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    Boedker vs. Kadri rest of the season multi-cat league?
    Depends on the deadline destinations and what kind of multi-cat league.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mater View Post
    Time frame on Drouin becoming productive? Would he be in my 16 keepers?
    No crystal ball as to whether or not he gets traded in the next couple of days. Could be next week but more likely next season.

    He could definitely fit into your keepers though you could go with some other options instead. The best move might be to move him at your deadline in an effort to upgrade those keepers.
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    Here's an ethereal one.

    Which NHL player sees their fantasy situation improved by the end of the Deadline? For purposes of argument, let's allow both ROS and long-term perspectives into it.

    My early money's on Ladd (lined up to be on a powerhouse 1st line, which should confirm a significant UFA contract) but are there others? Drouin? Reimer? Shattenkirk (if rumours are true)?
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    C : Colton Kuznetsov Frost WKarlsson ---MBourque Rossi MSavoie Fantilli Carlsson
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougiegilmour View Post
    Currently 1st by 8 pts in 14 team 6 keeper Yahoo weekly H2H $150 buy in - regular season winner gets 30% of pot ..managed to do this with Price on IR and Niemi, Ramo and Neuvirth LOL - just traded Price for Lundqvist straight up for playoffs last week

    Stats are G, A, +/-, PPP, Short handed G, GWG, Faceoff W, Hits, Blocks - NO SOG or PIM or TOI

    Team:

    C - Bergeron, Little (O), Larkin
    LW - Benn, Patches, Ladd, Perron
    RW - Wheeler, Simmonds,
    D - Letang, Brodie, Sammy Vats, Erik J
    G - Niemi, Lundqvist

    Still have all my picks for next year and looking to make some moves and use my next years picks.. what would you recommend on who to target?

    E.g. Niemi and what pick for what G?
    E.g. What pick would you give for Backstrom if offering Larkin?
    E.g. What would you offer for Barkov?
    E.g. Who do you like for an upgrade?

    Would appreciate your thoughts you're doing great things thanks.
    These questions are all highly specific to your league. I don't know which goalies are on contenders and which are on pretenders. That's going to determine who you chase with Niemi. Your number one target should be the team that owns Lehtonen to see if he wants the tandem.

    In a Backstrom for Larkin swap I would go as high as your 2nd round pick, which would be outside the top 100 players. Going off the Yahoo! draft board, picks outside the top 100 this season were Okposo, Nyquist, Faulk, Allen, Carter, Schwartz, Hamilton, Monahan. Good players to be sure but you've got a shot at the title and Backstrom is a nice upgrade for you, especially as he'd crack your keepers. Ask to get a pick back somewhere later in the draft.

    You could offer Larkin for Barkov straight up. Alternate option is offering Pacioretty and perhaps a pick upgrade.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scdakotart2000 View Post
    Trade offer http://received.One year league. G/A/P/PIM/PPP and W/GAA/S% My Spezza/Allen for their Draisaitl/Holtby?
    Stick with Spezza and Allen. Allen could be your workhorse down the stretch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hockeey View Post
    League in sig:

    What is your long term fantasy outlook on Parayko. Is he due for a good amount of regression with his PDO?

    Do you see Kuznetsov maintaining this scoring pace in the future or will we see another Tyler Johnson?

    Is Brayden Schenn finally coming to his own or should this be a sell high time for him?

    Thanks! Appreciate the time you put in to these.
    We already saw the regression for Parayko when he went dark for much of the mid-season. His long term upside is in the 50s but it all depends on if he can get out from under Shattenkirk.

    Kuznetsov is legit. So is TJ, by the way.

    Schenn could be legit but the decision on whether you sell high or not would depend on what you can fetch in return.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dmnx2 View Post
    Would you move Bobrovsky for Malkin in a Dynasty League, leaving Schneider as your only starter, and having to go goalie shopping in the off season?
    I don't love the spot that it puts you in, especially with salary a factor and Malkin being more expensive but goalies are really tough to project so you'd be giving yourself more certainty with Malkin. Ultimately, goalies like Domingue and Korpisalo seem to pop up every year so there's a decent chance if you are proactive that you can fill the void behind Schneider.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonsealey View Post
    In a keep 5 points only league, who is the better player to own. Stamkos or kuznetsov? Thanks
    Kuznetsov.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GoNucks View Post
    I have an offer of a 2nd + 3rd redraft picks for Eric Staal + 4th redraft pick. Would you make the move? Stat cats are G, A, +/-, PPP, SHP, Shots, FOW, Shoot %

    It is a keep 15 in a 12 team league, and I can replace him with either Brayden Schenn, Phaneuf, or Hellebuyck in my 15 keepers. I am an annual contender in win now mode.
    I'd take just about anything you can get for Staal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by franklin View Post
    I have an offer: my Voracek fo his Gostisbehere and Rantanen. Your thought?

