Perhaps Big Buff
Just wanted your thoughts on your top 3 D-men for this year. It seems like Karlsson-Letang-Subban are well cemented there. Anybody could slide in that top 3? Interested for points only league.
Thanks
Perhaps Big Buff
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
Dark horses for me would be:
Suter
Byfuglien
Enstrom
Green
Although top 3 I easily take the three you listed.
12 Team H2H Dynasty
22 Players 3C 3L 3R 1Util 4D 2G 6BN
(G) (A) (+/-) (PIM) (PPP) (FW) (HIT) (W) (GAA) (SV%) (SHO)
C: R Getzlaf, C Giroux, Scheifele, T Bozak
LW: T Vanek, B Ryan, P Marleau, T Hall
RW: C Perry, K Okposo, A Ovechkin, Kucherov
D: D Byfuglien, Z Chara, E Karlsson, R Josi, D Keith, Trouba
G: R Luongo, B Holtby, K Lehtonen
Farm: Lack, Wennberg, Hellbucyk, Ho-Sang, Milano, Burakovsky, Sanheim
2012-2013 and 2013-2014 league champ
I'll probably take some crap for this but I'm not sure I would put Subban up there with Letang & Karlsson yet. I want to see at least one more year at that high level before I can say that he should be in the mix with those two.
How many years have we seen a defenseman put up monster numbers and then settle down afterwards. I fell into the trap of overvaluing guys like Duncan Keith and Drew Doughty.
Big Buff is always a threat...same with Mike Green if he can play like he did in the second half last year. Pietrangelo is a guy who is way down on people's radars after last season and could be dangerous.
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
Another dark horse if used in an offensive role - Oliver Ekman Larsson.
Has all the tools. A lot like Pietrangelo but they're often used in a D role and given tough minutes/assignments.
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12 Team - H2H Keeper League - 25 Players - 13 Keepers
(G, A, P, +/-, Hits, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, SV%)
Keepers
C: Tavares, Benn,
LW: Galchenyuk, Landeskog, .
RW: Pominville, Little, Oshie, Yakupov
D: Subban, Vatanen, Fowler
G: Price, Bishop
My own boilerplate opinion on D-men:
I hate taking D-men high as I find they are much more unpredictable year to year than top tier forwards. That being said my top 3 next year are:
Karlsson
Letang
Burns*
Karlsson is #1 as he's proven he's a stud and he came back solid from the injury. Letang is #2 also a stud and we know he'll throw up points on the Penguins. But the real sleeper here is Burns! If Burns is given D-eligibility but plays forward all season I see him easily putting up 55-60 points. He developed some real chemistry by crashing the net and getting fed by Thornton, who is one of the best passers in the game. I would slot Subban in 4th as his breakout season was a shortened one and I've seen too many D-men yo-yo downwards after a huge point outburts.
If Burns starts the season with D-eligibility I don't think any provider would revoke that eligibility until the Off-Season. There might be some risk that he gets put back on D and thus his stats fall off but I think it's worth the risk given the upside. So check your provider and if he has D-eligibility stop thinking of him as a 55 point forward (solid) and start thinking of him as a 55 point "D-man" (Top 3)
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
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
in my league in sig, fantrax ranked them:
subban
phaneuf
webber
charra letang
yandle
byfuglien
and obviously karlsson would be in there too.
10 team Full Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.
C= eichel,horvat,malkin,kuznetsov
LW= forsberg,kreider,lee,b.tkchuch,hertle,granlund
RW= reinhart,radulov,hoffman,laine,hayes
D= doughty,ghostebehere,karlsson,jones,klefbom,dahlin ,skjei
G= price,murray,grubauer,georgiev,ullmark,samsonov
under250gp=nichushkin,tuch,mathesson,marino,pujuja rvi,hosang,terry,andersson,j.hughes,patrik,crouse, zadina,podkolzin,k.miller,nedeljkovic,kravtsov,hay ton
--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO
Since Yahoo is notorious for leaving "inaccurate" dual eligibilities for players like Byfuglien (RW,D), I'm feeling really, REALLY good about going into next season with a keeper D corps of:
Karlsson
Chara
Burns
Boyle
Would be nice to get an upgrade on Boyle, but I can't complain. I could have 3 out of the top-5 fantasy Dmen in my league next season.
MounD - Double Threat FHL (18-19 champs)
10-Team Yahoo daily H2H Dynasty
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 2G, 7Bn (IR)
G, A, +/-, PPP, SHP, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK // W, Sv, GAA, Sv%, SHO
C: Bergeron, Barkov, Aho, Point, Kadri
LW: Marchand, Landeskog, Hertl, Marchessault
RW: Stamkos, Tarasenko, Laine, Palmieri
D: Carlson, Letang, Dumba, Weber, Pietrangelo, Ristolainen, Byfuglien*
G: Bobrovsky, Holtby, Lehner, Greiss-Varlamov
Farm: Turcotte, Cozens, Denisenko, Newhook // Sandin, Jokiharju, Dobson, K'Andre // Shesterkin
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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Glad to see Yandle finally being mentioned. Although I would not put him as a top 3, he certainly showed pattern of consistency so far in his career. I've had him for the past 3 years and never got disappointed. He stays healthy too for the most part.
Mike Green scored at over a 60 point pace last season, yet people are still leery of his last couple of injury-riddled seasons under a disastrous coaching carousel...until Oatsie comes along to save the day (for fantasy leaguers who hung on to OV and Green at least!).
My top 5 for next year
Karlsson
Letang
Subban
Burns
Suter