Re: Annual checkup!
Trouba and Karlsson are no longer keepers IMO. Trouba is behind Fox and the Rangers will look to move him asap when his NMC runs out. Lundkvist and soon Schneider will be competing for his spot long term. And Trouba just won't produce enough. And I think for now, Lundkvist and maybe Jones will end up taking Trouba's PP opportunity.
Karlsson could rebound but I still don't think he will return to his old value.
Don't let this gambling stuff effect what you do with Evander Kane. Even with all this going on he was the Sharks best player last season and had one of his best career years. I don't expect that to change. And I actually don't think he bet on NHL games, or at least, I don't think he will get caught or that anything will come from the investigation which has slowed down a lot. Kane is still one of the best fantasy wingers and especially for banger leagues. I would actually be using this opportunity to try to acquire him in leagues where I didn't own him.
With that scoring I am definitely keeping Dumba over both Karlsson and Trouba.
I'm actually not a big fan of Bennett this season. However, if Tarasenko ends up remaining with the Blues, I don't think he will have a very good year. I might consider cutting Tarasenko unless he actually gets traded. Tarasenko and Buch will end up hurting eachother's value if Tara stays.
But really, Trouba and Karlsson probably the main cuts from your main roster. If you really feel like keeping one of them though, I would consider cutting Tarasenko instead. Don't trust him to remain healthy or to produce like days of old. If he went to a team like the Islanders though, that all changes and he becomes fairly valuable.
From your farm, I would cut Tarasov and either Vladar or Vanecek. That's a tough one. I actually like Vladar, but don't like his opportunity for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile Vanecek is coming off a surprise year, one that I don't think he will repeat with a healthy Samsonov. But, based off of last seasons production, you might be able to trade Vanecek for something really good, or a really good prospect. In which case, I would maybe keep him and go that route. But if you wouldn't be shopping Vanecek, I might actually prefer Vladar long term.
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)