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Vegas Golden Knights 2024-25 NHL Season Preview | The Hockey Writers Roundtable
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Sep 17, 2024
Host Matthew Zator welcomes Ben Fisher to The Hockey Writers Roundtable to preview the upcoming 2024-25 NHL season for the Vegas Golden Knights. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Forwards - Big Storylines/Burning Questions 8:11 Golden Knights' Defense 10:47 Goaltending - Adin Hill & Ilya Samsonov 14:07 How do the Golden Knights stack up in the Pacific Division? Quick Fire 17:22 Biggest Storyline/Question Mark Going Into 2024-25 19:35 Breakout Stars 21:32 One Player That Needs to Bounce Back 23:53 Potential X-Factors 26:21 Rookie/Prospect That Could Surprise & Make the Team 28:16 Prospects to Watch 30:38 Who will lead the team in scoring (forwards & defense)? 32:34 Bold Prediction/Hot Take Follow Ben's work - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/bfisher/
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Hello, everybody and welcome into another season preview show here at the Hock
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Graders YouTube channel. And I'm your host, Matthew Zattor. And we are up to the Vegas Golden Knights here on our previews as we get closer and closer
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to the regular season starting. And I've got Ben Fisher here. You covered the Golden Knights
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You don't actively cover them anymore. But I know you know a lot about the Golden Knights anyway
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So thanks for coming on. Hey, my pleasure. And, yeah, I mean, you don't just, you don't just ditch
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next that quickly so i'm still keeping tabs and aware of what's going on in
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Vegas and uh for sure yeah i mean the golden nights said they're going to be a strong team again
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this season they got they did see some changes in the off season of course the biggest one being
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jonathan marsh is so moving on uh to the national predators uh he was a big part of their team
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of course won the con smith trophy when they won the cup there's and uh of course uh massive uh
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in his history, all-time scoring. I mean, he's up there. So that's a big hole they're going to have to fill
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They added a few guys in the off-season, too. They made some trades. We got Alexander Holtz from the New Jersey Devils
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traded Logan Thompson to the Washington Capitals. They've done some moves. I mean, not a lot of additions, I guess
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Not massive additions, but some guys that could surprise. So let's just jump right into our forward group here
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and of course having a big part, Thomas Hurtle having his first full season with the team
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after that big trade last season. So what do you think about this group going in
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I mean, like I say, Alexander Holtz is probably the biggest addition from the off season
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But what do you think about the group going in to, well, Victor Olives, Oliveson was another edition
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from the Buffalo Sabres too. What do you think about the group? well i mean let's let's not let's call it what it is and this was the the 2023 stanley cup
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coming due effectively yeah from a cap standpoint i mean you may you mentioned marchesot
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which obviously he's the most recognized the biggest name to leave and uh the most closely
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intertwined with vegas's history to this point um plus he didn't there there's some uh there's
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some enmity related to how the departure all happened But it wasn't just him
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It was, I mean, Chandler Stevenson's gone. William Carrier was an original golden knight that he's no longer there anymore
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Even a guy like Michael Amadio played some key depth minutes for us for a couple years there
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And so, I mean, it's, it was tough. We're still tied up against the cap
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It was really tough to not only retain these guys, but also make up for their loss
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So that was really a challenge in the off season for Kelly McCrimman and for the rest of the front office
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I'd say that they, I mean, there are some guys worth getting excited about for sure
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I mean, you mentioned two big names right off the bat. Victor Oliveson, who, again, were hoping to erase last year where sort of production dipped a bit injuries took over
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but he's just two years away from two years removed from a 28 goal season so if if that's I mean
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he's going to get plenty of top six opportunities and if by playing alongside jack Eichael or
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thomas hurdle uh i mean that that if that's not going to spark him then nothing will and so
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there is certainly hope that his uh that this year is going to resemble 2022 23 a lot more
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than it did last season. Alexander Holtz is another really interesting young forward
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He wasn't bad with the Devils last year. He had a semi-decent season, still establishing himself as an NHL regular
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but I think he was acquired in the Paul Cotter trade, and I do think that he provides that a little bit more upside
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former number seven overall pick, and a guy who, I mean, it might not be
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this might not be his breakout year, but if he can grow within the organization
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and start to adapt to some of his teammates, then I think that he is a player that could be around for a few years
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plus something that the forward corps right now desperately needs, and that's some youth
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Yeah. That's the biggest thing with Holtz. I mean, I think he was kind of
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there was something with New Jersey. It seemed like he wasn't fitting in
