Which Goalie?

[Starvin Marvin]

Hi everyone,

A short list of goalies are available in my draft. Which one would you choose?
Cap league
31 teams
W, GA, SV, SHO

Lundqvist
McElhinney
Smike
Allen
Anderson
Crawford
Talbot

[finnys_fanatsy]

for as old as he is my money is still on Lundy from that group, then Crow, then (assume) its Smith.

im not going near Allen, although Binnington has shown some weaknesses. Anderson will be the starter, but the team is awful, Talbot is a hard pass for me

[senryu]

Crawford, then Lundqvist.

[SeaDawg]

Lundqvist
Crawford
Anderson


I wouldn't even consider the others.

[lucafen4]

with this short list... I'm pretty sure I'd prefer the long list

[Starvin Marvin]

haha touche.

Here's a larger list based on %owned

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	925000	73%
Ilya Sorokin	NYI	650000	73%
Jake Allen	STL	4350000	64%
Craig Anderson	OTT	4750000	64%
Michael DiPietro	VAN	925000	64%
Malcolm Subban	VGK	650000	64%
Corey Crawford	CHI	6000000	55%
Filip Gustavsson	OTT	910833	55%
Adin Hill	ARI	925000	55%
Marcus Hogberg	OTT	850000	55%
Tristan Jarry	PIT	675000	55%
Henrik Lundqvist	NYR	8500000	55%
Cayden Primeau	MON	650000	55%
Olivier Rodrigue	EDM	650000	55%
Cory Schneider	NJ	6000000	55%
Ian Scott	TOR	650000	55%
Garret Sparks	TOR	675000	55%
Landon Bow	DAL	697500	45%
Kevin Boyle	ANA	675000	45%
Eric Comrie	WPG	650000	45%
Collin Delia	CHI	925000	45%
Ville Husso	STL	925000	45%
Kevin Lankinen	CHI	1137500	45%
Filip Larsson	DET	650000	45%
Curtis McElhinney	CAR	850000	45%
Tyler Parsons	CGY	925000	45%
Mike Smith	CGY	5666667	45%
Anthony Stolarz	EDM	761250	45%
Joseph Woll	TOR	650000	45%
Jonathan Bernier	DET	3000000	36%
Oscar Dansk	VGK	675000	36%
Lukas Dostal	ANA	650000	36%
Olle Eriksson Ek	ANA	874166	36%
Connor Ingram	TB	925000	36%
Kaapo Kahkonen	MIN	925000	36%
Keith Kinkaid	CBJ	1250000	36%
Spencer Knight	(N/A)	650000	36%
Josef Korenar	SJ	723333	36%
Roberto Luongo	FLA	5333333	36%
Sam Montembeault	FLA	925000	36%
Anders Nilsson	OTT	2500000	36%
Colton Point	DAL	925000	36%
Ivan Prosvetov	ARI	650000	36%
James Reimer	FLA	3400000	36%
Andrew Shortridge	SJ	650000	36%
Stuart Skinner	EDM	925000	36%
Mads Sogaard	(N/A)	650000	36%
Cam Talbot	PHI	4166667	36%
Daniil Tarasov	CBJ	650000	36%
Cam Ward	CHI	3000000	36%
Joey Daccord	OTT	650000	27%
Colten Ellis	(N/A)	650000	27%
Jon Gillies	CGY	750000	27%

[FantasyKing]

Crawford

[Eskimo Brother]

Crawford if you need something now, Sorokin if you can sit on him.

Smith or McElhinney makes a good transitional piece as they shouldn't be paid too much, but will have decent numbers.

[4T2]

Depends a lot on how the goalie FAs work out but I'm leaning towards Crawford/Lundy off that list. Might even take a chance on Schneider though give the lack of talent available. If McElhinney ends up in a timeshare back in Carolina with another Mrazek type tender, I would consider him as well.

[Eskimo Brother]

Why does everyone think Lundy and his contract are a good own? He will start 45-50 games, not do excellent, and cost over $8M! I feel like I would rather take my chances at half the cost and use the rest of the savings towards something productive.

[SeaDawg]

Why does everyone think Lundy and his contract are a good own? He will start 45-50 games, not do excellent, and cost over $8M! I feel like I would rather take my chances at half the cost and use the rest of the savings towards something productive.

Trust me, I really don't like Lundqvist for the reasons you mention. However, of the options listed, I he is the best option in a list of bad options. Crawford is #2 on my list only because of the health issues. If he was healthy, he'd be a clear-cut #1 for me. Anderson is a decent option, but I feel Ottawa will be among the worse teams in the league. I suppose he costs less, but my gut says he will play even fewer games than Lundqvist and the Sens will be a weaker team than the Rangers.

No matter how you look at it, this is an ugly list. By endorsing Lundqvist, I'm not saying that I even remotely believe he is a good own.

[Eskimo Brother]

Trust me, I really don't like Lundqvist for the reasons you mention. However, of the options listed, I he is the best option in a list of bad options. Crawford is #2 on my list only because of the health issues. If he was healthy, he'd be a clear-cut #1 for me. Anderson is a decent option, but I feel Ottawa will be among the worse teams in the league. I suppose he costs less, but my gut says he will play even fewer games than Lundqvist and the Sens will be a weaker team than the Rangers.

No matter how you look at it, this is an ugly list. By endorsing Lundqvist, I'm not saying that I even remotely believe he is a good own.

I see your point, but even with that I still think he's closer to the bottom of the list for me than the top.
I would rather buy a cheaper lottery ticket and a slice of pizza (I'm hungry), than a more expensive ticket that has a lower pot but a higher chance of winning.

[lucafen4]

Schneider is the easy choice.

I expect a bounce back season. by him and the Devils as a whole

[finnys_fanatsy]

Schneider is the easy choice.

I expect a bounce back season. by him and the Devils as a whole

i thought about Schneids too..i just dont trust it though..i just....dont.

[Axeman33]

I wouldn't touch Lundqvist and that big salary. I wont be surprised to see him as a sharetime goalie next year at best with Georgiev.

Schneider might not be a bad option. I too think he bounces back this year but that's no more than a suspicion on my part.

Isn't this year Craig Anderson's good year coming up? We all know he's good one year, sucks the next, good one year, sucks the next, etc... If I am not mistaken, this year coming up is his good year. He would probably be who I went with here simply because you know you will get starts and he's cheaper compared to the rest. I don't think Ottawa will be nearly as bad as many seem to think but again, simply a sneaky suspicion on my part.