Here is a question for discussion: Everyone talks about the top teams for the future. But what about the bottom? What teams do we want to stay away from next year (07-08) and beyond (next 2-5 years) in terms of fantasy players?

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Too many leagues this year... I think I own every player somewhere.

There are two teams that I do not enjoy watching because of their style of play and thus their players do not have high upside.

1. Minnesota
2. Dallas

To a lesser degree, New Jersey. (They do have several young players with good upside so maybe with a new coach their style of play will change).

Mr. Hitchcock hasn\'t been in Columbus long enough so I haven\'t included them on the list (yet). I am hoping that Zherdev gets traded over the course of the summer.

I do believe that there is much more parity in the league these days however teams that are more than a player away from putting it together over the next couple of years to be highly competitive seem to be Boston, Chicago, Phoenix, Colombus although each has a player or two with current fantasy merit and certainly some with that future diamond lustre.

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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

Shoeless, I disagree about Boston. They\'ve got some great young talent and while I don\'t see them pulling it together next season, the following year I think they have great potential. I mean, check out their depth chart. Rask and an underrated Toivonen are top prospects in net; Chara will anchor the blue line in front of Lashoff and Stuart (GREAT two-way and physical talents, respectively); Savard, Bergeron and Kessel down the middle; Sturm and Axelsson on the LW; and Murray, Kalus and Bochenski on the RW. The Bruins need to make a couple of trades, draft picks or signings on the wings and blue line, but really they\'re not all that far from being a good team again. At the very least they won\'t deserve the \'bottom feeder\' title for long.

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T.G.

Brad Stuart doesn\'t play for the Bruins anymore....

I think there is a Mark Stuart in beantown. I think he was drafted with the B\'s first rounder in 2003.

I think the B\'s can turn things around and be a playoff team but I am not sold on Bochenski, Kalus, and any other young players the B\'s have coming up. Well besides Kessel and Rask. They will have to build around Bergeron, Savard, and Chara. Sturm, Kobasew, and Chistov the verdict is still out.. Aswell H.Toivenen.

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

Yes, Mark Stuart. Punishing bodychecker, good wheels, excellent positioning, a real leader on and off the ice with future captain potential if he stays with the team for long enough. I do agree, they are weak along the wings. But a couple of good free agent signings (they don\'t even need to be flashy) would go a long way towards their making the playoffs again in 2008-09.

Also, PJ Axelsson is one of the most underrated players in the league.

Post edited by: Thieving Giraffe, at: 2007/05/08 14:10

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T.G.

what should they do with glen murray.He just doesn\'t seem to fit in without big joe.They should trade him to SJ for Toskula??

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

Zorro wrote:
Now theres an idea thats worth noting

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12 Team H2H - Keep 7 + 3(Farm)
G,A,P,+/-,PPP,GWG,SOG.W,Sv%,GAA,SHO
Centers:
N. Backstrom, R. Kesler
LWs:
A. Ovechkin, M. Cammalleri
RWs:
C. Perry
D:
S. Weber
G:
P. Rinne
Farm:
M. Neuvirth, N. Filatov, S. Shirokov

San Jose could get more than Murray for Tosky. A starter with a cheap cap hit...for another Right Wing.....They need a left wing and a right handed defenseman. Preferably players with grit and a drive to win. I\'m not so sure Murray is that kind of player.

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ZFHL
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Ovechkin-Couture-Kovalchuk
Benn-Ott-Eriksson
Halischuk-Berglund-S.Thornton
Bowman-Legwand-Mitchell
Faulk-Orlov
Martin-Y.Weber
Wilson-Smid
Niemi

Butler,Horak,Nodl,Omark,Bartulis, Carson,Demers,Staios,Garon,Schneider

PROSPECTS
Nyquist,Bennett,Guptill,Haula,Knight, Kristo,Ranford,Rieder,Sundher,Barberio
Dumoulin,Deslauriers,Janosik,Klefbom
Ness,Sproul,Vatanen,Poulin