Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: 2013-14 DobberHockey Fantasy Guide Edition

[donpaulo]

Which players 25 or under do you see having the most powerplay points this upcoming season ?

[Gramps]

Thanks Jeff.

What is your ranking of the following goalies in a keeper that counts only wins and Shutouts:

Lack
Markstrom
Vasilevski
J. Gibson
Lehner
Allen

What are your thoughts on Sam Reinhart?

[GretzkysMullet]

Trying to decide on my final two keepers, 1 F and 1 D. Multicat H2H points league with G/ A/ hits/ blocks/ shots/ PPP/ SHP/ GWG/ Hat tricks/ FOW/ PIM/ +/- etc.

Kadri or Carter?

J Johnson or Franson?

[angus]

Good stuff Jeff!

Here is my squad and scoring categories:

CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi
D: Karlsson/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Markov/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur

Here are the definite keepers (10 of 14):

C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson
D: Karlsson/Letang/Byfuglien
G: Lundqvist/Hiller

Who are the last four keepers?

McDonagh (thrives under AV), Marleau, Granlund.

[angus]

Short and sweet here. League in signature. Is there any guy on that roster that you would drop in order to pick up Matt Nieto?

I assume bold only? I'd dump a few of the prospects for Nieto.

As for roster players...

Rinaldo? I realize he gives you PIM but your roster seems to have some solid PIM guys sprinkled throughout.

[angus]

League in sig....should I stand with Schneider or grab a FA? I have picks 1, 2, 5 and 8 of the first round of our draft (FA and 2013 draftees). Picks 1 and 2 are locks for Mac and Drouin.

Here are notable FA in the league for G:

Miller (6.25M)
Ward (6.6M)
Backstrom (2.5M)
Luongo (6.714M)
Hiller (4.5M)
Ramo (2.6M)
Brobovski (5M)
Dubnyk (3.75M)
Mason (1.5M)
Smith (4M)
Halak (4.5M)
Bishop (2.2M)
Lindback (2.2M)
Bernier (2.4M)
Reimer (1.6M)

Thanks

Schneider is the best value pick among any on that list (particularly due to his age), but you may have to wait a year for him to have full fantasy value. Would you be willing to do that?

[ross10019]

McDonagh (thrives under AV), Marleau, Granlund.

Thanks! And the 4th keeper, between Fleischmann, Baertschi, Roy?

[gerbernomics]

if i'm going for it this year, have i ruined my team by taking the 2 trades:

my team #1
pts-only - pre-keepers, we keep 7f

my eriksson, voracek, granlund for backstrom, ladd
my sharp, tarasenko for st. louis.



my team #2 - which 7 forwards would you keep?

[LeTrefle]

Easy keepers selection.
Want to compete each year, but want to have good trade value with my players.
What would be your 6 keepers?
12 teams, 6 keepers (+ team)
Points only = 1G 1A 2W 1OTL 2SO
Weekly line-up 1Team 9Forwards 4Dmen 1Goalie
2012-13 roster:
T- Montreal
F- Stamkos, Malkin, Neal, Elias, EKane, Marchand, MKoivu, Eriksson, Parenteau, Huberdeau, Berglund, Atkinson
D- Yandle, Markov, JJohnson, Wisniewski, Goligoski, Nikitin
G- Price, Ward, Fasth, Luongo

[Dakkster]

I assume bold only? I'd dump a few of the prospects for Nieto.

As for roster players...

Rinaldo? I realize he gives you PIM but your roster seems to have some solid PIM guys sprinkled throughout.

The entire roster, yeah, including farm. Rinaldo is a hit and PIM machine. He was very useful last year before his injury and then I traded for Martin to pick up the slack.

What prospects would you dump for him? The goalies are off limits

[ridinryan44]

Thoughts on Jake Gardiner? I am short on Dmen (league went from 4 to 5) and I have interest in Nyguist from the Gardiner owner. He wants picks involved (favoring him) but I feel as though Nyguist and Gardiner are completely equal in terms of value (maybe even slight edge to Nyquist, but that's probably bias .

Thoughts on this? It's the league in my sig and my only other dmen are Morrow and Dumba - no good if I face an injury. Would you be willing to move a guy like Nyquist for Gardiner, and what's your opinion in terms of their value compared. Thanks!

[Diffusion]

Hi Jeff, thanks for another mailbag.

I would like some help with my keepers, I won my fantasy league this past season and have a lot of talent right now. We are a ROTO league with the folowing categories

G,A,PTS, +/-,PIM, Wins+SO, and GAA (we dress 12F, 6D, 2G)
I get to keep 8.
My picks are with a * to the right, would appreciate your thoughts. I will try and leverage the rest of the talent into picks for the upcoming draft, or an upg

David Krecji (*)
Patrick Kane (*)
Henrik Zetterberg
Nicklas Backstrom (WAS) (*)
Jakub Voracek (*)
Max Pacioretty
Justin Williams
Patrik Berglund
Alexander Steen
Jiri Tlusty
Cody Hodgson
Colton Orr

Paul Martin
Francois Beauchemin (*)
Sergei Gonchar
Kevin Shattenkirk (*)
Alex Goligoski
Michael Del Zotto

Tuukka Rask (*)
Viktor Fasth
Jonathan Bernier (*)

[Buck Fush]

Dynasty - $100/yr buy-in - YR5 - $90M CAP
G A PTS +/- PIM PPP SOG W GAA SV% SO

C - Crosby, Giroux, Getzlaf
LW - Neal, Elias
RW - Perry, Voracek
D - Letang, Chara, Boyle, Del Zotto, Faulk
Util - Eberle, Seguin, Hossa, Pavelski
G - Rask, Lehtonen

BENCH
Selanne, Iginla, Doan, M. Foligno, Bogosian, Garrison, McDonagh, Gardiner, Bryzgalov
PROSPECT
Forsberg, Bjugstad, Eller, M. Backlund, Vatanen, R. Murphy, Lack.
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My team is a contender, I am not looking necessarily for immediate help but cheap contracts would be beneficial. Who do you like out of:

1) Trouba or Franson?

2) Tlusty or Gallagher?

3) Barrie or Brodin or Krug?

[Yanbout]

Hey Jeff! Nice work BTW.

12 team keeper pool, 25 players each. Goal & assist= 1 pt each. No trades. I can keep 9 of these forwards:

Datsyuk-Benn-Toews
Voracek-Huberdeau-Pominville
Skinner-Tlusty-Hodgson
Nyquist-Bennett-Oshie

The first two lines seem like obvious choices. I would really like to make some room for Nyquist & Bennett but can I? What do you think?

And who would you keep (2 players) for D: Streit-Keith-Phaneuf-Visnovsky

Thanks!

[Axeman33]

Thanks again for your time and insight Jeff.

My first question involves recently signed FA's.

I was wondering your thoughts on guys who may surprise with their new teams, more specifically guys like Dustin Penner going back to Anaheim and PM Bouchard going to NYI.

What type of impact do you see these two making with their new teams? Do you think they both surprise many and land prime real estate on their respective new teams top lines or do you see both floundering.

Any other surprises you may think of that other fantasy GM's may be asleep at the wheel on as far as guys worth jumping on before everyone else sees their fantasy value go through the roof?

Part two - what kind of projections (points wise) do you have for someone like Travis Zajac for the upcoming season? He had a bit of a stinker last year, and that was WITH Kovy.

Thanks again.