At this point, if I owned those four players, I would trade any one of them for Silf, with the exception of Nyquist.

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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

Thank you for doing this Dobber. I have a couple.

My team and league settings are in my signature. I've been trying to swing trades this offseason to improve my RW, but most of the guys in my league likely won't pay attention until draft day in September. The manager with the first overall pick inherited the team from a guy who basically traded away his all of his good players (including Getzlaf for Nick Foligno and Tomas Kaberle...and Letang for Ryan Smyth) and quit. I've offered him JvR, John Carlson and my first (9th out of 10) for his first but I doubt he'll accept.

So, it's likely I go into the draft with the team as is. My questions are:

1. I'm currently keeping 4 D - Karlsson, Phaneuf (we give points for hits), Edler and Green. Am I keeping too many D? Is there a forward I'm leaving out that might be a better pick?

2. We only start 1 goalie, and the only points are for wins and SOs. Last year only 4 goalies were kept in a 10 team league. I drafted Rinne and Halak very late. Most people on the boards think I'd be crazy not to keep Rinne, but I didn't keep a goalie last year and still came in 2nd. WHat are your thoughts on this? Is Rinne a "must keep"?

Thanks again,

A

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10-team Keeper. Everyone keeps 12 (last season - Bold) + 3 (players with less than 164 NHL games played -last season - Bold Italics). Points for G (2), A (2), PIM (.1), Hit (.1) SHP(1), W(4), SO(8) Must dress 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G

C - E. Staal, Tavares , Bergeron, Turris, Zibanejad, Granlund
LW - Kovalchuk, E. Kane, Pacioretty, Zetterberg Filpulla, Latendresse
RW - Iginla,Wheeler, Pominville, Tarasenko, Doan, Silfverberg
D - Karlsson, Phaneuf, Edler, Green, Kronwall, Pitkanen, Keith, Burns
G - Rinne, Schneider




My all time favourites:

Rinne is a must keep - the best goalie to own (arguably, but for sure Top 3). Keep him and get a leg up on W and SO

Your keepers are fine, I would do the same thing

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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

Hi Dobber,

In your opinion what are the top 5 players which will have the greatest increase in "value" next season and why?

Cheers

-Scott

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League info

16 H2H Keeper, (keep 14, max 2 G, min 2 D, + 3 prospects (3 seasons or less)).

Starters (4 LW, 4 C, 4 RW, 6-D, 2-G) 8 bench spots

G A +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FOW SOG HIT BLK DEF GS W L SA GA SV SO MIN GAA SV%

G: Halak, Hiller, Poulin, Holtby
D: Whitney, McBain, Keith, Hamonic, Markov, Edler, Gonchar, Carlson, Clitsome, Elliott
LW: Parise, Vanek, Perron
C: Thornton, Backstrom, Ribeiro, Roy, Johansson,
RW: C Stewart, Mueller, Frolik

Hey Dobbs, this is great!

Few questions:

1) Do you see Blum playing fulltime next season? If so, will he make an impact?

2) Seems like a no brainer but, Ovechkin at 9m for 1 year. Is he worth it? Does he get back to his usual self next season?

3) Sean Couturier - impact next season?

Thanks for answering our questions.

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Salary Cap League:
15 Team, G, A,+/-, W-2, OTL,SO-3
30 max, 21 weekly active roster (12F, 7D, 2G)
Note: Our league is 1 year behind in terms of available players and salary. Salary doesn't change for length of Pool contract.

Team:
F-Ovechkin,Eriksson(*), Regin,Stamkos(*), Brouwer(*),B.Ryan(*), Dalpe, Kadri(*), Eller(*), Pacioretty, Iginla, H.Sedin, D.Sedin
D-
B.Burns(*),Goligoski, McBain, TJ Brodie(*), Blum, Schenn, Postma
G-
Price(*),Bryz

(*) = Multi year deal

Another one...

How many starts do you think Bishop will have in Ottawa next year. Does he have the potential to steal Anderson job and become the #1 goalie ? Would you take Hedberg or Bishop as a safety goalie ?

I ask about Shaw earlier. You've said that he won't be a 150 PIM player like Clarkson and Ott but with what we're seeing in Chicago this year, I can belilve that it won't be hard for him to be a 100 PIM player. Do you think the same ?