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They weren't giving him a lot of ice time. And he is a guy that I think has a lot
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a ton of skill. And the thing is, he's now in a team that he's
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I mean, he's not going to be pressured into developing, I guess, too, too quickly
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I mean, he's set to be playing some pretty good players, depending on where he fits in the lineup
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I mean, right now he's on daily faceoff. He's set to play with William Carlson
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and Brendan Brisson on the third line. I mean, that could be a line
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I don't know. But yeah, I think it's going to be interesting to see how he fits in the lineup
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You've got, I mean, Olson, like you said, he's shown he can score goals
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It's just mostly on the power play, which, I mean, is not a bad thing production-wise to have
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But I'd like to see a bit more five-on-five. But, yeah, it's some interesting, of course, low-money signings
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low money additions to such as it and mccrimand sort of hoping that having the existing structure
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and some pretty some pretty solid star power up front having the existing structure in place
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allows them the luxury of taking a flyer on a guy and knowing that he's going to have some
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help around him so that that's certainly the hope with olson and to a lesser extent whole i mean
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And he's really in a great situation where, to your point, if he does play further down the lineup
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then they do have the ability to bring him along slowly. But, I mean, who knows
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There is an option. It is not the same depth that the clubs had in previous years
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So there is the option if he catches fire that there are some spots on the wing further up the lineup that he could slot into
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Who knows? He could play with Jack Eichol. be a pretty good, pretty good to play with him
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Or even hurdle would be a great duo too. So, yeah, it's going to be interesting that Mark Stone having a healthy season
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hopefully, Crane fingers crossed. He actually plays the whole season and it's good because he was good in the playoffs
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So we'll see. Again. Again, he just comes back. Hopefully he has a whole season to play now
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All right. The other guy that I'm looking for, sorry. Oh, no, wrong. Yeah
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The other guy is Pavl Dorfayev, who, I mean, has still not really established himself as a full-time NHLer, but based on some of the early comments from McCrimman from the front office, that they view him as a full-time golden night now
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And I think he's going to get every opportunity afforded to him. He's another guy similar to Oliveson that has shown that he can score goals when giving the opportunity
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and has a little speed to him, which is nice. And I think that now if he can get an opportunity to play alongside hurdle
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alongside Stone, then there's a real opportunity for him to possibly have a breakout
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and surprise a few people. For sure. I mean, he's set to play in that second line with hurdle and Stone, if that's how it all plays out
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But, yeah, he's set to be in the top six, it looks like. So, yeah, I mean, interesting to see for him
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All right, defense, which really didn't see any changes at all. They had, of course, lost Alec Martinez, who went to the Chicago Blackhawks
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and he's been a golden knight forever as well. Noah Hanifan is now going to have a full season with the team as well, too
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So he, and of course, we all know how well he played after the trade
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and probably one of their best defensemen. So what do you think about this defense corps
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I mean, it's pretty strong and still, even though Martinez moved on
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Oh, yeah. And emotionally losing Martinez was a blow because he was a leader in the locker room He was uh i mean he uh his uh playoff track record is pretty well established at this point so uh he was a popular guy there but ultimately
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i mean realistically he was at a point in his career where last year he wasn't really giving
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vegas much um i mean we were the uh the golden knights had the opportunity to
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slot him a little further down the defensive depth chart and so i don't think that his uh
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departure is necessarily i mean he he got his four million with chicago more power to him but uh i
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think that they're still pretty well said i mean you've got you mentioned hanifin petrangelo's still
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going to be a huge uh minutes eater even as he potentially starts to decline a little bit here
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um but they they've still got a pretty solid uh pretty solid top seven plus a couple guys
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that are uh definitely going to make a case in training camp and try to work their way in
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I can see like I mean I think that Caden Corsack for instance is going to be a guy that takes a look
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Ben Hutton's still there you've got they added they added Robert Haig who I mean I'm not
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sure what you're getting from him at this point but again another guy at the very
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least to create some competition and training camp and bye for minutes so I think
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the blue line is just fine they it wasn't it wasn't a perfect you
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unit last year by any means but uh i mean the depth is certainly still there 100% in the high
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end at top four when you're looking at a top four of hanifin petrangelo mcnab and theodore that's
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pretty good i mean i take that top four um yeah theater in a contract year so there could be
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a little motivation there too true yeah and and we'll see if they i mean i don't know about trade
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if that happens but i who knows last season so we'll see yeah
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that's something to watch for sure all right goal tending um of course they i mentioned they traded
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logan thompson to the capitals i you're looking at aden hill starter and ells mssonoff who signed
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from free in free agency i come from the tronel maplea who i mean he was up and down
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what the maple leaf somebody was in the hl for a good year one not so good year yeah it was okay
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i mean it was an average goaltender um but now he's set to be the backup to hill or 1A1B
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What do you actually see this tandem? Is it a 1A1B or are you looking at Hill as the starter
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I think that Hill has still earned every opportunity to, I mean, I think the crease is his
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until it isn't. I think that he's going to get the chance to be the guy
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But I mean, I think that Vegas bought themselves a nice little bit of insurance and knowing
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that if he does falter, if he has. has issues, then they've got a guy backing him up that was the de facto number one for a
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playoff contender the last couple of years. So, I mean, I think that as much as Logan Thompson
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again, younger goalie, one of the great contract, but I think that at this point, they felt
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a little more comfortable going with, I mean, as you mentioned, Samsonov is by no means a
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Neil Vezna candidate, but he's a perfectly solid goalie that has given Toronto a couple
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of decent seasons. And so I think that there's just more of a comfort there in having a fallback in
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someone like Samsonov. And they did the same thing even at number three in the depth chart by adding Akira Schmidt
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in that Al-Hults trade. So I think the idea was more goaltending depth in general
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and I think they've done a pretty good job addressing the crease
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For sure. Do you see Schmidt actually challenging Sampsonov, though, in training camp as potential backup
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although Schmitt can be down to the HAL? Does he have to clear waivers
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No, I think that I think he still has options for him. So I think that's going to be obviously the big factor that he can go free to Henderson, I believe
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Yeah, I believe so too, yeah. So, I mean, I think that, I think that's your answer right there
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But, yeah, I mean, to your point, absolutely, if, I mean, if, if Schmidt can push the top two guys
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then I think that it's a nice problem to have, and it's something that could be addressed a little later on
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Plus, I mean, Aiden Hills had his fair share of injury issues, so is Sampsonov
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so we so I mean never hurts to have a little bit insurance for sure and schmidt's
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showing flash is a really good playing the NHL of course the playoffs of the new jersey
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devils there for a bit looked looked like a pretty good goalie so I mean we'll see if
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he can maybe throw a bit of a wrench in the in the tandem there and see where it goes
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yeah okay looking at the Pacific division it's a tough division at least at the top
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The bottom is still, of course, the sharks, the ducks, they're the bottom feeders
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But you got the Seattle Cracken who may bounce back this season. You got, of course
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the top of the division with the Oilers, the Canucks, the Kings
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I mean, Calgary Flames are probably in that murky area. I don't know what
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I don't know what they're going to be this season. But where do the Golden Knights
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kind of fit in this division? Yeah, I mean, I mean, they're in tough
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I mean, I don't think that any of well the oil the oilers had a great offseason aside from broberg and holloway but uh otherwise
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they handled it pretty well and beyond that i don't think either of the kings or connects got
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appreciably worse um so they're still certainly going to be right there among vying for those top
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three um and yeah you you said of that uh the crack and i mean to get uh brand and montour to add
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Stevenson, there were a number of pickups there that I do think will make an impact and will
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certainly help them get back. I think, I mean, we'll see how it all plays out, but
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I think that we're that the Golden Knights are right in the mix of that, but it's going to be tough
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There's more depth to the division this year than in previous years. And so
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So it might be one of those additional wildcard spots that we're looking at
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But it's hard to say right now. We're going to be right in the thick of that middle part there, I think
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It's probably the same as last season, kind of jumping into the vision, out in, out
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I mean, last season we were hoping for better things. But, yeah, that is now more a reality than our..
