I'll take the option with Aho.
Sorry for the long post off the bat.
I am floundering in my league and rather than finish in the bottom four I am happy to bottom out and get myself together for next year. Right now two guys are running away with it so trade partners looking to give up draft picks are sparse. As well, because its a limited keeper with keepers expanding each year, folks have been keeping the top guys (McDavid, Draisaitl, Kuch, Mack), off the table
I have decided on Point, Aho, Pasta, Makar and Vasi as my likely keepers. Already moved Rielly for a 2nd rounder.
I have two trades on the table that would leave me one of these situations for keepers, either:
Pasta, Aho, Point, Makar, Vasi, 2 Firsts, 2 Second, 2 Thirds, no Fourth or fifth
or
Pasta, P. Kane, Point, Makar, Vasi, 1 First, 3 Seconds, 2 Thirds, 1 Fourth, no fifth.
(guys available in the draft will likely include Malkin, Forsberg, Rinne, Landeskog, Barkov, Giroux, Scheifele etc)
Wondering what folks see as a better option, I am a HUGE Aho fan so its probably clouding my judgement.
For those that want to read more here are the trades
3 Players, 1st, 3rd
for
Conner, Landeskog, Trouba, 4th, 7th
or
P. Kane, 3 players, 2nd, 3rd
for
Aho, Conner, Landeskog, Trouba, 6th, 7th
8tm Keep 7FWD,4D,1G
3C,3LW,3RW,5D,2G (positional game played cap)
G(3),A(2),+/-(1),PM(0.5),PPP(1),GW(1),S(0.4),W(4),SV(0.2),GA(-1),SO(2)
C:Aho, Barkov, Pavelski(RW), Nugent-Hop(LW)
R:Rantanen, Pasta, Konecny
L:Guentzel, Gaudreau, Keller(RW), Benn
D:Makar, Karlsson, Sergachev, Dobson, Hronek, Sanderson
G:Vasilevskiy, Hart, Kuemper, Kotchetkov, Husso
I'll take the option with Aho.
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The two firsts in this league should outweigh the difference between p Kane and Aho in this setup imo. I'm keeping Aho and the two early picks. There are only 40 players kept in this league so that first round will be loaded early with some players that the top teams had to let go (would be keepers on bottom teams). The top end talent won't last through the first round though.
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
The first option. Pasta, Aho, Point, Makar, Vasi, 2 Firsts, 2 Second, 2 Thirds, no Fourth or fifth Some good names out there, I want the two firsts.
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, K.Connor, J. Hughes,,J.Guentzel, A.Svechnikov, C.Giroux, T.Terry
D: Q. Hughes, A.Pietrangelo, J.Carlson, A.Ekblad, Sanheim
G:Bobrovsky, Ingram
Would it change anyone's opinion if I could get Kane and drop Point instead of Aho?
8tm Keep 7FWD,4D,1G
3C,3LW,3RW,5D,2G (positional game played cap)
G(3),A(2),+/-(1),PM(0.5),PPP(1),GW(1),S(0.4),W(4),SV(0.2),GA(-1),SO(2)
C:Aho, Barkov, Pavelski(RW), Nugent-Hop(LW)
R:Rantanen, Pasta, Konecny
L:Guentzel, Gaudreau, Keller(RW), Benn
D:Makar, Karlsson, Sergachev, Dobson, Hronek, Sanderson
G:Vasilevskiy, Hart, Kuemper, Kotchetkov, Husso
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, K.Connor, J. Hughes,,J.Guentzel, A.Svechnikov, C.Giroux, T.Terry
D: Q. Hughes, A.Pietrangelo, J.Carlson, A.Ekblad, Sanheim
G:Bobrovsky, Ingram
I would want Aho over Kane going forward.
Kane is still a solid offensive producer, but for how long? I'd wager this season and next.
Aho is coming into his prime. So another 4-5 seasons of point per game or better.
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Fwds: MacKinnon, Pastrnak, Rantanen, M Tkachuk Scheifele, Marchand, B Nelson, Stephenson, J Toews, R Thomas, Lundell, E Rodrigues, Sissons, Lowry, M Foligno, D Guenther, Mangiapane, Pacioretty, Huberdeau, Wheeler
Dmen: Makar, D Toews, Dobson, Sergachev, S Jones, Graves, Carlo, Gudas, Byram, Girard, Thrun
Goalies: Vanecek, Francouz, Samsonov
I'd want the top option with the 2 firsts like everyone else.
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Option #1 for sure, those picks have a lot of value in round 1.
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: Zibanejad, Eichel, Cozens, Fantilli
LW: Stutzle (C), Benn, Nichuskin (RW), Lehkonen
RW: A. Svechnikov (L), Wilson, Tippett
D: Dahlin, McAvoy, Heiskanen, Nurse, Werenski, L. Hughes
G: Sorokin, Hill, Schmid
IR: Pacioretti
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Thanks for all the help folks, looks like I am doing the deal for the picks, much appreciated!
8tm Keep 7FWD,4D,1G
3C,3LW,3RW,5D,2G (positional game played cap)
G(3),A(2),+/-(1),PM(0.5),PPP(1),GW(1),S(0.4),W(4),SV(0.2),GA(-1),SO(2)
C:Aho, Barkov, Pavelski(RW), Nugent-Hop(LW)
R:Rantanen, Pasta, Konecny
L:Guentzel, Gaudreau, Keller(RW), Benn
D:Makar, Karlsson, Sergachev, Dobson, Hronek, Sanderson
G:Vasilevskiy, Hart, Kuemper, Kotchetkov, Husso