Short Shifts 2020-03-03 Streakers Going Yammer

Short Shifts 2020-03-03 Streakers Going Yammer

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I am uh enjoying my cupful by round as I’m sure you are as well nice to uh have a little bit of time off from the of the day in and day out and not be uh fighting for your life in a single elimination how are you feeling yeah I mean I I love to flex but I also feel like that was a long subtweet of Elon who is definitely fighting for his life in tier one of the kakule right now uh very exciting first week of playoff matchups in the in the top couple of tiers of the kakule you and I are watching from above and feeling wonderful about it I have to say yeah and we’re very much rooting for elon’s team so good luck Elon go go Sydney Crosby all that stuff yeah I will say though in general I am tilting out of my mind I’m in the playoffs in my other major league and uh yeah my my opponent has Jordan Bennington and he just beat my Rangers with only one goal against them I’m trying not to tilt is where I’m at all right well hang in there you’re going to be all right you’ve got a very well constructed team you know we’ve been working out at heart all year long right that’s true leis it’s all it’s all about process I just need to get those results at the right time now let’s get into our show though no more talking about my team let’s talk instead about the restorative powers of Kyler Yamamoto and Victor Olson two players who looked like they were about to go down for multi-week injuries and out of nowhere they popped back up on their team’s roster Olson back on the top line with eel and Reinhardt today and Yamamoto back with dry Sidle and Ryan nen Hopkins so Lewis let’s start with Olson because we’re going to talk about Yamamoto a little bit later there had been a little bit of a stir I was really excited to hear about Skinner being on Top Line having held him through a lot of the uh the downturn in his performance this year and then I obviously dropped him a couple months ago maybe um was excited to see him online one after olafson went out and then just like that all for nothing I’m I’m another sad former Jeff Skinner owner uh I’m a sad current Jeff Skinner owner I spent a third of my remaining uh free agent auction budget to uh pick him up and it seems like it’s not going to pay off the way I sort of hoped it would so uh at least I’ve got some recovery time there you know it seemed really great for him he had uh eight shots uh in one of his most recent games he seem to be coming back to being the the guy that the Sabres had signed to that long-term contract but it does seem like he’s going to be relegated back to that second line position uh for the foreseeable future which is unfortunate uh for obviously his owners but uh for him as well at least he’ll still get to say take home the same pay regardless of what line he ends up on I’ll be honest I read an article about Jeff Skinner today talking about how a lot of the problems that he’s having this year have to do with line made quality a really good article by Travis yoast if you want to check it out on uh on Twitter I believe it was for a buffalo paper somewhere and he was just talking about how last year of course Jeff skner had some luck on his way to 40 goals but he’s also playing with Jack eichel and Sam Reinhardt pretty much the whole year have swapping those two out for Marcus Johansson and you know the the middle six of the Buffalo Sabers of course you’re going to run into a few problems there yep it’s just unfortunate for him but anyway time to move on from him I think if you scramble to pick him up there are other interesting options out there many of whom we’ll be talking about on this very show yeah and let’s get into a few other players here I’m going to jump into a couple of rookie defenseman who usually when they’re being discussed on hockey podcasts it’s about who’s going to win The Calder Trophy on this hockey podcast we’re going to be talking about the fact that both of them are injured at the wrong time kale ma will start in Colorado ma with the wonderful stream Mami back-to-back stream Mami schedule to start the playoffs week one and week two and he missed game one on Monday with a lower body am I making that up he’s got a he’s got a day-to-day injury that’s that’s what we know for sure um he’s still day today at this point I don’t know that there’s a ton to talk about but definitely worth adding Sam Gerard if he’s available right yeah Sam Gerard was already heating up a little bit before then I had grabbed him just because he had that Friday Saturday uh schedule last week so I could get him for a couple games in there and he picked up I believe an assist in each of those you know he’s been a guy who’s really run hot and cold but certainly having the opportunity to get some run on that top power play should help him extend this hot streak although I think I would be ready to move on from him pretty quickly once ma makes his return uh obviously we don’t know when that is is although from the sound of it it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be too too long but you know we’re in playoffs time every game counts here so um yeah for now I think Sam dard is an obvious ad and that’s just it leis like this is the time of year where I don’t care if an injur is one game or five games