NHL 21 I Alaska Ice Eagles Franchise Mode #8 "TOP 5 PICK, NEW COACH!"

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[@williamallan9634]

I don't understand how who think you made a bad pick by taking a medium Top 4 Dman while the others are like LOW 7TH DMAN!?!? I know they have the better overall, but there still will become actual dumpster! With a potential Top 4 Dman, at least he has way more trade value. Also, I genuinely don't understand how you make your picks 🤔. For example, I wouldn't even consider for a second a sure LOW BOTTOM SIX guy! He's gonna for sure end up max 75 overall.. At this point, I would consider someone who the scouts doesn't know anything about him : at least there's a chance he has better potentiel. Finally, if you ever pick a top 9 forward/top 6 defenseman in the first two rounds, it's automatically a bad pick since the pick itself has a much higher trade value. If there's nothing of interest, I would personnally trade the pick. Just a quick opinion, nothing against your content, I love it 😁

[@blakeference6646]

Ya you are right. Flip him for a 3rd round pick and get a 64 low top six

[@johnguitard4598]

I love his videos but he has no idea how drafting works Lol, he thinks bottom 6 is good 😂

[@LeftHandShred2]

There are actually four Wiesblatt brothers: Ozzy, Oasiz, Orca, and Ocean. I am not kidding.

[@thatleeguy1116]

And one of them just got arrested for playing hockey on an outdoor rink like a month ago

[@Pzyk0s]

Fun fact Tuomas Markkanen is the first finn to go first overall ever.

[@zibanejad933]

But not as good as future Alaska Ice Eagles SHANE WRIGHT

[@articsnowcone]

Joo is yes in finish 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 but it’s pronounce yo

[@T-REX88420]

I thought he was made twice had to stop it to see if it was lol

[@chase8801]

you should have made Shane Wright Med Franchise aswell as 80-83 overall. the kid is an absolute stud. one of the best Prospects since McDavid and is projected 1st In 2022, 2nd and 3rd will be a toss up between Matt Savoie and Brad Lambert (who both should be High Elite).

[@VandalDesigns]

Don't listen to the other comments telling you how to pronounce Dagenais, it seems like most of em are from anglophones. The closest way to pronounce it with English phonetics is Dah-je-neh. Source: I'm French Canadian

[@vboi5697]

Ty Ronning is basically that major character who becomes a recurring one in all of these franchise modes

[@lukegangl8644]

Brent's rebuilds are like the American horror story. All a little bit different but the keep bringing back the same people🤣

[@xRuthless33]

U should send Ken Appleby to Newfoundland so he can play with his younger brother Zane. not a major trade just some AHL moves for the storyline

[@spark1145]

Yes

[@impressionguy86]

Coach’s last name is pronounced Day-jah-nay (the beginning like Desjardins and the end like Gervais)

[@VandalDesigns]

Nah, it's more like Dah-je-neh

[@llaume_thewhite]

Here's Pierre Dagenais (ex NHLer) with pbp voice when he scores kzbin.info/www/bejne/pau0Z5Wforlon9k

[@leodemarre6607]

Noah is right

[@brendonpritchett8783]

First duo of fins to go 1 and 2 in nhl history! #rememberthemoment

[@905niagara5]

Yesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That wright move is EXACTLY What I wanted you to do!!!

[@dukestorm8813]

You did make the right choice in the 4th round, the other players have bad potential so you actually made a smart move

[@brettschmekel7897]

FYI - I find that in NHL 21 franchise mode if the players does want a contract extension, you are able to sign him for much less than in 20’. Usually about 85-90% of what he’s asking. Sometimes even less if you match his desired years wanted !

[@carrickstevens9365]

Normally when I draft a 73-77 ovr medium elite who says he’s one year away, by mid season he’s already an 80+. Just something to look out for as you could get him playing in the playoffs or something

[@bolavyanal8366]

OLDŘICH ŠLÉGR? MABYE HE IS SOM KIND OF FAMILY WITH CZECH STAR DMAN! Jiří Šlégr is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman, and was a member of the 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship team after being acquired in a late-season trade. Šlégr was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame on December 12, 2019. Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships and 1998 Olympics for the Czech Republic, and a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics for Czechoslovakia. Along with the Stanley Cup he won with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002, Šlégr won all three major trophies in ice-hockey, gaining entry to the prestigious Triple Gold Club. Continuing of a hockey family, ANOTHER GREAT STORYLINE

[@squidsfc6372]

As the appointed representative for the New York Rangers we have officially decided to challenge the Alaska Ice Eagles to a coast to coat rivalry.

