Who is your favourite "back-up" goalie this year that you think has a chance for good stats - whether by injury replacement or by his own play?
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Who is your favourite "back-up" goalie this year that you think has a chance for good stats - whether by injury replacement or by his own play?
Pageau was a shorthanded wizard last year. Why was that and do you believe he can get close to duplicating his point/shorthanded point totals this year?
Think Mason gets more starts than Neuvrith this year?
Yahoo Full keeper Dynasty League | 20 Teams, 4C 4LW 4RW 6D 2G 3BN |
Categories: (G A +- PPP PIM FOW SOG HITS BLK | W SV GAA SV% SHO)
C - Monahan, Kadri, Barzal, Dubois
LW - Marchand, Benn, Guentzel, Kreider
RW - Laine, DeBrincat, Fischer, Tuch
D - Karlsson, Muzzin, Niskanen, Skjei, Matheson, Forbort
G - Bishop, Lehner
BN - Jankowski, Perlini
Farm
C - Norris
RW - Kyrou
D - Brannstrom
G - Gillies
Who's stood out to you or impressed you so far in pre-season and rookie tournaments?
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In general, a great backup's strong play won't take a job from a bloated-contract starter. Not without help. He needs an injury to get his foot in the door, then he can steal it. The Top 10 candidates to get injured are: Elliott, Andersen, Gibson, Lehner, Varlamov, Bobrovsky, Halak, Anderson, Allen, Pavelec
From there, you can rule out Bobrovsky replacements because it's a coin toss between Korpisalo vs. Forsberg (amazing AHL Championship playoff run). So grabbing one of those backups is gambling, 50-50
Also rule out Enroth and Nilsson (bad team)
So we're down to seven backups that I'll put in my order:
1. Pickard
2. Greiss
3. Johnson
4. Hutton
5. Hellebuyck
6. Hammond
7. Bernier
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Does Wisniewski make the Lightning out of camp? If so, how will he be used by the team?
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
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Hey Dobber! Thanks for taking these questions.
Here's mine:
I own Price (not moving him), Varlamov, Pickard, Halak, Greiss and Hellebuyck (not moving him) in my keeper league in sig. I tend to dominate in my goalie categories on a yearly basis due to the amount/quality of my tenders in a 16-team league (some don't even have starters). My question is, should I look at moving Varly or the duo of Halak and Greiss for some help on D or up front since Hellebuyck and maybe even Pickard will eventually have their team's respective creases?
Basically, which goalie(s) would you move and what type of return should I look for if the other manager(s) is/are currently struggling in their goalie categories? Do you see a better return with Halak/Greiss (although that would mean that the other team would have to free up 2 slots) or does Varly still hold enough value to warrant moving him (considering I own Pickard, I assume the other party will want the handcuff... should I move Pickard too)? Am I better off moving before the season begins or should I wait a bit and see who heats up early on?
I know my question is a bit vaguebut I'm just trying to gauge the perceived value of my 3-4 goalies and see what I should do with them.
Thanks in advance for your time, I appreciate it!
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Cooley, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Cooley, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay
what to expect from Rick Nash this year? I bought your guide and read it all, great as usual, and I noticed you have him with a pretty lofty points total. Many projections have him well lower in terms of production, and you don't develop much in the guide about him.. Do you know something that others don't?
Also, i'm a bit anxious about Larkin year, it seems like the range of outcome is pretty huge. Do you have a gut feeling either way?
Thanks for doing this!
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Start 4F, 4D, 2U, 2G daily, 5 bench
G, A, +/- (important cat), PIM, PPG, SHG, SHA, GWG, HAT, SOG, WIN, GA, SV, SO, OTL
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Hi Dobber,
Long time poster, first time caller....
Do you think William Nylander has much of a chance at the Calder Trophy?
Yahoo Full keeper Dynasty League | 20 Teams, 4C 4LW 4RW 6D 2G 3BN |
Categories: (G A +- PPP PIM FOW SOG HITS BLK | W SV GAA SV% SHO)
C - Monahan, Kadri, Barzal, Dubois
LW - Marchand, Benn, Guentzel, Kreider
RW - Laine, DeBrincat, Fischer, Tuch
D - Karlsson, Muzzin, Niskanen, Skjei, Matheson, Forbort
G - Bishop, Lehner
BN - Jankowski, Perlini
Farm
C - Norris
RW - Kyrou
D - Brannstrom
G - Gillies
I think Pageau is indeed a SH wizard and will duplicate those points. But his ES and PP points will dip due to (likely) not playing with Mark Stone and the return of Turris. More than a third of last year's points were with Stone on his line and without Stone you can probably knock off about five of them. I think 40 is a safe bet, but 50 is unlikely. However, an injury to Brassard or Turris would change evrything, as would clear-cut chemistry with Stone (if they get tried together again)
http://dobberhockey.com/players/jean-gabriel-pageau
Mason - yes, for sure. Injuries will dictate who ends up with more starts, but if both are healthy all year then Mason will get more.
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Thanx for doing this.
Dynasty keeper in sig.
Just finished our draft. Cap was tight so filled the reserve spots with prospects.
Due to IR, I was able to draft a few more players, but I will need to drop one player come start of season.
Due to my weaker depth at D and G, I'm planning to hold onto the D and G prospects, so I'm looking at Milano and Jost for pts only.
Who do you keep?
DYNASTY Cap(127M) 12 Team
G, A, PIM(.1), positive +/- D only, W(2), SO(2), OTL(1)
23 + 4 IR + 7 prospects (locked in for season if under 200 GP)
Start: 11F, 5D, 2G - 82 games each slot
F: Crosby, Malkin, Aho, Rantanen, Batherson, Boldy, Kempe, Pavelski, Duchene, Hagel, Frost [Duclair, Farabee, Jenner]
D: Fox, Karlsson, Hamilton, Letang, Montour
IR:
G: Sorokin, Kuemper[Husso, Kochetkov]
P: Stankoven, Tomasino, Vilardi, Sanderson, York, Zellweger, Wahlstrom
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G, A, PIM(.1), Positive +/- D only(0.5), Hattie(3), W(2), SO(3), OTL(1)
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So far Heinen (BOS), and Lehkonen (MTL). Keep in mind, I haven't paid much attention to the Big 3 rookies because I already know what to expect from them. My focus has been more on the lesser names.
I found Peter's observations in this podcast very enlightening: http://www.dobberprospects.com/dpr02/ He's watched a LOT of camp action
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
I think he does, but I think he'll be No.2 PP and I think they'll sign him a few days into the season due to cap reasons and Kucherov. I think he still has gas left in the tank and deserves better, but it is what it is. This decision will lead to a decline in his stats and probably push him out of the NHL for next year.
The Best Fantasy Hockey Site
15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi