Reply With Quotelol nice thread.
Filatov is definately one that comes to mind. I was so high on him. Zherdev too, wow!
A player that I'm currently massively high on is Andrei Vasilevski. I think he's the best goaltending prospect since Carey Price.
I drafted him in one pool when he was 16 and just dropped him at the end of this year. He makes me cry. I still goggle him occasionally.Originally Posted by Dakkster
Oh, man, I had repressed FilatovI think I held on to him for four years.
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lol nice thread.
Filatov is definately one that comes to mind. I was so high on him. Zherdev too, wow!
A player that I'm currently massively high on is Andrei Vasilevski. I think he's the best goaltending prospect since Carey Price.
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Gustav Nyquist is a bit of a proud accomplishment for me. A player I feel like I "discovered" before anyone was talking about him and he's developing into a true fantasy asset.
Other names that come to mind over the years, for various reasons...some big hits, some big misses lmao...
Derek Stepan
David Backes
Matt Martin
Wayne Simmonds
Jonathan Quick
James Reimer
Sergei Bobrovsky
Ben Bishop
Cody Eakin
Joacim Eriksson
Erik Haula
Dmitry Kugryshev (no idea why I was so high on him but he was virtually untouchable!)
Josh Hennessy
Niclas Bergfors
Martin Hanzal (Thought he was the next Forsberg for some reason)
Vladimir Mihalik
Brett Sonne
Right now I'd say the biggest one is Vladimir Tarasenko. He's the one guy I've had absolutely zero success rate in all of my leagues in acquiring.
I've had multiple offers on Brendan Smith, Ryan Ellis and Stefan Elliott, which I considered 'hands-off'. Once considered future offensive d-men 'stars', I hope they will turn it around.
And I traded to get Pulkkinen two years ago...will he ever be the legit NHL goal scorer I hoped he become?
And I used my mid 1st rounder (somewhat off the board pick according to fellow GMs) of last year to get Collberg as I have/had high hopes on him.
NHL Dynasty #1 (24-team - H2H Rotisserie - 4xC,4xLW,4xRW,6xD,1xG)
Stats: G, A, Ft, SOG, STP, Hit, Blk, Tk, FOW, W, SV, SHO
NFL Dynasty #1 (12-team - H2H Rotisserie - 2xQB,2xRB,4xWR,2xTE,2xK,3xDE,3xDT,4xLB,3xCB,3xS)
Stats: PaY, PaT, RcY, RcT, RuY, RcT, RtY, RtT, FF, Int, Sk, TkA, TkS, PD, XP, FG, FGYd, KPt
NHL Dynasty #2 (12-team - H2H Points - 18xF (top 12 count), 9xD (top 6 count), 2xG (top 1 count))
Stats: G (1), A (1), W (2), SHO (3)
NFL Dynasty #2 (6-team - H2H Points - 5xQB (top 3 count), 5xRB (top 3 count), 9xWR (top 6 count), 5xTE (top 3 count))
Stats: PaT (4), PaY (1/25), Rc (1), RcT (6), RcY (1/10), RuT (6), RuY (1/10), FL (-1), Int (-2)
Take it from a Mooseheads fan who has seen Abeltshauser play for a few years now, you are going to be sadly disappointed if you are looking for big things from him in the hits/BS department.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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That's why he's my irrational prospect crush haha... thanks for the insight. A man can dream!
Ick...backsliding on one of my first. Just added Brule in a fairly deep salary league.
I've had a crush on Rattie & Etem.
I've had a crush on J Schultz but it's no longer a crush and more "true love" since I'm keeping him.
I still have Rattie and Etem stashed on the farm although I'l be losing Etem this year because he's played more than 35 NHL games. I'll hold on to Rattie for a bit longer until he crushes me.
I took Grimaldi high too. Probably because Corey Pronman spoke so highly of him for years.
Recently, I'm high on Elias Lindholm.....we'll see how that works out.
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12 Team - H2H Keeper League - 25 Players - 13 Keepers
(G, A, P, +/-, Hits, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, SV%)
Keepers
C: Tavares, Benn,
LW: Galchenyuk, Landeskog, .
RW: Pominville, Little, Oshie, Yakupov
D: Subban, Vatanen, Fowler
G: Price, Bishop
LOL! No problem. He's a big kid but soft. He is tall and lanky and really needs to bulk up some. I know Ducharme tried to get him to play more physical during this past season but it was just something he wasn't comfortable with doing and you could see that in his game.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Stefan Elliott!! That being said, I traded him because I'll trade just about anybody not named Crosby.
Spent my first 5 or 6 years of keeper pools chasing every Leafs prospect under the sun only to end up with a drop list featuring such studly prospects as Robbie Earle and Jeremy Williams!!
Filatov is a good one for sure! I was pretty excited when he was coming to Ottawa, didn't last long.
I liked Kuznetsov too. I think because he's the touted prospect who hasn't come over yet. Like the girl who plays hard to get! HA. So he's been sitting in my keeper team for sometime as a prospect! Also, because he's older now, there's that slim hope he just walks in as super star!
16 Team H2H League (Keep 6)
3C - 3LW - 3RW - 6D - 2G
2013 1st place, 2014 1st place, 2015 1st place
G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, HIT, BLK GS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
C= Stall, Marchessault, Hayes, Suzuki
LW= Svechnikov, Goodrow, DeBrusk,
RW= P.Kane, Kucherov, Fiala, Johnson
D= Rielly, Borowieki, Fowler, Hagg, Murphy
G= Demko, Samsonov, Jarry, Allen, Shesterkin, Talbot
A guy that I would not move because of a ''crush'' and that turned out very good was Jonas Hiller. I had drafted him as a free agent back in 2007-08 when he was called up in Anaheim. Giguere's owner at that time wanted him desperately for a handcuff... I think he had offered me crap at first but when he saw I would not budge, he had put up a very good package for a little-to-not known backup and I had stood my ground...
However, a ''crush'' that I should not have held on to was Frolik... What a loss; fantasy-wise!
Raanta is my current squeeze
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Cooley, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay
Ewwww, Leafs prospects (and if I can add, Habs prospects as well!!!)... I've been bit too many times by lady luck with some of them. Put your money on those that get traded prior to playing with the buds!
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Cooley, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay
Toffoli and Trouba for me right now.
Before that Justin Faulk.
Before that Blake Wheeler.
Before that Voracek and Ennis.
Funnily enough I traded Voracek, Ennis and Faulk very shortly after drafting them but it gained me a couple of titles so whatever. I'm always really big on players who show high energy, no quit motors and who couple that with quick puck decisions and driving the net.
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
For me it's Zach Bogosian. He's established himself as a solid NHLer but is still a fantasy prospect in that he's never really lived up to his promise. I can't get past it yet either.
I like to think of my dealings and management style as almost entirely dispassionate, but Bogosian seems to be the exception.
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