Reply With QuoteEkblad for me. What he did in his rookie season will only be improved going forward.
John Carlson (121.7 average draft position)
Justin Faulk (124.8 average draft position)
T.J. Brodie (145.3 average draft position)
Dougie Hamilton (145.6 average draft position)
Roman Josi (149.2 average draft position)
Sami Vatanen (151.1 average draft position)
Dennis Wideman (158.4 average draft position)
Tyler Myers (164.6 average draft position)
Andrei Sekera (166.8 average draft position)
Aaron Ekblad (176.3 average draft position)
CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Welcome to the Summer 2015 Cage Match Tournament. This time you’ll be voting to determine the player who’ll see his Yahoo draft position rise or fall by the most as compared to his 2014-15 Yahoo average. In round one of the tourney there will be separate brackets for each of risers and fallers for centers, wingers, and defensemen – for a total of six brackets.
This bracket is for rising defensemen.
Each player is listed above with his average 2014-15 Yahoo Fantasy Hockey draft position in parentheses. Thus, for the risers brackets, you’re voting for the one player whose draft position will improve the most versus 2014-15. For the fallers, it’s whose draft position will drop by the most.
The “rules” will all be summarized in my Cage Match column that will be live in the morning of Wednesday July 8th. But for now, the most important thing to keep in mind is you should base your voting on a hypothetical one year league with G, A, +/-, Hits, PPP and SOG as equally weighted categories.
Have fun voting, and be sure to come back and vote in the upcoming rounds to ensure your voice is heard!
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Ekblad for me. What he did in his rookie season will only be improved going forward.
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
I'm also for Ekblad. He was taken so much later than everyone else on this list and out performed his ADP by so much that he should make a big leap.
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Ohhhhhhhhhh definitely R.Josi for me!!
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Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Going with my boy Carlson.
WHL (24-Team Daily H2H)
Weighted Scoring: G(1),A(1),PPP(0.5),+/-(0.25), SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK(all 0.05), FOW-C(0.01)
Braham Pietasters
C(3): Barkov, Seguin, N.Schmaltz
LW(3): Gaudreau, Pacioretty, Hinostroza
RW(3): Radulov, Mantha, Dadonov
F(3): Bailey, Thornton, Vanek
D(6): Josi, Jones, Krug, Leddy, Ellis, Miller
G(1): Bishop (Sparks)
Bench: T. Wilson (RW), Boyle (C), Pirri (C), Boyd (C)
Farm: Myers (D), Husso (G), Soderstrom (G), Petersen (G), Anderson-Dolan (C), Pilut (D), Capobianco (D), Aho (D)
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
yup I voted ekblad, although I like Myers and Vatanen too
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Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Sophomore slump anticipators for Ekblad shays me away. Josi gets my vote!
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Josi for me!
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
I went with Josi but a lot are going to sleep on Sekera and regret it.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Sophomore slump won't keep the common Yahoo voter from seeing a Calder Trophy and point totals from last year and jumping on Ekblad quick.
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
An argument could be made that Josi should be a top 5 D off the board. He outscored Weber last year.Originally Posted by sammynos
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
I agree, just isn't the household name like Ekblad now has become. I am thinking in the mindset of the average joe picking based on names they know.
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Green's departure from Washington is the "green" light for Carlson to be the undisputed #1 blueliner on their vaunted power play unit.
Bottleneckers (12/16 in 2022)
16 team, points only. G: 2-W, 4-SO.
Top 9F, 4D & 1G . Keep 15, Max 23
F: J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Tavares, Lafreniere, Cozens, Newhook, Teravainen, Domi, R. Strome, Laine, Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Perfetti
D: Bouchard, McAvoy, Morrissey, Heiskanen
G: Vasilevskiy
Re: CAGE MATCH TOURNEY - Round 1 - rising defensemen bracket
Carlson gets my vote. He now is the "go to guy" on Washington, has posted great numbers while Green was still there and the guy is more mature than Ekblad, my 2nd pick. This guy is a Stud.
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Id bet faulk moves up a lot.
10 team Full Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.
C= eichel,horvat,malkin,kuznetsov
LW= forsberg,kreider,lee,b.tkchuch,hertle,granlund
RW= reinhart,radulov,hoffman,laine,hayes
D= doughty,ghostebehere,karlsson,jones,klefbom,dahlin ,skjei
G= price,murray,grubauer,georgiev,ullmark,samsonov
under250gp=nichushkin,tuch,mathesson,marino,pujuja rvi,hosang,terry,andersson,j.hughes,patrik,crouse, zadina,podkolzin,k.miller,nedeljkovic,kravtsov,hay ton
--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO
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