Fire away - October 4, 2011

[Teh Doktor]

Hey Dobber!

Keeper/auction roto league.
$55 cap.

11 teams.
G, A, PIM, +/-, Spec Gls (1pp+2sh), Goalie pts (2w+2shutout)

Lots of talent available - lots of teams with money too.

Who do you see as worth keeping?

Backes 5.00
Eberle 3.00
Karlsson 1.75
Subban 3.25

I CAN keep three, but don't have to keep any.

Already have Krejci, Carter, Kessel, Tavares, Giroux, Neal, Byfuglien, Downie, and Quick for a grand total of $21.

[Dobber]

1. Long term upside for Landeskog in peripherals (Hits, Shots). Will he end up long term with Duchene or Stastny?

2. How long before Cam Fowler is the undisputed PPQB in Anaheim (How long before Lubo hangs it up?)

3. What will be the ultimate outcome in Nashville with Rinne and Lindback.....ditto in New York with Quick and Bernier, as well as Boston with Thomas and Rask.

4. Will Phil Kessel ever be a PPG player?

5. How quickly will Winnipeg be able to make that organization into one that can top 90 points?

6. Will the Caps bounce back offensively this season, for my sake, namely Ovi and Semin.

1. Long term upside for Landeskog in peripherals (Hits, Shots). Will he end up long term with Duchene or Stastny? Couldn't say about hits, but I think he'll be a 200+ shot guy

2. How long before Cam Fowler is the undisputed PPQB in Anaheim (How long before Lubo hangs it up?). Lubo won't hang em up as a Duck, I'm sure. Point is moot, as Fowler will be top PP this year as they move to two defensemen.

3. What will be the ultimate outcome in Nashville with Rinne and Lindback.....ditto in New York with Quick and Bernier, as well as Boston with Thomas and Rask. - Lindback, I don't hold a lot of stock in him right now because I think the Preds will re-sign Rinne. Rask will be 1B this year, and they'll be 50/50 next year. Then Rask takes over in 2013-14. I think Quick/Bernier will be resolved via a trade.

4. Will Phil Kessel ever be a PPG player? Yes, in four or five years. A great center will be key though.

5. How quickly will Winnipeg be able to make that organization into one that can top 90 points? Four years. I think it will be a long rebuild.

6. Will the Caps bounce back offensively this season, for my sake, namely Ovi and Semin.
Yes, by 15%

[Dobber]

You've got Gudbranson pretty high in your prospect D rankings -- is he a decent point threat in the future?

What kind of upside can I expect long term (points-only)?

Low-40s
and he is ranked high because, of all of them on that list, he is the most certain to be a successful NHLer. I put a lot of stock in "certainty"

[Dobber]

14 teams keeper league
4LW,4C,4RW,6D,2G
G=1 A=1 W=2 SO=3

LW: Nash, Laich, Hudler, D. Sedin, Bourque, Backlund
C: H. Sedin, Frolik, Backstrom, Bolland, M. Koivu, Nielsen
RW: Benn, Perry, Ryan, Burrows, Bernier, Jagr, Butler
D: Gilbert, Edler, Wisniewski, Bogosian, Seabrook, Suter, Bergeron, Mezsaros, Spurgeon
G: Rask, Bryzgalov, Lundqvist, Biron

I won it all last season, and I should contend again this year.

Any advice on how to upgrade this team?

That's a good team, but jump on the Jagr hype and move him for a dark horse RW (who may wind up even better or equal) and a defenseman that is better than Gilbert. I also think Biron and Steve Bernier are wasting roster space, can you play the wire to replace them?

[Mackgord]

I've done two drafts so far this year and have one more to go. No one has, thus far, drafted Tim Connolly. Am I missing something? I get that he's a band aid boy but is he hurt right now? I haven't been able to find anything about it. If he's not hurt, how many games do you see him getting this year before he GETS hurt?
Thanks!

