We keep 3 D-men. I have two studs plus need to pick one of these guys.

Hedman - I'm giving up on.

J-Boychuk - Long term is he a goal producer? His +/- props up his fantasy value in our league right now. Shot total as well.

McBain - Is he going to live up to the talent/potential? Need the +/- total to fix itself and the shot total to go up. Will he get in the thick of things and bump up the PIM total?

Hamonic - Seriously considering him. His minutes should grow, he's got good ice time. Seems like him or Boychuk.


Scoring format is below
Goals = +2 Pts
Assist = +1pt
PPG = +1pt
SHG = +1pt
GWG = +1pt
Hat-Trick = +3pts
Plus / Minus = 1pt / -1pt
PIM = 0.2pt
Shots = 0.1pt

I like Hedman here, but if u have givin up on him, i say McBain

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12 team keeper league

dress 12F 6D 2G, bench 6F 3D 1G

keep 8 F, 4D, 1G, draft every year for the rest.

Forwards: 2pts/Goal 1pt/Assist 4pts/hattrick
Defense: 3pts/Goal 1pt/Assist 6 pts/hattrick
Goalie: 2pts/win 1pt/tie 5pts/Shutout 0.02pts/save


Dressed
F - Stamkos, Landeskog, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Hurbedeau, E.Kane, Kesler, Yakupov, Pavelski, Burrows, Boedker, Doan

D - Hedman, Bogosian, Green, Byfuglien, Kulikov, Souray

G - Price, Holtby

Bench
F - Briere, Foligno, Higgins*, Laich*, Kovalev*, Downie*
D - Tyutin, Salo, Orlov*
G -Pavelec

*denotes injured

Boychuk has pretty consistently low point totals over the last 3 season averaging around 15.

You never know when Hedman is going to possibly take the next step. I don't watch a lot of TBL games by any means but he has the draft pedigree.

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10 Team Limited Keeper (Keep 7) Points Only
SALARY CAP (Player Salaries) League
12 F 6 D 2 G

F: Giroux, Tavares, Seguin, Ryan, Pacioretty , Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Pavelski, Ribeiro, JVR, Roy, S Kostitsyn
D: OEL, A Larsson, Yandle, Josi, Hedman, Faulk
G: Quick, Price

If you take a closer look at Hedman's output after his concussion last year, you will not be so quick to give up on him.

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Ultimate Dynasty League
16 Team Dynasty League H2H: G, A, P, PPP, SHP, +/-, PIM, SOG, W, L, GAA, SvPct, SHO

C: Stamkos, Getzlaf, Carter
LW: Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Brown
RW: Iginla, Pavelski, Horton
D: Byfuglien, J.Johnson, Goligoski, Hedman, Hamonic
U: Mueller
G: Schneider, Hiller,
B: E. Johnson, S.Kostitsyn, Neil, Biron, Giguere
IR:
Prospect: Nail Yakupov, Tangradi

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UHL Dynasty St. Louis Blues
...a bad team trying to rebuild...

Well I'm afraid this is another "think long and hard before you give up on Hedman" post. Hedman is clearly a blue chip D man compared to the rest you have named. It gets repeated alot, because it's true, it takes time for most young defencemen to mature and begin to reach their potential. Patience. The break out might happen this year, take a look at Dobbers projection in the guide and pay special attention to the "sleeper piece" when looking at Hedman. Arctic has also mentioned Hedmans' finish last year after returning from injury and those numbers are extremely encouraging and support the argument that a break out could happen this year. McBain is a year or two behind where Hedman is now and will not give you the multi cat numbers you want when he matures. Boychuk is not showing marked improvement nor has he anywhere near the potential of Hedman. Harmonic is a nice second choice but when you look at 2 or 3 year upside I would suggest this is not even close. For me, Hedman.

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13 team partial keeper league. Keep 10 plus 2 Rookies; 27 player roster, 20 starters; 12-F, 6-D, 2-G, 7 Bench, no positional requirement, no salary cap. Yahoo Roto Scoring Cats: Skaters - Pts, G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG; Goalies - Wins, GAA, Saves

F- Stamkos, Crosby, Bobby Ryan, Roy, Skinner, Yakupov, Granlund, M Koivu, Berglund, Elias, Justin Williams, Dubinsky, Marleau, Lupul, Brunner, Perreault, Lapierre

D- Goli, Ehrhoff, Hedman, Campbell, Kindl, Bieksa

G- Rask, Ward, Pavelec, Khubodin

Hedman for me and it wasn't close. He's not one of my favs, but out of this bunch, he takes the cake. IF anything, I think he holds some cache moreso than the others, if you want to deal him in a pkg later in the season. Keep Hedman.

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Points only keeper League, weekly head to head, 2RW, 2LW, 2C, 4D, 1 G , (goalies 2pts for W +3 for SO)



LW: Gaborik, Landeskog, Burrows

C: Seguin, Skinner, Berglund, Nyquist, Lombardi

RW: Eberle, Oshie, Doan, Silfverberg

D: Doughty, Carlson, Ekman-Larsson, Carle

G: Price , Schneider, Nabokov

I'd go with Hamonic here. Boychuk is tempting near term as his +/- might elevate his pool pt totals above the other dmen here. That could only be temporary. I think Hamonic will produce across the board and has decent PIM upside at around 125 and good shot potential as well. Hedman overrated. McBain is going to be buried or traded shortly. He's just your typical plain vanilla dman.

Hedman possesses the most potential of this group, but there's no telling if and when he'll reach it.

Regardless, he has to be the choice here.

Hedman
Hamonic
McBain
Boychuk

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McBain
Hedman
Hamonic
Boychuk

The problem with McBain is the team he plays for is loaded with offensive defensemen. I've always liked Hedman, but with big (tall?) players, they tend to take more time "adjusting" to their bodies before having breakout seasons.

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12 Team "Experts" Roto representing Dobberhockey 2nd
G,A,PPP,+/-,SOG,Hits,Blocks,Wins,GAA,SV% - Keep 4
4C-Kopitar,M.Koivu,Stepan,Matthias,Prospal
4L-Marleau,Steen,M.Foligno,N.Foligno,Morrow,Umberger
4R-Hossa,Hornqvist,Little,Alfredsson,Oshie
6D-Byfuglien,Phaneuf,Doughty,J.Johnson,Burns,Wideman, Kostka,Methot
2G-M.Smith,Backstrom,Reimer

12 Team Salary Cap Roto Dynasty 3rd (G,A,Pts,FPts,DPts,Pim,SOG,H,BS,W+OTL+SO,GAA,SV%)
12F-Ovechkin,Kopitar,P&E Kane,Kessel,Ryan,M&N Foligno,Ennis,Hodgson,Killorn,Horton,Wolski,Morrow ,Bonino
6D-Subban,J.Johnson,Carle,Wizniewski,Franson,Spurgeon ,Kostka,M.Fraser
2G-Rask,Anderson,Emery
Farm-Markstrom,Scrivens,Brunner,Nyquist,G.Bourque,B.Con nolly,T.Barrie,Brennan,Barberio,Orlov