I would get away from Buff and Weber as soon as possible.
I had both of them in my league and traded them a number of years ago. Weber is a band Aid and Buff is going to retire sooner then later. Maybe much sooner!
In the banger league in my signature I had designs on competing this year anchored by my two elder statesman (and banger league studs) Buff and Weber.
BUT, if Buff hangs 'em up do I reconsider how I draft??
My draft is this Saturday so I might not know his status by then.
thoughts are very much appreciated!
12 Team, Weekly H2H w/ Daily Lineups, Keep 5
[SIZE=1]Scoring: PLAYER: G, A, PIM, PP, Hit, Blk, FoW, SOG GOALIE: Save, W, GAA, S%
Positions - 3C, 3RW, 3LW, 5D, 2G, 5 Bench, 3 IR
C: Eriksson Ek, Eichel, Hischier, McTavish (LW)
LW: Jenner(C), Kane, Johnston (C,RW), Lafreniere (RW)
RW: A. Svechnikov (L), Cozens (RW), Byfield (C,LW), Hathaway, McCarron
D: McAvoy, Nurse, Werenski, Seeler, Faber
G: Shesterkin, Saros, Skinner
2017-18 and 2019/20 Champion, 2nd place 2023-34, 3rd place 2015-16, 16-17 , 18-19, 20-21
I would get away from Buff and Weber as soon as possible.
I had both of them in my league and traded them a number of years ago. Weber is a band Aid and Buff is going to retire sooner then later. Maybe much sooner!
16 Team H2H Keeper Year 16
Skater Points
G2, A1, DG+1, DA+1, GWG1, HAT3, OTG1, PIM0.5, PPG1, PPA1, PenaltyShotG1, SHG2, ShootOutG1, SOG0.1, +/-1
Goalie Points
W4, S 0.14, GA-1, OW1, ShootOutW 1, SO2
Line-Up
F (start 6): Connor, Svechnikov, Guentzel, , Kaprizov
D (start 4): Q Hughes, Ekblad, DeAngelo, Makar
G (start 1):
8 Keepers:
16 Team Roto Keeper League:
Cats
G, A, +/-, PPP, HIT, SOG, D Points, W, and SV%.
Line-Up
3C: Barzal, Duchene, Kyrou, Couturier
3LW: Lafreniere, Debrincat, Garland, J Robertson
3RW: Puljujarvi, Bjorkstrand, Fiala, Reinhart, McCann
4D: Bouchard, Cabot, Klingburg, S Jones, Byram
2G (Max): Rask, Hellebuyck
5 Keepers
Weber isn’t a band aid. He has had 1 injury in the past 6 seasons.
It would suck to lose Buff as a keeper if he retires. Imo your 1sr round pick should always be just less than your last keeper in talent if that makes sense. So if you lose buff, you shouldn’t be too far off with a replacement. Maybe your team just has an off year and you regroup for next season
14 team Fantrax H2H keeper league
G, A, P, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW, - W, Gaa, Sv%, Svs
C - Crosby, Tavares, Kopitar, Toews
LW - Hall, Giroux(C), Vrana, Gaudreau
RW - Pastrnak, Kane, Stamkos(C), Kubalik
D - Burns, Murphy, Morrisey, Cernak, Whitecloud, Chiarot
G - Mrazek, Campbell, Brossoit, Greiss
Bench - Middlestat, Wennberg, Perron, Olofsson, Schwartz, Atkinson, Yama
I would not let the loss of one player change your draft strategy. Draft to win the championship this season and if you get partway through the year and realize that you won't win, then you can start the process to try winning the following season. There is a 70% turnover of your roster from year to year so there's no point in throwing this season away.
Agree Buff is obviously a stud but with or without him you have a good crop of keepers including: 3 top-20 forwards, E. Kane who is a banger in his own right and a good pair of Dmen. Buff is not a high points guy so you'll still be in good shape if he does retire. I would not alter my draft strategy much other than maybe drafting an extra D-man late
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
Season hasn't started so no, you're not sunk. Are you at a slight disadvantage going into the draft? Perhaps.
Drafting well in the latter rounds can save it all for you. Time to put nose down and research who's sneaking onto PP's and moving up from 3rd to 2nd line, increasing ATOI... that might go later in rounds.
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stay the course, although I would get rid of gustaffson, I think he digresses, stash buff on IR and then try and target a guy like Dumba who should slip in the draft
First, I don't think Buff is going to retire. I don't think he would have gone through this whole thing of informing the team that he needs some time away from the team and the team is supporting this if he knows he wants to retire. If he wants to retire at his age then tell the team I am retiring.
12 Team H2H League
G: Braden Holtby-Was, Matt Murray- Pit, Devan Dubnyk- Min
D: Victor Hedman- TB, Dougie Hamilton- Car, Josh Morrissey- Wpg, Charlie McAvoy- Bos, Rasmus Ristolainen- Buf
W: Artemi Panarin- NYR, Vladimir Tarasenko- Stl, Viktor Arvidsson- Nsh, Ondrej Kase- Ana, Jesper Bratt- NJ
C: Nathan MAckinnon- Col, William Karlsson- Veg, Matthew Barzal- NYI
14 Teams H2H Dynasty, 28 roster spots (8 bench), 15 minors under 100
Weekly Matchups - Daily Lineups
Skaters: G/A/Pt/PIM/SoG/STP/H+B/ToI/Corsi
Goalies: W/GAA/SVs/SV%/SHO
C: Eichel, Kadri, Mcdavid, Sodeberg, Schenn
LW: Ehlers, Landeskog, Meier, Debrusk, Foegele, Lee
RW: Pastrnak, Marner, Palmieri, Terry, D. Brown, Bailey, Granlund
D: Krug, Josi, Ekholm, Faulk, Muzzin, Karlsson, Cernak,
G: Hellebuyck, Biship, M Jones