2021 Draft Talk - Biggest Fantasy Upside?
My favourite part about my keeper league is drafting and developing prospects. I have the 1st and 4th overall picks in an uncertain draft, and I'm having a hard time projecting who would be best to take from a fantasy perspective. I love stockpiling good young defencemen, but I find they take really long to develop into fantasy studs (age 22-23 with some exceptions). I know the draft is a few months away, but I would love to get a discussion going and hear others' thoughts.
In an all-cats league I would really need any D to produce points, PP points, shots AND hits to be highly valuable, similar to my top guys on my roster now. Is that Power's game? That also makes me question Beniers' worth as well. Does he have offensive upside needed to produce points? He seems like he could be a Brady Tkachuk type and be a force in hits, shots while having moderate point production. Eklund might produce points (and mostly assists) but that's it? Guys like that (Johnny Gaudreau) aren't as valued in my league. Clarke is producing against men... so much uncertainty!
I also love me some top goalie prospects and am lacking in depth there are on my team...
Here is what I'm leaning for my top 5 in the draft from a fantasy perspective:
1 Guenther
2 Beniers
3 Power
4 Clarke
5 Eklund
12 team dynasty, H2H points, no cap, no max games
12F (4 slots per pos), 6D, 2G, 32 players + 21 minor slots, minors eligibility <80 GP
G: 4 / A: 2 / / Blk, Hit, SOG: 0.5 / Goalie W: 3 / Shutout: 1 / STP: 1 / SV% >.92: 1 / SV: 0.25
C: Eichel, Trochek, Barzal, Suzuki,
W: Draisaitl, Ehlers, Dubois, Buchnevich, Necas, Debrusk, McCann, Jarvis
D: Hughes, Morissey, Chychrun, Bouchard, Pionk, Parayko, McNabb
G: Ullmark, Hart, Grubauer, Korpisalo
Prospects:
Knies, Reichel, Kemell, Robertson
Sandstrom