like there’s a big difference in having a player like kale Mar in the lineup because it creates opportunity for guys that you can get for free into your roster so that’s why we’re looking at this one it may not prove to be a long-term injury but he’s definitely worth adding If he if he’s still on your waiver wire and we get news tomorrow that Mar is missing another game I think that Gerard is one of the best options that you could stream if you’re looking for points of course he’s not going to provide much in the Banger categories let’s push over even further west to British Columbia where Quinn Hughes is also day-to-day Mis practice today the Canucks didn’t play on Monday so he has not missed a game yet this week they do have an excellent Wednesday Friday Sunday schedule to end this week so if Quinn Hughes were to miss time if you were looking for someone to add I feel like Vancouver might be a nice place to look especially for backend stats does anyone stand out to you if Hughes misses a game or two here Lewis you know I think the person that seems the most interesting obviously that jumps out is Alex Edler he’s been okay this season in terms of still providing those peripherals but the points have really fallen off as Hughes has started to command a larger and larger share of the good offensive minutes um but unlike Gerard he’s got he’s you know he’s someone who’s going to provide you with a decent floor with hits and blocks and some shots in there too so um if I was making the choice between grabbing Gerard and Edler I feel like Edler is the safer choice in a way because he is going to provide you probably with a stronger uh Baseline and especially if you’re in a multicat league where you’re trying to steal several categories um I think that he definitely is more appealing uh Edler that is uh compared to Gerard just because of his strong category coverage I think an interesting name there and definitely Alex Edler if he’s available in your league is worth a stream without Quinn Hughes in the lineup but Tyler Meyers who also is feeling a little banged up and Mis practice today he’s also day to-day on Yahoo right now but that’s a guy who I’d be very interested in he’s seen a lot of power play two time for the Canucks this year and he does a lot in the Banger categories from penalty minutes to hits and blocks so I think both of those are interesting streams I think Meyers has a little bit more uh Intrigue should Hughes Play Just Because Myers has been fantasy relevant even with a healthy lineup in Vancouver I think the the main thing though here is you need to be tuned into Twitter follow us at avgtime on Ice follow keeping Carlson at keeping Carlson this is a great time to be on top of things because if you are the first person to know about injuries in your league then you can be the first one to grab the guy who could be a Difference Maker in your league and of course Elon will be working on updating those game day lines tweets as well well so that can be a really good spot to look I think yeah uh either of those guys Myers or Edler I think gives you that strong category coverage but yeah you’re right there’s a risk because it’s not really clear who will emerge or even how long Quinn Hughes may be out for so really being tuned in during this time of year as you say is really critical because you have limited moves you don’t want to waste them you want to make sure you are laser focused on stealing every category that you can on stealing every point that you can so that you can win a championship that’s what we’re all about right you only get one shot every year and going from potential injuries we are going to hop to potential outes absolutely let’s hear about him we’ll start first with a Finnish sniper in Winnipeg Patrick l back after missing a couple games last week right away he starts playing with Nikolai eers and Cody eeken you love to see eers and L play together but for most of the Season they’ve they’ve been with one of shley or wheeler to get Cody eeken on line to to you know I’m starting to kind of question the value of having one of these guys does it downgrade your expectations if they don’t get back with one of those higher end centers to play with yeah I think it’s been a little frustrating you know I’ve been an eers owner all season and he’s been quite you know uh very effective for the most part but it has definitely seemed to slow down lately he really could could benefit from a stronger pivot it’s been a bummer to see I know Elon and Brian talked about the fact that Winnipeg has had Paul stats pass through has had um Kevin Hayes passed through and weren’t able to get either guy to stick around either because they weren’t willing to Fork over the kind of cash that was required or else uh the guys just you know were interested in that rental time or served out their rental time and didn’t really want to stick around well who wants to live to who wants to move to Winnipeg you know well yeah we all know uh I always think of the classic Ilia bris gala’s concerns about spending your life out there in Winnipeg I have visited before and you know I think it’s more about the people that there with than than maybe the place where you’re at sometimes uh in any case uh it is kind of a bummer yeah I think to see see these two out there without any you know all credit to Cody and he can be a pretty effective uh defensive player and and has had some limited spts of uh fantasy relevance but he is not certainly a Kevin Hayes or a Paul stassy uh so he’s not even really there in kind of the the middle range of the type of fantasy centers you would hope to have so not super deep down the middle certainly limiting their ceiling but hopefully the two of them working together maybe they can still manage to to make a little bit of magic now that it’s not just eers toiling away with uh Mason Appleton I believe was the other Wing there so certainly an upgrade for him to get Patrick l noted Winnipeg lover lwis Ezekiel who would have thought you know I I I I have sympathy for places that get a bad rep you know being from originally from Southeast Michigan I feel like uh you know I’m familiar with some places that that you know take it on the chin when when they they actually have a lot to offer my experience with being from a small town is to just get thick skin and say everywhere else is worse and just refuse to give in just my town is good your town is bad that’s that’s as far as I go I’m working through some things in therapy let’s hop over to Toronto Morgan Riley it was said by Sheldon Keefe today that he could rejoin the team next week Morgan Riley of course spent half of the season on Power Play 2 after Tyson Barry kind of unceremoniously jumped the line and uh and hopped up onto the top power play are we uh feeling good about Morgan riy is he a must own if he’s not on power play one and does he have a chance of making it back up there so I do think Morgan Riley is really appealing at this point in the year uh like we said before you’re looking for any opportunity that you have to really squeeze some points out of a position and I imagine that there are a lot of folks out there especially with the injuries that have been going around who have somebody on their lineup uh on their defensive core who Riley would would represent an upgrade over even in that power play two position and I think that you know the Leafs are going to try anything that they need to try in order to secure their playoff position uh It Is by no means set in stone at this time uh and they are obviously fighting in a fairly competitive uh you know situation here so I would I would guess that you know if things are not working very well I mean we we’re going to talk about this shortly but we’ve seen what can happen even in a place like Tampa Bay to a person as established as Victor edman uh getting switched out for sergachev you know I think we we are in the time of year where anything really can happen um in terms of making changes in order to find a greater degree of success so I definitely could see Riley potentially crawling his way back onto that first Power Play if it is struggling with uh Barry up there so you would you would go out and get Morgan Riley if he was dropped after his uh initial timetable his initial timeline was announced yeah I mean obviously as it always does it depends on your league and it depends on what kind of player that you’re having to drop and and all of that but I have to imagine there are teams out there in any League who have a Defender who is worth jettisoning in order to get themselves a Morgan Riley and a potential shot at that power play one time in Toronto I agree with you it’s possible that he gets back up there but it’s definitely not a sure thing by any means it’s again one of those things that you want to be keeping your eye on as time goes on let’s talk about a couple Robin laner he gets the start tonight for Vegas one week after the trade he’s already starting to steal starts this is not a back-to-back situation laner played really well in his night’s debut over the weekend and now he gets a start against New Jersey that’s a nice cushy start if laner does play well does he Venture into must add territory for you so yeah I think he really starts to become appealing you’ve got another team here who is desperate for every point that they can acquire uh obviously they they fired their coach uh you know in order to try to to put a spark in the team and secure that playoff position even though a lot of folks around the league are thinking you know maybe this isn’t the greatest idea um so they’re obviously willing to to try some things and shake some things up I mentioned on a show uh maybe a week ago that um you know there’s no real uh relationship now between the coach and the goalie obviously flurry is well loved in Vegas for what he’s done for the team in his first couple years there and sort of being the face of the fr franchise but you know he the coach has a mandate now to win uh and if Robin ler is giving them that best opportunity and you know you talked about leoner success you got to also put that in the context of a pretty poor outing from Mark Andre flurry uh in between these laner starts so I think that he is starting to become really appealing it’s definitely somebody that I’ve got an eye on uh to potentially grab um so that I can squeeze some starts out of him once I am back in the thick of things now I’m not sure how many lead leagues where you would find Robin laner on the waiver wire but a goenda news is Anton kobin and I know that kobin is starting to be owned in some deeper leagues he’s been stealing a couple starts here it’s been pretty much a 50/50 split in Dallas but we saw Ben Bishop Miss tonight’s game he’s dealing with a lower body situation which is an interesting way of reframing the Pat Quinn uh lower body injury type designation if Anton kobin gets a string of starts here and he’s on your waiver wire then he could be a League winner you have like that that’s just no question to me given the style that Dallas plays and how solid he’s been in their net yeah absolutely Dallas has kind of been playing uh you know you almost want to say like playoff Style hockey for for a few months now where kind of they are content to try to win games one nothing or two to one and sometimes that blows up in their faces when they make some bad choices and and get scored on a few times and they have to try and play catch-up and they can’t really reach that speed but it has been a pretty um nice setup for goalies you know even Ben Bishop when he hasn’t been especially successful has still been pulling in fantasy points so if you get credit for um uh you know you’re not worried as much about rates but you’re getting credit for wins and and saves and that sort of thing uh kobin has been actually outperforming um sort of in the same way as Leonard he’s been outperforming Bishop lately um and this you know whatever this lower body situation may be it sounds like it may be short term but it’s really hard to say with goalies you know we we’ve seen carry price lower body situations extend months at a time uh but even if Bishop is able to come back relatively quickly this may give kobin the opportunity needed to turn his late Superior play over Bishop into a 1A position for him uh and if you can get him in for some of these lowc scoring close checking games especially at home Ken has been so so outstanding at home uh that presents a really good opportunity and like you said a potential League winner so I do think that the distinction I would make as far as situations that I think are fluid goal tender wise and situations that are less so I think of the you know Robin laner moving to Vegas as a situation where it’s like anything can happen right like we don’t know because he hasn’t been there long enough you know in Calgary we’ve seen cam talbat steal a few starts and then the team wants to go right back to Dave rck I think what we’re seeing here in Dallas if Ben Bishop does come back and the injury isn’t serious I think of it more as like a tarasque Yaro hak situation where even if there are you know bits and pieces of the Season where the backup plays a little bit better like I don’t think that the bishop kud doen splits are like a bad goalie versus a good goalie we’re talking about two players who have been pretty good and the Stars definitely look at one of them as their starter and unfortunately for kobin if if Bishop is healthy I don’t think that he’s outplaying him to the degree that we’re that you should expect him to become an outright starter I just don’t think that’s in the cards in Dallas but if he’s injured I think he could be a Workhorse so that’s definitely what we’re looking for right now we’re waiting to see if Ben Bishop misses a few more games and if so Anton kobin jumps to the top of the possible goalie options on your waiver wire yeah I think that’s a good point so I’m glad you brought it up and it’s certainly a valuable way of thinking about it uh you might also consider that if Dallas wants to save Bishop’s health for a playoff run you know we’re only worried here about the regular season in fantasy hockey and even then usually not all the way through the end of the year so if we do see you know kopen maybe get some opportunities to spell uh a even a you know quote unquote healthy Bishop um just to make sure that he’s not reag Grava anything and is fully bounced back for a playoff run uh I do see that as a potential possibility so maybe not an official starter position but maybe yeah like you said sort of a a hak um Rask situation where they both are are kind of balanced out pretty well in order to keep them fresh yeah and there’s definitely value in that right like this isn’t a situation where if Bishop comes back you need to drop HUD doin if you’re in a league that’s deep enough there’s definitely leagues where kobin should be owned regardless of Bishop’s Health let’s get into an our final segment here tonight we are looking at a few teams where we’ve seen some fantasy situations change we’ve seen some stocks go up and down over the last few days and we are going to rank a couple of teams Wingers uh these are players who were seeing a ton of questions about in our notifications on the keeping Carlson uh Facebook page patreon only Facebook page people are asking about these guys a lot and so we thought we’d just bring them out and basically just rank the players who are available in a ton of leagues I want to start actually Lewis I’m going to jump ahead on our prep sheet to number two because this is a team that Brian and Elon discussed on the podcast on Sunday I want to talk about the Colorado Avalanche who have as we’ve mentioned ad nauseum at this point an incredible schedule to start the playoffs and they have a ton of Wingers who are fantasy relevant right now just because their lineup is in flux without Miko ranin and Andre barovsky we”ve seen a lot of guys who I think in the future will sort down into that bottom six jump up and become much more fantasy interesting so I want to talk about JT Comer Tyson Jo vladislav namestnikov Valerie nushin eunis dcoy and I’m also throwing in Andre barovsky for when he comes back as that does seem to be somewhat imminent what we’ve seen and I know that I am listing a ton of names here so we’re going to go through these lines again real quickly we’re seeing landeskog and McKinnon play on the top line with namestnikov then a second line of Matt nto comper and Don sky and a third line of Valerie nushin yoast and count top power play has comper Joost landeskog Mack and Gerard with namestnikov nushin and dony on the second power play so basically what we’re looking at here we have burkovski not in the lineup at all but he was factoring in on a in a top six and top power play role before he got hurt and he could be back soon we’re also talking about comper and yast on that top power play and we’re talking about vladislav namestnikov on the top line I think that those are the four that stand out off top as people who are interesting Lewis any thoughts on how if all of these guys were available you would be ranking them all right so um I definitely going to put burkovski on top and even potentially uh still being injured I kind of like him in that spot if you can uh add him and then stash him and add somebody else in the meantime um you know he has the most clear path to Quality deployment so I think burkovski would would have the clearest path to taking over that Top Line uh deployment so maybe bumping dnov down someplace and then uh probably bumping a guy like Comer off of the first power play uh after him I mean in the meantime while he’s out I do like nikov in that Topline position um I know that he’s not getting that top deployment into the power play but you’re going to spend more time obviously at even strength and I think I want that long-term even strength exposure to Lis Cog and McKinnon who are likely to make something happen uh after that in order I like J Comer and donky um I know dony isn’t back yet but um you know I think that you know he’s another player who kind of like burkovski at least has spent some time up there before and isn’t a new addition to the team so I feel like he has a good chance of getting up there um nushin is not especially interested to me he was hot for a little while but it seems like he has cooled right back off and is giving us kind of the valer nushin that we are used to right now playing third line second power play not as especially interesting for me even with that lovely stream Mami schedule yeah I think nushin and dony are guys that I’m totally off right now I actually am mad at you Lewis for bringing up the adding burkovski stashing him and then adding someone else I’ve been doing that in a bunch of leagues and then I gave that advice to several people as well so kind of stealing my thunder here I will allow it for today uh behind burkovski though I would say that my number one spot would go to Tyson yoast I think he’s most likely to stick on the top unit should B kovski come back next game uh that first Power Play unit of course then I’m with you with namestnikov comper number four I think all four of those guys are ownable in deep leagues at this point though yeah for sure uh and of course I want to take a moment to shout out Comer as a former Michigan Wolverine all right calm down uh we’ll head over to Edmonton who you alluded to earlier Lewis we want to talk about this group of new sese and we’ve seen some line juggling already in Edmonton which is no surprise but I want to talk about Andreas aosu Tyler Enis archal cashion and Kyler Yamamoto with Yamamoto back suddenly we’ve seen a top six of Andis McDavid archal and then r& and Leon with Y Yamoto all the way on line three we have aosu and Cassian two formerly flavor of the week guys who are now basically disinteresting completely right so on the top power play though we still have none of these guys that we want to talk about Alex fourth Alex Shan is holding on to that net front spot Lewis thoughts on ranking those five Wingers for us so Yamamoto obviously I think is number one with a bullet he is now over a point per game in his limited stint in the NHL so far this season uh after the Oilers went out and just blasted the Nashville Predators 8 to3 um I like tigler Andis after him because Andis has shown that he is a guy who can drive offense and nice to have someone to help McDavid do that on his wing for a chain I kind of have archal and athu as sort of even for me right now um and you know thinking about wanting to to acquire some scoring I do think that athanu brings something to the table that these other forwards outside of McDavid uh don’t especially which is that blazing speed although it does seem like as he so often likes to do he has gotten himself in the coach’s dogghouse pretty quick um so I would have archabald just a hair ahead of him obviously because he’s up there uh with McDavid but I could definitely see Archie and anthis zuu switching from time to time so that might be something to keep an eye on uh just kind of a guess on my part but I could see those two as being kind of interchangeable and you just want the one who is up there with McDavid then I have Cassian down at the bottom um you know he has been uh found some success from time to time he was able to to maneuver that into a