alfie or vanek?

[mysterymike]

eh guys, im between taking alfie or vanek in my keeper league... with more ice time available for vanek it seems like he\'ll be able to rip it up even more next year! or should i take the safe pick and snap alfie up?

[repenttokyo]

mysterymike wrote:

eh guys, im between taking alfie or vanek in my keeper league... with more ice time available for vanek it seems like he\'ll be able to rip it up even more next year! or should i take the safe pick and snap alfie up?

vanek.

[Zorro]

If you think Radulov will be a stud, then maybe. I think I would take somebody that will get me guaranteed points now, someone that will produce points when you already have crosby getting the most points in the league now.

I would take Vanek,who knows about alffy and how long he will be around..

[birddog]

Vanek is 10 years younger and will put up similar numbers. Vanek\'s stock will only rise. Alfie has some years left but his numbers will start to fade.

I would reach and take Radulov but then again at 20 there will be plenty of great players available.

Crosby
AO
Malkin
Thornton
Heatley
Luongo
Brodeur
Spezza
Hossa
Vanek
Iginla
Gaborik
Sedin\'s
Zetterberg
Datsyuk
St. Louis
Lecavalier
Savard
Jokinen
Alfredson
Kovolchuk

That\'s a list of 20+ guys that should have more value then Radulov at this point. I would think most would fetch Radulov + in a trade. But it all depends on the GM. If you have the 20th pick do you also have the 21st?

[hockeylifer]

Considering Vanek\'s age and production compared to Alfredsson\'s age and production. I go with Vanek.

[The Good Sir]

I agree, Vanek all the way

[hoopej2]

It has happened a couple of times now that I\'ve seen someone say they\'ve got the first two rounds of their draft soon. Do many of you have the same sort of drafting system? Our league looks forward to draft night where we hold our 16 round draft, drink some pints, eat pizza/wings and of course make fun of each other\'s picks. I couldn\'t do the draft a little bit at a time, it would kill it for me.

[Zorro]

Wow Crosby and Kovalchuk would be unreal. And if you have pick 21, man oh man. Lots of options. Backstrom Radulov Kopitar... Even start with the d-men. Take a Johnson.

[The Good Sir]

hoopej2 wrote:

It has happened a couple of times now that I\'ve seen someone say they\'ve got the first two rounds of their draft soon. Do many of you have the same sort of drafting system? Our league looks forward to draft night where we hold our 16 round draft, drink some pints, eat pizza/wings and of course make fun of each other\'s picks. I couldn\'t do the draft a little bit at a time, it would kill it for me.

Completely agree. We usually take a whole Sunday to do our draft. It usually lasts about 4-5 hours. I couldn\'t do it a few rounds at a time either.