So, someone dropped PK Subban. Pick him up?

My league and team is in signature below. I think dropping Brendan Smith for Subban is a no brainer. But is it worth it right now with the holdout?

Other defensemen I'm considering:
Robidas
Harmonic
Niskanen
Nikitin
Myers
Faulk
Ryan Ellis

Thanks

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8 Team Yahoo Weekly H2H (1yr)
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 1Util, 2G, 4BN, 3IR
G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK
W, L, GA, GAA, SV, SA, SV%, SHO

C: Tavares, Eric Staal, Getzlaf, Ribeiro
LW: Lupul (LW,RW), Hartnell, Elias (C,LW), Cammalleri (C,LW), Ott (C,LW)
RW: Malkin (C,RW), Backes (C,RW), Seguin (C,RW), Callahan
D: Pietrangelo, Ekman-Larsson, Subban, Bouwmeester, Streit, Burns (D,RW), Wisniewski
G: Rask, Backstrom, Bobrovsky
IR: Spezza (C), Oshie (C,RW)

I`m hangin on to him. He should be back soon and he`ll be valuable when the playoffs role around. If you think you can make the playoffs with him on the bench, then I would grab him and hold on.

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Team 1:
16 team 1 year HTH:

G (1), A (1), +/- (.5), PPP (.5), SHP (.5), GWG (1),
W (2), SO (3)

C - Tavares, Roy, J. Staal (LW), Little (RW)
LW - Benn, (C), A. McDonald (C), Fleischmann,
RW - St. Louis, Wheeler, Okposo, Brunner
D - Karlsson, Yandle, Enstrom, B. Smith
G - Kiprusoff


Team 2:
14 team HTH - keep 1 at each position.

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG, HIT, BLK
W, GAA, SV%, SO

C - Crosby, Benn (LW), Duchene (LW)
LW - Prust, Malone
RW - Neal (LW), Wheeler, Brown (LW)
D - Subban, Visnovsky, Souray, Martin, Bogosian, Enstrom(IR)
G - Varlamov, Emery, Markstrom

Not sure if I would make the playoffs as season just started but don't want to risk not getting him haha.

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8 Team Yahoo Weekly H2H (1yr)
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 1Util, 2G, 4BN, 3IR
G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK
W, L, GA, GAA, SV, SA, SV%, SHO

C: Tavares, Eric Staal, Getzlaf, Ribeiro
LW: Lupul (LW,RW), Hartnell, Elias (C,LW), Cammalleri (C,LW), Ott (C,LW)
RW: Malkin (C,RW), Backes (C,RW), Seguin (C,RW), Callahan
D: Pietrangelo, Ekman-Larsson, Subban, Bouwmeester, Streit, Burns (D,RW), Wisniewski
G: Rask, Backstrom, Bobrovsky
IR: Spezza (C), Oshie (C,RW)

I suppose playoff predictions are a little premature I guess my stance is that decisions like these come down to how confident you are in your team to be able to survive with a guy in Subbans situation. Of course nobody can predict the future, but you`re in the best position to make that call as you know how your team stacks up against the rest of your league - at least on paper.

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Team 1:
16 team 1 year HTH:

G (1), A (1), +/- (.5), PPP (.5), SHP (.5), GWG (1),
W (2), SO (3)

C - Tavares, Roy, J. Staal (LW), Little (RW)
LW - Benn, (C), A. McDonald (C), Fleischmann,
RW - St. Louis, Wheeler, Okposo, Brunner
D - Karlsson, Yandle, Enstrom, B. Smith
G - Kiprusoff


Team 2:
14 team HTH - keep 1 at each position.

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG, HIT, BLK
W, GAA, SV%, SO

C - Crosby, Benn (LW), Duchene (LW)
LW - Prust, Malone
RW - Neal (LW), Wheeler, Brown (LW)
D - Subban, Visnovsky, Souray, Martin, Bogosian, Enstrom(IR)
G - Varlamov, Emery, Markstrom

I can say that if Subban were to be dropped in my league, I would pick him up.

Smith is your 7th D, so I don't think he'll make or break your team. Pick up PK.

Dropping Smith and picking Subban is what I would do.

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H2H, Salary Cap 82mil, Player actual salaries
G,A,PTS,GWG,PIM,SOG,STP,HT,BL,+/-,W,GAA,SV,SO
Starters: 12 Forwards, 6 Defense, 2 Goalies

F - Stamkos, Perry, E.Staal, Voracek, J.Staal, Simmonds, Ott, Downie, J.Jokinen, Eller, Nielson, Prust
D - Martin, Faulk, Brodie, Ellerby, M.Weber, Stone
G - Bobrovsky, Halak
Bench - Brunner, Brodie, Strachan, Khudobin, Lindback, Neuvirth, Ramo

Prospects - Calvert, Forsberg, Etem, Namestinikov, Kreider, Cundari

Yes considering Smith is your seventh Dman and its a one year league I would definitely drop him for Subban and hope his contract gets resolved soon. To be honest I would probably drop Smith for Faulk in a one-year league as Faulk will have a much bigger offensive role than Smith this season

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13 Team (30 player roster), pts only keeper (Goalies W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 4D 1G + any Fwd prospects with <100 NHL GP & D/G prospects with <150 NHL GP

F- P.Kane, Kopitar, Giroux, Duchene, Van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Dupuis, Fleischmann, Erat, Cammalleri, Anisimov, C.Smith
D- Edler, Ekman-Larsson, Shattenkirk, Carle
G- Fleury
Prospects- M.Granlund, Baertschi, Nyquist, Grigorenko, Conacher, Niederreiter, D.Shore, Kuznetsov, Hertl, B.Smith, Orlov, Rundblad, A.Larsson

Faulk over Subban at this point?

I don't even really need to carry a 7th D-man, could just pick up a forward..

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8 Team Yahoo Weekly H2H (1yr)
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 1Util, 2G, 4BN, 3IR
G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK
W, L, GA, GAA, SV, SA, SV%, SHO

C: Tavares, Eric Staal, Getzlaf, Ribeiro
LW: Lupul (LW,RW), Hartnell, Elias (C,LW), Cammalleri (C,LW), Ott (C,LW)
RW: Malkin (C,RW), Backes (C,RW), Seguin (C,RW), Callahan
D: Pietrangelo, Ekman-Larsson, Subban, Bouwmeester, Streit, Burns (D,RW), Wisniewski
G: Rask, Backstrom, Bobrovsky
IR: Spezza (C), Oshie (C,RW)

Yes Faulk over Subban until Subban actually starts playing. In the mean time Faulk is actually running the PP in Carolina and Smith didnt see any time on the PP in Detroit last game.

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13 Team (30 player roster), pts only keeper (Goalies W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 4D 1G + any Fwd prospects with <100 NHL GP & D/G prospects with <150 NHL GP

F- P.Kane, Kopitar, Giroux, Duchene, Van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Dupuis, Fleischmann, Erat, Cammalleri, Anisimov, C.Smith
D- Edler, Ekman-Larsson, Shattenkirk, Carle
G- Fleury
Prospects- M.Granlund, Baertschi, Nyquist, Grigorenko, Conacher, Niederreiter, D.Shore, Kuznetsov, Hertl, B.Smith, Orlov, Rundblad, A.Larsson