I would keep the pick, take Kaapo and never look back. He is an all-around beast while Laine is fairly one dimensional. Don't overthink it.
I had this in the forwards discussion and moved it to here.
I own the 2nd overall. Hughes will go first followed by my pick. I was thinking of offering that pick for Laine. Would you do it?
10 team keeper league dress 4 LW, C, RW, 6 Def and 2 Goalies (gls and asts are a pt for fwds and 1.5 for Def, as is a +, but also -1 for a - forwards and -1 for "D", G - 2 pts for win, 5 for SO and pts for saves)
LW - Landeskog, Robertson, E. Kane, Guentzel, Huberdeau, Kreider, Schwartz (C/RW)
C - Stamkos, Zibanijad, Wright, Norris, Seguin (RW), Larkin, Zegras, Zary
RW - Rantanen, Olofsson, Kuzmenko (LW), Sharangovich (LW/C), Laine, Arvidsson (LW)
D - M. Anderson, Josi, S. Jones, Toews, Theodore, Faber, , Korchinski, Zellweger, Mintyukov, Larsson, H. Lindholm, K. Miller
G - Andersen, Gustavsson, Saros, Vejmelka
I would keep the pick, take Kaapo and never look back. He is an all-around beast while Laine is fairly one dimensional. Don't overthink it.
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Skaters: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, FW, HIT
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C - Tavares, Scheifle, Trocheck, Granlund
LW - BTkachuk, Stamkos, Kurashev, Mittelstadt
RW - MTkachuk, Miller, Pavelski, Tolvanen, Zetterlund
D - Dahlin, Josi, Hamilton, Fox, Nurse, Montour, Manson
G - Sorokin, Saros, Ullmark
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LW - Voronkov
C - Foerster
D - Hutson, Nikishin
G - Schmid, Daws, Commesso, Portillo, Prosvetov
Arrrgh...that's exactly what I'm doing!! LOL
10 team keeper league dress 4 LW, C, RW, 6 Def and 2 Goalies (gls and asts are a pt for fwds and 1.5 for Def, as is a +, but also -1 for a - forwards and -1 for "D", G - 2 pts for win, 5 for SO and pts for saves)
LW - Landeskog, Robertson, E. Kane, Guentzel, Huberdeau, Kreider, Schwartz (C/RW)
C - Stamkos, Zibanijad, Wright, Norris, Seguin (RW), Larkin, Zegras, Zary
RW - Rantanen, Olofsson, Kuzmenko (LW), Sharangovich (LW/C), Laine, Arvidsson (LW)
D - M. Anderson, Josi, S. Jones, Toews, Theodore, Faber, , Korchinski, Zellweger, Mintyukov, Larsson, H. Lindholm, K. Miller
G - Andersen, Gustavsson, Saros, Vejmelka
Kakko over Laine. I think it goes beyond Laine's off year and the weaknesses in his game that were exposed. He's also damaged goods in the eyes of many people. Trade value matters too when assessing players in fantasy.
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Its a tough one.... what if Kakko was drafted last year and we had to pick between him and Laine befor his awful season?>!
If that makes sense, I would keep Laine if I had him and I wouldn trade for him if I had Kakko.
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Kakko, his game is simply more complete.
Laine may have the better shot... but that's about it, IMO.
(Having an incredible shot is probably one of the more polarizing evaluators on prospects. Some prospect rankers love ELITE shots - Corey Pronman, who I debated with - gives a high prospect rank to Arthur Kaliyev, LA. Kaliyev's shot is incredible... but in a Laine-ish way... that's the main thing... and it's not clear if that shot will be enough. It's very speculative at this point if Laine's shot is enough for his overall $$$ demands.)
10 team keeper league dress 4 LW, C, RW, 6 Def and 2 Goalies (gls and asts are a pt for fwds and 1.5 for Def, as is a +, but also -1 for a - forwards and -1 for "D", G - 2 pts for win, 5 for SO and pts for saves)
LW - Landeskog, Robertson, E. Kane, Guentzel, Huberdeau, Kreider, Schwartz (C/RW)
C - Stamkos, Zibanijad, Wright, Norris, Seguin (RW), Larkin, Zegras, Zary
RW - Rantanen, Olofsson, Kuzmenko (LW), Sharangovich (LW/C), Laine, Arvidsson (LW)
D - M. Anderson, Josi, S. Jones, Toews, Theodore, Faber, , Korchinski, Zellweger, Mintyukov, Larsson, H. Lindholm, K. Miller
G - Andersen, Gustavsson, Saros, Vejmelka
if they were the same age.. in the same draft class
The draft would be
Hughes-Kakko
gap
Kakko/Turcotte/Byram/Zegras
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10 team keeper league dress 4 LW, C, RW, 6 Def and 2 Goalies (gls and asts are a pt for fwds and 1.5 for Def, as is a +, but also -1 for a - forwards and -1 for "D", G - 2 pts for win, 5 for SO and pts for saves)
LW - Landeskog, Robertson, E. Kane, Guentzel, Huberdeau, Kreider, Schwartz (C/RW)
C - Stamkos, Zibanijad, Wright, Norris, Seguin (RW), Larkin, Zegras, Zary
RW - Rantanen, Olofsson, Kuzmenko (LW), Sharangovich (LW/C), Laine, Arvidsson (LW)
D - M. Anderson, Josi, S. Jones, Toews, Theodore, Faber, , Korchinski, Zellweger, Mintyukov, Larsson, H. Lindholm, K. Miller
G - Andersen, Gustavsson, Saros, Vejmelka