them.
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I mean, there's two games he's we're still gonna keep
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recommending him, but like maybe not in the top three because we
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keep every time we do he gets injured.
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But but yeah, so that was another dub and then we had Owen
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Tippett zero goals, one assist, one point.
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I'm counting that as an L. But fact is he still has two
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more games to play this week, which is one of the reasons we
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had recommended him was the four-game week.
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So I think that could turn into a dub over the course of the
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next two days. But look, we gotta be extra
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honest with our with our fans. I'm gonna count as an L so far.
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So that puts us at 18 and six on the season.
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That's still a pretty unreal. I think that's a 75% how
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winstreak, which is pretty, pretty hype.
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But let's get into week 11. So there are no two game teams
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this week. This is actually a pretty crazy
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week where I think like half the league plays four times.
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I'll shout out one. I know it's crazy because the
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week after that every team plays like 2 times.
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So it's like it's weird, but I mean it's the holidays, so
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there's that. But I will shout out 15 game
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team, which is their New York Rangers.
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So it's very rare that you have a 580.
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It literally has to be Monday, Tuesday and then you go to
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Thursday and then you go to Saturday, Sunday.
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So that's the only possible configuration I think of A5 game
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week so. I will say the only, the only
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shout out that I think is widely available for the Rangers that I
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would recommend picking up because I don't think there's
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gonna be any Rangers on our on our top ten list, given that
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there are also highly rostered, but Alexis Lafreniere.
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Yeah, I was. Gonna just got bumped up to line
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1 instead of a Will Cooley and they're not running.
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Yeah, exactly. And no, sorry, that's what I
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meant. Power play 1 instead of Will and
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they're not running any power play 1 defenseman on there.
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So it's just five forward because the manager is running
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the point. Listen, this is subject to
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change. We've seen them fiddle with this
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multiple times already. But if he keeps that spot and
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you're entering a week where he plays five times, like I, I
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couldn't see myself taking the chance on him given like, you
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know what he's supposed to be. And yeah, he's been a massive
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disappointment this season. But that's one of the widely
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available names that I would say no.
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Absolutely. He's not in our top stream, but
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he's definitely is. I think a noteworthy put him as
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like an honorable mention, just the schedule.
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Honestly, if it wasn't for the schedule, he I wouldn't be
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mentioning about five games. You kind of have to streaming
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guy like that, so that is a great mention a busy night or
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Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday as always and there's just so many
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four-game teams and two off 9 teams.
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I'm not going to get into them. So let's dive into our top ten
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points guys for. This week's small profile, so
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all these guys were about to mention are less than 40% owned,
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of course. So if there's a guy on your
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waiver that's more than 40% owned in your league, we're not
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going to be talking about them. They might be better than the
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guys we're recommending on this list.
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I mean, so they probably are if they're higher owns, right, so.
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If you're looking at 10 team league or an 8 team league and
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you're listening to this. So you're like, oh, I'm gonna go
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pick up, you know the guy that they mentioned #3 like we, we
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love this guy, but that does not mean it is not better guys
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available for you specifically in your league.
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So just do your due diligence. If you have any questions or any
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doubts, honestly, join the discord, shoot us a message
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there, we'll answer you. So we can like make these tie
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breaking decisions for you. But I just wanted to make a pre
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phase because I saw people like 2 weeks ago pick up Bolduc when
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we recommended him. And that ended up being one of
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our worst recommendations because he got demoted right
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away on four-game week. Played 7 minutes, one team.
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Yeah. And the person was like, in A10
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team league. And I was just like, man, like,
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you picked up Bull Duke. But there was guys like, you
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know, Dylan Cousins available type of thing, you know what I
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mean? So it's like, just make sure
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you're making the right. Decision Discord and if you're
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in a shallower league, just shoot us a message on the
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discord, you know like honestly, like people have just been
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sending screenshots of their waivers and we'll just use their
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guys for them so so yeah, that's definitely in deeper leagues.
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This is the place to be. Let's start with our. #10.
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Nice at #10 We've got Pavel Zacha of the Boston Bruins on
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this list. I think there's a couple team
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repeats. So Boston.
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I think there's gonna be another one coming up, but we'll start
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the because they have a four-game week.
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So line 2 power play 1, four-game week.
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Look, he's not the most flashy name.
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He's definitely a lot more exciting in a face off wins
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league because he gets face off wins from a winger position.
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But .71 points per game on the season, .35 power play points
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per game of the season. The Boston power plays ranked
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4th in the league. And it's actually funny because
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I'm talking with you Kevin about it.
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Before the season we were talking like around where we
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were. It was like was passed.
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It was like a debate of like do we grab him?
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You know? And we were like how?
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But I feel like the power play is gonna be so bad this year and
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compared to some of those other top tier guys and meanwhile they
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come out and they're just killing it.
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You look at all these like Boston guys on that powerful
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unit, they're almost like .4 powerful points per game.
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And it's it's kind of not sustainable.
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It definitely feels unsustainable.
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But on a four-game week like this, I'm definitely interested
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in grabbing a guy like Zaka. Yeah, he doesn't have the
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highest peripheral category coverage, but yet he's always
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exposed to it. The highest talent on this team,
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like Line 2C, they don't have as much wigger debt, let's say, but
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being on that P1 and you know, it's top five unit right now. 4
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game week, great stream. Yeah.
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And I mean, right now, I think last game they had finally
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combined their top line of Pastikan, Elyse Lindholm.
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But for a while they were, they wanted to pass them Geeky
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separate because they wanted like spread out the wealth among
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the top 6. So if they do that again, then
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Zach is gonna be playing with one of the two.
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And they're both unreal this year.
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I mean, past obviously, but like Geeky is freaking sick.
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So that definitely helps even strength.
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Regardless, the power play and four-game week is enough to grab
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him. But let's go to the next one,
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number 9 and #9 we've got Anton Lindell kind of like a staple on
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this top ten. He's always hovering around like
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37% owned, so we always have to mention him.
