I have the 5th draft pick in a keeper league, straight points. I think that both of these D men will be available, which one do you choose? I am leaning towards Letang, but am not 100% sure he the right one. Any help will be appriciated.

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Semi Keeper League, Points Only, Goalies 2 pt win 3 pt shutout.
(Pre Auntion/Draft keepers)
Wingers: Heatly, O'Sullivan, Gaborik (Restricted Free Agent), Okopso (Rookie Proteced)
Centers: H.Sedin, J.Staal (Restricted Free Agent), Brassard (Rookie Protected)
Defense: Burns, Whitney, E.J.
Goalie: Open

I would go with Johnson simply because the Blues have no defenseman that can QB a pp right now... the reason why letang wont do much now or in the future can be summed up in 2 words : Ryan Whitney

if Johnson is available, take him !!

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I would take EJ over Letang. More immediate points and quite possibly higher upside.

I would pick E. Johnson.

Letang will be behind Whitney and Gonchar for a few years.

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F: Crosby, Iginla, Heatley, E. Staal, Hossa, Pleckanec, Stepan, Morrow
D: Boyle, Yandle, Carlson, Gilbert, Girardi
G: Lundqvist, Brodeur
Rookies: Yakupov, Kuznetsov

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I like Letang a lot as I picked him but Johnson is going to be top 10 D Man in NHL in a few years and could even be an immediate impact on the Blues.
So definitely go with Johnson.

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G,A,P,PIM,PPP,SHP,GWG,+/-,FW,Shots, Hits - GP,W,L,GAA,SV%,SV,SA,SO

C: Stamkos, Berglund, Gagner (RW), Turris, Zibanejad
LW: Kovalchuk (RW), Benn (C), Kunitz, Lupul (RW), Mcdonald (C)
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G: Fleury, Lehtonen, Anderson

Farm: Niederreiter, Kuznetsov, Connolly, Soderberg, R. Murphy, Morrow, Gardiner, Rielly

Ditto on Johnson.

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F-Backstrom,Getzlaf,E.Staal,St-Louis,B.Richards,Burrows,Semin
Whitney,Giroux,Hartnell,Ju.Williams,Ruutu,Malone,D ubinsky,Hudler,Jagr
D-Edler,Boyle,Byfuglien,Daley,Foster
G-Luongo,Brodeur,Vokoun,Rask,Hedberg

F- Crosby,Malkin,Marleau,Krejci,Neal,Tavares,Fillipul a,Stafford.Stepan
Giroux,Fleischmann,Versteeg,Burrows,Ruutu,Jagr,Ber geron,Berglund
D- Keith,Lidstrom,Goligoski,Letang,Phaneuf,Carlson,Ty tuin
G- Luongo,Crawford,Backstrom,Lehtonen

In a points only league, I\'d predict EJ to outscore Letang for each of the next few years. However, once Gonchar retires or is traded, Letang will outscore EJ for as long as he\'s on the 1st PP on this dynamite Pittsburgh squad.

Thanks for the advice, looks like Johnson it is.

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Semi Keeper League, Points Only, Goalies 2 pt win 3 pt shutout.
(Pre Auntion/Draft keepers)
Wingers: Heatly, O'Sullivan, Gaborik (Restricted Free Agent), Okopso (Rookie Proteced)
Centers: H.Sedin, J.Staal (Restricted Free Agent), Brassard (Rookie Protected)
Defense: Burns, Whitney, E.J.
Goalie: Open