This is round one of the Gretzky Bracket, quite possibly the toughest bracket yet. Remember to read the article on the front page to see the full bracket but for now cast your votes and comment away, we want to hear what you have to say!

Here are links to the other polls this round:

#1 Henrik Sedin vs. #8 Joe Thornton
#2 Daniel Sedin vs. #7 Eric Staal
#4 Corey Perry vs. #5 Ryan Getzlaf

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Tough one but points-only give me Kovalchuk.

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10-Team One-Year $ League

2012 CHAMPION

H2H Categories: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG -- W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO

C, C - Giroux, Krejci, Koivu, Brunner (RW)
LW, LW - Hartnell, Marleau (C), Vanek, Ennis (C), Lupul (RW)
RW, RW - Sharp (C), Pavelski (C), Voracek
D, D, D - Byfuglien, Streit, Ekman-Larsson, Goligoski, Green
Util, Util

G, G - Rask, Price, Bobrovsky, Dubnyk

Yikes, this a toughie. But i'll go Parise.

Love the teammate vs. teammate matchups. This one and the Getz. vs. Perry matchup.

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12 H2H Full keeper
G, A, P, +/-,PPP,PIM,GWG,SOG,W, GAA, SV's, SV %, SHO

C- Mueller, Krejci, Filppula, Stepan
LW- Ovechkin, Neal, Smyth
RW- Hemsky, Iginla, Perry
W- Alfredsson, Okposo
D- Elliott, Goligoski, Timmonen, White
G- Bryzgalov, Crawford
Bench- Garon, Emery, Nabokov, Ryder, Prospal, Perreault, Sullivan, Markstrom,
IR- McDonald, Duchene, Green

Farm-Jarnkrok, Jeffrey, Coyle, Pitlick, Irving, Butler, Bowman, Orlov, Zibanejad, Nemisz

For a pure points only i can´t deny what Ilya has done over the years and without contract in the play i prefer Kovy.

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Kovy of course!

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Went with Kovy here but it was tough. I like his goal scoring advantage.

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20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) +/- (5) PPG (15) SHG (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) GP (2) HIT (1) BLK (1) Use actual NHL salary

F: Malkin, Tavares, E. Kane, Parenteau, Havlat, Tarasenko, Galchenyuk, Brunner, Boyes, Kruger, Helm, M. Martin, Bergenheim, Carcillo, Stajan

D: Green, Ehrhoff, Ekman-Larsson, Coburn, Daley, Postma

G: Fleury, Mason, Montoya

Farm: Grigorenko, Grimaldi, Kucherov, D. Shore, Hartikainen, Stransky, Kerdiles, Joensuu, Pageau, Murphy, Ceci, Klefbom, Thrower, Donovan, Ekholm, Lehner, Dansk, Poulin, Nilsson, Andersen

Despite the fact that it's points only?

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Give me Parise. Has put his injury behind him and love his attitude over Kovalchuk's anyday.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

I think the interesting dynamic here is that if Parise leaves that could be a big upgrade for him and downgrade for Kovalchuk. Conversely, if Parise stays then the status quo remains, which may give Kovalchuk the advantage. A lot of hypotheticals to speculate about on this one.

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If you remove Kovy's 2 month slump to start last season, he's been a point per game since 2006 (and the 2 years prior to 2006). So consistent, and with a mid 90s upside. Gotta take Kovy.

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