Who do you want in your keeper ?

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15 GMs (keep 25 before the draft and can't have more than 30)
Pts only
Start 9F, 1 rookie, 5D and 1G

F : Iginla, Marleau, Eriksson, Berglund, Jagr, Kunitz, Kopitar, Marchand, Hossa
Rookie : Schultz
D : Carlson, Campbell, S. Weber, Seidenberg, Gonchar
G : Lehtonen

Bench : Hudler, Colborne, A. McDonald, Selanne, Zidlicky, Orlov, Lindback, Luongo, Halak

Minor : Weiss, Jurco, Jarnkrok, Kaberle, Lack

Varlamov - he will get every opportunity to show what he can do before Neuvirth even gets a start. That being said, I am not sold on Varly. But I would take him way before Neuvirth.

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16 Tm Dynasty,DailyH2H
3C,6W,4D,1G;G,A,PIM,+/-,STP,SOG,Hits,FOW,W,SO,GA,S
C-Kopitar,Carter,Zajac,Shore
W-Perry,Parise,Neal,Oshie,JvR,Clarkson,M.Foligno,Sil vferberg,Chiasson
D-Yandle,J.Johnson,Carlson,Nikitin,Dillon,Barrie
G-Ward,Bernier
Fm-Holland,Pulkkinen,Rattie,Teravainen,Jensen,Rundbla d,Morrow,Barberio,Krug

10 Tm-8F,4D,2G Weekly
F-Stamkos,MSL,E.Staal,Toews,Seguin,Duchene,E.Kane,St epan,J.Staal,Brown,Silfverberg,Johansen
D-Keith,Seabrook,Voynov,Bogo,Wideman,Fowler
G-Price,Rask,Dubnyk
Fm-Tarasenko,Scheifele,Atkinson,Faksa,Smith,Orlov,Rie lly,Trouba,Markstrom

Varly for me too

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

Try and get both if you can

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10 team H2H Points-based keeper league

G, A, PIM, SOG, +/-
W, SO, SV, GA

C: H. Sedin, Backstrom, Stamkos, Kopitar, B. Richards, Krejci
LW: D. Sedin, Duchene, Cammalleri, Tanguay
RW: P. Kane, Wheeler, Callahan, J. Williams, Gagner
D: Letang, Kronwall, Goligoski, Carlson, Wideman, Carle
G: Quick, Neuvirth, Dubnyk

Farm: Holtby, Tokarski, B. Smith, Elliott, J. Morrow, Silfverberg

League Champion: 2009 and 2011

Did you watch the playoffs last year? Kinda dumb question

i will say as a varlamov owner....neuvirth makes me very nervous

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12 team yahoo h2h (standard scorin) dynasty

c- j toews/j carter/n backstrom/j tavaras
lw- a ovechkin/d sedin/t vanek
rw- j pominville/j voracek/a hemsky/p kessel
d-s weber/ a goligoski
g- r miller/s mason/s varlamov/m nuevirth

Did you watch AHL playoff? Neuvirth has been outstanding! I think MyOtherSock said it right. Despite Varlamov's play, I would still be nervous about the situation. Even Justin (GoalieGuild) have a feeling we could see Neuvirth sooner than later in WSH.

Pete, if there's a chance you can have both, I would definitely do.

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24GMs Dynasty (G A +- PIM PPP SOG W SV GAA / 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G)
Cap hit: $1188 out of $1250

C-Malkin $157,Schwartz $5,Granlund $5,Shaw $5,Rinaldo $5,Cervenka $5,Schroeder $5,Galchenyuk $5
LW-Hartnell $136,Nash $115,Leino $29,Kulemin $49,Gagne $32,Paajarvi $5,MFoligno $5,Joensuu $5
RW-Brown $115,Jagr $14,Grabner $40,Gallagher $5,Knight $5,Radulov $5
D-Karlsson $105,Edler $83,McDonagh $18,Bogosian $27,Mitchell $22,REllis $5,Salvador $5,Hamilton $5
G-Halak $127,Montoya $24,Bishop $5,Fasth $5,Allen $5

I think Varlamov's situation is very dicey. I think Theo could come through with a huge season, motivated by his teammates' support after that tragic loss of his son, although he could just as easily falter under the circumstances. My guess is Theo could get traded at the deadline when his $4.5M salary is affordable to other squads in need of proven goaltending, but I highly doubt he'll be bought out this year. Then there's Neuvirth, and he could just as easily have a strong camp and put Varly at risk of not starting. Varlamov has some plusses (support of Ovechkin/Semin, playoff performance pre-Pens series) but still it's entirely unclear.

If I'm an owner looking to a goalie to help me win this year, there are lots of goalies that I would take over Varlamov. On the other hand, if you already have good goaltending for the short term and are picking a goalie as a future stud keeper, Varlamov then becomes a great option.

The situation with Hiller is similar, but less cloudy since he's older and more proven than Varlamov (I think he won the Swiss league version of the Vezina two years in a row before coming over to NA). The risk there is that Giggy bounces back (good chance of that) and Hiller is not the starter, but after this year (and possibly as soon as the trade deadline), things should shake out and I would think he's either starting in Anaheim (i.e., Giggy traded) or he's starting somewhere else (Hiller traded) - probably the former is more likely.

Would love to hear everyone's thoughts.

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CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Montreal Maulers - 2011/12 and 2012/13 League Champions
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi
D: Karlsson/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Markov/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur

You pretty much summed it up Ross , and the hiller /Guigere comparrison is good.Remember Raycrofts' 1st year , Price and his big star , even Budga got some hype early on.Varlamov looked great in the play-offs and seeemed to handle the pressure well but , reg. season is a different story and there are 80+ games!I'm a Varly /Theo owner in a keep 6 pool.What to do?Well not much choice either keep both and grab Neuvirth later or off the wire through the season or drop the tandem and keep guys like Filatov, Voracek , Grabavski , J.J. Team is in my sig , suggestions anyone.I start drafting at the star of the 2nd rnd. , 90 players will be protected , about half goalies and def.So I'm in a tough spot , Murphys' Law for sure , if i keep them they'll flop , if I drop them they'll flourish,lol!HELP!

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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

not breakin any ground...but i think its clear theo will get the first and every chance to succeed - he clearly wasnt a very good goalie last year though ( or for that matter the last couple of years ) and i dont think there is any way to predict how he can respond, even in a "walk year" to his personal tragedy

varlamov has a few things workin for him...as ross pointed out, i dont think the support of ovechkin can be underestimated, his playoff run ( as a varly owner i almost wished they ended up losin the ranger series and there wouldnt be such a sour tatse in my mouth bout him ) and the fact that they brought in artus irbe as a goalie coach ( i have to think that was specifically for varly ) and i also think its an "easier" move for the caps...at least intially to send neuvirth down to start the season even if he out plays varly in camp ( thats just a guess on my part )

i think when all is said and done...varly will get the first crack after theo to run w/ the job...BB has shown hes not affraid to lean on young players and rookies - but if along w/ theo he falters i think we could very well see neuvirth at some point this season - either way for the caps its a nice problem to have...not so much for fantasy owners

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12 team yahoo h2h (standard scorin) dynasty

c- j toews/j carter/n backstrom/j tavaras
lw- a ovechkin/d sedin/t vanek
rw- j pominville/j voracek/a hemsky/p kessel
d-s weber/ a goligoski
g- r miller/s mason/s varlamov/m nuevirth