Someone just dropped Harding, and the waiver period ends a little later this week.

As a third goaltender, I can afford to pick and choose starts. I feel like Harding's percentages are all but guaranteed to be better than Theodore's, despite getting fewer starts. And who knows, he may even surpass Backstrom as the season goes on.

Roster/format in sig.

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12-team H2H Semi Keeper (keep 6)
skater cats (7): G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG
goalie cats (4): W, GAA, SV%, SHO
6 keepers bolded
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C(2) - S. Crosby, E. Malkin (W), S. Ott (W)
W(4) - A. Ovechkin, D. Brown, M. Ryder, B. Saad
D(4) - K. Yandle, D. Phaneuf, M. Green, R. Josi
G(2) - MA. Fleury, J. Halak, T. Vokoun, V. Fasth, J. Allen, R. Lehner
IR - E. Karlsson (D)
Next year's draft picks (1-6 are keepers): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 17

Obviously hindsight is 20/20 but based on the yank today I'd say Theodore might be the better bet now...

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12 Team 1 Year Yahoo Roto League

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, SV%, SO

2C 2LW 2RW 4D 2G
Bench: 4 + 1 IR

C: Kopitar/H Sedin
LW: Hartnell/Pacioretty
RW: Malkin/C Stewart
D: Chara/Enstrom/Carlson/Burns/Hamilton
G: Quick/Fasth/Allen/Kipprusoff/Markstrom
IR: Sharp

12 Team 1 Year Yahoo H2H League 4 moves/wk

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, FOW, FOL

2 C 2 LW 2 RW 1 F 4 D 1 Util 2 G
Bench: 4 + 1 IR

C: Malkin/Seguin/Steen/Kesler/Sharp
LW: Landeskog/Stepniak/Stalberg
RW: Wheeler/Williams/Clowe
D: Byfuglien/Edler/Burns
G: Lundqvist/Fasth/Hiller/Lehner

Theodore is an average starter, and Harding is an above-average backup. Due to age, I'd say that neither of them are going to get much better, it's a tough call which comes down to how many starts you need.

If you need a few wins and a high SV% here and there, then go with Harding, otherwise it's Theodore.

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16 team H2H (We keep everyone)
Positions - 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 1Util, 11 Bench, No Farm (We just keep prospects on the bench)

Scoring Cats
G ,A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, Hits
Wins, Saves, SV%, GAA, SO

Year 1 = 2/16
Year 2 = 13/16
Last year = 4/16

C-Crosby, Lecavalier, Ott (LW), Schwartz, Matthias, Toffoli, Leino (LW)
L-Michalek (RW), Pacrioretty, Hagelin
R- Gallagher, Neil, Read,
D- Markov, Rielly, Wisniewski, Hamilton, Fraser, Dumba, Beauchemin, Trouba, Barrie
G-Fleury, Bryzgalov, Ward, S.Mason, Enroth,

Harding hasn't been good lately so I wonder how much he will be used in the short-term. Maybe stick with Theodore for now and check back when your next waiver deadline is approaching.

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24-team H2H (roto G, A, GWG, SHP, PPP, PIM, +/, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW, W, SV, SV%, GAA, SO)

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