Somebody just dumped Doughty... Doh!

1. I've got #1 waiver priority. Use it? Some guys get really impatient in this league and drop big talent wayyy to early. So my only hesitation is wondering if I could snag someone even better with #1 down the road. I'm definitely leaning toward using it, though.

2. Is Pitkanen the guy to drop over Schultz?

Thanks!

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Offensive Stats: G, A, P, +/-, PPP, PIM
Goalie Stats: W, GA, SV, SHO
Roster: C,C,C,LW,LW,LW,RW,RW,RW,D,D,D,D,D,Util,G,G,BN(5),I R(2)

My Team:
C: Tavares, Backstrom, Getzlaf, Roy, RNH
L: Benn (C/L), Semin (L/R), Fleischmann, Tlusty (C/LW), Prospal (C/LW)
R: Perry, P.Kane (C/R), Gagner (C/RW), Callahan
D: Letang, Doughty, Shattenkirk, Visnovsky, Schultz
G: Rask, Niemi, Bryzgalov
IR: Lupul, Kiprusoff

Your team looks pretty solid, in a 1 year not sure I would jump to grab him.

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D: J Carlson, K Shattenkirk, M Streit, T Enstrom, JJohnson Dillion

G: Varlamov, P Rinne, R Miller

B: Berglund, Prust, Markstrom, Ladd, Greene, Beauchemin

I say go for it, and drop Pitkanen.

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Agreed. There's no guarantee someone better will come along (how can Doughty get dropped anyway? Wow), and even if someone comes 30 games later, a near-full season of Doughty will at least help you get to the playoffs.

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2C 2LW 2RW 4D 2G
Bench: 4 + 1 IR

C: Kopitar/H Sedin
LW: Hartnell/Pacioretty
RW: Malkin/C Stewart
D: Chara/Enstrom/Carlson/Burns/Hamilton
G: Quick/Fasth/Allen/Kipprusoff/Markstrom
IR: Sharp

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G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, FOW, FOL

2 C 2 LW 2 RW 1 F 4 D 1 Util 2 G
Bench: 4 + 1 IR

C: Malkin/Seguin/Steen/Kesler/Sharp
LW: Landeskog/Stepniak/Stalberg
RW: Wheeler/Williams/Clowe
D: Byfuglien/Edler/Burns
G: Lundqvist/Fasth/Hiller/Lehner

No disrespect, but that's terrible "help". I'd take Doughty over any of your D (except letang)- but with your options I'd drop pitkanen and sleep like a baby for the season.

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C: J. Carter, H Sedin, E. Staal
RW: P. Kane, Stewart
LW: Semin, Couture
D: Pietrangelo, Hamhuis, Subban, Carlson
G: Lundqvist, Price
UTIL: Plekanec, Ennis, Perron, D. Brown


Farm
D: B. Smith, Morrow
F: Brassard, Williams, Niederreiter, Little, Okposo, Whitney, Nyquist, Kesler
G: S. Mason, Ward

Prospect:
F - Z. Kassian, Spooner, Kuznetsov, Tatar, Teravainen, Stone, Connolly
D - Matt Dumba

Take Doughty, drop Pitkanen.

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Prospects: J.Huberdeau, D. Brunner R. Cervenka, C.Eakin, J. Merrill,


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C- Sedin,Thornton,Kopitar,Couturier,
LW- Vanek,Benn,Tanguay,Moulson, Baertschi
RW- Iginla,Sharp(C/RW),Hossa,Mueller(C/RW),
D-Weber,Yandle,Subban,Ehrhoff,J.Schultz,Barrie,Brodi n
G- Price,Kiprusoff,Brodeur

I agree 100%.

Horrible advice.

Go grab DD.

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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:
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Is Doughty that important for him?

This is a 1 year league, not a keeper. Other than the playoffs last year, Doughty's production during the past 2 seasons is 40 and 36 pts each, and only 15 ppp or less. Pitkanen can give you that if healthy.

The whole LAK team is barely outscoring Maleau (11 to 9 goals), cup hangover or just LAK low scoring ways.
Instead LWers are relatively weak. Maybe wait for a Hartnell or Ryan to get dropped by an impatient owner.

Heck I own him in one league and I picked up Raphael Diaz today, nearly dropping DD.

If you must pickup DD, then drop Pitkanen. But unless you play in playoff pools, he has been average for 3/4 seasons.

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Ya I agree. Sometimes too much emphasis can be placed on name value in one year leagues. I bet a lot of people who bailed on Ovechkin last year for somebody like Spezza would have been ridiculed on these forums, but they came out looking pretty smart. Doughty wasn't even a top 25 scoring dman last season, who's to say he will be this year? Maybe he will bounce back, but it's certainly not a given.

Fantasy hockey is a lot like gambling, so there's something to be said for playing the percentages, but there's also something to be said for observation and instinct.

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C - Tavares, Roy, J. Staal (LW), Little (RW)
LW - Benn, (C), A. McDonald (C), Fleischmann,
RW - St. Louis, Wheeler, Okposo, Brunner
D - Karlsson, Yandle, Enstrom, B. Smith
G - Kiprusoff


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G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG, HIT, BLK
W, GAA, SV%, SO

C - Crosby, Benn (LW), Duchene (LW)
LW - Prust, Malone
RW - Neal (LW), Wheeler, Brown (LW)
D - Subban, Visnovsky, Souray, Martin, Bogosian, Enstrom(IR)
G - Varlamov, Emery, Markstrom

Well said.

I would keep what you have. In a 1yr league, especially in a shortened season like this one, that waiver wire can be a nice little addition to helping you out. If you are going to use that #1 priority, it best be for someone who is going to help you win. Right now, Doughty is a step backwards on your roster, not a step forward. Pitkanen is playing just as much TOI as Doughty and is actually performing. I personally think Doughty is one of the more over rated guys on these forums, especially if you are in a salary cap league.

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