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He's currently line one power play 2 Um, but we saw him be
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power play one for big stretches of the year and we'll see he
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could get it back. I mean Ben, it's been pretty
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sick lately, so that might that might cost him power play one.
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But regardless, he's still line 1 centre on Florida.
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He's been playing unreal this year with the Barkov's absence,
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as we mentioned every single week when we talk about him.
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It's a four-game week for Florida, so it feels like a no
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brainer to grab him. Yeah, absolutely.
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And there's an argument for Lundell being higher on this
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list. It's just a power play 1
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demotion. Yeah, really hurts his value.
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But let's say, you know, Azure listening to this, he's
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practicing on P1 again. Like I jumped up significantly.
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Like, he's probably like a top three at this point.
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So that's a big. Difference.
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So we're taking that into account here and we're putting
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them lower on the list. And also like, yeah, we're going
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through a top ten, but that doesn't mean like #8 is
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significantly better than #9 or #10.
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Like there's definitely tiers to this, but it's also like these
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are mostly just the names that we want you guys to be aware of
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who fits your schedule better depending on the off nights and
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yeah, and what you need position wise and everything.
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But these are the main names you should look out for.
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Anton Lundell's up there. I think he I think he gets back
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PP one eventually and with the Matthew could check coming back
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in the in the near future. I think this Florida team is
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getting ready to go on a run and I want to expose to their best
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centre so. 100% OK, let's go to #8 great.
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We've got Luke Evangelista of the Nashville Predators.
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Spoiler, there's gonna be 3 national Predators on this list
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because they've just been, they've just been unreal and
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that's crazy because they suck, you know?
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But they. Have really good lately and.
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They've been really good lately and they're on a four-game week
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eventually, says Line on power play 2.
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What makes some really interesting is his shots and on
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the season it's only like 2.2, but like over the past month
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he's been shooting a ton. He's got .8 points per game on
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the season, which is super, super interesting and he's only
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shooting at a 6% shooting percentage.
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So you kind of feel like there's more more more to be potential.
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Yeah, exactly there for points. So main reason he's this low on
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the list is the P2. But I really like him as a
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player and I like what National's been doing lately.
18:34
I mean it helps when they get play against Saint Louis.
18:36
St. Louis is a free touchdown for
18:37
like any team it seems like. So that definitely helps pad the
18:40
numbers. But but I still 4 game week and
18:43
just putting up points and shots.
18:44
So definitely an interesting ad. Yeah, he's been on fire.
18:47
If you look at the game log like the the points are there, right?
18:49
And that's kind of like, OK, put sirens in your head being like,
18:53
OK, this guy, I need to keep an eye on him.
18:54
So on a week like this where he's playing four times, if he
18:57
got PA 1 exposure, honestly, like he may be a sick pickup
19:02
because he was a highly touted prospect, you know, one of the
19:05
young players on Nashville that we were expecting more from this
19:08
season and that needs to do more for Nashville to not be like a
19:11
dumpster fire. So we're starting to see
19:13
glimpses of it. I think it feels inevitable
19:15
until ESP one, especially once they probably start getting some
19:17
of their events to contending teams 100%.
19:20
So with that, let's get into #7. Yeah, talking about guys who
19:25
need to play well to prevent Nashville from being a dumpster
19:27
fire. We've got Steven Stamkos.
19:30
Yes, we are recommending a Steven Stamkos pickup in the
19:34
year of our Lord 2025. I know I'm the biggest Stamkos
19:39
hater and I don't think I don't think this is a long term
19:41
pickup. I know people are like getting
19:43
like he woke up whatever, you know, he's lying one power play
19:46
one. But I mean, he's been that
19:47
deployment since being in that's nothing new.
19:49
They have that four-game week and he's coming off a four goal
19:52
game, four goals. So what year is this?
19:56
I know it's crazy and he's been shooting a lot.
19:59
He's like definitely seems like he's woken up a little bit.
20:02
Like I said, I still don't believe in this as a long term
20:04
season pick up. So I don't think this is the
20:07
solution to all of your teams woes.
20:09
But it's hard not to pick up a guy on a four-game.
20:11
We could just put up four goals. I mean, it's, it's pretty, it's
20:14
as simple as that, especially with his kind of like pedigree
20:17
and who he's been in the past. O definitely an interesting pick
20:20
up for the week. Yeah, I mean, listen, you, I
20:24
don't think you'll find bigger Stamkos haters than the two of
20:26
us. But listen, you, you, you can't,
20:30
you can't fault what's happening on the ice and what we're seeing
20:33
in the stat sheet. So while somebody's putting up
20:35
these numbers, they're worth a stream.
20:36
And that's why we're recommending Steven Stamkos.
20:38
Yeah. But yeah, you gotta take into
20:42
account that I'm not picking him up, being like, OK, now I got,
20:45
you know, Steven Stamkos of old and you have the money roster
20:48
too long because you're committed.
20:50
You saw you scored four goals in one game.
20:52
They're just like still holding on to that.
20:53
Like as soon as you start slowing down guys, I'm cutting
20:55
him and moving. Absolutely, Absolutely.
20:58
Speaking and moving on Number. Six nice.
21:03
At number six, we have John Klingberg of the San Jose Sharks
21:07
line. One power play, one only three
21:08
games this week. The reason we're highlighting
21:11
him, he has five points in the last three games.
21:12
Seems like he's kind of cemented his spot back in the lineup and
21:16
on power play 1. Like the Klingberg is such a not
21:20
inconsistent guy, right? Like he he'll go on like
21:23
stretches of like putting up points and then he'll be garbage
21:25
and get scratched and be demoted and then he'll come back.
