Re: Who to target? Markstrom or ... [REP[
I'm also concerned that Markstrom might not be your best option. Here's what Doyle wrote today in Capped: Buy and Sell
"His first year in Calgary started really well with a save percentage of .925. He ended the year with a respectable .913 over his final thirteen games. It was the 18 games in the middle that were dreadful, with an .882 save percentage. The Flames also lost their best defenceman and captain, Mark Giordano and added two depth pieces in Erik Gudbransson and Nikita Zadorov. You'll forgive me for sitting in the camp that believes Calgary's defence is not as good as it was last year. At 31, I have really mixed feelings that he will perform at a high level consistently moving forward.
Perhaps it is a year to early to ditch Markstrom, sometimes it can be better to get out a little too early than too late. There are better value goalies out there that will give you similar or better stats for a lower cost, Freddy Andersen, being a prime example."
I dunno, there's some merit to that opinion I think. The question I have is, with the guys you have in net who will both play a lot of hockey, do you need a big time work horse as a 3rd or would 40 starts suffice?
My other concern is that while your skaters are strong, they are all forwards, no defence. With the goaltending you already have, I'd be inclined to go after a D in the first round and there are no shortage of very nice options there. I'd then target a goalie in the 2nd round and there should still be very solid options available, hell, if guys in your pool are reading the above and agree with that view, Markstrom could still be there.
14 Team Roto; Keep 25; 12 F, 6 D, 2 G; 10 Farm; 5 Bench; 5 IR;
Salary Cap - 102.5 Mil
Scoring Cats: G, A, Pts, PIM, Hits, BS, SOG, F Points, D Points; Win+Ties+SO, GAA, SV%
Keepers
F: Aho, Larkin, DeBrincat, Vrana, Bennett, Scheifele, Kakko,Tolvanen, McBain,
D: Heiskanen, Fox, Toews, Lundqvist
G: Swayman, Andersen, Copley
Drops
F: Gaudreau, Terravainen, Puljujarvi, Kravstov, Zary
D: Brannstrom, Cernak, Alexeyev
G: Korpisalo, Merzlikins
FARM: Rossi, Berggren, Holtz, Savoie, Clarke, Tarasov, Wolf