Reply With QuoteI think Couturier has been head and shoulders above him all along. Never have I though Larsson would go #1. Too say Couturier hasnt been a factor in any game is crap hes been playing pretty good.Originally Posted by Big Ev
Much harder to come across a solid 2-way defensemen over a gifted center with great vision. Depending on the need of the 1st overall team but I would say Larsson.
H2H 12 Team/12 Keeper League. Cats: G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, HITS, BS, SOG, W, GAA, SV%, SO, Saves
C - Crosby, Malkin, Backstrom
LW - Gaudreau, Parise, E. Kane, Jenner (C), Panik (RW)
RW - MacKinnon (C), Ehlers (LW), Komorov (C), Shaw (C), Vrbata
D - Karlsson, Ekman-Larsson, Subban, Gostisbehere, Gudas, Klefbom
G- Holtby, Bishop, Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy
Farm - Aho, Eriksson-Ek, Schmaltz, Kaprisov, Theodore, Zaietsev, Sorokin, Stolarz
I think Couturier has been head and shoulders above him all along. Never have I though Larsson would go #1. Too say Couturier hasnt been a factor in any game is crap hes been playing pretty good.
Straight Points keeper league. Keep 5 Forwards,3 defence,1 goalie.
F: Nicklas Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Henrik Zetterberg, Zach Parise, Logan Couture
D: Erik Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
G: Sergei Bobrovsky
Based on this Tourney and pre-tournament rankings, I am thinking Larsson goes #1.
Larsson is clearly still learning (based on his up and down play) but I was quite impressed with him several times in each game I watched.
Couturier has great patiences but he doesn't scream "superstar" to me. I think it will be a slow development curve for him.
Larsson seems like the safer pick at this point but teams may just draft based on need (D, C, Winger, etc.) and/or situation (need help sooner vs. later)
Head and shoulders above him? Now you're just using hyperbole, and I can tell you're 12 years old.
12 years old lol you wish. I think Couturier is the better prospect with a higher upside and will be a star in this league for years to come. Im sure there will be people who will disagree there always is. But like last year I would of taken Seguin not Hall and this year Id take Couturier not Larsson. I might even go as far as to say I would take Nugent-Hopkins ahead of Larsson. I think Larsson turns out to be a good prospect and a good NHLer but I think years down the road people will question why he was even thought of as a player better then Couturier and Nugent-Hopkins.
Straight Points keeper league. Keep 5 Forwards,3 defence,1 goalie.
F: Nicklas Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Henrik Zetterberg, Zach Parise, Logan Couture
D: Erik Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
G: Sergei Bobrovsky
havent really been following much of the prospects yet but here is a nice read about larsson:
http://communities.canada.com/edmont...n-defence.aspx
18 team H2H Keeper League
G/A/PPP/SHP/GWG/SOG/FOW/Hits&blks/W/GAA/SV/SV%
play 4c/8w/6d/1G (2min start)/6 bench/
C: Hughes, Zacha, Howden, compher, Tierney, Frederic
W: Gaudreau, Schwartz, M.Tkachuk, Fabbri, Bratt, Yamamoto, Wahlstrom, Okposo, Heinen, M.Folingo, Hinostroza, Mcginn
D: Hughes, Ceci, Pelech, oleksiak, Holden, Poolman
G: Markstrom, Oettinger,
P:Rossi,Bowers,Heponiemi,Kupari,Wise,Dorofeyev,Fir stov,Clarke,Fortin,holloway,Nygard,Aberg,Rasmussen ,Elynuik,M.Jones,Chlapik,Platzer,Bracco,Kuokkanen, Lind,Liljegren,J.Roy,Montembeault,Raaymakers,Woll, prosvetov,Larmi
He finally did something in the last game. Still, overall, a letdown fantasy wise. he has a good shot, good mobility but he doesnt have the puck skills that PP QB's all have.
Dukla i agree with you here on his PP skills but if nhl teams valued PP QB's more than solid 2-way defenseman Cam Fowler wouldn't have slipped to 12th last year.
Edit: Sorry realized you said Fantasy wise. My mistake, i agree with you that he might not have as good of Offensive abilities as originally thought
12 Team H2H League - Keep 6 and a goalie
C - Getzlaf
LW - Nash, Sharp
RW - Kane, Perry, Skinner
D -
G - Luongo
Stats
Skaters - G, A, PPP, GWG, +/-, PIMs
Goalies - Wins, Sv%, GAA, SO
Fantasywise and professionally, Larsson compares most to Erik Johnson IMO. And look at EJs modest production.
8-GM / WK-H2H
Forwards: G=2, A=1, PP/SH= +1, GWG= +2, Shootout G=1, HT= +1
D-Men/Captain: G=3/A=2
Goalies: W=3, OTL=1, SO= +2, SV= .10
Start = 13F, 6D, 2G / Keep 44 (3G)
Captain: Matthews
(F): MacKinnon, Pasta, Marner, Rantanen, Malkin, Barkov, M.Tkachuk, W.Nylander, Pettersson, Gaudreau, Laine, Keller, Miller, B.Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, L.Raymond, K.Johnson, Cozens, Quinn, Guenther, Kulich, Cooley
(D): Makar, Dahlin, Q.Hughes, Ekblad, Rielly, Werenski, Letang, Jones, Chychrun, Seider, Edvinsson, Jiricek, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Ceulemans, Hutson
(G): Shesterkin, Demko, Vejmelka
CSS rankings released today. Larsson is number 1 on the Euro list. And no surprise to me that some scouts think he is ahead of Hedman:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=548957
Is he still injured?
I can't find any info.
He hasn't played for Skelleftea since the WJC.
How serious was his injury in the tourney?
I haven't seen anything official, but it is a groin injury so they are probably just resting him until it heals up a bit. He did play in the semis and bronze medal game, but he likely pushed it and there really isn't any point in pushing it further right now. Might as well give it a chance to heal. Apparently he has been playing injured for most of the season.
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