I thought that my lineup was by far superior in this 14 team dynasty league, but the guy holding Erik Karlsson+++ just wont go away. He now has a slight lead with his 3698 points vs my 3663.

Do I have to sell some underperformers before the deadline to secure the win? Should I just stay put and this will be ok? Our league has a tweaked scoring system with -1 point per minor, almost 100% more points per goal vs assists and D's score better than forwards. It is all in my signature. I'm gonna list my current squad along with their fantasy points total so far, and then my opponents team.

MY TEAM:

4 Centers:
Datsyuk (IR) - 237
Bozak - 141 (brought in to replace Datsyuk)
Desharnais - 166
Seguin - 208
Little - 135 (picked up last week)

8 Wingers:
Eberle - 238 (just traded Neal for him straight up)
P Kane - 179
Ovechkin - 183
Parise - 202
Marleau - 199
Perron - 111
Ryder - 187
Semin - 131 (aquired in trade in december)

5 Defenders
Letang - 189
Visnovsky - 132
Yandle - 184
Subban - 127
Salo - 136

2 Goalies
Price - 281
Elliott - 212 (brought in to replace Ward)
Ward (IR) - 264

HIS TEAM:
Henrique - 189
R O'Reilly - 167
Stastny - 130
Stepan - 174

Callahan - 199
Dupuis - 134
Giroux - 261
Hornqvist - 120
Kunitz - 165
Prospal - 119 (he picked him up 4 days ago)
Ryan - 161
Sharp - 226

Edler - 244
Karlsson - 331
Wideman - 235
Wisniewski - 104
Quincey - 124

Hiller - 260
Smith - 303

It is of course Karlsson, Giroux, Sharp, Edler, Wideman thing combined with Mike Smith in goal that has made him competitive.

So, should I panic and get rid of players like Subban to secure a win this year? I'll hand out rep as far as it goes.

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14 Team Dynasty League
5 C's, 8 W's, 5 D's, 2G's - 3 Prospects.

Scoring
F: Goals(3) Assists(2)
D: Goals(4) Assist(3)
G: W(3) Saves(0.15) Goal Against(-0.75) Shutout(2)

C: Datsyuk, Grabovski, Backstrom, Bergeron, Bozak
W: Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, P Kane, Hall, Sharp, Kessel, Nash, Silfverberg
D: Enstrom, Letang, Kronwall, Faulk, Chara
G: Miller, Price

IR:
Prospects: Galchenyuk, Nyquist, Shore

Wow looks like there is alot of weight on D-man scoring. Wisniewski is probably also a big boost for him since he has been scoring quite well since coming back.

I don't think you should panic, as the Caps recent slump is probably another factor to why he has caught up.

I think Marleau was a known 2nd half slumper, so maybe see if you can move him for a 2nd half stud.

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Keep 6F, 3D, 1G (to max 4 years)
4C,4LW,4RW,6D,2G,5BN,2IR Roto-play 90games/position
Player: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, FW
Goalie: W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO

C: 3-Backstrom, 1-Getzlaf, Kesler, Ribiero, Stepan
LW: 2-Zetterberg(c), 1-Hall, 2-Benn(c), Pacioretty,
RW: 1-P.Kane(c), Wheeler, Burrows, Brunner, Silfverberg
D: 2-Edler, 1-Yandle, 1-Subban, Carlson, Zidlicky, J.Faulk, Souray
G: 2-Quick, Brodeur, Dubnyk, Emery
IR: Malone

#- denotes number of years I have kept a player.

Never really heard that about Marleau before. He had a good 2nd half last year right?

I am hoping that a few of his players should produce less going forward. Surely the return of Duchene will impact the ice time and production from stastny and oreilly. Green is back for the caps which should lower widemans production. Quincey as been traded to he red wings, so no more power play for him. Wiz is currently injured again.

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14 Team Dynasty League
5 C's, 8 W's, 5 D's, 2G's - 3 Prospects.

Scoring
F: Goals(3) Assists(2)
D: Goals(4) Assist(3)
G: W(3) Saves(0.15) Goal Against(-0.75) Shutout(2)

C: Datsyuk, Grabovski, Backstrom, Bergeron, Bozak
W: Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, P Kane, Hall, Sharp, Kessel, Nash, Silfverberg
D: Enstrom, Letang, Kronwall, Faulk, Chara
G: Miller, Price

IR:
Prospects: Galchenyuk, Nyquist, Shore

I wouldnt call it panic or getting rid of your current players. But more of taking a smart approach to remain competitive against the team above.

ie. He got Giroux? Go after Hartnell for ? Perron
Go after guys like Spezza and Kovy who are having rebound years for the likes of Semin, Marleau.
Sacrifice Subban + and go big for Weber. He is quietly putting up points in Nashville.

In short, i dont think you need to blow up your core but just tweek it with a couple moves and you take top spot for good. G'luck!

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Thanks guys! Rep added.

Wingers are worth alot more than centers in our league, so not sure I want to buy "high" on Spezza. Semin has been on fire since I aquired him, so I will probably try to sell him for an elite defender instead.

Would it be too much to offer Semin/Marleau+Subban for someone like Weber?

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14 Team Dynasty League
5 C's, 8 W's, 5 D's, 2G's - 3 Prospects.

Scoring
F: Goals(3) Assists(2)
D: Goals(4) Assist(3)
G: W(3) Saves(0.15) Goal Against(-0.75) Shutout(2)

C: Datsyuk, Grabovski, Backstrom, Bergeron, Bozak
W: Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, P Kane, Hall, Sharp, Kessel, Nash, Silfverberg
D: Enstrom, Letang, Kronwall, Faulk, Chara
G: Miller, Price

IR:
Prospects: Galchenyuk, Nyquist, Shore

Yuup, too much to offer Semin/Marleau + Subban for Weber. Weber will win it for you now but Subban is a highly touted prospect and will be a multi cat stud dman. With that said, no need to overpay for Weber. Subban + a pick or a 2nd tier fwd for Weber should secure the deal. OR something like Semin for Weber would do your d-core a world of good. Then, trade Subban for a productive winger to help ya out down the stretch run. G'luck!

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