Duchene has more upside in a points only IMO. So I would trade Couture.
Who would you rather trade, Couture or Duchene? In a Keeper pool, points only.
I have plenty of Centers and I could get at least a 6th overall 2017 draft pick for him.
Matthews, Laine, Puljujarvi, Marner, Strome, Dvorak, Sergachev, Aho... so would be one of these top gun as the players need to have played one NHL game to be available.
Only 4 centers are starting. Here's my current team at center.
Crosby, Tavares, Couture, Duchene, Draisaitl, Spooner, Horvat, Lindhom
I'm not in a Win mode now... more likely next year.
Duchene has more upside in a points only IMO. So I would trade Couture.
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, J. Hughes,, J.Guentzel, K.Connor, N.Suzuki, J.Kyrou, T.Terry,
D: Q. Hughes,, Z.Werenski, S.Jones, E.Karlsson, M.Rielly, T.Chabot
G:Bobrovsky, M.Blackwood
If you are not in win now mode this year.. but are in win now mode next year.. I would consider not trading either of those pieces until you see how they do this year.
I expect big years from both of them
Couture- if he can stay healthy he showed us what he can do in the playoffs last year.
Duchene - with a new coach I expect Duchene and Mackinnon to both push 70 + points this year.
So if you start 4 centres... Would you not want the 4 best options for Centre next year? I think that would be Crosby, Tavares, Couture and Duchene.
Just don't draft another young center unless its Mattews. Target Laine, Pul, Dvorak etc
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, J. Hughes,, J.Guentzel, K.Connor, N.Suzuki, J.Kyrou, T.Terry,
D: Q. Hughes,, Z.Werenski, S.Jones, E.Karlsson, M.Rielly, T.Chabot
G:Bobrovsky, M.Blackwood
I think he Could be as good as or maybe better in the next couple years... possibly.. yes.
But I don't think Horvat, Lindholm or Spooner will be.
So keep Draisaitl as a 5th centre after the four mentioned above. RNH appears to be #2 C right now... so it might be a couple years before Draisaitl outscores Duchene or Couture. and if you are wanting to go for it next year... I am not taking the risk.
I prefer Couture but his health gives me scares. IF he can stay healthy, I'd want him over Duchene but I find Duchene is a tad overrated anyway.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Peterka, PKane, Bunting, Voronkov, BClarke, Perreault
G- Vasilevskiy, Oettinger, Blackwood
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G,A,+/-,PPP,SHP,GWG,H,BS,W,SV%,SA,SO
12 Man H2H Salary Keeper League
C - S.Crosby/S.Monahan/G.Landeskog(lw)/W.Karlsson
LW- T.Hall/B.Rust(lw)/N.Hoglander
RW - J.Guentzel(lw)/ T.Tatar(lw)/J.Pulujaarvi/K.Kapanen(lw)
D - B.Burns/E.Karlsson/M.Heiskanen/J.Carlson
G - I.Sorokin/I.Shesterkin/T.Demko/C.Peterson/C.Talbot
Farm - C.Primeau/P.Kochetov/C.Caufield/E.Svechnikov
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, J. Hughes,, J.Guentzel, K.Connor, N.Suzuki, J.Kyrou, T.Terry,
D: Q. Hughes,, Z.Werenski, S.Jones, E.Karlsson, M.Rielly, T.Chabot
G:Bobrovsky, M.Blackwood
My concern would be less that he doesn't match those guys but that he's probably better than whoever is available with the 6th pick. Gotta think that the top guys from this year plus Marner will be gone and if that's the case then Draisaitl would be the one to keep. Also, if he's playing the wing like a few of those other players the OP has then I'd be less concerned about having too many centres.
10 team full keeper roto 4C/LW/RW,6D,2G
G,A,P,+/-,PIM,SOG,GWG,PPP,SHP,Hit,Blk,FOW
W,GAA,SV,SV%,SHO
C-Aho,Couturier,Matthews,O'Reilly
LW-Ehlers,Giroux,Panarin,Rust
RW-Kucherov,Palmieri,Pastrnak,Wilson
D-Burns,Carlson,Gudas,Josi,Nurse,Pietrangelo
G-Fleury,F.Andersen,Markstrom
BN-Zacha
Under 250 gp farm
Beaucage,Berggren,Bokk,Brisson,Chytil,Dugan,Foerst er,Foote,Frost,Grewe,K.Johnson,Lindblom,Mikheyev,N ybeck,Peterka,Pospisil,Protas,Ranta,Raty,Stankoven ,Suzuki,Tuomaala
Alexeyev,Brook,Foote,Graves,Poirier,Sanderson,Seid er,Wilde,Woo,Zamula
Berdin,Brossoit,Commesso,Ersson,Husso,Knight,Koche tkov,Lafontaine,Oettinger,Primeau,Sandstrom,Stolar z,Ustimenko,Vladar
I would take Couture. I'll deal with the injury if and when it comes up.
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(G,A,PIM,PPP,GWG,FOW,SOG,HIT, BLK)(W,SV,SO,GAA,SV%)
F:Panarin,B.Tkach,Aho,RobT,Timo,Kadri,Nichushkin,Wi lson,Vilardi,McMichael,Norris,Guenther,Neighbours, Voronkov,Zucker,Dorofeyev,McTavish
D:Serg,Dunn,Matheson,Nurse,Clarke,Jones,DeAngelo
G:Vas,Hill
FaberToothTigers(Kp8)
G(4)A(2)PIM(1)PPP(2)SHP(3.5)GWG(2)SOG(.5)FOW(.25),FOL(-.25),HIT(.75),BLK(.5) W(6)L(-4)GA(-2)SV(.5)SO(4)
C:Tro,Kempe,Vilardi,Terry
LW:Drai,Boldy,Kucherov,Caufield,Ovi
RW:Timo,Rust,Kane,Guenther
D:Josi,Serg,Hedman,Spurgeon,Miller
G:Igor,Lankinen
IR: Nichushkin, Norris