[@zibanejad933]

I just saw you on Gravs channel lmfao

[@squidsfc6372]

@@zibanejad933 ayyyy

[@Flower-sq3gr]

Love this series!

[@milehightrickshots5216]

Hey Brent, could you check for gems next time in the draft? Sometimes there are some gems worth trading up for. Also sort by potential highest to lowest and see if there’s any guaranteed med elites that you can take in the late rounds (even if it’s a goalie).

[@brettschmekel7897]

Classic Xtech moment. Makes a compelling case to not trade up for the #5 overall pick... then makes a compelling case opposite to everything he just said to pick at #6 overall 😂 Love the move!

[@juucr8908]

At 17:25 you made the right choice, he’s a medium top 4 D, which is a good player, he was only 5 overalls below the next few picks and they were all top 6 d. You made a great pick

[@razzel4801]

Call your couch the “Antman” cause it’s Ant-Wan, I don’t know anymore 😂

[@brian9284]

Brent, make sure you have good scouts. 1 for each division in the NHL AND the AHL. 4 coach for both leagues. This will be KEY to making trades for players who actually fit your coachs line fit. Also if you're looking into a guy, fully scout him BEFORE you trade for him. Its the only way to greentree he'll work well on the team chemistry wise.

[@JohnathanHarwood]

Great call on the new coach! Zion's chemistry on the 1st line is ALOT better so you have alot more options to get a +5 now. Shane Wright will fit in great on that first line in a few years 👍

[@mattbaker6556]

Brent: “lets see if theres a top 6 scorer in free agency” *Malkin with 107 points only wanting 9 million for one year* Also Brent: Doesnt make sense to bring in malkin Me: 😱

[@burntpato9760]

Malkin is old. Brent is trying to build for the future and take it slow

[@burntpato9760]

Also potential matters so much more than rating. You can pick a 70 ovr med top 9 and they probably wouldn't crack 81 ovr. 51 ovr med top 6 (or top 4, like your fourth round pick, Johnny Schaefer) will most likely be a solid 82+ ovr player in 6 years. You definitely made the right choice with Schaefer

[@fishby8070]

Loui is scouting for players that scores the best empty net goals

[@Lamb02]

These videos have grown on me I was originally here for the accepting all trades but I’ve watched every episode in this series now! Keep it up (Do philly in accepting all trades)

[@samappleby]

Blues did have a 1st overall pick in 2006 and took Erik Johnson. In the draft that had Jonathan Toews, Claude Giroux, Brad Marchand, and Phil Kessel... Thanks for the reminder...

[@levierhardt3233]

Yes St. Louis has had the first overall pick back in 2006 when then they took Erik Johnson. Side note: brutal pick toews sitting at 2

[@LyonHall1]

worked out for chicago in the end

[@levierhardt3233]

@@LyonHall1 yes but brutal for STL

[@jacobmcdonough748]

just a hypothetical thought that came to my mind during the draft portion of this episode that i did not previously notice that the franchise guy was a power forward. i find this interesting and significant because part of the argument for picking zion bertuzzi was that we didn’t think we’d see another franchise caliber power forward for chemistry and it got me thinking to what could have been. hypothetically, if we went back in time in which to select max kazov the sniper, and then perhaps alaska may have been bad, won the lottery and picked the franchise power forward in this draft having us end up with both a franchise sniper AND a franchise power forward. don’t get me wrong, love zion bertuzzi but this franchise mode could have shaped out to be much different to where it currently is at

[@deeznutz6595]

Colton Parayko is my favorite player in the Nhl so I've definitely bought a Alaska ice eagles jersey with his name on the Back

[@bignelle0120]

How come you don’t spend any time scouting?...find those gems in the late rounds.

[@richrealdeal6606]

Poor Bertuzzi getting hated by a lot of coaches 😂😂😂

[@saltyfryfather5448]

At the end you were looking at lines, they’re all messed up because it’s pre season

[@richardclay9669]

You have Parayko and Hedman playing their off sides. I don't think it will matter chemistry wise to switch them, however I have seen swapping a center and winger on the same line effect the chemistry.

[@technology4992]

Mikko Hedmen related to Victor Hedmen at all?

