Does anyone have a good argument to trade E. Karlsson now? Value doesn't get any higher...and if I were to look for a trade, how big of a return should I be looking for?

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12 Team H2H Keeper, 17 Starters (9-F, 6-D, 2-G) 11 bench spots

Cat: +/-, PIMs, G, A, Pts, PPP, SHP, GWG, GAA,
SV%, Wins, SHO

C - J. Staal(LW), Toews, Lecalvier, Legwand, Anisimov(LW)
LW-Zetterberg(C), Heatley(RW), Pacioretty, Kulemin(RW)
RW-P.Kane(C), Voracek, Jagr, Bouchard, D. Jones, Read
D - E.Karlsson, Enstrom, Burns, Hamonic, Liles, Tyutin, Meszaros, Gilbert, Kostka

G - Rinne, Bryzgalov, Emery, Leighton

3 MAN Farm Team: F.Forsberg, Etem, Tervavainen

No....no I would not.

High value is not a great reason to trade someone like him. Unless you can get a return so ridiculous you can't say no to it.

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SP- Hamels, Gallardo, Wainwright, Harvey
RP- Henderson, Murjica
BN- JZimm, Medlen, A. Sanchez, Lincecum, Fujikawa, Stanton(DL)
Minors- Dahl, Arcia, Springer, Lindor

12 team H2H, keeper
C Avila, Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Utley
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Harper, Jennings, Crawford
SP Shields, Wainy, Wilson, Anderson
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Brown, , Gyorko, Granderson(DL), Revere, Marcum, Garza(DL), Greinke(DL)
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker

Karlsson is part of the elite, and should be treated as such. The only way I would consider a trade is if I would be getting elite level talent back.

Karlsson has huge value in 6D league formats.

The only league where I'd sell high on Karlsson right now is multi-cat with Hits/BkS/PIM.
In points-heavy leagues, I think Karlsson should be kept.

His value is farther above waiver-wire defensemen than other ELITES relative to their waiver-wire positions.

In other words, you have to get two fairly elite players back to trade EK away.

i thought the idea was to acquire the best players

Why not trade him? Anyone should be somewhat up for grabs. It depends on the league and the cats. If it's a goalie heavy league and you can get an elite goalie, go for it. If you can work him into a deal to get an elite forward, also go for it. Everyone should be movable if the offer is worth it, thats how you get better.

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H2H CONTRACT POOL
C-, Grabovski(1), Thorton (3),Colin Wilson (1) (dual), Lokitonov(3) (dual)
W- Lucic(3), Brunner(3), Semin(1), Conacher (4)
D-Kieth, Voyanov(3), Zidlicky(1),) Faulk(3), Diaz (3), Tyutin (1)
G-Quick(4), Fasth (2)
MINORS- Redmond), Krieder(m), Morrow (m)
IR Malkin(3), Filppula (dual)(2)

CATS:SKATER +-/G/A/SOG/PM
CATS:GOALIE GAA/W/SO/S

ANY WEEK WE PLAY 2C,4W,4D,1G

But saying that, you should honestly be looking at using him to buy one of the elite 3 c. If you can pkg J.T. with him and get one of the big 3 back with a lower value but still very serviceable D, then thats where your aim should be.

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H2H CONTRACT POOL
C-, Grabovski(1), Thorton (3),Colin Wilson (1) (dual), Lokitonov(3) (dual)
W- Lucic(3), Brunner(3), Semin(1), Conacher (4)
D-Kieth, Voyanov(3), Zidlicky(1),) Faulk(3), Diaz (3), Tyutin (1)
G-Quick(4), Fasth (2)
MINORS- Redmond), Krieder(m), Morrow (m)
IR Malkin(3), Filppula (dual)(2)

CATS:SKATER +-/G/A/SOG/PM
CATS:GOALIE GAA/W/SO/S

ANY WEEK WE PLAY 2C,4W,4D,1G

+1. As for everyone saying not to trade him, keep in mind that they probably would have said the same about Mike Green two or three seasons back.

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12 H2H w/ daily changes.
G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,W,GAA,Sv%.
Keep 6 (5 F/D, 1 D/G) Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 3D, 2Util, 2G

C: Getzlaf, Bergeron, Roy, Boyes (RW)
LW: Kovalchuk (RW), Vanek, Lucic
RW: Gaborik, Callahan, C. Stewart, Tarasenko, Chiasson
D: Yandle, Doughty, Goligoski, Carlson
G: Fleury, Varlamov, Markstrom
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If you can trade him in a deal where

a) you win the deal and
b) it strengthens your team

do it.

If not, don't trade him. I don't see this guy pulling a Mike Green in any sense.

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Cats: G, A, SOG, STpts, +/-, hits/bs, GAA, Sv%, W+SO

No one saw Mike Green pulling a Mike Green either.

EDIT: ...except for Big Ev

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12 H2H w/ daily changes.
G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,W,GAA,Sv%.
Keep 6 (5 F/D, 1 D/G) Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 3D, 2Util, 2G

C: Getzlaf, Bergeron, Roy, Boyes (RW)
LW: Kovalchuk (RW), Vanek, Lucic
RW: Gaborik, Callahan, C. Stewart, Tarasenko, Chiasson
D: Yandle, Doughty, Goligoski, Carlson
G: Fleury, Varlamov, Markstrom
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