Re: Gaudreau vs. Hall - who ya got?
Great article as always Rizzee! Thank you for the amazing breakdown!
I had the opportunity to receive Gaudreau or Hall in a keeper pts only league last summer and choose Johnny. I am still positive I made the right call. I still think Hall is one of the top wingers in the leaguw but when you add up the factors that Gaudreau had going against him:
1) 25th or something PP in the league last year. Gulutzan kept Gaudreau on his weak side and never put him in the right side on PP1. I was reading the Athletic and it mentioned this was one of the reasons the Flames PP suffered last year. Peters has been a successful special teams coach and his new assistant has been as well, i expect them top 15 if not top 10 next year. They have the tools.
2) suppprting cast, I believe the Flames top PP (when loaded properly) is a big improvement on NJs. Brodie was used for alot of the year and he didn't help PP1, should Hamilton be locked in PP1 with the right coaching I can see a drastic improvement. Also I have a feelong Tkachuk will be a mainstay on PP1 with Gaudreau and Monahan next year which will help too.
3) Monahan was injured since late 2017 and they both still posted amazing numbers, with a winger not named Ferland I think they both could add on a good amount of pts next season.
Hall definitely impressed me this year and while I do believe he has the potential to improve that takes him avoiding a serious injury next season and though he played alot more than his career average asking 2 years consecutively is alot for him. Tack on the 2 year difference and it pushes it further to Johnny Hockeys side even further!
- Keeper League / 10 Keepers / 1 PT per G or A / 2 PT per W - 2 PT per SO -
F: Rantanen, Monahan, Barkov, Aho, Wheeler, Keller, Nylander J. Hughes, Reinhart. W. Karlsson, Konecny, Rust, E. Staal, Killorn, Getzlaf,
D: Krug, Gustafsson, Provorov, Morrissey, DeAngelo
G: Andersen, Jarry, Rittich, Murray