Who would you protect?

[Stannic]

Head 2 Head keeper league (weekly scoring)

If you were allowed to protect 10 players (plus 1 NHL rookie for the 07-08 season) for the upcoming season, who would you protect?

Points: G[1], A[1], GWG[1], SHG[1], HT[2] (skaters)
W[2], SOL[1], SO[3] (goalies)

Forwards

Ilya Kovalchuk ATL
Jarome Iginla CGY
Alexander Semin WAS
Henrik Zetterberg DET
Martin Havlat CHI
Jonathan Cheechoo SJ
Joe Pavelski SJ
Brendan Shanahan NYR
Martin Straka NYR
Nikolai Zherdev CLB
Matthew Lombardi CGY
Alexei Yashin NYI
Tuomo Ruutu CHI
Nicklas Backstrom WAS (rookie)

Defense

Dan Boyle TB
Matt Carle SJ
Jay Bouwmeester FLA
Sergei Zubov DAL
Ron Hainsey CLB

Goalies

Marc-Andre Fleury PIT
J.S. Gigure ANA
Vesa Toskala SJ

Each week we start six forwards, three defensemen and one goalie.

I already have a good idea of what I want to do, just thought that I would throw it out there for the masses.

Post edited by: Stannic, at: 2007/05/14 22:12

[Shoeless]

Sorry for the ignorance but HT refers to?

[doulos]

Hits I believe.

[WildHendy]

:silly: HT= hat-trick

[Thieving Giraffe]

Gut reaction:

F(5): Kovalchuk, Iginla, Semin, Zetterberg, Havlat*
D(2): Boyle, Carle, Bouwmeester
G(1): Fleury

+1: Straka, Giguere, or Cheechoo. I am honestly not sure which one of these three I\'d keep. If you think Cheech\'s due for a major rebound, I\'d go with him. If not, and you think Giguere will end up somewhere good, I\'d go with him. And if neither, Straka should be good for another 70+ point season.

Obviously Backstrom\'s your rookie.

You could argue for dropping Carle or Bouwmeester in favor of one of those three above. Maybe. I think they\'re both good for 45+, maybe even mid-50\'s next season. I assume there\'s a draft for additional players? May be easier to replace a Straka or Cheechoo than one of those two. Could be wrong.



* I\'m sure it\'s obvious that Havlat\'s trade bait. After 6-8 games, when he\'s at or near the top of the league in scoring - and at or near his (literal) breaking point - you should be able to get top dollar for him.

[Fergie]

My picks:

Forwards

Ilya Kovalchuk ATL
Jarome Iginla CGY
Alexander Semin WAS
Henrik Zetterberg DET
Martin Havlat CHI
Jonathan Cheechoo SJ
Nicklas Backstrom WAS (rookie)

Defense
Dan Boyle TB
Jay Bouwmeester FLA
Sergei Zubov DAL


Goalies
J.S. Gigure ANA

[doulos]

WildHendy wrote:

:silly: HT= hat-trick

Ahhh but of course. Makes sense

[Shoeless]

Forwards: Ilya Kovalchuk ATL, Jarome Iginla CGY, Alexander Semin WAS, Henrik Zetterberg DET, Martin Havlat CHI, Jonathan Cheechoo SJ, Nicklas Backstrom WAS (rookie)

Defense: Dan Boyle TB, Matt Carle SJ, Jay Bouwmeester FLA

Goal: Marc-Andre Fleury PIT

[reeveta]

There seems to be a lot of agreement on the forwards and d-men and I too would vote for Kovalchuk, Iginla, Semin, Zetterberg, Havlat, Cheechoo, Backstrom (rookie), Boyle, Carle, and Bouwmeester.

It looks to me like top goalies are worth a lot in your league. Could you keep both Giggy and Fleury at the expense of a forward or defencemen? If you could I think it would be worth it. I would probably cut Carle but one could make a case for a few of those guys.

[Stannic]

reeveta wrote:

There seems to be a lot of agreement on the forwards and d-men and I too would vote for Kovalchuk, Iginla, Semin, Zetterberg, Havlat, Cheechoo, Backstrom (rookie), Boyle, Carle, and Bouwmeester.

It looks to me like top goalies are worth a lot in your league. Could you keep both Giggy and Fleury at the expense of a forward or defencemen? If you could I think it would be worth it. I would probably cut Carle but one could make a case for a few of those guys.

Reeveta that\'s exactly what I have been thinking. Good goalies are valuable within this league however where will Gigure end up?

What I have been thinking is the following:

Kovalchuk, Iginla, Semin, Zetterberg, Havlat, Backstrom (rookie)

Bouwmeester, Carle, Boyle

Fleury, Gigure.

Havlat would be used as traid bait after the first 10 games or so (provided he doesn\'t hurt some weird muscle or bone that none of us have heard of before).

Picking up scoring forwards in the draft is fairly easy (even with an 11th round pick out of 12 teams). I have just had to try and decide if there is a better way of doing this. I guess I will have to see what I can get in the way of picks for some of the players I have no intention on protection (but that would still be useful to other teams. Ie: Zubov, Starka, Cheechoo)

Thanks for the help guys.