Girardi and Bieksa for me, lots of HITS/BLKS plus Pims from Bieksa, while still potting a few points.
Working on finishing up my draft. Looking at some hits/block guys for the back end of my D-Man. Any help sorting them out would be greatly appreciated. These are the guys that top the list of available players for this purpose. Should I grab some now or wait and have them as bench players and try to find a more productive offensive threat for my 4th and 5th D-Man? Any D-Man I might overlook for upside that might not have been picked?
Hit/Block D-Man
Stuart
Orpik
Girardi
Lovejoy
Hejda
Other D-Man
MacDonald
Campbell
Schenn
Muzzin
Current Roster 12 team Keep 5 Start up
H2HMC scoring with G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK, W, GAA and SV%
C- Giroux
C- MacKinnon
C- Kadri
LW- Skinner
LW- E Kane
LW- Schwartz
RW- Hornqvist
RW- Gaborik
RW- Ryan
D- Pietrangelo
D- Hedman
D- Voynov
D- Enstrom
D- Girardi
UT- Derick Brassard
UT- Filip Forsberg
6 More Bench Players -
G- Bobrovsky
G- Mason
G- Andersen
G- Gibson
Girardi and Bieksa for me, lots of HITS/BLKS plus Pims from Bieksa, while still potting a few points.
12 Team H2H Dynasty
22 Players 3C 3L 3R 1Util 4D 2G 6BN
(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
Farm: Lack, Wennberg, Hellbucyk, Ho-Sang, Milano, Burakovsky, Sanheim
2012-2013 and 2013-2014 league champ
I usually prefer having the straight hit/block guys on my bench instead of starting for me....focus on more well-rounded or scoring players for your starting spots.
Bieksa, Campebll, and Muzzin are my top 3 players from your lists. That whole Vancouver team was in bizarro-world last season, Bieksa has always been a little all over the place....he's either 40+ points, or 20-odd points. But with hits, blocks, and PIM he could be gold for you with 30-ish points. Campbell should be better this year, as the Panthers overall have improved a bit. Their players are a year older, they brought in some veteran help....Campbell should be back over 40 points. But he won't give you much in the way of peripherals besides blocks. He'll actively hurt you in the PIM department. But highest points upside. Muzzin is just all-around decent. Nothing exciting, but he can contribute to your team.
For your straight physical players....Stuart is a good choice. Highest combined amount of PIM, hits, and blocks.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
I missed out on Bieksa unfortunately. So I just went and drafted Enstrom and Girardi earlier today. Coming around now with 6 more picks to go. How many bench D should I want out of the 6 spots? Campbell, Muzzin, Stewart are all available still. Could go with MacDonald or Schenn if you think I would do better with hits vs blocks with what I have. What about Dekeyser or is he not someone worth a spot?
Muzzin and Stuart are good choices for your bench, I think. Two bench defenders is probably enough.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Okay should I break them up around some forward picks or grab them this time around? Campbell and Murray just went off the board 4 picks until mine.
Go with Stuart now, then look into some bench forwards depending on what kind of depth is left there. If you're looking at a bunch of 40-50 point forwards, shore up your defense and take Muzzin as well.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Sounds good. The forwards that are around that caught my eye are as follows. I was thinking about Wingels but he just got snatched up. Eller, Plekanec, Desharnais, Soderberg, Staal, Bennett, Reinhart, Jokinen, Johansson, Abdelkader, Foligno, Michalek, Heatley, Chiasson, Read, Niederreiter, Alfredsson, Zibanejad and Ward.
A lot of names just not sure if any really stand out as a must grab?
Desharnais would be a good pickup.... Potential 60 point guy this late in the draft. He's only gonna help in assists and PPP but he'll be real good in those two cats. Read has some good all-around value, but he should be around for a little bit longer.
I'm thinking go Stuart and Muzzin back to back.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Got Stuart but Muzzin went before me so getting him on the way down is out. Grab Desharnais now I figure?