Re: Fantasy Hockey Mailbag - September 2, 2014
Should I try and trade Malkin in case he flees to Russia?! lol. Do any league have compensations for players leaving for Russia?? Also in my rankings based on your projections, Kunitz, Wheeler, Ladd, Lucic and Staal are the only players who produce more points than Lehtonen. Do I reach for him with an early pick in my keep 5 league or wait until later when other teams start taking goalies? I have the 9th, 12th, 19th, 29th, 32nd for early picks. I was targeting Wheeler at 9 and maybe another forward at 12 before I try for Lehtonen at 19. Should I reach for him earlier seeing as his projected points rank 6th amongst available players?? (Toews, Sharp, Thornton, Voracek, Zetterberg, JVR, H Sedin, and E Kane are all there but project with less points and most will be gone early)
10 Team keeper league
(9F, 4D, 2G, 4 bench, 2 IR)
H2H
Goals-1, Assists-1, PPP-0.5, SHG=1, Hits-0.05, BS-0.05, Shots-0.05, Wins-2, Shutouts-2, Saves 0.01, Defenseman Pts-0.5
Keep 6 (potentially 7 with a vote pending)
2012/2013: 4th in reg season, 2nd in playoffs
2013/2014: 1st (t) reg season, 4th in playoffs
2014/2015: 1st reg season, 4th in playoffs
2015/2016 7th reg season (third highest PF)
Crosby, Malkin, Laine, Getzlaf, Radulov, Arvidsson, Rantanen, Bailey, W. Karlsson, Ducehene,Haula,
Klingberg, Suter, Trouba, Ekblad, Provorov
Holtby, Talbot, Varlamov