Hey Folks,
I\'m planning for my next draft and I have created a list of players (prospects and experienced NHLers).
I have 5 picks and I would like some help deciding on my top 5.
I need at least one D-man and a veteran forward that can produce right away.

Thanks.


JAKUB VORACEK
PATRICK KANE
ALEXEI CHERAPANOV
KYLE TURRIS
JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK
SAM GAGNER
ANGELO ESPOSITO
JIRI TLUSTY
NICLAS BERGFORS
CLAUDE GIROUX
MARTIN HANZAL

THOMAS FLEISCHMANN
JOCHEN HECHT
DANIUS ZUBRUS
CORY STILLMAN
RYAN CALLAHAN
JASON BLAKE
JOE PAVELSKI
ERIK CHRISTENSEN
ALEKSEY MOROZOV

KARL ALZNER
CODY FRANSON
JAKUB KINDL
KRIS RUSSELL
RYAN PARENT
KEVIN BIEKSA

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11 Teams Keeper League
Start 12 FWDs, 6 Ds & 2 Gs

F: Getzlaf, Perry, Backstrom, Parise, Iginla, D. Roy, Hudler, Antropov, Tanguay, Weiss, A. Kostitsyn, Huselius, Steen, Gerbe, Radulov
D: Markov, R. Whitney, Letang, Carlson, OEL, Del Zotto, Rundblad, White, Kindl
G: Kiprusoff, Halak, Bernier

I would go with Bieksa for sure at D. Then, I\'d go with Blake, Stillman, Zubrus and Morozov

Hard to decide this without seeing your roster but my choices if you just count points in your league are:

-Jason Blake is a must.
-Kevin Bieska seems to be a name Vancouver really like and that will get him loads of icetime.
-Morozov if he comes back will be huge, especially if he lands somehow in Pittsburgh.
-Patrick Kane would look awesome with Havlat and Toews/Ruutu.
-Nicholas Bergfors is my darkhorse in all my drafts. I think this kid is the real deal and will become an 85 pt player on a line with Zajac and Parise.

Its a very hard group to pick from since they all can become very good players, Parent is one you should avoid since hes a stay at home d-man, fleischman doesnt seem too great and Esposito is your biggest wildcard, can become a Patrick Marleau or an Alexandre Daigle.

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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

My choices would be:

JAKUB VORACEK
PATRICK KANE
CORY STILLMAN
ALEKSEY MOROZOV
KEVIN BIEKSA

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Bieksa and Stillman are you two sures things.

Kane, Voracek and Cherepanov for the future !

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15 GMs (keep 25 before the draft and can't have more than 30)
Pts only
Start 9F, 1 rookie, 5D and 1G

F : Iginla, Marleau, Eriksson, Berglund, Jagr, Kunitz, Kopitar, Marchand, Hossa
Rookie : Schultz
D : Carlson, Campbell, S. Weber, Seidenberg, Gonchar
G : Lehtonen

Bench : Hudler, Colborne, A. McDonald, Selanne, Zidlicky, Orlov, Lindback, Luongo, Halak

Minor : Weiss, Jurco, Jarnkrok, Kaberle, Lack

Thanks folks.
It\'s pretty unanimous.. Bieksa for defence. I was also thinking about Jakub
Kindl. Imagine him playing with Datsyuk and Zetterberg.:woohoo:

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11 Teams Keeper League
Start 12 FWDs, 6 Ds & 2 Gs

F: Getzlaf, Perry, Backstrom, Parise, Iginla, D. Roy, Hudler, Antropov, Tanguay, Weiss, A. Kostitsyn, Huselius, Steen, Gerbe, Radulov
D: Markov, R. Whitney, Letang, Carlson, OEL, Del Zotto, Rundblad, White, Kindl
G: Kiprusoff, Halak, Bernier

Qube wrote:
I really like Kindl. I think he will be a great little defenseman in a couple of years after Lidstrom and Schnider leave town (retire). However if you need a defenseman with immediate impact then yes you would have to go Bieksa.

It\'s hard to give advice without knowing all of your team however I would probably go:

Pavelski
Blake
Morozov
Kane
Bieksa

If Morozov doesn\'t come over to the NHL then I would probably sub in Kindl in order to have him in your system (if you have room).

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G(1), A(1), GWG(1), SHG(1), HT(2), W(2), SO(3)

Weekly Line-ups - Start 6 F, 3 D, 1 G

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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