Hey guys,
I need another starter, and a guy in my league is carrying Smith and Elliott. I had smith before, but traded him to this guy in a package that involved Markstrom, but now I need starts each week (and wins for that matter) and would love some advice as to:
a) Which of Elliott or Smith I should take if I want good SV%, W, GAA (and SO)
b) what I should offer him. He wants a second round pick in a couple years and another player and I was thinking someone like Stafford but I'm not sure.

Thoughts? A christmas rep would head your way.

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2012-2013 Keeper League Champion
Keeper League: Drop four players after each year
G A P +/- PIM PPP GWG W GAA SV% SHO

Centers: Getzlaf, Stamkos, Tavares, Read (C/RW), Grigorenko, Teravainen, Toffoli

Left Wingers: Neal (LW/RW), Ovechkin, Lucic, Clowe (LW/RW), Franzen (LW/RW), Conacher

Right Wingers: Perry, Kessel, Downie, Seguin, Atkinson

Defense: Letang, P.K. Subban, Dion Phaneuf, Byfuglien, Tyson Barrie, Paul Martin
Goalies: Fleury, Smith, Bishop, Rask, Harding, Fasth

if you need goaltending , staford and a later pick isnt bad. id go with elliot.

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10 team Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.

C= crosby,m.koivu,malkin,zajak,grabovski,j.jokinen,
LW= ovechkin,nash,s.gagner,dubinsky
RW= downie,hemsky,callahan,voracek,perry,mueller
D= green,doughty,phaneuf,wisniewski,girardi,karlsson
G= rask,lundqvist,ward,price

FARM=kreider,grachev,petrov,enroth,kuznetsov,ennis ,rundblad,bjugstad,radulov,montoya, adam,t.erixon,cowan,s.elliot,j.faulk,cormier,petro v,orlov,stone,eakin,grigorenko,silfverberg,brodin, atkinson

--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blocks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO

As it stands according to yahoo Elliott is the #1 ranked player in the league. He's at the highest sell value he's ever had. Not the best time to buy him however the Blues plan on playing Halak in both games this weekend so that might scare the current owner. If Halak really step up, this goaltending split will sway to the golden boy Halak. If he falters then this split contiues. Too much if's?!!!

Smith is the #1 in Phoenix and will remain that way. Other then the stinker game vs Anaheim this week, he's been very solid.

I'd maybe go for the sure #1 in Smith.

Do you feel more confident in one goalie and team over their other?
Go with you gut

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12 Team Roto League (1-year)
Stats: G A +/- PPP SHP GWG GAA SV% W SO

F: P. Kane, Z. Parise, P. Sharp, M. Gaborik, J. Pavalski, L. Couture
D: P.K. Subban, J. Carlson, S. Gonchar, Z. Bogosian
G: H. Lundqvist, B. Elliott
BN: D. Roy, M. Moulson, C. Crawford, C. Ward
IR: K. Letang

I think Smith is the better guy to acquire right now for multiple reasons:

1) Currently struggling (Last four games his SV% is in the .800s and his GAA is like higher than 4)
2) More guaranteed to not have to deal with a time share
3) If you try to acquire Brian Elliott now you likely have to pay a large amount to get him, and I'm not sure he's worth the price.

If you can get that deal done for Stafford and a second round pick its a no-brainer for me.

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Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

My gut is to go with Smith because I'm an avalanche fan and I saw just how awful Elliott was last year. And he's playing out of his mind right now and has Halak paired with him so can lost a lot of starting gigs.
I shall do the Smith for Stafford and second round pick deal.

thanks everyone!

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2012-2013 Keeper League Champion
Keeper League: Drop four players after each year
G A P +/- PIM PPP GWG W GAA SV% SHO

Centers: Getzlaf, Stamkos, Tavares, Read (C/RW), Grigorenko, Teravainen, Toffoli

Left Wingers: Neal (LW/RW), Ovechkin, Lucic, Clowe (LW/RW), Franzen (LW/RW), Conacher

Right Wingers: Perry, Kessel, Downie, Seguin, Atkinson

Defense: Letang, P.K. Subban, Dion Phaneuf, Byfuglien, Tyson Barrie, Paul Martin
Goalies: Fleury, Smith, Bishop, Rask, Harding, Fasth

Elliott would be my choice. His resurgence seems to be due to him rededicating himself. In the past, he would have folded by now. I do think that Smith would be the easier of the two to acquire, though. Good luck to you.

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League: Yahoo 20 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats: +/-, FOW, A, G, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, S, SPct, W, GAA

C: Kopitar,Nyquist,J.Staal,Strome
W: Atkinson,Benn,Bennett,Brunner
Huberdeau,Kessel,Seguin,Selanne
D: Beaulieu,DeKeyser,Despres,D.Hamilton,Leopold,Salo
G: J.Howard
Bench: Braun,B.Flynn,B.Gordon - J.Bernier,O.Pavelec,V.Stalberg
Prospects: Andrighetto,V.Arvidsson,Filatov,G.Carey,K.Flanagan,Kabanov,Lehtera,Omark,Ritchie,
R.Schwartz,Shalunov,Stransky,
Clendening,Deslauriers,Gauthier-Leduc,J.Morrow,R.Murphy,Petrovic,Postma,Reilly, -- M.Hackett

Smith is a Starting goaltender. Nuff said.

Smith E5!

Halak will be the getting 65% of the games from here on out.

Hard to argue with what Elliott has done so far, best goalie stats in the NHL and is 13-2. He would be a starter on many other teams, but is in STL with the golden boy Halak. Smith therefore is a safer choice since most likely he is the #1 for the remainder of the season and, for the most part, has played well.

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12 Team Keeper - 12F, 6D, 3G, 3 Bench (Keep 9 -Bold)
$250 Cap (+3 0-9; +4 10-19; +5 >20)
WW = $20

F: Ovechkin(53), Hall (23), Couture(29), Benn(10), Galchenyuk(1), Duchene (10), Ribeiro(1), Tlusty(20), Pacioretty (15), Berglund(1), Roy(1), Tarasenko(20)

D: OEL(4), Shattenkirk(5), Phaneuf(1), Timonen(20), Doughty(16), Kindl(20)

G: Miller(45), Bobrovsky(20), Price(20)

G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, GWG, SHG, W, GAA, SV%, SO

That's why I did the deal, because hes got barbie to back him up and suck or no suck he'll be their number one. Plus apparently his team plays a defensive game, so thats gotta help.

Thanks guys!

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2012-2013 Keeper League Champion
Keeper League: Drop four players after each year
G A P +/- PIM PPP GWG W GAA SV% SHO

Centers: Getzlaf, Stamkos, Tavares, Read (C/RW), Grigorenko, Teravainen, Toffoli

Left Wingers: Neal (LW/RW), Ovechkin, Lucic, Clowe (LW/RW), Franzen (LW/RW), Conacher

Right Wingers: Perry, Kessel, Downie, Seguin, Atkinson

Defense: Letang, P.K. Subban, Dion Phaneuf, Byfuglien, Tyson Barrie, Paul Martin
Goalies: Fleury, Smith, Bishop, Rask, Harding, Fasth