nice contract extension but adding all of these folks to throw in on the wings there has seemed to have him on the outside looking in um he can be valuable of course for you in categories leagues uh if that is useful for you uh to have him as a banger um but he’s not someone who interests me especially I know that he went out and scored last game but honestly who did not go out and score last game well the only people who are in on every single goal was either McDavid or dry Sidle so I’m still not that excited about cash in on that third line I agree with you on that one uh the one note I would make on this list Lewis is I really don’t see anything substantial to differentiate between Yamamoto and Enis like one of them’s on a line with McDavid the other one’s with dry cidal and nen Hopkins neither of them getting that top power play unit I know Yamamoto has been a little bit more productive but like for a longer scale but that’s more so because he was in Edmonton prior to the trade deadline um and Andis seems to have a little bit more sandpaper to him a few more hits and uh he may give you a he may give you fewer zeros in that backend stretch than Yamamoto I don’t know if I’m just biased though because I do own Enis and I don’t have Yamamoto anywhere but I see them as virtually identical for now though that could change and I do think that Yamamoto maybe has has the higher upside offensively uh behind that list though I I’ve got archabald then a a seeu as long as archal is on Top Line and then in a distant fifth Zack cashion yeah well the other thing I would add probably too is that Yamamoto is almost certainly not a super helpful piece of advice for for folks out there because he’s not going to be available a lot of Waiver Wires but Andis certainly uh has some pretty widespread availability and that’s someone that if you are Savvy you should be snapping that guy up right away because he is not a tyat he is not a um he’s not a Zach cashion he was able to be productive you know relatively speaking in a pretty awful situation in Ottawa um so to suddenly have the opportunity to play against the best player in the world I think is a great opportunity for someone who is kicking around on a lot of Waiver Wires yeah I mean a 45o pace in Ottawa for the first 50 or so games on this season is basically like a 90 point Pace on any other team I I mean I wouldn’t go that far exactly but certainly I know I know you are uh uh be you know engaging in some hyperbole here but uh you know he has you know his his underlying show a guy who uh you know is certainly offensively capable which is not something we’ve been able to say about some of the folks that they have tried to throw up alongside McDavid in the past I do appreciate you clarifying for our more pedantic listeners that I of course am being hyperbolic but we will hop to our last ranking of the evening I want to talk about them bols with Steven Stam Co now out for the rest of the regular season we are seeing a top nine that is of course Pat point and COV on line one we have got color Celli and Coleman on line two in a beautiful shutdown roll and then line three we have gdo newly acquired from the Sharks as well as Tyler Johnson and yany gourd and then on that top power play we have Tyler Johnson and Anthony Celli so those two become a little bit more interesting as you mentioned of course M sergachev on the top power play as well if he happens to be available in your league he is must own at this time poot gourd and color are also all seeing power play two time of those usual waiver wire suspects Lewis I know you got poot off the kakule waivers yesterday or the day before we also see Celli calorin Coleman Johnson and gourd any of these names stand out to you I know that some of them may be on the bottom here but any of these name stand out to you so I like poot uh first obviously that’s the guy who I went out and and sought to acquire I know he hasn’t had a very exciting night but uh the game against Boston nobody on Tampa Bay has really been able to find very much success um I I’m really glad that you pointed out the the shutdown capability of that second line especially with cellia and Coleman I do think that those are a pair they’re going to be sent out to basically um you know counter some of the best offensive lines that the other that the opposition is going to be able to put out there so I don’t know how high their offensive upside is going to be in that situation whereas I think goodro Johnson and gourd might suck up some of those more sheltered minutes um so the way I’m looking at it right now is Pat is number one just cuz he’s going to get the most amount of time out there with poon and COV I like Johnson second uh because he’s not in that shutdown rle and he’s getting that power play one time give me Celli after that since he is also enjoying Power Play One time uh and then you know as far as I’m concerned colorin Coleman gdo gourd uh you can throw them all in a bin and and sort of uh pick whichever one you like whichever is available that you can acquire the cheapest um cuz they they all seem equally likely to me to be able to go out there and get you a point on a given night yeah it’s definitely disappointing to see Coleman be so replaceable at this point when I when he came over I definitely didn’t think that he would you know reach those highs