21:27
So again, this is another one that's like definitely not a
21:29
season long hold, but a guy has five points in three games from
21:33
a defenseman. So I wanted to toss ad on this
21:35
on this list. It's definitely an interesting
21:37
stream for the week. Yeah, I mean listen with
21:40
Climber, I feel like you always have to pay attention to what is
21:42
deployment is because I feel like every other game is Dmitri
21:44
or love taking his spot on P1. If that's the case, I do not
21:47
want exposure to him. Yeah, but as of right now he's
21:50
there and he's playing well. And if you need a deep, I think
21:54
there's there's worse options this week, so.
21:57
Absolutely. All right, let's go to.
22:01
The voice cracking can't keep up with the.
22:02
Number gonna say. I'm good now.
22:05
OK, let's get into #5. Wow, that's like your best 1
22:10
yet. You know what it?
22:11
Is killing it. Alright, We've and #5 we've got
22:14
Matt Coronado of the Calgary Flames line.
22:17
One power play, one only three-game week, but I've really
22:19
been liking what Coronado has been doing.
22:20
The pillar of why I would like him on my team is the shots on
22:24
goal. That's like the floor of like 3
22:26
plus shots per game. He just shoots.
22:29
Unreal, like my team currently with all the trades I've made
22:32
whatever like I'm looking for shots on goal guys and like I'm
22:35
looking on waivers and there's no one who cracks even like 2.5.
22:38
And then you get a guy like Coronado who's available in most
22:41
leagues and he's getting like some games like 7 shots.
22:44
So that's the baseline. He's got the line 1 powerfully
22:47
on deployment. You follow that money he got
22:49
paid in the offseason and he's been putting up points lately.
22:51
So all that put together makes a guy who this I think has has a
22:55
season long hold potential actually.
22:57
So I like Coronado a lot for this week and I like him as a as
23:00
it holds to like round out your roster in deeper.
23:02
Leagues yeah do you want the only downside to him it feels
23:05
like he's he's on one of the worst power plays in the league,
23:08
which is always truly unfortunate and the only has
23:11
three games compared to most of these guys on this on this list
23:14
who have four games. So but he might have the highest
23:17
potential out of anybody here in terms of you know being a long
23:20
term stay on your roster. I I still have you know in terms
23:24
of like talking about long term longevity for Coronado.
23:28
I feel like I'm still on, I'm still a little bit of a skeptic
23:32
just because of how good the team is.
23:34
I think it's not that good. So yeah, exactly.
23:38
It's pretty much it's pretty. Bad.
23:39
So I guess like the way I see it is I don't expect him to be like
23:44
crazy for points, right? Like he'll be like between
23:46
points 7 I feel like is a pretty reasonable like spot for him.
23:50
But if he's getting you like 3.5 shots a game with like .65
23:54
points, I'm super happy to have that as like rounding out my
23:57
roster. I.
23:58
Think he's way more valuable in categories leagues yeah and then
24:02
points leagues or? Points that give a lot of value
24:04
to shots. Yeah, exactly.
24:06
Which I feel usually for points things it's like .5 or .1
24:09
depending on the platform that you're playing on.
24:11
Yeah, but I think categories is way more valuable.
24:16
Yeah. And pretty much just focusing on
24:18
the shots on that's what he brings to the table and he
24:20
points is just it's just a bonus.
24:23
All right #4. Alright, I put him out of the
24:27
top three because I didn't want to curse him.
24:28
I felt bad for Kevin. So I was like, maybe if we don't
24:31
mention in our top three, he won't get injured this week.
24:33
So you're welcome. So you've got Josh Norris of the
24:37
Buffalo Sabres line on power play one.
24:39
He's currently day-to-day, but it's an illness, not an injury,
24:41
so should be back for next week. The numbers he's putting up are
24:45
just unreal. I mean, like if it wasn't for
24:47
all the injury stuff, this guy would be like 80% owned, you
24:50
know. So that's why we have to keep
24:52
mentioning him even though he keeps getting injured.
24:54
It's just when he's playing, he's on fire.
24:57
The points, the power play points, he's averaging .8 power
25:00
play points per game, 1.4 points per game, 2.3 shots.
25:03
He's getting face off wins, he's getting hits.
25:05
It's just it's the health. So fact is if you can pick him
25:09
up for the week and you know, in the back of your mind is a
25:11
chance he gets injured. But like if he doesn't get
25:13
injured, he's getting you like 2 points per game in a power play
25:16
point. So I'm really happy with with
25:18
grabbing Norris and just hoping he can stay healthy.
25:21
Literally from returning from injury.
25:23
He's averaging a power play point per game.
25:27
That's nuts. I we won't listen, we won't
25:30
highlight them on the Buy Low, Sell High episode that's coming
25:33
out tomorrow. But if you have Josh Norris, I'm
25:37
definitely looking at opportunities to sell him it.
25:40
It's tough because he has the reputation of being squishy.
25:42
He has been squishy, but on the ice this season he's been
25:46
exceptional. So you're looking at the numbers
25:48
like they're so high right now that maybe you can use that with
25:50
some pull and being like away from the come back from his
25:52
sickness, have a game and then see what you can get.
25:56
But yeah, I also just think that he's an exceptional player when
26:01
he's healthy. He's has top exposure on this
26:04
team. I'm really excited to have him
26:06
on my roster, my categories league.
26:07
So yeah, he could be on yours too if you pick him up.
26:10
Exactly. You could be just like heaven,
26:12
yes. We're in this together.
26:15
Guys alright, let's go to #3 at #3 another surprising name, Ryan
26:22
O'Reilly of the National Predators.
26:24
That's the third Nashville guy we're recommending this week.
26:26
I know it's crazy but they've just been on fire 4 game week as
26:30
well, which is why I feel comfortable recommending so many
26:32
of them. But he's over the past month
26:34
he's at .83 points per game. He does have the best category
26:37
coverage unless you're in a face off win league, in which case
26:39
will win you a ton of faceoffs. But it's just Nashville seems to
26:43
be popping off offensively lately and that four-game week
26:46
combined with the hot streak again, like if you're on a face
26:49
off 1 league, I don't see this as a season long hold.
26:51
But for this week, Colorado, that would be nuts.
26:57
I do think that, like, a lot of these national vets should get
27:01
traded. I don't know if Barry Trotz will
27:03
make the right choice, but I think a lot of them should and
27:06
probably will get traded. But we've talked about this in
27:08
the past, right? You can't pick up a guy and just
27:09
hold him through the, like, Lowe's and just hope he gets
27:12
traded. That's kind of what I'm doing
27:13
with Dougie Hamilton. But but yeah, like, you can't
27:16
really do that. But anyways, for this week 4
27:18
game week, he's on a hot streak so I definitely feel happy
27:21
grabbing him. Yeah, this is this is purely for
27:25
points. Like he's he's the main centre
27:28
on this team right now. That is, you know, popping off
27:31
her points. So I I really want him on this
27:34
four-game week. But like Josh said, he's not
27:37
really gonna get you much category coverage.
27:39
So this is this is way better for your points leagues and the
27:43
longevity, I don't know if it's there, but listen, we're not
27:45
worried about longevity. We're trying to stream week 11
27:48
so. Yeah.
27:50
OK, let's go to. #2. I love this guy.
27:54
I just traded for him. Elias Lindholm of the Boston
27:56
Bruins line. One power play, 1, four-game
27:59
week. He's been on fire since coming
28:01
back over a point per game on the past month, coming back from
28:05
injury, to be clear. And he gets to play with either
28:08
Pasternak or Geeky or both, which is nuts.
28:10
And he's just an apple machine. He's not going to score your
28:13
goals, but he just you know, he'll pass it to pass that,
28:16
he'll pass it to Geeky. And those guys are just unreal
28:18
goal scorers this year. So so I love Linda comes really
28:21
surprised he's still so low rostered for what he's been
28:23
doing. And then in terms of category
28:25
coverage, not the biggest shooter, but like he'll give you
28:27
like 1.5 shots, one hit, one block and like 7 face off wins.
28:33
And that's like really solid to like round out like the back
28:36
end. Like it's nothing.
28:36
He's not like exceptional in any one of those categories, but the
28:39
fact that he'll, you know, kind of hit on all of them on any
28:41
given night is really nice in addition to the over point per
28:44
game he's been in the past month.
28:46
Yeah, I mean, listen, we, I feel like he's been a common, a
28:50
common occurrence on these shows because he's A1C on a team that
28:55
is a top five power play that is still somehow widely available,
28:58
right? It's kind of like the same logic
28:59
that goes behind Josh Norris. Like the deployment is there.
29:02
He's surrounded by elite talent. He might not be the most elite
29:05
player. I think Josh Norris is a better
29:06
player when healthy, but he's playing Josh Norris, not playing
29:10
with David Pasternak, so. And.
29:13
And and Morgan Geeky. We cannot forget Morgan Geeky
29:17
Geek baby. But no, I I think he's a
29:21
phenomenal pig on a four-game week.
29:23
And also like, listen, if you're in the categories league, he
29:26
hits those categories as well. Like he'll get you some shots,
29:29
some hits, some blogs. It might not be elite at any of
29:31
them, but the fact that you're able to hit all three of those
29:33
from the centre position is valuable and low key.
29:37
Like listen, depending how deep your league is and if you're
29:39
able to hold them long term, Boston's got the best playoff
29:42
schedule. Yeah, like a 444 in weeks
29:44
212223. So if those are your playoff
29:47
weeks, doesn't get much better than that.
29:49
So I for him, yeah, one of the Josh training Cindy Crosby for
29:54
Elias Lindholm. So he he really committed to the
29:57
bit. Yeah, David Patrick.
30:00
Was also involved in that trade so.
30:01
Yeah, but the centerpiece was definitely Island home.
30:05
Alright, yeah, the main pick up this week, yeah #1.
30:10
At #1 And this one might be a bit of like he could be number
30:14
two or three. I put him #1 because I was
30:16
watching like him play and just the eye test is unreal.
30:19
Anyways, all that preface for #1 we've got Josh done of the
30:22
Buffalo Sabres line 2 power play one only three-game week.
30:25
But just watching this guy play, I think he's going to be a star
30:29
and he's a lock on power play one.
30:31
I was worried at some point that, you know, with all the
30:33
guys healthy that he would be the odd man out, you know, but
30:36
it seems like events since lower on the power play 1 ranking than
30:39
done is. So I'm not worried about his
30:41
deployment rest of season. He's shooting a ton and like
30:45
honestly, this ties in a lot to the Josh Norris being healthy.
30:48
When Norris is healthy, that power play is unbelievable.
30:51
Over the season that probably ranked 13th in the league and
30:54
that's with noise being out for a lot of it and then being
30:56
garbage. So it just shows how good it is
30:58
when he's in the lineup. Don't is the net front presence,
31:01
but he like is really good at tipping the puck, getting those
31:03
rebounds. He's got good hands, he's got a
31:05
good shot. I don't know, just like I'm
31:07
really hyped on done. I'm actually trying to trade for
31:09
him and league really. Yeah, I am.
31:12
I mean super low stakes trade. Like, I'm not trying to like,
31:15
you know, essentially. Much Sean Monahan for Josh done
31:17
something along. Those lines.
31:20
Prize surprise we are not he's the fact that the main thing
31:25
with Josh Johnson because he's been on these shows in the past
31:28
and it hasn't usually been this high because yeah, he hasn't
31:31
always been P1 like Zach Benson used to have that spot in the
31:34
past and he that really give him the edge over Josh Tone.
