Fantasy Mailbag - June 23 and 24

[angus]

Been a while... fire away.

[PulltheTrigger]

Hey Angus,

Of all the first rounders selected, who are your top 5 picks to make the jump into the NHL right away?

[jmemek]

In your piece on the J Staal trade you never mention how this will affect Dalpe. Do you think they will move him to wing with one of the brothers or will he play third line duty for many years? Or traded maybe

[The Wrong Marine]

Thanks Angus,

I am still looking to upgrade on talent and thinking of packaging Zajac and Callahan together. In a league that counts points and PIMs, who would you consider as a target for a trade here? I am happy with either F or D in return but not sure what would be a fair return.

[JagrBomb]

how will jvr perform in toronto

[Excelsior]

Thanks for doing this.

1. Will Matt Moulson repeat last year's numbers
2. What is Nikita Nikitin's upside

[swe27]

12er league, keep 8, cats g, a, pim, +/-, ppp, gwg, hits, blk + w, sv, sv%, gaa

Would you keep 3 goalies (Fleury, Halak, Schneider) and let Hossa go or keep Hossa and just 2 Goalies (the other keepers are Kovalchuk, DSedin, Perry, Lucic, Karlsson) ?? Ah, and which goalies ?

[Mater]

Thanks Angus,

Who to keep who to shop?

[Mater]

Given my terrible Pims, would you/ should I look for a big goon as keeper?

[angus]

Hey Angus,

Of all the first rounders selected, who are your top 5 picks to make the jump into the NHL right away?

Yakupov, Galchenyuk, Faksa, Murray, and Reinhardt.

[angus]

In your piece on the J Staal trade you never mention how this will affect Dalpe. Do you think they will move him to wing with one of the brothers or will he play third line duty for many years? Or traded maybe

I don't think it affects him a whole lot. He was awful last year in Carolina - seemed to think he had a role guaranteed and played like it. He'll slide in on L3 if he has a strong camp, just as he would have done without the trade.

He's a center. I think he'll be trade bait down the road.

[angus]

Thanks Angus,

I am still looking to upgrade on talent and thinking of packaging Zajac and Callahan together. In a league that counts points and PIMs, who would you consider as a target for a trade here? I am happy with either F or D in return but not sure what would be a fair return.

Open-ended question. I think you could get an upgrade on wing - 15-20 points above Callahan, maybe?

Who are some names you could trade for?

[angus]

how will jvr perform in toronto

Very well. Great move.

[angus]

Thanks for doing this.

1. Will Matt Moulson repeat last year's numbers
2. What is Nikita Nikitin's upside

1. Yes
2. 35-40 point two-way guy.

[angus]

12er league, keep 8, cats g, a, pim, +/-, ppp, gwg, hits, blk + w, sv, sv%, gaa

Would you keep 3 goalies (Fleury, Halak, Schneider) and let Hossa go or keep Hossa and just 2 Goalies (the other keepers are Kovalchuk, DSedin, Perry, Lucic, Karlsson) ?? Ah, and which goalies ?

Keep 3 goalies