Upgrade Mason Raymond at LW?

[jimc21]

I drafted Raymond because he's going to be on a high scoring team with talented forwards on his line. But there are some interesting FA's out there. Would you take one of them over Raymond?

Tyler Ennis
Andy McDonald
Jusi Jokinen
Huslieus
Versteeg
James Neal

Looking for points, mostly. PIM's and +/- are important too.

[Big Ev]

I would take Neal, McDonald, and Huselius, in that order, over Raymond.

If you want points mostly, then Huselius is probably your guy, followed by McDonald. But if you also want PIM's then I would go Neal.

[Pm4n3y]

The only one I'd be really interested in is Jimmy, as he's set to be on the #1 line in Dallas with Richards and Erickson. While Raymond is on a very strong team, he will be relegated to second line duties. Versteeg is interesting as well, but I'm not yet sold on the Toronto Maple Whifs yet. Ennis is too young, McDonald has overstayed his time on an exciting yet "who's going to score more then 60 points this season" team, I've never been a big Columbus or Huselius fan, especially now that they don't have any set in stone lines, and Jussi Jokinen was never meant to be a 1st line player yet there he is in Carolina(possibly one of the worst 5 teams in the league.... ouch to the +/-).

[dyzfunctioned]

McDonald, Neal, Huselius I would for sure take over him in that order. Would consider taking the other 3 over him as well to be honest.

[jimc21]

I tend to agree, but Dobber doesn't. He rates Ennis at 48, McDonald at 51, Jokinen at 56, Husileus 71, Versteeg 72 and Neal 82. Now, that's just on the basis of total points scored. But he does rate them all higher than Raymond at 151. WTF was I thinking? Still, I might grab Neal just on the basis of the additional PIM's. I just hate it that he's going to drag my +/- down more than Raymond.