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Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Which player would you take in a new keeper with cats G, A, PPP, SOG, HITS, BLKS, FOW, "Clutch Cat" (GWG + SHP + Shootout Goals)?
Laine
Benn
Giroux
Backstrom
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Backstrom
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(G,A,PIM,PPP,GWG,FOW,SOG,HIT, BLK)(W,SV,SO,GAA,SV%)
F:
D:
G:
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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: Zibanejad,Trocheck,Kempe
L: Draisaitl,Forsberg
RW: Tippett,Boldy,Meier,Raymond
D: Josi,McAvoy,Carlson,Theodore,Faber,Montour,Sanderson
G: Shesterkin,Kotchetkov
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
It's hard to go wrong with Benn but Laine is the shiny new toy. Other owners will be all over you to trade Laine to them. The same could be said about Benn but what Laine did at such an early age has many comparing him to Ovechkin. In my opinion, Laine in a package deal to acquire a player like McDavid, would hold more appeal to a GM than Jamie Benn would. Benn does give you some FOW, and he may very well get you more points.
Benn should get you more points now beacuse of the FOW but he will eventually decline and Laine's value should continue to rise.
So take that for what you will.
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Comish Dynasty - 3 Tiers - 24 GMs (G A +/- PIM STP SOG HITS BLK W SV GAA / 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G) - $1130 SALARY CAP - Tier 1
C - Point $111, Horvat $67, Athanasiou $27 (C/LW), Mittelstadt $5, Lafferty $5 (C,LW,RW), Kupari $5, Coyle $40 (C/RW), Saarela $5
LW - E.Kane $130, Bertuzzi $11 (LW/RW), Matt Martin $27, B.Lemieux $5, Haula (C/LW) $5, Motte $5,
RW - Tarasenko $117, Keller $28 (RW/LW), Niederreiter $65 (LW/RW) , Tatar $57 (LW/RW), Kyrou $5 (C/LW), B.Ritchie
D - Werenski $62, Pulock $57, R.Ellis $65, Ceci $36, T.Myers $59, T.DeAngelo $9, Bear $5, Witkowski, $5, Byram $5, Boqvist $5, T.Smith $5, Capobianco $5
G - Grubauer $42, Rittich $27, Sorokin $5,
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
New keeper, go with Laine, the rest are getting up there in age, as stated above Laine has upside, the rest have reached their upside and are going in the other direction now.
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G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,Hits,Blk,PIM,FOW, W,Sv,GA,SHO
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
I like the shiny new toy in a New keeper. Laine
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G, A, SOG, PPP, FOW, H, B, Wins, GAA, Sv%, SHO
4 weekly goalie appearances minimum
2C, 2RW, 2LW, 1Ut, 4D, 3G, 6Bench, 2-I/R+, 1NA
C: Bennett
LW: E.Kane, Kaprizov
LW/C: Draisaitl, Stutzle
RW: Marner
RW/C: T.Thompson, Necas
RW/LW: Svechnikov
D: Dahlin, Bouchard, Sergachev, Gudas
G: Vasilevskiy , Skinner, Gustavsson
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Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Between Laine and Benn for me.
(Giroux is the easy no here. Backstrom can be argued however ere strongly. I just wouldn't take him here myself due to peripherals, position, and age).
Benn vs Laine
Shots - tie ish (I expect Laine to start taking more than benn this year tho)
Hits - tie
Goals - Laine
Assists - Benn
PPP - Benn (Laine should creep up soon ish)
Points - Benn (for a few years)
Faceoffs - Benn (Laine doesn't take them)
Blocks - Benn but fairly insignificant
My head says Benn but my heart says Laine. Given the age it's probably close enough to go with the heart and i'd probably go Laine. Youth and potential is enough to push me over.
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Tough call. Hate to pass up on Laine but I take Benn. Proven commodity, LW harder to fill than RW and F/O's from the wing.
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
I prefer Benn with this setup.
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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, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Benn is you are drafting to win now (which you should be); Laine if you are one of the 25% of people who enter new leagues with the view of winning 5 years down the road (assuming the league is still going).
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Probably Benn, but just to throw a monkey wrench Giroux was in the top FIVE in both PPP and FOW last season. But I guess you could bank on redrafting him, if you can.
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Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Thanks everyone for the input. Agree with most of the insight here. I reached a bit and took Laine, gambling on his high upside and 50 goal potential. As luck would have it, there was a run of goalies and D after I selected him, and Benn is available now for my pick in the 3rd round so I can grab both of them......that worked out nicely indeed!
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
My gawd... I can't believe benn fell to the 3rd round in this setup...
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
Originally Posted by MZac
No kidding eh?! Got him with the 30th overall pick. Seems many managers are stocking up on goalies and dmen, there was a huge run after my Laine pick....very lucky. There's an outside chance Giroux or Backstrom may still be available for my 4th rd pick, only 4 picks before me and both are still on the board
Re: Laine, Benn, Giroux or Backstrom?
This the the weirdest draft ever. It's my pick in round 6 and Giroux is still there. I know he's fallen off, but c'mon! I'm deciding between he and Pacioretty, but I could end up with all 4 players I was originally trying to decide between a few rounds back......so strange. Would you guys snag Giroux or Patches here? Best D options are Letang and Josi. My team so far is:
Karlsson
Laine
Benn
Backstrom
Rask
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