Hey folks.
Hoping for some excellent advice (as always)...
I have the 3rd overall pick in tonight's keeper draft.
We keep 17 so its a deep league.
All 2010 draftees are eligible and its a salary cap league with positional requirements. Dmen score about 1.5 forwards.
Anyways, I am assuming Hall/Seguin goes 1-2 which leaves me in a REALLY tough spot.
Who should I take? I am looking for someone who will play this year but also has solid upside. Skinner's name is rising but what about Nino, Johannesen, Fowler, Gubradsson (sp?), Tarasenko, ... etc.
Also, some players like OEL, Shattenkirk, M. Backlund, Eller, J Shroeder are also avaialble as well as Bozak (pricey @ 3 mill) and a few other players.
Tough call... hoping for help. Team is in the signature.
Dobberites Unite! 12 Team H2H $$ Keeper League
C: Malkin, Krejci, Wilson, Schenn
W: Zetterburg, D Sedin, Mueller, Horton, Benn
D: Suter, Edler, Myers, Burns
G: Fleury, Brodeur, S Mason, M Smith
-- Keep 17 with salary cap
REDRUM
-roto - 10 team - keep 20 of 24 - G, A, PTS, +/-, PIM, PPG, PPA, W, SV, SV%
C - Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov, Nick Bjugstad, Jonathon Huberdeau
LW - Evander Kane, Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn, Chris Kreider, Jonathon Drouin, Sven Baertchi
RW - Kyle Okposo, Valeri Nichushkin, Gustav Nyquist, Chris Stewart
D - Oliver Ekman Larsson, Dougie Hamilton, Viktor Hedman, Kevin Shattenkirk, Erik Johnson
G - Jonathon Bernier, Sergei Bobrovsky, Darcy Kuemper, Robin Lehner
Sorry for the cinfusion. What I mean is that all of this years draftees (like Hall, Seguin, Nino...) will be available + a handful of others like OEL, Shattenkirk, Eller... etc
So I am torn. Tough spot to be in because I could try and trade down to get a couple extra picks but the league is a tough one for deals.
I am leaning towards Skinner - based on the hype or Nino. I think Nino will be like Rick Nash. He could compliment Tavares nicely. I am afraid OEL will be buried in Phoenix until all those older dmen leave. + Yandle seems to have grasp the PP QB role. I see that situation developing similar to Letang/Goglioski.
Thoughts?
Dobberites Unite! 12 Team H2H $$ Keeper League
C: Malkin, Krejci, Wilson, Schenn
W: Zetterburg, D Sedin, Mueller, Horton, Benn
D: Suter, Edler, Myers, Burns
G: Fleury, Brodeur, S Mason, M Smith
-- Keep 17 with salary cap
The part I didn't understand was where it says Dmen are worth 1.5 forwards.....
If Dmen are more valuable then forwards in your league already....I'd be looking for a guy like OEL. He's gonna be real good.
REDRUM
-roto - 10 team - keep 20 of 24 - G, A, PTS, +/-, PIM, PPG, PPA, W, SV, SV%
C - Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov, Nick Bjugstad, Jonathon Huberdeau
LW - Evander Kane, Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn, Chris Kreider, Jonathon Drouin, Sven Baertchi
RW - Kyle Okposo, Valeri Nichushkin, Gustav Nyquist, Chris Stewart
D - Oliver Ekman Larsson, Dougie Hamilton, Viktor Hedman, Kevin Shattenkirk, Erik Johnson
G - Jonathon Bernier, Sergei Bobrovsky, Darcy Kuemper, Robin Lehner
Dobberites Unite! 12 Team H2H $$ Keeper League
C: Malkin, Krejci, Wilson, Schenn
W: Zetterburg, D Sedin, Mueller, Horton, Benn
D: Suter, Edler, Myers, Burns
G: Fleury, Brodeur, S Mason, M Smith
-- Keep 17 with salary cap
Can you trade down to about 7th or 8th?
My pool
Goals = 1 point, Assists = 1/2 point, Goals Against = -1/2 point
Fowards: S. Stamkos, J. Neal, M. Moulson, M. Read, N. Foligno, B. Wheeler, L. Stempniak, J. Pavelski, B. Flynn, S. Bernier
D-men: S. Weber, PK Subban, D. Phaneuf, J. Carlson, TJ Brodie, B. Smith, M. Irwin, B. Dillon, K. Cumiskey,
Goalies: Nashville, Chicago, St. Louis
Farm: T. Rattie, R. Johansen, A. Killorn, J. Zucker, J. Akeson, M. Sgarbossa, A. Yogan, M. St. Croix, M. Friberg, E. Gelinas, A. Ness, J. Muzzin, MA Bourdon, S. Harrington, R. Smith, C. Emmerton, M. Mayorov, I. Makarov, P. Maroon
I agree OEL is going to be the real deal as for forwards, Skinner and Johannesen are the best bets as Columbus will give him a great chance to start in 11-12
14 team keeper league (keep 15 plus 3 prospects)
19 active, 8 bench, 2 prospects less than 40 NHL games. Play h2h with postions 3c, 3lw, 3rw, (3 felx forwards) 5d, 2g
C-E.Stall, Plekanac,Thorton, Turris, Little
LW_Elias, Heatley (RW), Pacioretty
RW-Erat
D-Keith, Yandle, OEL, Giordano
G- Rinne, Nabakov
(Farm) Beau Bennett, Jaden Schwartz
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(draft in process)
Skinner for me.