Re: 2019/20 Dobber Pro - Campbell League
Thanks 4T2. Mostly happy with how things went, so I guess I've got to try not to screw it up on the wire!
1 -3 Alex Ovechkin LW
2 -22 Erik Karlsson D
3 -27 Blake Wheeler RW
4 -46 Jake Guentzel LW,RW
5 -51 Evgeni Malkin C
6 -70 Dylan Larkin C
7 -75 Philipp Grubauer G
8 -94 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D
9 -99 Joe Pavelski C,RW
10 -118 Logan Couture C
11 -123 Rickard Rakell LW,RW
12 -142 Nino Niederreiter LW,RW
13 -147 Justin Faulk D
14 -166 Juuse Saros G
15 -171 Jaroslav Halak G
16 -190 Ryan Suter D
17 -195 Ryan Getzlaf C
18 -214 Filip Hronek D
19 -219 Ryan McDonagh D
20 -238 Tristan Jarry G
21 -243 Kevin Fiala LW,RW
22 -262 Roope Hintz C,LW
23 -267 Elvis Merzlikins G
24 -286 Max Comtois LW
25 -291 Brian Elliott G
Went in wanting to experiment with late drafting goalies. In a max GP roto league where most NHL teams are moving more and more to something in between a 50/50 and 65/35 G split, I figure there's all kinds of value to be had in trying to fill out goalie GP closer to the end of a draft. That part worked. The part where I intended on going pretty heavy on D didn't play out. Through the first ten rounds, it really seemed like people had targets. And the result was there was just so much offense left that I decided to draft F over D much more than I was intending.
Very happy with Ovi, Karlsson, Wheeler 1-3. Guentzel over Barkov might end up being a mistake at the end of the 4th. That said, I think Guentzel gets on pp1 and might just end up ranked in the top 10 this year. Malkin in the 5th is a great high-upside gamble. Larkin I'm really high on, and think should finish in the top 25 players this year. Grubby fell into my lap at 75th. Was planning on picking up one of the tandems (greiss/varly or rittich/talbot) that I thought provided good value mid-draft, and fill out with 'backups' late. And figured one of Trouba, Gustaffson, or Dahlin will still be there at 75. Nope, all are sniped. Grubby is the best G option by far, and it's mildly criminal he's still on the board. So I zag a bit.
Needed D, settled on OEL. Upside there with Kessel on the pp, and a team improvement. Decent floor anyway. Wanted more D, and ended up drafting Pavelski, Couture, Rakell, Nino. Just couldn't pass them up. Plan largely went accordingly thereafter, as I was able to snag both Saros and Halak in the 14th and 15th. Missed on Francouz, but gambled on Elvis instead. Should provide more starts anyhow. Elliott and Jarry round out the backup carousel. I'm going to have to be paying attention to make my goalie GP, but that's a micromanaging gamble I'm pretty willing to take. Quite happy to have gotten Getz in the 17th, and Hronek in the 18th. Not ecstatic about Suter, Hronek, McDonagh as 4-6, but it'll do for now.
Good luck all.
Yahoo 12-team H2H partial keeper league (keep 7 vets + 3 prospects (p = skater <201 gp; goalie < 101gp))
G,A,P,PIM,+/-,PPP,SOG,FW,hits, blocks, W,GAA,SV%,Saves
Start 3/3/3/5/2
C: Kopitar, P. Suter, Carlsson (p), Lundell (p), Norris
LW: B. Tkachuk, Stutzle (c), Colton (c), Ehlers
RW: Rantanen, Caufield (lw), Svechnikov (lw), Foegele (lw)
D: Dahlin, Andersson, Chychrun, Montour, Sanheim, Matheson, Faber (p)
G: Talbot, Forsberg, Daws (p), Wolf (p, NA)
IR: Fantilli, Sergachev, Jeannot, Ingram
NA: Levi