I don't think I would expect a PPG from him rookies just don't usually get to that level. However in a shortened season who knows things are a little different.

I would expect 30-35 points, and hope for more. He's definitely getting the opportunity for it, now we just hope he can keep the ice time and keep scoring.

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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

I said this before he came over, the situation (their depth at F) and Hitchcock are the only things that give me second thoughts about his likelihood/level of success. The good thing is that those are not permanent factors however and Vlad's ability is.

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12 team Full Dynasty w cap. 13F, 7D, 2G, 5B.
G 4.25, A 2.75, PPP 1.5, SHP 3, Hits 0.4, Blocks 0.5, PIM 0.25, DFP 1
W 5 OTL 1 SO 6 SV 0.25 L-1 GS 1

F:Stamkos, C Stew, R Johansen, B Dubinsky, Max Pac, Umberger, B Ryan, D Backes, T Ruutu, Lucic, Ott, MSL, Heatley, C Kunitz, J Benn, L Adam

D: C Fowler, Kronwall, A Goligoski, JM Liles, M Giordano, K Letang, N Nikitin, R Josi

G: J Quick, A Niemi, C Anderson, Rinne

just like in the khl he is producing despite big ice-time. tarasenko has been right around the fifteen minute mark so far this season. i said the same thing in a seguin thread earlier, but it is mighty hard to produce point per game numbers with only fifteen minutes icetime a game. you probably have to go back a lot of years to find someone who last did it...

that said, if key guys remain healthy, this team is going to socre more goals than anybody thinks they will, and, like fine wine, their offence will only get better with age...

Should have traded for him 2 years ago.


Try to stay ahead of the curve by getting players before they do something to get noticed by everyone. That's a lot of what this site is about.

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13 team keeper Sim league
40 player 100 year cap,
C: Toews, Roy, Spezza, Josefson, Zibanejad, Grabovski, Granlund
LW: Kovalchuk, Elias, Booth, Baertchi
RW: Erat, Filppula, Frolik, Tarasenko,
D: Visnovsky, Goligoski, B. Smith, Gill, M. Green, Ohlund, Elliott, Gudbranson, Klefbom
G: Hiller, Toivonen, Montoya, Thomas