Sorry to hijack this, but I've got a flames fan coming hard after my Sam Bennett, should I offer him up for his rielly?
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
I think Reilly will always have to contend with Gardiner for #1 PP duties. I think they will eventually share the spot pretty evenly depending on who is hot diminishing both of their values somewhat.
KHL Fantasy Hockey League Keep 8
3-C 3-RW 3-LW 6-D 2-G
Forward 5-G 3-A 1.0 STP
D-Men 6-G 4-A 1.5 STP
.35 Shot .4 Hit .4 Block .1 FOW
Goalie 6.5 Win .25 Save -2.5 GA 2-SO
C- Larkin, Hischer, Horvat, R. Thomas
LW- Stamkos, Hyman, Kreider, Lehkonen,
RW- Laine, Marchessault, Toffoli. Buchnevich
D- Doughty, Burns, Letang, Andersson (IR), Faulk, Toews, Pionk, Petry
G- Vasilevskiy, Copley, Andersen
A lot will depend on whether and how long Zaitsev is signed for.
Using puckalytics.com data, Rielly's PP %TOI went from 33.3% to 19.4% with Zaitsev's arrival. Last year Z is on ice for 40.6% of powerplay minutes, while Gardiner saw his usage climb from 42.4% in 15/16 to 52.7%. With the 4f1d structure, I can't see how Rielly gets back in without Zaitsev taking a walk or a major injury. Hell only 4 defence played more than 10 minutes of powerplay time with the Leafs last year- Carrick filled in for Rielly when he was hurt. And we all know the Leafs are in the market for a "true #1 D." I think Rielly might be toast as a fantasy option.
Pool #1: 10 Team Keeper League,
Points only, 12F, 6D, 2G
Protection: Any 22 + 2 prospects
Result 19/20: 3rd
F: Stamkos, Tavares, Matthews, Marner, Hall, Bergeron, Gusev, Kopitar, W. Karlsson, Marschessault, B. Schenn, R. Smith, Mantha, Kubalik, Kaprizov
D: Rielly, Krug, E. Karlsson, S. Jones, D. Toews, Giordano, Severson, Dobson
P: Podkholzin, Holtz, N. Robertson, Lundell, Lehtonen, Perunovich
G (W2, OTL1, SO3, G, A): Hellebuyck, Bobrovsky, Mrazek, Talbot
Pools #2 & 3: 31 team head to head dynasty leagues: full NHL replica where roster + farm =90 - fast becoming an expert in the MHL
Pool #4: Dobber Campbell Pro 2020
PP Time Split for Leafs Defensemen Games 4 - 6:
Defenseman 1 Defenseman 2 Frequency N/A MORGAN RIELLY 46.51% N/A JAKE GARDINER 34.88% N/A NIKITA ZAITSEV 6.98% N/A JAKE GARDINER 6.98% NIKITA ZAITSEV MORGAN RIELLY 2.33% NIKITA ZAITSEV JAKE GARDINER 2.33%
Rielly already took Zaitsev's PP job from him in the playoffs, but whether that was the start of a new long term trend or just Babcock staying with the hot hand, who knows. Personally I think Rielly is a more talented PP QB than Zaitsev, although Zaitsev has the heavier slapper.
Rielly doesn't necessarily need Zaitsev to take a walk or get hurt... he just needs to outplay him.
Not sure we can read too much into this as Zaitsev was probably concussed (https://www.russianmachineneverbreak...ed-concussion/), which carried over from the regular season (there probably should be questions asked about his playing actually). Rielly is the obvious replacement here. His deployment under Babcock in 16/17 is very concerning. If it continues through the first quarter of 17/18, I think I might be selling, which would really suck.
Pool #1: 10 Team Keeper League,
Points only, 12F, 6D, 2G
Protection: Any 22 + 2 prospects
Result 19/20: 3rd
F: Stamkos, Tavares, Matthews, Marner, Hall, Bergeron, Gusev, Kopitar, W. Karlsson, Marschessault, B. Schenn, R. Smith, Mantha, Kubalik, Kaprizov
D: Rielly, Krug, E. Karlsson, S. Jones, D. Toews, Giordano, Severson, Dobson
P: Podkholzin, Holtz, N. Robertson, Lundell, Lehtonen, Perunovich
G (W2, OTL1, SO3, G, A): Hellebuyck, Bobrovsky, Mrazek, Talbot
Pools #2 & 3: 31 team head to head dynasty leagues: full NHL replica where roster + farm =90 - fast becoming an expert in the MHL
Pool #4: Dobber Campbell Pro 2020