    Thanks Steve
    Tough to say without knowing your need for depth and ability to compete now but I am generally against downgrading in a 2-4-1.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DusterDave View Post
    Yahoo 1 year H2H

    G - A - (+/-) - PIM - PPP - SOG - FW - HITS - BLK

    Roster:

    Patrice Bergeron - C
    Nicklas Backstrom - C
    Evgeny Kuznetsov - C/LW
    Matt Duchene - C/LW
    Mike Cammalleri - C/LW (IR)
    Pavel Datsyuk - C/LW
    Ryan O'Reilly - C/LW/RW (IR)
    Patrick Kane - C/RW
    Jordan Eberle - RW
    Evander Kane - LW
    Artemi Panarin - LW

    John Klingberg - D
    Alex Goligoski - D
    Zdeno Chara - D
    TJ Brodie - D
    + 1 open roster spot for streamers


    W - GAA - SV% - SO


    Petr Mrazek - G
    Antti Niemi - G
    Steve Mason - G

    Preparing for the playoffs as I currently sit 3rd of 10 and am positive I'll qualify. Colorado have already played 63 games so I was thinking of trading Duchene for a player on a team with 58 or 59 games played. An owner in my league has said at the beginning of the season that he really likes Duchene but we have tried multiple times through out the season and couldn't agree on a deal. So I decided to look through his roster one last time and have narrowed it down to these players:

    Sean Monahan - Calgary has 11 games in the 3 week fantasy playoffs. He would contribute to FW that I am missing out on with O'Rielly on IR.
    TJ Oshie - Washington has played 59 games and well, it's the Caps. Oshie would also give me hits.
    Jaden Schwartz - He would be the add on. So Monahan + Schwartz for Duchene or Oshie + Schwartz for Duchene.

    The problem of course is it being a 2 for 1 deal which I hate being on the 2 player end of the deal. Who would you drop, or would you try and expand the deal and make it a bigger trade? He also has Filip Forsberg which I am interested in. What kind of package would you try and put together?

    Another couple notes here. I could use some RW help, plenty of LW on my team.
    If you could nail down Monahan + Oshie for Duchene I'd look at that option. If you assume Monahan = Duchene, which isn't quite true but with the extra games it's close then what you are looking for with that second guy is someone who fills out your roster. Schwartz at left wing on a team that has played more games than anyone isn't the boon to your roster that you want. Grabbing Oshie at RW and hoping he is hot the last couple of weeks would be the play. If not, stick it out with Duchene.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bass56 View Post
    Hey MD! What are your thoughts on the Jets' crease post deadline? They moved Ladd yesterday but do you think they will move Pavs or Hutch as well come Monday?

    Thanks for taking these questions!
    Can't envision them finding a taker for Pavelec or Hutch. Blues are probably the most likely team to add goaltending but is Hutch proven enough for them? Pavelec still has term and no one is adding him to be a starter so he's not going anywhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikerato View Post
    I'm 5th for the league in my sig. 10pts back from 3rd (which is in the money), but there's almost no chance of catching 2nd or 1st.

    Would you trade away some kids (Larkin, Ehlers, Hellebuyck, Ghost, etc.) to try and make a run at 3rd? Or go for it all next year and maybe make some deals in the offseason? 3rd would basically recoup league fees.

    Thanks =)
    That would really depend on what kind of return you can get.

    I'd suggest you keep Ehlers and Ghost as they are hot right now and should contribute to your chase right now.

    Larkin is on the fence there but should still help a bit. For a bonafide star under 30, I'd move him, otherwise stay the course.

    You're loaded with goaltending so you could deal Hellebuyck with limited long term impacts but again I'd be looking for a star.

    I might also look at trading RNH, Rielly, Trouba, Parayko or Lindholm as options who aren't doing much for you now but could entice someone for the future.

    It's also important whether or not points transfer over in a deal or if you only get the points for the time a player is on your roster. 10 points is easy to make up when points transfer but if they don't then all your additions need to add up to a 10-point improvement over the final 20 or so games. Much more challenging.
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