I feel this personal responsibility to tell the world of Keith Yandle. It’s partly altruistic (he’s underrated in most formats) and partly selfish (I own him in a keeper league and want to drive up his value… muhaha). Let’s run through some of the numbers – tied for 4th in defencemen points (53), 1st in power play points (31), and 3rd in shots (226). He certainly isn’t the dynamic force that Karlsson is, he may not provide the cross category coverage like Byfuglien, and his upside is lower than Subban. But, in that number four spot for defencemen is there a better option? I’m starting to think there isn’t.
Where would you rank him among D?
I once traded Henrik Lundqvist and Ilya Kovalchuk in return for Peter Budaj and Henrik Zetterberg… have lived in shame ever since.
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