I think people are underestimating the impact f not having Methot next to him. Once that happens regularly you'll see Karlsson's point production improve despite the mediocre fwd situation.
And Big Ev, please don't use the Habs fwd corps as a comparison - they haven't put up the totals they should but that's clearly a more highly skilled group. There is no Patches or Galchy in Ottawa.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Twitter: @ross10019
CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers)
Weekly lineup changes (start 9F (3/4C and 6/5W) 5D 2G)
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Angry Little Elves (formerly Montreal Maulers)
2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 League Champions
C: Tavares Hintz Larkin Jenner Seguin Schenn Backlund
W: Panarin Marchand Hyman Keller Forsberg Batherson Rust Moore Smith
D: Josi Hamilton Weegar Montour Ekholm Myers Parayko Pettersson Seeler
G: Vasilevskiy Swayman Kuemper
Karlsson should be treated as a 65+ pt d-man at minimum over the course of the next 6-8 years. His team is currently one of the worst in the league, and as they improve so will his numbers.
14-team keeper, Fantrax weekly H2H roto match-ups, daily rosters, 4 waiver moves per week
8 Skater Cats (G,A,PPP,SOG,PIM,HIT,BS,FOW) and 3 Goalie Cats (W,GAA,SV%)
Start C/C/LW/LW/RW/RW/F/F/D/D/D/D/D/G/G/Util, + 4 bench spots (20 player roster size + 1 IR spot as per Fantrax IR settings)
Keep 10 players (and 8 prospects w/ less than 25 GP), 10 round entry draft (5 round prospect draft)
2013-14: 1st place reg. season, 3rd in Playoffs
C - Giroux, Getzlaf, Kadri, Gagner
LW - Kunitz, JVR, Schenn (C/LW), Girgensons (C/LW)
RW - Carter (C/LW/RW), Hossa, Pominville, Perron (LW/RW)
D - Doughty, Josi, Edler, Cowen, Gorges
G - Andersen, Halak
Just curious - what were his PDO/On-ice Sh%/ other luck-based metrics his two big years?
Is he notably unlucky this year, or did he simply outperform those years?
18 Team Full Keeper. Total points.
Start 10 F, 3 D, 1 UTIL, 1 G
3 Points: SHO, 2 Points: G, PPA, SHG, SHA, W, 1 Point: A, PPG, GWG, .25 Points: BLK, .1 Points: FOW, SOG, SV, .15 Points: HIT, -.05 Points: FOL, -.15 Points: GA
Forwards: Backstrom, Barre-Boulet, Beauvillier, Caufield, Dickinson, Donato, Donskoi, Gourde, Greenway, Horvat, Kase, Keller, Kuznetsov, MacKinnon, Marchessault, J. T. Miller, Sikura, Tarasenko, Zegras
Defense: Barrie, Brannstrom, Cholowski, Honka, Matheson, Pulock, Shattenkirk
Goal: Dubnyk, Jarry, Markstrom, Merzlikins
2014-15, 2016-17 MHL Champions!
10 Teams, Keep 15
H2H Categories: G, A, PPP, Hits, Blks, SOG -- W, GAA, SV%, SVs
3C - MacKinnon, Barkov, Vilardi (RW), Bennett, W Johnston
3LW - Fiala, Jenner, Byfield, Raymond
3RW - Miller, Jarvis, Kyrou, Debrusk
5D - Fox, Q Hughes, Matheson, Letang
2F
2G (max 4) - Vasilevskiy, Woll, Samsonov
8 Farm - L Hughes, M Knies, M Michkov, Z Benson, F Nazar, M Savoie, Annunen (G)
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Twitter: @ross10019
CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers)
Weekly lineup changes (start 9F (3/4C and 6/5W) 5D 2G)
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Angry Little Elves (formerly Montreal Maulers)
2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 League Champions
C: Tavares Hintz Larkin Jenner Seguin Schenn Backlund
W: Panarin Marchand Hyman Keller Forsberg Batherson Rust Moore Smith
D: Josi Hamilton Weegar Montour Ekholm Myers Parayko Pettersson Seeler
G: Vasilevskiy Swayman Kuemper
One day I will quit fantasy hockey, today is not that day.
i will use it as a comparison as it is a legit one. Only a homer on either side would say there's much difference up front. Especially wih th Sens being one of the younger teams in the league. Clearly a more highly skilled group is an exaggeration. They are pretty even actually. Scored the exact same amount of goals, pretty much, so far this year. So please explain that, if the Sens have no "patches or galchy", while being younger and less experienced than the Habs. No shoulda woulda couldas. Of course Montreal is a much better team right now, because of team defence, but that doesn't meant their forwards are. and we all know why yhey are actually winning games but I won't bother arguing that.
And We can talk about "Galchy" when he actually matches his hype. 45 point player so far. I think the Sens have plenty of those.
as for Methot, it is a good point but it doesn't have to be him specifically.
I'm actually surprised but not surpsried that so many people are buying into this. Tyler Johnson was a nobody only a year or two ago. Kucherov was just a draft pick. They haven't played enough games for people to actually say what they are truly gonna be, and they play with one of the Leagues best snipers and players. It's the cory Conacher effect. Happens all the time. Next you'll tell me Kucherov and Johnson are better than Rick Nash
What's the joke? Why do the Habs have one more goal than the Sens if their forwards are that much more skilled and better overall? They're not, that's why. and there's no legit argument you can make.
Big Ev is funny haha.
I am sitting here actually amazed that montreal homers actually think their forward group is actually highly skilled and much better than Ottawa's. The proof is clearly in the pudding. One more goal. One. And I won't even mention their head to head records over the years