I have to choose between Kucherov and Connolly for my last keeper spot. Who you guys would choose ?
With a TB roster stacked with young elite forwards, it is hard for me to say who will stand in top 6 for year to come.
The dobberprospect list ranked Kucherov at like 7 OV and Connolly at 50OV or something... Do you guys see Kucherov outshine Connolly ? thx
NHL Caphit(79.5M),pts only keeper league,16 Teams,Weekly H2H,Start 6F 4D 1G
F:Backstrom,Matthews,Giroux,Kessel,Barzal,Bailey,S tone,Labanc,Steel
D:Klingberg,Krug,Vatanen,Letang,Girard,Liljegren
G:Bobrovsky,Murray,Ullmark,Hart,Parsons
It still baffles me that Connolly seemingly got passed by so many different player the past two years. If there was ever a guy who could use a fresh start... I hope he gets traded this summer. Even last year he had a great camp but still started in the AHL.
If last year was any indicator I guess you gotta go with Kucherov, but Im still holding out hope for Connolly.
Kucherov. As evidenced by last season, Kucherov has passed Connolly within the organization. And I wouldn't recommend keeping a player in the hopes that he gets traded.
I'd go with Kucherov. They promote him last year because he was too good for the AHL.
Points only keeper league
7 teams
28 keepers
Weekly line up: 12 F / 6 D / 2 G
Goalie stats: W=2 / SO=2
Another vote for Kucherov - I think Connolly will always be too good for the AHL, but never quite good enough to stick on an NHL roster. At least not in a top six role...
18 Team Full Keeper. Total points.
Start 10 F, 3 D, 1 UTIL, 1 G
3 Points: SHO, 2 Points: G, PPA, SHG, SHA, W, 1 Point: A, PPG, GWG, .25 Points: BLK, .1 Points: FOW, SOG, SV, .15 Points: HIT, -.05 Points: FOL, -.15 Points: GA
Forwards: Backstrom, Barre-Boulet, Beauvillier, Caufield, Dickinson, Donato, Donskoi, Gourde, Greenway, Horvat, Kase, Keller, Kuznetsov, MacKinnon, Marchessault, J. T. Miller, Sikura, Tarasenko, Zegras
Defense: Barrie, Brannstrom, Cholowski, Honka, Matheson, Pulock, Shattenkirk
Goal: Dubnyk, Jarry, Markstrom, Merzlikins
2014-15, 2016-17 MHL Champions!
Kucherov AINEC. This could be a huge season for Kucherov. Best case scenerio he could be riding shotgun with Jonathan Drouin. Worst case scenerio he plays on the 3rd with Namstinkov (maybe). Well I guess worst case scenerio he bolts back to russia and signs a long term deal then I would be pissed
Kuuuuuucherov! It's not even closer in my opinion. Tampa believes in Kuch and he'll be top 6 in short order, if not right away.
Fantrax 18-Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G), 25/30
Unlimited call-ups = 134 gms
G, A, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, H+B, FOW, W, GAA, S, SV%
C: Stamkos, Stepan, Little, T.J.
W: Kessel, MaGranlund, Simmonds, Landeskog, Hall, Lucic, B.Ritchie, Burakovsky
D: Gogo, Keith, Leddy, Dumba, Barrie, Forbert,
G: Rask/Anderson/Mason
B: Filppula/Hartman/Vrbata/Clendening
Farm: Chartier, Forsbacka Karlsson, Bowers, Chmelevski, Geekie, Gourde, AMorand, MShaw, Haapala, Merkley, Katchouk, Korshkov, Kovacs, Shinkaruk, Lindblom, O'Regan, Bear, Bengtsson, Jokiharju, Kylington, Paigin, Grzelcyk, Stanley, Vaakanainen, Koekkoek, Walman, Fitzpatrick, Berube, Pickard, Zhukov
Another vote for Kucherov, I think this is an easy decsion for you
I don't have faith in Connolly succeeding in Tampa Bay anymore.. I would pick Kucherov over Connolly for the long haul, but Connolly may be able to crack another NHL teams roster soon, he is only 22..
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Connelly will prolly play for a different team at some point this year. He will need to clear waivers this season and he definitely won't make it through waivers. I'd go Kucherov tho as the safer bet.
GMHL Dynasty
14 Team H2H 27-Pro/20-Farm
4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 2G, 7BN, 4IR+
G, A, PTS, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG,SOG, HITS, BLKS
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
C: Tavares, Barkov, Malkin, Nielsen, Zibanejad
LW: Lucic, Benn, Tatar, Fleischmann
RW: Johansen, Tarasenko, Downie, Perron
D: Doughty, Chara, Yandle, Edler, Seidenberg, Brodin, Wideman, Kulikov, Robidas
G: Niemi, Nabokov, Mason, Emery, Reimer
Farm: Lazar, Nieto, Pulkkinen, Compher, Fiala, Vrana, Barber, Pastrnak, Larkin, McCann, Rattie, Rakell, Salomaki, Connelly, Keranen, Clendening, Borowiecki, Matheson, de Haan, Carrick, Gillies, Nilsson-KHL, Dansk, Stalock
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Kucherov for me, Connelly needs a change of scenery but I think he can still be a contributor, just not in TB.
Kucherov easily. In his short time in the league you can see that he will stick no problem, it's just a matter of getting his feet wet. With Connolly he looks like something will have to click like a light switch for him to look like he belongs in the NHL.
14 team keeper Sim league
40 player 100 year cap,
C: Giroux, Barzal, Getzlaf, Koivu
LW: Schenn, Labanc, Neal, Mikeyev, Benn
RW: Voracek, Kucherov, Wheeler, Garland, Burakovsky
D: Keith, Weber, Suter, Edler, E. Johnson, Stralman, Cernak
G: Raanta, Korpisalo, Miller,
Kucherov. Poor Connolly needs to get traded.