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."
Most of the experts I've read (scouting reports), heard don't see him as a goal scorer. The kid only had 8Gs last year in 40 college games. Of course there's always room to grow, but most say he's an excellent playmaker and you don't hear much about his goal scoring promise.
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."
I've only ever seen Tkachuk play in the WJC and I was not impressed, he seemed to defer the playmaking to middlestat. I steer clear of Brady until his hockey balls drop.
16 Team H2H Dynasty
G A Pt PIM SoG PPP H+B FOW DZS
W Svs GAA Sv%
C Scheifele Tavares Dvorack Eller
LW Domi Aho Ritchie Vrana
RW Tarasenko J Williams Laine Sheary
D Klefbom M Rielly Spurgeon Provorov Ellis Dahlin
R White Kase Schmaltz Thomas Anston-Reese Lindell Theodore
G McEhlinney C Anderson
R Kuemper
M Bjork Raddysh Kravtsov Ylonen Soderstorm Gilles Gustavsson Point Khakonen Delia Hill
I don't see Tkachuk getting quite that high offensively. Maybe 25/40/65 as his ceiling depending on who he plays with. I think he'll likely be in that 55-65 point range. But yes, he brings a lot of other good elements to the team which gives him additional value.
I'm not a big fan of Lundestrom. I see him becoming a 3rd-liner with maybe 2nd line upside if everything breaks perfectly. I tweeted about him recently:
Even strength ice time and production in the #SHL this season:
Isac Lundestr?m: 11 pts in 580.3 min
David Gustafsson: 12 pts in 492 min
Also good to remember that Lundestr?m is a year older ('99 vs '00) and played his 2nd season in the SHL whereas it was Gustafsson's 1st season.
Obviously we can't just disregard the fact that Lundestr?m was trusted to play bigger minutes and also got PP time (where he scored 4 points) but still - he's never really impressed me, and his numbers don't look very promising either.
Lundestr?m played mostly on the 2nd line which means you're expected to put up points when you play there. Gustafsson mostly played on the 4th line which means you're not really expected to score from there and you don't have much talent around you.
The big difference between the two centers is faceoffs - Lundestr?m won just 40% whereas Gustafsson won 50%. Again, Lundestr?m being the older player playing his 2nd season in the league. No excuses for being so bad when a younger guy can just waltz in and dominate him like that.
I've felt for a long time that Lundestr?m is overrated and Gustafsson is underrated. I'm still taking Lundestr?m first and think he's slightly more talented offensively but I don't see a big difference in their ceilings.
Mitch Brown on the athletic says BT is possibly a 50 point guy, maybe a bit more...
I guess I was expecting more of a shooter goal scorer for someone being mentioned in the top 3 early in the season. I'd rather have wahlstrom over tkachuk from a fantasy perspective. I get he has sand paper and an edge every team needs, I just didn't get wowed like I did with others.
16 Team H2H Dynasty
G A Pt PIM SoG PPP H+B FOW DZS
W Svs GAA Sv%
C Scheifele Tavares Dvorack Eller
LW Domi Aho Ritchie Vrana
RW Tarasenko J Williams Laine Sheary
D Klefbom M Rielly Spurgeon Provorov Ellis Dahlin
R White Kase Schmaltz Thomas Anston-Reese Lindell Theodore
G McEhlinney C Anderson
R Kuemper
M Bjork Raddysh Kravtsov Ylonen Soderstorm Gilles Gustavsson Point Khakonen Delia Hill
If Ott doesn't take Tkachuk at #4 I can see him dropping. Wahlstrom/Bouchard/Boqvist are the three other possible Ott targets I see, but at 5, 6, 7, I can see a run on Dmen & someone preferring Wahlstrom over Tkachuk... he could be sitting there at #9 for NYR.
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