I\'m in a 15 team keeper league(2nd year) we protect 7 skaters(straight

points) and start 11 forward and 4 defence... I\'m having a hard time

choosing between Bouwmeester and Niedermayer. I\'m posative that Nieds

plays out his contract and plays in the Olympics when they come to

Vancouver

My Top 6...

Jason Spezza
Olli Jokinen
Eric Staal
Scott Gomez
Simon Gagne
Michael Nylander

and 1 of the following...

Jay Bouwmeester (my pick)

Scott Niedermayer (having a very hard time trading even for\'08 picks)


Not Protecting...
Tuumo Ruutu
Nikolai Zherdev
Viktor Kozlov
Chris Higgins
Mike Comrie
Paul Mara
Bryan Berard
Keith Ballard
Eric Lindros
Jozef Stumpel

This shouldnt even be a question, easily the answer is Jay-Bo, Nieds has max 1-2 years left and thats if he doesnt retire, where as Jay-Bo has about 10-15 years left.

Even if Nieds was to not retire, he\'d get max 10 more pts then Jay-Bo this year, is 10 pts really worth giving up 10 more years of jay-Bo and 40+ pts a year.

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12 Team Keeper Pts Only
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

100% agree Keep Bouwmeester, no doubt. I think Bouwmeester can match or surpass Niedermayer (if he plays) stats this year because you know wHat happen when you miss training camp > INJURY

Bouwmeester will not beat Nieds in points, even if Nieds only plays 70 games. Given the circumstances in your pool I would also take J Bo

Post edited by: jaymur, at: 2007/09/11 13:09

Tough question but you have to ask yourself a few things.

1)Who will help me the most in years to come?
2)Who will put up the most points this year?
3)Do I want to win this year?
4)Do I want to compete this year and have a better team for years to come?
5)Do you really believe Niedermayer will come back this year?

So basically if you believe Nied\'s will be back this year and your more interested in taking it all this year go with Nied\'s.

But if you even think for a second Nied\'s will retire go with Jay.

In my opinion I would go with Nieds because I believe he\'ll be back this year and then I would try to trade him once hes back and plays a few games. That being said who really knows what he\'s going to do. So the safest move would to stick with Jay.

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Fantasy Team H2H 12 Team
G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SHG,GWG,W,GAA,SV%, and SHO.

LW-Ovechkin,Nash,Frolov,Huselius,Benn
C-D.Roy,Drury,Tavares,Morrison
RW-Alfredsson,D.Brown,Lupul
D-Pronger,Ehrhoff,Hedman,McCabe
G-Brodeur,S.Mason
IR-Kessel

Bouwmeester, no question about it. He\'s only in his early 20\'s and can only get better. Niedermayer won\'t be back for long, even if he is back this year.

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10 Team Keeper League with Salary Cap: C - Kopitar, E.Staal, Stepan, Briere, Turris; W - Sedin, Hall, Vanek, Voracek, E. Kane, Moulson; D - Goligoski, Yandle, J.Johnson, Subban, Carlson; Byfuglien, Elliott G - Lundqvist, Price, Lehtonen, Fasth

Farm: F - Connolly, Baertschi, Huberdeau, Tarasenko, Kabanov, Nyqust; D - Smith, Schultz; G - Markstrom, Lehner, Tokarski, Lack

Count Pts, +/-, W, SO

Bogert Beer Barons wrote:
I think you answered your own question, keep Bouwmeester and draft Niedermayer. (Unless you think he\'ll announce his decision between now and your draft).

Post edited by: YearOfTheFish, at: 2007/09/11 14:51