Hey Boys,

This deal went down in my league this morning. It's a buddies team, and I just want to know which side you think 'won'. It's from the keeper league in my sig. Note no PIMs/Blocked shots, Shots on G etc. Just curious, but I'd appreciate your thoughts:


Team A

Eric Staal (C)
Dave Bolland (C)
Guillaume Latendress (LW)


Team B

Nicklas Backstrom (C)
Matt Frattin (RW)
Mikkel Boedker (LW)

Team Also picks up a 2nd round pick for Team B's 5th. Typically, a second round pick will get you a pretty decent player in the following year's draft. For example, I got Sam Gagner this year.

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12 -Team Yahoo, Points Pool, Keeper (Since 1995): G(1), A(1), PPG(1), SHG(1) GWG(1), W(2), SHO(3). Protect 13 each season.

C (4): Crosby, Roy, Stepan, O'Reilly
LW (4): Benn, Pacioretty, Umberger, Burrows
RW (4): Perry, Iginla, Atkinson, S. Gagner
F (1): Little
D (4): Boyle, Schultz, Keith, OEL
G (1): Schneider

Bench: (RW) Kassian (LW) Hagelin (D) Karlsson, Wiercioch (G) Hiller

Personally, I would prefer side B, but you could make a case for side A. It's a pretty even deal.

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16 Team H2H League, Keep 23/25
Stats: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, SV%, SHO
Start: 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 2F, 6D, 1G

C: Crosby,Hodgson,Brassard,Couturier,Kadri,Mueller
LW: Hall,Burrows,Clowe,Bailey
RW: Malkin,Iginla,Skinner,C.Smith,Gaborik,Pavelski
D: Letang,Faulk,Hamonic,Boyle,Irwin,Muzzin,Diaz
G: Lundqvist,Luongo,Schneider,S.Mason,
Farm: F.Andersen,Armia,Ceci,Grubauer,Khudobin,Kostka
Lack,Murphy,Nilsson,Orlov,Peters,Pickard,J.Schultz ,Stone,Thomas,Vatanen
2010 WJC Pool Champion

I think it is pretty even, and would take side A. My reason for this is that I look at the 2 top players and would be more comfortable with Staal on my roster than Backstrom (not far removed from a concusion and has not been the same player this year). I watch Backstrom and he is not the same player from prior to the concusion - question is will he ever get back to full form? Staal and Carolina are improving, and I like his shot **** and the way he has been playing thus far.

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Scooter
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C - Backstrom, Malkin (RW/C), Hanzal
LW - Benn (LW/C), Hall, JVR, Dubinsky (IR), Stalberg
RW - Eriksson (LW/RW), Gallagher, Hornqvist
D - Kronwall, Pietrangelo, Carlson, OEL, Hamilton
G - Price, Ward (IR), Howard
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12 team league - 17 on Roster (+1 IR)
8 keepers, 5 bench, H2H points league,
11 cat's G,A,PPP,+/-,SOG,PIM,GWG,Hits & W,SV%,GAA
2 Start at C, LW,RW and G and 4 D.
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