I'd prefer the younger Murray, but the two should be fairly even next year (both great). Wish I knew what happened this year
Opinions on Talbot for Murray in keeper league ?
I'd prefer the younger Murray, but the two should be fairly even next year (both great). Wish I knew what happened this year
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
I'm with Dobber. Even with Edmonton being the younger team up front, it'll still be a couple years before that really makes a difference for the goalies. Odds are having the younger Murray holds more value down the line if you end up trading him in a couple years.
9 Team Dynasty Salary Cap (AAV)
G 1.5, A 1, PPP 1, SHP 1, +/- 0.5, MmP 0.25/Min, HIT 0.1, GWG 3, BLK 0.25 Gordie Howe Hattricks 10 (Skaters)
W, L, GA, SHO, SV (Goal)
Start 12 F 6 D 2 G
11 Player Bench (Max 2 Bench G)
15 Player Farm Team
F: Kucherov, Teravainen, Galchenyuk, Johansen, W Nylander, W Karlsson, Gourde, Vrana, Athanasiou, Vatrano, Buchnevich, Haula, Stastny, Puljujarvi, Eberle, Little, Kovalchuk, Kravtsov, Terry, Bertuzzi, Bratt, Kunin, Hintz, Heinen, Kahun, Sikura, Chytil, Iafallo
D: E Karlsson, Montour, Gardiner, Girard, Faulk, Martinez, Fox, Cernak, Weegar, Pionk, Pilut, Bayreuther
G: Gibson, Bishop, Raanta, Allen, Talbot, Blackwood, Delia, Husso
I like Murray here.
I'll go against the grain for now and say Talbot, simply because even though Murray is younger he is becoming among the bigger bandaid boys in the NHL. With the goalie position being so crucial to fantasy teams, It would drive me crazy to have a goalie missing games every other week...especially with the fact that the games he has played, he hasn't been that good to begin with.
Yahoo:16 team h2h (18 man rosters) 4keepers per team
player cats:G,A,+/-ppp,shp,sog,gwg,hits,blks :goalie cats:W,gaa,sv%,so
3c-Zibanejad, Getzlaf, Trochek
6w-Fiala, JT Miller,Pastrnak, Pearson, kapanen, Lindblom
4d-Hamilton,Provorov, R.Andersson, Doughty
2g-Markstrom, Blackwood
bench-Schultz, McCann, Lowry
IR:Kucherov, Beauvilier
Fantrax:Nordiques 9 team dynasty pts only (max roster:50)
notables:Stamkos, Seguin, Kuznetsov, E.Lindholm, Debrincat, Wheeler, Marchand, PLD, Kessel, Meier, Tuch, Hedman, Suter, Chabot, Bobrovsky ,Hellebuyck, Binnington
notable prospects:Turcotte, Zegras, N.Suzuki, Farabee, Denisenko, Krebs, N.Robertson, Jokiharju, Shestyorkin
I wonder how much of Murray issues this year is just play/injury, vs. whatever "family" stuff is now ongoing?
H2H Points in a Fleaflicker Lg: Ten teams - Four make playoffs -- Roster: 28 Total-18 Starters, 10 Bench, +5 IR (Allowed 25 Keepers)
Offense: HatTricks/Goals/PowerPlay/ShortHanded/Assist/PIM/FaceOffs/SOG/Plus-Minus
Defense: Hits/Blocks
Goalies: Win/Loss/OT Loss/ShutOut/Save/GA
Center: Karlsson / Monahan / Scheifele / Trocheck / Luc-Dubois
L/W: Brady Thachuk / Zucker / Jenner / JT Miller / Hyman
R/W: Elias Lindholm / Dominik Kubalik / Stamkos / Teravainen
W/F: DeBrincat / Tatar
D: Ekholm / Seth Jones / Heiskanen / Hamilton / Sergachev
G: MAF / Binnington / Koskinen
IR: Scheifele
Well, Bobrovsky was a band-aid boy for the longest time, then Bob went through a more astringent warmup/stretch routine, and then became one of the best goaltenders in the world. Murray, for all the shortcomings this season, is still one of the best young goaltenders in the world. You don't fluke your way into winning two Stanley Cups while being the backbone of the team.
I would definitely take Murray over Talbot, and I predict that the Pens will make Murray's durability issue a priority to fix this off-season.
It's possible. Anderson did a great job of leaving those off-ice distractions last year, but they are different people.
12 Team Roto., 30 Player (20 Keeper) Yahoo Dynasty
G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, FW, HITS, BLK -- W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
4 - C/LW/RW
6 - D
3 - Util
3 - G
C - Crosby, McDavid, O'Reilly, Couturier
LW - Ovechkin, Pacioretty, Bennett, Fiala
RW - Pastrnak, Kucherov, Caufield, Mangiapane
Util - Lowry, Backstrom, McCann, Barzal, Pageau, E. Kane, Mercer, M. Foligno
D - Dahlin, Karlsson, Hamilton, Dumba, Pulock, Dobson, Faulk, Romanov
G - Vasilevskiy, Bobrovsky, Hellebuyck, Bernier
Murray hands down.
Pens finally got through to Crosby to stop being a brat and take care of his head so I have full confidence they’ll work with Murray this year to address what’s going on with him being hurt all the time. I like Talbot but Chiarelli is making a mess in Edmonton so Murray seems like the better option.
If I am Murray, I am looking over my shoulder at Tristan Jarry, who may very well be just as good, if not better than Matt Murray.
Talbot for me.
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If I am Murray, I am looking over my shoulder at Tristan Jarry, who may very well be just as good, if not better than Matt Murray.
Talbot for me.
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, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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