of the New Jersey days but definitely all already I would say that he’s somebody that you can leave on the waiver wire I’m with you that palot is in the conversation for number one am I too biased to say that Celli is there for me too though given that he plays you know like 20 minutes a night and then still gets that top power play opportunity they lost tonight and Celli played only 17 minutes and 20 seconds I think that’s really interesting because most Knights we’re going to see Tampa Bay win and I think that when they’re winning we’re going to see a bit more defensive opportunities for Celli the thing about Celli is he stretches the ice quite well you see him streaking down on breakaways quite often so I’m not overly concerned about him you know Finding offense because he’s just been so good at producing in a you know secondary role it’s just a question of whether or not he can turn that into you know a 60 point Pace as opposed to the 55 that he’s on so far this year 60 65 plus that’s what we’d be looking at for relatively uh solid depth produ uction in deeper league so I’m hopeful still because he’s getting a ton of ice time and top power play is exciting but I’m with you that Andre poot somebody who we can trust in bangers leagues and has been really solid the past few weeks regardless of where he’s been in the lineup I think he’s number one for me right after that I’ve got Celli then I’ve got Tyler Johnson uh Coleman would be number four for me maybe just a bit above color but Lewis if those guys are available to you out of the three teams I know that you had Pat at the top you had burkovski at the top and you had Yamamoto at the top who would you want first of that group uh give me Yamamoto and then would it be would it be uh poot for you next or would you would you stick in Edmonton would you go burkovski for that stash I think I would go burkovski just cuz I think he’s going to be able to suck up a little bit more power play time uh then I think you are uh kind of a coin flip maybe between Pat and Andis uh both kind of guys who can contribute across a couple different categories so I think that is a little bit appealing um there um I could see Celli or Johnson going next uh after after Yamamoto andison burkovski Lewis that is all the time we have for today I appreciate you hanging out with me today and I appreciate all of our listeners you can find us at AVG time on ice on Twitter become a patron at keeping carlson.com Patron why don’t you watch sign us outa here lisis all right well thank you so much Ben I really appreciate it it has been a blast like we said we are enjoying a buy right now in the cupful which is a a relaxing position to have but there are a ton of teams that are out there fighting tooth and nail whether they are in their uh Championship Playoffs or they’re in the consolation brackets I don’t know how many leagues that are out there that uh consist of 18 divisions with promotion and relegation rules if that is something that appeals to you uh it really makes every game of the season really exciting um and we would love to have you join up with us we would love to go beyond the 18 divisions that we have already with 14 GMS in each one uh you can join us by signing up at keeping carlson.com Patron uh we would love to have you you can join uh the patron Facebook group and chat with all of the brilliant patrons of the show uh you can enjoy the stat attack uh that Marcus puts out that is basically a stats heavy magazine and podcast uh that comes out for you know for and about cupful participants it’s really great stuff we would love to have you come join that’s keeping carlson.com Patron uh and until we see you next time play 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On a very special episode of Short Shifts… Ben and Lewis are back in action with critical fantasy playoff content. First they head out west to discuss Calder defenseman injuries and Lehner’s chances of stealing starts in Vegas, before examining an injury in the Dallas crease and outjuries in Winnipeg and Toronto. They wrap up with a forward rank ’em for three playoff teams with excellent fantasy schedules. Players discussed include Kailer Yamamoto, Victor Olofsson, Robin lehner, Marc-Andre Fleury, Cale Makar, Sam Girard, Quinn Hughes, Alexander Edler, Tyler Myers, Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers, Morgan Rielly, Ben Bishop, Anton Khudobin, Tyler Ennis, Josh Archibald, Andreas Athanasiou, Zach Kassian, Andre Burakovsky, Vladislav Namestnikov, Tyson Jost, Joonas Donskoi, JT Compher, Valeri Nichushkin, Alex Killorn, Ondrej Palat, Anthony Cirelli, Tyler Johnson, Blake Coleman, and Yanni Gourde. * * * Support Keeping Karlsson by telling a friend, subscribing to and reviewing Keeping Karlsson on iTunes, and following us on Twitter (@keepingkarlsson).    Even better, support us by becoming a patron of Keeping Karlsson! Patrons support future episodes of the show and get all kinds of perks in return, like Almanac discounts, an invite to the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (aka the KKUPFL), monthly Patroncasts, access to the secret patrons-only Facebook group, and weekly show scripts.    The Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast is proudly presented by DobberHockey, and powered by our patrons. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices