Should I hold on to Hartnell and Spezza?

[Coolio1080]

We only get 3 free agent pick ups and I've already used one for Tarasenko. There is no IR for me to put either of them on.

I feel like Selanne and Jagr are not going to get me much in the points department, so I don't know whether to pick up another FA to replace one of them or just stick to what I've got for 4-6 weeks until Hartnell is back

...and then another few weeks for Spezza

League is one year only, 1 point for goal/assist. Goalies get 1 point for a win and 3 for a shutout.

Forwards: Tavares, R. Nash, P. Kane, M. Koivu, Pavelski, Selanne, Jagr, Tarasenko
Defence: Karlsson, Byfuglien, Phaneuf
Goaltender: Rinne
Bench: Spezza, Hartnell, Brodeur

[Harden1313]

If I had to choose one I would hold on to Hatnell. He will be back in a few weeks where as the time table on a herniated disk surgery could be most if not all of the season. Spezza will be a long time coming untl he sees ice time again.

[Pengwin7]

Need more info.

Does this points league have:
*Is this a H2H league -or- full year accumulated stats?
*Daily starts? Weekly starts?
*Count by highest end-of-year totals or production as it happens?
*How many "bench spots"?
*Maximum games played?

In a one-year league, with no IR, I'm thinking that you should drop both. You can't have 0 points sitting on your roster for an extended period of time. This doesn't sound logical.

[Coolio1080]

It's a full year accumulated points, 3 spots on the bench, weekly starts (Friday), max games = 48 x number of positional slots (ie defence is 48x 3 total)

[Pengwin7]

Three spots on the bench isn't very many, but is some.

Technically, you could keep Spezza & Hartnell there... and as long as everybody else stays healthy and on-pace for games, then you wait to get a little production from them.

Personally, I think it limits your freedom to make quick-decisions on hot-players... because you'd really only have one bench player.

For now - keep them, list out your best waiver players.
People here can help you decide whether it's worth it to drop them: which is based on the quality of the waiver players.

[blayze]

In a shortened season you can't afford to be wasting valuable roster slots (unless it's IR) for extended periods of time... UNLESS your team is absolutely stacked and you're in a H2H format with playoffs.

[Coolio1080]

Originally Posted by Pengwin7

Three spots on the bench isn't very many, but is some.

Technically, you could keep Spezza & Hartnell there... and as long as everybody else stays healthy and on-pace for games, then you wait to get a little production from them.

Personally, I think it limits your freedom to make quick-decisions on hot-players... because you'd really only have one bench player.

For now - keep them, list out your best waiver players.
People here can help you decide whether it's worth it to drop them: which is based on the quality of the waiver players.

I'm on my phone so here's a brief idea of who's availible

Conacher
Ribeiro
Gagner
Lecavalier
Clarkson
Winnik
Purcell
Turris
Perron

Defence:
Markov
Diaz
Ekman-Larsson

Also it seems like byfuglien will be missing another game lol