Too much for Malkin??

[MJFP]

Was talking about Malkin with my buddy but he said he'd give up Malkin for Giroux//RNH, I think it's too much.


His team.
Carter - Malkin -Sharp
Sedin - Ryan - Vanek
Marleau - Koivu
Weber
Lundquist - Kiprusoff - Fleury
He has picks #1 #10 #11.


MY league and team in Sig.

[kluu]

Well..Having three 100+ pt seasons I feel warrants it

And geez, I googled Evgeni Malkin and this is the first picture that comes up! Filthy!

http://www.chespn.com/picture/malkin...leryImage=true

[blayze]

Originally Posted by MJFP

Was talking about Malkin with my buddy but he said he'd give up Malkin for Giroux//RNH, I think it's too much.

In a 12-player keeper that is way too much. Keep what you have.

[hockeyrobot]

Too much to give up in a somewhat smaller keeper. Last season he was a beneficiary of no Sidney for a lot of the time and we know he plays better in that scenario. I know he was still lights out with Sid in but I believe it would be different if it were for a whole season. He'll still break 100, but Giroux will be damn close and RNH is well on his way to near that level.

[9601]

Originally Posted by blayze

In a 12-player keeper that is way too much. Keep what you have.

Agree with blayze

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

In any keeper league bigger than a keep 1, it's a no from me. Geno is definitely the best player in the trade, but Giroux isn't far behind and RNH looks like he'll be a damn good player himself.

[Maaaasquito]

I dunno it seems like a high price at the moment, but maybe Giroux + Duchene instead?

If he doesn't budge then pass... but I mean you can always try to negotiate back and forth.

The thing for me is Giroux is still a bit of an unknown, where as Malkin is more of a sure thing you know what you're going to get.

Giroux there were a lot of things that went right for him last year, elevated shot totals, elevated assists, elevated PPP, Jagr factor... I wouldn't be surprised if he repeated last season as he has the talent to do so, but I also wouldn't be surprised if he regressed to say point-per-game as well...

That's the difference for me... Malkin has that "known" factor, where as Giroux is still a bit of a "gamble", with that said the cost of RNH is too steep to cover that gap, if it was Duchene or JVR that might be doable, but RNH is too much IMO.

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

Originally Posted by Gotlaid

I dunno it seems like a high price at the moment, but maybe Giroux + Duchene instead?

If he doesn't budge then pass... but I mean you can always try to negotiate back and forth.

The thing for me is Giroux is still a bit of an unknown, where as Malkin is more of a sure thing you know what you're going to get.

Giroux there were a lot of things that went right for him last year, elevated shot totals, elevated assists, elevated PPP, Jagr factor... I wouldn't be surprised if he repeated last season as he has the talent to do so, but I also wouldn't be surprised if he regressed to say point-per-game as well...

That's the difference for me... Malkin has that "known" factor, where as Giroux is still a bit of a "gamble", with that said the cost of RNH is too steep to cover that gap, if it was Duchene or JVR that might be doable, but RNH is too much IMO.

I agree with this post re: Duchene/JVR

[kevinsrangers]

giroux is not nearly as proven as malkin and you know youll have to over pay to get one of the big guns.
i would think giroux and rnh is going rate.

[Ed.]

Okay, here is a question for you guys:

Malkin has had some very good goal-scoring seasons...50, 47, 28 in 67 games...Do you expect Giroux and/or RNH to ever approach those numbers, or are they going to be more assist guys? Giroux had some pretty big goal numbers in junior, so maybe he turns into a scorer, but RNH seems like a setup guy more than anything. Just looking for opinions here though, so tell me if I am wrong with that assessment. In a league that values goals, does Malkin have a big edge over the other two? A moderate edge? Small edge? No edge?

The flip side of that is Malkin's durability though. He does tend to get banged up a lot.