Draisaitl: would you go after him in a salary cap league?

[CHunter]

Now with a 8.5M AAV, would you go after him for the league in sig?

If so, what should I offer for him?

Thanks!

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[Jouko-Pouko]

In one league, the previous Draisaitl owner gave him to me for Ryan Strome. He needed the cap space and I guess he really believes in Strome. I'm over the cap now but I'm happy to drop a couple of players if I can't trade them.

$8.5M is a bit high in fantasy hockey but it's not horrible. I recommend acquiring him if you can get him cheaply but don't pay too much.

[CHunter]

In one league, the previous Draisaitl owner gave him to me for Ryan Strome. He needed the cap space and I guess he really believes in Strome. I'm over the cap now but I'm happy to drop a couple of players if I can't trade them.

$8.5M is a bit high in fantasy hockey but it's not horrible. I recommend acquiring him if you can get him cheaply but don't pay too much.

From my roster in sig, with whom you would start for a deal? Skinner? Oshie?

[Pippin]

Hi there

i just recently acquired drasaitl in my 16 team h2h multi cat league (no face off cats). I traded little, Tippett, aberg, and a 3rd Rd pick next year for drasaitl. Also our cap is 80 mil

I assume you get 2 bench spots so my answer is yes I'd pursue drasaitl if I were you. Drasaitl should be a 85 pt+ player moving forward and those don't grow on trees. Drasaitl caphit may seem a bit high but as the seguins, atkinsons and patiorettys of the world have expiring contracts in the next 2 years, drasaitl caphit in 2 years will be much more favourable. I'd probably try oshie or skinner plus a sergaychev. Sergaychev hasn't proved anything regardless of the hype and he's Russian so he will want top dollar or khl. Oshie and sergaychev for drasaitl would be my initial offer and u can always add in a pick or decent prospect as negotiations continue.

[Jouko-Pouko]

From my roster in sig, with whom you would start for a deal? Skinner? Oshie?

With just 11 teams and a $75M salary cap, I wouldn't offer much more than Skinner or Oshie. I'd try Oshie first because I'd rather keep Skinner.

You could also offer someone like Sergachev if the other owner needs to shed salary. You could drop a guy like Perry, Thornton, Spezza or Stepan to create cap space if needed because they're all a bit overpaid in points-only.

At the end of the day, if you need to, you could offer Oshie/Skinner and Sergachev as Pippin suggested. It would still improve your team IMO.

[tobias]

Another thought: Offer Tavares. Their production will be a wash, but Tavares will certainly be making more than 8.5 million on his next contract. Yes, it would be better to get Draisaitl for an Oshie or Skinner, but if I'm the Draisaitl owner and either of those guys were being offered, it would be an instant decline with no courtesy of a follow up explanation.

[Axeman33]

Another thought: Offer Tavares. Their production will be a wash, but Tavares will certainly be making more than 8.5 million on his next contract. Yes, it would be better to get Draisaitl for an Oshie or Skinner, but if I'm the Draisaitl owner and either of those guys were being offered, it would be an instant decline with no courtesy of a follow up explanation.

This is actually a good idea.

[Spinorama514]

It all depends on the owner and how much they value Draisaitl and how much stock they put in his projections (I put him on 70 ish points). For example, here's an offer I made in my league (league details and my team in sig) that the GM rejected after a day of thought:

My Panarin, Barrie, C. Miller (Vegas) & Thornton (a player for him to drop since we need to drop 7 players)
For his Draisatl, Little, R. Murphy (Minnesota) and his 2nd round pick (the 17th pick)

Basically he told me that he only sees Panarin as a 60 point player, which I think is silly considering he's on back to back 70 point seasons.

[Pippin]

Thx !

[Pippin]

I added all my league info to my sig