Like any good player, I seem able to quickly forget my stupid mistakes!
I'll lay it out there...
I once traded Sharp, Gaborik, Sharp, Rask and picks
for just Kovalchuk
(and whatever guys I got off the waiver wire).
It was probably 5 years ago. I was young, impressionable, and Kovalchuk did that fancy thing with his wrists when he stick handled (I know, not the best basis for an evaluation).
It was brutal, and ruined my team for over a year. What's your worst trade of all time?
I once traded Henrik Lundqvist and Ilya Kovalchuk in return for Peter Budaj and Henrik Zetterberg… have lived in shame ever since.
Fantasy hockey contributor for Dobber Hockey, founder of www.darrenfantasyhockey.com. Admitted Valeri Nichushkin fanboy (of course who isn't?)
You can find me on twitter @FantasyHockeyDK
Like any good player, I seem able to quickly forget my stupid mistakes!
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Traded Duncan Keith for Steve Mason. This was right before Keith won his first Norris, and the Mason fell off the wagon.
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
Going back through my trades in the league I have been in the longest. Some great, some bad, some that looked bad a year after I made them look good, or like a complete wash now. The two that are breaking my heart though, as I struggle along with Miller, Mason and Pavelec in goal, are Bobrovsky for a 5th, and Scrivens for a 5th. Neither were established starters when I moved them, but shit, a bit of patience with those two would have really helped out my situation now.
Stewart+Gagner+Horvat+2015 1st for Nash, who I ended up dumping for little more than a 2014 1st at the deadline because I needed him the hell off my roster heading into the playoffs was a spectacularly bad one as well.
Oh wait, I also got Brodeur in that Nash deal. I bought into the early season hype about how he was still getting the majority of starts, and wasn't that bad. I didn't have Mason at the time, just Pavs and Buffalo Miller, so I was willing to take on just about anything that could strap on pads and stay awake for 60 minutes.
Hahahaha I love these threads and every time I post the same one: Bobby Ryan and Zach Bogosian and a 3rd round pick for Ales Hemsky and a 3rd round pick.
Mind you, Bogosian was a prospect and Ryan was in the AHL at the time and had been called up that year and Hemsky was ringing off over a pt per game and then, like if it was overnight... it all tumbled. Hemsky got hurt that year and was never the same again.. Ryan, well, became pretty good. I ended up being sorta right about Bogosian (pts only league) and the 3rd round pick ended up being Goligoski while the shipped off 3rd rounder became Edler (let's call that a wash), but man do I still want that one back. Big face palm.. That's the worst one.
Weird turn of events that Ryan and Hemsky play for the same team now.... weird....
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
I once traded Henrik Lundqvist and Ilya Kovalchuk in return for Peter Budaj and Henrik Zetterberg… have lived in shame ever since.
Fantasy hockey contributor for Dobber Hockey, founder of www.darrenfantasyhockey.com. Admitted Valeri Nichushkin fanboy (of course who isn't?)
You can find me on twitter @FantasyHockeyDK
I once traded Henrik Lundqvist and Ilya Kovalchuk in return for Peter Budaj and Henrik Zetterberg… have lived in shame ever since.
Fantasy hockey contributor for Dobber Hockey, founder of www.darrenfantasyhockey.com. Admitted Valeri Nichushkin fanboy (of course who isn't?)
You can find me on twitter @FantasyHockeyDK
I once traded Henrik Lundqvist and Ilya Kovalchuk in return for Peter Budaj and Henrik Zetterberg… have lived in shame ever since.
Fantasy hockey contributor for Dobber Hockey, founder of www.darrenfantasyhockey.com. Admitted Valeri Nichushkin fanboy (of course who isn't?)
You can find me on twitter @FantasyHockeyDK
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Indeed. Incredible physical specimen but was rushed and got hurt a lot early on.. Also, I think he's one of those players whose physical/athletic attributes helped him produce at the junior level but his hockey IQ wasn't at the level of those offensive stats. Production was more due to physical dominance of his peers instead of having more offensive talent. Still a solid rearguard as you say, but not Drew Doughty lol. Damn. Oh well.
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
I have to add.. Literally 3 weeks after that trade, I joined the forums at Dobber hockey. This community would have stopped me from making that deal maybe lol. Such is life..
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck