Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
THIS !!!!!!
I get why people are concerned about KK not reaching his potential, but he's quite different than your average 19/20 year old rookie. KK has all ready proven he can dominate playing with grown men. He stepped into the NHL and all ready looks like a seasoned vet. I think there is very little chance he busts. And if he doesn't bust, we are talking about a top 25-30 player easily. As good as Connor is...... he's not that. And the fact that he is older is even more reason to suggest we are seeing the real deal. Doesn't look like there will be too many growing pains. KK could easily be a 100 point player once they surround him with Rossi and other talent.
18 Team H2H Dynasty 9x4 cat. Roster 30 + 2 NA, 4 DL. 4C,4LW,4RW,6D,1G,11BN
Scoring cats are G, A, +\-, PIM, PPP, SHP, FW, HIT, BLK
W, GAA, SV%, SHO.
C: Crosby, Horvat, , E. Lindholm (RW), Aho, W. Johnston (RW), Bjugstad,
LW: Marchand, J. Benn, E. Kane, Fiala, Barbashev (C), Schwartz (C), Namestikov (C)
RW: M. Tkachuk (LW), JT Miller (C), Batherson, Hyman (LW), Frederic (C), Palmieri
D: J. Carlson, Josi, Doughty, Pietrangelo, Seider, Gudas, Ekman-Larsson,
G: Vasilievkiy, Shesterkin, Husso
NA: Mukhamadullin (D), I. Rosen (RW), D. .Levi (G)
LTIR: Landeskog (LW), Dach (C)
My issue with everyone who is cheering for Kaprizov (and dont get me wrong, I think the kid will be an excellent hockey player eventually) here, is that you are mostly saying "just wait until such-and-such reaches his potential to help Kaprizov be a better player". The way I see it, you are all basing your hopes on Kaprizov reaching the next level and his full potential, on someone else reaching their potential eventually.
Potential is great and all, but you can't base your hopes on potential when the other option is guarantee. We KNOW what Connor is and for all we know, he could still have more. Kaprizov might reach Connor's current output pace someday. He might not. That old saying "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" usually comes into my mind when these discussions happen.
If the age gap was significant between the two, I can see why Kaprizov might be the more appealing option, but for me, I'll take the bird in the hand.
Fun discussion!
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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10 Team Limited Keeper (Keep 8) Points Only
SALARY CAP (Player Salaries) League
20 Player Teams = 12 Fwd 6 D 2 G
My team: ???
10 Owner Keepers. Keep 8
Positions----C:3 LW:3 RW:3 D:6 G:2
Skaters: Assists/Blocks/FOW/Goals/Hits/SOG/STP
*Defense premium 1.5/1 Goalies: GA/SV/W
Kootenay League
C: Draisaitl(c,l), Zibanejad, Beniers, Nelson
RW:Meier(l,r), Kyrou, Tippett, D.Stome(c,r), Stone
LW: Tkachuk(l,r), Panarin, McCann(c,l), Marchessault(l,r),
D: Josi, McAvoy, Morrissey, Montour, Toews, Hronek, Severson, Orlov
G: Gustavsson, Kuemper, Gibson
Wow. I'll admit I only remember players by their birth year and not specific months. So in my mind, Connor is 96 and Kaprizov is 97. 4 months is not alot.
Kyle put up 73 pts in 71 games. 38 of which were goals with a high SOGs rate in his age 23 season. Kaprizov would need to put up point per game THIS season for me to maybe consider him just as good a young player.
Kaprizov is 23, not 19/20.
One day I will quit fantasy hockey, today is not that day.
So what part of similar shooting % numbers and double the shot output for Connor didn't we understand?
This boils down to those voting for Kaprizov because they are emotional about this exciting new player vs. the numbers that clearly say Connor is and will be the better fantasy producer. That's what I'm getting out of the above posts.
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
Haha that is 100% what I got! The Hype/Potential vs Proven Player.
Like others have stated the age gap is so minimal that they both have many years of good hockey ahead of them, though Kyle has already proven skills at the NHL level. Even if he has the better linemates. The Thrill is still a good year behind Kyle for sure, KHL to NHL is still a heck of a transition and another year or so until the Wild get anything seriously established around Kirill.
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C, C, RW, LW, F, F, D, D, D, Uti, G, G, BN, BN, BN, BN
G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, FOW~W, L, GAA, Sv%, saves, SO
McDavid C, Kadri C, Zibanejad C, Mackinnon C, Boldy LW/RW, Backlund C, Duchene C/RW, Fantilli C, Batherson LW/RW, Forsberg LW, Zegras C IR, Mintyukov D, Dunn D, Seider D, Hellebucyk G, Kochetkov, Bobrovsky G
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
I agree . Connor is one of the most underrated players in the league . I’d trade Kap for him .
17th season keeper league with salary cap,16 teams ,max 38 players per team,UFA/RFA system,contracts.
Cats:fwd(1pt=1pt)top 6 count -Bratt/Hischier/Kakko/Hintz/Meier/W.Johnston/Mercer/Lafrénière/Perfetti/Zibanejad//Mercer/Holtz/Panarin/Kreider/
D(G=2,A=1.5)top 4 count- A.Fox/Heiskanen/K.Miller/Hutson
Goalies(save%,W,SO)top 2 count-Shesterkin/Oettinger
plus 4 other cats: top powerfwd(Trocheck)
setupman(J.Hughes),sniper(J.Robertson)rookie(M.Bou rque/G.Perreault/Stankoven)
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Looks like the owner wants Kaprizov + Boeser for just Connor....