Lindholm makes it all the better choice.
Points only, who do you keep:
Backstrom and a 4th round draft pick (around 18th overall)
or
Kopitar and a 3rd round draft pick (around 8th overall)
Backstrom to Kopitar may be a slight drop in points (maybe 5 points or so), but as this is a keeper league, there is not much high end talent from which to to choose. At 8th overall, I expect a player like E Lindholm or Landeskog to be available. At 18th overall, I am looking at Marchessault or Trochek type players.
13 team Keeper, top 8F, 4D and 2G count. 1pt G/A, 2pt W/SO.
Protect up to 500 points in a full season
(K) denotes keeper
Keepers:
F: Draisaitl, Thompson, Thomas, Zuccarello, Konecny, Marchessault Ehlers, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Perron, Coronato, Seguin, Atkinson, Rossi, Michkov
D: Q Fox, Sergachev, Dobson, York, Hutson
G: Vasilevsky, Jarry, Levi
Lindholm makes it all the better choice.
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I view Kopi and Backstrom basically the same in my ratings. Easy choice.
I'd say go for the higher pick option.
12 Team Keep 6: G/A:1 W/SO:2
C - McDavid, Matthews
LW - Draisaitl
RW - Marner
D - Dahlin, Morrissey
G -
B -
12 Team Keep 10 (& 5 Minors): G/A/OTL:1 W:2 SO:3
'24 Picks (16 Rounds) - 1,1,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,5,5,6,6
'25 & '26 - Extra 1st, Extra 2nd
F - McDavid, Rantanen, Point, Aho, M. Tkachuk, Guentzel
D - Bouchard, Dobson, Matheson
G - Vasilevskiy
B -
M - Cooley, Michkov, Perreault, Hutson, Nikishin
I would take the pick upgrade.
Kopitar and Landiskog > Backstrom and Marchessault
Another vote for Kopitar + 3rd round pick
Kopitar and the 3rd for me. This will be close but I wouldn't be surprised if Kopitar is right there with Backstrom, as you said 5, maybe less, but there's a good chance it may be more. It really doesn't matter who you think will be available in the 3rd or the 4th, it's pretty much a no brainer, the 3rd is a whole lot better than the 4th. Kopitar and Backstrom is a wash for me, take the pick upgrade.
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
Kopi will have an uptick this year
In points-only, I would much rather have Backstrom and the Washington supporting cast. I imagine Backstrom will continue his point production while I feel there is some risk with Kopitar. While losing 10 draft spots may be a bit of a hit, a player like Marchessault may not be that much of a downgrade from someone like Lindholm, IMO.
8-Team Points-Only Keeper League
Roster of 25 Players
No positional requirements for Forwards
Farm System of 3 Players
Fwds - Rantanen, Kaprizov, Pettersson, J. Hughes, Ovechkin, Malkin, A. Svechnikov, Forsberg, Reinhart, Keller, Gaudreau, Hagel, Eklund
Def - Q. Hughes, Josi, Theodore, Morrissey, Dunn, Letang, Burns, Matheson, York, Thrun
Goalies - Shesterkin, Jarry
Farm - Benson, Hutson, Nikishin
Kopi + the higher pick for me.
Kopitar & the higher pick for me as well.
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