Heck in my league anyone over 30 is washed UP!!!

Moderators, please delete this post immediately. If people read this, it may stop me from getting 30-something studs for practically nothing year after year.

Youth is where it's at for sure. The younger guy is always worth more.

I am not sure where you guys are going here. The question was not: Gonchar vs. some generic young dude. He is talking about trading Gonchar for a 20 year old Calder Trophy winner who scored 11G/48Pts. as a rookie. This is Tyler Myers, not Luca Sbisa.

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6-GM, Wk-H2H, Keep 40
START = 13F, 6D, 2G
F Pts = G (2), A (1), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
D Pts = G (3), A (2), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
G Pts = W (3), OTL (1), SO (+2), SV (.10)

F: Backstrom, Kopitar, Perry, P.Kane, Spezza, E.Staal, Nash, Vanek, Couture, B.Ryan, Eberle, J.Staal, D.Brown, Lucic, N.Horton, Backes, Tarasenko, van Riemsdyk, T.Ennis, B.Gallagher, Armia, Teravainen
D: Karlsson, P.Subban, Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Doughty, Yandle, Chara, Kronwall, J.Johnson, Myers, J.Faulk, E.Johnson, A.Larsson, J.Morrow, S.Elliott, M.Rielly, Ceci
G: Price, Rask, M.Smith, Hiller

There is a place in fantasy hockey for players well into their 30s. Some, like St. Louis, Alfredsson, Lidstrom, and Gonchar, are ageless wonders. And if you are a team looking to win RIGHT NOW, you will certainly want these players. And I would never tell anyone in any keeper league to give up on Gonchar for an unproven rookie, like say Jamie McBain (a young dman who was highly-touted by some this off-season). But Myers is not McBain. He is so much further ahead in his development, scored 48 pts in his first season, and is getting loads of ice time and opportunity in Buffalo. If you are going to trade Gonchar for someone, a player like Myers is exactly who I'd recommend.

And although this doesn't really have to do with the Myers vs Gonchar debate, I just want to point out that although players over 30 still have value and shouldn't be dismissed due to age, if you look at last year's top 50 point-getters, I think you will see that only about 20% of them were over 30. Just saying that there might be a reason why younger players are more highly sought after. There is a place for older players in fantasy hockey, but it is a fact that for MOST players (BUT NOT ALL) their skills and productivity decrease when they hit their mid to late 30s.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback