This here is round one of the Lemieux Bracket. Remember, this poll is for a points only keeper league. Make sure you get caught up by reading 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 Steven Stamkos vs. #8 Bobby Ryan
#2 John Tavares vs. #7 Marian Gaborik
#3 Anze Kopitar vs. #6 Jamie Benn

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This is a tough one for me. Obviously Kessel is having the better season right now, but my gut says go with Seguin. I think his skating and work ethic are going to get him to the point where in a year or two it's Seguin hands down. Kessel just hasn't seemed to show that consistency, but then again, I don't have a true basis for Seguin, either. I honestly think Kessel is the more logical choice, but somehow Seguin is the sexier one. Yet, I think the sexier choice will actually be the right choice here long-term. I really like where Boston is cap-wise and I think they'll find a way to get some serious consistent scoring from a top line with Seguin on it.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

Seguin for me and really it isn't even close. I do think Kessel can be a consistent 35-40 goal, 75-80 point player.....but Seguin will just be better long-term. It's not necessarily that I don't like Kessel, I just like Seguin more.

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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

Hahaha was this done on purpose?

Seguin and Hamilton for me as well. Woops I mean just Seguin. Sorry Phil.

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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

As sson as Kessel and Seguin wound up with 4th and 5th seeds respectively I knew they had to be matched up.

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Had a good laugh when i saw the matchup. Since Seguin is my favorite no chance i vote gainst him here.

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Florida Panthers Team Coverage

Seguin is destroying Kessel.

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UHL Pittsburgh Penguins

24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League Daily
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team

C- Tavares, Stepan, Hodgson, Shaw, Bjugstad
LW- Ryan, Perron, Downie, Killorn, Paajarvi
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Frattin, Rinaldo
D- Schultz, JJ, Bogosian, EJ, Josi, Cowen, Muzzin
G- Lehtonen

F: Granlund, Silfverberg, Jensen, Dalpe, Bowman, Knight, Fasth, JAM
D: Beaulieu, Koekkoek, Gelinas, Pysyk, McCabe, Irwin
G: Nilsson, Nilstorp, Ramo, Berra, Brossoit, Gibson

No surprises there.

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24 GM Salary Cap Roto Dynasty League + Roto Playoffs
G,A,+/-,PPP,PIM,SOG,W,GAA,SV | 4C,4LW,4RW,6D,1G

Kovalchuk - Bergeron - Hossa
Moulson - Turris - Simmonds
Saad - Perreault - Z.Kassian
Stalberg - Bjugstad - J.Ward

Streit - Carlson
Leddy - Carle
Nikitin - Franson

Crawford

Bench: Flynn, Gomez, T.Johnson, Jenner, Winnik, Pulkkinen, Frolik, Ma.Stone, Galiev, Noesen, Kuba, McQuaid, Oleksy, Donovan, E.Gelinas, Lehner

This one wasn't tough at all....Seguin.

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12 Team Keeper (max 4 years) ($270 RLD)
Start 12 F, 6 D, and 2 G weekly
STATS: F (G,A,GWG) D (G,A,+/-) G (W,GAA,SV%)
FWD - Ovechkin, Tavares, Eberle, Neal, Hall, Iginla, Couture, Ennis, Tarasenko, Stepan, Weiss, Granlund, Boyes, Hanzal, Backlund, Baertschi,
DEF-Karlsson, Boyle, Shattenkirk, Carlson, Burns, Ekman-Larson, Josi, Larsen
GOAL-Rask, Schneider

I don't think any of the 4 this time were a hard choice. All 4 leaders should be it. Benn and Kopitar was the closest and I still have to go with Benn even with Points only. Kopitar has reached his plateau and Benn is still going up.

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***My best team in years and of all years...
10 team H2H 3 year max keeper league (6 keepers)
G A Pts PIMs +/- PPP W GAA SV% SO

C: Couture, Koivu, Boyes, Huberdeau
LW: D Sedin, Benn, Datsyuk, Moulson, Tanguay
RW: Giroux, Neal, St. Louis, Brouwer
D: Phaneuf, Edler, Green, Shattenkirk, Timonen
G: Quick, Backstrom, Bernier
IR: Kesler