In a one year league, drop Slavin for Butcher?
Severson has never really been a great PP QB, and besides him and Butcher, they don't really have any other PP options on their blueline. For that reason and the success Butcher had in his first game, I think he stays up the entire season. Remember that he was also a highly coveted free agent, so there may have been some promises made when he signed with the Devils - for example that they won't send him down to the AHL. He wasn't very good during the preseason but they still decided to keep him up.
Butcher definitely needs to work on his all-around game but it looks like the Devils want to play a more exciting, offensive style this season, so that's another good sign for Butcher. The Devils are trying to get fans excited about the future which includes players like Hischier, Zacha and Bratt, and I think they want to include Butcher in that group as well.
In a one year league, drop Slavin for Butcher?
yahoo ROTO league 13 teams (6 forwards, 4 defenses, 2 goalies)
C: Trocheck, Benn
LW: Lee, Ehlers
RW: Bailey, Pavelski
D: Hamilton, Carlson, Krug, Provorov
G: Murray, Quick
BN: M. Smith, Niederreiter, Hornqvist, Ristolainen
IR: Carter
forwards cat: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG
goalies cat: W, GAA
max games: (164, C, LW, RW) (328, D) (164, G)
Vs Toronto yesterday, a couple secondary assists, and more PP time than severson. Time for me to drop Dumba for Butcher?
Edit: or cut ties with Lehner? I'm rotating 3 goalies to Max out my 164 starts, so a third goalie isn't critical..
IN my league I dropped Dumba for Butcher already. Lehner was dropped last week also by another GM.
12 team, H2H points, limited keepers
allowed 6 keeper players(PLAYER DRAFTED IN RDS 1-8 NOT ABLE TO BE KEEPER)
Daily starts
16 man roster plus 1 IR
start 6 forwards,4 d, 2 goalies
pts: G=3, A=2, DA=3, DG=5, +/-=1 GWG=1, OTG=2, OTA=1, PPG=2, PPA=1, SHG=3, SHA=1, HT=3, SHOOTOUT GOAL=1
BLKS=.25, HITS=.25, MAJ=2
Goalie pts: WINS=5, SAVES=.20, GA=-1, SO=3
SHOG SAVE=.50, SHOL=2
forwards: M.TKACHUK(k),MARCHAND(k),SCHEIFELE(k)
BENN, GAUDREAU*, COUTURIER*
d: M.RIELLY(k), JOSI*, MCAVOY*, ELLIS
goalies :TALBOT* DEMKO MAF
(k)=keeper
*= no keeper eligibility
bencH: KOPITAR* R. GRAVES ROBERTSON KREJCI
IR E.PETTERSSON(k)
Yep I am holding onto this kid.
Nice start for the kid, but he offers little value in multi-cat leagues.....he's the D equivalent of Joe Thornton.
Rotoworld is apparently a MASSIVE fan..
"Sun, Oct 15
Will Butcher has impressed his teammates with his passing skills and play this season.
Advice: The defenseman has played only five NHL games and already has eight assists including setting up Drew Stafford on Saturday. "He?s a special player," Stafford said. "He?s fun to play with. Pretty much, you just have to get open. If he keeps this up, he?s going to have a heck of a career." We thought he could get 30 points at the beginning of the season but it appears that he is capable of 60 points which is gold for a defenseman in fantasy leagues. Grab him immediately if he is still available in your pool.
More: The Bergen Record
(Rotoworld.com)"
12 team H2H Most Cats Wins; Keep 6/winner keeps 7; G A PPP +/- SHP SOG HIT BLK PIM // W SV GAA SV% SHO
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 6D, 2G, 5 bench
C - McDavid, Crosby, Tavares, Hertl
LW - DeBrincat, Boldy, Lafreniere
RW - Meier, Miller, Boeser, Nichushkin
D - Dobson, Karlsson
G - Jarry, Luukkonen
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
I will take the under also. But I'm going under 40.
12 team, H2H points, limited keepers
allowed 6 keeper players(PLAYER DRAFTED IN RDS 1-8 NOT ABLE TO BE KEEPER)
Daily starts
16 man roster plus 1 IR
start 6 forwards,4 d, 2 goalies
pts: G=3, A=2, DA=3, DG=5, +/-=1 GWG=1, OTG=2, OTA=1, PPG=2, PPA=1, SHG=3, SHA=1, HT=3, SHOOTOUT GOAL=1
BLKS=.25, HITS=.25, MAJ=2
Goalie pts: WINS=5, SAVES=.20, GA=-1, SO=3
SHOG SAVE=.50, SHOL=2
forwards: M.TKACHUK(k),MARCHAND(k),SCHEIFELE(k)
BENN, GAUDREAU*, COUTURIER*
d: M.RIELLY(k), JOSI*, MCAVOY*, ELLIS
goalies :TALBOT* DEMKO MAF
(k)=keeper
*= no keeper eligibility
bencH: KOPITAR* R. GRAVES ROBERTSON KREJCI
IR E.PETTERSSON(k)
GO BRUINS
20 team Keeper - Protect 10
Dress weekly 8 Fwds 4 D-men 1 Goalie
Fwds 1pt - gl 1pt - asst
Dmen 2pt - gl 1pt - asst FWDS & D-Men 1pt PPG / SHG / OTG
Goalies 3pts-win 2pts-shutout
19 shots in 19 games? PDO of almost 1100? I am still taking the under.
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
He got dropped in a 1 year pts league I'm in. Put in a claim and it was successful. Justin Schultz was also dropped but someone else got him. Not sure why he was dropped? Just hope he keeps on producing. So far he looks like the real deal, we'll see if he develops consistency throughout the season.