Sleepers and darkhorses 2018-2019

[VincentVega]

Hischier. Because no one seems to be projecting him to take a big step this year and I think he goes 70+.

[crazedcanuck]

A few guys I think might surprise this yr are....

Vinnie Hinostroza, Evan Rodriguez, Conor Sheary, Stephen Johns, Dylan Sikura, Dominik Simon, Victor Mete...

[Luffy D Monkey]

A few guys I think might surprise this yr are....

Vinnie Hinostroza, Evan Rodriguez

Who is Evan Rodriguez? I mean I know he's a Buffalo youngster but what type of player is he?

[lucafen4]

Andreas Johnsson!

I second this.... if he works his way into a top 6 role (and could find himself in kessel's spot on the PP1 - he could be a 60pt sleeper (needs to get in there early to hit 60, otherwise I really like him for a second half blow up and one of the best WW pick ups from Xmas on

[Savvy1982]

Who is Evan Rodriguez? I mean I know he's a Buffalo youngster but what type of player is he?

He’s a small-ish undrafted LW who put up pretty big numbers for BU, including a VERY big year when he played on Eichel’s line the one year Eichel played for BU. The buzz is that the Sabres might play him with Eichel again.

He’s a sneaky great pickup if he does play with Eichel, but he’s Buffalo’s 2nd or 3rd LW otherwise with much less value.

FWIW the Sabres also traded for Eichel’s RW from that one year at BU: Daniel O’Regan, back in February. Are they looking to put the band back together, or are they bringing in Eichel’s friends to keep their star player happy?

[Godin]

Who is Evan Rodriguez? I mean I know he's a Buffalo youngster but what type of player is he?

I think he played with Eichel in College.

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Anthony Beauvillier

Good chance lines up with Barzal on the LW of that top line.

Yes

[J0e Th0rnton]

Man, looking at the one I posted asking about last July, I was way off on some but dead on with others
https://forums.dobbersports.com/show...e-and-Sleepers

[SemOner]

Man, looking at the one I posted asking about last July, I was way off on some but dead on with others
https://forums.dobbersports.com/show...e-and-Sleepers

Very well done overall. I reaped the Mackinnon benefits last year. Aho, Boeser as well.

Reinhart and Dvorak are a couple guys I wiffed at for the first month of the season as well.


As for this year. Expecting a bounce back from Klefbom. A lot of people gave up on him after last year. As a flames fan I expect Brodie to bounce back as well getting paired back up with Gio. Brodie?s +/- was his downfall last season and that all but guaranteed to improve huge paired with Gio again.

Took B. Tkachuck and Zadina in my draft this year. Zadina is a guy now I don?t know what to do with. If he?s in the ahl for the majority of the year I don?t wanna waste a roster spot holding onto him. Guys going to be an absolute stud when he?s a regular. Hoping he can chang some minds these last two pre-season games and stick. If he does he?s going to have a stellar rookie year. Not really a sleeper, but if he?s on waiver in your league while he?s in the ahl he?s a guy to snag when you feel like he gets another shot with the wings

[lucafen4]

a lot of threads dedicated solely to him but

Ty Rattie
Kahun Chi
Hintz Dal
Baertchi Van

[masterjeff]

What do you all think of Troy Terry?

[Luffy D Monkey]

What do you all think of Troy Terry?

Good opportunity with Perry out, but Carlyle rankles me.

[masterjeff]

Good opportunity with Perry out, but Carlyle rankles me.

Who do you like best between Terry and Zykov?

[mounD]

I've seen him projected all over the lineup anywhere in the top-nine, and his projections ranging from 30-60 points ... but I'm a huge believer in Timo Meier. It's only a matter of time until he's a legitimate top of the lineup multi-category stud. I'm predicting somewhere around 25 goals, 45-50 points, 250 SOG, 100+ Hits, solid PIM totals. Which is to say, I think by the end of the season he will be a must own asset in banger leagues.

dang who could've predicted Timo's breakout?

[Moses]

Jake Virtanen

He needs the Coach to give him the minutes to spike his numbers. He just turned 22 years old but seems like he should be older. He was rushed into the league too quickly after he was drafted.

If you could get a 'Justin Abdelkader' type season out of him he could prove a value in leagues with SOG/HITS/PIMS.

It is not inconceivable that he puts up 15-18 goals, 15-18 assists, 160 SOG, 60 PIMS, 180+ HITS. These numbers are ambitious and are based on him seeing a spike in ice-time from 2017-18 overall ice time. That said, Virtanen did see his ice time increase steadily as the season progressed last year.

TOI
.................
OCT - 9:49
NOV - 9:53
DEC - 12:18
JAN - 11:46
FEB - 12:15
MAR - 14:09
APR - 15:30

Virtanen ended up with: 15 goals, 10 assists, 154 SOG, 44 PIMS, 154 HITS and he averaged 14:40 TOI/game.

[Moses]

Andreas Johnsson!

That was a good call.