Re: Ranking three potential keepers
Batherson hasn't (yet) developed the way we'd hoped, but even though it seems he was uninvolved in the whole Hockey Canada thing, we can't discount the possibility of it impacting him mentally. I wouldn't give up on him yet, as we've gotten a glimpse of the kind of banger league asset he can be.
For me, it comes down to Sanderson or Harley as the drop and I'd probably choose to Sanderson although I think it's a coin flip. Harley is never going to overtake Heiskanen as the #1 guy in Dallas but the Sens have a ton of offensive defensemen (Sanderson, Chabot, Chychrun, and even Brannstrom), so Sanderson is going to be constantly having to fight to hang on to his top-pairing/PP1 spot.
Ideally I would look to trade Sanderson or one of the others, rather than give them up for nothing. So it might come down to who you can get the best deal for.
12-Team Yahoo H2H Keeper League (Salary cap for keepers only)
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 4D, 1 UTIL, 2G (6 BN, 6 IR+, 1 NA)
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK / W, GAA, SV%, SHO
C - S. Aho, M. Beniers, S. Crosby, B. Jenner, L. Stankoven
LW - C. Caufield, J. Hughes, T. Moore, J. Slafkovsky, O. Tippett
RW - D. Batherson, C. Keller, A. Lafreniere, S. Reinhart
D - E. Bouchard, B. Dillon, M. Roy, M. Seider, C. York
G - J. Binnington, J. Saros, J. Swayman
IR+: T. Demko, T. Hertl, K. Johnson, G. Landeskog, J. Trouba
NA: B. Othmann