Keep 5

[Kylegary Flames]

Who would you keep (5)?:

Matthews (C)
Cozens (C)
Ovechkin (LW)
Robertson (LW)
Bratt (LW/RW)
Kucherov (RW)
Byram (D)
Fox (D)
Demko (G)

[LuigiC173]

Matthews
Ovi
Robertson
Kuch
Fox

[Fighting_Emu]

Matthews
Ovi
Robertson
Kuch
Fox

Yerp- id go with this.

However if it is the league in your sig- I MIGHT consider demko just because its exceedingly hard to get even a starting goalie in a 14 team format. Who to drop though? It might sound like heresy but in a keeper format I think id drop AO from that list. Shop the shoot out of him for draft picks or whatever you can get- it'll be hard to upgrade any of those keepers- they're fantastic in a 10 teamer- in a 14 teamer they're drool worthy...

[finnys_fanatsy]

i also debated Demko over JRob..but the other 4 are the locks IMO.

Matthews
Ovi
Robertson / Demko
Kuch
Fox

[PenguinHunter]

Matthews (C)
Cozens (C)
Ovechkin (LW)
Robertson (LW)
Bratt (LW/RW)
Kucherov (RW)
Byram (D)
Fox (D)
Demko (G)

[LawMan]

1. Matthews
2. Ovy
3. Robertson
4. Kucherov
5. Fox/ Bratt - I lean towards Fox but hate keeping Dmen

[Kylegary Flames]

Yerp- id go with this.

However if it is the league in your sig- I MIGHT consider demko just because its exceedingly hard to get even a starting goalie in a 14 team format. Who to drop though? It might sound like heresy but in a keeper format I think id drop AO from that list. Shop the shoot out of him for draft picks or whatever you can get- it'll be hard to upgrade any of those keepers- they're fantastic in a 10 teamer- in a 14 teamer they're drool worthy...

It is the league in sig. This was my only debate as well, but I didn't add it to the post to see if it would be brought up, so thank you. Ovy only has another year or so left, and while Vancouver isn't the greatest, getting a solid goalie is very tough in my league, like you mentioned.

[tweetdrivr]

Are other teams allowed to keep more than one goalie if they want to?

[4T2]

I think everyone has nailed the 5 keepers with Matthews, Ovi, Robertson, Kuch and Fox.

While I understand the justification of Demko due to goalie scarcity, given how unpredictable goalies are in recent years, I couldn't justify keeping him over the guys listed. Target goalies early in the redraft and take fliers later on potential breakout netminders instead

[Kylegary Flames]

Are other teams allowed to keep more than one goalie if they want to?

They can if they want to, but I think I've only seen that done a handful of times in our 14 years.

[tweetdrivr]

They can if they want to, but I think I've only seen that done a handful of times in our 14 years.

Then do what 4T2 said.

[Fighting_Emu]

So I'm not sure whether or not you go with a goalie or a skater. I think its worth considering and doing a deep dive on but at the end of the day I think you're better qualified to make that decision with your familiarity with the context of the league and teams involved. I think given what we know I might go with the goalie but ill admit thats my gut talking. Its not actionable advice by any stretch but I've heard Demko to LA a bunch this year even though it doesn't seem to make a ton of sense for van- but I dont need to tell you the type of impact a move like that would have on Demkos value. If he moved to an improving Detroit team- heck even if Vancouver just adds a key dman or two and becomes more competetive in the short term- this is a guy with pretty attainable upside in the near future.

Here's what I am sure of though: I am NOT dropping JRob to keep AO in a keeper league. I can't think of many situations I'd even drop JRob nevermind one where you could drop Ovy instead!

He got 20 more points and if you're banking on his usual goal and sog dominance- Robertson scored one more goal and fired (a measly) 2 less sogs. Yes there's a games played issue at work on the numbers here but its only 5 games. Also bear in mind AO will be 38 next year! JRob is doing all this at the age of 23. If you'd kept AO this year you'd have LOST points- what happens next year?? This isn't even addressing the fact that eventually ovy will straight up retire while Robertson has lime 10 years of dominance in the tank!

I wouldn't fault anyone for suggesting AO but when you consoder it with the numbers in hand its a harder argument to make imho...

[Belexus75]

Matthews
Ovi
Robertson
Kuch
Fox

im with this too...to me other than Ovi the rest is must keep...now depending on what you think of Ovi and Washington going forward, you keep him or Demko.