so, are the wins going to come or what? these shootout losses are absolutely killing me! the 3 losses in the shootout are worthless to me (2pts for a win and that's it) and the lone victory netted me nothing- thanks chris mason!

i know it's only the first week, but i am a little behind with injuries and late contracts and i don't want to slip even further.

is linback a safer bet next week (weekly rosters every monday) or do you roll with rinne again next week? i'm pretty sure i keep rolling with rinne, but wanted other opinions.

thanks

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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

Not sure of the schedule for next week, but I would conitnue to roll with Rinne, which speaks to how good he is and why he should be between the pipes for your team.

They're bound to get better, I think. Give him at least another week!

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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

Rinne is killing myself as well. I took a look at his stats from last year, and he does go through bouts, where he loses as many as 7 consecutive starts. On the flip side, he's also capeable of winning 10 in a row.

Yeah, it's tough being a Rinne owner right now but it's still early. I'd give it another week.

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G(3),A(2),+/-(1),PIM(0.2),GWG(1),W(5),SO(3)

3C-Stamkos/Kane (RW)/Shaw
3LW-Ovechkin/Lucic/Pacioretty/Ryan (RW)/Hagelin
3RW-Sharp (C)/St. Louis/Stewart/Brunner/Neil/Gallagher
4D-Pietrangelo/Goligoski/Ekman-Larsson/Leddy/Phaneuf/Beauchemin/Corvo
1G-Rinne/Ward/Anderson/Bishop
+1 Util

he's not playing badly though, they just aren't getting the wins yet unfortunately...in the league I own him fortunately we count shootout losses too so at least I'm getting some value from him despite the losses

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

thanks for the input, just wanted confirmation of my own thoughts here. on the flipside, it can't get any worse and the preds don't have any back-to-back games this week so rinne should get all three starts (hopefully)

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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

I see the general consensis is to stay with him, even though the Preds aren't scoring for him. I still have a chance to get Halak with a much better team in front of him.

Would you still ride it out with Rinne or make the deal for
Halak?

I think Rinne is an elite goalie playing for a team who cant score. Now, having said that, a few goalies share this same situation.

The way i see it is you have to decide are the preds a playoff team? If so, then dont do the trade.

Personally, i share the view the preds arent a playoff team, and ironically enough, i traded rinne and low picks for halak and a couple of 2nds before the season started.

It might bite me in the ass, but then again i have 3 wins and 2SO compared to squat from rinne. Rinne will bridge the gap, however, i jus dont see the preds making the playoffs, or scoring many goals. Losing so many shootouts is a classic example of not enough skill guys. Think of the leafs....if it went to a shootout, they were usually toast.

You cant go wrong with either scenario. Rinne is Rinne. The wins will come. The answer is: how many?

I play in a pretty pedestrian, non head-to-head league. We only count wins and SO. As a result, Rinne isn't quite as valuable in my league as in most.

That said, he's riding my bench behind Schneider until the Preds get on a roll. This is ridiculous.

I can totally see trading for Halak. Much better team, seemingly better defensive system. The only thing you have to worry about is Elliott. If you're in a league like mine I could see swapping Rinne for Halak. But if you're in a league where you start multiple goalies, especially in head-to-head leagues, Rinne is still your guy.

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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




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