Also, don't think NYR is the place for Nash to realize the potential so many think he has.
Richards and Cally/Gabby or whoever he gets paired with are certainly an upgrade on CBJ but it's not like Torts preaches offensive hockey.
Hell, Richards posted 91 points in 80 games followed by 77 points in 72 games (an average over 2 years of 90 points per season, pro-rated) and then posted his worst career totals (pro-rated) other than his first 2 seasons after posting 66 points in 82 games. NYR is really not a place I want my fantasy hockey players to go to at this point.
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, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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TEAM 1
10 Team league keep 15
Top 15 fwd, 5 D and 2 G count G/A=1 , PPP= 0.5 W=2 SO=3
F: Crosby Benn Kucherov JT.Miller Marchessault Kadri Draisaitl Wheeler E.Staal T.Johnson V.Filppula M.Granlund Vesey Coyle Jagr Schwartz Parise Larkin
D: Shattenkirk S.Weber Werenski Petry Klefbom Krug Savard Stone
G: Rask Dubnyk Hutchinson Elliot
If Weber ends up in Philly, Devils are in biiiiig trouble. They need to sign Semin or else they'll be the new Islanders
Interesting part of this trade is that Anisimov may play centre full time where he belongs. Might be a good sleeper in pools for 50+ pts. He never really got consistent quality ice time last season.
Also, just to expand on that last post, excluding Richards first 2 years in the NHL and this year as a ranger, he has a point per game average of 0.97 over the span of his career and 1.04 over the past 3 seasons in Dallas. With the Rangers he posted 0.80 points per game; that's a drop of close to 20% from his career average and even more from his past 3 years.
Nash has posted a 0.87 point per game average over his career (pre-lockout years ignored). Don't see this increasing in NYR unless Torts decides to emphasize offense and Nash and Richards really click. If we see a trend similiar to Richards, I'd be shocked to see him exceed his previous 3 years of production (59, 66, and 67 for an average of 64).
Maybe Redden gets a chance to play in the NHL again.
Nash production will be a bit higher but not that much with Torts being the coach that he is.
The BIG advantage for the Rangers will be their Power Play. They were 23rd last season, now they they will be lethal and top 10 in the league. Which is needed to win the Cup.
Richards reallllllllllly stepped it up in the second half though. He had 33 points in his last 33 games and really became an unstoppable force in the playoffs. At the start of the year he didn't click with Gaborik and then they had him play quite a few games with Callahan in hopes of adding some offense on the second line, but they moreso just contained the top line of the other teams rather than trying to score every shift.
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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