so i have been informed that i am to pick 4 players from the following list to keep in my league...last time it was two, i hate it when they change the rules, anyways i only have til mon aug 27 at 0900. so please help with the decision..... remember i pick 3rd in the draft...any suggestions. my league is a keeper head to head battle... total points do not count. my team:

viktor kozolov
martin straka
daniel sedin
chriss higgins
paul kariya
martin gelinas
rod brind\'amour
ales hemsky
david vyborny

sheldon souray
mike commodore
mathieue schneider

peter budaj
jose theodore
cristobal huet
niklas backstrom
marc denis

as always thanks in advance

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14 team no keepers H2H
F:+/-, 4ptsG, 3ptsA, +1ppg,+1 ppa PIM .3pts
G: W 6pts - ga, saves .2pts, SO 3pts
F: Datsyuk, Iginla, Ryan, Dubinsky, Savard
Fleishman, J Staal, Boyle, T Ruutu
D:Green, Visknosky,
G:Howard, Hiller

Daniel Sedin is definitely one keeper. Post your scoring categories and I\'ll suggest three more.

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My pool
Goals = 1 point, Assists = 1/2 point, Goals Against = -1/2 point

Fowards: S. Stamkos, M. Hossa, A. Hemsky, J. Neal, M. Grabovski, M. Read, J. Jokinen, P. Berglund, M. Hanzal, N. Foligno, B. Wheeler, S. Matthias, G. Latendresse, L. Stempniak

D-men: S. Weber, PK Subban, D. Phaneuf, D. Hamhuis, T. Gilbert, M. Staal, A. Sekera, M. Niskanen, TJ Brodie, N. Prosser, C. Tanev, K. Cumiskey, M. Flood

Goalies: Nashville, Chicago, Boston

Farm: D. Rundblad, D. Orlov, B. Smith (DET), J. Muzzin, MA Bourdon, R. Smith, C. Emmerton, A. Lander, M. Reinhart, M. Mayorov, I. Makarov, P. Maroon

if you want to hold onto a goalie, backstrom is the best of that bunch.
depending on the categories and your needs, i\'d also take sedin, and probably go with kariya and souray to make 4

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13 team points only keeper
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 3D and 1G plus 5 player bench
Keep 6 plus entire farm

C: Lecavalier, Ribeiro
LW: Elias, Booth
RW: Kessel, Pominville
D: Karlsson, Phaneuf, Bouwmeester
G: Pavelic

Bench: Malkin, Savard, Langenbrunner, Markov, Brouwer
Farm: Frolik, Gagner, Little, Turris, B. Connolly, Kuznetsov, Ekman-Larson

Well your team isn\'t exactly a stud farm - so you likely will struggle to win the league this year - maybe bank on building those 4 keepers each year into something substantial - so here is who I would keep.

Sedin
Backstrom
Hemsky

ummm errrr I suppose Higgins - but Kariya or Souray might be good trade bait during season.

the redraft will get you stuff for sure to fill out your roster - just seems to me you need to play a betting game in terms of who will prove out as a long term keeper - Higgins has potential. A lot of your guys are getting pretty long in the tooth.

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Yahoo weekly starts 12 team league, keep 17 plus farm

GS, W, L, SV, GAA, SV%, SO G, A, P, +/-, PIM, SOG, GWG, PPP, SHP, HITS, FOW

3C: H. Sedin,Stepan, Stastny, R. Johansen, Hanzal, Anisimov,
3LW: Burrows, Vanek, Ott, Lupul, Dubinsky
3RW: Doan, Pavelski, Brown, Okposo,
6D: Franson, Doughty, Voynov, Subban, Markov, Gonchar, Karlsson
1Util:
2G: Price, Emery


Farm: (< 100 games): S. Elliott, J. Bernier, Galchenyuk, Etem, Eakin, Atkinson

sedin,backsrom,budja,kariya,if you\'re strong in net insert kariya for either budja or backstrom.

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Roto type keeper league.We keep any 6 ;15 teams , 3 div. of 5.We play 3 lines , 3 def. and start 2 goalies.6 BN.Stats are 1pt. for goals and assists , 2pts. for W , tie(O.T. or S.O. loss) 1pt. S.O. 1pt.Weekly line-up from Mon. to Sun.

LW - Malkin
LW - J. Skinner
LW - T. Ennis
LW - Conacher
LW - Raymond
C - Matthias
C - M. Richards
C - V. Filppula
C - Vermette
RW - B. Schenn
RW - M. Read
RW - J. Huberdeau
RW - M. Gaborik
Def. - Pietrangelo
Def. - B. Smith
Def. - Diaz
Def. - OEL
Def. - Stoner
G - Louongo
G - Markstrom
G - Neuvirth

ok so 2 things

1. yikes that\'s disgusting, I just hope you took this team over, or are in the process of re-building.

2. D. Sedin, for sure, not something I\'m in the habit of saying, Backstrom , best goalie, also not in the habit of saying that, Hemsky, young up and coming star, then I\'d go with either Budaj or Kariya, Budaj because Colorado made enough positive changes that he\'ll likely have a positive season and be good trade bait at some point or Kariya because St. Louis has no one else to play.

P.S. I\'ve had 8 \&quot;Doran\'s\&quot; tonight 2 1/2 screw drivers each so take this as you will.

big_dl wrote:
This is how I\'d go to.

D.Sedin, Hemsky, Backstrom and Budaj

daniel sedin
ales hemsky

cristobal huet
niklas backstrom

would be my 4

goalies are really important in any pool to me. And the 2 forwards have the most upside and are also closest too it.

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D. Sedin seems a no-brainer. I think Backstrom in net is the most valuable goaltending choice. Hemsky\'s potential is worth keeping. After that keep whoever you think will have the most trade value [Kariya, Souray, Budaj, or Huet] based on your pool scoring system.

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9 Team [keep 10 + 3 prospects]
Scoring F=1[g/a]; D=2[g], 1[a]; G=2[w], -1[L], 1[OT], 2[SO] Top 12 F, 6 D, 2 G count

Forwards
Crosby, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Iginla, Pavelski, Ribeiro, Marleau, Huberdeau, Moulson, Lupul, Wheeler, Pacioretty, Fleischmann, Weiss, Ennis, JVR, Burrows
Defense
Byfuglien, Letang, JJ, Carlson, Kulikov, EJ, Pitkanen, Faulk, Giordano, Orlov
Goalie
Fleury/Price/Rask

I would go with Daniel Sedin as he is a point a game player. Hemsky because maybe now that the oilers have some quality puck moving defencemen and Penner you should see Hemsky\'s numbers improve. Souray as he is probably the best dman you have and should score close to the same as last year and then either backstrom or higgins. You will probably be able to draft a goalie of the same caliber as backstrom so I might lean towards higgins as his role will likely increase this year