Pietrangelo
Letang
Doughty
Byfuglien
Shattenkirk

(stat cats: G, A, +/-, PIM)

I have 5 pretty darn good defensemen, and will only keep 4 of 'em.
Who's the odd man out ... and why?
I gotta think Pietrangelo and Letang are shoo-ins to keep. But each of the other three have question marks:
Doughty: Scored 67 once, great in the playoffs, but where's the production in the regular season this year and last?
Byfuglien: injury prone? Outta shape? Or will he end up in jail?
Shattenkirk: will this breakout season be repeated in future years?

Rep for insightful remarks ... as per usual!
thanks!

The odd man out here is clearly Doughty. Why? Numbers don't lie and his tell a sad story. 1 season near 60 points and then an average of 38 the next two, sounds a bit like Tyler Myers eh?

The rest on your list are either far more proven or have a higher upside. Letang and Buff are more proven while Pietro and Shatty seem to have 70 point upside and have improved by leaps and bounds recently.

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12 team Full Dynasty w cap. 13F, 7D, 2G, 5B.
G 4.25, A 2.75, PPP 1.5, SHP 3, Hits 0.4, Blocks 0.5, PIM 0.25, DFP 1
W 5 OTL 1 SO 6 SV 0.25 L-1 GS 1

F:Stamkos, C Stew, R Johansen, B Dubinsky, Max Pac, Umberger, B Ryan, D Backes, T Ruutu, Lucic, Ott, MSL, Heatley, C Kunitz, J Benn, L Adam

D: C Fowler, Kronwall, A Goligoski, JM Liles, M Giordano, K Letang, N Nikitin, R Josi

G: J Quick, A Niemi, C Anderson, Rinne

You get to wait until the end of the season correct? If so I wouldn't count out Doughty yet, but if he's still performing at a significantly lesser rate then the others then he's the guy you cut loose, but he still has a season to perform, and I think he will make it worth it before seasons yet. Right now for me it comes down to Byfuglien and Shattenkirk, Byfuglien is the better short term option, while Shattenkirk is the better long term option, I choose Byfuglien if my team is on the cusp of winning or defending champion or something along those lines, otherwise I go with Shattenkirk; all of this is moot if Doughty doesn't some what shape up before the end of the season.

That is an embarrassment of riches. Doughty is definitely the man out. He certainly has the ability and in all likely hood will return to star form however the other 4 guys are already there and are all very consistent.

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10 team H2H keeper. 12F 6D 2G. 85 mil salary cap.
G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,GWG
W/GAA,SV%,SO

F: Stamkos, Parise, Roy, Thornton, Stewart, Prospal, Marchand, Stepan, Backes, C Smith, Moulson, Burmistrov, J Staal, M Richards
D: Byfuglien, Streit, Kronwall, Ehrhoff, Carlson, Green, Stralman
G: Halak, Lehtonen, Smith, Montoya, Nabokov

I'm with the rest here. Doughty is the weak link. I would suspect other owners in your league might not consider him a weak link though, when he heats it up a bit try and pull the trigger on a trade.

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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

Doughty would be my drop.

Any chance you can trade him away for some sort of asset instead of a straight drop?

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10 Team, Points Only, $$ League, Keep 20/25 at seasons end
25 Man Roster, top 20 monthly point getters count
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt

Stamkos, Tavares, Hall, Couture, Hanzal, Wheeler, Stastny, Versteeg, Fisher, Hornqvist, Eriksson, Hodgson, Setoguchi, Turris, Steen, Letang, DRoy, Yakupov, Grabner, Byfuglien, Baertschi

G-Rask, Halak, Schneider

Yes ... I have the luxury of retaining all five until the summer.
And yes ... I am able to trade Doughty or any of them. It's a limited keeper pool so all I would want back is a draft pick.

I think you guys are right in identifying Drew Doughty as the biggest wild card here so far.