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yceberg · #11 11-11-2012, 03:47 AM

I dropped Kostitsyn for Gustav Nyquist today. I attempted several different trade offers to move Kostitsyn but his value seems quite low within our pool. I have my eye on Mika Zibanejad as he is the last available FA top prospect who may get significant prime ice time this season, though Ryan Strome is a very tempting FA as well...

horrorfan · #12 11-11-2012, 07:49 AM

I don't have much to comment on your situation but there are a couple things I want to suggest.

Firstly, don't just use the FHG number solely to evaluate players. Some guys, like Ott, are high due the extreme number of PIM (or another category), but this may or may not be as important to your team or situation as a whole. For example, PIM is one skater category of seven in your league, and being H2H where weekly consistency is most important, he might not have as much value as more offensive players who have a lower FHG value. Furthermore, you have to consider the categories that are easier/difficult to find on FA. For example, PIM are generally more easily found on FA than G/PP so even though their FHG value could be higher than more offensive players, their relative value to the situation is lower.

That being said, that's not to say he and others with higher FHG values are not valuable. I just want to emphasise that FHG is good to give you a general idea on how certain players have value given a specific category set, but it doesn't always take into consideration its importance to your team. Look beyond the number.

The other thing to consider is how the other managers value their own players when considering trades and what are their strengths/weaknesses. Sure, you have your own needs and want to target certain players, but before thinking 'I'm going to offer player x for player y', make sure to determine how valuable player y is on their squad, and whether they could use player x.

Good luck.

cdubb · #13 11-11-2012, 08:17 AM

Agree with horror fan. The FHG tool is kinda useless for rookies and prospects in keeper leagues because it assumes they get very few stats in first season.

Wow did you keep S.Mason over Chara back them?

And then the trade of Green for Dubinsky was bad. even if green was terrible/hurt and you get a 1st rounder, he should have gotten you a better player. I find if you keep 8 players, and you have 12 teams then a first rounder is getting you the 97th-104th best player. Even if you can choose top prospects in that draft, unless it's a top 3 pick, the player won't contribute for a couple seasons.

At least you have some starting goalies now.

yceberg · #14 11-11-2012, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cdubb

Wow did you keep S.Mason over Chara back them?

It wasn't a direct choice of Mason and Chara for me at the time. I figured I would keep 2 defensemen (Green and Doughty) and 2 goaltenders. I thought there was a good possibility to get Chara back in the draft. It didn't happen.

yougo · #15 11-11-2012, 01:51 PM

C- Stepan J. Staal(K) Hanzal
LW- Lucic(K) Landeskog(K) Benn(K)
RW- Skinner(K) Wheeler(K) Brouwer
D- Doughty(K) Subban(K) Ekman-Larsson Carlson
W- Yakupov M. Foligno
F- Scheifele C. Smith
UT- Atkinson C. Wilson
G- Varlamov(K) Dubnyk
BN- Crawford(K) J. Bernier M. Johansson Tarasenko Nyquist

You're team isn't as bad as some might have say. I am guessing that you don't have a farm where you could stach your players like Bernier/Nyquist/Tarasenko. If you do, then pick up Strome asap and good job on picking up Nyquist.

Now looking at your active roster and your skating categories I will say this : As soon as Lucic and Landeskog gets hot move them. Your league has only one ''aggressive'' cats which is PIM, if your league included hits then Lucic-Landy would be absolute studs but if I were you, I'd go all-in with offensive player. You have some very talented player in Benn,Skinner,Yakupov,Tarasenko. These 4 and depending on how Staal performs in Carolina, will give you a very solid core IMO.

I'd try to upgrade at center, and you should capitalize on name value. I mean by that Lucic and Landy are overrated IMO in your league as I don't see them having a huge offensive upside. If you could land Huberdeau + a pick for Landeskog, I'd do it right away. Also, upgrade your centers. As of now, you have no #1 center on your roster in a 12 team league... that is somehow mind boggling to me since the center position is the easiest to fill. Get cracking on upgrading your centers.

Awesome defense.

Goaltending is a question mark, and again I'd suggest you sell high on one of Dubnyk or Crawford as soon as they get hot.

yceberg · #16 11-11-2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by yougo

You're team isn't as bad as some might have say. I am guessing that you don't have a farm where you could stash your players like Bernier/Nyquist/Tarasenko. If you do, then pick up Strome asap and good job on picking up Nyquist.

You are correct there is no farm, so I kinda need players who will play. I am waiting for a CBA agreement and training camps to open to see if Strome makes the squad, then I will have to cut someone. If he doesn't make the team and one of Atkinson/Smith/Wilson regresses, I may pick him up to hold. That would leave me with two dead roster spots until Bernier gets a job somewhere...

yceberg · #17 02-12-2013, 09:11 PM

Last night I dropped Nyquist for Slava Voynov as I did not see any point in waiting with a hot FA on the wire. I dropped Scheifele for Tlusty the day before his 4 point outburst. Both of those prospects are on my watchlist speed dial in case they need to be picked up again this season. With Atkinskon, Landeskog and Br. Smith on the IR, I have picked up Raymond and 2 other insignificant players to be dropped as soon as the three are healthy. Benn and Subban's missed games put me in a hole after the first extended week. 12th place. But after the last two weeks, I am in 9th and slowly climbing, eight teams make the playoffs. Taransenko and Yakupov are definitely part of my twelve keepers next year along with Benn, Skinner, Doughty, Subban and OEL. The three goalies Crawford, Dubnyk and Varlamov are 90% in as well. That leaves two spots for Wheeler, J. Staal, Landeskog, Lucic to convince me of their keeper worthiness or I will decide to move two to upgrade for a true star.

yceberg · #18 03-19-2013, 03:08 AM

After last weeks 8-2-2 victory, my team is now in 3rd place overall / 2nd division with a 101 points. The overall league leader has 108 points and my division leader has 103. 4th and 5th place also have 101 points, but I guess I own the tiebreaker. I celebrated by finally using the 3rd waiver priority to pick up Saad that my opponent last week inexplicably dropped on Friday. I dropped Nyquist for him. I am playing the 5th place team this week and things are looking up. I added Hornquist and placed him in my IR slot and am thinking I will drop Hanzal or C. Smith for him when he is activated. Two more days until our trade deadline. I am not pursuing anything but have been offered a couple of deals I haven't quite liked but maybe something to my liking will come along...

yceberg · #19 04-08-2013, 11:31 PM

So as an update, I finished the regular season with 135 points good for second, behind the overall leader with 137, but ranked third for playoff seeding because of our divisions. The second place team was actually fourth with 130 points.

Last week I played the sixth seed in the playoffs first round and won 10-1-1. I am now in the semifinals against the second seed and the winner faces the winner of the first seed versus fourth seed matchup. The money is there for the taking...

Pengwin7 · #20 04-09-2013, 12:03 PM

Nice work.
Sending you some REP for reviving your old thread. (clean way of revisiting past decisions & strategy. well done.)

Good luck to you!

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