If someone is buying Keller as a 65 point guy, sell Keller.
What's the deal with his ice time?
Haven't gone above 16:46 in the past 5 games.
Seems to be firing a good number of shots still, on pace for more than last year but his production is pretty spotty.
Even tonight, 6 forwards have played more early on.
They just signed him to a big contract, so you'd think he'd be a focal point.
Not going to lie, he's a fairly frustrating own.
I just don't get the sense he'll produce this year like his rookie season, not sure if it's mostly due to teams having a book on him now, or what explains it but he seems to be a 45-55 pt guy right now. Getting outscored by Schmaltz and Garland, lol.
I'm not saying in any way he's similar to MacKinnon was, but sort of funny how MacK had a great rookie season too, then regressed for a few years, then went beast mode.
I looked closer and MacKinnon had 207 pts in first 300 games, Keller has 127 in 189. So 0.69 ppg for MacK, and Keller is at 0.67 ppg through his 189 games (if you include tonight's game which is still going).
I guess tempering expectations makes sense, as much as you want a high upside guy to be a beast already lol. He is my 2 year contract right now, so still have some time with him, but I can't lie I've considered moving him at different points if a solid enough offer came along. Just would hate to move him too soon, even if I find a piece that helps me a bit more in the short term, just given it's a keeper and his raw talent.
Keeper League
No Salary Cap
Skt points: A (2), GWG (1), G (3), ShG (1), Hat Trick (1), Overtime Goal (1), +/- (0.5), PPA (0.5), PPG (1), SHA (1), SHG (2)
Goalie points: A (2), G (10), SHO (4), W (5), OL + ShL (2)
Keepers: Kaprisov (4 yr), Svechnikov (3 yr), Point (2 yr), P Kane (1 yr)
C/LW/RW
Daily
Starters: C - Horvat, Point, LW - Dubois, Kaprisov, RW - Kane, Svechnikov, D - Montour, Doughty, Skt - Hyman
Bench: Trocheck, Rakell, Wedgewood, Francouz
Rookie: Kochetkov
IR:
Max GP: C (164), LW (164), RW (164), D (164), Skt (82), Goalie (82)
1 rookie & 3 IR spots
14 teams (4 keepers/team + can carry 1 rookie over)
Fantrax
If someone is buying Keller as a 65 point guy, sell Keller.
PTKL - '18 and '19 Back to Back League Champion!
12 team league, 20 players per team
Count top 9 F, 4 D, 1 G
Points only for F and D
G Stats: W = 1, SO = 1, Saves (0.04 per save), Goals Against (-0.2 per goal), G and A also count
F: Barkov, Bergeron, Dadonov, Getzlaf, Hertl, Marchand, Olofsson, Pacioretty, Pavelski, Radulov, Stone, Wheeler, Zuccarello
D: Krug, Letang, Petry, Rielly, Weber
G: Fleury, Price
12 Team H2H Keep 4
2 C, 4 W, 4 D, 2 UTIL, 2 G
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, FW: W, SV%, GAA
C: Barkov, Eichel
W: Connor
D:
G: Sorokin
IR:
NA:
I think I mentioned this last year in one of your threads and it still applies until Keller proves otherwise.
In a 14 team keep 4, he is never a keeper on a competitive team. He finished 129th in scoring last year with a low goal to assist output. Your league only keeps 56 players.
The desert is also the place that fantasy players go to die. They have a long history of non production in that system.
In limited keepers we don't want to be keeping potential. We almost always end up being a middling team when we do this. The excecptions are just so few and far between that we are almost always wrong and the more limited the keepers the less margin for error we have. We need 4 top end players (in the top 56, preferably top 40)so that we aren't starting at the back of the pack come draft time.
Edit: it doesn't solve your current problem but I think the start of solving the problem is the mindset shift
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
A change of scenery is what he needs. That team is a trainwreck.
12-team Yahoo H2H Keeper League (10 keepers)
Cats: G, A, P, +/-, PPP, SOG, HITS, SHOTS BLOCKED, W, GAA, Saves, Save%
Original draft was 2015
Year #1 = Tanked hard (finished last)
Year #2 = Playoff League Champion
Year #3 = Lost in Playoffs but traded Murray for 2nd best odds at #1. (Will draft Dahlin).
10 Keepers
Keepers: C.McDavid (C), J.Eichel (C), A.Matthews (C), P.Laine (LW-RW), J.Gaudreau (LW), N.Ehlers (LW-RW), C.Keller (LW), T.Rask (G), A.Vasilevskiy (G) + ??? (Keeper #10)
Potential Keepers : J.Saros, T.Demko, M.Sergachev, M.Duchene, J.Puljujarvi.
Other Players: Not worth mentioning...
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
Yes, up-and-comer as a team but I'm starting to doubt Keller will realize the potential he showed during his rookie year. Way too early to write him off but I don't see a player who will be a steady PPG player. More like 60-ish and without much else, his value in non points-only leagues is marginal.
I can't promise I'll try but I'll try to try.