Best core? revised

[Big Baby]

Which core of players would you is the best.
Have made some moves since original post

How would you rank them based on the league in my sig

Group A
Kessel, Getzlaf, Perry, Thornton, Marleau, Bishop, Mason

Group B
Stamkos, Seguin, Benn, Hall, Backstrom, Schneider, Niemi

Group C (yours truly)
Crosby, Giroux, Ovechkin, MacKinnon, Zetterberg, Fleury, Holtby

Group D
Malkin, St Louis, Toews, Sharp, Kunitz, Lundqvist, Crawford

Group E
P Kane, Kopitar, Spezza, Staal, Neal, Quick, Price

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

I'm gonna go with you. Every team on this list has a flaw somewhere....A and B are weak to average in goal, while D and E are set in goal with "meh" skaters. You have a good balance, and havign Crosby doesn't hurt. I'm actually a fan of Holtby this season, and not just because of Trotz and Korn....he really turned his season around late in the year once Kolzig quit messing with his game. I like him as a buy low for next season, for totes.

Group B is a very close second....just depends on their goalies. I think potentially that group could beat yours out, but it's definitely close.

[Big Baby]

I agree that Holtby can be a big surprise. I've had opportunities to replace him but in a cap league hes potentially very valuable.

[pmorrow]

Group C (yours truly)
Crosby, Giroux, Ovechkin, MacKinnon, Zetterberg, Fleury, Holtby

Group B
Stamkos, Seguin, Benn, Hall, Backstrom, Schneider, Niemi

Group D
Malkin, St Louis, Toews, Sharp, Kunitz, Lundqvist, Crawford

Group E
P Kane, Kopitar, Spezza, Staal, Neal, Quick, Price

Group A
Kessel, Getzlaf, Perry, Thornton, Marleau, Bishop, Mason

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

Group C (yours truly)
Crosby, Giroux, Ovechkin, MacKinnon, Zetterberg, Fleury, Holtby

Group B
Stamkos, Seguin, Benn, Hall, Backstrom, Schneider, Niemi

Group D
Malkin, St Louis, Toews, Sharp, Kunitz, Lundqvist, Crawford

Group E
P Kane, Kopitar, Spezza, Staal, Neal, Quick, Price

Group A
Kessel, Getzlaf, Perry, Thornton, Marleau, Bishop, Mason

Nice post, this is the exact order I had them in as well.

[Big Baby]

I'm glad my hard work is paying off.

[Zorro]

You added Ovie and Zetterberg?? How did this happen??

[Big Baby]

You added Ovie and Zetterberg?? How did this happen??

I had Zetterberg all along but originally had Datsyuk in my top 5.

I moved Getzlaf for Voracek and two 2nd round picks

I moved E Staal, M Rielly and both 2nd round picks for Ovi

Last season I won my pool I had a pretty decent lead for the majority of the year and found myself getting bored.

I began digging into some stats and noticed that there was a direct correlation between each teams top 5 forwards+top 2 goalies and their position in the standings.

This lead me to believe that in my pool format a strong core of top players will carry you a long way. I also noticed that the bottom 7 forwards and Dmen on each team sort of balance out across all teams.

So i guess you can say i gave up a bunch to get a strong core.

[Canucks_fan18]

I like them in the following order...

Group C Powerhouse Forwards, and Goalies tend to flucatate. I think the X factor is Holtby if he gets back to form this team will win it
Group B Young Talented forwards who could all clip 80 points, some 90 points. Again the X factor is Niemi does he retain the starter position?
Group D Goalies are solid, and owning a top 5 forward (Malkin) is nice for forward production
Group E Again really solid tending, needs a bounce back from Staal and Spezza/Neal to fit in well in there new teams to have a chance at contending
Group A If he had the core all year last year then he was proberly contending, needs the same result from all his players again this year

[Laendarian]

Group C for sure, nice keepers!

[Dikoi]

I had Zetterberg all along but originally had Datsyuk in my top 5.

I moved Getzlaf for Voracek and two 2nd round picks

I moved E Staal, M Rielly and both 2nd round picks for Ovi

Last season I won my pool I had a pretty decent lead for the majority of the year and found myself getting bored.

I began digging into some stats and noticed that there was a direct correlation between each teams top 5 forwards+top 2 goalies and their position in the standings.

This lead me to believe that in my pool format a strong core of top players will carry you a long way. I also noticed that the bottom 7 forwards and Dmen on each team sort of balance out across all teams.

So i guess you can say i gave up a bunch to get a strong core.

Nicely done! Your core is as solid as it gets.