The last keeper pick is always the hardest (+rep)

[Wolffe42]

So, entering year 4 of my head-to-head keeper league. Team and league scoring catagories are in signature. Last year I ended the regular season in the #2 spot in my league, only to get blown out in the playoffs (#1-#4 ALL got smoked in the 1st round...), ending up in the #7 slot overall.

I see that as a fluke - the team was good; it consistently performed at a high level all year (I never dropped below #3 and held #1 for 5 straight weeks), and so I don't need to blow up the team.

Drafting works like this:
-Each Team gets a 1st Round Pick (something to trade). I'll be picking at #5, possibly moving up to the 1 or 2 spot (Vanek+1st Round for 1st Round Overall, taking Drouin to fill in at LW for Vanek).
-Each Team can Keep between 4-12 players. Each player kept costs the Team a Draft Pick between Rounds 2-13, starting with the 2nd Round Pick and proceding sequentially.


So, given that setup, my take on things is that I may as well keep all 12 players, because there's unlikly to be an improvement over any of my potential kept players down in Rounds 10-13.

My keeper list so far is as follows (dual elegibilites in parenthesis):

Center:
Steve Stamkos
Anze Kopitar
Matt Duchene

Left Wing
Thomas Vanek (RW)
Bobby Ryan (RW)

Right Wing
Claude Giroux (C)
Jeff Carter (LW)

Defense:
Shea Weber
Justin Schultz

Goal
Henrik Lundqvist
Jon Bernier


11 guys. Who would you pick for your 12th Keeper player, given this setup?


Alex Edler
Blake Wheeler
Kevin Shattenkirk
Sam Ganger
Paul Stastny

[Mattp913]

I would keep Wheeler instead of Carter for RW and then my final keeper would be Shatty.

[als_revenge]

I would keep Wheeler instead of Carter for RW and then my final keeper would be Shatty.

+1. And your league counts 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 2W and 1F? That's just wierd.

[newfcollins]

I'd keep Wheeler as well.

[finnys_fanatsy]

I would keep Wheeler instead of Carter for RW and then my final keeper would be Shatty.

+2....this for me as well

[TheZamboniGuy]

Shatty or Edler for the last spot, probaby Shatty, and i would swap Wheeler and Carter.

[derelicte]

Like most people have said I would take wheeler instead of carter and keep shatts. Wheeler hasn't yet hit his ceiling as the best player on an improving jets team. I'd definitely take him over carter.

[Wolffe42]

Yeah, the Carter-Wheeler debate was for the #11 spot, and to be honest, I've been second-guessing myself every few days. Given that level of unanimous "Wheeler" response, I feel better about throwing him in there.

And consider Shatty on the 12th spot. Thanks everyone - rep given to everyone but derelichte (I have to wait until the rep counter refreshes to give it to you; sorry).