3 years time frame Kopitar or D. Sedin

[kech]

Stuck between these 2....
categories are
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG, FW

And current team before Free agent bidding...
C/RW Giroux 6.5
C/RW Jeff Carter 5.5/5.5
C Stephen Weiss 4
C Patrick Berglund 1.5/1.5
C Dave Bolland .5/.5


LW Max Pacioretty (1.5) RFA
LW Mattias Tedenby 2 /RFA


RW Loui Eriksson 4
RW Joffrey Lupul 1
RW P.A Parenteau .5
RW Jack Skille .5


D Ryan Suter 3.5
D Brent Seabrook .5
D Tom Gilbert 1.5
D Jared Spurgeon .5
D Brandon Smith 1.5/1.5
D Matt Carle .5


G Michel Leighton 1.5
G Josh Harding 1/1
G Rinne (8.5) RFA
G Marc-Andrew Fleury (7) RFA

[Selanne13]

Gimme Kopitar here

[hockeymanG23]

I'll easily give Kopitar my support in a match up with D Sedin

[kevinsrangers]

kopitar for me too.

[Essej]

For 3 years or less give me D. Sedin.

Kopitar is great but doesn't bring anything to justify me taking him, over Sedin. I expect Sedin to out point as well as out score Kopitar for the next three years if both are healthy. +/- should be relatively equal, but I figure the Sedin should be better for those three years, even if only by a little. On the PP I expect Sedin to rack up more points than Kopitar. Both are terrible in the PIM department, but if I were to give one an edge over the other it would go to Sedin, even if again only by a slight margin. Shots could go either way, but again if I had to give one the edge it would be Sedin. GWG is usually a pretty random stat, so give me the guy who will score more goals, that would be Sedin. The only thing Kopitar has is youth, but that shouldn't much matter as were only looking at a three year window, and the big one SHP. But SHP are not enough to justify me picking Kopitar over Sedin. The argument can be made for FW but to me when comparing a center vs a winger I don't put too much stock in it as they obviously don't play the same position.

Take Sedin he plays the harder to fill position, and does a better job of filling it. It's not like you will have a void spot at center, where you won't be getting FW.

[Luffy D Monkey]

I would almost say Kopitar but it seems like his body is falling apart.

Sedins play a style that doesnt necessarily require them to deplete their bodies so I like him just barely within the window - also his upside is almost 20 pts higher.

[Essej]

I would almost say Kopitar but it seems like his body is falling apart.

Sedins play a style that doesnt necessarily require them to deplete their bodies so I like him just barely within the window - also his upside is almost 20 pts higher.

If you think D. Sedin has an upside of being almost 20 points higher, than Kopitar; what would make you consider Anze Kopitar?

For me it's quite easily Sedin.

[Lixxiq]

I'd go with Kopitar.

[dmvincent]

Kopitar, he'll hit his prime soon and he's younger to boot.

[Dakkster]

I would almost say Kopitar but it seems like his body is falling apart.

Sedins play a style that doesnt necessarily require them to deplete their bodies so I like him just barely within the window - also his upside is almost 20 pts higher.

Seems like his body is falling apart? Way to scream the sky is falling because of a 2-3 week bump.

[bondon]

You desperately need help at the LW position. Pacioretty is fine but Tedenby is a very large drop off. You're pretty stacked at C and RW already.

How much will each player cost? If the costs are relatively close or if Daniel is cheaper I go with Daniel with ease...

[kech]

Thanks for everyone's analysis!
I was leaning towards Kopitar, being younger and a big FW category while most of the other stats looks similar last year.

LW is indeed a tough position to fill, to keep D.Sedin, Is approximately $6 and Kopitar is $5.
I can only name either one as a RFA and they are susceptible to offer sheets from other GMs.
However, I don't think its too likely for either players to receive an offer.

Below is a (long+messy) list of Free Agents for this year (some will be RFA players)

Center
S.Horcoff 4.5
D.Legwand 1
Vincent Lecavalier 11
Valterri Filppula - 3
C - Matheiu Perreault - 1
C - Eric Tangradi - 2.5
Pavel Datsyuk 6.0
gomez 6.5,
stoa 1
gaustad .5
C Anze Kopitar 6
C Cal O'Reilly 1
C) Brad Richards - $7.00
(C) Henrik Sedin - $8.00
C) Jason Spezza- $6.50
(C/LW) Peter Regin $1.50
(C/LW) Jochen Hecht- $0.50
Kyle Bodziak 1yr 0.5
4 Oli Jokinen 1yr 5
5 Ryan O'Reilly 1yr 0.5
6 Jason Arnott 1yr 0.5
Z. Konopka 1yr 0.5
2 Mike Santorelli 1yr 0.5
4 Stoll 1yr 1.5
C - Joe Thornton - yr 3 of 3 / $12
C - Steen 5
C Ryan Getzlaf $10
C - Saku Koivu 1.5
C - Kyle Turris 3
C - Mikhail Grabovski 5.0
F. Nielsen 0.5
D. Helm 0.5
A) Sidney Crosby --- 1yr/ $12.5
Steven Stamkos --- 1yr/ $3
Evgeni Malkin --- 1yr/ $17
Ben Eager --- 1yr/ $0.5
Chris Kelly--- 1yr/ $0.5
M. Richards C/LW 1 year 8.50
E. Staal C 1 year 6.50
P. Bergeron C 1 year 6.00
M. Cullen C 1 year 0.50
D. Zubrus C/RW 1 year 0.50
E. Belanger C 1 year 0.50

LW
Pacioretty 1.5
A. Ovechkin LW 1 year 15.50
B. Ryan LW 1 year 5.50
Chris Higgins --- 1yr/ $0.5
LW - Milan Lucic 7.0
LW - Tomas Kopecky 0.5
LW - Milan Michalek 2.5
LW Josh Bailey $3
LW - Carl Hagelin yr 1 of 1 / $.50
LW - Vermette 4
LW) Peter Mueller- $2.50
LW Daniel Sedin 7
LW Nikolai Kulemin 1/
LW/RW Tyler Kennedy 0.5
nash 6.5
elias 7.5
cormeau .5
Andrew Cogliano 2.0
C/LW Vernon Fiddler 0.5
Henrik Zetterberg 8.5
Jiri Tlusty 0.5
Steve Ott 0.5
W.Wolski 5
T.Fleischmann 2
R.Whitney 2.5
Brad Marchand 1
Latendrese 3
Brian Rolston .5
S Sullivan 1.5
Brunette .5
LW - T.J. Galiardi - 1.5
LW - Ryan Malone - 4
LW - Brenden Morrow - 5
LW - Tuomo Ruutu - 4.5
Patrick Sharp 1yr 5
Vaclav Prospal 1yr 1.5
Clarke Macarthur 1yr 3
LW James Neal $2
LW Andrei Kostitsyn $5.50
LW Brandon Dubinsky $4.5
LW Mikkel Boedker $3
LW Nick Foligno 3
Pascal Dupuis--- 1yr/ $0.5
J. Chimera LW 1 year 0.50
C. Glencross LW 1 year 0.50

[Pengwin7]

Keep Daniel Sedin.
He has a playing style that will hold up for several more years.
I'm not worried.

[kech]

Mind you... I haven't won my league yet and was 2nd in standing got knocked out in 1st round of playoffs. I do want to win!

after reviewing Yahoo:
Giroux maintains C /RW eligibility, where Jeff Carter is now just C.
Lupul and Eriksson has dual LW / RW.

Here is a possibly outlook of my forwards
C Jeff Carter 5.5/5.5
C Stephen Weiss 4
C Patrick Berglund 1.5/1.5
C Dave Bolland .5/.5

LW Max Pacioretty (1.5) RFA
LW/ RW Loui Eriksson 4
LW/ RW Joffrey Lupul 1
LW Mattias Tedenby 2 /RFA

C/RW Giroux 6.5
RW P.A Parenteau .5
RW Jack Skille .5
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LW D. Sedin 6 (RFA)
C Kopitar 5 (RFA)