Theodore is maybe the closest to the show.
I have a feeling that Anaheim is going to trade one of their D-Man for a forward and give a spot to Theodore.
Prospect draft coming up this weekend and I will very likely have a shot at one of these three young d-men, who are the only "top 215 prospects" available in our pool. Clearly Dobber ranks Deangelo the highest in terms of offensive upside but I also want to weigh in the following factors:
- how soon they make the nhl (I would like the pick to be active in my lineup next year due to a forecasted cap crunch)
- peripheral stats: hits, blocks, PIMS, SOG
Theodore is awfully tempting based on what he has done so far in his call-up, which suggests he will make the team full time next year. I hear Pulock is close too but Deangelo is an unknown to me. Based on my criteria who would you choose?
Theodore is maybe the closest to the show.
I have a feeling that Anaheim is going to trade one of their D-Man for a forward and give a spot to Theodore.
Keeper's league, points only, 24 teams league Skaters: 1 pt for goal and 1 pt for assist, Goalie, 2 pts for win, + 2 pts for SO
Agree that Theodore is the closest and by no means is he a slouch in the attacking zone, but DeA's offensive potential is hard to ignore.
But given you want someone ready next year, go with Theodore.
Bottleneckers (12/16 in 2022)
16 team, points only. G: 2-W, 4-SO.
Top 9F, 4D & 1G . Keep 15, Max 23
F: J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Tavares, Lafreniere, Cozens, Newhook, Teravainen, Domi, R. Strome, Laine, Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Perfetti
D: Bouchard, McAvoy, Morrissey, Heiskanen
G: Vasilevskiy
Talent
DeAngelo
Theodore
Pulock
Arrival
Theodore - this season
Pulock - 100% next season
DeAngelo - 50/50 next season
DeAngelo is a shot machine and will take more PIM's than the other two. Like Bottlenecker said, its tough to ignore his upside, if you need a player now/next season - Theodore is the safe pick. If you can wait an additional year DeAngelo should be ready.(unless he gets Yzermaned! )
WHL (24-Team Daily H2H)
Weighted Scoring: G(1),A(1),PPP(0.5),+/-(0.25), SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK(all 0.05), FOW-C(0.01)
Braham Pietasters
C(3): Barkov, Seguin, N.Schmaltz
LW(3): Gaudreau, Pacioretty, Hinostroza
RW(3): Radulov, Mantha, Dadonov
F(3): Bailey, Thornton, Vanek
D(6): Josi, Jones, Krug, Leddy, Ellis, Miller
G(1): Bishop (Sparks)
Bench: T. Wilson (RW), Boyle (C), Pirri (C), Boyd (C)
Farm: Myers (D), Husso (G), Soderstrom (G), Petersen (G), Anderson-Dolan (C), Pilut (D), Capobianco (D), Aho (D)
I'd go...
1. Theodore (Safest bet by far and big upside).
2. DeAngelo (The riskiest but best upside).
3. Pulock (I'm losing faith in Isles prospects).
8-GM / WK-H2H
Forwards: G=2, A=1, PP/SH= +1, GWG= +2, Shootout G=1, HT= +1
D-Men/Captain: G=3/A=2
Goalies: W=3, OTL=1, SO= +2, SV= .10
Start = 13F, 6D, 2G / Keep 44 (3G)
Captain: Matthews
(F): MacKinnon, Pasta, Marner, Rantanen, Malkin, Barkov, M.Tkachuk, W.Nylander, Pettersson, Gaudreau, Laine, Keller, Miller, B.Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, L.Raymond, K.Johnson, Cozens, Quinn, Guenther, Kulich, Cooley
(D): Makar, Dahlin, Q.Hughes, Ekblad, Rielly, Werenski, Letang, Jones, Chychrun, Seider, Edvinsson, Jiricek, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Ceulemans, Hutson
(G): Shesterkin, Demko, Vejmelka
Agree with what's been said already.
1. Theodore
2. Deangelo
3. Pulock
Deangelo has the highest upside but the wait is longer and there's no guarantees he'll reach it.
12 tm pts only dynasty
F (count 12): Bedard, Boldy, Beniers, Cooley, Michkov, Norris, Landeskog, Rossi, Reichel, Pelletier, Tomasino, Foerster, Bordeleau, Lysell, Wahlstrom, Bourque, Stankoven, Nazar, Othmann, Ostlund, O.Moore
D (count 6): McAvoy, Kylington, Byram, Boqvist, Perunovich, Lundkvist, L.Hughes, Zellweger, Morrow
G (count 2): Askarov, Wallstedt, Wolf, Kochetkov, Levi
3 round draft and 1 waiver per team per year
I agree that DeAngelo has the bigger upside, but I'm always wary of small-ish defencemen with big offensive tools and raw defensive abilities. That isn't to say that he can't become great one day, but generally I don't trust NHL coaches on contending teams to allow their small, young defencemen to grow into the position like DeAngelo would have to.
Being slightly risk-averse in this area, I'd take Theodore under pretty much any circumstance except a complete, no-holds-barred rebuild.
16 team league, keep 12 plus *4 1st/2nd year players (16 total)
Points Only (w/ NHL salaries), start 8F/4D/1G
Note: Defencemen receive 1 point per 45 mins of ice time (1-2 points per week, ~30-35 pts per season).
Forwards:
L. Couture, F. Forsberg, T. Teravainen, O. Palat, C. Kreider, K. Hayes, *J. Guentzel, R. Rakell, *K. Labanc, B. Point, *C. Fischer
Defense:
*S. Theodore, S. Gostisbehere, *M. Matheson, J. Trouba
Goalie:
M. Murray