Fantasy Question? Feb. 27

[Dobber]

Hey Dobber ... thanks for doing this.

League settings and team in my signature.

I am not in contention this year, so looking to future only.

(1) When Grabovski and Hejduk come off IR, who would you drop?

(2) Going forward would you keep Horcoff and hope he bounces back, or grab Cal O'Reilly?

(3) Going forward Matt Niskanen or Braydon Coburn?
12 Team Roto Dynasty League
4C, 4LW, 4RW, 5D, 2G, 6 Bench, 8 Farm
G,A,+/-,PIM,PPG,PPA,SOG,FW
W,GAA,SV%,shutouts

C: E.Staal, Toews, Bolland, Horcoff, Cullen, Grabovski(IR)
LW: Parise, Wolski, Perron, Ponikarovsky, Latendresse, Boedker
RW: C.Giroux, Frolik, Little, C.Stewart, Mueller, Hejduk(IR)
D: Keith, Bouwmeester, Enstrom, Kulikov, Niskanen
G: Lundqvist, C.Mason, Halak, Greiss

Farm: M.Paajarvi-Svensson, J.Schroeder, C.Kreider, B.Sanguinetti, J.McBain, J.Moore, J.Bernier, A.Salak

1. Drop Greiss and Horcoff. I assume it's daily transactions, and that is why you have him in the first place.

2. I think point 1 answered your question. Horcoff is DONE. O'Reilly will be a good one.

3. Tough call - flip a coin! Coburn is closer, Niskanan seems surer.

[dmnx2]

As an owner of Harding, Halak, Varlamov, Deslauriers and Corey Schneider, which ones should be my core and who would you trade, if any, to fill other needs?

Thanks so much..

[netwolf]

H2H keeper league, 14 teams of 25 players each, plus 2 IR spots. Everyone keeps 10 players from one season to the next. Which 10 do you keep?

Starters: 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 3 Util, 2G
Skater Stats: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPG, PPA, SHG, GWG, FOW, SOG, HIT
Goalie Stats: GS, W, GA, SO, SV%

C: Getzlaf, Fisher, Brad Richards, Dubinsky, Gagner
LW: Parise, Cammalleri (IR), Neal, Perron, Pouliot, Kunitz, Galiardi
RW: Boyes, Latendresse, Stempniak, Yip, Hemsky (IR)
D: Weber, Phaneuf, Chara, Jovanovksi, Quincey, Beauchemin, Murray
G: Ward, Quick, Howard

Thanks!

[QuahogRocks]

Hey Dobber thanks for doing this. I'm in 3rd place in my 10 team league and am looking to shore up on D to try to win it this year. I have Pitkanen, Green, Myers and Jovanovski on the blue line and I'm wondering what you'd think of replacing either Myers or Jovo (or both) for some FA's. I've also been looking at trading jovo and a pick to a bottom tier team for Lidstrom, but the FA's are the back up plan.

Available FA D: Liles, Martin, Barker, Foster, Yandle, E. Johnson.

What would you do?

[stan151515]

I'm in a one year pool which weighs goals a bit more than assists (4 to 3) and I am considering trading Joe Thornton.

I don't normally get to watch Jumbo Joe a lot during the NHL season, but from watching the Team Canada games recently I'm a little disappointed in his play and also imagine that SJ will scale back the top line's ice time heading into the playoffs. Am I wrong in this thinking? I see him getting about a point per game (mostly assists) for the rest of the year and think based on name value I could get a bit more than that.

Thanks,
Stan

[Wayne Bonney]

Hi Dobber,

Thanks for doing this, I love it.

Another one of these who should I protect questions. My choices are in bold tell me who you would protect ?

9-Team Keeper League. Straight points. Goalies (W=2 SO=1) Dress 14 Forwards, 4 Def and 2 goalies
Protect 15

Forwards : Jason Spezza, Mike Richards, PAul Stastny, Thomas Vanek, Anze Kopitar, Marian Gaborik, Loui Eriksson, Mike Ribeiro, Derick Brassard, Michael Frolik, David Krejci, Tomas Fleischmann, Jason Pominville, Dustin Brown, Valtteri Filppula, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Justin Williams, Joeffrey Lupul, Rich Peverley

Defensemen: Tobias Enstrom, Alex Goligoski, Mark Streit, Zdeno Chara, Keith Yandle, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Chris Campoli

Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Craig Anderson, Pekka Rinne, Nikolai Khabibulin

And Finally, I loved the pre-season guide and pre-season draft list. Are the LTUs only available through the draft list or is there another way to have them up to date ?

Thanks again!

[HockeyRules]

Hi Dobber,

I am hoping you can help me out with some Goalie questions I have.

Any updates on the Philly Goalie situation? Do you think they will make a Trade and if so - who?

