Two weeks ago I would have said Bishop, but with Anderson nearing return I would go with Dubnyk for Nabby. Dubnyk has been solid lately and will get yiu better starts down the stretch.
My goalies are Rinne, Luongo and Nabokov.
I've had a pretty stellar goaltending situation all year but now only a day away from round one, I'm skating three slumping goalies.
There are some interesting options between the pipes available on FA:
1) Devan Dubnyk - Really heating up, and playing a full starting roll
2) Steve Mason - Ditto
3) Ben Bishop - A great stopgap but Anderson will be back in the next couple games and there's a pretty good chance he takes the starting role back
At this point I'm liking Dubnyk the most.
Tonight is my last chance at making FA pickups (except for injuries)
My question is who would you pickup?
And for who? Nabokov has great opponents this week but has really fallen off the last while. If not tell me which would be the two skaters you drop (TEAM IN SIG). I have 6 dmen so that would be the ideal drop (Myers has 1 more game on his suspension with 4 games next week).
With Markov coming off the IR, you can also say if you'd keep him over any of the others but not totally necessary for rep.
W, SV%, GAA, SO
TEAM IN SIG
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Year IIII - 12 teams - 6 keepers
G, A, PTS, +/-, PPP, SHP, GWG /// W, SV%, GAA, SO
LW: Duchene, Pacioretty, Bailey
C: Kopitar, Skinner, Berglund
RW: P. Kane, Grabner, Tarasenko
D: Karlsson, Kronwall, Chara, Carle, McDonagh
UTL: ______
G: Price, Rinne
IR: Burrows
BN: Elliott, Johansson Gerbe, Clowe, Clarksson, Trouba,
Two weeks ago I would have said Bishop, but with Anderson nearing return I would go with Dubnyk for Nabby. Dubnyk has been solid lately and will get yiu better starts down the stretch.
Dubnyk for me as well.
I think your goaltending will be fine for the first round of the playoffs. Canucks and Predators both have 4 games this week.
With the Islanders out of the playoff picture they will give a chance for some of the young guns to make an impression for next year (less starts for Nabbie).
I agree with Happyrobot that Anderson is due back shortly so Bishops days are numbered. Anderson needs to get some games under his belt to prepare for the playoffs.
Oilers have been giving Dubnyk some quality starts and he hasn't disappointed.
Mason, ugh, Blue Jackets have been better lately but still the worst team in the league by far. That doesn't help any of your goalie scoring cats.
Long answer but I would strongly consider double D and drop Nabbie.
Good luck with your choice!
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Drop Burns. 1 assist, -4, NO pp/sh points for the month of March . Your league doesnt count SOG, so it dont matter how much he shoots. He just doesnt seem to get "in" the scoreboard.
OR straight up drop Nabby for Dubbie. Ride the hot hand.
Keep the rest of your Dmen intact. Studs. Markov can stay on the bench.
G'Luck!
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Markov is currently still on my IR so in order to make my FA move I either have to drop him or make room for him or else yahoo won't allow me to add a FA.
Thanks for the posts so far guys.
Year IIII - 12 teams - 6 keepers
G, A, PTS, +/-, PPP, SHP, GWG /// W, SV%, GAA, SO
LW: Duchene, Pacioretty, Bailey
C: Kopitar, Skinner, Berglund
RW: P. Kane, Grabner, Tarasenko
D: Karlsson, Kronwall, Chara, Carle, McDonagh
UTL: ______
G: Price, Rinne
IR: Burrows
BN: Elliott, Johansson Gerbe, Clowe, Clarksson, Trouba,
So..drop Burns to make room for Markov?
OR
drop Markov all at once and pick up Dubbie?
OR
drop Nabby to make room for Markov, then pick up Dubbie?
LOL, i confused myself w/ your league rules..gat dammit!!
Either way, pick up Dubbie. DROP Nabby and/or Markov
Sorry to say but Markov's value has diminished this last 2 seasons. Good fighter tho
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I wouldn't change anything with your setup right now. Luongo will get his starts back now that the Canucks have realized that it's not the goalie's fault but the team's defence that is slacking. Rinne is also gonna see a massive win surge with the return of Radulov in the next week.(You heard it here first!) Radulov finally came to an agreement with the KHL to finish his final year in the contract with the Nashville Predators so he will become a RFA at the end of the year.
Not too sure about the Isles tho....I would drop Nabokov for a diff goalie if you really need a different goalie. I would say pick up Devan Dubnyk. He is the hotter of the 2 goalies you mentioned.
One year league:
G 1 A 1 +/- 0.5 PIM 0.5 PPP 1 SHP 2 ||W 5 L -2 GA -.25 SHO 5
C Marleau(C, LW) / J. Staal(C, LW)
LW Hall / Eriksson(LW, RW)
RW Selanne / Malkin(C, RW)
D Giordano / D. Boyle / Enstrom / Timonen
Util Ott(C, LW)
G Fleury / Ward
BN Varlamov / Hiller / Downie(LW, RW) / Purcell
IR