In my fantrax league (in sig), inaugural draft I couldn't believe he was sitting there for me in the third round (33rd overall) - snagged him w/out hesitation.

Kid is money, and will be monster in multi-cat leagues. If he's not already.

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Four out of three people have difficulty with fractions

Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Very solid post on Evander Kane.
Pretend it's your pick in the 5th round of a multi-cat pool... pick #58... would you take, say, Martin St.Louis or Evander Kane?

I have a love-hate affair with Evander Kane.

Something I love about Evander Kane:
1. He reminds me of Alex Ovechkin (not so much Iginla).
E.Kane has a wicked shot, incredible hustle, shoot-first mentality, aggressive play.
These are great things when we are talking fantasy hockey.
Players like Ovechkin/E.Kane can have a very dominating first 3-7 years of their NHL career.

Something I dislike about Evander Kane.
1. He reminds of Alex Ovechkin.
It is a type of player. Hustle and a great shot are incredible assets... but they wear down with age. I'm not concerned with Kane because he's only 21. But there have been past guys like this. Also (and you'd have to play with this "type" of player to know), but shoot-first players are often seen as "greedy" and "self-centered" and it's no surprise that these types of players are often not seen as terrific lockerroom presences. Over time, this can affect teammates and then eventually the player themselves.

Overall, nice thread... I wish I had a league where Evander Kane could be grabbed at a decent price tag.
The cat's been out of the bag on this guy in all of my keeper leagues since early-last-season.

Reason I picked Iginla is because you can't really compare career trends of Ovi vs. Kane without looking batshit crazy.

Ya gotta use the term "poor-man's Ovechkin".
(although, after you do that, Evander will come to your house, knock you out, and then flash money from your balcony)

All in one swift move nonetheless.

I told him it was steep and an hour later got a text saying he thought Yakupov straight up was reasonable. 12-team full keeper, multi-cat (in sig). Told him to offer it up, just waiting.

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NHL 12 Team Full Keeper, Roto
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG, SOG, W, GAA, SV%, SHO

C - Crosby,Getzlaf,Granlund
LW - Pacioretty,E.Kane,Hartnell
RW - Backes,Simmonds,SamGagne
D - Letang,Byfuglien,Subban,Hamilton
G - Lundqvist,Fleury,Schneider,Bryz
IR - Kovy

MLB 9 Team Full Keeper, Roto
R, H, HR, RBI, SB, BB, K, AVG, W, L, SV, BB, K, ERA

C - C.Santana
1B - Butler
2B - Kinsler
3B - Freese
SS - Andrus
OF - Trout,McCutchen,Myers
Util - Ortiz,Nava
BN - Kemp,Profar,Alvarez,Gyorko
SP - Price,Gio,Moore,Harvey,Miller,H.Bailey
RP - Chapman,Frieri,K.Jansen
DL - Beachy,Pineda

Fantastic post dyz! I took E.Kane in two the multi-cat leagues that he was available in. He was long gone in keeper leagues.

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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

Holy man crush! You should marry him.

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O&B Dream Team
Bill Barber - Bobby Clarke - Tim Kerr
Mark Howe - Chris Pronger
Bernie Parent
Farm: Giroux

Sadly, having met him, the guy is a prick in real life... I only like him in fantasy

Just want to revive this thread...
3 goals - no assists in his last 14 games, anyone has seen him play lately?
Any clues about his game? I see he's still putting up the shots and has the ice-time, but his lack of production is killing me.

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11 TEAMS POINTS ONLY KEEPER LEAGUE
12 Fwds + 6 Dmen + 2 Goalies - Keep any 12
G/A = 1 pt / W = 2 pts / SO = extra 2 pts

F: N. Backstrom / E. Staal / R. Nash / M. St-Louis / J. Skinner / E. Kane / B. Wheeler / J. Pavelski / R. Whitney / D. Desharnais / T. Fleischmann / D. Brown

D: K. Shattenkirk / C. Ehrhoff / J. Carlson / S. Gonchar / D. Wideman / C. Franson

G: P. Rinne / S. Bobrovsky


POTENTIAL KEEPERS FOR SEASON IN BOLD