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    Is this guy worth an add? What are others thoughts here?

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    I guess it depends on who the drop is. One game does not make him someone I'd jump on but who knows.
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    Drop would likely be Dustin Brown

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    Well I dont know if this is a points only format, or multicat but I'd keep Brown.
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    Bunting is a player you take a chance on.
    We (us fantasy fans) have two tools to research players:

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    2. Visual (Live/Video)

    re: Stats. Bunting has two years of OHL play, with improving stats each year. He has six years of AHL stats (SIX!)... and... ... that's hard five straight increases. And now he has 4g in 4gp with Arizona.
    re: Video. Watch his goals. He's got a break-in snipe (top corner), a one-timer (to top of net), net mouth scramble that he digs from between his skates (harder than it looks), and his hattie was a puck that hit him, but he held, picked up the rebound with a backhand. It's a pretty good array of "do all" - and to put up points in the NHL... you have to do-all. We don't know for certain if he can pass well... but he's going to play top 6 minutes for Arizona for the next few games.

    His one goal game (1:33mark):


    His three goal game:

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    Default Re: Michael Bunting

    Thanks Pengwin7. That helps a lot. Is he currently covering for someone who is injured?

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    ^I would say no, with the way the Yotes have their lines, he's not an "injury fill".

    Arizona's "top line" for last few games is:
    Bunting(LW) - Schmaltz(C) - Garland(RW)

    Prior to Bunting being there, it was Clayton Keller. (And that line, with Keller - was their most common line this season)
    But Keller played the last few games as:
    Keller(LW) - Dvorak(C) - Kessel(RW)
    *That's a pretty good line on it's own, arguably ^THAT^ is their top line, as I think Dvorak is an incredible player.*

    The Yotes have won their last three games with Bunting there...
    And they are now 4th in their division - leaping STL...

    So... it's working...
    https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/schedu...rizona-coyotes

    Arizona has a game against LA on Wed (Apr7),
    Then a brutal 7gp run vs VGK/VGK/COL/MIN/STL/MIN/MIN... we'll see how well those lines fare through those games.

    But Bunting has been top 3 forwards in SOG & TOI last two games for ARI.
    His shot appears to be pretty good... and he's shooting... so in SOG/G leagues, he's pretty much a great add right now.

    Additionally - that top line is being deployed as PP1 with Chychrun/Goligoski.
    The Dvorak line + Brassard/OEL ran as PP2, by TOI, last game.

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    Thanks Pengwin7. Great info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengwin7 View Post
    Bunting is a player you take a chance on.
    We (us fantasy fans) have two tools to research players:

    1. Stats
    2. Visual (Live/Video)

    re: Stats. Bunting has two years of OHL play, with improving stats each year. He has six years of AHL stats (SIX!)... and... ... that's hard five straight increases. And now he has 4g in 4gp with Arizona.
    re: Video. Watch his goals. He's got a break-in snipe (top corner), a one-timer (to top of net), net mouth scramble that he digs from between his skates (harder than it looks), and his hattie was a puck that hit him, but he held, picked up the rebound with a backhand. It's a pretty good array of "do all" - and to put up points in the NHL... you have to do-all. We don't know for certain if he can pass well... but he's going to play top 6 minutes for Arizona for the next few games.

    His one goal game (1:33mark):


    His three goal game:
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    Default Re: Michael Bunting

    Scored another goal last night. Got second most TOI among forwards and saw top PP time. 6 goals on 15 shots pace is obviously not going to last but he is definitely a very intriguing player. I'm trying to remember if there are any other examples of guys who broke into the league at age 25 and had successful careers. MSL comes to mind.
    I can't promise I'll try but I'll try to try.

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