Sid and Barkov
I'd pick one of McAvoy/Bouchard and one of Sid/Barkov... I can't choose myself, so I feel for you here. I'd also wait as long as you can to see what Bergeron does and if EDM decides to do something stupid this Summer. Be good to know how Matty Tkachuk's feeling at end of Summer too.
10 Team H2H Points (Keep 1C, 2W, 2D, 1G, & 1 non-goalie):
G,A,+/-, PIM, PPG, SHG, GWG, OTG, FOWs, Hits, Blks, Maj, Mis, (bonus scoring for D-men makes them comparable to Wing)
Wins, Saves, GA, Shutouts
18 Man Roster (3 IR slots) Daily Start: 2C, 4W, 4D, 2G
C: Zibanejad, Thomas, Tavares
W: Stutzle, Robertson, Connor, Buchnevich, McCann
D: Makar, McAvoy, Josi, Theodore, Matheson, Harley
G: Georgiev, Binnington, Kochetkov, Andersen (IR)
Sid and Barkov
20 Team Dynasty - Categories (Start 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 7 D, 2 SKT, 2 Goalies)
Skater Categories - G, A, PTS, Pim, PPG, PPP, SHP, GWG, HT, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW
Goalie Categories - W, GA, GAA, SVS, SV %, SO
C- McDavid, Eichel, Aho, T Thompson, Zegras, D Strome, R Strome
LW- Kaprizov, Roberston, Connor, Guentzel, Slafkovsky, Peterka
RW- Pastrnak, M Tkachuk, Marner, Hyman, Boldy, Lafreniere
D- McAvoy, Chychrun, Pietrangelo, Ferraro, McCabe, Seeler, Middleton, Dillon, Murphy, Brodin, Pelech
G- Sorokin, Askarov, Nedeljkovic
1. EP40
2. Rantanen
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3. Barkov
4. Crosby
With 2util, this is a 11F/4D league... so nothing wrong at all with loading up on forwards.
(Unless you have a D that is a BLK machine).
In fantasy keepers, you are always swapping out your last keeper, year-to-year.
So you should just take the guy that will point the best for the coming year in your last spot.
You'll redraft a replacement.
For me, Sid still has 90pt upside - he just needs better linemates.
And maybe Guentzel plays his heart out given he's in contract-final-year.
Sid is also going to be a PLUS player, which helps with +/- as category.
Caufield could/should be major MINUS player - MON is still a garbage defensive team with garbage goaltending.
I will say - I think the stats would suggest McAvoy is a damn-fine-keeper in this format with BLK and +/-.
That said... I don't know if the all-around assists and PPP are there if BOS doesn't have Krejci and Bergeron on roster for season.
Going to echo Barkov & Crosby.
But McAvoy is right up there as well. If you think one of those three has a better chance to be redrafted later on drop that one and keep the other two.
32 Team Dynasty With Cap (83.5M) - H2H Pts
Skaters: G: 4, A: 2, PPP: 1, SHP: 2, SOG: 0.5, HIT: 0.5, BLK: 0.5, FOW: 0.1, +/-: 0.5
Goalies: W: 6, SHO: 6, SV 0.25, GA: -2
Positions: 3C, 6W, 3F, 6D, 2G, 3BN, 20 Prospects
C: McTavish, Newhook, Dellandrea, Parssinen, Sillinger, Jost
W: Svechnikov, Guenther, Berggren, Krebs, Palat, Foudy
D: Weresnki, Chabot, Ekholm, Krug, Pelech, Jensen, Forbort
G: Blackwood, Ersson
Top Prospects: Smith (SJS), Savoie (BUF), Bourgault (EDM), Bourque (DAL), Perron (CAR), Korchinski (CHI), Nikishin (CAR), Jones (NYR), Cossa (DET), UPL (BUF), Daws (NJD)
I would go with McAvoy and Bouchard. If Tyson Barrie can lead the NHL in points 2 seasons ago playing on the best PP in the league, imagine what Evan Bouchard will do with it full time. His post deadline numbers are not just sustainable but he can be better than that even as his confidence starts to grow. The Oilers PP will be just as good next as last year (ie best in the league by a long ways barring McDavid or RNH missing significant time) and Bouchard will be QB1 full time on it.
McAvoy is also one of the best dmen in the league and his points are only getting better on a year to year basis.
Crosby will fall in the draft as he's "old". Barkov will not have a great season as the Panthers have no dmen to start the season and Tkachuk is also going to be very limited in his off-season training. I expect Florida to start worse than last season.