In an effort to do anything except what I should be doing (ahem, fantasy guide), I've come up with another procrastinating idea: answer some fantasy hockey questions!

Fire away, I'll chip away at this over the course of the next 24 hours.

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DobberHockey Rules
14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin

Hey Dobber!

Keeper league, 13 skater categories, including hits and blocks but no shots.

1. How would you rank Brodin, Klefbom and McNabb. I have them as Brodin, McNabb, Klefbom, but does McNabb's multicat potential vault him into number one? Edit: Let's throw Barberio into the mix here as well. If they produce early, that's great, but I'm looking long term here.

2. What kind of numbers are realistic for Alex Chiasson over a three year window from now on? Would you drop Matt Puempel to pick him up? I feel like Puempel is way too far away for me to have the patience to hold on to him.

3. I've been thinking about dangling Carlson to upgrade my wingers, but it seems I'm really undervaluing Carlson. What's the caliber of player I should be getting back for him in your opinion? Ballpark...

4. Do you think it's a good idea to use any shootout categories in a head to head league if it's possible to add them to the mix?

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

If/when Weber goes, who do you like better as a keeper goalie for the next 3 yrs?

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10 Team Yahoo Roto League - H2H, weekly changes - $100 WW budget - 75 remaining
G,A,+/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, Sv%, SOot

C - Getzlaf, E.Staal
LW - Parise (RW), Benn
RW - Giroux (C), Radulov
D - Striet, Pietrangelo
Util - Backes, Riberio, Malone
G - Halak (Elliot), Rinne, Bryz
Bench - M.Koivu, Kane (C)

I am curious to know what you think Alex Chiasson's timeline will look like. A lot of people are saying he is close to the NHL.

Also, what the hell do I do with Rundblad??? Buried in Phx, will he be in the NHL as a regular anytime soon? Maybe he or another D gets moved?

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16 Tm Dynasty,DailyH2H
3C,6W,4D,1G;G,A,PIM,+/-,STP,SOG,Hits,FOW,W,SO,GA,S
C-Kopitar,Carter,Zajac,Bailey
W-Perry,Parise,Neal,Oshie,JvR,Clarkson,M.Foligno,Sil vferberg,Chiasson
D-Yandle,J.Johnson,Carlson,Nikitin,Dillon,Barrie
G-Ward,Bernier
Fm-Holland,Shore,Pulkkinen,Teravainen,Jensen,Rundblad,Morrow,Barber io,Krug

10 Tm-8F,4D,2G Weekly
F-Stamkos,MSL,E.Staal,Toews,Seguin,Duchene,E.Kane,St epan,J.Staal,Brown,Silfverberg,Johansen
D-Keith,Seabrook,Voynov,Bogo,Wideman,Fowler
G-Price,Rask,Dubnyk
Fm-Tarasenko,Scheifele,Atkinson,Faksa,Smith,Orlov,Rie lly,Trouba,Markstrom

name the max return you would give up for luongo and ryan if you were brian burke.

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XBOX 360 Gamertag: praba911

Hey Dobber, a beautiful sunny day in the Okanagan today.
Team & stats in signature.
I feel Rinne will take a hit this season but he is still a top goalie.
Should I consider moving Rinne with Seguin (or?) and go after Schneider & (Luongo or Smith). The goalie trifecta is owned by the same G/M. Or do I hold Rinne & Seguin and target a 2nd goalie early in our draft (keeper 6).
cheers Grapes

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1st Place 2011 - 2012
10 Team - Roto Keeper (6)
13 players, 5 bench, 2 I/R
Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G, 1utility
Skaters: (G)(A)(+/-)(PIM)(PPP)(SOG)(DEF)
Goalies: (W)(SV)(GAA)(SV%)

C: Backstrom, H.Sedin, Kesler
RW: Eberle, Seguin, Gaborik
LW: Landeskog, Jokinen, Morrow
Utility: Yakupov
D: Letang, Hamhuis, Carlson, Garrison, Shattenkirk
G: Schneider, Luongo, Quick

1. salary cap league, straigh points. is e. staal worth his $8.5million salary?

2. would you keep rinne? 12 team league, wins/shut outs only, weekly starts. every other tram will enter draft with a goalie and usually only draf their starter's back-up (cap,space). other goalies available are: smith, bryz, kipper, ward, pavelec, anderson, lehtonen, brodeur, varlamov.

thanks!

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12 Team Salary Cap Keeper League - Points only
(keep between 12-16, salaries not cap hits, salary cap = NHL cap)
G/A = 1pt, Goalie Win = 2pts, Shutout = 2pts
Dress 9 fwds, 4 d-men, 1 goalie (weekly roster changes)

FWD: Desharnais, Kopitar, Landeskog, Lucic, Moulson, Neal, Perry, B. Ryan, D. Sedin, H. Sedin, Skinner, Stepan
D-men: Carlson, Edler, Elliot, Hedman, Subban
Goalie: Lindback, Rinne
Prospects: Kabanov, Joe Morrow, Stone

Thanks for starting me off easy (not). I love Brodin, I think he's going to be an all-star. That being said, it looks like McNabb will be a 110+ BS and 150+ Hit player whereas Brodin will be one of those positional studs as I'm sure you know. So yeah, have to move McNabb to first. And Klefbom is an all around D with a superstar cast around him. Can't lose with any of these three

I think both are far away in terms of fantasy value. Chiasson may be close to NHL, but the points will take awhile. Something like 5, 35, 40 for him the next three years. But I would make the swap, as Puempel will be 0, 0, 35 something like that.

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I would need to know the level of competition/amount of teams, how many quality d you and the other GM's have. But if D are in high demand you could get a Radim Vrbata, who although is looking at a big decline is still going to get 50 points.

If you have 13 already, I don't see how much more realism that would add.

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DobberHockey Rules
14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin

Bryz if your categories stress wins. Rinne if GAA and SP are key. Suter and Weber are great, but so is Trotz.

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DobberHockey Rules
14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin

A trade will happen, but maybe not until the deadline, or the 2013 draft. But it will happen. Too many on the cusp there - OEL, Stone, Gormley, Goncharov, Rundblad

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DobberHockey Rules
14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin