Re: Alexander Romanov
Personally, I think Romanov becomes a better real life player than fantasy.
Most pundits will agree that his upside is likely capped somewhere in the 50's, and even as a Habs fan I tend to agree. His numbers in the KHL were low, but lets be wary of the fact that he was sheltered quite a bit for most of his time over there (i.e. not much ice time).
You mentioned your league is a multi-cat scoring system, and I do believe he's best suited for that type of league. He's going to hit a lot (as he did in the KHL), and block a lot of shoots too (as most D-men typically do). Long term, I think he can be a valuable asset in multicat leagues. For this upcoming season, it's hard to project what he's really going to do, but I can see him being given PP2 minutes eventually (especially since Weber tends to get hurt for X amount of games every year).
The Habs coaching staff and management are extremely high on him (maybe even a bit too much), so he will get every opportunity at a top 4 role immediately. The one thing to keep in mind though, is that he played the right side in the KHL--even though he's a left handed shooter. If he wants to play in the top 4 with either Weber or Petry, he'll need to transition to playing on the left side. I don't expect that to be a problem per say since he is a left shooter after all, but it may take a little bit of time for him to adjust. It's nothing that anyone should be worried about, but just a little something to bear in mind.
Overall, I think he'll be a much better own in multicat than points only, likely being able to contribute in a depth role on your team this season under your scoring settings.
C: MacKinnon, Eriksson Ek, Schmaltz, Bennett, Vilardi
W: Forsberg, Buchnevich, Kucherov, Keller, M Tkachuk, Tippett, Vatrano, Tolvanen, Drouin,
D: Carlson, Theodore, Pietrangelo, Chychrun, Hanifin, Durzi, Ekholm, Martinez
G: Skinner, Talbot, Kochetkov, Rittich
Minors: Geekie, Mateychuk, Knight, Portillo
Categories:
Goals & Assists = 1 point each
SOG, Hits, Blks = 0.1 each
PPP = 0.5
+/- = 0.25
Goalie Categories: SV = 0.1, W = 2, SO = 3, L = -2, GA = -0.5
Start 4C, 8W, 6D, 2G
12 Player Keeper - 15 Teams