Keeper League: Crawford or Jones?

[Kylegary Flames]

League in sig.

Pretty simple, who would you rather own?

[lucafen4]

I'll take Crow.

Both teams have some aging players, but I think that Chicago has a better core that has several years of fight left in them. I'm not sold on what SJ has coming up to replace their big 4 - Marleau, Thornton, Burns, Pavelski in a couple years. I also think Chicago still has the better team. 4 years of Conference finals in a row+ Cup Finals I think caught up to them last year.

[Eskimo Brother]

Crawford for me. I do really like Jones, but I know exactly what I'm getting with Crawford.

[pmorrow]

Crawford for me. I do really like Jones, but I know exactly what I'm getting with Crawford.

Have to go with this. A year from now maybe we're saying slam dunk Jones, but until he does it a second time, I'm going with the guy with the track record in Crawford. For the vast majority of players I expect them to have repeat elite efforts before I'm sold on them, which is why I'm a bit more conservative on guys like Jones, Kuzy and Ghost.

[MJ Flex]

I went with Jones. As long as we are not talking about bonus points for playoff production, I like the softer division SJ is in compared to Chi. Jones should be in for similar stats for the time being.

Also, long term, SJ has a lot of room under the cap with really only 1 borderline bad contract (P Martin). If they continue to spend to the cap, they will be as competitive as they currently are.

[stevegamer]

Crawford. You already have a "may be really good" goalie in Gibson; I'd prefer a guy who is more certain, so that if Gibson doesn't pan out to be as good as you hope, you have a solid option you can rely on.

[Sulla]

Crawford - have shared my red flags on Jones enough in here that I make the safer play

[Kabonov]

I think Crawford is the safe pick her, but with your core.

I'd go with Jones.
Gives you more options for your 6 keepers "prime years together" Long and short term

[Kylegary Flames]

Crawford - have shared my red flags on Jones enough in here that I make the safer play

Thanks for the vote...I haven't seen/don't remember your posts...what are the red flags with Jones? Thanks

[Sulla]

last season was his first as a starter and he had some rough patches hence Reimer was bought in, with a short Summer can he maintain that work load (though as I highlight he had his ups and downs with a full Summer to prep which may be offset by knowing what he needs to do to be better). I also think that the likes of thornton, marleau, burns etc will regress and who picks up the slack? the likes of Hertl is still unproven but obviously just my opinion

[Kylegary Flames]

last season was his first as a starter and he had some rough patches hence Reimer was bought in, with a short Summer can he maintain that work load (though as I highlight he had his ups and downs with a full Summer to prep which may be offset by knowing what he needs to do to be better). I also think that the likes of thornton, marleau, burns etc will regress and who picks up the slack? the likes of Hertl is still unproven but obviously just my opinion

Makes sense, thanks.

[havanablast21]

Own them both. I'M VERY HAPPY TO. Flip a coin for me, but I think I value Jones a slight bit more. Not even sure why. Maybe because Dobber does too in his rankings.