31:36
But it seems like ever since Norris came back and Benson came
31:38
back from injury, I held Benson for so long because I thought
31:41
like he was basically a point per game player in assists and
31:47
he had only played like 2 weeks, But he was so good during those
31:49
two weeks was line 1P1. And then he just he came back
31:53
and he's like line 3P2. And I held them for nothing
31:56
pretty much, which wouldn't have made much of a difference in my
31:59
matchups, if I'm being real, because I had so many injuries
32:00
at the time, but would have definitely helped to have an
32:02
extra skater. And looks like Josh done is the
32:05
guy that like, you know, really hurt his value because while
32:08
Benson was heard, Josh Dunn was cementing his presence on the
32:10
roster and looks like he's keeping the deployment and line
32:13
2 is is is fine. Two Josh is from Buffalo are
32:17
recommending in our top 4 this week.
32:19
Listen, if it works, it works. But has anything ever gone wrong
32:23
with recommending Buffalo players?
32:24
That's my. Question never, but I'm ready to
32:27
be heard again. Literally, but Josh done on P1
32:30
is an is an exceptional pickup and he has some long term stay
32:34
if if this pressure. So that's why we are
32:37
recommending him the the shots being close to three shots a
32:39
game from a guy with his deployment is also like he's
32:41
basically Coronado but like on a better team.
32:44
Yeah, exactly. And it's crazy to be saying.
32:47
Is better than another team, but when you're comparing Calgary,
32:50
they are. The bar is low, but alas, that
32:53
is our top ten list. Hopefully these guys are
32:56
available in your leagues and you're able to go pick them up.
32:59
These top 3-4 guys I think are are better than the rest but all
33:04
these guys should be noteworthy for the we give we give context
33:08
for them. So make sure that you can fit
33:11
them in your schedule and you know, depending on your your,
33:15
your league format, as well as whether it's a categories league
33:18
or points lead, some of these guys might be better than
33:19
others. So just do your due diligence.
33:20
Listen to the episode again. We give some good insight.
33:23
And yeah, let's get into our top five bangers.
33:26
So these guys are also less than 40% owned.
33:30
So, you know, make sure that first of all, they're available
33:33
and there's nobody better available that's way higher
33:35
owned. And these guys were were really
33:38
looking to hit the the hits category here, hit some blocks
33:41
and some shots are a bonus. So.
33:43
Yeah, alright, let's get into #5 I'm actually really excited
33:49
about this entire top five. Like fun.
33:52
Sometimes they all look like their long-term guys.
33:54
That's it like like sometimes we toss in guys like you know, who
33:57
are just a nice streamer for the week with hits and blocks on a
33:59
four-game week. But I don't see them having like
34:00
a longevity on your team. All five of these I could see
34:03
being long term holds in bangers.
34:04
So at #5 we have Mark Kastelic of the Boston Bruins, 1.3 shots
34:09
per game, 2.6 hits, one block. And I think his main thing is
34:13
his Pimms. If you're in a Pimms league, he
34:15
has over 2 Pimms per game four-game week, randomly
34:18
chipping in on the offence and he had a two goal game this past
34:20
week. So I I love Catholic as a
34:24
bangers guide around out your roster.
34:25
He also wins face offs from the winger position.
34:28
So if your league counts that, that's great.
34:30
And in terms of longevity, Boston, like we said, has one of
34:32
the best playoff schedules. So if he stays on your offer the
34:35
whole year, he couldn't win you a bunch of this again, like
34:38
bangers categories, but he could win you a bunch of bangers
34:40
categories leagues in the playoffs.
34:43
Yeah, exactly. I feel like he's, he hasn't
34:45
really been talked about as a banger this this season.
34:47
Like he's been here and there, but I feel like he's one of the
34:49
the the pure banger guys that's going under the radar a little
34:52
bit right now. But but like you said, the
34:54
playoff weeks are something to keep in mind.
34:56
And also like the he's centre right wing as well, so low key
35:00
that that helps you with the roster flexibility.
35:03
And yeah, he's he hits all the categories in kind of a balanced
35:06
way for a forward like the guy, you guys getting over a block a
35:09
game as a forward that's noteworthy for a banger stream.
35:12
So. Absolutely.
35:13
Like you would be, you would be happy to pick up this for a
35:16
defenseman to stream on a weekly basis.
35:18
You're able to do it from the forward position.
35:20
So yeah, some flexibility. There.
35:22
It's really nice. OK, let's get to this next one.
35:25
This is an exciting one #4 at #4 We have Yakov Trenin of the
35:32
Minnesota Wild. So I feel like this name has
35:35
been popping around a bit and then a discord and people are
35:37
like, who the hell is this guy? And he's averaging 4.65 hits per
35:41
game on the season. But lately he's averaging like
35:44
seven hits per game. He's looking like he's going to
35:46
be the next key for Sherwood with a bit with less offensive
35:50
potential. But in terms of like pure hits,
35:52
I could see him finishing. I think he's leading the league
35:54
in hits right now. He's this is like if you need a
35:56
hits guy, this is your guy. 4 teams this week.
35:59
And also just long term, like it's very rare a guy just puts
36:02
up this number of hits consistently, so he had to be
36:05
mentioned. Yeah, and I am playing against
36:09
him in week 10 and he dropped like 10 hits on me in in one
36:13
game. So pretty happy about that as
36:15
you could tell. And you 2 could drop 10 hits on
36:19
me if you pick him up. So yeah, I think this like Josh
36:23
said, mainly for the hits the the the ceiling here is massive.
36:28
He he's basically keep for sure away without the the goal
36:31
scoring upside. So if you want that, she's a
36:35
great option. And plus maybe Minnesota right
36:37
now is is going to be buzzed up because of the trade and
36:40
everything like that. So we might see some more energy
36:43
from this squad and more energy means more hits for Yakov Trend
36:45
and. Yeah, exactly.
36:48
Let's get to. #3. At #3 we have my best friend, I
36:53
picked him up a few weeks ago. He's gonna be on my roster for
36:55
most of the year I think. And that is Jack McBain of the
36:58
Utah Mammoth. So he is averaging 1.3 shots,
37:02
3.2 hits, .8 blocks. He gets face off wins from
37:06
winger position and he gets Pimms 4 game week.
