Don't love your goalie options here so I'd throw them back.
Batherson is the most intriguing forward but not sure I want a 60-70 point forward over a 50-point defenseman.
Give me Dunn and Burns.
Hi everyone, 10 team, keep 15 points only league.
Need to choose 15 keepers. Here are my "locks":
Jack Hughes
Elias Pettersson
Tim Stutzle
Johnny Gaudreau
Alex Tuch
Mark Scheifele
Brad Marchand
Mat Barzal
Timo Meier
Carter Verhaeghe
Cale Makar
Evan Bouchard
Thatcher Demko
That's 13; need to pick 2 of the following:
Mats Zuccarello, Drake Batherson, Tomas Hertl
Vince Dunn, Brent Burns
Vitek Vanecek, Sergei Bobrovsky
I am missing my first and 3rd picks after going for the title last season. Missed by 20 pts (1220-1200) rip.
I know I will have to drop very good players but truly can't decide on who are the best picks. Thanks for your opinions!
10 Team, points-only keeper, Keep 15, plus 3 farm (less than 100 games)
Dress 14 F, 4D, 2G, 10 Bench
F: Jack Hughes - Elias Pettersson - Tim Stützle - Carter Verhaeghe - Timo Meier - Mark Scheifele - Patrick Kane - Roope Hintz - Alex Tuch
D: Cale Makar - Evan Bouchard - Vince Dunn - Devon Toews
G: Thatcher Demko - Jeremy Swayman
Farm:
Dylan Guenther
Nikolai Kovalenko
David Jiricek
Don't love your goalie options here so I'd throw them back.
Batherson is the most intriguing forward but not sure I want a 60-70 point forward over a 50-point defenseman.
Give me Dunn and Burns.
3rd vote for Dunn & Burns.
Though Batherson is intriguing.
I like Batherson and Dunn in a 15-keeper.
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CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers)
Weekly lineup changes (start 3C 5W 5D 1Utility 2G)
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Angry Little Elves (formerly Montreal Maulers)
2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 League Champions
C: Keller Hintz Larkin Tavares Vilardi Colton
W: Panarin Forsberg Hyman Batherson Duclair Moore Wilson Foerster
D: Josi Hamilton Weegar Nurse Faulk Walman
G: Vasilevskiy Swayman Ingram
Its between Dunn, Burns, and Vanecek for me. Depends how scarce goalies are, in a 10 team keep 15 I bet they are scarce.
10 Team Limited Keeper (Keep 8) Points Only
SALARY CAP (Player Salaries) League
20 Player Teams = 12 Fwd 6 D 2 G
My team: ???
This was my thinking. 2G league makes me think Vanecek is the keeper here. How are goalie points totaled?
Considering you're looking at top 140F, 40D and 20Gs, I think Vanecek is a a lock. Bob is even a consideration.
The two Dmen are my other options. In a points-only, I'm actually surprised to see Barzal listed as a "lock"
I'd take Burns, Dunn, and Vanecek and drop Barzal. He might get outscored by some of your other drops.
Then you can worry less about G and D and grab all the comparable Fs early.
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
Vanecek and Dunn for me...i prefer Hertl to Dunn but with this many keepers you need to consider some positions.
To me you need to have 2 goalies and probably try to draft 3rd quick. And you got so many good Fs that i would keep a D here.
14 Teams H2H Dynasty, 28 roster spots (8 bench), 15 minors under 100
Weekly Matchups - Daily Lineups
Skaters: G/A/Pt/PIM/SoG/STP/H+B/ToI/Corsi
Goalies: W/GAA/SVs/SV%/SHO
C: Eichel, Kadri, Mcdavid, Sodeberg, Schenn
LW: Ehlers, Landeskog, Meier, Debrusk, Foegele, Lee
RW: Pastrnak, Marner, Palmieri, Terry, D. Brown, Bailey, Granlund
D: Krug, Josi, Ekholm, Faulk, Muzzin, Karlsson, Cernak,
G: Hellebuyck, Biship, M Jones
I've had Barzal for years, just worried this is finally the year he shows his true self and has that 85 pt season.
Goalies are indeed scarce, top free agents are Skinner, Gustavsson, Korpisalo, Adin Hill, and I'm not picking till 18th overall.
I hear you. This is such a conservative league and all of us have had our hearts broken by holding guys waiting for that breakout only to have it happen for someone else. My own personal sad stories include Elias Lindholm, Sean Couturier most recently Travis Konecny who all had 70+ pt seasons after I dropped them.
I do appreciate the insight though. Maybe my league mates will let him slip to me at 18th.
It's not Barzal. It's the Isles. Besides Nelson's surprise 75 last year, nobody clears 65 it seems--been a long time that way.
And I'd argue there are too many guys similar to Barzal that will be sitting there for you when the time comes. But when you need two goalies and 4 dmen and you've got top 5-10 options in each, loyalty needs to go out the window.
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
Lock in the Dmen. Dunn and Burns
Thanks everyone. I've been agonizing over this since the end of last season. Keeping 2 60+ Dmen does seem like the only smart option, and potentially dropping a "lock" for Vanecek so the bottom (D&G) portion of my lineup is set going into the draft.
I'll keep working the trade scene and see if I can't get a pick for Barzal before dropping him.
Dunn and Vanacek for me.
Vanacek Rationale:
it's a points pool - you care about Wins and Shut outs.
NJD will be a top 5 team and push 50+ wins as a team.
He should win as many games as Sorokin & Vasilevsky (due to the team around them) GAA SVPCT drops their value.
If Vanacek has 34 wins and 4 SO. who cares if his GAA is 3.35 and SVPCT is .902? NO ONE.
Also: this leave Schmid wide open to re-draft with a late mid-round pick. He's less attractive to everyone else if you own the primary half of the cuffs.
There will be lots of G options - LA, OTT, STL, SEA, ANH, immediately come to mind as full tandems likely available in the draft - but they're all bubble teams - AT BEST.
Lock in the top team in goal
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