TRADE 1 vs TRADE 2??

[AlexB13]

Trade 1:
Victor Hedman
Brian Elliot
Jimmy Howard
For
Matt Murray
Jake Gardiner


Trade 2:
Ben Bishop
Clayton Keller
For
John Gibson
Keith Yandle


My league is a head to head league with a categories point system. There are 14 teams in the league so goalies are extremely scarce and valuable. The categories are as follows:

Forwards-
Goals, assists, +-, PPP, SHP, SOG

Goalies-
Wins, saves, GAA, SV%, SO


My team is:
Backstrom
Getzlaf
Marchand
Keller
P.Kane
Nylander
Kadri
Shipachyov
Brayden Point
Ellis(IR)

Hedman
Ekblad
Trouba
*No 4th D*

Elliot
Bishop
Howard

[AlexB13]

I?m thinking trade 1 is good

[Referee3083]

How many players do you start at each position?

[AlexB13]

2 c
2 LW
2 RW
4 D
1 UTI
2 G

[Referee3083]

Since you're already only rostering 3 D (in a start 4 D league), I think you take a bigger hit downgrading from Hedman to Gardnier than you gain in going from Elliott to Murray, so I don't like Trade 1. I'm not sure about Trade 2. You'd be overloaded with FLA defensemen and I also prefer Bishop over Gibson (DAL should be a better team, and Gibson is more of an injury risk). Although getting a 4th Dman, even if it's from FLA, is probably better than only running with 3 guys. Keller will kill you at +/- this year, so if you like Gibson over Bishop, I could see a case for Trade 2.