Help me choose my keepers!

[djkiang]

16 team H2H league

G, A, +/-, PIM, FW
W, GAA, SV*, SA*, SV%, SHO

Having a hell of a time trying to figure out my keepers. We can only protect 9 skaters, 1 goalie, or 10 skaters.

Steven Stamkos*TB - C
John Tavares*NYI - C
Joe Pavelski*SJ - C,LW
Evander Kane*Wpg - LW
Jonathan Drouin*TB - LW
Evgeny Kuznetsov*Was - C
Paul Stastny*StL - C
Dustin Byfuglien*Wpg - RW,D
Jaden Schwartz*StL - LW
Vladimir Tarasenko*StL - RW
Ales Hemsky*Dal - RW
Nathan Horton*Cls - RW
Tyler Johnson*TB - C
Nick Foligno*Cls - LW
Curtis Glencross*Cgy - LW
Radko Gudas*TB - D
Steve Downie*Pit - LW,RW
Tomas Fleischmann*Fla - LW
Brendan Smith*Det - D

Cory Schneider*NJ - G
Darcy Kuemper*Min - G

[vitun-tyhmä]

Cory Schneider*NJ - G


Steven Stamkos*TB - C
John Tavares*NYI - C
Joe Pavelski*SJ - C,LW
Evander Kane*Wpg - LW
Jonathan Drouin*TB - LW
Evgeny Kuznetsov*Was - C
Paul Stastny*StL - C
Dustin Byfuglien*Wpg - RW,D
Vladimir Tarasenko*StL - RW

[Scorgasm]

1. Stamkos
2. Tavares
3. Pavelski
4. Byfuglien
5. Kane
6. Drouin
7. Schneider (G)
8. Kuznetsov
9. Stastny
10. Tarasenko

Those are the 10 that stand out to me.

[djkiang]

No go on Schwartz? What are your reasons? Just the other guys have higher upside? I figured Schwartz being a LW would also have appeal as a keeper.

[VintageVibe]

1. Stamkos
2. Tavares
3. Pavelski
4. Byfuglien
5. Kane
6. Drouin
7. Schneider (G)
8. Kuznetsov
9. Stastny
10. Tarasenko

Those are the 10 that stand out to me.

Yup, I think you will get this list more oft than not. It all comes down to Schwartz vs Stastny. Your strength lies both at C and LW so it's more of a toss up or who you prefer over the other. I would personally take Schwartz since he could turn into your #2 or #3 LW behind Pavelski/Kane while Stastny would likely be your #4 behind Kuz.

[Pengwin7]

16 team H2H league

G, A, +/-, PIM, FW
W, GAA, SV*, SA*, SV%, SHO

Having a hell of a time trying to figure out my keepers. We can only protect 9 skaters, 1 goalie, or 10 skaters.

Steven Stamkos*TB - C
John Tavares*NYI - C
Joe Pavelski*SJ - C,LW
Evander Kane*Wpg - LW
Jonathan Drouin*TB - LW
Evgeny Kuznetsov*Was - C
Paul Stastny*StL - C
Dustin Byfuglien*Wpg - RW,D
Jaden Schwartz*StL - LW
Vladimir Tarasenko*StL - RW
Ales Hemsky*Dal - RW
Nathan Horton*Cls - RW
Tyler Johnson*TB - C
Nick Foligno*Cls - LW
Curtis Glencross*Cgy - LW
Radko Gudas*TB - D
Steve Downie*Pit - LW,RW
Tomas Fleischmann*Fla - LW
Brendan Smith*Det - D

Cory Schneider*NJ - G
Darcy Kuemper*Min - G

I've bolded 8 skaters, 1 goalie. Those will be consensus picks, by all, likely.
Stastny is the last of that group, but in for FOW.

Kuz vs. Schwartz is indeed an interesting one.

I assume you have some positional roster allocation if you are talking about "LW" value?
What's positions that you start? roster?

[djkiang]

I've bolded 8 skaters, 1 goalie. Those will be consensus picks, by all, likely.
Stastny is the last of that group, but in for FOW.

Kuz vs. Schwartz is indeed an interesting one.

I assume you have some positional roster allocation if you are talking about "LW" value?
What's positions that you start? roster?

Thanks for the responses guys, you've been tremendously helpful thus far. Should've mentioned roster allocation. What up Pengwin!

C, C, C, LW, LW, LW, RW, RW, RW, D, D, D, D, G, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, IR, IR, IR, IR

[Laendarian]

16 team H2H league

G, A, +/-, PIM, FW
W, GAA, SV*, SA*, SV%, SHO

Having a hell of a time trying to figure out my keepers. We can only protect 9 skaters, 1 goalie, or 10 skaters.

Steven Stamkos*TB - C
John Tavares*NYI - C
Joe Pavelski*SJ - C,LW
Evander Kane*Wpg - LW
Jonathan Drouin*TB - LW
Evgeny Kuznetsov*Was - C
Paul Stastny*StL - C
Dustin Byfuglien*Wpg - RW,D
Jaden Schwartz*StL - LW
Vladimir Tarasenko*StL - RW
Ales Hemsky*Dal - RW
Nathan Horton*Cls - RW
Tyler Johnson*TB - C
Nick Foligno*Cls - LW
Curtis Glencross*Cgy - LW
Radko Gudas*TB - D
Steve Downie*Pit - LW,RW
Tomas Fleischmann*Fla - LW
Brendan Smith*Det - D

Cory Schneider*NJ - G
Darcy Kuemper*Min - G

In Bold, you have a bunch of STL keepers, hard to choose between Stastny/Schwartz/Tank, any chance to move a few for an upgrade?

[Scorgasm]

No go on Schwartz? What are your reasons? Just the other guys have higher upside? I figured Schwartz being a LW would also have appeal as a keeper.

I was back and forth of Schwartz as your last keeper. Now that I see you need to dress positionally I would say you keep either Stastny or Schwartz to back up Kuz or Drouin. Or consider making a 2 for 1 trade for a solid dman. Horton could have some value as well.

C - Stam, Tavar, Kuz, (Stastny)
LW - Pavel, Kane, Drouin, (Schwartz)
RW - Buff, Tara
D -
G - Schneider

[djkiang]

Unfortunately can't make trades before the season starts, so stuck with these choosing nine of these guys!

[Pengwin7]

I think I'd go with Jaden Schwartz.
I like how he'd fit into your line-up as a LW.
He's got some NHL experience under his belt - and you get to potentially have a full STL line... and I'm a big fan of putting all your eggs in one bucket in fantasy hockey.

Also, I think that Kuznetsov may even be redraftable.
It depends on whether your league mates are as hip to his "potential value" as we are.

Anyways, Schwartz & Stastny for me.
Kuz is out.

[Fighting_Emu]

I think Kuz is a lock personally. His positional eligibility at C sucks bigtime but hes such a homerun pick. Theoretically he might get wing eligibility at some point this season too. Schwartz gives you better balance and is probably safer but I like to gamble. Totally agree with the other 9 though.

[The Good Sir]

Steven Stamkos
John Tavares
Joe Pavelski
Evander Kane
Jonathan Drouin
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Dustin Byfuglien
Jaden Schwartz
Vladimir Tarasenko
Cory Schneider

These would be my picks. Especially with positional requirements. Although like others have said, you could make a case for Stastny over Schwartz.