Sleeper.... Chris Tanev.
Breakout Season.... Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Hit Rookie.... Griffin Reinhart
Patrick Wiercioch is a good one to keep an eye on (again). I think if he could stay in the lineup for 75+ games we'd likely see him hit 40 points.
I also think this is the year we see Justin Schultz bust out.
Two others I'll be keeping a close eye on is Demers in SJ and Brodin in MIN.
Sleeper.... Chris Tanev.
Breakout Season.... Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Hit Rookie.... Griffin Reinhart
10 team pts-only keeper league - keep 10 plus 10 from past/present farm. No bench: entire active roster counts. Goalies: 2 pts/win + 3/shutout. 82 adds / year. NHL playoffs count for separate prize.
F: J Eichel, M Tkachuk, J Guentzel, E Pettersson, P Laine, R Thomas, C Kreider, M Boldy, J Kyrou, M Backlund, F Vatrano, N Niederreiter, R Rakell, M Marchment, M Domi
D: A Fox, S Theodore, R Andersson, B Montour, S Durzi, D Keith
G: F Andersen, S Knight, J Swayman
IR: J Hughes, M Stone, M Grzelcyk, S Perunovich
Farm: L Raymond, O Wahlstrom, S Skinner, C Addison, Y Chinakhov, J Perreault
I'll keep an eye on T.Daley.
Points only keeper league
7 teams
28 keepers
Weekly line up: 12 F / 6 D / 2 G
Goalie stats: W=2 / SO=2
Look for another step forward from:
Matt Irwin
Jason Demers
Kris Russel
Jordie Benn
Ultimate Fantasy Hockey League - 2nd Place
Teams: 12
Players: G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SHP,GWG,SOG,FW,HIT
Goalies: GS,W,L,GAA,SA,SV,SV%,SHO
Pro(23) Keep(17)
3C - Toews/Spezza/Rask/Backlund/Dubinsky(LW)
3LW -Palat/Abdelkader(RW)/Henrique(C)/Soderberg(C)
3RW - Simmonds/Smith(C)/Little(C)/Jenner(C)/Stafford
6D - Doughty/Ekman-Larsson/Chara/Braun/Klingberg/Stone/Theodore
2G - Hellybuyck/Lehner
IR - Wisniewski/Perreault(C)/Savard/Pavelec
Farm(10)
C - Dvorak(LW)
LW -Lindberg(C)
RW -
D - Pulock/Gustafsson
G - Darling/Hutchinson/Condon/Ullmark//Johnson/Raanta
TJ Brodie!
10 Team keeper league
(9F, 4D, 2G, 4 bench, 2 IR)
H2H
Goals-1, Assists-1, PPP-0.5, SHG=1, Hits-0.05, BS-0.05, Shots-0.05, Wins-2, Shutouts-2, Saves 0.01, Defenseman Pts-0.5
Keep 6 (potentially 7 with a vote pending)
2012/2013: 4th in reg season, 2nd in playoffs
2013/2014: 1st (t) reg season, 4th in playoffs
2014/2015: 1st reg season, 4th in playoffs
2015/2016 7th reg season (third highest PF)
Crosby, Malkin, Laine, Getzlaf, Radulov, Arvidsson, Rantanen, Bailey, W. Karlsson, Ducehene,Haula,
Klingberg, Suter, Trouba, Ekblad, Provorov
Holtby, Talbot, Varlamov
Gardiner 40 pts
Gelinas 35 pts
Irwin 30 pts
Benn 30 pts
6 Team no limit Keeper. Cap league $100m
Points only G/A=1, Hattrick = +3, Wins = 2, SO = +3, OTL/SOL = +1
12 Forwards, 6 Defense, 2 Goalies, 6 Reserve (any position)
Forwards
Crosby $8.7
Stone $9.5
Svechnikov $7.7
Debrincat $6.4
Hall $6
Meier $6
Guentzel $6
Ehlers $6
Hertl $5.6
Konecny $5.5
Palat $5.3
JT Miller $5.2
Garland $4.9
Kakko $.9
Laff $.9
Defense
Josi $9
Burns $8
Letang $7.2
Nurse $5.6
Werenski $5
Sergachev $4.8
Fox $.9
Goalies
Shesterkin $5.6
Ullmark $5
Hart $3.9
Blackwood $2.8
Sleeper: Ryan Ellis
Breakout season: DeKeyser
Rookie: M. Dumba
12 teams dynasty, Points only ( G and A = 1pt)
F: McDavid (12.5M), Kucherov (9.5M), Boldy (7M), Kyrou (8.13M), J. Norris (7.95M), Zegras (5.95M), Kuzmenko (5.5M), Reichel (0.925M), P. Kane (2.75M), Lundell (0.925M), Rasmussen (1.46M), Rossi (0.86M).
D: Korchinski (0.925M), Byram (3.85M), Burns (5.28M).
G: Kochetkov (2M), Shesterkin (5,670M).
Bench: E. Karlsson (10M), Lucius (0.925M), Edvinsson (0.89M), Askarov (0.925M), Quinn (0.86M), Berggren (0.925M), Stankoven (0.81M), Knight (4.5M), Mitchkov (TBD), Athanasiou (4.25M), Samsonov (3.55M), Klingberg (4.15M).
Joni Pitkanen. Out all year and you can probably grab him with the last pick of the draft. Should be back on the top PP for the Canes, until he gets hurt again..
The Rebuild:
Goalies: Price, Schneider
Defence: Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Carlson, Schultz, Barrie, Leddy
Forwards: Crosby, Benn, Bergeron, JVR, Turris, Skinner, E. Kane, Huberdeau, Galchenyuk, Tarasenko, Granlund, MJ90
Points Only Keeper - Donating $$$ since 2009
Zach Bogosian - with Buff staying as forward it will open up more offensive room for Bogo from the backend, he will also stay on the right side from the start so he don't have to play on his off-side (he sucked there), no more trying to make him shutdown D-man only like Noel tried to do, he scored about 35 point pace the previous two seasons before this and if he stays healthy for most of the season he'll give you 30+ points.
Lubomir Visnovsky - A bounce back season from the veteran D-man is in the cards as he'll be on the 1st PP-unit with Tavares, Okposo and co.
Simon Despres - Out of Bylsma's doghouse finally and will get his chances next year
UHL Pittsburgh Penguins
24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
*UHL Champion 2014*
Ellis' role really depends on what Lavy decides to do. He's not going to get you much in terms of multi-cat value, and I'm not really sure how much more he can move on up points wise. Josi/Weber aren't going anywhere on PP1, and Ellis was already PP2 last season. Unless the team drastically improves offensively (which could happen) you might not see any improvement outside plus/minus.
Stone is a very nice multi-cat option in deep leagues. He might be better off were he moved to another team and given a chance to take a top 4 spot.
Rundblad. I still don't get the trade for the Hawks. He could earn some PP2 time (chicago went with only 3 dman in the playoffs) but I just don't see the time for him. He's pretty much guaranteed to get bottom pairing time IF he even makes the roster. And he's going to have to beat out Clendening and Johns for that spot, possibly even Trevor Van Reimdsyk. I'm not sure he does.
Zadarov is a stud. He's going to be a multi-cat beast, and if the Sabres can ever get a little offense going, he could add some nice numbers.
14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1). 9 Keepers in Bold. 12 player Farm team (skaters under 110, goalies under 80 gp) in italics
LW - Gaudreau, Forsberg, Parise, Hyman (C)
C - Backstrom, Getzlaf, N Foligno (LW/RW), Kotkaniemi, Carter (LW/RW)
RW - Tarasenko, Rantanen, Arvidsson, Atkinson, Gourde (C/LW), Mikheyev (RW)
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Ellis, Klingberg, Fox, Andersson
G - Murray, Grubauer
Prospects -Rossi, Turcotte, Kravstov, Tippett, Bouchard, Lehtonen, K Miller, Addison, DeSmith, Kahkonen, Ingram, Gustavsson
From Jan. 11th (when Byfugien moved to forward) to the end of the season, Bogosian actually increased his overall playing time to averaging just under 24 minutes a game. During that time he added PP time he wasn't see before, getting anywhere from 1:30 to over 3 minutes of PP time. He rewarded Noel's confidence in him with a resounding 5 points in the next 25 games, or a 16 point pace.
Is Buff staying up really going to change anything?
14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1). 9 Keepers in Bold. 12 player Farm team (skaters under 110, goalies under 80 gp) in italics
LW - Gaudreau, Forsberg, Parise, Hyman (C)
C - Backstrom, Getzlaf, N Foligno (LW/RW), Kotkaniemi, Carter (LW/RW)
RW - Tarasenko, Rantanen, Arvidsson, Atkinson, Gourde (C/LW), Mikheyev (RW)
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Ellis, Klingberg, Fox, Andersson
G - Murray, Grubauer
Prospects -Rossi, Turcotte, Kravstov, Tippett, Bouchard, Lehtonen, K Miller, Addison, DeSmith, Kahkonen, Ingram, Gustavsson
Maurice's confidence, Noel got fired at that point.
Bogo's season at that point was already a write-off. He improved his play considerably when Maurice took over but the point production just didn't follow. It can happen with D-men. Worth noticing that Bogo's SH% was only 2.2% when his career average is still 4.8%. So he could have doubled his goal production (from 3 to 6) if his SH% was just his career average.
People are currently as down on Bogosian as they were on EJ a year ago. Look at what EJ did under Roy. Give Bogo a full season under Maurice and the same can happen with him.
UHL Pittsburgh Penguins
24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
*UHL Champion 2014*
14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1). 9 Keepers in Bold. 12 player Farm team (skaters under 110, goalies under 80 gp) in italics
LW - Gaudreau, Forsberg, Parise, Hyman (C)
C - Backstrom, Getzlaf, N Foligno (LW/RW), Kotkaniemi, Carter (LW/RW)
RW - Tarasenko, Rantanen, Arvidsson, Atkinson, Gourde (C/LW), Mikheyev (RW)
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Ellis, Klingberg, Fox, Andersson
G - Murray, Grubauer
Prospects -Rossi, Turcotte, Kravstov, Tippett, Bouchard, Lehtonen, K Miller, Addison, DeSmith, Kahkonen, Ingram, Gustavsson
It could happen but is a pretty big long shot in my opinion. Two things are standing in the way: 1. Pitkanen issued a statement in March he is unsure when he is going to play (read if). 2. He is a UFA and I think Canes will let him go in favour of someone more stable.
I've learned in previous years to stop gambling on Joni Pitkanen. Flashes of good production, but to much risk to deserve a roster spot on a smaller roster.
20-Team Keeper League
PTS: G=1, A=1, W=2, SO=3
Starting roster: 6F, 3D, 1G, *Keep 12 + 2 on farm
F: Kucherov, Scheifele, Eichel, Tarasenko, Rakell, Schwartz, Dadonov
D: Doughty, Josi, Ekman-Larsson, Keith
G: Hellebuyck
Farm: Tolvanen, Kaprizov
16-Team Keeper League
PTS: G=1, A=1, W=2, SO=3
Starting roster: 6F, 4D, 1G, *Keep 12 + 4 on farm
F: P Kane, Kessel, Pastrnak, Keller, Marchessault, B Schenn, Fiala, Kase,
D: Weber, Karlsson, Pietrangelo, Parayko
G: Rask
Farm: Kravtsov, A Boqvist, Necas, I Samsonov