I’d definitely keep Boldy. DeBrincat or Lafrenière the other for me. With Lafreniere, would just have to hope he gets on PP1 somehow.
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Which 6 would you keep? No positional requirements.
Locks/good bets
McDavid
Miller
Crosby
Meier
Others in contention
Boldy
DeBrincat
Lafreniere
Dobson
Boeser
Tavares
Generally speaking the keepers are mostly focused on the short term unless there is someone with high enough upside to take over an established veteran. So Crosby might be running out of time, but he's still a keeper as he's very useful for me this year and maybe a few more.
12 team H2H Most Cats Wins; Keep 6/winner keeps 7; G A PPP +/- SHP SOG HIT BLK PIM // W SV GAA SV% SHO
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 6D, 2G, 5 bench
C - McDavid, Crosby, Tavares, Hertl
LW - DeBrincat, Boldy, Lafreniere
RW - Meier, Miller, Boeser, Nichushkin
D - Dobson, Karlsson
G - Jarry, Luukkonen
I’d definitely keep Boldy. DeBrincat or Lafrenière the other for me. With Lafreniere, would just have to hope he gets on PP1 somehow.
20 Team Dynasty - Categories (Start 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 7 D, 2 SKT, 2 Goalies)
Skater Categories - G, A, PTS, Pim, PPG, PPP, SHP, GWG, HT, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW
Goalie Categories - W, GA, GAA, SVS, SV %, SO
C- McDavid, Eichel, T Thompson, Hischier, D Strome, Monahan, Giroux
LW- Kaprizov, B Tkachuk, Robertson, Hyman, Kempe, Slafkovsky, Kuzmenko
RW- Pastrnak, M Tkachuk, Marner, Boldy, Kyrou, Stankoven, Barbashev
D- Lauzon, Ferraro, Romanov, M Anderson, McCabe, Seeler, Middleton, Dumba
G- Sorokin, Askarov, Nedeljkovic
Boldy/Dobson for me.
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I like having at least one D Man in your core and Dobson is an absolutely viable option. Then it gets tough. As much as I like Laffy, he needs to earn a bit more opportunity and produce accordingly to be an option for me in a keep 6. That leaves a tough decision, one of Boldy or The Cat. My choice is Boldy. He's 3 years younger, has barely hit his BTO and already has seasons of 63 and 69 pts. If there is another gear here and there is a very very good chance that there is, Boldy can be a legitimate PPG+ forward. The Cat is good, but I don't think he has a whole lot more upside, I think what you see is what you get. Dobson and Boldy for me.
14 Team Roto; Keep 25; 12 F, 6 D, 2 G; 10 Farm; 5 Bench; 5 IR;
Salary Cap - 102.5 Mil
Scoring Cats: G, A, Pts, PIM, Hits, BS, SOG, F Points, D Points; Win+Ties+SO, GAA, SV%
Keepers
F: Aho, Larkin, DeBrincat, Vrana, Bennett, Scheifele, Kakko,Tolvanen, McBain,
D: Heiskanen, Fox, Toews, Lundqvist
G: Swayman, Andersen, Copley
Drops
F: Gaudreau, Terravainen, Puljujarvi, Kravstov, Zary
D: Brannstrom, Cernak, Alexeyev
G: Korpisalo, Merzlikins
FARM: Rossi, Berggren, Holtz, Savoie, Clarke, Tarasov, Wolf
Boldy and Dobson for me as well
Yahoo 12-team H2H partial keeper league (keep 7 vets + 3 prospects (p = skater <201 gp; goalie < 101gp))
G,A,P,PIM,+/-,PPP,SOG,FW,hits, blocks, W,GAA,SV%,Saves
Start 3/3/3/5/2
C: Kopitar, P. Suter, Carlsson (p), Lundell (p), Norris
LW: B. Tkachuk, Stutzle (c), Colton (c), Ehlers
RW: Rantanen, Caufield (lw), Svechnikov (lw), Foegele (lw)
D: Dahlin, Andersson, Chychrun, Montour, Sanheim, Matheson, Faber (p)
G: Talbot, Forsberg, Daws (p), Wolf (p, NA)
IR: Fantilli, Sergachev, Jeannot, Ingram
NA: Levi
I’m keeping 1D , Dobson. I really like Boldy and feel he is also a keeper.
As a reflection on my confidence level I’m then submitting my question to Rick Roos Hockey Mailbag
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Yahoo! 10 Team Keep 6, H2H - 1 win
G, A, SOG, PPP, FOW, H, B, Wins, GAA, Sv%, SHO
4 weekly goalie appearances minimum
2C, 2RW, 2LW, 1Ut, 4D, 3G, 6Bench, 2-I/R+, 1NA
C: Bennett
LW: E.Kane, Kaprizov
LW/C: Draisaitl, Stutzle
RW: Marner
RW/C: T.Thompson, Necas
RW/LW: Svechnikov
D: Dahlin, Bouchard, Sergachev, Gudas
G: Vasilevskiy , Skinner, Gustavsson
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I like your 4 so far. My other two would be Lafreniere and Boldy.
