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Final D-Men Keeper - last cut help please!
Hi there,
Keeper league - 16 teams, 38 player roster, keep 31.
G,A,Pts,PIM,+/-, PPP, SHP count for skaters (yes, points weigh in a lot).
I challenge for the championship every year.
I picked up a few up and coming dmen this year in the hopes that i could solidify my D. As you'll see, i have a lot of underperformers. Not sure who to keep or dump moving forwards.
Pretty Sure i should keep
Brent Burns
Kevin Bieksa
Dan Hamhuis
Erik Johnson
Alex Goligoski
Niklas Kronwall
Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Ellis
Considering Dumping
Sergei Gonchar
Jeff Petry
Nikita Nikitin
Jason Demers
Leaning towards dumping Demers as Petry and Nikitin seem to have more upside, though im not sure with JJ in Columbus now, and Petry only had 40 decent games. Is dumping Demers on the down a mistake? Because i challenge for the championship every year, i think keeping Gonchar is a must, as he can still be a decent producer in a PTS heavy league. Is there someone else i should consider getting rid of?
At the start of the year, i thought i had a really solid D. They really underperformed all year. Is there some guys i should look at moving while they still have value, or just wait the next year out to see where im at?
Thoughts???
How many of that last group of 4 do you plan on keeping?
Only need to dump one. Thanks
I would think about dumping Hamhuis actually - have to balance his potential +/- off against points I guess.
Last year i would have too. But if he can maintain 35-40 pts with a +25 and above, he's gold for my team. I have such +/- stalwarts like Rick Nash and Eric Staal to cover up for after all. Do you think this year was an abberation?Originally Posted by Shoeless
i'd drop Demers, the others all have better potential and/or better situations
Demers for me!
8 teams. . Full keeper. 20 active 8 bench+ prospects
Pts only. Win=3,SO=3
Sedin Vanek Coutoure
Pavekski kesler spezza
BRichards Gallagher Dupuis
Skinner Desharnais Pacioretty
Chara Edler
OEL Boyle
Hedman Markov
Ward,Quick
Atkinson,turris,Versteeg,Huberdeau,Schwartz,rEllis ,kipper,Elliot
Backlund, granlund,Grigs,Loktionov, Stalock, schenn,coyle,Gardener,saad,Pulkinnen,Lehner,Jmorro ,
Demers seems the choice to me as well. Stands out as the weak link.
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
I know this might surprise some people, but I'd cut Demers over all of those guys. Demers isn't anything special, second pairing dman at the most.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Yea, Demers is the guy who I would drop here. I think Nikitin, Petry and Gonchar might be better options then some of the guys you listed on your "Pretty sure I should keep" list, mainly E Johnson and Dan Hamhuis.
Fantrax - Salary cap dynasty - cap hit - H2H each category
Start: 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2UTIL, 2G, 6 Bench, 4IR
Cats: G, A, +/-, PIM, STG, STA, SOG, FOW, GWG, Hits, BLK, W, GAA, Saves, SV%, SO
C: Getzlaf, Turris, Eakin, ____
LW: Kunitz, MacArthur, Pacioretty, ____
RW: Little (C), Tarasenko, Eriksson (LW)
D: Pietrangelo, JJ, Streit, Brodie, Benn, ____
G: Lundqvist, Bishop, Holtby
Farm: Grigorenko, H Lindholm, Faksa, Collberg, Grimaldi, Lee, K Hayes, G Carey, Schmaltz
G: Grubauer, Gudlevskis
I rarely see consensus here on the boards, so i'll take it as a sign. Demers it is!
Thanks everyone - really appreciate your input.
Hamhuis for sure - he's just a placeholder until one of many other dmen take a step forward. Im not sure why the lack of love for E. Johnson on the boards though. His silly golf cart accident set him back roughly 2 years in development. He may never reach that dominant top pairing dman status, but as many people say, opportunity is as important as skill. He has an abundance of both. I think he's a buy low, and completely worth hanging onto for the next couple years to see if he can put it together. Colorado is on the uptick - as long as Elliott and Barrie don't steal all the PP time, i think EJ will end up being a reliable 40pt-50pt defender.
Your thoughts on him?
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