Fantasy Mailbag - July Weekend Edition!

[hockeyguru_87]

Just traded Semin for Schwartz, Stefan Elliott, nyquist and a top 15 pick in next years prospect draft. Kinda hurts for next year, but what kinda projections you have for those 3 over the next couple years? Basically how long do you think I gotta wait until one or a combo of those players, equals semins fantasy value? Right now all those players can sit on my prospect roster until they are 25 (unless I take them off to play them) without wasting bench space. Someone like grabovski is gonna come off my bench to fill semins spot unless i make a trade.

[angus]

Bryz, Price, Rask, Rinne, Ward or Schneider for next year (assuming Luongo leaves Vancouver)?

I'd go with Rinne.

[angus]

Thanks for doing this!

I have 3 aging stars and only 1 spot on my keeper roster. Who would you hold on to, and who would you let go between Thornton, Zetterberg and St. Louis. Points only partial keeper league.

Thanks in advance!

JB - Vancouver

MSL - He's the best of the three

[angus]

Hi Angus,

I have Shea Weber in several cap dynasty leagues. Ouch!

The categories are Goals, Assists, Points, Penalty Minutes, Plus/Minus, and Game Winning Goals.

The philly offer has definitely hurt his value in a salary cap league, but how much?


Which young d-men (preferably) or more proven players would be fair payment for Shea Weber in a salary cap dynasty league?

For what it's worth, I wouldn't be adverse to waiting a few years for a player to develop.

Thank you.

hard to say without knowing the ins and outs of your league in terms of trade value.... but does your league count CAP or SALARY?

Weber's CAP is only a few 100k more than last season.

[angus]

Projections for Dougie Hamilton+Brendan Dillon

Hamilton - 40-50 point two-way top pairing guy. For next year, sheltered rookie.

Dillon - sounds like he may get a crack at a top four role. Big, great skater, offense is a bit of an unknown since his development has been so rapid. Should be a 5-8 goal guy and 25-35 pt guy in a few years

[angus]

Thanks for this Jeff!

Rank these centers for points next season, highest to lowest ... Malkin, Crosby, Stamkos, Giroux

Rank these right wingers for points next season, highest to lowest.... Kovalchuk, Kessel, Neal, Eberle, Perry

Rank these dmen for points next season highest to lowest ... Karlsson, Letang, Weber, Pietrangelo, Big Buff

87, 71, 91, 28

17, Perry, Neal, Kessel, Eberle

Karlsson, AP, Buf, Letang, Weber

[angus]

I can acquire 2 of Niederreiter, Johansen (CLB ), Moulson, Kronwall, Phaneuf. I need a D, and have room for a forward, could wait a few years for a prospect to develop. Which 2 do you like most ?

Moulson and Johansen, provided you can get a D elsewhere. If you can't, i'd go with Kronwall and Moulson

[angus]

Hey Jeff! Thanks for doing this!
How would you rank these players long term?
Ryan Johansen
Marcus Johansson
Nino Niederreiter
Michael Frolik
Kyle Okposo
Mikkael Boedker

Johansen, Okposo, Boedker, NN, Johansson, Frolik

[angus]

I am in a 10 team roto *
keeper league (keep 4). Towards the end of the year I was able to *
acquire both OV and Nash and Price in separate trades without having *
to give up Malkin or Getzlaf. I did loose a 4th round pick in the *
Nash/Price deal. My problem is, who do I keep for this season. *
Categories are: G, A, + -, PIM, SOG, PPP, SHP, Hits, W, GAA, SV%.

My team: C - Malkin, Getzlaf, Ott (lw) *LW - Ovechkin, Nash (rw), **
Clowe **RW - Jagr, Wheeler, Cole **D - Green, Wideman, Garrison, *
Robidais, Giordano **G - Bryzgalov, Price, Halak

My first thoughts are to go with Malkin, Getzlaf, Ovechkin and Nash. *
Pick up a goalie in the 1st or 2nd round, depending on how the draft *
shakes out. But the 2 teams that finished 1st and 2nd had the best *
goaltending in the league. I finished 3rd. If I were to keep a goalie *
I think it would have to either both Bryz and Price or just one of *
them and not Halak. The timeshare with Elliot bothers me, but they do *
play for Hitch and his goalies always have good GAA and SV%.

Keep Ovy, Malkin, Price.

[angus]

Just traded Semin for Schwartz, Stefan Elliott, nyquist and a top 15 pick in next years prospect draft. Kinda hurts for next year, but what kinda projections you have for those 3 over the next couple years? Basically how long do you think I gotta wait until one or a combo of those players, equals semins fantasy value? Right now all those players can sit on my prospect roster until they are 25 (unless I take them off to play them) without wasting bench space. Someone like grabovski is gonna come off my bench to fill semins spot unless i make a trade.

i'll have this up on the main page

[Nehithaw]

hard to say without knowing the ins and outs of your league in terms of trade value.... but does your league count CAP or SALARY?

Weber's CAP is only a few 100k more than last season.

We go by annual salary. 132% above the real NHL cap each given season.

So, his salary will be 14,000,000 for 4 years, then 12,000,000 for 2 years after that.

[onthebeach96]

87, 71, 91, 28

17, Perry, Neal, Kessel, Eberle

Karlsson, AP, Buf, Letang, Weber

Interesting analysis Jeff, thanks!

I'm a bit surprised you are so bullish on Kovalchuk. Kessel ahead of Eberle surprises me. AP ahead of those other big dmen is a good call I think! Sorry I forgot to add in Doughty there too, would you put him ahead of AP?

I like your ordering of those centers, that's bang on with what I think too!

I hope you do a full set of projected numbers this year for the top players in the league, I like that your projections are often different than Dobbers!

[tml4everpz]

10 team H2H keeper league with G,A,+/-,PPP,SHP,SOG,HIT,W,GAA,SV%,SO as stats, and need to keep 5 guys. Thinking of going with Stamkos, Tavares, Price, and Karlsson but unsure of who to keep 5th. Here is my team with # of starters in brackets:

C (3)- Stamkos, Tavares
LW (2)- Nash, E.Kane,
RW (2)- Eberle, Backes, Callahan, Hemsky, Radulov
F (1)- Kopitar
W (1)- Benn
D (4)- Karlsson, Pietrangelo, Byfuglien,
G (2)- Price, Halak, Elliott, Hiller

Also do not have my first 4 rounds of picks so unlikely to get many of the guys back.

If you could help me figure out which 5 to keep that would be great!

Thanks for doing this!

[JMM]

TGIF... am I right?

Fire away with your questions! A few lucky ones will make it on to the main page.

Hey Angus were would you rank Sven Bartschi on your Top 50 Prospects List if he was eligible ? Thanks JMM

[yougo]

2nd team in SIG.

What would be you 17 keeper?
Any glaring weakness at first sight?

My locks are :

Sedin,Thornton,Kopi,Vanek,Benn,Moulson,Iginla.Shar p.Hossa,Weber,Yandle,Price,Kipper,Brodeur.
That makes 14 keeper (Subban is farm eligible).

Toss up between : Ribeiro,Tanguay,Ehrhoff,Liles,Hemsky,Horton.