[@dukestorm8813]

Yes they are brothers

[@TvDebates__]

Yes sir

[@rileyjanes5497]

X Tech when you get to the later rounds in the draft sort by potential to make the picks useful

[@allenhawkins195]

when it comes to the draft i think you should always grab 1 center, 1 winger, 1 dman, and 1 goalie each year to keep fresh names coming in all spots

[@oughtopilot]

Stepan hasn't been playing ever since you took out Arizona from the league. No one has picked him up in FA. To get the +5 for Hedman, find a DFD that fits the same scheme fit and it should work. But check the team strategies for the coach and players to see if they match. Same for Zion's linemates in the future.

[@Vashjv]

Brent, You should look at your contracts. you were below the cap before the start of the season they might have added cap to some players.

[@Chubbs.79]

Hey xtech for your next franchise mode what country would you like to base your team in

[@ElysiumGamingNetwork]

Abosulutely LOVE Shame wright, hes so damn good i do whatever I can to draft him everytime he appears, ABSOLUTE Stud, future Captain maybe? ;)

[@ctggaming7943]

oasiz is the brother of ozzy, fun fact, i played with his older brothers ocean & orca, their brothers came out to one of our practices and were 2 of the best players on the ice, it was crazy, the skill in that family

[@saltyfryfather5448]

Fun fun fact, one of them got arrested for playing outdoors 🙄🙄

[@ctggaming7943]

@@saltyfryfather5448 fun fact i posted the video lol

[@slinc5992]

Going to be a great year let's go

[@blackhawkswin883]

That 51 med top 4 was a steal

[@905niagara5]

3 headed competition between Wright, lambert & savoie for best career when all is said n done!

[@hockeyguy2500]

Do you still do gm weeks because if you do it would be swell

[@purtsi_3107]

reaves and komarov on the same line. thats a line i wouldnt never want to meet

[@leobanana2011]

You should call the new head coach Dagers

[@Ivan_6986]

Move Kapanen to the 3rd line, get a 2nd line sniper and a center sniper/Playmaker

[@joshseegers636]

Could you put wright on the top line so we could see how he fits in?

[@WesNicholsTV]

Xtech.... I'm going to stock up the system!! Less than a minute later, nevermind trading a ton of capital for 1 player.

[@AJ-tf3lu]

I really like that 4th round pick. His overall is low, but he’s the only player with the potential to make the league

[@905niagara5]

You needed a cornerstone piece up the middle to start off the franchise, now all you need is your top 4 d finalized and a at the lowest med elite sniper to play with Zion and Shane.

[@elijahtronson5508]

I think you made a good pick with wright because savoie never grows for me I think the highest he grown for me is 84

[@valtteri1640]

Wright is gonna be a LEEEEGEND, in my gm's he is an assist machine!! Grows allways +90 and puts like min. 70 apples

[@Bbpagewolf]

I was afraid that that was gonna happen to Wennberg. He’s a medium top 6 forward, so dropping in overall was inevitable for him. I would’ve traded him and got tremendous value back while you had the chance. If his overall does go back up, I would consider trading him. Also for future reference, you actually can arrange players by their player type in free agency.

[@judahwanner2366]

Erik Johnson was first overall to St Louis

[@CaptainLoghan]

Evan Toth is actually my younger cousin. For the record the last name is pronounced T(oh)th.

[@saltyfryfather5448]

Brother to the kid who played for red deer?

[@brodieholmes263]

WHO THINKS X-TECH SHOULD DO ANOTHER YEAR OF THE WINNIPEG GM

[@elijahtronson5508]

We should nickname slegr the slegster

[@lightningfan2181]

For the regular season you should put Soderstrom on the first line defensive pair with Hedman put if you make the playoffs put parayko on the first line defensive pair with hedman the main reason why you should put Soderstrom on the first line is he well get more ice time and whit the +3 he will grow in overall

[@robertaudrain7941]

I was messing around in my franchise and I got plus 5 on both my penalty kills😂

[@spicyfries739]

Don’t forget to sign someone to attest 9 million. You are under the cap and if you stay that way at the start of the season people’s contracts will get boosted and they will get paid more

[@kamikaze1910]

I know you love Burakovsky but you could’ve signed Anthony Duclair, he would’ve been a way better fit for the role that Burakovsky is now filling

[@shabbalabba831]

see if wright fits on the first line of he gets the +5 dont waste time playing him in the ahl play him right away. If he still isnt producing as well as you would like with the +5 he should grow a little so you could then move him to the 3rd or 4th line until he gets the big jump. If he doesnt get the +5 definitely ahl him

[@chibssbaker7867]

Pretty sure with morale on you will see all kinds of overall jumping up and down and negative growth when they are young lol they need to patch that!

