Reply With QuoteI like Lehtonen here. Niemi would be a close 2nd but I prefer Lehtonen. He could very well turn into your keeper for next year too!
First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
Hey all,
I have the first pick in a 16-team keeper league where we keeper 8 skaters and 1 goalie. I'm strong with skaters but my keeper goalie was Halak, and because only 16 keepers were kept there's a lot of goalies out there and not a ton of skaters (often the first round is mostly goalies with a smattering of top prospects/guys who weren't kept).
With the first overall pick I have the option of a veteran: Niemi or Lehtonen, or I could take John Gibson.
Thoughts?
Re: First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
I like Lehtonen here. Niemi would be a close 2nd but I prefer Lehtonen. He could very well turn into your keeper for next year too!
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Re: First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
Lehtonen is a safe bet, and a sure thing for this year - and you can always trade him midseason if you don't like him. Niemi's value may actually drop as the year goes on.
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F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Re: First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
What are the league settings? Might be better to take the best skater available over a goalie. Maybe not, but knowing the settings and the best skaters out there would be helpful.
If you're looking at a goalie for one year, I agree Lehtonen is the pick out of the bunch.
Re: First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
Lehtonen would be my pick
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(G) (A) (+/-) (PIM) (PPP) (FW) (HIT) (W) (GAA) (SV%) (SHO)
C: R Getzlaf, C Giroux, Scheifele, T Bozak
LW: T Vanek, B Ryan, P Marleau, T Hall
RW: C Perry, K Okposo, A Ovechkin, Kucherov
D: D Byfuglien, Z Chara, E Karlsson, R Josi, D Keith, Trouba
G: R Luongo, B Holtby, K Lehtonen
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Re: First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 4 D, 2 G, 5 BN. Keep 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 2 D, 1 G.
7x5 stat cats: G, A, PPP, PIM, +-, Hits, SOG; and W, SV, SV %, GAA, SO
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C: Stamkos, MacKinnon
LW: van Riemsdyk, Schwartz
RW: Voracek, Okposo
D: Yandle, Sekera
G: Halak
Best skaters would be Gaborik or Hornqvist. I don't have a third round pick so I'm worried if I draft a skater I'm going to be badly shorthanded in goal if I wait to pick 17. Last year 14 of 16 first round picks were goalies. (I think that's nuts but it tends to be how it goes... for the record I drafted MacKinnon with the 15th pick (!) last year... so skaters tend to last.
Re: First pick in keeper league: Niemi, Lehtonen, or Gibson?
Lehtonen would be my pick. It might turn out in short order that Gibson would have been the better pick, but that's a huge gamble, and not really one I'd be willing to make.
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