My league is strong... just a combination of shrewd drafting and clever trading. Short of giving you my draft and trade log (and it is fascinating because, man, did I inherit the most godawful team when I entered this league 12 years ago), I'll say the most important thing is knowing that, in order to get value you have to be prepared to give up value... which brings us back to this thread.

Giroux is worth more than what everyone here is suggesting. He's basically a lite version of Crosby and Chelios, rolled up into one.

p.s. What will really blow your mind is that I had Stamkos for the first two years of his career, as well... traded him away (again, to get value you have to be prepared to give up value).

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15 GM Keeper League w/Roto Scoring (G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG | W, GAA, SV%, SHO)
Start 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 6 D, 2 G (23-man rosters) | Protect 10 players w/a max of 1 goalie

C - Crosby*, Malkin* (C/R), Tavares*, Roy, Mueller
L - Marleau* (C/L), Duchene* (C/L), Doan (L/R), McLeod
R - Giroux* (C/R), Kane* (C/R), Grabner, Kassian, Boll
D - Yandle*, Letang*, McDonagh, Hamilton, Oduya, Clitsome
G - Lundqvist*, Halak, Fasth

I traded for Giroux a couple of weeks ago.

I gave up Eberle a 1st and two 3rd's. Totally worth it. We actually just had our draft and I hadn't looked at what he got with the picks.

So it was Eberle, Franzen, Dubnyk, B. Schenn.

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Our league is a 10 team, 12 player keeper. Weekly H2H
Points only.
Weight - G= 2 A= 1 Hatty =3 W = 2 So=3 OTL=1
Keepers.

Rask
Ward

Enstrom
J. Schultz
Pietrangelo

Giroux
Skinner
Duchene
Backstrom(C)
Tarasenko
Galchenyuk
Huberdeau

I hear you, but I would consider it if it helped to ease losing a player he covets who would otherwise be lost in the deal.

I think a damn good NHLer + a top flight prospect + high pick is what you need to offer. At this point in his career Giroux is at worst a ppg player who will more often than not be in the 90 - 100pt and possibly topping 100. You could offer Ebs (at least a 70pt player) + Granlund + 1(14). That should be attractive.

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League: Yahoo 20 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats: +/-, FOW, A, G, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, S, SPct, W, GAA

C: Benn,Kopitar,J.Staal,Strome
W: Atkinson,Bennett,BrunnerConacher
Huberdeau,Kessel,Seguin,Selanne
D: Beaulieu,DeKeyser,Despres,D.Hamilton,Leopold,Salo
G: J.Howard
Bench: Braun,B.Flynn,B.Gordon - J.Bernier,O.Pavelec,V.Stalberg
Prospects: Andrighetto,V.Arvidsson,Filatov,G.Carey,K.Flanagan,Kabanov,Lehtera,Omark,Ritchie,
R.Schwartz,Shalunov,Stransky,
Clendening,Deslauriers,Gauthier-Leduc,J.Morrow,R.Murphy,Petrovic,Reilly, -- M.Hackett

Sent a couple different offers just waiting for a response. What's everyone's thought on me offering Duchene or Landeskog and a 1st for Tavares?

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Team Cupper
Fwds-Giroux,Hall,Neal,Gagner,Hartnall,Schenn,Johanson,V oracheck,Tanguay,Cammaleri,Galchuyk,Grandlund,,Set oguchi,Grabovski , Tarasenko

Def -
Letang ,Hedman,Bogosian,Hamilton,
Fowler
Team-
CAR
Edm

Points
Fwds -Def
Points, ppg,shg,gwg
Teams- Wins,otl,so
Def get 2 points for goals

As a Tavares owner in one league, I wouldn't go for that. Dude has top 3-5 potential and should be a regular 90pt player. I think you'd have to put forth more of a proven package of two players, where a pick is something to push the deal through.

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League: Yahoo 20 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats: +/-, FOW, A, G, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, S, SPct, W, GAA

C: Benn,Kopitar,J.Staal,Strome
W: Atkinson,Bennett,BrunnerConacher
Huberdeau,Kessel,Seguin,Selanne
D: Beaulieu,DeKeyser,Despres,D.Hamilton,Leopold,Salo
G: J.Howard
Bench: Braun,B.Flynn,B.Gordon - J.Bernier,O.Pavelec,V.Stalberg
Prospects: Andrighetto,V.Arvidsson,Filatov,G.Carey,K.Flanagan,Kabanov,Lehtera,Omark,Ritchie,
R.Schwartz,Shalunov,Stransky,
Clendening,Deslauriers,Gauthier-Leduc,J.Morrow,R.Murphy,Petrovic,Reilly, -- M.Hackett

Just moved Giroux for Ovechkin, so....do you have Ovechkin?

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10 Team Roto Keeper League (G,A,PPP,SHP,GWG,+/-,PIM, SOG // W,SAVES,GAA,SV%,SO)
Full Keeper w/ Salary Cap [4C/4LW/4RW/6D/2G/5B, 82 gp per roster spot]

C: Crosby, Getzlaf, Ribeiro, Hodgson
LW: Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Eriksson, Van Riemsdyk, Whitney
RW: Gaborik, Stewart, Read, Selanne, Alfredsson
D: Pietrangelo, Yandle, Edler, Wisniewski, E. Johnson, Whitney, Bieksa, Gardiner
G: Lundqvist, Bryzgalov, Schneider

Minor League:
Yakupov, Silfverberg, Bjugstad, Stone, Atkinson, J. Morrow, Palmieri, B. Smith, J. Bernier