Hi all,
8 team points only keeper league (team 2 in sig). We've protected 11 each, we draft 8 rounds. In what order would you draft these players?
Because it's a relatively shallow league (~115 total forwards employed; ~75 forwards protected each year), NHL-readiness should have more weight.

Tedenby
Ladeskog
Turris
Gerbe
Tatar
Dalpe
Adam
Huberdeau
Niederreiter
Johansen
Kuznetzov
Tarasenko
Granlund

Immediate impact should be valued at a premium.

Thanks!

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9 team keeper league
1 G, 1 A, 2 Win, 1 Shutout
Ice 9 forwards, 3 defensemen, 1 goalie bi-weekly
Malkin - P. Kane - Stastny - Carter - Voracek - Nash - Williams - Benn - van Riemsdyk - Conacher - Berglund - Tarasenko - O'Reilly
Weber - Doughty - Del Zotto - Goligoski
Howard - Quick

8 team keeper league
1 G, 1 A, 2 Win, 1 Shutout
Ice 9 forwards, 3 defensemen, 1 goalie bi-weekly
Couture - van Riemsdyk - Thornton - Marleau - Stastny - Heatley - Voracek - Lupul - Koivu - Conacher - Zajac - Grigorenko - Carter - Roy
Letang - Karlsson - Goligoski - Fowler
Ward - Rinne

Welcome to the boards!

This year:

Gerbe
Turris
Landeskog
Tedenby
Niederreiter
Johanssen
Dalpe
Adam
Tarasenko
Granlund
Kuznetzov
Huberdeau
Tatar

There is a distinct separation between Adam and Tarasenko. From Tarasenko, Iexpect that none of these players will play in the NHL this season. Gerbe is the closest thing from getting a solid contribution this season. He is an injury/slump away from quality linmates and PP time.

Based on potential:
Tarasenko
Granlund
Kuznetzov
Huberdeau
Johanssen
Turris
Tatar
Landeskog
Tedenby
Gerbe
Niederreiter
Dalpe
Adam

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14 teams keeper league (rebuilding)
4LW,4C,4RW,6D,2G
G=1 A=1 W=2 SO=3

LW: Wheeler, Laich, Hudler, Backlund, Regin
C: Umberger, Eakin, Brassard, Park
RW: Butler, K. Palmieri, Skille, T. Ruutu, Moss
D: Giordano, Bogosian, Coburn, Niskanen, Kubina, Wilson
G: Khudobin, Nabokov

As Habs 83 pointed out, there is a clear separation in this list between guys who have a chance at contributing this year and guys who don't (although I'm not sure how Tatar made it to the bottom of the list considering some of these guys won't even be in NA next year).

In terms of guys who can contribute this year I'd break them into teirs like this:

Turris/Tedenby
Landeskog/Gerbe/Dalpe
Johansson/Nino/Adam
Tatar (could move way up this list if opportunity presents itself)
Huberdeau


There are a number of guys here who I'm not sure will ever put up the points to deserve a keeper spot in an 8 team league......Adam, Gerbe, Dalpe and possibly Landeskog and Nino all strike me as ones who'd be fringe contributors even if they hit their upside. Your league starts 72 forwards at any one time so the question is; who has the upside to crack that list? With thirty teams in the NHL and three forwards (usually) on the 1st PP unit, you're really looking at a pool of 90 players to select from although there will be the occasional 2nd unit guy that would be worth consideration. This would lead me to conclude that anyone on your list who isn't likely to ever make the 1st unit PP should probably be ignored. Guys who I'd be interested in then are:

Huberdeau / Tarasenko / Turris (timeline factored in for Turris)
Kuznetsov / Granlund / Tatar (many will disagree with me on Granlund)
Tedenby / Johanssen / Landeskog (I also know many will disagree on Johanssen)

The rest wouldn't intrest me