I dont like keeping Dmen in limited keepers unless they are the best of the best (ie Makar, Fox, Josi, etc) but that's me. I dont see Dobson in that tier of Dmen so he's back in for redraft.
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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It looks like you were after some top multi-cat guys: Miller, Tavares, Meier - but then got hung up on a few more typical of McDavid, Crosby, Boldy, DeBrincat, Nichushkin, Boeser...
I'd say look to trade SOMETHING because you have a lot of value, but I think the categories are disjointed.
Offseason trades an option?
If you want to lean INTO hits -
Miller, Meier, Tavares, McDavid, Crosby + [trade Boldy (and what ever else) for someone]
Hits doesn't look like your friend, so I'd probably look to sell high on JT Miller &/or Tavares - but keep Meier as he usually shoots more and had a down year (hits just a perk, not a trait to keep him on though if someone were buying).
Buying a high shots player is often difficult though... (players over 300 are coveted).
Keep:
McDavid, Meier, (miller trade), Tavares, Boldy, Crosby
My thoughts anyway.
TKL - Tiered Keeper League - 2/4, 4/6, 5/rest + 1 GK - 4c, 4r, 4l, 6d, 2gk, 5bn
JTMiller, Aho, Ek, Kopitar
Rantanen, Barzal, Palmieri, Bratt
Forsberg, Hagel, Stutzle, Joshua
Fox, Weegar, Doughty, Forsling, Rielly, McCabe
Manson, Pinto, Frost, Hertl, Henrique
Oetter, Grubauer
Thank you all for your replies so far. Boldy seems like a surefire pick at this point and it looks like most agree. Dobson seems to be the 2nd most popular pick. I am usually not a guy who keeps a D-man unless they're tier 1, but worth considering if that's how some see him.
12 team H2H Most Cats Wins; Keep 6/winner keeps 7; G A PPP +/- SHP SOG HIT BLK PIM // W SV GAA SV% SHO
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 6D, 2G, 5 bench
C - McDavid, Crosby, Tavares, Hertl
LW - DeBrincat, Boldy, Lafreniere
RW - Meier, Miller, Boeser, Nichushkin
D - Dobson, Karlsson
G - Jarry, Luukkonen
Dobson, over the last 3 years has put up 51, 49 and 70 pts. He's 24 years old, just hitting his prime. While 70 pts may not happen next year, I would suggest that 60pts is a very realistic projection. Last year only 9 NHL D put up more than 60 pts and Dobson was one of them. Tier 1? I'm thinking yes.
14 Team Roto; Keep 25; 12 F, 6 D, 2 G; 10 Farm; 5 Bench; 5 IR;
Salary Cap - 102.5 Mil
Scoring Cats: G, A, Pts, PIM, Hits, BS, SOG, F Points, D Points; Win+Ties+SO, GAA, SV%
Keepers
F: Aho, Larkin, DeBrincat, Vrana, Bennett, Scheifele, Kakko,Tolvanen, McBain,
D: Heiskanen, Fox, Toews, Lundqvist
G: Swayman, Andersen, Copley
Drops
F: Gaudreau, Terravainen, Puljujarvi, Kravstov, Zary
D: Brannstrom, Cernak, Alexeyev
G: Korpisalo, Merzlikins
FARM: Rossi, Berggren, Holtz, Savoie, Clarke, Tarasov, Wolf
Your 4 + Boldy and Dobson for me
If you want to roll the dice, I’d let Meier walk and take Laf.
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
Another vote for Dobson and Boldy .
20tm UFA/RFA dynasty
Cats: G, A, SOG, STpts, +/-, hits/bs, GAA, Sv%, W+SO
As a last point I had earlier stated "As much as I like Laffy, he needs to earn a bit more opportunity and produce accordingly to be an option for me in a keep 6". I'm sure liking what I'm seeing from him so far in these playoffs. I'm tracking this for sure, is it possible Laffy has earned more opportunity and will deliver? It's hard to argue against that so far in this post season. If you can afford to wait before declaring your 6 keeps I'm doing so, this is far from a given, but Laffy may just force a change in plans.
14 Team Roto; Keep 25; 12 F, 6 D, 2 G; 10 Farm; 5 Bench; 5 IR;
Salary Cap - 102.5 Mil
Scoring Cats: G, A, Pts, PIM, Hits, BS, SOG, F Points, D Points; Win+Ties+SO, GAA, SV%
Keepers
F: Aho, Larkin, DeBrincat, Vrana, Bennett, Scheifele, Kakko,Tolvanen, McBain,
D: Heiskanen, Fox, Toews, Lundqvist
G: Swayman, Andersen, Copley
Drops
F: Gaudreau, Terravainen, Puljujarvi, Kravstov, Zary
D: Brannstrom, Cernak, Alexeyev
G: Korpisalo, Merzlikins
FARM: Rossi, Berggren, Holtz, Savoie, Clarke, Tarasov, Wolf
5. Dobson
6. Boldy