Will Varlamov or Neuvirth be the #1 Goalie in Washington next season?

How do you think DiPietro will do next season if he stays healthy? Will he be the #1 or platoon with Roloson?

If Lehtonen can stay healthy – do you think he will be the #1 Goalie in Dallas next season? How do you think he will do?

Thanks a LOT for the help!!!

[byz]

Hi Dobber,

I've been offered Mikael Backlund, Jakub Kindl and Louis Leblanc for Victor Hedman (and I'd drop Brandon Kozun and Dick Axelsson).

Salary cap, dynasty league. Daily changes, scoring cats are: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPG, PPA, SHP, SOG, FW, and GWG. Start 6D, 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 2UTIL, 2G.
My team:
C - Paul Stastny, Anze Kopitar, Mikhail Grabovski, Gilbert Brule, Frans Nielsen
LW - Daniel Sedin, Rick Nash, Patrick O'Sullivan, Cory Stillman
RW - Milan Hejduk, Michael Frolik, Peter Mueller
D - Mike Green, Mark Giordano, Matt Carkner, Kris Russell, Matt Niskanen, Dan Hamhuis
G - Henrik Lundqvist, Steve Mason, Kari Lehtonen

Farm team of 25. I have the likes of Eberle, Filatov, Hedman, Mcbain, MPS, Shattenkirk, Bowman among other lesser prospects.

Should I do this deal?

Thanks!

[Dobber]

1) What do you see as Pitkanen's LTU?
2) Do you see Burns turning it around next season? If so what can we expect?
3) How would you compare the value of Pitkanen, Letang, Burns, and Liles going forward in a Keeper League (stats in sig)

1. I really think he can be a 65-point dman. However, injuries hold him back from progressing so I seriously doubt he can get there. That is to say, you are probably looking at a 45-point, 72-game dman

2. No.

3. I like Letang the best because I think he will become a 50-55 point defenseman. Next year is probably 45. I like Liles on another team getting in that 45-50 points. Then Pitkanen. I hate to be hard on Burns, but I really don't want to own him at all.

[Dobber]

hi Dobber..

What do you think is going to happen with Chicagos goalie situation THIS YEAR.. are they gonna be up another goalie? Or who are they going to ride for the rest of the season?

thanks

My money is on - what you see is what you get. Current goalies. They will keep trying to Huet every game they can, only going to Niemi when Huet screws up. If they start blowing playoff games, then and only then will they turn to Niemi and actually stick with him all the way.

[Dobber]

I haven't been able to find anything, just wondering if you (or anybody) has heard anything on Lupul, Horton or Justin Williams eta? Thanks.

Lupul - not progressing well. May require another surgery. Good chance we don't see him this season.

Horton. One to two weeks more.

Williams - this one I haven't the foggiest. I'll try and dig something up for the ramblings this week...

[Dobber]

I'm in second place right now in my league and I'm trying to go for it. I think my team needs are a defencemen. I was targeting Chara and Kaberle. Who from my team (in sig) would you give to get one of them? I also have 3 picks i can trade, a first and 2 seconds.
2nd year Keeper league. 7 teams Start 10 F 5 D and 2 G plus 8 BN and 7 player max farm team
Scoring cats:Goal (25), Assist (25), PPG (10), SHG (20) +/- (10), PIM (3) SOG (2) Win (50), GA (-15) SV (2) SO (50)
Forwards: Malkin, Kovalchuk, Carter, Hossa, Knuble, Kopitar, Doan, Hartnell, Hemsky, Ribiero, Krejci, Alfredsson, O' sullivan, Giroux, Backes, Boyes
Defensmen: Boyle, Gonchar, Lidstrom, Suter, Goligoski, Ericsson
Goalies: Turco, Miller, Bryzgalov
Farm: Rask, Radulov, Benn

I would start by offering Hemsky and a second rounder and see what they come back with. Where you go from there...would depend on his answer. If it can give you the win, I would be willing to pay a lot. You have a deep team with lots of assets.

[Dobber]

1 year H2H league in stats below.

Trying to upgrade my D, and considering sacrificing Brodeur.

Worthwhile to trade my Brodeur + Knuble/Downie for his Perry + Boyle?

I would likely pick up Niemi, Nittymaki, or S.Mason off FA list.

YES!
I think Mason will be a stud down the stretch. I really do. He may actually be an upgrade to Brodeur, so using Brodeur to upgrade another area is smart

[SK47]

Hey Dobs... thanks as always

I have a Chris Stewart question.

At the beginning of the year his upside was probably 65-ish. Now it looks like he could project to a 30-40 goal scorer with a chance to be a ppg'er with a nice PIM boost. Where do you see his potential for next year and beyond?

How much better do you think he projects compared to fleischman?

Thanks again
SK