2nd sig.

Looking way ahead but I figure I can trade one or 2 of these guys who I sadly won't be able to keep. I design my team very well and constantly win HITS/BLKs (an overload perhaps)

If you could keep 6 given the format who do you keep?

RNH, Yakupov,E. Kane, Clarkson, Backes, Kesler, Parise, Ryan, Landeskog

Obviously I'd love to trade 2 or even 3 of these guys for Crosby but that has been a tough sell.

I'm thinking RNH is playing himself out and he doesn't fill a ton of categories.
Kesler because he can't stay healthy and Clarkson?

Really looking to see what others think to gauge trade value. I'm pretty sure on most other teams all of these players would be kept but I had a very solid draft :P

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2010-2011 League Champion - ROTO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2,G | G, A, PPP, +/-, PIM, BS, W, GAA, SV%
C: Tavares, Thornton
LW: Benn, Hall
RW: Semin, Sharp
D: Edler, Carlson, OEL, Hedman
G: Smith, Miller, Fasth, Markstrom, Bernier
B: Wheeler, Weisniewski
H2H Keeper League [5F, 2D, 1G]
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D,1 Ult, 1 G -H2H Daily Start - G, A, +/-, Hits, BS, PPP, SHP - W, SV, GAA, SO
C:RNH, Ribeiro, Backes, Kesler
LW: Parise, Landeskog, E. Kane
RW: Ryan, Yakupov, Clarkson
D: OEL, Keith, Boyle, Wisniewski, Smid, Georges
G: Schneider, Varlamov, Nabokov, Bishop
IR: Wisniewski

I keep RNH, Yakupov, Kane, Parise, Kesler, Landeskog.

Sell high on Clarkson in this format. If Perry ends up moving I may consider keeping Ryan over Kesler, but at this point I think you can let Backes and Clarkson go from those 6 seeing as you have Kane and Landeskog.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

Clarkson and Ryan would be the guys I would try to trade at this point. Clarkson is cooling down, but he's still surrounded by a lot of hype. Ryan should have a good value as well.

After that I'd be debating between moving Kesler or Backes. Kesler is finally healthy but seems to be a perpetual injury risk and Backes plays for St. Louis, where points are tough to come by. I certainly don't think you need both of them. That said I'd keep Kesler and shop Backes. He has huge value in multi-cat leagues (it's too bad you don't count FOW) and you should be able to get a solid return for him. Kesler carries the stigma of injury with him and won't get you much by comparison, but if he can have a healthy season next year he'll be just as valuable.

So my 6 would be: RNH, Yakupov, Kane, Kesler, Parise, and Landeskog.

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16 team, full keeper
19 roster players, 15 prospects
Stats: G, A, PPG, SHG, special teams assists, SOG, FOW, PIM, hits, blocked shots, +/-, W, SO, saves, s%, GAA, shootout saves

C: Crosby, Backstrom, H. Sedin, Boyle, Brassard
W: Voracek, Burrows, McDonald, Filppula, Dorsett, Hudler, Abdelkader, Bouchard, Ott, Zuccarello, Stalberg
D: Karlsson, Letang, Enstrom, Boyle, Giordano, Gorges, M. Stuart
G: Quick, Kiprusoff, Ellis

Prospects: Granlund, Pirri, Caron, Killorn, T. Johnson, Galiev, Corrado, Vatanen, Moore, Rundblad, Bachman, C. Johnson, Desjardins

I agree with HockeyRobot and bizzl that Clarkson is definitely not a keeper. Even if you can't trade him, he's the most likely to be under-valued by your competitors and thus the easiest to re-draft, while guys with more name value due to touted potential (eg Yakupov) will likely be over-rated.

In terms of getting Crosby, in a keep six there's almost no way I trade him for any package you could put together. He's young enough that even if I'm drastically retrenching, his production isn't going anywhere in the interim, and the chance of two or three (or probably even five or six) of your players providing enough of a step up from my current six to compensate for the step down I'd take at number 1 center is miniscule.

Doesn't the second league in your sig say five keepers, not six?

P.S. You abbreviated "Utility" as "Ult." in your sig.

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H2H 10 GMs Keeper: keep up to 4 at cost of draft pick (round in red) G, A,+/-,PIM,SOG,PPP; Wins,GAA,Sv% Start 2C 2R 2L 1 Util 4D 2G, weekly starts
C: Tomáš Plecanec (10), Jonathan Huberdeau (11)
LW: Patrik Eliáš (14), Pascal Dupuis (10) Иlлья Kovalchuk (1), Brandon Saad (10)
RW: Jarome Iginla (3), Phil Kessel (2) Jakub Voráček (9)
Util:
D:Ryan Suter (7), Mike Green (4), Brent Burns (10), Mark Streit, Justin Schultz (12)
G:Craig Anderson (6), Дeвaн Dubnyk (17) Cepгeй Bobrovsky (9), Niklas Bäckström (8)

It does but we are expanding it to 6 I believe. Crosby is a pipe dream but you never know it could happen (the guy who has him doesn't have much else).
I'm kind of surprised that everyone is saying RNH. I fully understand his upside but he isn't a strong multi cat guy.

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2010-2011 League Champion - ROTO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2,G | G, A, PPP, +/-, PIM, BS, W, GAA, SV%
C: Tavares, Thornton
LW: Benn, Hall
RW: Semin, Sharp
D: Edler, Carlson, OEL, Hedman
G: Smith, Miller, Fasth, Markstrom, Bernier
B: Wheeler, Weisniewski
H2H Keeper League [5F, 2D, 1G]
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D,1 Ult, 1 G -H2H Daily Start - G, A, +/-, Hits, BS, PPP, SHP - W, SV, GAA, SO
C:RNH, Ribeiro, Backes, Kesler
LW: Parise, Landeskog, E. Kane
RW: Ryan, Yakupov, Clarkson
D: OEL, Keith, Boyle, Wisniewski, Smid, Georges
G: Schneider, Varlamov, Nabokov, Bishop
IR: Wisniewski

I wouldn't keep RNH, Clarkson and Kesler

RNH - has a high point ceiling, but his peripheral stats are weak and will be weak for the foreseeable future.

Clarkson - since you are keeping Backes, Clarkson would be redundant

Kesler - injury history are red flags. Let the other GMs roll the dice on him.

To me EK, Yakupov, Backes, Parise, Ryan, Landeskog will provide you a good balance of high end scoring and roto stats.

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14 team Rotisserie league (No positional requirements: 5 Keepers + 1 Rookie).

Skaters: G, A, PIM, +/-, HT, BS, SOG
Goalies: W, (.5)SO, (.5)SV

Weekly starts. Active Roster consists of 6 FW, 4 D and 2 G. Keepers are:

Perhaps approach the Malkin owner with a package now....or the Ovechkin owner for a lesser package

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12 Team Keeper - 12F, 6D, 3G, 3 Bench (Keep 9 -Bold)
$250 Cap (+3 0-9; +4 10-19; +5 >20)
WW = $20

F: Ovechkin(53), Hall (23), Couture(29), Benn(10), Galchenyuk(1), Duchene (10), Ribeiro(1), Tlusty(20), Pacioretty (15), Berglund(1), Roy(1), Tarasenko(20)

D: OEL(4), Shattenkirk(5), Phaneuf(1), Timonen(20), Doughty(16), Kindl(20)

G: Miller(45), Bobrovsky(20), Price(20)

G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, GWG, SHG, W, GAA, SV%, SO