So my defense sucks. A lot.
First year of a limited (keep 6 to start) keeper. Stats and team in Sig. Once IR spots open up for Souray and Clutterbuck, I will have two roster spots open to grab a couple D.
After OEL, Wiz and Goligoski, my D is dreadful. Sitting on Kulikov, Faulk and Dillon.
Here's the WW:
Greene
Stralman
Oleksy
Emelin
Kindl
Corvo
Gunnarson
Spurgeon
Hjalmarsson
Larsson
E Johnson
Truba
Petry
Gudas
Vatanen
I'm looking at grabbing Truba and Kindl. I know Dobber has been high (and mighty?) on Vatanen. Thoughts?
11 Team Keeper - Yahoo Pts Only
G 4 - A 3 - +/- .5 - HIT .2 - SOG .2 - PIM .2 - BLK.2
W 5 - L -3 - GA -.5 - SV .2 - SO 5
C: Crosby, Seguin, Koivu, Dubinsky
LW: Neal, Benn, Pacioretty, Dupuis
RW: Eberle, Franzen, Vrbata, Atkinson
D: OEL, Goligoski, Wisniewsky, Dillon, Faulk, Kulikov, Souray
G: Backstrom, Lehtonen, Price, Khubodin
Util: Grabo, Tlusty, Ruutu
BN: Killorn, Clutterbuck, Bouchard, Schwartz
Ouch - you sure weren't sugar coating things.
The names that jumped out are Spurgeon for his offense and Emelin for his multi-cat contributions. But neither one is likely going to win you the league singlehandedly. Larsson also could surprise, as could Petry. But none on the list is head and shoulders above the rest, IMHO.
You're underrating Faulk here, he's at least as valuable as Goligoski.
Since you are looking at this year (with such limited keepers) I think your best options are Vatanen and Larsson. Trouba has a shot to make the team but IMO won't make a lot of noise this year. Vatanen is a boom/bust but should get ample opportunity especially on the PP, and I like Larsson to take a step forward this year.
12 Team Dynasty, H2H (points)
Dress 2C, 4W, 1F, 4D, 1G (Daily)
G (3), A (2), STP (1), SHOG (1), +/- (0.5), SOG (0.2), Hits (0.2), Blk (0.2), FOW (0.1); W (5), SO (2), Sv (0.2), GA (-1)
C - Draisaitl (W), Hughes, Larkin, Trochek
W - T.Thompson (C), Pastrnak, Reinhart, Batherson, Nichushkin, Duchene (C), Zuccarello
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Bouchard, Faber, Werenski, Skjei
G - Jarry, Gustavsson, Montembault
Fm - Bordeleau, Barlow, Lucius, G.Perreault, Luneau, Perunovich, Nikishin
If this is Justin Faulk of Carolina, I'd consider him a very good keeper D with your scoring categories, not even close to dreadful.
Gudas is interesting as you count hits and PIM and he's not going to be a goose egger on points either.
10 Team Yahoo Roto
Keep 3F, 1D, 1G (to max 2 years unless franchise keeper)
3C,3LW,3RW,4D,2G,2BN,2IR Roto-play 85games/position
Player: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, HIT, BS SOG, FW
Goalie: W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
C: (F1) Tavares, Stastny, Carter
LW: 1-Hall, Pacioretty, B.Schenn
RW: Mackinnon, Nyquist, Hornqvist
D: 1-Carlson, Josi, Faulk, Franson
G: Andersen, Mason
BN: Jones, Niemi
#- denotes number of years I have kept a player. 2 = I need to trade him this year, (F1) = Franchise Keeper, up to 4 years.
I'd only consider EJ or Larsson out of that group for producing decently this year. Larsson seems like a smart choice because only Zidlicky is ahead of him on the depth chart, but....
EJ will get all the chances this year because COL's defence is trash, and Roy likes him. EJ will surpass expectations this year (not hard to do, considering...) but if you look at who was injured/held out last year, compared to this year, it bodes well for a bounce back. Downie and Landeskog are healthy. Mackinnon adds some depth, and O'Reilly isn't holding out.
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