Keeper help - how viable are cheap goalies in auction keepers?
Hi all,
Team in sig.
Right now I'm 2nd of 12, but when my GP catch up with the first-place team I'll overtake them. I just traded for M Tkachuk and Pietrangelo for junk and $25 in 2023 auction cash.
Right now my keepers (with inflation added) would be:
Jarry - $9
Markstrom - $10
Kadri - $4
With a few others in consideration - Batherson $4, Weegar $7 (v valuable with blocks/hits/+-).
I'm in talks to trade cash, Kadri and junk for Freddie Andersen, Rantanen and Kucherov, and my keepers then could be:
Jarry - $9
Markstrom - $10
Andersen - $16
Would this be a terrible strat, given that I'd be drafting next year starting with $325 - $350, and the bottom teams would be drafting with $450? I feel like the general vibe in the forum is not to keep goalies, but I also think this would almost guarantee me the league this year, have a good shot at locking up all my goalie categories next year and leave enough auction cash to put together a half-decent team next year.
Thoughts?
12-team, Keep 3 (2 years max with inflation) Auction Roto, 14-cat (10 skater, 4 goalie). $400 bank for auction.
F: Kaprizov, Huberdeau, M Tkachuk, B Tkachuk, Connor, Kadri, Debrincat, Kuznetsov, Batherson, Strome, Barbashev, Granlund, Couture
D: Hamilton, Pietrangelo, Weegar, Karlsson, Chabot
G: Markstrom, Jarry, Kahkhonen