Re: Hedman vs. Boychuk - Who do I sign for the 2015-2016 season?
As Boychuk owner, I would take Hedman here.
Yes numbers don't lie, but you have to take a look at how those numbers came about. Just points-wise, his first 25pts (35 total) came in the first 38 games of the season (72 games played) with 13 of his 15ppp in that span, meaning he only scored 10 pts and 2 ppp in the second half. His other stats remained constant throught the year.
I feel if you remove that stretch, Boychuk ends up with something like 25 pts and 8ppp along with his other cats. He is still a great D to own in this format, but Hedman should give you D numbers that a hitting and blocking D can't (Pts, PPP, SOG, ...). I'm pretty sure a blocking and hitting D will be easier to acquire than a guy like Hedman...
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