I'll take the future Norris (Orr) winner everyday. OEL is a very special talent and needs to be treated as one of the absolute best defenseman in the league. He is no longer a prospect he is a stud!
I am in a 10 team H2H yahoo Multi cat league. We need to protect 8 players at the end of the season due to expansion of 2 more teams next year bringing our total to 12.
My top 7 are Crosby, Stamkos, Tavares, Ryan, Schneider, Rinne, Ward. My number 8 is hard to decide on between Sharp and OEL. Do I put in a D since I don't have one or put in Sharp since he will probably have a better chance of being picked up. The way expansion works is we protect 8 and then we list our best remaining players on our roster 9-17. If one of those players get picked then we protect our highest rank player between 9-17. I hope it's clear. Sharp and OEL are my top 2 outside of my top 7 I mentioned on my roster.
Sharp or OEL?
I'll take the future Norris (Orr) winner everyday. OEL is a very special talent and needs to be treated as one of the absolute best defenseman in the league. He is no longer a prospect he is a stud!
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BBB says it best. The fact that you don't have any other D protected is just icing on the cake
OEL all the way
13 team Roto keeper league 12 F, 6D, 2G, G,A,+/-, PIMS, Hits, TOI(D), GAA, SV%, (Forwards are forwards, no distinction between L,R,C)
F) Ovechkin, Stamkos, Kunitz, Parise, Byfuglien, Backstrom, Little, Gaudreau, Hudler, Brassard, Girgensons, Nelson
D) S. Weber, Phaneuf, Subban, Carlson, Josi, Vatanen
G) Rask, Jones
OEL should be in your top 7 every single time, there is no debate you keep him as your 8th each and every time. He is going to be a consistent 50+ point Dman.
I think it really depends on your stats, how many d slots you have versus forwards, and how many other equivalent D you anticipate will be available at the draft next year.
OEL over Sharp?? No way in hell.. even if you don't have a dman protected. Sharp is a proven 30-35 goal, 65-70 point guy with great peripherals. You could trade Sharp for a better (as in more productive now dman) than OEL.
I love OEL and his potential, but he isn't worth Sharp at this point, IMO. Chicago is an extremely offensive team while PHO struggles to put up over a goal per game.
Potential is great, production is much, much sweeter.
10tm Dynasty Lg - $96M CAP
G A PTS +/- PIM PPP SOG W GAA SV% SO
C: Barkov, Eichel, McDavid
RW: P. Kane, Okposo
LW: E. Kane, Couture
D: Subban, Byfuglien, Faulk, Vatanen, Morgan Reilly
G: Schneider, Gibson/Andersen
UTIL: Kuznetsov, Kadri, Little, Stone
Farm
D: J. Schultz, Sekera, Hanifin, Hamonic
F: Spooner, Silfverberg, Konecny, Roussell
G: F. Andersen/Gibson, Mason, Ward, Anderson
Prospect:
F - D Strome, Burakovsky, Raantanen, Bjorkstrand
D - Ryan Murphy
I'd rather keep OEL and Sharp and drop one of the goal tenders
In this sort of format where there are four goalie categories, goalies are key. I need to protect all 3. As for D slots there are 5 we need to fill up. If I protect Sharp and lose OEL my remaining D to protect are Mike Green, Justin Faulk and Jack Johnson, Jake Gardiner. If I protect OEL and lose Sharp my remaining best fw are JVR, Pavelski, Stastny, Roy, Boedker. So its tough to decide especially I traded my 2nd round pick to get Sharp for my push and I only had him play a week due to the shoulder injury. Plus Phoenix invested so much in OEL and the potential is there.
Drop Green and keep both, case closed!
"My Name Is My Name" ~Marlo
"I'm just a Gangster I suppose and I want my fu***** corners"~ Barksdale
grammar Nazi
Noun
(slang, idiomatic) 1. A person who habitually corrects or criticizes the language usage of others, especially in situations where it is unnecessary, e.g. an informal conversation.
Notes: This behavior is almost always found in people with very low I.Q's, whom have a very low sense of self worth. Impotence is also commonly linked to Grammar Nazi's.
16 team H2H
Start 3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 4 D, 2 G
G A +/- PIM PPP SHP GWG SOG FW
W GAA SV SV% SO
Keep - 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 2D, 1G
C - Crosby, Pettersson, Pageau
LW - Teravainen, Kaprizov, Keller, gusev, Lafreniere
RW- Stone, Kucherov(IR), Wheeler, foligno
D - Letang, Makar, Hronek, Dumba
G - Hellebuyck, Samsonov, Grubauer, Bernier, Rinne