February 25th - Fantasy Mailbag

[angus]

Ask your questions now, will answer them on Friday!

The usual:

-More specific, the better
-No super long lists, please
-Put your question in the body, not the subject of the post (it doesn't show up when I quote it)

[yougo]

Hi, Thanks for doing this.
Team in sig. League going keeper. I need to keep 6, no Positional requirements.

Other question :

Jamie Benn upside with Neal gone?

[STONE.]

Does Jovanovski have value in a points-only keeper anymore? Can he bounce back with another team if he gets dealt?

[Renegade]

Who has more value in a 16 team league with these stats?

G,A,PTS,+/-,GWG,SHP,PPP,Shots,PIMs

Tomas Kaberle or James Neal?

[Buck Fush]

Hey boss, lookin at league in sig. I am currently battling ridinryan for the lead (up by 2 pts at the moment), the rest of the field is way back.

Goalie #s will definitely be a big factor, but we are very close in PPP and PIMs.

Ray Whitney is out and the yotes have not been very forthcoming about the extent of his injury, do I sit tight, or would you consider Rene Bourque or Derek Stepan to be better plays down the stretch? Brouwer, JvR and knuble are other options but I think it's between Rene and Step...

[ridinryan44]

Dear angus:

Why is Buck Fush such a douchebag? Thx.

[LeTrefle]

My original question was about a trade (2 days ago).
Done deal by now.
I give Sharp + Bailey
I get Briere + Kovalev
What do you think?

Now, real question for you:
Wich teams get into the playoffs in the WEST?

Thank you Jeff!

[ridinryan44]

For real, though. Thoughts on Mueller?? Obvious answer is stay away... is he worth a shot if one could acquire him cheap?

[ccjon]

Rank these Dmen for points only next season

Jack Johnson
Erik Karlsson
Erik Johnson
Keith Yandle
Alex Goligoski

And these goalies for Wins next season

Henrik Lundqvist
Michal Neuvirth
Jaroslav Halak
Dwayne Roloson
Niklas Backstrom
Ondrej Pavelec
Ryan Miller


Thanks Angus!

[IHeartHabs]

Care to make some educated guesses on contracts for me?

What do you think the following are going to sign for/around

Doughty
Yandle
Ehrhoff
Frolik

Thanks

[mrgreer77]

2 questions:
which goalie would you drop out of Hedberg, Lehtonen, Thomas and Anderson in a one year league that counts wins, gaa and saves?

who are my 8 keepers out of this list in a league that counts goals, assists, points, ppp, shp, +/-, gwg, wins, shutouts, gaa and sv%
Statsny
E Staal
Nash
Horton
L Eriksson
Pominville
M Koivu
M Havlat
T Connolly
E Johnson
E Karlsson
Letang
Harmonic
Kipper
Vokoun
Halak


Cheers!

[valec]

Thanks for doing this Angus.

Team/League in Sig.

Looking to fill a D man prospect spot next year and wondering who's best short and long term. Top 4 is good.
I know Larsson and Murphy will be dependant on who drafts them and Voynov is stuck behind DD and JJ.

OTT David Rundblad
(ND) Adam Larsson
(ND) Ryan Murphy
WAS Dmitri Orlov
LA Viatcheslav Voynov
DET Brendan Smith
COL Stefan Elliott

[tradejunkie]

Would you replace any of these farmers with Caron? Stats counted in sig for league 1.

Patrik Berglund
Jordan Eberle
Kyle Okposo
Jeremy Morin
Alex Goligoski
Erik Johnson
Kevin Shattenkirk
Micheal Del Zotto
Michal Neuvirth
Travis Hamonic
Chris Kreider
Nikita Filatov
Nino Niederreiter
Gustav Nyquist

[deantime419]

David Rundblad, does he play for the sens and post a decent amount of points the next few years (assuming he comes to north america)?

[kluu]

Hey Angus, my roto team needs help! Here's the breakdown

15 Teams
G, A, -/+, PPP, PIM, SOG, W, SVs, GAA
4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 2G

Couture, Stastny, Grabovski, Cullen
Datsyuk, Bickell, McMillan, Laich
Heatley, Gaborik, Callahan, Havlat
Liles, Chara, MacDonald, Kubina, Demers, Lydman
Quick, Reimer, Elliott
Bench - Perreault, Clarkson, Kopecky

Points I'm receiving per category.
G - 12
A - 11.5
+/- - 14
PIM - 10.5
PPP - 10
SOG - 14
W - 7.5
GAA - 6
SVs - 9

I'm currently sitting in 3rd, but its a rollercoaster between 3rd-9th. 2nd place is sitting at 111 while 3rd is at 94.5, a huge gap that seems impossible to overcome this late in the season.

Anyway, you probably noticed my goaltending stats are weak. I've been trying to make some deals for a goaltender to play along side of Quick but it's been really tough for me. Here some trades that have been offered to me.

Chara/Heatley for Backstrom/Pietrangelo
Datsyuk/Chara/Reimer for A.Kostitsyn(or Lupul)/Wideman/Howard

I'm not sure what to do. I'm not very confident in Backstrom. The 2nd trade I think I'm not getting enough in return. I tried Pavelski/Kaberle/Howard but hes saying hes giving up way too much for what I'm giving.

So I got these trades up in the air or stay pat and hope Quick and Reimer(Toronto oh god.....) can carry me to victory. What do you think I should do?