-Mack

[spanyon]

any thoughts on Mark Stone? seems to be ripping up the WHL

[Dobber]

What can you see coming out of Jannik Hansen? currently he's a 30pt player, but he's young so could improve if he gets on a team that would give him more opportunity than vancouver.

I don't see a lot of upside here, maybe a 40-pt guy. But this month he'll have a chance to show what he can do and perhaps bump that up to as high as 50 or 55.

[flexraid]

Thank you for answering my questions Dobber !!!

[yceberg]

My league settings are;
Yahoo 12 Team, Head to Head, Daily Trans, 8 Keepers this year/10 Keepers next year/12 Keepers following year and going forward, 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 2W, 2F, 4D, 2UT, 2G, 5BN.
Scoring cats are;
G, A, (+/-), PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO, 4 Game Mininum Goalie Started Weekly.

C - Koivu, J. Staal, Stepan
LW - Semin(K), Benn, Lucic(K)
RW - Skinner(K), Havlat(K), B. Wheeler
W - Lupul, T. Kennedy
F - C. Wilson, Landeskog
D - Green(K), Doughty(K), J. Carlson, A. Larsson
UTIL - Dalpe, Hanzal
G - Crawford(K), S. Mason(K)
BN - J. Bernier, Dubnyk, A. Babchuk, A. Burmistrov, Niederreiter

I was second in the regular season last season, but lost in the first round of the playoffs and finished sixth overall. How am I looking to finish in the money this season? What weak points do I have and should strive to improve? Thanks...

[lektrix]

Can you please give me some quick insight on these 3 teams?

Many thanks!!!!

Team #1 Yahoo $$ 14 Team Roto 82GP (1 Year)
G A +/- PPP SOG HITS BLKS | W GAA SV% SHO

2C: Crosby, M. Richards
2L: Marleau, Neal, Leino, Laichs
2R: Brown, Hemsky, Voracek
4D: Streit, E. Johnson, Robidas, Hedman
1U: Ott
2G: Bryzgalov, Halak, Varlamov, Rask


Team #2 Yahoo $$ 14 Team Standard Roto 82GP (1 Year)
G A +/- PIM PPP SOG | W GAA SV% SHO

2C: Malkin, Roy, Weiss, Zajac(IR?)
2L: Sharp, Doan, Mueller
2R: Heatley, Hemsky, Purcell
4D: Subban, Goligoski, Carlson, I. White
1U: Brown
2G: Fleury, Quick, Conklin, Biron


Team #3 Yahoo $$ 16 Team H2H (1 Year)
G A +- PIM PPP SOG SHP BLKS HITS FOW | W GAA SA (Shots Against) SV% SHO

2C: Roy, Ott
2L: Neal, Benn, Leino
2R: Malkin, Carter, Brouwer
4D: Letang, Phaneuf, Wisniewski, I. White
2G: Miller, Halak, S. Mason, Rask

[Pasha]

Keeper league, last pick.

Tarasenko, Radulov or Rundblad?

Thanks!

[cb4]

Who are your top 9 fwd's if I'm looking for Points with a nice dusting of PIM's and a healthy +/-?

Matt Duchene
Paul Stastny
Derek Roy
David Backes
Joe Pavelski
Chris Stewart
Mikko Koivu
Martin Havlat
Dustin Brown
Jamie Benn
James Neal
Evander Kane
Vincent Lecavalier

[Savages]

I am trying to target chris stewart in my keeper pool is giving up Downie and Hemsky to much for stewart? I would have a free roster spot to pick up one of Schnider Del Zotto Brassard Voracheck Hudler, Remier

Team in Sig thoughts please?

Thanks

[watchingthegame]

1. Is the Matt Calvert hype train over?

2. Is Chris Tanev a legitimate prospect worth hanging onto?

3. Should I trade for Radulov?

[slow triathlete]

I guess it is a list of Matts and a Russian. It is partial keeper and I am short at D and C with low salary guys...so who offers the most?


Matt Read
Matt Perreault
Nik Filatov
Matt Niskanen
Matt Gilroy
Cam Atkinson