Taking Your Fantasy Hockey Questions - November 26

[Dobber]

Well, the site crashed big time yesterday (I'll explain in another post). To liven things up once again, I am at your disposal - ask me your fantasy hockey question here!

[Bronz]

How would you project Justin Schultz going forward? Which dman would be better then him in a points only fantasy setting?

How would you project Nikita Kucherov going forward? Believe the hype? Is he earmarked eventually to flank Stamkos along with Drouin?

If you had to pick any 2 of these goalies going forward and project an elite starting goaltender - who would you pick? How would you rank the rest?

Markstrom
Mrazek
J. Campbell
Hackett
Lehnar


Thanks for taking the questions!

[Old_Smokie]

Dobbs asked a question yesterday you didn't get to. Looking at possibly shipping out Varly/ Brendan Smith for Schultz/Dubnyk. I'm not sure if I should be spooked here given the charges. Can I afford to make this move and ride out Rask or do I have to cancel ?

[Herman Bloom]

If my Perron + Zidlicky for better D works out (thanks btw). Does the following look like an enticing deal at all for my opponent?:

My Koivu and Hertl for one of his Fleury/Howard/Niemi? He's not great on LW, with Lopul, Semin, Tlusty, Vermette, Dupuis and Elias. Though he clearly has a heck of a lot of players who can play there.

I'm actually on a roll with my team currently (last three weeks won by 7 points or more) but am aware of your comments re my G and D

[GretzkysMullet]

Burns for Parenteau/Kreider/J Morrow

Rebuilding team in a dynasty with a farm system. H2H multicat fantasy points. Burns is not D eligible in this league.

Is this a no brainer? I would have to drop two of Weiss, Brunner, Bozak, Pysyk or Moore to make room.

[Dobber]

Originally posted by Bronz View Post
How would you project Justin Schultz going forward? Which dman would be better then him in a points only fantasy setting?

How would you project Nikita Kucherov going forward? Believe the hype? Is he earmarked eventually to flank Stamkos along with Drouin?

If you had to pick any 2 of these goalies going forward and project an elite starting goaltender - who would you pick? How would you rank the rest?

Markstrom
Mrazek
J. Campbell
Hackett
Lehnar


Thanks for taking the questions!

I consider Schultz a future 55-point guy, perhaps 65 if the Oilers ever get it going. I'm not concerned about sophomore performance

Kucherov - believe the hype? I started the hype! LOL. I think he'll do everything Radulov did (but hopefully not go to the KHL for it). I think he'll be second line in a couple of years, but an awesome second line, you won't consider it second line.

Lehner first, then Markstrom. I like Campbell, Mrazek and Hackett in that order

[Dobber]

Originally posted by Old_Smokie View Post
Dobbs asked a question yesterday you didn't get to. Looking at possibly shipping out Varly/ Brendan Smith for Schultz/Dubnyk. I'm not sure if I should be spooked here given the charges. Can I afford to make this move and ride out Rask or do I have to cancel ?

Sorry, could have sworn I answered every question. In a multi-cat league I think Smith will be gold in a year or two. And I think Varlamov is the safer goalie own. Hold tight

[Rodgort]

Tlusty. What to do with him? I can possibly trade him for scraps in a points only keeper league (I also managed to trade McBain and a 2nd for Atkinson from a desperate owner with lots of his players reaching their rookie max). And in my other keeper league (Noted in Sig - not fully updated though) I am holding on to him because... there is nothing better on the waiver wire for LW. What should I do with him? Hold on? attempt to ship him out? or just drop him and attempt to replace him, I doubt he'll end up being one of my 13 keepers

[Bronz]

Thanks for answering my previous question - I am an expansion team in a long running limited keeper league looking to build for the long run. These are forwards I have/could possibly acquire over the course of the next year.

Points Only - how would you rank the following 3-5 years from now:

Nikita Kucherov
Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Drouin
Nail Yakupov
Ryan Nugent Hopkins
Mikael Granlund
Gabriel Landeskog
Ryan Strome
Jonathan Huberdeau
Ryan Johansen
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Mika Zibanejad
Elias Lindholm
Matt Duchene
Sean Monahan
Nathan Mackinnon
Taylor Hall
Tomas Hertl

[pahlsson26]

You missed my post yesterday as well. A lot of questions, but I'd be glad to get even a couple answers .

How would you rank these players in a dynasty league with hits and blocks: Nyquist, Toffoli, Coyle, B.Connolly ?
Given that Nyquist is staying in the NHL for good, how good should he be in 3 years points-wise? What's your projection?
Hossa is 34 now, how many good years does he still have in the tank?
Is E.Kane eventually going to explode offensively or will he get just slightly better? Or will he end up being a 50-60 point guy like he is now?
Do you think Lehner will become Senators starter this year or next season?

[Dobber]

Originally posted by Herman Bloom View Post
If my Perron + Zidlicky for better D works out (thanks btw). Does the following look like an enticing deal at all for my opponent?:

My Koivu and Hertl for one of his Fleury/Howard/Niemi? He's not great on LW, with Lopul, Semin, Tlusty, Vermette, Dupuis and Elias. Though he clearly has a heck of a lot of players who can play there.

I'm actually on a roll with my team currently (last three weeks won by 7 points or more) but am aware of your comments re my G and D

If you can secure a goalie like that for the price you say, then I would do that. You need your goaltending to be more secure and reliable. And see what you can get added to the deal at forward.

[Dobber]

Originally posted by GretzkysMullet View Post
Burns for Parenteau/Kreider/J Morrow

Rebuilding team in a dynasty with a farm system. H2H multicat fantasy points. Burns is not D eligible in this league.

Is this a no brainer? I would have to drop two of Weiss, Brunner, Bozak, Pysyk or Moore to make room.

Drop Moore and Morrow and do that deal. That's a huge win. Yes, I said drop Morrow who you're getting in the deal. I'd drop him before I drop any of the guys you listed.

[blayze]

League format is in sig - it's points-only scoring and we split the prize down the middle between best overall H2H record (no playoffs - so a late season return doesn't help much) and overall total points.

I was one of the many Stamkos owners who got screwed (fantasy wise) by his injury. Given the rest of my line-up (and the fact that I've got Spezza and Loops who are both made of glass)... is the season a write off for me? I was in first before the injury and now I've plummeted to middle of the pack in the last 2 weeks (mostly due to the Leafs offensive struggles).

Give it to me straight haha.

[ericdaoust]

League categories in sig...

I can keep two of the following on my pro roster for the time being:

Peter Holland (healthy scratch recently)
Rich Clune (occasional healthy scratch, automatic for PIM/hits)
J.T. Brown
Mark Scheifele (disappointing so far)
Gabriel Bourque (disappointing so far, hot of late)

We have a limit on call-ups and demotions so I would rather put the guys who should contribute more immediately on pro and keep the rest on my farm roster as injury replacements. Who would you keep up on the main roster?

[GretzkysMullet]

Originally posted by Dobber View Post

Drop Moore and Morrow and do that deal. That's a huge win. Yes, I said drop Morrow who you're getting in the deal. I'd drop him before I drop any of the guys you listed.

Thanks very much for the response

The thing is Morrow is farm eligible, and those other guys aren't. I'll have a spot on my farm when I call up Nyquist (who has to come up regardless in 7 games) but I'll be tight on my main roster. So basically I have to drop two of those guys anyway if I make the deal. Who would be your second drop? Also, do you prefer Josh Morrissey to Morrow? I could get him instead.