This might be premature, but who do you guys think I should keep this year? We're only allowed to keep 3 players, its my first year in the keeper league.

Here's the leading candidates for me:

Tavares, Halak, ???

Might keep Luongo over Halak if he ends up on a good team (Philly maybe? NOT TORONTO)- but I definitely need to keep a starting goalie since they won't be many left by next year's draft.

I don't know who to pick for 3rd keeper. I was thinking Neal, but last year was exceptional, and if he doesn't repeat this year then I have no idea who else I would choose. Its a tossup between Backstrom, Neal, Kopitar and Kesler, maybe even Benn if he puts up solid numbers this year.

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Yahoo Limited Keeper (Keep 4), 1st Year, Weekly H2H, daily starts, 12 teams
G, A, P, +/-, PPP, PIM, SOG // W, GAA, SV%, SHO,

2C/2LW/2RW/2F/4D/2G/3BENCH/2IR

Likely keepers in BOLD

C: Tavares, Backstrom, Kopitar, Kesler
W: Neal, Benn, Carter, Purcell, Steen,
D: Wideman, Timonen, Souray, Burns, Wisniewsky
G: Lundqvist, Elliott
IR:

Tough call for a limited keep 3.

Try to keep 3 that would be drafted in the 1st couple of rounds if it was a new draft.

Tavaes...Neal...Luongo

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RFHL: Founded 1989 Rochester, NY
10 Man Keeper League
G, A, PTS, 2W+OL, SV%, GAA
C: Tavares, Kopitar, Benn, Roy
LW: Hall, Vanek, van Riemsdyke, Nyquist
RW: Seguin, Carter, Yakupov, Tarasenko
D: Green, Fowler, Elliott, J.Schultz, Streit, Wisniewski
G: Price, Ward

If it was a new draft you think Luongo will get drafted over Halak? I picked Luongo pretty late in the draft like 10th round, will he be more valuable than Halak(my 3rd round pick) if he was moved to Toronto? He might get more starts, but Halak will most likely get more GAA, SHO and maybe even Wins depending how many games he plays

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Yahoo Limited Keeper (Keep 4), 1st Year, Weekly H2H, daily starts, 12 teams
G, A, P, +/-, PPP, PIM, SOG // W, GAA, SV%, SHO,

2C/2LW/2RW/2F/4D/2G/3BENCH/2IR

Likely keepers in BOLD

C: Tavares, Backstrom, Kopitar, Kesler
W: Neal, Benn, Carter, Purcell, Steen,
D: Wideman, Timonen, Souray, Burns, Wisniewsky
G: Lundqvist, Elliott
IR:

I would probably keep Tavares, Neal and Halak because he always puts up good stats even as a limited starter role.

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12 teams limited keeper (keep 6 + 1 Rookie)
Weekly H2H points only
13 round draft - Unlimited Trades - No Waivers
4 Team Playoffs (last 2 reg. season weeks)
Year 6 (2012-13)

Start : C RW LW Utility D D G
Points are : A - G = 1 pt W = 2 pts SO = 1pt

C - S.Stamkos, L.Couture, M.Granlund, D.Stepan, T.Ennis
LW - L.Eriksson, J.Frazen
RW - T.Purcell, B.Wheeler, K.Versteeg, J.Silfverberg
D- E.Karlsson, J.Johnson, A.Markov, S.Elliot, J.Spurgeon, JM.Liles, N.Leddy
G - A.Niemi, C.Anderson, J.Harding, S.Varlamov

Year 5 Playoff Champ
Year 6 Playoff Champ

Tavares Halak Benn. But boy its close between Neal/Benn/Kopitar and as you mentioned
Lou could surpass Halak.

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8 team keeper league/roto. Keep 12+2 under 200 games played.
G, A, PPP, PIM, FW, SHP, GWG, HITS, SOG, BLS W, SV, SV%

Lw: E.Kane, Benn, Moulson, Neal

C : Plecanec, Tavares, Stamkos, Gagner

Rw: Voracek, Backes, Stewart, Landeskog

D: Burns, Seabrook, Subban, OEL, Voynov, Edler

G: Quick, Crawford, Anderson

Bn:Eriksson, Steen, Skinner
ir: Kesler

Im thinking Tavares/Halak are both for sure. With your stats I would strongly consider keeping Luongo as well especially if you are having a hard time choosing between him and Halak. Your other choices will fill half the first round of the draft so its likely Neal or Backstrom will still be there for you, I dont think Luongo will be.

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Dobberhockey Entry League - Norris Division
C: Mike Richards (C,LW); Brad Marchand(C,LW); Danny Briere (C,RW); Patrik Elias (C,LW)
RW: Corey Perry (RW); Marian Gaborik (RW); Nail Yakupov (RW); Patric Hornqvist (RW)
LW: Taylor Hall (LW); Milan Lucic (LW); Johan Franzen (LW,RW) Andy Mcdonald (C,LW)
Def: Kulikov; Bogosian; Justin Shultz; Orlov; Salo; Hamilton
Goaltending: Ryan Miller; Devan Dubynk
Bench: Sam Gagner (C,RW); Steve Sullivan (LW); Matt Martin (LW) ; Roman Cervenka (C )

Lou Neal and Tavares.

Lou either gets dealt (starter) or plays lights out and sticks in Van over throwing Schneider (starter).

Neal because you cannot toss ANYBODY with his talent and gets to play with Crosby and Malkin on a regular basis...you just don't.

Tavares...no explaination required.

Tavares, Neal, and Backstrom would be my keepers. In a 12 team, keep 3 league, I don't believe you need to keep a goalie.

I would do the same but also take a look at Benn over Backstrom...

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11 team Keeper Points-Only League
4C - 4LW - 4RW - 6D - 2G
2013 1st Place
C= Stamkos, Tavares, Getzlaf
LW= Ovechkin (LW/RW), E.Kane
RW= Perry, Seguin (C/R)
D= Letang, Byfuglien
G= Rask
Prospect: Silfverberg, Kuznetsov, Michalek

You need to start 2 goalies, so I disagree. See where Luongo ends up before you decide, but Halak is in a great situation on the Blues, especially if Hitchcock sticks around for a couple of years.

Tavares, Halak/Lu, and Neal. Neal is a great player in his own right, and he plays with the two best players in the world.

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10-team Keeper. Everyone keeps 12 (last season - Bold) + 3 (players with less than 164 NHL games played -last season - Bold Italics). Points for G (2), A (2), PIM (.1), Hit (.1) SHP(1), W(4), SO(8) Must dress 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G

C - E. Staal, Tavares , Bergeron, Turris, Zibanejad, Granlund
LW - Kovalchuk, E. Kane, Pacioretty, Zetterberg Filpulla, Latendresse
RW - Iginla,Wheeler, Pominville, Tarasenko, Doan, Silfverberg
D - Karlsson, Phaneuf, Edler, Green, Kronwall, Pitkanen, Keith, Burns
G - Rinne, Schneider




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