Ghost/Provorov/Giordano/Hamilton/Krug/Ellis
So heading into next year, I made some deadline moves to take a run at the championship. Unfortunately blew a big lead on Sunday in the semi-finals to lose the tie-break in h2h matchup. I am left with some tough decisions as we only keep 8 players year over year. My team is in the signature for reference.
I obviously have some no brainers for keepers (Malkin, Marchand, Forsberg). In our league goalies are valuable as we require minimum of 5 games played per week, so I will be keeping both Rinne and Smith as well. I am also likely to keep Radulov also. That leaves me two spots for defenceman. I hate not keeping Tkachuk but I don't think it makes sense.
I am wondering with which 2 should I keep out of...
Ghost
Provorov
Hamilton
Gio
Krug
Ellis
Ghost - by far best offensive option and stud on PP
Provorov - Best in peripherals and still had 17 goals, only 5 PP pts, he's trapped behind ghost on the PP
Hamilton - Offensively great, 17 goals, picks up some PIMS but 2nd among all D in shots and 14th in the league
Krug - next best offensively after Ghost, had 59 points but shot totals dropped and not great in peripherals
Gio - Contributes very well across the board and is elite level in blocked shots
Ellis - Had 59 point pace with 32 in 44 games
I know things can happen in the off-season to sway but I am having a very difficult time in nailing these ones down. It seems each day I plan to keep different d men.
Which 2 would choose and why? and as a little add on, would you keep Tkachuk over any of the forwards or D listed above?
Thanks in advance,
12 Team, H2H, 8 Keepers, (G, A, PTS, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, Shots, Hits, Blocks)
F - Malkin, Marchand, Forsberg, Radulov, Tkachuk, Gallagher, Connor, Hischier, Guentzel, Meier, Backlund
D - Gostisbehere, Krug, Giordano, Hamilton, Ellis, Provorov, Parayko,
G - Rinne, Smith