Backstrom never held high value in a banger type
league so the likes of DuBois are warranted over
him but do what you can to try to trade him first before outright dropping.
I never thought I'd consider something like this, but Backstrom is now ranked #179 in my league and there are a bunch of guys ranked well under 100, including Dubois (52) Foligno (60) and Pearson (80) and Cirelli (82). They don't all have Backstrom's PPP (13) or point totals (38), but they make up for it in hits and PIM's. And Dubois has 38 pts and 9 PPP. Barring a trade, would I be crazy to drop him for one of these guys?
C: Kopitar, Jarvis (RW), Thomas
RW: Wilson, Bratt (LW), Zuccarello, Svechnikov (LW)
LW: B. Tkachuk, E.Kane, Boldy (RW)
D: Matheson, Rielly, Dahlin, Burns
G: Shesterkin, Vasilevskiy, Kochetkov
IR+
10 Team H2H, one year, G, A, +/-, PPP, PIM, HIT, W, SVP, GAA, SV
Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2Util, 2G
Backstrom never held high value in a banger type
league so the likes of DuBois are warranted over
him but do what you can to try to trade him first before outright dropping.
Girouxsalem
(G,A,PIM,PPP,GWG,FOW,SOG,HIT, BLK)(W,SV,SO,GAA,SV%)
F:B.Tkachuk,Alien,Stutzle,Miller,Connor,Svech,Thoma s,ChandlerS.,Jenner,Couts,Bennett,Tolvanen,Danault
D:Carlson,Nurse,Theodore,Matheson,Gudas,Harley
G:Jarry,Ingram,Kotchetkov
IR:Murphy,Rust,Guentzel
ThePeterNorthStars
G(4),A(2),PIM(1),PPP(2),SHP(3.5),GWG(2),SOG(.5),FO W(.25),FOL(-.25),HIT(.75),BLK(.5) G:W(6)L(-4)GA(-2)SV(.5)SHO(4)
C: Ziba,Tro,Schmaltz
L: Drai,Forsberg,Tolvanen,Lehkonen
RW: Tippett,Boldy,Meier
D: Josi,McAvoy,Carlson,Theodore,Faber,Montour,Sanderson
G: Shest,Kotchetkov
IR: Zegras,Norris,Vilardi,Kempe
I have trade proposals in to three guys who are Caps fans. Trying to get Krug, Peitrangelo or Josi for him. It's asking a lot, but you never know. Then I'd drop Dillon for that D and drop Francouz for Dubois.
C: Kopitar, Jarvis (RW), Thomas
RW: Wilson, Bratt (LW), Zuccarello, Svechnikov (LW)
LW: B. Tkachuk, E.Kane, Boldy (RW)
D: Matheson, Rielly, Dahlin, Burns
G: Shesterkin, Vasilevskiy, Kochetkov
IR+
10 Team H2H, one year, G, A, +/-, PPP, PIM, HIT, W, SVP, GAA, SV
Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2Util, 2G
How are you doing in the standings per category? Backstrom is weak in several but still strong in PPP (hard to find on the wire) and A. If you are doing solid in those two categories I would look to trade him before dropping him. With Kuemper back after the All-STar Break I like droping Francouz for PLD.
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
If those trades don't come to fruition... I'd have no issue in a one year making the swap for PLD
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