Who should I keep!?

[Riboflavele]

Ok, another great year, finished first!
Thanks for your answers during the season!

Now I have the tough choice to keep only 9 players on my team.
Keeper league, 10 teams, salary cap (79.5,maybe a little bit more next year)
I would really like to have your feedback!

My actual line-up, with next year salary

Kucherov - 12
Crosby - 9
Marner - RFA (maybe 10?)
Monahan - 6.75
Tarasenko - 9.5
Eichel - 10
Dubois - 0.8325
Pettersson - 0.925
Hischier - 0.925
Nyquist - UFA

Josi - 4
Klingberg - 5
Gostisbehere - 5.25
Sergachev - 0.8325
Pettersson - RFA
Oesterle - 1.2

Jones - 6.75
Markstrom - 4
Ullmark - RFA

So my first thought: Kucherov, Crosby, Marner, Pettersson, Josi, Klingberg, Sergachev & Jones
I really love Tarasenko, but i think he will be a little too expensive, so I might choose Dubois over him.

Should I keep Marner, or try to trade him for a draft pick?
Do you think Hischier would be a good keep, keeping in mind that N-J have the first pick overall? + healty Hall...

Thanks in advance!
CHeers!

[Eskimo Brother]

Why does Kuch cost you 12M?

I like your set except for Sergachyev. I'm keeping either PLD or Hischier over him. I lean towards PLD though.

[Riboflavele]

Why does Kuch cost you 12M?

I like your set except for Sergachyev. I'm keeping either PLD or Hischier over him. I lean towards PLD though.

Our pool is set with the real salary and not the caphit, thats why

[Eskimo Brother]

Our pool is set with the real salary and not the caphit, thats why

Gotcha. So his 9M every other year and decreasing cap at the end will be great for you.

[Riboflavele]

Gotcha. So his 9M every other year and decreasing cap at the end will be great for you.

Exactly!

[4T2]

Agree with EB, I think you've got a good handle on keepers but I would be keeping PLD over Sergachev for sure

[Riboflavele]

Agree with EB, I think you've got a good handle on keepers but I would be keeping PLD over Sergachev for sure

My concern is that, cheap deffense is hard to get... theres not a lot of defense that cost less than a million...
In the other hand, there's more offensive player available under 1 million, no?

[Eskimo Brother]

There are, but I like the chances of finding a defence to make up the difference on top of Dubois rather than trying to find someone on top of Sergachev to make up a bigger difference.

[Riboflavele]

There are, but I like the chances of finding a defence to make up the difference on top of Dubois rather than trying to find someone on top of Sergachev to make up a bigger difference.

Little detail that i forgot to tell you... scoring
Defense is 3pts/goal + 2pts/pass
Forward is 2pts/goal + 1pts/pass

if it affect your thinking...

[Eskimo Brother]

Would have been nice to know, but doesn't affect too much. I still would rather Dubois and finding someone like Rosen, Jacob Larsson, etc. Rather than Sergachev and trying to make up 50 points on F.

[GavinC]

What are the positional requirements?

[Riboflavele]

What are the positional requirements?

10 forwards
6 defences
3 goalies

[stevegamer]

What is the goalie scoring? Jones could be either a solid guy, or a salary issue.

I'm leaning:
F: Kucherov, Crosby, Marner, Pettersson, Dubois,
D: Josi, Klingberg


Last spot is Hischier or Sergachev, unless goalies are mostly team based stats (Wins, GAA). Jones isn't a good SV% guy. Honestly I might keep a young guy, even in that situation.

[Riboflavele]

What is the goalie scoring? Jones could be either a solid guy, or a salary issue.

I'm leaning:
F: Kucherov, Crosby, Marner, Pettersson, Dubois,
D: Josi, Klingberg


Last spot is Hischier or Sergachev, unless goalies are mostly team based stats (Wins, GAA). Jones isn't a good SV% guy. Honestly I might keep a young guy, even in that situation.

So you guys think Marner over Tarasenko?
How much you think Marner next contract will cost!?
You think Sergachev is stuck behind TP defences depth?
Dont you think Sergachev in a year or two will be a top 10ish nhl defence?

Just saw this this morning... see image attached

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[Eskimo Brother]

So you guys think Marner over Tarasenko?
How much you think Marner next contract will cost!?
You think Sergachev is stuck behind TP defences depth?
Dont you think Sergachev in a year or two will be a top 10ish nhl defence?

Just saw this this morning... see image attached

2019-05-21 09_08_37-Window.jpg

-Yes
-10-11M
-Behind Hedman and McD yes. Not much depth, just two top end guys.
-No. Definitely not top 10 (at any point in his career). He will be good, sure, but there will always be 15-20 guys I would easily own over him, if not a lot more.