In a situation like this you have to take the top 2 F. I understand that many feel Jones will turn into a stud (I believe this as well) but from a fantasy perspective I avoid top rated Dman for the following reasons:
1. Hard to predict fantasy production (are you going to get a Bouwmeester/E. Johnson or a Karlsson)
2. Dman take longer to provide fantasy value to teams (ie. Hedman)
3. F typically hold more trade value
The 3rd point is the most important. If you land Drouin+Mac and your team is already studded at F this gives you options to explore via trade. A highly touted F prospect like the two aforementioned will net you a better Dman via trade than Seth Jones. Maybe you can land a Weber type Dman?
I don't think people are discounting Jones its just you have better options to explore if you take the two F.
10-team Auction League, $160 team salary, weekly H2H, start: 6F, 4D, 1G and 5 Bench
Scoring structure: (F : 1pt G / 1pt A / 0.15pts SOG / 0.15pts Hits / 0.15pts BlkS), (G : 5 pts W / 3 pts SO / 0.01 pts Saves)
Forwards : Ovechkin ($43), Kessel ($20), Benn ($7), Spezza ($13), Brown ($7), Marchand ($13), Landeskog ($3), Elias ($1), Plekanec ($1),
Defenses : Letang ($26), Visnovsky ($1), Bieksa ($1), Faulk ($2) Ehrhoff ($2)
Goalies : Holtby ($7), Nabokov ($2)
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