I think that the drop off in goaltending is more severe than the upgrade on D.
Would Burns be an overall upgrade for my team in place of Talbot? League parameters in sig.
Always a Bridesmaid
C MacK, Kopitar, Krejci
L Hall, Beauvillier, Robertson
R Rust (L), Carter (C/L)
D Theodore, Carlson, Josi, Reilly (Bos)
G Shesterkin, Nedeljkovic, Campbell, Greiss
1Y H2H [G, A, +-, PPP, SOG, H], [W, SV%, GAA, SO]
I think that the drop off in goaltending is more severe than the upgrade on D.
I think I'd hold the awesome goalie tandem of Holtby and Talbot that you can start with confidence every night.
I had to pause for a few minutes because D is your leagues deepest position with 5 starters so burns is gold with that format. But I also think San Jose takes a step back this season (burns will still be awesome, just not as awesome).
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
Burns offers a ton of value above replacement at your deepest position. And I wonder if with your games-played limits you couldn't get more out of an elite defenseman than an elite goaltender.
Basically, if I can play Burns for 82 awesome games and then cherry pick starts from good backups and the Darling/Elliott duo to max out your goalie games then I might go that direction. I suppose it depends on how many moves you can make. Is cherry-picking backup starts even possible?
Yes, cherry picking starts is an option. I have 164 total starts to distribute across my goalies however I see fit.
Always a Bridesmaid
C MacK, Kopitar, Krejci
L Hall, Beauvillier, Robertson
R Rust (L), Carter (C/L)
D Theodore, Carlson, Josi, Reilly (Bos)
G Shesterkin, Nedeljkovic, Campbell, Greiss
1Y H2H [G, A, +-, PPP, SOG, H], [W, SV%, GAA, SO]
I'd be awfully tempted to go that direction although that's going to require a lot more time investment/micro-managing. Also Talbot is clearly a better keeper option than Burns. Would also be interesting to see what you can get for an upgrade at forward if you move one of Jones/Provorov.