Finally, did heard about Puempel and Khokhlachev progression lately ?

Cheers

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16 teams league, G ; A ; Pts ; PIM ; +/- ; Wins ; %.
22 players max/ team but only 8F 4D 2G are used each week.
Farm or/and 2 way contract: 8F, 4D, 2G

Team
F- Malkin, H.Sedin, Tavares, RNH, Benn, Getzlaf, Purcell, Clowe, Ott, Holland
D- Yandle, J.Schultz, Enstrom, Hedman, J.Johnson, Hamonic,
G- Schneider, Anderson, Nabokov

Farm
Burmistrov, Tarasenko, Rattie, Puempel, Khokhlachev, Maroon, J.Shultz J.Moore, B.Smith, Hackett, Salak

Thanks for doing this, Dobber.

1) Do you think Mike Green is in for a big bounceback next year?
2) How will Jack Johnson do in the hockey crater that is Columbus?

Dobber -

1. I know one of the recent questions above was related to Jon Blum for next season. Would like to hear your thoughts on him longer term. Is he a good acquire right now? I'd have him taking up a bench slot if I did.

2. Markstrom had his second knee surgery this year. Is he a band-aid boy in the making and currently what do you see as his timeline to the #1 goalie slot in FLA?

3. Perron - is he going to be primarily a 1st liner next year in STL or is the scoring by committee situation going to continue there?

4. Crawford - where do you put his over/under at starting the season in CHI as the #1 keeper next year?

Thanks.

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League #1
Dyn Points (14 tms) 12F, 6D, 2G, 8B; unl farm; Scoring: G(1) A(1) Shootout G(1) PIM(.1) +/-(.2) SOG(.05) W(2) SO(3)

League #2
Dyn H2H Points (16 tm) - 6F 4D 1G 7B farm 10 (50 gms) Scoring SOG(.3) +/-(1) Hit (.2) GWG(1) PIM(.5) W(10) S(.2) GA (-1) SO (5) F: G(5), A(3), PPG(3), PPA(2) SHG(3) SHA(2) D: G(7) A(5) PPG(3) PPA(3) SHG(3) SHA(2)

Thank you in advance for the responses.

1. I own Luongo in a dyanasty league. It is start 2 goalies with stats of W, GAA, SV%, SO, SV. I also own Rinne and Anderson. With the tenuous situation in Vancouver, would you look to trade Luongo? Will he be just as good elsewhere if he is traded?

2. Of these players, which is most likely to repeat or better their performace of this past season and who is least likely to repeat:

Giroux, Ovechkin, M.Smith, Spezza, Kovalchuk, Neal, Karlsson, Seguin, Parenteau, Vrbata.

Thanks again.

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12 team Dynasty league: 4C 4LW 4RW 6D 2G 1util 5BN 3IR
G A PPP SHP +/- SOG FOW PIM Hits Blocks W GAA SV% SV SO
C: Spezza Vermette Weiss E. Staal B. Richards
LW: Higgins, J. Jokinen Neal Parise Ennis Marleau
RW: Brouwer Knuble Parenteau Pominville Purcell Voracek
D: Byfuglien Corvo Giordano Hamonic Lydman Robidas Peckham
G: Anderson Luongo Rinne

Farm: Coyle Geoffrion Gragnani Nyquist Jeffrey Hamilton

2-parter:

1. Do you see Holtby as a sell high or a hold in a dynasty league?

2. Where do you see him rising to in your next goalie rankings?

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Ultimate Dynasty League
16 Team Dynasty League H2H: G, A, P, PPP, SHP, +/-, PIM, SOG, W, L, GAA, SvPct, SHO

C: Stamkos, Getzlaf, Carter
LW: Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Brown
RW: Iginla, Pavelski, Horton
D: Byfuglien, J.Johnson, Goligoski, Hedman, Hamonic
U: Mueller
G: Schneider, Hiller,
B: E. Johnson, S.Kostitsyn, Neil, Biron, Giguere
IR:
Prospect: Nail Yakupov, Tangradi

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UHL Dynasty St. Louis Blues
...a bad team trying to rebuild...