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    I dont think you'll be able to draft a respectable USA players only team. Then again, you could win the lottery. Who knows.
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    Interesting concept.
    I've drafted All-Russian and All-Canadian teams in my friends & family league in the past (because the fantasy minds aren't high level, so I challenge myself).
    Drafting a winning all-Russian squad is tough because they aren't separated in talent. There's 4-5 of them in the top 30 players then a 50 player gap without anybody!

    But drafting All-Americans... yeah... I think you could do it in a 12-team league.
    You'd need the #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 pick. You could go Kessel-Pat Kane, if available... and you'd be off an running.
    Goalies like Miller, Howard, Bishop, Schneider would be available 3rd/4th round.
    You'd probably miss a guy like Pavelski and maybe MaxPac... but there's definitely a lot of good mid-range depth to make a team.

    But it all starts with the 9/10/11/12 spot in the draft... that's the only way to realistically pull it off is to land Kessel/P.Kane.

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    Interesting idea, I think you could do it, there is certainly enough talent to chose from but as Penguin notes you would need to be very careful with what position you are taking players at, especially with that #1 pick.
    What would probably happen would be that you'd find yourself reaching a lot more for certain players because you'd always be targeting the best U.S. player on the board. I would be interested to see what roster you end up with if you decide to do this

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    how did i forget Yandle on D?
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    Quote Originally Posted by STLblues View Post
    Top Wingers

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    Okay, I know this is VERY flawed - but maybe it will give us a look for what its worth.

    Picked a team of the BEST American players based on posts in this thread.
    Took all of their stats bla bla and plugged them in to the Rocky Horror Roto show standings from last season.

    Things I didnt take into account that will cause this to be flawed (Pengwin, can you help make a more appropriate guestimate with these stats maybe lol)?
    - Max Games
    - Starts per night
    - These player are on other teams
    - Didnt shift other teams point totals around based on where Team America fit in
    - No adds/drops all year obviously (any injuries to this team?)
    - Every single player played every single game in lineup (all offensive stats should go down)
    - Only 3 goalies (stats could be better/worse - spot starting)

    BUT FWIW:

    C: Backes, Stastny, Kesler, Stepan
    LW: Parise, Pavelski, Ryan, JVR
    RW: Kessel, Kane, Oshie, Okpoo
    D: Shattenkirk, Suter, Jones, Trouba, McDonagh, Byfuglien
    G: Quick / Howard / Schneider

    Based on this flawed view, Team America would finish 3rd!


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    Quote Originally Posted by STLblues View Post
    Top 6 goalies

    Quick
    Gibson
    Schneider
    Bishop
    Miller
    Howard
    Lol. This is overly overly premature. Kid has played in like 10 NHL games.

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    You can make an argument (I wouldn't though) about Gibson being #3 but definitely behind Quick and Schneider.


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    Quote Originally Posted by rataylor22 View Post
    Lol. This is overly overly premature. Kid has played in like 10 NHL games.
    So you saying you would not own gibson in fantasy? thats all the list was meant to be fantasy relevant americans

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    oh sorry you guys thought that was an order or rank list? none of the list i put up were in any particular order sorry
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    Quote Originally Posted by STLblues View Post
    So you saying you would not own gibson in fantasy? thats all the list was meant to be fantasy relevant americans

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    oh sorry you guys thought that was an order or rank list? none of the list i put up were in any particular order sorry
    Sorry, thought it was an order.

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    I actually didnt put any thought into if there was better american players so its just based on the random lists haha

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    I would say if you drafted a team in early September. Did your best to get all Americans but went off it a bit (I mean if you pick first take Crosby and then trade him for Americans)

    So to just draft a team... Possible. Depends on how many teams I guess.

    But I would try to draft as many from 'Muriva as you can. But then just draft others and trade them for Americans
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    I think the answer is probably you won't win by drafting all American born players, unless you league is full of dolts. You could field a pretty nice team but a top 10 list doesn;t include many Americans - so there is that. I drafted a team in a roto league one time - restricting myself to only drafting from teams that didn't make the playoffs the year before and placed a solid 2nd in the league and it was a fun ride. You can play around like that in one year leagues.

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    you know the numbers for your league, what kind of points did an all American team put up vs what your team put up
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarbombCarcillo View Post
    Is there anyway I can win my league this upcoming season by drafting only American players?
    I don't think it's possible, because as soon as another GM decides to draft only Canadian players you automatically have an inferior team.


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