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Well, also the teams that weren't sure about, like, at the beginning of the season
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there's no one thought the Canucks were going to, the Canucks were going to be the top of the division and how good they were
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It could be some surprises. Who knows? I mean, even the sharks, I mean, they're going to be a bad, probably not very good team again
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but they've got some interesting pieces to the team now with Macklin-Salabrini
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Will Smith, and some of the veterans they added it to Foley
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And I don't know. They could be an interesting team. team, I don't know if they're going to, of course, not going to do much, but they could maybe
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mess with some of the good teams. I mean, I think their rebuild is now in the building stage
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I think they're starting to try to add and try to. So, I mean, a couple more wins and maybe a little more, maybe not as easy a night at the
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office when you're playing them here, but yeah, we'll see. Yeah. And the Ducks, too
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I mean, all these teams, it's not an easy night. There's no easy nights in the NHL
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all the teams have have talent it's just matter of where they are in their development so
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all right let's move to our quick fire round and these are all just quick questions so one or
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two sentence answers as we go through so our first one biggest storyline or a question mark
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that's going into this season um i mean i think the the biggest storyline is that there's a whole
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lot of goals to make up here i mean march still had 42 you lost uh guys like stevenson and amadia who had I think about 16 and 14 or something like that So there some I mean there some significant offense that has now departed
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And so, I mean, I think a lot of it's going to have to be internal
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You can't necessarily put all those goals on Oliveson and Holtz alone
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So, yeah. Yeah, so that would be pretty unfair pressure right there
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So you're hoping for some development from guys like Dorfayev. It would be great to see Ivan Barbashev, for instance, get back to the 20 goal mark
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I think he ended up with 19 last year. And so to get to have a little bit of an uptick there
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So, I mean, depth scoring is going to be a big question
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question mark for this team and it'll be interesting even a guy like
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brandon brysan see if he can take some strides in his second year and hopefully
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become more of a established regular in the lineup yeah i just think as we
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mentioned the the blue line is pretty set pretty solid and fairly predictable at this
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point but it's the offense that's going to be the big wild card
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100%. It's funny. Brennan Brisson is the only prospect they've held on to
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I'd say longer than other guys, it seems. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, even just all the moves at the trade deadline to land Hannafin and Hurtle
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And that was another exodus of the farm system right there. So it's he seems to a guy they like
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we'll see how much longer he sticks around. Yeah. All right. One or two breakout stars after this season
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Yeah. I made mention of Door Five. I brought him up a couple of times
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and I think that he's going to be a big one. But, I mean, I don't know if he counts as a breakout
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but I think that you can't underestimate what a full season of Thomas Hurdle means
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Yeah. I think that he's like, mean, it was a hard situation to come into
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He was healthy for, I think, the last five regular season games of the year. So you can't expect much out of that
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And sure enough, once the playoffs rolled around, he still wasn't, clearly wasn't ready
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I think he picked up one point. I think he picked up one point in seven games and a minus six or something like that
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So having him get a full training camp in, having him get back to game shape, it's huge
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huge and and I don't think Golden Knights fans know yet what they have in Thomas
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Hurtle. I mean, sure, they've seen him. We've played against them enough times at the
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Sharks, but it's been a long time now since he's been healthy and productive. And this could
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be another Jack Eichol situation where finally he's, we've got a star caliber player who's
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back ready to contribute and we saw the kind of difference that Eichl made. So hopefully he's
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we get another driving force like that. I mean, hurdles say he's a very talented player
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He's shown that in San Jose, and now he's under that big contract
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and you'd hope that he could actually live up to it and actually produce
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But very good. I think he's going to end up having a breakout season, too
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especially if he stays healthy all season, which what happened, like you said
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plagued Eichol before, and now he's been healthy for a bit here. So
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Well, hopefully that goes the same way. All right, someone that needs to bounce back from last season
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Yeah, and I mean, I think that I think the goaltending is going to be a big area of some rebounding necessary, where Hill was okay last year
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He wasn't great. And certainly they were hoping that the Hill Thompson tandem was able to grow in a way
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that quite frankly it didn't and so obviously now that Logan Thompson's gone so
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Aiden Hill becomes the focus of that another guy in a contract year and and
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Sampsonov I mean it's the same thing in Toronto where he's coming off a down
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year and so the idea of being able to I mean I think that a change of scenery is
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probably helpful in his case and maybe a little less pressure on him than there was in Toronto last year and I think that that sort of a shift could