37:09
And this unfortunately this is the end of those of that streak
37:12
of Utah having just four-game weeks back-to-back to
37:15
back-to-back after this. They only have one game week.
37:17
So in most leagues I could see him been dropped.
37:19
I'm not gonna drop him next week for the one game week because
37:22
I'm playing one of the weaker teams in our league and I just
37:24
like what his what he brings to my team.
37:26
But I definitely won't fall to you.
37:27
But definitely for this week, 4 game week, he's a great banger.
37:30
Yeah, similar to taste like he's one of the few forwards that are
37:33
like centre left wing, centre right wing, McKenna centre left
37:36
wing. And so he'll get you, you know,
37:38
some shots over one shot of game, some hits, some faceoff
37:41
wins and close to a block a game and all of that category
37:45
coverage. Like the points are just the
37:47
cherry on top at that point and he could get some points like
37:49
he's done it before he's. Done it three times.
37:51
So he. Exactly, so you never really
37:53
know where these banger guys like they could get the points
37:56
and four-game week. This is this is this is like a
38:00
gem that wins you championships when you're playing like deep
38:03
categories leagues. Yeah.
38:05
And I will say like the best way to the best way to do this is
38:09
when you're doing these consolidating trades we've been
38:11
recommending all year, these two for ones, you know, these three
38:14
for ones, whatever you get the best way in the trade, you open
38:16
up roster spots and you fill those roster spots with Jack
38:18
Mcbains and Mark Catholics and that's how you win your bangers
38:21
Cats leagues. And that's my strategy at least.
38:24
Yeah, it's hard because not all leagues are as deep as ours.
38:27
So it's it's tough to make up the points value sometimes when
38:32
the league is shallower or it's it's better to make up the
38:35
points value when the league is shallow because the replacement
38:37
value is higher. But in our league specifically,
38:40
like I just, it's unfair to either be able to pull those off
38:43
and then pick up a Jack McBain. So if you can, follow Josh's
38:46
advice and also in your championships.
38:49
Do it. Alright, let's go to.
38:54
Number. 2 and #2 We have the man who my son is definitely not
38:58
named after, Ben Shirat of the Detroit Red Wings.
39:03
He has a four-game week. He's been an absolute bangers
39:06
beast ever since Kevin traded for him and he's got 1.2 shots,
39:09
2.4 hits, 2.4 blocks. This is just, this is a season
39:13
long hold in a bangers league. He's he's just killing it.
39:15
It hits and blocks and I wish I had him on my team.
39:19
So he's available in most leagues.
39:21
He's not as big a name as our number one guy so so he should
39:24
be available and justice. Grab him, plug him into your
39:26
lineup, and you'll be happy the rest of the season.
39:29
Yeah, I and also just to note that Ben Sherrod is one of the
39:33
only teams that plays more than two games in the week in week
39:37
12. So, you know, you've got four
39:40
games this week. He's one of the best banger dead
39:43
available on the market right now, which is very impressive
39:46
what he's able to do and this consistent like I thought it was
39:48
going to be like, OK, like, you know, those weeks where there's
39:51
one banger that gets like three shots and three hits and three
39:54
blocks and it lasts like 3 or 4 games, then they just fall off.
39:58
Like he's been doing it. Not the shots, but he's been
40:00
doing it. Or feels like weeks at this
40:02
point. Maybe over a?
40:02
Montreal. So and the choice kind of
40:05
winning games too. So they got four games this
40:08
week, three games the week after that.
40:09
He's the only player on this top five list we're mentioning that
40:12
has more than two games next the week after yeah no on week 12.
40:16
So. But also like I just think he's
40:18
a season long hold not but if you just want him for a stream
40:20
then definitely he's A2 weaker instead of just a one week which
40:23
is really nice. Exactly.
40:25
So I I highly recommend picking up in short, if you're one of
40:28
those links, you just need a banger like plug and play.
40:30
Don't even think about it like he's one of the best guys for
40:32
that along with this next guy at.
40:34
Yeah, number one at #1 I don't know how he's still under 40%
40:39
owned, but we've got Radko Gudas of the Anaheim Ducks.
40:43
He's averaging 3.7 hits per game, two blocks a game,
40:47
four-game week. I mean, he's been for years,
40:50
like just the the go to Mangers defenseman.
40:52
Then he starts off the season slow, gets injured, everyone
40:55
just decides to forget about him I guess.
40:56
And now he's hovering around like 27% owned.
40:59
And I know there's more than 27% of leagues are bangers leagues.
41:03
There's just no way that there's so few of us.
41:04
So it just makes no sense to me that he's so low roster.
41:07
Usually he hovers, I feel like around like high 30s, like low
41:10
40s, something like that. But as long as he's under 40,
41:14
we're going to keep mentioning him and keep telling you to go
41:15
pick him up. He put up a game this week. 10
41:17
hits and three blocks, that's just absurd and that's like you
41:22
see that and you're like that's insane.
41:23
But like that's good. As you know, he could do that.
41:26
So it's it's definitely a great pickup and that's another season
41:29
long hold in bangors leagues. Yeah, not much to honestly, if
41:32
you like every week he's #1 on this list until he's get to 40%
41:35
is we're going to have to mention him just because we
41:37
can't, we can't not mention him if he's available in your
41:40
league. Like you need to pick him up if
41:41
you're in a bangers league, specifically bankers categories.
41:43
So I think he's a phenomenal choice.
41:46
The only difference between him and Sharat is that, you know,
41:49
Goodness has the pedigree of been doing it for so much
41:51
longer. And I mean to note, if you have
41:55
a preference and you want to optimize for your ads in week
41:59
12, Goodness has two games, Charades 3.
42:01
So if that's a deal breaker for you and makes you prefer one
42:03
over the other, then go for it. But a loss.
