Re: Trading Ovechkin?
I've stopped betting against Ovy being awesome. I think he has at least 3 more 40+ goal seasons, combined with his usual high number of PPPs, SOG and HITs (even if his hits cut in half he's still above average for a star forward).
In short I would have no problem keeping him next season. You've had a tough year with Tarasenko injury, Vasi being down and Karlsson another bad year. However a keeper core of:
Ovy, Barkov, Kucherov, Tank, Vasilevsky, and Svenchnikov is pretty studly.
With a good draft you should be able to compete for a title the next 2-3 years. The only way I'm trading Ovy is if I get a young, impact player who has already proven something. Ovy for Pettersson + something would be pretty balanced, maybe straight up but I would not add to Ovy to get Pettersson.
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