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really help the guy and there's optimism that he can get back to playing at a pretty
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solid level the same really the same thing goes for Victor Oliveson I mean we
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talked about it earlier on but going from 28 goals two years ago to an injury
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marred but six or seven goals I think he had last year so
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I think there are a couple guys. It's funny. For the team that
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for the team that won the cup and then lost in the first round, I think there's a general theme of wanting to wipe the slate clean on last year
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and maybe go back to the way things work. Yeah. For sure
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I mean, Samsonoff is one of those guys that, I mean, maybe he'll be better in a lesser market
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Obviously, he was in Washington, which isn't as big of a market either
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But going to Toronto and dealing with that pressure. and then now going back to a team that's not going to be as much again
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So I don't know. We'll see how we kind of. Yeah. I mean, the expectations are the same, but the media market is certainly
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Yes, it's different. A little different intensity. Yeah, for sure. I don't think any market matches Toronto in that
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Although most Canadian teams are that way. Yeah, there is still that
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Yeah. All right. Let's talk about some X factors. This could be a player or it could be
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a situation and what could be an X factor this season? Interesting the situation
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No, I mean, the guy that I point to is Hannafin. I mean, I guess Hurtle falls into that same group, but just we saw in a very small
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sample size what Hannafin can be for the Golden Knights. And I really think that, especially with Alex Petrangelo getting a little bit older now
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I think that Hanathan could very quickly be the blue line anchor for this team
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and sort of continue that prolong that reputation of just sort of strong defense
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that the Golden Knights have really put forth over the last few years but between now being
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really the power play quarterback and being leaned on to play probably in the mid-20s and minutes
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I think, I mean, and quite frankly, looking at a future that may or may not include
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Shea Theodore, I think, but there's a real emphasis on him, yeah, becoming an anchor for
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that blue line, really carrying the unit, and I think he's got huge value on this team
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Yeah, and he signed that, of course, the long-term contract, too. and everyone wasn't sure he was going to come back after it could have been a rental
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who knows, but I ended up resigning. And now, yeah, he's going to be a big part of this team
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And he's not old either. I mean, he's still relatively young. Yeah
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So, yeah, he could definitely be that. Yeah. All right. Let's talk about
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Oh, sorry. Yeah. Oh, no, go for it. No, I was just going to say on that, like the last few years of the contract may not look great
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but that's where the emphasis is on. these first couple years to really make that value count and to still help with contention
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at this point. So, yeah, I mean, this is where he's going to make that contract look good
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hopefully. For sure. And like I say, it seemed like he really fit in right away. I mean
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it didn't seem like he had any growing pains to start. So, I mean, I think he saw that he fits in
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and we'll see how it all goes. For sure. All right. There not a lot of really spots I guess for these guys But do you see any prospects maybe surprising and making the team again their prospect pool is not the strongest but uh you see anyone kind of on the radar in that case
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um well that that would be i mean we talked about him earlier but brysan is basically the one and
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only at the only one he and colasar should uh set himself up as a regular nchler at this point
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but he's really going to fill some of those fourth line gaps, I would think
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But No Persan has the chance to really become sort of a middle six mainstay for us
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And I do think that I do think this is a big camp for him
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I do think this is really time to show. Because you mentioned that, I mean, Vegas is not an organization that is known for it
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patience with its prospects. This could be a situation where this is the best shot he's going to get
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I mean, I don't know. I'm not saying that they're getting rid of the bum
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if he doesn't make the team. I do think that there's a real opportunity here
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and I think that he's definitely going to be one of the most watched guys on that team in camp
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Yeah, like I say, he seems to be the only prospect they're holding on to at this point
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They traded their David Edstrom like really quickly after they drafted him
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not that long ago. And he's been traded again since. So it's an interesting thing
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But yeah, I think Holtz, well, Holtz would still be falling under the prospect umbrella
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I guess, too. But he's got some NHL experience. Outside of guys that make the team
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I mean, obviously the Golden Knights still have prospects. Who do you see
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talk about Trevor Connolly. Yeah, yeah. That's a very good one. I mean, we'll see how long he stays with the system
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But who should everyone be watching this season? I mean, Connolly's a big one, yeah, for sure
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Yeah, I would say, I mean, he's going to be a pretty interesting
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Like, I mean, just such a divisive prospect, such a guy who, I mean, the talent is there
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and there's no questioning. I mean, I think that I think he
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probably would have been a whole lot higher up the draft board, if not for some of the off-ice
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stuff and some of the character questions about him. Now, going into the draft, he said all
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the right things. He apparently, Vegas was pretty thorough about looking into some of the
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past issues, and they were obviously content with what they found. So, I mean, he's going to have
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he's going to have his share like i mean he just got drafted so he's going to have some time but
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it is a good opportunity for him to show that he's matured to show that he can come in and uh just
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focus on the on ice stuff and try to remind people that oh yeah he's a pretty good hockey player so
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um it's going to be he's going to be a fun one to watch in camp as well
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he's one of those guys like he he was set to be like at time there was like top 20 top 15
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and talent wise that's probably where he would fall but yeah those those issues off ice really
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threw through through off some scouts i think uh and teams so but yeah i mean the golden nice
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looked like they did their due diligence and of course they did interviewed him and all that so
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yeah well it's going to be interesting to see his development over the
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next few seasons and how he kind of goes in this system. He's probably one of their top prospects for sure
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I think he shoots right to the top. Yeah. So I don't have any others
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A great deal of competition there. Yeah. All right. All right. This could be easy, although there's a lot of candidates for this one
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Who do you think will lead the team in scoring forwards and defense
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Well, it's funny you say that. I don't know that it's going to be easy because over the last three years, I think, the Vegas
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scoring leader has the vegas i think they've i think the top scorer has won the scoring
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race by two points or less in each of the last three seasons so it is fairly balanced
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iqle's obviously up there we talked about hurdle being uh in line for sort of a bounce back from
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injury season so um it wouldn't surprise me i might i i default back to ickel just because
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he has sort of established himself as the number one center franchise guy but it's hard to
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see and on the on the blue line on the blue line I mean I think it's Hanifin I think he's
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going to get every opportunity on the top power play unit but I'm curious to see what
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shea Theodore does as with his contract coming up because when he's healthy still
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talented offensive player and he's always had the luxury alongside brayden mcnab of sort of
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freelancing a little more and being able to have the freedom to join the offensive rush a little bit
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so um still think it's going to be hanafin but uh yeah i think i think there are i think we are
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in line for some interesting scoring races here yeah i mean marcia so is not part of that now too
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so, I mean, there could be some other candidates to kind of look at that too
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Someone's got a, someone's hopefully going to fill the net. We'll see. Yeah, Marsha, so what
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He scored 42? 42. Yeah. 42 goals. You need 42 goals from someone
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We'll see who that is. Yeah. All right. Now to finish the show, let's talk some bold predictions
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What do you got for this season? All right. Well, I'll tell you what
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We mentioned it before, and we're just talking about the goals. now. So this is going out there a little bit
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But I've got Pavlore 5 for, I think he's got a 30-goal season in him
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I think that, I mean, he's over the last two seasons, he hasn't had a whole lot of
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NHL play, but in that time, he still managed to score, I think, in the mid-teens both
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years in limited average ice time, too. So I think that now that he's going to get the line share of opportunities here
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and probably be on a line where he's playing closer to, I don't know, 17, 18 minutes
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a night, I think there's really an opportunity here for Tim to take advantage of it
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And I don't think 30 goals is all that out of reach for him
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Like we said, the goals have to come from somewhere. looking at, I mean, I guess he's going to be playing with a pretty talented either hurdle or Ikel, who knows, I mean, he's going to put one of those guys
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Even plays with Carlson, that's a pretty good, that's a pretty good center to play with too
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So, yeah, and I could see that. I could see 30 goals out of them, too, for sure
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All right. Well, thanks, Ben, for coming on, talking Golden Knights as we preview the season coming up
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It should be another good season for them. they got the core group still together, really
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minus Marshall and Stevenson. I guess those two big parts, but replacing with hurdle
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and I guess who else would replace? Well, Hannifin. I guess Hanifin would be the other, yeah
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And Martinez was gone too. So, I mean, they did lose some guys, but I think they replaced them with some pretty good guys too
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So they should be in the top half of the league again
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probably make the playoffs, although that's not always a guarantee with some of the teams
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I know what happens, though. But, yeah, to make sure. The whole track record is that health is always a big question here
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But, yeah, you never know. They do have the talent to compete with, I mean
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maybe aside from the Oilers, about anybody in that division. Yeah, they definitely got the two biggest things
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is having the center depth and the high-end center depth, which you need in this conference, it seems
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All the teams have them. So, yeah, make sure to check. on everything on talk toverage.com for all of our coverage on the Golden Knights
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