A couple more-

Rinne or Schneider- (wins and SO catg.) for next year

Luke Adam- worth holding onto on a 5 man farm team (25 yrs. old or younger) could he crack the Buff roster in a year or two and re-establish his game?

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Thanks for doing this Dobber.

Ottawa's got a glut of talented forwards. Which of Silfverberg, Zibanejad and/or Stone do you see actually keeping a spot in the top 6 in Ottawa this year?

Or does the forgotten Peter Regin reclaim one of those spots?

Hey Dobber thanks for doing this, started a thread about this but I figured id throw it in here as well.

Its bit of a long post but wanted to give you all the info. The real questions are bolded below.

13 GM, 30 player, points only keeper. The top 12 forwards, 4 Defenceman and 1 Goalie count at the end of the year. We keep 12 F, 4 D and 1 G + any prospects with less than 150 NHL games played.

I have the 3rd and 12th overall in the entry draft with the same players available as the 2012 NHL entry draft. I also have the 3rd and 12th and 29th overall in our waiver draft which covers and free agents and or dropped/unprotected players.

My team is currently as follows: (2 empty roster spots to be filled at draft time)

Protect list:

Claude Giroux
Anze Kopitar
Patrick Kane
Tomas Fleischmann
Martin Erat
Michael Cammalleri
Artem Anisimov
Matt Duchene
James Van Riemsdyk
Michael Frolik
Curtis Glencross
Martin Hanzal

Alexander Edler
Dion Phaneuf
Kevin Shattenkirk
Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Marc-Andre Fleury

Prospects:
Zac Dalpe
Nino Niederreiter
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Mikael Granlund
Nazem Kadri
Gustav Nyquist

David Rundblad
Dmitri Orlov
Adam Larsson
Brendan Smith

Jonathan Bernier

My two entry draft picks will get my roster size back up to the max of 30 but my next three picks in the waiver draft will require me to drop 3 players in order to make room for acquisitions.

So my questions are; who are the 3 most expendable assets on my team (incl. prospects)? and who would you rank as the top 5 of the available free agents (listed below)?

Saad, Silfverberg, Stone, Conacher, Telegin, Atkinson, Smith-Pelley, Rattie, Cervenka, Eakin, Jarnkrok, Mursak, Hansen, Bowman, Butler, P. Dupuis (Pit), Ott, McGinn, D. Jones, Talbot, Cleary, Cullen

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ASKL - 10 Team dynasty,G/A=1,PIM=.1,+/- =.2 SOG=.05 (W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 6D 2G 8BN + farm
F-Perry,Ryan,Giroux,Stastny,Ribeiro,Krejci,Plekanec, JvR,Bergeron,Fleischmann,Grabovski,Cammalleri
D-Letang,Chara,Edler,Boyle,Giordano,Gardiner,
G-Rinne,Crawford
Bench-Bernier,Reimer,Parenteau,Callahan,Downie,Kulemin, Meszaros,Nikitin
Farm- Namestnikov,Khoklachev,Rundblad,Despres,Jensen, L.Adam,Barberio,Galiev,Telegin,Hertl,Aberg

Keepers league, 16 teams, G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, DEF (defensemen points), STP (PPP+SHP)

position are 9 F, 5 D, 2G + some bench. No LW, RW, C comming into play.

I keep 8
got
Oveshkin,
Bakstrom,
Semin,
J. Stall,
Paccioretty,
Roy,
Selanne,
Okposso,

Pietrangelo,
Yandle,
Subban,
Visnovski,

Got Luongo and Miller as my goalie tandem. So that 2 keeper, i need 6 more: Oveshkin, Backstrom Pietrangelo and Yandle are a lock for me, the rest I'm not so sure.

Looking to win now.

Thanks, and great job, love Dobber hockey! going to enroll in the dobber roto entry league this year, failed at 3rd 2 years ago, think I'm eligible to reapply this year. Hope I get lucky and you pick my name (I know it's random).

Cheer

PPK

that was kind of my thinking. thanks dobber.

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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

Yes, that's the death knell. Was I ever high on his chances? Doesn't sound familiar

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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

If it's my team I keep Nyquist and Smith and drop Havlat

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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

1. Yakupov
2. Duchene

And keep B. Smith, multi cat stud dman will be gold.

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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

Lombardi - NO
Joensuu - make or break year, 40 points or bust. Needs 40 to make his mark and take another step next year. Part of me thinks he'll do it.
Butler - I have little faith. Sens a deep prospect team and he's losing ground.
Kaberle - I'd be shocked if he gets 45, but can see 40.
Nikitin - health is key - I'm thinking 0.7 points per game, which is HUGE if you do the math for a full season. But I love his upside and dark horse status. I tout him in the Fantasy Guide.

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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,

I'm in a keeper league - categories are points, PIMs, +/-, PPGs.

What kind of roles are Craig Smith, Derek Brassard and Cody Hodgson going to have this year on their respective teams? Do you see a material improvement in the the production of these young guns over the next year or two?

Thanks!