First Overall Pick who to go with? Keeper League

[BreakingBad76]

Our league is a 16 team keeper league ... each team has 5 keepers.

I've got the first overall pick and i'm going to have three forwards and 2 goalies as keepers. With that pick do I go with the best available from the non keepers which would be Letang or go for the future stud in Mackinnon/Drouin/Nugent Hopkins (who would be available). I like Mackinnon ahead of Drouin and a toss up with Hopkins .. i've had HOpkins and been burned already by his injuries.

what do you guys think?

[maya has the knife]

That's tough. What are your league's specifics (stats/starts)?

[BreakingBad76]

Yeah its definitely a tough call.

Our stats are as follows:

G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, PPG, BLKs

[27Blue]

Letang is the choice out of the guys listed because he should outpoint all of them next season - and because he is a d-man it makes the choice even easier.

Might change my mind if I knew who your keepers are to see what kind of chance the young forwards have of being kept beyond next year...

[rataylor22]

RNH for me. IMO has the highest upside of the three forwards, and will definitely dominate the PPP category. I think you can't get a proper opinion until you post your current 5 keepers though.

[BreakingBad76]

My keepers currently would be Malkin, Nash, H. Sedin with goalies Bernier and Schneider. My plan would be if I go with Mackinnon to ride out season and see how it goes and thnk of a packaging sedin and one of these goalies for a true number one near the deadline.

[rataylor22]

IMO, RNH > Sedin already (even though production doesn't back me up). I'd definitely go with Nuge.