10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Not looking to take shots at the Hall/Eberle thing. Whatever, it's past now.
Don't you have to count on Puljujarvi being what you hoped he would be, and therefore take the defenceman? Legit curious on your opinion. Like Oilers could still make the playoffs, or they could draft in the 10-14 range, so this is all speculative, but if you're deciding between Boqvist and Zadina, don't you take Boqvist and assume you already have Zadina in Puljujarvi?
Oilers are not making the playoffs this year.
The league is too good for them to go, what, .800 the rest of the way?
They'll be fine once Sekera gets back in the line up. Oh. He's back? Didn't notice.
Like I said in another thread, no one can use excuses seeing what Vegas has done ALL year long. I imagine the ownership has more greed than ego and thats working out perfectly. Quite embarrasing how underachieving this team has been. I, as i'm sure most people, expected this team to take the next step. Too bad really. I know this may all change next year, but I have my doubts.....and, although its against my beliefs, please, rig the draft so they don't get the 1st overall. Can't even believe this is a topic.
A team with supposedly the best player in the World playing this badly...a) cannot continue or b) can continue and he's not so good as to elevate the team... even then, Pittsburgh missed the playoffs when Crosby was a teen... Ovechkin too... but were those teams as bad as this one? One has to think no...
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
I think that Pittsburgh team was worse, to be honest.
I'm not a fan of what Chiarelli's done since he got to Edmonton, but I can't figure out right now whether it's that he's made the wrong moves, put value on the wrong players, or those players are just having a down season. Guys like Klefbom and Talbot are performing nowhere near where the expectation was for them coming out of the last couple seasons. Their roster has among the best top-6's on paper, but they just can't seem to put two lucky shifts together. Also, Talbot going into this season was seen as one of the top options available in the league, and he's not even league average right now. If you take the Oilers' luck-based numbers and adjust them to league average, all of a sudden they're scoring almost another half goal per game, and giving up almost a full goal less. Something's gotta give. Not saying I think they can still squeeze out a playoff run, but I can only assume there's going to be some solid market-correction for the goal scorers as well as the goaltending... Unless they don't improve, and then the draft pick talks will really heat up I'm sure.
9 Team Dynasty Salary Cap (AAV)
G 1.5, A 1, PPP 1, SHP 1, +/- 0.5, MmP 0.25/Min, HIT 0.1, GWG 3, BLK 0.25 Gordie Howe Hattricks 10 (Skaters)
W, L, GA, SHO, SV (Goal)
Start 12 F 6 D 2 G
11 Player Bench (Max 2 Bench G)
15 Player Farm Team
F: Kucherov, Teravainen, Galchenyuk, Johansen, W Nylander, W Karlsson, Gourde, Vrana, Athanasiou, Vatrano, Buchnevich, Haula, Stastny, Puljujarvi, Eberle, Little, Kovalchuk, Kravtsov, Terry, Bertuzzi, Bratt, Kunin, Hintz, Heinen, Kahun, Sikura, Chytil, Iafallo
D: E Karlsson, Montour, Gardiner, Girard, Faulk, Martinez, Fox, Cernak, Weegar, Pionk, Pilut, Bayreuther
G: Gibson, Bishop, Raanta, Allen, Talbot, Blackwood, Delia, Husso
It's a fair point (thank you) and I don't disagree with you. I don't think either guy would be a bad choice. A lot will depend on how far along they feel Yamamoto is too. The only issue taking Boqvist would be how long they are willing to wait for him and how NHL ready they think he is. Zadina is a RW (as is Puljujarvi and Yamamoto) so they need help on the left side more than the right going forward.
It's nice to finally see Puljujarvi coming into his own and shooting the puck more with confidence. ;
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
10 Team Roto Keeper League; 20 Keepers;
Stats: G,A,Pts,ppg,ppa,pims,+/- ; W,sv%,svs
C: Seguin, Panarin, Carter
LW: Benn, Hall, Buchnevich, Coyle, Zucker
RW: Kane, Simmonds, Stone, Nino, Gallagher
D: Subban, Doughty, Byfuglien, Jones, Mcdonagh, Fowler
G: Price, Holtby, Halak, Reimer
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Hey man, my Dynasty season's as good as done (seriously, I'm poised to finish 5th of 9 for the third year in a row, killin me). I'm all aboard the buy-low train. Got Lucic for a song not long ago, and now I'm working on Drai and Klefbom. We'll see if I can swing something, but the owner for those two is in 2nd and has a solid chance of catching 1st. Hopefully I can convince him to shed some guys on bad seasons for overproducers like Bailey off my roster.
9 Team Dynasty Salary Cap (AAV)
G 1.5, A 1, PPP 1, SHP 1, +/- 0.5, MmP 0.25/Min, HIT 0.1, GWG 3, BLK 0.25 Gordie Howe Hattricks 10 (Skaters)
W, L, GA, SHO, SV (Goal)
Start 12 F 6 D 2 G
11 Player Bench (Max 2 Bench G)
15 Player Farm Team
F: Kucherov, Teravainen, Galchenyuk, Johansen, W Nylander, W Karlsson, Gourde, Vrana, Athanasiou, Vatrano, Buchnevich, Haula, Stastny, Puljujarvi, Eberle, Little, Kovalchuk, Kravtsov, Terry, Bertuzzi, Bratt, Kunin, Hintz, Heinen, Kahun, Sikura, Chytil, Iafallo
D: E Karlsson, Montour, Gardiner, Girard, Faulk, Martinez, Fox, Cernak, Weegar, Pionk, Pilut, Bayreuther
G: Gibson, Bishop, Raanta, Allen, Talbot, Blackwood, Delia, Husso
Like most wingers, Zadina can definitely play both wings. Left Wing or Right Wing should never be an issue with young kids regardless. If they wanted to have Puljujarvi or Yamamoto playing on the left side, that really shouldn't be an issue either.
Boqvist will definitely require more time than any of Svechnikov, Zadina or Tkachuk. In my opinion, the entry draft should not be used to plug holes on current NHL roster. You want to draft the player who will have the most value for the next 15 years, not just next season. But I also understand some GMs are afraid they'll lose their job, so they'll focus on the short-term gain more than they should.
For what it's worth, Craig Button and Recrutes.ca have Boqvist ranked #2, and both lists are updated after the WJC.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
They seem to have holes on D still and now on wing. They should be taking the BPA. period.
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