Re: Early rank my keeper forwards for trade purposes?
In a 12 team keep 5 situation I'd lean towards dropping Markstrom and keeping the guys you mentioned. But based on what you asked for, I'd drop Panarin. It's close between him and Connor for me (Hughes doesn't offer peripherals but his points will be much higher than Connor IMO and is much younger than Panarin). Connor had only one year above PPG and Winnipeg is struggling a bit, but he also gets more PPP points and peripherals than Panarin.
Team 1:
J Hughes, Cooley (r), Bratt, Laine, M Tkachuk, Necas, A Svechnikov, S Jarvis, M Michkov (r), W Johnston, Zegras, Giroux, Norris, Couturier, B Jenner, T Krug, Burns, M Weegar, Werenski, Sergachev, B Clarke (r), Theodore, Sorokin , Oettinger, Askarov (r), Ersson
12 teams, No salary cap
Keep 14 plus 4 rookies (under 150 GP) max 18 players
Scoring: G (1), A (1), +/- (0.25), H (0.1), B(0.1), PIM (0.1), SOG (0.1), GWG (1), PPP (1), SHP (1),
Goalies: W (2), SO (3), GA (-0.5), OTL (1), SV (0.1)