maybe the 9 or 10. Depends where other guys go. Is it just this years draft?
In a rebuilding team I have the #2, #4, #5, #8, #9, #10 #20 overall picks in a 10 team 6 round prospect draft. Should I even bother taking Jones with any pick from 5-10? I won't be ready for another 2 full plus seasons to compete for $$$ but in 3-4 years will Jones have been worth the wait or should I stick with all forwards and pass on Jones completely?
maybe the 9 or 10. Depends where other guys go. Is it just this years draft?
If you can stash in your farm, he should be worth it by year 3 for sure. He'll be a star Dmen.
Weekly H2H points only (Year 9 - 2015-16)
12 teams limited keeper (keep 6 + 1 Rookie)
13 round draft - Unlimited Trades - No Waivers - No IR
4 Team Playoffs (last 2 reg. season weeks)
Rookies are 23 years old or younger in the draft year and never reached 60pts (forward), 40pts (defense), 25 wins (goalie)
Start : C RW LW Utility D D G
Points : A - G = 1 pt W = 2 pts SO = 1pt
C - S.Stamkos, J.Thornton, K.Turris, D.Stepan
LW - O.Palat, B.Saad, A.Burakovsky
RW - B.Wheeler, T.Toffoli, C.Atkinson
D - E.Karlsson, S.Gostisbehere, C.Fowler, A.Ekblad, A.Larsson
G - C.Hellebuyck, D.Dubnyk, A.Niemi, K.Lehtonen
Without knowing exactly what the rest of your prospect situation looks like, I'd certainly consider taking him with one of your later 1st round picks, maybe at #10 if he's still available.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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I don't know what your team is like today so I don't know how much you need this draft, but I personally would try and trade some combination of the 8, 9, and 10 (or all three if necessary) for the 1, and then try and get all of Mac, Drou, Barkov, and Nichu with those picks.
I'll make your life easier. I hold the #7 pick and I intend on drafting Jones if he is available.
I'm taking lessons from Sakic and Roy
Depends on your league format (how many players at each position, stat categories and their weight...)
If this is a standard cat league, I would go for Jones when you reach number 8 but not before (he should be gone after your 10th though).
Odds are this is what you should have (X):
1) MacKinnon
2) Drouin X
3) Barkov
4) Lindholm X
5) Nichushkin X
6) Monahan
7) Domi or Horvat (this pick is the though one, as I think Jones should go ahead of these 2... if he doesn't though, he's all yours... I feel picking Jones ahead of Lindholm or Nichuskin in a standard league is not the best decision fantasy-wise. If your league counts Hits and Blocked Shots, pick him over Nichushkin)
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Cooley, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Cooley, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay
No, it's a point league (1st league in my signature).
In the 1st round, I want players that are very likely to become fantasy relevant. As much as I like Domi and Horvat, they are not bluechip prospects. If Jones becomes a 40+ pts defenseman, which I think is very likely, then I'll have what I am hoping to get from this pick (i.e. a solid roster player).
STL – Single Team League
1-team league – Head-to-? – Single Category: TOI
F: Radulov, Stahal, Gaborik
D: Gilbert, Brule
G: Brodeur, Kinkaid
Utility: Semin
Farm: Tsujimoto
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I don't disagree with this order, other than if it was me I would hope to get Mackinnon over Drouin. I think long term he will be the better fantasy player.
if Jones is going at 7, and you can't move up to the 1 with your 8,9,10 (those are the only three I would move to go to 1, if you're rebuilding you need those lower picks) I would probably take Domi, Horvat, and Shinkaruk with those picks. Shinkaruk is a hit or miss guy, he is either going to be a bust or big point producer IMO. Maybe Wennberg though, sounds like that kid could be a player.
With that many picks, I would take Jones at 5.. Why not take the best "points" d-man in the draft with the 5th pick.. Don't let him slip to 7th..
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hahaha...you kill me...I figured you might see this anyway...I more or less want to see what the concensus is of whether or not Jones is still a decent option in Nashville!
Here is my team. We can keep forward and defense prospects for 4 years and goalie prospects for 5 years before they become free agents....
Colin Wilson - Cam Atkinson - Brad Boyes
Devin Setoguchi - Patrik Berglund - Artem Anisimov
Damien Brunner - Tyler Bozak - Jiri Tlusty
Troy Brouwer - Josh Bailey - Mason Raymond
Slava Voynov - Victor Hedman
Nick Leddy - Jay Bouwmeester
Josh Gorges - Ian White
Simeon Varlamov - Corey Crawford
BENCH
Drew Stafford
Mikhael Grabovski
Jamie McGinn
Nikolai Kulemin
Benoit Pouliot
Ray Emery
Michael Neuvirth
Matt Frattin
Prospects
Forwards
Mikael Backlund Calgary '10
Beau Bennett Pittsburgh '10
Sven Bartschi Calgary '11
Drayson Bowman Carolina '10
Jordan Caron Boston '11
Joe Colborne Toronto '10
Emerson Etem Anaheim '11
Radek Faksa Dallas '12
Seth Griffith Boston '12
Rocco Grimaldi Florida '11
Quinton Howden Florida '12
Chris Kreider New York '10
Nikita Kucherov Tampa '11
Evgeny Kuznetsov Washington '10
Johan Larsson Minnesota '12
Andrei Loktionov Devils '10
Patrick Maroon Anaheim '12
Mark McNeil Chicago '11
Brock Nelson Islanders '12
Stefan Noesen Ottawa '11
Shane Prince Ottawa '12
Victor Rask Carolina '12
Mark Scheifele Winnipeg '11
Brendan Shinnimin Phoenix '12
Jakob Silfverberg Ottawa '11
Defenseman
Adam Clendening Chicago '12
Calvin de Haan Islanders '10
Martin Gernat Edmonton '12
Marc Andre-Gragnani Buffalo '11
Dougie Hamilton Boston '11
Derrick Pouliot Pittsburgh '12
Morgan Reilly Toronto '12
David Rundblad Ottawa '10
David Savard Columbus '11
Sami Vatanen Anaheim '12
Goalies
Jake Allen St. Louis '10
John Gibson Anaheim '12
Braden Holtby Washington '11
Jones at 5 is great value, even in a points only league.
It probably comes down to Jones vs Monahan/Lindholm/Nichuskin.
To me Jones outweighs Nichuskin, so Jones vs Monahan or Lindholm, and since you have 4th overall too I would draft:
Drouin at 2,
Barkov or Lindholm at 4
and Jones at 5
Especially since you are willing to wait.
Points only I bet Nichuskin easily outweighs Monahan and Lindholm in 2 years.
Id bet that.
Monahan and Lindholm are MUCH safer picks, and I don't gamble on Russians.