[@etiennevezina1647]

The new headcoach : we prononce (qc) dâjnest (est like west) antoine daylight could be a gooood name

[@awfseely]

Why didn't you even consider Duclair?

[@zibanejad933]

Shane Wright is the new FRANCHISE LEGEND. 1,000 points for the Ice Eagles

[@siloamh8040]

not a fan of shane wright

[@zibanejad933]

@@siloamh8040 How dare you say that about the best player of all time

[@mr.penguin1819]

@@zibanejad933 cause i say appleby is better and i have seen a lot of franchise mode guys always pick shane wright its so annoying

[@siloamh8040]

@@mr.penguin1819 this guy defiantly understands me

[@jordanwillnance]

Dag-ah-nay

[@Ivan_6986]

I'd say get Hoffman or Riley Smith, Ryan Strome for the 3rd line

[@AshwinderHG]

Dagenais pronunciation: dah-zhuh-NAY

[@siloamh8040]

but can you scout more to find really good players

[@yngflk5347]

Finding Austin Pope was a good steal, if yk yk

[@thekerbykerb5094]

Get mike hoffmen he is a great player and can help Zion bertuzzi develop.

[@levierhardt3233]

Shane Wright is a stud I’ve seen him grow to like a 95

[@JordanC2004]

Oasiz Wiesblatt is the brother of Ozzy Wiesblatt

[@electrofox88]

Shane Wright?? Yeahhhhhhh buddy!

[@blakeference6646]

14:05 I got a guy with this same name in NHL 20 put up 2200 points for me. One year he had 147 points with 120 apples

[@Chubbs.79]

In my franchise Shane wright is 20 years old and 90 overall

[@Ivan_6986]

Coach is Day-Ge-Know

[@NathanielMiller94]

What you can do to get a top-notch coaching staff is offer the best head coaches available a BOATLOAD of money to join your team in a lower position than they would otherwise have

[@YourPapiLandn]

Hey Alex Gudbranson is not ugly he’s actually a very handsome man if you ask me

[@zephyrussss]

Antoine "Dagger" Dagenais!!

[@williamallan9634]

Shane Wright was the right (😏) pick. Even tho Savoie is 1 overall better, if you look at his stats, his offensive awareness and puck skills are weaker than Wright's. If you wanted a #1 center who produce at an elite rate offensively, Shane was the best option (even if his defense isn't the strongest, the points he's gonna put up will make him *technically* always in the plus [+/-].) *Btw, I had the chance to have many times Savoie and Wright in some franchise modes, and Wright always became the better player.

[@dukestorm8813]

When I read this before I watched the video I thought he didn’t pick him and I was kinda mad because Shane Wright is definitely the right pick

[@ksm.dinero]

For some reason some players don’t play for some time I got kase 82 ovr for 800k(league min) was wondering why turns out he didn’t play in 3 years

[@thekerbykerb5094]

Hunter lightning for vezina next year

[@JordanC2004]

This is not franchise model related but you are a Vancouver Canucks round so I figure I should throw this comment in my fantasy hockey team name is Covid pandemko

[@jonfleming506]

you were 10 mil under the cap floor before the regular season... show us your salaries so we can see where that got distributed.

[@maxtheriver8969]

I don’t know what you’re talking about that 4th round pick was the STEAL of the draft definitely the right choice because he has higher potential than the others

[@kathleencroteau2358]

good trade for shane wrhit

[@mr.penguin1819]

also you need to scout more the perfect player is not just gonna come to you

[@matiaspethman967]

Wennbreg vent from 83 ovr to 88 ovr in one season

[@siloamh8040]

shane wright bust calling it

[@kamikaze1910]

Coach’s name is pronounced "Da-jeu-ney", or at least it’s as close as you can get with the english accent, QC here

[@matiaspethman967]

Top 4 picks all from finnish league liiga.

[@Ivan_6986]

Just realized all my comments I made earlier are completely irrelevant 😂

[@johnnydrake5607]

Hey Brent,I have lots of experienece and would love to help out the players so can i be the team equipment manager?

[@richrealdeal6606]

Antoine Da- Zer- Nay

[@ElysiumGamingNetwork]

Day-gah-nay is how you pronounce that french last name btw*

[@sebastienbonin7042]

I dont think so