42:06
Both are exceptional choices. Yeah, honestly, this whole top
42:09
five, this is one of the best top five fingers we've had.
42:11
Absolutely. Think like all of these guys I
42:13
could see sticking on a roster long term and deeply so really
42:17
hyped about that. But let's move on to the goalies
42:19
with the top three quantity bullies.
42:21
These guys are gonna get you 2 plus starts, always under 40%
42:25
owned. So we'll start with.
42:27
Let's how about we just name all three and have a conversation
42:30
because I feel like there's very.
42:32
Little in the ranking. The ranking feels disingenuous
42:35
here because I just feel there's a lot of context that goes with
42:37
goalies and just depends on the machine.
42:40
But how about we list the three of them?
42:42
Yeah. OK.
42:43
So the three guys we're talking about in no particular order,
42:46
but anyways, from three to one, we've got John Gibson of the
42:50
Detroit Red Wings, we've got Carter Hart of the Vegas Golden
42:52
Knights, and we've got Brandon Bussey of the Carolina
42:56
Hurricanes. So I think the bussy Brandon.
43:00
I'm getting wrecked by the bus. He doesn't.
43:02
Exactly insane it's actually the pussy is playing him against
43:05
Josh. So there you have it.
43:07
We listen to our own device, but the bus has been popping off and
43:12
listen they they. He is probably getting two games
43:15
at least this upcoming week. Now this.
43:17
Is the starter. It's crazy.
43:19
He's starting most of the games he's playing in a row like he's
43:21
playing the games in a row, which for Carolina is basically
43:24
unheard of given they have 3 goalies that they're holding at
43:27
every any given moment. At this point, Freddy's toast
43:29
like he's not getting like any games.
43:31
It's pretty. Bad.
43:32
He's just like been playing worse than the other guys.
43:35
And he's helped. I mean, there's, there's not
43:36
giving him starts. So like, I think like.
43:38
Why would they when the pussies going?
43:39
Off. I know he's not restorable.
43:41
Freddie is not Rostyle. Like unless like he's confirmed
43:43
to start the next day and you want him as a one day pick up,
43:45
but like he's not restorable. Bush's the main guy.
43:48
Kochetkov. I still don't see how he doesn't
43:50
overtake because he has the 1A over the course of the season,
43:53
but if he keeps doing what he's doing then he's gonna keep
43:55
getting the starts like .91 wins per game.
43:58
So pretty much, I think he won 10 out of 11 of the games he's
44:00
played. He's getting OK.
44:02
The one thing with Carolina gold is they get very few shots, so
44:04
he doesn't get the most saves. But his safe percentage .909
44:07
over the course of his eleven games, it's very good.
44:09
It's not, Yeah. Very good.
44:11
He's not letting many goals like his goals against average is
44:14
right over to when I say right over 2 is like 2.07.
44:18
So that's just disgusting point 9.9 wins.
44:23
That's just it's this is not sustainable.
44:26
First of all, like if you're picking them up, being thinking
44:28
like this is going to be forever.
44:29
Not like I can see him falling down to like .7 .65 in that
44:35
range. But Caroline is a good team.
44:37
They're always contending for the title and they've been
44:39
begging for a guy to just run away with this job.
44:41
It's been it's been Anderson has been checked.
44:43
Neither of them can stay healthy.
44:45
Both of them kind of play better when they're splitting starts,
44:47
it kind of feels like, and then both of them get hurt.
44:50
And then you got the busy out of nowhere just coming out here
44:52
being like, I can take the workload and give you some
44:56
quality. So he he might be the saving
44:59
grace for for Carolina. And listen, if this continues,
45:04
yeah, absolutely. The thing is he's not gonna get
45:07
a lot of saves. He'll get you around 20 saves a
45:09
game, which depending on the league scoring for you, if you
45:12
get points for saves, how many? If he's, if he's a lot of
45:16
leagues have like .2 for saves, that means one goal against is
45:19
five saves. If he's letting in two goals,
45:21
that's 10 saves. So you can get like 2 points
45:23
plus the win. That's like a six point average
45:25
for a goalie if your wins are like 4 points.
45:28
So that's not too bad. And you can rely on the wins and
45:31
they're playing Nashville, which should be a win, and then they
45:33
have a back-to-back of Florida and Tampa later in the week.
45:36
And listen, both games, Carolina, both of those games
45:39
are winnable, so. Yeah, that's nothing matchups on
45:42
that back-to-back. But yeah, Caroline could beat
45:44
anyone. And then talking quickly about
45:46
Heart and Gibson. Heart, I mean, we've talked
45:48
about a lot. He's pretty clearly, I think the
45:50
starter on Vegas until he'll comes back and everything I've
45:52
been seeing as he's out long term.
45:54
He didn't play against Philly, which people were kind of
45:56
worried about then don't forget, like that was his old team and
45:58
they were not too thrilled about his situation.
46:01
So exactly, I think that it was very clearly they chickened out.
46:05
They are like, we don't have to deal with, you know.
46:07
The court really wanted to play, but yeah, management decision.
46:11
Yeah, exactly so so I wouldn't read too much into that and he's
46:14
definitely the starter and if you can pick up the starter for
46:16
Vegas for the foreseeable future and also when Hill comes back,
46:19
if he's been playing well, I don't think hearts demoted to
46:21
full two. He could be a 1B.
46:23
He can still he could be the 1A over you know, like he doesn't
46:26
have that much competition is what I'm trying to say.
46:27
So this is a no brainer pickup and then with Gibson that one
46:30
I'm like he's hot right now so grab him while you can.
46:33
They have two back-to-back so he's guaranteed 2 games but not
46:36
buying him as a season long savior for for the 0G teams.
46:41
Yep I so in for this particular week.
46:44
Definitely prefer busy the most then heart than Gibson but it
46:48
just depends on your league and who's available.
46:51
Right? But all three of these guys are
46:52
are great options. Yeah, and let's go to the top
46:55
three quality goalies. These are gonna guarantee get
46:57
you one good matchup start this week.
