Opinions on D keepers

[Tomahawk83]

I'm in a 12 team h2h keeper league with pretty standard cats.

Would need to keep 2 out of following:


Torey Krug Bos - D
Seth Jones Cls - D
Jacob Trouba Wpg - D
Jaccob Slavin Car - D


Leaning towards Krug + Jones but the Jacobs could also break through this season...

[JAC123]

I like Krug and Jones as well.
Lots of players in a glut in Winnipeg.
I do like Slavin, but if its pick 2, those are my 2 as well.
Good Luck

[RizzeeDizzee]

Jones is good across the board, whereas Krug give you more points and Trouba gives you more multi-cat output. I think you should select based on categories.

[Tomahawk83]

Yeah, It's Yahoo standard cats + blocks + hits. I think it's pretty equal spread between these options of mine. Think I have to pick Krug for the PP production, then I could go for Jones as a "safe" pick. Slavin feels like the one who could have highest future potential, but it's a coin flip...

[RizzeeDizzee]

Not Slavin - I'm doing a cage match on him next week and the signs are not good.

[Tomahawk83]

Think my choice will be Krug and Trouba. Jones might be a tad sharper pointswise, but as mentioned earlier, Truoba will probably give more in many other categrories, espec. PMs + hits.

[Pengwin7]

Krug, Trouba, S.Jones are really close.
My worry on Krug is that offense is his thing. He doesn't hit (59) or block (82) or pim (37).
So you are leaning on his offense and if, say, the Boston PP1 struggles, it could be McAvoy that gets a turn up there.

For those reasons, I'll actually go with Trouba & Seth Jones.
Both play PP2 and ES D-pairing #1, getting 24+ min toi/gp each.
They should each get your 40+ pts and give you way more hit/blk/pim.

In summary: Trouba & S.Jones because the peripherals (hit/blk) and ice-time is a lock to be there... as is PP2 usage.
Boston still rolls an ES D1-pairing of Carlo/Chara and with McAvoy, there is a chance Krug loses some of the PP1 time that makes him valuable.

[Tomahawk83]

Yes, pretty much agree with you, they are all close.
I anyhow think Krug's 25 + 19 PPP last two season are worth considering (taking a risk if he'd be kicked back in hierarchy), e.g. against Jones 7+13.
Jones hit/block history is better, but not superior to Krug's. Thereby I'm sort of thinking of a combo of points with Krug + other categories with Trouba. This is anyhow only 2 out of 23 roster spots in the team. And, I might of course be able to draft Jones later on

[RizzeeDizzee]

Keep in mind Krug put up a lot of great numbers under Julien. With Cassidy at the helm, he should get a boost ala what occurred with the Boston forwards over the last third of the season.

[MZac]

I like Krug and Jones here.

[Axeman33]

Krug and Trouba for me in this setup.

[skinnypete88]

Krug for the shots and Trouba for the PIMs/HITS/Blocks

[MasterByte]

Krug & Trouba for me

[The Comish]

Krug and Jones for me, but Trouba's right there.