I can't believe I want to drop Benn
I am currently in 1st place in my H2H league (see players and scoring categories below). I however want to do some fine tuning for the playoffs. I am thinking about dropping Benn. Like most people I really like Benn but I am not sure one of the guys below wouldn't be an upgrade this year.
Available Free Agents
Pacioretty
Stewart
Dupuis
Brouwer
What are your thoughts? Good idea to make a move or should I keep Benn?
8 Team, H2H. G,A, +/-, PIM, SHP, PPP, Hit, BLK, SOG. W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
Center - Stamkos, E. Staal, Toews
LW - Datsuyk, E. Kane, Parise, Benn
RW - St. Louis, P. Kane
D - Phaneuf, Kronwall, Seabrook
G - Neimi, Backstrom, Miller
I don't play H2H but looking at your cats (no FOW, and with SOG) I would be tempted to grab Pacioretty. I worry that Benn's wrist injury is not fully healed, but even if injury is not a concern I see Patches being a little more G heavy. I am a big believer in Benn but given the way Montreal is playing I think Patches might have a slight edge.
Your team is loaded, even for an 8 team league... lol.
I think I'd keep Benn. If you really want to dump him the only one I see working out is Pacioretty (who's also a bit cold, at least until last game). The others aren't even worth discussing.
12 Team Keeper Yahoo! Points League
Keep 8 (max 1 goalie)
3C 3LW 3RW 6D 2G
Bench: 6 + 2 IR
G(3), A(2), +/- (1), PIM (0.5), PPP (1), SHP (2), SOG (0.5), FOW (0.05), HIT (0.25), BLK (0.25)
W (5.5), L (-2.5), GA (-1), SA (0.2), SHO (5)
Weekly Roster
C: Giroux/Ott/Stastny
LW: Steen/Hartnell/Prust
RW: Lupul/Callahan/Simmonds
D: Karlsson/Letang/Burns/Green/Bieksa/Beauchemin/Goligoski
G: Quick/Ward/Bishop/Khudobin
Bench: Martin/Hornqvist/Ray Whitney/Backlund
Grab MaxPac. I feel the same way about Benn's wrist injury and he just doesn't seem to be getting in a groove. If this was a keeper, I'd tell you to get some smelling salts and keep Benn.... But since it's a one-year league, get Max's more steady production and all-around stats.
Before you make the switch... And if you have a H2H playoff coming up, make sure you check LWL's roster maximizer to see if you'll get more starts with Pacioretty vs. Benn. That might make a big difference:
http://www.leftwinglock.com/roster-maximizer/
Last edited by Two On One; March 22, 2013 at 8:52 PM. Reason: Added weblink for ya...
Yahoo! H2H, 1 year, 12 teams, Daily starts
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HITS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 5BN, IR, 3IR+
Used 41/45 moves
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C} Matthews, Barkov, Hertl
LW} B.Tkachuk(C), Guentzel, Nichushkin(RW)
RW} Miller(C), Rust, Schmaltz(C)
D} Josi, Fox, Dobson, Carlson
G} Nedeljkovic, Daccord, Grubauer, Pickard
IR} Demko
IR+} Neighbours
Ya I'd do it, it's a shallow league you're in. I'd pick up either MaxPac or Stewart. depending on what wing you feel like you need. LW or RW
Yahoo Fantasy Roto league. 14 teams
Categories: Goals, Assists, Hits, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, Wins, GAA, SV%, Shutouts
Position Slots:
(2 C's)(2 LW's)(2 RW's)(F)(3 D's)(G)
Forwards:
Aho (c)
Mackinnon (c)
Verhaeghe (c/lw)
Ovechkin (lw)
Zuccarello (rw)
Teravainen (lw/rw)
Sharangovich (lw/c/rw)
McCann (c/lw)
Defence:
Matheson
Theodore
Toews
Schenn
Goalies:
Ullmark, Lyon, Kochetkov, Swayman
IR: Ekblad
I pretty well agree with what has been said already. The only thing that I would add, is that I feel that there may be a lot more offence to go around in DAL, whereas Pax is more of a main guy. Also, Benn this season kinda reminds me off Doughty last year: holding out on contract and then getting hurt early on. My hunch is that it won't be one of his better seasons.
16 Team H2H League (Keep 6)
3C - 3LW - 3RW - 6D - 2G
2013 1st place, 2014 1st place, 2015 1st place
G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, HIT, BLK GS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
C= Stall, Marchessault, Hayes, Suzuki
LW= Svechnikov, Goodrow, DeBrusk,
RW= P.Kane, Kucherov, Fiala, Johnson
D= Rielly, Borowieki, Fowler, Hagg, Murphy
G= Demko, Samsonov, Jarry, Allen, Shesterkin, Talbot
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