Keeper help

[Blues_fan1000]

I'm in a 12 team H2H 4 keeper non salary-cap league. There is no limit on the timeframe keepers can be kept. Categories are G, A, +/-, PIMS, PPP for the skaters and for goalies its W, SV%, and GAA with the roster positions 2C, 4W, 4D, 1 UTIL, and 2G and 3 bench slots.


I'm leaning towards barkov, wheeler, laine, and rask as my keepers. Which would mean I am leaving out lindholm, bergeron, marchessault, backstrom, reilly, hedman, and bishop.


Do we see Laine's value increasing in the near term, keeping in mind, if I let him go, I'll likely never see him on my team again. Am I sacrificing too much in the short term waiting on Laine? I also do not have a pick until the 3rd round, 35th overall pick so keeping at least 1 goalie is a must as my league tends to go goalie crazy early in drafts.


Thanks for the help

[ChuckLemieux]

With no picks in 1st and 2nd round, I would be tempted to keep 1 D +In this setup 6 forwards- 4 D.....good D must be pretty valuable!

I would let Laine go and keep Hedman.

[Blues_fan1000]

Very few defense is kept. Burns and Karlsson being the exceptions. You won’t see def start being drafted until the 3rd or 4th round.

Full current team is below:

C: barkov, Bergeron, backstrom
W: wheeler, Laine, marchessault, arvidsson, lindholm, schenn, svechnikov
D: Reilly, hedman, yandle, Hamilton
G: Bishop, Rask, lehner, halak

[mjm44]

id go Barkov, Reilly , Hedman Bishop

Reilly and Hedman could both hit 60+

Laine even if he rebounds might get 65

I like Wheeler but I feel he Is not a keeper anymore

Bishop will start more than Rask If he can stay healthy

[stevegamer]

I have Laine behind Hedman, Reilly, and maybe Bishop and Bergeron. There's simply no way I keep him with those categories - he's good for Goals & PPP, and the other stuff is okay, but there's also a chance he isn't playing.

Additionally you start 4 D, and Reilly or Hedman might outpoint Laine.

[Blues_fan1000]

would i be remiss to then go Barkov, Hedman, Rask, and Bishop?

[eppigram]

Similar situation. Points only. Traded for laine last season. I think he is a potential 100 point player eventually.

I'm keeping him over ROR, Lindholm, J Carlson, Giordano at the moment.. He could be a bust but i see his floor as 55pts ... Might be wrong here but ~70 pts in the first two seasons, and 110 goals in all 3 while still being only 21 y/o and on a stellar jets squad, I see him at an all time low last year and could explode this sseason or next.

Laine had terrible deployment last season with Little. Thoughts appreciated

[mjm44]

would i be remiss to then go Barkov, Hedman, Rask, and Bishop?

I don't personally think Rask Is worth keeping, with halak there I see less starts for Rask, they will try and rest him for playoffs.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Barkov
Rielly
Hedman
Bishop

[eppigram]

Bishop really considered a top 4 keeper?

[Happy Hour]

Barkov
Laine
Hedman
Rask

[jdreed3184]

In a keep 4, you essentially get a fresh start every year. Therefore, every year is a go-for-it year and long term value is secondary.

With your categories, I’d pretty easily keep Barkov, Bergeron, Wheeler, Hedman/Reilly (coin flip).

Goalies are so volatile that I would just redraft best available. If anything, I’d be stuck between Bergeron and Backstrom, but would ultimately lean Bergeron since goals are counted.

[RizzeeDizzee]

I'm in a 12 team H2H 4 keeper non salary-cap league. There is no limit on the timeframe keepers can be kept. Categories are G, A, +/-, PIMS, PPP for the skaters and for goalies its W, SV%, and GAA with the roster positions 2C, 4W, 4D, 1 UTIL, and 2G and 3 bench slots.


I'm leaning towards barkov, wheeler, laine, and rask as my keepers. Which would mean I am leaving out lindholm, bergeron, marchessault, backstrom, reilly, hedman, and bishop.


Do we see Laine's value increasing in the near term, keeping in mind, if I let him go, I'll likely never see him on my team again. Am I sacrificing too much in the short term waiting on Laine? I also do not have a pick until the 3rd round, 35th overall pick so keeping at least 1 goalie is a must as my league tends to go goalie crazy early in drafts.


Thanks for the help

You couldn't wait for me to answer this in my mailbag?

[Blues_fan1000]

Without a pick in the first couple of rounds, I almost feel like I have to keep a goalie as the goalie "run" often happens early in my drafts. I don't know if I can bank on a Lehner/Greiss happening each year to risk letting go of Bishop and/or Rask.

Sorry Roos, I assume you get a bunch of questions daily and just wanted to hear thoughts from the forum. I look forward to hearing your thoughts if it still gets discussed in the mailbag. If not, sorry to waste your time.

[RizzeeDizzee]

You couldn't wait for me to answer this in my mailbag?

I got your email - no worries, I'll still cover it in the mailbag