47:00
Well, the guarantee getting you one matchup, we're predicting
47:02
it's gonna be good. So we've got So you don't want
47:05
to do it 3 to 1. You want me just say all the
47:07
names. OK, this will get the 321 here.
47:09
How about that? I know you want to do it.
47:11
Yeah, I like, I like when you say the number and the funny
47:13
voice. See, it's like this music voice.
47:17
Yeah, deep, menacing voice. I can hear my vocal chords
47:21
struggling right now. So that that's why you don't
47:24
wanna do it. OK.
47:25
Yeah, there you. Go.
47:25
I see. Alright, at #3.
47:28
At #3 We have Evilly Whoso of the Anaheim Ducks.
47:32
They've got Lucas Dostal coming back, so he's no longer the
47:35
starter, but they've got 2 back to backs this week, so he's
47:38
going to get you 2 starts. The matchups are Rangers in
47:41
Columbus on one back-to-back, and then Dallas and Columbus on
47:43
the other. So Rangers Columbus, I'm happy
47:45
with either of those specifically because the Rangers
47:47
1 is at Madison Square Garden and they're just awful at home
47:51
this year. So whether you gets Rangers or
47:52
Columbus, I love that one. Dallas Columbus, I'm not
47:55
starting him against Dallas, but if he gets that Columbus game, I
47:58
absolutely love it. So I mean, obviously, like you
48:01
could start installing if you need, just like the volume, but
48:03
like, probably going to get shelled.
48:05
But yeah, so at the very least at the start of the week, he's
48:07
going to get a solid match up and then possibly a second solid
48:09
match up if they put him against Columbus.
48:12
Yeah, I think Columbus is not a dumpster fire right now.
48:14
I feel like they're playing well until like the last five minutes
48:17
of the third period. So that's really sad for them.
48:20
But who? So I feel like has been OK while
48:24
while Dustin has been out. So maybe it does start coming
48:27
back and alleviating the load a little bit will help him out.
48:29
Either way, if you need one good game like he's a viable option.
48:33
Yeah, Let's go to number two. Number two, we have Jonathan
48:38
Quick of the New York Rangers. This another team that has two
48:41
back to backs. Obviously they've got A5 game
48:43
week, so he's got Anaheim and Vancouver at so one of those two
48:47
in the first back-to-back and then Philly, Nashville the
48:49
second one. All four of those teams are
48:51
teams I'm happy to go against. I know we just recommended who
48:54
so as as a goalie against the Rangers, but that doesn't
48:57
necessarily mean I think Anaheim is a scary team either.
48:59
It just means that ranges at home aren't great.
49:01
But if he gets Vancouver, that team is a mess.
49:03
They just traded away their best player and got, you know, good
49:06
futures but present nothing much.
49:08
So that's an easy matchup and then filling Nashville, both
49:12
easy matchups. So I definitely like quick as
49:14
honestly two good matchups starts this week.
49:17
Yeah, and honestly, Donald, Jonathan Quick is always up
49:19
there when I wanna stream like one game because he always seems
49:22
to deliver if you like, no matter the matchup, no matter
49:25
the situation of the. Team stats on the season.
49:27
Please tell me. He's averaging 28 saves a game,
49:31
his goals against average is 1.86 and his safe percentage is
49:34
.937. That's absolutely disgusting.
49:37
As a guy you can just pick up for one game and flip like all
49:39
your goalie categories and then just drop him.
49:40
That's really nice. Exactly.
49:43
And listen, this Rangers team is looking for some wins, like
49:46
they're not as bad as they were in the beginning of the season.
49:48
They're still not, I think a full form and the matchup does
49:52
the schedule this week. I feel like it's very generous
49:53
for them. Like they're playing.
49:55
He's gonna be playing either Anaheim, which honestly, we know
49:57
Anaheim can win games, but I'm never scared when my team goes
50:00
to play and I'm then Vancouver who just traded away their best
50:03
player. So he might get one of those two
50:05
games, which is great. And then you could get him.
50:07
Honestly, he could be a quantity guy too.
50:08
Like you know what, they're going to get 2 two starts.
50:11
Then Philly is easy and natural is easy.
50:14
So then I wanna say Philly is easier than the end up losing to
50:16
Philly but I think. We do, we say what the historic
50:20
has been. If there's an upset, the league
50:23
has a lot of parity, you know, you can't predict the future
50:25
unfortunately. But it's a really good pickup
50:27
and let's get to our top one, which is I will try to find a
50:32
way to say it without saying the word 1.
50:35
I know. Yeah, at #1 we've got Casey
50:39
Desmith of the Dallas Stars. He's gonna play either San Jose
50:42
or Anaheim. And honestly, I really love what
50:44
do Smith has been doing this year as just like kind of like
50:47
similar vein as quick except better where he just like
50:49
anytime Dallas has a back-to-back, I'm like, oh, I
50:51
would love to stream to Smith for this back-to-back,
50:53
especially with easy matchups like this because it's Dallas,
50:56
right? They're unreal.
50:57
And then dismiss is just been doing what he needs to do 26
51:00
saves per game. 2.2 three goals against average .92 save
51:03
percentage. Those are great numbers.
51:05
So very happy to stream to Smith for this game.
51:08
Yep, he's listen, he's on one of the best teams in the league,
51:11
playing in front of one of the best offensive units and forward
51:16
units. Like this guy is always gonna be
51:17
poised for a win. And he's put up good, good stats
51:20
when needed as well. Like we've seen him, you know,
51:23
come in for for orange in the past.
51:26
This is too tantalizing matchups as well that Dallas will be
51:28
heavily, heavily favored in I there's a lot worse options this
51:32
week, so. Yeah, so that wraps up our Week
51:36
11 streamers. I think that was a great one.
51:38
There's so many good names out there and it's a really fun time
51:41
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51:44
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