Power by far then Sanderson is likely to make the nhl but his offensive impact is questionable vs Niemela who has potential to be a pp QB but I’m not sure how high I am on him reaching that point.
Have the opportunity to acquire one of these 3 D, I'm highest on Powers but it will cost me the most. Would like to get some thoughts on upside/eta on the following 3.
12 Team Dynasty League. $4 increase per player a year FP/ reduced salary for 3 years, Keep 8-12 (League Champion 14/15, 16/17, 19/20, 22/23)
Categories - D-G, G, A, PPP, SHP, SoG, Hits/Blocks, FoW, FoW%, Give/Take, Wins, GAA, Save%, Saves.
C: Tavares $33, Eichel $16 (1st yr FP), Trocheck $18, Jenner $9 Beniers $2 (1st yr RC)
W: Ovechkin $18, Hintz $17, Pavelski $11, Zacha $10, Kaprizov $7, Johnston $2 (1st yr RC), Reichel $2 (1st yr RC), Bertuzzi $1, Tippet $1
D: Burns $20, Jones $17, Werenski $16 (2nd yr FP), Matheson $5, Spurgeon $1, OEL $1
G: Shesterkin $7, Sorokin $3 (2nd yr RC), Raanta $1
MLP Bench: Rossi, Nazar, Kovalenko, Nikishin, Morrow, Ivanov
Power by far then Sanderson is likely to make the nhl but his offensive impact is questionable vs Niemela who has potential to be a pp QB but I’m not sure how high I am on him reaching that point.
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24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
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Power and Sanderson imo are a toss up. They both have an incumbent to deal with. I would go with whichever is cheaper. Big fan of Niemela but he is 2 or 3 tiers below
So these are the deals he's willing to do.
Rossi + a 1st for Powers (I also own Kap, so doing this would gut me as I am very hopeful for a dynamic Rossi/Kap duo in the near future).
Beniers for Sanderson
Wyatt Johnston + a 2nd for Niemela
He has no prospect centers and the only prospect D I have currently is Scott Morrow, figured we could shore up each other's weaknesses.
12 Team Dynasty League. $4 increase per player a year FP/ reduced salary for 3 years, Keep 8-12 (League Champion 14/15, 16/17, 19/20, 22/23)
Categories - D-G, G, A, PPP, SHP, SoG, Hits/Blocks, FoW, FoW%, Give/Take, Wins, GAA, Save%, Saves.
C: Tavares $33, Eichel $16 (1st yr FP), Trocheck $18, Jenner $9 Beniers $2 (1st yr RC)
W: Ovechkin $18, Hintz $17, Pavelski $11, Zacha $10, Kaprizov $7, Johnston $2 (1st yr RC), Reichel $2 (1st yr RC), Bertuzzi $1, Tippet $1
D: Burns $20, Jones $17, Werenski $16 (2nd yr FP), Matheson $5, Spurgeon $1, OEL $1
G: Shesterkin $7, Sorokin $3 (2nd yr RC), Raanta $1
MLP Bench: Rossi, Nazar, Kovalenko, Nikishin, Morrow, Ivanov
Maybe the 2nd but I don’t really like any of these deals lol Ds are alot riskier to project so I am always one to trade them away in their D+1 ish and acquire more sure players. I like Rossi over Powers and Beniers over Sanderson
8 Team Keeper League
Keep 35 at the end of the year+5 JR slots(can be kept for 3 yrs after draft or less than 10 NHL games)
Points(4) PIM(0.5) +\-(0.5) Wins(5) SO(5) GA(-0.5) Save(0.1)
Roster:
17F
8D
3G
12Farm
5 JR spots
F: Landeskog Mackinnon Kaprizov Panarin Rantanen Bratt Buchnevich Hintz
Kreider Svechnikov Marner T. Wilson Guentzel Rust Fiala Aho Meier
D: Carlson Toews Theodore Krug Klingberg Barrie Ekblad Weegar
G: Bobrovsky Saros Vasilevskiy
Farm: Hagel, Petersen, Yamamoto, R. Strome, Addison Bjorkstrand ,JEEK, Duchene, Hartman, Severson, Burakovsky ,Nicushkin, Barbashev
