Just got offered Kunitz & Matt Carle for my Zack Kassian. Also, he swaps his 4th Round Pick for my 3rd Round Pick.

What do you guy's think?

Yahoo! 14 TEAM - ROTO - KEEPER - C(2), LW(2), RW(2), D(4), UTIL(2), G(2), IR(3), BN(6)

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG, W, GAA, SV%, SHO

Note: We get to keep 10 keepers!

C:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Draft: 2011 - 1st round (1st overall)
Ryan Getzlaf Draft: 2003 - 1st round (19th overall)
Jonathan Huberdeau Draft: 2011 - 1st round (3rd overall)

LW:
Alex Ovechkin Draft: 2004 - 1st round (1st overall)
Taylor Hall Draft: 2010 - 1st round (1st overall)

RW:
Jeff Skinner Draft: 2010 - 1st round (7th overall)
Vladimir Tarasenko Draft: 2010 - 1st round (16th overall)

D:
P.K. Subban Draft: 2007 - 2nd round (43rd overall)

G:
Craig Anderson Draft: 2001 - 3rd round (73rd overall)
Niklas Backstrom Draft: 2006 - Undrafted

Need help A.S.A.P.

Thanks guy's!

My initial thoughts are a solid..."No".

With your cats, and the ability Kassian has shown so far, I don't think it's worth the gamble. Neither Kunitz nor Carle are protectable in your format and Kassian could very well be. Plus, he wants to get the better pick...nope for me.

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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

I agree with the above post. Kassian's true value is going to be in leagues where hits are counted, and perhaps if PIM are given more than a standard value too. Carle's going to be getting a solid number of points in TB and Kunitz should soon pick it up offensively. He's been solid on Pitt's top lines in recent years. You can do better.

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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

Well, I accepted the trade Friday night before reading both of your post and I think I did the right move. Chris Kunitz got 3 pts yesterday incl. game winning goal. Carle also got 2 pts incl. 1 on the power play. This helps my depth at Util. & Upgrade my D if Carle can finaly put up great numbers this years. The only downside is that I traded my 3rd pick for his 4th pick as I would have probably not kept Kassian as my 10th keeper.

Yahoo! 14 TEAM - ROTO - KEEPER - C(2), LW(2), RW(2), D(4), UTIL(2), G(2), IR(3), BN(6)

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG, W, GAA, SV%, SHO

Note: We get to keep 10 keepers!

C:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Ryan Getzlaf
Jonathan Huberdeau
Mark Scheifele

LW:
Alex Ovechkin
Taylor Hal
Chris Kunitz

RW:
Jeff Skinner
Vladimir Tarasenko

D:
P.K. Subban
Jack Johnson
Dan Hamhuis
Matt Carle
Slava Voynov
Justin Faulk
Brendan Smith
Lubomir Visnovsky

G:
Craig Anderson
Niklas Backstrom
Ben Bishop

Kunitz hat-trick today. Smart move!

I don't know why people hate on Kunitz, consistent numbers, plays on the #1 line and #1 PP line. In your format it works well. Even if you had hits in your cats he is a nice contributor there as well. Now, I am biased since I have him in 2 pools, but nothing wrong with supporting cast players!

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Keeper League #1:
12 GM Points Only,Keep 8
F: Stamkos, Benn, Kovalchuk,Ryan, Duchene,Landeskog
D: Byfuglien
G: Bryzgalov
Keeper League #2:
14 GM ROTO,Keep 8+4 Prospects
C: Stamkos, M.Koivu, Ribeiro
LW: Brown, Kunitz
RW: Iginla
D: Byfuglien
G: Luongo
P: Nikitin, Johansson, Josefson, Greening
Keeper League #3:
12 GM Total Points,Multi-Cat,Keep 8+2 (<83gms)
C: Backstrom, Elias, Jokinen
LW: OV, E.Kane, Conacher
RW: Semin, Heatley, Yakupov
F: McDonald, Dubinsky
D: Weber, Green, Wisniewski, Redden, Diaz
G: Ward, Bryzgalov
BN: Niemi, Ennis, S.Weise, Berglund, Okposo, Grigorenko

I don't think it's a 'hate on' for Kunitz. There's no disputing he's a valuable fantasy asset. In terms of a keeper pool....he's not a guy I'd target. His age (34), and the way he plays (hard nosed style) make him a sure bet to miss games via injury. I just think Kassian has more upside and could possibly be the ony true 'keeper' in the deal. Short term.....The Great one wins for sure.

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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