I know it's early and players come down to earth. Is this guy going to be a legitimate star of blue chip quality. He's looked dominate so far. I'm just not a fan of Russians. Once there paid....they don't play. People's thoughts as I'm thinking of maybe trading for him.

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Yahoo H2H Keeper 21 man keep 12
G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHP,HITs,SOG / W GAA SV SV% SHO

C Roy
C Bozak
C Stastny
L Ovechkin
L Hall
L Vanek
R Eberle
R Skinner
R Kessel
Utill Fleischmann
D B.Campbell
D Kulikov
D Garrison
D Drew Doughty
F C.Neil
F Brouwer
F Bozak
F Pacioretty


Goal: Price, Rask, Kipper, Neuvirth

I think he'll slow down but I think he'll be a consistent 75-80pt threat. Hitch is using him well which I was worried about due to Hitch's history in CLB with Filatov. Apparently Tarasenko has a really good attitude which in a way neutralizes that 'Russian factor'. St. Louis has needed an explosive offensive factor for a while here and all indicators point to he's it.

As for trying to trade for him now, I'm not sure you're timing is great. Hype machine is in full torque, a definite buy high in which you will have to overpay. I'd wait until he hits a bit of a slump. (But here's hoping he doesn't, I drafted him myself...)

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Cats: G, A, SOG, STpts, +/-, hits/bs, GAA, Sv%, W+SO

I think the guy is a stud. Keep him

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12 Team Keeper (1 per position). Start two per forward position, 3 D, 1 Goalie, 1 Util
G=1.5, A=1, PPP/SHP=0.5, W=2, SO=3

C-Giroux, Backstrom
LW-Parise, Tanguay
RW-Ryan (lw), Purcell (lw), Parenteau, Iginla
D-Karlsson, Streit, OEL, Burns, Salo
G-Rask, Smith
Rookie- Galchenyuk, Granlund

I believe he is very much for real...however, I also believe your ability to trade for him at fair value has pretty much gone out the window.

I don't understand the KHL factor that weighs so heavily with so many people...perhaps we should start a thread of the awesome NHL talents that have originated from Russia...Doesn't Hockeytown Detroit owe it's fabled history to a group of Russians? Ovie, Malkin, Kovy...sign me up for anyone of them. How many Canadians try their hand in the KHL and can't wait to get the he'll out of there yet we,re mad at a handful of Russians who do the same.

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10 Man Keeper League
G, A, PTS, 2W+OL, SV%, GAA
C: Tavares, Kopitar, Benn, Roy
LW: Hall, Vanek, van Riemsdyke, Nyquist
RW: Seguin, Carter, Yakupov, Tarasenko
D: Green, Fowler, Elliott, J.Schultz, Streit, Wisniewski
G: Price, Ward

Well he won't be a PPG player this year, but yes I do believe he's for real. He's not a typical rookie, as he spent the last 5 years (including this year) playing in the KHL against grown men. He didn't come from a junior league, so he's a little more mature (being 21 helps) and has that experience against older stronger players.

Long-term he's a great player to own. I was a little cautious with his one-year outlook because I wasn't sure how the Blues would use him (didn't know if he'd get enough PP time). But it looks like they're putting him in a situation to succeed, and he's come through to this point. I'd still temper expectations a bit for this year since I'm sure he'll slump at some point and maybe he loses that PP time when that happens. But for the future he's one of the best young players to own.

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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

He's a great player and he will only continue to get better, that said he won't keep up his current pace, but I can't not see him being a great player in the league for years to come.

No points last night. Guy's a bum. I'm dropping him for Winnik.

His current pace was 120 points over 48 games. No offense, but no kidding he wasn't going to keep that pace. But is it too much to expect a point a game? He is on the first pp and he is playing with AMac. Those are two really good factors that will help him out.

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Start 6 guys every week. 3 O, 2 D and 1G. No substituions once they are in (before the first game starts on Monday).
F: Benn, St. Louis, Tarasenko (R), McDonald ,Henrique, Spezza, J. Staal, Marleau,
D: Pietrangelo, Kronwall, Bieksa, Phaneuf
G: Lindback, Bryzgalov, Halak, Elliott

Yes, he's for real. And he's looked dominant, not dominate. Dominate is a verb, not an adjective.

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12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

It helps me solidfy word differentiation to have a concrete example.

Dakkster, is this accurate? "I'm going to dominate you Dakkster."