JRs: Bourgault L. Cormier Lambos Olausson Zellweger
IR: Couturier/Ellis
If you are to trade Rossi, go for a young D who is currently playing who is producing with some upside. Someone like Theodore could be had for that Rossi package
8 Team Keeper League
Keep 35 at the end of the year+5 JR slots(can be kept for 3 yrs after draft or less than 10 NHL games)
Points(4) PIM(0.5) +\-(0.5) Wins(5) SO(5) GA(-0.5) Save(0.1)
Roster:
17F
8D
3G
12Farm
5 JR spots
F: Landeskog Mackinnon Kaprizov Panarin Rantanen Bratt Buchnevich Hintz
Kreider Svechnikov Marner T. Wilson Guentzel Rust Fiala Aho Meier
D: Carlson Toews Theodore Krug Klingberg Barrie Ekblad Weegar
G: Bobrovsky Saros Vasilevskiy
Farm: Hagel, Petersen, Yamamoto, R. Strome, Addison Bjorkstrand ,JEEK, Duchene, Hartman, Severson, Burakovsky ,Nicushkin, Barbashev
JRs: Bourgault L. Cormier Lambos Olausson Zellweger
IR: Couturier/Ellis
I think Beniers for Sanderson is fine. Idk if I would do it, but it’s even. Definitely no to the power deal. The Niemela deal is also fine.
Trade 1 - no for me, that's a bit steep for Power who will likely sit behind Dahlin for pp1. Rossi has a chance to move in as Minni's 1C. I don't even think I'd trade Rossi straight up for Power, let alone add a first.
Trade 2 - this one is closer for me. I like that Beniers has a solid path to 1c in Seattle. Lots of PP1 opportunity there for him. Sanderson is likely behind Chabot but he is a stud so I'd understand wanting to strengthen your D if you're okay at Center. He should fill a lot of your cats as he is a great defensive player (i like how far his offensive game has come too). Anyways this is the only trade I'd be considering.
Trade 3 - Not a chance for me. Wyatt Johnson has taken crazy leaps this year and is currently leading the entire CHL in scoring with 65 points in 35 games. He's been incredible and is leading his team in scoring by 25 points. I would not let this player go right now and I certainly wouldn't be adding a pick. See how his season plays out, he could put up 120 points...
And I really like Scott Morrow, although I understand it's difficult to crack that Carolina D roster... He could be their future pp1 quarterback, imo.
Weekly H2H, Points Only, Keeper League - 10 team - Keep 14 (+ 2 rookies, under 25 GP) - dress 12 F, 6 D, 2 G (Wins: 2 pts, OTL: 1 pt, SO: 1 pt) - 30 Roster max w/ 1 IR spot which opens up one roster spot.
FW: Aho, Eichel, Draisatl, Rantanen, Marchand, Matthews, Kyrou, J. Robertson, Bergeron, Duchene, Boldy, Toffoli, Kempe, Krejci, Schmaltz
D: Rielly, Heiskenen, Dobson, Drysdale, Byram, Nurse, Weegar, Matheson, Clarke
G: Andersen, Georgiev, Francouz, Kotchetkov, Wallstedt
If Power is indeed the better option here, and he may well be, the reality is that Sanderson is not very far behind at all, it's close. I, like others, don't see Niemela making waves in the NHL anytime soon, he as others have said is a tier below Power and Sanderson and this is especially true in a multi cat format such as your league. The offer that I like is Beniers for Sanderson. If your sig is accurate ) I don't see Bernier listed BTW) you have a nice collection of prospect forwards but you do not have any D prospects with the exception of Perunovich, Sanderson would be a good add for you IMO and Beniers is expendable to get it done.
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