How good will Yakupov and Grigorenko be?
I think both could/should be better than any pick since Crosby - including Stamkos and Tavares (who I think will be better than Stamkos within two years). BUT Yakupov strikes me as fragile. See Forsberg, Peter. I know it's early but...at this point I would rather pick second overall and take Grigs. First overall HAS to take Yakupov and that may turn out to be not as good.
Kulikov or Larsson for my points only keeper?
Larsson. Stay away from the Band-Aid Boy
Is Radulov back in the NHL next year?
My $$ is on a big fat NO today. As me in two months though.
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Without calculating/studying
Green bounces back - 63 points, 72 games as he has solved the groin issue with surgery this time.
Carlson - 47 points, 80 games unless Wideman gets re-signed
Orlov - 31 points, 80 games
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Carter has the most trade value, Stepan will be better by Year 3. Staal needs to kick these injuries. For now, give me Carter.
Suter on a new team intrigues me, and is the safest play here for 50+ points. Given Green's upside, I would be tempted to risk him...but only if I have a solid defense corps already.
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Comeau - the future Comeau will be living the good life in the Swiss league with Hnat Domenichelli, I would be surprised if he sticks in the NHL.
Matthias - still enough potential in my books to get 70 points, but not if the Panthers keep signing players like they did last year. They need to let their contracts just run out/go away, and ease in the likes of Huberdeau and Bjugstad. Then Matthias can be part of that. Otherwise, he's Taylor Pyatt Part 2.
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
I would keep Fleischmann over Perron, and I would roll the dice on Read over Ladd. I really like Read's upside. Ladd you know will get 55 points or so. Read anywhere from 40 to 70+. The downside doesn't hurt and the upside could pay off.
Your prospects - I'm not as familiar with this year's crop as I'd like to be. I've only just started the Prospects Report research and I have other writers analyzing that part at this point. So I can't give you a real good educated opinion. By May, I'll know these guys like the back of my hand though LOL
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Take Granlund over Galchenyuk, first of all.
Second, your team is solid for the future, so address your weakness - that is a No.6 D and a No.4 G. So yes, take Hamilton 11 to sit on for a year. But in trade talks look at ADDING a proven goalie if you can, not moving one.
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Hey Dobs.... hope im not to late.
gotta question about Ennis. Guy has been rolling lately, do you see this continuing into next year, and what is his upside?. I'm considering keeping him over Stewart. thoughts?
stats same as in Sig with the inclusion of shots. thanks
Hello Dobber im drafting in a 20 team h2h multi cat league G A +/- PIM PPP SHP Blocks SOG HITS (skaters)
keep 7 (1 C 1LW 1RW 1D 1G 2 Extra)
Currently team looks like this keeper wise. (7th rd now) Joe Thornton, Radulov, Seguin, Pietrangelo, Rask, Markstrom (all goalies are bone dry except the odd back up)
Radulov was a end of snake rd pick for me with thornton i pick 20th, i felt their upside that far into the draft could not be passed on.
LW is extremely deep now tho, Perron is probably the best and it drops off even after that. I pick 12 picks from now and figure to keep an extra dman over a LW now, alot of good ones remain and im sure one of these guys will be available for my next double pick. Here is a list could you please kindly rank them for me in terms of keeper aspect/worthiness as a corner stone for my Defence years to come?
Thanks, Josh
Fowler
Enstrom
Elliott
Smith
OEL
Goligoski
Carlson
Streit
Del Zotto
Johnson
Faulk
12 team h2h keep 5 + 1 goalie
*2012-2013 & 2013-2014 Champ
G A PIM +/- hits SOG PPP
c-Tavares, Mackinnon Eichel
rw-Seguin, Tarasenko
d-Josi
g-Schneider
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
haze_tech:
Yes, his value drops. I don't think he sticks on that line, he's already off it pretty often these days. A great question for Angus though, who sees pretty much all of the Vancouver games. I think you did well to move him.
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
The Best Fantasy Hockey Site
15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
The Best Fantasy Hockey Site
15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Hey Dobber,
Thanks for doing this, thoughts on my 16 keepers would be great I can't seem to finalize yet. I have bolded some that I am keeping.
Team 1:
10 Team Keeper, keep 16.
Cat: +/-, PIMs, G, A, Pts, STG (PPG+SHG), GAA, SPct, W
Roto, No Max games, weekly lineups - 12F, 6D, 4G - 6 bench
F: Benn, Bennett, Crosby, Hughes, Keller, Kopitar, Lindolm, Perron, Schmalts, Stephenson, Tavares, Thompson
Bench - Lafreniere, Roslovic, Schenn
D: Chabot, Dahlin, Josi, Hronek, Morrissey, Schenn
Bench - Sandin
G: F. Copley, Gustavsson, Skinner, Sorokin
Bench: Merzlikins, Petersen, Andersen (IR)