I'd rather have Backstrom or Benn or Neal and those picks than Hall. By a large margin!
Hey guys, I was chirping another GM about a trade he made earlier in the season and I jokingly made an offer for Hall... it turns out it wasn't far from his price and it prompted a discussion.
The hard part for me is I'm still a noob at keeper leagues so I'm not sure how much value to put in picks. League details / roster in sig.
The offer was
My 1st, 2nd, 3rd + R. Diaz
for
His Taylor Hall + last 3 picks
Firstly, Hall would be a keeper on my team right? I'd probably trade Backstrom or Benn or Neal for picks to make space. So I'd probably get at least one good pick back. Am I even getting an upgrade on keepers?
BTW, the trade I was chirping was a 1st and a 2nd for Spezza (same GM sold Spezza for picks, pre-injury)
Here's a list of who went in the 1st three rounds this year:
Round 1
Nail Yakupov(Edm - F)
Alexander Edler(Van - D)
Bobby Ryan(Anh - F)
Mike Smith(Pho - G)
Scott Hartnell(Phi - F)
Roberto Luongo(Van - G)
Ray Whitney(Dal - F)
Ryan Suter(Min - D)
Dany Heatley(Min - F)
Keith Yandle(Pho - D)
Kari Lehtonen(Dal - G)
Round 2
Wayne Simmonds(Phi - F)
Craig Anderson(Ott - G)
David Backes(StL - F)
Joe Pavelski(SJ - F)
Max Pacioretty(Mon - F)
Martin Brodeur(NJ - G)
Kevin Shattenkirk(StL - D)
Justin Faulk(Car - D)
Cody Hodgson(Buf - F)
Patrick Marleau(SJ - F)
Brian Campbell(Fla - D)
Round 3
Valtteri Filppula(Det - F)
Dan Boyle(SJ - D)
Michael Del Zotto(NYR - D)
Blake Wheeler(Wpg - F)
Mark Streit(NYI - D)
Braden Holtby(Was - G)
Dion Phaneuf(Tor - D)
Justin Schultz(Edm - D)
Niklas Kronwall(Det - D)
Devan Dubnyk(Edm - G)
Jonas Hiller(Anh - G)
11 team keeper league, 3rd season.
Points only. Goalies: 2pts Win, 3pt S/O
9F, 6D, 2G, 2BN, 1IR
F: Stamkos*, Parise*, Backstom*(IR), Benn*, Neal*, Clarkson, Berglund, A. McDonald, Gagner, Ennis, Okposo,
D: OEL, B Campbell, Wisniewski, B. Smith, Giordano, Diaz
G: Fleury*, Halak*, Anderson
I'd rather have Backstrom or Benn or Neal and those picks than Hall. By a large margin!
14 team Fantrax H2H keeper league
G, A, P, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW, - W, Gaa, Sv%, Svs
C - Crosby, Tavares, Kopitar, Toews
LW - Hall, Giroux(C), Vrana, Gaudreau
RW - Pastrnak, Kane, Stamkos(C), Kubalik
D - Burns, Murphy, Morrisey, Cernak, Whitecloud, Chiarot
G - Mrazek, Campbell, Brossoit, Greiss
Bench - Middlestat, Wennberg, Perron, Olofsson, Schwartz, Atkinson, Yama