Keep which 6?

[pmorrow]

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Which 6 would you keep? No positional requirements.

Locks/good bets
McDavid
Miller
Crosby
Meier

Others in contention
Boldy
DeBrincat
Lafreniere
Dobson
Boeser
Tavares

Generally speaking the keepers are mostly focused on the short term unless there is someone with high enough upside to take over an established veteran. So Crosby might be running out of time, but he's still a keeper as he's very useful for me this year and maybe a few more.

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I’d definitely keep Boldy. DeBrincat or Lafrenière the other for me. With Lafreniere, would just have to hope he gets on PP1 somehow.

[Eskimo Brother]

Boldy/Dobson for me.

[Bubba55]

I like having at least one D Man in your core and Dobson is an absolutely viable option. Then it gets tough. As much as I like Laffy, he needs to earn a bit more opportunity and produce accordingly to be an option for me in a keep 6. That leaves a tough decision, one of Boldy or The Cat. My choice is Boldy. He's 3 years younger, has barely hit his BTO and already has seasons of 63 and 69 pts. If there is another gear here and there is a very very good chance that there is, Boldy can be a legitimate PPG+ forward. The Cat is good, but I don't think he has a whole lot more upside, I think what you see is what you get. Dobson and Boldy for me.

[Locke]

Boldy and Dobson for me as well

[Grapes]

I’m keeping 1D , Dobson. I really like Boldy and feel he is also a keeper.

As a reflection on my confidence level I’m then submitting my question to Rick Roos Hockey Mailbag
Lol

[Axeman33]

I like your 4 so far. My other two would be Lafreniere and Boldy.

I dont like keeping Dmen in limited keepers unless they are the best of the best (ie Makar, Fox, Josi, etc) but that's me. I dont see Dobson in that tier of Dmen so he's back in for redraft.

[IRSlotsFull]

It looks like you were after some top multi-cat guys: Miller, Tavares, Meier - but then got hung up on a few more typical of McDavid, Crosby, Boldy, DeBrincat, Nichushkin, Boeser...
I'd say look to trade SOMETHING because you have a lot of value, but I think the categories are disjointed.
Offseason trades an option?

If you want to lean INTO hits -
Miller, Meier, Tavares, McDavid, Crosby + [trade Boldy (and what ever else) for someone]

Hits doesn't look like your friend, so I'd probably look to sell high on JT Miller &/or Tavares - but keep Meier as he usually shoots more and had a down year (hits just a perk, not a trait to keep him on though if someone were buying).
Buying a high shots player is often difficult though... (players over 300 are coveted).

Keep:
McDavid, Meier, (miller trade), Tavares, Boldy, Crosby

My thoughts anyway.

[senryu]

Boldy/Dobson for me.

Same for me. Boldy's SOG cement him in for me. While Dobson overachieved, it does seem that there will be some kind of baseline for him that will make him worthy of a 12 team keep 6.

[pmorrow]

Thank you all for your replies so far. Boldy seems like a surefire pick at this point and it looks like most agree. Dobson seems to be the 2nd most popular pick. I am usually not a guy who keeps a D-man unless they're tier 1, but worth considering if that's how some see him.

[Bubba55]

Dobson, over the last 3 years has put up 51, 49 and 70 pts. He's 24 years old, just hitting his prime. While 70 pts may not happen next year, I would suggest that 60pts is a very realistic projection. Last year only 9 NHL D put up more than 60 pts and Dobson was one of them. Tier 1? I'm thinking yes.

[Bass56]

Your 4 + Boldy and Dobson for me

If you want to roll the dice, I’d let Meier walk and take Laf.

[jman]

Another vote for Dobson and Boldy .

[Bubba55]

As a last point I had earlier stated "As much as I like Laffy, he needs to earn a bit more opportunity and produce accordingly to be an option for me in a keep 6". I'm sure liking what I'm seeing from him so far in these playoffs. I'm tracking this for sure, is it possible Laffy has earned more opportunity and will deliver? It's hard to argue against that so far in this post season. If you can afford to wait before declaring your 6 keeps I'm doing so, this is far from a given, but Laffy may just force a change in plans.

[Tiramisu]

I just read the main page article and rushed to find the irl poster who made it...

DO NOT DROP LAFRENIERE!!!

Lol- a paltry six of his fifty seven this year were on the ppp- if and when he ascends to the top unit next year you can add on between 20 or so ppp- which makes any progression at all- an idea most pundits in the know are espousing right now- its off a projection thats realistically closer to 76 (51 +25) next year- and its easy to see why people are calling for the next lafreniere. As long as he can keep that spot and this post season has cemented that imho- youre looking at a realistic range of 75 to 95. This is the next player to follow the Jack Hughes trajectory and you'd be nuts to get off the train now..